---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-22-133966"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DSGR"
cik: "0000703604"
company_name: "Distribution Solutions Group, Inc."
filed_at: "2022-04-29T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-26T02:52:08.467157+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Lawson Products appoints Chairman J. Bryan King as President and CEO, effective May 1, 2022

## Summary
- J. Bryan King, currently Chairman of the Board, will also serve as President and CEO starting May 1, 2022.
- Appointment made by Board on April 27, 2022; no new compensation arrangements were entered into.
- Additional biographical details incorporated by reference from prior Form 10-K/A filing.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-22-133966
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DSGR
- cik: 0000703604
- company_name: Distribution Solutions Group, Inc.
- filed_at: 2022-04-29T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/703604/000119312522133966/0001193125-22-133966-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/703604/000119312522133966/d341677d8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-22-133966.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  J. Bryan King was appointed as President and Chief Executive Officer at Distribution Solutions Group, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: President and Chief Executive Officer
  source text: On April 27, 2022, the Board of Directors of Lawson Products, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“ Lawson ”), appointed J. Bryan King (the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Lawson) to also serve as Lawson’s President and Chief Executive Officer, effective May 1, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/703604/000119312522133966/0001193125-22-133966-index.htm

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