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MSC INDUSTRIAL CONFIRMS RECEIPT OF PROPOSAL FROM CONTROLLING SHAREHOLDERS TO EXCHANGE HIGH-VOTE STOCK AND ELIMINATE DUAL-CLASS SHARE STRUCTURE

PR Newswire - Mon Feb 6, 2023

MELVILLE, N.Y. and DAVIDSON, N.C., Feb. 6, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- MSC INDUSTRIAL SUPPLY CO. (NYSE: MSM), "MSC," "MSC Industrial" or the "Company," a leading North American distributor of a broad range of metalworking and maintenance, repair and operations (MRO) products and services, today confirmed it has received a proposal (the "Proposal") from its controlling shareholders, the Jacobson/Gershwind family, to exchange its high-voting Class B shares (10 votes per share) for Class A shares (1 vote per share) and eliminate the current dual-class share structure. The Proposal is that each Class B share be exchanged for 1.35 Class A shares. The Proposal states that the family expects to remain MSC's largest shareholder, whether or not the proposed transaction occurs.

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