-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, NwbeZnflS8uoUrJ2PM76QJAzLfLV98jxvp0p7P7F7LX+gbICf6kNBqrK9LlSgn4p KAfmhv4t1Ghe5Ay3xNPEEw== 0001068800-04-000122.txt : 20040212 0001068800-04-000122.hdr.sgml : 20040212 20040212124106 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001068800-04-000122 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: SC 13G PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20040212 GROUP MEMBERS: D. E. DESOUSA GROUP MEMBERS: R. A. REYNOLDS, JR. GROUP MEMBERS: R. D. OFFENBACHER SUBJECT COMPANY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: GRAYBAR ELECTRIC CO INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000205402 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: WHOLESALE-ELECTRICAL APPARATUS & EQUIPMENT, WIRING SUPPLIES [5063] IRS NUMBER: 130794380 STATE OF INCORPORATION: NY FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13G SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 005-14237 FILM NUMBER: 04589425 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 34 N MERAMEC AVE CITY: ST LOUIS STATE: MO ZIP: 63105 BUSINESS PHONE: 3145129200 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: P O BOX 7231 CITY: ST LOUIS STATE: MO ZIP: 63177 FILED BY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: GRAYBAR ELECTRIC CO INC VOTING TRUST CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000313563 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: WHOLESALE-ELECTRICAL APPARATUS & EQUIPMENT, WIRING SUPPLIES [5063] IRS NUMBER: 130794380 STATE OF INCORPORATION: NY FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13G BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: P O BOX 7231 CITY: ST LOUIS STATE: MO ZIP: 63177 BUSINESS PHONE: (314)512-9 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: P O BOX 7231 CITY: ST LOUIS STATE: MO ZIP: 63177 SC 13G 1 gray13g.txt ===================================== OMB APPROVAL ===================================== OMB Number: 3235-0145 ===================================== Expires: December 31, 2005 ===================================== Estimated average burden hours per response. . . 10.7 ===================================== UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 SCHEDULE 13G UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 (AMENDMENT NO. ___________)* Graybar Electric Company, Inc. - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Name of Issuer) Common Stock, par value $1.00 per share - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Title of Class of Securities) None - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CUSIP Number) - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Date of Event Which Requires Filing of this Statement) Check the appropriate box to designate the rule pursuant to which this Schedule is filed: [ ] Rule 13d-1(b) [ ] Rule 13d-1(c) [x] Rule 13d-1(d) *The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting person's initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of securities, and for any subsequent amendment containing information which would alter the disclosures provided in a prior cover page. The information required in the remainder of this cover page shall not be deemed to be "filed" for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ("Act") or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however, see the Notes). CUSIP No. ....................................... ============================================================================ Page 2 of 11 1. Names of Reporting Persons. I.R.S. Identification Nos. of above persons (entities only). D. E. DeSousa ============================================================================ 2. Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group (See Instructions) (a) X (b) ============================================================================ SEC Use Only 3. ......................................... ............................... ============================================================================ 4. Citizenship or Place of Organization: USA ============================================================================ Number of 5. Sole Voting Power: -0- Shares Beneficially 6. Shared Voting Power: 5,580,970 Owned by Each Reporting 7. Sole Dispositive Power: 1,320 Person With 8. Shared Dispositive Power: -0- ============================================================================ 9. Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person: 5,580,970 ============================================================================ 10. Check if the Aggregate Amount in Row (9) Excludes Certain Shares (See Instructions): ============================================================================ 11. Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row (9): 95.0% ============================================================================ 12. Type of Reporting Person (See Instructions): IN Page 3 of 11 1. Names of Reporting Persons. I.R.S. Identification Nos. of above persons (entities only). R. D. Offenbacher ============================================================================ 2. Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group (See Instructions) (a) X (b) ============================================================================ SEC Use Only 3. .......................................... .................................. ============================================================================ 4. Citizenship or Place of Organization: USA ============================================================================ Number of 5. Sole Voting Power: -0- Shares Beneficially 6. Shared Voting Power: 5,580,970 Owned by Each Reporting 7. Sole Dispositive Power: 6,573 Person With 8. Shared Dispositive Power: -0- ============================================================================ 9. Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person: 5,580,970 ============================================================================ 10. Check if the Aggregate Amount in Row (9) Excludes Certain Shares (See Instructions): ============================================================================ 11. Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row (9): 95.0% ============================================================================ 12. Type of Reporting Person (See Instructions): IN Page 4 of 11 1. Names of Reporting Persons. I.R.S. Identification Nos. of above persons (entities only). R. A. Reynolds, Jr. ============================================================================ 2. Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group (See Instructions) (a) X (b) ============================================================================ SEC Use Only 3. ........................................... ............................. ============================================================================ 4. Citizenship or Place of Organization: USA ============================================================================ Number of 5. Sole Voting Power: -0- Shares Beneficially 6. Shared Voting Power: 5,580,970 Owned by Each Reporting 7. Sole Dispositive Power: 8,782 Person With 8. Shared Dispositive Power: -0- ============================================================================ 9. Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person: 5,580,970 ============================================================================ 10. Check if the Aggregate Amount in Row (9) Excludes Certain Shares (See Instructions): ============================================================================ 11. Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row (9): 95.0% ============================================================================ 12. Type of Reporting Person (See Instructions): IN Page 5 of 11 Item 1(a) Name of Issuer: - --------- -------------- Graybar Electric Company, Inc. Item 1(b) Address of Issuer's Principal Executive Offices: - --------- ----------------------------------------------- 34 North Meramec Avenue P.O. Box 7231 St. Louis, Missouri 63177 Item 2(a) Name of Person Filing: - --------- --------------------- Pursuant to the provisions of Rule 13d-1(f)(1) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this Schedule 13G is being filed on behalf of the following persons as Voting Trustees of the Voting Trust established by a Voting Trust Agreement dated as of April 1, 1997 (the "Voting Trust"): (i) D. E. DeSousa (ii) R. D. Offenbacher (iii) R. A. Reynolds, Jr. Attached hereto as Exhibit A is the agreement in writing of each of the above that this Schedule 13G is filed on behalf of each of them. Item 2(b) Address of Principal Business Office or, if none, Residence: - --------- ----------------------------------------------------------- (i) The principal business office of Messrs. DeSousa, Offenbacher and Reynolds is: c/o Graybar Electric Company, Inc. 34 North Meramec Avenue P.O. Box 7231 St. Louis, Missouri 63177 Page 6 of 11 Item 2(c) Citizenship: - --------- ----------- All persons named in response to Item 2(a) are citizens of the United States of America. Item 2(d) Title of Class of Securities: - --------- ---------------------------- Common Stock, par value $1.00 per share. Item 2(e) CUSIP Number: - --------- ------------ None - not publicly traded. Item 3 Not Applicable. - ------ -------------- Item 4 Ownership: - ------ --------- (a) Amount Beneficially Owned: At December 31, 2003, 5,580,970 shares of Common Stock, par value $1.00 per share (the "Common Stock"), of Graybar Electric Company, Inc. ("Graybar") had been deposited in the Voting Trust. PAGE> Page 7 of 11 The following table shows the beneficial ownership of Voting Trust Certificates representing shares of Common Stock owned at December 31, 2003 by the persons named in response to Item 2(a): Name Number of Shares ------------------- ---------------- D. E. DeSousa 1,320 R. D. Offenbacher 6,573 R. A. Reynolds, Jr. 8,782 (b) Percent of Class: The shares of Common Stock described in response to Item 4(a) amounted to approximately 95% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock on December 31, 2003. (c) The following table sets forth, as of December 31, 2003, for each of the persons named in response to Item 2(a), the number of shares of Common Stock as to which such person has (i) sole power to vote or to direct the vote, (ii) shared power to vote or to direct the vote, (iii) sole power to dispose or to direct the disposition of, or (iv) shared power to dispose or to direct the disposition of:
Power to dispose Power to vote or to or to direct the direct the vote* disposition of ----------------------- -------------------- Name Sole Shared Sole Shared ------------------ ---- ------ ---- ------ D. E. DeSousa -0- 5,580,970 1,320 -0- R. D. Offenbacher -0- 5,580,970 6,573 -0- R. A. Reynolds, Jr. -0- 5,580,970 8,782 -0- - --------------------------- *The Voting Trustees may not, without the consent of the holders of Voting Trust Certificates representing at least 75% of the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock then deposited in the Voting Trust, vote on or consent to the merger or consolidation of Graybar into another corporation, the sale of all or substantially all of Graybar's assets or the liquidation and dissolution of Graybar.
