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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. 1)*
POLISHED.COM INC.
(Name of Issuer)
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Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share
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(Title of Class of Securities)
28252C109
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(CUSIP Number)
Ly Nguyen
Morgan Dempsey Capital Management LLC
111 Heritage Reserve, Suite 200, Menomonee Falls, WI 53051
414-319-1080
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(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person
Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications)
January 20, 2023
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(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 SS.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 S.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 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. 28252C109 13D Page 2 of 9 Pages
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1. NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS
(ENTITIES ONLY)
Morgan Dempsey Capital Management LLC
39-1805798
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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)
OO
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5. CHECK BOX 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
Wisconsin
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7. SOLE VOTING POWER
6,036,954*
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8. SHARED VOTING POWER
NUMBER OF
SHARES 0
BENEFICIALLY -------------------------------------------------------------
OWNED BY EACH 9. SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
REPORTING
PERSON WITH 6,036,954*
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10. SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
0
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11. AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
6,036,954*
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12. CHECK BOX 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)
5.6%
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14. TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON (see instructions)
IA
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*Includes 2,290,495 shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the
Warrants beneficially owned by Morgan Dempsey Capital Management LLC
CUSIP No. 28252C109 13D Page 3 of 9 Pages
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1. NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS
(ENTITIES ONLY)
Joshua J. Peters
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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)
PF
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5. CHECK BOX 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 of America
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7. SOLE VOTING POWER
2,450,351*
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8. SHARED VOTING POWER
NUMBER OF
SHARES 0
BENEFICIALLY -------------------------------------------------------------
OWNED BY EACH 9. SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
REPORTING
PERSON WITH 2,450,351*
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10. SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
0
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11. AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
2,450,351*
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12. CHECK BOX 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)
2.3%
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14. TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON (see instructions)
IN
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*Includes 683,805 shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the
Warrants beneficially owned by Joshua J. Peters
CUSIP No. 28252C109 13D Page 4 of 9 Pages
Item 1. Security and Issuer.
This statement relates to the common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the
"Shares"), of Polished.com Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Issuer"). The
address of the principal executive offices of the Issuer is 1870 Bath Avenue,
Brooklyn, NY 11214. This statement also relates to the warrants
(the "Warrants") registered by the Issuer with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on May 26, 2021.
Item 2. Identity and Background.
a) Morgan Dempsey Capital Management LLC, is a Wisconsin limited liability
company. Mr. Marc Dion and Mr.David Durham are the managing members of
Morgan Dempsey Capital Management LLC. Mr. Dion and Mr. Durham are both
citizens of the United States.
Mr. Joshua J. Peters is an employee of Morgan Dempsey Capital Management LLC.
Mr. Peters is a citizen of the United States.
b) The principal business address of Morgan Dempsey Capital Management LLC is:
111 Heritage Reserve, Suite 200
Memonmonee Falls WI 53051
Mr. Peters may be contacted at this address.
c) The principal business of Morgan Dempsey Capital Management LLC is the
performance of investment management and advisory services.
The present principal occupation of Mr. Dion, Mr. Durham, and Mr. Peters is
the performance of investment management and advisory services.
d) Morgan Dempsey Capital Management LLC, Mr. Dion, Mr. Durham, and Mr. Peters
have not, during the last five years, been convicted in a criminal proceeding
(excluding traffic violations or similar misdemeanors).
e) Morgan Dempsey Capital Management LLC, Mr. Dion, Mr. Durham, and Mr. Peters
have not during the last five years been a party to a civil proceeding of a
judicial or administrative body of competent jurisdiction and as a result of
such proceeding were or are subject to a judgment, decree or final order
enjoining future violations of, or prohibiting or mandating activities
subject to, federal or state securities laws or finding any violations with
respect to such laws.
Item 3. Source or Amount of Funds or Other Consideration.
