Filing Details
- Accession Number:
- 0001193125-20-069110
- Form Type:
- 13D Filing
- Publication Date:
- 2020-03-10 17:10:02
- Filed By:
- Palogic Value Management, L.p.
- Company:
- Bsquare Corp (NASDAQ:BSQR)
- Filing Date:
- 2020-03-10
- SEC Url:
- 13D Filing
Please notice the below summary table is generated without human intervention and may contain errors. Please refer to the complete filing displayed below for exact figures.
Name | Sole Voting Power | Shared Voting Power | Sole Dispositive Power | Shared Dispositive Power | Aggregate Amount Owned Power | Percent of Class |
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Palogic Value Management | 0 | 1,453,215 | 0 | 1,453,215 | 1,453,215 | 11.1% |
Palogic Value Fund | 0 | 1,453,215 | 0 | 1,453,215 | 1,453,215 | 11.1% |
Palogic Capital Management | 0 | 1,453,215 | 0 | 1,453,215 | 1,453,215 | 11.1% |
Ryan L. Vardeman | 52,778 | 1,453,215 | 52,778 | 1,453,215 | 1,505,993 | 11.5% |
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
SCHEDULE 13D
Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(Amendment No. 4)*
BSQUARE CORPORATION
(Name of Issuer)
Common Stock, No Par Value
(Title of Class of Securities)
11776U300
(CUSIP Number)
Palogic Value Management, L.P.
Attn: Ryan L. Vardeman
5310 Harvest Hill Road, Suite 110
Dallas, TX 75230
(214) 871-2700
with a copy to:
Evan K. Hall, Esq.
Haynes and Boone, LLP
2323 Victory Avenue, Suite 700
Dallas, Texas 75219
(214) 651-5000
(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications)
March 9, 2020
(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 that 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. ☒
Note: Schedules filed in paper format shall include a signed original and five copies of the schedule, including all exhibits. See §240.13d-7 for other parties to whom copies are to be sent.
* | The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting persons initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of securities, and for any subsequent amendment containing information which would alter disclosures provided in a prior cover page. |
The information required on 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, as amended (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. 11776U300 |
1. | Names of Reporting Persons
Palogic Value Management, L.P. | |||||
2. | Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group (See Instructions) (a) ☒ (b) ☐
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3. | SEC Use Only
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4. | Source of Funds (See Instructions)
AF | |||||
5. | Check if Disclosure of Legal Proceedings Is Required Pursuant to Items 2(d) or 2(e) ☐
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6. | Citizenship or Place of Organization
Delaware | |||||
Number of Shares Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person With
| 7. | Sole Voting Power
0 | ||||
8. | Shared Voting Power
1,453,215 | |||||
9. | Sole Dispositive Power
0 | |||||
10. | Shared Dispositive Power
1,453,215 | |||||
11. | Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person
1,453,215 | |||||
12. | Check if the Aggregate Amount in Row (11) Excludes Certain Shares (See Instructions) ☐
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13. | Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row (11)
11.1% (1) | |||||
14. | Type of Reporting Person (See Instructions)
PN; HC; IA |
(1) | Based upon 13,042,293 shares of Common Stock of the Issuer outstanding as of January 31, 2020, as disclosed in the Issuers Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on February 25, 2020 by the Issuer with the SEC for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019. |
CUSIP No. 11776U300 |
1. | Names of Reporting Persons
Palogic Value Fund, L.P. | |||||
2. | Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group (See Instructions) (a) ☒ (b) ☐
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3. | SEC Use Only
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4. | Source of Funds (See Instructions)
WC | |||||
5. | Check if Disclosure of Legal Proceedings Is Required Pursuant to Items 2(d) or 2(e) ☐
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6. | Citizenship or Place of Organization
Delaware | |||||
Number of Shares Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person With
| 7. | Sole Voting Power
0 | ||||
8. | Shared Voting Power
1,453,215 | |||||
9. | Sole Dispositive Power
0 | |||||
10. | Shared Dispositive Power
1,453,215 | |||||
11. | Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person
1,453,215 | |||||
12. | Check if the Aggregate Amount in Row (11) Excludes Certain Shares (See Instructions) ☐
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13. | Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row (11)
11.1% (1) | |||||
14. | Type of Reporting Person (See Instructions)
PN |
