13D Filing: Wynnefield Partners Small Cap Value and Global Power Equipment Group Inc. (GLPW)

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Item 4. Purpose of the Transaction

On April 14, 2016,
the Wynnefield Reporting Persons entered into a confidentiality agreement (the “Agreement”) with the Issuer in connection
with discussions regarding the Wynnefield Reporting Persons’ recommendation of two candidates for appointment to the Issuer’s
Board of Directors. A copy of the Agreement is attached to this Schedule 13D as Exhibit 2 and is incorporated herein by reference
as if fully set forth herein. The foregoing summary description of the Agreement is not intended to be complete and is qualified
in its entirety by the complete text of the Agreement.

Other than as set forth
in this Item 4, the Wynnefield Reporting Persons do not have any current plans, proposals or negotiations that relate to or would
result in any of the matters referred to in paragraphs (a) through (j) of Item 4 of Schedule 13D. The Wynnefield Reporting Persons
intend to review their investment in the Issuer on a continuing basis, and to the extent permitted by law, may seek to engage in
discussions with other stockholders and/or with management and the Board of the Issuer concerning the business, operations or future
plans of the Issuer. Depending on various factors including, without limitation, the Issuer’s financial position, the price
levels of the shares of Common Stock, conditions in the securities markets and general economic and industry conditions, the Wynnefield
Reporting Persons may, in the future take such actions with respect to their investment in the Issuer as they deem appropriate
including, without limitation, purchasing additional shares of Common Stock, selling shares of Common Stock, engaging in short
selling of or any hedging or similar transaction with respect to the Common Stock, taking any other action with respect to the
Issuer or any of its securities in any manner permitted by law or changing its intention with respect to any and all matters referred
to in paragraphs (a) through (j) of Item 4.

Item 5. Interest in Securities of the Issuer.

 

(a), (b) and (c) As
of April 14, 2016, the Wynnefield Reporting Persons beneficially owned in the aggregate 3,167,718 shares of Common Stock, constituting
approximately 18.5% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock. The percentage of shares of Common Stock reported as being beneficially
owned by the Wynnefield Reporting Persons is based upon 17,169,871 shares outstanding as of March 4, 2015, as set forth in the
Issuer’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
(the “Commission”) on March 9, 2015.

The following table
sets forth certain information with respect to shares of Common Stock directly beneficially owned by the Wynnefield Reporting Persons
listed below:

Name Number of Common Stock Percentage of Outstanding Common Stock
Wynnenfield Partners I 1,573,953  9.2%
Wynnefield Partners 963,454  5.6%
Wynnefield Offshore 530,306  3.1%
Plan 100,005  0.6%

WCM is the sole general
partner of Wynnefield Partners and Wynnefield Partners I and, accordingly, may be deemed to be the indirect beneficial owner (as
that term is defined under Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act) of the Common Stock
that Wynnefield Partners and Wynnefield Partners I beneficially own. WCM, as the sole general partner of Wynnefield Partners and
Wynnefield Partners I, has the sole power to direct the voting and disposition of the Common Stock that Wynnefield Partners and
Wynnefield Partners I beneficially own. Messrs. Obus and Landes are the co-managing members of WCM and, accordingly, each of Messrs.
Obus and Landes may be deemed to be the indirect beneficial owner (as that term is defined under Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange
Act) of the Common Stock that WCM may be deemed to beneficially own. Each of Messrs. Obus and Landes, as co-managing members of
WCM, share the power to direct the voting and disposition of the shares of Common Stock that WCM may be deemed to beneficially
own.

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