The Shares purchased by Morgan Dempsey Capital Management LLC were purchased
with funds for the accounts of its customers in open market transactions. The
aggregate purchase price of the 3,746,459 Shares beneficially owned by Morgan
Dempsey Capital Management LLC is approximately $6,890,302, including brokerage
commissions. The aggregate purchase price of the 2,290,495 Warrants to buy
Shares beneficially owned by Morgan Dempsey Capital Management LLC is
approximately $807,720, including brokerage commissions.
CUSIP No. 28252C109 13D Page 5 of 9 Pages
The Shares purchased by Joshua J. Peters were purchased with personal funds
in open market transactions. The aggregate purchase price of the
1,766,546 Shares beneficially owned by Joshua J. Peters is approximately
$2,578,595, including brokerage commissions. The aggregate purchase price of
the 683,805 Warrants to buy Shares beneficially owned by Joshua J. Peters is
approximately $172,089, including brokerage commissions.
Item 4. Purpose of Transaction.
The shares of Common Stock & Warrants reported in this filing have been
purchased and held for investment purposes on behalf of the client accounts
over which Morgan Dempsey Capital Management LLC has discretionary authority.
The shares that are filed also include shares held by Joshua J. Peters, who
is an employee of Morgan Dempsey Capital Management LLC.
The Reporting Persons believe that the Common Stock and Warrants are
undervalued. The Reporting Persons base this conclusion principally on
representations made in the Corporation's Form 10-K for fiscal year 2021
as filed on March 31, 2022, and the Form 10-Q for the first fiscal quarter
of 2022 as filed on May 16, 2022, with both filings interpreted in light of
the additional information provided in the Corporation's Form 8-K, Item 8.01,
as filed on December 27, 2022, and which the Reporting Persons wish to
incorporate herein by reference. In the ongoing absence of Form 10-Q filings
for the second and third fiscal quarters of 2022, the Reporting Persons
have supplemented the representations of the Corporation's previous 10-K,
10-Q, and 8-K filings using publicly-available information including retail
appliance industry conditions, freight and fuel costs, and third-party web
traffic data.
The Reporting Persons have engaged in communications with the Corporation's
chief executive officer, chief financial officer, and several members of
the board of directors. The Reporting Persons presently have no desire to
change the composition of the Corporation's executive management or its
board of directors. The Reporting Persons further disclose that its shares
were voted in favor of all nine director nominees in the annual meeting of
shareholders held on January 19, 2023.
Within the past 10 business days, the Reporting Persons have reached a
research conclusion and believe that, as a result of their ongoing analysis,
the ideal way to optimize value for all shareholders in the current
environment is a prompt sale of the Corporation to a strategic or financial
acquirer in a private-market context. Specifically, the Reporting Persons
have come to doubt that the public equity markets will value the
Corporation's securities fairly in light of the Corporation's disclosures
between August 16, 2022 and January 19, 2023, even if and when the
Corporation files the heretofore delayed Forms 10-Q and its Form 10-K for
2022. The Reporting Persons therefore urge the Corporation to engage a
well-regarded investment bank to solicit offers that will establish and
then realize the fairest value for shareholders given the uncertain
financial market and macroeconomic circumstances extant at this time.
To emphasize its investment conclusion, the Reporting Persons voted its
shares against the Corporation's proposal to increase the number of
common shares authorized for issuance to 250 million from 200 million,
a proposal that remains pending at this time given the temporary
adjournment of the annual meeting of shareholders on January 19, 2023.
CUSIP No. 28252C109 13D Page 6 of 9 Pages
The Reporting Persons intend to continue engaging in communications
with the Corporation's management team as well as the Corporation's
board of directors regarding means to enhance shareholder value.
Such possible plans or proposals may include one or more plans or
proposals that relate to or would result in any of the matters set
forth in subparagraphs (a) - (i) of Item 4 of Schedule 13D.
The Reporting Persons plan to continuously evaluate, among other factors,
the financial condition, results of operations, business and prospects
of the Corporation, the securities markets in general and the market
for the Common Stock in particular, prevailing economic conditions
and expected trends, all with a view to determining whether to hold,
decrease or increase their investment in the Common Stock, through
open market, privately negotiated or any other transactions.
