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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. Final )*
MACROCHEM CORPORATION
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(Name of Issuer)
Common Stock, $.01 par value per share
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(Title of Class of Securities)
555903103
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(CUSIP Number of Class of Securities)
Michael J. Kaplan, Esq.
WisdomTree Capital Management, Inc.
1633 Broadway, 38th Floor, New York, New York 10019 (212)843-2782
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(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized to Receive Notices
and Communications)
July 22, 1997
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(Date of Event which Requires Filing of this Schedule)
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: [ ]
Check the following box if a fee is being paid with this 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.)
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. 555903103
1 NAME OF REPORT PERSON
S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON
WisdomTree Capital Management, Inc. I.D. #13-3729429
2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (a) [ ]
(b) [ X ]
3 SEC USE ONLY
4 SOURCE OF FUNDS *
AF
5 CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDING IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO
ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e) [ ]
6 CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
New York
7 SOLE VOTING POWER
0 shares of Common Stock
NUMBER OF
SHARES 8 SHARED VOTING POWER
BENEFICIALLY 752,500 shares of Common Stock
OWNED BY
EACH 9 SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
REPORTING 0 shares of Common Stock
PERSON WITH
10 SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
752,500 shares of Common Stock
11 AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH PERSON
752,500 shares of Common Stock
12 CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN
SHARES * [ ]
13 PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
4.7%
14 TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON *
CO
* SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILING 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. 555903103
1 NAME OF REPORT PERSON
S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON
WisdomTree Associates, L.P. I.D. #13-3729430
2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (a) [ ]
(b) [ X ]
3 SEC USE ONLY
4 SOURCE OF FUNDS*
WC
5 CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDING IS REQUIRED PURSUANT
TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e) [ ]
6 CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
New York
7 SOLE VOTING POWER
0 shares of Common Stock
NUMBER OF
SHARES
BENEFICIALLY 8 SHARED VOTING POWER
OWNED BY 676,800 shares of Common Stock
EACH
REPORTING 9 SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
PERSON WITH 0 shares of Common Stock
10 SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
676,800 shares of Common Stock
11 AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH PERSON
676,800 shares of Common Stock
12 CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES
CERTAIN SHARES * [ ]
13 PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
4.2%
14 TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON *
PN
* SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILING 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. 555903103
1 NAME OF REPORT PERSON
S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON
WisdomTree Offshore LTD. I.D.
2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (a) [ ]
(b) [ X ]
3 SEC USE ONLY
4 SOURCE OF FUNDS*
WC
5 CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDING IS REQUIRED PURSUANT
TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e) [ ]
6 CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
New York
7 SOLE VOTING POWER
0 shares of Common Stock
NUMBER OF
SHARES
BENEFICIALLY 8 SHARED VOTING POWER
OWNED BY 75,700 shares of Common Stock
EACH
REPORTING 9 SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
PERSON WITH 0 shares of Common Stock
10 SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
75,700 shares of Common Stock
11 AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH PERSON
75,700 shares of Common Stock
12 CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES
CERTAIN SHARES * [ ]
13 PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
0.5%
14 TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON *
OO
* SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILING 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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Item 1. Security and Issuer.
This Statement on Schedule 13D, dated July 24, 1997,
relates to the common stock, par value $.01 per share(the "Common Stock")
of Macrochem Corporation, a corporation organized under the laws of the State
of Delaware (the "Company"), and is being filed pursuant to Rule 13d-1 under
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. This statement relates to
the orginal filing on Schedule 13D relating to the Common Stock, filed January
17, 1997, Amendment #1 to such filing made February 5, 1997, and this Statement
is made by WisdomTree Associates, L.P. ("WTAssociates"), WisdomTree Offshore,
Ltd. ("WTOffshore"), and WisdomTree Capital Management, Inc. ("WTInc") and this
shall be deemed to be the Final filing on this Schedule 13D. The address of
the principle executive office of the Company is 110 Hartwell Avenue, Lexington,
Massachusetts 02173. As reported in its Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended
March 31, 1997, as of March 31, 1997 the Company had 15,931,875 shares of
Common Stock outstanding.
Item 2. Identity and Background.
As of June 04, 1997 Russell Anmuth resigned as Vice President
of WTInc, and Mr. Anmuth is no longer a limited parnter of WTAssociates.
Item 3. Source and Amount of Funds or Other Consideration.
