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ANIXTER

2014 FINANCIAL RESULTS RESTATED TO REFLECT IMPACT OF RECENT TRANSACTIONS

Products. Technology. Services.

Delivered Globally.

SAFE HARBOR STATEMENT



The statements in this presentation other than historical facts are forward-looking statements made in reliance upon the safe harbor of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements are subject to a number of factors that could cause our actual results to differ materially from what is indicated here. These factors include but are not limited to general economic conditions, the level of customer demand particularly for capital projects in the markets we serve, changes in supplier sales strategies or financial viability, risks associated with the sale of nonconforming products and services, political, economic or currency risks related to foreign operations, inventory obsolescence, copper price fluctuations, customer viability, risks associated with accounts receivable, the impact of regulation and regulatory, investigative and legal proceedings and legal compliance risks and risks associated with integration of acquired companies. These uncertainties may cause our actual results to be materially different than those expressed in any forward looking statements. We do not undertake to update any forward looking statements. Please see our Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") filings for more information.
This presentation includes certain financial measures computed using non-Generally Accepted Accounting Principles ("non-GAAP") components as defined by the SEC. Certain sales, profitability, earnings per share and other non-GAAP financial measures in this presentation exclude special items which have been identified in our earnings releases as we believe that by reporting such information, both management and investors are provided with meaningful supplemental information to understand and analyze our underlying trends and other aspects of our financial performance.
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ANIXTER TO SELL OEM SUPPLY-FASTENERS SEGMENT

TO AMERICAN INDUSTRIAL PARTNERS

Overview

Announced: February 12, 2015

Expected closing: 2Q 2015

Estimated sales price: $380 million

Preliminary after-tax proceeds: approximately $300 - 310 million

Financial impact on Anixter 2014 sales, operating income and EPS (Unaudited) Sales: $938.5 million

Operating income: $50.8 million excluding stranded costs reclassified to our

Corporate Segment

GAAP Diluted EPS: $0.94

Q1 2015 estimated discontinued operations (Unaudited) Sales: $245 - 250 million

Operating income: $11 - 12 million

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2014 RESULTS RESTATED TO REFLECT IMPACTS OF

RECENT TRANSACTIONS (Unaudited)

OEM Supply - Fastener Segment restated as Asset Held for Sale

Re-classification of W&C Segment security customers to ECS Segment

• Acquired Tri-Ed in September 2014

• Realigned US and Canada sales organizations as part of integration

• $70 million of FY14 W&C sales reclassified to ECS

• No impact on consolidated continuing operations for the year

Stranded Costs

• $11.7 million of corporate costs previously charged to OEM Supply remain stranded in continuing operations, reclassified to our Corporate Segment

• Relates to expenses for IT, finance, legal, HR, and public company costs

• Aggressive cost reduction initiative underway to minimize stranded costs

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2014 RESTATED FINANCIAL RESULTS:

GEOGRAPHIC AND SEGMENT SALES MIX (Unaudited)

2014 sales from continuing operations: $5.5 billion

W&C 37% ECS 63% EMEA 2% EM 14% North America 74%

ECS: Enterprise Cabling & Security Solutions

W&C: Electrical and Electronic Wire & Cable

EM: Emerging Markets

EMEA: Europe, the Middle East and Africa

In the past 12 months Anixter has undertaken 2 transactions, improving our portfolio, growth, return on capital and capital efficiency metrics

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2014 INCOME STATEMENT OVERVIEW BY SEGMENT

FROM CONTINUING OPERATIONS

QUARTERLY DETAIL (Unaudited)

Continuing

Operations

$ millions

ECS

W&C

Corporate

Continuing

Operations

$ millions

1Q 14

2Q 14

3Q 14

4Q 14

1Q 14

2Q 14

3Q 14

4Q 14

1Q 14

2Q 14

3Q 14

4Q 14

Net sales

$776.8

$834.0

$903.9

$966.5

$497.5

$508.9

$534.1

$485.3

$0

$0

$0

$0

Operating income

$37.6

$45.5

$46.7

$53.0

$35.3

$34.7

$38.7

$30.3

-$2.9

-$3.0

-$2.9

-$2.9

Operating margin

4.8%

5.5%

5.2%

5.5%

7.1%

6.8%

7.2%

6.3%

nm

nm

nm

nm

FULL YEAR SUMMARY (Unaudited)

Continuing

Operations

$ millions

ECS

W&C

Corporate

Total

Continuing

Operations

$ millions

2014

2014

2014

2014

Net sales

$3,481.2

$2,025.8

$0.0

$5,507.0

Operating income

$182.8

$139.0

-$11.7

$310.1

Operating margin

5.3%

6.9%

nm

5.6%

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2014 AND 1Q15 INCOME STATEMENT OVERVIEW:

DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS

(Unaudited)

Discontinued Operations - GAAP

$ millions, except EPS

1Q 14

2Q 14

3Q 14

4Q 14

2014

1Q 15 Estimate

Net sales

$249.5

$243.1

$228.6

$217.3

$938.5

$245 - 250

Operating income

$15.7

$15.1

$11.6

$8.4

$50.8

$11 - 12 *

Diluted EPS

$0.30

$0.28

$0.21

$0.16

$0.94

* Includes $2.2 million of transaction related expenses.

