SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D. C. 20549 SCHEDULE 13G MVC Capital, Inc. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (Name of Issuer) Common Stock, $.01 Par Value Per Share ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Title of Class of Securities) 553829102 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (CUSIP Number of Class of Securities) January 10,2005 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (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. 553829102 Page 2 of 11 Pages ________________________________________________________________________________ 1. NAME OF REPORTING PERSONS I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSONS (ENTITIES ONLY) Wynnefield Partners Small Cap Value, L.P. 13-3688497 ________________________________________________________________________________ 2. CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP* (a) [_] (b) [X] Reporting person is affiliated with other persons. ________________________________________________________________________________ 3. SEC USE ONLY ________________________________________________________________________________ 4. CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION Delaware ________________________________________________________________________________ NUMBER OF 5. SOLE VOTING POWER SHARES 370,750 Shares _________________________________________________________________ BENEFICIALLY 6. SHARED VOTING POWER OWNED BY _________________________________________________________________ EACH 7. SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER REPORTING 370,750 Shares _________________________________________________________________ PERSON 8. SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER WITH ________________________________________________________________________________ 9. AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON 370,750 Shares ________________________________________________________________________________ 10. CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES* [_] ________________________________________________________________________________ 11. PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 9 2.0% of Common Stock ________________________________________________________________________________ 12. TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON* PN ________________________________________________________________________________ *SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT! CUSIP No. 553829102 Page 3 of 11 Pages ________________________________________________________________________________ 1. NAME OF REPORTING PERSONS I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSONS (ENTITIES ONLY) Wynnefield Partners Small Cap Value, L.P. I 13-3953291 ________________________________________________________________________________ 2. CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP* (a) [_] (b) [X] Reporting person is affiliated with other persons. ________________________________________________________________________________ 3. SEC USE ONLY ________________________________________________________________________________ 4. CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION Delaware ________________________________________________________________________________ NUMBER OF 5. SOLE VOTING POWER SHARES 443,150 Shares _________________________________________________________________ BENEFICIALLY 6. SHARED VOTING POWER OWNED BY _________________________________________________________________ EACH 7. SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER REPORTING 443,150 Shares _________________________________________________________________ PERSON 8. SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER WITH ________________________________________________________________________________ 9. AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON 443,150 Shares ________________________________________________________________________________ 10. CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES* [_] ________________________________________________________________________________ 11. PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 9 2.3% of Common Stock ________________________________________________________________________________ 12. TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON* PN ________________________________________________________________________________ *SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT! CUSIP No. 553829102 Page 4 of 11 Pages ________________________________________________________________________________ 1. NAME OF REPORTING PERSONS I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSONS (ENTITIES ONLY) Wynnefield Small Cap Value Offshore Fund, Ltd. (No IRS Identification No.) ________________________________________________________________________________ 2. CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP* (a) [_] (b) [X] Reporting person is affiliated with other persons. ________________________________________________________________________________ 3. SEC USE ONLY ________________________________________________________________________________ 4. CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION Cayman Islands ________________________________________________________________________________ NUMBER OF 5. SOLE VOTING POWER SHARES 304,300 Shares _________________________________________________________________ BENEFICIALLY 6. SHARED VOTING POWER OWNED BY _________________________________________________________________ EACH 7. SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER REPORTING 304,300 Shares _________________________________________________________________ PERSON 8. SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER WITH ________________________________________________________________________________ 9. AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON 304,300 Shares ________________________________________________________________________________ 10. CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES* [_] ________________________________________________________________________________ 11. PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 9 1.6% of Common Stock ________________________________________________________________________________ 12. TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON* CO ________________________________________________________________________________ *SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT! CUSIP No. 553829102 Page 5 of 11 Pages ________________________________________________________________________________ 1. NAME OF REPORTING PERSONS I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSONS (ENTITIES ONLY) Channel Partnership II, L.P. 22-3215653 ________________________________________________________________________________ 2. CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP* (a) [_] (b) [X] Reporting person is affiliated with other persons. ________________________________________________________________________________ 3. SEC USE ONLY ________________________________________________________________________________ 4. CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION New York ________________________________________________________________________________ NUMBER OF 5. SOLE VOTING POWER SHARES 32,500 Shares _________________________________________________________________ BENEFICIALLY 6. SHARED VOTING POWER OWNED BY _________________________________________________________________ EACH 7. SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER REPORTING 32,500 Shares _________________________________________________________________ PERSON 8. SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER WITH ________________________________________________________________________________ 9. AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON 32,500 Shares ________________________________________________________________________________ 10. CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES* [_] ________________________________________________________________________________ 11. PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 9 0.2% of Common Stock ________________________________________________________________________________ 12. TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON* PN ________________________________________________________________________________ *SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT! CUSIP No. 553829102 Page 6 of 11 Pages ________________________________________________________________________________ 1. NAME OF REPORTING PERSONS I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSONS (ENTITIES ONLY) Wynnefiled Capital Mangement, LLC 13-4018186 ________________________________________________________________________________ 2. CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP* (a) [_] (b) [X] Reporting person is affiliated with other persons. ________________________________________________________________________________ 3. SEC USE