13D Filing: Privet Fund Lp and Synalloy Corp (NASDAQ:SYNL)

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Ownership Summary Table

Name Sole Voting Power Shared Voting Power Sole Dispositive Power Shared Dispositive Power Aggregate Amount Owned Power Percent of Class
Privet Fund 0 917,997 0 917,997 917,997 10.6%
Privet Fund Management 0 948,997 0 948,997 948,997 10.9%
Ryan Levenson 0 948,997 0 948,997 948,997 10.9%

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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. 2)*

Synalloy Corporation


(Name of Issuer)

Common Stock, par value $1.00 per share


(Title of Class of Securities)

871565107

(CUSIP Number)

Privet Fund LP

Attn: Ryan Levenson

79 West Paces Ferry Road

Suite 200B

Atlanta, GA 30305

With a copy to:

 

Rick Miller

Bryan Cave LLP

1201 W. Peachtree St., 14th Floor

Atlanta, GA 30309

Tel: (404) 572-6600


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

March 27, 2017

(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(e), (f) or (g), check the following box ☐.

Note: Schedules filed in paper format
shall include a signed original and five copies of the schedule, including all exhibits. See § 240.13d-7 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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CUSIP No. 871565107 Page 2 of 7 Pages    
1

NAME OF REPORTING PERSON S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE
PERSON

 Privet Fund LP

2

CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP

(a)þ
(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

SHARES

BENEFICIALLY

OWNED BY

 EACH
REPORTING

 PERSON WITH:

7

SOLE VOTING POWER

0

8

SHARED VOTING POWER

917,997

9

SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER

0

10

SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

917,997

11

AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

917,997

12 CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES ¨
13

PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)

10.6%

14

TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON

PN

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CUSIP No. 871565107 Page 3
of 7 Pages    
1

NAME OF REPORTING PERSON S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE
PERSON

 Privet Fund Management LLC

2

CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP

(a)þ
(b) ¨
3

SEC USE ONLY

4

SOURCE OF FUNDS

WC, AF

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

SHARES

BENEFICIALLY

OWNED BY

 EACH
REPORTING

 PERSON WITH:

7

SOLE VOTING POWER

0

8

SHARED VOTING POWER

948,997

9

SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER

0

10

SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

948,997

11

AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

948,997

12 CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES ¨
13

PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)

10.9%

14

TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON

OO

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CUSIP No. 871565107 Page 4
of 7 Pages    
1

NAME OF REPORTING PERSON S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE
PERSON

 Ryan Levenson

2

CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP

(a)þ
(b) ¨
3

SEC USE ONLY

4

SOURCE OF FUNDS

AF

5

CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT
TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e)            ☐

6

CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION United States

NUMBER OF

SHARES

BENEFICIALLY

OWNED BY

 EACH
REPORTING

 PERSON WITH:

7

SOLE VOTING POWER

0

8

SHARED VOTING POWER

948,997

9

SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER

0

10

SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

948,997

11

AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

948,997

12 CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES ¨
13

PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)

10.9%

14

TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON

IN

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CUSIP No. 871565107 Page 5
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Reference is hereby
made to the statement on Schedule 13D filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 19, 2016, as amended on March
20, 2017 (the “Schedule 13D”), with respect to the Common Stock, par value $1.00 per share (the “Common
Stock
”), of Synalloy Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Corporation”). Capitalized terms not
otherwise defined herein are used as defined in the Schedule 13D. The Reporting Persons hereby amend and supplement the Schedule
13D as follows.

Item 3.     Source and Amount of Funds or Other Consideration.

Item 3 is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to
read as follows:

The aggregate purchase price of the 948,997
shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by the Reporting Persons is approximately $8,630,124.18 not including brokerage commissions,
which was funded with partnership funds of Privet Fund LP. Privet Fund LP effects purchases of securities primarily through margin
accounts maintained for it with prime brokers, which may extend margin credit to it as and when required to open or carry positions
in the margin accounts, subject to applicable federal margin regulations, stock exchange rules, and the prime brokers’ credit
policies.

