SC 13G/A 1 c62980sc13gza.htm SC 13G/A sc13gza

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

SCHEDULE 13G/A

Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(Amendment No. 5)*

INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED IN STATEMENTS FILED PURSUANT
TO RULES 13d-1(b), (c) and (d) AND AMENDMENTS THERETO FILED
PURSUANT TO RULE 13(d)-2(b)

Pinnacle Airlines Corp.
(Name of Issuer)
Common Stock
(Title of Class of Securities)
723443107
(CUSIP Number)
December 31, 2010
(Date of Event Which Requires Filing of this Statement)

Check the appropriate box to designate the rule pursuant to which this Schedule is filed:

o Rule 13d-1(b)

þ Rule 13d-1(c)

o Rule 13d-1(d)

* 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).

 
 


 

                     
CUSIP No.
 
723443107 
  Page  
  of   
12  Pages

 

           
1   NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS
The Pabrai Investment Fund II, L.P.
I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS (entities only)
     
     
2   CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP

  (a)   o
  (b)   þ
     
3   SEC USE ONLY
   
   
     
4   CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
   
  Illinois
       
  5   SOLE VOTING POWER
     
NUMBER OF   0
       
SHARES 6   SHARED VOTING POWER
BENEFICIALLY    
OWNED BY   936,332
       
EACH 7   SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
REPORTING    
PERSON   0
       
WITH 8   SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
     
    936,332
     
9   AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
   
  936,332
     
10   CHECK IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES
   
  o
     
11   PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (9)
   
  5.0%
     
12   TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON
   
  PN


 

                     
CUSIP No.
 
723443107 
  Page  
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12  Pages

 

           
1   NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS
Pabrai Investment Fund 3, Ltd.
I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS (entities only)
     
     
2   CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP

  (a)   o
  (b)   þ
     
3   SEC USE ONLY
   
   
     
4   CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
   
  British Virgin Islands
       
  5   SOLE VOTING POWER
     
NUMBER OF   0
       
SHARES 6   SHARED VOTING POWER
BENEFICIALLY    
OWNED BY   1,024,853
       
EACH 7   SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
REPORTING    
PERSON   0
       
WITH 8   SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
     
    1,024,853
     
9   AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
   
  1,024,853
     
10   CHECK IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES
   
  o
     
11   PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (9)
   
  5.5%
     
12   TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON
   
  CO


 

                     
CUSIP No.
 
723443107 
  Page  
  of   
12  Pages

 

           
1   NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS
Dalal Street, LLC
I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS (entities only)
     
     
2   CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP

  (a)   o
  (b)   þ
     
3   SEC USE ONLY
   
   
     
4   CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
   
  California
       
  5   SOLE VOTING POWER
     
NUMBER OF   0
       
SHARES 6   SHARED VOTING POWER
BENEFICIALLY    
OWNED BY   3,000
       
EACH 7   SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
REPORTING    
PERSON   0
       
WITH 8   SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
     
    3,000
     
9   AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
   
  3,000
     
10   CHECK IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES
   
  o
     
11   PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (9)
   
  *
     
12   TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON
   
  CO
* Less than one-tenth of one percent.


 

                     
CUSIP No.
 
723443107 
  Page  
  of   
12  Pages

 

           
1   NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS
Harina Kapoor
I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS (entities only)
     
     
2   CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP

  (a)   o
  (b)   þ
     
3   SEC USE ONLY
   
   
     
4   CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
   
  United States
       
  5   SOLE VOTING POWER
     
NUMBER OF   0
       
SHARES 6   SHARED VOTING POWER
BENEFICIALLY    
OWNED BY   21,717
       
EACH 7   SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
REPORTING    
PERSON   0
       
WITH 8   SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
     
    21,717
     
9   AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
   
  21,717*
     
10   CHECK IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES
   
  o
     
11   PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (9)
   
  0.1%
     
12   TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON
   
  IN
* Includes (a) 18,115 shares of common stock held by Ms. Kapoor and her husband, Mr. Pabrai, as joint tenants with rights of survivorship, (b) 2 shares of common stock held by the IRA FBO Harina Kapoor, and (c) 3,600 shares of common stock held by Ms. Kapoor individually.


 

                     
CUSIP No.
 
