Filing Details

Accession Number:
0000948520-18-000006
Form Type:
13D Filing
Publication Date:
2018-03-16 15:52:35
Filed By:
Zucker Anita G
Company:
Vicon Industries Inc (NYSEMKT:VII)
Filing Date:
2018-03-16
SEC Url:
13D Filing
Ownership Summary

Please notice the below summary table is generated without human intervention and may contain errors. Please refer to the complete filing displayed below for exact figures.

Name Sole Voting Power Shared Voting Power Sole Dispositive Power Shared Dispositive Power Aggregate Amount Owned Power Percent of Class
Anita G. Zucker, as Trustee of the Article 8,784,824 0 8,784,824 0 8,784,824 46.1%
Filing
 
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
SCHEDULE 13D
 
Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(Amendment No. 11)*
 
Vicon Industries, Inc.
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(Name of Issuer)
 
Common Stock
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(Title of Class of Securities)
 
925811-10-1
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(CUSIP Number)
 
Anita G. Zucker, as Trustee of
The Article 6 Marital Trust
c/o The InterTech Group, Inc.
4838 Jenkins Avenue
North Charleston, SC 29405
(843) 744-5174
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(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person
Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications)
 
with copies to:
 Robert Johnston
The InterTech Group, Inc.
4838 Jenkins Avenue
North Charleston, SC 29405
(843) 744-5174
 
 George S. King, Jr., Esq.
Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, P.A.
Post Office Box 11889
Columbia, SC 29211
(803) 779-3080
 
March 14, 2018
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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 that is the subject of this Schedule 13D, and is filing this schedule because of Sections 240.13d-1(e), 240.13d-1(f) or 240.13d-1(g), check the following box [ ].
 
*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).
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
SCHEDULE 13D
CUSIP NO. 925811-10-1
PAGE 2 OF 6

1. NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
 
 Anita G. Zucker, as Trustee of the Article 6 Marital Trust

2. CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP
(a) [ ]
(b) [ ]

3. SEC USE ONLY
 

4. SOURCE OF FUNDS
  00

5. CHECK IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d)
  or 2(e) [ ]

6. CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
 
  USA

NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH
  7. SOLE VOTING POWER
 
   8,784,824

 8. SHARED VOTING POWER
 
   0

  9. SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
 
   8,784,824

  10. SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
 
   0

11. AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
 
   8,784,824

12. CHECK IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES (See Instructions ) [ ]
 
 

13. PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11) 46.1%
 
 

14. TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON (See Instructions) IN
 
 

 
 
PAGE 3 OF 6
                  
 
Item 1.  Security and Issuer
 
Common stock, no par value, of Vicon Industries, Inc., 135 Fell Court, Hauppage, New York 11788 (the "Issuer").
 
Item 2.  Identity and Background
 
Anita G. Zucker is a natural person whose business address is c/o The InterTech Group, Inc., 4838 Jenkins Avenue, North Charleston, South Carolina 29405. Mrs. Zucker is the Trustee of the Article 6 Marital Trust (the "Trust"), a transferee of The Jerry Zucker Revocable Trust dated March 20, 2007 (the "Trust"). Mrs. Zucker's principal occupation is as the Chairperson and chief executive officer of The InterTech Group, Inc., 4838 Jenkins Avenue, North Charleston, South Carolina 29405. Mrs. Zucker has not, during the last five years, been convicted in a criminal proceeding (excluding traffic violations or similar misdemeanors) or been a party to a civil proceeding of a judicial or administrative body of competent jurisdiction as a result of which she was or is subject to any judgment, decree or final order enjoining future violations of, or prohibiting or mandating activities subject to, state or federal securities laws or finding any violation with respect to such laws. Mrs. Zucker is a citizen of the State of South Carolina and the United States of America.
 
Item 3.  Source and Amount of Funds or Other Consideration
 
7,284,824 shares of common stock were purchased from the Issuer for $2,913,929.60 by NIL Funding Corporation, a subsidiary of the Trust. The remaining 1,500,000 shares of common stock as to which this filing relates are shares that NIL Funding Corporation has the right to purchase within 60 days for $0.40 per share pursuant to three-year warrants of the Issuer (the "Warrants").
 
