Exhibit 3.1

RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

OF

MSC INDUSTRIAL DIRECT CO., INC.

FIRST: The name of the corporation is MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc. (the “Corporation”).

SECOND: The Corporation is formed for the following purposes:

To engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized and to exercise powers under the Business Corporation Law of the State of New York (the “Business Corporation Law”), provided that the Corporation shall not engage in any act or activity requiring the consent or approval of any state official, department, board, agency or other body without such consent or approval first being obtained.

THIRD: The office of the Corporation shall be located in the County of Suffolk, State of New York.

FOURTH:

A.           Authorized Shares. The total number of shares of all classes which the Corporation shall have authority to issue is 105,000,000, consisting of (i) 100,000,000 shares of Class A Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Common Stock”), and (ii) 5,000,000 shares of Preferred Stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Preferred Stock”).

B.            Voting.

(I)            In any election of directors that is not a Contested Election (as such term is defined in the by-laws of the Corporation, as amended from time to time), a nominee for director shall be elected to the Board of Directors of the Corporation if a majority of the votes cast by the holders of shares entitled to vote in the election are in favor of such nominee’s election. In any Contested Election, nominees shall be elected by a plurality of the votes cast by the holders of shares entitled to vote in the election. For purposes of this provision, “a majority of the votes cast” means that the number of shares voted “for” a nominee must exceed the number of shares voted “against” such nominee, and neither “abstentions” nor “broker non-votes” shall count as votes cast for or against a nominee. In the event that a nominee fails to receive a majority of the votes cast “for” such director’s election in an election that is not a Contested Election, the Board of Directors, within its powers, may take any appropriate action, including decreasing the number of directors or filling a vacancy.

(II)          At a meeting of shareholders, following all requisite approvals under the Business Corporation Law, the affirmative vote of a majority of all outstanding shares entitled to vote thereon shall be required to take any of the following actions:

(a) to adopt a plan of merger or consolidation in accordance with Section 903 of the Business Corporation Law or any successor provision thereto;

(b) to approve the sale, lease, exchange or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Corporation in accordance with Section 909 of the Business Corporation Law or any successor provision thereto;

(c) to adopt a plan for the exchange of shares in accordance with Section 913 of the Business Corporation Law or any successor provision thereto; and

(d) to authorize the dissolution of the Corporation in accordance with Section 1001 of the Business Corporation Law or any successor provision thereto.

C.            Preferred Stock. The Board of Directors of the Corporation is hereby expressly authorized, subject to the limitations prescribed by law and subject to the limitations prescribed in this Part C, to provide for the issuance of one or more series of Preferred Stock, to establish the number of shares to be included in each series and to fix the designation and the relative rights, preferences and limitations of each series. The authority of the Board of Directors with respect to each series shall include, but shall not be limited to, determination of the following:

(I)            The number of shares of Preferred Stock constituting that series and the distinctive designation of that series.

(II)           The dividend rate on the Preferred Stock of that series and whether dividends shall be cumulative and, if so, from which date or dates.

(III)         Whether the Preferred Stock of that series shall have voting rights, in addition to the voting rights provided by law, and, if so, the terms of such voting rights.

(IV)         Whether the Preferred Stock of that series shall have conversion privileges and, if so, the terms and conditions of such conversion, including, without limiting the generality thereof, provisions for adjustment of the conversion rate in such events as the Board of Directors shall determine.

(V)          Whether the Preferred Stock of that series shall be redeemable and, if so, the terms and conditions of such redemption, including, without limiting the generality thereof, the date or dates upon or after which such Preferred Stock shall be redeemable and the amount per share payable in the event of redemption, which amount may vary under different conditions and at different redemption dates.

(VI)         The rights of the Preferred Stock of that series in the event of the voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation; provided, however, that such Preferred Stock shall be entitled to be paid, or have set apart for payment, not less than $0.001 per share before the shares of any other class shall be entitled to be paid, or have set apart for payment, any amount.

D.            Common Stock. The rights, preferences and limitations of the Common Stock are as follows:

(I)            Voting Rights. Subject to the limitations prescribed by law and subject to any voting rights applicable to shares of the Preferred Stock, the Common Stock shall have the sole right and power to vote on all matters on which a vote of shareholders is to be taken. In all matters, with respect to actions both by vote and by consent, each holder of shares of Common Stock shall be entitled to cast one vote in person or by proxy for each share of Common Stock standing in such holder’s name on the transfer books of the Corporation. Except as otherwise provided above and subject to the limitations prescribed by law and subject to any voting rights applicable to shares of the Preferred Stock, the holders of the shares of the Common Stock shall vote together as a single class together with the holders of any shares of the Preferred Stock which are entitled to vote, and not as a separate class.

(II)           Dividends. Subject to any preferential rights applicable to shares of the Preferred Stock, the holders of the shares of the Common Stock shall be entitled to receive equally, on a per share basis, such dividends and other distributions, whether in cash, stock or property, as may be declared on the Common Stock by the Board of Directors from time to time out of assets or funds of the Corporation legally available therefor.

(III)          Conversion. The holders of the shares of the Common Stock shall not have the right to convert their shares of Common Stock into any other securities.

(IV)         Liquidation. Upon the liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, the holders of the shares of the Common Stock shall be entitled to receive equally, on a per share basis, the net assets of the Corporation remaining after the payment of all creditors of the Corporation and any preferential distribution to the holders of the shares of the Preferred Stock.

E.            Conversion of Class B Common Stock. Immediately upon the filing and effectiveness of this Restated Certificate of Incorporation with the Secretary of State of the State of New York (the “Effective Time”), automatically and without further action on the part of the Corporation or the holders of capital stock of the Corporation, each share of Class B Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share, of the Corporation (the “Former Class B Common Stock”), issued and outstanding or held by the Corporation as treasury stock immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be reclassified as, and be converted into, 1.225 validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable shares of Common Stock (the “Class B Reclassification”). The procedures for exchanging or transferring, as applicable, the certificated and book entry shares of Former Class B Common Stock following the Effective Time and for receiving the shares of Common Stock issuable in the Class B Reclassification are set forth in that certain Reclassification Agreement by and among the Corporation and the other parties thereto dated June 20, 2023, as it may be amended from time to time.

FIFTH: The Secretary of State of the State of New York is designated as the agent of the Corporation upon whom process against the Corporation may be served. The post office address to which the Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against the Corporation served upon him is 525 Harbour Place Drive, Davidson, North Carolina 28036.

SIXTH: No holder of any shares of any class shall have any preemptive right to purchase any other shares or securities of any class which may at any time be sold or offered for sale by the Corporation.

SEVENTH: No director of the Corporation shall be personally liable to the Corporation or its shareholders for damages for any breach of duty in such capacity, provided that nothing contained in this Article SEVENTH shall eliminate or limit the liability of any director if a judgment or other final adjudication adverse to him or her establishes that his or her acts or omissions were in bad faith or involved intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law or that he or she personally gained in fact a financial profit or other advantage to which he or she was not legally entitled or that his or her acts violated Section 719, or its successor, of the Business Corporation Law.

EIGHTH: The Corporation shall indemnify any person to the fullest extent permitted by the Business Corporation Law, as amended from time to time, for all amounts (including, without limitation, judgements, fines, settlement payments, expenses and attorneys’ fees) incurred or paid in connection with any action, suit, investigation or proceeding arising out of or relating to the performance of services by such person for, or acting as a director, officer or employee of, the Corporation or any other person or enterprise at the Corporation’s request, and shall to the fullest extent permitted by the Business Corporation Law, as amended from time to time, advance all expenses incurred or paid by such person in connection with, and until disposition of any action, suit, investigation or proceeding arising out of or relating to the performance of services by such person for, or acting as a director, officer or employee of, the Corporation or any other person or enterprise at the Corporation’s request.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has signed this Restated Certificate of Incorporation on October 4, 2023.

Exhibit 3.2

THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED 

BY-LAWS 

OF 

MSC INDUSTRIAL DIRECT CO., INC. 

(as of October 4, 2023)

Any person made, or threatened to be made, a party to an action by or in the right of the Corporation to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that such person, or such person’s testator or intestate, is or was a director or officer of the Corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director or officer of any other corporation of any type or kind, domestic or foreign, or any partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise, shall be indemnified by the Corporation against amounts paid in settlement and reasonable expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and necessarily incurred by such person in connection with the defense or settlement of such action, or in connection with any appeal therein, to the full extent permissible under Sections 722, 723 and 725 of the Business Corporation Law.

Exhibit 10.1

MSC INDUSTRIAL DIRECT CO., INC.

REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

THIS REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is made as of October 4, 2023 among MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc, a New York corporation (the “Company”), each of the Persons listed on the signature pages hereto under the caption “Holders” and each of the other persons executing a joinder agreement substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit B (collectively, the “Holders”). Except as otherwise specified herein, all capitalized terms used in this Agreement are defined in Exhibit A attached hereto.

In consideration of the mutual covenants contained herein and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties to this Agreement hereby agree as follows:

Section 1         Demand Registrations.

(a)            Requests for Registration. At any time and from time to time, the Holders may request registration under the Securities Act of all or any portion of their Registrable Securities on Form S-1 or any similar long-form registration statement (“Long-Form Registrations”) or on Form S-3 or any similar short-form registration statement (“Short-Form Registrations”), if available (any such requested registration, a “Demand Registration”). The Holders may request that any Demand Registration be made pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act (a “Shelf Registration”) and (if the Company is a WKSI at the time any such request is submitted to the Company or will become one by the time of the filing of such Shelf Registration) that such Shelf Registration be an automatic shelf registration statement (as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) (an “Automatic Shelf Registration Statement”). Each request for a Demand Registration must specify the approximate number or dollar value of Registrable Securities requested to be registered by the requesting Holders and (if known) the intended method of distribution. The Holders will be entitled to request an unlimited number of Demand Registrations for which the Company will pay all Registration Expenses, whether or not any such registration is consummated.

(b)            Notice to Other Holders. Within four (4) Business Days after receipt of any such request, the Company will give written notice of the Demand Registration to all other Holders and, subject to the terms of Section 1(e), will include in such Demand Registration (and in all related registrations and qualifications under state blue sky laws and in any related underwriting) all Registrable Securities with respect to which the Company has received written requests for inclusion therein within ten (10) days (unless a longer period is agreed to by the requesting Holder) after the receipt of the Company’s notice.

(c)            Form of Registrations. All Long-Form Registrations will be underwritten registrations and must have an aggregate anticipated offering price of at least $75,000,000. Demand Registrations will be Short-Form Registrations whenever the Company is permitted to use any applicable short form.

(d)            Shelf Registrations.

