Filing Details

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

SCHEDULE 13D/A

(Amendment No. 7)

 

Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

GlyEco, Inc.

(Name of Issuer)

 

Common Stock, $0.0001 par value

(Title of Class of Securities)

 

0000931799

(CUSIP Number)

 

 

Wynnefield Partners Small Cap Value, L.P. I 450 Seventh Avenue, Suite 509 New York, New York 10123 Attention: Mr. Nelson Obus

Copy to: Jeffrey S. Tullman, Esq. Kane Kessler, P.C. 1350 Avenue of the Americas, 26th Floor New York, New York 10019 (212) 541-6222

(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications)

 

February 26, 2016

(Date of Event which requires Filing of this Statement)

 

If the filing person has previously filed a statement on Schedule 13G to report the acquisition which is the subject of this Schedule 13D, and is filing this schedule because of §§ 240.13d-1(e), 240.13d-1(f) or 240.13d-1(g), check the following box ¨

 

 

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13D/A

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1	NAME OF REPORTING PERSON S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON   Wynnefield Partners Small Cap Value, L.P. I  13-3953291
2	CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (See Instructions) (a) ¨ (b) x
3	SEC USE ONLY
4	SOURCE OF FUNDS*   WC
5	CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e)   ¨
6	CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION   Delaware
NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH		7	SOLE VOTING POWER   14,223,887 (See Item 5)
		8	SHARED VOTING POWER   0  (See Item 5)
		9	SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER   14,223,887  (See Item 5)
		10	SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER   0  (See Item 5)
11	AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON   14,223,887  (See Item 5)
12	CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES*   ¨
13	PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)   12.9%
14	TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*   PN

 

 

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13D/A

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1	NAME OF REPORTING PERSON S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON   Wynnefield Partners Small Cap Value, L.P.  13-3688497
2	CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (See Instructions) (a) ¨ (b) x
3	SEC USE ONLY
4	SOURCE OF FUNDS*   WC
5	CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e)   ¨
6	CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION   Delaware
NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH		7	SOLE VOTING POWER   8,716,183 (See Item 5)
		8	SHARED VOTING POWER   0  (See Item 5)
		9	SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER   8,716,183 (See Item 5)
		10	SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER   0  (See Item 5)
11	AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON   8,716,183  (See Item 5)
12	CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES*   ¨
13	PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)   7.9%
14	TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*   PN

 

 

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13D/A

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1	NAME OF REPORTING PERSON S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON   Wynnefield Small Cap Value Offshore Fund, Ltd.  (No IRS Identification No.)
2	CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (See Instructions) (a) ¨ (b) x
3	SEC USE ONLY
4	SOURCE OF FUNDS*   WC
5	CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e)   ¨
6	CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION   Cayman Islands
NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH		7	SOLE VOTING POWER   6,083,638  (See Item 5)
		8	SHARED VOTING POWER   0  (See Item 5)
		9	SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER   6,083,638 (See Item 5)
		10	SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER   0  (See Item 5)
11	AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON   6,083,638  (See Item 5)
12	CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES*   ¨
13	PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)   5.5%
14	TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*   CO

 

 

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1	NAME OF REPORTING PERSON S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON   Wynnefield Capital, Inc. Profit Sharing & Money Purchase Plan
2	CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (See Instructions) (a) ¨ (b) x
3	SEC USE ONLY
4	SOURCE OF FUNDS*   WC
5	CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e)   ¨
6	CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION   Cayman Islands
NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH		7	SOLE VOTING POWER   461,540 (See Item 5)
		8	SHARED VOTING POWER   0  (See Item 5)
		9	SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER   461,540 (See Item 5)
		10	SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER   0  (See Item 5)
11	AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON   461,540  (See Item 5)
12	CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES*   ¨
13	PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)   0.04%
14	TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*   EP

 

 

