0001144204-17-015321.txt : 20170317 0001144204-17-015321.hdr.sgml : 20170317 20170317134158 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001144204-17-015321 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20170316 ITEM INFORMATION: Other Events ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20170317 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20170317 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: BARINGTON/HILCO ACQUISITION CORP. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001622175 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: BLANK CHECKS [6770] IRS NUMBER: 471455824 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-36832 FILM NUMBER: 17697339 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 888 SEVENTH AVENUE, 17TH FLOOR CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10019 BUSINESS PHONE: (212)974-5710 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 888 SEVENTH AVENUE, 17TH FLOOR CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10019 8-K 1 v462085_8k.htm 8-K

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): March 16, 2017

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, 17^th 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):

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Item 8.01.

Other Events.

On March 16, 2017, Barington/Hilco Acquisition Corp. (the "Company") issued a press release announcing that it had funded an additional 30-day extension of the date by which it must complete a business combination and that the Company has deposited $84,546.73 into its trust account to fund the extension through April 11, 2017.

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:

Exhibit	Description

99.1	Press Release dated March 16, 2017

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: March 17, 2017	BARINGTON/HILCO ACQUISITION CORP.


	By:	/s/ Jared L. Landaw
		Jared L. Landaw
		Secretary

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit	Description

99.1	Press Release dated March 16, 2017

EX-99.1 2 v462085_ex99-1.htm EXHIBIT 99.1

Exhibit 99.1

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

March 16, 2017

BARINGTON/HILCO ACQUISITION CORP.

FUNDS 30-DAY EXTENSION OF DATE TO CONSUMMATE BUSINESS COMBINATION

NEW YORK, NY, March 16, 2017 – Barington/Hilco Acquisition Corp. (NASDAQ: BHAC), a blank check acquisition company (the “Company”), announced today that it has funded an additional 30-day extension of the date by which it must complete a business combination. The Company has deposited $84,546.73 into its trust account to fund the extension through April 11, 2017.

On February 10, 2017, the Company’s stockholders approved an extension of the date by which the Company must complete a business combination for an aggregate of six months, to be implemented and funded by the Company in 30-day increments. The full six-month extension allows the Company until August 11, 2017 to complete a business combination. The Company’s extension through April 11, 2017 marks the second of six possible 30-day extensions.

About Barington/Hilco Acquisition Corp.

Barington/Hilco Acquisition Corp. is a blank check company formed for the purpose of entering into a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, recapitalization, reorganization or other similar business combination.

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the "safe harbor" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements may be identified by the use of words such as "anticipate", "believe", "expect", "estimate", "plan", "outlook", and "project" and other similar expressions that predict or indicate future events or trends or that are not statements of historical matters. Such forward-looking statements include statements concerning the potential business combination. These statements are based on the Company’s management’s current expectations and beliefs, as well as a number of assumptions concerning future events.

Such forward-looking statements are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties, assumptions and other important factors, many of which are outside of the Company’s control that could cause actual results to differ materially from the results discussed in the forward-looking statements. Additional factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied in forward-looking statements can be found in the Company’s most recent annual report on Form 10-K and subsequently filed quarterly reports on Form 10-Q and current reports on Form 8-K, which are available, free of charge, at the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.

Contact:

Jared Landaw

Barington/Hilco Acquisition Corp.

(212) 974-5713