Board of Directors

Lord James Blyth, 69, Director of the Company since 1995; Vice Chairman of Middlebrook Pharmaceuticals Inc. since 2008; Chairman from 2000 to 2008 of Diageo plc, a beverage company; Senior Advisor since 2007, Vice Chairman from 2004 to 2007 and Partner from 2002 to 2004 of Greenhill and Co. Inc., an investment bank.

Frederic F. Brace, 52, Director of the Company since 2009; Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer from 2002 to 2008; Senior Vice President from 1999 to 2001 and various other management positions since 1988 of UAL Corporation, an air transportation company (in December 2002, UAL Corporation filed for protection under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code); Director of The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company; former director of Bearing Point, a consulting firm and Sirva, Inc.

Linda Walker Bynoe, 57, Director of the Company since 2006; President and Chief Executive Officer of Telemat Ltd. since 1995, a project management and consulting firm; Director of Simon Property Group, Inc., Prudential Retail Mutual Funds, Northern Trust Corporation and Trustee of Equity Residential; former director of Dynegy Inc., AM-CH, Inc. and Citi Street Funds, Inc.

Robert L. Crandall, 74, Director of the Company since 1999; Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer from 1985 to 1998 of AMR Corporation, an air transportation and diversified services company; Director of Celestica Inc.

Robert J. Eck, 51, Director of the Company since 2008, and President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company and of Anixter Inc., a subsidiary of the Company since July 2008; Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of the Company from September 2007 until July 2008; Executive Vice President — Enterprise Cabling and Security Solutions from 2004 to 2007 and Senior Vice President — Physical Security Products and Integrated Supply in 2003 of Anixter Inc.

Robert W. Grubbs, Jr., 53, Director of the Company since 1997; President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company from 1998 to 2008; President and Chief Executive Officer of Anixter Inc., a subsidiary of the Company, from 1994 to 2008.

F. Philip Handy, 65, Director of the Company since 1986; a private investor; Chief Executive Officer since 2001 of Strategic Industries, LLC, a diversified global manufacturing enterprise; Director of Owens Corning, Inc.; former director of WCI and Rewards Network Inc.

Melvyn N. Klein, 68, Director of the Company since 1985; President of JAKK Holding Corp., the managing general partner of the investment partnership GKH Partners, L.P., from 1987 until 2008; Founder, Melvyn N. Klein Interests; Attorney and counselor-at-law since 1968; Director of Harberr, Inc. and JAKK Holding Corp.

George Muñoz, 58, Director of Company since 2004; Principal of Muñoz Investment Banking Group, LLC, and partner with the law firm of Tobin, Petkus & Muñoz since 2001; President and CEO of Overseas Private Investment Corporation from 1997 to 2001; Assistant Secretary and CFO of the U.S. Treasury Department from 1993 to 1997. Director of Marriott International, Inc. and Altria Group, Inc.; former director of Esmark (formerly WPSC) and Archipelago Holdings, Inc.

Stuart M. Sloan, 66, Director of the Company since 1994; a Principal since 1984 of Sloan Capital Companies, a private investment company; Director of J. Crew Group, Inc.; former director of Clearwire Corporation and Rite Aid Corporation.

Thomas C. Theobald, 72, Director of the Company since 1995; Senior Advisor of Chicago Growth Partners since 2004; Managing Director of William Blair Capital Partners, L.L.C. from 1994 to 2004; Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Continental Bank Corporation from 1987 to 1994; Chairman of Columbia Mutual Funds; Director of Jones Lang LaSalle Inc., Ventas Inc. and AMBAC Financial Group.

Matthew Zell, 43, Director of the Company since 2001; Managing Director since 2001 of Equity Group Investments, L.L.C., a private investment company; President from 1990 to 2001 of Prometheus Technologies, Inc. and its predecessor, an information technology consulting firm; Director of Desarrolladora Homex S.A. de C.V. Mr. Zell is the son of Samuel Zell.

Samuel Zell, 68, Director of the Company since 1984, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Company since 1985; Chairman of Equity Group Investments, L.L.C., a private investment company, since 1999 and its President since 2006; Chairman of the Board of Tribune Company, a diversified media company, since December 2007 and its Chief Executive Officer from December 2007 to December 2009 (in December 2008, the Tribune Company filed for protection under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code); trustee and Chairman of the Board of Trustees from October 1996 until its sale in February, 2007, Chief Executive Officer from April 2002 to April 2003 and President from April 2002 until November 2002 of Equity Office Properties Trust, an equity real estate investment trust primarily focused on office buildings; Chairman of the Board since September 2005, President, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer from July 2002 until December 2004, and Director from 1999 until 2004 of Covanta Holding Corporation (previously known as Danielson Holding Corporation), a waste-to-energy and specialty insurance services company. For more than the past five years Mr. Zell has been Chairman of the Board of Equity Lifestyle Properties, Inc., an equity real estate investment trust primarily engaged in the ownership and operation of manufactured home resort communities; Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Equity Residential, an equity real estate investment trust that owns and operates multi-family residential properties; and Chairman of the Board of Capital Trust, Inc., a specialized finance company. Mr. Zell is the father of Matthew Zell.

Executive Officers

Robert J. Eck, 51, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company since July 2008; Executive Vice-President — Chief Operating Officer of the Company from September 2007 to July 2008; Executive Vice-President — Enterprise Cabling and Security Systems of Anixter from January 2004 to September 2007; Senior Vice-President — Physical Security and Integrated Supply Solutions of Anixter from 2003 to 2004; Senior Vice-President — Integrated Supply Solutions of Anixter from 2002 to 2003.

Dennis J. Letham, 58, Executive Vice President - Finance and Chief Financial Officer of the Company since September 2007; Senior Vice-President — Finance and Chief Financial Officer of the Company since January 1995; Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice-President of Anixter since July 1993. Mr. Letham also currently serves on the Board of Directors of Tenneco Inc.

Ted A. Dosch, 50, Senior Vice-President - Global Finance of the Company since January 2009; Corporate Vice President – Global Productivity at Whirlpool Corporation from April 2008 to January 2009; CFO – North America and Vice President – Maytag Integration at Whirlpool Corporation from November 2006 to March 2008; Corporate Vice President – Maytag Integration Team at Whirlpool Corporation from January 2006 to October 2006; Corporate Controller at Whirlpool Corporation from September 2004 to December 2005; CFO – North America at Whirlpool Corporation from November 1999 to August 2004. Mr. Dosch also currently serves on the Board of Directors of Habitat for Humanity International.

John A. Dul, 48, Vice President - General Counsel and Secretary of the Company since November 2002; Assistant Secretary from May 1995 to November 2002; General Counsel and Secretary of Anixter since January 1996.

Terrance A. Faber, 58, Vice President - Controller of the Company since October 2000.

Philip F. Meno, 51, Vice President - Taxes of the Company since May 1993.

Nancy C. Ross-Dronzek, 49, Vice President - Internal Audit of the Company since December 2007 and of Anixter since July 2007. Director — Corporate Audit at The Boeing Company from 2003 to 2007.

Rodney A. Shoemaker, 52, Vice President -Treasurer of the Company since July 1999.

Rodney A. Smith, 52, Vice President - Human Resources of the Company since August 2006; Vice-President — Human Resources at UOP, LLC from July 2000 to August 2006.