Filing Details

 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

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SCHEDULE 13D

(Rule 13d-101)

 

INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED IN STATEMENTS FILED PURSUANT

TO RULE 13d-1(a) AND AMENDMENTS THERETO FILED PURSUANT TO

RULE 13d-2(a)

 

(Amendment No. 4)¹

 

Turtle Beach Corporation

(Name of Issuer)

 

Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share

(Title of Class of Securities)

 

900450206

(CUSIP Number)

 

TORO 18 HOLDINGS LLC

C/O ELIZABETH GONZALEZ-SUSSMAN, ESQ.

OLSHAN FROME WOLOSKY LLP

1325 Avenue of the Americas

New York, New York 10019

(212) 451-2300

(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person

Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications)

 

May 1, 2023

(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 Rule 13d-1(e), 13d-1(f) or 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 Rule 13d-7 for other parties to whom copies are to be sent.

 

(Continued on following pages)

 

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¹             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 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 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).

 

	1		NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
				TORO 18 HOLDINGS LLC
	2		CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP															(a) ☒
																		(b) ☐
	3		SEC USE ONLY
	4		SOURCE OF FUNDS
				WC
	5		CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEM 2(d) OR 2(e)															☐
	6		CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
				DELAWARE
NUMBER OF				7		SOLE VOTING POWER
SHARES
BENEFICIALLY							- 0 -
OWNED BY				8		SHARED VOTING POWER
EACH
REPORTING							1,387,087
PERSON WITH				9		SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
							- 0 -
				10		SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
							1,387,087
	11		AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
				1,387,087
	12		CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES															☐
	13		PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
				8.4%
	14		TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON
				OO

  

	1		NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
				IMMERSION CORPORATION
	2		CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP															(a) ☒
																		(b) ☐
	3		SEC USE ONLY
	4		SOURCE OF FUNDS
				AF (see Item 3)
	5		CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEM 2(d) OR 2(e)															☐
	6		CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
				DELAWARE
NUMBER OF				7		SOLE VOTING POWER
SHARES
BENEFICIALLY							- 0 -
OWNED BY				8		SHARED VOTING POWER
EACH
REPORTING							1,387,087
PERSON WITH				9		SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
							- 0 -
				10		SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
							1,387,087
	11		AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
				1,387,087
	12		CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES															☐
	13		PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
				8.4%
	14		TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON
				CO

  

 

	1		NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
				WILLIAM C. MARTIN
	2		CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP															(a) ☒
																		(b) ☐
	3		SEC USE ONLY
	4		SOURCE OF FUNDS
				AF (see Item 3)
	5		CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEM 2(d) OR 2(e)															☐
	6		CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
				UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
NUMBER OF				7		SOLE VOTING POWER
SHARES
BENEFICIALLY							- 0 -
OWNED BY				8		SHARED VOTING POWER
EACH
REPORTING							1,387,087
PERSON WITH				9		SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
							- 0 -
				10		SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
							1,387,087
	11		AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
				1,387,087
	12		CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES															☐
	13		PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
				8.4%
	14		TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON
				IN

  

 

	1		NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
				ERIC SINGER
	2		CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP															(a) ☒
																		(b) ☐
	3		SEC USE ONLY
	4		SOURCE OF FUNDS
				AF (see Item 3)
	5		CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEM 2(d) OR 2(e)															☐
	6		CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
				UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
NUMBER OF				7		SOLE VOTING POWER
SHARES
BENEFICIALLY							- 0 -
OWNED BY				8		SHARED VOTING POWER
EACH
REPORTING							1,387,087
PERSON WITH				9		SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
							- 0 -
				10		SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
							1,387,087
	11		AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
				1,387,087
	12		CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES															☐
	13		PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
				8.4%
	14		TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON
				IN

  

  

 

	1		NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
				SEAN MADNANI
	2		CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP															(a) ☒
																		(b) ☐
	3		SEC USE ONLY
	4		SOURCE OF FUNDS
	5		CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEM 2(d) OR 2(e)															☐
	6		CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
				UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
NUMBER OF				7		SOLE VOTING POWER
SHARES
BENEFICIALLY							- 0 -
OWNED BY				8		SHARED VOTING POWER
EACH
REPORTING							- 0 -
PERSON WITH				9		SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
							- 0 -
				10		SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
							- 0 -
	11		AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
				- 0 -
	12		CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES															☐
	13		PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
				0%
	14		TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON
				IN

 

 

The following constitutes Amendment No. 4 to the Schedule 13D filed by the undersigned (the “Amendment No. 4”). This Amendment No. 4 amends the Schedule 13D as specifically set forth herein. 

