TRM COPY CENTERS CORP
SC 13D/A, 1998-07-06
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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. 7)*

                          TRM Copy Centers Corporation

                                (Name of Issuer)

                                  Common Stock

                         (Title of Class of Securities)

                                   8762636105

                                 (CUSIP Number)

Mr. Lance Laifer                             Gerald Adler

Laifer Capital Management, Inc.        Shereff, Friedman, Hoffman & Goodman, LLP
Hilltop Partners, L.P.                 919 Third Avenue
45 West 45th Street                    New York, New York 10022
New York, New York 10036               (212) 758-9500
(212) 921-4139

            (Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized
                     to Receive Notices and Communications)

                                  June 29, 1998
                     (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.     872636105                                    Page  2  of     Pages
          --------------------                                   ---   ---
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                       709,063
      BENEFICIALLY
        OWNED BY         8       SHARED VOTING POWER
        EACH             
      REPORTING          9       SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
       PERSON                         709,063
         WITH
                        10       SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

11       AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING
         PERSON
                              709,063

12       CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES
         CERTAIN SHARES*                                                     |_|

13       PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
                              9.8%

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. 2 of 7




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                                  SCHEDULE 13D

CUSIP No.     872636105                                    Page  3  of     Pages
          --------------------                                  ---    ---
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                        912,471
    BENEFICIALLY
      OWNED BY         8       SHARED VOTING POWER
        EACH                         0
      REPORTING
       PERSON          9       SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
        WITH                         912,471

                      10       SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
                                     516,992

11       AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING
         PERSON
                                     1,429,463

12       CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES
         CERTAIN SHARES*                                                     |_|

13       PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
                                     19.2%

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. 2 of 7




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                                  SCHEDULE 13D

CUSIP No.     872636105                                    Page  4  of     Pages
          --------------------                                  ---    ---
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                           912,471
    BENEFICIALLY
      OWNED BY         8       SHARED VOTING POWER
        EACH                            0
      REPORTING 
       PERSON          9       SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
         WITH                           912,471

                       10      SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
                                        516,992

11       AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING
         PERSON
                                        1,429,463

12       CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES
         CERTAIN SHARES*                                                     |_|

13       PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
                                        19.2%

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. 2 of 7




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                          SCHEDULE 13D AMENDMENT NO. 7
                          TRM COPY CENTERS CORPORATION

         This Amendment No. 7 to the Statement on Schedule 13D amends and
supplements the Statement on Schedule 13D relating to the event date of March
29, 1996 (the "Schedule 13D"), Amendment No. 1 to the Schedule 13D relating to
the event date of March 21, 1997, Amendment No. 2 to the Schedule 13D relating
to the event date of June 4, 1997, Amendment No. 3 to the Schedule 13D relating
to the event date of August 15, 1997, Amendment No. 4 to the Schedule 13D
relating to the event date of September 9, 1997, Amendment No. 5 to the Schedule
13D relating to the event date of October 10, 1997 and Amendment No. 6 to the
Schedule 13D relating to the event date of June 18, 1998 filed by Hilltop
Partners, L.P., Laifer Capital Management, Inc. and Lance Laifer (the "Reporting
Persons") relating to the common stock (the "Common Stock") of TRM Copy Centers
Corporation (the "Issuer"). The address of the Issuer is 5208 N.E. 122nd Avenue,
Portland, Oregon 97230. Capitalized terms used herein and not defined herein
shall have the meanings assigned thereto in the Schedule 13D.

Item 5.           Interest in Securities of the Issuer.

                  Item 5 of the Schedule 13D is hereby amended to read in its
entirety as follows:

                  (a) Hilltop is the beneficial owner of 709,063 shares (9.8%)
of Common Stock, comprised of 563,400 shares of Common Stock, 112,762 shares of
Series A Stock (as defined below), three-year Warrants (as defined below) to
purchase 42,063 shares of Common Stock and seven-year Warrants to purchase
19,028 shares of Common Stock.

                  Laifer Capital Management, Inc. is the beneficial owner of
1,429,463 shares (19.2%) of Common Stock, comprised of 1,052,900 shares of
Common Stock, 313,228 shares of Series A Stock, three-year Warrants to purchase
88,786 shares of Common Stock and seven-year Warrants to purchase 52,856 shares
of Common Stock. The 1,429,463 shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by
Laifer Capital Management, Inc. include:

                  (i) 709,063 shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by
Laifer Capital Management, Inc. in its capacity as General Partner of and
Investment Advisor to Hilltop, which shares have been described in the previous
paragraph; and

                  (ii) 720,400 shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by
Laifer Capital Management, Inc. in its capacity as investment advisor to (A)
various Wolfson family entities ("Wolfson"), One State Street Plaza, New York
10004-1505 and (B) Hilltop Offshore Limited ("Offshore"), a Cayman Islands
company, c/o Consolidated Fund Management Limited, P.O. Box HM 2257, Par La
Ville Place, Par La Ville Road, Hamilton HMJX, Bermuda (Wolfson and Offshore are
collectively referred to herein as the "Clients").


