---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001822492-24-000138"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HLMN"
cik: "0001822492"
company_name: "Hillman Solutions Corp."
filed_at: "2024-08-06T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T12:29:35.649729+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Hillman Q2 beats on profitability; raises FY EBITDA guidance; names COO Adinolfi as next CEO

## Summary
- Q2 net sales $379.4M (-0.2% YoY); adj. EPS $0.16 vs $0.13 prior year; net income $12.5M.
- FY24 net sales guidance lowered to $1.44-1.48B; Adj. EBITDA raised to $240-250M; FCF unchanged $100-120M.
- Net debt to TTM Adj. EBITDA improved to 2.9x from 3.3x at year-end 2023.
- COO Jon Michael Adinolfi to become President & CEO effective Jan 1, 2025; Doug Cahill to become Executive Chairman.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001822492-24-000138
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HLMN
- cik: 0001822492
- company_name: Hillman Solutions Corp.
- filed_at: 2024-08-06T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1822492/000182249224000138/0001822492-24-000138-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1822492/000182249224000138/hlmn-20240801.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001822492-24-000138
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001822492-24-000138.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001822492-24-000138.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Douglas J. Cahill changed role as Executive Chairman at Hillman Solutions Corp..
  - Action: step down
  - Role: Executive Chairman
  source text: Current Chairman, CEO, and President Douglas J. Cahill, age 64, will step down from the CEO and President position, effective January 1, 2025, and remain as Chair of the Board of Directors serving under the new position of Executive Chairman.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1822492/000182249224000138/0001822492-24-000138-index.htm
- Executive change
  Jon Michael Adinolfi was appointed as Chief Executive Officer and President at Hillman Solutions Corp..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Executive Officer and President
  source text: On August 1, 2024, the Board of Directors of Hillman Solutions Corp. (the “Company’) appointed Jon Michael Adinolfi to the position of Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) and President of the Company, effective January 1, 2025.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1822492/000182249224000138/0001822492-24-000138-index.htm

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