{"url_path":"/sec/msm/8-k/2026-01-05/item-5-02","section_key":"item-5-02","section_title":"Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangement of Certain Officers","topic":"sec","document":{"doc_type":"8-K","doc_date":"2026-01-05","source_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1003078/0001003078-26-000006-index.html","accession_number":"0001003078-26-000006","cik":"0001003078","ticker":"MSM","issuer_name":"MSC INDUSTRIAL DIRECT CO INC","edgar_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1003078/0001003078-26-000006-index.html","primary_entity_key":"0001003078","primary_entity_name":"MSC INDUSTRIAL DIRECT CO INC"},"word_count":232,"has_tables":true,"body_markdown":"Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangement of Certain Officers\n\nMartina McIsaac Elected to the Board\n\nOn January 1, 2026, Martina McIsaac’s previously announced appointment as the President and Chief Executive Officer of MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc. (the “Company”) became effective. On December 31, 2025, the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”) elected Ms. McIsaac to serve as a director, effective on January 1, 2026, increasing the size of the Board from nine to ten members.\n\nThere is no arrangement or understanding between Ms. McIsaac and any other person pursuant to which she was appointed as a director. There are no transactions involving the Company and Ms. McIsaac that the Company would be required to report pursuant to Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.\n\nErik Gershwind Appointed as Vice Chair of the Board\n\nAlso on December 31, 2025, the Board appointed Erik Gershwind, a director and the Company’s former Chief Executive Officer, as Non-Executive Vice Chair of the Board, effective January 1, 2026.\n\n2\n\nSIGNATURE\n\nPursuant 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.\n\nMSC INDUSTRIAL DIRECT CO., INC.\n\nDate:January 5, 2026\nBy:\n/s/ NEAL DONGRE\n\nName:\nNeal Dongre\n\nTitle:\nSenior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary\n\n3"}