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Subsequent Events [Text Block] | 12. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS On April 30, 2020, in connection with WESCO’s previously announced Merger with Anixter, WESCO announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, WESCO Distribution, has commenced (a) offers to purchase for cash any and all of Anixter Inc.’s, (a wholly owned subsidiary of Anixter), outstanding (i) 5.50% Senior Notes due 2023, $350,000,000 aggregate principal amount, and (ii) 6.00% Senior Notes due 2025, $250,000,000 aggregate principal amount (collectively, the “Anixter Notes,” and such offers, the “Offers”) and (b) solicitations of consents from the holders of each series of these existing Anixter Notes to amend the relevant indentures to eliminate certain of the covenants, restrictive provisions, events of default and related provisions therein and exclude the Merger from the change in control provision. Among other conditions, the Offers are conditioned upon the substantially concurrent or prior closing of the Merger. Concurrent with WESCO’s Offers, Anixter announced that Anixter Inc. has commenced solicitations of consents from the holders of each series of the Anixter Notes to amend the relevant indentures to, among other things, exclude the Merger from the change in control provision (the “Anixter Consent Solicitations”) in return for the payment of a consent fee (the “Consent Fee”). Holder of Anixter Notes have the option to participate in either the Offers or the Anixter Consent Solicitations, but not both. In certain circumstances, consents delivered in connection with the Offers may be aggregated with those delivered in connection with the Anixter Consent Solicitations. Subject to the terms and conditions of the Offer to Purchase and Consent Solicitation Statement, dated April 30, 2020 (the “Offer to Purchase”), payment of the Offer consideration or the Consent Fee, as applicable, is expected to occur at or immediately following the closing of the Merger. Additional information with respect to the Offers and the Anixter Consent Solicitations is included in WESCO’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on April 30, 2020. Holders of Anixter Notes should also read the Offer to Purchase (and the documents incorporated by reference therein) carefully and in their entirety before making any decision with respect to a tender of Anixter Notes pursuant to the Offers or the Anixter Consent Solicitations, because they contain important information.

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