SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D. C. 20549
SCHEDULE 13G
(Amendment No. 2)
Layne Christensen Company
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(Name of Issuer)
Common Stock, $.01 Par Value
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(Title of Class of Securities)
521050104
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(CUSIP Number of Class of Securities)
December 31, 2002
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(Date of Event which Requires Filing of this Statement)
Check the appropriate box to designate the rule pursuant to which this Schedule
is filed:
[ ] RULE 13d-1(b)
[X] RULE 13d-1(c)
[ ] RULE 13d-1(d)
CUSIP NO. 521050104 Page 2 of 9
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1) Name And I.R.S. Identification No. Of Reporting Person
Wynnefield Partners Small Cap Value, L.P. 13-3688497
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2) Check The Appropriate Box If A Member Of A Group (See Instructions)
(a)
(b)[X] Reporting person is affiliated with other persons
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3) SEC Use Only
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4) Citizenship Or Place Of Organization: Delaware
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5) Sole Voting Power:
NUMBER OF SHARES 280,100 Shares
BENEFICIALLY OWNED --------------------------------------------------
BY EACH REPORTING 6) Shared Voting Power
PERSON WITH --------------------------------------------------
7) Sole Dispositive Power:
280,100 Shares
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8) Shared Dispositive Power
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9) Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned By Each Reporting Person :
280,100 Shares
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10) Check Box If The Aggregate Amount In Row (9) Excludes Certain Shares |_|
(See Instructions)
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11) Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row (9):
2.4 % of Common Stock
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12) Type of Reporting Person (See Instructions)
PN
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CUSIP NO. 521050104 Page 3 of 9
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1) Name and I.R.S. Identification No. of Reporting Person (entities only)
Wynnefield Partners Small Cap Value, L.P. I 13-3953291
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2) Check the Appropriate Box If a Member of a Group (See Instructions)
(a)
(b) [X] Reporting Person is affiliated with other persons
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3) SEC USE ONLY
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4) Citizenship or Place of Organization: Delaware
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5) Sole Voting Power:
NUMBER OF SHARES 343,100 Shares
BENEFICIALLY OWNED --------------------------------------------------
BY EACH REPORTING 6) Shared Voting Power
PERSON WITH --------------------------------------------------
7) Sole Dispositive Power:
343,100 Shares
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8 Shared Dispositive Power
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9) Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person:
343,100 Shares
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10) Check Box If the Aggregate Amount in Row (9) Excludes Certain Shares |_|
(See Instructions)
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11) Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row (9):
2.9 % of Common Stock
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12) Type of Reporting Person:
PN
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CUSIP NO. 521050104 Page 4 of 9
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1) Name and I.R.S. Identification No. of Reporting Person (entities only)
Wynnefield Small Cap Value Offshore Fund, Ltd. (No IRS Identification No.)
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2) Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group (See Instructions)
(a)
(b) [X] Reporting person is affiliated with other persons
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3) SEC USE ONLY
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4) Citizenship or Place of Organization:
Cayman Islands
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5) Sole Voting Power:
NUMBER OF SHARES 142,700 Shares
BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY --------------------------------------------------
EACH REPORTING 6) Shared Voting Power
PERSON WITH --------------------------------------------------
7) Sole Dispositive Power:
142,700 Shares
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8) Shared Dispositive Power
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9) Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person:
142,700 Shares
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10) Check Box If the Aggregate Amount in Row (9) Excludes Certain Shares |_|
(See Instructions)
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11) Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row (9):
1.2 % of Common Stock
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12) Type of Reporting Person (See Instructions)
CO
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CUSIP NO. 521050104 Page 5 of 9
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1) Name and I.R.S. Identification No. of Reporting Person (entities only)
Wynnefield Capital Management, LLC 13-4018186
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2) Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group (See Instructions)
(a)
(b) [X] Reporting person is affiliated with other persons
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3) SEC USE ONLY
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4) Citizenship or Place of Organization:
New York
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5) Sole Voting Power:
NUMBER OF SHARES 623,200 Shares (1)
BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY --------------------------------------------------
EACH REPORTING 6) Shared Voting Power
PERSON WITH --------------------------------------------------
7) Sole Dispositive Power:
623,200 Shares (1)
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8) Shared Dispositive Power
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9) Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person:
623,200 Shares (1)
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10) Check Box If the Aggregate Amount in Row (9) Excludes Certain Shares |_|
(See Instructions)
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11) Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row (9):
5.3 % of Common Stock (1)
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12) Type of Reporting Person:
OO (Limited Liability Company)
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(1) Wynnefield Capital Management, LLC holds an indirect beneficial interest in
these shares which are directly beneficially owned by Wynnefield Partners
Small Cap Value, L.P. and Wynnefield Partners Small Cap Value, L.P. I.
