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0001437749-16-033807.txt : 20160614 0001437749-16-033807.hdr.sgml : 20160614 20160614172210 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001437749-16-033807 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20160609 ITEM INFORMATION: Other Events FILED AS OF DATE: 20160614 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20160614 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: STEEL PARTNERS HOLDINGS L.P. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001452857 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: MISCELLANEOUS PRIMARY METAL PRODUCTS [3390] IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-35493 FILM NUMBER: 161713801 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 590 MADISON AVENUE, 32ND FLOOR CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10022 BUSINESS PHONE: 212-520-2300 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 590 MADISON AVENUE, 32ND FLOOR CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10022 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: WEBFINANCIAL L.P. DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20081229 8-K 1 splp20160614_8k.htm FORM 8-K splp20160614_8k.htm

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 9, 2016


STEEL PARTNERS HOLDINGS L.P.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware	001-35493	13-3727655
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

590 Madison Avenue, 32nd Floor, New York, New York		10022
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

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

N/A

(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 of the registrant under any of the following provisions ( see General Instruction A.2. below):

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Item 8.01 Other Events.

On May 13, 2016, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of the general partner of Steel Partners Holdings L.P. (the “Company”), approved the repurchase of up to an aggregate of $5,000,000 of the Company's common units (the “May 2016 Repurchase Program”). The May 2016 Repurchase Program having been fully utilized, on June 9, 2016, the Board approved the additional repurchase of up to an aggregate of $15,000,000 of the Company's common units (the “June 2016 Repurchase Program”). Any purchases made under the June 2016 Repurchase Program will be made from time to time on the open market at prevailing market prices or in negotiated transactions off the market, in compliance with applicable laws and regulations. In connection with the June 2016 Repurchase Program, the Company may enter into a Stock Purchase Plan in conformity with the provisions of Rule 10b5-1 and Rule 10b-18 promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. The June 2016 Repurchase Program has no termination date.

Separately, the Company has announced that Jeffrey A. Svoboda, currently SVP of Handy & Harman Ltd. (“HNH”) and co-President & co-Chief Executive Officer of HNH’s subsidiary Handy & Harman Group Ltd., has been appointed Vice Chairman of the general partner of the Company. The Company owns approximately 70% of HNH’s outstanding common stock.

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.


Dated: June 14, 2016	STEEL PARTNERS HOLDINGS L.P.

	By:	Steel Partners Holdings GP Inc.
		Its General Partner


	By:	/s/ Douglas B. Woodworth
		Douglas B. Woodworth
		Chief Financial Officer