723443107 
  Page  
  of   
12  Pages

 

           
1   NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS
Mohnish Pabrai
I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS (entities only)
     
     
2   CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP

  (a)   o
  (b)   þ
     
3   SEC USE ONLY
   
   
     
4   CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
   
  United States
       
  5   SOLE VOTING POWER
     
NUMBER OF   0
       
SHARES 6   SHARED VOTING POWER
BENEFICIALLY    
OWNED BY   1,985,902
       
EACH 7   SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
REPORTING    
PERSON   0
       
WITH 8   SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
     
    1,985,902
     
9   AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
   
  1,985,902*
     
10   CHECK IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES
   
  o
     
11   PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (9)
   
  10.7%
     
12   TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON
   
  IN
* Includes (a) 18,115 shares of common stock held by Mr. Pabrai and his wife Ms. Kapoor, as joint tenants with rights of survivorship, (b) 2 shares held by the IRA FBO Harina Kapoor, and (c) 3,600 shares held individually by Ms. Kapoor.


 

     
CUSIP No. 723443107   Page 7 of 12 pages
     
Item 1. (a) Name of Issuer.
  Pinnacle Airlines Corp.
     
Item 1. (b) Address of Issuer’s Principal Executive Offices.
  1689 Nonconnah Blvd
 
  Ste 111
 
  Memphis, TN 38132
Item 2. (a) Name of Person Filing.
This Schedule 13G/A is filed on behalf of The Pabrai Investment Fund II, L.P., an Illinois limited partnership (“PIF2”), Pabrai Investment Fund 3, Ltd., a British Virgin Islands corporation (“PIF3”), Dalal Street, LLC, a California limited liability company (“Dalal Street”) and general partner of PIF2 and sole investment manager of PIF3, Harina Kapoor, and Mohnish Pabrai, managing member of Dalal Street and a shareholder and president of PIF3 (collectively, the “Reporting Persons”), pursuant to a Joint Reporting Agreement dated February 11, 2011, filed by the Reporting Persons as Exhibit A to this Schedule 13G/A.
Item 2. (b) Address of Principal Business Office or, if none, Residence.
     
 
  1220 Roosevelt
 
  Suite 200
 
  Irvine, CA 92620-3667
Item 2. (c) Citizenship.
PIF2 is an Illinois limited partnership. PIF3 is a British Virgin Islands corporation. Dalal Street is a California limited liability company. Mohnish Pabrai and Harina Kapoor are United States citizens.
Item 2. (d) Title of Class of Securities. Common Stock
Item 2. (e) CUSIP Number.               723443107
Item 3. If this Statement is filed pursuant to Rule 13d-1(b), 13d-2(b) or (c), check whether the person filing is a:
     Not applicable.
Item 4. Ownership.
(a) and (b).
This Schedule 13G/A shall not be construed as an admission that any Reporting Person is, either for purposes of Section 13(d) or 13(g) of the Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Act”) or for other purposes, is the beneficial owner of any securities covered by this statement. By virtue of the relationships between and among (i) Dalal Street in its

 


 

     
CUSIP No. 723443107   Page 8 of 12 pages
capacity as the General Partner and Investment Manager of PIF2 and PIF3, respectively, (ii) Mohnish Pabrai, in his capacity as the managing member of Dalal Street and (iii) the other Reporting Persons, as further described in Item 2(a), each of the Reporting Persons may be deemed to be the beneficial owner of all or a portion of the shares of Common Stock held by the other Reporting Persons. Because of the relationships described in Item 2(a), the Reporting Persons may be deemed to constitute a “group” within the meaning of Rule 13d-5 under the Act, and as such, each member of the group would be deemed to beneficially own, in the aggregate, all the shares of Common Stock held by members of the group. The Reporting Persons disclaim membership in a group and disclaim beneficial ownership of any of the shares of Common Stock except as follows.
                 
    Common Stock        
Reporting Person   Beneficially Owned     % of Class (‡)  
The Pabrai Investment Fund II, L.P.
    936,332       5.0 %
 
               
Pabrai Investment Fund 3, Ltd.
    1,024,853       5.5 %
 
               
Dalal Street, LLC
    3,000       *  
 
               
Harina Kapoor
    21,717 **     0.1 %
 
               
Mohnish Pabrai
    1,985,902 ***     10.7 %
 
  All percentages in this table are based on the 18,572,519 shares of Common Stock of Pinnacle Airlines Corp. issued and outstanding as of November 9, 2010, as reported in the Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended September 30, 2010 filed by Pinnacle Airlines Corp. with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 10, 2010.
 