(1) | Based upon 13,042,293 shares of Common Stock of the Issuer outstanding as of January 31, 2020, as disclosed in the Issuers Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on February 25, 2020 by the Issuer with the SEC for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019. |
CUSIP No. 11776U300 |
1. | Names of Reporting Persons
Palogic Capital Management, LLC | |||||
2. | Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group (See Instructions) (a) ☒ (b) ☐
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3. | SEC Use Only
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4. | Source of Funds (See Instructions)
AF | |||||
5. | Check if Disclosure of Legal Proceedings Is Required Pursuant to Items 2(d) or 2(e) ☐
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6. | Citizenship or Place of Organization
Delaware | |||||
Number of Shares Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person With
| 7. | Sole Voting Power
0 | ||||
8. | Shared Voting Power
1,453,215 | |||||
9. | Sole Dispositive Power
0 | |||||
10. | Shared Dispositive Power
1,453,215 | |||||
11. | Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person
1,453,215 | |||||
12. | Check if the Aggregate Amount in Row (11) Excludes Certain Shares (See Instructions) ☐
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13. | Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row (11)
11.1% (1) | |||||
14. | Type of Reporting Person (See Instructions)
HC; OO |
(1) | Based upon 13,042,293 shares of Common Stock of the Issuer outstanding as of January 31, 2020, as disclosed in the Issuers Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on February 25, 2020 by the Issuer with the SEC for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019. |
CUSIP No. 11776U300 |
1. | Names of Reporting Persons
Ryan L. Vardeman | |||||
2. | Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group (See Instructions) (a) ☒ (b) ☐
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3. | SEC Use Only
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4. | Source of Funds (See Instructions)
AF | |||||
5. | Check if Disclosure of Legal Proceedings Is Required Pursuant to Items 2(d) or 2(e) ☐
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6. | Citizenship or Place of Organization
United States | |||||
Number of Shares Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person With
| 7. | Sole Voting Power
52,778 (1) | ||||
8. | Shared Voting Power
1,453,215 | |||||
9. | Sole Dispositive Power
52,778 (1) | |||||
10. | Shared Dispositive Power
1,453,215 | |||||
11. | Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person
1,505,993 | |||||
12. | Check if the Aggregate Amount in Row (11) Excludes Certain Shares (See Instructions) ☐
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13. | Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row (11)
11.5% (2) | |||||
14. | Type of Reporting Person (See Instructions)
HC; IN |
(1) | Includes 18,750 shares of Common Stock of the Issuer that the reporting person has the right to acquire within 60 days of the date of this Schedule 13D pursuant to stock options to acquire shares of Common Stock of the Issuer. |
(2) | Based upon 13,042,293 shares of Common Stock of the Issuer outstanding as of January 31, 2020, as disclosed in the Issuers Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on February 25, 2020 by the Issuer with the SEC for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019 and 18,750 shares of Common Stock of the Issuer that the reporting person has the right to acquire within 60 days of the date of this Schedule 13D pursuant to stock options to acquire shares of Common Stock of the Issuer. |
This Amendment No. 4 to Schedule 13D is jointly filed by and on behalf of each of the Reporting Persons to amend the Schedule 13D related to the common stock, no par value (the Common Stock), of BSQUARE Corporation, a Washington corporation (the Issuer) initially filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) on May 18, 2018, as amended and/or supplemented by Amendment No. 1 to the Schedule 13D filed on June 27, 2018, Amendment No. 2 to the Schedule 13D filed on May 20, 2019, and Amendment No. 3 to the Schedule 13D filed on November 21, 2019 (as amended, the Schedule 13D). Each capitalized term used and not defined herein shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Schedule 13D. Except as otherwise provided herein, each Item of the Schedule 13D remains unchanged.
Item 3. | Source and Amount of Funds or other Consideration |
Item 3 is hereby amended and supplemented as follows:
Between February 27, 2020 and March 10, 2020, Palogic Value Fund expended an aggregate of approximately $203,664 (excluding commissions) to acquire an additional 167,869 shares of Common Stock of the Issuer in various open market transactions. The funds used for the purchase of these additional shares of Common Stock of the Issuer reported in this Schedule 13D were derived from general working capital of Palogic Value Fund.
