Quinpario Acquisition Corp. 2 (QPAC): Weiss Asset Management Acquires 1.80 Million Shares

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SCHEDULE 13G

CUSIP NO. 74874U101 PAGE 6 OF 10 PAGES

ITEM 1.

(a)    Name of Issuer:

Quinpario Acquisition Corp. 2

(b)    Address of Issuers Principal Executive
Offices:

12935 N. Forty Drive, Suite 201, St. Louis, Missouri
63141

ITEM 2.     

(a)    and (c): Name and Citizenship of Persons Filing:

(i)     BIP GP LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (BIP
GP).

(ii)    Weiss Asset Management LP, a Delaware limited partnership
(Weiss Asset Management).

(iii)   WAM GP LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (WAM
GP).

(iv)   Andrew M. Weiss, Ph.D., a United States citizen (Andrew
Weiss).

(b):   Address of Principal Business Office:

BIP GP, Weiss Asset Management, WAM GP, and Andrew Weiss have a business address of 222 Berkeley St., 16th floor,
Boston, Massachusetts 02116

(d)    Title of Class of Securities:

Common stock, par value $0.0001 per share

(e)    CUSIP Number:

74874U101

ITEM 3.      IF THIS STATEMENT IS FILED PURSUANT TO RULE 13D-1(B), OR 13D-2(B), CHECK WHETHER THE PERSON FILING IS A:
(a) ¨ Broker or Dealer registered under Section 15 of the Act (15 U.S.C. 78o).
(b) ¨ Bank as defined in section 3(a)(6) of the Act (15 U.S.C. 78c).
(c) ¨ Insurance Company as defined in section 3(a)(19) of the Act (15 U.S.C. 78c).
(d) ¨ Investment Company registered under section 8 of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (15 U.S.C. 80a-8).
(e) ¨ Investment Adviser registered under section 203 of the Investment Advisers Act or under the laws of any State
(f) ¨ Employee Benefit Plan, Pension fund which is subject to the provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 or Endowment Fund; see Section 240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(F)
(g) ¨ A Parent Holding Company or control person, in accordance with Section 240.13d-1(b)(ii)(G)
(h) ¨ A Savings Association as defined in Section 3(b) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 1813)
(i) ¨ A Church Plan that is excluded from the definition of an investment company under Section 3(c)(14) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (15 U.S.C. 80a-3)
(j) ¨ Group, in accordance with Section 240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(J)

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