Page 8 of 11 Item 5 Ownership of Five Percent or Less of a Class. - ------ -------------------------------------------- If this statement is being filed to report the fact that as of the date hereof the reporting person has ceased to be the beneficial owner of more than five percent of the class of securities, check the following: ( ). Item 6 Ownership of More than Five Percent on Behalf of Another - ------ -------------------------------------------------------- Person. ------ All dividends payable with respect to shares of Common Stock deposited in the Voting Trust are payable to the Voting Trustees as the owners of record of such shares. The Voting Trustees are authorized to retain, subject to the terms of the Voting Trust Agreement, any shares of Common Stock received as a stock dividend, and to deliver to each holder of a Voting Trust Certificate representing shares of Common Stock on which such stock dividend shall have been paid an additional Voting Trust Certificate for the number of shares received as a dividend with respect to such Common Stock. The Voting Trustees pay or cause to be paid to the holders of Voting Trust Certificates an amount equal to any cash dividends and any distribution paid other than in cash or Common Stock. The Voting Trustees have no power to direct the sale or to receive the proceeds of a sale of the Common Stock deposited in the Voting Trust, such power being in the holders of the Voting Trust Certificates issued in respect of such shares of Common Stock. Item 7 Identification and Classification of the Subsidiary Which - ------ --------------------------------------------------------- Acquired the Security Being Reported on By the Parent Holding ------------------------------------------------------------- Company. ------- Not applicable. Item 8 Identification and Classification of Members of the Group. - ------ --------------------------------------------------------- Not applicable. Item 9 Notice of Dissolution of Group. - ------ ------------------------------ Not applicable. Item 10 Certification. - ------- ------------- Not applicable. PAGE> Page 9 of 11 Signature - --------- After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct. Date: February 12, 2004 /S/ D. E. DESOUSA ------------------------- D. E. DeSousa EXHIBIT A --------- The persons named below hereby agree to file one Schedule 13G to report ownership as of December 31, 2003 of Common Stock of Graybar Electric Company, Inc., and agree that the Schedule 13G to which this agreement, executed in counterparts, is attached as Exhibit A is filed on behalf of each of them. /S/D. E. DESOUSA ---------------------- -------------------------- D. E. DeSousa R. D. Offenbacher ----------------------- R. A. Reynolds, Jr. Page 10 of 11 Signature - --------- After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct. Date: February 12, 2004 /S/ R. D. OFFENBACHER -------------------------- R. D. Offenbacher EXHIBIT A --------- The persons named below hereby agree to file one Schedule 13G to report ownership as of December 31, 2003 of Common Stock of Graybar Electric Company, Inc., and agree that the Schedule 13G to which this agreement, executed in counterparts, is attached as Exhibit A is filed on behalf of each of them. /S/ R. D. OFFENBACHER ---------------------- -------------------------- D. E. DeSousa R. D. Offenbacher ----------------------- R. A. Reynolds, Jr. Page 11 of 11 Signature - --------- After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct. Date: February 12, 2004 /S/ R. A. REYNOLDS, JR. ------------------------- R. A. Reynolds, Jr. EXHIBIT A --------- The persons named below hereby agree to file one Schedule 13G to report ownership as of December 31, 2003 of Common Stock of Graybar Electric Company, Inc., and agree that the Schedule 13G to which this agreement, executed in counterparts, is attached as Exhibit A is filed on behalf of each of them. ---------------------------- -------------------------- D. E. DeSousa R. D. Offenbacher /S/ R. A. REYNOLDS, JR. ----------------------------- R. A. Reynolds, Jr. [Graybar Letterhead] February 12, 2004 Securities & Exchange Commission 450 Fifth Street Washington, DC 20549 Subject: Graybar Electric Company, Inc. Schedule 13-G Dear Sir/Madam: Transmitted herewith is Graybar Electric Company, Inc. Schedule 13-G relating to the Voting Trust established by the Voting Trust Agreement dated April 1, 1997. Sincerely yours, J. H. Kipper Enclosures c: T. F. Dowd J. H. Denne, Esq. -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----