BARINGTON/HILCO ACQUISITION CORP. (NASDAQ:BHAC) Files An 8-K Changes in Control of Registrant
Item 5.01 Change of Control of Registrant

As reported in its Form 8-K Current Report filed on January 9, 2018, on January 3, 2018, Barington/Hilco Acquisition Corp. (the “Company” or “BHAC”), Barington Companies Advisors, LLC (“Barington”), Hilco Global (“Hilco Global”), Hilco Merchant Resources, LLC (“HMR” and, together with Hilco Global, collectively, “Hilco”), and certain additional parties, including members of the board of directors of the Company (together with Barington and Hilco, the “Sellers”), entered into an agreement (the “Agreement”) with Sweiss Ventures, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company (“Sweiss”), DMZ1 Holdings, LLC, a New York limited liability company, now known as JE Equity 1 Holdings LLC (“JEH”), BAG Spac 1, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“BAG”), PLA99, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (”PLA”), and Oreva Partners, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Oreva” and together with Sweiss, DMZ, BAG and PLA, the “Investors”).

The purpose of this Form 8-K is to correct the January 9, 2018 Form 8-K in that there was an error in Section 5.9(c) of the Agreement which referred to Jenn Calabrese as “the acting chief financial officer of the Company.” In point of fact, Ms. Calabrese is not employed by the Company as an officer. Through her affiliate Calabrese Consulting, LLC, Ms. Calabrese is a consultant to the Company and performs accounting and related financial services for the Company.

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