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<title>msm-20240827</title></head><body><div style="display:none"><ix:header><ix:hidden><ix:nonNumeric contextRef="c-1" name="dei:EntityCentralIndexKey" id="f-22">0001003078</ix:nonNumeric><ix:nonNumeric contextRef="c-1" name="dei:AmendmentFlag" format="ixt:fixed-false" id="f-23">FALSE</ix:nonNumeric></ix:hidden><ix:references xml:lang="en-US"><link:schemaRef xlink:type="simple" xlink:href="msm-20240827.xsd"/></ix:references><ix:resources><xbrli:context id="c-1"><xbrli:entity><xbrli:identifier scheme="http://www.sec.gov/CIK">0001003078</xbrli:identifier></xbrli:entity><xbrli:period><xbrli:startDate>2024-08-27</xbrli:startDate><xbrli:endDate>2024-08-27</xbrli:endDate></xbrli:period></xbrli:context></ix:resources></ix:header></div><div id="id0156168a79945cf90e06b269dfac25f_1"></div><div style="min-height:36pt;width:100%"><div><span><br/></span></div><div><span><br/></span></div></div><div style="-sec-extract:summary;margin-top:2.7pt;text-align:center"><table 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style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:14pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">FORM <ix:nonNumeric contextRef="c-1" name="dei:DocumentType" id="f-1">8-K</ix:nonNumeric></span></div><div style="text-align:center"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">___________________________________</span></div><div style="margin-top:2.7pt;text-align:center"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">CURRENT REPORT</span></div><div style="text-align:center"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)</span></div><div style="text-align:center"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934</span></div><div 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style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))</span></div></td></tr></table></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:100.000%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"/><td style="width:36.677%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/><td style="width:1.0%"/><td style="width:22.927%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/><td style="width:1.0%"/><td style="width:37.096%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/></tr><tr><td colspan="9" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="padding-left:0.9pt;padding-right:7.9pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:</span></div></td></tr><tr style="height:14pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="padding-left:1.4pt;padding-right:1.4pt;text-align:center"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Title of each class</span></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="padding-left:0.95pt;padding-right:0.95pt;text-align:center"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Trading Symbol(s)</span></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="padding-left:1.4pt;padding-right:1.4pt;text-align:center"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Name of each exchange on which registered</span></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:125%"><ix:nonNumeric contextRef="c-1" name="dei:Security12bTitle" id="f-18">Class A Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share</ix:nonNumeric></span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:125%"><ix:nonNumeric contextRef="c-1" name="dei:TradingSymbol" id="f-19">MSM</ix:nonNumeric></span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:125%"><ix:nonNumeric contextRef="c-1" name="dei:SecurityExchangeName" format="ixt-sec:exchnameen" id="f-20">New York Stock Exchange</ix:nonNumeric></span></td></tr></table></div><div><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (&#167;230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (&#167;240.12b-2 of this chapter).</span></div><div style="margin-top:5.4pt;text-align:right"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Emerging growth company&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;<ix:nonNumeric contextRef="c-1" name="dei:EntityEmergingGrowthCompany" format="ixt:fixed-false" id="f-21">&#9744;</ix:nonNumeric></span></div><div style="margin-top:5.4pt;text-align:right"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">If an emerging growth company, indicate 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#000;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:0 1pt"/></tr></table></div><div style="height:36pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="margin-bottom:0.08pt"><span><br/></span></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"/><div style="min-height:36pt;width:100%"><div><span><br/></span></div><div><span><br/></span></div></div><div><span><br/></span></div><div style="text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><span><br/></span></div><div><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Item 5.02.     Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers</span></div><div style="text-indent:36pt"><span><br/></span></div><div style="text-indent:36pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(d) On August 27, 2024, the Board of Directors (the &#8220;Board&#8221;) of MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc. (the &#8220;Company&#8221;) elected Robert Aarnes to serve as a non-executive director, effective immediately, increasing the size of the Board from eight to nine members. Mr. Aarnes will join the Board as an independent director and will serve as a member of the Compensation Committee of the Board. There is no arrangement or understanding between Mr. Aarnes and any other person pursuant to which he was selected as a director of the Company. There have been no transactions involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries in which Mr. Aarnes has or will have a direct or indirect material interest that are required to be disclosed under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.</span></div><div style="text-indent:36pt"><span><br/></span></div><div style="text-indent:36pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Pursuant to the Company&#8217;s non-executive director compensation policies, Mr. Aarnes will be entitled to receive: (i) a retainer for service on the Board of $97,500 per year and (ii) an annual grant of restricted stock units representing shares of the Company&#8217;s Class A Common Stock having an aggregate fair market value of $132,500 on the date of grant upon his election or re-election to the Board. Fifty percent of such restricted stock units will vest on the first anniversary of the date of grant and fifty percent will vest on the second anniversary of the date of grant. Director compensation is paid quarterly in arrears. The retainer fee payable to Mr. Aarnes will be pro-rated to reflect the number of days actually served in any quarter in which he serves less than the full quarter. The Company reimburses non-executive directors for reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with attending in-person Board or Board committee meetings and for fees incurred in attending continuing education courses for directors that are approved in advance by the Company. In addition, the Company will enter into its standard form of director indemnification agreement with Mr. Aarnes.</span></div><div><span><br/></span></div><div style="text-indent:36pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">On August 27, 2024, the Company issued a press release announcing the election of Mr. Aarnes, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated by reference herein.</span></div><div><span><br/></span></div><div><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:125%">Item 9.01.     