SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
SCHEDULE 13D
Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(Amendment No.__ )*
Sonic Jet Performance, Inc.
Common Stock, no par value
835455 10 6
James Q. Chau
June 29, 2001
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 gecause of Rule 13d-1(e), Rule 13d-1(f) or Rule 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 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 the 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 (the "Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act") or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of the Exchange Act but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Exchange Act.
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CUSIP NO. 835455 10 6 13D Page 2 of 10 Pages _____________________________________________________________________________ 1 NAME OF REPORTING PERSON SSN OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSONS JNC Opportunity Fund Ltd. _____________________________________________________________________________ 2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP. (a) [X] (b) [ ] _____________________________________________________________________________ 3 SEC USE ONLY _____________________________________________________________________________ 4 SOURCE OF FUNDS WC (See Item 3) _____________________________________________________________________________ 5 CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS [ ] _____________________________________________________________________________ 6 CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION Cayman Islands _____________________________________________________________________________ NUMBER OF 7 SOLE VOTING POWER SHARES 0 ______________________________________________________________ BENEFICIALLY 8 SHARED VOTING POWER OWNED BY 4,203,208 (See Item 5) ______________________________________________________________ EACH 9 SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER REPORTING 0 (See Item 5) ______________________________________________________________ PERSON 10 SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER WITH 4,203,208 (See Item 5) _____________________________________________________________________________ 11 AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON 4,203,208 (See Item 5) _____________________________________________________________________________ 12 CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES [ ] [ ] _____________________________________________________________________________ 13 PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11) 22.62% (See Item 5) _____________________________________________________________________________ 14 TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON* CO _____________________________________________________________________________CUSIP NO. 835455 10 6 13D Page 3 of 10 Pages _____________________________________________________________________________ 1 NAME OF REPORTING PERSON SSN OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSONS JNC Strategic Fund Ltd. _____________________________________________________________________________ 2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP. (a) [X] (b) [ ] _____________________________________________________________________________ 3 SEC USE ONLY _____________________________________________________________________________ 4 SOURCE OF FUNDS WC (See Item 3) _____________________________________________________________________________ 5 CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS [ ] _____________________________________________________________________________ 6 CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION Cayman Islands _____________________________________________________________________________ NUMBER OF 7 SOLE VOTING POWER SHARES 0 ______________________________________________________________ BENEFICIALLY 8 SHARED VOTING POWER OWNED BY 4,203,208 (See Item 5) ______________________________________________________________ EACH 9 SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER REPORTING 0 (See Item 5) ______________________________________________________________ PERSON 10 SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER WITH 4,203,208 (See Item 5) _____________________________________________________________________________ 11 AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON 4,203,208 (See Item 5) _____________________________________________________________________________ 12 CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES [ ] [ ] _____________________________________________________________________________ 13 PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11) 22.62% (See Item 5) _____________________________________________________________________________ 14 TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON* CO _____________________________________________________________________________ CUSIP NO. 835455 10 6 13D Page 4 of 10 Pages _____________________________________________________________________________ 1 NAME OF REPORTING PERSON SSN OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSONS Encore Capital Management, L.L.C. _____________________________________________________________________________ 2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP. (a) [X] (b) [ ] _____________________________________________________________________________ 3 SEC USE ONLY _____________________________________________________________________________ 4 SOURCE OF FUNDS OO (See Item 3) _____________________________________________________________________________ 5 CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS [ ] _____________________________________________________________________________ 6 CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION Deleware _____________________________________________________________________________ NUMBER OF 7 SOLE VOTING POWER SHARES 0 ______________________________________________________________ BENEFICIALLY 8 SHARED VOTING POWER OWNED BY 4,203,208 (See Item 5) ______________________________________________________________ EACH 9 SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER REPORTING 0 (See Item 5) ______________________________________________________________ PERSON 10 SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER WITH 4,203,208 (See Item 5) _____________________________________________________________________________ 11 AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON 4,203,208 (See Item 5) _____________________________________________________________________________ 12 CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES [ ] [ ] _____________________________________________________________________________ 13 PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11) 22.62% (See Item 5) _____________________________________________________________________________ 14 TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON* [IA] _____________________________________________________________________________ CUSIP NO. 835455 10 6 13D Page 5 of 10 Pages Item 1. Security and Issuer. This Schedule 13D is filed in connection with the shares of common stock, no par value per share (the "Shares"), of Sonic Jet Performance, Inc., a Colorado corporation (the "Company"), with its principal executive offices at 15662 Commerce Lane, Huntington Beach, CA 92649. This Schedule 13D is filed to report that on August 23, 2001, JNC Opportunity Fund Ltd., a Cayman Islands corporation ("Opportunity"), and JNC Strategic Fund Ltd., a Cayman Islands corporation ("Strategic"), each entered into an agreement (the "Agreement") with the Company, pursuant to which, among other things, Opportunity and Strategic agreed to cancel all loan agreements and warrants between Opportunity, Strategic and the Company. On June 29, 2001, Opportunity converted all of its notes (the "Notes") payable by the Company and received 2,455,759 Shares. On June 29, 2001, Strategic converted the preferred stock (the "Preferred Stock") it owned in the Company and received 1,731,449 Shares. In accordance with the Agreement, the Company shall have twelve months from the date of the Agreement to raise $500,000 for working capital. In the event the Company does not raise the money,(i) Opportunity shall have the right to require the Company to exchange the Shares for a Note in the aggregate principal amount of $2,836,395 plus all accrued interest; (ii) Strategic shall have the right to require the Company to exchange the Shares for 1,600 shares of Preferred Stock, plus all accrued dividends; and (iii) Opportunity shall have the right to require the Company to reissue the warrant canceled pursuant to the Agreement. Item 2. Identity and Background. (a) (f) Each of Opportunity and Strategic is a Cayman Islands exempted company. Encore Capital Management, L.L.C. (the "Manager") is a Delaware limited liability company. The Manager, Opportunity and Strategic are collectively referred to in this Schedule 13D as the "Reporting Persons." (b) The address for each of Opportunity and Strategic is: Olympia Capital (Cayman) Ltd. c/o Williams House, 20 Reid Street Hamilton HM11, Bermuda The Manager's address is: 12007 Sunrise Valley Drive, Suite 460 Reston, VA 20191 The name, residence or business address, and the principal occupation or employment and the name, principal business and address of any corporation or other organization in which such employment is conducted, of each executive officer and each controlling person, if any, of the Reporting Persons, is set forth in Exhibit A hereto. (c) The principal business of each of Opportunity and Strategic is investing in securities and other intangible investment instruments. James Q. Chau and Oskar Lewnowski are on the board of directors of Opportunity and Strategic. The Manager is a registered investment adviser under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 and acts as investment advisor to Opportunity and Strategic. James Q. Chau is the principal of the Manager. (d)(e) During the last five years, none of the persons listed in Item 2(a) has been convicted in a criminal proceeding (excluding traffic violations or similar misdemeanors) or been a party to a civil proceeding of a judicial or administrative body of competent jurisdiction and as a result of such proceeding was or is subject to a judgment, decree or final order enjoining future violations of, or prohibiting or mandating activities subject to, federal or state securities laws or finding any violation with respect to such laws. CUSIP NO. 835455 10 6 13D Page 6 of 10 Pages Item 3. Source and Amount of Funds or Other Consideration. All funds utilized by the Reporting Persons to acquire the securities described herein were