SEC Form 3
FORM 3 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
Hall George E.

(Last) (First) (Middle)
9 WEST 57TH STREET

(Street)
NEW YORK NY 10019

(City) (State) (Zip)
2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
02/24/2012
3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
ROI Acquisition Corp. [ ROIQ ]
4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
X Director X 10% Owner
X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
Chief Investment Officer
5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
X Form filed by One Reporting Person
Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 4) 2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4) 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share 2,156,250(1)(2)(3) I See Footnote(3)
Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4) 2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year) 3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4) 4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) 6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Explanation of Responses:
1. 281,250 of these shares are subject to forfeiture to the extent the underwriters' over allotment option, as described in the Issuer's registration statement on Form S-1 (File No.333-177340), is not exercised in full. In addition, 551,471 shares will be subject to forfeiture as follows: (1) 284,091 shares will be subject to forfeiture in the event the last sales price of the Issuer's common stock does not equal or exceed $15.00 per share (as adjusted for share splits, share dividends, reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like) for any 20 trading days within at least one 30-trading day period within 5 years following the closing of the Issuer's business combination and (cont'd on footnote 2)...
2. (cont'd)...(ii) the remaining 267,380 shares will be subject to forfeiture in the event the last sales price of the Issuer's common stock does not equal or exceed $12.50 per share (as adjusted for share splits, share dividends, reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like) for any 20 trading days within at least one 30-trading day period within 5 years following the closing of the Issuer's business combination.
3. Represents shares of the Issuer's common stock held by ROIC Acquisition Holdings LP, a limited partnership whose general partner is ROIC Acquisition Holdings GP LLC, a limited liability company indirectly wholly owned by George E. Hall.
/s/ Laura Rosenblum, Attorney-in-Fact 01/17/2013
** Signature of Reporting Person Date
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