As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 22, 2020
Form S-8 Registration No. 333-218347
Form S-8 Registration No. 333-172505
Form S-8 Registration No. 333-145318
Form S-8 Registration No. 333-104506
Form S-8 Registration No. 333-103270
Form S-8 Registration No. 333-56935
Form S-8 Registration No. 333-56815
Form S-8 Registration No. 333-05907
Form S-8 Registration No. 33-38364
Form S-8 Registration No. 33-13486
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO
Form S-8 Registration No. 333-218347
Form S-8 Registration No. 333-172505
Form S-8 Registration No. 333-145318
Form S-8 Registration No. 333-104506
Form S-8 Registration No. 333-103270
Form S-8 Registration No. 333-56935
Form S-8 Registration No. 333-56815
Form S-8 Registration No. 333-05907
Form S-8 Registration No. 33-38364
Form S-8 Registration No. 33-13486
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
ANIXTER INTERNATIONAL INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
Anixter International Inc. 2017 Stock Incentive Plan
Anixter International Inc. 2010 Stock Incentive Plan
Anixter International Inc. 2006 Stock Incentive Plan
Anixter International Inc. 2001 Mid-Level Stock Option Plan
Anixter International Inc. 2001 Stock Incentive Plan
Anixter International Inc. 1998 Stock Incentive Plan
Anixter International Inc. 1998 Mid-Level Stock Option Plan
Anixter International Inc. 1996 Stock Incentive Plan
Itel Corporation Employee Stock Incentive Plan
Itel Corporation Key Executive Equity Plan
(Full titles of the plans)
Samantha L. O’Donoghue
Secretary
Anixter International Inc.
2310 Patriot Blvd
Glenview, Illinois 60026
(224) 521-8000
(Name, Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller
reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the
Securities Act. ☐
EXPLANATORY NOTE
DEREGISTRATION OF SECURITIES
This Post-Effective Amendment relates to the following Registration Statements on Form S-8 (collectively, the “Registration Statements”), in each case filed with the U.S.
Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) by Anixter International Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Registrant”):
On June 22, 2020, pursuant to an Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated January 10, 2020, by and among the Registrant, WESCO International, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“WESCO”),
and Warrior Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of WESCO (“Merger Sub”), Merger Sub merged with and into the Registrant, with the Registrant surviving the Merger as a wholly
owned subsidiary of WESCO (the “Merger”).
In connection with the Merger, the Registrant has terminated all offerings of the Registrant’s securities pursuant to the above-referenced Registration Statements. Accordingly, pursuant to the undertakings contained in
such Registration Statements to remove from registration, by means of a post-effective amendment, any of the securities registered that remain unsold at the termination of the offerings, the Registrant is filing this post-effective amendment to the
Registration Statements to deregister, and does hereby remove from registration, all the securities of the Registrant registered under such Registration Statements that remain unsold as of the date hereof.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly
caused this Post-Effective Amendment to the Registration Statements to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on June 22, 2020.
* Pursuant to Rule 478 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, no other person is required to sign this Post-Effective Amendment to the Registration Statements.