SEC Form S-8 POS filed by Aarons Holdings Company Inc.

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S-8 POS 1 pes-8333x250900.htm S-8 POS Document

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 4, 2024
Registration No. 333-279449
Registration No. 333-271620
Registration No. 333-259062
Registration No. 333-252198
Registration No. 333-250900
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
_________________________
POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1
TO
FORM S-8 REGISTRATION STATEMENT NO. 333-279449
FORM S-8 REGISTRATION STATEMENT NO. 333-271620
FORM S-8 REGISTRATION STATEMENT NO. 333-259062
FORM S-8 REGISTRATION STATEMENT NO. 333-252198
FORM S-8 REGISTRATION STATEMENT NO. 333-250900
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
_________________________
THE AARON’S COMPANY, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Georgia
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
85-2483376
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
400 Galleria Parkway SE, Suite 300
Atlanta, Georgia 30339-3182
(Address, including zip code, of Principal Executive Offices)
_________________________
The Aaron’s Company, Inc. Amended and Restated 2020 Equity and Incentive Plan
Amended and Restated Employee Stock Purchase Plan
The Aaron's 401(k) Retirement Plan
(Full title of the plan)
C. Kelly Wall
Chief Financial Officer
The Aaron’s Company, Inc.
400 Galleria Parkway SE, Suite 300
Atlanta, Georgia 30339-3182
(Names and address of agent for service)
(678) 402-3000
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copy to:
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Joel T. May
Jones Day
1221 Peachtree St., NE
Suite 400
Atlanta, Georgia 30361
(404) 521-3939
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.

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DEREGISTRATION OF SECURITIES
    
These Post-Effective Amendments (the “Post-Effective Amendments”) relate to the following Registration Statements on Form S-8 (the “Registration Statements”) filed by The Aaron’s Company, Inc. (“The Aaron’s Company” or the “Company”) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”):

Registration Statement No. 333-279449, filed with the SEC on May 16, 2024, relating to the registration of 1,527,000 shares of Common Stock, $0.50 par value per share (“Common Stock”) of the Company under the Company’s Amended and Restated 2020 Equity and Incentive Plan;
Registration Statement No. 333-271620, filed with the SEC on May 3, 2023, relating to the registration of 850,000 shares of Common Stock under the Company’s Amended and Restated Employee Stock Purchase Plan;
Registration Statement No. 333-259062, filed with the SEC on August 25, 2021, relating to the registration of 3,475,000 shares of Common Stock under the Company’s Amended and Restated 2020 Equity and Incentive Plan;
Registration Statement No. 333-252198, filed with the SEC on January 19, 2021, relating to the registration of (i) 500,000 shares of Common Stock under the Company’s 401(k) Retirement Plan and (ii) an indeterminate amount of plan interests under such plan; and
Registration Statement No. 333-250900, filed with the SEC on November 19, 2020, relating to the registration of (i) 3,300,000 shares of Common Stock under the Company’s 2020 Equity and Incentive Plan, (ii) 200,000 shares of Common Stock available for purchase under the Company’s Employee Stock Purchase Plan; and (iii) up to $9,400,000 of deferred compensation obligations of the Company under the Company’s Deferred Compensation Plan.

On October 3, 2024, Polo Merger Sub, Inc., a Georgia corporation (“Merger Sub”) and a wholly owned subsidiary of IQVentures Holdings, LLC, an Ohio limited liability company (“Parent”), completed its merger (the “Merger”) with and into The Aaron’s Company pursuant to the terms of the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated June 16, 2024 (the “Merger Agreement”), by and among Parent, Merger Sub, and The Aaron’s Company. The Aaron’s Company was the surviving corporation in the Merger and, as a result, is now a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent.

As a result of the Merger, The Aaron’s Company has terminated all offerings and sales of securities pursuant to the Registration Statements. In accordance with an undertaking made by The Aaron’s Company in the Registration Statements to remove from registration, by means of a post-effective amendment, any of the securities that had been registered for issuance under the Registration Statements that remain unsold at the termination of such offerings, The Aaron’s Company hereby removes from registration all of such securities registered but remaining unsold under the Registration Statements as of the date hereof.

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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 these Post-Effective Amendments to the Registration Statements described above to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Atlanta, State of Georgia, on October 4, 2024.
THE AARON’S COMPANY, INC.
By: /s/ C. Kelly Wall    
Name: C. Kelly Wall
Title: Chief Financial Officer

No other person is required to sign these Post-Effective Amendments in reliance on Rule 478 of the Securities Act of 1933.

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