UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 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): June 29, 2015

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (212) 520-2300

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Item 1.01.    Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

ModusLink Global Solutions, Inc. (“ModusLink”) and SP Corporate Services LLC (“SP Corporate”), an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Steel Partners Holdings L.P. (the “Company”), entered into an amendment (the “Amendment”) to the Management Services Agreement, dated as of January 1, 2015, between ModusLink and SP Corporate (the “Management Services Agreement”).

The Amendment extends the term of the Management Services Agreement through December 31, 2015, with such term renewing for successive one year periods unless and until terminated pursuant to the terms of the Management Services Agreement.

The Company may be deemed to own approximately 31.5% of the issued and outstanding common stock of ModusLink. In addition, the Company has the right to acquire up to 2,000,000 shares of common stock of ModusLink pursuant to currently exercisable warrants. Warren G. Lichtenstein, the non-executive chairman of the Company’s general partner, Steel Partners Holdings GP Inc., is also the non-executive chairman of the board of directors of ModusLink. Certain other affiliates of the Company hold positions with ModusLink, including Glen Kassan as Vice Chairman of the board of directors.

The foregoing description of the Amendment is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of such document, which is attached as Exhibit 10.1 hereto and incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01.    Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)           Exhibits.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Exchange Act, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.