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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
SCHEDULE 13D
UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
(AMENDMENT NO. 4)*
Florafax International, Inc.
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(Name of Issuer)
Common Stock
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(Title of Class of Securities)
33982510
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(CUSIP Number)
Mr. Lance Laifer With a copy to:
Laifer Capital Management, Inc. Gerald Adler, Esq.
Hilltop Partners, L.P. Shereff, Friedman, Hoffman & Goodman, LLP
45 West 45th Street 919 Third Avenue
New York, New York 10036 New York, New York 10022
(212) 921-4139 (212) 758-9500
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(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized
to Receive Notices and Communications)
May 16, 1997
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(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
statement because of Rule 13d-1(b) (3) or (4), check the following: [ ].
Note: Six copies of this statement, including all exhibits, should be filed with
the Commission. See Rule 13d-1(a) for other parties to whom copies are to be
sent.
*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).
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SCHEDULE 13D
CUSIP No. 33982510 Page 2 of 9 Pages
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1 NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON
Hilltop Partners, L.P.
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 ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e) / /
6 CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
Delaware
NUMBER OF 7 SOLE VOTING POWER
SHARES 1,138,329
BENEFICIALLY 8 SHARED VOTING POWER
0
OWNED BY
9 SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
EACH 1,138,329
REPORTING
10 SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
PERSON 0
WITH
11 AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING
PERSON
1,138,329
12 CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES
CERTAIN SHARES* / /
13 PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
14.6%
14 TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*
PN
*SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT!
INCLUDE BOTH SIDES OF THE COVER PAGE, RESPONSES TO ITEMS 1-7
(INCLUDING EXHIBITS) OF THE SCHEDULE, AND THE SIGNATURE ATTESTATION.
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SCHEDULE 13D
CUSIP No. 33982510 Page 3 of 9 Pages
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1 NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON
Laifer Capital Management, Inc.
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 ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e) / /
6 CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
Delaware
NUMBER OF 7 SOLE VOTING POWER
SHARES 1,401,529
BENEFICIALLY 8 SHARED VOTING POWER
0
OWNED BY
9 SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
EACH 1,401,529
REPORTING
10 SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
PERSON 595,800
WITH
11 AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING
PERSON
1,997,329
12 CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES
CERTAIN SHARES* / /
13 PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
25.6%
14 TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*
CO, IA
*SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT!
INCLUDE BOTH SIDES OF THE COVER PAGE, RESPONSES TO ITEMS 1-7
(INCLUDING EXHIBITS) OF THE SCHEDULE, AND THE SIGNATURE ATTESTATION.
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SCHEDULE 13D
CUSIP No. 33982510 Page 4 of 9 Pages
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1 NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON
Lance Laifer
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 ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e) / /
6 CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
Delaware
NUMBER OF 7 SOLE VOTING POWER
SHARES 1,401,529
BENEFICIALLY 8 SHARED VOTING POWER
0
OWNED BY
9 SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
EACH 1,401,529
REPORTING
10 SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
PERSON 595,800
WITH
11 AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING
PERSON
1,997,329
12 CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES
CERTAIN SHARES* / /
13 PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
25.6%
14 TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*
IN
*SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT!
INCLUDE BOTH SIDES OF THE COVER PAGE, RESPONSES TO ITEMS 1-7
(INCLUDING EXHIBITS) OF THE SCHEDULE, AND THE SIGNATURE ATTESTATION.
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Amendment No. 4 to
Schedule 13D
Florafax International, Inc.
This Amendment No. 4 to the Statement on Schedule 13D (as
defined below) amends and supplements the Statement on Schedule 13D filed
September 13, 1996 (the "Schedule 13D"), Amendment No. 1 to the Schedule 13D
filed November 27, 1996, Amendment No. 2 to the Schedule 13D filed February 26,
1997 and Amendment No. 3 to the Schedule 13D filed April 21, 1997, each filed by
Hilltop Partners, L.P., Laifer Capital Management, Inc. and Lance Laifer
(collectively, the "Reporting Persons") relating to the common stock (the
"Common Stock") of Florafax International, Inc. (the "Issuer"). Capitalized
terms used herein and not defined herein shall have the meaning assigned thereto
in the Schedule 13D. The address of the Issuer is 8075 20th Street, Vero Beach,
Florida 32966.
Item 5. Interest in Securities of Issuer.
