UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported) October 9, 2007

 

GP Strategies Corporation

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

Delaware

 

1-7234

 

13-1926739

(State or Other Jurisdiction

 

(Commission

 

(IRS Employer

of Incorporation)

 

File Number)

 

Identification No.)

 

6095 Marshalee Drive, Suite 300, Elkridge, MD

 

21075

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:  (410) 379-3600

 

 

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

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Item 8.01                                             Other Events

 

Acquisition of Via Training, LLC

 

On October 9, 2007, GP Strategies Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“the Company”), announced that it completed the acquisition of Via Training, LLC, a custom e-learning sales training company. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 9.01                                             Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

(d)                                                                                 Exhibits

 

Exhibit No.

 

Description

 

 

 

99.1

 

Press release dated October 9, 2007, “GP Strategies Announces Completion of Acquisition of Via Training, LLC.”

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

GP STRATEGIES CORPORATION

 

 

 

 

Date: October 10, 2007

/s/ Kenneth L. Crawford

 

Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit No.

 

Description

 

 

 

99.1

 

Press release dated October 9, 2007, “GP Strategies Announces Completion of Acquisition of Via Training, LLC.”

 

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