4 1 0001.txt STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, DC 20549 FORM 4 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 [_] Check box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b). ________________________________________________________________________________ 1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Katana Fund LLC -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Last) (First) (Middle) 1859 San Leandro Lane -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Street) Santa Barbara, California 93108 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (City) (State) (Zip) ________________________________________________________________________________ 2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Viskase Companies, Inc. (VCIC) ________________________________________________________________________________ 3. IRS Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an Entity (Voluntary) 77-0493842 ________________________________________________________________________________ 4. Statement for Month/Year December 2000 ________________________________________________________________________________ 5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year) ________________________________________________________________________________ 6. Relationship of Reporting Person to Issuer (Check all applicable) [_] Director [X] 10% Owner [_] Officer (give title below) [_] Other (specify below) ________________________________________________________________________________ 7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check applicable line) [_] Form filed by one Reporting Person [X] Form filed by more than one Reporting Person ________________________________________________________________________________ ================================================================================ Table I -- Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned ================================================================================ 6. 4. 5. Owner- Securities Acquired (A) or Amount of ship 3. Disposed of (D) Securities Form: 7. Transaction (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) Beneficially Direct Nature of 2. Code ------------------------------- Owned at End (D) or Indirect 1. Transaction (Instr. 8) (A) of Month Indirect Beneficial Title of Security Date ------------ Amount or Price (Instr. 3 (I) Ownership (Instr. 3) (mm/dd/yy) Code V (D) and 4) (Instr.4) (Instr. 4) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Common Stock 12/20/2000 P 150,000 A $1.15 D ** ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Common Stock 12/21/2000 P 10,000 A $1.04 D ** ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Common Stock 12/21/2000 P 10,000 A $1.04 D ** ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Common Stock 12/22/2000 P 17,000 A $1.04 D ** ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Common Stock 12/26/00 P 40,000 A $1.05 D ** ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Common Stock 12/29/00 P 52,500 A $1.02 2,730,152 D ** ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ** Please see Explanation of Responses, below (above Signature Lines). ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ====================================================================================================================================
* If the Form is filed by more than one Reporting Person, see Instruction 4(b)(v). Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly. (Print or Type Responses) (Over) (Form 4-07/99) FORM 4 (continued) Table II -- Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities) ================================================================================ 10. 9. Owner- Number ship of Form 2. Deriv- of Conver- 5. 7. ative Deriv- 11. sion Number of Title and Amount Secur- ative Nature or Derivative 6. of Underlying 8. ities Secur- of Exer- 4. Securities Date Securities Price Bene- ity: In- cise 3. Trans- Acquired (A) Exercisable and (Instr. 3 and 4) of ficially Direct direct Price Trans- action or Disposed Expiration Date ---------------- Deriv- Owned (D) or Bene- 1. of action Code of(D) (Month/Day/Year) Amount ative at End In- ficial Title of Deriv- Date (Instr. (Instr. 3, ---------------- or Secur- of direct Owner- Derivative ative (Month/ 8) 4 and 5) Date Expira- Number ity Month (I) ship Security Secur- Day/ ------ ------------ Exer- tion of (Instr. (Instr. (Instr. (Instr. (Instr. 3) ity Year) Code V (A) (D) cisable Date Title Shares 5) 4) 4) 4) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ====================================================================================================================================
Explanation of Responses: This Statement is being filed by Katana Fund LLC, its manager, Katana Capital Advisors, LLC and Steven L. Gevirtz, the President of Katana Capital Advisors, LLC. All trade activity was conducted for the benefit of Katana Fund LLC. Katana Fund LLC owns all of the shares reported on this Form 4. Although Katana Capital Advisors, LLC and Mr. Gevirtz are each ten percent owners pursuant to Rule 13(d), neither Katana Capital Advisors, LLC nor Mr. Gevirtz has any pecuniary interest in the shares reported on this Form 4. As such, Katana Capital Advisors, LLC and Mr. Gevirtz do not beneficially own any of the shares reported on this Form 4. Additionally, neither Katana Capital Advisors, LLC nor Mr. Gevirtz own any other shares of the issuer. -SIGNATURES KATANA FUND LLC By: Katana Capital Advisors, LLC, Manager By: /s/ _______________________________________________ ________________________ Steven L. Gevirtz, President Date KATANA CAPITAL ADVISORS, LLC By: /s/ _______________________________________________ ________________________ Steven L. Gevirtz, President Date STEVEN L. GEVIRTZ By: /s/ _______________________________________________ ________________________ Steven L. Gevirtz Date ** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a). Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed. If space provided is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure.