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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
 
FORM 8-K
 
CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT
TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 
Date of report (Date of earliest event reported) April 20, 2015
 
GP Strategies Corporation
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
 
Delaware
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
 
 
 
 
 
1-7234
 
52-0845774
(Commission File Number)
 
(IRS Employer Identification No.)
 
 
 
70 Corporate Center
11000 Broken Land Parkway, Suite 200,
Columbia, MD
 
21044
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
 
(Zip Code)
 
(443) 367-9600
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
 
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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
 
(d) Election of a New Director
 
The Board of Directors (the "Board") of GP Strategies Corporation (the "Company") elected Laura L. Gurski as a new director of the Company effective April 20, 2015. As of the date of this filing, the Board has not determined on which committees Ms. Gurski will serve. There are no arrangements or understandings between any new Director and any other person pursuant to which such new director was selected to serve as a director of the Company, nor is the new director a participant in any related party transaction required to be reported pursuant to Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K. Ms. Gurski’s compensation as a director will be consistent with that provided to all Company non-employee directors, as described in the Company’s most recent proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.  
A copy of the Company’s press release announcing the election of Ms. Gurski is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits
Exhibit
Number
  
Description
 
 
99.1
  
Press release of GP Strategies Corporation dated April 24, 2015, announcing the election of a new director.



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SIGNATURES
 
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.
 
 
 
 
 
GP STRATEGIES CORPORATION
 
 
Date: April 24, 2015
/s/ Kenneth L. Crawford
 
Kenneth L. Crawford
 
Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary


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