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1	NAME OF REPORTING PERSON S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON   Wynnefield Capital Management, LLC  13-4018186
2	CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (See Instructions) (a) ¨ (b) x
3	SEC USE ONLY
4	SOURCE OF FUNDS*   N/A
5	CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e)   ¨
6	CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION   New York
NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH		7	SOLE VOTING POWER   22,940,070 (See Item 5)
		8	SHARED VOTING POWER   0  (See Item 5)
		9	SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER   22,940,070 (See Item 5)
		10	SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER   0  (See Item 5)
11	AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON   22,940,070 (See Item 5)
12	CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES*   ¨
13	PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)   20.8%
14	TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*   OO

 

 

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1	NAME OF REPORTING PERSON S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON   Wynnefield Capital, Inc. 13-3688495
2	CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (See Instructions) (a) ¨ (b) x
3	SEC USE ONLY
4	SOURCE OF FUNDS*   N/A
5	CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e)   ¨
6	CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION   Delaware
NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH		7	SOLE VOTING POWER   6,083,638  (See Item 5)
		8	SHARED VOTING POWER   0  (See Item 5)
		9	SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER   6,083,638  (See Item 5)
		10	SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER   0  (See Item 5)
11	AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON   6,083,638  (See Item 5)
12	CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES*   ¨
13	PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)   5.5%
14	TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*   CO

 

 

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1	NAME OF REPORTING PERSON S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON   Nelson Obus
2	CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (See Instructions) (a) ¨ (b) x
3	SEC USE ONLY
4	SOURCE OF FUNDS*   N/A
5	CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e)   ¨
6	CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION   United States
NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH		7	SOLE VOTING POWER   0 (See Item 5)
		8	SHARED VOTING POWER   29,485,247 (See Item 5)
		9	SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER   0 (See Item 5)
		10	SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER   29,485,247  (See Item 5)
11	AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON   29,485,247  (See Item 5)
12	CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES*   ¨
13	PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)   26.79%
14	TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*   IN

 

 

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13D/A

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1	NAME OF REPORTING PERSON S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON   Joshua Landes
2	CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (See Instructions) (a) ¨ (b) x
3	SEC USE ONLY
4	SOURCE OF FUNDS*   N/A
5	CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e)   ¨
6	CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION   United States
NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH		7	SOLE VOTING POWER   0  (See Item 5)
		8	SHARED VOTING POWER   29,485,247 (See Item 5)
		9	SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER   0  (See Item 5)
		10	SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER   29,485,247  (See Item 5)
11	AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON   29,485,247  (See Item 5)
12	CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES*   ¨
13	PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)   26.79%
14	TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*   IN

 

 

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13D/A

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Item 1. Security and Issuer.

 

This Amendment No. 7 (the "Amendment") amends and supplements the Items set forth below of the Statement of Beneficial Ownership on Schedule 13D, originally filed by the Wynnefield Reporting Persons (as defined in the Schedule 13D) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on October 15, 2013, as further amended by Amendment No. 1 filed on January 24, 2014, as further amended by Amendment No. 2 filed on March 13, 2014, further amended by Amendment No. 3 filed on March 28, 2014, as further amended by Amendment No. 4 filed on November 18, 2014, as further amended by Amendment No. 5 filed on February 25, 2015 and as further amended by Amendment No. 6 filed on April 16, 2015 (collectively, the “Schedule 13D”) with respect to shares of common stock (the “Common Stock”), $0.0001 par value per share of GlyEco, Inc., a Nevada corporation (the “Issuer”) with its principal executive offices located at 4802 East Ray Road, Suite 23-196, Phoenix, Arizona 85044. Unless specifically amended hereby, the disclosures set forth in the Schedule 13D shall remain unchanged. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meaning set forth in the Schedule 13D.

 

Item 3. Source and Amount of Funds or Other Consideration.

 

Item 3 of the Schedule 13D is hereby amended and restated by the addition of the following:

 

The securities reported in this Schedule 13D as directly beneficially owned by the Wynnefield Reporting Persons were acquired with funds of approximately $7,276,786 (including brokerage commissions). All such funds were provided from the working capital or personal funds of the Wynnefield Reporting Persons who directly beneficially own such securities.