Item 5.     Interest in Securities
of the Issuer.

Items 5(a) and 5(c)
are hereby amended and restated in their entirety to read as follows:

(a) As of the date
of this filing, the Reporting Persons beneficially own 948,997 shares (the “Shares”), or approximately
10.9%, of the outstanding Common Stock of the Corporation (calculated based on information included in the Form 10-K filed by the
Corporation for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2016, which reported that 8,678,622 shares of Common Stock were outstanding
as of March 10, 2017).

(c) Except as set forth on Schedule 1 hereto, no
transactions in the Common Stock were effected during the past 60 days by the Reporting Persons, or, to the best of the knowledge
of the Reporting Persons, by any of the other persons named in response to Item 2, if any.

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CUSIP No. 871565107 Page 6
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Signature

After reasonable inquiry and to the best
of my knowledge and belief, each of the undersigned certifies that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete
and correct.

Date:  April
3, 2017
PRIVET FUND LP
By: Privet Fund Management LLC,
  Its
General Partner
By:
/s/ Ryan Levenson
Name: Ryan Levenson
Its: Managing Member
PRIVET FUND MANAGEMENT LLC
By:
/s/ Ryan Levenson
Name: Ryan Levenson
Its: Managing Member
/s/
Ryan Levenson
Ryan Levenson

 

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CUSIP No. 871565107 Page 7
of 7 Pages    

SCHEDULE 1

Shares Acquired or Sold by the Reporting
Persons in the Last 60 Days or Since Their Most Recent Schedule 13D Filing:

1. Privet Fund LP (1)
Trade Date Nature of Transaction
(Purchase/Sale)
Number of
Shares
Price Per Share (2)
3/20/2017 Purchase 1,399 $11.30 (3)
3/21/2017 Purchase 12,532 $11.70 (4)
3/22/2017 Purchase 12,669 $12.00 (5)
3/23/2017 Purchase 37,652 $12.02 (6)
3/24/2017 Purchase 13,300 $12.20 (7)
3/27/2017 Purchase 29,337 $12.24 (8)
3/28/2017 Purchase 24,800 $12.40 (9)
3/29/2017 Purchase 18,100 $12.41 (10)
3/30/2017 Purchase 8,800 $12.65 (11)
3/31/2017 Purchase 2,100 $12.50 (12)

 

2. Privet Fund Management LLC (1)
Trade Date Nature of Transaction
(Purchase/Sale)
Number of
Shares
Price Per Share (2)
3/30/2017 Purchase 14,000 $12.65 (13)
(1) Not including any brokerage fees.
(2) The price per share reported is a weighted average price. The Reporting Persons undertake to provide to the
Company, any security holder of the Company, or the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, upon request, further information
regarding the number of shares purchased at each separate price within the ranges set forth in footnotes (3)-(13) to this Schedule
13D.
(3) These shares were purchased at prices ranging from $11.30-$11.30, inclusive.
(4) These shares were purchased at prices ranging from $11.40-$12.10, inclusive.
(5) These shares were purchased at prices ranging from $11.99-$12.00, inclusive.
(6) These shares were purchased at prices ranging from $11.95-$12.47, inclusive.
(7) These shares were purchased at prices ranging from $11.20-$12.40, inclusive.
(8) These shares were purchased at prices ranging from $11.30-$12.35, inclusive.
(9) These shares were purchased at prices ranging from $12.20-$12.70, inclusive.
(10) These shares were purchased at prices ranging from $12.20-$12.75, inclusive.
(11) These shares were purchased at prices ranging from $12.35-$12.65, inclusive.
(12) These shares were purchased at prices ranging from $12.40-$12.65, inclusive.
(13) These shares were purchased at prices ranging from $12.65-$12.65, inclusive.

 

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