0000205402-26-000030.txt : 20260428 0000205402-26-000030.hdr.sgml : 20260428 20260428155159 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000205402-26-000030 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: DEFA14C PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 FILED AS OF DATE: 20260428 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20260428 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: DEFA14C SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-00255 FILM NUMBER: 26907311 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 DEFA14C 1 c402-20260428corresp.htm DEFA 14C Notice of Internet Availability

 

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Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Information Statement Materials for the Shareholder Meeting

To Be Held on June 10, 2026

Dear Shareholder:

1.

Under Securities and Exchange Commission rules, you are receiving this notice that the Information Statement Materials for our 2026 Annual Meeting of Shareholders are available on the Internet.

This communication is not a form for voting and presents only an overview of the more complete Information Statement Materials (consisting of the 2025 Annual Report to Shareholders (including the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025) and the 2026 Information Statement) that are available to you on the Internet. We encourage you to access and review all of the important information contained in the Information Statement Materials before voting at the 2026 Annual Meeting.

2.

The Information Statement Materials are available at: https://www.eproxyaccess.com/graybar. You may access the Information Statement Materials online by clicking the links entitled “2025 Annual Report and 10-K" and "2026 Information Statement".

3.

If you want to receive a paper or e-mail copy of the Information Statement Materials, you must request one. There is no charge to you for requesting a copy. Please make your request for a copy as instructed below on or before May 31, 2026 to facilitate timely delivery.

The 2026 Annual Meeting of Shareholders of Graybar Electric Company, Inc. (the “Company”) will be held at the Commerce Bank Building, 8000 Forsyth Boulevard, Clayton, Missouri 63105 at 9:30  a.m., on June 10, 2026. Only shareholders of record who owned common stock at the close of business on the record date, April 15, 2026 (the “Record Date”), may vote at the Annual Meeting or any adjournment or postponement of the Annual Meeting that may take place.

The proposal to be voted on at the 2026 Annual Meeting of Shareholders is listed below, along with the Board of Directors’ recommendation.

The Board of Directors recommends that you vote FOR the following proposals:  

1.

Election of ten members to the Board of Directors:



 

 

 



D. A. Bender

W. P. Mansfield

 



B. P. Delaney

K. M. Mazzarella

 



M. W. Geekie

D. M. Meyer

 



R. H. Harvey

B. L. Propst

 



A. C. Ipson

D. B. Stone

 



This Notice also constitutes notice of the 2026 Annual Meeting of Shareholders of the Company.

If you prefer a paper copy of the 2025 Annual Report to Shareholders (including the Annual  Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025) and the Information Statement, you may request one by sending an e-mail to graybarstock@graybar.com, or by calling 1-866-694-2347. You will have the opportunity to make a request to receive paper copies for all future meetings or only for the 2026 Annual Meeting of Shareholders.

Common shareholders of record as of the Record Date may attend the 2026 Annual Meeting of Shareholders. For information on how to obtain directions to be able to attend the meeting and vote in person, please see page 25 of the Information Statement.





WE ARE NOT ASKING YOU FOR A PROXY AND YOU ARE REQUESTED NOT TO SEND US A PROXY.




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