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): December 19, 2016
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 11th 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)
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| Item 5.07. | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. |
On December 19, 2016, Global Partner Acquisition Corp. (the “Company”) held its 2016 annual meeting of stockholders (the “Meeting”). At the Meeting, stockholders (i) re-elected two directors to serve as Class I directors on the Company’s board of directors (“Board”) until the 2018 annual meeting of stockholders or until their successors are elected and qualified and (ii) ratified the selection by the Board of Withum Smith+Brown, PC (“Withum”) to serve as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2016.
Set forth below are the final voting results for each of the proposals:
Proposal No. 1 – Election of directors
Pano Anthos and Jeffrey Weiss were re-elected to serve as Class I directors. The voting results were as follows:
| Name | For | Withheld | Broker Non-Votes | |||
| Pano Anthos | 10,176,373 | 4,825,105 | 312,195 | |||
| Jeffrey Weiss | 10,176,373 | 4,825,105 | 312,195 |
Proposal No. 2 – Ratification of independent registered public accounting firm
The stockholders ratified the selection of Withum to serve as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2016. The voting results were as follows:
| For | Against | Abstain | ||||||||
| 15,297,966 | 0 | 15,707 | ||||||||
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: December 19, 2016
| GLOBAL PARTNER ACQUISITION CORP. | ||
| By: | /s/ Paul Zepf | |
| Name: Paul Zepf | ||
| Title: Chief Executive Officer | ||