As of the close of business on July 23, 1997, WTAssociates
owned 676,800 shares of Common Stock acquired in brokered transactions for an
aggregate purchase price, including commissions and net of sales to date, if
any, of shares of Common Stock, of $4,351,408.92. The source of funds
for acquisition of such Common Stock was available investment capital of
WTAssociates and, from time to time, borrowings in margin accounts regularly
maintained at Paine Webber Incorporated.
As of the close of business on July 23, 1997, WTOffshore
owned 75,700 shares of Common Stock acquired in brokered transcatoins for an
aggregate purchase price of $464,898.00. The source of funds for acquisition of
such Common Stock was available investment capital of WTOffshore and, from time
to time, borrowings in margin accounts regularly maintained at Paine Webber
Incorporated.
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Item 5. Interest in Securities of the Issuer.
(a) As of the close of business on July 23, 1997, WTAssociates
was the record owner and had direct beneficial ownership of 676,800 shares,
or approximately 4.2% of the outstanding Common Stock.
As of the close of business on July 23, 1997, WTOffshore
was the record owner and had direct beneficial ownership of 75,700 shares, or
0.5% of the outstanding Common Stock.
As the General Partner of WTAssociates, WTInc may be
deemed to have direct beneficial ownership of the 752,500 shares, or
approximately 4.7% of the outstanding Common Stock owned of record by
WTAssociates.
Each of the other persons and entities named in Item 2 may, by
virtue of their relationship to WTAssociates and/or WTOffshore as is described
therein, be deemed to have indirect beneficial ownership of the Common
Stock owned of record by WTAssociates and/or WTOffshore; however, each
of such persons and entities disclaims such beneficial ownership and, to the
best knowledge of the Reporting Entities and except as may be specifically
otherwise set forth herein, no such persons and/or entities has any other
beneficial ownership of Common Stock.
Messrs. Steinberg and Schmidt may by virtue of
their status as Limited Partners of WTAssociates, and WTInc may, by virtue of
its economic interest as General Partner of WTAssociates, be deemed to have
beneficial ownership of that portion of the securities owned by WTAssociates
corresponding to their respective equity interests therein.
(b) The power to vote or direct the vote and the power to dispose
or direct the disposition of the 676,800 shares of Common Stock as to which
WTAssociates is the record owner may be deemed to be shared between WTInc
and WTAssociates, although WTInc, as General Partner of WTAssociates, is
generally vested with sole control of such matters.
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To the best knowledge of the Reporting Entities, no other
person or entity included in Item 2, by virtue of the capacity indicated therein
and separate from their direct involvement with the Reporting Entities, shares
in the power to vote or direct the vote or the power to dispose or direct the
disposition of the 676,800 shares of Common stock as to which WTAssociates is
the aggregate record owner.
(c) Information concerning transactions in Common Stock effected by the
Reporting Entities during the last Sixty (60) days is set forth in Schedule A
hereto and is incorporated by reference; all of such transactions were effected
in open market transactions. Except as set forth in Schedule A, no transactions
in Common Stock have been effected by any of the Reporting Entities or, to the
best knowledge of the Reporting Entities, by any of the persons or entities
included in Item 2, during the past 60 days.
(d) Not applicable.
(e) The Reporting Person(s) ceased to be a beneficial owner of
more than the five percent of the Common Stock as of July 22, 1997.
Item 7. Material to be Filed as Exhibits.
Exhibit A - Transactions in Common Stock
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SIGNATURES
After reasonable inquiry and to the best of our knowledge and
belief, the undersigned certify that the information set forth in this statement
is true, complete and correct.
Dated: July 24, 1997 WISDOMTREE ASSOCIATES, L.P.
By: WisdomTree Capital Management, Inc.
General Partner
By: /S/ Scot Rosenblum
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Name: Scot Rosenblum
Title: Vice President
Dated: July 24, 1997 WISDOMTREE OFFSHORE, LTD.
By: /S/ Scot Rosenblum
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Name: Scot Rosenblum
Title: Director
Dated: July 24, 1997 WISDOMTREE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, INC.
By: /S/ Scot Rosenblum
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Name: Scot Rosenblum
Title: Vice President
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EXHIBIT A
WisdomTree Associates, L.P.
