{"schema_version":"secwatch.filing_event.v1","accession":"0001193125-26-421808","form_type":"8-K","ticker":"DSGR","cik":"0000703604","company_name":"Distribution Solutions Group, Inc.","filed_at":"2026-10-14T21:15:13+00:00","discovered_at":"2026-10-14T21:16:00.156684+00:00","generated_at":"2026-10-14T21:16:06.704189+00:00","sec_items":["8.01","9.01"],"event_type":"m_and_a","sentiment":"positive","materiality_score":0.6,"calibrated_materiality_score":0.6,"confidence":"high","headline":"DSG's Lawson Products to buy GradeEight Holdings for ~$145M, adding Winzer MRO and 270+ franchisees","bullets":["Lawson Products, a DSG subsidiary, signed a merger agreement Oct 12 to buy GradeEight Holdings for ~$145M, funded by cash and DSG's $400M revolver; no financing condition.","GradeEight runs Winzer (founded 1978), an MRO distributor with 270+ franchisees, ~12,000 customers and 65,000+ SKUs across all 50 states, plus FastServ Supply's 8 stores in TX and AR.","GradeEight generates approximately $110M in annual sales and is expected to be accretive to DSG's Adjusted EBITDA margins on a go-forward basis.","Deal expected to close in Q4 2026 subject to customary conditions; GradeEight CEO Cody Patterson and DSG CEO J. Bryan King both commented on the combination.","Separately disclosed: DSG's July 15, 2026 merger with LKCM Headwater affiliates (which own ~78.5%) would take DSG private and delist it from Nasdaq; proxy and Schedule 13E-3 pending."],"urls":{"canonical":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-26-421808","json":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-26-421808.json","markdown":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-26-421808.md","text":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-26-421808.txt","edgar_index":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/703604/000119312526421808/0001193125-26-421808-index.htm","edgar_primary_document":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/703604/000119312526421808/d172705d8k.htm"},"model":{"generated_by":"deepseek-v4.1-flash:cloud@v2","generated_at":"2026-10-14T21:16:06.704189+00:00"},"review":{"review_status":"machine_generated","human_reviewed":false,"corrected":false,"correction_note":null,"correction_timestamp":null,"superseded_by":null,"related_filings":[]},"source_grounded_claims":[],"license":"Source filings: public domain (SEC EDGAR). Summaries (headline + bullets): CC-BY-4.0; attribute https://secwatch.observer"}