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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

SCHEDULE 13D

Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(Amendment No. 13 )*

Nautilus, Inc.
(Name of Issuer)
Common Stock, No Par Value
(Title of Class of Securities)
63910B102
(CUSIP Number)
Michael L. Zuppone, Esq.
Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP
75 East 55th Street
New York, New York 10022
(212) 318-6906
(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized to
Receive Notices and Communications)
November 21, 2008
(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. o

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.

* 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 (“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.
 
63910B102 
  Page  
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15  

 

           
1   NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS

Sherborne Investors LP
     
     
2   CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)

  (a)   o 
  (b)   o 
     
3   SEC USE ONLY
   
   
     
4   SOURCE OF FUNDS (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
   
  OO
     
5   CHECK IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) OR 2(e)
   
  o
     
6   CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
   
  Delaware
       
  7   SOLE VOTING POWER
     
NUMBER OF   0
       
SHARES 8   SHARED VOTING POWER
BENEFICIALLY    
OWNED BY   9,830,887.000
       
EACH 9   SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
REPORTING    
PERSON   0
       
WITH 10   SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
     
    9,830,887.000
     
11   AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
   
  9,830,887.000
     
12   CHECK IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
   
  o
     
13   PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
   
  32.1%
     
14   TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
   
  PN


 

                     
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1   NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS

Sherborne Investors GP, LLC
     
     
2   CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)

  (a)   o 
  (b)   o 
     
3   SEC USE ONLY
   
   
     
4   SOURCE OF FUNDS (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
   
  OO
     
5   CHECK IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) OR 2(e)
   
  o
     
6   CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
   
  Delaware
       
  7   SOLE VOTING POWER
     
NUMBER OF   0
       
SHARES 8   SHARED VOTING POWER
BENEFICIALLY    
OWNED BY   9,830,887.000
       
EACH 9   SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
REPORTING    
PERSON   0
       
WITH 10   SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
     
    9,830,887.000
     
11   AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
   
  9,830,887.000
     
12   CHECK IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
   
  o
     
13   PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
   
  32.1%
     
14   TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
   
  OO


 

                     
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1   NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS

Sherborne Investors Management LP
     
     
2   CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)

  (a)   o 
  (b)   o 
     
3   SEC USE ONLY
   
   
     
4   SOURCE OF FUNDS (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
   
  OO
     
5   CHECK IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) OR 2(e)
   
  o
     
6   CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
   
  Delaware
       
  7   SOLE VOTING POWER
     
NUMBER OF   0
       
SHARES 8   SHARED VOTING POWER
BENEFICIALLY    
OWNED BY   9,830,887.000
       
EACH 9   SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
REPORTING    
PERSON   0
       
WITH 10   SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
     
    9,830,887.000
     
11   AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
   
  9,830,887.000
     
12   CHECK IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
   
  o
     
13   PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
   
  32.1%
     
14   TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
   
  PN


 

                     
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1   NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS

Sherborne Investors Management GP, LLC
     
     
2   CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)

  (a)   o 
  (b)   o 
     
3   SEC USE ONLY
   
   
     
4   SOURCE OF FUNDS (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
   
  OO
     
5   CHECK IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) OR 2(e)
   
  o
     
6   CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
   
  Delaware
       
  7   SOLE VOTING POWER
     
NUMBER OF   0
       
SHARES 8   SHARED VOTING POWER
BENEFICIALLY    
OWNED BY   9,830,887.000
       
EACH 9   SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
REPORTING    
PERSON   0
       
WITH 10   SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
     
    9,830,887.000
     
11   AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
   
  9,830,887.000
     
12   CHECK IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
   
  o
     
13   PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
   
  32.1%
     
14   TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
   
  OO


 

                     
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1   NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS

Sherborne Strategic Fund A, LLC
     
     
2   CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)

  (a)   o 
  (b)   o 
     
3   SEC USE ONLY
   
   
     
4   SOURCE OF FUNDS (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
   
  OO
     
5   CHECK IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) OR 2(e)
   
  o
     
6   CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
   
  Delaware
       
  7   SOLE VOTING POWER
     
NUMBER OF   840,245.911
       
SHARES 8   SHARED VOTING POWER
BENEFICIALLY    
OWNED BY   0
       
EACH 9   SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
REPORTING    
PERSON   840,245.911
       
