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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): August 10, 2015 (August 4, 2015)

 

 

  

GLOBAL PARTNER ACQUISITION CORP.

 

 (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

  

Delaware   001-37523   47-4078206
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)   (Commission File Number)   (I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)

 

1 Rockefeller Plaza

10th Floor

New York, New York

  10020
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:  (646) 756-2877

 

Not Applicable

 (Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

 

  

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation to the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

¨ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

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Item 8.01   Other Events

 

On August 4, 2015, Global Partner Acquisition Corp. (the “Company”) consummated its initial public offering (“IPO”) of 15,525,000 units (“Units”), each Unit consisting of one share of common stock, $0.0001 par value per share (“Common Stock”), and one warrant (“Warrant”) to purchase one-half of one share of Common Stock, pursuant to the registration statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-204907). The Units were sold at an offering price of $10.00 per Unit, generating gross proceeds of $155,250,000, which included the full exercise of the underwriters’ overallotment option.

 

As previously reported on a Current Report on Form 8-K of the Company, on August 4, 2015, simultaneously with the consummation of the IPO, the Company completed a private placement (the “Private Placement”) of an aggregate of 12,815,000 warrants (the “Placement Warrants”) to Global Partner Sponsor I LLC, generating gross proceeds of $6,407,500. 

 

A total of $155,250,000 of the net proceeds from the IPO and the Private Placement were deposited in a trust account established for the benefit of the Company’s public stockholders.  An audited balance sheet as of August 4, 2015 reflecting receipt of the proceeds upon consummation of the IPO and the Private Placement has been issued by the Company and is included as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K. 

 

Exhibit Number   Description
99.1   Audited Balance Sheet

  

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SIGNATURE

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

Dated: August 10, 2015

 

 

GLOBAL PARTNER ACQUISITION CORP.

     
  By: /s/ Paul Zepf
    Name: Paul Zepf
    Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

 

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