SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 FORM 8-K CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 November 11, 2002 Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) Commission File Number: 1-5989 ANIXTER INTERNATIONAL INC. (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) Delaware 94-1658138 (State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer incorporation or organization) Identification No.) 4711 Golf Road Skokie, Illinois 60076 (847) 677-2600 (Address and telephone number of principal executive offices) ITEM 9. REGULATION FD DISCLOSURE On November 11, 2002, each of the President and Chief Executive Officer, Robert W. Grubbs, and the Senior Vice President-Finance and Chief Financial Officer, Dennis J. Letham, of Anixter International, Inc. submitted to the Commission sworn statements pursuant to the Commission's June 27, 2002 Order Requiring the Filing of Sworn Statements Pursuant to Section 21 (a) (1) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (No. 4-460). A copy of each of these statements is attached hereto as an Exhibit 99.1 and 99.2. SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized. ANIXTER INTERNATIONAL INC. Date: November 11, 2002 By: /s/ Robert W. Grubbs --------------------- Robert W. Grubbs President and Chief Executive Officer Date: November 11, 2002 By: /s/ Dennis J. Letham -------------------- Dennis J. Letham Senior Vice President - Finance and Chief Financial Officer EXHIBIT INDEX Exhibit No. Description of Exhibits ----------- ----------------------- 99.1 Statement Under Oath of President and Chief Executive Officer Regarding Facts and Circumstances Relating to Exchange Act Filings dated November 7, 2002. 99.2 Statement Under Oath of Senior Vice President-Finance and Chief Financial Officer Regarding Facts and Circumstances Relating to Exchange Act Filings dated November 7, 2002.