4 1 c57391e4.txt FORM 4 1 --------------------------- OMB APPROVAL --------------------------- ------ OMB Number: 3235-0287 FORM 4 Expires: December 31, 2001 ------ Estimated average burden hours per response .... 0.5 --------------------------- 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) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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) --------------------------------------------- ------------------- below) (Street) 5. If Amendment, Date of Original Chairman of the Board Chicago IL 60606 (Month/Year) ------------------------ --------------------------------------------- (City) (State) (Zip) 7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) Form filed by One Reporting Person -- X Form filed by More than One --- Reporting Person ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ TABLE 1 -- NON-DERIVATIVE SECURITIES ACQUIRED, DISPOSED OF, OR BENEFICIALLY OWNED ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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. 4) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Common Stock, par value $1.00 06/21/2000 J(1) V 285,000 A (1) 285,000 (1) (1) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Common Stock, par value $1.00 N/A V No Change 81,334 D (2) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Common Stock, par value $1.00 08/04/2000 J(3) 193,766 D $23.8660 4,647,147 I (4) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Common Stock, par value $1.00 08/04/2000 J(3) 81,637 D $23.8660 0 I (5) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ====================================================================================================================================
Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of (Over) securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly. Page 1 of 3 SEC 1474(12-01) * If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v). 2 FORM 4 (CONTINUED) TABLE II -- DERIVATIVE SECURITIES ACQUIRED, DISPOSED OF, OR BENEFICIALLY OWNED (E.G., PUTS, CALLS, WARRANTS, OPTIONS, CONVERTIBLE SECURITIES)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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) ----------------------------------- Date Expira- Amount or -------------------------- Exer- tion Title Number of Code V (A) (D) cisable Date Shares ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Stock Option (right to No 02/08/ 02/08/ Common 75,000 (2) buy) $19.625 N/A Change 2000 2006 Stock ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 75,000 D ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed. Page 2 of 3 If space is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure. Potential SEC 1474 (12-01) persons who are to respond to the collection of information contained in this form are not required to respond unless the form displays a currently valid OMB Number.
3 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 --------------------------------------- Name: Donald J. Liebentritt, Vice President For: Samstock/SZRT, L.L.C. Page 3 of 3 SEC 1472 (12/01)