---
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"
generated_at: "2026-10-14T21:16:06.704189+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# DSG's Lawson Products to buy GradeEight Holdings for ~$145M, adding Winzer MRO and 270+ franchisees

## Summary
- 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.

## SEC filing metadata
- 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
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01, 9.01
- 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

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