Edgar Filing: ARI NETWORK SERVICES INC /WI

Ownership Submission

FORM 3

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person ^*

Â 12 West Capital Management LP

2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
07/29/2013

3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
ARI NETWORK SERVICES INC /WI [ARIS]

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

90 PARK AVENUE,Â 41ST FLOOR

4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

_____ Director	__X__ 10% Owner
_____ Officer (give title below)	_____ Other (specify below)

5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)

(Street)

NEW YORK,Â NYÂ 10016

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
_X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 4)	2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4)	3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Common Stock, par value $0.001	1,151,290	I	See footnotes ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾

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Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares
Common Stock Warrants	07/29/2013	03/12/2018	Common Stock	300,000	$ 1.8	I	See footnotes ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
Reporting Owner Name / Address	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
12 West Capital Management LP 90 PARK AVENUE 41ST FLOOR NEW YORK,Â NYÂ 10016	Â	Â X	Â	Â

Signatures

/s/ Joel Ramin, Sole Member of 12 West Capital Management, LLC, the general partner of the Reporting Person		07/31/2013
^**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	The securities of ARI Network Services, Inc. reported herein are held by 12 West Capital Fund LP, a Delaware limited partnership, and 12 West Capital Offshore Fund LP, a Cayman Islands exempted limited partnership (each, a "Fund", and together, the "Funds"). The Funds are advised by 12 West Capital Management LP (the "Reporting Person"). The Reporting Person, in its capacity as the investment manager of the Funds, has the sole power to vote and the sole power to direct the disposition of all the securities held by the Funds. Joel Ramin, as the sole member of 12 West Capital Management, LLC, the general partner of the Reporting Person, possesses the voting and dispositive power with respect to all securities beneficially owned by the Reporting Person. Thus, for the purposes of Reg. Section 240.13d-3, the Reporting Person may be deemed to beneficially own the securities reported herein.
(2)	The Reporting Person's interest in such securities is limited to the extent of its pecuniary interest in the Funds, if any.
(3)	This report shall not be deemed an admission that the Reporting Person, each Fund or any other person is the beneficial owner of the securities reported herein for purposes of Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or for any other purpose.

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