Item 5 is amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:
(a) Hilltop is the beneficial owner of 1,138,329 shares
(14.6%) of Common Stock.
Laifer Capital Management, Inc. is the beneficial owner of
1,997,329 shares (25.6%) of Common Stock. The 1,997,329 shares of Common Stock
beneficially owned by Laifer Capital Management, Inc. includes:
(i) 1,138,329 shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by
Laifer Capital Management, Inc. in its capacity as General Partner and
Investment Advisor to Hilltop, which shares have been described in the previous
paragraph; and
(ii) 859,000 shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by
Laifer Capital Management, Inc. in its capacity as Investment Advisor to various
other clients. These clients include: (a) Wolfson, with an address at One State
Street Plaza, New York, New York 10004-1505, and (b) Offshore, a Cayman Islands
company, with an address c/o Consolidated Fund Management Limited, P.O. Box HM
2257, Par La Ville Place, 14 Par La Ville Road, Hamilton HMJX, Bermuda
(collectively, the "Clients").
Lance Laifer, as president, sole director and principal
stockholder of Laifer Capital Management, Inc., is deemed to have the same
beneficial ownership as Laifer Capital Management, Inc.
The number of shares beneficially owned by the Reporting
Persons and the percentage of outstanding shares represented thereby have been
computed in accordance with Rule 13d-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended. As of May 19, 1997 there were 7,805,122 shares of Common Stock
of the Issuer outstanding as reported to the Reporting Persons by an officer of
the Issuer.
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(b) Hilltop has the sole power (i) to vote or to direct the
voting of and (ii) to dispose and to direct the disposition of the 1,138,329
shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by it. Hilltop's power to vote and
dispose of its shares rests with Laifer Capital Management, Inc., in its
capacity as the General Partner of Hilltop.
Laifer Capital Management, Inc. has the sole power (i) to vote
and to direct the voting of and (ii) to dispose and direct the disposition of
the 1,138,329 shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by it in its capacity as
the General Partner of Hilltop. Laifer Capital Management, Inc. (i) has sole
power to vote and to direct the voting and to dispose and direct the disposition
of 263,200 shares of Common Stock owned by Offshore and (ii) has the power to
dispose and direct the disposition of 595,800 shares of Common Stock owned by
Laifer Capital Management, Inc. in its capacity as Investment Advisor to
Wolfson.
(c) All transactions in the Common Stock effected by the
Reporting Persons since the filing of Amendment No. 3 to the Schedule 13D are
set forth in Annex A hereto and are incorporated herein by reference. All such
transactions were open market purchases.
(d) Not applicable.
(e) Not applicable.
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Dated: May 21, 1997 HILLTOP PARTNERS, L.P.
By: LAIFER CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, INC.,
as General Partner
By: /s/ Lance Laifer
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Lance Laifer
President
LAIFER CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, INC.
By: /s/ Lance Laifer
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Lance Laifer
President
/s/ Lance Laifer
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Lance Laifer
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ANNEX A
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LAIFER HILLTOP WOLFSON OFFSHORE
DATE PRICE COMMISSION # SHARES # SHARES # SHARES # SHARES
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
4/21/97 $2.45 $0.06 1,600 900 500 200
4/25/97 2.5532 0.06 6,200 3,400 2,000 800
4/30/97 2.5169 0.06 3,900 2,200 1,200 500
4/30/97 2.6146 0.03 9,000 4,900 3,000 1,100
5/2/97 2.8958 0.03 3,000 1,700 900 400
5/2/97 2.80 0.06 2,000 1,100 600 300
5/5/97 3.0313 0.05 1,000 600 300 100
5/5/97 3.0625 0.00 5,000 2,900 1,400 700
5/7/97 3.06 0.06 3,500 2,000 1,100 400
5/7/97 3.125 0.05 5,000 2,900 1,400 700
5/12/97 3.1563 0.05 5,000 2,900 1,400 700
5/14/97 3.1563 0.05 5,000 2,900 1,400 700
5/15/97 3.1563 0.00 5,000 2,900 1,400 700
5/16/97 3.1875 0.05 5,000 2,900 1,400 700
5/16/97 3.066 0.00 305,000 152,500 117,900 34,600
5/16/97 3.0968 0.06 3,100 1,800 900 400
5/19/97 3.00 0.06 20,000 11,000 6,500 2,500
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