(i)            For so long as a registration statement for a Shelf Registration (a “Shelf Registration Statement”) is and remains effective, the Holders will have the right at any time or from time to time to elect to sell pursuant to an offering (including an underwritten offering) Registrable Securities pursuant to such registration statement (“Shelf Registrable Securities”); provided that the Holders shall, collectively, be limited to a total of one underwritten offering in any calendar year (unless the Company otherwise agrees to effect an additional underwritten offering during such calendar year) and the aggregate anticipated offering price of each underwritten offering is at least $75,000,000 (it being understood, for the avoidance of doubt, any Underwritten Block Trade shall not be considered un underwritten offering for the purposes of this Section 1(d)(i)). If the Holders desire to sell Registrable Securities pursuant to an underwritten offering, then the Holders may deliver to the Company a written notice (a “Shelf Offering Notice”) specifying the number of Shelf Registrable Securities that the Holders desire to sell pursuant to such underwritten offering (the “Shelf Offering”). As promptly as practicable, but in no event later than two (2) Business Days after receipt of a Shelf Offering Notice, the Company will give written notice of such Shelf Offering Notice to all other Holders of Shelf Registrable Securities that have been identified as selling shareholders in such Shelf Registration Statement and are otherwise permitted to sell in such Shelf Offering, which such notice shall request that each such Holder specify, within seven (7) days (unless a longer period is agreed to by the requesting Holder) after the Company’s receipt of the Shelf Offering Notice, the maximum number of Shelf Registrable Securities such Holder desires to be disposed of in such Shelf Offering. The Company, subject to Section 1(e) and Section 7, will include in such Shelf Offering all Shelf Registrable Securities with respect to which the Company has received timely written requests for inclusion. The Company will, as expeditiously as possible (and in any event within fourteen (14) days after the receipt of a Shelf Offering Notice), but subject to Section 1(e), use its reasonable best efforts to consummate such Shelf Offering.

(ii)            If the Holders desire to engage in an underwritten block trade or bought deal pursuant to a Shelf Registration Statement (either through filing an Automatic Shelf Registration Statement or through a take-down from an already existing Shelf Registration Statement) (each, an “Underwritten Block Trade”), then notwithstanding the time periods set forth in Section 1(d)(i), the Holders may notify the Company of the Underwritten Block Trade not less than two (2) Business Days prior to the day such offering is first anticipated to commence. The Company will promptly notify other Holders of such Underwritten Block Trade and such notified Holders (each, a “Potential Participant”) may elect whether or not to participate no later than the next Business Day (i.e. one (1) Business Day prior to the day such offering is to commence) (unless a longer period is agreed to by the requesting Holders), and the Company will as expeditiously as possible use its reasonable best efforts to facilitate such Underwritten Block Trade (which may close as early as two (2) Business Days after the date it commences). Any Potential Participant’s request to participate in an Underwritten Block Trade shall be binding on the Potential Participant.

(iii)            All determinations as to whether to complete any Shelf Offering and as to the timing, manner, price and other terms of any Shelf Offering contemplated by this Section 1(d) shall be determined by the Holders, and the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause any Shelf Offering to occur in accordance with such determinations as promptly as practicable.

(iv)            The Company will, at the request of the Holders, file any prospectus supplement or any post-effective amendments and otherwise take any action necessary to include therein all disclosure and language deemed necessary or advisable by the Holders to effect such Shelf Offering.

(e)            Priority on Demand Registrations and Shelf Offerings. The Company will not include in any Demand Registration any securities that are not Registrable Securities without the prior written consent of the requesting Holder. If a Demand Registration or a Shelf Offering is an underwritten offering and the managing underwriters advise the Company in writing that in their opinion the number of Registrable Securities and (if permitted hereunder) other securities requested to be included in such offering exceeds the number of Registrable Securities and other securities (if any), which can be sold therein without adversely affecting the marketability, proposed offering price, timing or method of distribution of the offering, then the Company will include in such offering (prior to the inclusion of any securities which are not Registrable Securities) the number of Registrable Securities requested to be included by any Holder which, in the opinion of such underwriters, can be sold, without any such adverse effect, pro rata among such Holders on the basis of the number of Registrable Securities owned by each such Holder.

(f)            Restrictions on Demand Registration and Shelf Offerings.

(i)            The Company may postpone, for up to 60 days (or with the consent of the Holders, a longer period) from the date of the request (the “Suspension Period”), the filing or the effectiveness of a registration statement for a Demand Registration or suspend the use of a prospectus that is part of a Shelf Registration Statement (and therefore suspend sales of the Shelf Registrable Securities) by providing written notice to the Holders if the following conditions are met: (A) the Company determines that the offer or sale of Registrable Securities would reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on any proposal or plan by the Company or any Subsidiary to engage in any material acquisition of assets or stock (other than in the ordinary course of business) or any material merger, consolidation, tender offer, recapitalization, reorganization, financing or other transaction involving the Company and (B) upon advice of counsel, the sale of Registrable Securities pursuant to the registration statement would require disclosure of material non-public information not otherwise required to be disclosed under applicable law, and either (x) the Company has a bona fide business purpose for preserving the confidentiality of such transaction, (y) disclosure would have a material adverse effect on the Company or the Company’s ability to consummate such transaction, or (z) such transaction renders the Company unable to comply with SEC requirements, in each case under circumstances that would make it impractical or inadvisable to cause the registration statement (or such filings) to become effective or to promptly amend or supplement the registration statement on a post effective basis, as applicable. The Company may delay or suspend the effectiveness of a Demand Registration or Shelf Registration Statement pursuant to this Section 1(f)(i) only once in any twelve (12)-month period (for avoidance of doubt, in addition to the Company’s rights and obligations under Section 4(a)(vi)) unless additional delays or suspensions are approved by the Holders.

(ii)            In the case of an event that causes the Company to suspend the use of a Shelf Registration Statement as set forth in Section 1(f)(i) above or pursuant to Section 4(a)(vi) (a “Suspension Event”), the Company will give a notice to the Holders whose Registrable Securities are registered pursuant to such Shelf Registration Statement (a “Suspension Notice”) to suspend sales of the Registrable Securities and such notice must state generally the basis for the notice and that such suspension will continue only for so long as the Suspension Event or its effect is continuing. Each Holder agrees not to effect any sales of its Registrable Securities pursuant to such Shelf Registration Statement (or such filings) at any time after it has received a Suspension Notice from the Company and prior to receipt of an End of Suspension Notice. A Holder may recommence effecting sales of the Registrable Securities pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement (or such filings) following further written notice to such effect (an “End of Suspension Notice”) from the Company, which End of Suspension Notice will be given by the Company to the Holders promptly following the conclusion of any Suspension Event (and in any event during the permitted Suspension Period).

(g)            Selection of Underwriters. The requesting Holder will have the right to select the investment banker(s) and manager(s) to administer any underwritten offering in connection with any Demand Registration or Shelf Offering, subject to the consent, not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed, of the Company; provided that the Company may select the counsel for such lead underwriters that is acceptable to such underwriters and reasonably acceptable to the requesting Holder.

(h)            Other Registration Rights. Except as provided in this Agreement, the Company shall not, without the prior written consent of the Holders, enter into any agreement with any holder or prospective holder of any securities of the Company that would provide to such holder or prospective holder the right to include securities in any registration other than on a subordinate basis to the Registrable Securities in the Company held by the Holders.

(i)            Revocation of Demand Notice or Shelf Offering Notice.  At any time prior to the effective date of the registration statement relating to a Demand Registration or the “pricing” of any offering relating to a Shelf Offering Notice, the Holders who initiated such Demand Registration or Shelf Offering may revoke or withdraw such notice of a Demand Registration or Shelf Offering Notice on behalf of all Holders participating in such Demand Registration or Shelf Offering without liability to such Holders (including, for the avoidance of doubt, the other Participating Holders), in each case by providing written notice to the Company. A notice of Demand Registration or Shelf Takedown that has been revoked or withdrawn shall count as one of the permitted underwritten Shelf Offerings permitted pursuant to Section 1(d) if such revocation or withdrawal (i) was not primarily caused by the Company’s breach of its obligations hereunder and (ii) is not in light of either (A) any fact, circumstance, event, change, effect or occurrence that individually or in the aggregate with all other facts or circumstances, events, changes, effects or occurrences has or had or is reasonably expected to have a material adverse effect on the Company or (B) any material adverse information concerning the Company that the Company had not publicly disclosed at least forty-eight (48) hours prior to such registration request or that the Company had not otherwise notified, in writing, the Holders prior to the time of such request.

(j)            Confidentiality. Each Holder agrees to treat as confidential the receipt of any notice hereunder (including notice of a Demand Registration, a Shelf Offering Notice and a Suspension Notice) and the information contained therein, and not to disclose or use the information contained in any such notice (or the existence thereof) without the prior written consent of the Company unless (i) disclosure of such information is required by court or administrative order, (ii) disclosure of such information is required by law or applicable legal process, (iii) such information is or becomes available to the public generally (other than as a result of disclosure by such Holder in breach of the terms of this Agreement), (iv) such information becomes available to such Holder on a non-confidential basis from a source other than the Company that does not breach a confidentiality obligation to the Company or (v) such information is independently developed by such Holder. In the case of a proposed disclosure pursuant to (i) or (ii) above, such Holder shall be required to give the Company written notice of the proposed disclosure prior to such disclosure and, if requested by the Company, assist the Company in seeking to prevent or limit the proposed disclosure in accordance with applicable law.

Section 2         Piggyback Registrations.

(a)            Right to Piggyback. Whenever the Company proposes to register any of its equity securities under the Securities Act (including primary and secondary registrations, and other than pursuant to an Excluded Registration) (a “Piggyback Registration”), the Company will give prompt written notice (and in any event within three (3) Business Days after the public filing of the registration statement relating to the Piggyback Registration) to all Holders of its intention to effect such Piggyback Registration and, subject to the terms of Section 2(b) and Section 2(c), will include in such Piggyback Registration (and in all related registrations or qualifications under blue sky laws and in any related underwriting) all Registrable Securities with respect to which the Company has received written requests for inclusion therein within ten (10) days after delivery of the Company’s notice. Any Holder may withdraw its request for inclusion at any time prior to executing the underwriting agreement, or if none, prior to the applicable registration statement becoming effective.

(b)            Priority on Primary Registrations. If a Piggyback Registration is an underwritten primary registration on behalf of the Company, and the managing underwriters advise the Company in writing that in their opinion the number of securities requested to be included in such registration exceeds the number which can be sold in such offering without adversely affecting the marketability, proposed offering price, timing or method of distribution of the offering, the Company will include in such registration (i) first, the securities the Company proposes to sell, (ii) second, the Registrable Securities requested to be included in such registration by any Holder which, in the opinion of such underwriters, can be sold, without any such adverse effect, pro rata among such Holders on the basis of the number of Registrable Securities owned by each such Holder and (iii) third, other securities requested to be included in such registration which, in the opinion of the underwriters, can be sold without any such adverse effect.

