SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 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): November 1, 2010

HARBINGER GROUP INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charger)

Delaware

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

1-4219	74-1339132
(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)
450 Park Avenue, 27th Floor, New York, New York	10022
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)	(Zip Code)

(212) 906-8555

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

(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):

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Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.

In communicating with potential investors with respect to the senior secured notes offering referred to in Item 8.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K (“Form 8-K”), Harbinger Group Inc. (the “Company”) will be providing the information with respect to the Company’s business and the attendant risks included in Exhibits 99.1 and 99.2, respectively, to this Form 8-K.

Item 8.01 Other Events.

Senior Secured Notes

     On November 1, 2010, the Company issued a press release announcing that, subject to market and other conditions, the Company plans to offer, only to qualified institutional buyers pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and to certain persons in offshore transactions pursuant to Regulation S under the Securities Act, $325,000,000 aggregate principal amount of senior notes due 2015.

     The information contained in this Form 8-K does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy securities. Any offer of the securities will be made only by means of a private offering memorandum. The securities have not been registered under the Securities Act or the securities laws of any other jurisdiction and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from registration requirements.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

     Furnished

          Exhibit 99.1 — Risk Factors

          Exhibit 99.2 — Business Description

          Exhibit 99.3 — Press Release dated November 1, 2010

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.

	HARBINGER GROUP INC.
Date: November 1, 2010	By:	/s/ Francis T. McCarron
		Name:	Francis T. McCarron
		Title:	Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer