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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 26, 2016


ANIXTER INTERNATIONAL INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware
 
94-1658138
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
 
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

    
Commission File Number: 001-10212

2301 Patriot Blvd.
Glenview, Illinois 60026
(224) 521-8000
(Address and telephone number of principal executive offices)





Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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Item 5.07
Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

The annual meeting of stockholders was held on May 26, 2016. 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 2016 Proxy Statement filed on April 20, 2016.

(1) The Directors of the Company were elected as follows:

 
VOTES
 
FOR
 
AGAINST
 
ABSTAINED
 
BROKER
NON-VOTES
Lord James Blyth
29,496,180

 
731,867

 
5,774

 
1,479,000

Frederic F. Brace
30,154,661

 
73,678

 
5,482

 
1,479,000

Linda Walker Bynoe
29,561,017

 
667,756

 
5,048

 
1,479,000

Robert J. Eck
30,156,651

 
71,569

 
5,601

 
1,479,000

Robert W. Grubbs
30,149,739

 
78,888

 
5,194

 
1,479,000

F. Philip Handy
29,505,902

 
722,252

 
5,667

 
1,479,000

Melvyn N. Klein
29,491,884

 
736,416

 
5,521

 
1,479,000

George Muñoz
30,150,009

 
78,149

 
5,663

 
1,479,000

Scott R. Peppet
30,166,794

 
61,365

 
5,662

 
1,479,000

Valarie L. Sheppard
30,168,510

 
60,048

 
5,263

 
1,479,000

Stuart M. Sloan
29,507,522

 
720,842

 
5,457

 
1,479,000

Samuel Zell
29,337,279

 
891,207

 
5,335

 
1,479,000


(2) An advisory proposal on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers was approved by a vote of 29,336,476 shares “for” and 881,718 shares “against” with 15,627 shares abstaining. There were 1,479,000 broker non-votes.

(3) The stockholders ratified the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent auditors for the fiscal year 2016 by a vote of 31,483,224 shares “for” and 223,679 shares “against” with 5,918 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, thereunto duly authorized.


 
ANIXTER INTERNATIONAL INC.
 
 
May 31, 2016
By: /s/ Theodore A. Dosch  
 
Theodore A. Dosch
 
Executive Vice President - Finance
 
and Chief Financial Officer