Here are the Form 4 insider transactions from MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc. (MSM) in our archive over the last 12 months, newest first, and each one links through to the document itself with the summary and the scores our analysis gives it.
A Form 4 covers the transactions officers, directors and large holders report, so if you follow MSM and want that one kind of document rather than the whole filing history, this is the page to keep. The company's other filings, of every form, are on the full MSM filings page.
Mitchell Jacobson, a director and 10% owner of MSC Industrial Direct Co Inc (MSM), reported a bona fide gift disposition of 72,386 Class A common shares on November 3, 2026. His reported direct holdings after the transaction were 3,619,930 shares. Separate indirect holding entries describe shares held by trusts; Jacobson disclaims beneficial ownership of the securities in those entries except to the extent of his pecuniary interest.
MSC Industrial Direct Co Inc director Erik Gershwind reported a gift disposition of 4,055 Class A common shares on October 30, 2026, at a reported price of $123.35 per share. His reported direct holdings afterward were 1,641,655 shares. Gershwind also stated that he had resigned as trustee of two trusts holding 16,242 shares as of February 28, 2026.
MSC Industrial Direct Co. (MSM) director and 10% owner Mitchell Jacobson reported directly purchasing 250,000 Class A common shares on October 23, 2026, in three transactions at weighted-average prices of $115.1094, $115.9950 and $116.7194 per share. He also reported an indirect gift disposition of 8,200 shares held by trusts; he is their settlor and can exercise remove-and-replace powers over the trustees. He disclaimed beneficial ownership except to the extent of his pecuniary interest.
MSC Industrial Direct Co Inc (MSM) director Reuben E. Slone reported two direct purchases of Class A common stock on October 23, 2026: 370 shares at $115.6450 per share and 63 shares at $116.5161 per share. The reported purchases total 433 shares; no Rule 10b5-1 plan is reported.
MSC Industrial Direct Co. Inc. President & CEO Martina McIsaac acquired 1,173 Class A shares when RSUs vested and 187.737 Class A shares when dividend equivalent units vested on October 3, 2026. She delivered 480.737 shares to the issuer for tax withholding, at a reported price of $130.12 per share. The report lists 0 RSUs and 1,477 dividend equivalent units following the transactions.
MSC INDUSTRIAL DIRECT CO INC (symbol: MSM) is the issuer of record for a Form 4 filing submitted to the SEC. Kuhns Robert M reported acquisition or exercise transactions in this Form 4 filing.
MSC INDUSTRIAL DIRECT CO INC (MSM) reported that its EVP and Chief Financial Officer, Robert M. Kuhns, received a grant of 12,575 Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) on September 14, 2026. Each RSU represents one share of Class A Common Stock and vests in four annual installments from 2027 to 2030, contingent on continued employment.
Siegel Walter reported acquisition or exercise transactions in this Form 4 filing.
MSC Industrial Direct granted 2,013 Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) to senior vice president and general counsel Walter Siegel on July 20, 2026. Each RSU represents a right to receive one share of Class A common stock. The award vests in tranches of 503 RSUs on July 20 of 2027, 2028 and 2029, and 504 RSUs on July 20, 2030, in each case contingent on his continued employment, with shares delivered upon vesting. Following this grant, Siegel holds 2,013 RSUs directly.
MSC Industrial Direct director and ten percent owner Mitchell Jacobson reported an indirect bona fide gift of 14,972 shares of Class A common stock on April 7, 2026. The gift was reported at a price of $0.00 per share, consistent with non-market transfers.
The gifted shares are held through trusts associated with Jacobson, including Grantor Retained Annuity Trusts and other trusts where he has certain powers. After the gift, one related indirect holding is shown at 2,878,615 shares, with additional lines showing indirect holdings of 2,882,913 shares and direct holdings of 2,328,192 shares. These figures indicate Jacobson continues to have substantial direct and indirect positions while reallocating a relatively small portion via gift.
MSC Industrial Direct director Steven Paladino reported a reclassification of his MSC shares between direct and indirect ownership. On February 5, 2026, 13,960 shares of Class A common stock were transferred at a reported price of $0 per share. After this transfer, he held 1,568 shares directly and 13,960 shares indirectly.
The filing explains that the indirect holdings represent shares held in an LLC jointly owned by Paladino and his spouse, meaning the 13,960 shares are now attributed to that jointly owned LLC rather than to him individually as a direct holder.
MSC Industrial Direct director Rudina Seseri reported selling 1,800 shares of Class A common stock on February 2, 2026. The shares were sold at a price of $86.8301 per share. After this transaction, Seseri directly owned 6,090 shares of MSC Industrial Direct common stock.
MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc. reported that director and 10% owner Mitchell Jacobson received an equity award of restricted stock units. On January 23, 2026, he was granted 1,603 RSUs, each representing a contingent right to receive one share of Class A common stock.
The RSUs vest on January 23, 2027, provided Jacobson continues to serve as a non-executive director through that date. Upon vesting, the underlying shares will be delivered to him. Following this grant, he beneficially owns 1,603 derivative securities directly.
