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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 23, 2021

Registration No. 333-

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

FORM S-8

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

HOLLEY INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware

87-1727560

(State or Other Jurisdiction of

Incorporation or Organization)

(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

1801 Russellville Road

Bowling Green, KY 42101

(Address of Principal Executive Offices, Zip Code)

HOLLEY INC. 2021 OMNIBUS INCENTIVE PLAN

(Full title of the Plan)

Thomas W. Tomlinson

Chief Executive Officer

1801 Russellville Road

Bowling Green, KY 42101

(Name and address of agent for service)

(270) 495-4801

(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

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.

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. ☐

CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE



Title of Securities to be Registered⁽¹⁾	Amount to be Registered⁽²⁾	Proposed Maximum Offering Price Per Share⁽³⁾	Proposed Maximum Aggregate Offering Price⁽³⁾	Amount of Registration Fee
Common Stock, par value $0.0001	8,850,000	$11.09	$98,146,500	$10,707.79

(1)

In addition to the number of shares of the common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Common Stock”) of Holley Inc. (the “Company” or “Registrant”) stated above, pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), this registration statement also covers an indeterminate number of options and other rights to acquire Common Stock that may be granted pursuant to the Holley Inc. 2021 Omnibus Incentive Plan.

(2)

Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act, this registration statement also covers any additional securities that may from time to time be offered or issued in respect of the securities registered by this registration statement to prevent dilution as a result of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or other similar transaction, and any other securities with respect to which the outstanding shares are converted or exchanged.

(3)	Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(c) and 457(h) under the Securities Act based upon the average of the high and low prices of the Common Stock as reported on the New York Stock Exchange on September 20, 2021.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Registration Statement on Form S-8 is being filed by Holley Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), relating to 8,850,000 shares of its common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Common Stock”), available for issuance pursuant to awards to eligible persons under the Holley Inc. 2021 Omnibus Incentive Plan (the “Plan”).

PART I

Item 1.

Plan Information.

The documents containing the information specified in Part I of Form S-8 will be delivered to employees as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) of the Securities Act. In accordance with the instructions of Part I of Form S-8, such documents are not being filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) either as part of this Registration Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule 424 of the Securities Act. Such documents and the documents incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement pursuant to Item 3 of Part II of Form S-8, taken together, constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.

PART II

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 3.

Incorporation of Documents by Reference.

The following documents, previously filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), are hereby incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and deemed to be a part hereof:

(1)

The prospectus dated July 28, 2021, filed by the Registrant with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), on July 28, 2021, relating to the Registration Statement on Form S-1, as amended (Registration No. 333-258075), which contains the Company’s audited financial statements for the latest fiscal year for which such statements have been filed and the description of the Common Stock and

(2)	The current reports on Form 8-K filed by the Company with the Commission on March 12, 2021, May 19, 2021, July 16, 2021, July 21, 2021 and August 12, 2021.

In addition, all documents filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the date hereof, but prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement that indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or that deregisters all such securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such

documents. Notwithstanding the foregoing, we are not incorporating by reference (i) any information furnished under Items 2.02 or 7.01 (or corresponding information furnished under Item 9.01 or included as an exhibit) in any past or future current report on Form 8-K or (ii) any Form S-D, that, in either case, we may file or furnish with the Commission, unless otherwise specified in such current report or in such form or in a particular prospectus supplement.

Any statement, including financial statements, contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or therein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.

Item 4.

Description of Securities.

Not applicable.

Item 5.

Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.

Not applicable.

Item 6.

Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

The Company is a Delaware corporation. The Company’s certificate of incorporation and bylaws provide for the indemnification of current and former officers and directors of the Company to the fullest extent permitted by Delaware law. The Company’s certificate of incorporation and bylaws provide that the Company will indemnify, and pay expenses to, any officer or director to the fullest extent authorized by the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “DGCL”).

Section 145 of the DGCL provides that a corporation may indemnify directors and officers and other employees and individuals against expenses, including attorneys’ fees, judgments, fines, and amounts paid in settlement in connection with specified actions, suits, and proceedings whether civil, criminal, administrative, or investigative, other than a derivative action by or in the right of the corporation, if they acted in good faith and in a manner they reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe their conduct was unlawful. A similar standard is applicable in the case of derivative actions, except that indemnification extends only to expenses, including attorneys’ fees, incurred in connection with the defense or settlement of such action and the statute requires court approval before there can be any indemnification where the person seeking indemnification has been found liable to the corporation. The statute provides that it is not exclusive of other indemnification that may be granted by a corporation’s certificate of incorporation, bylaws, disinterested director vote, stockholder vote, agreement, or otherwise.

Further, the Company maintains directors’ and officers’ insurance to cover its directors and officers for certain liabilities.

The Company has entered into written indemnification agreements with its directors and executive officers. The indemnification agreements provide its directors and executive officers with contractual rights to indemnification to the fullest extent permitted under the DGCL, subject to certain exceptions contained in those agreements.

Item 7.

Exemption from Registration Claimed.

Not applicable.

Item 8.

Exhibits.


Exhibit No.		Exhibit Description

4.1		Certificate of Incorporation of Holley Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on July 21, 2021).

4.2		By-laws of Holley Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on July 21, 2021).

5.1*		Opinion of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP.

23.1*		Consent of Marcum LLP.

23.2*		Consent of Grant Thornton LLP.

23.3*		Consent of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).

24.1*		Power of Attorney (included on signature page hereto).

99.1		Holley Inc. 2021 Omnibus Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.12 of Amendment No. 1 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S4/A filed on May 24, 2021).

*Filed herewith.

Item 9.

Undertakings.

(a) The Company hereby undertakes:

(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:

(i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;

(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the “Calculation of Registration Fee” table in the effective registration statement; and

(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material change to such information in the Registration Statement;

provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement;

(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof; and

(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.

(b) The Company hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Company’s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan’s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

(c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Company pursuant to the foregoing

provisions, or otherwise, the Company has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Company of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Company in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Company will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Company certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all 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 Bowling Green, State of Kentucky, on this 23nd day of September, 2021.


HOLLEY INC.

By:		/s/ Thomas W. Tomlinson
Name:		Thomas W. Tomlinson
Title:		Chief Executive Officer

POWER OF ATTORNEY

Each person whose signature appears below appoints Matthew Rubel and Thomas W. Tomlinson, as his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and re-substitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement and any Registration Statement (including any amendment thereto) for this offering that is to be effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and all other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or would do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and the dates indicated.


Signature	Title	Date

/s/ Thomas W. Tomlinson Thomas W. Tomlinson	Chief Executive Officer and Director (principal executive officer)	September 23, 2021

/s/ Dominic Bardos Dominic Bardos	Chief Financial Officer (principal financial officer and principal accounting officer)	September 23, 2021

/s/ Matthew Rubel Matthew Rubel	Chairman of the Board of Directors	September 23, 2021

/s/ Owen M. Basham Owen M. Basham	Director	September 23, 2021


/s/ Gina Bianchini Gina Bianchini	Director	September 23, 2021

/s/ James D. Coady James D. Coady	Director	September 23, 2021

/s/ Michelle Gloeckler Michelle Gloeckler	Director	September 23, 2021

/s/ Ginger M. Jones Ginger M. Jones	Director	September 23, 2021

SEC Form S-8 filed by Empower Ltd.