Background and General

     Industrial Distribution Group, Inc. (“IDG”) is a Delaware corporation, formed in 1997 through the combination of several, previously independent industrial distribution companies. We are a nationwide supplier of maintenance, repair, operating, and production (“MROP”) products and services to manufacturers and other industrial users, and through our Flexible Procurement Solutions™ (“FPS”) program, we provide an array of value-added business process outsourcing services and other arrangements. Our FPS services include storeroom management (commonly referred to as integrated supply) and...