About Anixter

To more than 100,000 customers in 52 countries, Anixter is more than a distributor: we are a business partner. Even though our four specialized sales forces—Enterprise Cabling and Security Solutions, Electrical and Electronic Wire & Cable, Aerospace Hardware and Fasteners—serve many diverse markets, their one common mission is to provide customized solutions that meet our customers’ diverse needs.

For customers around the world, Anixter combines superior product offerings with unparalleled technological expertise and innovative Supply Chain Services. Whether it's providing products for a data center project or to a manufacturing production line, Anixter brings this vast experience and expertise to every customer. Anixter knows our customers are looking for more than a supplier of parts and pieces. We focus on addressing our customers’ larger business needs for knowledgeable technical support, supply chain efficiencies and cost avoidance. We constantly monitor and adjust each program, process and project so when our customers’ needs change, our solutions change with them. Our customers receive more than simply product, they receive unequaled value that delivers to their bottom line.

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HIGHLIGHTS

Anixter Blue Book 2008-11-19

Developed more than 50 years ago, the Anixter Blue Book continue to guide our beliefs and business style. Since 1957, we have grown dramatically, but our core remains unchanged: a steadfast commitment to the values presented in the Blue Book.

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Record sales, net income and earnings per diluted share of $5.9 billion, $253.5 million and $6.00, respectively.

Through consistent execution on the same basic strategies over the past couple of years, Anixter was able to set sales and earnings records in 2007 that significantly surpassed the previous records.

Underlying this record performance was solid execution on our stated strategies to expand our product and service offerings, extend geographically certain product sets, strong market conditions in nearly all markets served, acquired growth and strong commodity prices.

As a result of this record performance we were able to fund $140 million of increased working capital associated with our strong organic growth, complete acquisitions with a total value of $40 million and maintain reasonable financial leverage on the business as measured by debt to total capitalization. These factors put us in a position where in 2007 we were able to repurchase approximately 10.8 percent of our outstanding shares which increased our return on equity to 26.0%. In the first quarter of 2007 the Company issued $300 million of 1% Senior Convertible Notes that in part funded the share repurchase program with the remaining proceeds used to refinance higher cost debt.

Anixter International is a leading global distributor of communication products, electrical and electronic wire & cable, fasteners and other small parts. The company adds value to the distribution process by providing its customers access to 1) innovative inventory management programs, 2) more than 400,000 products and over $1 billion in inventory, 3) 214 warehouses with more than 6 million square feet of space, and 4) locations in 248 cities in 50 countries. Founded in 1957 and headquartered near Chicago, Anixter trades on The New York Stock Exchange under the symbol AXE.

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