(c)            Priority on Secondary Registrations. If a Piggyback Registration is an underwritten secondary registration on behalf of holders of the Company’s equity securities (other than pursuant to Section 1 hereof), and the managing underwriters advise the Company in writing that in their opinion the number of securities requested to be included in such registration exceeds the number which can be sold in such offering without adversely affecting the marketability, proposed offering price, timing or method of distribution of the offering, the Company will include in such registration (i) first, the securities requested to be included therein by the holder(s) initially requesting such registration, together with any Registrable Securities requested to be included in such registration, which, in the opinion of the underwriters, can be sold without any such adverse effect, (ii) second, the Registrable Securities requested to be included in such registration by any other Holder which, in the opinion of such underwriters, can be sold, without any such adverse effect, pro rata among such Holders on the basis of the number of Registrable Securities owned by each such Holder and (iii) third, other securities requested to be included in such registration which, in the opinion of the underwriters, can be sold without any such adverse effect.

(d)            Right to Terminate Registration. The Company will have the right to terminate or withdraw any registration initiated by it under this Section 2, whether or not any holder of Registrable Securities has elected to include securities in such registration.

(e)            Selection of Underwriters. If any Piggyback Registration is an underwritten offering, the Company shall select the legal counsel, investment banker(s) and manager(s) for the offering.

Section 3         Shareholder Lock-Up Agreements.

(a)            Reclassification Agreement Lock-Up. The parties hereto acknowledge and agree that the Reclassification Agreement imposes transfer restrictions, and any sale pursuant to a registration made pursuant to this Agreement shall comply with such restrictions (to the extent applicable).

(b)            Underwriter Lock-Up. In connection with any underwritten Public Offering, each Participating Holder will enter into any lock-up, holdback or similar agreements requested by the underwriter(s) managing such offering, in each case with such modifications and exceptions as may be approved by the Participating Holders. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each Participating Holder hereby agrees, in connection with any Demand Registration, Shelf Offering or Piggyback Registration that is an underwritten Public Offering, not to (i) offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge or otherwise dispose of (including sales pursuant to Rule 144), directly or indirectly, any equity securities of the Company (including equity securities of the Company that may be deemed to be beneficially owned by such Holder in accordance with the rules and regulations of the SEC) (collectively, “Securities”), or any securities, options or rights convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for Securities (collectively, “Other Securities”), (ii) enter into a transaction which would have the same effect as described in clause (i) above, (iii) enter into any swap, hedge or other arrangement that transfers, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences or ownership of any Securities or Other Securities, whether such transaction is to be settled by delivery of such Securities or Other Securities, in cash or otherwise (each of (i), (ii) and (iii) above, a “Sale Transaction”), or (iv) publicly disclose the intention to enter into any Sale Transaction, commencing on the date on which the Company gives notice to the Participating Holders that a preliminary prospectus has been circulated for such underwritten Public Offering or the “pricing” of such offering and continuing to the date that is 90 days following the date of the final prospectus in the case of any other such underwritten Public Offering (each such period, or such shorter period as agreed to by the managing underwriters, a “Holdback Period”). The Company may impose stop-transfer instructions with respect to any Securities or Other Securities subject to the restrictions set forth in this Section 3(b) until the end of such Holdback Period. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Participating Holders shall not be required to agree not to offer, sell, contract to sell or otherwise dispose any Securities or Other Securities (i) to any of their spouses, their descendants (whether by blood or adoption), their descendants’ spouses (including any person married to one of their descendants at the time of such descendant’s death), the descendants of a spouse of their descendant (whether by blood or adoption), their siblings, the descendants of their siblings (whether by blood or adoption), or the estate of any of the foregoing persons; (ii) to charitable foundations, trusts, corporations, partnerships and limited liability companies organized and controlled by the Jacobson / Gershwind Family or Jacobson Family Investments, Inc.; (iii) to Jacobson / Gershwind Family trusts or other investment vehicles of the Jacobson / Gershwind Family which are for the benefit of any combination of the Persons described in clause (i) or (ii); (iv) by gift so long as such Covered Shares are held by a Jacobson / Gershwind Family charitable foundation or similar entity as of the date thereof and Transferred to a third party charitable foundation or similar entity to satisfy any commitments in respect of, and in an amount not to exceed, any pledges in existence or pending as of the date thereof; (v) in the event of a death during the Lock-Up Period of (w) both Mr. Mitchell Jacobson and Ms. Kathy Jacobson, (x) both Mr. Erik Gershwind and Ms. Jackie Gershwind, (y) both Ms. Stacey Bennett and Mr. Michael Bennett or (z) Ms. Marjorie Gershwind Fiverson, in each case solely to the extent such Transfers are required for liquidity purposes to pay estate taxes that become due under applicable law prior to the expiration of the Lock-Up Period; (vi) so long as (and to the extent) the proceeds of such Transfer are used to pay taxes upon the exercise of any stock options or vesting of any equity compensation awards under the Company’s 2015 Omnibus Incentive Plan or the Company’s 2023 Omnibus Incentive Plan; and (vii) solely with respect to Non-Family Controlled Trust Shares, the Participating Holders may Transfer such Non-Family Controlled Trust Shares to third party trustees of the Non-Family Controlled Trust, and such trustees of the Non-Family Controlled Trust holding shares of Common Equity received in exchange for shares of the Company’s Class B Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share, held within such trust as of the date thereof shall not be subject to the Transfer restrictions set forth in Section 5.6(B)(i) of the Reclassification Agreement; provided that the Participating Holders shall use reasonable best efforts to cause such trustees to comply with the Transfer restrictions set forth in Section 5.6(B)(i) of the Reclassification Agreement with respect to any Non-Family Controlled Trust Shares.

(c)            Company Holdback Agreement. The Company (i) will not file any registration statement for a Public Offering or cause any such registration statement to become effective, or effect any public sale or distribution of its Securities or Other Securities during any Holdback Period (other than as part of such underwritten Public Offering, or a registration on Form S-4 or Form S-8 or any successor or similar form which is (x) then in effect or (y) shall become effective upon the conversion, exchange or exercise of any then outstanding Other Securities) and (ii) will cause its directors and executive officers to agree not to effect any Sale Transaction during any Holdback Period, except as part of such underwritten registration (if otherwise permitted), unless approved in writing by the Participating Holders and the underwriters managing the Public Offering and to enter into any lock-up, holdback or similar agreements requested by the underwriter(s) managing such offering, in each case with such modifications and exceptions as may be approved by the Participating Holders.

Section 4         Registration Procedures.

(a)            Company Obligations. Whenever the Holders have requested that any Registrable Securities be registered pursuant to this Agreement or have initiated a Shelf Offering, the Company will use its reasonable best efforts to effect the registration and the sale of such Registrable Securities in accordance with the intended method of disposition thereof, and pursuant thereto the Company will as expeditiously as possible:

(i)            prepare and file with (or submit confidentially to) the SEC a registration statement, and all amendments and supplements thereto and related prospectuses, with respect to such Registrable Securities and use its reasonable best efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective, all in accordance with the Securities Act and all applicable rules and regulations promulgated thereunder (provided that before filing or confidentially submitting a registration statement or prospectus or any amendments or supplements thereto, the Company will furnish to the counsel selected by the Participating Holders covered by such registration statement copies of all such documents proposed to be filed or submitted, which documents will be subject to the review and comment of such counsel);

(ii)            notify each Holder of (A) the issuance by the SEC of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of any registration statement or the initiation of any proceedings for that purpose, (B) the receipt by the Company or its counsel of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Registrable Securities for sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose, and (C) the effectiveness of each registration statement filed hereunder;

(iii)            prepare and file with the SEC such amendments and supplements to such registration statement and the prospectus used in connection therewith as may be necessary to keep such registration statement effective for a period ending when all of the securities covered by such registration statement have been disposed of in accordance with the intended methods of distribution by the sellers thereof set forth in such registration statement (but not in any event before the expiration of any longer period required under the Securities Act or, if such registration statement relates to an underwritten Public Offering, such longer period as in the opinion of counsel for the underwriters a prospectus is required by law to be delivered in connection with sale of Registrable Securities by an underwriter or dealer) and comply with the provisions of the Securities Act with respect to the disposition of all securities covered by such registration statement during such period in accordance with the intended methods of disposition by the sellers thereof set forth in such registration statement;

(iv)            furnish, without charge, to each seller of Registrable Securities thereunder and each underwriter, if any, such number of copies of such registration statement, each amendment and supplement thereto, the prospectus included in such registration statement (including each preliminary prospectus) (in each case including all exhibits and documents incorporated by reference therein), each amendment and supplement thereto, each Free Writing Prospectus and such other documents as such seller or underwriter, if any, may reasonably request in order to facilitate the disposition of the Registrable Securities owned by such seller (the Company hereby consenting to the use in accordance with all applicable laws of each such registration statement, each such amendment and supplement thereto, and each such prospectus (or preliminary prospectus or supplement thereto) or Free Writing Prospectus by each such seller of Registrable Securities and the underwriters, if any, in connection with the offering and sale of the Registrable Securities covered by such registration statement or prospectus);

(v)            use its reasonable best efforts to register or qualify such Registrable Securities under such other securities or blue sky laws of such jurisdictions as any seller reasonably requests and do any and all other acts and things which may be reasonably necessary or advisable to enable such seller to consummate the disposition in such jurisdictions of the Registrable Securities owned by such seller (provided that the Company will not be required to (A) qualify generally to do business in any jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be required to qualify but for this subparagraph or (B) consent to general service of process in any such jurisdiction or (C) subject itself to taxation in any such jurisdiction);

(vi)           notify in writing each seller of such Registrable Securities (A) promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the date and time when such registration statement and each post-effective amendment thereto has become effective or a prospectus or supplement to any prospectus relating to a registration statement has been filed and when any registration or qualification has become effective under a state securities or blue sky law or any exemption thereunder has been obtained, (B) promptly after receipt thereof, of any request by the SEC for the amendment or supplementing of such registration statement or prospectus or for additional information, and (C) at any time when a prospectus relating thereto is required to be delivered under the Securities Act, of the happening of any event or of any information or circumstances as a result of which the prospectus included in such registration statement contains an untrue statement of a material fact or omits any fact necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and, subject to Section 1(f), if required by applicable law or to the extent requested by the Holders, the Company will use its reasonable best efforts to promptly prepare and file a supplement or amendment to such prospectus so that, as thereafter delivered to the purchasers of such Registrable Securities, such prospectus will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any fact necessary to make the statements therein not misleading and (D) if at any time the representations and warranties of the Company in any underwriting agreement, securities sale agreement, or other similar agreement, relating to the offering shall cease to be true and correct;

(vii)          (A) use reasonable best efforts to cause all such Registrable Securities to be listed on each securities exchange on which similar securities issued by the Company are then listed and, if not so listed, to be listed on a securities exchange and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, to arrange for at least two market markers to register as such with respect to such Registrable Securities with FINRA, and (B) comply (and continue to comply) with the requirements of any self-regulatory organization applicable to the Company, including without limitation all corporate governance requirements;

(viii)         use reasonable best efforts to provide a transfer agent and registrar for all such Registrable Securities not later than the effective date of such registration statement;

