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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>FORM 8-K</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>CURRENT REPORT<BR>
Pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): August&nbsp;3, 2005 (July&nbsp;28, 2005)</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>ACTION PERFORMANCE<BR>
COMPANIES, INC.</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)</B></DIV>


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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Arizona</B>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>1480 South Hohokam Drive, Tempe, Arizona</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>(602)&nbsp;337-3700</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;2.05. Costs Associated with Exit or Disposal Activities</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;On August&nbsp;2, 2005, Action Performance announced its decision to divest its McArthur Towel
business. On July&nbsp;28, 2005 the Board of Directors ratified management&#146;s restructuring plan with
respect to McArthur Towel. The Company is currently in negotiations to sell the McArthur Towel
business and based on the current status of these negotiations, anticipates completing the sale in
the fourth quarter of fiscal 2005. In connection with management&#146;s decision and the anticipated
sale of the division, the Company recorded in the third quarter an after-tax net loss of $1.7
million. This charge will be reflected as a component of discontinued operations. The Company
expects that any future cash charges associated with the sale of the McArthur Towel business will
be immaterial.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Also on August&nbsp;2, 2005, Action Performance announced its decision to discontinue its Jeff
Hamilton apparel business and Castaway collectible business. On July&nbsp;28, 2005 the Board of
Directors ratified management&#146;s restructuring plan with respect to these businesses. In connection
with this plan, the Company recorded in the third fiscal quarter an after-tax net charge of $4.3
million, primarily related to the write-down of the businesses&#146; remaining assets. These charges
will be reflected as a component of discontinued operations. The Company expects that most of the
inventory relating to these businesses will be sold by the end of the fourth quarter of fiscal 2005
and that any future cash charges associated with the inventory will be immaterial.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The actions described above are part of the Company&#146;s ongoing restructuring effort to realign
its distribution model and exit lines of business that were either unprofitable or only marginally
profitable.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This Form 8-K contains forward-looking statements, including statements regarding the
Company&#146;s divesture of its McArthur Towel, Jeff Hamilton and Castaway Collectibles
businesses. The Company&#146;s actual results could differ materially from those set forth in these
forward-looking statements. Factors that might cause such differences include, among others, the
ability of the Company to successfully execute its divesture plan, the Company&#146;s ability to
successfully execute its agreements with other parties, general economic conditions, and other
risks discussed in the Company&#146;s Form 10-K, dated September&nbsp;30, 2004, under the caption
&#147;Business-Risk Factors&#148; and in Exhibit&nbsp;99.1 to the Company&#146;s Form 10-Q dated March&nbsp;31, 2005, each
of which is on file with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. In addition, the ability of
the company to successfully complete the proposed sale of its McArthur Towel business is subject to
various risks, many of which are outside of our control, including the successful negotiation of a
mutually satisfactory definitive agreement and customary conditions to the closing of the sale.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;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.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Dated: August&nbsp;3, 2005
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COMPANIES, INC.<BR>
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    <TD colspan="3" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/     David M. Riddiford
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    <TD colspan="3" align="left">By:     David M. Riddiford&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD colspan="3" align="left">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Chief Financial Officer, Secretary and<br>
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