Item 4. Purpose of Transaction
 
The Trust acquired the Shares for investment purposes. The Trust continually reviews the performance of this investment and its investment alternatives. An advisor to the Trust, Julian A. Tiedemann, has been elected to the board of directors of the Issuer. The Trust may nominate or otherwise support Mr. Tidemann for reelection, or other persons for election, in the future.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
PAGE 4 OF 6
 
 
Additionally, as part of the ongoing review of its investment in the shares, the Trust may explore from time to time a variety of alternatives, including the acquisition of additional securities of the Issuer, by exercise of Warrants or otherwise, or the disposition of securities of the Issuer in the open market or in privately negotiated transactions. The Trust may explore, support, sponsor or promote other alternatives with respect to this investment in the shares, including but not limited to an extraordinary corporate transaction involving the Issuer, other changes in the present board of directors or management of the Issuer, changes in management's compensation, or changes in the Issuer's business or corporate structure. As a substantial shareholder, the Trust has communicated, and expects to communicate from time to time in the future, to management and the board of directors its views as to matters that the Trust believes will benefit the Issuer and its shareholders.
 
Although the foregoing reflects activities presently contemplated by the Trust with respect to the Issuer, the foregoing is subject to change at any time, and there can be no assurance that the Trust will take any of the actions referred to above.
 
Except as set forth above, as of the date hereof, the Trust does not have any plan or proposal that relates to or would result in:
 
(a)
The acquisition by any person of additional securities of the Issuer, or the disposition of securities of the Issuer;
 
(b)
An extraordinary corporate transaction, such as a merger, reorganization or liquidation, involving the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries;
 
(c)
A sale or transfer of a material amount of assets of the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries;
 
(d)
Any change in the present board of directors or management of the Issuer, including any plans or proposals to change the number or term of directors or to fill any existing vacancies on the board;
 
(e)
Any material change in the present capitalization or dividend policy of the Issuer;
 
(f)
Any other material change in the Issuer's business or corporate structure;
 
(g)
Changes in the Issuer's charter, bylaws or instruments corresponding thereto or other actions which may impede the acquisition of control of the Issuer by any person;
 
(h)
Causing a class of securities of the Issuer to be delisted from a national securities exchange or to cease to be authorized to be quoted in an inter-dealer quotation system of a registered national securities association;
 
(i)
A class of equity securities of the Issuer becoming eligible for termination of registration pursuant to Section 12(g)(4) of the Act; or
 
(j)
Any action similar to any of those enumerated above.
 
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Trust reserves the right to effect any such actions as it may deem necessary or appropriate in the future.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
PAGE 5 OF 6
                 
 
Item 5.  Interest in Securities of the Issuer
 
At March 15, 2018 the Trust, through its subsidiary NIL Funding Corporation, owns 7,284,824 shares and holds Warrants to purchase up to 1,500,000 additional shares of the Issuer's common stock. Mrs. Zucker, as Trustee of the Trust, has sole voting, investment and dispositive power with respect to those shares. The shares beneficially owned, including the shares underlying the Warrants, aggregate 46.1% of the Issuer's common stock.
 
Transactions in the Issuer's common stock effected in the sixty days preceding the date of this statement were the sale through unsolicited transactions by a broker of 215,176 shares of common stock, as follows:
 
Date
 
Number
Of
Shares
   
Price per
share
 
3/5/2018
 
48,154
     
$
0.4015
 
3/6/2018
 
500
     
$
0.4095
 
3/8/2018
 
5,546
     
$
0.4001
 
3/8/2018
 
5,000
     
$
0.4012
 
3/8/2018
 
8,573
     
$
0.3918
 
3/8/2018
 
3,500
     
$
0.4000
 
3/9/2018
 
8,200
     
$
0.3954
 
3/9/2018
 
41,600
     
$
0.3912
 
3/9/2018
 
34,490
     
$
0.3916
 
3/9/2018
 
9,800
     
$
0.3951
 
3/12/2018
 
1,400
     
$
0.3900
 
3/12/2018
 
400
     
$
0.3907
 
3/14/2018
 
1,500
     
$
0.3951
 
3/14/2018
 
46,313
     
$
0.3926
 
3/15/2018
 
200
     
$
0.3919
 
 
Item 6. Contracts, Arrangements, Understandings or Relationships with Respect to Securities of the Issuer
 
 Not applicable.
 
Item 7. Material to Be Filed as Exhibits
 
None.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
PAGE 6 OF 6
    
 
 
 
Signature
 
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.
 
Date: March 16, 2018
 
 
 
s/Anita G. Zucker
 
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Anita G. Zucker, as Trustee for
 
The Article 6 Marital Trust