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): July 30, 2009

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): July 31, 2009

HARTMARX CORPORATION
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

Delaware
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

1-8501	36-3217140
(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

101 North Wacker Drive
Chicago, Illinois	60606
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)	(Zip Code)

(312) 372-6300
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

N/A
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

HARTMARX CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

DELAWARE	1-8501	36-3217140
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

101 North Wacker Drive

Chicago, Illinois 60606

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

(312) 372-6300

(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

N/A

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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Item 51.~~02 Departure~~01 Entry ofinto ~~Directors~~a orMaterial ~~Certain~~Definitive ~~Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers~~Agreement.

~~(b) Retirement~~On ofJuly ~~Principal Executive Officer Homi B. Patel~~31, ~~chairman~~2009, ~~president and chief executive officer of~~ Hartmarx Corporation (the "“Company"”), ~~announced~~fifty ~~his~~of ~~retirement~~its ~~from~~wholly-owned ~~the~~United ~~Company,~~States ~~effective~~subsidiaries ~~July~~(collectively ~~30,~~with ~~2009. Mr. Patel will continue to serve on~~ the Company's, ~~board~~the ~~of directors. (c~~“Sellers”) ~~Appointment~~ ofand ~~Principal~~Coppley ~~Operating~~Apparel ~~Officer On~~Group ~~July 31~~Limited, ~~2009,~~ the ~~Board~~Company’s ofwholly-owned ~~Directors~~Canadian ~~(the~~subsidiary ~~"Board"~~(“Coppley”) ~~appointed Taras R. Proczko~~, ~~age~~entered ~~54,~~into ~~as executive vice president and chief operating officer of~~ the ~~Company. Mr.~~First ~~Proczko~~Amendment ~~has~~to ~~been employed by the Company since August 1980. There are no family relationships between Mr. Proczko and any director or other executive~~Amended ~~officer of the Company~~ and ~~the~~Restated ~~Company~~Asset isPurchase ~~not~~Agreement ~~aware of any related party transactions between~~ (the ~~Company~~“First ~~and~~Amendment”) ~~Mr.~~with ~~Proczko. From~~Emerisque ~~1993~~Brands toUK ~~January~~Limited ~~2000 he served as assistant general counsel; from January 2000 to December 2001 he served as vice president, corporate counsel~~ and ~~secretary;~~SKNL ~~and~~North ~~since December 2001 he has served as senior vice president~~America, ~~general counsel and secretary of the Company~~B. MrV. ~~Proczko will also continue as general counsel and secretary. Mr. Proczko's employment and compensation arrangements with the Company remain unchanged and include an annual base salary of $215~~(collectively,~~760. He~~ ~~is also eligible to participate in~~ the ~~Hartmarx Management Incentive Plan ("MIP"~~“Purchasers”), and ~~the Company's annual incentive bonus program~~, ~~although no Company performance targets or bonus opportunity amounts under the MIP have been established~~ for ~~the~~certain ~~fiscal~~purposes ~~year ending November 30~~only, ~~2009~~S. ~~Mr.~~ ~~Proczko~~Kumars isNationwide eligible for equity grants under the Company's 2006 Incentive Stock Plan, as approved by the Compensation and Stock Option Committee of the Board of Directors ("Committee"), but no equity grants are expected to be made during fiscal 2009Limited. ~~In addition, Mr. Proczko is eligible for other benefits consistent with those received by other Company executives.~~

The First Amendment amended the Amended and Restated Asset Purchase Agreement (the “Asset Purchase Agreement”) to, among other things, (i) increase the purchase price for the sale to Purchasers of substantially all of Sellers’ assets to an amount equal to the balance of outstanding obligations under the Sellers’ and Coppley’s loan and security agreement with Wachovia Capital Finance Corporation (Central), in its capacity as agent, and the lenders party thereto, on the business day immediately preceding the closing of the transactions contemplated by the Asset Purchase Agreement, (ii) increase the amount of certain liabilities to be assumed by Purchasers and (iii) provide for the payment of $335,000 to Sellers by Purchasers in order to assist with the administration and wind down of Sellers’ bankruptcy estates following closing of the transactions contemplated by the Asset Purchase Agreement.

The foregoing description of the First Amendment does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the First Amendment, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this report.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(cd) Exhibits.

99.1 Press Release dated July 30, 2009.

Exhibit No.	Description
10.1	First Amendment to Amended and Restated Asset Purchase Agreement, dated as of July 31, 2009, by and among Hartmarx Corporation, fifty of its wholly-owned United States subsidiaries, Coppley Apparel Group Limited, its wholly-owned Canadian subsidiary, Emerisque Brands UK Limited, SKNL North America, B.V., and, for certain purposes only, S. Kumars Nationwide Limited

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

	HARTMARX CORPORATION




	/s/ Taras R. Proczko
	Taras R. Proczko
	Executive Vice President

Dated: August 46, 2009

EXHIBIT LIST

Exhibit Number Description

Exhibit No.	Description
10.1	First Amendment to Amended and Restated Asset Purchase Agreement, dated as of July 31, 2009, by and among Hartmarx Corporation, fifty of its wholly-owned United States subsidiaries, Coppley Apparel Group Limited, its wholly-owned Canadian subsidiary, Emerisque Brands UK Limited, SKNL North America, B.V., and, for certain purposes only, S. Kumars Nationwide Limited

99.1 Press Release dated July 30, 2009.

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