X0306 4 2015-08-27 0 0000052795 ANIXTER INTERNATIONAL INC AXE 0001024193 ZELL SAMUEL TWO NORTH RIVERSIDE PLAZA SUITE 600 CHICAGO IL 60606 1 0 1 0 Common Stock, $1.00 par value 2015-08-27 4 S 0 1850000 60.5976 D 1797147 I See Footnotes Common Stock, $1.00 par value 2015-08-27 4 P 0 1850000 60.5976 A 1850000 I See Footnotes Common Stock, $1.00 par value 211186 D Common Stock, $1.00 par value 55587 I See Footnotes Common Stock, $1.00 par value 55588 I See Footnotes Common Stock, $1.00 par value 28700 I See Footnotes Common Stock, $1.00 par value 1000 I See Footnotes 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. These shares of Common Stock are beneficially owned by SIT, a Delaware limited liability company. 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. This amount includes 70,811 Common Stock units. These shares of Common Stock are beneficially owned by Samstock/Alpha, L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company ("Alpha"). These shares of Common Stock are beneficially owned by Samstock/ZFT, L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company ("ZFT"). 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. 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. 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. Samuel Zell disclaims beneficial ownership of these shares of Common Stock except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein. /s/ Samuel Zell 2015-08-31