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SC 13G 1 eo13g.txt SCHEDULE 13G 1 ---------------------------- OMB APPROVAL ---------------------------- OMB Number: 3235-0145 Expires: August 31, 1991 Estimated average burden hours per response.....14.90 ---------------------------- UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 SCHEDULE 13G UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 (AMENDMENT NO. )* ------------ GRAYBAR ELECTRIC COMPANY, INC. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Name of Issuer) COMMON STOCK, par value $1.00 per share ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Title of Class of Securities) NONE ---------------------------- (CUSIP Number) Check the following box if a fee is being paid with this statement / /. (A fee is not required only if the filing person: (1) has a previous statement on file reporting beneficial ownership of more than five percent of the class of securities described in Item 1; and (2) has filed no amendment subsequent thereto reporting beneficial ownership of five percent or less of such class.) (See Rule 13d-7). *The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting person's initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of securities, and for any subsequent amendment containing information which would alter the disclosures provided in a prior cover page. The information required in the remainder of this cover page shall not be deemed to be "filed" for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ("Act") or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however, see the Notes). 2 ------------------------ ------------------ CUSIP No. N/A 13G Page 2 of 15 Pages ----------- ------------------------ ------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 NAME OF REPORTING PERSON S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON D. E. DeSousa ###-##-#### ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP* (a) /X/ (b) / / ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 SEC USE ONLY ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4 CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION USA ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5 SOLE VOTING POWER -0- NUMBER OF -------------------------------------------------------------- SHARES 6 SHARED VOTING POWER BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY 5,415,930 EACH -------------------------------------------------------------- REPORTING 7 SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER PERSON WITH 123 -------------------------------------------------------------- 8 SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER -0- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9 AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON 5,415,930 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10 CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES* ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11 PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 9 94.7% ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12 TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON* IN ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *SEE INSTRUCTION BEFORE FILLING OUT! 3 ------------------------ ------------------ CUSIP No. N/A 13G Page 3 of 15 Pages ----------- ------------------------ ------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 NAME OF REPORTING PERSON S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON G. W. Harper ###-##-#### ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP* (a) /X/ (b) / / ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 SEC USE ONLY ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4 CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION USA ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5 SOLE VOTING POWER -0- NUMBER OF -------------------------------------------------------------- SHARES 6 SHARED VOTING POWER BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY 5,415,930 EACH -------------------------------------------------------------- REPORTING 7 SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER PERSON WITH 8,398 -------------------------------------------------------------- 8 SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER -0- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9 AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON 5,415,930 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10 CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES* ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11 PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 9 94.7% ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12 TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON* IN ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *SEE INSTRUCTION BEFORE FILLING OUT! 4 ------------------------ ------------------ CUSIP No. N/A 13G Page 4 of 15 Pages ----------- ------------------------ ------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 NAME OF REPORTING PERSON S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON R. D. Offenbacher ###-##-#### ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP* (a) /X/ (b) / / ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 SEC USE ONLY ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4 CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION USA ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5 SOLE VOTING POWER -0- NUMBER OF -------------------------------------------------------------- SHARES 6 SHARED VOTING POWER BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY 5,415,930 EACH -------------------------------------------------------------- REPORTING 7 SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER PERSON WITH 5,658 -------------------------------------------------------------- 8 SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER -0- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9 AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON 5,415,930 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10 CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES* ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11 PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 9 94.7% ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12 TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON* IN ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *SEE INSTRUCTION BEFORE FILLING OUT! 5 ------------------------ ------------------ CUSIP No. N/A 13G Page 5 of 15 Pages ----------- ------------------------ ------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 NAME OF REPORTING PERSON S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON R. A. Reynolds, Jr. ###-##-#### ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP* (a) /X/ (b) / / ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 SEC USE ONLY ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4 CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION USA ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5 SOLE VOTING POWER -0- NUMBER OF -------------------------------------------------------------- SHARES 6 SHARED VOTING POWER BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY 5,415,930 EACH -------------------------------------------------------------- REPORTING 7 SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER PERSON WITH 6,382 -------------------------------------------------------------- 8 SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER -0- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9 AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON 5,415,930 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10 CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES* ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11 PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 9 94.7% ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12 TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON* IN ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *SEE INSTRUCTION BEFORE FILLING OUT! 6 ------------------------ ------------------ CUSIP No. N/A 13G Page 6 of 15 Pages ----------- ------------------------ ------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 NAME OF REPORTING PERSON S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON C. R. Udell ###-##-#### ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP* (a) /X/ (b) / / ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 SEC USE ONLY ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4 CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION USA ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5 SOLE VOTING POWER -0- NUMBER OF -------------------------------------------------------------- SHARES 6 SHARED VOTING POWER BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY 5,415,930 EACH -------------------------------------------------------------- REPORTING 7 SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER PERSON WITH 6,644 -------------------------------------------------------------- 8 SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER -0- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9 AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON 5,415,930 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10 CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES* ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11 PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 9 94.7% ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12 TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON* IN ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *SEE INSTRUCTION BEFORE FILLING OUT! 7 Page 7 of 15 pages Item 1(a) Name of Issuer: --------- --------------- Graybar Electric Company, Inc. Item 1(b) Address of Issuer's Principal Executive Offices: --------- ------------------------------------------------ 34 North Meramec Avenue P.O. Box 7231 St. Louis, Missouri 63177 Item 2(a) Name of Person Filing: --------- ---------------------- Pursuant to the provisions of Rule 13d-1(f)(1) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this Schedule 13G is being filed on behalf of the following persons as Voting Trustees of the Voting Trust established by a Voting Trust Agreement dated as of April 1, 1997 (the "Voting Trust"): (i) D. E. DeSousa (ii) G. W. Harper (iii) R. D. Offenbacher (iv) R. A. Reynolds, Jr. (v) C. R. Udell Attached hereto as Exhibit A is the agreement in writing of each of the above that this Schedule 13G is filed on behalf of each of them. Item 2(b) Address of Principal Business Office or, if none, Residence: --------- ------------------------------------------------------------ (i) The principal business office of Messrs. DeSousa, Harper, Offenbacher, Reynolds and Udell is: c/o Graybar Electric Company, Inc. 34 North Meramec Avenue P.O. Box 7231 St. Louis, Missouri 63177 8 Page 8 of 15 pages Item 2(c) Citizenship: --------- ------------ All persons named in response to Item 2(a) are citizens of the United States of America. Item 2(d) Title of Class of Securities: --------- ----------------------------- Common Stock, par value $1.00 per share. Item 2(e) CUSIP Number: --------- ------------- None - not publicly traded. Item 3 Not Applicable. ------ --------------- Item 4 Ownership: ------ ---------- (a) Amount Beneficially Owned: At December 31, 2001, 5,415,930 shares of Common Stock, par value $1.00 per share (the "Common Stock"), of Graybar Electric Company, Inc. ("Graybar") had been deposited in the Voting Trust. 9 Page 9 of 15 pages The following table shows the beneficial ownership of Voting Trust Certificates representing shares of Common Stock owned at December 31, 2001 by the persons named in response to Item 2(a): Name Number of Shares ---- ---------------- D. E. DeSousa 123 G. W. Harper 8,398 R. D. Offenbacher 5,658 R. A. Reynolds, Jr. 6,382 C. R. Udell 6,644 (b) Percent of Class: The shares of Common Stock described in response to Item 4(a) amounted to approximately 95% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock on December 31, 2001. (c) The following table sets forth, as of December 31, 2001, for each of the persons named in response to Item 2(a), the number of shares of Common Stock as to which such person has (i) sole power to vote or to direct the vote, (ii) shared power to vote or to direct the vote, (iii) sole power to dispose or to direct the disposition of, or (iv) shared power to dispose or to direct the disposition of:

