As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 28, 2022

Registration Statement No. 333-

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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM S-8

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

ROLLINS, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

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2170 Piedmont Road, N.E. Atlanta, Georgia 30324

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

Rollins 401(k) Savings Plan

(Full title of the plan)

Elizabeth B. Chandler

Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

Atlanta, Georgia 30324

(404) 888-2000

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

Copies to:

B. Joseph Alley, Jr., Esq.

Leah D. Braukman, Esq.

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

171 17^th Street NW, Suite 2100

Atlanta, Georgia 30363

(404) 873-8500

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

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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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EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the “Registration Statement”) is filed by Rollins, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Rollins”, the “Registrant” or the “Company”), in connection with the merger of the Western Industries Retirement Savings Plan (the “Western Plan”) with and into the Rollins 401(k) Savings Plan (the “Plan”) effective November 1, 2022 (the “Plan Merger”). Pursuant to the terms of the Plan Merger, upon completion of the transactions contemplated thereby, 928,000 shares of common stock of the Company, $1.00 par value per share (the “Shares”), and an indeterminate amount of plan interests issuable to eligible employees of the Company, will be eliminated as an eligible investment option under the Western Plan and the Shares, and an indeterminate amount of plan interests issuable to eligible employees of the Company, will instead be offered as an eligible investment option under the Plan. This Registration Statement is being filed for the purpose of registering the Shares that may be issued to eligible employees of the Company under the Plan following the effective date of the Plan Merger. The Shares are in addition to those previously registered on Registration Statements on Form S-8 (File Nos. 33-26056, 33-47528 and 333-143692) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) for issuance pursuant to the Plan.

PART I

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS

The information specified in Items 1 and 2 of Part I of Form S-8 is omitted from this Registration Statement in accordance with the provisions of Rule 428 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and the introductory note to Part I of Form S-8. The documents containing the information specified in Part I of Form S-8 will be sent or given to the participants in the Plan covered by this Registration Statement, as required by Rule 428(b)(1) under the Securities Act. Such documents are not required to be, and are not, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) either as part of this Registration Statement or as a prospectus or prospectus supplement pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act.

PART II

Item 3.​ ​Incorporation of Documents by Reference.

The following documents filed with the Commission by the Company or the Plan are hereby incorporated by reference herein:

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All documents filed by the Registrant or the Plan pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), after the filing of this Registration Statement on Form S-8 (and prior to the filing of any post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which de-registers all securities remaining unsold), shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of the filing of such reports and documents.

Any statement contained in this Registration Statement, in an amendment hereto or in a document incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein, in any subsequently filed supplement to this Registration Statement or any document that is also 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 of this Registration Statement.

Item 4. Description of Securities.

Not applicable.

Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.

Not applicable.

Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

The Rollins’ bylaws provide that directors and officers shall be, and at the discretion of the board of directors, others serving at the request of Rollins may be, indemnified by Rollins to the fullest extent authorized by Delaware law, as it now exists or may in the future be amended, against all expenses and liabilities reasonably incurred in connection with service for or on behalf of Rollins and further require the advancing of expenses incurred in defending claims. The bylaws also provide that the right of directors and officers to indemnification shall not be exclusive of any other right now possessed or hereafter acquired under any bylaw, agreement, vote of stockholders or otherwise. The certificate of incorporation contains a provision permitted by Delaware law that generally eliminates the personal liability of directors to the Company or its stockholders for monetary damages for breaches of their fiduciary duty. This provision does not alter a director’s liability under the federal securities laws. In addition, this provision does not affect the availability of equitable remedies, such as an injunction or rescission, for breach of fiduciary duty.

The Delaware General Corporation Law (“DGCL”) currently requires Rollins to indemnify a director or officer for all expenses incurred by him or her (including attorney’s fees) when he or she is successful (on the merits or otherwise) in defense of any proceeding brought by reason of the fact that he or she is or was a director or officer of Rollins. In addition, with respect to all proceedings other than proceedings by or in the right of the corporation, Delaware law allows Rollins to indemnify a director or officer against expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement, even if the director or officer is not successful on the merits, if he or she:

A similar standard is applicable in the case of derivative actions, except that indemnification extends only to expenses, including attorneys’ fees, incurred in connection with the defense or settlement of such action, and the statute requires court approval before there can be any indemnification where the person seeking indemnification has been found liable to the corporation. The statute provides that it is not exclusive of other indemnification that may be granted by a

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corporation’s certificate of incorporation, as amended, by-laws, disinterested director vote, stockholder vote, agreement, or otherwise. In addition, certain of our employee benefit plans provide indemnification of directors and other agents against certain claims arising from administration of such plans. Rollins also maintains liability insurance for its directors and officers covering, subject to certain exceptions, any actual or alleged negligent act, error, omission, misstatement, misleading statement, neglect or breach of duty by such directors or officers, individually or collectively, in the discharge of their duties in their capacity as directors and officers of Rollins.

The limitation of liability and indemnification provisions described above may discourage lawsuits against directors for breaches of fiduciary duty. These provisions could reduce the likelihood of derivative litigation against directors and officers, even when such an action, if successful, might otherwise benefit us and/or our stockholders. In addition, stockholder investment may be adversely affected to the extent that we pay the costs of settlement and damage awards against directors and officers pursuant to these indemnification provisions.

Reference is made to Item 9(c) for our undertakings with respect to indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act.

Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.

Not applicable.

Item 8. Exhibits.

Pursuant to the instruction to Item 8 to Form S-8, no opinion of counsel as to the legality of the Shares registered with respect to the Plan is furnished because no original issuance securities are being registered.

Item 9. Undertakings.

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Provided, however, that paragraphs (1)(i) and (1)(ii) shall not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic 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.

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SIGNATURES

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The Registrant

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, 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 Atlanta, State of Georgia, on October 28, 2022.

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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated. Each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Gary W. Rollins and Elizabeth B. Chandler, and each of them individually, as such person’s true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent with full power of substitution for such person and in such person’s name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign and to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, any and all amendments and post-effective amendments to this Registration Statement, with exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as such person might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any substitute therefor, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue thereof.

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The Plan

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the trustees (or other persons who administer the employee benefit plan) have duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Atlanta, State of Georgia, on October 28, 2022.

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EXHIBIT INDEX

Pursuant to the instruction to Item 8 to Form S-8, no opinion of counsel as to the legality of the Shares registered with respect to the Plan is furnished because no original issuance securities are being registered.

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