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2014 INCOME STATEMENT DETAILS:

CONTINUING OPERATIONS - GAAP

Continuing Operations

(Unaudited)

GAAP

$ millions, except EPS

1Q 14

2Q 14

3Q 14

4Q 14

2014

Net sales

$1,274.3

$1,342.9

$1,438.0

$1,451.8

$5,507.0

Gross profit

291.8

303.3

322.7

321.5

1,239.3

Operating expense

221.8

226.1

240.2

241.1

929.2

Operating income

70.0

77.2

82.5

80.4

310.1

Interest expense

(10.1)

(9.0)

(10.3)

(15.1)

(44.5)

Other, net

(9.7)

(1.9)

(2.0)

(2.4)

(16.0)

Income before income taxes

50.2

66.3

70.2

62.9

249.6

Income tax expense

12.5

21.8

24.8

27.1

86.2

Effective tax rate

24.9%

32.9%

35.4%

43.0%

34.5%

Net income

$37.7

$44.5

$45.4

$35.8

$163.4

Diluted shares outstanding

33.3

33.3

33.4

33.4

33.3

Diluted EPS

$1.13

$1.33

$1.36

$1.07

$4.90

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2014 INCOME STATEMENT DETAILS: CONTINUING

OPERATIONS - ITEMS IMPACTING COMPARABILITY

Continuing Operations

(Unaudited)

Items Impacting Comparability *

$ millions, except EPS

1Q 14

2Q 14

3Q 14

4Q 14

2014

Operating expense

-

-

(5.7)

(1.5)

(7.2)

Operating income

-

-

5.7

1.5

7.2

Other, net

(8.0)

-

(0.3)

-

(8.3)

Income tax

7.6

1.5

2.1

(3.2)

13.1

Net income

0.4

(1.5)

3.9

4.7

2.4

Diluted shares outstanding

33.3

33.3

33.4

33.4

33.3

Diluted EPS

$0.01

-$0.04

$0.12

$0.14

$0.07

* For further details on items impacting comparability, please refer to "ITEM 6. SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA" in our 10-K.

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2014 INCOME STATEMENT DETAILS:

CONTINUING OPERATIONS - NON-GAAP

Continuing Operations

(Unaudited)

Non-GAAP

$ millions, except EPS

1Q 14

2Q 14

3Q 14

4Q 14

2014

Net sales

$1,274.3

$1,342.9

$1,438.0

$1,451.8

$5,507.0

Gross profit

291.8

303.3

322.7

321.5

1,239.3

Operating expense

221.8

226.1

234.5

239.6

922.0

Operating income

70.0

77.2

88.2

81.9

317.3

Interest expense

(10.1)

(9.0)

(10.3)

(15.1)

(44.5)

Other, net

(1.7)

(1.9)

(1.7)

(2.4)

(7.7)

Income before income taxes

58.2

66.3

76.2

64.4

265.1

Income taxes

20.1

23.3

26.9

23.9

99.3

Effective tax rate

34.6%

35.1%

35.2%

37.1%

37.5%

Net income

$38.1

$43.0

$49.3

$40.5

$165.8

Diluted shares outstanding

33.3

33.3

33.4

33.4

33.3

Diluted EPS

$1.14

$1.29

$1.48

$1.21

$4.97

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2014 INCOME STATEMENT DETAILS: CONTINUING

OPERATIONS - EBITDA AND ADJUSTED EBITDA

(Unaudited)

EBITDA

$66.7

$81.7

$87.6

$88.7

Acquisition and strategic project costs

-

-

5.7

1.5

Other, net

9.7

1.9

2.0

2.4

Stock-based compensation

3.0

3.0

3.3

3.3

Adjusted EBITDA

$79.4

$86.6

$98.6

$95.9

Adjusted EBITDA as a % of sales

6.2%

6.5%

6.9%

6.6%

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SALES OUTLOOK - CONTINUING OPERATIONS

INCLUDING IMPACT OF CURRENCY, COPPER AND TRI-ED

$ millions

2014 Actual

(Unaudited)

(continuing ops)

Outlook for 2015

(February 3, 2015, including Fasteners)

Outlook for 2015

(April 20, 2015, continuing ops only)

Organic sales growth per day

3.5%

3 - 5%

2 - 4%

Net billing day impact

(1.3)%

-

-

Organic sales growth

2.2%

3 - 5%

2 - 4%

Foreign exchange

$(48.1)

$(90 - 100)

$(100 - 120)

Copper

$(30.6)

$(75 - 80)

$(50 - 60)

Tri-Ed acquisition

$176.0

~ $450

(3 quarters of Tri-Ed)

~ $450

(3 quarters of Tri-Ed)

Adjusted EBITDA leverage*

na

Mid-to-high single digits

Mid-to-high single digits

* Adjusted EBITDA leverage is defined as the change in adjusted EBITDA divided by the change in sales.

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