CUSIP No.
019330109
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Page 5 of 10 Pages
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1
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NAME OF REPORTING
PERSONS
I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS (ENTITIES ONLY)
Alexis P. Michas
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2
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CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (See Instructions)
(a)
o
(b)
o
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3
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SEC USE ONLY
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4
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SOURCE OF FUNDS (See Instructions)
OO
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5
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CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e)
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o
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6
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CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
United States
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NUMBER OF
SHARES
BENEFICIALLY
OWNED BY
EACH
REPORTING
PERSON
WITH
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7
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SOLE VOTING POWER
0
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8
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SHARED VOTING POWER
612,264*
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9
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SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
0
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10
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SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
612,264*
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11
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AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
612,264*
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12
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CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES (See Instructions)*
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o
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13
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PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
6.5%
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14
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TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON (See Instructions)
IN
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Excludes 40 shares held by Mr. Michas’s children, as to which Mr. Michas disclaims beneficial ownership.
CUSIP No.
019330109
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Page 6 of 10 Pages
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NAME OF REPORTING
PERSONS
I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS (ENTITIES ONLY)
John A. Bartholdson
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2
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CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (See Instructions)
(a)
o
(b)
o
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3
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SEC USE ONLY
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4
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SOURCE OF FUNDS (See Instructions)
OO
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5
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CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e)
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o
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6
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CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
United States
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NUMBER OF
SHARES
BENEFICIALLY
OWNED BY
EACH
REPORTING
PERSON
WITH
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7
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SOLE VOTING POWER
0
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8
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SHARED VOTING POWER
612,264
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9
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SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
0
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10
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SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
612,264
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11
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AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
612,264
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12
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CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES (See Instructions)
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o
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13
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PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
6.5%
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14
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TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON (See Instructions)
IN
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Item 1.
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Security and Issuer.
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Item 1 is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:
This Amendment No. 3 to the statement on Schedule 13D (this “
Amendment No. 3
”) relates to the common stock, no par value (the “
Shares
”), of Allied Motion Technologies Inc., a Colorado corporation (the “
Issuer
”), and hereby amends and supplements the statement on Schedule 13D filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 28, 2013 (the “
Initial Schedule
”), as amended by Amendment No. 1 filed on August 30, 2013 (the “
Amendment No. 1
”, as amended by Amendment No. 2 filed on April 8, 2015 (the “
Amendment No. 2
”, as amended by Amendment No. 3 filed on September 1, 2017 (the “
Amendment No. 3
” and together with the Initial Schedule, the “
Schedule 13D
”). Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Schedule 13D. All items or responses not described herein remain as previously reported in the Schedule 13D. The Issuer’s principal executive offices are located at 495 Commerce Drive, Amherst, NY 14228.
Item 3.
Source and Amount of Funds or Other Consideration.
The Shares held by Juniper Targeted Opportunity Fund, L.P. that are the subject of this Schedule 13D were purchased with funds obtained through capital contributions from investors in Juniper Targeted Opportunity Fund, L.P. Such Shares were purchased in open market purchases for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $4,341,000, excluding brokerage commissions.
Item 4.
Purpose of Transaction.
This Amendment No. 4 to the Statement relates to the transactions by the Reporting Persons more fully described in Item 5 below.
The Shares initially had been acquired by the Reporting Persons for the purpose of making an investment in the Issuer and not with the intention of acquiring control of the Issuer’s business.
Item 5.
Interest in Securities of the Issuer.
Item 5 the Schedule 13D is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:
The responses of the Reporting Persons to Rows (11) through (13) of the cover pages of this Schedule 13D are incorporated herein by reference.
(a)
The percentages used herein are calculated based upon 9,452,969 Shares outstanding at November 1, 2017, as set forth in the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2017.
As of the date of this Schedule 13D, the Reporting Persons beneficially owned in the aggregate 612,264 Shares, constituting approximately 6.5% of the then outstanding Shares. As of the date of this Schedule 13D, the Reporting Persons may be deemed to have direct beneficial ownership of the Shares as follows:
(i)
Juniper Targeted Opportunity Fund, L.P. (“Juniper Targeted Opportunity Fund”) beneficially owned 612,264 Shares, constituting approximately 6.5% of the then outstanding Shares.
(ii)
Juniper HF Investors II, LLC (“Juniper HF Investors”), as the general partner of Juniper Targeted Opportunity Fund, may be deemed to own beneficially (as that term is defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Act) 612,264 Shares, constituting approximately 6.5% of the then outstanding Shares. Juniper HF Investors disclaims beneficial ownership of such Shares for all other purposes.
(iii)
Juniper Investment Company, LLC (“Juniper Investment Company”), as the investment advisor of Juniper Targeted Opportunity Fund, may be deemed to own beneficially (as that term is defined in Rule 13-d under the Act) 612,264 Shares, constituting approximately 6.5% of the then outstanding Shares. Juniper Investment Company disclaims beneficial ownership of such Shares for all other purposes.
(iv)
Each of Messrs. Michas and Bartholdson, as the managing members of Juniper HF Investors and Juniper Investment Company, may be deemed to own beneficially (as that term is defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Act) 612,264 Shares, constituting approximately 6.5% of the then outstanding Shares. Messrs. Michas and Bartholdson disclaim beneficial ownership of such Shares for all other purposes. In addition, with respect to Mr. Michas, this excludes 40 Shares held by Mr. Michas’s children, as to which Shares Mr. Michas disclaims beneficial ownership.
(b)
Juniper Targeted Opportunity Fund has the power to vote or direct the vote of 612,264 Shares and the power to dispose or direct the disposition of such Shares. Juniper HF Investors, Juniper Investment Company and Messrs. Michas and Bartholdson may be deemed to share with Juniper Targeted Opportunity Fund the power to vote or to direct the vote and to dispose or to direct the disposition of such Shares.
(c)
Set forth on Exhibit A to this Schedule 13D is a list of transactions in the Shares effected by Juniper Targeted Opportunity Fund in the past sixty days. These transactions were all effected in the open market through a broker. Except for the foregoing, no other transactions in the Shares were effected by the Reporting Persons during the sixty days prior to the date of this Schedule 13D.
(d)
To the knowledge of the Reporting Persons, no person other than the Reporting Persons has the right to receive or the power to direct the receipt of dividends from, or proceeds from the sale of, the Shares that are the subject of this Schedule 13D.
(e)
Not applicable.
Item 6.
Contracts, Arrangements, Understandings or Relationships with Respect to Securities of the Issuer.
The response to Item 3 is incorporated herein by reference.
Except as described above or elsewhere in this Schedule 13D or incorporated by reference in this Schedule 13D, there are no contracts, arrangements, understandings or relationships (legal or otherwise) between any of the Reporting Persons or between any of the Reporting Persons and any other person with respect to any securities of the Issuer, including, but not limited to, transfer or voting of any securities, finder’s fees, joint ventures, loan or option arrangements, puts or calls, guarantees of profits, division of profits or losses, or the giving or withholding of proxies.
Item 7.
Materials to be Filed as Exhibits.
Exhibit A:
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Schedule of Transactions
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Exhibit B:
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Joint Filing Agreement (incorporated by reference to the Issuer’s Schedule 13D filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 1, 2013)
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