WITH 10   SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
     
    0
     
11   AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
   
  840,245.911
     
12   CHECK IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
   
  o
     
13   PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
   
  2.7%
     
14   TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
   
  OO


 

                     
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1   NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS

Sherborne Strategic Fund B, LLC
     
     
2   CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)

  (a)   o 
  (b)   o 
     
3   SEC USE ONLY
   
   
     
4   SOURCE OF FUNDS (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
   
  OO
     
5   CHECK IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) OR 2(e)
   
  o
     
6   CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
   
  Delaware
       
  7   SOLE VOTING POWER
     
NUMBER OF   1,260,368.868
       
SHARES 8   SHARED VOTING POWER
BENEFICIALLY    
OWNED BY   0
       
EACH 9   SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
REPORTING    
PERSON   1,260,368.868
       
WITH 10   SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
     
    0
     
11   AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
   
  1,260,368.868
     
12   CHECK IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
   
  o
     
13   PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
   
  4.1%
     
14   TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
   
  OO


 

                     
CUSIP No.
 
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15  

 

           
1   NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS

Nottingham Investors LLC
     
     
2   CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)

  (a)   o 
  (b)   o 
     
3   SEC USE ONLY
   
   
     
4   SOURCE OF FUNDS (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
   
  OO
     
5   CHECK IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) OR 2(e)
   
  o
     
6   CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
   
  Delaware
       
  7   SOLE VOTING POWER
     
NUMBER OF   7,730,272.216
       
SHARES 8   SHARED VOTING POWER
BENEFICIALLY    
OWNED BY   0
       
EACH 9   SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
REPORTING    
PERSON   7,730,272.216
       
WITH 10   SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
     
    0
     
11   AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
   
  7,730,272.216
     
12   CHECK IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
   
  o
     
13   PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
   
  25.3%
     
14   TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
   
  OO


 

                     
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1   NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS

Edward J. Bramson
     
     
2   CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)

  (a)   o 
  (b)   o 
     
3   SEC USE ONLY
   
   
     
4   SOURCE OF FUNDS (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
   
  OO
     
5   CHECK IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) OR 2(e)
   
  o
     
6   CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
   
  United Kingdom
       
  7   SOLE VOTING POWER
     
NUMBER OF   9,830,887.000
       
SHARES 8   SHARED VOTING POWER
BENEFICIALLY    
OWNED BY   0
       
EACH 9   SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
REPORTING    
PERSON   9,830,887.000
       
WITH 10   SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
     
    0
     
11   AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
   
  9,830,887.000
     
12   CHECK IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
   
  o
     
13   PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
   
  32.1%
     
14   TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
   
  IN


 

                     
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Explanatory Note: This Amendment No. 13 (this “Amendment”) to Schedule 13D is filed by the Reporting Persons (as defined below in this Explanatory Note) pursuant to Rule 13d-2(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. This Amendment amends and supplements the Schedule 13D filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on July 26, 2007 (the “Initial 13D”) as amended and supplemented by:
    Amendment 1 to the Initial 13D filed with the Commission on July 31, 2007,
 
    Amendment 2 to the Initial 13D filed with the Commission on August 24, 2007,
 
    Amendment 3 to the Initial 13D filed with the Commission on September 4, 2007,
 
    Amendment 4 to the Initial 13D filed with the Commission on September 14, 2007,
 
    Amendment 5 to the Initial 13D filed with the Commission on September 21, 2007,
 
    Amendment 6 to the Initial 13D filed with the Commission on October 9, 2007,
 
    Amendment 7 to the Initial 13D filed with the Commission on October 17, 2007,
 
    Amendment 8 to the Initial 13D filed with the Commission on October 19, 2007,
 
    Amendment 9 to the Initial 13D filed with the Commission on January 2, 2008,
 
    Amendment 10 to the Initial 13D filed with the Commission on March 3, 2008,
 
    Amendment 11 to the Initial 13D filed with the Commission on March 27, 2008 and
 
    Amendment 12 to the Initial 13D filed with the Commission on November 14, 2008,
and relates to the common stock, no par value (“Shares”) of Nautilus, Inc., a Washington corporation (the “Issuer”).
The Reporting Persons are:
  (i)   Sherborne Investors LP, a Delaware limited partnership and managing member of each of the Funds (as defined below) (“Managing Member” or “Sherborne Investors”);
 
