MSC INDUSTRIAL DIRECT

MSC Industrial Supply is one of the largest direct marketers and premier distributors of Metalworking and Maintenance, Repair and Operations ("MRO") supplies to industrial customers throughout the United States. MSC employs one of the industry's largest sales forces and distributes over 500,000 industrial products from over 2000 suppliers to over 300,000 customers. In-stock availability is approximately 99%, with next day standard delivery in the contiguous United States on qualifying orders up until 8:00 p.m. Eastern Time. MSC reaches its customers through a combination of approximately 22 million direct-mail catalogs, 100 branch sales offices, 986 salespeople, the Internet and associations with some of the world's most prominent B2B e-Commerce portals.