---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-26-083054"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "WCC"
cik: "0000929008"
company_name: "WESCO INTERNATIONAL INC"
filed_at: "2026-02-27T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T23:20:42.695254+00:00"
event_type: "debt"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# WESCO issues $1.5B of 5.250%/5.500% senior notes due 2031/2034 to refinance debt

## Summary
- $650M of 5.250% notes due 2031 and $850M of 5.500% notes due 2034 issued at 100% of par.
- Net proceeds of ~$1.48B to redeem outstanding 7.250% notes due 2028 and repay ABL facility.
- Notes are unsecured, guaranteed by WESCO International and Anixter Inc., mature April 15, 2031/2034.
- Interest payable semi-annually; make-whole call provisions apply before certain dates.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-26-083054
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: WCC
- cik: 0000929008
- company_name: WESCO INTERNATIONAL INC
- filed_at: 2026-02-27T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: debt
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 2.03, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/929008/000119312526083054/0001193125-26-083054-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/929008/000119312526083054/d101157d8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Debt Financings
  WESCO INTERNATIONAL INC incurred senior notes of $850 million aggregate principal amount with U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association at 5.500% per annum maturing April 15, 2034.
  - Instrument: senior notes
  - Principal: $850 million aggregate principal amount
  - Counterparty: U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association
  - Rate: 5.500% per annum
  - Maturity: April 15, 2034
  - Event: incurrence
  source text: its previously announced offering (the “Offering”) to eligible purchasers of $650 million aggregate principal amount of 5.250% senior notes due 2031 (the “5-Year Notes”) and $850 million aggregate principal amount of 5.500% senior notes due 2034 (the “8-Year Notes” and, together with the 5-Year Notes, the “Notes”). The 5-Year Notes were issued at a price of
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/929008/000119312526083054/0001193125-26-083054-index.htm
- Debt Financings
  WESCO INTERNATIONAL INC incurred senior notes of $650 million aggregate principal amount with U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association at 5.250% per annum maturing April 15, 2031.
  - Instrument: senior notes
  - Principal: $650 million aggregate principal amount
  - Counterparty: U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association
  - Rate: 5.250% per annum
  - Maturity: April 15, 2031
  - Event: incurrence
  source text: The Notes were issued pursuant to, and are governed by, an indenture (the “Indenture”), dated as of February 27, 2026, among the Issuer, the guarantors named therein and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”). The Notes of each series and related guarantees were issued in a private transaction exempt from the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and have not been, and will not be, registered under the Securities Act and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act and other applicable securities laws.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/929008/000119312526083054/0001193125-26-083054-index.htm
- Material Agreements
  WESCO INTERNATIONAL INC entered into Indenture, dated as of February 27, 2026, among WESCO Distribution, Inc., the guarantors named therein and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as trustee with U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as trustee valued at $1.5 billion aggregate principal amount of 5.250% Senior Notes due 2031 and 5.500% Senior Notes due (effective 2026-02-27).
  - Action: entry
  - Agreement: notes offering
  - Counterparty: U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as trustee
  - Value: $1.5 billion aggregate principal amount of 5.250% Senior Notes due 2031 and 5.500% Senior Notes due
  - Effective: 2026-02-27
  source text: On February 27, 2026, WESCO Distribution, Inc. (the “Issuer” or “Wesco Distribution”), a wholly owned subsidiary of WESCO International, Inc. (the “Company” or “WESCO”), completed its previously announced offering (the “Offering”) to eligible purchasers of $650 million aggregate principal amount of 5.250% senior notes due 2031 (the “5-Year Notes”) and $850 million aggregate principal amount of 5.500% senior notes due 2034 (the “8-Year Notes” and, together with the 5-Year Notes, the “Notes”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/929008/000119312526083054/0001193125-26-083054-index.htm

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