MSC Industrial Direct director Erik Gershwind reported several internal transfers of Class A common stock linked to family and estate-planning trusts on 01/27/2026, all at a reported price of $0. These include acquisitions and dispositions of indirect holdings through various trusts and a gift from his spouse. The filing notes that he disclaims beneficial ownership of many of these shares except for his pecuniary interest and that some shares are held in Grantor Retained Annuity Trusts and other trustee arrangements. Separately, on 01/23/2026 he received a grant of 1,603 restricted stock units, which vest on 01/23/2027 if he continues to serve as a non-executive director. The remarks also state he ceased to be an officer of the company effective December 31, 2025.
MSC Industrial Direct director Steven Paladino reported equity award activity and related share issuances. On January 23, 2026, he received a grant of 1,603 restricted stock units (RSUs), each representing a contingent right to one share of Class A Common Stock. These RSUs vest on January 23, 2027, provided he continues to serve as an outside director, and the vested shares will be delivered upon vesting.
On January 24, 2026, 695 previously granted RSUs and 50 dividend equivalent units were settled into an equal number of Class A Common shares at a reported price of $0 per share. Following these settlements, he directly owned 15,528 shares of Class A Common Stock, 1,603 RSUs and 25 dividend equivalent units, all representing additional contingent rights to shares.
MSC Industrial Direct director Rahquel Purcell reported equity award activity and share deliveries. On January 23, 2026, Purcell received 1,603 restricted stock units (RSUs), each representing a right to one share of Class A common stock, which are scheduled to vest on January 23, 2027 if service as an outside director continues through that date. On January 24, 2026, 695 RSUs from a prior grant and 50 dividend equivalent units were converted at $0 per unit into the same number of Class A shares. Following these transactions, Purcell directly owned 3,912 shares of Class A common stock, while 1,603 RSUs from the new grant and 25 dividend equivalent units remained outstanding.
MSC Industrial Direct director Louise Goeser received 1,603 restricted stock units (RSUs) on January 23, 2026. Each RSU represents the right to receive one share of the company’s Class A common stock.
The RSUs vest on January 23, 2027, if she continues to serve as an outside director through that date, and the vested shares will then be delivered to her. After this grant, she beneficially owns 1,603 derivative securities directly in the form of RSUs.
MSC Industrial Direct reported an insider equity award for director Philip Peller. On January 23, 2026, he received 1,603 Restricted Stock Units (RSUs), each representing a right to receive one share of Class A common stock.
The RSUs vest on January 23, 2027, if Peller continues to serve as an Outside Director through that date, and the underlying shares will be delivered to him upon vesting. The award is reported as directly owned, with no purchase price shown for the RSUs.
MSC Industrial Direct director Rudina Seseri reported equity award activity involving Class A common stock and restricted stock units. On January 23, 2026, she received a grant of 1,603 restricted stock units, each representing a contingent right to one share of common stock, which will vest on January 23, 2027 if she continues to serve as an outside director.
On January 24, 2026, 695 previously granted restricted stock units and 50 dividend equivalent units were converted into the same number of Class A common shares at a price of $0 per share. Following these transactions, she directly held 7,890 shares of Class A common stock and 25 dividend equivalent units, along with 1,603 unvested restricted stock units.
MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc. director Robert B. Aarnes reported a new equity award of restricted stock units. On January 23, 2026, he received 1,603 Restricted Stock Units (RSUs), each representing a contingent right to receive one share of the company’s Class A common stock.
The RSUs were granted at a price of $0 and are reported as directly held. They are scheduled to vest on January 23, 2027, provided Aarnes continues to serve as an outside director through that vesting date. Once vested, the underlying shares of common stock will be delivered to him.
MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc. director Michael C. Kaufmann reported equity compensation activity and related share ownership. On January 23, 2026, he received a grant of 1,603 restricted stock units (RSUs), each representing a contingent right to receive one share of Class A common stock. These RSUs vest on January 23, 2027, if he continues to serve as an outside director, and the underlying shares will be delivered upon vesting.
On January 24, 2026, 695 RSUs from a prior grant and 50 dividend equivalent units were converted into the same number of Class A common shares at a reported price of $0 per share. Following these transactions, Kaufmann directly owned 15,551 shares of Class A common stock, along with 1,603 RSUs and 25 dividend equivalent units outstanding.
MSC Industrial Direct director Robert B. Aarnes reported stock received from equity awards. On January 22, 2026, 799 restricted stock units (RSUs) vested and were converted into 799 shares of Class A common stock at a price of $0 per share. On the same date, 24 dividend equivalent units were also converted into 24 shares of Class A common stock at $0 per share.
Following these transactions, Aarnes directly owns 823 shares of MSC Industrial Direct Class A common stock. Footnotes explain that the original RSU grant on January 22, 2025 totaled 1,598 units, of which 799 vested on January 22, 2026 and the remaining 799 RSUs are scheduled to vest on January 22, 2027 if he continues serving as an outside director. Dividend equivalent units accrue on these RSUs and vest on the same schedule.
