UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

Form 8-K

CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT
OF 1934
Date of Report (date of earliest event reported):  October 3, 2016

Commission file number 0-21513

DXP Enterprises, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

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Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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Item 8.01.  Other Events.

On October 3, 2016, DXP Enterprises, Inc. (the “Company”) sold its master distribution business of industrial fasteners, Vertex Corporate Holdings, Inc. and its subsidiaries, to HWC Wire & Cable Company, a subsidiary of Houston Wire & Cable Company (the “Transaction”).  The Company received approximately $31.0 million in net cash proceeds, subject to customary transaction adjustments.  The net proceeds of the Transaction were used to satisfy the $30.0 million mandatory prepayment obligation under the Company’s Amended and Restated Credit Facility, dated as of January 2, 2014, as subsequently amended.

The Company issued the press release attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 in connection with the closing of the Transaction.

Item 9.01.  Financial Statements And Exhibits

(d)     Exhibits.

99.1      Press Release dated October 4, 2016 announcing the Transaction.

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

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