UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON,
D.C. 20549
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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): April
21, 2008
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HD
PARTNERS ACQUISITION CORPORATION
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(Exact
Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
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Delaware
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001-32890
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0-3893077
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(State
or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
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(Commission
File Number)
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(IRS
Employer Identification No.)
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2601
Ocean Park Boulevard
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Santa
Monica, California
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90405
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(Address
of Principal Executive Offices)
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(Zip
Code)
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Registrant's
telephone number, including area code: (310)
209-8308
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Not
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(Former
Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
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the
appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously
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provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):
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The
information set forth below under Item 8.01 is incorporated herein by
reference.
Item
8.01 Other
Events
HD
Partners Acquisition Corporation (“the Company”) announced today that the
Company has set April 30, 2008 as the record date (the “Record Date”) for
determining the stockholders entitled to receive liquidating distributions.
April 30, 2008 will also be the last trade date for the Company’s securities on
the American Stock Exchange.
Pursuant
to the plan of liquidation, which was approved by the Company’s stockholders on
April 7, 2008, the Company will return the amount held in trust, together with
interest (net of applicable taxes), to holders, as of the Record Date, of the
Company’s common stock originally issued in its initial public offering. No
payments will be made with respect to any of the Company’s outstanding warrants
or to the shares owned by the Company’s initial stockholders prior to the
initial public offering. As of the record date, April 30, 2008, the share
transfer books of the Company will be closed, and trading of the Company’s
shares on the American Stock Exchange will be suspended. The Company expects
to
make a liquidating distribution promptly after April 30, 2008.
SIGNATURE
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Company has
duly
caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly
authorized.
Dated:
April 21, 2008
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HD PARTNERS ACQUISITION
CORPORATION |
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By: |
/s/ Bruce
Lederman |
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Bruce
Lederman |
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Executive
Vice
President and Secretary |