UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION


Washington, D. C. 20549





ANNUAL REPORT ON FORM 10-K RELATING TO VOTING TRUST INTERESTS


WITH RESPECT TO SHARES OF COMMON STOCK OF


GRAYBAR ELECTRIC COMPANY, INC.





Filed pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the


Securities Exchange Act of 1934





FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2016





Names and Addresses of all Voting Trustees (as of  March 10, 2017 ):





R. R. Harwood34 North Meramec AvenueP.O. Box 7231St. Louis, Missouri  63177R. C. Lyons34 North Meramec AvenueP.O. Box 7231St. Louis, Missouri  63177W. P. Mansfield34 North Meramec AvenueP.O. Box 7231St. Louis, Missouri  63177D. G. Maxwell34 North Meramec AvenueP.O. Box 7231St. Louis, Missouri  63177K. M. Mazzarella34 North Meramec AvenueP.O. Box 7231St. Louis, Missouri  63177





Address to which communications to the Voting Trustees should be sent :





K. M. Mazzarella


c/o Graybar Electric Company, Inc.


P.O. Box 7231


St. Louis, Missouri  63177





Title of the securities deposited under the Voting Trust Agreement :


Common Stock, par value $1.00 per share





Exact name of the issuer of such securities, as specified in its charter :


Graybar Electric Company, Inc.





State or other jurisdiction in which such issuer was incorporated or organized :


New York





I.R.S. Employer Identification No. :


13-0794380





Address of such issuer's principal executive offices :


34 North Meramec Avenue


P.O. Box 7231


St. Louis, Missouri  63177





If the Voting Trust Interests are registered on any national securities exchange, state the name of each such exchange:


None














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EXPLANATORY NOTE








The Annual Report Relating to Voting Trust Interests, filed by the Voting Trustees under a Voting Trust Agreement, dated as of March 3, 2017, among the Voting Trustees, participating holders of the Common Stock of Graybar Electric Company, Inc. ("Graybar") and Graybar was filed for years prior to 1982 on Form 16-K, which was discontinued by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") pursuant to Securities Exchange Act Release No. 34-18524, effective May 24, 1982 (the "Release").  In the Release, the Commission indicated that although Form 16-K was being discontinued, voting trusts would continue to be required to file annual reports.  Specific requirements respecting the form of such annual reports were to be determined on a case-by-case basis.





In response to inquiries to the Deputy Chief Counsel of the Commission's Division of Corporation Finance, Graybar has been informed that the Voting Trustees should file an Annual Report on Form 10-K (as the only appropriate form under Section 13 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934), but that because the requirements of Form 10-K are generally not applicable to elicit information relevant to voting trusts, the information previously required by rescinded Form 16-K should continue to be provided in this Annual Report.  For this reason, the item numbers and information in this Annual Report correspond to the item numbers and disclosure required in the past by rescinded Form 16-K and used in the Annual Report Relating to Voting Trust Interests filed with the Commission by voting trustees in years prior to 1982.











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INFORMATION REGARDING VOTING TRUST








PART I








Item 1. Deposit and Withdrawal of Securities (1)(2)(3)


Amount deposited during yearAmount withdrawn during year (4)Amount held at end of yearPercentage of class held at end of year1,111,830482,21913,902,36283.7%





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|(1) | The securities consist of shares of Common Stock, par value $1.00 per share (the "Common Stock"), of Graybar.




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|(2) | The 2007 Voting Trust, which was formed under that certain voting trust agreement dated as of March 16, 2007, terminated on March 3, 2017.  The 2007 Voting Trust is the predecessor to the 2017 Voting Trust.  14,011,446 shares of Common Stock were deposited into the 2017 Voting Trust at its inception.




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|(3) | Shares deposited and withdrawn during the year only cover shares that were deposited and withdrawn with respect to the 2007 Voting Trust.




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|(4) | The482,219shares of Common Stock withdrawn from the 2007 Voting Trust in2016represent shares purchased by Graybar from employees, retirees or their estates in accordance with Graybar's purchase rights under its amended Restated Certificate of Incorporation. The shares so purchased were placed in Graybar's treasury or cancelled.




Item 2. Exercise of Voting Rights .





The voting trustees did not exercise voting rights under the Voting Trust Agreement during the fiscal year with respect to any matter, except that the voting trustees voted the shares of Common Stock held by them for (i) the election of 9 directors, and (ii) approval of the 2016 Three-Year Common Stock Plan.





Item 3. Exercise of Other Powers .





The voting trustees exercised no powers under the 2007 Voting Trust Agreement, other than voting rights and the distribution of dividends upon the underlying securities, during the fiscal year.  On March 3, 2017, the 2007 voting trustees terminated the 2007 Voting Trust in accordance with its terms.











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Item 4. Ownership of Voting Trust Certificates and Other Securities .





The following table presents information, as of March 10, 2017 , as to Voting Trust Interests owned of record by each individual Voting Trustee.  As of March 10, 2017 , no Voting Trustee owned any securities of Graybar, other than those deposited under the Voting Trust Agreement, or any securities of Graybar's subsidiaries.  No other person owns of record, or is known by the Voting Trustees to own beneficially, more than five percent of the Voting Trust Interests.


Name and addressof ownerName of issuerand title of classType ofownershipAmount owned as of March 10, 2017Percentof classownedR. R. HarwoodVoting Trust Interests (A)Direct23,982(B)0.163%(C)34 North Meramec AvenueP.O. Box 7231St. Louis, Missouri  63177R. C. LyonsVoting Trust Interests (A)Direct17,630(B)0.119%(C)34 North Meramec AvenueP.O. Box 7231St. Louis, Missouri  63177W. P. MansfieldVoting Trust Interests (A)Direct14,546(B)0.099%(C)34 North Meramec AvenueP.O. Box 7231St. Louis, Missouri  63177D. G. MaxwellVoting Trust Interests (A)Direct16,127(B)0.109%(C)34 North Meramec AvenueP.O. Box 7231St. Louis, Missouri  63177K. M. MazzarellaVoting Trust Interests (A)Direct40,236(B)0.273%(C)34 North Meramec AvenueP.O. Box 7231St. Louis, Missouri  63177





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(A)  Issued under the Voting Trust Agreement dated as of March 3, 2017 (the "2017 Voting Trust").


(B)  The number of shares of Common Stock to which such Voting Trust Interests relate.


(C)  As of February 28 , 2017, the Voting Trustees together held of record, with shared power to vote,


14,758,146 shares of Common Stock, or 83.8% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock.











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Item 5. Business Experience of Voting Trustees .





The information with respect to the business experience of the Voting Trustees required to be included pursuant to this Item 5 is included in the Supplemental Item under the caption “Executive Officers of the Registrant”, in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the period ended December 31, 2016 or will be included under the caption "Proposal 1: Nominees for Election as Directors" in Graybar's Definitive Information Statement relating to the 2017 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the "Information Statement"), to be filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 14c-5 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, each of which is incorporated herein by reference.








Item 6. Business and Professional Connection of Voting Trustees with Issuer, Affiliates and Underwriters .





The information with respect to the business and professional connections of each Voting Trustee with Graybar and any of its affiliates is included in the Supplemental Item under the caption “Executive Officers of the Registrant”, in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the period ended December 31, 2016 or will be included under the caption "Proposal 1: Nominees for Election as Directors" in the Information Statement, each of which is incorporated herein by reference.








Item 7. Other Activities of Voting Trustees .





Except as described in this Annual Report, the 2007 voting trustees did not perform any other activities as voting trustees during the fiscal year.








Item 8. Representation of Other Persons by Voting Trustees .





The 2007 voting trustees represented no persons other than holders of Voting Trust Interests of the 2007 Voting Trust during the year.








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Item 9. Remuneration of Voting Trustees .





The following table presents information as to the aggregate remuneration received by each Voting Trustee for services in all capacities during the fiscal year from Graybar and its subsidiaries.  No Voting Trustee received any remuneration from any person or persons for acting as a Voting Trustee.








Name ofCapacities inCash CompensationVotingwhich CompensationSalaries, BonusesTrusteeReceivedand Directors’ Fees (1)R. R. HarwoodDirector, Senior Vice President and$595,360Chief Financial OfficerR. C. LyonsDirector, Regional Vice President -$509,541Eastern RegionW. P. MansfieldDirector, Senior Vice President -$545,043Sales and MarketingD. G. MaxwellDirector, Regional Vice President$393,145Western RegionK. M. MazzarellaDirector, Chairman of the Board,$1,984,616President and Chief Executive Officer








(1)   Includes meeting fees of $300 per meeting for attendance at directors’ meetings of Graybar and remuneration paid March 3, 2017 under Graybar’s Management Incentive Plan with respect to services rendered during 2016.  Excludes change in pension value, any nonqualified deferred compensation earnings, amounts contributed by Graybar to the qualified and non-qualified profit sharing and savings plans, perquisites and other personal benefits, and other miscellaneous items, which will be included in the Summary Compensation Table of the Information Statement for Ms. Mazzarella and Messrs. Harwood and Mansfield.


























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Item 12. Lists of Exhibits Filed .





(4)   Instruments defining the rights of security holders, including indentures.





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|a. | Voting Trust Agreement dated as of March 16, 2007, a form which is attached as Annex A to the Prospectus, dated January 18, 2007, constituting a part of the Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Registration No. 333-139992), is incorporated herein by reference.




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|b. | Voting Trust Agreement dated as of March 3, 2017, a form which is attached as Annex A to the Prospectus, dated January 6, 2017, constituting a part of the Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Registration No. 333-214560), is incorporated herein by reference.


































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SIGNATURES











Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, this Annual Report on Form 10-K, amended as prescribed by the Commission, has been signed below by the following persons, as Voting Trustees, as of March 24, 2017 , said Voting Trustees being invested with the power to bind all of the Voting Trustees.














As trustees under the Voting Trust Agreementdated March 3, 2017.By/S/ R. R. HARWOODR. R. HARWOOD/S/ R. C. LYONSR. C. LYONS/S/ W. P. MANSFIELDW. P. MANSFIELD/S/ D. G. MAXWELLD. G. MAXWELL/S/ K. M. MAZZARELLAK. M. MAZZARELLA

































































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(4)   Instruments defining the rights of security holders, including indentures.





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|a. | Voting Trust Agreement dated as of March 16, 2007, a form which is attached as Annex A to the Prospectus, dated January 18, 2007, constituting a part of the Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Registration No. 333-139992), is incorporated herein by reference.




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|b. | Voting Trust Agreement dated as of March 3, 2017, a form which is attached as Annex A to the Prospectus, dated January 6, 2017, constituting a part of the Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Registration No. 333-214560), is incorporated herein by reference.