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<P style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:6.667px" align=right>Registration No. 333-__________</P>
<P style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:6.667px" align=center>As filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission on December 2, 2014</P>
<P style="margin:0px" align=center><B>UNITED STATES</B></P>
<P style="margin:0px" align=center><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B></P>
<P style="margin:0px" align=center><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B></P>
<P style="margin:0px" align=center><B>______________</B></P>
<P style="margin:0px" align=center><B>FORM S-8</B></P>
<P style="margin:0px" align=center><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B></P>
<P style="margin:0px" align=center><B>UNDER</B></P>
<P style="margin:0px" align=center><B>THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B></P>
<P style="margin:0px" align=center><B>__________________</B></P>
<P style="margin:0px" align=center><B>SCHOOL SPECIALTY, INC.</B></P>
<P style="margin:0px" align=center><B>(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</B></P>
<P style="margin:0px" align=center><BR></P>
<TABLE style="margin-top:0px; font-size:10pt" cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 align=center><TR height=0 style="font-size:0"><TD width=319.2 /><TD width=408 /></TR>
<TR><TD style="margin-top:0px" valign=top width=319.2><P style="margin:0px" align=center><B>Delaware</B></P>
</TD><TD style="margin-top:0px" valign=top width=408><P style="margin:0px" align=center><B>39-0971239</B></P>
</TD></TR>
<TR><TD style="margin-top:0px" valign=top width=319.2><P style="margin:0px" align=center>(State or other jurisdiction of <BR>
incorporation or organization)</P>
</TD><TD style="margin-top:0px" valign=top width=408><P style="margin:0px" align=center>(I.R.S. Employer<BR>
Identification No.)</P>
</TD></TR>
<TR><TD style="margin-top:0px" valign=top width=319.2><P style="margin:0px; padding:0px; font-size:5pt">&nbsp;</P></TD><TD style="margin-top:0px" valign=top width=408><P style="margin:0px; padding:0px; font-size:5pt">&nbsp;</P></TD></TR>
<TR><TD style="margin-top:0px" valign=top width=319.2><P style="margin:0px" align=center><B>W6316 Design Drive <BR>
Greenville, Wisconsin</B> <BR>
&nbsp;(Address of Principal Executive Offices)</P>
</TD><TD style="margin-top:0px" valign=top width=408><P style="margin:0px" align=center><B>54942<BR>
</B>(Zip Code)</P>
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<P style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:13.333px" align=center>__________________</P>
<P style="margin:0px" align=center><B>2014 INCENTIVE PLAN</B></P>
<P style="margin:0px" align=center><B>OF SCHOOL SPECIALTY, INC.</B></P>
<P style="margin:0px" align=center><BR></P>
<P style="margin:0px" align=center>(Full title of the plan)</P>
<P style="margin:0px" align=center><B>___________________</B></P>
<P style="margin:0px" align=center>Joseph M. Yorio</P>
<P style="margin:0px" align=center>President and Chief Executive Officer</P>
<P style="margin:0px" align=center>School Specialty, Inc.</P>
<P style="margin:0px" align=center>W6316 Design Drive</P>
<P style="margin:0px" align=center>Greenville, Wisconsin 54942</P>
<P style="margin:0px" align=center>(920) 734-5712</P>
<P style="margin:0px" align=center>(Name, address and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)</P>
<P style="margin:0px" align=center><BR></P>
<P style="margin:0px" align=center>With a copy to:</P>
<P style="margin:0px" align=center>Dennis F. Connolly</P>
<P style="margin:0px" align=center>Godfrey &amp; Kahn, S.C.</P>
<P style="margin:0px" align=center>780 North Water Street</P>
<P style="margin:0px" align=center>Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202</P>
<P style="margin:0px" align=center>(414) 273-3500</P>
<P style="margin:0px" align=center><BR></P>
<P style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:13.333px">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of &#147;large accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer&#148; and &#147;smaller reporting company&#148; in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):</P>
<TABLE style="margin-top:0px; font-size:10pt" cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><TR height=0 style="font-size:0"><TD width=415.2 /><TD width=312 /></TR>
<TR><TD style="margin-top:0px" valign=top width=415.2><P style="margin:0px" align=center>Large accelerated filer <FONT style="font-family:Wingdings">&#168;</FONT></P>
</TD><TD style="margin-top:0px" valign=top width=312><P style="margin:0px" align=center>Accelerated filer &nbsp;<FONT style="font-family:Wingdings">&#253;</FONT></P>
</TD></TR>
<TR><TD style="margin-top:0px" valign=top width=415.2><P style="margin:0px; padding:0px; font-size:5pt">&nbsp;</P></TD><TD style="margin-top:0px" valign=top width=312><P style="margin:0px; padding:0px; font-size:5pt">&nbsp;</P></TD></TR>
<TR><TD style="margin-top:0px" valign=top width=415.2><P style="margin:0px" align=center>Non-accelerated filer &nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT style="font-family:Wingdings">&#168;</FONT></P>
