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              <div align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Departure
      of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of
      Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain
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31, 2008, MAXXAM Inc. (the &#8220;Company&#8221;) and J. Kent Friedman, at the time the
Co-Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors and General Counsel of the Company,
entered into a Separation, Release and Confidentiality Agreement and related
Addendum (together, the <font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">&#8220;Separation
Agreement&#8221;</font>).&#160;&#160;The Separation Agreement is attached hereto as
Exhibit 10.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.&#160;&#160;Under the
Separation Agreement, Mr. Friedman terminated his employment with the Company
effective as of July 31, 2008, although he will continue to serve on the
Company&#8217;s Board of Directors (as Co-Vice Chairman) and receive compensation as a
non-employee director.&#160;&#160;The Separation Agreement also contemplates
that Mr. Friedman will serve the Company as outside General Counsel through the
law firm he was joining following termination of his
employment.&#160;&#160;&#160;The Separation Agreement indicates that the Company
expects Mr. Friedman will not be required to spend more than 20% of his time on
Company legal matters.</font></div>
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of the Separation Agreement confirmed that Mr. Friedman would receive his
benefits under the Company&#8217;s existing plans and programs, including the
Company&#8217;s Pension Plan and Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan, sixteen (16)
weeks of severance pay, up to one year&#8217;s of continued coverage under the
Company&#8217;s group health insurance (provided that he pays for 50% of the cost),
and his accrued and vested amounts under the Company&#8217;s Capital Accumulation Plan
and Supplemental Savings Plan (subject to a six-month delay for certain of the
above amounts).</font></div>
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for the extension of the time period in which Mr. Friedman can exercise his
vested stock options/stock appreciation rights (&#8220;Options&#8221;).&#160;&#160;Subject
to approval by the Company&#8217;s Section 162(m) Compensation Committee (which was
obtained), the exercise period was extended to December 1, 2009 for 17,500
Options and to December 31, 2009 for 46,887 Options.&#160;&#160;All of his
unvested options were cancelled as of July 31, 2009.&#160;&#160;Mr. Friedman
would also earn a specified cash payment under certain circumstances if prior to
December 31, 2009, (i) the Texas Legislature allows video lottery terminals (or
a reasonable facsimile thereof) to be utilized at Texas horse and dog tracks,
and (ii) if required, such legislation is approved by Texas voters</font></div>
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Financial Statements and Exhibits.</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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maxxam_8k-080608.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):
July 31
, 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
      5.02.
Departure
      of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of
      Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain
      Officers.
On July
31, 2008, MAXXAM Inc. (the "Company") and J. Kent Friedman, at the time the
Co-Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors and General Counsel of the Company,
entered into a Separation, Release and Confidentiality Agreement and related
Addendum (together, the
"Separation
Agreement"
).  The Separation Agreement is attached hereto as
Exhibit 10.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.  Under the
Separation Agreement, Mr. Friedman terminated his employment with the Company
effective as of July 31, 2008, although he will continue to serve on the
Company's Board of Directors (as Co-Vice Chairman) and receive compensation as a
non-employee director.  The Separation Agreement also contemplates
that Mr. Friedman will serve the Company as outside General Counsel through the
law firm he was joining following termination of his
employment.   The Separation Agreement indicates that the Company
expects Mr. Friedman will not be required to spend more than 20% of his time on
Company legal matters.
The terms
of the Separation Agreement confirmed that Mr. Friedman would receive his
benefits under the Company's existing plans and programs, including the
Company's Pension Plan and Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan, sixteen (16)
weeks of severance pay, up to one year's of continued coverage under the
Company's group health insurance (provided that he pays for 50% of the cost),
and his accrued and vested amounts under the Company's Capital Accumulation Plan
and Supplemental Savings Plan (subject to a six-month delay for certain of the
above amounts).
The Separation Agreement also provided
for the extension of the time period in which Mr. Friedman can exercise his
vested stock options/stock appreciation rights ("Options").  Subject
to approval by the Company's Section 162(m) Compensation Committee (which was
obtained), the exercise period was extended to December 1, 2009 for 17,500
Options and to December 31, 2009 for 46,887 Options.  All of his
unvested options were cancelled as of July 31, 2009.  Mr. Friedman
would also earn a specified cash payment under certain circumstances if prior to
December 31, 2009, (i) the Texas Legislature allows video lottery terminals (or
a reasonable facsimile thereof) to be utilized at Texas horse and dog tracks,
and (ii) if required, such legislation is approved by Texas voters
Item
9.01.                 
Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(c)          Exhibits
10.1
Separation,
      Release and Confidentiality Agreement between the Company and J. Kent
      Friedman
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:   August
      6, 2008
By:
/s/ Bernard
      L. Birkel
Name:
Bernard
      L. Birkel
Title:
Secretary
EXHIBIT
      INDEX
Exhibit No.
Description
10.1
Separation,
      Release and Confidentiality Agreement between the Company and J. Kent
      Friedman
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