GP Investments : Material Fact - Share Buyback Program
February 12, 2015 at 06:49 pm EST
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GP INVESTMENTS, LTD.
MATERIAL INFORMATION PRESS RELEASE
February 12th, 2015 - GP Investments, Ltd., with registered office at 129, Front Street, Penthouse, Hamilton HM 12, Bermuda (the "Company"), hereby announces that the Company's Board of Directors has approved on February 09th, 2015 the acquisition as treasury shares of up to 9,275,786 of the Company's Class A shares (which constitute approximately 10% of the Company's free float on this date), including shares in the form of Brazilian Depositary Shares evidenced by Brazilian Depositary Receipts ("BDRs") (the "Treasury Shares Acquisition"). The acquisition period for the Treasury Shares Acquisition shall commence on February 10th,
2015 and end on February 10th, 2016 (the "Acquisition Period").
The acquisition price for the Treasury Shares Acquisition will be the market price quoted on the date of each transaction during the Acquisition Period. Any acquisition will be made on Luxembourg Stock Exchange (in respect the Class A Shares) and BM&FBOVESPA (in respect of the BDRs) at prevailing open market prices and paid out of general corporate funds via one of the following securities dealers and brokers: Credit Suisse (Brasil) S.A. CTVM; Morgan Stanley CTVM S.A., Merril Lynch CTVM S.A., BTG Pactual CTVM S.A., Itaú Corretora de Valores S.A., CitiGroup Global Markets Brasil CCTVM S.A., Goldman Sachs do Brasil Corretora de Títulos e Valores Mobiliários S.A., Bradesco S.A. CTVM, ICAP do Brasil CTVM Ltda., XP Investimentos CCTVM S.A., Concordia S.A. CVMCC and Barclays
Corretora de Títulos e Valores Mobiliários S.A.
GP Investments, Ltd. is a Bermuda-based private equity and alternative investment company. The Companyâs operations comprise private equity, real estate and direct investment activities, including the management of limited partnerships. Its segments include private equity and real estate. In the private equity business, it invests to acquire control or joint control with the original owners with the objective of lead the invested company. In real estate business, it invests primarily at the asset level, directly in projects in the residential, office and retail segments. Its investment portfolio includes Spice Private Equity Ltd., Grupo SBF, BR Properties, and 2TM Group. It invests in approximately 15 sectors, such as industry, health services, mobile resource management, retail, logistics, real estate/shopping malls, Internet and technology, hotel, telecommunication, utilities, education, entertainment/restaurants, consumer goods, human resources (HR) services, and oil and gas.
GP INVESTMENTS, LTD. 