Date Per Share $ Price # Shares Acquired (Disposed)
02/11/97 7.40 10,000
02/12/97 7.40 20,000
02/13/97 7.49 25,000
02/13/97 7.57 2,000
02/14/97 7.64 2,000
02/14/97 7.63 20,000
02/18/97 7.80 20,000
02/18/97 7.77 1,000
02/20/97 7.57 2,000
02/24/97 7.13 10,000
02/27/97 6.77 5,000
02/28/97 6.81 6,000
02/28/97 6.80 600
02/28/97 7.00 7,000
03/07/97 6.88 1,000
03/07/97 6.81 10,000
03/10/97 6.84 200
03/11/97 6.76 1,000
03/12/97 6.72 500
03/12/97 6.71 1,000
03/13/97 6.66 (17,500)
03/13/97 6.76 1,500
03/14/97 6.88 5,000
03/17/97 6.66 5,000
03/18/97 6.72 3,500
03/19/97 6.31 2,000
03/19/97 6.32 2,500
03/19/97 6.26 2,500
03/20/97 5.50 2,000
03/20/97 5.75 (4,500)
03/20/97 5.51 4,000
03/21/97 5.76 2,000
03/21/97 5.69 (1,500)
03/24/97 5.58 1,500
03/25/97 5.45 1,000
03/31/97 4.95 1,500
04/03/97 4.41 (5,000)
04/03/97 4.39 (1,200)
04/04/97 4.50 (10,000)
04/07/97 4.84 (9,750)
04/07/97 5.25 (16,750)
04/08/97 5.80 (17,500)
04/08/97 5.63 1,000
04/08/97 5.56 (7,500)
04/08/97 5.74 (100)
04/08/97 5.74 (1,000)
04/09/97 5.81 (7,500)
04/10/97 6.43 (4,000)
04/10/97 6.45 (9,000)
04/15/97 6.52 (1,000)
04/16/97 5.94 (10,000)
04/17/97 5.75 (5,000)
04/21/97 5.69 (2,500)
04/21/97 5.68 (2,500)
04/22/97 5.18 (5,000)
04/23/97 4.75 (10,000)
04/24/97 4.93 (7,500)
04/25/97 4.93 (7,500)
04/29/97 5.02 (10,000)
04/30/97 4.94 (10,000)
05/21/97 5.74 2,500
05/22/97 5.69 3,500
05/28/97 5.51 1,500
05/29/97 5.57 1,700
06/03/97 6.07 2,000
06/11/97 6.56 3,000
06/11/97 6.56 (10,500)
06/11/97 6.62 (1,500)
06/11/97 6.76 (5,000)
06/11/97 6.60 (6,000)
06/11/97 6.62 (1,500)
06/11/97 6.62 (3,000)
06/12/97 6.43 (3,000)
06/12/97 6.43 (2,000)
06/12/97 6.35 (2,300)
06/12/97 6.35 (1,800)
06/13/97 6.37 (10,000)
06/16/97 6.31 (3,000)
06/18/97 6.37 (2,700)
06/18/97 6.37 (2,300)
06/27/97 6.46 10,000
07/21/97 6.39 (10,200)
07/21/97 6.39 (7,300)
07/21/97 6.44 (25,000)
07/21/97 6.43 (5,000)
07/22/97 6.16 (5,200)
07/22/97 6.16 (1,000)
07/22/97 6.16 (33,800)
07/23/97 6.00 (25,000)
WisdomTree Offshore, Ltd.
Date Per Share $ Price # Shares Acquired (Disposed)
03/04/97 6.81 (1,700)
03/04/97 6.75 (5,800)
03/26/97 5.38 (5,700)
03/26/97 5.37 (3,500)
04/01/97 5.00 (2,000)
04/01/97 5.11 (3,000)
04/01/97 5.20 1,000
04/02/97 4.75 (5,000)
04/03/97 4.41 (10,000)
04/04/97 4.50 (5,000)
04/07/97 4.83 (2,250)
04/07/97 5.24 (2,250)
04/08/97 5.79 (2,500)
04/08/97 5.81 (2,500)
04/09/97 5.80 (2,500)
04/21/97 5.69 (2,500)
04/22/97 5.18 (2,500)
04/23/97 4.75 (5,000)
04/24/97 4.93 (2,500)
04/25/97 4.93 (2,500)
04/29/97 5.02 (5,000)
04/30/97 5.05 (2,500)
06/30/97 6.81 6,000
06/30/97 6.82 6,500
07/22/97 6.01 (4,000)
07/23/97 6.00 (5,000)
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