 

Item 4. Purpose of the Transaction

 

Item 4 of the Schedule 13D is hereby amended and restated by the addition of the following:

 

On February 26, 2016, the Issuer closed a subscription rights offering. Pursuant to the subscription rights offering, the Issuer distributed to holders of its Common Stock non-transferable subscription rights to purchase up to 50,200,947 shares of Common Stock. Each shareholder received one subscription right for every one share of Common Stock owned at 5:00 p.m. EST on October 30, 2015, the record date. Each subscription right entitled a shareholder to purchase 0.7 shares of Common Stock at a subscription price of $0.08 per share, which was referred to as the basic subscription privilege. During the subscription rights offering, subscription rights to purchase a total of 37,475,620 shares of Common Stock were exercised. The Wynnefield Reporting Persons purchased 18,750,000 shares of Common Stock during the subscription rights offering for an aggregate purchase price of $1,500,000.

 

Other than as set forth in this Item 4, the Wynnefield Reporting Persons do not have any current plans, proposals or negotiations that relate to or would result in any of the matters referred to in paragraphs (a) through (j) of Item 4 of Schedule 13D. The Wynnefield Reporting Persons intend to review their investment in the Issuer on a continuing basis, and to the extent permitted by law, may seek to engage in discussions with other stockholders and/or with management and the Board of the Issuer concerning the business, operations or future plans of the Issuer. Depending on various factors including, without limitation, the Issuer’s financial position, the price levels of the shares of Common Stock, conditions in the securities markets and general economic and industry conditions, the Wynnefield Reporting Persons may, in the future take such actions with respect to their investment in the Issuer as they deem appropriate including, without limitation, purchasing additional shares of Common Stock, selling shares of Common Stock, engaging in short selling of or any hedging or similar transaction with respect to the Common Stock, taking any other action with respect to the Issuer or any of its securities in any manner permitted by law or changing its intention with respect to any and all matters referred to in paragraphs (a) through (j) of Item 4.

 

 

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Item 5. Interest in Securities of the Issuer.

 

Item 5 of the 13D is hereby amended and restated by the addition of the following

 

(a), (b) and (c) As of February 26, 2016, the Wynnefield Reporting Persons beneficially owned in the aggregate 29,485,247 shares of Common Stock, constituting approximately 26.79% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock. The percentage of shares of Common Stock reported as being beneficially owned by the Wynnefield Reporting Persons is based upon 110,045,324 shares of Common Stock outstanding as of February 26, 2016 as set forth in the Issuer’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on March 3, 2016.

 

The following table sets forth certain information with respect to Common Stock directly beneficially owned by the Wynnefield Reporting Persons listed below:

 

Name	Number of Common Stock	Percentage of Outstanding Common Stock
Wynnenfield Partners I	14,223,887	12.9%
Wynnefield Partners	8,716,183	7.9%
Wynnefield Offshore	6,083,638	5.5%
Plan	461,540	0.04%

 

WCM is the sole general partner of Wynnefield Partners and Wynnefield Partners I and, accordingly, may be deemed to be the indirect beneficial owner (as that term is defined under Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act) of the Common Stock that Wynnefield Partners and Wynnefield Partners I beneficially own. WCM, as the sole general partner of Wynnefield Partners and Wynnefield Partners I, has the sole power to direct the voting and disposition of the Common Stock that Wynnefield Partners and Wynnefield Partners I beneficially own. Messrs. Obus and Landes are the co-managing members of WCM and, accordingly, each of Messrs. Obus and Landes may be deemed to be the indirect beneficial owner (as that term is defined under Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act) of the Common Stock that WCM may be deemed to beneficially own. Each of Messrs. Obus and Landes, as co-managing members of WCM, share the power to direct the voting and disposition of the shares of Common Stock that WCM may be deemed to beneficially own.

