Sec Form 13D Filing - 325 CAPITAL LLC filing for MOTORCAR PARTS OF AMERICA INC (MPAA) - 2024-08-14

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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

SCHEDULE 13D

(Rule 13d-101)

INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED IN STATEMENTS FILED PURSUANT

TO § 240.13d-1(a) AND AMENDMENTS THERETO FILED PURSUANT TO

§ 240.13d-2(a)

(Amendment No. 3)1

Motorcar Parts of America, Inc.

(Name of Issuer)

Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share

(Title of Class of Securities)

620071100

(CUSIP Number)

Michael Braner

325 Capital LLC

200 Park Avenue 17th Floor

New York, NY 10016

(646) 774-2904

(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person

Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications)

 

August 8, 2024

(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 ¨.

Note:  Schedules filed in paper format shall include a signed original and five copies of the schedule, including all exhibits.  See § 240.13d-7 for other parties to whom copies are to be sent.

 

 

 

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 (“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. 620071100

  1   NAME OF REPORTING PERSON  
         
        325 Capital Master Fund LP  
  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  
         
        Cayman Islands  
NUMBER OF   7   SOLE VOTING POWER  
SHARES          
BENEFICIALLY         - 0 -  
OWNED BY   8   SHARED VOTING POWER  
EACH          
REPORTING         301,956  
PERSON WITH   9   SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER  
         
          - 0 -  
    10   SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER  
           
          301,956  
  11   AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON  
         
        301,956  
  12   CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES     ☐
       
           
  13   PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)  
         
        1.5%  
  14   TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON  
         
        PN  

  

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  1   NAME OF REPORTING PERSON  
         
        325 Capital GP LLC  
  2   CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (a) ☐
        (b) ☐
           
  3   SEC USE ONLY    
           
           
  4   SOURCE OF FUNDS  
         
        AF  
  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         301,956  
PERSON WITH   9   SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER  
         
          - 0 -  
    10   SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER  
           
          301,956  
  11   AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON  
         
        301,956  
  12   CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES     ☐
       
           
  13   PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)  
         
        1.5%  
  14   TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON  
         
        OO  

  

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  1   NAME OF REPORTING PERSON  
         
        325 Capital LLC  
  2   CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (a) ☐
        (b) ☐
           
  3   SEC USE ONLY    
           
           
  4   SOURCE OF FUNDS  
         
        AF  
  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         1,675,035  
PERSON WITH   9   SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER  
         
          - 0 -  
    10   SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER  
           
          1,675,035  
  11   AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON  
         
        1,675,035  
  12   CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES     ☐
       
           
  13   PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)  
         
        8.5%  
  14   TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON  
         
        OO  

  

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  1   NAME OF REPORTING PERSON  
         
        Michael Braner  
  2   CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (a) ☐
        (b) ☐
           
  3   SEC USE ONLY    
           
           
  4   SOURCE OF FUNDS  
         
        AF  
  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  
NUMBER OF   7   SOLE VOTING POWER  
SHARES          
BENEFICIALLY         - 0 -  
OWNED BY   8   SHARED VOTING POWER  
EACH          
REPORTING         1,675,035  
PERSON WITH   9   SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER  
         
      ;     - 0 -  
    10   SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER  
           
          1,675,035  
  11   AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON  
         
        1,675,035  
  12   CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES     ☐
       
           
  13   PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)  
         
        8.5%  
  14   TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON  
         
        IN  

  

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  1   NAME OF REPORTING PERSON  
         
        Daniel Friedberg  
  2   CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (a) ☐
        (b) ☐
           
  3   SEC USE ONLY    
           
           
  4   SOURCE OF FUNDS  
         
        AF  
  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  
NUMBER OF   7   SOLE VOTING POWER  
SHARES          
BENEFICIALLY         - 0 -  
OWNED BY   8   SHARED VOTING POWER  
EACH          
REPORTING         1,675,035  
PERSON WITH   9   SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER  
         
          - 0 -  
    10   SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER  
           
          1,675,035  
  11   AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON  
         
        1,675,035  
  12   CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES     ☐
       
           
  13   PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)  
         
        8.5%  
  14   TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON  
         
        IN  

  

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  1   NAME OF REPORTING PERSON  
         
        Anil Shrivastava  
  2   CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (a) ☐
        (b) ☐
           