(ix)           enter into and perform such customary agreements (including, as applicable, underwriting agreements in customary form) and take all such other actions as the Holders, any underwriter, broker, placement agent or other agent reasonably request in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of such Registrable Securities (including, without limitation, making available the executive officers of the Company and participating in “road shows,” investor presentations, marketing events and other selling efforts, reasonably cooperating with the Holders in planning the marketing and distribution of such Registrable Securities and effecting a stock or unit split or combination, recapitalization or reorganization);

(x)            make available for inspection by any seller of Registrable Securities, any underwriter, broker, placement agent or other agent participating in any disposition or sale pursuant to such registration statement and any attorney, accountant or other agent retained by any such seller or underwriter, all financial and other records, pertinent corporate and business documents and properties of the Company as will be necessary to enable them to exercise their due diligence responsibility, and cause the Company’s officers, directors, employees, agents, representatives and independent accountants to supply all information reasonably requested by any such seller, underwriter, attorney, accountant or agent in connection with such registration statement and the disposition of such Registrable Securities pursuant thereto;

(xi)           take all actions to ensure that any Free-Writing Prospectus utilized in connection with any Demand Registration or Piggyback Registration or Shelf Offering hereunder complies in all material respects with the Securities Act, is filed in accordance with the Securities Act to the extent required thereby, is retained in accordance with the Securities Act to the extent required thereby and, when taken together with the related prospectus, prospectus supplement and related documents, will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading;

(xii)          otherwise use its reasonable best efforts to comply with all applicable rules and regulations of the SEC, and make available to its security holders, as soon as reasonably practicable, an earnings statement covering the period of at least twelve (12) months beginning with the first day of the Company’s first full calendar quarter after the effective date of the registration statement, which earnings statement will satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and Rule 158 thereunder;

(xiii)         permit any Holder which, in its sole and exclusive judgment, might be deemed to be an underwriter or a controlling person of the Company, to participate in the preparation of such registration or comparable statement and to allow such Holder to provide language for insertion therein, in form and substance satisfactory to the Company, which in the reasonable judgment of such Holder and its counsel should be included;

(xiv)         use reasonable best efforts to (A) make Short-Form Registration available for the sale of Registrable Securities and (B) prevent the issuance of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of a registration statement, or the issuance of any order suspending or preventing the use of any related prospectus or suspending the qualification of any Common Equity included in such registration statement for sale in any jurisdiction use, and in the event any such order is issued, reasonable best efforts to obtain promptly the withdrawal of such order;

(xv)          use its reasonable best efforts to cause such Registrable Securities covered by such registration statement to be registered with or approved by such other governmental agencies or authorities as may be necessary to enable the sellers thereof to consummate the disposition of such Registrable Securities;

(xvi)         cooperate with the Holders covered by the registration statement and the managing underwriter or agent, if any, to facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates representing Registrable Securities sold (or arrange for book entry transfer of securities in the case of uncertificated securities), and enable such Registrable Securities to be in such denominations and registered in such names as the managing underwriter, or agent, if any, or such Holders may request at least two (2) Business Days prior to any proposed sale of Registrable Securities to the underwriters, brokers, placement agents or other agents;

(xvii)        if requested by any managing underwriter, include in any prospectus or prospectus supplement updated financial or business information for the Company’s most recent period or current quarterly period (including estimated results or ranges of results) if required for purposes of marketing the offering in the view of the managing underwriter;

(xviii)       take no direct or indirect action prohibited by Regulation M under the Exchange Act; provided that to the extent that any prohibition is applicable to the Company, the Company will take such action as is necessary to make any such prohibition inapplicable;

(xix)          cooperate with each Holder covered by the registration statement and each underwriter or agent participating in the disposition of such Registrable Securities and their respective counsel in connection with the preparation and filing of applications, notices, registrations and responses to requests for additional information with FINRA, the New York Stock Exchange, Nasdaq or any other national securities exchange on which the shares of Common Equity are or are to be listed, and to the extent required by the rules and regulations of FINRA, retain a Qualified Independent Underwriter acceptable to the managing underwriter;

(xx)           in the case of any underwritten offering, use its reasonable best efforts to obtain, and deliver to the underwriter(s), in the manner and to the extent provided for in the applicable underwriting agreement, one or more cold comfort letters from the Company’s independent public accountants in customary form and covering such matters of the type customarily covered by cold comfort letters;

(xxi)          use its reasonable best efforts to provide (A) a legal opinion of the Company’s outside counsel, dated the effective date of such registration statement addressed to the Company addressing the validity of the Registrable Securities being offered thereby, (B) on the date that such Registrable Securities are delivered to the underwriters for sale in connection with a Demand Registration or Shelf Offering, if such securities are being sold through underwriters, or, if such securities are not being sold through underwriters, on the closing date of the applicable sale, (1) one or more legal opinions of the Company’s outside counsel, dated such date, in form and substance as customarily given to underwriters in an underwritten public offering or, in the case of a non-underwritten offering, to the broker, placement agent or other agent of the Holders assisting in the sale of the Registrable Securities and (2) one or more “negative assurances letters” of the Company’s outside counsel, dated such date, in form and substance as is customarily given to underwriters in an underwritten public offering or, in the case of a non-underwritten offering, to the broker, placement agent or other agent of the Holders assisting in the sale of the Registrable Securities, in each case, addressed to the underwriters, if any, or, if requested, in the case of a non-underwritten offering, to the broker, placement agent or other agent of the Holders assisting in the sale of the Registrable Securities and (3) customary certificates executed by authorized officers of the Company as may be requested by any Participating Holder or any underwriter of such Registrable Securities;

(xxii)         if the Company files an Automatic Shelf Registration Statement covering any Registrable Securities, use its reasonable best efforts to remain a WKSI (and not become an ineligible issuer (as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act)) during the period during which such Automatic Shelf Registration Statement is required to remain effective;

(xxiii)        if the Company does not pay the filing fee covering the Registrable Securities at the time an Automatic Shelf Registration Statement is filed, pay such fee at such time or times as the Registrable Securities are to be sold;

(xxiv)       if the Automatic Shelf Registration Statement has been outstanding for at least three (3) years, at the end of the third year, refile a new Automatic Shelf Registration Statement covering the Registrable Securities; provided, that the Company will take all action necessary or appropriate to permit the resale of the Registrable Securities to continue uninterrupted as contemplated in the expiring Automatic Shelf Registration Statement, including by filing an additional Automatic Shelf Registration Statement relating to the Registrable Securities prior to the expiration of such Automatic Shelf Registration Statement; and, if at any time when the Company is required to re-evaluate its WKSI status the Company determines that it is not a WKSI, use its reasonable best efforts to refile the Shelf Registration Statement on Form S-3 and, if such form is not available, Form S-1 and keep such registration statement effective during the period during which such registration statement is required to be kept effective;

(xxv)        if requested by any Holder, cooperate with such Holder and with the managing underwriter or agent, if any, on reasonable notice to facilitate any Charitable Gifting Event and to prepare and file with the SEC such amendments and supplements to such registration statement and the prospectus used in connection therewith as may be necessary to permit any such recipient Charitable Organization to sell in the underwritten offering if it so elects; and

(xxvi)       otherwise use its reasonable best efforts to comply with all applicable rules and regulations of the SEC under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, including, without limitation, Rule 172 under the Securities Act, file any final prospectus, including any supplement or amendment thereof, with the SEC pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act, promptly inform the Holders in writing if, at any time, the Company does not satisfy the conditions specified in Rule 172 and, as a result thereof, the Holders are required to deliver a prospectus in connection with any disposition of Registrable Securities and take such other actions as may be reasonably necessary to facilitate the registration of the Registrable Securities hereunder.

(b)            Automatic Shelf Registration Statements. If the Company files any Automatic Shelf Registration Statement for the benefit of the holders of any of its equity securities other than the Holders, and the Holders of Registrable Securities do not request that their Registrable Securities be included in such Shelf Registration Statement, the Company agrees that, at the request of any Holder, it will include in such Automatic Shelf Registration Statement such disclosures as may be required by Rule 430B in order to ensure that the Holders of Registrable Securities may be added to such Shelf Registration Statement at a later time through the filing of a prospectus supplement rather than a post-effective amendment. If the Company has filed any Automatic Shelf Registration Statement for the benefit of the holders of any of its equity securities other than the Holders, the Company shall, at the request of any Holder, file any post-effective amendments necessary to include therein all disclosure and language necessary to ensure that the holders of Registrable Securities may be added to such Shelf Registration Statement.

(c)            Additional Information. The Company may require each seller of Registrable Securities as to which any registration is being effected to furnish the Company such information regarding such seller and the distribution of such securities as the Company may from time to time reasonably request in writing, as a condition to such seller’s participation in such registration.

(d)            Suspended Distributions. Each Person participating in a registration hereunder agrees that, upon receipt of any notice from the Company of the happening of any event of the kind described in Section 4(a)(vi), such Person will immediately discontinue the disposition of its Registrable Securities pursuant to the registration statement until such Person’s receipt of the copies of a supplemented or amended prospectus as contemplated by Section 4(a)(vi), subject to the Company’s compliance with its obligations under Section 4(a)(vi).

(e)            Other. To the extent that any of the Holders is or may be deemed to be an “underwriter” of Registrable Securities pursuant to any SEC comments or policies, the Company agrees that (i) the indemnification and contribution provisions contained in Section 6 shall be applicable to the benefit of such Holder in their role as an underwriter or deemed underwriter in addition to their capacity as a Holder and (ii) such Holder shall be entitled to conduct the due diligence which they would normally conduct in connection with an offering of securities registered under the Securities Act, including without limitation receipt of customary opinions and comfort letters addressed to such Holder.

Section 5         Registration Expenses.

Except as expressly provided herein, all out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Company in connection with the performance of or compliance with this Agreement and/or in connection with any Demand Registration, Piggyback Registration or Shelf Offering, whether or not the same shall become effective, shall be paid by the Company, including, without limitation: (i) all registration and filing fees, and any other fees and expenses associated with filings required to be made with the SEC or FINRA, (ii) all fees and expenses in connection with compliance with any securities or “blue sky” laws, (iii) all printing, duplicating, word processing, messenger, telephone, facsimile and delivery expenses (including expenses of printing certificates for the Registrable Securities in a form eligible for deposit with The Depository Trust Company or other depositary and of printing prospectuses and Company Free Writing Prospectuses), (iv) all fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company and of all independent certified public accountants of the Company (including the expenses of any special audit and cold comfort letters required by or incident to such performance), (v) Securities Act liability insurance or similar insurance if the Company so desires or the underwriters so require in accordance with then-customary underwriting practice, (vi) all fees and expenses incurred in connection with the listing of the Registrable Securities on any securities exchange on which similar securities of the Company are then listed (or on which exchange the Registrable Securities are proposed to be listed in the case of the initial Public Offering), (vii) all applicable rating agency fees with respect to the Registrable Securities, (viii) all fees and disbursements of legal counsel for the Company, (ix) any fees and disbursements of underwriters customarily paid by issuers or sellers of securities, (x) all fees and expenses of any special experts or other Persons retained by the Company in connection with any Registration (xi) all of the Company’s internal expenses (including all salaries and expenses of its officers and employees performing legal or accounting duties) and (xii) all expenses related to the “road-show” for any underwritten offering, including all travel, meals and lodging. All such expenses are referred to herein as “Registration Expenses.” The Company shall not be required to pay, and each Person that sells securities pursuant to a Demand Registration, Shelf Offering or Piggyback Registration hereunder will bear and pay, all fees and disbursement of the legal counsel for the Holders and all underwriting discounts and commissions applicable to the Registrable Securities sold for such Person’s account and all transfer taxes (if any) attributable to the sale of Registrable Securities.

