# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0000945114
**File Stem:** 0001628280-26-045186
**Filing Date:** 2026-6
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0001628280-26-045186.hdr.sgml**: 20260624

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001628280-26-045186

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: S-8

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 16

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20260624

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20260624

**EFFECTIVENESS DATE**: 20260624

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** GLOBAL INDUSTRIAL Co
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0000945114
- **STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:** WHOLESALE-INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY & EQUIPMENT [5084]
- **ORGANIZATION NAME:** 07 Trade & Services
- **EIN:** 113262067
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** DE
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1231

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** S-8
- **SEC ACT:** 1933 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 333-296999
- **FILM NUMBER:** 261116095

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 11 HARBOR PARK DRIVE
- **CITY:** PORT WASHINGTON
- **STATE:** NY
- **ZIP:** 11050
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 5166087000

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 11 HARBOR PARK DRIVE
- **CITY:** PORT WASHINGTON
- **STATE:** NY
- **ZIP:** 11050

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** SYSTEMAX INC
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 19990622

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** GLOBAL DIRECTMAIL CORP
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 19950509

**As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 24, 2026&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**

**Registration No. 333-**

**UNITED STATES**

**SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION**

**WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549**

**FORM S-8**

**REGISTRATION STATEMENT**

***UNDER***

***THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933***

**GLOBAL INDUSTRIAL COMPANY**

**(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)**

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| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**Delaware**<br>**(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)** | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**11-3262067**<br>**(I.R.S. Employer** <br>**Identification Number)** |

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| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**11 Harbor Park Drive**<br>**Port Washington, NY**<br> **(Address of Principal Executive Offices)** | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**11050**<br>**(Zip Code)** |

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**Global Industrial Company** 

**Amended and Restated 2018 Employee Stock Purchase Plan** 

**(Full Title of the Plan)**

**Adina G. Storch, Esq.** 

**Senior Vice President and General Counsel** 

**11 Harbor Park Drive**

**Port Washington, NY 11050**

 **(Name and address of agent for service)**

**(516) 608-7000**

**(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)**

***With a copy to:***

**Todd E. Lenson, Esq.** 

**Jordan M. Rosenbaum, Esq.**

**Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer (US) LLP** 

**1177 Avenue of the Americas**

**New York, NY 10036** 

**Telephone: (212) 715-9100**

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer," "smaller reporting company" and "emerging growth company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

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| Large accelerated filer ☐ | Accelerated filer ☒ |
| Non-accelerated filer ☐ | Smaller reporting company ☐ |
| | Emerging growth company ☐ |

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If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. ☐

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**EXPLANATORY NOTE** 

This registration statement on Form S-8 (the "Registration Statement") is filed by Global Industrial Company (the "Registrant") to register 500,000 shares of its common stock, par value $0.01 per share ("Common Stock") available for issuance under the Global Industrial Company Amended and Restated 2018 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the "Plan"), which shares are in addition to the 500,000 shares of Common Stock registered on the Registration Statement on Form S-8 with respect to the Registrant's 2018 Employee Stock Purchase Plan filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 17, 2018 (File No. 333-226902) (the "Prior Registration Statement"). The Registrant's stockholders approved the Plan on June 1, 2026 at its 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.

This Registration Statement relates to securities of the same class as those to which the Prior Registration Statement related, and is submitted in accordance with General Instruction E to Form S-8 regarding the Registration of Additional Securities. Pursuant to Instruction E of Form S-8, the contents of the Prior Registration Statement are incorporated herein by reference and made a part of this Registration Statement, except as modified or supplemented by the information set forth below.

**PART II**

**INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT**

**Item 3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Incorporation by Reference.**

The Registrant hereby incorporates by reference into this Registration Statement the following documents previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission"):

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Registrant's Annual Report on <u>[Form 10-K](https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/945114/000162828026012945/gic-20251231.htm)</u> for the year ended December 31, 2025, filed with the Commission on February 27, 2026;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Registrant's Quarterly Report on <u>[Form 10-Q](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/945114/000162828026030699/gic-20260331.htm)</u> for the quarter ended March 31, 2026, filed with the Commission on May 5, 2026;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Registrant's Current Report on <u>[Form 8-K](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/945114/000162828026040522/gic-20260601.htm)</u>, filed with the Commission on June 3, 2026;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Registrant's Definitive Proxy Statement on <u>[Schedule 14A](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/945114/000162828026026622/gic-20260422.htm)</u> for the 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, filed with the Commission on April 22, 2026; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(e)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The description of the Registrant's Common Stock contained in the Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed with the SEC on June 1, 1995, as updated by the description of the Common Stock contained in <u>[Exhibit 4.2](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/945114/000094511422000009/exhibit42.htm)</u> to the Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021, filed with the Commission on March 17, 2022 and any amendment or report filed for the purpose of further updating such description.