 

WCI is the sole investment manager of Wynnefield Offshore and, accordingly, may be deemed to be the indirect beneficial owner (as that term is defined under Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act) of the Common Stock that Wynnefield Offshore beneficially owns. WCI, as the sole investment manager of Wynnefield Offshore, has the sole power to direct the voting and disposition of the Common Stock that Wynnefield Offshore beneficially owns. Messrs. Obus and Landes are executive officers of WCI and, accordingly, each may be deemed to be the indirect beneficial owner (as that term is defined under Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act) of the Common Stock that WCI may be deemed to beneficially own. Messrs. Obus and Landes, as executive officers of WCI, share the power to direct the voting and disposition of the shares of Common Stock that WCI may be deemed to beneficially own.

 

 

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The Plan is an employee profit sharing plan. Messrs. Obus and Landes are the co-trustees of the Plan and accordingly, Messrs. Obus and Landes may be deemed to be the indirect beneficial owner (as that term is defined under Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act) of the shares of Common Stock that the Plan may be deemed to beneficially own. Each of Messrs. Obus and Landes, as the trustees of the Plan, shares with the other the power to direct the voting and disposition of the shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by the Plan.

 

Beneficial ownership of the Common Stock shown on the cover pages of and set forth elsewhere in this Schedule 13D for each member of the Wynnefield Reporting Persons assumes that they have not formed a group for purposes of Section 13(d)(3) under the Exchange Act, and Rule 13d-5(b)(1) promulgated thereunder. If the members of the Wynnefield Reporting Persons were deemed to have formed a group for purposes of Section 13(d)(3) and Rule 13d-5(b)(1), the group would be deemed to own beneficially (and may be deemed to have shared voting and dispositive power over) 29,485,247 shares of Common Stock, constituting approximately 26.79% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock. The percentage of Common Stock reported as beneficially owned by the Wynnefield Reporting Persons is based upon 110,045,324 shares of Common Stock outstanding as of February 26, 2016 as set forth in the Issuer’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on March 3, 2016.

 

The filing of this Schedule 13D and any future amendment by the Wynnefield Reporting Persons, and the inclusion of information herein and therein with respect to WCM, WCI and Messrs. Obus and Landes, shall not be considered an admission that any of such persons, for the purpose of Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act, are the beneficial owners of any shares in which such persons do not have a pecuniary interest. Each of WCM, WCI and Messrs. Obus and Landes disclaims any beneficial ownership of the shares covered by this Schedule 13D.

 

The Wynnefield Reporting Persons have acquired shares of Common Stock during the last 60 days, as follows:

 

Name	Date	Number of Shares	Price Per Share
Wynnefield Partners I	February 26, 2016	9,188,967	$0.08
Wynnefield Partners	February 26, 2016	5,630,860	$0.08
Wynnefield Offshore	February 26, 2016	3,930,174	$0.08

 

(d) and (e). Not Applicable

 

 

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SIGNATURE

 

After reasonable inquiry and to the best of their knowledge and belief, the undersigned certify that the information set forth in this Schedule 13D is true, complete and correct.

 

Dated: March 9, 2016

 

WYNNEFIELD PARTNERS SMALL CAP VALUE, L.P. I

 

By: Wynnefield Capital Management, LLC,

its General Partner

 

By: /s/ Nelson Obus

Nelson Obus, Co-Managing Member

 

WYNNEFIELD PARTNERS SMALL CAP VALUE, L.P.

 

By: Wynnefield Capital Management, LLC,

its General Partner

 

By: /s/ Nelson Obus

Nelson Obus, Co-Managing Member

 

WYNNEFIELD SMALL CAP VALUE OFFSHORE FUND, LTD.

 

By: Wynnefield Capital, Inc.,

its Investment Manager

 

By: /s/ Nelson Obus

Nelson Obus, President

 

WYNNEFIELD CAPITAL, INC. PROFIT SHARING & MONEY PURCHASE PLAN

 

By: /s/ Nelson Obus

Nelson Obus, Co-Trustee

 

WYNNEFIELD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC

 

By: /s/ Nelson Obus

Nelson Obus, Co-Managing Member

WYNNEFIELD CAPITAL, INC.

 

By: /s/ Nelson Obus

Nelson Obus, President

 

 

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/s/ Nelson Obus

Nelson Obus, Individually

 

/s/ Joshua Landes

Joshua Landes, Individually