8-K

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): January 30, 2009

GLG Partners, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware	001-33217	20-5009693
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

399 Park Avenue, 38th Floor
New York, New York 10022

(Address of principal executive offices)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (212) 224-7200

Former name or former address, if changed since last report

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

	Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
	Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
SIGNATURES
EXHIBIT INDEX
EX-99.1: PRESS RELEASE

Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

     On January 30, 2009, Nicolas Berggruen resigned as a director of GLG Partners, Inc. (the “Company”) effective as of the opening of the meeting of the Board of Directors on February 2, 2009. On February 4, 2009, the Company announced that the Board of Directors had elected Pierre Lagrange as a director of the Company on February 2, 2009 to fill the vacancy created by Mr. Berggruen’s resignation. A copy of the Company’s press release dated February 4, 2009 is filed herewith as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein by reference.

     Mr. Lagrange, age 46, has been a co-founder and Senior Managing Director of GLG Partners LP since its formation in September 2000 and was a co-founder of the GLG Partners division of Lehman Brothers International (Europe) in 1995. He has overall responsibility for a number of the Company’s global equity products, including the GLG European Equity Fund, the GLG Environment Fund, the GLG EAFE (Institutional) Fund and the Company’s flagship GLG European Long-Short Fund. Prior to 1995, Mr. Lagrange worked at Goldman Sachs managing global equity portfolios and at JP Morgan in government bond trading. He has an M.A. in Engineering from the Solvay Business School in Brussels.

     The descriptions of Mr. Lagrange’s employment agreements with each of GLG Partners LP and GLG Partners Services Limited, indemnity agreement with the Company, agreement among principals and trustees, and voting agreement with certain shareholders of the Company set forth under the headings “Certain Relationships and Transactions with Related Persons — Employment Agreements”, “— Indemnity Agreements”, “— Voting Agreement” and “— Agreement Among Principals and Trustees” in the Company’s Proxy Statement for its 2008 Annual Meeting of Shareholders are incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

     99.1 Press release dated February 4, 2009.

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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.

GLG PARTNERS, INC.
By:	/s/ Alejandro San Miguel
	Alejandro San Miguel
	General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

Date: February 4, 2009

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EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit
Number	Description of Exhibit
99.1	Press Release of the Company dated February 4, 2009.

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EX-99.1

Exhibit 99.1

PIERRE LAGRANGE JOINS GLG’S BOARD OF DIRECTORS

New York, February 4, 2009 — GLG Partners, Inc (“GLG”) (NYSE: GLG), a leading alternative asset manager, announced today that its Board of Directors elected Pierre Lagrange as a director of the Company on February 2, 2009. Pierre is filling the vacancy created by the resignation of Company director and former President and CEO of Freedom Acquisition Holdings, Inc., Nicolas Berggruen.

Pierre is a co-founder and Senior Managing Director of GLG Partners LP and has overall responsibility for a number of its global equity products, including the flagship GLG European Long-Short Fund.

Noam Gottesman, Chairman and Co-CEO of GLG commented, “We would like to thank Nicolas for serving on our Board and are looking forward to the added perspective Pierre will bring.”

— ENDS —

About GLG

GLG, one of the largest alternative asset managers in the world, offers its base of long-standing prestigious clients a diverse range of investment products and account management services. GLG’s focus is on preserving client’s capital and achieving consistent, superior absolute returns with low volatility and low correlations to both the equity and fixed income markets. Since its inception in 1995, GLG has built on the roots of its founders in the private wealth management industry to develop into one of the world’s largest and most recognized alternative investment managers, while maintaining its tradition of client-focused product development and customer service.

As of September 30, 2008, GLG managed net AUM of over $17 billion.

Contacts

Investors/analysts:

GLG:	Jeffrey Rojek
	Chief Financial Officer
	+1 212 224 7245
	jeffrey.rojek@glgpartners.com
	Michael Hodes
	Director of Public Markets
	+1 212 224 7223
	michael.hodes@glgpartners.com
Media:
Finsbury:	Rupert Younger / Talia Druker
	+44 (0)20 7251 3801
	GLG@finsbury.com
	Andy Merrill / Stephanie Linehan
	+ 1 212 303 7600
	GLG@finsbury.com

SOURCE: GLG Partners, Inc.