  3   SEC USE ONLY    
           
           
  4   SOURCE OF FUNDS  
         
        AF  
  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  
NUMBER OF   7   SOLE VOTING POWER  
SHARES          
BENEFICIALLY         - 0 -  
OWNED BY   8   SHARED VOTING POWER  
EACH          
REPORTING         1,675,035  
PERSON WITH   9   SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER  
         
          - 0 -  
    10   SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER  
           
          1,675,035  
  11   AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON  
         
        1,675,035  
  12   CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES     ☐
       
           
  13   PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)  
         
        8.5%  
  14   TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON  
         
        IN  

  

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The following constitutes Amendment No. 3 to the Schedule 13D filed by the undersigned (the “Amendment No. 3”). This Amendment No. 2 amends the Schedule 13D as specifically set forth herein.

Item 3.Source and Amount of Funds or Other Consideration.

Item 3 is hereby amended and restated to read as follows:

As of the date hereof, the Reporting Persons are deemed to beneficially own the Shares as detailed in Item 5. The aggregate purchase price for the 301,956 Shares beneficially owned directly by 325 Master Fund is approximately $5,137,335. The aggregate purchase price for the 1,373,079 Shares beneficially owned by 325, as the investment manager of the SMAs, is approximately $21,200,365 (inclusive of brokerage commissions and other costs of execution).

The source of funding for the transactions pursuant to which the Reporting Persons obtained beneficial ownership of the Shares was derived from the respective capital of the clients of 325 Master Fund and 325.

Item 5.Interest in Securities of the Issuer.

Items 5(a) – (c) are hereby amended and restated to read as follows:

(a)As of the close of business on August 14, 2023, the Reporting Persons beneficially owned an aggregate of 1,675,035 Shares, which represented 8.5% of the outstanding Shares, based upon 19,753,585 Shares outstanding as of August 1, 2024, which is the total number of Shares outstanding as reported in the Issuer’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 8, 2024.
(b)Sole power to vote or direct the vote: 0
Shared power to vote or direct the vote: 1,675,035
Sole power to dispose or to direct the disposition: 0
Shared power to dispose or direct the disposition: 1,675,035

 

(c)Since the filing of Amendment No. 2 to the Schedule 13D, none of the Reporting Persons has effected any transactions in the Shares, except as set forth on Schedule A.

 

 

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SIGNATURES

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

Dated: August 14, 2024

  325 CAPI TAL MASTER FUND LP
   
  By: 325 Capital GP, LLC, its General Partner
     
  By:

/s/ Michael Braner

    Name: Michael Braner
    Title: Managing Member

 

 

  325 CAPITAL GP LLC
   
  By:

/s/ Michael Braner

    Name: Michael Braner
    Title: Managing Member

 

 

  325 CAPITAL LLC
   
  By:

/s/ Michael Braner

    Name: Michael Braner
    Title: Managing Partner

 

 

  MICHAEL BRANER
   
  By:

/s/ Michael Braner

    Name: Michael Braner

 

 

  DANIEL FRIEDBERG
   
  By:

/s/ Daniel Friedberg

    Name: Daniel Friedberg

 

 

  ANIL SHRIVASTAVA
   
  By:

/s/ Anil Shrivastava

    Name: Anil Shrivastava

 

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SCHEDULE A

Transactions in Shares of the Issuer since the Filing of Amendment No. 2 to the Schedule 13D
(all purchases and sales effected on the NASDAQ except as indicated below)

Nature of the Transaction

Amount of Securities

Purchased/(Sold)

Price ($)

Date of

Purchase/Sale

 

325 Capital Master Fund LP

Purchase of Common Stock 5,677 $6.09041 07/30/2024
Purchase of Common Stock 2,316 $6.05252 07/31/2024
Purchase of Common Stock 2,445 $5.99943 08/01/2024
Purchase of Common Stock 3,802 $5.96024 08/02/2024
Purchase of Common Stock 3,178 $5.86225 08/05/2024
Purchase of Common Stock 3,770 $5.89496 08/06/2024
Purchase of Common Stock 1,941 $5.87227 08/07/2024
Purchase of Common Stock 11,452 $5.92268 08/08/2024
Purchase of Common Stock 2,012 $5.92859 08/09/2024
Purchase of Common Stock 129 $6.091810 08/12/2024
Purchase of Common Stock 626 $6.142411 08/13/2024

 

