Tumbleweed Communications Corp - Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership (4)
August 22 2008 - 4:54PM
Edgar (US Regulatory)
FORM 4
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Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue.
See
Instruction 1(b).
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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES
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Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public
Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person
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Empire Capital Management, L.L.C.
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2. Issuer Name
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Ticker or Trading Symbol
TUMBLEWEED COMMUNICATIONS CORP
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TMWD
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5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
_____ Director
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__ 10% Owner
_____ Officer (give title below)
_____ Other (specify below)
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(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
1 GORHAM ISLAND, SUITE 201
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3. Date of Earliest Transaction
(MM/DD/YYYY)
8/20/2008
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(Street)
WESTPORT, CT 06880
(City)
(State)
(Zip)
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4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed
(MM/DD/YYYY)
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6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing
(Check Applicable Line)
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X
_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
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Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
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1.Title of Security
(Instr. 3)
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2. Trans. Date
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2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any
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3. Trans. Code
(Instr. 8)
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4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4 and 5)
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5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 3 and 4)
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6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)
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7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
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Code
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V
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Amount
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(A) or (D)
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Price
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Common Stock
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8/20/2008
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S
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2000000
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D
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$2.43
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4613894
(1)
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I
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See Notes
(2)
(3)
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Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (
e.g.
, puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
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1. Title of Derivate Security
(Instr. 3)
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2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security
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3. Trans. Date
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3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any
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4. Trans. Code
(Instr. 8)
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5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4 and 5)
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6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
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7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security
(Instr. 3 and 4)
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8. Price of Derivative Security
(Instr. 5)
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9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)
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10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)
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11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
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Code
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V
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(A)
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(D)
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Date Exercisable
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Expiration Date
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Title
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Amount or Number of Shares
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Explanation of Responses:
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1)
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1. The shares of Common Stock this note relates to are held directly by Empire Capital Partners, L.P. ("Empire Capital"), with respect to the 2,012,117 shares, Empire Capital Partners, Ltd. a Cayman Islands exempted company ("Offshore") as to 2,162,395 shares, Charter Oak Partners, LP a Delaware Limited Partnership ("Charter Oak") as to 364,268 shares, Charter Oak Partners II ("Charter Oak II") as to 59,889 and Charter Oak Master Fund, LP ("Charter Oak Master," and collectively with Empire Capital, Offshore, Charter Oak and Charter Oak II, "the Empire Funds") as to 15,225 shares of Common Stock directly owned by it.
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2. Empire Capital Management L.L.C. (the "Investment Manager") serves as the Investment Manager and has investment discretion over the securities held by Offshore, Charter Oak, Charter Oak II and Charter Oak Master. Empire Capital GP, L.L.C. ("Empire GP"), serves as general partner of Empire Capital. Mr. Scott Fine and Mr. Peter Richards are managing members of the Investment Manager and Empire GP.
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3)
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3. The Investment Manager, Empire GP and the Empire Funds, disclaim beneficial ownership of any of the Issuer's securities to which this Form 4 relates for the purposes of Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Act"), except as to such securities in which each such person may be deemed to have a pecuniary interest pursuant to the Act.
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Reporting Owners
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Reporting Owner Name / Address
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Relationships
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Director
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10% Owner
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Officer
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Other
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Empire Capital Management, L.L.C.
1 GORHAM ISLAND, SUITE 201
WESTPORT, CT 06880
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X
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Signatures
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Empire Capital Management LLC
By: /s/ Scott Fine, Managing Member
/s/ Peter Richards, Managing Member
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8/22/2008
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Signature of Reporting Person
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Date
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Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly.
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*
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If the form is filed by more than one reporting person,
see
Instruction 4(b)(v).
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18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
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