GMS Inc. (NYSE:GMS) Files An 8-K Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement

Item1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

On May5, 2017, GMS Inc. (the Company) and AEA GMS Holdings LP, an
affiliate of AEA Investors LP (AEA), which as of the date of the
Second Amendment, holds a majority of the Registrable Securities
held by all Holders (as such terms are defined in the
Registration Rights Agreement), entered into Amendment No.2 (the
Second Amendment) to the Registration Rights Agreement, dated as
of April1, 2014, by and among the Company, certain affiliates of
AEA and the other Holders party thereto (as amended, modified or
supplemented from time to time, the Registration Rights
Agreement), to which the parties agreed, among other things, to
reduce certain notice periods for Holders of record of
Registrable Securities from ten business days to three business
days. As of the date of the Second Amendment, AEA GMS Holdings LP
is the holder of record of approximately 34.7% of the outstanding
shares of common stock of the Company. Each of Messrs. de La
Chapelle, Hoesterey and Sharpe serves on the Companys board of
directors as a representative of AEA.

The foregoing description of the Second Amendment does not
purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by
reference to the full text of the Second Amendment, which is
filed as an exhibit hereto.

Item9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)Exhibits. The following exhibit is filed with this
report:

About GMS Inc. (NYSE:GMS)

GMS Inc. is a distributor of wallboard and suspended ceilings systems, or ceilings. The Company provides a product offering of over 20,000 stock keeping units (SKUs) of wallboard, ceilings and complementary interior construction products for interior contractors. It offers steel framing and ancillary products for its customers. Its Wallboard is a building product for interior and exterior walls and ceilings in residential and commercial structures. Its ceilings product line consists of suspended mineral fiber, soft fiber and metal ceiling systems primarily used in offices, hotels, hospitals, retail facilities, schools and a range of other commercial and institutional buildings. Its steel framing product line consists of steel track, studs and various other steel products used to frame the interior walls of a commercial or institutional building. It supplies complementary products, including insulation, ready-mix-joint compound and various other interior construction products.

GMS Inc. (NYSE:GMS) Recent Trading Information

GMS Inc. (NYSE:GMS) closed its last trading session up +0.13 at 35.63 with 82,785 shares trading hands.