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* ZEPF PAUL J (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O GLOBAL PARTNER ACQUISITION CORP. 1 ROCKEFELLER PLAZA, 10TH FLOOR (Street) NEW YORK NY 10020 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 07/29/2015	3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Global Partner Acquisition Corp. [ GPAC ]
		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 Executive Officer	5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
			6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) Form filed by One Reporting Person X 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	3,881,250	I	See Footnote(1)(2)

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

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* ZEPF PAUL J (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O GLOBAL PARTNER ACQUISITION CORP. 1 ROCKEFELLER PLAZA, 10TH FLOOR (Street) NEW YORK NY 10020 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer X Director X 10% Owner X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below) Chief Executive Officer

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Global Partner Sponsor I LLC (Last) (First) (Middle) 1 ROCKEFELLER PLAZA, 10TH FLOOR (Street) NEW YORK NY 10020 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer Director 10% Owner Officer (give title below) X Other (specify below) Sponsor & Sole Shareholder

Explanation of Responses:

1. These shares represent common stock held by Global Partner Sponsor I LLC ("GPS"), acquired pursuant to a subscription agreement dated as of May 19, 2015 by and among GPS and the registrant. Paul Zepf, the Chief Executive Officer and a director of the registrant, is the sole managing member of GPS. Mr. Zepf has sole voting and dispositive control over the shares held by GPS and may be deemed the beneficial owner of such shares. These shares include an aggregate of 506,250 shares that are subject to forfeiture to the extent that the underwriter's do not exercise their overallotment option in connection with the registrant's initial public offering in full.

2. Mr. Zepf, through his holdings in GPS, has a pecuniary interest in 1,065,671 shares of the registrant (200,001 of these shares are held in the Zepf 1999 Descendants' Trust, over which Mr. Zepf does not have voting or dispositive control). 139,001 shares (of which 26,087 are held in the Zepf 1999 Descendants' Trust) are subject to forfeiture in the event the underwriters of the initial public offering of the registrant's securities do not exercise in full their over-allotment option. Mr. Zepf disclaims beneficial ownership over any securities owned by GPS in which he does not have any pecuniary interest.

	/s/ Paul Zepf	07/29/2015
	/s/ Paul Zepf Managing Member of Global Partner Sponsor I LLC	07/29/2015
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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