UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
SCHEDULE 13D
Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
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Amendment No. 20
Thermodynetics, Inc.
(Name of Issuer)
Common Stock 883622
(Title of Class of Securities) (CUSIP Number)
Robert A. Lerman
(Reporting Person)
Kenneth B. Lerman, P.C.
651 Day Hill Road, Windsor, Connecticut 06095-0040
Telephone (860) 285-0700
(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person
Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications)
August 31, 1999
(Date of Event which Requires Filing of this Statement)
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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. [ ]
Check the following box if a fee is being paid with the statement. [ ]. (See
Rule 13d-7.)
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1. Name of reporting person:
Robert A. Lerman
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2. Check the appropriate box if a member of a group.
(a) [_]
(b) [X]
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3. SEC USE ONLY
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4. Source of funds:
PF - Personal Funds of Reporting Person.
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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
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7. Sole voting power:
NUMBER OF 2,592,677
SHARES _________________________________________________________________
8. Shared voting power:
BENEFICIALLY
1,424,191
OWNED BY
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EACH 9. Sole dispositive power:
REPORTING 2,592,677
PERSON _________________________________________________________________
10. Shared dispositive power:
WITH
1,424,191
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11. Aggregate amount beneficially owned by each reporting person:
4,261,393
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12. Check box if the aggregate amount in row (11) excludes certain shares:
[_]
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13. Percent of class represented by amount in row (11):
twenty-eight and two-tenths of one percent (28.2%)
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14. Type of reporting person:
IN
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Item 1. Security and Issuer
Issuer: Thermodynetics, Inc. (the "Company")
Executive Office: 651 Day Hill Road
Windsor, Connecticut 06095
Securities: Common Stock, $.01 par value
Item 2. Identity and Background
Name: a) Robert A. Lerman (the "Reporting Person")
Address: b) Thermodynetics, Inc.
651 Day Hill Road
Windsor, CT 06095
Occupation: c) President of the Company.
Convictions: d) None
Proceedings: e) None
Citizenship: f) Citizen of the United States of America.
Item 3. Source and Amount of Funds or Other Consideration
PF-Personal funds of the Reporting Person in the amount of $14,750 are
anticipated to be used to exercise the options to purchase the underlying
common stock of the 268,182 shares reported herein. The first Amendment to
the Stock Option Agreement permits the exercise of the option by the
surrender of Company Stock at the price specified in the Stock Option
Agreement (the then current market price).
Item 4. Purpose of Transaction
The Reporting Person has no intention or desire to gain control of the
Issuer for purposes of liquidation, sale of assets, acquisition or merger.
The Reporting Person may from time to time purchase additional shares
through open market purchases, and stock options presently outstanding. The
Reporting Person intends to purchase the shares upon exercise for
investment purposes.
Item 5. Interest in Securities of the Issuer
(a) *4,261,393* shares are beneficially owned by Reporting Person as of
the date hereof, which equals twenty-eight and two-tenths of one
percent (28.2%) beneficial ownership.
The above includes the beneficial ownership of one-half (1/2) of *166,121*
shares of the Company which are held by Pioneer Partners Corp. Reporting
Person is an officer and director and 50% shareowner of Pioneer Partners
Corp. and thus has a 50% beneficial interest in such shares; a second
director of the Company has the second 50% interest in such shares. The
above includes *244,525* shares owned by Reporting Person's Spouse. The
above includes *49,251* shares held in trust for Reporting Person under the
Company's 401(k) Plan. The above excludes from beneficial ownership a total
of *634,803* shares held for all participating employees in trust by
Reporting Person as a trustee along with two other trustees of the
Company's 401(k) Plan.
The Robert A. Lerman Money Purchase Plan and Trust, established in
1988, owns 1,291,880 shares; Mr. Lerman, as trustee of that pension plan,
has full voting authority over that pension plan's
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shares; thus such shares have been included in Mr. Lerman's above aggregate
beneficial ownership calculation.
(b)(i) Reporting Person has the sole voting and dispositive power over
2,592,677 shares. The above includes 644,495 shares currently registered in
the Reporting Person's name which are issued and outstanding; and 1,948,182
option shares not yet exercised. Shares underlying all unexercised options
cannot be voted.
(ii) Reporting Person has shared voting and dispositive power over
1,424,191 shares. The above includes 49,251 shares held in trust for the
Reporting Person by the Company's 401(k) Plan; 83,060 shares registered in
the name of Pioneer Partners Corp., see item 5(a); and 1,291,880 shares
issued in the name of the Reporting Person's Pension Plan (The Robert A.
Lerman Money Purchase Plan and Trust). The 83,060 shares held by Pioneer
Partners Corp. are under the joint control of Messrs. John F. Ferraro and
the Reporting Person.
(iii) Reporting Person has no voting or dispositive power over the 244,525
shares owned by his wife, Ellen Lerman.
(c) No transactions in the last 60 days from the date hereof or since
Reporting Person's most recent Schedule 13D filing date, except for the
transaction(s) reported below:
Transaction No. Shares Date Exercise Price
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Reallocation of
Stock Option (not exercised) 268,182 August 31, 1999 $0.055 per share
(d) No other person except Reporting Person has the right or power to
receive proceeds or other benefits from a disposition of the shares.
(e) Date Reporting Person ceased 5% beneficial ownership:
Not applicable.
Item 6. Contracts, Arrangements, Understandings or Relationships with Respect to
Securities of the Issuer
Relationships with Issuer. Reporting Person is an officer and director, and
a greater than ten percent beneficial shareholder of the Issuer.
Disclaimer of Group. Because Reporting Person has his own investment,
holding and voting criteria and guidelines, the Reporting Person disclaims,
in particular, membership in any group which individually includes his
spouse, the Robert A. Lerman Money Purchase Plan and Trust, or Mr. John F.
Ferraro. Mr. Ferraro also is an officer, director and a greater than ten
percent beneficial shareholder of the Issuer. Reporting Person disclaims
any beneficial ownership in his spouse's shares and/or the shares of the
Robert A. Lerman Money Purchase Plan and Trust, and this filing is not an
admission of any claim of ownership or of any pecuniary interest in such
shares. Reporting Person disclaims any beneficial ownership in the second
director's 50% interest in the 166,121 shares of the Company owned by
Pioneer Partners Corp. and this filing is not an admission of any claim of
ownership or of any pecuniary interest in such shares.
Item 7. Exhibits
None.
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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.
September 7, 1999
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(Date)
/s/ Robert A. Lerman
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(Signature)
Robert A. Lerman, President and a Director
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(Name/Title)
The original statement shall be signed by each person on whose behalf the
statement is filed or his authorized representative. If the statement is signed
on behalf of a person by his authorized representative (other than an executive
officer or general partner of the filing person), evidence of the
representative's authority to sign on behalf of such person shall be filed with
the statement, provided, however, that a power of attorney for this purpose
which is already on file with the Commission may be incorporated by reference.
The name of any title of each person who signs the statement shall be typed or
printed beneath his signature.
Attention. Intentional misstatements or omissions of fact constitute Federal
criminal violations (See 18 U.S.C. 1001).
