Document:

Joinder Agreement, dated May 28, 2010

 Exhibit 10.4 

Execution Copy 

JOINDER AGREEMENT 

Reference is made hereby to the Purchase Agreement dated May 18, 2010 (the “Agreement”), between OHCP HM Merger Sub Corp.
and the Initial Purchasers named therein. Unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Agreement and used herein shall have the meanings given such terms in the Agreement. 

Each of the undersigned hereby unconditionally and irrevocably expressly makes the representations made by the Company and the
Guarantors, as applicable, pursuant to the Agreement as of the date of the Agreement and on the Closing Date and assumes, confirms and agrees to perform and observe as the Company or a Guarantor, as applicable, the covenants, agreements, terms,
conditions, obligations, appointments, duties, promises and liabilities of the Company or a Guarantor under the Agreement, in each case, as if it were an original signatory thereto on the date hereof. 

This Joinder Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York with regard to conflict of
laws provisions thereof. 
 [signature page immediately follows] 

 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this Joinder Agreement this 28th day of
May, 2010. 
  

			
	THE HILLMAN GROUP, INC.
		
	By:	 	 /s/ James P. Waters

		 	Name: James P. Waters
		 	Title: Chief Financial Officer
	
	GUARANTORS:
	
	THE HILLMAN COMPANIES, INC.
	 HILLMAN INVESTMENT COMPANY

ALL POINTS INDUSTRIES, INC.
 SUNSUB C,
INC.

		
	By:	 	 /s/ James P. Waters

		 	Name: James P. Waters
		 	Title: Chief Financial Officer

  

 JOINDER AGREEMENTEmployment Letter with Max W. Hillman, Jr.

 Exhibit 10.5 

Max W. Hillman, Jr. 
 Dear Mick, 

Reference is made to (i) the Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”), dated as of April 21, 2010, by and among
The Hillman Companies, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Hillman”), OHCP HM Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation (the “Purchaser”), and certain other parties thereto, and (ii) your existing amended and
restated employment agreement with The Hillman Group, Inc. (the “Company”) dated December 21, 2008 (the “Employment Agreement”). Capitalized terms not otherwise defined in this letter agreement have the
meanings given to such terms in your Employment Agreement. 
 This letter serves to confirm that the consummation of the transactions
contemplated by the Merger Agreement (the “Merger”) will constitute a Change of Control of the Company and that following this Change of Control your Employment Agreement will remain in full force and effect and will remain
unchanged except as provided for in this letter agreement. 
  

	 	1.	Your Employment Agreement will have a new ‘Initial Term’ that will begin on the closing date of the Merger and continue until the third anniversary thereof.

  

	 	2.	Your Base Salary will continue to be $435,000 per annum or such higher rate as the Board may determine from time to time, and will be subject to an annual review by the
Board on or around January 31 of each year during the Employment Period. 

  

	 	3.	If at any time your Employment Period is terminated by the Company without Cause or you resign for Good Reason in accordance with the terms of your Employment
Agreement, the duration of your non-compete obligations pursuant to Section 7(a) of your Employment Agreement will be extended for an additional one year period (i.e. through the second anniversary of the date of termination), during which
period the Company will continue to make severance payments to you in substantially equal installments consistent with the Company’s payroll practices at the same annual rate as during the first year following termination of your Employment
Period as calculated in accordance with Section 4(d) of your Employment Agreement. You acknowledge that your sale of any securities of the Company and its subsidiaries in connection with the Merger constitutes additional consideration for your
non-compete obligations under your Employment Agreement, as extended by this letter agreement. 

  

	 	4.	If your Employment Period terminates for any reason prior to your reaching age 65, the Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to allow you to participate in
the Company’s group health coverage until you reach age 65, to the extent permitted by its insurers and under the same terms and conditions that generally apply to Company employees; provided that you pay all of the premiums and similar costs
and expenses for such coverage. 

 The miscellaneous provisions and governing law provisions set forth in your Employment Agreement shall apply
to this letter agreement. To the extend that a provision of this letter agreement conflicts with or differs from a provision of your Employment Agreement, such provision of this letter agreement shall prevail and govern for all purposes and in all
respects. 
 This letter agreement will automatically terminate without any action on the part of Hillman, the Company or any other person or
entity and be void ab initio if the Merger Agreement is terminated in accordance with its terms and neither the Company, the Purchaser nor any other person or entity shall have any liability to you under this letter agreement if the Merger is not
consummated. 
 If you are in agreement with the terms of this letter agreement, please sign below and return an executed copy to Mr. Rick
Hillman, c/o The Hillman Group, Inc., with a copy to Mr. Tyler Wolfram, c/o Oak Hill Capital Partners, via fax to (203) 724-2815 or e-mail to TWolfram@oakhillcapital.com. 

Your sincerely, 
  

			
	The Hillman Group, Inc.
	
	 /s/ James P. Waters

	Name:	 	James P. Waters
	Title:	 	CFO
	
	Agreed and Accepted:
	
	 /s/ Max W. Hillman, Jr.

	Name:	 	Max W. Hillman, Jr.Employment Letter with Richard P. Hillman

 Exhibit 10.6 

Richard P. Hillman 
 Dear Rick, 

Reference is made to (i) the Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”), dated as of April 21, 2010, by and among
The Hillman Companies, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Hillman”), OHCP HM Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation (the “Purchaser”), and certain other parties thereto, and (ii) your existing amended and
restated employment agreement with The Hillman Group, Inc. (the “Company”) dated December 21, 2008 (the “Employment Agreement”). Capitalized terms not otherwise defined in this letter agreement have the
meanings given to such terms in your Employment Agreement. 
 This letter serves to confirm that the consummation of the transactions
contemplated by the Merger Agreement (the “Merger”) will constitute a Change of Control of the Company and that following this Change of Control your Employment Agreement will remain in full force and effect and will remain
unchanged except as provided for in this letter agreement. 
  

