Document and Entity Information
Document and Entity Information | Jun. 22, 2020 |
Entity Listings [Line Items] | |
Document Type | 8-K/A |
Amendment Flag | true |
Amendment Description | On June 22, 2020, WESCO International, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“WESCO”) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) a Current Report on Form 8-K (the “Initial 8-K”) to disclose the completion on June 22, 2020 of its previously announced acquisition of Anixter International Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Anixter”), pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of January 10, 2020 (the “Merger Agreement”), by and among Anixter, WESCO and Warrior Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of WESCO (“Merger Sub”). Pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement, Merger Sub was merged with and into Anixter (the “Merger”), with Anixter surviving the Merger and continuing as a wholly owned subsidiary of WESCO. This Form 8-K/A amends the Initial 8-K to include the historical audited financial statements of Anixter and the unaudited pro forma combined financial information required by Items 9.01(a) and 9.01(b) of Form 8-K, which were excluded from the Initial 8-K in reliance on the instructions to such items. |
Document Period End Date | Jun. 22, 2020 |
Entity Registrant Name | WESCO International, Inc. |
Entity Incorporation, State or Country Code | DE |
Entity File Number | 001-14989 |
Entity Tax Identification Number | 25-1723342 |
Entity Address, Address Line One | 225 West Station Square Drive |
Entity Address, Address Line Two | Suite 700 |
Entity Address, City or Town | Pittsburgh |
Entity Address, State or Province | PA |
Entity Address, Postal Zip Code | 15219 |
City Area Code | 412 |
Local Phone Number | 454-2200 |
Written Communications | false |
Soliciting Material | false |
Pre-commencement Tender Offer | false |
Pre-commencement Issuer Tender Offer | false |
Entity Emerging Growth Company | false |
Entity Central Index Key | 0000929008 |
Common Stock [Member] | |
Entity Listings [Line Items] | |
Title of 12(b) Security | Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share |
Trading Symbol | WCC |
Security Exchange Name | NYSE |
Series A Preferred Stock [Member] | |
Entity Listings [Line Items] | |
Title of 12(b) Security | Depositary Shares each representing a 1/1,000th interest in a share of Series A Fixed-Rate Reset Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock |
Trading Symbol | WCC PRA |
Security Exchange Name | NYSE |
Preferred Stock [Member] | |
Entity Listings [Line Items] | |
Title of 12(b) Security | Preferred Share Purchase Rights |
Trading Symbol | N/A |
Security Exchange Name | NYSE |