All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be a part hereof from the date of the filing of such documents.

Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained in this Registration Statement, or in any other subsequently filed document that also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement, modifies or supersedes such prior statement. Any statement contained in this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be modified or superseded to the extent that a statement contained in a subsequently filed document that is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement modifies or supersedes such prior statement. Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.

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Notwithstanding the foregoing, information furnished under Items 2.02 and 7.01 of any Current Report on Form 8-K, including the related exhibits, is not incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement or the related prospectus

**Item 8. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Exhibits.**

The Exhibits listed on the accompanying Exhibit Index are filed as part of, and incorporated by reference into, this Registration Statement.

**&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**

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| **Exhibit**<br>**No.** | **Description** |

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| 3.1 | Certificate of Incorporation of Registrant (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-1) (Registration No. 33-92052). |
| <u>[3.2](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/945114/000089968199000268/0000899681-99-000268.txt)</u> | Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation of the Company (incorporated by reference to the Company's report on Form 8-K dated May 18, 1999). |
| <u>[3.3](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/945114/000094511421000041/systemaxinc-dexamendment.htm)</u> | Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant (incorporated by reference to the Registrant's report on Form 8-K dated June 21, 2021). |
| <u>[3.4](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/945114/000094511421000041/amendedandrestatedbylawsto.htm)</u> | Second Amended and Restated By-laws of the Registrant (effective as of June 21, 2021)(incorporated by reference to the Registrant's report on Form 8-K dated June 21, 2021). |
| <u>[4.1](https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/945114/000162828026026622/gic-20260422.htm)</u> | Global Industrial Company Amended and Restated 2018 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (incorporated by reference to Appendix A in the Registrant's Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed on April 22, 2026 (File No. 001-35764)). |
| <u>[5.1](ex51.htm)</u>\* | Opinion of Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer (US) LLP.\* |
| <u>[23.](ex231.htm)</u>1\* | Consent of Ernst & Young LLP\* |
| <u>[23.2](ex51.htm)</u>\* | Consent of Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer (US) LLP (included in Exhibit No. 5.1). |
| <u>[24.1](#ic21220b720bf4ecd86c40e94e18fec57_107)</u>\* | Power of Attorney (included on signature page). |
| <u>[107](exfilingfees.htm)</u>\* | Calculation of Filing Fee Table |

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\* Filed herewith

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**SIGNATURES**

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Port Washington, State of New York, on this 24<sup>th</sup> day of June 2026.

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| **GLOBAL INDUSTRIAL COMPANY** | **GLOBAL INDUSTRIAL COMPANY** |
| By: | <u>/s/ Thomas Clark</u> |
|  | Name: Thomas Clark |
|  | Title: Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |

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**POWER OF ATTORNEY**

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below does hereby constitute and appoint Eric Lerner, with full power of substitution and full power to act, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent to act for him in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this registration statement, any and all registration statements filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) of the Securities Act of 1933 (including post-effective amendments) to register additional securities and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite or necessary to be done in order to effectuate the same as fully, to all intents and purposes, as they or he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them or their or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

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| **Signature** | **Title** | **Date** |
| /s/ Richard B. Leeds | Executive Chairman and Director | June 24, 2026 |
| Richard B. Leeds |  |  |
|  |  | June 24, 2026 |
| /s/ Bruce Leeds | Vice Chairman and Director | June 24, 2026 |
| Bruce Leeds |  |  |
|  |  | June 24, 2026 |
| /s/ Robert Leeds | Vice Chairman and Director | June 24, 2026 |
| Robert Leeds |  |  |
| /s/ Anesa T. Chaibi | Chief Executive Officer and Director | June 24, 2026 |
| Anesa T. Chaibi | (Principal Executive Officer) |  |
| /s/ Thomas Clark | Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | June 24, 2026 |
| Thomas Clark | (Principal Financial Officer) |  |
| /s/ Thomas Axmacher | Vice President and Controller | June 24, 2026 |
| Thomas Axmacher | (Principal Accounting Officer) |  |
| /s/Chad M. Lindbloom | Director | June 24, 2026 |
| Chad M. Lindbloom |  |  |
| /s/ Gary S. Michel | Director | June 24, 2026 |
| Gary S. Michel |  |  |
| /s/ Paul S. Pearlman | Director | June 24, 2026 |
| Paul S. Pearlman |  |  |
| /s/ Robert D. Rosenthal | Director | June 24, 2026 |
| Robert D. Rosenthal |  |  |

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## Ex-Filing

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**CALCULATION OF FILING FEE TABLE**

