Form: S-8

Securities to be offered to employees in employee benefit plans

August 5, 2025

Documents


As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 5, 2025

Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
 Under
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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HILLMAN SOLUTIONS CORP.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware
85-2096734
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

1280 Kemper Meadow Drive
Cincinnati, Ohio 45240
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

Hillman Solutions Corp. 2021 Equity Incentive Plan (as amended)
Hillman Solutions Corp. 2021 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (as amended)
(Full title of the plan)

Jon Michael Adinolfi
President and Chief Executive Officer
Hillman Solutions Corp.
1280 Kemper Meadow Drive
Cincinnati, Ohio 45240
(513) 851-4900
(Name, address and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

Copies to:
Jurgita Ashley
Thompson Hine LLP
3900 Key Center
127 Public Square
Cleveland, Ohio 44114
(216) 566-5500
Amanda Kitzberger
Chief Legal Officer
Hillman Solutions Corp.
1280 Kemper Meadow Drive
Cincinnati, Ohio 45240
(513) 851-4900
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer ☒ Accelerated filer ☐
Non-accelerated filer ☐ Smaller reporting company ☐
Emerging growth company ☐
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. ☐


EXPLANATORY NOTE
Hillman Solutions Corp. (the “Registrant”) is filing this Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the “Registration Statement”) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) to register the offering of an additional (i) 3,800,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (“Common Stock”), of the Registrant, which are issuable under the Hillman Solutions Corp. 2021 Equity Incentive Plan (as amended) (the “2021 Plan”) as a result of increases to the reserve under the 2021 Plan previously approved by the Registrant’s stockholders and (ii) 1,000,000 shares of Common Stock of the Registrant, which are issuable under the Hillman Solutions Corp. 2021 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (as amended) (the “ESPP” and, together with the 2021 Plan, the “Plans”) as a result of an increase to the reserve under the ESPP previously approved by the Registrant’s stockholders.
The additional shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to the Plans are securities of the same class as other securities for which a Registration Statement on Form S-8 was filed with the Commission on September 20, 2021 (File No. 333-259659) (the “Prior Registration Statement”). Accordingly, the contents of the Prior Registration Statement are incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8, except to the extent supplemented, amended or superseded by the information set forth below.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents, which have previously been filed by the Registrant with the Commission pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), are incorporated herein by reference:
•the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 28, 2024, filed with the Commission on February 20, 2025 (including the information incorporated by reference therein from the Registrant’s Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A, filed with the Commission on April 21, 2025);
•the Registrant’s Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 29, 2025 and June 28, 2025, filed with the Commission on April 29, 2025 and August 5, 2025, respectively;
•the Registrant’s Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on February 18, 2025, April 29, 2025, June 3, 2025, and August 5, 2025 (excluding any information furnished in such reports under Item 2.02, Item 7.01 or Item 9.01); and
•the description of the Registrant’s common stock set forth in Exhibit 4.1 of the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 25, 2021, together with any amendment or report filed with the Commission for the purpose of updating such description.
All documents filed by the Registrant with the Commission pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act (other than those furnished pursuant to Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 of Form 8-K or other information “furnished” to the Commission) subsequent to the filing of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment that indicates that all securities offered have been sold or that deregisters all securities then remaining unsold will be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be part hereof from the date of filing of such documents. Any statement contained in any document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein will be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document that also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded will not be deemed, except as modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.


Item 8. Exhibits.
Exhibit No. Description
3.1
3.2
5.1
Opinion of Thompson Hine LLP (filed herewith).
23.1
23.2 Consent of Thompson Hine LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).
24.1 Power of Attorney (included on the signature page to this Registration Statement).
99.1
99.2
99.3
99.4
99.5
99.6
99.7
99.8
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the city of Cincinnati, state of Ohio on August 5, 2025.
HILLMAN SOLUTIONS CORP.
By: /s/ Jon Michael Adinolfi
Name: Jon Michael Adinolfi
Title: President and Chief Executive Officer




Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Jon Michael Adinolfi, Robert O. Kraft, and Amanda Kitzberger, and each of them singly, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution in each of them singly, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, and in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement on Form S-8 of Hillman Solutions Corp., and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting to the attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite or necessary to be done in or about the premises, as full to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that the attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of each of them or their substitute may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
SIGNATURE TITLE DATE
     
/s/ Jon Michael Adinolfi President, Chief Executive Officer and Director August 5, 2025
Jon Michael Adinolfi (Principal Executive Officer)
 
/s/ Robert O. Kraft Chief Financial Officer August 5, 2025
Robert O. Kraft (Principal Financial Officer)
/s/ Anne S. McCalla Chief Accounting Officer August 5, 2025
Anne S. McCalla (Principal Accounting Officer)
 
/s/ Douglas J. Cahill Executive Chairman and Director August 5, 2025
Douglas J. Cahill
/s/ Diana Dowling Director August 5, 2025
Diana Dowling
/s/ Teresa S. Gendron Director August 5, 2025
Teresa S. Gendron
/s/ Diane C. Honda Director August 5, 2025
Diane C. Honda
/s/ Aaron P. Jagdfeld Director August 5, 2025
Aaron P. Jagdfeld
/s/ Daniel O’Leary Director August 5, 2025
Daniel O’Leary
/s/ David A. Owens Director August 5, 2025
David A. Owens
/s/ John Swygert Director August 5, 2025
John Swygert
/s/ Philip K. Woodlief Director August 5, 2025
Philip K. Woodlief