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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>UNITED STATES</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>WASHINGTON, DC 20549</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>FORM 8-K</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center; margin-bottom: 0pt">Date of report (Date of earliest event reported):&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>March
27, 2012</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>XCEL BRANDS, INC.</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in
Its Charter)</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Delaware</B></P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 49%; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font-weight: bold; text-align: center">000-31553</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 2%; font-weight: bold; padding-bottom: 1pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 49%; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font-weight: bold; text-align: center">76-0307819</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">(Commission File Number)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">(IRS Employer Identification No.)</TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">475 10th Avenue, 4th Floor, New York, NY</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">10018</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">(Address of Principal Executive Offices)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">(Zip Code)</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">(347) 727-2474</P>

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Area Code)</P>

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Since Last Report)</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended
to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction
A.2. below):</P>

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    <TD>Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&uml;</TD>
    <TD>Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17&nbsp;CFR&nbsp;240.14a-12)</TD></TR>
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    <TD>Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&uml;</TD>
    <TD>Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Item 7.01&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Regulation
FD Disclosure.</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Xcel Brands, Inc. (the &ldquo;Company&rdquo;) has made available
an investor powerpoint presentation on the Company&rsquo;s website, <U>www.xcelbrands.com</U>, at the Investor Relations section.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">The information furnished pursuant to Item&nbsp;7.01, including
Exhibit&nbsp;99.1, shall not be deemed &ldquo;filed&rdquo; for purposes of Section&nbsp;18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(the &ldquo;Exchange Act&rdquo;) or otherwise subject to the liabilities under that Section, and shall not be deemed to be incorporated
by reference into any filing of the Company under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Exchange Act.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">The furnishing of the information under Item&nbsp;7.01 in this
Current Report on Form 8-K is not intended to, and does not, constitute a determination or admission by the Company (i)&nbsp;that
the furnishing of the information in this Item&nbsp;7.01 is required by Regulation&nbsp;FD, (ii)&nbsp;that the information under
Item&nbsp;7.01 in this Current Report on Form 8-K is material or complete, or (iii) that investors should consider this information
before making an investment decision with respect to any security of the Company.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">This Form 8-K contains &ldquo;forward-looking statements&rdquo;
within the meaning of the safe harbor provisions of the federal securities laws. It should be read in conjunction with the &lsquo;Safe
Harbor Statement&rsquo; contained in the presentation material and the risk factors included in the Company&rsquo;s periodic reports
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, that discuss important factors that could cause the Company&rsquo;s results
to differ materially from those anticipated in such forward-looking statements.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><I>&nbsp;</I></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><I>Use of our Website to Distribute Material Company Information</I></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Our company website address is <U>www.xcelbrands.com</U>, which
we use as a channel of distribution for important company information. Important information, including press releases, analyst
presentations and financial information regarding our company is posted and accessible on the &ldquo;Investor Relations&rdquo;
subpage of our website.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Item 9.01&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Financial Statement and Exhibits.</B></P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 1%; font-weight: bold">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 94%; font-weight: bold">Exhibits.</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>99.1</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;Xcel Brands, Inc. Powerpoint Presentation</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>SIGNATURES</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this Current Report on Form 8-K to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned
thereunto duly authorized.</P>

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    <TD COLSPAN="3">XCEL BRANDS, INC.</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3">(Registrant)</TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>By:</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-left: 0.25in">/s/ James F. Haran</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="width: 50%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 8%">Name:</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 37%">James F. Haran</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Title:</TD>
    <TD>Chief Financial Officer</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Date: March 27, 2012</P>

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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):
March
27, 2012
XCEL BRANDS, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in
Its Charter)
Delaware
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
000-31553
76-0307819
(Commission File Number)
(IRS Employer Identification No.)
475 10th Avenue, 4th Floor, New York, NY
10018
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip Code)
(347) 727-2474
(Registrant's Telephone Number, Including
Area Code)
(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 registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction
A.2. below):
¨
Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
¨
Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
¨
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
¨
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
Item 7.01         Regulation
FD Disclosure.
Xcel Brands, Inc. (the "Company") has made available
an investor powerpoint presentation on the Company's website,
www.xcelbrands.com
, at the Investor Relations section.
The information furnished pursuant to Item 7.01, including
Exhibit 99.1, shall not be deemed "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(the "Exchange Act") or otherwise subject to the liabilities under that Section, and shall not be deemed to be incorporated
by reference into any filing of the Company under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Exchange Act.
The furnishing of the information under Item 7.01 in this
Current Report on Form 8-K is not intended to, and does not, constitute a determination or admission by the Company (i) that
the furnishing of the information in this Item 7.01 is required by Regulation FD, (ii) that the information under
Item 7.01 in this Current Report on Form 8-K is material or complete, or (iii) that investors should consider this information
before making an investment decision with respect to any security of the Company.
This Form 8-K contains "forward-looking statements"
within the meaning of the safe harbor provisions of the federal securities laws. It should be read in conjunction with the 'Safe
Harbor Statement' contained in the presentation material and the risk factors included in the Company's periodic reports
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, that discuss important factors that could cause the Company's results
to differ materially from those anticipated in such forward-looking statements.
Use of our Website to Distribute Material Company Information
Our company website address is
www.xcelbrands.com
, which
we use as a channel of distribution for important company information. Important information, including press releases, analyst
presentations and financial information regarding our company is posted and accessible on the "Investor Relations"
subpage of our website.
Item 9.01         Financial Statement and Exhibits.
(d)
Exhibits.
99.1
Xcel Brands, Inc. Powerpoint Presentation
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this Current Report on Form 8-K to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned
thereunto duly authorized.
XCEL BRANDS, INC.
(Registrant)
By:
/s/ James F. Haran
Name:
James F. Haran
Title:
Chief Financial Officer
Date: March 27, 2012