UNITED STATES 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): August 14, 2012

~~FORM~~DIRECT ~~8-K~~MARKETS HOLDINGS CORP. (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934


Delaware	001-33737	84-1374481

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): July 2, 2012


1251 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York		10020

(Address Of Principal Executive Office)		(Zip Code)

DIRECT MARKETS HOLDINGS CORP.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware	001-33737		84-1374481
(State or other jurisdiction	(Commission		(IRS Employer
of incorporation)	File Number)		Identification No.)
1251 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York		10020
(Address Of Principal Executive Office)		(Zip Code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code (212) 356-0500
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code (212) 356-0500

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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Item 52.02. ~~Departure~~Results of ~~Directors~~Operations orand ~~Certain~~Financial ~~Officers~~Condition.

~~Effective~~On ~~July~~August 214, 2012, ~~Anthony~~Direct MMarkets Holdings Corp. ~~Sanfilippo~~issued ~~resigned~~a aspress ~~president~~release, a copy of ~~Direct~~which ~~Markets Holdings~~is ~~Corp.~~attached ~~(the~~hereto ~~“Corporation”).~~as MrExhibit 99.1 ~~Sanfilippo~~and ~~will~~is ~~continue~~incorporated asherein aby ~~consultant~~reference, toannouncing ~~the~~its ~~Corporation~~financial results for upthe tofirst ahalf ~~three~~and ~~month~~second ~~transition~~quarter ~~period.~~ended June 30, 2012.

Item 8.01. Other Events.

On July 2, 2012, Direct Markets Holdings Corp. (Nasdaq: MKTS) issued a press release, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1, announcing its entry into a non-binding letter of intent for the sale of Rodman & Renshaw, LLC, its broker-dealer affiliate, to an entity controlled by Michael Vasinkevich, one of its founders and the former vice chairman of the registrant’s board of directors.


Item 9.01.	Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

Exhibit No.	~~Exhibit No.~~	Description	~~Description~~
99.1	~~99.1~~	Press release, dated August 14, 2012, announcing financial results for the first half and second quarter ended June 30, 2012.	~~Press release dated July 2, 2012.~~

In accordance with General Instruction B.2 of Form 8-K, the information in this Current Report on Form 8-K, furnished pursuant to Item 2.02, including Exhibit 99.1, shall not be deemed to be “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liability of that section, and shall not be incorporated by reference into any registration statement or other document filed under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

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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.

	Direct Markets Holdings Corp.
Dated: July 3, 2012	By:	/s/ David J. Horin
Dated: August 14, 2012	By	: /s/ David J. Horin
		David J. Horin
		Chief Financial Officer

Exhibit Index

Exhibit Number		Description
99.1		Press release, dated ~~July~~August 214, 2012, announcing financial results for first half and second quarter ended June 30, 2012.

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