- Current report filing (8-K)

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

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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):  September 20, 2012

               

SPECTRUM GROUP INTERNATIONAL, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware	1-11988	22-2365834
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)	(Commission file number)	(I.R.S. employer identification no.)

1063 McGaw Irvine, CA (Address of principal executive offices)		92614 (Zip code)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code:  [phone]

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Item 8.01      Other Events

On September 20, 2012, Spectrum Group International, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing the extension of its rights offering from the current expiration date of Thursday September 20, 2012 to Friday, September 21, 2012. The subscription rights issued by the Company may now be exercised at any time prior to 5:00 p.m. New York City time on September 21, 2012.

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The extension will permit holders who have exercised their rights and desire to increase their oversubscription to do so, which the Company has determined, in the exercise of its sole discretion to interpret the terms and conditions of the rights offering, is permissible.

Other than as aforesaid, all of the offering terms described in the prospectus dated August 1, 2012, as supplemented, remain the same and apply during the extended subscription period of the rights offering.

A copy of the Company's press release announcing the extension of its rights offering is filed as Exhibit 99.1 hereto and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

Exhibit No.		Exhibit Description
99.1		Press release dated September 20, 2012

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.

Date: September 20, 2012

SPECTRUM GROUP INTERNATIONAL, INC.
By:	/s/ Carol Meltzer
Name:	Carol Meltzer
Title:	General Counsel and Secretary