CUSIP NO. 521050104 Page 6 of 9
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1) Name and I.R.S. Identification No. of Reporting Person (entities only)
Wynnefield Capital, Inc. (No IRS Identification No.)
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2) Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group (See Instructions)
(a)
(b)[X] Reporting person is affiliated with other persons
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3) SEC USE ONLY
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4) Citizenship or Place of Organization:
Cayman Islands
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5) Sole Voting Power:
NUMBER OF SHARES 142,700 Shares (1)
BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY --------------------------------------------------
EACH REPORTING 6) Shared Voting Power
PERSON WITH --------------------------------------------------
7) Sole Dispositive Power:
142,700 Shares (1)
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8) Shared Dispositive Power
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9) Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person:
142,700 Shares (1)
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10) Check Box If the Aggregate Amount in Row (9) Excludes Certain Shares |_|
(See Instructions)
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11) Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row (9):
1.2 % of Common Stock (1)
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12) Type of Reporting Person (See Instructions)
CO
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(1) Wynnefield Capital, Inc. holds an indirect beneficial interest in these
shares which are directly beneficially owned by Wynnefield Small Cap Value
Offshore Fund, Ltd.
ITEM 1(a). Name of Issuer:
Layne Christensen Company
ITEM 1(b). Address of Issuer's Principal Executive Offices:
1900 Shawnee Mission Parkway, Mission Woods, Kansas 66205
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ITEM 2(a). Names of Persons Filing:
Wynnefield Partners Small Cap Value, L.P. ("Partners")
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Wynnefield Partners Small Cap Value, L.P. I ("Partners I")
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Wynnefield Partners Small Cap Offshore Fund, Ltd. ("Fund")
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Wynnefield Capital Management, LLC ("WCM")
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Wynnefield Capital, Inc. ("WCI")
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ITEM 2(b). Address of Principal Business Office Or, If None, Residence:
450 Seventh Avenue, Suite 509, New York, NY 10123
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ITEM 2(c). Citizenship:
Partners and Partners I are Delaware Limited Partnerships
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Fund and WCI are Cayman Islands Companies
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WCM is a New York Limited Liability Company
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ITEM 2(d). Title of Class of Securities:
Common Stock, $.01 Par Value
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ITEM 2(e). CUSIP Number: 521050104
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ITEM 3. If this Statement is filed pursuant to Rules 13d-1(b) or 13d-2(b) or
(c), check whether the person filing is: None of the reporting
persons is an entity specified in Rule 13d-1(b)(1)(ii).
ITEM 4. Ownership:
(a) Amount beneficially owned by all reporting persons: 765,900 Shares
(b) Percent of class: 6.5 % of Common Stock (c) Number of shares as to which the
reporting persons have:
(i) sole power to vote or to direct the vote:
765,900 Shares
(ii) shared power to vote or to direct the vote (iii) sole power to
dispose or to direct the disposition:
765,900 Shares
(iv) shared power to dispose or to direct the disposition
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ITEM 5. Ownership of five percent or less of a class.
Not applicable.
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.
Not applicable.
ITEM 8. Identification and classification of members of the group.
None of the reporting persons who have filed this schedule is a
person, as defined in Rule 13d-1(b)(1)(ii), promulgated pursuant to
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
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 or as a
participant in any transaction having that purpose or effect.
Dated: February 12, 2003
WYNNEFIELD PARTNERS SMALL CAP VALUE, L.P.
By: Wynnefield Capital Management, LLC,
General Partner
By:/s/ Nelson Obus
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Nelson Obus, Managing Member
WYNNEFIELD PARTNERS SMALL CAP VALUE, L.P. I
By: Wynnefield Capital Management, LLC,
General Partner
By: /s/ Nelson Obus
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Nelson Obus, Managing Member
WYNNEFIELD SMALL CAP VALUE OFFSHORE FUND, LTD.
By: Wynnefield Capital, Inc.
By: /s/ Nelson Obus
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Nelson Obus, President
WYNNEFIELD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC
By: /s/ Nelson Obus
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Nelson Obus, Managing Member
WYNNEFIELD CAPITAL, INC.
By: /s/ Nelson Obus
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Nelson Obus, President