HPSC INC
SC 13D/A, 1997-11-10
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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549


                                  SCHEDULE 13D
                               (Amendment No. 6)*
                                       of
                           Tweedy, Browne Company LLC


                                  SCHEDULE 13D
                               (Amendment No. 6)*
                                       of
                               TBK Partners, L.P.


                                  SCHEDULE 13D
                               (Amendment No. 6)*
                                       of
                            Vanderbilt Partners, L.P.



                    Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

                                   HPSC, INC.
                                (Name of Issuer)


                     Common Stock, Par Value $.01 per Share
                         (Title of Class of Securities)
                                        
                                   404264103
                                 (CUSIP Number)



                                 John D. Spears
                              52 Vanderbilt Avenue
                            New York, New York 10017
                                 (212) 916-0600
                 (Name, Address and Telephone Number of Persons
                Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications)


                              UPON EXAMINATION OF
                  ISSUER'S FILING ON 10Q DATED AUGUST 14, 1997
             (Date of Event which Required 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 paid with the statement [ ]. (A fee is not
required only if the reporting person: (1) has a previous statement on file
reporting beneficial ownership of more than five percent of the class of
securities described in Item 1; and (2) has filed no amendment subsequent
thereto reporting beneficial ownership of five percent or less of such class.)
(See Rule 13d-7.)

* 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 the provisions of the Act (however, see the Notes).

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                                  SCHEDULE 13D

CUSIP No.  404264103                                         Page 3 of 8 Pages
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1.      NAME OF REPORTING PERSONS
        S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON

              Tweedy, Browne Company LLC ("TBC")
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2.      CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*               (a) / /
                                                                        (b) /X/
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3.      SEC USE ONLY

- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
4.      SOURCE OF FUNDS*

              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

              Delaware
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
              7       SOLE VOTING POWER
                      TBC has sole voting power with respect to
                      283,355 shares held in certain TBC accounts (as
                      hereinafter defined). Additionally, certain of the
                      general partners of TBC may be deemed to have sole power
                      to vote certain shares as more fully set forth herein.
 NUMBER OF    ------------------------------------------------------------------
   SHARES     8.      SHARED VOTING POWER
BENEFICIALLY
  OWNED BY            0 shares
    EACH      ------------------------------------------------------------------
 REPORTING    9.      SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
   PERSON             0 shares, except that certain of the general
    WITH              partners of TBC may be deemed to have sole power to
                      dispose of certain shares as more fully set forth
                      herein.
              ------------------------------------------------------------------
              10      SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
                      311,520 shares held in accounts of TBC (as
                      hereinafter defined).
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
11      AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

              311,250 shares
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
12      CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES*
                                                                            /X/
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
13      PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)

              6.69%
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
14      TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*

              BD, IA & OO
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                      *SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT!

         INCLUDE BOTH SIDES OF THE COVER PAGE. RESPONESE TO ITEM 1 - 7
      (INCLUDING EXHIBITS) OF THE SCHEDULE, AND THE SIGNATURE ATTESTATION.
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                                  SCHEDULE 13D

CUSIP No.  404264103                                           Page 4 of 8 Pages
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1.      NAME OF REPORTING PERSONS
        S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON

              TBK Partners L.P. ("TBK")
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2.      CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*               (a) / /
                                                                        (b) /X/
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3.      SEC USE ONLY

- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
4.      SOURCE OF FUNDS*

              WC and BK
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
              7       SOLE VOTING POWER
                      15,000 shares, except that the general partners
                      in TBK, solely by reason of their positions as such,
                      may be deemed to have shared power to vote these shares.
 NUMBER OF    ------------------------------------------------------------------
   SHARES     8.      SHARED VOTING POWER
BENEFICIALLY
  OWNED BY            0 shares
    EACH      ------------------------------------------------------------------
 REPORTING    9.      SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
   PERSON             15,000 shares, except that the general partners 
    WITH              in TBK, solely by reason of their positions as such
                      may be deemed to have shared power to vote these shares.
              ------------------------------------------------------------------
              10      SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

                      0 shares
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
11      AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

              15,000 shares
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
12      CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES*
                                                                            / /
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
13      PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)

              0.32%
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
14      TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*

              PN
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                      *SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT!

         INCLUDE BOTH SIDES OF THE COVER PAGE. RESPONESE TO ITEM 1 - 7
      (INCLUDING EXHIBITS) OF THE SCHEDULE, AND THE SIGNATURE ATTESTATION.

