---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000945114-24-000042"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GIC"
cik: "0000945114"
company_name: "GLOBAL INDUSTRIAL Co"
filed_at: "2024-07-11T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T21:58:03.385706+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# CEO Barry Litwin resigns; Executive Chairman Richard Leeds named interim CEO effective Aug 9, 2024

## Summary
- Barry Litwin resigns as CEO and board member effective Aug 9, 2024 to pursue another opportunity; no disagreement with company.
- Richard B. Leeds, Executive Chairman, appointed interim CEO effective Aug 9, 2024; will receive no additional compensation.
- Leeds joined company in 1982, served as Chairman and CEO from 1995 to 2016, previously President of Industrial Products Group.
- Board will conduct a search for a permanent CEO to ensure a seamless transition.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000945114-24-000042
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GIC
- cik: 0000945114
- company_name: GLOBAL INDUSTRIAL Co
- filed_at: 2024-07-11T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/945114/000094511424000042/0000945114-24-000042-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/945114/000094511424000042/gic-20240710.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000945114-24-000042
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000945114-24-000042.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000945114-24-000042.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Richard B. Leeds was appointed as Chief Executive Officer (interim) at GLOBAL INDUSTRIAL Co.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Executive Officer (interim)
  source text: On July 10, 2024 , the Company’s Board of Directors appointed Mr. Richard B. Leeds, the Executive Chairman of the Board, to serve as Chief Executive Officer on an interim basis effective August 9, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/945114/000094511424000042/0000945114-24-000042-index.htm
- Executive change
  Barry Litwin departed as Chief Executive Officer at GLOBAL INDUSTRIAL Co.
  - Action: resigning
  - Role: Chief Executive Officer
  source text: On July 10, 2024 , Barry Litwin, Chief Executive Officer of Global Industrial Company (the “Company”), notified the Company that he was resigning as Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board of Directors of the Company effective August 9, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/945114/000094511424000042/0000945114-24-000042-index.htm

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