UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
SCHEDULE 13D
(Rule 13d-101)
Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(Amendment No. 7)
HILLS STORES COMPANY
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(Name of Issuer)
Common Stock, $.01 Par Value
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(Title of Class of Securities)
431692102
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(CUSIP Number)
Wendy Schnipper Clayton
DDJ Capital Management, LLC
141 Linden Street, Suite 4
Wellesley, MA 02482-7910
781-283-8500
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(Name, address and telephone number of person authorized to receive notices and
communications)
November 4, 1998
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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
schedule because of Rule 13d-1(b) (3) or (4), check the following box [ ].
(Continued on following pages)
(Page 1 of 10 Pages)
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SCHEDULE 13D
CUSIP NO. 431692102 Page 2 of 10 Pages
1 NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON
DDJ Capital Management, LLC
04-3300754
2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*
SEE ITEM #5 (a) [ X ]
(b) [ ]
3 SEC USE ONLY
4 SOURCE OF FUNDS*
OO
5 CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEM
2(d) or 2(e) [ ]
6 CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
NUMBER OF 7 SOLE VOTING POWER
SHARES 474,274
BENEFICIALLY 8 SHARED VOTING POWER
OWNED BY
EACH 9 SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
REPORTING 474,274
PERSON WITH 10 SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
11 AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
474,274
12 CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES*
[ ]
13 PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
4.5%
14 TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON *
OO
*SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT!
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SCHEDULE 13D
CUSIP No. 431692102 Page 3 of 10 Pages
1 NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON
DDJ Overseas Corp.
98-01511108
2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*
SEE ITEM #5 (a) [ X ]
(b) [ ]
3 SEC USE ONLY
4 SOURCE OF FUNDS*
WC
5 CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEM
2(d) or 2(e) [ ]
6 CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
Cayman Islands
NUMBER OF 7 SOLE VOTING POWER
SHARES 457,224
BENEFICIALLY 8 SHARED VOTING POWER
OWNED BY
EACH 9 SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
REPORTING 457,224
PERSON WITH 10 SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
11 AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
457,224
12 CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES*
[ ]
13 PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
4.4%
14 TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON *
CO
*SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT!
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SCHEDULE 13D
CUSIP No. 431692102 Page 4 of 10 Pages
1 NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON
The Galileo Fund, L.P.
04-3258283
2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*
SEE ITEM #5 (a) [ X ]
(b) [ ]
3 SEC USE ONLY
4 SOURCE OF FUNDS*
WC
5 CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEM
2(d) or 2(e) [ ]
6 CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
Delaware
NUMBER OF 7 SOLE VOTING POWER
SHARES 17,050
BENEFICIALLY 8 SHARED VOTING POWER
OWNED BY
EACH 9 SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
REPORTING 17,050
PERSON WITH 10 SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
11 AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
17,050
12 CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES*
[ ]
13 PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
.2%
14 TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON *
PN
*SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT!
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SCHEDULE 13D
CUSIP No. 431692102 Page 5 of 10 Pages
1 NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON
DDJ Galileo, LLC
04-3304422
2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*
SEE ITEM #5 (a) [ X ]
(b) [ ]
3 SEC USE ONLY
4 SOURCE OF FUNDS*
OO
5 CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEM
2(d) or 2(e) [ ]
6 CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
NUMBER OF 7 SOLE VOTING POWER
SHARES 474,274
BENEFICIALLY 8 SHARED VOTING POWER
OWNED BY
EACH 9 SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
REPORTING 474,274
PERSON WITH 10 SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
11 AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
474,274
12 CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES*
[ ]
13 PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
4.5%
14 TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON *
OO
*SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT!
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SCHEDULE 13D
CUSIP No. 431692102 Page 6 of 10 Pages
ITEM 1. SECURITY AND ISSUER:
This Amendment No. 7 to Schedule13D ("Amendment No. 7") should be read in
conjunction with the Schedule 13D ("the Schedule 13D") dated August 15, 1996,
Amendment No. 1 dated February 25, 1997, Amendment No. 2 dated February 25,
1997, Amendment No. 3 dated November 21, 1997, Amendment No. 4 dated May 7,
1998, Amendment No. 5 dated August 24, 1998 and Amendment No. 6 dated October
30, 1998 (collectively, "Amendment Nos. 1-6") each as filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission by DDJ Capital Management, LLC, a Massachusetts limited
liability company ("DDJ"), and certain affiliates. This Amendment No. 6 amends
the Schedule 13D, Amendment Nos. 1-6 only with respect to those items listed
below. All capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the
meanings ascribed thereto on the Schedule 13D, Amendment Nos. 1-6.