*   Less than one-tenth of one percent.
 
**   Includes (a) 18,115 shares of common stock held by Ms. Kapoor and her husband, Mr. Pabrai, as joint tenants with rights of survivorship, (b) 2 shares held by the IRA FBO Harina Kapoor, and (c) 3,600 shares of common stock held by Ms. Kapoor individually.
 
***   Includes (a) 18,115 shares of common stock held by Mr. Pabrai and his wife Ms. Kapoor, as joint tenants with rights of survivorship, (b) 2 shares held by the IRA FBO Harina Kapoor, and (c) 3,600 shares held by Ms. Kapoor individually.
(c) Dalal Street and Mohnish Pabrai, in his capacity as managing member of Dalal Street have the shared power to vote or to direct the vote and the shared power to dispose or to direct the disposition of the shares of Common Stock set forth opposite the name of each of PIF2 and PIF3 in the table above. Dalal Street and Mohnish Pabrai disclaim beneficial ownership of any such shares of Common Stock except to the extent of their pecuniary interest therein, if any. Harina Kapoor, in her capacity as account holder, and Mohnish Pabrai, in his capacity as husband and advisor, have the shared power to vote or

 


 

     
CUSIP No. 723443107   Page 9 of 12 pages
to direct the vote and the shared power to dispose or to direct the disposition of the shares of Common Stock held by the IRA FBO Harina Kapoor. Mohnish Pabrai and Harina Kapoor share the power to vote or to direct the vote and the power to dispose or to direct the disposition of 21,717 shares set forth opposite their names in the table above. Mohnish Pabrai disclaims beneficial ownership of such shares of Common Stock held by the IRA FBO Harina Kapoor except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein, if any.
Item 5.    Ownership of Five Percent or Less of a Class.
 
    If this statement is being filed to report the fact that as of the date hereof, the reporting person has ceased to be the beneficial owner of more than five percent of the class of securities, check the following: [       ]
 
Item 6.    Ownership of More than Five Percent on Behalf of Another Person.
 
    Not applicable.
 
Item 7.    Identification and Classification of the Subsidiary Which Acquired the Security Being Reported on By the Parent Holding Company or Control Person.
 
    Not applicable.
 
Item 8.    Identification and Classification of Members of the Group.
 
    This Schedule 13G/A is being filed jointly pursuant to Rule 13d-1(k). As a result of the relationships among the Reporting Persons described herein, some or all of the Reporting Persons may be deemed to comprise a “group” within the meaning of Section 13 of the Act and the Rules promulgated thereunder. However, the Reporting Persons deny such group status.
 
Item 9.    Notice of Dissolution of Group.
 
    Not applicable.
 
Item 10.    Certifications.
          By signing below I certify that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, the securities referred to above were not acquired and are not held for the purpose of or with the effect of changing or influencing the control of the issuer of the securities and were not acquired and are not held in connection with or as a participant in any transaction having that purpose or effect.

 


 

     
CUSIP No. 723443107   Page 10 of 12 pages
SIGNATURES
          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: February 11, 2011
THE PABRAI INVESTMENT FUND II, L.P.
         
  By: Dalal Street, LLC, Its General Partner
 
 
    By:   /s/ Mohnish Pabrai    
      Mohnish Pabrai, Chief Executive Officer   
         
PABRAI INVESTMENT FUND 3, LTD.
 
 
  By:   /s/ Mohnish Pabrai    
    Mohnish Pabrai, President   
         
DALAL STREET, LLC
 
 
  By:   /s/ Mohnish Pabrai    
    Mohnish Pabrai, Chief Executive Officer   
       
/s/ Harina Kapoor    
Harina Kapoor   
   
/s/ Mohnish Pabrai    
Mohnish Pabrai   
   
 

 


 

     
CUSIP No. 723443107   Page 11 of 12 pages
EXHIBIT INDEX
     
EXHIBIT   DESCRIPTION
 
EXHIBIT A
  JOINT REPORTING AGREEMENT