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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001140361-17-017919
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	DEFA14A
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20170502
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20170502
EFFECTIVENESS DATE:		20170502

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			SYSTEMAX INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000945114
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	RETAIL-CATALOG & MAIL-ORDER HOUSES [5961]
		IRS NUMBER:				113262067
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		DEFA14A
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-13792
		FILM NUMBER:		17805400

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		11 HARBOR PARK DR
		CITY:			PORT WASHINGTON
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			11050
		BUSINESS PHONE:		5166087000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		11 HARBOR PARK DRIVE
		CITY:			PORT WASHINGTON
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			11050

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	GLOBAL DIRECTMAIL CORP
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19950509
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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; TEXT-ALIGN: center">Proxy Statement pursuant to Section 14(a) of the</div>

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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">The 2017 Annual Meeting of the Stockholders of Systemax Inc. (the &#8220;Company&#8221;) will be held at the Company&#8217;s offices, 11 Harbor Park Drive, Port Washington, New York, on Monday June 5, 2017 at 12:00 p.m. for the following purposes:</div>

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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">To elect the Company&#8217;s Board of Directors;</div>
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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff">To consider and approve a non-binding, advisory resolution regarding the compensation of our Named Executive Officers, as described under the heading &#8220;Executive Compensation&#8221;;</div>
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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">To consider and vote upon a proposal to ratify the appointment of Ernst &amp; Young LLP as the Company&#8217;s independent registered public accountants for fiscal year 2017;</div>
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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff">To consider and approve a non-binding, advisory resolution regarding the frequency </font><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">of the advisory vote on the compensation of our Named Executive Officers</font><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff">; and</font></div>
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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">The Proxy Statement made available to shareholders on or about April 24, 2017 provides information about the matters you will be asked to consider and vote on at the meeting, except that additional information with respect to Item 4 listed above is set forth in the Supplement to Proxy Statement.</div>

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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">Pursuant to Section 14A of the 1934 Act, the Company is required at least once every six years to submit to stockholders for a (non-binding) advisory vote a proposal as to whether the stockholder (non-binding) advisory vote to approve the compensation of its named executives &#8212; Proposal No. 2 in the Proxy Statement &#8212; should occur every one, two or three years. You may cast your vote by choosing one year, two years or three years or you may abstain from voting.</div>

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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">The last such advisory vote occurred at the Company&#8217;s 2011 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. At that year&#8217;s meeting, stockholders agreed with the Board of Director&#8217;s recommendation that advisory votes on executive compensation should occur every three years.</div>

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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">Although this vote is non-binding, the Board of Directors and the Compensation Committee value the views of our stockholders and will review the voting results. However, the Board of Directors may decide that it is in the best interests of the Company and our stockholders to hold an advisory vote more or less frequently than the alternative that has been selected by our stockholders.&#160; The next stockholder advisory vote on the frequency of advisory votes on the Company&#8217;s compensation of Named Executive Officers will be at our 2023 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, or earlier if the Board so determines.</div>

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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">Under the Delaware General Corporation Law and the Company&#8217;s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and By-Laws, the affirmative vote of a majority of the outstanding Shares entitled to vote and present, in person or by properly executed proxy, at a meeting at which a quorum is present will be required to approve the non-binding advisory resolution on the frequency of the advisory vote on executive compensation.</div>

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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">Richard Leeds, Bruce Leeds and Robert Leeds (each a director and officer of the Company), together with trusts for the benefit of certain members of their respective families and other entities controlled by them, as applicable, beneficially owned as of the record date more than 50% of the shares of common stock, and they have each separately advised us that they intend to vote all of such shares of common stock they each have the power to vote <font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">in accordance with the recommendations of the Board of Directors on Proposal Number 4, which will be sufficient to constitute a quorum and to determine the outcome of the Item.</font></div>

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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff; TEXT-INDENT: 30.6pt"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Enclosed is a revised proxy card. This proxy card covers the three proposals covered by the proxy card distributed with our April 24, 2017 Proxy Statement and adds the additional proposal described herein. If you wish to vote on the additional proposal described herein, you must execute and deliver the enclosed proxy card (or follow the instructions to vote by Internet or telephone).&#160; </font><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Signing and submitting this new proxy card will revoke any prior proxy in its entirety if submitted prior to </font><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">11:59 PM Eastern Time on June 4, 2017</font><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">.</font></div>

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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-ALIGN: center">THIS PROXY IS SOLICITED ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD</div>

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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; TEXT-ALIGN: justify">The stockholder(s) hereby appoint(s) Eric Lerner and Thomas Axmacher, or either of them, as proxies, each with the power to appoint his substitute, and hereby authorizes them to represent and to vote, as designated on the reverse side of this ballot, all of the shares of Common Stock of SYSTEMAX INC. that the stockholder(s) is/are entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting of Stockholder(s) to be held at 12:00 PM, Eastern Time on June 5, 2017, at the Company&#8217;s Corporate Offices 11 Harbor Park Drive, Port Washington, NY 11050, and any adjournment or postponement thereof.</div>

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