UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
| Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported): | May 10, 2012 |
Anixter International Inc.
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware | 001-10212 | 94-1658138 |
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| of incorporation) | File Number) | Identification No.) |
| 2301 Patriot Blvd, Glenview , Illinois | 60026 | |
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| Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: | 224-521-8000 |
Not Applicable
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Former name or former address, if changed since last report
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Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
The annual meeting of stockholders was held May 10, 2012. In connection with the meeting, proxies were solicited pursuant to the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934. The following are the voting results on proposals considered and voted upon at the meeting, all of which were described in the Company’s 2012 Proxy Statement filed on April 4, 2012.
(1) The Directors of the Company were elected as follows:
| VOTES | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| BROKER | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FOR | AGAINST | ABSTAINED | NON-VOTES | |||||||||||||||||||||
Lord James Blyth |
29,605,834 | 625,465 | 59,535 | 1,556,782 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Frederic F. Brace. |
30,044,087 | 187,409 | 59,338 | 1,556,782 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Linda Walker Bynoe |
29,703,447 | 528,657 | 58,730 | 1,556,782 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Robert J. Eck |
29,574,914 | 656,723 | 59,197 | 1,556,782 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Robert W. Grubbs |
29,509,742 | 715,566 | 65,526 | 1,556,782 | ||||||||||||||||||||
F. Philip Handy |
29,615,478 | 615,847 | 59,509 | 1,556,782 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Melvyn N. Klein |
29,615,667 | 615,518 | 59,649 | 1,556,782 | ||||||||||||||||||||
George Muñoz |
30,045,663 | 185,494 | 59,677 | 1,556,782 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Stuart M. Sloan |
29,616,304 | 615,165 | 59,365 | 1,556,782 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Matthew Zell |
29,505,450 | 716,716 | 68,668 | 1,556,782 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Samuel Zell |
29,106,106 | 1,122,536 | 62,192 | 1,556,782 | ||||||||||||||||||||
(2) An advisory proposal on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers was approved by a vote of 28,797,344 shares “for” and 301,490 shares “against” with 1,192,000 shares abstaining. There were 1,556,782 broker non-votes.
(3) The stockholders ratified the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent auditors for the fiscal year 2012 by a vote of 31,318,949 shares “for” and 462,822 shares “against” with 65,845 shares abstaining.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| Anixter International Inc. | ||||
| May 11, 2012 | By: |
/s/ Theodore A. Dosch
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| Name: Theodore A. Dosch | ||||
| Title: Executive Vice President - Finance and Chief Financial Officer | ||||