ONLY ________________________________________________________________________________ 4. CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION New York ________________________________________________________________________________ NUMBER OF 5. SOLE VOTING POWER SHARES 813,900 Shares _________________________________________________________________ BENEFICIALLY 6. SHARED VOTING POWER OWNED BY _________________________________________________________________ EACH 7. SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER REPORTING 813,900 Shares _________________________________________________________________ PERSON 8. SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER WITH ________________________________________________________________________________ 9. AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON 813,900 Shares ________________________________________________________________________________ 10. CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES* [_] ________________________________________________________________________________ 11. PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 9 4.3% of Common Stock(1) ________________________________________________________________________________ 12. TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON* OO (Limited Liability Company) ________________________________________________________________________________ *SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT! (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. 553829102 Page 7 of 11 Pages ________________________________________________________________________________ 1. NAME OF REPORTING PERSONS I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSONS (ENTITIES ONLY) Wynnefield Capital, Inc. (No IRS Identification No.) ________________________________________________________________________________ 2. CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP* (a) [_] (b) [X] Reporting person is affiliated with other persons. ________________________________________________________________________________ 3. SEC USE ONLY ________________________________________________________________________________ 4. CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION Cayman Islands ________________________________________________________________________________ NUMBER OF 5. SOLE VOTING POWER SHARES 304,300 Shares(1) _________________________________________________________________ BENEFICIALLY 6. SHARED VOTING POWER OWNED BY _________________________________________________________________ EACH 7. SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER REPORTING 304,300 Shares(1) _________________________________________________________________ PERSON 8. SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER WITH ________________________________________________________________________________ 9. AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON 304,300 Shares(1) ________________________________________________________________________________ 10. CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES* [_] ________________________________________________________________________________ 11. PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 9 1.6% of Common Stock(1) ________________________________________________________________________________ 12. TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON* CO ________________________________________________________________________________ *SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT! (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. CUSIP No. 553829102 Page 8 of 11 Pages ________________________________________________________________________________ 1. NAME OF REPORTING PERSONS I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSONS (ENTITIES ONLY) Nelson Obus ________________________________________________________________________________ 2. CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP* (a) [_] (b) [X] Reporting person is affiliated with other persons. ________________________________________________________________________________ 3. SEC USE ONLY ________________________________________________________________________________ 4. CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION United States of America ________________________________________________________________________________ NUMBER OF 5. SOLE VOTING POWER SHARES 32,500 Shares(1) _________________________________________________________________ BENEFICIALLY 6. SHARED VOTING POWER OWNED BY _________________________________________________________________ EACH 7. SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER REPORTING 32,500 Shares(1) _________________________________________________________________ PERSON 8. SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER WITH ________________________________________________________________________________ 9. AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON 32,500 Shares(1) ________________________________________________________________________________ 10. CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES* [_] ________________________________________________________________________________ 11. PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 9 0.2% of Common Stock(1) ________________________________________________________________________________ 12. TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON* IN ________________________________________________________________________________ *SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT! (1) Nelson Obus, as general partner of Channel Partnership II, L.P. holds an indirect beneficial interest in these shares which are directly beneficially owned by Channel Partnership II, L.P. ITEM 1(a). Name of Issuer: MVC Capital, Inc. ITEM 1(b). Address of Issuer's Principal Executive Offices: 287 Bowman Avenue, Purchase, NY 10577 ------------------------------------------------------------------- ITEM 2(a). Names of Persons Filing: Wynnefield Partners Small Cap Value, L.P. ("Partners") ------------------------------------------------------------------- Wynnefield Partners Small Cap Value, L.P. I ("Partners I") ------------------------------------------------------------------- Wynnefield Small Cap Value Offshore Fund, Ltd. ("Fund") ------------------------------------------------------------------- Channel Partnership II, L.P. ("Channel") ------------------------------------------------------------------- Wynnefield Capital Management, LLC ("WCM") ------------------------------------------------------------------- Wynnefield Capital, Inc. ("WCI") ------------------------------------------------------------------- Nelson Obus ("Obus") ITEM 2(b). Address of Principal Business Office Or, If None, Residence: 450 Seventh Avenue, Suite 509, New York, New York 10123 ------------------------------------------------------------------- ITEM 2(c). Citizenship: Partners and Partners I are Delaware Limited Partnerships ------------------------------------------------------------------- Fund and WCI are Cayman Islands Companies ------------------------------------------------------------------- WCM is a New York Limited Liability Company ------------------------------------------------------------------- Channel is a New York Limited Partnership ------------------------------------------------------------------ Obus is a citizen of the United States of America ITEM 2(d). Title of Class of Securities: Common Stock, $.01 Par Value Per Share ------------------------------------------------------------------- ITEM 2(e). CUSIP Number: 553829102 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: 1,150,700 Shares (b) Percent of class: 6.1 % of Common Stock (c) Number of shares as to which the reporting persons have: (i) sole power to vote or to direct the vote: 1,150,700 Shares (ii) shared power to vote or to direct the vote (iii) sole power to dispose or to direct the disposition: 1,150,700 Shares (iv) shared power to dispose or to direct the disposition ---- 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: January 19, 2005 WYNNEFIELD PARTNERS SMALL CAP VALUE, L.P. By: Wynnefield Capital Management, LLC, General Partner By:/s/ Nelson Obus -------------------------------------- Nelson Obus, Managing Member WYNNEFIELD PARTNERS SMALL CAP VALUE, L.P. I By: Wynnefield Capital Management, LLC, General Partner By:/s/ Nelson Obus -------------------------------------- Nelson Obus, Managing Member WYNNEFIELD SMALL CAP VALUE OFFSHORE FUND, LTD. By: Wynnefield Capital, Inc. By:/s/ Nelson Obus -------------------------------------- Nelson Obus, President CHANNEL PARTNERSHIP II, L.P. By: /s/ Nelson Obus -------------------------------------- Nelson Obus, General Partner /s/ Nelson Obus ---------------------------------------------- Nelson Obus, Individually WYNNEFIELD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC By: /s/ Nelson Obus -------------------------------------- Nelson Obus, Managing Member WYNNEFIELD CAPITAL, INC. By: /s/ Nelson Obus -------------------------------------- Nelson Obus, President