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

August 10, 2005

Date of report (date of earliest event reported)

HM PUBLISHING CORP.

HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY

(Exact name of registrants as specified in their charters)

Delaware

Massachusetts

333-110720

333-105746

13-4265843

04-1456030

(State or other jurisdictions of

incorporation or organization)

Commission File Numbers

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification Nos.)

222 Berkeley Street

Boston, Massachusetts 02116

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

(617) 351-5000

(Registrants’ telephone number, including area code)

N/A

(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 registrants under any of the following provisions:

¨	Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

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¨	Pre-commencement communications Pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

¨	Pre commencement communications pursuant (c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

Item 2.02. Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

On August 10, 2005 the Registrants issued a press release announcing their financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2005, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.01.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(c) Press release dated August 10, 2005 announcing Registrants’ results for the quarter ended June 30, 2005 filed herewith as Exhibit 99.01.

This information and the exhibits hereto are being furnished and shall not be deemed to be “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of, or otherwise regarded as filed under, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. The information contained in this report shall not be incorporated by reference into any filing of Registrant with the SEC, whether made before or after the date hereof, regardless of any general incorporation language in such filings.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrants have duly caused this report to be signed on their behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

Date: August 10, 2005


HM PUBLISHING CORP.
HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY

By:		/s/ STEPHEN C. RICHARDS
		Stephen C. Richards
		Executive Vice President, Chief Operating
		Officer, and Chief Financial Officer

EXHIBIT LIST


99.01		Press release dated August 10, 2005 announcing Registrants’ results for the quarter ended June 30, 2005.

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