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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001341004-07-003257
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20071231
ITEM INFORMATION:		Regulation FD Disclosure
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20071231
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20071231

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			MIDDLEBY CORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000769520
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	REFRIGERATION & SERVICE INDUSTRY MACHINERY [3580]
		IRS NUMBER:				363352497
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-09973
		FILM NUMBER:		071333843

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1400 TOASTMASTER DRIVE
		CITY:			ELGIN
		STATE:			IL
		ZIP:			60120
		BUSINESS PHONE:		8477413300

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		STREET 1:		1400 TOASTMASTER DRIVE
		CITY:			ELGIN
		STATE:			IL
		ZIP:			60120
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, serif">The
      Middleby Corporation Acquires New Star Holdings, Inc.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, serif">ELGIN,
      Ill.--(<font style="DISPLAY: inline; COLOR: #0000ff; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">BUSINESS
      WIRE</font>)--The Middleby Corporation (NASDAQ: MIDD) today announced it
      completed the previously announced acquisition of New Star&#160;Holdings, Inc.
      for $188.4 million in cash in accordance with terms of a purchase agreement
      entered into November 18, 2007.&#160;&#160;The acquisition was financed under a
      newly established senior revolving credit facility.&#160;&#160;The acquisition
      closed on December 31, 2007, the first day of Middleby&#8217;s 2008 fiscal year, and
      therefore will have no impact on the 2007 reported financial
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      Star&#160;Holdings, Inc. is comprised of three industry leading brands including
      Star, Holman, and Lang.&#160;&#160;The acquired company has annual revenues of
      approximately $100 million and earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation
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      in this press release or otherwise attributable to the Company regarding the
      Company's business which are not historical fact are forward-looking statements
      made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation
      Reform Act of 1995. The Company cautions investors that such statements are
      estimates of future performance and are highly dependent upon a variety of
      important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from
      such
      statements. Such factors include variability in financing costs; quarterly
      variations in operating results; dependence on key customers; international
      exposure; foreign exchange and political risks affecting international sales;
      changing market conditions; the impact of competitive products and pricing;
      the
      timely development and market acceptance of the Company's products; the
      availability and cost of raw materials; and other risks detailed herein and
      from
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      Middleby Corporation is a global leader in the foodservice equipment industry.
      The company develops, manufactures, markets and services a broad line of
      equipment used for commercial food cooking, preparation and processing. The
      company's leading equipment brands serving the commercial foodservice industry
      include Blodgett&#174;, Blodgett Combi&#174;, Blodgett Range&#174;, Bloomfield&#174;, Carter
      Hoffman&#174;, CTX&#174;, Holman&#174;, Houno&#174;, Jade&#174;, Lang&#174;, MagiKitch'n&#174;, Middleby Marshall&#174;,
      Nu-Vu&#174;, Pitco Frialator&#174;, Southbend&#174;, Star&#174;, Toastmaster&#174;, and Wells&#174;. The
      company&#8217;s leading equipment brands serving the food processing industry include
      Alkar&#174;, MP Equipment&#174;, and RapidPak&#174;. The Middleby Corporation was recognized by
      Business Week as one of the Top 100 Hot Growth Companies of 2007, by Crain&#8217;s
      Chicago Business as one of the Fastest 50 Growth Companies in 2007, and by
      Forbes as one of the Best Small Companies in 2007.</font></div>
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      Middleby believes that EBITDA is a useful financial performance measurement
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      assessing the operating performance of a company and that, together with net
      income and cash flows, EBITDA provides investors with an additional basis to
      evaluate the ability of a company to incur and service debt and incur capital
      expenditures. However, EBITDA is not a measure of financial performance of
      liquidity under GAAP and accordingly should not be considered as an alternative
      to net income, as an indicator of a company's operating performance or to cash
      flows as a measure of liquidity. In addition, it should be noted that not all
      comparable companies that report EBITDA or adjustments to such measures
      calculate EBITDA or such adjustments in the same manner, and therefore, one
      company's measure of EBITDA may not be comparable to similarly titled measures
      used by other comparable companies. A reconciliation of the acquired company&#8217;s
      Net Income to EBITDA for the twelve month period ended October 31, 2007 is
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