---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000945114-23-000009"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GIC"
cik: "0000945114"
company_name: "GLOBAL INDUSTRIAL Co"
filed_at: "2023-01-31T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-20T06:16:49.189858+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Director Lawrence Reinhold retires; Thomas Suozzi appointed to board

## Summary
- Lawrence Reinhold resigns as director effective January 30, 2023 due to retirement, no disagreement with company.
- Thomas Suozzi appointed as independent director effective January 30, 2023, serving on Nominating/Corporate Governance and Compensation Committees.
- Suozzi is former U.S. Representative (NY-3), Nassau County Executive, and senior advisor at Lazard; no related-party transactions.
- Board determined Suozzi qualifies as independent under NYSE and SEC rules, including compensation committee independence.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000945114-23-000009
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GIC
- cik: 0000945114
- company_name: GLOBAL INDUSTRIAL Co
- filed_at: 2023-01-31T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/945114/000094511423000009/0000945114-23-000009-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/945114/000094511423000009/gic-20230127.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000945114-23-000009.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Lawrence Reinhold resigned as Director at GLOBAL INDUSTRIAL Co.
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Director
  source text: On January 27, 2023, Mr. Lawrence Reinhold , a director of the Board of Directors of Global Industrial Company (the “Company”) notified the Company that he will resign from the Board of Directors effective as of January 30, 2023 on account of his retirement.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/945114/000094511423000009/0000945114-23-000009-index.htm
- Executive change
  Thomas Suozzi was appointed as Independent Director at GLOBAL INDUSTRIAL Co.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Independent Director
  source text: Effective January 30, 2023, the Company’s Board of Directors appointed Thomas Suozzi to serve as an independent member of the Board of Directors
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/945114/000094511423000009/0000945114-23-000009-index.htm

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