UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

SCHEDULE 13D

(Amendment No. 3)

 

Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

Ark Restaurants Corp.

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(Name of Issuer)

 

COMMON STOCK, $.01 par value

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(Title of Class of Securities)

 

040712101

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(CUSIP Number)

 

Murray A. Indick

Prides Capital Partners, L.L.C.

200 High Street, Suite 700

Boston, MA 02110

(617) 778-9200

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(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person

Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications)

 

March 21, 2005

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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 which is the subject of this Schedule 13D, and is filing this schedule because of Rule 13d-1(b)(3) or (4), check the following box o.

 

*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. 040712101

SCHEDULE 13D

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1. NAME OF REPORTING PERSON

Prides Capital Partners, L.L.C.

 

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

20-0654530

 

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2. CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*

(a) []

(b) x

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3. SEC USE ONLY

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4. SOURCE OF FUNDS*

See Item 3

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5. CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED

PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e)
o

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6. CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

 

Delaware

 

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7. SOLE VOTING POWER

-0-

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8. SHARED VOTING POWER

 

419,821**

 

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9. SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER

-0-

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10. SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

 

419,821**

 

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11. AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

 

419,821**

 

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12. CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES

CERTAIN SHARES
o

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

 

12.29%**

 

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14.

TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON

OO ( Limited Liability Company)

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** See Item 5

 

 

 

 

 

CUSIP NO. 040712101

SCHEDULE 13D

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1. NAME OF REPORTING PERSON

Kevin A. Richardson, II

 

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2. CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*

(a) []

(b) x

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3. SEC USE ONLY

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4.

SOURCE OF FUNDS*

See Item 3

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5. CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED

PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e)
o

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6. CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

USA

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7. SOLE VOTING POWER

-0-

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8. SHARED VOTING POWER

 

419,821**

 

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9. SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER

-0-

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10. SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

 

419,821**

 

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11. AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

 

419,821**

 

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12. CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES

CERTAIN SHARES
o

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

 

12.29%**

 

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14.

TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON

IN

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** See Item 5

 

 

 

 

 

CUSIP NO. 040712101

SCHEDULE 13D

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1. NAME OF REPORTING PERSON

Henry J. Lawlor, Jr.

 

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2. CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*

(a) []

(b) x

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3. SEC USE ONLY

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4. SOURCE OF FUNDS*

See Item 3

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5. CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED

PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e)
o

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6. CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

 

USA

 

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7. SOLE VOTING POWER

-0-

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8. SHARED VOTING POWER

 

419,821**

 

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9. SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER

-0-

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10. SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

 

419,821**

 

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11. AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

 

419,821**

 

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12. CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES

CERTAIN SHARES
o

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

 

12.29%**

 

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14.

TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON

IN

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** See Item 5

 

 

 

 

 

CUSIP NO. 040712101

SCHEDULE 13D

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1. NAME OF REPORTING PERSON

Murray A. Indick

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2. CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*

(a) []

(b) x

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3. SEC USE ONLY

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4. SOURCE OF FUNDS*

See Item 3

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5. CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED

PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e)
o

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6. CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

 

USA

 

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7. SOLE VOTING POWER

-0-

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8. SHARED VOTING POWER

 

419,821**

 

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9. SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER

-0-

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10. SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

 

419,821**

 

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11. AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

 

419,821**

 

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12. CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES

CERTAIN SHARES
o

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

 

12.29%**

 

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14. TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON

IN

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** See Item 5

 

 

 

 

 

CUSIP NO. 040712101

SCHEDULE 13D

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1. NAME OF REPORTING PERSON

Charles E. McCarthy

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2. CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*

(a) []

(b) x

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3. SEC USE ONLY

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4. SOURCE OF FUNDS*

See Item 3

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5. CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED

PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e)
o

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6. CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

 

USA

 

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7. SOLE VOTING POWER

-0-

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8. SHARED VOTING POWER

 

419,821**

 

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9. SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER

-0-

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10. SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

 

419,821**

 

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11. AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

 

419,821**

 

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12. CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES

CERTAIN SHARES
o

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

 

12.29%**

 

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14.

TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON

IN

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** See Item 5

 

 

 

 

 

CUSIP NO. 040712101

SCHEDULE 13D

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1. NAME OF REPORTING PERSON

Christian Puscasiu

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2. CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*

(a) []

(b) x

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3. SEC USE ONLY

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4. SOURCE OF FUNDS*

See Item 3

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5. CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED

PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e)
o

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6. CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

 

USA

 

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7. SOLE VOTING POWER

-0-

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8. SHARED VOTING POWER

 

419,821**

 

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9. SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER

-0-

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10. SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

 

419,821**

 

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11. AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

 

419,821**

 

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12. CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES

CERTAIN SHARES
o

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

 

12.29%**

 

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14.

TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON

IN

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** See Item 5

 

 

 

 

 

CUSIP NO. 040712101

SCHEDULE 13D

 

Item 1. Security and Issuer

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This Amendment No. 3 amends the Statement on Schedule 13D (the “Schedule13D”) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on September 3, 2004 by Prides Capital Partners, L.L.C. a Delaware limited liability company, Kevin A. Richardson, II, Henry J. Lawlor, Jr., Murray A. Indick, Charles E. McCarthy and Christian Puscasiu. This amendment to the Schedule 13D relates to the shares of Common Stock, $.01 par value (the “Common Stock”) of ARK Restaurants Corp., a New York corporation (the “Issuer”). The principal executive office and mailing address of the Issuer is 85 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10003 (the “Issuer”). The following amendments to the Schedule 13D are hereby made. Unless otherwise defined herein, all capitalized terms shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Schedule 13D.

 

Item 5. Interest in Securities of the Issuer

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(a), (b) According to the Issuer’s 10-Q filed on February 15, 2005, there were 3,415,199 shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding as of February 3, 2005. Based on such information, after taking into account the transactions described in Item 5(c) below, the Reporting Persons report beneficial ownership of 419,821 shares of Common Stock, representing 12.29% of the shares outstanding, held by Prides Capital Partners, L.L.C. Voting and investment power concerning the above shares are held solely by Prides Capital Partners, L.L.C.

 

Although Kevin A. Richardson, II, Henry J. Lawlor, Jr., Murray A. Indick, Charles E. McCarthy and Christian Puscasiu are joining in this Amendment as Reporting Persons, the filing of this Amendment shall not be construed as an admission that any of them are, for any purpose, the beneficial owner of any of the securities that are beneficially owned by Prides Capital Partners, L.L.C.

 

c) During the last 60 days, the Reporting Persons purchased the following shares of Common Stock in the open market:

 

 

Trade Date

 

Shares

 

Price/Share

03-21-05

 

35,000

 

30.98

03-22-05

 

31,500

 

31.17

03-23-05

 

11,491

 

30.55

 

 

Item 7. Material to be Filed as Exhibits

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Exhibit A Joint Filing Undertaking.

 

CUSIP NO. 040712101

SCHEDULE 13D

 

SIGNATURES

 

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

 

Dated: March 25, 2005

 

Prides Capital Partners, L.L.C.

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By: Murray A. Indick

Managing Member

 

 

By: /s/ Murray A. Indick

By: /s/ Kevin A. Richardson, II

 

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Murray A. Indick

Murray A. Indick

 

 

Attorney-in-Fact

 

 

 

By: /s/ Henry J. Lawlor, Jr.

By: /s/ Charles E. McCarthy

 

 

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Murray A. Indick

Murray A. Indick

 

 

Attorney-in-Fact

Attorney-in-Fact

 

 

 

 

By: /s/ Christian Puscasiu

 

 

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Murray A. Indick

 

 

Attorney-in-Fact

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CUSIP NO. 040712101

SCHEDULE 13D

 

Exhibit A
JOINT FILING UNDERTAKING

 

The undersigned, being duly authorized thereunto, hereby execute this

agreement as an exhibit to this Schedule 13D to evidence the agreement of the below-named parties, in accordance with the rules promulgated pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, to file this Schedule jointly on behalf of each such party.

 

 

 

 

Dated: March 25, 2005

 

Prides Capital Partners, L.L.C.

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By: Murray A. Indick

Managing Member

 

 

 

By: /s/ Murray A. Indick

By: /s/ Kevin A. Richardson, II

 

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Murray A. Indick

Murray A. Indick

 

 

Attorney-in-Fact

 

 

 

 

By: /s/ Henry J. Lawlor, Jr.

By: /s/ Charles E. McCarthy

 

 

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Murray A. Indick

Murray A. Indick

 

 

Attorney-in-Fact

Attorney-in-Fact

 

 

 

 

By: /s/ Christian Puscasiu

 

 

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Murray A. Indick

 

 

Attorney-in-Fact