MSC Industrial Direct director Steven Paladino reported the vesting and settlement of equity awards into Class A common stock. On January 22, 2026, 799 restricted stock units (RSUs) and 24 dividend equivalent units converted at $0 per share into a total of 823 shares of Class A common stock.
Following these transactions, Paladino directly beneficially owned 14,783 shares of Class A common stock. The RSUs were part of a 1,598-unit grant from January 22, 2025, with 799 RSUs vesting on January 22, 2026 and the remaining 799 RSUs scheduled to vest on January 22, 2027 if he continues to serve as an outside director.
Rahquel Purcell, a director of MSC Industrial Direct, reported the vesting and conversion of 799 restricted stock units and 24 dividend equivalent units into Class A common stock on January 22, 2026, all at a price of $0 per unit.
After these transactions, Purcell directly holds 3,167 Class A common shares, along with 799 restricted stock units and 75 dividend equivalent units, each representing a contingent right to receive one share of common stock as they vest under previously granted awards.
MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc. insider trusts transfer shares. Trusts associated with director and 10% owner Mitchell Jacobson transferred 2,913 shares of Class A Common Stock on January 21, 2026, coded "G" to indicate a gift or similar transfer at a reported price of $0 per share. After this transaction, entities associated with him held 2,893,587 Class A shares indirectly and 2,328,192 Class A shares directly. The filing notes that Jacobson disclaims beneficial ownership of the reported securities except to the extent of his pecuniary interest, and explains that a substantial portion of the holdings are in various trusts over which he has certain powers or voting/dispositive authority.
MSC Industrial Direct board member Michael C. Kaufmann reported the vesting of equity awards and related share issuance. On January 22, 2026, 799 restricted stock units (RSUs) vested and were settled for 799 shares of Class A common stock, and 24 dividend equivalent units were settled for 24 additional shares, all at a stated price of $0 per share. These units each represented a right to receive one share of common stock upon vesting.
The RSUs were part of a 1,598-unit grant made on January 22, 2025, with 799 RSUs vesting on January 22, 2026 and the remaining 799 scheduled to vest on January 22, 2027 if Kaufmann continues to serve as an outside director. After these transactions, he directly holds 14,806 shares of Class A common stock, 799 RSUs and 75 dividend equivalent units, which will vest in line with the underlying RSUs.
MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc. director Rudina Seseri reported the vesting of equity awards that converted into Class A common stock. On January 22, 2026, 799 restricted stock units (RSUs) vested and were settled into 799 shares of Class A common stock at a price of $0 per share, reflecting that this was a stock-based compensation event rather than an open-market purchase. On the same date, 24 dividend equivalent units tied to prior RSU awards also converted into 24 shares of Class A common stock at $0 per share.
Following these transactions, Seseri directly beneficially owned 7,145 shares of Class A common stock. Footnotes explain that each RSU and each dividend equivalent unit represents a contingent right to receive one share of common stock, and that 1,598 RSUs were originally granted on January 22, 2025, with 799 vesting on January 22, 2026 and the remaining 799 scheduled to vest on January 22, 2027 if she continues serving as an outside director.
MSC Industrial Direct’s VP and Chief People Officer reported routine equity award activity involving Class A Common Stock on 12/17/2025. Restricted stock units (RSUs) and related dividend equivalent units (DEUs) converted into shares, and some shares were withheld to cover taxes.
The filing shows 20 RSUs and 0.834 dividend equivalent units converting into Class A shares at an exercise price of $0, with 6.843 shares delivered back to the company to satisfy tax withholding at $86.1 per share. After these transactions, the officer directly held 1,464 shares of Class A Common Stock.
The RSU grant originally totaled 61 units on 12/17/2024: 20 vested on 12/17/2025, 20 are scheduled to vest on 12/17/2026, and 21 on 12/17/2027, if the officer remains continuously employed. Vested shares are to be delivered upon each vesting date, while dividend equivalent units vest on the same schedule and each represent a right to receive one share.
MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc. (MSM) director and 10% owner Mitchell Jacobson reported buying 22,870 shares of Class A common stock on 11/18/2025 at a weighted average price of $84.9601 per share. After this transaction, he beneficially owned 2,328,192 shares directly. He also is reported as having indirect beneficial ownership of additional Class A shares through various trusts, with explanatory footnotes noting that he disclaims beneficial ownership except to the extent of his economic interest and describing the roles of grantor and other trusts.
MSC Industrial Direct (MSM) director transaction reported on Form 4. A director acquired 6,666 shares of Class A common stock of MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc. on 11/13/2025 at a price of $90.14 per share, coded as a purchase. Following this transaction, the director beneficially owns 9,537 shares held directly. The shares were acquired in a substitution transaction involving a trust established by the reporting person for the benefit of his adult children.