SEC 1746 (11-02)

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INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED IN STATEMENTS
FILED PURSUANT TO RULE 13d-1(a) AND AMENDMENTS
THERETO FILED PURSUANT TO RULE 13d-2(a)

Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(Amendment No. 4 TO SCHEDULE 13D)*

(Name of Issuer)

 

(Title of Class of Securities)

 

(CUSIP Number)

 

STEVEN K. SPRAGUE

PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

WAVE SYSTEMS CORP.

480 PLEASANT STREET, LEE MA 01238

(413) 243-1600

 

With a copy to:

(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person
Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications)

 

(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 §§240.13d-1(e), 240.13d-1(f) or 240.13d-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 §240.13d-7 for other parties to whom copies are to be sent.

^* 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).

 

 

 

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SSP SOLUTIONS, INC. SCHEDULE 13D/A

AMENDMENT NO. 4

 

NOTE:  This Amendment No. 4 amends Amendment No. 3 to the Statement on Schedule 13D/A filed on November 4, 2003 by Wave Systems Corp. (“Wave”).  This Amendment No. 4 is filed on behalf of Wave.

 

This Amendment No. 4 is being filed to report a material decrease in the amount of the securities of SSP Solutions, Inc. (“SSP”) that Wave beneficially owns.  There has been no change in the information set forth in the responses to Items 1, 2, 3, 4, 6 or 7 of the Schedule 13D.  Accordingly, those Items are omitted from this Amendment No. 4.

 

Item 1.	Security and Issuer
Item 2.	Identity and Background
Item 3.	Source and Amount of Funds or Other Consideration
Item 4.	Purpose of Transaction
Item 5.	Interest in Securities of the Issuer
	Items 5(a), 5(b) and 5(c) are amended to read as follows:
(a)          Wave owns 3,530,283 shares of common stock of SSP, which equal approximately 12.6821% of the total 27,836,733 outstanding shares of common stock of SSP as of October 30, 2003.
(b)         Wave has sole voting and dispositive power to all 3,530,283 shares that it owns.
(c)          From between January 7, 2004 and January 16, 2004, Wave sold one-million twenty-thousand three hundred (1,020,300) Shares of SSP’s common stock on the open market at prices ranging from $1.50 to $2.00 per share.
Item 6.	Contracts, Arrangements, Understandings or Relationships with Respect to Securities of the Issuer
Item 7.	Material to Be Filed as Exhibits

 

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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.

	January 16, 2004
	Date
	WAVE SYSTEMS CORP.
	/s/Steven K. Sprague
	Signature
	Steven K. Sprague, its President and Chief Executive Officer
	Name/Title

 

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