**Form S-8** 

**Global Industrial Company**

**Table 1 – Newly Registered Securities** 

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| **Security<br>Type** | **Security<br>Class<br>Title** | **Fee<br>Calculation<br>Rule** | **Amount**<br>**Registered**<sup>(1)</sup> | **Proposed**<br>**Maximum**<br>**Offering**<br>**Price Per**<br>**Unit**<sup>(2)</sup> | **Maximum Aggregate<br>Offering<br>Price** | **Fee Rate** | **Amount of Registration<br>Fee** |
| Equity | Common stock, par value $0.01 per share | Other<sup>(2)</sup> | 500000 | $32.985 | $16492500.00 | 0.0001381 | $2277.61 |
| **Total Offering Amounts** | **Total Offering Amounts** | **Total Offering Amounts** | **Total Offering Amounts** |  | $16492500.00 |  | $2277.61 |
| **Total Fee Offsets** | **Total Fee Offsets** | **Total Fee Offsets** | **Total Fee Offsets** |  |  |  | - |
| **Net Fee Due** | **Net Fee Due** | **Net Fee Due** | **Net Fee Due** |  |  |  | $2277.61 |

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<sup>(1)</sup> This Registration Statement registers the issuance of an aggregate of 500,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share ("Common Stock"), of Global Industrial Company available for issuance under the Global Industrial Company Amended and Restated 2018 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the "Plan"). Pursuant to Rule 416(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 (as amended, the "Securities Act"), this Registration Statement also covers such additional securities as may be offered or issued to prevent dilution resulting from stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions.<br><sup>(2)</sup> Estimated solely for purposes of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(h) of the Securities Act. Based upon the average of the high and low prices of the Common Stock as reported on the New York Stock Exchange on June 22, 2026. Pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8, a filing fee is only being paid with respect to the registration of additional securities under the Plan.<br>

## Exhibit 5.1

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer (US) LLP 1177 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10036 USA T 212.715.9100 F +1 212 715 8000 www.hsfkramer.com KL2 3625576.1 Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP and its affiliated and subsidiary businesses and firms, Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer (US) LLP and its affiliate, and Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer, an Australian Partnership, are separate member firms of the international legal practice known as Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer. In New York, we practice through both Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer New York LLP, a limited liability partnership registered in England and Wales with registered number OC375072 and Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer (US) LLP, a registered limited liability partnership organized under the laws of the State of New York with an office at 1177 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10036. In Washington, D.C. and California, we practice through Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer (US) LLP. We use the word partner of Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer New York LLP or of Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer (US) LLP to refer to a member of those entities, or an employee or consultant with equivalent standing and qualifications. June 24, 2026 Global Industrial Company 11 Harbor Park Drive Port Washington, New York 11050 Re: Registration Statement on Form S-8 Ladies and Gentlemen: We have acted as counsel to Global Industrial Company, a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), in connection with the preparation and filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission of the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the "Registration Statement"), under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"), relating to the registration of the offer, issuance and sale by the Company of up to 500,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company (plus any additional shares of common stock of the Company as may be offered or issued to prevent dilution resulting from stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions, the "Shares"), which may be issued pursuant to the Global Industrial Company Amended and Restated 2018 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the "Plan"). In so acting, we have examined originals or copies (certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction) of (i) the Certificate of Incorporation of the Company, as amended by the Certificate of Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation filed with the Secretary of State of Delaware on May 18, 1999 and the Certificate of Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation filed with the Secretary of State of Delaware on June 21, 2021; (ii) the Second Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company; (iii) the Plan; and (iv) the Registration Statement. We also have examined the originals, or duplicates or certified or conformed copies, of such corporate and other records, agreements, documents and other instruments and have made such other investigations as we have deemed relevant and necessary in connection with the opinions hereinafter set forth. As to questions of fact material to this opinion, we have relied upon certificates or comparable documents of public officials and of officers and representatives of the Company. In rendering the opinion set forth below, we have assumed the genuineness of all signatures, the legal capacity of natural persons, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, the conformity to original documents of all documents submitted to us as duplicates or certified or conformed copies and the authenticity of the originals of such latter documents. Based on the foregoing, and subject to the qualifications stated herein, we are of the opinion that the Shares have been duly authorized and, when issued and delivered in accordance with the Plan, will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable. Attorneys involved in the preparation of this opinion are admitted to practice law in the State of New York and we do not purport to be experts on, or express any opinion herein concerning, any law other than the laws of the State of New York, the federal laws of the United States of America and the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware. Exhibit 5.1

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2 KL2 3625576.1 Date June 24, 2026 We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement. In giving this consent, we do not thereby admit that we are within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Act or the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. Very truly yours, /s/ Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer (US) LLP HERBERT SMITH FREEHILLS KRAMER (US) LLP

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## Exhibit 23.1

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Exhibit 23.1 Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement (Form S-8 No. 333-XXXXX) pertaining to the Amended and Restated 2018 Employee Stock Purchase Plan of Global Industrial Company of our reports dated February 27, 2026, with respect to the consolidated financial statements and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting of Global Industrial Company, included in its Annual Report (Form 10-K) for the year ended December 31, 2025, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. /s/ ERNST & YOUNG LLP New York, New York June 24, 2026

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