-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: keymaster@town.hall.org Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFkwCgYEVQgBAQICAgADSwAwSAJBALeWW4xDV4i7+b6+UyPn5RtObb1cJ7VkACDq pKb9/DClgTKIm08lCfoilvi9Wl4SODbR1+1waHhiGmeZO8OdgLUCAwEAAQ== MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, JeakqNfAmS0eQgEz7lTRjQ9jXp7UoTfCbSsOI2pkhwEF714aWLBkehIcLfndfyjs SpxaY76emNWrfUIHM0VQhg== 0000043837-95-000003.txt : 199507170000043837-95-000003.hdr.sgml : 19950717 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000043837-95-000003 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 10-K/A PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 19950128 FILED AS OF DATE: 19950714 SROS: AMEX FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: GREENMAN BROTHERS INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000043837 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: WHOLESALE-MISC DURABLE GOODS [5090] IRS NUMBER: 111771705 STATE OF INCORPORATION: NY FISCAL YEAR END: 0131 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 10-K/A SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-06083 FILM NUMBER: 95554006 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 105 PRICE PKWY CITY: FARMINGDALE STATE: NY ZIP: 11735 BUSINESS PHONE: 5162935300 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 105 PRICE PARKWAY STREET 2: 105 PRICE PARKWAY CITY: FARMINGDALE STATE: NY ZIP: 11735 10-K/A 1 SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 FORM 10-K/A [X] ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15 (d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 [FEE REQUIRED] For the fiscal year ended January 28, 1995 OR [ ] TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 [NO FEE REQUIRED] Commission file number 1-6083 GREENMAN BROS. INC. (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) NEW YORK 11-1771705 (State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer incorporation or organization) Identification No.) 105 Price Parkway, Farmingdale, N.Y. 11735 (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code) Registrant's telephone number, including area code (516) 293-5300 Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: Name of each exchange Title of each class on which registered Common Stock, $.10 par value American Stock Exchange Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: NONE Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. YES X NO ___ Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of registrant's knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K. [X] The aggregate market value of voting stock held by non-affiliates of the registrant as of April 19, 1995 was $27,302,020 based on the closing price of same stock on that date. The number of shares of common stock outstanding as of April 19, 1995 was 5,263,040. Documents Incorporated by reference: Certain portions of Registrant's definitive proxy statement with respect to its 1995 Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be filed, pursuant to Regulation 14A under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, with the Commission within 120 days of the close of Registrant's fiscal year ended January 28, 1995 are incorporated by reference into Part III of this report. SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF MANAGEMENT AND CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS Principal Stockholders As of May 22, 1995, the following persons were known by the Company to own beneficially (as defined under applicable rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission) more than 5% of the Company's Common Stock: Name and Address of Amount and Nature of Percent Beneficial Owner Beneficial Ownership of Class
Ryback Management Corporation . . . . . 426,900 (1) 8.1% and/or Lindner Fund, Inc. 7711 Carondelet Avenue Box 16900 St. Louis, MO 63105 Dimensional Fund Advisors . . . . . . . 387,000 (2) 7.4% 1299 Ocean Avenue Suite 650 Santa Monica, California 90401 Phyllis Greenman Successor Trustee. . . 278,643 5.3% of the Bernard Greenman Marital Deduction Trust Under Agreement Dated March 22, 1991 16915 River Birch Circle Delray Beach, Florida 33445 Stanley Greenman. . . . . . . . . . . . 352,522 (3) 6.6% 105 Price Parkway Farmingdale, New York 11735 Stewart Katz. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344,107 (4) 6.4% 105 Price Parkway Farmingdale, New York 11735
