<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001193125-18-114381.txt : 20180411
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<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20180411170555
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001193125-18-114381
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	DEFA14A
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20180411
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20180411
EFFECTIVENESS DATE:		20180411

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			LAWSON PRODUCTS INC/NEW/DE/
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000703604
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	WHOLESALE-MACHINERY, EQUIPMENT & SUPPLIES [5080]
		IRS NUMBER:				362229304
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		DEFA14A
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-10546
		FILM NUMBER:		18750625

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		8770 WEST BRYN MAWR AVENUE
		STREET 2:		SUITE 900
		CITY:			CHICAGO
		STATE:			IL
		ZIP:			60631
		BUSINESS PHONE:		773-304-5208

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		8770 WEST BRYN MAWR AVENUE
		STREET 2:		SUITE 900
		CITY:			CHICAGO
		STATE:			IL
		ZIP:			60631
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<DESCRIPTION>DEFINITIVE ADDITIONAL MATERIALS
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549 </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>SCHEDULE 14A
</B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Proxy Statement Pursuant to Section&nbsp;14(a) of </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Amendment No. ) </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
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Registrant&nbsp;&nbsp;&#9746; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Filed by a Party other than the Registrant&nbsp;&nbsp;&#9744; </P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><B>Confidential, for Use of the Commission Only (as permitted by Rule <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">14a-6(e)(2))</FONT></B></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Soliciting Material Pursuant to <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">&#167;240.14a-12</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:22pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Lawson Products, Inc. </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">(Name of
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3">Fee computed on table below per Exchange Act Rules <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">14a-6(i)(1)</FONT> and <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">0-11.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>REGARDING COMPENSATION DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">On March&nbsp;30, 2018, Lawson Products, Inc. (the &#147;<U>Company</U>&#148;) filed a definitive proxy statement (the &#147;<U>Proxy Statement</U>&#148;)
with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Included in the Proxy Statement is a Compensation Discussion and Analysis. The Company is furnishing this supplement to provide additional disclosures regarding the Company&#146;s Amended and Restated
2009 Equity Compensation Plan and certain grants that were made to Michael G. DeCata, the Company&#146;s President and Chief Executive Officer, during 2017. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Accordingly, the following disclosure is added to the Proxy Statement under the caption &#147;Compensation Discussion and Analysis &#150; Elements of Total
Compensation &#150; Actions Taken After Close of 2017 Year End.&#148; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">On August&nbsp;14, 2017, Lawson Products, Inc., an Illinois corporation
(&#147;<U>Lawson Illinois</U>&#148;), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, entered into an Employment Agreement (the &#147;<U>Employment Agreement</U>&#148;) with Mr.&nbsp;DeCata. Also on August&nbsp;14, 2017, and in accordance with the
Employment Agreement, the Company entered into an Award Agreement (the &#147;<U>2017 Award Agreement</U>&#148;) with Mr.&nbsp;DeCata pursuant to which the Company awarded Mr.&nbsp;DeCata (i) 41,000 stock performance rights (the &#147;<U>2017
SPRs</U>&#148;) under the Company&#146;s Amended Stock Performance Plan (as Amended and Restated Effective January&nbsp;24, 2017) (the &#147;<U>SPR Plan</U>&#148;), (ii) 40,000 nonqualified stock options (the &#147;<U>2017 Options</U>&#148;) under
the Company&#146;s 2009 Equity Compensation Plan (as Amended and Restated Effective May&nbsp;13, 2014) (the &#147;<U>Equity Plan</U>&#148;), (iii) a target award of 57,934 market stock units ( the &#147;<U>2017 MSUs</U>&#148;) under the Equity Plan
and (iv)&nbsp;a restricted award of 29,083 stock units (the &#147;<U>2017 RSAs</U>&#148;) under the Equity Plan. The 2017 Award Agreement contemplated that the number of 2017 MSUs that would vest would be based upon share price attainment determined
by the trailing 60 trading day weighted average closing price of the Company&#146;s common stock on December&nbsp;31, 2019 (the &#147;<U>Average Closing Stock Price</U>&#148;), with Mr.&nbsp;DeCata vesting in (x) 50% of the 2017 MSUs if the Average
