SUMMARIZED FINANCIAL INFORMATION OF ANIXTER INC - Additional Information (Detail)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2016

Disclosure Summarized Financial Information Of Anixter Inc Additional Information [Abstract]

Description of guarantees given by parent company

Anixter International Inc. guarantees, fully and unconditionally, substantially all of the debt of our subsidiaries, which include Anixter Inc., our 100% owned primary operating subsidiary. We have no independent assets or operations and all subsidiaries other than Anixter Inc. are minor. The following summarizes the financial information for Anixter Inc.: