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 Earliest Event Reported):
January 20, 2011 (January 13, 2011)
GRAHAM PACKAGING COMPANY INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware | 001-34621 | 52-2076126 | ||
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) | (IRS Employer Identification No.) |
2401 Pleasant Valley Road
York, Pennsylvania 17402
(717) 849-8500
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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Item 3.02. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities.
On January 13, 2011, Graham Alternative Investment Partners I, LP (“GAIP”), Graham Capital Company (“GCC”) and GPC Investments, LLC (“GPC” and, together with GAIP and GCC, the “Graham Family Partners”) exercised their right under the Exchange Agreement, dated February 10, 2010, by and among Graham Packaging Company Inc. (the “Company”), Graham Packaging Holdings Company (“Holdings”) and the Graham Family Partners, to exchange on a one-for-one basis, Holdings’ limited partnership units for shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.01 per share. On January 13, 2011, GAIP, GCC and GPC acquired 1,500,000, 240,000 and 26,681 shares of the Company’s common stock, respectively, upon the exchange of the same number of Holdings’ limited partnership units. The Company issued an aggregate of 1,766,681 shares of its common stock to the Graham Family Partners in connection with such exchanges. No underwriters were involved in the foregoing transactions. The transactions were exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act under Section 4(2) of the Securities Act.
Signatures
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| GRAHAM PACKAGING COMPANY INC. | ||||
| Date: January 20, 2011 | By: | /s/ David W. Bullock | ||
| Name: | David W. Bullock | |||
| Title: | Chief Financial Officer | |||