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                                  SCHEDULE 13D

CUSIP No.  404264103                                           Page 5 of 8 Pages
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1.      NAME OF REPORTING PERSONS
        S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON

              Vanderbilt Partners, L.P. ("Vanderbilt")
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2.      CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*               (a) / /
                                                                        (b) /X/
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3.      SEC USE ONLY

- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
4.      SOURCE OF FUNDS*

- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
              7       SOLE VOTING POWER
                      10,000 shares, except that the general partners
                      in Vanderbilt, solely by reason of their positions as 
                      such, may be deemed to have shared power to vote these 
                      shares.
 NUMBER OF    ------------------------------------------------------------------
   SHARES     8.      SHARED VOTING POWER
BENEFICIALLY
  OWNED BY            0 shares
    EACH      ------------------------------------------------------------------
 REPORTING    9.      SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
   PERSON             10,000 shares, except that the general partners 
    WITH              in Vanderbilt, solely by reason of their positions as 
                      such may be deemed to have shared power to vote these 
                      shares.
              ------------------------------------------------------------------
              10      SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

                      0 shares
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
11      AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

              10,000 shares
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
12      CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES*
                                                                            / /
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
13      PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)

              0.21%
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
14      TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*

              PN
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                      *SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT!

         INCLUDE BOTH SIDES OF THE COVER PAGE. RESPONESE TO ITEM 1 - 7
      (INCLUDING EXHIBITS) OF THE SCHEDULE, AND THE SIGNATURE ATTESTATION.


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PRELIMINARY NOTE

         The persons filing this Amendment No. 6 are (i) Tweedy, Browne Company
LLC ("TBC"), a Delaware limited liability company, (ii) TBK Partners, L.P.
("TBK"), a Delaware limited partnership and (iii) Vanderbilt Partners, L.P.
("Vanderbilt"), a Delaware limited partnership. This Amendment No. 6 amends a
Statement on Schedule 13D filed by TBC, TBK and Vanderbilt dated August 27, 1992
( the "Statement"). The filing of this Amendment No. 6 should not be deemed an
admission that TBC, TBK and Vanderbilt comprise a group within the meaning of
Section 13(d) (3) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
"Act").

         Tweedy, Browne Company L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the
"Partnership") and its general partners entered into a definitive agreement,
pursuant to which the Partnership converted to Tweedy, Browne Company LLC (the
"Company"), a Delaware limited liability company, and AMG/TBC Holdings, Inc.
("Holdings"), a Delaware corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of Affiliated
Managers Group, Inc. (a Boston- based holding company, the business address of
which is Two International Place, Boston, Massachusetts 02110), acquired a
majority interest in the Company on October 9, 1997.

         This Amendment No. 6 relates to the Common Stock, $.01 par value (the
"Common Stock"), of HPSC, Inc. (The "Company"), which, to the best knowledge of
the persons filing this Amendment No. 6, is a company organized under the laws
of Delaware, with its principal executive offices at 25 Stuart Street, Boston,
MA 02116.

         This Amendment No. 6 contains information regarding shares of Common
Stock that may be deemed to be beneficially owned by TBC. Such shares are held
in the accounts of various customers of TBC, with respect to which it has
obtained sole or shared voting power.

         Other than as set forth below, to the best knowledge of TBC, TBK and
Vanderbilt, there has been no material change in the information set forth in
response to Items 1,2,3,4,6 and 7 of the Statement, as amended. Accordingly,
those Items are omitted from this Amendment No. 6.


ITEM 5.  INTEREST IN SECURITIES OF THE ISSUER

         (a) As of the date hereof, TBC may be deemed to be the beneficial owner
of an aggregate of 311,520 shares of Common Stock, which constitutes
approximately 6.69% of the 4,657,930 shares of Common Stock which TBC believes
to be the total number of shares of Common Stock outstanding. The TBC Shares are
held in the TBC Accounts.

         As of the date hereof, TBK beneficially owns directly 15,000 shares of
Common Stock, which constitutes approximately 0.32% of the 4,657,930 shares of
Common Stock which TBK believes to be the total number of shares of Common Stock
outstanding.

         As of the date hereof, Vanderbilt beneficially owns directly 10,000
shares of Common Stock, which constitutes approximately 0.21% of the 4,657,930
shares of Common Stock which Vanderbilt believes to be the total number of
shares of Common Stock outstanding.

         Each of TBC, TBK and Vanderbilt disclaims that it is the beneficial
owner of any of the shares of Common Stock held in the TBC Accounts. The
aggregate number of shares of Common Stock with respect to which TBC, TBK and
Vanderbilt could be deemed to be the beneficial owner as of the date hereof, is
336,520 shares, which constitutes approximately 7.22% of the 4,657,930 shares of
Common Stock, which the filing persons believe to be the total number of shares
of Common Stock outstanding, but nothing contained herein shall be construed as
an admission that TBC is the beneficial owner of any of the TBC Shares.

