CUMBERLAND ASSOCIATES LLC
SC 13G/A, 1999-02-12
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                                  UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549


                                  SCHEDULE 13G

                    Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
                               (Amendment No. 1)*

                        CREDIT MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS, INC.
                        ---------------------------------
                                (Name of Issuer)

                     Common Stock, $.01 Par Value Per Share
                     --------------------------------------
                         (Title of Class of Securities)

                                    224905109
                                    ---------
                                 (CUSIP Number)

                                December 31, 1998
                                -----------------
                      (Date of Event which Requires Filing
                               of this Statement)



Check the appropriate box to designate the rule pursuant to which this Schedule
is filed:

                                [ ] Rule 13d-1(b)
                                [X] Rule 13d-1(c)
                                [ ] Rule 13d-1(d)



*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 the
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).



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- ---------------------------                           --------------------------
CUSIP No.  224905109                    13G           Page  2     of   6   Pages
          -----------------                                ------    -----
- ---------------------------                           --------------------------

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

           Cumberland Associates LLC
- ---------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------
        2  CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*
                                                                       (a) [ ]
                                                                       (b) [X]

- ---------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------
        3  SEC USE ONLY

- ---------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------
        4  CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

           New York
- -------------------- ------ ----------------------------------------------------
                         5  SOLE VOTING POWER

                            438,000
                     ------ ----------------------------------------------------
     NUMBER OF           6  SHARED VOTING POWER
      SHARES
   BENEFICIALLY             76,000
     OWNED BY
       EACH          ------ ----------------------------------------------------
    REPORTING            7  SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
     PERSON
      WITH                  438,000

                     ------ ----------------------------------------------------
                         8  SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

                            76,000
- ---------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------
        9  AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

           514,000
- ---------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------
       10  CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES


- ---------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------
       11  PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (9)

           6.7%
- ---------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------
       12  TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*

           OO, IA
- ---------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------
                      *SEE INSTRUCTION BEFORE FILLING OUT!

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Item 1(a)                 Name of Issuer:
                          ---------------

                          Credit Management Solutions, Inc. (the "Issuer")

Item 1(b)                 Address of Issuer's Principal Executive Offices:
                          ------------------------------------------------

                          5950 Symphony Woods Road
                          Columbia, Maryland 21044

Items 2(a)                Name of Person Filing:
                          ----------------------

                          This statement is being filed by Cumberland
                          Associates LLC. Cumberland Associates LLC is
                          a limited liability company organized under
                          the laws of the State of New York, and is
                          engaged in the business of managing, on a
                          discretionary basis, thirteen securities
                          accounts (the "Accounts"), the principal one
                          of which is Cumberland Partners. K. Tucker
                          Andersen, Gary Tynes, Oscar S. Schafer, Bruce
                          G. Wilcox, Glenn Krevlin, Andrew Wallach and
                          Eleanor Poppe are the members (the "Members")
                          of Cumberland Associates LLC.

Item 2(b)                 Address of Principal Business Office:
                          -------------------------------------

                          The address of the principal business and office
                          of Cumberland Associates LLC and each of the
                          Members is 1114 Avenue of the Americas,  New
                          York, New York 10036.

Item 2(c)                 Citizenship:
                          -----------

                          Cumberland  Associates  LLC  is  a  New  York
                          limited liability company.  Each of the Members
                          is a citizen of the United States.

Item 2(d)                  Title of Class of Securities:
                           -----------------------------

                           Common Stock, par value $.01 per share (the "Shares")

Item 2(e)                  CUSIP Number:
                           -------------

                           224905109

Item 3                     Not Applicable

Item 4.                    Ownership:
                           ----------



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Item 4(a)                  Amount Beneficially Owned:
                           -------------------------
                           As of the date hereof,  Cumberland Associates
                           LLC may be  deemed  the  beneficial  owner of
                           514,000 Shares.

Item 4(b)                  Percent of Class:
                           -----------------

                           The  number  of  Shares  of which Cumberland
                           Associates LLC  may  be  deemed  to  be  the
                           beneficial owner constitutes approximately
                           6.7%  of  the  total  number of Shares
                           outstanding.

Item 4(c)                  Number of shares as to which such person has:
                           ---------------------------------------------

                           (i)    Sole power to vote or to direct the vote:
                                  438,000

                           (ii)   Shared power to vote or to direct the
                                  vote: 76,000

                           (iii)  Sole power to dispose or to direct the
                                  disposition of: 438,000

                           (iv)   Shared power to dispose or to direct the
                                  disposition of:  76,000

Item 5                     Ownership of Five Percent or Less of a Class:
                           --------------------------------------------

                           If this statement is being filed to report
                           the fact that as of the date hereof the
                           reporting person has ceased to be the
                           beneficial owner of more than five percent of
                           the class of securities, check the following.


Item 6                     Ownership of More than Five Percent on Behalf of
                           -------------------------------------------------
                           Another Person:
                           --------------

                           The beneficial owners of the Accounts have
                           the right to participate in the receipt of
                           dividends from, or proceeds from the sale of,
                           the Shares held for each Account in
                           accordance with their ownership interests in
                           each such Account.

Item 7                     Identification and Classification of the
                           ----------------------------------------
                           Subsidiary Which Acquired the Security Being
                           --------------------------------------------
                           Reported on By the Parent Holding Company:
                           ------------------------------------------

                           Not Applicable

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Item 8                     Identification and Classification of Members
                           --------------------------------------------
                           of the Group:
                           -------------

                           Not Applicable


Item 9                     Notice of Dissolution of Group:
                           ------------------------------

                           Not Applicable

Item 10                    Certification:
                           -------------

          By signing below the signatory certifies that, to the best of his
knowledge and belief, the securities referred to above were not acquired and are
not held for the purpose of or with the effect of changing or influencing the
control of the Issuer of the securities and were not acquired and are not held
in connection with or as a participant in any transaction having that purpose or
effect.

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                                    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.



Dated:  February 12, 1999

                                            CUMBERLAND ASSOCIATES LLC


                                            By:   /s/ K. Tucker Andersen
                                                  ----------------------
                                            Name:   K. Tucker Andersen
                                            Title:  Member


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