# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0001026655
**File Stem:** 0001026655-26-000035
**Filing Date:** 2026-5
**Character Count:** 21770
**Document Hash:** cbcf9f74d6d6e702404acac65493ee72
**Contains OCR:** False
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0001026655-26-000035.hdr.sgml**: 20260622

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001026655-26-000035

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: S-8

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 19

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20260520

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20260520

**EFFECTIVENESS DATE**: 20260520

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** CORE MOLDING TECHNOLOGIES INC
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0001026655
- **STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:** PLASTICS PRODUCTS, NEC [3089]
- **ORGANIZATION NAME:** 08 Industrial Applications and Services
- **EIN:** 311481870
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** DE
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1231

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** S-8
- **SEC ACT:** 1933 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 333-296072
- **FILM NUMBER:** 261004711

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 800 MANOR PARK DRIVE
- **STREET 2:** P O BOX 28183
- **CITY:** COLUMBUS
- **STATE:** OH
- **ZIP:** 43228
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 8006666960

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 800 MANOR PARK DR
- **STREET 2:** P O BOX 28183
- **CITY:** COLUMBUS
- **STATE:** OH
- **ZIP:** 43228

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** CORE MATERIALS CORP
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 19961107

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1104747075\2\AMERICAS As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 20, 2026 Registration No. 333- UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 FORM S-8 REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 Core Molding Technologies, Inc. (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter) Delaware 31-1481870 (State or Other Jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer Incorporation or Organization) Identification No.) 800 Manor Park Drive, Columbus, Ohio 43228-0183 (Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code) Core Molding Technologies, Inc. 2021 Long-Term Equity Incentive Plan (Full Title of the Plan) Alex J. Panda Executive Vice President, Treasurer, Secretary and Chief Financial Officer 800 Manor Park Drive Columbus, OH 43228-0183 (614) 870-5000 (Name, Address and Telephone of Agent for Service) Copies to: Aaron A. Seamon, Esq. Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP 41 South High Street, Suite 2000 Columbus, OH 43215 (614) 365-2700 Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer," "smaller reporting company," and "emerging growth company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. Large accelerated filer ☐ Accelerated filer ☒ Non-accelerated filer ☐ Smaller reporting company ☒ Emerging Growth Company ☐ If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. ☐

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;EXPLANATORY STATEMENT Core Molding Technologies, Inc. (the "Registrant" or the "Company") hereby files this Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the "Registration Statement") to register an additional 175,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company for issuance under the Second Amendment and an additional 685,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company for issuance under the Third Amendment (collectively, the "Common Stock") to the Core Molding Technologies, Inc. 2021 Long-Term Equity Incentive Plan, as amended by the First Amendment to the Core Molding Technologies, Inc. 2021 Long-Term Equity Incentive Plan (the "Amended Incentive Plan") for which previously filed registration statements on Form S-8 relating to the Amended Incentive Plan are effective. Pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8, this Registration Statement incorporates by reference the contents of the previously filed Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration No. 333-281428) filed by the Registrant on August 9, 2024 and the previously filed Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration No. 333-272545) filed by the Registrant on June 9, 2023, including all attachments and exhibits thereto, except to the extent supplemented, amended or superseded by the information set forth herein or therein. PART II INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference. The following documents filed with the Commission by the Company pursuant to the Securities Act and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended the ("Exchange Act"), are hereby incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement: (1) The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-Ks for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2025, as filed with the Commission on March 10, 2026 (File No. 001-12505); (1) The Company's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2026, as filed with the Commission on May 7, 2026 (File No. 001-12505); (3) The Company's Current Reports on Form 8-K, as filed with the Commission on February 17, 2026, March 11, 2026 and May 15, 2026; and (4) The description of the Company's Common Stock set forth in the Company's Form S-4 as filed with the Commission on November 8, 1996, as updated by Exhibit 4 to the Company's Form 10-K (File No. 001- 12505) as filed with the Commission on March 10, 2026 pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act, including all other amendments and reports filed for the purpose of updating such description. All documents that the Company subsequently files pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the date of this Registration Statement (except for any portions of the Company's Current Reports on Form 8-K furnished pursuant to Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 thereof and any corresponding exhibits thereto not filed with Commission), and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement indicating that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of 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 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. Item 8. Exhibits. Exhibit No. Description 4.1 Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Core Molding Technologies, Inc. as filed with the Secretary of State of Delaware on May 29, 2024 (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration No. 333-281428) filed by the Registrant on August 9, 2024)

