-----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, CvDMq6RYXA5Aq+bEGDqAHyY5HuOWoRUnxxoGzYP88PGq/kStGfvC4J1yhD1O10N3 qeWOyHZiAp7crVilV3fPjA== 0000906344-98-000140.txt : 20030731 0000906344-98-000140.hdr.sgml : 19981231 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000906344-98-000140 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: SC 13G/A PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 19981230 SUBJECT COMPANY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: REPUBLIC AUTOMOTIVE PARTS INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000083194 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: WHOLESALE-MOTOR VEHICLE SUPPLIES & NEW PARTS [5013] IRS NUMBER: 381455545 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13G/A SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 005-32658 FILM NUMBER: 98778132 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 500 WILSON PIKE CIRCLE STE 115 CITY: BRENTWOOD STATE: TN ZIP: 37027 BUSINESS PHONE: 6153732050 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: P.O. BOX 2088 CITY: BRENTWOOD STATE: TN ZIP: 37024 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: REPUBLIC GEAR INDUSTRIES INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19720825 FILED BY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: HOWARD RICE NEMEROVSKI CANADY FALK & RABKIN /FA/ CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000906344 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: UNKNOWN SIC - 0000 [0000] STATE OF INCORPORATION: CA FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13G/A BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 3 EMBARCADERO CTR 7TH FLOOR CITY: SAN FRANCISCO STATE: CA ZIP: 94111-4065 BUSINESS PHONE: 4154341600 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: HOWARD RICE NEMEROVSKI CANADY ROBERTSON & FALK DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19930601 SC 13G/A 1 AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO SCHEDULE 13G UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 SCHEDULE 13G Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Amendment No. 1) REPUBLIC AUTOMOTIVE PARTS, INC. (Name of Issuer) Common Stock (Title of Class of Securities) 76028010 (CUSIP Number) December 31, 1998 (Date of Event Which Requires Filing of This Statement) Check the appropriate box to designate the rule pursuant to which this Schedule is filed: [x] Rule 13d-1(b) [ ] Rule 13d-1(c) [ ] Rule 13d-1(d) *The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting person's initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of securities, and for any subsequent amendment containing information which would alter the disclosures provided in a prior cover page. The information required in the remainder of this cover page shall not be deemed to be "filed" for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ("Act") or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however, see the Notes). CUSIP No. 26028010 SCHEDULE 13G Page 2 of 6 1 Name Of Reporting Person VERISSIMO RESEARCH & MANAGEMENT, INC. IRS Identification No. Of Above Person 2 Check The Appropriate Box If A Member Of A Group (a) [ ] N/A (b) [ ] 3 SEC USE ONLY 4 Citizenship Or Place Of Organization California, United States 5 Sole Voting Power -0- NUMBER OF SHARES 6 Shared Voting Power BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH -0- REPORTING 7 Sole Dispositive Power PERSON WITH -0- 8 Shared Dispositive Power -0- 9 Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned By Each Reporting Person -0- 10 Check Box If The Aggregate Amount In Row (9) Excludes Certain Shares* [ ] 11 Percent Of Class Represented By Amount In Row 9 0% 12 Type Of Reporting Person* IA CUSIP No. 76028010 SCHEDULE 13G Page 3 of 6 1 Name Of Reporting Person RONALD S. SLOAN IRS Identification No. Of Above Person 2 Check The Appropriate Box If A Member Of A Group (a) [ ] N/A (b) [ ] 3 SEC USE ONLY 4 Citizenship Or Place Of Organization United States 5 Sole Voting Power -0- NUMBER OF SHARES 6 Shared Voting Power BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH -0- REPORTING 7 Sole Dispositive Power PERSON WITH -0- 8 Shared Dispositive Power -0- 9 Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned By Each Reporting Person -0- 10 Check Box If The Aggregate Amount In Row (9) Excludes Certain Shares* [ ] 11 Percent Of Class Represented By Amount In Row 9 0% 12 Type Of Reporting Person* IN CUSIP No. 76028010 13G Page 4 of 6 Pages Item 1(a). Name of Issuer. Republic Automotive Parts, Inc. (the "Issuer"). Item 1(b). Address of Issuer's Principal Executive Offices. 500 Wilson Pike Circle, Suite 115 Brentwood, TN 37024-2088 Item 2(a). Names of Persons Filing. Verissimo Research & Management, Inc. ("Verissimo"), Ronald S. Sloan. Item 2(b). Address of Principal Business Office or, if none, Residence. The business address of Verissimo and Ronald S. Sloan is P.O. Box 1551, Novato, CA 94948. Item 2(c). Citizenship. Verissimo is a California corporation and Ronald S. Sloan is a citizen of the United States. Item 2(d). Title of Class of Securities. Common Stock ("Common Stock"). Item 2(e). CUSIP Number. 76028010 Item 3. Type of Reporting Person. Verissimo is an investment advisor registered under Section 203 of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940. Ronald S. Sloan is its president and its sole shareholder. Item 4. Ownership. See Items 5 through 9 and Item 11 of the cover pages incorporated herein by reference. CUSIP No. 76028010 13G Page 5 of 6 Pages Item 5. Ownership of Five Percent or Less of a Class. Verissimo and Ronald S. Sloan have each ceased to be a beneficial owner of more than five percent of the outstanding Common Stock of the issuer. Item 6. Ownership of More Than Five Percent on Behalf of Another Person. Not applicable. Item 7. Identification and Classification of the Subsidiary Which Acquired the Security Being Reported on by the Parent Holding Company. Not applicable. Item 8. Identification and Classification of Members of the Group. Not applicable. Item 9. Notice of Dissolution of Group. Not applicable. Item 10. Certification. By signing below, each of the undersigned certifies that, to the best of his knowledge and belief, the securities referred to above were acquired and are held in the ordinary course of business and were not acquired and are not held for the purpose of or with the effect of changing or influencing the control of the issuer of the securities and were not acquired and are not held in connection with or as a participant in any transaction having that purpose or effect. CUSIP No. 76028010 13G Page 6 of 6 Pages Signatures After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, the undersigned certifies that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct. VERISSIMO RESEARCH & MANAGEMENT, INC. By:/s/ Ronald S. Sloan _________________________________ Title: President DATED: July 15, 1998 /s/ Ronald S. Sloan ____________________________________ RONALD S. SLOAN DATED: July 15, 1998 -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----