UNITED STATES
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): September 26, 2011
 
HARBINGER GROUP INC. 
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
 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, NY
 
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)
 
 
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Item 7.01   Regulation FD Disclosure.
 
On September 26, 2011, Harbinger Group Inc.’s majority-owned operating subsidiary, Spectrum Brands Holdings, Inc., issued a press release announcing a $50 million voluntary prepayment of its senior secured term loan.  Following this prepayment and scheduled amortization, the balance outstanding will be $525 million at fiscal 2011 year-end on September 30, 2011.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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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: September 26, 2011 
By:  
/s/ Francis T. McCarron  
   
Name:  
Francis T. McCarron 
 
   
Title:  
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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