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;4.2 Amended and Restated By-Laws of Core Molding Technologies, Inc. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on January 4, 2008) 4.3 Amendment No. 1 to the Amended and Restated By- Laws of Core Molding Technologies, Inc. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on December 17, 2013) 5.1\* Opinion of Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP 23.1\* Consent of Crowe LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm 23.2\* Consent of Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1) 24.1\* Power of Attorney of Core Molding Technologies, Inc. 99.1 Core Molding Technologies, Inc. 2021 Long-Term Equity Incentive Plan (Incorporated by reference to Appendix A to the Company's Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed with the Commission on April 7, 2021) 99.2 First Amendment to the Core Molding Technologies, Inc. 2021 Long-Term Equity Incentive Plan (Incorporated by reference to Appendix B to the Company's Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed with the Commission on April 11, 2024) 99.3 Second Amendment to the Core Molding Technologies, Inc. 2021 Long-Term Equity Incentive Plan (Incorporated by reference to Appendix A to the Company's Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed with the Commission on April 4, 2025) 99.4 Third Amendment to the Core Molding Technologies, Inc. 2021 Long-Term Equity Incentive Plan (Incorporated by reference to Appendix A to the Company's Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed with the Commission on April 6, 2026) 107\* Filing Fee Table \* Filed herewith.

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;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 Columbus, State of Ohio, on this 20th day of May, 2026. CORE MOLDING TECHNOLOGIES, INC. By: /s/ Alex J. Panda Alex J. Panda Executive Vice President, Treasurer, Secretary and Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this report has been signed below by the following persons in their indicated capacities, on this 20th day of May, 2026. Signature Title Date \* President, Chief Executive Officer and Director (Principal Executive Officer) May 20, 2026 David L. Duvall /s/ Alex J. Panda Executive Vice President, Treasurer, Secretary and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer) May 20, 2026 Alex J. Panda \* Director, Chairman of the Board May 20, 2026 Thomas R. Cellitti \* Director May 20, 2026 Ralph O. Hellmold \* Director May 20, 2026 Matthew E. Jauchius \* Director May 20, 2026 Sandra L. Kowaleski \* Director May 20, 2026 Salvador Miñarro-Villalobos \* Director May 20, 2026 Andrew O. Smith \* The undersigned, by signing his name hereto, does hereby sign this report on behalf of each of the above-indicated directors and officers of the registrant pursuant to powers of attorney executed by such directors. By: /s/ Alex J. Panda Alex J. Panda, Attorney-in-fact

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## Ex-Filing

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**EXHIBIT 107**

**Calculation of Filing Fee Table** 

**Form S-8**

(Form Type)

**Core Molding Technologies, Inc.**

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

<u>Table 1: Newly Registered Securities</u> 

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| Security Type | Security Class Title | Fee Calculation Rule | Amount Registered(1) | Proposed Maximum Aggregate Offering Price Per Share | Maximum Aggregate Offering Price | Fee Rate | Amount of registration fee |
| Equity | Common Stock, par value $0.01 | Other | 860000(2) | $24.55(3) | $21113000(3) | $0.0001381 | $2916(3) |
| Total Offering Amounts | Total Offering Amounts | Total Offering Amounts | Total Offering Amounts |  | $21113000 | - | $2916 |
| Total Fee Offsets | Total Fee Offsets | Total Fee Offsets | Total Fee Offsets |  |  |  | - |
| Net Fee Due | Net Fee Due | Net Fee Due | Net Fee Due |  |  |  | $2916 |

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(1) Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), this Registration Statement also covers an indeterminate number of additional shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share ("Common Stock"), of Core Molding Technologies, Inc. (the "Company" or the "Registrant"), which may be offered and issued under the Second Amendment to the Core Molding Technologies, Inc. 2021 Long-Term Equity Incentive Plan, as amended (the "Incentive Plan"), as a result of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or other similar transactions.

(2) Consists of (i) 175,000 shares of Common Stock reserved for issuance under the Incentive Plan in connection with the Company's stockholders approval of the Second Amendment to the Incentive Plan at the 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders on May 17, 2025, and (ii) 685,000 shares of Common Stock reserved for issuance under the Incentive Plan in connection with the Company's stockholders approval of the Third Amendment to the Incentive Plan at the 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders on May 14, 2026.

(3) Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee in accordance with Rule 457(c) and Rule 457(h) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, based on the average of the high ($25.20) and low ($23.90) sales prices per share of the Common Stock as reported on the NYSE American on May 15, 2026.

## Exhibit 5.1

**EXHIBIT 5.1**

Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP

2000 Huntington Center

41 South High Street

Columbus, Ohio 43215

O +1 614 365 2700

F +1 614 365 2499

squirepattonboggs.com

![imagea.jpg](imagea.jpg)

May 20, 2026

Core Molding Technologies, Inc.

800 Manor Park Drive

Columbus, OH 43228-0183

**Re: Registration Statement on Form S-8** 

Ladies and Gentlemen,

We have acted as counsel to Core Molding Technologies, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), in connection with the preparation and filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission"), pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), of a registration statement on Form S-8 (the "Registration Statement"), relating to the registration of 175,000 and 685,000 shares of the Company's common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the "Shares") reserved for issuance pursuant to the Second Amendment and Third Amendment, respectively, to the Core Molding Technologies, Inc. 2021 Long-Term Equity Incentive Plan, as amended (the "Incentive Plan").