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                  Lance Laifer, as sole Director and principal stockholder of
Laifer Capital Management, Inc., is the beneficial owner of the 1,429,463 shares
of Common Stock beneficially owned by Laifer Capital Management, Inc. as
described above.

                  The number of shares beneficially owned by each of the
Reporting Persons and the percentage of outstanding shares presented thereby,
have been computed in accordance with Rule 13d-3 under the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended. The percentage of ownership of the Reporting Persons is
based on 7,056,811 outstanding shares of Common Stock on May 29, 1998 as
reported in the Issuer's Proxy Statement dated June 5, 1998.

                  (b) Subject to the Proxy described in Item 6, 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 709,063 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 Hilltop's General Partner.

                  Subject to the Proxy described in Item 6, 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 709,063 shares of Common Stock
beneficially owned by it in its capacity as the General Partner of Hilltop.
Subject to the Proxy described in Item 6, 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 203,408 shares of Common Stock owned by Offshore.
Laifer Capital Management, Inc. shares with Wolfson the power to dispose and
direct the disposition of the 516,992 shares of Common Stock owned by Laifer
Capital Management, Inc. in its capacity as Investment Advisor to Wolfson.
Subject to the Proxy described in Item 6, Wolfson retains the sole power to vote
and direct the voting of the shares of Common Stock owned by it.

                  (c) As the Issuer has previously disclosed, on June 29, 1998,
ReadyCash Investment Partners, L.P. ("ReadyCash") purchased from the Issuer
1,777,778 shares of Series A Preferred Stock of the Issuer ("Series A Stock")
and warrants to purchase an aggregate of 500,000 shares of Common Stock at an
exercise price of $15.00 per share (the "Warrants") for an aggregate purchase
price of $20,000,000 (the "Transaction"). Each share of Series A Stock is
convertible at any time at the election of its holder, into 0.7499997 shares of
Common Stock. Laifer Capital Management, Inc. was allocated three-year Warrants
to purchase 65,000 shares of Common Stock by ReadyCash. Laifer Capital
Management, Inc. further allocated such Warrants to Hilltop and the Clients
pro-rata in accordance with the total equity of their portfolio. In addition,
Hilltop and the Clients subscribed for an aggregate of $3,700,000 of limited
partnership interests in ReadyCash (or approximately 17.6% of the total of
$21,000,000 of limited partnership interests). The Reporting Persons have also
granted an irrevocable proxy to the general partner of ReadyCash to vote all
securities of the Issuer held by such Reporting Persons (the "Proxy").

                  (d)      Not applicable.

                  (e)      Not applicable.


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Item 6.           Contracts, Arrangements, Understandings or
                  Relationships with Respect to Securities of the Issuer.

                  Item 6 of the Schedule 13D is hereby amended to add the
following:

                  The Reporting Persons have granted an irrevocable proxy to
ReadyCash GP Corp., the general partner of ReadyCash, with respect to securities
of the Issuer. Upon the consummation of the Transaction, Laifer Capital
Management, Inc. was allocated three-year Warrants to purchase 65,000 shares of
Common Stock by ReadyCash. Laifer Capital Management, Inc., upon receipt of the
65,000 Warrants, further allocated such Warrants to Hilltop and the Clients
pro-rata in accordance with the total equity of their portfolio. In addition,
Hilltop and the Clients subscribed for an aggregate of $3,700,000 of limited
partnership interests in ReadyCash ("Limited Partnership Interests"), which
acquired Series A Stock and Warrants upon the consummation of the Transaction.
The 65,000 Warrants and the Series A Stock and Warrants allocable to the Limited
Partnership Interests are reflected in the Reporting Persons' beneficial
ownership in Item 5 and the cover pages hereto.


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SIGNATURE
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                  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:  July 2, 1998

                                        HILLTOP PARTNERS, L.P.

                                        By:  LAIFER CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, INC.,
                                            as General Partner


                                        By:      /s/ Lance Laifer
                                                 ----------------
                                                 Lance Laifer, President

                                        LAIFER CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, INC.


                                        By:      /s/ Lance Laifer
                                                 ----------------
                                                 Lance Laifer, President


                                         /s/ Lance Laifer
                                         ----------------
                                         LANCE LAIFER


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