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<div align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><b>1. ORGANIZATION</b>
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<div align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">     WESCO International, Inc. and its subsidiaries (collectively, “WESCO”), headquartered in
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, is a full-line distributor of electrical, industrial and communications
maintenance, repair and operating (“MRO”) and original equipment manufacturers (“OEM”) products,
construction materials, and advanced supply chain management and logistics services used primarily
in the industrial, construction, utility and commercial, institutional and government markets. We
serve over 100,000 customers globally, through approximately 400 full service branches and seven
distribution centers located primarily in the United States, Canada and Mexico, with additional
full service branches in the United Kingdom, Singapore, China, Australia and the United Arab
Emirates and a commercial presence in 6 other countries.
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