Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements Disclosure [Text Block] | NOTE 1. DESCRIPTION OF ORGANIZATION AND BUSINESS OPERATIONS GP Investments Acquisition Corp. (the “Company”) is a blank check company incorporated in the Cayman Islands on January 28, 2015 At March 31, 2017, the Company had not yet commenced operations. All activity through March 31, 2017 related to the Company’s formation, its Initial Public Offering (as defined below), which is described below, and identifying and evaluating a target company for a Business Combination and activities in connection with the announced and subsequently terminated proposed acquisition of WKI Holding Company, Inc. (“WKI”) described below. On April 19, 2016, the Company entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (as amended on July 28, 2016, the “Merger Agreement”), by and among the Company, Let’s Go Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, WKI, and, solely in its capacity as the initial Holder Representative thereunder, WKI Group, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company. Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, the Company agreed to acquire all of the outstanding capital stock of WKI, the parent company of World Kitchen, LLC, a leading multinational manufacturer and marketer of houseware products. On November 11, 2016, the parties entered into a letter agreement terminating the Merger Agreement, effective November 11, 2016. The registration statement for the Company’s initial public offering (the “Initial Public Offering”) was declared effective on May 19, 2015. On May 26, 2015, the Company consummated the Initial Public Offering of 17,250,000 2,250,000 10.00 172,500,000 Simultaneously with the closing of the Initial Public Offering, the Company consummated the sale of 6,062,500 1.00 6,062,500 Transaction costs amounted to $ 10,960,590 4,312,500 6,037,500 610,590 1,551 Following the closing of the Initial Public Offering, an amount of $ 172,500,000 10.00 The Company’s management has broad discretion with respect to the specific application of the net proceeds of its Initial Public Offering and Private Placement Warrants, although substantially all of the net proceeds are intended to be applied generally toward consummating a Business Combination. The Company’s Units are listed on the Nasdaq Capital Market (“NASDAQ”). Pursuant to the NASDAQ listing rules, the Company’s Business Combination must be with a target business or businesses whose collective fair market value is equal to at least 80% of the balance in the Trust Account at the time of the execution of a definitive agreement for such Business Combination. There is no assurance that the Company will be able to successfully effect a Business Combination. The Company will provide its shareholders with the opportunity to redeem all or a portion of their shares included in the Units sold in the Initial Public Offering (the “Public Shares”) upon the completion of a Business Combination either (i) in connection with a shareholder meeting called to approve the Business Combination or (ii) by means of a tender offer. The decision as to whether the Company will seek shareholder approval of a Business Combination or conduct a tender offer will be made by the Company, solely in its discretion. The per-share price of the Public Shares to be redeemed (initially $ 10.00 5,000,001 If, however, a shareholder approval of the transaction is required by law, or the Company decides to obtain shareholder approval for business or other legal reasons, the Company will offer to redeem shares in conjunction with a proxy solicitation pursuant to the proxy rules and not pursuant to the tender offer rules. If the Company seeks shareholder approval, it will complete a Business Combination only if a majority of the outstanding ordinary shares voted are voted in favor of the Business Combination. If the Company seeks shareholder approval in connection with a Business Combination, the initial shareholders have agreed to vote their founder shares and any Public Shares purchased during or after the Initial Public Offering in favor of a Business Combination. Additionally, each shareholder may elect to redeem their Public Shares irrespective of whether they vote for or against the proposed transaction. If the Company seeks shareholder approval of a Business Combination and it does not conduct redemptions in connection with a Business Combination pursuant to the tender offer rules, the Company’s Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association provides that a public shareholder, together with any affiliate of such shareholder or any other person with whom such shareholder is acting in concert or as a “group” (as defined under Section 13 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)), will be restricted from redeeming its shares with respect to more than an aggregate of 20 The Company has until May 26, 2017 to complete a Business Combination (the “Combination Period”). The Company is scheduled to hold a shareholders meeting on May 23, 2017, pursuant to which it is proposing to amend and restate its Memorandum and Articles of Association in order to extend the date by which the Company must consummate a Business Combination from May 26, 2017 to November 27, 2017 (the “Extended Combination Period”). On April 24, 2017, the Company filed a definitive proxy statement (the “Proxy Statement”) with the SEC relating to such shareholder meeting. Further information in connection with such shareholders meeting is included in the Proxy Statement. If the Company is unable to complete a Business Combination within the Combination Period or the Extended Combination Period (if approved by the shareholders as described in the Proxy Statement), the Company will (i) cease all operations except for the purpose of winding up, (ii) as promptly as reasonably possible but no more than ten business days thereafter, redeem the Public Shares, at a per-share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the Trust Account including interest earned on the funds held in the Trust Account and not previously released to the Company to pay its income tax obligations (less up to $ 100,000 The initial shareholders have agreed to waive their rights to liquidating distributions from the Trust Account with respect to the founder shares if the Company fails to complete a Business Combination during the Combination Period or the Extended Combination (if approved by the shareholders as described in the Proxy Statement). However, if the initial shareholders acquire Public Shares in or after the Initial Public Offering, they will be entitled to liquidating distributions from the Trust Account with respect to such Public Shares if the Company fails to complete a Business Combination within the Combination Period or the Extended Combination (if approved by the shareholders as described in the Proxy Statement). The underwriter has agreed to waive its rights to the deferred underwriting commission held in the Trust Account in the event the Company does not complete a Business Combination within the Combination Period or the Extended Combination (if approved by the shareholders as described in the Proxy Statement) and, in such event, such amounts will be included with the funds held in the Trust Account that will be available to fund the redemption of the Company’s Public Shares. In the event of such distribution, it is possible that the per share value of the residual assets remaining available for distribution (including Trust Account assets) will be less than the $ 10.00 The Company has principally financed its operations from inception using proceeds from the sale of its equity securities to its initial shareholders and such amount of proceeds from the Initial Public Offering that were placed in an account outside of the Trust Account for working capital purposes. As of March 3, 2017, the Company had $ 1,551 727,000 3,400,000 2,682,893 |