Form: 8-K

Current report filing

July 21, 2017





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):  July 17, 2017
 
The Hillman Companies, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
Delaware
 
001-13293
 
23-2874736
(State or other jurisdiction
 
(Commission File No.)
 
(I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation)
 
 
 
Identification No.)
 
10590 Hamilton Avenue
Cincinnati, Ohio 45231
(Address of principal executive offices)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (513) 851-4900

Not Applicable
(Former name or former address,
if changed since last report.)

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Item 5.02
Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
 
On July 17, 2017, The Hillman Group, Inc. (“Group”), The Hillman Companies, Inc. (the “Registrant”, and together with Group, “Hillman”), and Jeffrey S. Leonard, the Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President of Finance, and Treasurer of Hillman, agreed that, effective August 11, 2017, Mr. Leonard would resign from his positions with Hillman and affiliated entities to allow him to pursue other opportunities that are geographically closer to his family and residence in Florida. Hillman is actively seeking a qualified replacement for Mr. Leonard.

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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.
 
Date: July 21, 2017
THE HILLMAN COMPANIES, INC.
 
 
 
 
By:
/s/ Gregory J. Gluchowski, Jr.
 
Name:
  Gregory J. Gluchowski, Jr.
 
Title:
  President and Chief Executive
  Officer



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