Section 6         Indemnification and Contribution.

(a)            By the Company. The Company will indemnify and hold harmless, to the fullest extent permitted by law and without limitation as to time, each Holder, such Holder’s officers, directors employees, agents, fiduciaries, shareholders, managers, partners, members, affiliates, direct and indirect equityholders, consultants and representatives, and any successors and assigns thereof, and each Person who controls such holder (within the meaning of the Securities Act) (the “Indemnified Parties”) against all losses, claims, actions, damages, liabilities and expenses (including with respect to actions or proceedings, whether commenced or threatened, and including reasonable attorney fees and expenses) (collectively, “Losses”) caused by, resulting from, arising out of, based upon or related to any of the following (each, a “Violation”) by the Company: (i) any untrue or alleged untrue statement of material fact contained in (A) any registration statement, prospectus, preliminary prospectus or Free-Writing Prospectus, or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto or (B) any application or other document or communication (in this Section 6, collectively called an “application”) executed by or on behalf of the Company or based upon written information furnished by or on behalf of the Company filed in any jurisdiction in order to qualify any securities covered by such registration under the “blue sky” or securities laws thereof, (ii) any omission or alleged omission of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading or (iii) any violation or alleged violation by the Company of the Securities Act or any other similar federal or state securities laws or any rule or regulation promulgated thereunder applicable to the Company and relating to action or inaction required of the Company in connection with any such registration, qualification or compliance. In addition, the Company will reimburse such Indemnified Party for any legal or any other expenses reasonably incurred by them in connection with investigating or defending any such Losses. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company will not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such Losses result from, arise out of, are based upon, or relate to an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement, or omission or alleged omission, made in such registration statement, any such prospectus, preliminary prospectus or Free-Writing Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto, or in any application, in reliance upon, and in conformity with, written information prepared and furnished in writing to the Company by such Indemnified Party expressly for use therein or by such Indemnified Party’s failure to deliver a copy of the registration statement or prospectus or any amendments or supplements thereto after the Company has furnished such Indemnified Party with a sufficient number of copies of the same. In connection with an underwritten offering, the Company will indemnify such underwriters, their officers and directors, and each Person who controls such underwriters (within the meaning of the Securities Act) to the same extent as provided above with respect to the indemnification of the Indemnified Parties or as otherwise agreed to in the underwriting agreement executed in connection with such underwritten offering. Such indemnity and reimbursement of expenses shall remain in full force and effect regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of such Indemnified Party and shall survive the transfer of such securities by such seller.

(b)            By Holders. In connection with any registration statement in which a Holder is participating, each such Holder will furnish to the Company in writing such information and affidavits as the Company reasonably requests for use in connection with any such registration statement or prospectus and, to the extent permitted by law, will indemnify the Company, its officers, directors, employees, agents and representatives, and each Person who controls the Company (within the meaning of the Securities Act) against any Losses resulting from (as determined by a final and appealable judgment, order or decree of a court of competent jurisdiction) any untrue or alleged untrue statement of material fact contained in the registration statement, prospectus or preliminary prospectus or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto or any omission or alleged omission of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, but only to the extent that such untrue statement or omission is contained in any information or affidavit so furnished in writing by such Holder expressly for use therein; provided that the obligation to indemnify will be individual, not joint and several, for each Holder and will be limited to the net amount of proceeds received by such Holder from the sale of Registrable Securities pursuant to such registration statement.

(c)            Claim Procedure. Any Person entitled to indemnification hereunder will (i) give prompt written notice to the indemnifying party of any claim with respect to which it seeks indemnification (provided that the failure to give prompt notice will impair any Person’s right to indemnification hereunder only to the extent such failure has prejudiced the indemnifying party) and (ii) unless in such indemnified party’s reasonable judgment a conflict of interest between such indemnified and indemnifying parties may exist with respect to such claim, permit such indemnifying party to assume the defense of such claim with counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party. If such defense is assumed, the indemnifying party will not be subject to any liability for any settlement made by the indemnified party without its consent (but such consent will not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed). An indemnifying party who is not entitled to, or elects not to, assume the defense of a claim will not be obligated to pay the fees and expenses of more than one counsel for all parties indemnified by such indemnifying party with respect to such claim, unless in the reasonable judgment of any indemnified party a conflict of interest may exist between such indemnified party and any other of such indemnified parties with respect to such claim. In such instance, the conflicted indemnified parties will have a right to retain one separate counsel, chosen by the majority of the conflicted indemnified parties involved in the indemnification and approved by the Holders, at the expense of the indemnifying party.

(d)            Contribution. If the indemnification provided for in this Section 6 is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be unavailable to, or is insufficient to hold harmless, an indemnified party or is otherwise unenforceable with respect to any Loss referred to herein, then such indemnifying party will contribute to the amounts paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of such Loss, (i) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the indemnifying party on the one hand and of the indemnified party on the other hand in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such Loss as well as any other relevant equitable considerations or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i) of this Section 6(d) is not permitted by applicable law, then in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only such relative fault but also the relative benefit of the Company on the one hand and of the sellers of Registrable Securities and any other sellers participating in the registration statement on the other in connection with the statement or omissions which resulted in such Losses, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations; provided that the maximum amount of liability in respect of such contribution will be limited, in the case of each seller of Registrable Securities, to an amount equal to the net proceeds actually received by such seller from the sale of Registrable Securities effected pursuant to such registration. The relative fault of the indemnifying party and of the indemnified party will be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue (or, as applicable alleged) untrue statement of a material fact or the omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the indemnifying party or by the indemnified party and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission. The parties hereto agree that it would not be just or equitable if the contribution pursuant to this Section 6(d) were to be determined by pro rata allocation or by any other method of allocation that does not take into account such equitable considerations. The amount paid or payable by an indemnified party as a result of the Losses referred to herein will be deemed to include any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending against any action or claim which is the subject hereof. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) will be entitled to contribution from any Person who is not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.

(e)            Release. No indemnifying party will, except with the consent of the indemnified party, consent to the entry of any judgment or enter into any settlement that does not include as an unconditional term thereof giving by the claimant or plaintiff to such indemnified party of a release from all liability in respect to such claim or litigation.

(f)            Non-exclusive Remedy; Survival. The indemnification and contribution provided for under this Agreement will be in addition to any other rights to indemnification or contribution that any indemnified party may have pursuant to law or contract (and the Company and its Subsidiaries shall be considered the indemnitors of first resort in all such circumstances to which this Section 6 applies) and will remain in full force and effect regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of the indemnified party or any officer, director or controlling Person of such indemnified party and will survive the transfer of Registrable Securities and the termination or expiration of this Agreement.

Section 7         Cooperation with Underwritten Offerings. No Person may participate in any underwritten registration hereunder unless such Person (i) agrees to sell such Person’s securities on the basis provided in any underwriting arrangements approved by the Person or Persons entitled hereunder to approve such arrangements (including, without limitation, pursuant to the terms of any over-allotment or “green shoe” option requested by the underwriters; provided that no Holder will be required to sell more than the number of Registrable Securities such Holder has requested to include in such registration) and (ii) completes, executes and delivers all questionnaires, powers of attorney, stock powers, custody agreements, indemnities, underwriting agreements and other documents and agreements required under the terms of such underwriting arrangements or as may be reasonably requested by the Company and the lead managing underwriter(s). To the extent that any such agreement is entered into pursuant to, and consistent with, Section 3, Section 4 and/or this Section 7, the respective rights and obligations created under such agreement will supersede the respective rights and obligations of the Holders, the Company and the underwriters created thereby with respect to such registration.

Section 8         Successors, Assigns and Transferees. This Agreement may not be assigned without the prior written consent of the Company. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) each Holder may assign any of its rights, interests and obligations hereunder, in whole or in part, to any Family-Related Person who holds, or who becomes a holder of, Registrable Securities, and (ii) in the event of any such assignment, such assignee shall agree in writing to be bound by the provisions of this Agreement, including the rights, interests and obligations so assigned by executing a joinder (“Joinder”) substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit B. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any notice, request or demand to register Registrable Securities pursuant to a registration statement under the Securities Act pursuant to, and in accordance with, Section 1(a), Section 1(d) or Section 2(a) shall be deemed to include, and the Company shall register (subject to the limitations and conditions otherwise applicable to the Holder), any portion of such Registrable Securities that are transferred to any Family-Related Person prior to the execution of an underwriting agreement in connection with an underwritten offering, provided that the notice, request or demand described in Section 1(a), Section 1(d) or Section 2(a), as applicable, includes the identity of such Family-Related Person and the Registrable Securities held by such Family-Related Person to be included in such registration and the intended method of distribution thereof, and any other information reasonably requested by the Company and/or the managing underwriter(s) for inclusion in the applicable Registration Statement, prospectus, Free Writing Prospectus or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto.

Section 9         Rule 144. With a view to making available to the Holders the benefits of certain rules and regulations of the SEC which may permit the sale of the Registrable Securities to the public without registration, the Company will:

(a)            for so long as it is subject to the periodic reporting obligations of the Exchange Act, make and keep public information available, as those terms are understood and defined in Rule 144(c)(1) or any similar or analogous rule promulgated under the Securities Act, at all times after the effective date of this Agreement;

(b)            for so long as it is subject to the periodic reporting obligations of the Exchange Act, file with the SEC, in a timely manner, all reports and other documents required of the Company under the Exchange Act;

(c)            furnish to the Holders forthwith upon request: (i) in the event the Company is no longer subject to the reporting requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, a written statement by the Company as to its compliance with the reporting requirements of Rule 144 under the Securities Act and of the Exchange Act; (ii) in the event the Company is subject to the reporting requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, a copy of the most recent annual or quarterly report of the Company; and (iii) such other reports and documents as the Holders may reasonably request in availing themselves of any rule or regulation of the SEC allowing them to sell any such securities without registration; provided, however, that the Company shall be deemed to have furnished any such document if it shall have timely made such document available on the SEC’s Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval System, or a successor system; and

(d)            cooperate with the Holders and the broker, placement agent or other agent, if any, to facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates representing Registrable Securities sold (or arrange for book entry transfer of securities in the case of uncertificated securities), and enable such Registrable Securities to be in such denominations and registered in such names as the broker, placement agent or other agent, if any, or such Holders may request at least two (2) Business Days prior to any proposed sale of Registrable Securities to the brokers, placement agents or other agents.

Section 10         General Provisions.

(a)            Amendments and Waivers. Except as otherwise provided herein, the provisions of this Agreement may be amended, modified or waived only with the prior written consent of the Company and the Holders. The failure or delay of any Person to enforce any of the provisions of this Agreement will in no way be construed as a waiver of such provisions and will not affect the right of such Person thereafter to enforce each and every provision of this Agreement in accordance with its terms. A waiver or consent to or of any breach or default by any Person in the performance by that Person of his, her or its obligations under this Agreement will not be deemed to be a consent or waiver to or of any other breach or default in the performance by that Person of the same or any other obligations of that Person under this Agreement.

(b)            Remedies. The parties to this Agreement will be entitled to enforce their rights under this Agreement specifically (without posting a bond or other security), to recover damages caused by reason of any breach of any provision of this Agreement and to exercise all other rights existing in their favor. The parties hereto agree and acknowledge that a breach of this Agreement would cause irreparable harm and money damages would not be an adequate remedy for any such breach and that, in addition to any other rights and remedies existing hereunder, any party will be entitled to specific performance and/or other injunctive relief from any court of law or equity of competent jurisdiction (without posting any bond or other security) in order to enforce or prevent violation of the provisions of this Agreement.

(c)            Severability. Whenever possible, each provision of this Agreement will be interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid under applicable law, but if any provision of this Agreement is held to be prohibited, invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect under any applicable law or regulation in any jurisdiction, such prohibition, invalidity, illegality or unenforceability will not affect the validity, legality or enforceability of any other provision of this Agreement in such jurisdiction or in any other jurisdiction, but this Agreement will be reformed, construed and enforced in such jurisdiction as if such prohibited, invalid, illegal or unenforceable provision had never been contained herein.

(d)            Entire Agreement. Except as otherwise provided herein, this Agreement contains the complete agreement and understanding among the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes and preempts any prior understandings, agreements or representations by or among the parties hereto, written or oral, which may have related to the subject matter hereof in any way.

(e)            Successors and Assigns. Except as otherwise provided herein, this Agreement will bind and inure to the benefit and be enforceable by the Company and its successors and permitted assigns and the Holders and their respective successors and permitted assigns (whether so expressed or not).

(f)            Notices. Any notice, demand or other communication to be given under or by reason of the provisions of this Agreement will be in writing and will be deemed to have been given (i) when delivered personally to the recipient, (ii) when sent by confirmed electronic mail or facsimile if sent during normal business hours of the recipient; but if not, then on the next Business Day, (iii) one Business Day after it is sent to the recipient by reputable overnight courier service (charges prepaid) or (iv) three Business Days after it is mailed to the recipient by first class mail, return receipt requested. Such notices, demands and other communications will be sent to the Company at the address specified on the signature page hereto or any Joinder and to any holder, or at such address or to the attention of such other Person as the recipient party has specified by prior written notice to the sending party. Any party may change such party’s address for receipt of notice by giving prior written notice of the change to the sending party as provided herein. The Company’s address is:

MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc.

515 Broadhollow Road, Suite 1000

Melville, NY 11747

Attn: Neal Dongre, Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

Email: dongren@mscdirect.com

With a copy to:

Moore & Van Allen, PLLC 

100 North Tryon Street, Suite 4700 

Charlotte, NC 28202 

Attn:        D. Ryan Hart 

Email:     ryanhart@mvalaw.com

or to such other address or to the attention of such other person as the recipient party has specified by prior written notice to the sending party.

(g)            Business Days. If any time period for giving notice or taking action hereunder expires on a day that is not a Business Day, the time period will automatically be extended to the Business Day immediately following such Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday.

(h)            Governing Law. All issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and enforcement of this Agreement and the exhibits and schedules hereto will be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules or provisions (whether of the State of New York or any other jurisdiction) that would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of New York. In furtherance of the foregoing, the internal law of the State of New York will control the interpretation and construction of this Agreement (and all schedules and exhibits hereto), even though under that jurisdiction’s choice of law or conflict of law analysis, the substantive law of some other jurisdiction would ordinarily apply.

(i)             MUTUAL WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. AS A SPECIFICALLY BARGAINED FOR INDUCEMENT FOR EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT (AFTER HAVING THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONSULT WITH COUNSEL), EACH PARTY HERETO EXPRESSLY WAIVES THE RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LAWSUIT OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO OR ARISING IN ANY WAY FROM THIS AGREEMENT OR THE MATTERS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.

(j)             CONSENT TO JURISDICTION AND SERVICE OF PROCESS. EACH OF THE PARTIES IRREVOCABLY SUBMITS TO THE NON-EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW YORK, FOR THE PURPOSES OF ANY SUIT, ACTION OR OTHER PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT, ANY RELATED AGREEMENT OR ANY TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO FURTHER AGREES THAT SERVICE OF ANY PROCESS, SUMMONS, NOTICE OR DOCUMENT BY U.S. REGISTERED MAIL TO SUCH PARTY’S RESPECTIVE ADDRESS SET FORTH ABOVE WILL BE EFFECTIVE SERVICE OF PROCESS FOR ANY ACTION, SUIT OR PROCEEDING WITH RESPECT TO ANY MATTERS TO WHICH IT HAS SUBMITTED TO JURISDICTION IN THIS PARAGRAPH. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES ANY OBJECTION TO THE LAYING OF VENUE OF ANY ACTION, SUIT OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT, ANY RELATED DOCUMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY AND THEREBY IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF DELAWARE, AND HEREBY AND THEREBY FURTHER IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES AND AGREES NOT TO PLEAD OR CLAIM IN ANY SUCH COURT THAT ANY SUCH ACTION, SUIT OR PROCEEDING BROUGHT IN ANY SUCH COURT HAS BEEN BROUGHT IN AN INCONVENIENT FORUM.

(k)            No Recourse. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the Company and each Holder agrees and acknowledges that no recourse under this Agreement or any documents or instruments delivered in connection with this Agreement, will be had against any current or future director, officer, employee, general or limited partner or member of any Holder or any Affiliate or assignee thereof, whether by the enforcement of any assessment or by any legal or equitable proceeding, or by virtue of any statute, regulation or other applicable law, it being expressly agreed and acknowledged that no personal liability whatsoever will attach to, be imposed on or otherwise be incurred by any current or future officer, agent or employee of any Holder or any current or future member of any Holder or any current or future director, officer, employee, partner or member of any Holder or of any Affiliate or assignee thereof, as such for any obligation of any Holder under this Agreement or any documents or instruments delivered in connection with this Agreement for any claim based on, in respect of or by reason of such obligations or their creation.

(l)             Descriptive Headings; Interpretation. The descriptive headings of this Agreement are inserted for convenience only and do not constitute a part of this Agreement. The use of the word “including” in this Agreement will be by way of example rather than by limitation.

(m)           No Strict Construction. The language used in this Agreement will be deemed to be the language chosen by the parties hereto to express their mutual intent, and no rule of strict construction will be applied against any party.

(n)            Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in multiple counterparts, any one of which need not contain the signature of more than one party, but all such counterparts taken together will constitute one and the same agreement.

(o)            Electronic Delivery. This Agreement, the agreements referred to herein, and each other agreement or instrument entered into in connection herewith or therewith or contemplated hereby or thereby, and any amendments hereto or thereto, to the extent executed and delivered by means of a photographic, photostatic, facsimile or similar reproduction of such signed writing using a facsimile machine or electronic mail will be treated in all manner and respects as an original agreement or instrument and will be considered to have the same binding legal effect as if it were the original signed version thereof delivered in person. At the request of any party hereto or to any such agreement or instrument, each other party hereto or thereto will re-execute original forms thereof and deliver them to all other parties. No party hereto or to any such agreement or instrument will raise the use of a facsimile machine or electronic mail to deliver a signature or the fact that any signature or agreement or instrument was transmitted or communicated through the use of a facsimile machine or electronic mail as a defense to the formation or enforceability of a contract and each such party forever waives any such defense.

(p)            Further Assurances. In connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, each Holder agrees to execute and deliver any additional documents and instruments and perform any additional acts that may be necessary or appropriate to effectuate and perform the provisions of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby.

(q)            Dividends, Recapitalizations, Etc. If at any time or from time to time there is any change in the capital structure of the Company by way of a stock split, stock dividend, combination or reclassification, or through a merger, consolidation, reorganization or recapitalization, or by any other means, appropriate adjustment will be made in the provisions hereof so that the rights and privileges granted hereby will continue.

(r)             No Third-Party Beneficiaries. No term or provision of this Agreement is intended to be, or shall be, for the benefit of any Person not a party hereto, and no such other Person shall have any right or cause of action hereunder, except as otherwise expressly provided herein.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Registration Rights Agreement as of the date first written above.

[Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement]

EXHIBIT A

DEFINITIONS

“Affiliate” of any Person means any other Person controlled by, controlling or under common control with such Person; provided that the Company and its Subsidiaries will not be deemed to be Affiliates of any holder of Registrable Securities. As used in this definition, “control” (including, with its correlative meanings, “controlling,” “controlled by” and “under common control with”) will mean possession, directly or indirectly, of power to direct or cause the direction of management or policies (whether through ownership of securities, by contract or otherwise).

“Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the recitals.

“Automatic Shelf Registration Statement” has the meaning set forth in Section 1(a).

“Business Day” means a day that is not a Saturday or Sunday or a day on which banks in New York City are authorized or requested by law to close.

“Charitable Gifting Event” means any transfer by a Holder in connection with a bona fide gift to any Charitable Organization on the date of, but prior to, the execution of the underwriting agreement entered into in connection with any underwritten offering.

“Charitable Organization” means a charitable organization as described by Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as in effect from time to time.

“Common Equity” means the Company’s Class A Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share. In the event of a Corporate Conversion, Common Equity will thereafter mean the common stock issued upon conversion or in exchange for the Company’s Common Equity.

“Company” has the meaning set forth in the preamble and shall include its successor(s).

“Covered Shares” has the meaning given to such term in the Reclassification Agreement.

“Demand Registrations” has the meaning set forth in Section 1(a).

“End of Suspension Notice” has the meaning set forth in Section 1(f)(ii).

“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time, or any successor federal law then in force, together with all rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

“Excluded Registration” means any registration (i) pursuant to a Demand Registration (which is addressed in Section 1(a)), or (ii) in connection with registrations on Form S-4 or S-8 promulgated by the SEC or any successor or similar forms.

“Family-Related Person” has the meaning given to such term in the Reclassification Agreement.

“FINRA” means the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority.

“Free Writing Prospectus” means a free-writing prospectus, as defined in Rule 405.

“Holdback Period” has the meaning set forth in Section 3(b).

“Holder” means each of the Persons listed on the signature pages hereto and any other holder of Registrable Securities who is a party to this Agreement (including by way of Joinder).

