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8-K</font></div>
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Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of</font></div>
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Securities Exchange Act of 1934</font></div>
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Report (date of earliest event reported): <font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">March 28</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">, 2008</font></font></div>
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INC.</font></div>
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name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)</font></div>
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      Post Oak Boulevard</font></div>
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telephone number, including area code: <font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">(713) 975-7600</font></font></div>
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fiscal year, if changed since last report)</font></div>
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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:</font></div>
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</font>Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17
CFR 230.425)</font></div>
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</font>Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17
CFR 240.14a-12)</font></div>
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</font>Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the
Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))</font></div>
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<font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Pre-commencement communications
pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.13e-4(c))</font></font></div>
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1.01.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Entry Into a Material Definitive
Agreement.</font></div>
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        <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt"></font>On March 28, 2008, the Registrant&#8217;s
Section 162(m) Compensation Committee (the <font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">&#8220;Section 162(m) Committee&#8221;</font>)
adopted the 2008 bonus criteria under the MAXXAM 1994 Executive Bonus Plan (the
<font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">&#8220;Executive Plan&#8221;</font>) for
eligible participants.&#160;&#160;For 2008, these persons are Charles E. Hurwitz
(<font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">&#8220;C. Hurwitz&#8221;</font>), the
Registrant&#8217;s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Shawn M. Hurwitz (<font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">&#8220;S. Hurwitz&#8221;</font>), the
Registrant&#8217;s President, and J. Kent Friedman, the Registrant&#8217;s General
Counsel.&#160;&#160;Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code generally
disallows a tax deduction to a public company for any compensation over $1.0
million paid to the chief executive officer and the four other most highly
compensated officers of such company.&#160;&#160;Performance-based compensation
is not subject to the deduction limit if certain requirements are
met.&#160;&#160;The Executive Plan is designed to permit the award of bonuses
meeting these requirements.</font></div>
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categories under which the Section 162(m) Committee may establish specific
performance goals (the <font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">&#8220;Bonus
Criteria&#8221;</font>).&#160;&#160;The 2008 Bonus Criteria for Mr. C. Hurwitz relate
to improved consolidated financial results, the undertaking by the Registrant&#8217;s
consolidated business units of specified business opportunities, certain
favorable developments in respect of the Registrant&#8217;s racing operations,
completion of an Extraordinary Transaction (as defined in the Executive Plan),
improved earnings per share, and achievement by the Registrant&#8217;s consolidated
business and corporate segments of their 2007 business plans.&#160;&#160;Mr. C.
Hurwitz earns various specified amounts if such criteria are satisfied, subject
to exercise by the Section 162(m) Committee of its &#8220;negative discretion&#8221; (the
absolute discretion of the 162(m) Committee to reduce the actual bonus payable
as the result of any of the criteria being achieved).</font></div>
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Bonus Criteria for Messrs. S. Hurwitz and Friedman have categories that are
similar to those for Mr. C. Hurwitz.&#160;&#160;However, the categories were
tailored to their particular duties and responsibilities.&#160;&#160;Amounts
earned by Messrs. S. Hurwitz and Friedman are also subject to the negative
discretion of the 162(m) Committee.</font></div>
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description is qualified in its entirety by the actual provisions of the 2008
Bonus Criteria for Messrs. C. Hurwitz, S. Hurwitz, and Friedman, copies of which
are attached hereto as Exhibits 10.1, 10.2 and 10.3, respectively, and
incorporated herein by reference.</font></div>
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9.01.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Financial Statements and Exhibits.</font></div>
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      1994 Executive Bonus Plan</font></div>
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      Bonus Criteria for the MAXXAM President under the MAXXAM 1994 Executive
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      Bonus Criteria for the MAXXAM General Counsel under the MAXXAM 1994
      Executive Bonus Plan</font></div>
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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.</font></div>
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      INC.</font></div>
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mxm8k-0408.htm
SECURITIES AND
EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 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 28
, 2008
MAXXAM
INC.
(Exact
name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
Delaware
(State or
other jurisdiction of incorporation)
1-3924
(Commission
File Number)
95-2078752
(I.R.S.
Employer Identification Number)
1330
      Post Oak Boulevard
Suite
      2000
Houston,
      Texas
(Address
      of Principal Executive Offices)
77056
(Zip
      Code)
Registrant's
telephone number, including area code:
(713) 975-7600
Not
Applicable
(Former
name, former address and
former
fiscal year, 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:

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
1.01.    Entry Into a Material Definitive
Agreement.
On March 28, 2008, the Registrant's
Section 162(m) Compensation Committee (the
"Section 162(m) Committee"
)
adopted the 2008 bonus criteria under the MAXXAM 1994 Executive Bonus Plan (the
"Executive Plan"
) for
eligible participants.  For 2008, these persons are Charles E. Hurwitz
(
"C. Hurwitz"
), the
Registrant's Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Shawn M. Hurwitz (
"S. Hurwitz"
), the
Registrant's President, and J. Kent Friedman, the Registrant's General
Counsel.  Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code generally
disallows a tax deduction to a public company for any compensation over $1.0
million paid to the chief executive officer and the four other most highly
compensated officers of such company.  Performance-based compensation
is not subject to the deduction limit if certain requirements are
met.  The Executive Plan is designed to permit the award of bonuses
meeting these requirements.
The Executive Plan provides for various
categories under which the Section 162(m) Committee may establish specific
performance goals (the
"Bonus
Criteria"
).  The 2008 Bonus Criteria for Mr. C. Hurwitz relate
to improved consolidated financial results, the undertaking by the Registrant's
consolidated business units of specified business opportunities, certain
favorable developments in respect of the Registrant's racing operations,
completion of an Extraordinary Transaction (as defined in the Executive Plan),
improved earnings per share, and achievement by the Registrant's consolidated
business and corporate segments of their 2007 business plans.  Mr. C.
Hurwitz earns various specified amounts if such criteria are satisfied, subject
to exercise by the Section 162(m) Committee of its "negative discretion" (the
absolute discretion of the 162(m) Committee to reduce the actual bonus payable
as the result of any of the criteria being achieved).
The 2008
Bonus Criteria for Messrs. S. Hurwitz and Friedman have categories that are
similar to those for Mr. C. Hurwitz.  However, the categories were
tailored to their particular duties and responsibilities.  Amounts
earned by Messrs. S. Hurwitz and Friedman are also subject to the negative
discretion of the 162(m) Committee.
This
description is qualified in its entirety by the actual provisions of the 2008
Bonus Criteria for Messrs. C. Hurwitz, S. Hurwitz, and Friedman, copies of which
are attached hereto as Exhibits 10.1, 10.2 and 10.3, respectively, and
incorporated herein by reference.
Item
9.01.    Financial Statements and Exhibits.
c)
Exhibits
Exhibit
Number
Description
10.1
2008
      Bonus Criteria for the MAXXAM Chief Executive Officer under the MAXXAM
      1994 Executive Bonus Plan
10.2
2008
      Bonus Criteria for the MAXXAM President under the MAXXAM 1994 Executive
      Bonus Plan
10.3
2008
      Bonus Criteria for the MAXXAM General Counsel under the MAXXAM 1994
      Executive Bonus Plan
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.
MAXXAM
      INC.
Date:
      April 3, 2008
By:
/s/ Bernard
      L. Birkel
Name:
Bernard
      L. Birkel
Title:
Secretary
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