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): ~~February~~March 2612, 2014

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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 Avenue Suite 250 Irvine, CA (Address of principal executive offices)		92614 (Zip code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (949) 748-4800

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Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

On February 26, 2014, Spectrum Group International, Inc. (the “Company”) entered into a Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) with Afinsa Bienes Tangibles, S.A. En Liquidacion (“Afinsa”), Auctentia, S.L. (“Auctenia”) and A-Mark Precious Metals, Inc. (“A-Mark”) pursuant to which the Company agreed to purchase all shares of the Company’s common stock held by Afinsa and Auctentia, which includes 44,163.76 shares held by Afinsa and 2,988,106.36 shares held by Auctentia, for an aggregate purchase price of $6,367,767.25, payable in cash at two closings and plus interest as described below. Afinsa also agreed to sell to the Company a collection of items relating to George Washington, which Afinsa had purchased from the Company in 2003 (the “Washington Collection”) for $350,000 in cash. In addition, Afinsa and Auctentia agreed to sell to A-Mark any shares of common stock of A-Mark received by Afinsa and Auctentia in the Company’s previously disclosed spin-off of A-Mark, its precious metals trading business.

The first closing under the Purchase Agreement occurred on February 26, 2014. On that date, the Company purchased 50% of the shares of the Company’s common stock held by Afinsa and Auctentia for $2.10 per share in cash and the Washington Collection. The shares purchased by the Company at the first closing include the right to receive the shares of common stock of A-Mark distributed in respect thereof in the spinoff. Accordingly, no shares of A-Mark common stock will be issued in respect of the shares of SGI common stock purchased from Afinsa and Auctentia at the first closing.

The second closing under the Purchase Agreement is required to occur on or prior to July 1, 2014. At the second closing, the Company will purchase the remaining 50% of the Company’s shares held by Afinsa and Auctentia for an aggregate purchase price of $985,487.79 and A-Mark will purchase the shares of A-Mark common stock distributed with respect to such shares of the Company in the spinoff for an aggregate purchase price of $2,198,395.83, in each case together with interest calculated from February 26, 2014 to the date of the second closing at the rate of 4% per annum.

Shares of the Company’s common stock purchased under the Purchase Agreement will be returned to the status of authorized but unissued shares.

The above is a summary and is qualified in its entirety by the terms of the Agreement, which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this Report on Form 8-K.

Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers

On February 26, 2014, Antonio Arenas tendered his resignation as a member of the board of directors of the Company, effective upon the second closing under the Purchase Agreement.

Item 8.01 Other Events

~~The~~Spectrum ~~spinoff~~Group International, ~~which~~Inc. ~~was~~(the ~~previously~~“Company” ~~announced~~or to“SGI”) ~~take~~has ~~place~~established onMarch ~~February 28~~14, 2014, isas ~~now~~the ~~scheduled~~distribution date (the “Distribution Date”) for the ~~beginning~~distribution of ~~March~~shares ~~2014~~of common stock of A-Mark Precious Metals, Inc. (“A-Mark”), its wholly owned subsidiary. The ~~Company~~distribution will ~~announce~~complete the ~~date~~spinoff of A-Mark from the ~~spinoff~~Company. ~~once~~Following ~~all~~the distribution, A-Mark will be a publicly traded company independent from SGI. As previously disclosed, the ~~remaining~~distribution ~~conditions~~will be made to ~~the~~to ~~spinoff~~SGI ~~have~~stockholders ~~been~~of ~~satisfied~~record as of 5:00 p.m., Eastern Time, on February 12, 2014 (the "Record Date").

On the Distribution Date, SGI will distribute all of the shares of A-Mark common stock to SGI stockholders. Each SGI stockholder will receive one share of A-Mark common stock for each four shares of SGI common stock held on the Record Date. Up to and including the Distribution Date, the SGI common stock will trade on the “regular-way” market; that is, with an entitlement to shares of A-Mark common stock distributed pursuant to the distribution. SGI common stock will not trade on an ex-distribution market; that is, without an entitlement to shares of A-Mark common stock distributed pursuant to the distribution.

A-Mark’s common stock will commence trading on the NASDAQ Global Select Market on Monday, March 17, 2014, under the symbol “AMRK.”

Fractional shares of A-Mark common stock will not be distributed. Instead, the distribution agent will aggregate fractional shares into whole shares, sell the whole shares in the open market at prevailing rates and distribute the net cash from proceeds from the sales pro rata to each holder who would otherwise have been entitled to receive a fractional share. SGI has received an opinion of counsel to the effect that the spinoff will be tax-free to SGI shareholders for U.S. federal income tax purposes, except for any cash received in lieu of fractional shares.

SGI stockholders are not required to take any action to receive A-Mark common stock in the distribution, and they will not be required to surrender or exchange their SGI shares. The distribution will be made in book-entry form.

Item 9.01. Exhibits

(d) Exhibits:

Exhibit		Description
10.199.1		Purchase Agreement dated February 26, 2014Press release, dated February 27, 2014
99.1		Press release, dated March 11, 2014
99.2		Press release, dated March 12, 2014

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: ~~February~~March 2712, 2014

SPECTRUM GROUP INTERNATIONAL, INC.

By: /s/ Carol Meltzer

Name: Carol Meltzer

Title: General Counsel and Secretary

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