As such counsel and for purposes of our opinion set forth below, we have examined originals or copies, certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction, of the Incentive Plan and other such documents, resolutions, certificates and instruments of the Company and corporate records furnished to us by the Company, certificates of public officials, statutes, records and such other instruments and documents as we have deemed necessary or appropriate as a basis for the opinion set forth below. In addition to the foregoing, we have made such investigations of law and fact as we have deemed necessary or appropriate as a basis for the opinion set forth herein.

In such examination and in rendering the opinion expressed below, we have assumed, without independent investigation or verification: (i) the genuineness of all signatures on all agreements, instruments, corporate records, certificates and other documents submitted to us, (ii) the legal capacity and authority of all persons or entities (other than the Company) executing all agreements, instruments, corporate records, certificates and other documents submitted to us, (iii) the authenticity and completeness of all agreements, instruments, corporate records, certificates and other documents submitted to us as originals, (iv) that all agreements, instruments, corporate records, certificates and other documents submitted to us as certified, electronic, facsimile, conformed, photostatic or other copies conform to authentic originals thereof, and that such originals are authentic and complete, (v) the due authorization, execution and delivery of all agreements, instruments, certificates and other documents by all parties thereto (other than the Company), (vi) that the statements contained in the certificates and comparable documents of public officials, officers and representatives of the Company and other persons on which we have relied for the purposes of this opinion set forth below are true and correct, and (vii) that the officers and directors of the Company have properly exercised their fiduciary duties. As to all questions of fact material to the opinion and as to the materiality of any fact or other matter referred to herein, we have relied (without independent investigation) upon representations and certificates or comparable documents of officers and representatives of the Company.

Based upon the foregoing, and in reliance thereon, and subject to the limitations, qualifications and exceptions set forth herein, we are of the opinion that the Shares pursuant to the Incentive Plan have been duly authorized by the Company and, when issued or sold in accordance with the Registration Statement and in accordance with the Incentive Plan, will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.

Without limiting any of the other limitations, exceptions and qualifications stated elsewhere herein, we express no opinion with regard to the applicability or effect of the law of any jurisdiction other than, as in effect as of the date of this letter, the Delaware General Corporation Law, the applicable provisions of the Delaware Constitution and reported judicial decisions interpreting these laws.

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This opinion letter deals only with the specified legal issues expressly addressed herein, and you should not infer any opinion that is not explicitly stated herein from any matter addressed in this opinion letter. This opinion is given as of the effective date of the Registration Statement, and we assume no obligation to update or supplement the opinions contained herein to reflect any facts or circumstances which may hereafter come to our attention or any changes in laws which may hereafter occur.

We consent to the filing of this opinion letter as Exhibit 5.1 to the Registration Statement. In giving this consent, we do not admit that we are within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act or the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder.

Very truly yours,

/s/ SQUIRE PATTON BOGGS (US) LLP

## Exhibit 23.1

**Exhibit 23.1**

**CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM**

We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on Form S-8 of Core Molding Technologies, Inc. and Subsidiaries of our report dated March 10, 2026 relating to the consolidated financial statements and effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting appearing in the Annual Report on Form 10-K of Core Molding Technologies, Inc. and Subsidiaries for the year ended December 31, 2025.

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Dallas, Texas

May 20, 2026

## Exhibit 24.1

**EXHIBIT 24.1**

**<u>POWER OF ATTORNEY</u>**

Each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Alex J. Panda, the true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent of the undersigned, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for and in the name, place and stead of the undersigned, in any and all capacities, to sign one or more Registration Statements on Form S-8 of Core Molding Technologies, Inc., and any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) thereto, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and all other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and hereby grants to such attorney-in-fact and agent, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and anything necessary to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent, or his substitute, or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Power of Attorney has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on May 20, 2026.

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|:---|:---|
| **<u>Signature</u>** | **<u>Title</u>** |
| <br>/s/ David L. Duvall | President, Chief Executive Officer and Director (Principal Executive Officer) |
| David L. Duvall | |
| <br>/s/ Alex J. Panda | Executive Vice President, Treasurer, Secretary and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer) |
| Alex J. Panda | |
| <br>/s/ Thomas R. Cellitti | Director, Chairman of the Board |
| Thomas R. Cellitti | |
| /s/ Ralph O. Hellmold | Director |
| Ralph O. Hellmold | |
| /s/ Matthew E. Jauchius | Director |
| Matthew E. Jauchius | |
| /s/ Sandra L. Kowaleski | Director |
| Sandra L. Kowaleski | |
| /s/ Salvador Miñarro-Villalobos | Director |
| Salvador Miñarro-Villalobos | |
| /s/ Andrew O. Smith | Director |
| Andrew O. Smith | |

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