secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Distribution Solutions Group, Inc. (DSGR)
CIK:        0000703604
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-10-14T21:15:13+00:00
Accession:  0001193125-26-421808
Event type: m_and_a
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.60
Item codes: 8.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4.1-flash:cloud@v2

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

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/703604/000119312526421808/0001193125-26-421808-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/703604/000119312526421808/d172705d8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-26-421808

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