1.Based upon information contained in a Schedule 13G filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 25, 1995. Such Schedule states that as of December 31, 1994, the beneficial owner has sole voting and investment power as to 426,900 shares. Ryback Management Corporation ("Ryback"), a registered investment advisor, is deemed to have beneficial ownership of 426,900 shares of the Company's common stock, 325,300 shares (6.2%) of which are held by Lindner Fund, Inc., a registered investment company, for which Ryback serves as investment advisor. 2.Based upon information contained in a Schedule 13G filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 30, 1995. Such Schedule states that the beneficial owner has sole voting power as to 245,300 shares and sole investment power as to 387,000 shares. Dimensional Fund Advisors Inc. ("Dimensional"), a registered investment advisor, is deemed to have beneficial ownership of 387,000 shares of Greenman Bros. Inc. stock as of May 22, 1995, all of which shares are held in portfolios of DFA Investment Dimensions Group Inc., a registered open-end investment company, or in series of the DFA Investment Trust Company, a Delaware business trust, or the DFA Group Trust and the DFA Participating Group Trust, investment vehicles for qualified employee benefit plans, all of which Dimensional Fund Advisors Inc. serves as investment manager. Dimensional disclaims beneficial ownership of all such shares. 3.Includes 18,750 shares owned of record by Stanley Greenman as custodian for a minor child and 112,500 shares issuable upon the exercise of options currently exercisable or exercisable within 60 days from May 22, 1995. 4.Includes 181,200 shares owned of record and beneficially by Stewart Katz's wife and 37,907 shares owned of record by Mr. Katz's wife as custodian for minor children and 112,500 shares issuable upon the exercise of options currently exercisable or exercisable within 60 days from May 22, 1995. Management As of May 22, 1995 each director and nominee for director of the Company, and the Three Named Officers (as defined in "Executive Compensation" below) and executive officers, nominees and directors of the Company as a group, beneficially owned (as defined under applicable rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission) shares of the Company's Common Stock as follows: Amount Percent of and Nature of Class as of Beneficial Ownership (1) May 22, 1995
Stanley Greenman . . . . 352,522 (2) 6.6% Stewart Katz . . . . . . 344,107 (3) 6.4% Lester Greenman. . . . . 182,500 3.5% William A. Johnson, Jr. 22,250 * Robert Stokvis . . . . . 13,625 * Joshua Biblowitz . . . . 7,500 * Barry W. Ridings . . . . 3,500 * Joseph A. Madenberg. . . 3,000 * Robin L. Farkas. . . . . 3,000 * Irwin Tantleff . . . . . -0- * All executive officers, nominees and directors, as a group (10 persons) 932,004 16.9% *Less than 1%.
1.Includes shares issuable upon exercise of options currently exercisable or exercisable within 60 days from May 22, 1995 as follows: Stanley Greenman (112,500), Stewart Katz (112,500), Lester Greenman (2,500), William A. Johnson, Jr. (21,250), Robert Stokvis (3,625), Joshua Biblowitz (5,500), Barry W. Ridings (2,500), Joseph A. Madenberg (3,000), Robin L. Farkas (3,000). 2.Includes 18,750 shares owned of record by Stanley Greenman as custodian for a minor child. 3.Includes 181,200 shares owned of record and beneficially by Stewart Katz's wife and 37,907 shares owned of record by her as custodian for minor children. Except as noted in the footnotes to the two tables above, the Company believes the beneficial holders listed above have sole voting and investment power regarding the shares shown as being beneficially owned by them. Management controls, in the aggregate, approximately 12.6% of the outstanding Common Stock of the Company. Management intends to vote its Common Stock in favor of the three nominees for director set forth below. COMPLIANCE WITH SECTION 16(a) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 Section 16(a) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 requires the Company's directors and executive officers, and persons who own more than ten percent of a registered class of the Company's equity securities, to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") and the American Stock Exchange initial reports of ownership and reports of changes in ownership of Common Stock and other equity securities of the Company. Reporting persons are required by SEC regulation to furnish the Company with copies of all Section 16(a) forms they file. To the Company's knowledge, based solely on review of the copies of such reports furnished to the Company, all Section (16)a filing requirements applicable to its officers, directors and greater than ten percent stockholders were complied with except for one report covering one transaction for each of the following officers and directors which were filed late: Joshua Biblowitz, Robin Farkas, Stanley Greenman, Stewart Katz, Joseph Madenberg, Robert Stokvis and Benjamin Zdatny (deceased). ELECTION OF DIRECTORS Pursuant to the Company's Certificate of Incorporation and By-Laws, the number of directors of the Company has been set at nine members, classified into three equal classes, which classes have staggered three year terms. The Board of Directors proposes the election, as Class 1 directors, of the three nominees listed below. Class 1 directors elected at the Annual Meeting will serve until the 1998 Annual Meeting, and until their successors have been elected and qualified. Mr. Joshua Biblowitz, a Class 1 director and a member of the Board of Directors since 1979, has