XRM Xerium Technologies New (delisted)

CUSIP No.  8416J118

13D/A

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1	NAME OF REPORTING PERSONS
	AS INVESTORS, LLC
2	CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)			(a)	☒
				(b)	☐
3	SEC USE ONLY
4	SOURCE OF FUNDS (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
	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
			0 (See Item 5)
		8	SHARED VOTING POWER
			996,479 (See Item 5)
		9	SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
			0 (See Item 5)
		10	SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
			996,479 (See Item 5)
11	AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
	996,479 (See Item 5)
12	CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)				☐
13	PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
	6.1% (See Item 5)
14	TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
	OO

 

 

 

This Amendment No. 5 (“Amendment No. 5”) amends the Schedule 13D initially filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on May 25, 2010, as amended (the “Schedule 13D”), and is filed by and on behalf of (i) AS Investors, LLC (“AS Investors”), (ii) American Securities Partners V, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (“ASP V”), (iii) American Securities Partners V(B), L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (“ASP V(B)”), (iv) American Securities Partners V(C), L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (“ASP V(C)” and, with ASP V and ASP V(B), the “Sponsors”, the owners of membership interests in AS Investors), (v) American Securities Associates V, LLC (“GP”), the general partner of each Sponsor; and (vi) American Securities LLC, which provides investment advisory services to each Sponsor and GP (the “Advisor”) (each a “Reporting Person” and collectively the “Reporting Persons”), with respect to the common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Common Stock”), of Xerium Technologies, Inc. (“Xerium” or the “Issuer”).  Unless otherwise indicated, all capitalized terms used and not defined herein have the respective meanings assigned to them in the Schedule 13D.

 

Item 5.

Interest in Securities of the Issuer

 

Item 5 is supplemented as follows:

 

(a) and (b) The responses of the Reporting Persons to rows (7) through (13) of the cover pages of this Amendment No. 5 are incorporated herein by reference as of February 20, 2018. As of February 20, 2018, AS Investors was the direct record owner of, and had the power to vote and to dispose or direct the disposition of 996,479   shares of Common Stock, representing approximately 6.1% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock, based on 16,367,743 shares of Common Stock outstanding as of October 30, 2017, as reported in Xerium’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on October 30, 2017.  As a result of their relationship to AS Investors, ASP V, ASP V(B), ASP V(C), GP, and Advisor may also be deemed to be beneficial owners of Xerium.  Additionally, as of February 20, 2018, Advisor directly owns 12,929 shares of Common Stock.  Accordingly, as of February 20, 2018, Advisor may be deemed to be the beneficial owner of an aggregate of 1,009,408   shares of Common Stock, representing approximately 6.2% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock.

 

SIGNATURE

 

After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, each of the undersigned certifies that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.  Pursuant to Rule 13d-1(k)(1), each of the undersigned agrees that this statement is filed on behalf of each of us.

 

 

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