CUMBERLAND ASSOCIATES
SC 13D, 1997-03-10
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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                                  SCHEDULE 13D

                    Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934


                               HOOPER HOLMES, INC.
                                (Name of Issuer)

                          COMMON STOCK, PAR VALUE $.04
                         (Title of Class of Securities)

                                   439104100
                                 (CUSIP Number)

                             Mr. K. Tucker Andersen
                              Cumberland Associates
                           1114 Avenue of the Americas
                            New York, New York 10036
                                 (212) 536-9700
                       (Name, Address and Telephone Number
                     of Person Authorized to Receive Notices
                               and Communications)



                                  March 5, 1997
                      (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 which is the subject of this Schedule 13D, and is filing this
schedule because of Rule 13d-1(b)(3) or (4), check the following box |_|.




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                                  SCHEDULE 13D

CUSIP No. 439104100

1.  NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
    S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON

         CUMBERLAND ASSOCIATES

2.  CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*
                                                             a[ ]
                                                             b[X]
3.  SEC USE ONLY

4.  SOURCE OF FUNDS*
         WC,00

5.  CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED
    PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) OR 2(e)                            [ ]

6.  CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
         New York

                   7.  SOLE VOTING POWER

                       309,700

 NUMBER OF         8.  SHARED VOTING POWER
  SHARES
BENEFICIALLY           85,000
 OWNED BY
   EACH            9.  SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
 REPORTING
  PERSON               309,700
   WITH
                  10.  SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

                       85,000

11.  AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
            394,700

12.  CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES
     CERTAIN SHARES*                                         [ ]

13.  PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
               5.9%

14.  TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*
             PN, IA


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Item 1.  Security and Issuer.

          This statement  relates to the common stock,  par value $.04 per share
(the "Common Stock" or the "Shares"),  of Hooper Holmes,  Inc. (the  "Company"),
which has its principal  executive  offices at 170 Mt. Airy Rd.,  Basking Ridge,
New Jersey 07920.

Item 2.  Identity and Background.

          This  statement is being filed by  Cumberland  Associates.  Cumberland
Associates is a limited partnership organized under the laws of the State of New
York,  and is engaged in the business of  managing,  on a  discretionary  basis,
eleven securities  accounts,  the principal one of which is Cumberland Partners.
The address of the  principal  business and office of  Cumberland  Associates is
1114 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York 10036.

          K. Tucker  Andersen,  Gary Tynes,  Oscar S. Schafer,  Bruce G. Wilcox,
Glenn Krevlin,  Andrew  Wallach and Eleanor Poppe are the general  partners (the
"General  Partners") of Cumberland  Associates.  The business address of each of
the General Partners is the same as that of Cumberland  Associates.  Each of the
General Partners is a citizen of the United States.

          Neither  Cumberland  Associates nor any of the General  Partners have,
during the last five years, been convicted in a criminal  proceeding  (excluding
traffic violations or similar misdemeanors), nor has any such person, during the
last five years, been a party to a civil proceeding of a judicial or

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administrative body of competent jurisdiction as a result of which any such
person was or is 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 violation with respect to such laws.

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

          As of the date hereof,  Cumberland  Associates  held and  beneficially
owned 394,700 shares of Common Stock. The aggregate purchase price of the Common
Stock  purchased by  Cumberland  Associates  on behalf of  Cumberland  Partners,
LongView Partners  LongView B and the other managed accounts was $6,328,207.  Of
this amount,  Cumberland Associates invested approximately  $3,443,494 on behalf
of Cumberland Partners,  $1,071,700 on behalf of LongView Partners,  $481,800 on
behalf of LongView B and $1,331,213 on behalf of eight of Cumberland Associates'
other account  holders.  The source of funds for the purchase of all such Common
Stock  of  Cumberland   Associates  was  a  combination  of  investment  capital
contributed by Cumberland Partners,  LongView Partners, LongView B and the eight
other managed accounts and margin borrowings  through the margin accounts of the
account holders maintained with Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated.

          By virtue of Rule 13d-3 under the  Exchange  Act,  each of the General
Partners may be deemed the beneficial owner of all of the Common Stock purchased
by Cumberland  Associates on behalf of Cumberland  Partners,  LongView Partners,
LongView B and the other managed  accounts,  and therefore each General  Partner
may be

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deemed to have invested the aggregate amount of funds noted above. None of the
General Partners has independently invested any of his or her funds for the
purpose of purchasing the Common Stock.

