SEC Form 4

FORM 4		UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0287 Estimated average burden hours per response: 0.5
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* HOTARD EDGAR GEORGE (Last) (First) (Middle) 12935 N. FORTY DRIVE, SUITE 201 (Street) ST. LOUIS MO 63141 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Quinpario Acquisition Corp. [ QPACU ]	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) X Director 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 08/14/2013
	4. 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 Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Common Stock	05/31/2013(1)	08/14/2013(1)	P		23,000	A	$10	138,141(1)	I	See footnote(1)(2)(4)

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares
Warrants	$12	05/31/2013(1)	08/14/2013(1)	P		23,000		(3)	(3)	Common Stock	23,000	(2)	23,000	I	See footnote(2)(3)(4)

Explanation of Responses:

1. Reported securities were acquired pursuant to that certain Unit Subscription Agreement dated as of May 31, 2013 by and among Quinpario Partners I, LLC and the Issuer. Reporting person is the indirect owner of 23,000 placement units and 61,341 shares of common stock through the Hotard Family Interests, Ltd., which is a member Quinpario Partners, I, LLC, and does not have voting or dispositive control over such securities. Reporting person is the direct owner of 53,800 shares of common stock acquired pursuant to that certain Securities Award Agreement entered into with Issuer on July 24, 2013.

2. The reported securities are included within 1,150,000 Units purchased by Quinpario Partners I, LLC for $10.00 per Unit. Each Unit consists of one share of common stock, par value $0.0001 per share ("Common Stock") and one warrant to purchase one share of Common Stock. Such shares and warrants, respectively, are identical to the shares of Common Stock and warrants, respectively, included in the units sold in the Issuer's initial public offering ("IPO"), except for those differences set forth in the Issuer's IPO prospectus filed with the Commission on August 9, 2013. Such shares and warrants, respectively, are also subject to certain transfer restrictions. Such warrants may be exercised for cash or on a cashless basis, and are not subject to being called for redemption.

3. Each warrant is exercisable to purchase one share of Common Stock at an exercise price of $12.00 during the period commencing on the later of (i) twelve (12) months from the date of the closing of the Issuer's initial public offering or (ii) 30 days following the consummation of the Company's initial business combination (the "Business Combination"), and expiring on the fifth anniversary of the consummation of the Issuer's Business Combination.

4. Reporting person disclaims beneficial ownership except to the extent of its pecuniary interest therein, and this report shall not be deemed an admission that such reporting person is the beneficial owner of the securities for purposes of Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or for any other purpose.

	/s/ Edgar G. Hotard	08/16/2013
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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