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): September 8, 2016

Commission file number 000-21513

DXP Enterprises, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

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:

Item 8.01. Other Events.

On September 8, 2016, DXP Enterprises, Inc. (the “Company”) filed a prospectus supplement, dated September 8, 2016 (the “Prospectus Supplement”), with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) pursuant to Rule 424(b)(5) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), in connection with the offering and sale by the Company of up to an aggregate of $25,000,000 worth of shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Offered Stock”), pursuant to that certain Equity Distribution Agreement dated December 4, 2015 by and among the Company, Liquidnet, Inc. and BB&T Capital Markets, a division of BB&T Securities, LLC. The Prospectus Supplement supplements the base prospectus included in the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-213227) (the “Registration Statement”), filed by the Company with the Commission under the Securities Act, and declared effective by the Commission on August 26, 2016.

A copy of the opinion of Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP with respect to the validity of the Offered Stock is attached as Exhibit 5.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K. This Current Report on Form 8-K is being filed for the purpose of filing Exhibits 1.1, 5.1 and 23.1 as exhibits to the Registration Statement, and such exhibits are hereby incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements And Exhibits

(d) Exhibits.

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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