10 Page 10 of 15 pages Item 5 Ownership of Five Percent or Less of a Class. ------ --------------------------------------------- If this statement is being filed to report the fact that as of the date hereof the reporting person has ceased to be the beneficial owner of more than five percent of the class of securities, check the following: ( ). Item 6 Ownership of More than Five Percent on Behalf of Another Person. ------ ---------------------------------------------------------------- All dividends payable with respect to shares of Common Stock deposited in the Voting Trust are payable to the Voting Trustees as the owners of record of such shares. The Voting Trustees are authorized to retain, subject to the terms of the Voting Trust Agreement, any shares of Common Stock received as a stock dividend, and to deliver to each holder of a Voting Trust Certificate representing shares of Common Stock on which such stock dividend shall have been paid an additional Voting Trust Certificate for the number of shares received as a dividend with respect to such Common Stock. The Voting Trustees pay or cause to be paid to the holders of Voting Trust Certificates an amount equal to any cash dividends and any distribution paid other than in cash or Common Stock. The Voting Trustees have no power to direct the sale or to receive the proceeds of a sale of the Common Stock deposited in the Voting Trust, such power being in the holders of the Voting Trust Certificates issued in respect of such shares of Common Stock. Item 7 Identification and Classification of the Subsidiary Which Acquired ------ ------------------------------------------------------------------ the Security Being Reported on By the Parent Holding Company. ------------------------------------------------------------- Not applicable. Item 8 Identification and Classification of Members of the Group. ------ ---------------------------------------------------------- Not applicable. Item 9 Notice of Dissolution of Group. ------ ------------------------------- Not applicable. Item 10 Certification. ------- -------------- Not applicable. 11 Page 11 of 15 pages Signature --------- After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I verify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct. Date: February 12, 2002 /S/ D. E. DESOUSA --------------------------- D. E. DeSousa EXHIBIT A --------- The persons named below hereby agree to file one Schedule 13G to report ownership as of December 31, 2001 of Common Stock of Graybar Electric Company, Inc., and agree that the Schedule 13G to which this agreement, executed in counterparts, is attached as Exhibit A is filed on behalf of each of them. /S/ D. E. DESOUSA --------------------------- --------------------------- D. E. DeSousa G. W. Harper --------------------------- --------------------------- R. D. Offenbacher R. A. Reynolds, Jr. --------------------------- C. R. Udell 12 Page 12 of 15 pages Signature --------- After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I verify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct. Date: February 12, 2002 /S/ G. W. HARPER --------------------------- G. W. Harper EXHIBIT A --------- The persons named below hereby agree to file one Schedule 13G to report ownership as of December 31, 2001 of Common Stock of Graybar Electric Company, Inc., and agree that the Schedule 13G to which this agreement, executed in counterparts, is attached as Exhibit A is filed on behalf of each of them. /S/ G. W. HARPER --------------------------- --------------------------- D. E. DeSousa G. W. Harper --------------------------- --------------------------- R. D. Offenbacher R. A. Reynolds, Jr. --------------------------- C. R. Udell 13 Page 13 of 15 pages Signature --------- After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I verify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct. Date: February 12, 2002 /S/ R. D. OFFENBACHER --------------------------- R. D. Offenbacher EXHIBIT A --------- The persons named below hereby agree to file one Schedule 13G to report ownership as of December 31, 2001 of Common Stock of Graybar Electric Company, Inc., and agree that the Schedule 13G to which this agreement, executed in counterparts, is attached as Exhibit A is filed on behalf of each of them. --------------------------- --------------------------- D. E. DeSousa G. W. Harper /S/ R. D. OFFENBACHER --------------------------- --------------------------- R. D. Offenbacher R. A. Reynolds, Jr. --------------------------- C. R. Udell 14 Page 14 of 15 pages Signature --------- After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I verify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct. Date: February 12, 2002 /S/ R. A. REYNOLDS, JR. --------------------------- R. A. Reynolds, Jr. EXHIBIT A --------- The persons named below hereby agree to file one Schedule 13G to report ownership as of December 31, 2001 of Common Stock of Graybar Electric Company, Inc., and agree that the Schedule 13G to which this agreement, executed in counterparts, is attached as Exhibit A is filed on behalf of each of them. --------------------------- --------------------------- D. E. DeSousa G. W. Harper /S/ R. A. REYNOLDS, JR. --------------------------- --------------------------- R. D. Offenbacher R. A. Reynolds, Jr. --------------------------- C. R. Udell 15 Page 15 of 15 pages Signature --------- After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I verify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct. Date: February 12, 2002 /S/ C. R. UDELL --------------------------- C. R. Udell EXHIBIT A --------- The persons named below hereby agree to file one Schedule 13G to report ownership as of December 31, 2001 of Common Stock of Graybar Electric Company, Inc., and agree that the Schedule 13G to which this agreement, executed in counterparts, is attached as Exhibit A is filed on behalf of each of them. --------------------------- --------------------------- D. E. DeSousa G. W. Harper --------------------------- --------------------------- R. D. Offenbacher R. A. Reynolds, Jr. /S/ C. R. UDELL --------------------------- C. R. Udell