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MSC Industrial Direct CO Executive Compensation (FY25)

MSM · Executive and director compensation, fiscal 2022 to 2025
Chief executive, fiscal 2025
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Erik Gershwind
Median of the other named officers
$1,140,333
5 officers, excluding the chief executive
Latest say-on-pay support
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January 21, 2026
Chief executive pay ratio
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To the median employee
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What changed from fiscal 2024 to fiscal 2025
The figures that moved, and by how much. Analysis of these figures is part of the Velarion platform.
Chief executive total compensation — Erik Gershwind: $4,437,481 → $5,873,837 (32.4% higher)
Say-on-pay support: 98.6% → 98.6% (0.0 points higher)
CEO pay ratio: 86:1 → 88:1 (2.3% higher)

Frequently asked questions

Answers drawn from the data on this page.
Who is MSC Industrial Direct CO's chief executive and what were they paid?
Total compensation for Erik Gershwind, Chief Executive Officer, came to $5,873,837 in fiscal 2025. Gershwind's total was 32.4% higher than the $4,437,481 reported for fiscal 2024.
What was MSC Industrial Direct CO's say-on-pay result?
For fiscal 2025, shareholders backed the say-on-pay proposal with 98.6% of votes cast for or against in favor at the meeting held January 21, 2026.
Which companies are in MSC Industrial Direct CO's peer group?
Companies named in the disclosed peer group include Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc., Boise Cascade Company, DXP Enterprises, Inc., Fastenal Company and Global Industrial, among others.
What is MSC Industrial Direct CO's chief executive pay ratio?
The disclosed chief executive pay ratio for fiscal 2025 is 88:1, against median employee compensation of $66,908.

Executive compensation

Every element reported for each named executive officer, by fiscal year.
Fiscal 2022
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Erik Gershwind
Chief Executive Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Kristen Actis-Grande
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Elizabeth Bledsoe
Senior Vice President and Chief People Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Fiscal 2023
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Erik Gershwind
Chief Executive Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Martina McIsaac
President and Chief Operating Officer
◇◇◇—◇—◇◇
Kristen Actis-Grande
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
John Hill
Former Senior Vice President and Chief Digital Information Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Elizabeth Bledsoe
Senior Vice President and Chief People Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Fiscal 2024
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Erik Gershwind
Chief Executive Officer
◇—◇———◇◇
Kristen Actis-Grande
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
◇—◇———◇◇
John Hill
Former Senior Vice President and Chief Digital Information Officer
Departed during or after this year
◇—◇———◇◇
Martina McIsaac
President and Chief Operating Officer
◇—◇———◇◇
Elizabeth Bledsoe
Senior Vice President and Chief People Officer
◇—◇———◇◇
Kimberly Shacklett
Senior Vice President, Sales
◇—◇———◇◇
Fiscal 2025
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Erik Gershwind
Chief Executive Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Martina McIsaac
President and Chief Operating Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Kristen Actis-Grande
Former Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Departed during or after this year
◇—◇———◇◇
Neal Dongre
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Kimberly Shacklett
Senior Vice President, Customer Experience
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Gregory Clark
Vice President and Interim Chief Financial Officer
Served on an interim basis
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero. A negative change in pension value is shown but, as the company reports it, not included in the total.

Equity awards granted

Individual awards as disclosed: type, date, unit counts at each level, and grant date value.
Fiscal 2025
OfficerAwardGrant dateThreshold unitsTarget unitsUnits grantedMaximum unitsExercise priceGrant date fair value
Erik GershwindPSU◇◇◇—◇—◇
Erik GershwindRSU◇——◇——◇
Gregory ClarkPSU◇◇◇—◇—◇
Gregory ClarkRSU◇——◇——◇
Kimberly ShacklettPSU◇◇◇—◇—◇
Kimberly ShacklettRSU◇——◇——◇
Kristen Actis-GrandeRSU◇——◇——◇
Kristen Actis-GrandePSU◇◇◇—◇—◇
Martina McIsaacPSU◇◇◇—◇—◇
Martina McIsaacRSU◇——◇——◇
Neal DongrePSU◇◇◇—◇—◇
Neal DongreRSU◇——◇——◇
Fiscal 2023, 2024 are included in the PDF.
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero. Threshold, target and maximum apply only to performance awards and are never shown for time-based or option awards.

Outstanding awards

Awards still held at fiscal year end.
As disclosed at fiscal 2025 year end
OfficerAwardUnvested unitsMarket value of unvested unitsExercise priceExpires
Erik GershwindRSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
Martina McIsaacRSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
Neal DongreRSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
Kimberly ShacklettRSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
Gregory ClarkRSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero.