 

Item 4.

Purpose of Transaction.

 

Item 4 is hereby amended to add the following:

 

On May 1, 2023, the Issuer issued a press release announcing, among other things, that Juergen Stark, its Chief Executive Officer (CEO), would be stepping down, effective June 30, 2023, and both Mr. Stark and William E. Keitel, would not be standing for election at the 2023 Annual Meeting. While the Reporting Persons are pleased with the Issuer’s announcement that Mr. Stark will be stepping down as CEO, an outcome the Reporting Persons believe is the result of their active engagement, the Reporting Persons remain concerned that the Issuer has not announced plans to explore strategic alternatives or put out meaningful plans to address the Issuer’s performance issues.

 

The Reporting Persons are deeply concerned with leaving the current Board in charge of finding a replacement CEO, overseeing another strategic review if one is undertaken, or taking the necessary steps to improve the Issuer’s operations, without further Board change.

 

If stockholders share these concerns, the Reporting Persons encourage stockholders to express their views to the Board directly. Otherwise, significant stockholder capital may be squandered by this Board on another proxy contest to protect a Board that owns no material amount of stock, has already overseen a failed sale process, apparently has only taken action to critically assess management in the face of another proxy fight, and, until the Reporting Persons had filed their initial Schedule 13D on March 23, 2023, had seen a 57% stock price decline in the stock.¹

 

 

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¹ Based on a closing price of $18.81 per share on May 17, 2022, the date the Issuer announced its cooperation agreement with The Donerail Group LP, among other parties, and a closing price of $8.12 per share on March 22, 2023, the trading day immediately prior to the date on which the Reporting Persons first filed their Schedule 13D. Yahoo Finance.

 

 

CERTAIN INFORMATION CONCERNING THE PARTICIPANTS

 

Toro 18, together with the other participants named herein (collectively, “Toro 18 Group”), intends to file a preliminary proxy statement and accompanying BLUE universal proxy card with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) to be used to solicit votes for the election of its slate of highly-qualified director nominees at the 2023 annual meeting of stockholders of Turtle Beach Corporation, a Nevada corporation (the “Company”).

 

TORO 18 GROUP STRONGLY ADVISES ALL STOCKHOLDERS OF THE COMPANY TO READ THE PROXY STATEMENT AND OTHER PROXY MATERIALS AS THEY BECOME AVAILABLE BECAUSE THEY WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION. SUCH PROXY MATERIALS WILL BE AVAILABLE AT NO CHARGE ON THE SEC’S WEB SITE AT HTTP://WWW.SEC.GOV. IN ADDITION, THE PARTICIPANTS IN THIS PROXY SOLICITATION WILL PROVIDE COPIES OF THE PROXY STATEMENT WITHOUT CHARGE, WHEN AVAILABLE, UPON REQUEST. REQUESTS FOR COPIES SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO THE PARTICIPANTS’ PROXY SOLICITOR.

 

The participants in the proxy solicitation are anticipated to be Toro 18, Immersion, Eric Singer, William C. Martin and Sean Madnani. As of the date hereof, the participants in the proxy solicitation beneficially own in the aggregate 1,387,087 shares of Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share, of the Company (the “Common Stock”). As of the date hereof, Toro 18 directly beneficially owned 1,387,087 shares of Common Stock. Immersion, as the sole member of Toro 18, may be deemed to beneficially own the 1,387,087 shares of Common Stock owned by Toro 18. As the Chief Strategy Officer of Toro, Mr. Martin may be deemed to beneficially own the 1,387,087 shares of Common Stock owned by Toro 18. As President and Chief Executive Officer of Toro 18, Mr. Singer may be deemed to beneficially own the 1,387,087 shares of Common Stock owned by Toro 18. As of the date hereof, Mr. Madnani does not own any shares of Common Stock.

 

 

SIGNATURES

 

After reasonable inquiry and to the best of his knowledge and belief, each of the undersigned certifies that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.

 

Dated: May 1, 2023

 

	TORO 18 HOLDINGS LLC
	By:	/s/ Eric Singer
		Name:	Eric Singer
		Title:	President and CEO

 

	IMMERSION CORPORATION
	By:	/s/ Eric Singer
		Name:	Eric Singer
		Title:	President, CEO and Chairman

 

	/s/ WILLIAM C. MARTIN
	WILLIAM C. MARTIN

 

	/s/ ERIC SINGER
	ERIC SINGER Individually and as attorney-in-fact for Sean Madnani