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Item 8.01
Other
Events
On February 18, 2020, Anixter International Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Anixter” or the “Company”), issued a press release announcing that it has set a meeting date of April 9, 2020 for the special meeting of the Company’s stockholders (the “Special Meeting”) to consider and vote upon, among other things, a proposal to adopt the previously announced Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of January 10, 2020, by and among the Company, WESCO International, Inc. ("WESCO"), a Delaware corporation, and Warrior Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of WESCO. Stockholders of record as of the close of business on February
28, 2020 will be entitled to receive notice of and to vote at the Special Meeting.
A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference. The press release contains forward looking statements that should be read together with the important factors referred to or incorporated by reference in the “Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements” therein.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