decided not to run for re- election. Mr. Benjamin Zdatny, a Class 2 director, passed away in April, 1995. Mr. Zdatny had been a member of the Board of Directors since 1987. At this time, the Board has not appointed a replacement to fill this vacancy. After a replacement director is appointed by the Board pursuant to authority granted by the Company's By-Laws, such director will be voted upon by the Company's stockholders at the next Annual Meeting. The remaining Class 2 directors continue to serve until the 1996 meeting. The terms of office of the Class 3 directors continue until the 1997 meeting. Unless the stockholder specifies in the proxy that authority to vote is withheld, proxies will be voted for all of the nominees named below. In the event any nominee is unable to or declines to serve as director at the time of the Annual Meeting, proxies that do not withhold authority to vote for all nominees may be voted for any substitute nominee selected by the Board of Directors. The Board has no reason to believe, at this time, that any of the persons named will be unable or unwilling to serve if elected. THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS VOTING "FOR" THE ELECTION OF THE NOMINEES LISTED BELOW. The following table sets forth information about the nominees for election as directors and about the directors who will continue in office, including their principal occupations. Information relating to the number of shares of the Company's Common Stock beneficially owned by each current director and nominee, and by all current directors, nominees and executive officers of the Company as a group, is set forth above under "Security Ownership of Management and Certain Beneficial Owners." NOMINEES FOR ELECTION AS CLASS 1 DIRECTORS TO SERVE UNTIL 1998 MEETING LESTER GREENMAN (1) Director since 1994 Mr. Greenman, age 40, has been a Vice President of Sony Electronic Publishing Company ("SEPC") since 1994; prior thereto, from 1991-1994, he was Vice President of Legal and Business Affairs for SEPC; prior thereto he was Assistant United States Attorney in the Southern District of New York from 1990 to 1991, and an associate at the law firm of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher from 1987 to 1990. BARRY W. RIDINGS Director since 1994 Mr. Ridings, age 42, has been a Managing Director of Alex. Brown & Sons Incorporated (investment banking and securities brokerage firm) since 1990; prior thereto, he was a Managing Director at Drexel Burnham Lambert from 1986 to 1990. Mr. Ridings is also a member of the boards of directors of Leaseway Transportation, Norex-America, Rax Restaurants, Inc., Sub-Micron Systems, Transcor Waste Services Corp., Tiger Direct, Inc. and Trinity Six Inc. IRWIN TANTLEFF Mr. Tantleff, age 60, has been a Managing Partner of Four T Associates (real estate and financial management) since 1986 and has been adjunct Professor of Management at New York University, Stern School of Business, since 1992; prior thereto from 1986 to 1989 he was Corporate Senior Vice President and director of First National Supermarkets, Inc., d/b/a Finast/Edwards, and, he was the Founder, and from 1965 to 1986, he was the CEO of IJT Limited, d/b/a Foodtown Supermarkets. CLASS 2 DIRECTORS TO SERVE UNTIL 1996 MEETING ROBIN FARKAS Director since 1993 Mr. Farkas, age 61, is currently a Private Investor; from March 1994 to March 1995, Mr. Farkas was director of Dormitory Authority of the State of New York; from 1984 to 1992, he was Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer of Alexanders, Inc., (mass merchandise retail chain). Mr. Farkas is also a member of the boards of directors of Insignia Financial Group, Inc. and Refac Technology Corp. STEWART KATZ (1) Director since 1973 Mr. Katz, age 54, has been the President, Chief Operating Officer and Assistant Secretary of the Company since 1977. Mr. Katz has been an employee of the Company since 1970. CLASS 3 DIRECTORS TO SERVE UNTIL 1997 MEETING STANLEY GREENMAN (1) Director since 1976 Mr. Greenman, age 46, has been the Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and Treasurer of the Company since 1990. Mr. Greenman has been an employee of the Company since 1969. JOSEPH MADENBERG Director since 1993 Mr. Madenberg, age 58, has been the President of Joseph A. Madenberg, Inc. (retail management consulting firm) since 1968; prior thereto, he was a Professor of Business Administration at Suffolk County Community College until his retirement in December 1992. ROBERT STOKVIS Director since 1991 Mr. Stokvis, age 47, has been the President of Stokvis Enterprises, Inc., (distributor of materials handling equipment) for more than the past five years. (1)Stanley Greenman and Lester Greenman are brothers. Stewart Katz is the brother-in-law of Stanley Greenman and Lester Greenman. (2)Alexanders, Inc. filed for bankruptcy under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code on May 15, 1992 and emerged from bankruptcy and reorganized on October 4, 1993.
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