<P style="margin:0px" align=center>(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)</P>
</TD><TD style="margin-top:0px" valign=top width=312><P style="margin:0px" align=center>Smaller reporting company <FONT style="font-family:Wingdings">&#168;</FONT></P>
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<P style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:6.667px; padding-bottom:4px; border-bottom:12px double #000000"><BR></P>
<P style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:13.333px" align=center>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</P>
<TABLE style="margin-top:0px; font-size:10pt" cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><TR height=0 style="font-size:0"><TD width=163.2 /><TD width=126 /><TD width=138 /><TD width=168 /><TD width=132 /></TR>
<TR><TD style="margin-top:0px; border:1px solid #000000" valign=top width=163.2><P style="margin:0px; font-size:8pt" align=center><B>Title of Securities to be <BR>
Registered</B></P>
</TD><TD style="margin-top:0px; border-top:1px solid #000000; border-right:1px solid #000000; border-bottom:1px solid #000000" valign=top width=126><P style="margin:0px; font-size:8pt" align=center><B>Amount to be <BR>
Registered (1)</B></P>
</TD><TD style="margin-top:0px; border-top:1px solid #000000; border-right:1px solid #000000; border-bottom:1px solid #000000" valign=top width=138><P style="margin:0px; font-size:8pt" align=center><B>Proposed Maximum <BR>
Offering Price Per Share (2)</B></P>
</TD><TD style="margin-top:0px; border-top:1px solid #000000; border-right:1px solid #000000; border-bottom:1px solid #000000" valign=top width=168><P style="margin:0px; font-size:8pt" align=center><B>Proposed Maximum <BR>
Aggregate Offering Price (2)</B></P>
</TD><TD style="margin-top:0px; border-top:1px solid #000000; border-right:1px solid #000000; border-bottom:1px solid #000000" valign=top width=132><P style="margin:0px; font-size:8pt" align=center><B>Amount of <BR>
Registration Fee</B></P>
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<TR><TD style="margin-top:0px; border-left:1px solid #000000; border-right:1px solid #000000; border-bottom:1px solid #000000" valign=top width=163.2><P style="margin-top:2.667px; margin-bottom:0px; font-size:8pt" align=center>Common Stock,</P>
<P style="margin:0px; font-size:8pt" align=center>$0.001 par value per share</P>
</TD><TD style="margin-top:0px; border-right:1px solid #000000; border-bottom:1px solid #000000" valign=top width=126><P style="margin-top:2.667px; margin-bottom:0px; font-size:8pt" align=center>150,000 shares</P>
</TD><TD style="margin-top:0px; border-right:1px solid #000000; border-bottom:1px solid #000000" valign=top width=138><P style="margin-top:2.667px; margin-bottom:0px; font-size:8pt" align=center>$124.46</P>
</TD><TD style="margin-top:0px; border-right:1px solid #000000; border-bottom:1px solid #000000" valign=top width=168><P style="margin-top:2.667px; margin-bottom:0px; font-size:8pt" align=center>$18,669,000</P>
</TD><TD style="margin-top:0px; border-right:1px solid #000000; border-bottom:1px solid #000000" valign=top width=132><P style="margin-top:2.667px; margin-bottom:0px; font-size:8pt" align=center>$2,169.34</P>
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<P style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:-2px; text-indent:24px; width:48px; font-size:8pt; float:left">(1)</P>
<P style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:10.667px; padding-left:48px; text-indent:-2px; font-size:8pt">In addition to the shares set forth in this table, pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;), the amount to be registered includes an indeterminate number of shares of common stock of School Specialty, Inc. (the &#147;Registrant&#148;), par value $0.001 per share (the &#147;Common Stock&#148;), that may become issuable as a result of stock dividends, stock splits or similar transactions, as provided in the 2014 Incentive Plan of School Specialty, Inc. </P>
<P style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:-2px; text-indent:24px; width:48px; font-size:8pt; clear:left; float:left">(2)</P>
<P style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:10.667px; padding-left:48px; text-indent:-2px; font-size:8pt">Pursuant to Rule 457(f)(2), estimated solely for the purpose of computing the registration fee, based upon the book value of the Registrant&#146;s Common Stock as of October 25, 2014. </P>
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<P style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:13.333px; page-break-before:always" align=center><B>PART I</B></P>
<P style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:13.333px"><FONT style="background-color:#FFFFFF">The documents containing the information specified in Part I of this Form S-8 Registration Statement (the &#147;Registration Statement&#148;) will be sent or given to participants in the plan listed on the cover of this Registration Statement as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;). &nbsp;Such documents need not be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;SEC&#148;) either as part of this Registration Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule 424. &nbsp;These documents and the documents incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement pursuant to Item 3 of Part II of this Registration Statement, taken together, constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.</FONT></P>
<P style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:13.333px" align=center><B>PART II</B></P>
<P style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:13.333px" align=center><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B></P>
<P style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:13.333px"><B>Item 3. &nbsp;Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</B></P>
<P style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:13.333px">The following documents filed are incorporated herein by reference:</P>
<P style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:-2px; text-indent:48px; width:96px; float:left">(a)</P>
<P style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:13.333px; text-indent:-2px">The Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended April 26, 2014; </P>
<P style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:-2px; text-indent:48px; width:96px; clear:left; float:left">(b)</P>
<P style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:13.333px; text-indent:-2px">The Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed for the fiscal quarter ended July 26, 2014;</P>
<P style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:-2px; text-indent:48px; width:96px; clear:left; float:left">(c)</P>
<P style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:13.333px; text-indent:-2px">The Registrant&#146;s Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on April 28, 2014, May 27, 2014, May 29, 2014, July 15, 2014, September 8, 2014, October 31, 2014 and November 4, 2014; and </P>
<P style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:-2px; text-indent:48px; width:96px; clear:left; float:left">(d)</P>
<P style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:13.333px; text-indent:-2px">The description of the common stock contained in the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form 8-A, filed pursuant to Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;), including any amendment or report filed with the SEC for the purpose of updating such description. </P>
<P style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:13.333px; text-indent:48px; clear:left">All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be a part hereof from the date of the filing of such documents.</P>
<P style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:13.333px; text-indent:48px">Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes hereof to the extent that a statement contained herein 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 statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part hereof.</P>
<P style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:13.333px"><B>Item 6. &nbsp;Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</B></P>
<P style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:13.333px; text-indent:48px">Section 145 of the DGCL authorizes a corporation&#146;s board of directors to grant, and authorizes a court to award, indemnity to officers, directors and other corporate agents.</P>
<P style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:13.333px; text-indent:48px">As permitted by Section 102(b)(7) of the DGCL, the Registrant&#146;s Certificate of Incorporation includes provisions that eliminate the personal liability of its directors and officers for monetary damages for breach of their fiduciary duty as a director, including breaches resulting from such director&#146;s grossly negligent behavior, except for<B> </B>liability (a) for any breach of the director&#146;s duty of loyalty to the Registrant or its stockholders, (b) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (c) under Section 174 of the DGCL or (d) for any transaction from which the director derived any improper personal benefits.</P>
<P style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:13.333px; text-indent:48px">In addition, as permitted by Section 145 of the DGCL, the Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws of the Registrant provide that:</P>
<P style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:-2px; text-indent:48px; width:72px; font-family:Symbol; float:left">&#183;</P>
<P style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:13.333px; padding-left:72px; text-indent:-2px">The Registrant shall indemnify its directors and officers for serving the Registrant in those capacities or for serving other business enterprises at the Registrant&#146;s request, to the fullest extent permitted by Delaware law. Delaware law provides that a corporation may indemnify such person if such person acted in good faith and in a manner such person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Registrant and, with respect to any criminal proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe such person&#146;s conduct was unlawful.</P>
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<P style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:-2px; text-indent:48px; width:72px; font-family:Symbol; float:left">&#183;</P>
<P style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:13.333px; padding-left:72px; text-indent:-2px">The Registrant may, in its discretion, indemnify employees and agents in those circumstances where indemnification is permitted by applicable law.</P>
<P style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:-2px; text-indent:48px; width:72px; font-family:Symbol; clear:left; float:left">&#183;</P>
<P style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:13.333px; padding-left:72px; text-indent:-2px">The Registrant is required to advance expenses, as incurred, to its directors and officers in connection with defending a proceeding, except that such director or officer shall undertake to repay such advances if it is ultimately determined that such person is not entitled to indemnification.</P>
<P style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:-2px; text-indent:48px; width:72px; font-family:Symbol; clear:left; float:left">&#183;</P>
<P style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:13.333px; padding-left:72px; text-indent:-2px">The rights conferred in the Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws are not exclusive, and the Registrant is authorized to enter into indemnification agreements with its directors, officers, employees and agents and to obtain insurance to indemnify such persons.</P>
<P style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:-2px; text-indent:48px; width:72px; font-family:Symbol; clear:left; float:left">&#183;</P>
<P style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:13.333px; padding-left:72px; text-indent:-2px">The Registrant may not retroactively repeal or modify the Bylaw provisions to reduce its indemnification obligations to directors, officers, employees and agents.</P>
<P style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:13.333px; text-indent:48px; clear:left">The Registrant&#146;s policy is to maintain directors and officers insurance to insure such persons against certain liabilities.</P>
<P style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:13.333px; text-indent:48px">These indemnification provisions may be sufficiently broad to permit indemnification of the Registrant&#146;s officers and directors for liabilities (including reimbursement of expenses incurred) arising under the Securities Act.</P>
<P style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:13.333px"><B>Item 8. &nbsp;Exhibits.</B></P>
<P style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:13.333px; text-indent:48px">See the Exhibit Index following the Signatures page in this Registration Statement, which such Exhibit Index is incorporated herein by reference.</P>
<P style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:13.333px"><B>Item 9. &nbsp;Undertakings.</B></P>
<P style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:-2px; text-indent:48px; width:96px; float:left">(a)</P>
<P style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:13.333px; text-indent:-2px">The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:</P>
<P style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:-2px; text-indent:96px; width:144px; clear:left; float:left">(1)</P>
<P style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:13.333px; padding-left:144px; text-indent:-2px">To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:</P>
<P style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:-2px; text-indent:96px; width:144px; clear:left; float:left">(i)</P>
<P style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:13.333px; padding-left:144px; text-indent:-2px">To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933; </P>
<P style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:-2px; text-indent:96px; width:144px; clear:left; float:left">(ii)</P>
<P style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:13.333px; padding-left:144px; text-indent:-2px">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 a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the &#147;Calculation of Registration Fee&#148; table in the effective Registration Statement; </P>
<P style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:-2px; text-indent:96px; width:144px; clear:left; float:left">(iii)</P>
<P style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:13.333px; padding-left:144px; text-indent:-2px">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; </P>
<P style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:13.333px; padding-left:96px; clear:left"><I>Provided, however</I>, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) of this section 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 Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement.</P>
<P style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:-2px; text-indent:96px; width:144px; float:left">(2)</P>
<P style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:13.333px; padding-left:144px; text-indent:-2px">That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, 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.</P>
<P style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:-2px; text-indent:96px; width:144px; clear:left; float:left">(3)</P>
<P style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:13.333px; padding-left:144px; text-indent:-2px">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.</P>
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<P style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:-2px; text-indent:48px; width:96px; float:left">(b)</P>
<P style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:13.333px; text-indent:-2px">The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the Registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) 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.</P>
<P style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:-2px; text-indent:48px; width:96px; clear:left; float:left">(h)</P>
<P style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:13.333px; text-indent:-2px">Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant 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 Registrant 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 Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.</P>
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<P style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:13.333px" align=center><B>SIGNATURES</B></P>
<P style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:13.333px; text-indent:48px">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 Greenville, State of Wisconsin, on December 2, 2014.</P>
<P style="margin:0px; padding-left:288px">SCHOOL SPECIALTY, INC. </P>
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<P style="margin:0px; padding-left:288px">By:<U> /s/ Joseph M. Yorio&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U></P>
<P style="margin:0px; padding-left:288px; text-indent:30px">Joseph M. Yorio </P>
<P style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:13.333px; padding-left:288px; text-indent:30px">President and Chief Executive Officer </P>
<P style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:13.333px" align=center><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY</B></P>
<P style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:4px"><BR></P>
<P style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:6.667px; text-indent:48px">KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Joseph M. Yorio and Kevin Baehler, and each of them, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and re-substitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments and/or supplements) to this Registration Statement on Form S-8 relating to the 2014 Incentive Plan of School Specialty, Inc., and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and any other regulatory authority, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and 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, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or their substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.</P>
<P style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:6.667px; text-indent:48px">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 date indicated.</P>
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<TR><TD style="margin-top:0px" valign=top width=333.067><P style="margin:0px"><B><U>Signature</U></B></P>
</TD><TD style="margin-top:0px" valign=top width=280.133><P style="margin:0px; padding-left:14.933px"><B><U>Title</U></B></P>
</TD><TD style="margin-top:0px" valign=top width=126><P style="margin:0px; padding-left:10.8px"><B><U>Date</U></B></P>
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<TR><TD style="margin-top:0px" valign=top width=333.067><P style="margin:0px"><BR></P>
</TD><TD style="margin-top:0px" valign=top width=280.133><P style="margin:0px"><BR></P>
</TD><TD style="margin-top:0px" valign=top width=126><P style="margin:0px"><BR></P>
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<TR><TD style="margin-top:0px" valign=top width=333.067><P style="margin:0px"><U>/s/ Joseph M. Yorio&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U></P>
<P style="margin:0px">Joseph M. Yorio</P>
<P style="margin:0px"><BR></P>
</TD><TD style="margin-top:0px" valign=top width=280.133><P style="margin:0px; padding-left:14.933px">President and Chief Executive Officer, <BR>
Director</P>
<P style="margin:0px; padding-left:14.933px">(Principal Executive Officer) </P>
<P style="margin:0px"><BR></P>
</TD><TD style="margin-top:0px" valign=top width=126><P style="margin:0px; padding-left:10.8px">December 2, 2014</P>
</TD></TR>
<TR><TD style="margin-top:0px" valign=top width=333.067><P style="margin:0px"><U>/s/ Ryan Bohr&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U></P>
<P style="margin:0px">Ryan Bohr</P>
<P style="margin:0px"><BR></P>
</TD><TD style="margin-top:0px" valign=top width=280.133><P style="margin:0px; padding-left:14.933px">Executive Vice President and Chief Financial <BR>
Officer</P>
<P style="margin:0px; padding-left:14.933px">(Principal Financial Officer) </P>
<P style="margin:0px"><BR></P>
</TD><TD style="margin-top:0px" valign=top width=126><P style="margin:0px; padding-left:10.8px">December 2, 2014</P>
</TD></TR>
<TR><TD style="margin-top:0px" valign=top width=333.067><P style="margin:0px"><U>/s/ Kevin Baehler&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U></P>
<P style="margin:0px">Kevin Baehler</P>
<P style="margin:0px"><BR></P>
</TD><TD style="margin-top:0px" valign=top width=280.133><P style="margin:0px; padding-left:14.933px">Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting <BR>
Officer</P>
<P style="margin:0px; padding-left:14.933px">(Principal Accounting Officer) </P>
<P style="margin:0px"><BR></P>
</TD><TD style="margin-top:0px" valign=top width=126><P style="margin:0px; padding-left:10.8px">December 2, 2014</P>
</TD></TR>
<TR><TD style="margin-top:0px" valign=top width=333.067><P style="margin:0px"><U>/s/ James R. Henderson&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U></P>
<P style="margin:0px">James R. Henderson</P>
<P style="margin:0px"><BR></P>
</TD><TD style="margin-top:0px" valign=top width=280.133><P style="margin:0px; padding-left:14.933px">Chairman of the Board and Director </P>
</TD><TD style="margin-top:0px" valign=top width=126><P style="margin:0px; padding-left:10.8px">December 2, 2014</P>
</TD></TR>
<TR><TD style="margin-top:0px" valign=top width=333.067><P style="margin:0px"><U>/s/ Justin Lu&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </U></P>
<P style="margin:0px">Justin Lu </P>
<P style="margin:0px"><BR></P>
</TD><TD style="margin-top:0px" valign=top width=280.133><P style="margin:0px; padding-left:14.933px">Director </P>
</TD><TD style="margin-top:0px" valign=top width=126><P style="margin:0px; padding-left:10.8px">December 2, 2014</P>
</TD></TR>
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<P style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:13.333px"><BR></P>
<P style="margin:0px" align=center><B>SCHOOL SPECIALTY, INC.</B></P>
<P style="margin:0px" align=center><B>(the &#147;Registrant&#148;)</B></P>
<P style="margin:0px" align=center><B>(Commission File No. 000-24385)</B></P>
<P style="margin:0px" align=center><BR></P>
<P style="margin:0px" align=center><B>EXHIBIT INDEX</B></P>
<P style="margin:0px" align=center><B>TO</B></P>
<P style="margin:0px" align=center><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-8</B></P>
<P style="margin:0px" align=center><BR></P>
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<TR><TD style="margin-top:0px" valign=bottom width=55.2><P style="margin:0px; font-size:8pt" align=center><B>Exhibit <BR>
Number</B></P>
</TD><TD style="margin-top:0px" valign=bottom width=276><P style="margin:0px; font-size:8pt" align=center><B>Description</B></P>
</TD><TD style="margin-top:0px" valign=bottom width=252><P style="margin:0px; font-size:8pt" align=center><B>Incorporated Herein by Reference To</B></P>
</TD><TD style="margin-top:0px" valign=bottom width=151.2><P style="margin:0px; font-size:8pt" align=center><B>Filed Herewith</B></P>
</TD></TR>
<TR><TD style="margin-top:0px" valign=top width=55.2><P style="margin:0px"><BR></P>
<P style="margin:0px; font-size:8pt">4.1 </P>
</TD><TD style="margin-top:0px" valign=top width=276><P style="margin:0px"><BR></P>
<P style="margin:0px; font-size:8pt">2014 Incentive Plan</P>
</TD><TD style="margin-top:0px" valign=top width=252><P style="margin:0px"><BR></P>
<P style="margin:0px; font-size:8pt">Appendix A to the Registrant&#146;s Schedule 14A dated <BR>
July 28, 2014 </P>
</TD><TD style="margin-top:0px" valign=top width=151.2><P style="margin:0px; padding:0px; font-size:8pt">&nbsp;</P></TD></TR>
<TR><TD style="margin-top:0px" valign=top width=55.2><P style="margin:0px; padding:0px; font-size:8pt">&nbsp;</P></TD><TD style="margin-top:0px" valign=top width=276><P style="margin:0px; padding:0px; font-size:8pt">&nbsp;</P></TD><TD style="margin-top:0px" valign=top width=252><P style="margin:0px; padding:0px; font-size:8pt">&nbsp;</P></TD><TD style="margin-top:0px" valign=top width=151.2><P style="margin:0px; padding:0px; font-size:8pt">&nbsp;</P></TD></TR>
<TR><TD style="margin-top:0px" valign=top width=55.2><P style="margin:0px; font-size:8pt">5.1</P>
</TD><TD style="margin-top:0px" valign=top width=276><P style="margin:0px; font-size:8pt">Opinion of Godfrey &amp; Kahn, S.C.</P>
</TD><TD style="margin-top:0px" valign=top width=252><P style="margin:0px; padding:0px; font-size:8pt">&nbsp;</P></TD><TD style="margin-top:0px" valign=top width=151.2><P style="margin:0px; padding-left:16.8px; font-size:8pt">X</P>
</TD></TR>
<TR><TD style="margin-top:0px" valign=top width=55.2><P style="margin:0px; padding:0px; font-size:8pt">&nbsp;</P></TD><TD style="margin-top:0px" valign=top width=276><P style="margin:0px; padding:0px; font-size:8pt">&nbsp;</P></TD><TD style="margin-top:0px" valign=top width=252><P style="margin:0px; padding:0px; font-size:8pt">&nbsp;</P></TD><TD style="margin-top:0px" valign=top width=151.2><P style="margin:0px; padding:0px; font-size:8pt">&nbsp;</P></TD></TR>
<TR><TD style="margin-top:0px" valign=top width=55.2><P style="margin:0px; font-size:8pt">23.1 </P>
</TD><TD style="margin-top:0px" valign=top width=276><P style="margin:0px; font-size:8pt">Consent of Deloitte &amp; Touche LLP </P>
</TD><TD style="margin-top:0px" valign=top width=252><P style="margin:0px; padding:0px; font-size:8pt">&nbsp;</P></TD><TD style="margin-top:0px" valign=top width=151.2><P style="margin:0px; padding-left:16.8px; font-size:8pt">X</P>
</TD></TR>
<TR><TD style="margin-top:0px" valign=top width=55.2><P style="margin:0px; padding:0px; font-size:8pt">&nbsp;</P></TD><TD style="margin-top:0px" valign=top width=276><P style="margin:0px; padding:0px; font-size:8pt">&nbsp;</P></TD><TD style="margin-top:0px" valign=top width=252><P style="margin:0px; padding:0px; font-size:8pt">&nbsp;</P></TD><TD style="margin-top:0px" valign=top width=151.2><P style="margin:0px; padding:0px; font-size:8pt">&nbsp;</P></TD></TR>
<TR><TD style="margin-top:0px" valign=top width=55.2><P style="margin:0px; font-size:8pt">23.2</P>
</TD><TD style="margin-top:0px" valign=top width=276><P style="margin:0px; font-size:8pt">Consent of Godfrey &amp; Kahn, S.C. (included in Exhibit 5.1)</P>
</TD><TD style="margin-top:0px" valign=top width=252><P style="margin:0px; padding:0px; font-size:8pt">&nbsp;</P></TD><TD style="margin-top:0px" valign=top width=151.2><P style="margin:0px; padding-left:16.8px; font-size:8pt">X</P>
</TD></TR>
<TR><TD style="margin-top:0px" valign=top width=55.2><P style="margin:0px; padding:0px; font-size:8pt">&nbsp;</P></TD><TD style="margin-top:0px" valign=top width=276><P style="margin:0px; padding:0px; font-size:8pt">&nbsp;</P></TD><TD style="margin-top:0px" valign=top width=252><P style="margin:0px; padding:0px; font-size:8pt">&nbsp;</P></TD><TD style="margin-top:0px" valign=top width=151.2><P style="margin:0px; padding:0px; font-size:8pt">&nbsp;</P></TD></TR>
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</TD><TD style="margin-top:0px" valign=top width=276><P style="margin:0px; font-size:8pt">Powers of Attorney</P>
</TD><TD style="margin-top:0px" valign=top width=252><P style="margin:0px; padding:0px; font-size:8pt">&nbsp;</P></TD><TD style="margin-top:0px" valign=top width=151.2><P style="margin:0px; padding-left:16.8px; font-size:8pt">Contained in Signature Page to this Registration Statement</P>
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Registration No. 333-__________
As filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission on December 2, 2014
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
______________
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 or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
W6316 Design Drive
Greenville, Wisconsin
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
54942
(Zip Code)
__________________
2014 INCENTIVE PLAN
OF SCHOOL SPECIALTY, INC.
(Full title of the plan)
___________________
Joseph M. Yorio
President and Chief Executive Officer
School Specialty, Inc.
W6316 Design Drive
Greenville, Wisconsin 54942
(920) 734-5712
(Name, address and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
With a copy to:
Dennis F. Connolly
Godfrey & Kahn, S.C.
780 North Water Street
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, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer" and "smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):
Large accelerated filer
¨
Accelerated filer
ý
Non-accelerated filer
¨
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
Smaller reporting company
¨
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of Securities to be
Registered
Amount to be
Registered (1)
Proposed Maximum
Offering Price Per Share (2)
Proposed Maximum
Aggregate Offering Price (2)
Amount of
Registration Fee
Common Stock,
$0.001 par value per share
150,000 shares
$124.46
$18,669,000
$2,169.34
(1)
In addition to the shares set forth in this table, pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), the amount to be registered includes an indeterminate number of shares of common stock of School Specialty, Inc. (the "Registrant"), par value $0.001 per share (the "Common Stock"), that may become issuable as a result of stock dividends, stock splits or similar transactions, as provided in the 2014 Incentive Plan of School Specialty, Inc.
(2)
Pursuant to Rule 457(f)(2), estimated solely for the purpose of computing the registration fee, based upon the book value of the Registrant's Common Stock as of October 25, 2014.
PART I
The documents containing the information specified in Part I of this Form S-8 Registration Statement (the "Registration Statement") will be sent or given to participants in the plan listed on the cover of this Registration Statement as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act").  Such documents need not be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") either as part of this Registration Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule 424.  These documents and the documents incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement pursuant to Item 3 of Part II of this Registration Statement, 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 filed are incorporated herein by reference:
(a)
The Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended April 26, 2014;
(b)
The Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed for the fiscal quarter ended July 26, 2014;
(c)
The Registrant's Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on April 28, 2014, May 27, 2014, May 29, 2014, July 15, 2014, September 8, 2014, October 31, 2014 and November 4, 2014; and
(d)
The description of the common stock contained in the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form 8-A, filed pursuant to Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), including any amendment or report filed with the SEC for the purpose of updating such description.
All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be a part hereof from the date of the filing of such documents.
Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes hereof to the extent that a statement contained herein 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 statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part hereof.
Item 6.  Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Section 145 of the DGCL authorizes a corporation's board of directors to grant, and authorizes a court to award, indemnity to officers, directors and other corporate agents.
As permitted by Section 102(b)(7) of the DGCL, the Registrant's Certificate of Incorporation includes provisions that eliminate the personal liability of its directors and officers for monetary damages for breach of their fiduciary duty as a director, including breaches resulting from such director's grossly negligent behavior, except for
liability (a) for any breach of the director's duty of loyalty to the Registrant or its stockholders, (b) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (c) under Section 174 of the DGCL or (d) for any transaction from which the director derived any improper personal benefits.
In addition, as permitted by Section 145 of the DGCL, the Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws of the Registrant provide that:
·
The Registrant shall indemnify its directors and officers for serving the Registrant in those capacities or for serving other business enterprises at the Registrant's request, to the fullest extent permitted by Delaware law. Delaware law provides that a corporation may indemnify such person if such person acted in good faith and in a manner such person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Registrant and, with respect to any criminal proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe such person's conduct was unlawful.
·
The Registrant may, in its discretion, indemnify employees and agents in those circumstances where indemnification is permitted by applicable law.
·
The Registrant is required to advance expenses, as incurred, to its directors and officers in connection with defending a proceeding, except that such director or officer shall undertake to repay such advances if it is ultimately determined that such person is not entitled to indemnification.
·
The rights conferred in the Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws are not exclusive, and the Registrant is authorized to enter into indemnification agreements with its directors, officers, employees and agents and to obtain insurance to indemnify such persons.
·
The Registrant may not retroactively repeal or modify the Bylaw provisions to reduce its indemnification obligations to directors, officers, employees and agents.
The Registrant's policy is to maintain directors and officers insurance to insure such persons against certain liabilities.
These indemnification provisions may be sufficiently broad to permit indemnification of the Registrant's officers and directors for liabilities (including reimbursement of expenses incurred) arising under the Securities Act.
Item 8.  Exhibits.
See the Exhibit Index following the Signatures page in this Registration Statement, which such Exhibit Index is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9.  Undertakings.
(a)
The undersigned Registrant 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 of 1933;
(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 a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective Registration Statement;
(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) of this section 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 Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement.
(2)
That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, 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.
(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 undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) 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.
(h)
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant 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 Registrant 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 Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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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 Greenville, State of Wisconsin, on December 2, 2014.
SCHOOL SPECIALTY, INC.
(Registrant)
By:
/s/ Joseph M. Yorio
Joseph M. Yorio
President and Chief Executive Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Joseph M. Yorio and Kevin Baehler, and each of them, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and re-substitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments and/or supplements) to this Registration Statement on Form S-8 relating to the 2014 Incentive Plan of School Specialty, Inc., and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and any other regulatory authority, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and 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, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or their substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
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 date indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Joseph M. Yorio
Joseph M. Yorio
President and Chief Executive Officer,
Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
December 2, 2014
/s/ Ryan Bohr
Ryan Bohr
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial
Officer
(Principal Financial Officer)
December 2, 2014
/s/ Kevin Baehler
Kevin Baehler
Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting
Officer
(Principal Accounting Officer)
December 2, 2014
/s/ James R. Henderson
James R. Henderson
Chairman of the Board and Director
December 2, 2014
/s/ Justin Lu
Justin Lu
Director
December 2, 2014
SCHOOL SPECIALTY, INC.
(the "Registrant")
(Commission File No. 000-24385)
EXHIBIT INDEX
TO
REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-8
Exhibit
Number
Description
Incorporated Herein by Reference To
Filed Herewith
4.1
2014 Incentive Plan
Appendix A to the Registrant's Schedule 14A dated
July 28, 2014
5.1
Opinion of Godfrey & Kahn, S.C.
X
23.1
Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP
X
23.2
Consent of Godfrey & Kahn, S.C. (included in Exhibit 5.1)
X
24
Powers of Attorney
Contained in Signature Page to this Registration Statement