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PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT NO. 2
$792,000,000
ANIXTER INTERNATIONAL INC.
LIQUID YIELD OPTION(TM) NOTES DUE 2020
(ZERO COUPON -- SENIOR)
AND
COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE UPON
CONVERSION OF THE LYONS
This prospectus supplement supplements the prospectus dated August 30, 2000
of Anixter International Inc., as supplemented September 8, 2000, relating to
the sale by certain of our securityholders (including their pledgees, donees,
transferees or other successors) of up to $792,000,000 principal amount at
maturity of LYONs and up to 5,908,558 shares of common stock to be issued upon
conversion of the LYONs. You should read this prospectus supplement in
conjunction with the prospectus, and this prospectus supplement is qualified by
reference to the prospectus except to the extent that the information in this
prospectus supplement supersedes the information contained in the prospectus.
Capitalized terms used in this prospectus supplement and not otherwise defined
herein have the meanings specified in the prospectus.
The table of Selling Securityholders contained in the prospectus is hereby
amended to add the entities who are named below as Selling Securityholders.
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AGGREGATE
PRINCIPAL AMOUNT
OF LYONS AT NUMBER OF SHARES
MATURITY THAT OF COMMON STOCK
NAME OF SELLING SECURITYHOLDER MAY BE SOLD THAT MAY BE SOLD
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Associated Electric & Gas Insurance Services Limited........ $ 2,500,000 18,650
Aventis Pension Master Trust................................ 675,000 5,035
Boilermaker-Blacksmith Pension Trust........................ 4,090,000 30,512
CALAMOS(R) Convertible Fund-CALAMOS(R) Investment Trust..... 5,860,000 43,717
CALAMOS(R) Convertible Growth and Income Fund-CALAMOS(R)
Investment Trust.......................................... 2,900,000 21,634
CALAMOS(R) Convertible Portfolio-CALAMOS(R) Advisors
Trust..................................................... 300,000 2,238
CALAMOS(R) Convertible Technology Fund-CALAMOS(R) Investment
Trust..................................................... 125,000 932
CALAMOS(R) Global Convertible Fund-CALAMOS(R) Investment
Trust..................................................... 550,000 4,103
Champion International Corporation Master Retirement
Trust..................................................... 1,220,000 9,101
Chrysler Corporation Master Retirement Trust................ 10,065,000 75,087
CIBC World Markets.......................................... 3,500,000 26,111
City of Albany Pension Plan................................. 260,000 1,939
City of Knoxville Pension System............................ 995,000 7,422
Delta Airlines Master Trust................................. 5,200,000 38,793
Delta Airlines Master Trust c/o Oaktree Capital Management,
LLC....................................................... 3,670,000 27,379
The Dow Chemical Company Employees' Retirement Plan......... 8,010,000 59,757
The Fondren Foundation...................................... 325,000 2,424
Greek Catholic Union II..................................... 85,000 634
H.K. Porter Company, Inc.................................... 125,000 932
Kettering Medical Center Funded Depreciation Account........ 175,000 1,305
Knoxville Utilities Board Retirement System................. 615,000 4,588
Louisiana Workers' Compensation Corporation................. 1,320,000 9,847
Motion Picture Industry Health Plan-Active Member Fund...... 1,170,000 8,728
Motion Picture Industry Health Plan-Retiree Member Fund..... 585,000 4,364
OCM Convertible Trust....................................... 4,230,000 31,557
Partner Reinsurance Company, Ltd............................ 1,995,000 14,883
Port Authority of Allegheny County Retirement and Disability
Allowance Plan for the Employees Represented by Local 85
of the Amalgamated Transit Union.......................... 3,000,000 22,380
SPT......................................................... 3,270,000 24,395
State Employees' Retirement Fund of the State of Delaware... 5,090,000 37,972
State of Connecticut Combined Investment Funds.............. 11,360,000 84,749
Unifi, Inc., Profit Sharing Plan and Trust.................. 475,000 3,543
United Food and Commercial Workers Local 1262 and Employers
Pension Fund.............................................. 1,400,000 10,444
Vanguard Convertible Securities Fund, Inc................... 11,835,000 88,292
Van Waters & Rogers, Inc., Retirement Plan (f.k.a. Univar
Corporation).............................................. 1,195,000 8,915
Additionally, the following line item in the table of Selling Securityholders is hereby amended as
follows:
Total..................................................... $561,282,000 4,187,304
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INVESTING IN THE LYONS OR THE COMMON STOCK INVOLVES RISKS DESCRIBED IN THE
"RISK FACTORS" SECTION BEGINNING ON PAGE 9 OF THE PROSPECTUS.
Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities
commission has approved or disapproved of these securities or determined if this
prospectus is truthful or complete. Any representation to the contrary is a
criminal offense.
(TM) TRADEMARK OF MERRILL LYNCH & CO.
The date of this prospectus supplement is September 15, 2000
