SEC Form 4

FORM 4		UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0287 Estimated average burden hours per response: 0.5
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* ZELL SAMUEL (Last) (First) (Middle) TWO NORTH RIVERSIDE PLAZA SUITE 600 (Street) CHICAGO IL 60606 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol ANIXTER INTERNATIONAL INC [ AXE ]	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) X Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 08/27/2015
	4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)	6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) X Form filed by One Reporting Person Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Common Stock, $1.00 par value	08/27/2015		S		1,850,000	D	$60.5976(1)	1,797,147	I(2)(7)(10)	See Footnotes(2)(7)(10)
Common Stock, $1.00 par value	08/27/2015		P		1,850,000	A	$60.5976(1)	1,850,000	I(3)	See Footnotes(3)
Common Stock, $1.00 par value								211,186(4)	D
Common Stock, $1.00 par value								55,587	I(5)(7)(10)	See Footnotes(5)(7)(10)
Common Stock, $1.00 par value								55,588	I(6)(7)(10)	See Footnotes(6)(7)(10)
Common Stock, $1.00 par value								28,700	I(8)(10)	See Footnotes(8)(10)
Common Stock, $1.00 par value								1,000	I(9)(10)	See Footnotes(9)(10)

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

Explanation of Responses:

1. Samstock/SIT, L.L.C. ("SIT") sold 1,850,000 shares of Common Stock, at a price equal to the average of the highest and lowest quoted selling prices on the New York Stock Exchange of one share of Common Stock as of the date of the transaction, to Samstock/SZRT, L.L.C. ("SZRT"). Additional details on the transaction are available in the Schedule 13D filed by Samuel Zell on August 31, 2015.

2. These shares of Common Stock are beneficially owned by SIT, a Delaware limited liability company.

3. These shares of Common Stock are beneficially owned by SZRT, a Delaware limited liability company whose sole member is the Samuel Zell Revocable Trust ("Zell Trust"). Samuel Zell is the sole trustee and beneficiary of the Zell Trust.

4. This amount includes 70,811 Common Stock units.

5. These shares of Common Stock are beneficially owned by Samstock/Alpha, L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company ("Alpha").

6. These shares of Common Stock are beneficially owned by Samstock/ZFT, L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company ("ZFT").

7. Each of SIT, Alpha and ZFT is indirectly owned and controlled by various trusts established for the benefit of Samuel Zell and his family (the "Trusts"). The trustee of each of the Trusts is Chai Trust Company, LLC ("Chai Trust"). Samuel Zell is not an officer or director of Chai Trust and does not have voting or dispositive power over any shares beneficially owned by Chai Trust.

8. These shares of Common Stock are beneficially owned by SZ Intervivos QTIP Trust, the trustee of which is Chai Trust. Samuel Zell is not an officer or director of Chai Trust and does not have voting or dispositive power over any shares beneficially owned by Chai Trust.

9. These shares of Common Stock are beneficially owned by the Helen Zell Revocable Trust ("HZRT"). Samuel Zell's spouse, Helen Zell, is the trustee of HZRT.

10. Samuel Zell disclaims beneficial ownership of these shares of Common Stock except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein.

Remarks:

	/s/ Samuel Zell	08/31/2015
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