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<DESCRIPTION>PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT
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PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT NO. 10

                                  $792,000,000
                           ANIXTER INTERNATIONAL INC.
                     LIQUID YIELD OPTION(TM) NOTES DUE 2020
                            (ZERO COUPON -- SENIOR)
                                      AND
                           COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE UPON
                            CONVERSION OF THE LYONS

     This prospectus supplement supplements the prospectus dated August 30, 2000
of Anixter International Inc., as supplemented September 8, 2000, September 15,
2000, September 29, 2000, October 10, 2000, October 17, 2000, November 20, 2000,
December 1, 2000, January 12, 2001 and January 31, 2001 relating to the sale by
certain of our securityholders (including their pledgees, donees, transferees or
other successors) of up to $792,000,000 principal amount at maturity of LYONs
and up to 5,908,558 shares of common stock to be issued upon conversion of the
LYONs. You should read this prospectus supplement in conjunction with the
prospectus, and this prospectus supplement is qualified by reference to the
prospectus except to the extent that the information in this prospectus
supplement supersedes the information contained in the prospectus. Capitalized
terms used in this prospectus supplement and not otherwise defined herein have
the meanings specified in the prospectus.

     The table of Selling Securityholders contained in the prospectus is hereby
amended to remove the following entities.

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<S>                                                             <C>                 <C>
Chrysler Corporation Master Retirement Trust
Delta Airlines Master Retirement Trust
Motion Picture Industry Health Plan--Active Member Fund
Motion Picture Industry Health Plan--Retiree Member Fund
OCM Convertible Trust
State Employees' Retirement Fund of the State of Delaware
State of Connecticut Combined Investment Funds
Vanguard Convertible Securities Fund, Inc.
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     Additionally, the following line items in the table of Selling
Securityholders are hereby amended as follows:

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                                                                   AGGREGATE
                                                                PRINCIPAL AMOUNT
                                                                  OF LYONS AT       NUMBER OF SHARES
                                                                 MATURITY THAT      OF COMMON STOCK
                                                                  MAY BE SOLD       THAT MAY BE SOLD
                                                                ----------------    ----------------
<S>                                                             <C>                 <C>
McMahan Securities Co. L.P. ................................      $     10,000                74
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner and Smith Incorporated........         1,000,000             7,460
  Total.....................................................       622,180,000         4,641,588
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     Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner and Smith Incorporated and Anixter and its
affiliates have engaged in and may in the future engage in, investment banking
and other commercial dealings. Merrill Lynch acted as the initial purchaser in
the private placement in which the LYONs were originally issued. Merrill Lynch
has received customary fees and commissions for these transactions.

     INVESTING IN THE LYONS OR THE COMMON STOCK INVOLVES RISKS DESCRIBED IN THE
"RISK FACTORS" SECTION BEGINNING ON PAGE 9 OF THE PROSPECTUS.

     Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities
commission has approved or disapproved of these securities or determined if this
prospectus is truthful or complete. Any representation to the contrary is a
criminal offense.

(TM) TRADEMARK OF MERRILL LYNCH & CO.

          The date of this prospectus supplement is February 20, 2001
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