“Indemnified Parties” has the meaning set forth in Section 6(a).

“Jacobson / Gershwind Family” means Mr. Mitchell Jacobson, Mr. Erik Gershwind, Ms. Marjorie Gershwind Fiverson, Ms. Stacey Bennett and their relatives or spouses and relatives of such spouses, and the MSM 2019 Trust.

“Joinder” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.

“Lock-Up Period” has the meaning given to such term in the Reclassification Agreement.

“Long-Form Registrations” has the meaning set forth in Section 1(a).

“Losses” has the meaning set forth in Section 6(c).

“Non-Family Controlled Trust” has the meaning given to such term in the Reclassification Agreement.

“Non-Family Controlled Trust Share” has the meaning given to such term in the Reclassification Agreement.

“Participating Holders” means any Holder(s) participating in the request for a Demand Registration, Shelf Offering, Piggyback Registration or Underwritten Block Trade.

“Person” means an individual, a partnership, a corporation, a limited liability company, an association, a joint stock company, a trust, a joint venture, an unincorporated organization and a governmental entity or any department, agency or political subdivision thereof.

“Piggyback Registrations” has the meaning set forth in Section 2(a).

“Public Offering” means any sale or distribution by the Company, one of its Subsidiaries and/or Holders to the public of Common Equity or other securities convertible into or exchangeable for Common Equity pursuant to an offering registered under the Securities Act.

“Reclassification Agreement” means the Reclassification Agreement, dated as of June 20, 2023, by and among the Company and the Holders.

“Registrable Securities” means, as of any date of determination, (i) any Common Equity held (directly or indirectly) by any Holders or any of its Affiliates, and (ii) any equity securities of the Company or any Subsidiary issued or issuable with respect to the securities referred to in clause (i) above by way of dividend, distribution, split or combination of securities, or any recapitalization, merger, consolidation or other reorganization. As to any particular Registrable Securities, such securities will cease to be Registrable Securities when they have been (a) sold or distributed pursuant to a Public Offering, (b) sold in compliance with Rule 144, (c) sold in a private transaction (other than to another Holder or Family-Related Person) or (d) repurchased by the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company. For purposes of this Agreement, a Person will be deemed to be a holder of Registrable Securities, and the Registrable Securities will be deemed to be in existence, whenever such Person has the right to acquire, directly or indirectly, such Registrable Securities (upon conversion or exercise in connection with a transfer of securities or otherwise, but disregarding any restrictions or limitations upon the exercise of such right), whether or not such acquisition has actually been effected, and such Person will be entitled to exercise the rights of a holder of Registrable Securities hereunder (it being understood that a holder of Registrable Securities may only request that Registrable Securities in the form of Common Equity be registered pursuant to this Agreement). Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Registrable Securities held by any Person that may be sold under Rule 144(b)(1)(i) without limitation under any of the other requirements of Rule 144 will be deemed not to be Registrable Securities.

“Registration Expenses” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.

“Rule 144”, “Rule 158”, “Rule 172”, “Rule 405”, “Rule 415”, “Rule 424”, “Rule 430B” and “Rule 462” mean, in each case, such rule promulgated under the Securities Act (or any successor provision) by the SEC, as the same will be amended from time to time, or any successor rule then in force.

“Sale of the Company” means any transaction or series of transactions pursuant to which any Person(s) or a group of related Persons in the aggregate acquires: (i)  Common Equity of the Company entitled to vote (other than voting rights accruing only in the event of a default, breach, event of noncompliance or other contingency) to elect directors with a majority of the voting power of the Company’s board of directors (whether by merger, consolidation, reorganization, combination, sale or transfer of the Company’s Common Equity) or (ii) all or substantially all of the Company’s and its Subsidiaries’ assets determined on a consolidated basis; provided that a Public Offering will not constitute a Sale of the Company.

“Sale Transaction” has the meaning set forth in Section 3(b).

“SEC” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.

“Securities” has the meaning set forth in Section 3(b).

“Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended from time to time, or any successor federal law then in force, together with all rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

“Shelf Offering” has the meaning set forth in Section 1(d)(i).

“Shelf Offering Notice” has the meaning set forth in Section 1(d)(i)

“Shelf Registration” has the meaning set forth in Section 1(a).

“Shelf Registrable Securities” has the meaning set forth in Section 1(d)(i).

“Shelf Registration Statement” has the meaning set forth in Section 1(d).

“Short-Form Registrations” has the meaning set forth in Section 1(a).

“Subsidiary” means, with respect to the Company, any corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association or other business entity of which (i) if a corporation, a majority of the total voting power of shares of stock entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of directors, managers or trustees thereof is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by the Company or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of the Company or a combination thereof, or (ii) if a limited liability company, partnership, association or other business entity, a majority of the limited liability company, partnership or other similar ownership interest thereof is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by the Company or one or more Subsidiaries of the Company or a combination thereof. For purposes hereof, a Person or Persons will be deemed to have a majority ownership interest in a limited liability company, partnership, association or other business entity if such Person or Persons will be allocated a majority of limited liability company, partnership, association or other business entity gains or losses or will be or control the managing director or general partner of such limited liability company, partnership, association or other business entity.

“Suspension Event” has the meaning set forth in Section 1(f)(ii).

“Suspension Notice” has the meaning set forth in Section 1(f)(ii).

“Suspension Period” has the meaning set forth in Section 1(f)(i).

“Transfer” has the meaning given to such term in the Reclassification Agreement.

“Violation” has the meaning set forth in Section 6(a).

“WKSI” means a “well-known seasoned issuer” as defined under Rule 405.

EXHIBIT B

The undersigned is executing and delivering this Joinder pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement dated as of __________________, 2023 (as amended, modified and waived from time to time, the “Registration Agreement”), among MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc., a New York corporation (the “Company”), and the other persons named as parties therein (including pursuant to other Joinders). Capitalized terms used herein have the meaning set forth in the Registration Agreement.

By executing and delivering this Joinder to the Company, the undersigned hereby agrees to become a party to, to be bound by, and to comply with the provisions of, the Registration Agreement as a Holder in the same manner as if the undersigned were an original signatory to the Registration Agreement, and the undersigned will be deemed for all purposes to be a Holder and the undersigned’s ____ shares of Common Equity will be deemed for all purposes to be Registrable Securities under the Registration Agreement.

Accordingly, the undersigned has executed and delivered this Joinder as of the ___ day of ____________, 20___.

Exhibit 99.1

NEWS

MSC INDUSTRIAL SUPPLY CO. ANNOUNCES SHAREHOLDER APPROVAL OF PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED PLAN TO ELIMINATE DUAL CLASS STRUCTURE

Melville, N.Y. & Davidson, N.C. (October 4, 2023) — MSC INDUSTRIAL SUPPLY CO. (NYSE: MSM), "MSC", or the "Company", a leading North American distributor of a broad range of metalworking and maintenance, repair and operations (MRO) products and services, today announced its shareholders approved the previously announced reclassification of the Company's equity structure, including the elimination of the Company's Class B Common Stock which is held by the Jacobson / Gershwind family and entities affiliated with the family.

As a result of the shareholder vote, each outstanding share of the Company's high-voting Class B shares (10 votes per share) will be exchanged for 1.225 Class A shares (1 vote per share) in stock. Additionally, the Company will adopt a majority of the shares outstanding standard (replacing the current required 2/3 vote) to approve fundamental transactions, such as a merger, and a majority of the votes cast standard for uncontested Board election.

The Jacobson / Gershwind family will remain MSC's largest shareholder following the reclassification, owning approximately 21% of the Company's Class A shares, and will be subject to certain standstill and lock-up provisions. The voting power of the Jacobson / Gershwind family will be limited to 15% of shares outstanding, and any shares it beneficially owns in excess of 15% will be voted pro rata with the votes of the Class A shareholders unaffiliated with the family. The Jacobson / Gershwind family will have the right to nominate (i) two directors so long as the Jacobson / Gershwind family beneficially owns at least 10% of the outstanding Class A Common Stock and (ii) one director so long as the Jacobson / Gershwind family beneficially owns less than 10% but at least 5% or more of the outstanding Class A Common Stock.

According to the preliminary results announced at the special meeting, subject to certification by the independent Inspector of Election, over 85% of the issued and outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock held by unaffiliated Class A holders voted to approve the reclassification proposal with an approval rate of approximately 99%. The final voting results for each of the proposals will be reported in a Current Report on Form 8-K to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission after certification by the Inspector of Elections. MSC currently anticipates that the reclassification will be completed prior to the opening of trading on the New York Stock Exchange on October 5, 2023.

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About MSC Industrial Supply Co.

MSC Industrial Supply Co. (NYSE: MSM) is a leading North American distributor of a broad range of metalworking and maintenance, repair and operations (MRO) products and services. We help our customers drive greater productivity, profitability and growth with approximately 2.3 million products, inventory management and other supply chain solutions, and deep expertise from more than 80 years of working with customers across industries. Our experienced team of more than 7,000 associates works with our customers to help drive results for their businesses - from keeping operations running efficiently today to continuously rethinking, retooling and optimizing for a more productive tomorrow. For more information on MSC Industrial, please visit mscdirect.com.

CAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS:

Statements in this press release may constitute "forward-looking statements" under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. All statements, other than statements of present or historical fact, that address activities, events or developments that we expect, believe or anticipate will or may occur in the future, including statements about the future impact of COVID-19 on our business operations, results of operations and financial condition, expected future results, expected benefits from our investment and strategic plans and other initiatives, and expected future growth, profitability and return on invested capital, are forward-looking statements. The words “will”, “may”, “believes”, “anticipates”, “thinks”, “expects”, “estimates”, “plans”, “intends” and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated by these forward-looking statements. In addition, any statements which refer to expectations, projections or other characterizations of future events or circumstances, statements involving a discussion of strategy, plans or intentions, statements about management’s assumptions, projections or predictions of future events or market outlook and any other statement other than a statement of present or historical fact are forward-looking statements. The inclusion of any statement in this press release does not constitute an admission by MSC or any other person that the events or circumstances described in such statement are material. In addition, new risks may emerge from time to time and it is not possible for management to predict such risks or to assess the impact of such risks on our business or financial results. Accordingly, future results may differ materially from historical results or from those discussed or implied by these forward-looking statements. Given these risks and uncertainties, the reader should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements.

These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, the following: the reclassification proposal, including projections as to the anticipated benefits of the proposed transaction, the impact of the proposed transaction on MSC’s business and future financial and operating results and capital structure following the closing of the proposed reclassification and the closing date for the proposed transaction, are based on management’s estimates, assumptions and projections, and are subject to significant uncertainties and other factors, many of which are beyond MSC’s control. These factors include, among other things, (1) any delays with respect to, or the failure to complete, the reclassification; (2) the ability to recognize the anticipated benefits of the reclassification, (3) MSC’s ability to execute successfully its strategic plans, and (4) the effect of the consummation of the proposed reclassification on the market price of the capital stock of MSC. The foregoing review of important factors should not be construed as exhaustive and should be read in conjunction with the other cautionary statements that are included elsewhere. Additional information concerning risks that could cause actual future performance or events to differ from current expectations are described under "Risk Factors" and "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" in our Annual and Quarterly Reports on Forms 10-K and 10-Q, respectively, and in the other reports and documents that we file with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission. We expressly disclaim any obligation to update any of these forward-looking statements, except to the extent required by applicable law.

