UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

 

 

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): August 9, 2016

 

 

BARINGTON/HILCO ACQUISITION CORP.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

Delaware 001-36832 47-1455824
(State or Other Jurisdiction (Commission (IRS Employer
of Incorporation) File Number) Identification No.)

 

888 Seventh Avenue, 17th Floor

New York, NY 10019

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

 

(212) 974-5710

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

 

Not Applicable

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

¨   Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

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Item 8.01.Other Events.

 

On August 9, 2016, Barington/Hilco Acquisition Corp. (the "Company"), in accordance with the terms of its IPO prospectus filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 6, 2016, deposited $100,000 into its trust account held at Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company for the benefit of its public stockholders in order to extend the date by which it must complete a business combination by three months, from August 11, 2016 to November 11, 2016.

 

In order to fund the deposit, the Company has obtained loans from its sponsors, affiliates of both Barington Capital Group, L.P. and Hilco Global. The loans are evidenced by promissory notes that are payable upon the consummation of a business combination by the Company, either in cash or, at each sponsor’s discretion, by conversion into private units of the Company.

 

A copy of the press release issued by the Company announcing the extension is included as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 9.01.Financial Statement and Exhibits.

 

(d)Exhibits:

 

ExhibitDescription

 

99.1Press Release dated August 10, 2016

 

   

 

 

SIGNATURE

 

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.

 

Dated: August 10, 2016 BARINGTON/HILCO ACQUISITION CORP.  
     
     
  By:  /s/ Jared L. Landaw  
    Jared L. Landaw
Secretary		  

 

   

 

 

EXHIBIT INDEX

 

ExhibitDescription

 

99.1Press Release dated August 10, 2016