  (ii)   Sherborne Investors GP, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and general partner of the Managing Member (“Sherborne Investors GP”);
 
  (iii)   Sherborne Investors Management LP, a Delaware limited partnership and investment manager to the Funds (“Sherborne Management”);
 
  (iv)   Sherborne Investors Management GP, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and general partner of Sherborne Management (“Sherborne Management GP”);

 

 


 

                     
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  (v)   Sherborne Strategic Fund A, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Strategic Fund A”);
 
  (vi)   Sherborne Strategic Fund B, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Strategic Fund B”);
 
  (vii)   Nottingham Investors LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Nottingham” and, together with Strategic Fund A and Strategic Fund B, the “Funds”); and
 
  (viii)   Edward J. Bramson (“Bramson”), a citizen of the United Kingdom and the managing member of Sherborne Investors GP and Sherborne Management GP as well as a director and chief executive officer of the Issuer.
The Covered Persons, for whom information is required to be provided pursuant to Instruction C to Schedule 13D, are Bramson, Mr. Craig L. McKibben and Mr. Gerard L. Eastman (collectively, the “Covered Persons”). Messrs. McKibben and Eastman are managing directors of Sherborne Investors GP and Sherborne Management GP.
Item 3. Source and Amount of Funds or Other Consideration.
Item 3 is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows:
The aggregate purchase price of the 9,830,887 Shares owned by the Funds is $83,299,888.12 including brokerage commissions. The Shares owned by the Funds were acquired with such Funds’ available funds.
Item 5. Interest in Securities of the Issuer.
Items 5 (a) and (b) have been amended and restated in their entirety as follows:
The following describes the direct and indirect interests of the Reporting Persons in the Shares:
    Strategic Fund A is the direct beneficial owner of and has the sole power to vote and dispose of 840,245.911 Shares; (1)
 
    Strategic Fund B is the direct beneficial owner of and has the sole power to vote and dispose of 1,260,368.868 Shares; (1)
 
    Nottingham is the direct beneficial owner of and has the sole power to vote and dispose of 7,730,272.216 Shares; (1)
 
    The Managing Member, as the managing member of the Funds, is the indirect beneficial owner of and has shared indirect power to vote or dispose of 9,830,887.000 Shares;
 
    Sherborne Investors GP, as the general partner of the Managing Member, is the indirect beneficial owner of and has the shared indirect power to vote or dispose of 9,830,887.000 Shares;

 

 


 

                     
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    Sherborne Management, as the investment manager to the Funds, is the indirect beneficial owner of and has the shared indirect power to vote or dispose of 9,830,887.000 Shares;
 
    Sherborne Management GP, as the general partner of Sherborne Management, is the indirect beneficial owner of and has the shared indirect power to vote or dispose of 9,830,887.000 Shares; and
 
    Edward Bramson, as the managing member of each of Sherborne Investors GP and Sherborne Management GP, is the indirect beneficial owner of and has the sole indirect power to vote or dispose of 9,830,887.000 Shares.
 
     
(1)   The Shares beneficially owned by the Funds add up to slightly less than 9,830,887.000 due to rounding.
The information set forth in Rows 7 through 13 of the cover page hereto for each of the Reporting Persons is incorporated herein by reference. The percentage amount set forth in Row
13 for all cover pages filed herewith is calculated based upon the 30,614,336 Shares issued and outstanding as reported by the Issuer in its Form 10-Q for the Quarterly Period ended September 30, 2008.
With the exception of Bramson, the Covered Persons do not beneficially own any Shares.
Item 5 (c) has been amended as follows:
(c) During the past sixty days, the Reporting Persons purchased Shares in the open market as follows:
Sherborne Strategic Fund A, LLC
                 
