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):  November 1, 2012

 

GRAYBAR ELECTRIC COMPANY, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as specified in Charter)

 

 

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (314) 573-9200

 

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 (see  General Instruction A.2. below):

 

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Item 5.02        Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

 

Commencing November 7, 2012, Mr. Dale R. Sheff, Assistant Controller, began to serve as the Corporation’s principal accounting officer on an interim basis.  This temporary assignment is the result of a paid leave for Mr. Martin J. Beagen, Vice President and Controller of the Company, which commenced on November 1, 2012.  During his leave, Mr. Beagen is not expected to perform his responsibilities as principal accounting officer of the Corporation.

 

Mr. Sheff, age 42, has been employed by the Company from 1993 to the present, serving as Assistant Controller since September 2008 and previously as a director of field accounting, from July 2005 to September 2008.

 

 

 

 

 

SIGNATURES

 

            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.