Financial Statements and Exhibits</span></div><div style="margin-bottom:0.08pt"><span><br/></span></div><div style="margin-bottom:0.08pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:125%">(d) Exhibits:</span></div><div><span><br/></span></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:93.333%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"/><td style="width:9.614%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/><td style="width:1.734%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/><td style="width:1.0%"/><td style="width:86.252%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-bottom:0.08pt;padding-left:1.5pt;text-align:right"><span style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:125%;text-decoration:underline"><a style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:125%;text-decoration:underline" href="exhibit991boardofdirectors.htm">99.1</a></span></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"><div style="margin-bottom:0.08pt"><span style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:125%;text-decoration:underline"><a style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:125%;text-decoration:underline" href="exhibit991boardofdirectors.htm">Press Release, dated August </a><a style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:125%;text-decoration:underline" href="exhibit991boardofdirectors.htm">27</a><a style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:125%;text-decoration:underline" href="exhibit991boardofdirectors.htm">, 2024, issued by MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc.</a></span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:125%"> </span></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="padding-left:0.9pt;padding-right:1.85pt;text-align:right"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">104</span></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="padding-left:0.9pt;padding-right:1.9pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101).</span></div></td></tr></table></div><div style="height:36pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="-sec-extract:summary;margin-bottom:0.08pt;text-align:center"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:125%">2</span></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"/><div style="min-height:36pt;width:100%"><div><span><br/></span></div><div><span><br/></span></div></div><div style="text-align:center"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">SIGNATURE</span></div><div style="text-align:center"><span><br/></span></div><div style="text-indent:27.5pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom:0.08pt"><span><br/></span></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;text-align:right"><span><br/></span></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:100.000%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"/><td style="width:4.455%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/><td style="width:1.0%"/><td style="width:47.927%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/><td style="width:1.0%"/><td style="width:5.427%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/><td style="width:1.0%"/><td style="width:37.791%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="6" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 2pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:125%">MSC INDUSTRIAL DIRECT CO., INC.</span></td></tr><tr style="height:15pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:125%">Date:</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:125%">August 27, 2024</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="padding-left:1pt;padding-right:1.75pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">By:</span></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:125%;text-decoration:underline">/s/ KRISTEN ACTIS-GRANDE</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="padding-left:1pt;padding-right:1.75pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Name:</span></div></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:125%">Kristen Actis-Grande</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="padding-left:1pt;padding-right:1.75pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Title:</span></div></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:125%">Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer </span></td></tr></table></div><div style="height:36pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="-sec-extract:summary;margin-bottom:0.08pt;text-align:center"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:125%">3</span></div></div></div></body></html>
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msm-20240827
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
___________________________________
FORM
8-K
___________________________________
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):
August 27, 2024
___________________________________
MSC INDUSTRIAL DIRECT CO., INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
___________________________________
New York
1-14130
11-3289165
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation)
(Commission File Number)
(IRS Employer Identification No.)
515 Broadhollow Road
,
Suite 1000
,
Melville
,
New York
11747
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip Code)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code:
(
516
)
812-2000
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
___________________________________
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
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Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
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Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each class
Trading Symbol(s)
Name of each exchange on which registered
Class A Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share
MSM
New York Stock Exchange
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
Emerging growth company
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If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐
Item 5.02.     Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers
(d) On August 27, 2024, the Board of Directors (the "Board") of MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc. (the "Company") elected Robert Aarnes to serve as a non-executive director, effective immediately, increasing the size of the Board from eight to nine members. Mr. Aarnes will join the Board as an independent director and will serve as a member of the Compensation Committee of the Board. There is no arrangement or understanding between Mr. Aarnes and any other person pursuant to which he was selected as a director of the Company. There have been no transactions involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries in which Mr. Aarnes has or will have a direct or indirect material interest that are required to be disclosed under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.
Pursuant to the Company's non-executive director compensation policies, Mr. Aarnes will be entitled to receive: (i) a retainer for service on the Board of $97,500 per year and (ii) an annual grant of restricted stock units representing shares of the Company's Class A Common Stock having an aggregate fair market value of $132,500 on the date of grant upon his election or re-election to the Board. Fifty percent of such restricted stock units will vest on the first anniversary of the date of grant and fifty percent will vest on the second anniversary of the date of grant. Director compensation is paid quarterly in arrears. The retainer fee payable to Mr. Aarnes will be pro-rated to reflect the number of days actually served in any quarter in which he serves less than the full quarter. The Company reimburses non-executive directors for reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with attending in-person Board or Board committee meetings and for fees incurred in attending continuing education courses for directors that are approved in advance by the Company. In addition, the Company will enter into its standard form of director indemnification agreement with Mr. Aarnes.
On August 27, 2024, the Company issued a press release announcing the election of Mr. Aarnes, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated by reference herein.
Item 9.01.     Financial Statements and Exhibits
(d) Exhibits:
99.1
Press Release, dated August
27
, 2024, issued by MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc.
104
Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101).
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
MSC INDUSTRIAL DIRECT CO., INC.
Date:
August 27, 2024
By:
/s/ KRISTEN ACTIS-GRANDE
Name:
Kristen Actis-Grande
Title:
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
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