The filing of this Amendment No. 7 is not, and should not be deemed to be,
an
admission that the Schedule 13D or any Amendment thereto is required to be
filed.
This statement relates to the common stock, $.01 par value of Hills Stores
Company (the "Company"). The principal executive offices of the Company are
located at 15 Dan Road, Canton, MA 02021.
As of November 5, 1998, DDJ and the DDJ Affiliates beneficially own less
than 5% of the Shares outstanding and from such date will no longer be subject
to any filing requirements. This filing speaks as of November 5, 1998 and does
not make any statements with respect to any day following such date.
ITEM 3. SOURCES AND AMOUNT OF FUNDS OR OTHER CONSIDERATION:
Item 3 is deleted in its entirety and amended as follows:
The Funds which own or owned Shares purchased an aggregate of 474,274
Shares for cash in the amount of approximately $2,138,734.23 including brokerage
commissions. All of the 457,224 Shares owned by DDJ Overseas Corp. were
purchased for cash or on margin pursuant to a typical customer margin agreement
with Goldman Sachs & Co. and all of 17,050 Shares owned by The Galileo Fund,
L.P. were purchased for cash.
Shares purchased and/or sold by the Funds since November 3, 1998 are set
forth on the attached Schedule B.
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SCHEDULE 13D
CUSIP No. 431692102 Page 7 of 10 Pages
ITEM 5. INTEREST IN SECURITIES OF ISSUER:
Item 5 (a) is deleted in its entirety and is amended as follows:
(a) DDJ Overseas Corp. owns, and DDJ Galileo, LLC and DDJ beneficially own
as majority shareholder and investment manager, respectively, of DDJ Overseas
Corp., 457,224 Shares, or approximately 4.4% of the outstanding Shares of the
Company. The Galileo Fund, L.P. owns, and DDJ Galileo, LLC and DDJ beneficially
own, as general partner and investment manager, respectively, of The Galileo
Fund, L.P., 17,050 Shares, or approximately .2% of the outstanding Shares of the
Company. Accordingly, DDJ, as investment manager to the Funds may be deemed to
beneficially own 474,274 Shares, or approximately 4.5% of the outstanding Shares
of the Company. Neither DDJ nor any of the DDJ Affiliates and, to the best
knowledge of DDJ and the DDJ Affiliates, none of the persons named in Schedule
A, beneficially own any other Shares.
ITEM 7. MATERIAL TO BE FILED AS EXHIBITS:
Not Applicable.
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SCHEDULE 13D
CUSIP No. 431692102 Page 8 of 10 Pages
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.
DDJ CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC
By: / s / Wendy Schnipper Clayton
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Wendy Schnipper Clayton
Attorney-In-Fact*
*Limited Power of Attorney filed with the SEC on September 3, 1998.
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SCHEDULE 13D
CUSIP No. 431692102 Page 9 of 10 Pages
SCHEDULE A
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The name and present principal occupation or employment of each executive
officer and member of DDJ Capital Management, LLC and each director of the DDJ
Affiliates are set forth below. The business address of each person and the
address of the corporation or organization in which such employment is conducted
is 141 Linden Street, Suite 4, Wellesley, MA 02482-7910, except that the
principal address of DDJ Overseas Corporation, Kepler Overseas Corp., Mr. Austin
and Mr. Hunter is set forth in Item 2. Mr. Breazzano and Ms. Mencher are U. S.
citizens. Mr. Austin and Mr. Hunter are Cayman Islands citizens.
NAME PRINCIPAL OCCUPATION OR EMPLOYMENT
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David J. Breazzano Principal of DDJ Capital Management, LLC, DDJ Galileo,
LLC and DDJ Copernicus, LLC
Judy K. Mencher Principal of DDJ Capital Management, LLC, DDJ Galileo,
LLC, DDJ Copernicus, LLC, Vice President of DDJ Overseas
Corporation and Director of Kepler Overseas Corp.
Michael Austin Director of DDJ Overseas Corporation, Director of Kepler
Overseas Corp.; Corporate Director
Dennis Hunter Director of Kepler Overseas Corporation; Managing
Director of Queensgate Bank
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SCHEDULE 13D
CUSIP No. 431692102 Page 10 of 10 Pages
SCHEDULE B
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Hills Stores Company
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Set forth below is an itemization of all purchases and sales of Shares of
Common Stock since November 3, 1998. The transactions were made for cash in
open market transactions.
TYPE:
PURCHASE AGGREGATE
DATE OR SALE SHARES PRICE
11/3/98 SALE (50,000) $67,247.70
11/4/98 SALE (100,000) $134,495.41
11/5/98 SALE (55,600) $71,715.99