Trade   # of     Weighted Average  
Date   Shares     Price/Share  
11/14/2008
    179.487     $ 1.699  
11/17/2008
    2,744.527     $ 1.740  
11/18/2008
    8,621.957     $ 1.770  
11/19/2008
    6,882.728     $ 1.841  
11/20/2008
    1,404.443     $ 1.929  
11/21/2008
    7,162.386     $ 2.008  
11/24/2008
    8,210.676     $ 2.559  
Sherborne Strategic Fund B, LLC
                 
Trade   # of     Weighted Average  
Date   Shares     Price/Share  
11/14/2008
    269.231     $ 1.699  
11/17/2008
    4,116.791     $ 1.740  
11/18/2008
    12,932.936     $ 1.770  
11/19/2008
    10,324.092     $ 1.841  
11/20/2008
    2,106.665     $ 1.929  
11/21/2008
    10,743.579     $ 2.008  
11/24/2008
    12,316.013     $ 2.559  

 

 


 

                     
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Nottingham Investors LLC
                 
Trade   # of     Weighted Average  
Date   Shares     Price/Share  
11/14/2008
    1,651.283     $ 1.699  
11/17/2008
    25,249.682     $ 1.740  
11/18/2008
    79,322.107     $ 1.770  
11/19/2008
    63,321.180     $ 1.841  
11/20/2008
    12,920.892     $ 1.929  
11/21/2008
    65,894.035     $ 2.008  
11/24/2008
    75,538.311     $ 2.559  
With the exception of Bramson, the Covered Persons have not purchased any Shares since the filing of the Initial 13D through the date of this report.

 

 


 

                     
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SIGNATURE
After reasonable inquiry and to the best of its knowledge and belief, each of the undersigned certifies that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.
Dated: November 25, 2008
                 
    SHERBORNE INVESTORS LP
 
               
    By:   SHERBORNE INVESTORS GP, LLC, its general partner
 
               
 
      By:   /s/ Craig L. McKibben    
 
               
 
          Name: Craig L. McKibben    
 
          Title: Managing Director    
 
               
    SHERBORNE INVESTORS GP, LLC    
 
               
    By:   /s/ Craig L. McKibben
             
        Name: Craig L. McKibben
        Title: Managing Director
 
               
    SHERBORNE INVESTORS MANAGEMENT LP    
 
               
    By:   SHERBORNE INVESTORS MANAGEMENT GP,
LLC, its general partner
 
               
 
      By:   /s/ Craig L. McKibben    
 
               
 
          Name: Craig L. McKibben    
 
          Title: Managing Director    
 
               
    SHERBORNE INVESTORS MANAGEMENT GP, LLC    
 
               
    By:   /s/ Craig L. McKibben    
             
        Name: Craig L. McKibben
        Title: Managing Director

 

 


 

                     
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    SHERBORNE STRATEGIC FUND A, LLC
 
               
    By:   SHERBORNE INVESTORS LP, its managing member
 
               
 
      By:   SHERBORNE INVESTORS GP, LLC, its general partner    
 
               
 
      By:   /s/ Craig L. McKibben    
 
               
 
          Name: Craig L. McKibben    
 
          Title: Managing Director    
 
               
    SHERBORNE STRATEGIC FUND B, LLC    
 
               
    By:   SHERBORNE INVESTORS LP, its managing member
 
               
 
      By:   SHERBORNE INVESTORS GP, LLC, its general partner    
 
               
 
      By:   /s/ Craig L. McKibben    
 
               
 
          Name: Craig L. McKibben    
 
          Title: Managing Director    
 
               
    NOTTINGHAM INVESTORS LLC    
 
               
    By:   SHERBORNE INVESTORS LP, its managing member
 
               
 
      By:   SHERBORNE INVESTORS GP, LLC, its general partner    
 
               
 
      By:   /s/ Craig L. McKibben    
 
               
 
          Name: Craig L. McKibben    
 
          Title: Managing Director    
 
               
    EDWARD BRAMSON    
 
               
    /s/ Edward Bramson    
         
    Edward Bramson