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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP
/ / Check this box if no
longer subject to Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities
Section 16. Form 4 Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the
or Form 5 obligations Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935
may continue. See or Section 30(f) of the Investment Company
Instruction 1(b). Act of 1940
(Print or Type
Responses)
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* 2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol 6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s)
Zell Samuel Anixter International Inc. (AXE) to Issuer (Check all applicable)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- X Director X 10% Owner
(Last) (First) (Middle) 3. IRS or Social Security 4. Statement for --- ---
Number of Reporting Month/Year X Officer (give Other (Specify
Two North Riverside Plaza Person (Voluntary) August 2000 --- title --- below)
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(Street) 5. If Amendment,
Date of Original Chairman of the Board
Chicago IL 60606 (Month/Year) ------------------------
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(City) (State) (Zip) 7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing
(Check Applicable Line)
Form filed by One Reporting Person
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X Form filed by More than One
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TABLE 1 -- NON-DERIVATIVE SECURITIES ACQUIRED, DISPOSED OF, OR BENEFICIALLY OWNED
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1. Title of Security 2. Trans- 3. Transac- 4. Securities Acquired (A) 5. Amount of Se- 6. Owner- 7. Nature
(Instr. 3) action tion or Disposed of (D) curities Benefi- ship of In-
Date Code (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) cially Owned at Form: direct
(Instr. 8) End of Month Direct Benefi-
(Month/ (Instr. 3 and 4) (D) or cial
Day/ --------------------------------------- Indirect Owner-
Year) Code V Amount (A) or Price (I) ship
(D) (Instr. 4) (Instr.
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Common Stock, par value $1.00 06/21/2000 J(1) V 285,000 A (1) 285,000 (1) (1)
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Common Stock, par value $1.00 N/A V No Change 81,334 D (2)
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Common Stock, par value $1.00 08/04/2000 J(3) 193,766 D $23.8660 4,647,147 I (4)
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Common Stock, par value $1.00 08/04/2000 J(3) 81,637 D $23.8660 0 I (5)
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* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person,
see Instruction 4(b)(v).
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FORM 4 (CONTINUED)
TABLE II -- DERIVATIVE SECURITIES ACQUIRED, DISPOSED OF, OR BENEFICIALLY OWNED
(E.G., PUTS, CALLS, WARRANTS, OPTIONS, CONVERTIBLE SECURITIES)
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1. Title of Derivative 2. Conver- 3. Trans- 4. Trans- 5. Number of 6. Date Exer- 7. Title and Amount 8. Price
Security sion or action action Derivative cisable and of Underlying of
(Instr. 3) Exercise Date Code Securities Ac- Expiration Securities Deriv-
Price of (Month/ (Instr. 8) quired (A) or Date (Instr. 3 and 4) ative
Deriv- Day/ Disposed of (D) (Month/Day/ Secur-
ative Year) (Instr. 3, 4, Year) ity
Security and 5) (Instr. 5)
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Date Expira- Amount or
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Code V (A) (D) cisable Date Shares
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Stock Option (right to No 02/08/ 02/08/ Common 75,000 (2)
buy) $19.625 N/A Change 2000 2006 Stock
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9. Number of 10. Ownership 11. Nature of
Derivative Form of Indirect
Securities Derivative Beneficial
Beneficially Security: Ownership
Owned at End Direct (D) (Instr. 4)
of Month or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4) (Instr. 4)
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75,000 D
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Explanation of Responses:
(1) These securities are owned directly by Samstock/SZRT, L.L.C., which may be deemed a member of a "group" with Samuel Zell,
Samstock/SIT, L.L.C. and Samstock, L.L.C. for purposes of Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act, and indirectly by Samuel Zell
as trustee and sole beneficiary of the Samuel Zell Revocable Trust, which owns 100% of Samstock/SZRT, L.L.C. The shares
were acquired through a pro-rata distribution of shares from SZRL. Investments to the Samuel Zell Revocable Trust, followed
by an immediate contribution to Samstock/SZRT, L.L.C.
(2) These securities are owned directly by Samuel Zell.
(3) Shares transferred to third parties by Samstock, L.L.C. and Samstock/SIT, L.L.C.
(4) These securities are owned indirectly by Samuel Zell as beneficiary of the Sam Investment Trust, which owns 100% of
Samstock/SIT, L.L.C., which directly owns the securities. Mr. Zell and members of his family are the beneficiaries of the
Sam Investment Trust.
(5) These securities were owned indirectly by Samuel Zell, as trustee and beneficiary of the Samuel Zell Revocable Trust, which
owns 100% of Zell General Partnership, Inc., an Illinois corporation, which is the managing member of SZ Investments, L.L.C.,
a Delaware limited liability company, which owns 100% of Samstock, L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company, which directly
owned the securities. The non-managing members of SZ Investments, L.L.C., are partnerships whose partners are trusts created for
the benefit of Mr. Zell and members of his family.
**Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal
Violations. /s/ Samuel Zell 09/08/2000
See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a). ------------------------------- -------------
**Signature of Reporting Person Date
Samuel Zell
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JOINT FILER INFORMATION
NAME: Samstock/SZRT, L.L.C.
ADDRESS: 2 North Riverside Plaza
Chicago, IL 60606
DESIGNATED FILER: Samuel Zell
ISSUER & TICKER SYMBOL: Anixter International Inc. (AXE)
DATE OF EVENT REQUIRING
STATEMENT: August 4, 2000
SIGNATURE By: /s/ DONALD J. LIEBENTRITT
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Name: Donald J. Liebentritt, Vice President
For: Samstock/SZRT, L.L.C.
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