	 	1.	Your Employment Agreement will have a new ‘Initial Term’ that will begin on the closing date of the Merger and continue until the first anniversary thereof.
Following completion of this Initial Term, your employment with the Company will continue for an additional one year period (the “Additional Term”). During the Additional Term you will devote 75% of your business time and attention
(except for permitted vacation periods and reasonable periods of illness or other incapacity) to the business and affairs of Hillman and its subsidiaries and the Company will provide you with a base salary equal to 75% of your Base Salary in effect
on the last date of the Initial Term. 

  

	 	2.	Your Base Salary will continue to be $298,000 per annum or such higher rate as the Board may determine from time to time, and will be subject to an annual review by the
Board on or around January 31 of each year during the Employment Period. 

  

	 	3.	If your Employment Period terminates for any reason prior to your reaching age 65, the Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to allow you to participate in
the Company’s group health coverage until you reach age 65, to the extent permitted by its insurers and under the same terms and conditions that generally apply to Company employees; provided that you pay all of the premiums and similar costs
and expenses for such coverage. 

 The miscellaneous provisions and governing law provisions set forth in your Employment
Agreement shall apply to this letter agreement. To the extend that a provision of this letter agreement conflicts with or differs from a provision of your Employment Agreement, such provision of this letter agreement shall prevail and govern for all
purposes and in all respects. 

 This letter agreement will automatically terminate without any action on the part of Hillman, the Company or
any other person or entity and be void ab initio if the Merger Agreement is terminated in accordance with its terms and neither the Company, the Purchaser nor any other person or entity shall have any liability to you under this letter agreement if
the Merger is not consummated. 
 If you are in agreement with the terms of this letter agreement, please sign below and return an executed copy
to Mr. Max Hillman, c/o The Hillman Group, Inc., with a copy to Mr. Tyler Wolfram, c/o Oak Hill Capital Partners, via fax to (203) 724-2815 or e-mail to TWolfram@oakhillcapital.com. 

Your sincerely, 
  

			
	The Hillman Group, Inc.
	
	 /s/ Max W. Hillman

	Name:	 	Max W. Hillman
	Title:	 	CEO
	
	Agreed and Accepted:
	
	 /s/ Richard P. Hillman

	Name:	 	Richard P. HillmanEmployment Letter with James P. Waters

 Exhibit 10.7 

James P. Waters 
 Dear Jim, 

Reference is made to (i) the Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”), dated as of April 21, 2010, by and among
The Hillman Companies, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Hillman”), OHCP HM Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation (the “Purchaser”), and certain other parties thereto, and (ii) your existing amended and
restated employment agreement with The Hillman Group, Inc. (the “Company”) dated December 21, 2008 (the “Employment Agreement”). Capitalized terms not otherwise defined in this letter agreement have the
meanings given to such terms in your Employment Agreement. 
 This letter serves to confirm that the consummation of the transactions
contemplated by the Merger Agreement (the “Merger”) will constitute a Change of Control of the Company and that following this Change of Control your Employment Agreement will remain in full force and effect and will remain
unchanged except as provided for in this letter agreement. 
  

	 	1.	Your Employment Agreement will have a new ‘Initial Term’ that will begin on the closing date of the Merger and continue until the third anniversary thereof.

  

	 	2.	Your Base Salary will continue to be $262,000 per annum or such higher rate as the Board may determine from time to time, and will be subject to an annual review by the
Board on or around January 31 of each year during the Employment Period. 

  

	 	3.	If at any time your Employment Period is terminated by the Company without Cause or you resign for Good Reason in accordance with the terms of your Employment
Agreement, the duration of your non-compete obligations pursuant to Section 7(a) of your Employment Agreement will be extended for an additional one year period (i.e. through the second anniversary of the date of termination), during which
period the Company will continue to make severance payments to you in substantially equal installments consistent with the Company’s payroll practices at the same annual rate as during the first year following termination of your Employment
Period as calculated in accordance with Section 4(d) of your Employment Agreement. You acknowledge that your sale of any securities of the Company and its subsidiaries in connection with the Merger constitutes additional consideration for your
non-compete obligations under your Employment Agreement, as extended by this letter agreement. 

 The miscellaneous provisions and
governing law provisions set forth in your Employment Agreement shall apply to this letter agreement. To the extend that a provision of this letter agreement conflicts with or differs from a provision of your Employment Agreement, such provision of
this letter agreement shall prevail and govern for all purposes and in all respects. 

 This letter agreement will automatically terminate without any action on the part of Hillman, the Company or
any other person or entity and be void ab initio if the Merger Agreement is terminated in accordance with its terms and neither the Company, the Purchaser nor any other person or entity shall have any liability to you under this letter agreement if
the Merger is not consummated. 
 If you are in agreement with the terms of this letter agreement, please sign below and return an executed copy
to Mr. Max Hillman, c/o The Hillman Group, Inc., with a copy to Mr. Tyler Wolfram, c/o Oak Hill Capital Partners, via fax to (203) 724-2815 or e-mail to TWolfram@oakhillcapital.com. 

Your sincerely, 
  

			
	The Hillman Group, Inc.
	
	 /s/ Max W. Hillman

	Name:	 	Max W. Hillman
	Title:	 	CEO
	
	Agreed and Accepted:
	
	 /s/ James P. Waters

	Name:	 	James P. Waters

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