---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-22-100369"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DSGR"
cik: "0000703604"
company_name: "Distribution Solutions Group, Inc."
filed_at: "2022-04-08T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-26T08:36:00.390982+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# CEO Michael DeCata to retire May 1; no successor named

## Summary
- DeCata resigns as CEO of Lawson Products Operating Company effective April 4, remains CEO of Parent until May 1.
- Retirement and Consulting Agreement signed: consulting role from May 1, 2022 through May 1, 2026 at $600,000/year.
- All outstanding restricted stock units will accelerate vesting as of May 1, 2022.
- Company has not announced a replacement for CEO; search presumably underway.
- DeCata will provide consulting services for orderly transition, up to ~350 hours/year.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-22-100369
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DSGR
- cik: 0000703604
- company_name: Distribution Solutions Group, Inc.
- filed_at: 2022-04-08T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/703604/000119312522100369/0001193125-22-100369-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/703604/000119312522100369/d356430d8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-22-100369.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Michael G. DeCata retired as President and Chief Executive Officer at Distribution Solutions Group, Inc..
  - Action: retired
  - Role: President and Chief Executive Officer
  source text: On April 4, 2022, Mr. DeCata entered into an agreement pursuant to which he agreed to retire from his positions as President and Chief Executive Officer and as a member of the Board of Directors of Lawson Products, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“ Parent ”), on May 1, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/703604/000119312522100369/0001193125-22-100369-index.htm

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