Severance and change in control

The terms as written in the agreements.
Erik Gershwind
Chief Executive Officer · Severance agreement
Severance base◇
Change-in-control trigger◇
Benefits continuation◇
Clawback◇
Gregory Clark
Vice President and Interim Chief Financial Officer · Severance agreement
Severance multiple◇
Severance base◇
Change-in-control trigger◇
Benefits continuation◇
Clawback◇
Kimberly Shacklett
Senior Vice President, Customer Experience · Severance agreement
Severance base◇
Change-in-control trigger◇
Benefits continuation◇
Clawback◇
Kristen Actis-Grande
Former Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer · Severance agreement
Severance base◇
Benefits continuation◇
Clawback◇
Martina McIsaac
President and Chief Operating Officer · Severance agreement
Severance multiple◇
Severance base◇
Benefits continuation◇
Clawback◇
Neal Dongre
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary · Severance agreement
Severance multiple◇
Severance base◇
Change-in-control trigger◇
Benefits continuation◇
Clawback◇

Director compensation

What each non-employee director was paid.
Fiscal 2025
DirectorFees earned in cashStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Mitchell Jacobson
Board chair
◇————◇◇
Steven Paladino
Lead independent director
◇◇————◇
Louise Goeser
◇◇————◇
Michael Kaufmann
◇◇————◇
Philip Peller
◇◇————◇
Rudina Seseri
◇◇————◇
Robert Aarnes
◇◇————◇
Rahquel Purcell
◇◇————◇
Martina McIsaac and Erik Gershwind served on the board in fiscal 2025 and received no compensation for board service. Executive directors are typically paid through their executive roles, shown above.
Earlier years are included in the PDF.
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero.

Director fee schedule

The standing retainers and premiums the board pays, as published.
Board equity retainer◇
Audit committee chair◇
Compensation committee chair◇
Nominating and governance chair◇

Disclosed peer group

The companies this board named as its compensation comparison group. The list is disclosure; the comparison is analysis.
Fiscal 2025
  • Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc. AIT
  • Boise Cascade Company BCC
  • DXP Enterprises, Inc. DXPE
  • Fastenal Company FAST
  • Global Industrial GIC
  • GMS Inc. GMS
  • MRC Global Inc. MRC
  • NOW Inc. DNOW
  • Pool Corporation POOL
  • Rush Enterprises, Inc. NSIT
  • ScanSource, Inc. SCSC
  • SiteOne Landscape Supply, Inc. SITE
  • W.W. Grainger, Inc. GWW
  • Watsco, Inc. WSO
  • WESCO International, Inc. WCC

Say-on-pay history

Shareholder support for the compensation program, by year.
YearMeetingSupportVotes forVotes againstAbstentions
2025January 21, 2026=◇◇◇
2024January 22, 2025=◇◇◇
2023January 24, 2024=◇◇◇
2021January 26, 2022=◇◇◇
2020January 27, 2021=◇◇◇
2019January 29, 2020=◇◇◇
2018January 29, 2019=◇◇◇
2017January 25, 2018=◇◇◇

Chief executive pay ratio

As calculated and reported by the company.
Ratio
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Median employee compensation
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Chief executive total compensation
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290 figures on this page: 282 cited to the filing that reported them, 8 calculated from figures it prints.
282 cited to the filing
8 calculated from the filing

Documents cited

  2. 0001003078-24-000008
  3. 0001003078-26-000017
    Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  4. 0001003078-25-000174
    CEO Pay Ratio · Director Compensation · Grants of Plan-Based Awards · Outstanding Equity Awards at 2025 Fiscal Year-End · and 1 more section
  5. 0001003078-25-000010
    Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  6. 0001003078-24-000167
    Summary Compensation Table
  7. 0001003078-24-000015
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  8. 0001003078-23-000141
    Summary Compensation Table
  9. 0001003078-22-000007
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  10. 0001003078-21-000026
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  11. 0001003078-20-000070
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  12. 0001003078-19-000056
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  13. 0001003078-18-000050
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Peers MSC Industrial Direct CO discloses

The companies named in MSM's own disclosed peer group.

Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc.Boise Cascade CompanyDXP Enterprises, Inc.Fastenal CompanyGlobal IndustrialGMS Inc.MRC Global Inc.NOW Inc.Pool CorporationRush Enterprises, Inc.ScanSource, Inc.SiteOne Landscape Supply, Inc.W.W. Grainger, Inc.Watsco, Inc.WESCO International, Inc.

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Velarion Company Intelligence. (2026). Velarion database: executive and board compensation data (Version 2026Q3) [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22283854
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@misc{velarionData2026,
  author = {{Velarion Company Intelligence}},
  title = {Velarion database: executive and board compensation data},
  year = {2026},
  version = {2026Q3},
  doi = {10.5281/zenodo.22283854},
  publisher = {Zenodo},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22283854}
}
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