-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, OEaFTkK448y7/wpI2F80MJUD3nwAZsvrcEcleG3xqbilxqOa+RZB3OjDgPh/kjkW jVuzfRtO5NG1nvrz5/i4IA== 0001089999-01-000003.txt : 20010123 0001089999-01-000003.hdr.sgml : 20010123 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001089999-01-000003 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 3 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20000320 FILED AS OF DATE: 20010109 SUBJECT COMPANY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: VISKASE COMPANIES INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000033073 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: PLASTICS PRODUCTS, NEC [3089] IRS NUMBER: 952677354 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 3 SEC ACT: SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-05485 FILM NUMBER: 1504204 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 6855 W. 65TH ST. CITY: CHICAGO STATE: IL ZIP: 60638 BUSINESS PHONE: 7084964200 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: ENVIRODYNE INDUSTRIES INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: MGN INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19790425 COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: KATANA FUND LLC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001126112 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: [] OWNER IRS NUMBER: 770493842 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 3 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1859 SAN LEANDRO LN CITY: SANTA BARBARA STATE: CA ZIP: 93018 BUSINESS PHONE: 8055652232 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1859 SAN LEANDRO LN CITY: SANTA BARBARA STATE: CA ZIP: 93018 3 1 0001.txt FORM 3 U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, DC 20549 FORM 3 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES 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 ________________________________________________________________________________ 1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Katana Fund LLC (formerly Peritus Capital Partners, LLC)** - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Last) (First) (Middle) 1859 San Leandro Lane - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Street) Santa Barbara, California 93108 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (City) (State) (Zip) ________________________________________________________________________________ 2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 3/30/2000 ________________________________________________________________________________ 3. IRS Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an Entity (Voluntary) 77-0493842 ________________________________________________________________________________ 4. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Viskase Companies, Inc. (VCIC) ________________________________________________________________________________ 5. Relationship of Reporting Person to Issuer (Check all applicable) [_] Director [X] 10% Owner [_] Officer (give title below) [_] Other (specify below) ________________________________________________________________________________ 6. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/Year) ________________________________________________________________________________ 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 Beneficially Owned ================================================================================ 3. Ownership Form: 2. Amount of Securities Direct (D) or 1. Title of Security Beneficially Owned Indirect (I) 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) (Instr. 4) (Instr. 5) (Instr. 4) - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Common Stock 1,531,462 D** - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ** Please see Explanation of Responses, below (above Signature Lines). - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ====================================================================================================================================
* If the Form is filed by more than one Reporting Person, see Instruction 5(b)(v). Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly. (Print of Type Responses) FORM 3 (continued) Table II -- Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities) ================================================================================ 5. Owner- 3. Title and Amount of Securities ship Underlying Derivative Security Form of 2. Date Exercisable (Instr. 4) Derivative and Expiration Date --------------------------------- 4. Conver- Security: (Month/Day/Year) Amount sion or Direct 6. Nature of ---------------------- or Exercise (D) or Indirect Date Expira- Number Price of Indirect Beneficial 1. Title of Derivative Exer- tion of Derivative (I) Ownership Security (Instr. 4) cisable Date Title Shares Security (Instr. 5) (Instr. 5) - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ====================================================================================================================================
Explanation of Responses: After a change in the management of Katana Fund LLC (formerly, including at March 30, 2000, Peritus Capital Partners, LLC), it was discovered that this Form 3 was not timely filed. In order to rectify that error, this statement is being filed by Katana Fund LLC, its current manager, Katana Capital Advisors, LLC and Steven L. Gevirtz, the President of Katana Capital Advisors, LLC. Katana Fund LLC owns all of the shares reported on this Form 3. At the date of the event that required the filing of this statement (March 30, 2000), Peritus Capital Partners, LLC was managed by Peritus Asset Management, Inc. At that time, Peritus Asset Management, Inc. would have been a ten percent owner pursuant to Rule 13(d), and as such should have filed this Form 3. At this time, however, (as noted above) Katana Fund LLC is managed by Katana Capital Advisors, LLC. As such, Katana Capital Advisors, LLC and its President, Steven L. Gevirtz, have been included as reporting persons on this statement. 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 3. As such, Katana Capital Advisors, LLC and Mr. Gevirtz do not beneficially own any of the shares reported on this Form 3. Additionally, neither Katana Capital Advisors, LLC nor Mr. Gevirtz owns any other shares of Common Stock of the issuer. - -SIGNATURES KATANA FUND LLC (fomrerly Peritus Capital Partners, 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. (Print of Type Responses) -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----