December 9, 2009 — MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc. Announces 2010 Safety Products Catalog
Catalog will be available in print and online December 2009

November 23, 2009 — MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc. Receives Top Safety Honor from State of Georgia
Melville, New York, November 19, 2009 - MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc. today announced that its Atlanta Customer Fulfillment Center (CFC) has been selected to receive the State of Georgia's 2008 Commissioner's Award for Outstanding Safety Performance. The Commissioner's Award is the state's highest honor and was presented in a ceremony at the Georgia Safety, Health and Environmental Conference in late October.

September 21, 2009 — MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc. Releases New Metalworking Catalog
Melville, New York, September 15, 2009 - MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc. today announced the release of its 2009/2010 Metalworking Catalog, the most comprehensive of its kind in the metalworking industry.

August 26, 2009 — MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc. Launches 2009/2010 Big Book®
Melville, New York, August 20, 2009 - MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc., one of the country's leading distributors of metalworking and maintenance, repair and operation supplies, continues to support industrial customers throughout the United States with the release of the 2009/2010 Big Book. The catalog will be available online and in print on September 1, 2009.

July 30, 2009 — MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc. to Host Customer Appreciation Days
Melville, New York, July 28, 2009 - MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc., the country's leading distributor of metalworking and maintenance, repair and operation (MRO) supplies, will host two Customer Appreciation Days this summer. The events will be held on August 27 in Mableton, Georgia and September 17 in Jonestown, Pennsylvania.

May 11, 2009 — MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc. Named to the Forbes Platinum 400 List
Melville, New York, May 6, 2009 - MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc., the country's leading distributor of metalworking and maintenance, repair and operation supplies, today announced its listing on Forbes magazine's "America's 400 Best Big Companies" for the fourth consecutive year. MSC improved its ranking to 189 from 202 in the 2008 list.

April 15, 2009 — MSC Industrial Direct Co. Releases New Material Handling Catalog
Melville, New York, April 13, 2009 - MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc. has released its new Material Handling Catalog. Supplementing the company's Big Book®, the catalog contains the most widely used material handling components offered by the company.

April 8, 2009 — MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc. Exhibits New Customer Solutions at EASTEC
Melville, New York, March 31, 2009 - MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc., the country's leading distributor of metalworking and maintenance, repair and operation supplies, will showcase a variety of customer solutions at EASTEC 2009. MSC will be located in booth 5323 from May 19 - 21 at the Eastern States Exposition Grounds in West Springfield, Massachusetts.

January 13, 2009 — MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc. Launches Volume III of the Fastener Source Book With Thousands More Products Including More Value Choices for Customers
Melville, New York. (January 9, 2009). Starting in late December 2008, MSC Sales Associates will begin delivering the new Volume III Fastener Source Book to customers nationwide. Based on customer feedback on last year's Volume II catalog, printing and distribution of the new catalog has been increased 50% to 75,000 catalogs.

January 6, 2009 — MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc. Launches First Ever Accupro Metalworking Products Catalog
Melville, New York. (December 30, 2008). The Accupro® brand of high performance metalworking products has been exclusive to MSC Industrial Supply Co. (MSC) for over 10 years. During that time, the product line has grown dramatically and today represents 10,000 products, all of which are marketed in the MSC Big Book®. Given the strong growth and success of Accupro, a new stand-alone, 100-page catalog has recently been developed and launched.