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EXHIBIT 99.2

DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES OF MSC INDUSTRIAL DIRECT CO., INC.

The following description of the Class A Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share (“Class A Common Stock”) of MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc. (“us”, “our”, “we” or the “Company”) is a summary. This summary is not complete and is subject to and qualified in its entirety by reference to the complete text of our Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (“Certificate”) and our Third Amended and Restated By-Laws (“By-Laws”), each previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and incorporated by reference as an exhibit to the Form 8-K of which this Exhibit 99.2 is a part or incorporated by reference as an exhibit, as well as to the relevant provisions of the New York Business Corporation Law (the “NYBCL”). The Class A Common Stock is the only class of securities of the Company registered under Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”).

General

The Company’s authorized capital stock consist of:

The outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock are fully paid and nonassessable.

Dividends and Liquidation Rights

Subject to the rights of the holders of any Preferred Stock which may be outstanding, each holder of shares of Class A Common Stock on the applicable record date will be entitled to receive such dividends as may be declared by the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”) out of funds legally available therefor, and, in the event of liquidation, to share pro rata in any distribution of our assets after payment or providing for the payment of liabilities and the liquidation preference of any outstanding Preferred Stock.

Voting Rights

Each holder of shares of Class A Common Stock is entitled to one vote for each share held of record on the applicable record date on all matters presented to a vote of shareholders, including, without limitation, the election of directors. The holders of shares of Class A Common Stock do not have cumulative voting rights. In general, the affirmative vote of a majority of all outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock entitled to vote is required to approve a merger or a consolidation, the sale, lease, exchange or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company, the exchange of shares or the voluntary dissolution of the Company. Otherwise, any action requiring a shareholder vote is decided by the affirmative vote of a majority of the votes cast at the meeting at which a quorum is present (a quorum being the presence, in person or by proxy, of the holders of a majority of the votes of shares entitled to vote).

Pursuant to that certain Reclassification Agreement dated as June 20, 3023 (the “Reclassification Agreement”) between the Company and Mr. Mitchell Jacobson, Mr. Erik Gershwind, Ms. Marjorie Gershwind Fiverson, Ms. Stacey Bennett, the MSM 2019 Trust and those family-related persons that joined the Reclassification Agreement (the “Jacobson / Gershwind Family Shareholders”), each Jacobson / Gershwind Family Shareholder granted an irrevocable proxy (the “Shareholders Proxy”) authorizing the Company to vote such pro rata portion of shares of Class A Common Stock beneficially owned by the Jacobson / Gershwind Family Shareholders or their permitted transferees (the “Family-Related Persons”) in excess of 15% of the issued and outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock (the “Voting Cap Threshold”) in proportion to the votes of the other holders (i.e., excluding any Jacobson / Gershwind Family Shareholders and other Family-Related Persons) of Class A Common Stock entitled to vote and that do in fact vote on such matter. The Shareholder Proxy will remain effective for so long as the Family-Related Persons beneficially own shares of Class A Common Stock in excess of the Voting Cap Threshold and shall be applicable to each matter brought to a vote at each annual or special meeting of the Company’s shareholders, and in connection with any action proposed to be taken by written consent of the Company’s shareholders.

Board of Directors

The Board is comprised of a single class, elected annually by the holders of Class A Common Stock at any meeting of stockholders called for the election of directors at which a quorum is present. The directors are elected by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the votes entitled to be cast by the stockholders who are present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote on the election of directors. However, if one or more stockholders has delivered to the Secretary of the Company (the “Secretary”) notice (which purports to be in compliance with the requirements of the By-Laws) of its intent to nominate one or more persons for election to the Board and such nomination(s) have not been formally and irrevocably withdrawn as of the 10th calendar day preceding the date the Company first gives its notice of meeting to the stockholders, then directors shall be elected by a plurality of the votes entitled to be cast by the stockholders who are present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote on the election of directors.

The Jacobson / Gershwind Family Shareholders have the right to nominate (i) two directors to the Board so long as the Jacobson / Gershwind Family Shareholders beneficially own at least 10% of the outstanding Class A Common Stock and (ii) one director to the Board so long as the Jacobson / Gershwind Family Shareholders beneficially own less than 10% but at least 5% or more of the outstanding Class A Common Stock.

Preemptive and Other Rights

Holders of shares of Class A Common Stock have no preemptive rights to purchase or subscribe for any stock or other securities which we may issue, and there are no conversion rights or redemption or sinking fund provisions applicable to any such shares, nor are such shares subject to further calls or assessments.

Anti-Takeover Effects of New York Law, the Restated Certificate of Incorporation and the Amended and Restated By-Laws

Certain provisions of the NYBCL, the Certificate and the By-Laws may have the effect of delaying, deferring or preventing another person from acquiring control of the Company, including takeover attempts that might result in a premium over the market price for the shares of Class A Common Stock.

New York Law

We are subject to the provisions of Section 912 of the NYBCL. In general, Section 912 prohibits a publicly held New York corporation from engaging in a “business combination” with an “interested shareholder” for a period of five years following such interested shareholder’s stock acquisition date unless such business combination or the purchase of stock made by such interested shareholder on such interested shareholder’s stock acquisition date is approved by the board of directors prior to such interested shareholder’s stock acquisition date. In addition, Section 912 prohibits a publicly held New York corporation from engaging at any time in any business combination with any interested shareholder except where: (i) the business combination is approved by the board of directors prior to such interested shareholder’s stock acquisition date or the acquisition of the stock had been approved by the board of directors before the stock acquisition; (ii) the business combination is approved by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the outstanding voting stock not beneficially owned by the interested shareholder or any affiliate or associate of such interested shareholder at a meeting called for that purpose no earlier than five years after the stock acquisition; or (iii) in the business combination, the interested shareholder pays a formula price designed to ensure that all other shareholders receive at least the highest price per share that is paid by the interested shareholder and such business combination meets certain other requirements.

A “business combination” is defined generally to include mergers or consolidations between a New York corporation and an interested shareholder, transactions with an interested shareholder involving the assets or stock of the corporation or any subsidiary, plans for liquidation or dissolution, transactions which increase an interested shareholder’s percentage ownership of voting stock of the corporation or any subsidiary, and the receipt by the interested shareholder of various financial benefits provided by or through the corporation. In general, an “interested shareholder” is defined as any person or entity that is the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of 20% or more of a corporation’s outstanding voting stock or is an affiliate or associate of the corporation that at any time within the five-year period immediately prior to the date in question was the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of 20% or more of the then outstanding voting stock of such corporation.

A New York corporation may opt out of this provision with an express provision in its original certificate of incorporation or an express provision in its by-laws resulting from a shareholders’ amendment approved by the affirmative vote of a majority of votes of the outstanding voting stock of such corporation, excluding the voting stock of interested shareholders and their affiliates and associates. However, we have not opted out of this provision. The application of the statute could prohibit or delay mergers or other takeover or change-in-control attempts and, accordingly, may discourage attempts to acquire us.

Issuance of Undesignated Preferred Stock

The Board will have the authority, without shareholder approval, to issue up to 5,000,000 shares of undesignated Preferred Stock with voting rights or other rights or preferences designated from time to time by the Board. The existence of authorized but unissued shares of Preferred Stock would enable the Board to render more difficult or to discourage an attempt to obtain control of us by means of a merger, tender offer, proxy contest or other means.

No Cumulative Voting

The Certificate does not provide for cumulative voting.

Size of the Board and Vacancies

The By-Laws provide that the number of directors may be changed by resolution of a majority of the entire Board, but no decrease may shorten the term of any incumbent director. The By-Laws further provide that any vacancy in the Board, including one created by an increase in the number of directors, may be filled for the unexpired term only by a majority vote of the Board, even if the number of directors then in office is less than a quorum.

Amendment to By-Laws

The By-Laws may be amended, repealed or adopted by the shareholders or by a majority of the entire Board, but any by-law adopted by the Board may be amended or repealed by the shareholders.

Special Meetings of Shareholders; Advance Notice Requirements

The By-Laws provide that special meetings of the shareholders may be called at any time by resolution of the majority of the Board, by the Chief Executive Officer or by the holders of at least 50% of the outstanding voting stock entitled to vote for the election of directors delivering a request (stating the purpose(s) of the meeting) to the Secretary. The By-Laws also provide for advance notice procedures for shareholders seeking to bring business before any annual meeting of shareholders or to nominate candidates for election as directors at our annual meeting of shareholders or a special meeting of the shareholders. The By-Laws also specify certain requirements regarding the timing, form and content of a shareholder’s notice under the advance notice provision.

Shareholder Action by Written Consent

The By-Laws provide that shareholder action by written consent requires the signature of all of the shareholders entitled to vote on the action.

Exclusive Forum for Certain Lawsuits

The By-Laws provide that, unless we consent in writing to the selection of an alternative forum, the New York Supreme Court in the State of New York (or, if such court does not have subject matter jurisdiction thereof, the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York or, if such court also does not have subject matter jurisdiction thereof, such other federal district court or state courts located within the State of New York) will be, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the sole and exclusive forum for (i) any derivative action or proceeding brought on our behalf, (ii) any action asserting a claim of breach of a fiduciary duty owed by any of our current or former directors, officers or shareholders to us or our shareholders, (iii) any action asserting a claim arising pursuant to any provision of the NYBCL, the Certificate or the By-Laws (as either may be amended or restated) or as to which the NYBCL confers jurisdiction on the state courts of the State of New York or (iv) any action asserting a claim governed by the internal affairs doctrine. The foregoing provisions do not apply to claims or causes of action brought to enforce a duty or liability created by the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) or the Exchange Act, or any other claim under federal securities laws (other than derivative actions brought to enforce any duty or liability created by the Exchange Act) for which the federal courts have exclusive federal or concurrent state and federal jurisdiction. In addition, the By-Laws will provide that, unless we consent in writing to the selection of an alternative forum, the federal district courts of the United States of America will, to the fullest extent permitted by law, be the sole and exclusive forum for the resolution of any complaint asserting a cause of action arising under the Securities Act.

These choice-of-forum provisions in the By-Laws may limit a shareholder’s ability to bring a claim in a judicial forum that it finds favorable for disputes with us or any of our directors, officers and other employees, which may discourage lawsuits with respect to such claims, although our shareholders will not be deemed to have waived our compliance with federal securities laws and the rules and regulations thereunder. In addition, shareholders who do bring a claim in the New York Supreme Court in the State of New York could face additional litigation costs in pursuing any such claim, particularly if they do not reside in or near New York.