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Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.
On January 22, 2024, Distribution Solutions Group, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing that Lawson Products, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary and operating company of the Company, completed the acquisition of Safety Supply Illinois LLC, doing business as Emergent Safety Supply, a national distributor of safety products. A copy of the press release is included as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein solely for purposes of this Item 7.01 disclosure.
The information set forth in this Item 7.01, including Exhibit 99.1, is being furnished and shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any other filing of the Company under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, whether made before or after the date hereof, regardless of any general incorporation language in such other filing.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
| 99.1 | Press Release dated January 22, 2024. | |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document). | |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| DISTRIBUTION SOLUTIONS GROUP, INC. | ||||||
| Date: January 22, 2024 | By: | /s/ Ronald J. Knutson | ||||
| Name: Ronald J. Knutson Title: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | ||||||