Item 5. | Interest in Securities of the Issuer |
Item 5 is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows:
(a) The aggregate number and percentage of the class of securities identified pursuant to Item 1 beneficially owned by each Reporting Person is stated in Items 11 and 13 on the cover page(s) hereto.
Each Reporting Person declares that neither the filing of this Schedule 13D nor anything herein shall be construed as an admission that such person is, for the purposes of Section 13(d) or 13(g) of the Act or any other purpose, the beneficial owner of any securities covered by this Schedule 13D.
Each Reporting Person may be deemed to be a member of a group with respect to the Issuer or securities of the Issuer for the purposes of Section 13(d) or 13(g) of the Act. Each Reporting Person declares that neither the filing of this Schedule 13D nor anything herein shall be construed as an admission that such person is, for the purposes of Section 13(d) or 13(g) of the Act or any other purpose, (i) acting (or has agreed or is agreeing to act) with any other person as a partnership, limited partnership, syndicate or other group for the purpose of acquiring, holding or disposing of securities of the Issuer or otherwise with respect to the Issuer or any securities of the Issuer or (ii) a member of any syndicate or group with respect to the Issuer or any securities of the Issuer.
(b) Number of shares as to which each Reporting Person has:
(i) | sole power to vote or to direct the vote: |
See Item 7 on the cover page(s) hereto.
(ii) | shared power to vote or to direct the vote: |
See Item 8 on the cover page(s) hereto.
(iii) | sole power to dispose or to direct the disposition of: |
See Item 9 on the cover page(s) hereto.
(iv) | shared power to dispose or to direct the disposition of: |
See Item 10 on the cover page(s) hereto.
Palogic Value Fund is the record and direct beneficial owner of the securities covered by this Schedule 13D. Palogic Value Fund has the power to vote or to direct the vote of (and the power to dispose or direct the disposition of) the shares of Common Stock owned by it.
As the general partner of Palogic Value Fund, Palogic Value Management may be deemed to have the shared power to vote or to direct the vote of (and the shared power to dispose or direct the disposition of) any shares of Common Stock owned by Palogic Value Fund. Palogic Value Management does not own any shares of Common Stock directly and disclaims beneficial ownership of any shares of Common Stock owned by Palogic Value Fund.
As the general partner of Palogic Value Management, Palogic Capital Management may be deemed to have the shared power to vote or to direct the vote of (and the shared power to dispose or direct the disposition of) any shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by Palogic Value Management. Palogic Capital Management does not own any shares of Common Stock directly and disclaims beneficial ownership of any shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by Palogic Value Management.
As the sole member of Palogic Capital Management, Mr. Vardeman may be deemed to have the shared power to vote or to direct the vote of (and the shared power to dispose or direct the disposition of) any shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by Palogic Capital Management. Mr. Vardeman disclaims beneficial ownership of any shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by Palogic Capital Management.
As of the date hereof, Mr. Vardeman owns 18,750 options to purchase Common Stock of the Issuer (the Options) and 34,028 shares of Common Stock of the Issuer (the Vardeman Shares), in each case, which were granted to him and, as of the date hereof, have vested pursuant to the Plan and the Issuers standard non-qualified option agreement and the Issuers standard restricted stock unit agreement, respectively. Each of the Reporting Persons (other than Mr. Vardeman) disclaims beneficial ownership over the Options and the Vardeman Shares.
As of the date hereof, no Reporting Person owns any shares of Common Stock of the Issuer other than as set forth in this Item 5.
(c) Other than as set forth on Annex A hereto, there have been no transactions in the class of securities reported on that were effected by the Reporting Persons during the past sixty days or since the most recent filing of Schedule 13D, whichever is less.
(d) Not applicable.
(e) Not applicable.
SIGNATURE
After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.