         The aggregate number of shares and percentage of Common Stock with
respect to which each of the General Partners and Members may be deemed to be
the beneficial owner by reason of his being a general partner of TBK and
Vanderbilt, or a member of TBC, is 336,520 shares, which constitutes
approximately 7.22% of the 4,657,930 shares of Common Stock outstanding. The
aggregate number of shares and percentage of Common Stock with respect to which
Thomas P. Knapp may be deemed to be a beneficial owner by reason of his being a
general partner of TBK is 15,000 shares of Common Stock which constitutes
approximately 0.32% of the 4,657,930 shares of Common Stock outstanding.



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However, nothing contained herein shall be construed as an admission that any of
the General Partners or Thomas P. Knapp is the beneficial owner of any shares of
Common Stock, except as set forth herein as expressly and admittedly being
beneficially owned by a particular General Partner or Thomas P. Knapp.

         Each of TBC, TBK and Vanderbilt disclaims beneficial ownership of
Common Stock held by the other. Except as described herein, to the best
knowledge of TBC, TBK and Vanderbilt, no person who may be deemed to comprise a
group with any of TBC, TBK, Vanderbilt, or any other person named in Item 2 of
the Statement, beneficially owns any shares of Common Stock.

         (b) TBC has investment discretion with respect to 311,520 shares of
Common Stock held by the TBC Accounts and has sole power to dispose or direct
the disposition of all of such shares. Of these shares of Common Stock, TBC has
sole power to vote or to direct the voting of 283,355 shares of Common Stock
held in certain TBC Accounts.

         Each of the Members of TBC, solely by reason of their positions as
such, may be deemed to have (i) shared power to dispose of or to direct the
disposition of all of the shares of Common Stock held in the TBC Accounts; and
(ii) shared power to vote or direct the vote of 283,355 shares of Common Stock
held in certain TBC Accounts.

         TBK has the sole power to vote or direct the voting of and dispose or
direct the disposition of the TBK Shares. Each of the General Partners and
Thomas P. Knapp, solely by reason of their positions as general partners, may be
deemed to have shared power to vote or direct the vote of and to dispose or
direct the disposition of the TBK Shares.

         Vanderbilt has the sole power to vote or direct the voting of and
dispose or direct the disposition of the Vanderbilt Shares. Each of the General
Partners of Vanderbilt, solely by reason of their positions as such, may be
deemed to have shared power to vote or direct the vote of and to dispose or
direct the disposition of the Vanderbilt Shares.

         (c) No transactions in Common Stock were effected by TBK and Vanderbilt
during the sixty-day period ended as of the date hereof. During the sixty-day
period ended as of the date hereof, TBC sold shares of the Common Stock in open
market transactions, as follows:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

REPORTING                      NO. OF SHARES      PRICE
PERSON            DATE         SOLD               PER SHARE
<S>               <C>          <C>                <C>


TBC Accounts      10/21/97     7,000              $6 5/8

</TABLE>

         (d) To the best knowledge of TBC, each of the persons maintaining an
account with TBC has the right to receive or the power to direct the receipt of
dividends from, or the proceeds from the sale of, the shares of Common Stock
held in said person's TBC Account.

         To the best knowledge of TBK, no person other than TBK has the right to
receive or the power to direct the receipt of dividends from, or the proceeds
from the sale of, the TBK Shares, except that the General Partners and Thomas P.
Knapp may be deemed to have such rights and powers solely by reason of being
general partners in TBK.

         To the best knowledge of Vanderbilt, no person other than Vanderbilt
has the right to receive or the power to direct the receipt of dividends from,
or the proceeds from the sale of, the Vanderbilt Shares, except that the General
Partners in Vanderbilt may be deemed to have such rights and powers solely by
reason of being general partners in Vanderbilt.

         (e) Not applicable.





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                                    SIGNATURE


         Each of Tweedy, Browne Company LLC, TBK Partners, L.P. and Vanderbilt
Partners, L.P., after reasonable inquiry and to the best of its knowledge and
belief, hereby certifies that the information set forth in this Statement is
true, complete and correct.


                                             TWEEDY, BROWNE COMPANY LLC



                                             By________________________
                                                Christopher H. Browne
                                                Member



                                             TBK PARTNERS, L.P.



                                             By________________________
                                                Christopher H. Browne
                                                General Partner



                                             VANDERBILT PARTNERS, L.P.



                                             By________________________
                                                Christopher H. Browne
                                                General Partner






Dated:   November 5, 1997





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