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): December 1, 2011
The Hillman Companies, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware | 001-13293 | 23-2874736 | ||
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) | (Commission File Number) | (IRS Employer Identification No.) |
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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| Item 8.01. | Other Events. |
On December 1, 2011, The Hillman Companies, Inc., (the “Company”), issued a press release announcing that its Hillman Group, Inc. subsidiary purchased certain assets of Micasa Trading Corporation, a Miami, Florida based producer of the popular OOK brand of picture hangers and related products. The press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this report. The information in this exhibit shall not be deemed “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 such section, nor shall such information be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, regardless of the general incorporation language of such filing, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.
| Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
| (a) | Not Applicable. |
| (b) | Not Applicable. |
| (c) | Not Applicable. |
| (d) | Exhibits. |
| Exhibit Number | Description of Exhibit | |
| 99.1 | Press Release dated December 1, 2011. | |
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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.
| THE HILLMAN COMPANIES, INC. | ||||||
| By: | /s/ Anthony A. Vasconcellos | |||||
| Name: | Anthony A. Vasconcellos | |||||
| Title: | Chief Financial Officer | |||||
Date: December 2, 2011
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EXHIBIT INDEX
| Exhibit Number | Description of Exhibit | |
| 99.1 | Press Release dated December 1, 2011. | |
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