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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
SCHEDULE 13D/A
UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
(AMENDMENT NO. 21)*
Anixter International Inc.
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(NAME OF ISSUER)
Common Stock, par value $1.00 per share
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(TITLE OF CLASS OF SECURITIES)
035290 10 5
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(CUSIP NUMBER)
Sheli Z. Rosenberg, Rosenberg & Liebentritt, P.C.
TWO N. RIVERSIDE PLAZA Suite 600, CHGO., IL 60606 (312) 466-3990
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(NAME, ADDRESS AND TELEPHONE NUMBER OF PERSON AUTHORIZED TO RECEIVE
NOTICES AND COMMUNICATIONS)
March 25, 1996
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(DATE OF EVENT WHICH REQUIRES FILING OF THIS STATEMENT)
If the filing person has previously filed a statement on Schedule 13G to report
the acquisition which is the subject of this Schedule 13D, and is filing this
schedule because of Rule 13d-1(b)(3) or (4), check the following box / /.
Check the following box if a fee is being paid with the statement / /. (A
fee is not required only if the reporting person: (1) has a previous statement
on file reporting beneficial ownership of more than five percent of the class
of securities described in Item 1; and (2) has filed no amendment subsequent
thereto reporting beneficial ownership of five percent or less of such class.)
(See Rule 13d-7).
NOTE: Six copies of this statement, including all exhibits, should be filed
with the Commission. See Rule 13d-1(a) for other parties to whom copies are to
be sent.
*The remainder of this cover page shall be filled our for a reporting person's
initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of securities,
and for any subsequent amendment containing information which would alter
disclosures provided in a prior cover page.
The information required on the remainder of this cover page shall not be
deemed to be "filed" for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934 ("Act") or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of
the Act but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however, see
the Notes).
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CUSIP NO. 035290 10 5 13G PAGE 2 OF 11 PAGES
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1 NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
S.S. or I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON
RIVERSIDE PARTNERS
36-3274337
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2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*
(a) /x/
(b) / /
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3 SEC USE ONLY
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4 CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
ILLINOIS
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5 SOLE VOTING POWER
NUMBER OF 7,420,234
SHARES ---------------------------------------------------
6 SHARED VOTING POWER
BENEFICIALLY
OWNED BY ---------------------------------------------------
7 SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
EACH
7,420,234
REPORTING
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PERSON 8 SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
WITH
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9 AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
7,420,234
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10 CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES*
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11 PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 9
14.7%
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12 TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*
PN
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*SEE INSTRUCTION BEFORE FILLING OUT!
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CUSIP NO. 035290 10 5 13G PAGE 3 OF 11 PAGES
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1 NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
S.S. or I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON
SZRL INVESTMENTS
36-6561094
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2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*
(a) /x/
(b) / /
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3 SEC USE ONLY
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4 CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
ILLINOIS
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5 SOLE VOTING POWER
NUMBER OF 2,599,374
SHARES ---------------------------------------------------
6 SHARED VOTING POWER
BENEFICIALLY
OWNED BY ---------------------------------------------------
7 SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
EACH
2,599,374
REPORTING
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PERSON 8 SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
WITH
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9 AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
2,599,374
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10 CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES*
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11 PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 9
5.1%
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12 TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*
PN
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*SEE INSTRUCTION BEFORE FILLING OUT!
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CUSIP NO. 035290 10 5 13G PAGE 4 OF 11 PAGES
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1 NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
S.S. or I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON
EQUITY HOLDINGS
36-3206542
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2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*
(a) /x/
(b) / /
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3 SEC USE ONLY
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4 CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
ILLINOIS
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5 SOLE VOTING POWER
NUMBER OF 200,000
SHARES ---------------------------------------------------
6 SHARED VOTING POWER
BENEFICIALLY
OWNED BY ---------------------------------------------------
7 SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
EACH
200,000
REPORTING
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PERSON 8 SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
WITH
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9 AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
200,000
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10 CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES*
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11 PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 9
.4%
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12 TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*
PN
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*SEE INSTRUCTION BEFORE FILLING OUT!
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CUSIP NO. 035290 10 5 13G PAGE 5 OF 11 PAGES
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1 NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
S.S. or I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON
ROBERT H. AND ANN LURIE TRUST
36-6944487
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2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*
(a) /x/
(b) / /
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3 SEC USE ONLY
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4 CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
ILLINOIS
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5 SOLE VOTING POWER
NUMBER OF 124,832
SHARES ---------------------------------------------------
6 SHARED VOTING POWER
BENEFICIALLY
OWNED BY ---------------------------------------------------
7 SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
EACH
124,832
REPORTING
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PERSON 8 SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
WITH
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9 AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
124,832
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10 CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES*
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11 PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 9
.2%
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12 TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*
00
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*SEE INSTRUCTION BEFORE FILLING OUT!
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CUSIP NO. 035290 10 5 13G PAGE 6 OF 11 PAGES
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1 NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
S.S. or I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON
SAMUEL ZELL
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2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*
(a) /x/
(b) / /
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3 SEC USE ONLY
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4 CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
USA
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5 SOLE VOTING POWER
NUMBER OF 221,334
SHARES ---------------------------------------------------
6 SHARED VOTING POWER
BENEFICIALLY
OWNED BY ---------------------------------------------------
7 SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
EACH
221,334
REPORTING
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PERSON 8 SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
WITH
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9 AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
221,334
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10 CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES*
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11 PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 9
.4%
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12 TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*
IN
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*SEE INSTRUCTION BEFORE FILLING OUT!
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CUSIP NO. 035290 10 5 13G PAGE 7 OF 11 PAGES
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1 NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
S.S. or I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON
SHELI ROSENBERG
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2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*
(a) /x/
(b) / /
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3 SEC USE ONLY
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4 CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
USA
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5 SOLE VOTING POWER
NUMBER OF 75,286
SHARES ---------------------------------------------------
6 SHARED VOTING POWER
BENEFICIALLY
OWNED BY ---------------------------------------------------
7 SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
EACH
75,286
REPORTING
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PERSON 8 SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
WITH
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9 AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
75,286
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10 CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES*
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11 PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 9
.2%
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12 TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*
IN
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*SEE INSTRUCTION BEFORE FILLING OUT!
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ONLY THOSE ITEMS AMENDED ARE REPORTED HEREIN.
CAPITALIZED TERMS NOT OTHERWISE DEFINED HEREIN SHALL HAVE THE SAME MEANING AS
THEY HAVE IN THE SCHEDULE 13D AND AMENDMENTS THERETO
Item 3. Source and Amount of Funds or Other Consideration
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Item 5. Interest in Securities of the Issuer
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Since the date of filing of the Amendment No. 20 to Schedule
13D, the following sales of Shares have occurred:
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Date Selling Shareholder Number of Shares Price per Share
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11/21/95 Riverside 138,200 $ 17.50
11/30/95 Riverside 6,700 18.00
12/08/95 Riverside 14,200 17.75
12/15/95 Riverside 68,400 17.75
12/28/95 Riverside 10,500 18.0916
12/29/95 Riverside 4,000 18.4589
01/02/96 Riverside 21,000 18.00
01/15/96 Riverside 13,300 17.9975
01/18/96 Riverside 4,900 17.3449
03/05/96 Riverside 26,600 17.5655
03/25/96 Riverside 1,300,000 18.8744
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Net Consideration received by Riverside for the sale of the 1,607,800
Shares was $29,975,303.34.
On August 1, 1995, Sheli Z. Rosenberg was granted options to purchase
10,000 Shares at $20.6875 per Share. The options vested on February
1, 1996.
On December 20, 1995 and December 21, 1995, Samuel Zell exercised
options to purchase 52,000 Shares at $9.1125 per Share.
On December 20, 1995, Mr. Zell sold 34,500 Shares at $17.2844 per
Share. On December 21, 1995, Mr. Zell sold 17,500 Shares at $17.1886
per Share. Mr. Zell affected the exercise of the options and the sale
of the Shares through a cashless exercise through a stockbroker
realizing net proceeds of $420,112.39.
As of April 2, 1996, and to the best knowledge of the Reporting
Persons, there were approximately 50,629,890 Shares issued and
outstanding. The Shares of the Reporting Persons (including 111,334
Shares obtainable by Mr. Zell and Mrs. Rosenberg by the
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exercise of options which are currently exercisable or which would be
exercisable within 60 days) represent approximately 21.0% of the
Shares which should be issued and outstanding upon the exercise of
such options. Of such Shares, 7,420,234, or 14.7%, are beneficially
owned by Riverside; 2,599,374, or 5.1%, by SZRL; 200,000, or .4%, by
Equity; 124,832, or .2%, by the Lurie Trust; 221,334, or .4%, by Mr.
Zell; and 75,286, or .2%, by Mrs. Rosenberg.
SIGNATURES
After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify
that the information set forth in the statement is true, complete and correct.
DATED: April 8, 1996
RIVERSIDE PARTNERS, an Illinois limited
partnership
By: Samuel Zell Revocable Trust under
agreement dated January 17, 1990, a general
partner
By: /s/ Samuel Zell
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Samuel Zell, Trustee
SZRL INVESTMENTS, an Illinois general
partnership
By: Samuel Zell Revocable Trust under
agreement dated January 17, 1990, a general
partner
By: /s/ Samuel Zell
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Samuel Zell, Trustee
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EQUITY HOLDINGS, an Illinois general
partnership
By: Samuel Zell Revocable Trust under
agreement dated January 17, 1990, a general
partner
By: /s/ Samuel Zell
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Samuel Zell, Trustee
ROBERT H. AND ANN LURIE TRUST
By: /s/ Sheli Z. Rosenberg
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Sheli Z. Rosenberg, Co-Trustee
By: /s/ Samuel Zell
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Samuel Zell
By: /s/ Sheli Z. Rosenberg
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Sheli Z. Rosenberg
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit Description Page Number
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1 Agreement dated June 27, 1995 among *
the Issuer, Riverside, Equity and SZRL.
*Previously filed.
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