325 Capital LLC (through the SMAs)

Purchase of Common Stock 35,737 $6.09041 07/30/2024
Purchase of Common Stock 14,581 $6.05252 07/31/2024
Purchase of Common Stock 15,394 $5.99943 08/01/2024
Purchase of Common Stock 23,936 $5.96024 08/02/2024
Purchase of Common Stock 20,011 $5.86225 08/05/2024
Purchase of Common Stock 23,733 $5.89496 08/06/2024
Purchase of Common Stock 12,217 $5.87227 08/07/2024
Purchase of Common Stock 64,400 $5.92268 08/08/2024
Purchase of Common Stock 11,161 $5.92859 08/09/2024
Purchase of Common Stock 1,893 $6.091810 08/12/2024
Purchase of Common Stock 9,567 $6.142411 08/13/2024

 

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1 The price reported is a weighted average price. These Shares were purchases in multiple transactions ranging from $5.9600 to $6.1000 per Share. The Reporting Persons undertake to provide to the Issuer, any security of the Issuer or the staff of the of the Securities and Exchange Commission, upon request, full information regarding the number of Shares purchased at each separate price within the range set forth in this footnote 1.

 

2 The price reported is a weighted average price. These Shares were purchases in multiple transactions ranging from $6.0100 to $6.1000 per Share. The Reporting Persons undertake to provide to the Issuer, any security of the Issuer or the staff of the of the Securities and Exchange Commission, upon request, full information regarding the number of Shares purchased at each separate price within the range set forth in this footnote 2.

 

3 The price reported is a weighted average price. These Shares were purchases in multiple transactions ranging from $5.8700 to $6.0500 per Share. The Reporting Persons undertake to provide to the Issuer, any security of the Issuer or the staff of the of the Securities and Exchange Commission, upon request, full information regarding the number of Shares purchased at each separate price within the range set forth in this footnote 3.

 

4 The price reported is a weighted average price. These Shares were purchases in multiple transactions ranging from $5.8500 to $6.0000 per Share. The Reporting Persons undertake to provide to the Issuer, any security of the Issuer or the staff of the of the Securities and Exchange Commission, upon request, full information regarding the number of Shares purchased at each separate price within the range set forth in this footnote 4.

 

5 The price reported is a weighted average price. These Shares were purchases in multiple transactions ranging from $5.7000 to $5.9500 per Share. The Reporting Persons undertake to provide to the Issuer, any security of the Issuer or the staff of the of the Securities and Exchange Commission, upon request, full information regarding the number of Shares purchased at each separate price within the range set forth in this footnote 5.

 

6 The price reported is a weighted average price. These Shares were purchases in multiple transactions ranging from $5.8600 to $6.0000 per Share. The Reporting Persons undertake to provide to the Issuer, any security of the Issuer or the staff of the of the Securities and Exchange Commission, upon request, full information regarding the number of Shares purchased at each separate price within the range set forth in this footnote 6.

 

7 The price reported is a weighted average price. These Shares were purchases in multiple transactions ranging from $5.8350 to $5.9400 per Share. The Reporting Persons undertake to provide to the Issuer, any security of the Issuer or the staff of the of the Securities and Exchange Commission, upon request, full information regarding the number of Shares purchased at each separate price within the range set forth in this footnote 7.

 

8 The price reported is a weighted average price. These Shares were purchases in multiple transactions ranging from $5.8000 to $6.0100 per Share. The Reporting Persons undertake to provide to the Issuer, any security of the Issuer or the staff of the of the Securities and Exchange Commission, upon request, full information regarding the number of Shares purchased at each separate price within the range set forth in this footnote 8.

 

9 The price reported is a weighted average price. These Shares were purchases in multiple transactions ranging from $5.9000 to $6.0200 per Share. The Reporting Persons undertake to provide to the Issuer, any security of the Issuer or the staff of the of the Securities and Exchange Commission, upon request, full information regarding the number of Shares purchased at each separate price within the range set forth in this footnote 9.

 

10 The price reported is a weighted average price. These Shares were purchases in multiple transactions ranging from $5.9650 to $6.1650 per Share. The Reporting Persons undertake to provide to the Issuer, any security of the Issuer or the staff of the of the Securities and Exchange Commission, upon request, full information regarding the number of Shares purchased at each separate price within the range set forth in this footnote 10.

 

11 The price reported is a weighted average price. These Shares were purchases in multiple transactions ranging from $6.015 to $6.2300 per Share. The Reporting Persons undertake to provide to the Issuer, any security of the Issuer or the staff of the of the Securities and Exchange Commission, upon request, full information regarding the number of Shares purchased at each separate price within the range set forth in this footnote 11.