Date: March 10, 2020 | PALOGIC VALUE MANAGEMENT, L.P. | |||||
By: | Palogic Capital Management, LLC | |||||
Its: | General Partner | |||||
By: | /s/ Ryan L. Vardeman | |||||
Name: | Ryan L. Vardeman | |||||
Title: | Sole Member | |||||
PALOGIC VALUE FUND, L.P. | ||||||
By: | Palogic Value Management, L.P. | |||||
Its: | General Partner | |||||
By: | Palogic Capital Management, LLC | |||||
Its: | General Partner | |||||
By: | /s/ Ryan L. Vardeman | |||||
Name: | Ryan L. Vardeman | |||||
Title: | Sole Member | |||||
PALOGIC CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC | ||||||
By: | /s/ Ryan L. Vardeman | |||||
Name: | Ryan L. Vardeman | |||||
Title: | Sole Member | |||||
/s/ Ryan L. Vardeman | ||||||
RYAN L. VARDEMAN |
ANNEX A
RECENT TRANSACTIONS BY THE REPORTING PERSONS IN THE SECURITIES OF BSQUARE CORPORATION
Reporting Person | Date of Transaction | Description of Transaction | Shares Acquired | Price Per Share (1) | ||||||||||||
Palogic Value Fund, L.P. | 02/27/2020 | Open Market Purchases | 33,714 | $ | 1.22 | (2) | ||||||||||
Palogic Value Fund, L.P. | 02/28/2020 | Open Market Purchases | 23,687 | $ | 1.2246 | (3) | ||||||||||
Palogic Value Fund, L.P. | 03/02/2020 | Open Market Purchases | 10,761 | $ | 1.2368 | (4) | ||||||||||
Palogic Value Fund, L.P. | 03/03/2020 | Open Market Purchases | 10,000 | $ | 1.2456 | (5) | ||||||||||
Palogic Value Fund, L.P. | 03/05/2020 | Open Market Purchases | 21,020 | $ | 1.2414 | (6) | ||||||||||
Palogic Value Fund, L.P. | 03/09/2020 | Open Market Purchases | 35,787 | $ | 1.1997 | (7) | ||||||||||
Palogic Value Fund, L.P | 03/10/2020 | Open Market Purchases | 32,900 | $ | 1.1773 | (8) |
(1) | Excluding commissions. |
(2) | This price represents the approximate weighted average price per Share, of purchases that were executed at prices ranging from $1.205 to $1.225 per Share. The reporting persons undertake to provide, upon request by the Securities and Exchange Commission staff, the Issuer or a security holder of the Issuer, full information regarding the price per Share and the number of Shares purchased at each price. |
(3) | This price represents the approximate weighted average price per Share of purchases that were executed at prices ranging from $1.21 to $1.25 per Share. The reporting persons undertake to provide, upon request by the Securities and Exchange Commission staff, the Issuer or a security holder of the Issuer, full information regarding the price per Share and the number of Shares purchased at each price. |
(4) | This price represents the approximate weighted average price per Share of purchases that were executed at prices ranging from $1.21 to $1.25 per Share. The reporting persons undertake to provide, upon request by the Securities and Exchange Commission staff, the Issuer or a security holder of the Issuer, full information regarding the price per Share and the number of Shares purchased at each price. |
(5) | This price represents the approximate weighted average price per Share of purchases that were executed at prices ranging from $1.21 to $1.25 per Share. The reporting persons undertake to provide, upon request by the Securities and Exchange Commission staff, the Issuer or a security holder of the Issuer, full information regarding the price per Share and the number of Shares purchased at each price. |
(6) | This price represents the approximate weighted average price per Share of purchases that were executed at prices ranging from $1.22 to $1.25 per Share. The reporting persons undertake to provide, upon request by the Securities and Exchange Commission staff, the Issuer or a security holder of the Issuer, full information regarding the price per Share and the number of Shares purchased at each price. |
(7) | This price represents the approximate weighted average price per Share of purchases that were executed at prices ranging from $1.192 to $1.20 per Share. The reporting persons undertake to provide, upon request by the Securities and Exchange Commission staff, the Issuer or a security holder of the Issuer, full information regarding the price per Share and the number of Shares purchased at each price. |
(8) | This price represents the approximate weighted average price per Share of purchases that were executed at prices ranging from $1.17 to $1.18 per Share. The reporting persons undertake to provide, upon request by the Securities and Exchange Commission staff, the Issuer or a security holder of the Issuer, full information regarding the price per Share and the number of Shares purchased at each price. |