Depending on the foregoing factors, the Reporting Persons may, from
time to time, modify their present intention as stated in this Item 4.
Except as set forth herein, the Reporting Persons have no present plans
or proposals which would result in:
(a) the acquisition by any person of additional securities or the
disposition of securities of the Corporation;
(b) a sale or transfer of a material amount of assets of the
Corporation or any of its subsidiaries;
(c) any change in the present Board of Directors or management
of the Corporation, including any plans or proposals to change the
number or term of directors to fill any existing vacancies on the
Board;
(d) any material change in the present capitalization or
dividend policy of the Corporation;
(e) any other material change in the Corporation's business or
corporate structure;
(f) changes in the Corporation's charter, bylaws or instruments
corresponding thereto or other actions which may impede the
acquisition of control of the Corporation by any person;
(g) causing a class of securities of the Corporation to be
delisted from a national securities exchange or to cease to be
authorized to be quoted in an inter-dealer quotation system of a
registered national securities a
ssociation;
(h) a class of equity securities of the Corporation becoming
eligible for termination of registration pursuant to Section 12(g)(4)
of the Act; or
(i) any action similar to any of those enumerated above.
Item 5. Interest in Securities of the Issuer.
The aggregate percentage of Shares reported owned by the Reporting Persons
is based upon 105,227,876 Shares outstanding as of December 12, 2022,as reported
in the Issuer's Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on December 19, 2022, plus 2,974,300 Shares
which would be issued upon execution of 2,974,300 Warrants beneficially owned
by the Morgan Dempsey Capital Management LLC and Mr. Peters.
a) As of the close of business on December 31, 2022, Morgan Dempsey Capital
Management LLC beneficially owned 6,036,954 Shares which represents 5.6% of
Shares outstanding and Joshua J. Peters beneficially owned 2,450,351 Shares
which represents 2.3% of Shares outstanding.
CUSIP No. 28252C109 13D Page 7 of 9 Pages
b) For information on voting and dispositive power with respect to the
above listed shares, see Items 7-11 on the Cover Pages.
c) Transactions in the Shares of the Issuer during the Past Sixty Days
The following table details the transactions during the sixty days on or
prior to the Reporting Date in shares.
Price
per Form of
Reporting Person Date Quantity Security Share Transaction
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Morgan Dempsey
Capital Management LLC 12/05/2022 34,104 Share 0.76 Buy
Morgan Dempsey Capital Management LLC, in its role as investment manager to
several customer accounts (collectively, the "Accounts") to which it furnishes
investment advice, may be deemed to beneficially own shares of the Issuer's
Shares and Warrants held in the Accounts.
d) No person other than the Reporting Persons are known to have the right to
receive or the power to direct the receipt of dividends from, or proceeds
from the sale of, the Shares.
e) Not applicable.
Item 6. Contracts, Arrangements, Understandings or Relationships with Respect to
Securities of the Issuer.
None
Item 7. Material to Be Filed as Exhibits.
Exhibit 1
CUSIP No. 28252C109 13D Page 8 of 9 Pages
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.
MORGAN DEMPSEY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC
/s/ Ly Nguyen
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Name: Ly Nguyen
Chief Compliance Officer
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Title
February 3, 2023
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Date
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit Description
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1 Joint Filing Agreement
CUSIP No. 28252C109 13D Page 9 of 9 Pages
EXHIBIT 1 - JOINT FILING AGREEMENT
JOINT FILING AGREEMENT
In accordance with Rule 13d-1(k)(1) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended, each of the undersigned hereby agrees to the joint filing with
the other reporting person of a statement on Schedule 13D (including
amendments thereto) with respect to the Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per
share, of POLISHED.COM INC. and that this Agreement be included as an Exhibit
to such joint filing.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned hereby execute this Agreement this 3rd
day of February, 2023.
MORGAN DEMPSEY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC
By: /s/ Ly Nguyen
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Ly Nguyen
Chief Compliance Officer
/s/ Joshua J. Peters
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Joshua J. Peters