SC 13D 1 vsty13d-080229.txt SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, DC 20549 -------------- SCHEDULE 13D (RULE 13D-101) INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED IN STATEMENTS FILED PURSUANT TO RULE 13D-1(A) AND AMENDMENTS THERETO FILED PURSUANT TO RULE 13D-2(A) Varsity Group Inc -------------- (Name of Issuer) Common Stock (Title of Class of Securities) 922281100 --------- (CUSIP Number) Paul D. Sonkin Hummingbird Management, LLC 460 Park Avenue, 12th Floor New York, New York 10022 212 750-7117 ------------------------ (Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications) February 25, 2008 ----------------- (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 Rule 13d-1(e), 13d-1(f) or 13d-1(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 Rule 13d-7(b) for other parties to whom copies are to be sent. -------- 1 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 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). ------------------------ ---------------------------- CUSIP No. 922281100 13D Page 2 of 9 Pages ------------------------ ---------------------------- ================================================================================ 1 NAME OF REPORTING PERSONS S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS (ENTITIES ONLY) Hummingbird Management, LLC IRS No. 13-4082842 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP* (a) / / (b) /x/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 DELAWARE -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NUMBER OF 7 SOLE VOTING POWER SHARES BENEFICIALLY 1,460,368 OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH ----------------------------------------------------------------- 8 SHARED VOTING POWER -0- ----------------------------------------------------------------- 9 SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER 1,460,368 ----------------------------------------------------------------- 10 SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER -0- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11 AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON 1,460,368 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12 CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES / / -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 13 PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11) 7.7% -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 14 TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON* OO -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------ ---------------------------- CUSIP No. 922281100 13D Page 3 of 9 Pages ------------------------ ---------------------------- ================================================================================ 1 NAME OF REPORTING PERSONS S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS (ENTITIES ONLY) Paul D. Sonkin -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP* (a) / / (b) /x/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 UNITED STATES -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NUMBER OF 7 SOLE VOTING POWER SHARES BENEFICIALLY 1,460,368 OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH ----------------------------------------------------------------- 8 SHARED VOTING POWER -0- ----------------------------------------------------------------- 9 SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER 1,460,368 ----------------------------------------------------------------- 10 SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER -0- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11 AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON 1,460,368 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12 CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES* / / -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 13 PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11) 7.7% -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 14 TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON OO -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------ ---------------------------- CUSIP No. 922281100 13D Page 4 of 9 Pages ------------------------ ---------------------------- ================================================================================ 1 NAME OF REPORTING PERSONS S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS (ENTITIES ONLY) Hummingbird Capital, LLC -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP* (a) / / (b) /x/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 DELAWARE -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NUMBER OF 7 SOLE VOTING POWER SHARES BENEFICIALLY 1,460,368 OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH ----------------------------------------------------------------- 8 SHARED VOTING POWER -0- ----------------------------------------------------------------- 9 SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER 1,460,368 ----------------------------------------------------------------- 10 SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER -0- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11 AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON 1,460,368 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12 CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES / / -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 13 PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11) 7.7% -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 14 TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON* OO -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------ ---------------------------- CUSIP No. 922281100 13D Page 5 of 9 Pages ------------------------ ---------------------------- ================================================================================ 1 NAME OF REPORTING PERSONS S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS (ENTITIES ONLY) Hummingbird Value Fund, L.P. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP* (a) / / (b) /x/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 DELAWARE -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NUMBER OF 7 SOLE VOTING POWER SHARES BENEFICIALLY 1,460,368 OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH ----------------------------------------------------------------- 8 SHARED VOTING POWER -0- ----------------------------------------------------------------- 9 SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER 1,460,368 ----------------------------------------------------------------- 10 SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER -0- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11 AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON 1,460,368 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12 CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES / / -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 13 PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11) 7.7% -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 14 TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON* OO -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- =============================================================================== ------------------------ ---------------------------- CUSIP No. 922281100 13D Page 6 of 9 Pages ------------------------ ---------------------------- ITEM 1 SECURITY AND ISSUER Title of Class of Securities Common Stock Name and Address of Issuer Varsity Group, Inc (the "Company" or the "Issuer") 2677 Prosperity Ave., Suite 250 Fairfax, VA 22031 ITEM 2 IDENTITY AND BACKGROUND This statement is being filed by Hummingbird Management, LLC , a Delaware limited liability company ("Hummingbird"), whose principal business and principal office address is 460 Park Avenue, 12th Floor, New York, New York 10022. Hummingbird acts as investment manager to The Hummingbird Value Fund, L.P. ("HVF") and has the sole investment discretion and voting authority with respect to the investments owned of record by HVF. Accordingly, Hummingbird may be deemed for purposes of Rule 13d-3 of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended ("Rule 13d-3"), to be the beneficial owner of the SHARES owned by HVF. The managing member of Hummingbird is Paul Sonkin. Mr. Sonkin is also the managing member of Hummingbird Capital, a Delaware limited liability company ("HC"), and together with Hummingbird, HVF, and Mr. Sonkin, the "Reporting Persons"), the general partner of of HVF. HVF is a Delaware limited partnership whose principal business and principal office address is 460 Park Avenue, 12th Floor, New York, New York, 10022 and whose principal business is investing in securities in order to achieve its investment objectives. Mr. Sonkin is a citizen of the United States and HC is a Delaware limited liability company. The principal business of Mr. Sonkin is acting a managing member of each of Hummingbird and HC. The principal business of HC is acting as general partner of HVF and other limited partnerships. The principal office address of each of Mr. Sonkin and HC is 460 Park Avenue, 12th Floor, New York, New York 10022. During the past five years none of Hummingbird, HVF, Mr. Sonkin or HC has been convicted in a criminal proceeding (excluding traffic violations or similar misdemeanors) or has been a party to a civil proceeding of a judicial or administrative body of competent jurisdiction and as a result of which any of the foregoing was or is subject to a judgment, decree or final order enjoining future violations of, or prohibiting or mandatingactivities subject to, Federal or State securities laws, or finding any violation with respect to such laws. ============================================================================ ------------------------ ---------------------------- CUSIP No. 922281100 13D Page 7 of 9 Pages ------------------------ ---------------------------- ITEM 3 SOURCE AND AMOUNT OF FUNDS OR OTHER CONSIDERATION As of February 28, 2008, Hummingbird has caused HVF to invest approximately $287,340, in the Shares of the Issuer using its working capital. ITEM 5 INTEREST IN SECURITIES OF THE ISSUER (a) As investment manager of HVF, Hummingbird may be deemed to have the sole voting and investment authority over the Shares owned by HVF for purposes of Rule 13d-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended ("Rule 13d-3"), may be deemed to be the beneficial owner of 1,460,368 Shares representing approximately 7.7% of the outstanding Shares of the Issuer (based upon 18,960,655 Shares outstanding as of November 8, 2007, as reported in company's latest 10-Q for the period ending September 30, 2007.) Hummingbird disclaims any beneficial ownership of the Shares covered by this Statement. Mr. Sonkin, as the managing member and control person of Hummingbird, may be deemed to have the sole voting and investment authority over the Shares beneficially owned by Hummingbird and, for purposes of Rule 13d-3, may be deemed to be the beneficial owner of 1,460,368 Shares representing approximately 7.7% of the outstanding Shares of the Issuer (based upon 18,960,655 Shares outstanding as of November 8, 2007, as reported in company's latest 10-Q for the period ending September 30, 2007.) Mr. Sonkin disclaims any beneficial ownership of the Shares covered by this Statement. =============================================================================== ------------------------ ---------------------------- CUSIP No. 922281100 13D Page 8 of 9 Pages ------------------------ ---------------------------- HC, as the general partner of the HVF, may be deemed to have the sole voting and investment authority over the Shares owned by HVF for purposes of Rule 13d-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended ("Rule 13d-3"), may be deemed to be the beneficial owner of 1,460,368 Shares representing approximately 7.7% of the outstanding Shares of the Issuer (based upon 18,960,655 Shares outstanding as of November 8, 2007, as reported in company's latest 10-Q for the period ending September 30, 2007.) HC disclaims any beneficial ownership of the Shares covered by this Statement HVF is the beneficial owner of 1,460,368 SHARES or 7.7% of the outstanding Shares of the Issuer. (c) Hummingbird caused HVF to effect transactions in the Shares during the past 60 days as set forth below:
NUMBER OF DATE TYPE SHARES PRICE/SHARE ---- ---- ------ ----------- 2/25/2008 open market purchase 1,043,000 0.1945 2/26/2008 open market purchase 336,200 0.1959 2/27/2008 open market purchase 49,940 0.1930 2/28/2008 open market purchase 31,228 0.1920
(d) Inapplicable. (e) Inapplicable. ITEM 6 Inapplicable ITEM 7 MATERIAL TO BE FILED AS EXHIBITS Inapplicable =============================================================================== ------------------------ ---------------------------- CUSIP No. 922281100 13D Page 9 of 9 Pages ------------------------ ---------------------------- SIGNATURES After reasonable inquiry and to the best of our knowledge and belief, we certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct. Dated: February 29, 2008 HUMMINGBIRD MANAGEMENT, LLC By: /s/ Paul D. Sonkin --------------------------------- Name: Paul D. Sonkin Title: Managing Member /s/ Paul D. Sonkin ------------------------------------- PAUL D. SONKIN HUMMINGBIRD VALUE FUND, L.P. By: Hummingbird Capital, LLC By: /s/ Paul D. Sonkin --------------------------------- Name: Paul D. Sonkin Title: Managing Member HUMMINGBIRD CAPITAL, LLC By: /s/ Paul D. Sonkin --------------------------------- Name: Paul D. Sonkin Title: Managing Member PAUL D. SONKIN By: /s/ Paul D. Sonkin --------------------------------- Name: Paul D. Sonkin