Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership (Form 4)

FORM 4 Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b). Check this box to indicate that a transaction was made pursuant to a contract, instruction or written plan that is intended to satisfy the affirmative defense conditions of Rule 10b5-1(c). See Instruction 10.

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * Whittenburg Mark G 2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Core & Main, Inc. [CNM] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) _____ Director _____ 10% Owner __X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) General Counsel and Secretary (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O CORE & MAIN, INC., 1830 CRAIG PARK COURT 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 12/31/2025 (Street) ST. LOUIS, MO 63146 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed (Month/Day/Year) 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) _X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip) Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)

2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)

4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4, and 5)

6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)

9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)

10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

Code

V

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Class B Common Stock and Limited Partnership Interests

(1)(2)

12/31/2025(1)(2)

G(3)

25,500

(1)(2)

(1)(2)

Class A Common Stock

25,500

$ 0

227,312

I(1)

By LLC

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
Whittenburg Mark G C/O CORE & MAIN, INC. 1830 CRAIG PARK COURT ST. LOUIS, MO 63146			General Counsel and Secretary

Signatures

/s/ Mark Whittenburg		01/02/2026
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	Pursuant to the terms of an exchange agreement, dated as of July 22, 2021 (as amended, the "Exchange Agreement"), shares of Class B common stock of the Issuer ("Class B common stock") and limited partnership interests of Core & Main Holdings, LP (together, a "Paired Interest") are exchangeable at the discretion of the reporting person for shares of Class A common stock of the Issuer ("Class A common stock") on a one-for-one basis or, at the election of a majority of the disinterested members of the Issuer's board of directors, for cash from a substantially concurrent public offering or private sale (based on the price of Class A common stock sold in such public offering or private sale, net of any underwriting discounts and commissions, for each limited partnership interest exchanged, subject to certain exceptions, conditions and adjustments). The Class B common stock and limited partnership interests have no expiration date.
(2)	Represents securities held by Core & Main Management Feeder, LLC ("Management Feeder") in respect of 25,500 vested common units (the "Charitable Donation Units") transferred by the reporting person to a donor-advised fund on December 31, 2025 (the "Charitable Donation Effective Date"). Pursuant to the terms of the Fourth Amended and Restated LLC Agreement of Management Feeder, dated as of February 13, 2024 (as amended, the "LLC Agreement"), such Charitable Donation Units held by the donor-advised fund are redeemable at the discretion of the donor-advised fund for Paired Interests, on a one-for-one basis.
(3)	Represents a gift/charitable donation of the 25,500 Charitable Donation Units held directly by the reporting person to the National Philanthropic Trust, a Pennsylvania non-profit corporation, to be held in a donor-advised fund.

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