As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 3, 2020
Registration No. 333-226744
UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1
TO
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
SCHOOL SPECIALTY, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
Delaware
39-0971239
(State of Incorporation)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
W6316 Design Drive
Greenville, Wisconsin
54942
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip Code)
____________________________________
2014 INCENTIVE PLAN
OF SCHOOL SPECIALTY, INC.
(Full Title of the Plan)
____________________________________
Kevin L. Baehler
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
School Specialty, Inc.
W6316 Design Drive
Greenville, Wisconsin 54942
(Name, address and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
With copies to:
Dennis F. Connolly
Godfrey & Kahn, S.C.
833 East Michigan Street, Suite 1800
Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202
(414) 273-3500
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.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
On August 9, 2018, School Specialty, Inc. (the “Company”) filed the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration Statement No. 333-226744) (the “Form S-8”) registering 700,000 shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Shares”) in connection with the 2014 Incentive Plan of School Specialty, Inc. (the “Plan). The Company does not intend to make further issuances pursuant to the Plan. This Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Form S-8 is being filed to deregister all Shares that were registered under the Form S-8 and which remain unissued, which as of April 3, 2020, total 700,000 shares.
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SIGNATURES
The Registrant. 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 Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the city of Greenville, State of Wisconsin, on April 3, 2020.
SCHOOL SPECIALTY, INC.
By: /s/ Kevin L. Baehler
Kevin L. Baehler
Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated: