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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December&nbsp;23, 2009</B>
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<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>Registration No.&nbsp;333-</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Form&nbsp;S-8</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
UNDER<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Lawson Products, Inc.</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><I>(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)</I></DIV>


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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Delaware</B><BR>
(State or Other Jurisdiction of <BR>
Incorporation or Organization)
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>36-2229304</B><BR>
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>1666 East Touhy Avenue, Des Plaines, Illinois</B><BR>
<I>(Address of Principal Executive Offices)</I>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>60018</B><BR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Lawson Products, Inc.<BR>
2009 Equity Compensation Plan</B><BR>
<I>(Full Title of the Plan)</I></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Neil E. Jenkins<BR>
Executive Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel<BR>
Lawson Products, Inc.<BR>
1666 East Touhy Avenue<BR>
Des Plaines, Illinois 60018<BR>
Telephone: (847)&nbsp;827-9666</B><BR>
<I>(Name, Address and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)</I></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><I>Copies to:</I><BR>
<B>Thomas A. Monson<BR>
Jenner &#038; Block LLP<BR>
353 North Clark Street<BR>
Chicago, IL 60654-3456<BR>
(312)&nbsp;840-8611</B></DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">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&nbsp;12b-2 of
the Exchange Act.
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<TABLE width="100%" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: -3pt"><TR><TD>Large Accelerated filer&nbsp;<FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT></TD>
<TD align="center">Accelerated filer&nbsp;<FONT face="Wingdings">&#254;</FONT>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD align="center"><BR>Non-accelerated filer&nbsp;<FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT><BR>(Do not check if smaller reporting company)</TD>
<TD align="right">Smaller reporting company&nbsp;<FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>




<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Proposed maximum</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Title of securities</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Amount to be</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>offering price</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>aggregate offering</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>registered</B><SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top"><B>(1)</B></SUP></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>per share</B><SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top"><B>(2)</B></SUP></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>price</B><SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top"><B>(2)</B></SUP></TD>
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                    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Common Stock, par value $1.00 per share</DIV></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">500,000</TD>
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    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">8,155,000</TD>
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    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">581.45</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left">(1)</TD>
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    <TD>Pursuant to Rule&nbsp;416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;),
this Registration Statement also covers such indeterminable number of additional shares of the
Registrant&#146;s Common Stock as may become issuable to prevent dilution in the event of stock splits,
stock dividends or similar transactions.</TD>
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    <TD>Computed pursuant to Rules 457(c) and (h)&nbsp;promulgated under the Securities Act solely for the
purpose of calculating the registration fee based on the average of the high ($16.53) and low
($16.09) prices of the Registrant&#146;s Common Stock as reported on the NASDAQ Global Select Market on
December&nbsp;17, 2009.</TD>
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<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#000">PART I</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#001">Item&nbsp;1. Plan Information.*</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#002">Item&nbsp;2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.*</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#003">PART II</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#004">INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#005">Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#006">Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#007">Item&nbsp;5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#008">Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#009">Item&nbsp;7. Exemption From Registration Claimed.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#010">Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#011">Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#012">SIGNATURES</A></TD></TR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>PART I</B>
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<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</B>
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    <TD>The information called for in Part&nbsp;I of Form S-8 is not being filed with or included in this Form
S-8 (by incorporation, by reference or otherwise) in accordance with the rules and regulations of
the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;).</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following documents filed by the Registrant with the Commission pursuant to the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;), are hereby incorporated by reference into
this Registration Statement, with the exception of any documents or portion of such documents
deemed furnished but not filed pursuant to the Exchange Act:
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    <TD>The Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 2008,
initially filed with the Commission on March&nbsp;12, 2009, and amended on Form 10-K/A on April
29, 2009, which contains audited financial statements for the most recent fiscal year for
which the statements have been filed;</TD>
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    <TD>The Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q filed with the Commission on April&nbsp;30,
2009, July&nbsp;30, 2009 and October&nbsp;28, 2009;</TD>
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    <TD>The Registrant&#146;s Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on February&nbsp;19,
2009, April&nbsp;1, 2009, August&nbsp;3, 2009, August&nbsp;25, 2009, October&nbsp;8, 2009, October&nbsp;16, 2009,
October&nbsp;21, 2009, November&nbsp;13, 2009 and December&nbsp;10, 2009; and</TD>
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    <TD>The description of the Registrant&#146;s Common Stock, $1.00 par value per share, contained
in the Registrant&#146;s Form 8-B filed with the Commission on October&nbsp;15, 1987.</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In addition to the foregoing, all reports and documents subsequently filed by the Registrant
pursuant to Sections&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the date of this
Registration Statement, but, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that
all securities offered hereunder have been sold or which deregisters all securities offered then
remaining unsold, shall be deemed incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement and to
be a part hereof from the date of the filing of such documents.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Any statement, including financial statements, contained in a report or 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 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.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Under no circumstances will any information filed under current Items 2.02 or 7.01 of Form 8-K
be deemed incorporated herein by reference unless such Form 8-K expressly provides to the contrary.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;145 (&#147;Section&nbsp;145&#148;) of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, as may be
amended from time to time (the &#147;DGCL&#148;), provides that a Delaware corporation may indemnify any of
its directors or officers who was or is a party, or is threatened to be made a party, to any third
party proceeding (other than an action by or in the right of the corporation) by reason of the fact
that such person is or was a director or officer of the corporation, against expenses (including
attorneys&#146; fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred
by such person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding, 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 corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reason to
believe that such person&#146;s conduct was unlawful. In a derivative action, (i.e., one by or in the
right of a corporation) the corporation is permitted to indemnify directors and officers against
expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees) actually and reasonably incurred by them in connection with
the defense or settlement of an action or suit if they acted in good faith and in a manner that
they reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, except
that no indemnification shall be made if such person shall have been adjudged liable to the
corporation, unless and only to the extent that the court in which the action or suit was brought
shall determine upon application that the defendant directors or officers are fairly and reasonably
entitled to indemnity for such expenses despite such adjudication of liability.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the DGCL, if a present or former director or officer of a corporation has been
successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any action, suit or proceeding, such person
must be indemnified against expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees) actually and reasonably incurred
by such person in connection therewith.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Any indemnification under Section&nbsp;145 shall be made by the corporation only if it has been
determined that the person has met the applicable standard of conduct. Such determination shall be
made (1)&nbsp;by a majority vote of the directors who are not parties to such action, suit or
proceeding, even though less than a quorum, (2)&nbsp;by a committee of such directors designated by
majority vote of such directors, even though less than a quorum, (3)&nbsp;if there are no such
directors, or if such directors so direct, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion, or
(4)&nbsp;by the stockholders.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Expenses, including attorneys&#146; fees, incurred by any such person in defending any such action,
suit or proceeding may be paid or reimbursed by the corporation in advance of the final disposition
of such action, suit or proceeding upon receipt by it of an undertaking of such person to repay
such expenses if it shall ultimately be determined that such person is not entitled to be
indemnified by the corporation.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;145 further authorizes a corporation to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of
any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was
serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another
corporation or enterprise, against any liability asserted against such person and incurred by him
or her in any such capacity, arising out of his or her status as such, whether or not the
corporation would otherwise have the power to indemnify him or her under Section&nbsp;145.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Registrant&#146;s certificate of incorporation authorizes the board of directors to provide
indemnification and insurance to the full extent not inconsistent with Delaware or other law. In
addition, as permitted by the DGCL, the Registrant&#146;s certificate of incorporation provides that
none of its directors will be personally liable to it or its stockholders for monetary damages for
breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except to the extent such exemption from liability or
limitation thereof is not permitted under the DGCL.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Registrant&#146;s amended and restated by-laws provide that the Registrant shall indemnify all
of its respective current and former directors and current or former officers to the fullest extent
permitted by the DGCL.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Registrant maintains indemnification agreements with its directors and officers to
indemnify them against liabilities which may arise by reason of their status or service as a
director or officer. The Registrant also maintains director and officer liability insurance.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>A. </B>The Registrant hereby undertakes:
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective
amendment to this Registration Statement:
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 4%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) to include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 4%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii) to reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date
of this Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment hereof) which,
individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth
in this 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&nbsp;percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the
&#147;Calculation of Registration Fee&#148; table in the effective Registration Statement; and
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 4%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii) to include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not
previously disclosed in this Registration Statement or any material change to such
information in this Registration Statement;
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 4%">provided, however, that the undertakings set forth in paragraphs (i)&nbsp;and (ii)&nbsp;above 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&nbsp;13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by
reference in this Registration Statement;
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(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 <I>bona fide </I>offering thereof; and
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(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.
</DIV>
<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>B. </B>That, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the
Registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and where
applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of
the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in this 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 <I>bona fide </I>offering thereof.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>C. </B>Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act 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 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 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
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">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 Securities Act and will be governed by the final
adjudication of such issue.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, 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 Des Plaines, State of Illinois on this December&nbsp;23, 2009.
</DIV>

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<TR>
    <TD width="48%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">LAWSON PRODUCTS, INC.<BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ <FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">Neil E. Jenkins</FONT>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left"><B>Neil E. Jenkins</B>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Executive Vice President, Secretary and<BR>
General Counsel&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY</B>
</DIV>



<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Each person whose individual signature appears below hereby authorizes Thomas J. Neri and Neil
E. Jenkins, and each of them, with full power of substitution and full power to act without the
other, as his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent to act for him or her 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 to file this Registration Statement,
with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Commission,
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 order to effectuate
the same 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-facts and agents, or any of them, may lawfully
do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been
signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.
</DIV>
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    <TD width="40%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="14%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Signature</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Title</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Date</B></TD>
</TR>

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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ <FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">thomas j. neri</FONT>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
<B>Thomas J. Neri</B>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">President and Chief Executive Officer, Director&nbsp;&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">December&nbsp;23, 2009</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ <FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">ron knutson </FONT>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
<B>Ron Knutson</B>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer&nbsp;&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top" nowrap>December&nbsp;23, 2009</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ <FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">andrew b. albert</FONT>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
<B>Andrew B. Albert</B>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">December&nbsp;23, 2009</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ <FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">i. steven edelson</FONT>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
<B>I. Steven Edelson</B>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">December&nbsp;23, 2009</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ <FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">james s. errant </FONT>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
<B>James S. Errant</B>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">December&nbsp;23, 2009</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ <FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">lee s. hillman </FONT>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
<B>Lee S. Hillman</B>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">December&nbsp;23, 2009</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ <FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">ronald b. port, m.d. </FONT>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
<B>Ronald B. Port, M.D.</B>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Chairman of the Board&nbsp;&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">December&nbsp;23, 2009</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ <FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">thomas s. postek</FONT>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
<B>Thomas S. Postek</B>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">December&nbsp;23, 2009</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ <FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">robert g. rettig</FONT>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
<B>Robert G. Rettig</B>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">December&nbsp;23, 2009</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ <FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">wilma j. smlecer</FONT>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
<B>Wilma J. Smlecer</B>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">December&nbsp;23, 2009</TD>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top">4.1</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Specimen Common Stock Certificate*</DIV></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">5.1</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Opinion of Jenner &#038; Block LLP*</DIV></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">23.1</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Consent of Jenner &#038; Block LLP (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1 hereto)</DIV></TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">23.2</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Consent of Ernst &#038; Young LLP*</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">24.1</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Power of Attorney (included on signature page to this
Registration Statement)</DIV></TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">99.1</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Lawson Products, Inc. 2009 Equity Compensation Plan
(incorporated by reference to Appendix&nbsp;A to the Proxy
Statement for the 2009 Annual Meeting of Stockholders filed
November&nbsp;4, 2009)</DIV></TD>
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Table of Contents
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 23, 2009
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Form S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
Lawson Products, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
Delaware
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or Organization)
36-2229304
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
1666 East Touhy Avenue, Des Plaines, Illinois
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
60018
(Zip Code)
Lawson Products, Inc.
2009 Equity Compensation Plan
(Full Title of the Plan)
Neil E. Jenkins
Executive Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel
Lawson Products, Inc.
1666 East Touhy Avenue
Des Plaines, Illinois 60018
Telephone: (847) 827-9666
(Name, Address and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)
Copies to:
Thomas A. Monson
Jenner & Block LLP
353 North Clark Street
Chicago, IL 60654-3456
(312) 840-8611
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.
Large Accelerated filer
o
Accelerated filer
þ
Non-accelerated filer
o
(Do not check if smaller reporting company)
Smaller reporting company
o
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed maximum
Proposed maximum
Title of securities
Amount to be
offering price
aggregate offering
Amount of
to be registered
registered
(1)
per share
(2)
price
(2)
registration fee
Common Stock, par value $1.00 per share
500,000
$
16.31
$
8,155,000
$
581.45
(1)
Pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"),
this Registration Statement also covers such indeterminable number of additional shares of the
Registrant's Common Stock as may become issuable to prevent dilution in the event of stock splits,
stock dividends or similar transactions.
(2)
Computed pursuant to Rules 457(c) and (h) promulgated under the Securities Act solely for the
purpose of calculating the registration fee based on the average of the high ($16.53) and low
($16.09) prices of the Registrant's Common Stock as reported on the NASDAQ Global Select Market on
December 17, 2009.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PART I
Item 1. Plan Information.*
Item 2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.*
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
Item 4. Description of Securities.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Item 7. Exemption From Registration Claimed.
Item 8. Exhibits.
Item 9. Undertakings.
SIGNATURES
EXHIBIT INDEX
EX-4.1
EX-5.1
EX-23.2
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PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
Item 1. Plan Information.*
Item 2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.*
*
The information called for in Part I of Form S-8 is not being filed with or included in this Form
S-8 (by incorporation, by reference or otherwise) in accordance with the rules and regulations of
the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission").
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents filed by the Registrant with the Commission pursuant to the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), are hereby incorporated by reference into
this Registration Statement, with the exception of any documents or portion of such documents
deemed furnished but not filed pursuant to the Exchange Act:
•
The Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008,
initially filed with the Commission on March 12, 2009, and amended on Form 10-K/A on April
29, 2009, which contains audited financial statements for the most recent fiscal year for
which the statements have been filed;
•
The Registrant's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q filed with the Commission on April 30,
2009, July 30, 2009 and October 28, 2009;
•
The Registrant's Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on February 19,
2009, April 1, 2009, August 3, 2009, August 25, 2009, October 8, 2009, October 16, 2009,
October 21, 2009, November 13, 2009 and December 10, 2009; and
•
The description of the Registrant's Common Stock, $1.00 par value per share, contained
in the Registrant's Form 8-B filed with the Commission on October 15, 1987.
In addition to the foregoing, all reports and documents subsequently filed by the Registrant
pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the date of this
Registration Statement, but, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that
all securities offered hereunder have been sold or which deregisters all securities offered then
remaining unsold, shall be deemed incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement and to
be a part hereof from the date of the filing of such documents.
Any statement, including financial statements, contained in a report or 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 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.
Under no circumstances will any information filed under current Items 2.02 or 7.01 of Form 8-K
be deemed incorporated herein by reference unless such Form 8-K expressly provides to the contrary.
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Item 4. Description of Securities.
Not applicable.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Not applicable.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Section 145 ("Section 145") of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, as may be
amended from time to time (the "DGCL"), provides that a Delaware corporation may indemnify any of
its directors or officers who was or is a party, or is threatened to be made a party, to any third
party proceeding (other than an action by or in the right of the corporation) by reason of the fact
that such person is or was a director or officer of the corporation, against expenses (including
attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred
by such person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding, 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 corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reason to
believe that such person's conduct was unlawful. In a derivative action, (i.e., one by or in the
right of a corporation) the corporation is permitted to indemnify directors and officers against
expenses (including attorneys' fees) actually and reasonably incurred by them in connection with
the defense or settlement of an action or suit if they acted in good faith and in a manner that
they reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, except
that no indemnification shall be made if such person shall have been adjudged liable to the
corporation, unless and only to the extent that the court in which the action or suit was brought
shall determine upon application that the defendant directors or officers are fairly and reasonably
entitled to indemnity for such expenses despite such adjudication of liability.
Pursuant to the DGCL, if a present or former director or officer of a corporation has been
successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any action, suit or proceeding, such person
must be indemnified against expenses (including attorneys' fees) actually and reasonably incurred
by such person in connection therewith.
Any indemnification under Section 145 shall be made by the corporation only if it has been
determined that the person has met the applicable standard of conduct. Such determination shall be
made (1) by a majority vote of the directors who are not parties to such action, suit or
proceeding, even though less than a quorum, (2) by a committee of such directors designated by
majority vote of such directors, even though less than a quorum, (3) if there are no such
directors, or if such directors so direct, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion, or
(4) by the stockholders.
Expenses, including attorneys' fees, incurred by any such person in defending any such action,
suit or proceeding may be paid or reimbursed by the corporation in advance of the final disposition
of such action, suit or proceeding upon receipt by it of an undertaking of such person to repay
such expenses if it shall ultimately be determined that such person is not entitled to be
indemnified by the corporation.
Section 145 further authorizes a corporation to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of
any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was
serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another
corporation or enterprise, against any liability asserted against such person and incurred by him
or her in any such capacity, arising out of his or her status as such, whether or not the
corporation would otherwise have the power to indemnify him or her under Section 145.
The Registrant's certificate of incorporation authorizes the board of directors to provide
indemnification and insurance to the full extent not inconsistent with Delaware or other law. In
addition, as permitted by the DGCL, the Registrant's certificate of incorporation provides that
none of its directors will be personally liable to it or its stockholders for monetary damages for
breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except to the extent such exemption from liability or
limitation thereof is not permitted under the DGCL.
The Registrant's amended and restated by-laws provide that the Registrant shall indemnify all
of its respective current and former directors and current or former officers to the fullest extent
permitted by the DGCL.
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The Registrant maintains indemnification agreements with its directors and officers to
indemnify them against liabilities which may arise by reason of their status or service as a
director or officer. The Registrant also maintains director and officer liability insurance.
Item 7. Exemption From Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits.
See Index to Exhibits.
Item 9. Undertakings.
A.
The 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;
(ii) to reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date
of this Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment hereof) which,
individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth
in this 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 percent 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 this Registration Statement or any material change to such
information in this Registration Statement;
provided, however, that the undertakings set forth in paragraphs (i) and (ii) above 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 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by
reference in this 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.
That, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the
Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 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 this 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 Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions,
or otherwise, the Registrant 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 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
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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 Securities 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, 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 Des Plaines, State of Illinois on this December 23, 2009.
LAWSON PRODUCTS, INC.
By:
/s/
Neil E. Jenkins
Neil E. Jenkins
Executive Vice President, Secretary and
General Counsel
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each person whose individual signature appears below hereby authorizes Thomas J. Neri and Neil
E. Jenkins, and each of them, with full power of substitution and full power to act without the
other, as his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent to act for him or her 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 to file this Registration Statement,
with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Commission,
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 order to effectuate
the same 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-facts and agents, or any of them, may lawfully
do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been
signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/
thomas j. neri
Thomas J. Neri
President and Chief Executive Officer, Director
December 23, 2009
/s/
ron knutson
Ron Knutson
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
December 23, 2009
/s/
andrew b. albert
Andrew B. Albert
Director
December 23, 2009
/s/
i. steven edelson
I. Steven Edelson
Director
December 23, 2009
/s/
james s. errant
James S. Errant
Director
December 23, 2009
/s/
lee s. hillman
Lee S. Hillman
Director
December 23, 2009
/s/
ronald b. port, m.d.
Ronald B. Port, M.D.
Chairman of the Board
December 23, 2009
/s/
thomas s. postek
Thomas S. Postek
Director
December 23, 2009
/s/
robert g. rettig
Robert G. Rettig
Director
December 23, 2009
/s/
wilma j. smlecer
Wilma J. Smlecer
Director
December 23, 2009
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit No.
4.1
Specimen Common Stock Certificate*
5.1
Opinion of Jenner & Block LLP*
23.1
Consent of Jenner & Block LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1 hereto)
23.2
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP*
24.1
Power of Attorney (included on signature page to this
Registration Statement)
99.1
Lawson Products, Inc. 2009 Equity Compensation Plan
(incorporated by reference to Appendix A to the Proxy
Statement for the 2009 Annual Meeting of Stockholders filed
November 4, 2009)
*
Filed herewith.
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