Item 4.  Purpose of Transaction.

          Cumberland  Associates has purchased,  on behalf of its  discretionary
accounts,  the  Common  Stock in order to  acquire  an  equity  interest  in the
Company.  As of the date hereof,  Cumberland  Associates  is holding such Common
Stock  solely for  investment  and it has no  present  plans or  proposals  with
respect to any material change in the Company's business or corporate  structure
or,  generally,  any other action referred to in instructions (a) through (j) of
Item 4 of the form of Schedule  13D.  Depending on market  conditions  and other
factors,  Cumberland  Associates  may continue  purchases of Common Stock or may
sell or otherwise dispose of all or portions of such Common Stock, if such sales
and purchases would be desirable investments for the portfolios of its accounts.

Item 5. Interest in Securities of the Issuer.

          As of  the  date  hereof,  Cumberland  Associates  beneficially  owned
394,700(1)  shares of Common  Stock  representing  5.9%(2) of the  Common  Stock
deemed outstanding on the date hereof.

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1   As to 309,700 Shares of which, there is sole voting power and sole
    power to dispose or to direct the disposition of such Shares; as to
    85,000 Shares of which, there is shared voting power and shared power
    to dispose or to direct the disposition of such Shares because the
    eight other account holders may be deemed beneficial owners of such
    Shares pursuant to Rule 13d-3 under the Act as a result of their right
    to terminate their discretionary accounts within a period of 60 days.

2   Based on 6,730,864 shares of Common Stock outstanding, as indicated in
    the Company's Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 1996, as
    filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.


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          Set forth in  Appendix A attached  hereto and  incorporated  herein by
reference are  descriptions of the  transactions in the Common Stock effected by
Cumberland  Associates  within  the 60 day  period  ending  on the  date of this
filing.

          In  addition,  each of the  General  Partners  may,  by  virtue of his
position as general  partner of Cumberland  Associates,  be deemed,  pursuant to
Rule  13d-3  under  the  Act,  to own  beneficially  the  Common  Stock of which
Cumberland  Associates would possess beneficial  ownership.  Other than in their
respective capacities as general partners of Cumberland Associates and except as
set forth above,  none of the General  Partners is the  beneficial  owner of any
Common Stock. 

Item 6. Contracts,  Arrangements,  Understandings or Relationships
        with Respect to Securities of the Issuer.

          Pursuant to  management  agreements  with all of its  accounts  except
Cumberland  Partners,  LongView  Partners and LongView B, Cumberland  Associates
receives (i) an annual  management fee from some of its account holders and (ii)
an incentive fee from all of its account  holders based,  in the case of some of
the account holders, on the net appreciation during

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the preceding fiscal or calendar year in the value of the securities in the
account and, in the case of other account holders, on the account's taxable
income during the preceding fiscal or calendar year. In the case of the accounts
of Cumberland Partners, LongView Partners and Longview B, Cumberland Associates
receives an annual management fee from each such account holders which does not
include an incentive fee.

          Except as otherwise set forth in this statement, to the best knowledge
of the  undersigned,  there are no contracts,  arrangements,  understandings  or
relationships (legal or otherwise) among or between the undersigned, the General
Partners  and any other person with  respect to any  securities  of the Company,
including  but not  limited  to  transfer  or voting  of any of the  securities,
finder's  fees,  joint  ventures,  loan or option  arrangements,  puts or calls,
guarantees of profits, division of profits or loss, or the giving or withholding
of proxies.

 Item 7. Material to be Filed as Exhibits.

          No Exhibits are filed herewith.


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

Date:    March 10, 1997

                              CUMBERLAND ASSOCIATES


                              By: /s/ K. Tucker Andersen
                                  K. Tucker Andersen
                                  General Partner


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                                   APPENDIX A*


1.       TRANSACTIONS EFFECTED BY CUMBERLAND ASSOCIATES

     DATE OF       NO. OF UNITS    NO. OF UNITS        PRICE PER
   TRANSACTION      PURCHASED          SOLD              UNIT
   -----------     ------------    ------------        ---------

    3/5/97           59,700                             $16-1/2
    3/3/97           16,700                             $16-1/4
    2/27/97           5,300                             $16-1/4
    2/26/97          12,400                             $16.0131
    2/25/97         106,000                             $16-3/8
    1/27/97           3,200                             $15-1/2
    1/23/97          60,000                             $16



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*   Each of the transactions set forth in this Appendix was a
    regular way transaction.



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