# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0000205402
**File Stem:** 0000205402-25-000057
**Filing Date:** 2025-12
**Character Count:** 9173
**Document Hash:** 44bf7258dd79c9673346cb3811b30d13
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0000205402-25-000057.hdr.sgml**: 20251211

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0000205402-25-000057

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 8-K

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 14

**CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT**: 20251210

**ITEM INFORMATION**: Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers: Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20251211

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20251211

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** GRAYBAR ELECTRIC CO INC
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0000205402
- **STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:** WHOLESALE-ELECTRICAL APPARATUS & EQUIPMENT, WIRING SUPPLIES [5063]
- **ORGANIZATION NAME:** 07 Trade & Services
- **EIN:** 130794380
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** NY
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1231

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 8-K
- **SEC ACT:** 1934 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 000-00255
- **FILM NUMBER:** 251564304

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 34 N MERAMEC AVE
- **CITY:** ST LOUIS
- **STATE:** MO
- **ZIP:** 63105
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 3145739200

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** P O BOX 7231
- **CITY:** ST LOUIS
- **STATE:** MO
- **ZIP:** 63177

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**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): December 10, 2025

# **GRAYBAR ELECTRIC COMPANY, INC. ‎** (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
      <br> <u>New York‎(State or other jurisdiction‎of incorporation)</u> <u>000-00255‎(Commission File Number)</u> <u>13-0794380‎(I.R.S. Employer‎Identification No.)</u>

  <br> <u>34 North Meramec Avenue ‎St. Louis, MO 63105‎(Address of principal executive offices)</u>

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 (<u>see</u> General Instruction A.2. below):

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| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;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).  | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;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).  | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;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).  |
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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.**

(d)On December 10, 2025, the Board of Directors of Graybar Electric Company, Inc. (the "Company") elected Danna B. Stone, Senior Vice President - Marketing, and Andrew C. Ipson, currently Senior Vice President, Supply Chain Management (and effective January 1, 2026, Senior Vice President - Sales and Service), as directors on the Company's Board of Directors, effective January 1, 2026.

Ms. Stone and Mr. Ipson will also serve as members of the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors. Mr. Ipson will serve as a member of the Audit Committee.

A copy of the December 10, 2025 press release announcing Ms. Stone's and Mr. Ipson's election is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.

**Item 9.01 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Financial Statements and Exhibits**

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) Exhibits

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(99) [<u>Press release dated December 10, 2025</u>](c402-20251210xex99.htm)

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**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.

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|  | GRAYBAR ELECTRIC COMPANY, INC. |
| Date:December 11, 2025 | <br>By: <u>/s/ Matthew W. Geekie</u> |
|  | Matthew W. Geekie |
|  | Senior Vice President, Secretary & |
|  | General Counsel |

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## Ex-99

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**Exhibit 99**

#### Andrew Ipson and Danna Stone Elected to Graybar's Board of Directors
**ST. LOUIS, MO., December 10, 2025** – Graybar, a leading distributor of electrical, industrial, automation and connectivity products and provider of related supply chain management and logistics services, today announced the election of Andrew C. Ipson and Danna B. Stone to its Board of Directors.

Ipson, who currently serves as Senior Vice President - Supply Chain Management, has 27 years of industry experience. He joined Graybar in 2008 as a Branch Manager in California, and was promoted to Director, Electrical Sales in 2017. He was named Vice President - Strategic Accounts in 2021 and later served as District Vice President in St. Louis. Ipson was promoted to his current role earlier this year, and he will assume the expanded role of Senior Vice President - Sales and Service on January 1, 2026.

Stone, who currently serves as Senior Vice President - Marketing, has 26 years of industry experience. She joined Graybar in 2014 as Vice President - Strategic Accounts. She became District Vice President in St. Louis in 2015 and was named Vice President - Category Management in 2022. She was named Vice President - Marketing in 2024 and promoted into her current role earlier this year.

"Andy and Danna are proven leaders who have extensive business experience and a strong commitment to Graybar's values and employee ownership culture," said Graybar's Chairman, President and CEO Kathleen M. Mazzarella. "As they join Graybar's Board of Directors, I am confident that they will continue to provide the strategic direction and valuable insights that are vital to our company's long-term growth and transformation."

Graybar, a Fortune 500 corporation and one of the largest employee-owned companies in North America, is a leader in the distribution of high quality electrical, industrial, automation and connectivity products, and specializes in related supply chain management and logistics services. Through its network of more than 350 North American distribution facilities, it stocks and sells products from thousands of manufacturers, helping its customers power, network, automate and secure their facilities with speed, intelligence and efficiency. For more information, visit www.graybar.com or call 1-800-GRAYBAR.

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