S-8 1 aan-formsx8may2024.htm S-8 Document

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 16, 2024
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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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)
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The Aaron’s Company, Inc. Amended and Restated 2020 Equity and Incentive 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:
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.

Large Accelerated Filer ☐
Accelerated Filer ☒
Non-Accelerated Filer ☐

Smaller Reporting Company ☐
Emerging Growth Company ☐
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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. ☐

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EXPLANATORY NOTE
    
Pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8, The Aaron's Company, Inc. (the "Registrant") is filing this Registration Statement on Form S-8 to register an additional 1,527,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.50 per share, of the Registrant ("Common Stock") issuable under The Aaron's Company, Inc. Amended and Restated 2020 Equity and Incentive Plan, which are securities of the same class and relate to the same employee benefit plan as those shares of Common Stock registered on the Registrant’s registration statements on Form S-8 previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") on August 25, 2021 (Registration No. 333-259062) and November 19, 2020 (Registration No. 333-250900), all of which are hereby incorporated by reference.

PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 8. Exhibits.
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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 Atlanta, State of Georgia, on May 16, 2024.
THE AARON’S COMPANY, INC.
By: /s/ C. Kelly Wall    
Name: C. Kelly Wall
Title: Chief Financial Officer



POWER OF ATTORNEY
    Each of the undersigned officers and directors of The Aaron’s Company, Inc. hereby constitutes and appoints Douglas A. Lindsay and C. Kelly Wall as his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, in his or her name and on his or her behalf, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this registration statement, including any subsequent registration statement for the same offering which may be filed under Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and all documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent full power of authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite or necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, thereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent, or his or her substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done.

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.
SignatureTitleDate
/s/ Douglas A. Lindsay
Douglas A. Lindsay
Chief Executive Officer and Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
May 16, 2024
/s/ C. Kelly Wall
C. Kelly Wall
Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer)
May 16, 2024
/s/ Douglass L. Noe
Douglass L. Noe
Vice President and Corporate Controller
(Principal Accounting Officer)
May 16, 2024
/s/ Wangdali C. Bacdayan
Wangdali C. Bacdayan
DirectorMay 16, 2024
/s/ Laura N. Bailey
Laura N. Bailey
DirectorMay 16, 2024
/s/ Kelly H. Barrett
Kelly H. Barrett
DirectorMay 16, 2024
/s/ Walter G. Ehmer
Walter G. Ehmer
DirectorMay 16, 2024
/s/ Hubert L. Harris, Jr.
Hubert L. Harris, Jr.
DirectorMay 16, 2024
/s/ Timothy A. Johnson
Timothy A. Johnson
DirectorMay 16, 2024
/s/ Kristine K. Malkoski
Kristine K. Malkoski
DirectorMay 16, 2024
/s/ Marvonia P. Moore
Marvonia P. Moore
DirectorMay 16, 2024



/s/ John W. Robinson III
John W. Robinson III
DirectorMay 16, 2024