Anixter International Announces Fourth Quarter and Year-End 2007 Earnings Conference...

Anixter International Announces Fourth Quarter and Year-End 2007 Earnings
Conference Call

GLENVIEW, Ill., Jan. 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Anixter International
Inc. (NYSE: AXE), the world's leading distributor of communication products,
electrical and electronic wire & cable and a leading distributor of fasteners
and other small parts ("C" Class inventory components) to Original Equipment
Manufacturers, today announced that it will report final results for the
fourth quarter and year-end 2007 on Tuesday, January 29th, 2008, and broadcast
a conference call to discuss these results at 9:30 am central time.
The call will be Webcast by CCBN and can be accessed at Anixter's Website
at http://www.anixter.com/webcasts. The Webcast also will be available over
CCBN's Investor Distribution Network to both institutional and individual
investors. Individual investors can listen to the call through CCBN's
individual investor center at http://www.companyboardroom.com, or by visiting
any of the investor sites in CCBN's Individual Investor Network (such as
America Online's Personal Finance Channel and Fidelity.com). Institutional
investors can access the call via CCBN's password-protected event management
site, StreetEvents (http://www.streetevents.com). The Webcast will be
archived on all of these sites for 30 days.
About Anixter
Anixter International is the world's leading distributor of communication
products, electrical and electronic wire & cable and a leading distributor of
fasteners and other small parts ("C" Class inventory components) to Original
Equipment Manufacturers. The company adds value to the distribution process
by providing its customers access to 1) innovative inventory management
programs, 2) more than 350,000 products and over $1 billion in inventory, 3)
226 warehouses with more than 5.5 million square feet of space, and 4)
locations in 251 cities in 49 countries. Founded in 1957 and headquartered
near Chicago, Anixter trades on The New York Stock Exchange under the symbol
AXE.
Additional information about Anixter is available on the Internet at
http://www.anixter.com
SOURCE Anixter International Inc.

Dennis Letham, Chief Financial Officer of Anixter International Inc.,
+1-224-521-8601; or Investor Inquiries, Chris Kettmann of Ashton Partners,
+1-312-553-6716, for Anixter International Inc.