Distribution Solutions Group to Be Taken Private by Affiliates of LKCM Headwater Investments for $35.00 Per Common Share in Cash
Distribution Solutions Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: DSGR) (“DSG” or the “Company”) today announced that it has entered into a definitive merger agreement under which newly formed entities controlled by LKCM Headwater Investments, LLC (collectively, “LKCM Headwater”) will acquire all of the outstanding shares of common stock of DSG not already owned by LKCM Headwater and its affiliates for $35.00 per share in cash.
LKCM Headwater and its affiliates currently own approximately 79% of DSG’s outstanding common stock. J. Bryan King, DSG’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, is the Managing Partner of LKCM Headwater.
The $35.00 per share purchase price represents an increase of $5.50 per share over LKCM Headwater’s initial non-binding proposal of $29.50 per share submitted to the Company’s Board of Directors on March 14, 2026 (the “Initial Proposal”), and an approximately 81% premium to the Company’s closing share price of $19.31 on March 13, 2026, the last trading day prior to public disclosure of LKCM Headwater’s proposal. Upon completion of the transaction, the Company will become a privately held company 100% controlled by LKCM Headwater and its affiliates, and the Company’s common stock will no longer be listed on Nasdaq.
