Effective April 17, 2019, Thomas S. Postek resigned his position as a member of the Board of Directors (the "Board") of Lawson Products, Inc. (the "Company") and from each committee of the Board on which he served. Mr. Postek served as Chairperson of the Audit Committee and also served on the Financial Strategies Committee. Additionally, effective April 17, 2019, Wilma J. Smelcer resigned as a member of the Board and from each committee of the Board on which she served. Ms. Smelcer served as chairperson of the Management Development Committee, and also served on the Audit, and Nominating and Governance Committees. The Board will be reviewing recommendations to fill the resulting vacancies. Effective April 16, 2019, Charles D. Hale was appointed as a member of the Audit Committee of the Board and Mark F. Moon was appointed as a member of the Compensation Committee of the Board.