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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000205402-26-000043"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0000205402"
company_name: "GRAYBAR ELECTRIC CO INC"
filed_at: "2026-09-10T20:18:03+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-09-10T20:19:05.030171+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Graybar SVP HR and Director Beverly Propst to retire Jan 1, 2027

## Summary
- Beverly L. Propst, Senior VP - Human Resources and director, announced retirement effective January 1, 2027.
- Propst joined Graybar in 2002 as Corporate Counsel; named VP HR in 2008, elected to board in 2009.
- No successor named in the September 10, 2026 press release.
- CEO Kathleen M. Mazzarella thanked Propst for contributions to employee-ownership culture.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000205402-26-000043
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0000205402
- company_name: GRAYBAR ELECTRIC CO INC
- filed_at: 2026-09-10T20:18:03+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/205402/000020540226000043/0000205402-26-000043-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/205402/000020540226000043/c402-20260910x8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000205402-26-000043
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000205402-26-000043.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000205402-26-000043.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Beverly L. Propst departed as Senior Vice President – Human Resources at GRAYBAR ELECTRIC CO INC.
  - Action: retire
  - Role: Senior Vice President – Human Resources
  source text: On September 10, 2026, Beverly L. Propst announced her intent to retire, effective January 1, 2027. Ms. Propst currently serves as Senior Vice President – Human Resources and as a director.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/205402/000020540226000043/0000205402-26-000043-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.