Exhibit 5 [BRYAN CAVE logo] [BRYAN CAVE LLP letterhead] August 27, 2007 Board of Directors Graybar Electric Company, Inc. and D. E. DeSousa, L. R. Giglio T. S. Gurganous, R. D. Offenbacher, R. A. Reynolds, Jr., as Voting Trustees under the Voting...Voting Trust Agreement • August 27th, 2007 • Graybar Electric Co Inc • Wholesale-electrical apparatus & equipment, wiring supplies
