MSC Industrial Direct Co. Inc.

David Sandler was appointed our President and Chief Executive Officer in November 2005. Mr. Sandler was our President and Chief Operating Officer from November 2003 to November 2005. Previously, from November 2000 to November 2003, he served as our Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. In June 1999, he was also appointed as a member of our Board. From May 1999 to November 2000, he was Executive Vice President of the company. From 1998 to 1999, Mr. Sandler served as our Senior Vice President, Administration. From 1989 to 1998, he held various positions of increasing responsibility for several departments throughout the company, including Information Systems, Product Management, Purchasing, Corporate Development, Human Resources and Finance. In the spring of 1989, Mr. Sandler joined the company as a result of our acquisition of Dancorp Inc., a New England-based industrial supply distributor, where he served as President and Chief Executive Officer from 1976 to 1989.

Mitchell Jacobson was appointed our President and Chief Executive Officer in October 1995 and held both positions until November 2003. He continued as our Chief Executive Officer until November 2005. Mr. Jacobson was appointed our Chairman of the Board of Directors in January 1998. Previously, Mr. Jacobson was President and Chief Executive Officer of Sid Tool Co., Inc., our predecessor company and current wholly-owned and principal operating subsidiary, which we refer to as Sid Tool, from June 1982 to November 2005.

Thomas Eccleston was appointed Corporate Secretary in December 1995. He joined the Company in January 1985 and was appointed Vice President in 1986. Each executive officer serves until his or her successor is appointed and qualified or until earlier resignation, death or removal. There are no arrangements or understandings between any executive officer and any other person pursuant to which he was or is to be selected as an officer of the Company. The Company has entered into written agreements with David Sandler, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, Charles Boehlke, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company, Thomas Cox, Executive Vice President of Sales of the Company and Douglas Jones, Senior Vice President of Logistics as described on page 17 of this proxy statement.

Charles Boehlke has served as our Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer since January 2003. Prior to being appointed as our Executive Vice President, Mr. Boehlke was appointed our Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer in June 2000. From April 1996 to April 2000, he was the Vice President of Finance for North American operations at Arrow Electronics, Inc. From January 1994 to April 1996, Mr. Boehlke served as the Chief Financial Officer of Black & Decker Mexico. He held several other finance positions of increasing responsibility at Black & Decker between 1980 and 1994. Mr. Boehlke previously served on our Board from January 2001 to December 2007.

Charles Bonomo was appointed our Vice President and Chief Information Officer in July of 2007. From 1999 through 2007 he served as Vice President at Arrow Electronics, Inc., including in the position of Vice President of Infrastructure and Operations from January 2006 to July 2007, and as Vice President and Chief Architect from July 2003 through January 2006. Previously, he was the Director of Clinical Technology at Mount Sinai Medical Center from 1996 to 1998, rising to Vice President and Chief Information Officer of NYU Health System in 1998. Prior to 1996, he held various positions of increasing responsibility at J.P. Morgan in the United States and Europe and at Grumman Aerospace Corp., where he designed and tested software for the F14 Tomcat aircraft.

Thomas Cox was appointed our Executive Vice President, Sales in December 2005. Previously, he served as our Senior Vice President from April 2000 to November 2005 and as our Vice President of the North Region from October 1999 to March 2000. Mr. Cox joined the company in September 1997 as a director in the sales organization. Prior to joining the company, he spent ten years, beginning in 1985, in the United States and Europe with TNT Express Worldwide, an international transportation company. Mr. Cox was responsible for Worldwide Sales and Marketing based in Europe for several years, and he also held the position of President of the Americas. After leaving TNT Express Worldwide, he served as President of his own transportation business, MailNet, with offices in the United States and overseas.

Douglas Jones was appointed our Senior Vice President, Supply Chain Management in April 2008. Previously, he was our Senior Vice President of Logistics from December 2005. Mr. Jones joined the company in July 2001, as Vice President of Fulfillment. Prior to joining the company, he served as Vice President, Distribution Operations for the Central Region of the United States, at Fisher Scientific from 1998 to 2001. Prior to his role at Fisher Scientific, Mr. Jones was part of the Management Team at McMaster-Carr Supply Company, based in Chicago. During his ten-plus-year tenure with McMaster-Carr, Mr. Jones held various managerial positions of increasing responsibility in Fulfillment, Finance, Purchasing and Inventory Management.

Eileen McGuire was appointed our Senior Vice President, Human Resources in December 2005. Previously, in June 1999, she was promoted to Vice President of Human Resources and, in May 1996, was appointed director of Human Resources. Ms. McGuire joined our predecessor company, Sid Tool, in 1983, and during her tenure, she has had many cross-functional roles throughout the company, including in Distribution, Operational Accounting, Inside Sales, Field and Branch Operations, Call Center Management and Corporate Training.

Erik Gershwind was appointed our Senior Vice President, Product Management and Marketing in December 2005. Previously, Mr. Gershwind was our Vice President of Product Management from April 2005. From August 2004 to April 2005, Mr. Gershwind served as Vice President of MRO and Inventory Management. Mr. Gershwind has held various positions of increasing responsibility in product, E-Commerce and marketing. Mr. Gershwind joined the company in 1995 as manager of our acquisition integration initiative. He is the nephew of Mitchell Jacobson, our Chairman of the Board, and the son of Marjorie Gershwind, Mr. Jacobson's sister.

Shelley Boxer was appointed our Vice President, Finance and Accounting in 2000. Previously, Mr. Boxer was our Vice President and Chief Financial Officer from 1995 until June 2000. From June 1993 to October 1995, he served as Chief Financial Officer of Sid Tool. From 1992 to 1993, Mr. Boxer was the Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Joyce International, Inc., a distribution and manufacturing company. From 1987 to 1992, he was the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Kinney Systems, an automobile parking facility and real estate company.

Steve Armstrong was appointed our Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary in October 2008. From 2006 to 2008, he was a legal consultant based in New York, New York performing services for Thomson Reuters and NBC Universal. Mr. Armstrong was the Executive Vice President and General Counsel of the Home Shopping Network in Tampa, Florida from 2002 to 2006. From 2000 to 2002, he was the Senior Vice President and General Counsel of Agilera, Inc., a technology company in Denver, Colorado. Prior to 2000, Mr. Armstrong was the Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary of Samsonite Corporation and a partner in the law firms, Paul Hastings and Baker and Hostetler.

James Schroeder is employed as Senior Executive Project Manager of the Company. Mr. Schroeder and the Company are parties to a written agreement which provides for annual benefit payments to Mr. Schroeder for seven years upon his retirement, or his termination by the Company without cause or, in the event of his death, to his designated beneficiary. The benefit is based upon the growth in the Company s earnings before interest and taxes over a certain base amount. The Company may terminate the agreement at any time and elect to prepay Mr. Schroeder any benefits accrued by the Company up to the date of such termination. The Company exercised its right to terminate the agreement with Mr. Schroeder as of September 1, 1997. Under the terms of the agreement, the Company is obligated to accrue to Mr. Schroeder s benefit the total amount that would be due as if September 1, 1997 were Mr. Schroeder s normal retirement date. Accordingly, the total amount due to Mr. Schroeder is $1,718,386 of which $100,320 represents interest accrued in fiscal 2006. This amount will accrue interest until Mr. Schroeder s normal retirement date and may be prepaid, at the Company s election, at any time, without penalty.

Philip Peller is an independent business consultant. He was a partner of Andersen Worldwide S.C. and Arthur Andersen LLP from 1970 until his retirement in 1999. He served as Managing Partner of Practice Protection and Partner Affairs for Andersen Worldwide S.C. from 1998 to 1999 and as Managing Partner of Practice Protection from 1996 to 1998. He also served as the Managing Director of Quality, Risk Management and Professional Competence for Arthur Andersen's global audit practice. In addition, Mr. Peller is a director and Chairman of the Audit Committee of Kenneth Cole Productions, Inc. Mr. Peller has served as our Lead Director since December 2007.

Denis Kelly is a Managing Partner of Scura, Rise & Partners LLC, a private investment banking firm. From 1993 to 2000, he was a Managing Director of Prudential Securities Inc. He served as the President of Denbrook Capital Corporation, a merchant banking firm, from 1991 to 1993. From 1980 to 1991, Mr. Kelly held various positions at Merrill Lynch, including Managing Director of Mergers and Acquisitions and Managing Director of Merchant Banking. Mr. Kelly began his investment banking career at Lehman Brothers in 1974. Mr. Kelly is also a director and a member of the audit committee of Kenneth Cole Productions Inc., a director of Plymouth Financial Company, Inc. and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Ashburn Hill Corporation.

Ms. Goeser, 55, is president and chief executive officer of Grupo Siemens S.A. de C.V. and is responsible for Siemens Mesoamerica. Siemens Mesoamerica is the Mexican, Central American and Caribbean unit of multinational Siemens AG, a global engineering company operating in the industry, energy and healthcare sectors. Before accepting this position in March 2009, Ms. Goeser served as president and chief executive officer of Ford of Mexico from January 2005 until November 2008. Ford of Mexico manufactures cars, trucks and related parts and accessories. Prior to this position, she served as vice president, Global Quality for Ford Motor Company, a position she had held since 1999. In that position, she was responsible for ensuring superior quality in the design, manufacture, sale and service of all Ford cars, trucks and components worldwide. Prior to 1999, she served as vice president for quality at Whirlpool Corporation, and served in various leadership positions with Westinghouse Electric Corporation. Ms. Goeser received a bachelor's degree in mathematics from Pennsylvania State University and a master's degree in business administration from the University of Pittsburgh. She is a member of the Compensation, Governance and Nominating Committee and has been a director since 2003; her term ends in 2011.