UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

~~WASHINGTON~~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): ~~May~~ July 1113, 2021

The Hillman Companies, Inc.

(Exact name of ~~registrant~~Registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware

001-13293

26-2874736

~~001-13293~~

~~23-2874736~~

(State or other jurisdiction

(Commission File

(I.R.S. Employer

~~(Commission File No.)~~

~~(I.R.S. Employer~~

of incorporation)

Number)

Identification Number)

~~Identification No.)~~

10590 Hamilton Avenue Cincinnati, Ohio (Address of principal executive offices) 45231 (Zip code)

~~Cincinnati,~~(513) ~~Ohio 45231~~ 851-4900

(~~Address~~Registrant’s oftelephone ~~principal~~number, ~~executive~~including area ~~offices~~code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (513) 851-4900

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions ~~(see General Instruction A.2. below)~~:

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class	Trading Symbols	Name of each exchange on which registered	~~Trading Symbols~~	~~Name of each exchange on which registered~~
11.6% Junior Subordinated Debentures	HLM_P	New York Stock Exchange		~~None~~
Preferred Securities Guaranty	HLM_P	New York Stock Exchange		~~None~~

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

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 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐ ¨

Item 2.0204 ~~Results~~Triggering ofEvents ~~Operations~~That ~~and~~Accelerate or Increase a Direct Financial ~~Condition~~Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement.

On ~~May 11~~ January 24, 2021, HMAN Group Holdings, Inc. (“Hillman Holdco”) (the owner of The Hillman Companies, Inc. (~~the~~“Hillman”)) and Landcadia Holdings III, Inc. (“~~Company~~Landcadia”) ~~issued~~entered into a ~~press~~definitive ~~release,~~merger ~~furnished~~agreement aspursuant ~~Exhibit~~to 99which Helios Sun Merger Sub, Inc.1, (“Merger Sub”), a wholly owned subsidiary of Landcadia, would merge with and ~~incorporated~~into ~~herein~~Hillman byHoldco ~~reference~~(the “Landcadia Merger”), with ~~announcing~~Hillman Holdco surviving the ~~Company's~~merger ~~selected~~as ~~estimated~~a ~~financial~~wholly ~~results~~owned ~~for its~~subsidiary ~~quarter~~of ~~ended~~Landcadia. ~~March 27~~On July 14, 2021, the Landcadia Merger was consummated and Landcadia’s name was changed to “Hillman Solutions Corp.”

~~The~~On ~~information~~July ~~provided~~13, ~~pursuant~~2021, toHillman ~~Item~~delivered ~~2.02,~~a ~~including~~notice ~~the~~of redemption ~~exhibit~~in ~~attached~~respect ~~hereto,~~of isall ~~being~~outstanding ~~furnished~~11.6% ~~and~~Junior ~~shall~~Subordinated ~~not~~Debentures bedue ~~deemed~~2027 to(the be “~~filed~~Debentures”) ~~for~~in ~~purposes~~accordance with ofthe ~~Section 18~~terms of the ~~Securities~~Indenture, ~~Exchange~~dated ~~Act~~as of ~~1934~~September 5, 1997 (as amended, (modified and supplemented, the “~~Exchange~~Debentures ~~Act~~Indenture”), between orHillman ~~otherwise~~and ~~subject~~The toBank ~~the~~of ~~liabilities~~New ofYork ~~that~~Mellon, ~~section~~a New York banking corporation, ~~nor~~as ~~shall~~Trustee it(the be“Debentures ~~deemed~~Trustee”) governing tothe beDebentures ~~incorporated~~and bynotices ~~reference~~of inredemption ~~any~~for ~~filing~~all ~~under~~outstanding 11.6% Trust Preferred Securities (the “Trust Preferred Securities”) ~~Act~~and ofCommon ~~1933,~~Securities as(the ~~amended,~~“Common orSecurities”) issued by The Hillman Group Capital Trust (the “Hillman ~~Exchange~~Trust”) ~~Act,~~were ~~except~~delivered aspursuant ~~shall~~to bethe ~~expressly~~Amended ~~set~~and ~~forth~~Restated byDeclaration ~~specific~~of ~~reference~~Trust, indated ~~any~~as ~~such~~of ~~filing~~September 5, 1997 (the “Declaration of Trust”).

~~Item~~On 9July 14, 2021, in connection with the consummation of the Landcadia Merger, Hillman deposited an amount with the Debentures Trustee sufficient to satisfy and discharge all of its obligations under the Debentures Indenture and the Debentures will be redeemed in full on August 12, 2021.01 ~~Financial~~Interest ~~Statements~~accrued for the month of July on the Debentures will be paid on August 1, 2021 in accordance with the Debentures Indenture and ~~Exhibits~~a redemption price equal to $109,127,484.31 (the “Redemption Amount”) for the redemption of all outstanding Debentures will be paid on August 12, 2021.

~~(d) Exhibits~~Immediately following the paying of the Redemption Amount in respect of the Debentures on August 12, 2021, the proceeds received from the redemption of the Debentures will be applied on behalf of the Hillman Trust to redeem in full all of the outstanding Trust Preferred Securities and Common Securities pursuant to the Declaration of Trust. On August 12, 2021, the Trust Preferred Securities and the Common Securities will be redeemed in full for $105,853,649.24 and $3,273,835.07, respectively.

~~99.1 Press Release, dated May 11, 2021, announcing the financial results of The Hillman Companies, Inc. for its first quarter ended March 27, 2021.~~ SIGNATURE

~~SIGNATURES~~Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

~~Pursuant~~Date: toJuly ~~the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934~~16, ~~the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.~~2021

THE HILLMAN COMPANIES, INC.

Dated:

May 11, 2021

By:

/s/ Robert O. Kraft

Robert O. Kraft

Title:

Chief Financial Officer

	THE HILLMAN COMPANIES, INC.

	By:	/s/ Robert O. Kraft
	Name:	Robert O. Kraft
	Title:	Chief Financial Officer

INDEX TO EXHIBITS

Exhibit Number			Description of Exhibit
99.1			Press Release of The Hillman Companies, Inc., dated May 11, 2021

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