Closing Stock Price is $24.50, (y) 100% of the 2017 MSUs if the Average Closing Stock Price is $27.50 and (z) 150% of the 2017 MSUs if the Average Closing Stock Price is $32.00. Mr.&nbsp;DeCata would be entitled to receive one share of the
Company&#146;s common stock for each vested 2017 MSU. The 2017 Award Agreement contemplated that the 2017 RSAs would vest in full on the third anniversary of the grant date, or August&nbsp;14, 2020, with one share of the Company&#146;s common stock
to be issued for each vested 2017 RSA. On January&nbsp;13, 2017, unrelated to the Employment Agreement, the Company granted Mr.&nbsp;DeCata a restricted stock award pursuant to the Equity Plan of 2,000 shares of common stock that would vest in full
on December&nbsp;31, 2019 (the &#147;<U>2017 Restricted Stock Award</U>&#148;). </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;8.0 of the Equity Plan as in effect at the time of the 2017
awards placed an annual limitation of 40,000 shares of common stock with respect to equity awards to participants other than nonemployee directors and an annual limitation of 20,000 shares of common stock with respect to equity awards to nonemployee
directors. The aggregate number of shares of common stock associated with the 2017 Options, the 2017 MSUs, the 2017 RSAs and the 2017 Restricted Stock Award exceeded the 40,000 share limitation applicable to Mr.&nbsp;DeCata. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">On April&nbsp;9, 2018, the Board of Directors of the Company (the &#147;<U>Board</U>&#148;) approved an amendment of the Equity Plan (the &#147;<U>Equity Plan
Amendment</U>&#148;) pursuant to which the annual grant limitation applicable to participants other than nonemployee directors was raised from 40,000 shares to 125,000 shares. No other provision of the Equity Plan was amended. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In order to address any applicable <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-compliance</FONT> with the Equity
Plan, on April&nbsp;11, 2018, the Company and Mr.&nbsp;DeCata entered into (i)&nbsp;an amendment of the 2017 Award Agreement (the &#147;<U>2017 Award Agreement Amendment</U>&#148;) to cancel the grant of the 2017 MSUs and the 2017 RSAs and
(ii)&nbsp;an Amended and Restated Restricted Stock Award Agreement (the &#147;<U>Amended and Restated Restricted Stock Award Agreement</U>&#148;) pursuant to which the 2017 Restricted Stock Award was canceled and the Company made a restricted stock
award to Mr.&nbsp;DeCata pursuant to the Equity Plan, as amended, of 2,000 shares of common stock that would vest in full on December&nbsp;31, 2019. The 2017 Options continue to be outstanding in accordance with their terms pursuant to the 2017
Award Agreement, as amended. The 2017 SPRs were granted in accordance with the provisions of SPR Plan and continue to be outstanding in accordance with their terms pursuant to the 2017 Award Agreement, as amended. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">On April&nbsp;11, 2018, following the adoption of the Equity Plan Amendment, the Company and Mr.&nbsp;DeCata entered into an Award Agreement (the
&#147;<U>2018 Award Agreement</U>&#148;) with respect to, (i)&nbsp;a target award of 57,934 market stock units (the &#147;<U>2018 MSUs</U>&#148;) under the Equity Plan, as amended, and (ii)&nbsp;a restricted award of 29,083 stock units (the
&#147;<U>2018 RSAs</U>&#148;) under the Equity Plan, as amended. The number of 2018 MSUs that shall vest is based upon share price attainment determined by the Average Closing Stock Price, as defined above and using the December&nbsp;31, 2019
measurement date contemplated by the 2017 MSUs, with Mr.&nbsp;DeCata vesting in (x) 50% of the 2018 MSUs if the Average Closing Stock Price is $24.50, (y) 100% of the 2018 MSUs if the Average Closing Stock Price is $27.50 and (z) 150% of the 2018
MSUs if the Average Closing Stock Price is $32.00. Mr.&nbsp;DeCata shall be entitled to receive one share of the Company&#146;s common stock for each vested 2018 MSU. The 2018 RSAs will vest in full on August&nbsp;14, 2020, with one share of the
Company&#146;s common stock to be issued for each vested 2018 RSA. The 2018 MSUs and the 2018 RSAs are intended to replicate the benefits to Mr.&nbsp;DeCata contemplated by the 2017 MSUs and 2017 RSAs, respectively. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In connection with the foregoing, on April&nbsp;11, 2018, Lawson Illinois and Mr.&nbsp;DeCata entered into an amendment of the Employment Agreement (the
&#147;<U>Employment Agreement Amendment</U>&#148;) to make changes to the equity award structure set forth in the Employment Agreement to be consistent with the 2017 Award Agreement Amendment and the 2018 Award Agreement. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Except as described above, this supplement to the Proxy Statement does not modify, amend, supplement or otherwise affect the Proxy Statement. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This supplement should be read together with the Proxy Statement. If you have already returned your proxy card or voting instruction form, or voted by other
means, you do not need to take any action unless you wish to change your vote. If you wish to change you vote on any proposal, you may submit a new proxy card or take other action as described in the Proxy Statement. </P>
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