derived from investment capital of Opportunity and Strategic and were payable in immediately available funds. Item 4. Purpose of Transaction. The Reporting Persons acquired the securities described herein as an investment in the ordinary course of business. In pursuing this investment objective, the Reporting Persons will continue to analyze the operations, capital structure and markets of the Company on a continuous basis through analysis of documentation and discussions with knowledgeable industry and market observers and with representatives of such companies. Depending on such assessments, one or more of the Reporting Persons may acquire additional Shares or may determine to sell or otherwise dispose of all or some of the Shares. Whether any of the Reporting Persons actually effects such sales will depend on its continuing evaluation of the diversity of its investment portfolio, as well as the price level and trading uncertainties of the Shares, available opportunities to dispose of the Shares, conditions in the securities markets and general economic and industry conditions. These sales may take place in the open market, through privately negotiated transactions with third parties, or through any other manner permitted by applicable law. None of the Reporting Persons, or any executive officer or control person thereof, has any current plans or proposals with respect to any of the items described in (b) through (d) and (f) through (i) of Item 4. With respect to current plans or proposals with respect to any of the items described in (a), (e) and (j) of Item 4, see Item 6 hereof. Item 5. Interest in Securities of the Issuer (a)(b) Opportunity beneficially owns 2,471,759 Shares, which is equal to 13.3% of the Shares issued and outstanding as of September 1, 2001. All of the Shares reported in this Schedule 13D are beneficially owned by Opportunity. Opportunity shares voting power and shares dispository power with respect to such Shares. Strategic beneficially owns 1,731,449 Shares, which is equal to 9.3% of the Shares issued and outstanding as of September 1, 2001. All of the Shares reported in this Schedule 13D are beneficially owned by Strategic. Strategic shares voting power and dispository power with respect to such Shares. The Manager has shared voting and dispository power with respect to the 4,203,208 Shares reported in this Schedule 13D as being beneficially owned by Opportunity and Strategic. Therefore, the Manager may be deemed to be, for purposes of Rule 13d-3 of the Exchange Act, a beneficial owner of such Shares, representing 22.6% of the Shares issued and outstanding as of September 1, 2001. (c) None of the Reporting Persons, or any of its executive officers, directors or control persons, has effected any transactions in the Shares during the past sixty days other than the consummation of the transactions under the Agreement, as disclosed herein. (d) Not applicable. (e) Not applicable. CUSIP NO. 835455 10 6 13D Page 7 of 10 Pages Item 6. Contracts, Arrangements, Understandings or Relationships with Respect to Securities of the Issuer None Item 7. Material to be Filed as Exhibits None CUSIP NO. 835455 10 6 13D Page 8 of 10 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 accurate. Dated: October 4, 2001 JNC OPPORTUNITY FUND LTD. By: /s/ James Q. Chau ---------------------------- Name: James Q. Chau Title: Director JNC STRATEGIC FUND LTD. By: /s/ James Q. Chau ---------------------------- Name: James Q. Chau Title: Director ENCORE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, L.L.C. By: /s/ James Q. Chau ---------------------------- Name: James Q. Chau Title: Managing Member CUSIP NO. 835455 10 6 13D Page 9 of 10 Pages JOINT FILING AGREEMENT In accordance with rule 13d-1(k)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the undersigned hereby agree to the joint filing with each other of the attached statement on Schedule 13D, and all amendments thereto, and that such statement, and all amendments thereto, is made on behalf of each of them. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned hereby execute this agreement on October 4, 2001. JNC OPPORTUNITY FUND LTD. By: /s/ James Q. Chau ---------------------------- Name: James Q. Chau Title: Director JNC STRATEGIC FUND LTD. By: /s/ James Q. Chau ---------------------------- Name: James Q. Chau Title: Director ENCORE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, L.L.C. By: /s/ James Q. Chau ---------------------------- Name: James Q. Chau Title: Managing Member CUSIP NO. 835455 10 6 13D Page 10 of 10 Pages EXHIBIT A EXECUTIVE OFFICERS, DIRECTORS AND CONTROL PERSONS Name Present Principal Occupation/Employment Residence or Business Address James Q. Chau Director - Opportunity and Strategic Managing Member and President - Manager c/o Encore Capital Management, L.L.C. 12007 Sunrise Valley Drive, Suite 460 Reston, VA 20191 Citizen of the U.S.A. Oskar Lewnowski Director - Opportunity and Strategic Olympia Capital (Cayman) Ltd. c/o Williams House, 20 Reid Street Hamilton HM11, Bermuda Citizen of Austria Matthew A. Ernst Senior Vice President and Portfolio Manager - Manager c/o Encore Capital Management, L.L.C. 12007 Sunrise Valley Drive, Suite 460 Reston, VA 20191 Citizen of the U.S.A. Mai C. Nguyen Vice President and Chief Financial Officer - Manager c/o Encore Capital Management, L.L.C. 12007 Sunrise Valley Drive, Suite 460 Reston, VA 20191 Citizen of U.S.A.