---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001003078-22-000161"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MSM"
cik: "0001003078"
company_name: "MSC INDUSTRIAL DIRECT CO INC"
filed_at: "2022-12-05T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-21T09:22:21.081079+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# MSC Industrial elects Rahquel Purcell as independent director, expanding board to eight

## Summary
- Rahquel Purcell elected to board effective Dec. 1, 2022; board size increases from 7 to 8.
- Purcell will serve on Compensation and Nominating/Corporate Governance committees.
- She receives $90,000 annual retainer plus $125,000 annual RSU grant (50% vest 1yr, 50% 2yr).
- Purcell is Chief Transformation Officer, NA at L'Oréal with 30+ years supply chain experience.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001003078-22-000161
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MSM
- cik: 0001003078
- company_name: MSC INDUSTRIAL DIRECT CO INC
- filed_at: 2022-12-05T23:59:59+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/1003078/000100307822000161/0001003078-22-000161-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1003078/000100307822000161/msm-20221201x8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001003078-22-000161
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001003078-22-000161.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001003078-22-000161.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Rahquel Purcell was elected as Non-Executive Director at MSC INDUSTRIAL DIRECT CO INC.
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Non-Executive Director
  source text: On December 1, 2022, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc. (the “Company”) elected Rahquel Purcell to serve as a non-executive director, effective immediately, increasing the size of the Board from seven to eight members.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1003078/000100307822000161/0001003078-22-000161-index.htm

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