MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc.Operational Statistics - updated quarterly on earnings release date

During FY12 Q2, MSC acquired ATS Industrial Supply, Inc. ("ATS Industrial") and the results are included beginning in FY12 Q2, unless otherwise noted.During FY13 Q3, MSC acquired Class C Solutions Group (“CCSG”) (formerly Barnes Distribution North America) and the results are included beginning in FY13 Q3, unless otherwise noted.

Quarterly Sales (in millions) FY 15 FY 14 FY 13

Q1 $731.1 $678.5 $577.5 Q2 706.4 661.5 569.5Q3 745.5 720.5 636.9Q4 726.6 673.8

Sales Growth by Month (Avg Daily Sales Basis) *

FY2015 Sept '14 Oct '14 Nov '14 ** Dec '14 Jan '15 Feb '15 Mar '15**** Apr '15 May '15 June '15***** July '15 Aug '15Net Sales (In Millions) $ 283.0 $ 232.8 $ 215.3 $ 231.6 $ 237.3 $ 237.5 $ 295.4 $ 230.6 $ 219.5 $ 278.5 $ - $ - # Sales Days 24 20 18 23 20 20 25 20 19 24 20 20Growth in ADS 7.1% 8.6% 7.6% 7.7% 8.0% 4.9% 2.0% 5.7% 3.1% 2.2% 0.0% 0.0%

FY2014 Sept '13 Oct '13 Nov '13 ** Dec '13 Jan '14 Feb '14 Mar '14 *** Apr '14 May '14 June '14 July '14 Aug '14Net Sales (In Millions) $ 259.5 $ 217.7 $ 201.3 $ 212.9 $ 222.1 $ 226.5 $ 285.1 $ 220.1 $ 215.3 $ 269.0 $ 225.0 $ 232.7 # Sales Days 24 20 18 23 20 20 25 20 19 24 20 20Growth in ADS 13.1% 19.6% 21.2% 14.0% 15.5% 18.9% 21.1% 11.6% 6.0% 7.6% 7.6% 8.2%

FY2013 Sept '12 Oct '12 Nov '12 Dec '12 Jan '13 Feb '13 Mar '13 Apr '13 May '13 June '13 July '13 Aug '13 Net Sales (In Millions) $ 229.5 $ 181.9 $ 166.1 $ 186.7 $ 192.3 $ 190.5 $ 235.3 $ 197.2 $ 204.4 $ 248.4 $ 209.1 $ 216.3 # Sales Days 24 20 18 23 20 20 25 20 19 24 20 20Growth in ADS 8.3% 3.3% 5.3% 0.3% 2.6% -0.2% -1.5% 7.1% 13.9% 10.9% 15.6% 12.9%

* Compared to same month, prior fiscal year.** Excluding the sales adjustment resulting from refining our estimated accrual for direct ship sales, November '14 sales growth was 9.7% and November '13 sales growth was 18.9%.*** March '14 is slighlty inflated due to the holiday falling in April in FY 14, compared to March in FY 13.**** March '15 is slightly deflated due to the holiday falling in March in FY 15, compared to April in FY 14.***** June '15 is an estimate.

Sales Growth by Regions (Avg Daily Sales Basis) *

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Midwest 5.7% 5.0% 2.1% 6.0% 4.5% 6.6% 7.2%Northeast 3.8% 3.1% 3.0% 6.0% 2.8% 5.8% 5.1%Southeast 11.3% 9.5% 3.6% 3.2% 2.8% 8.6% 11.1%West 10.7% 10.2% 9.1% 4.9% 6.1% 4.9% 8.8%International & Other -0.1% -0.4% -7.2% 10.7% 8.0% 15.6% 14.4%

* CCSG is included beginning FY15 Q1

Sales Growth by Customer Type (Avg Daily Sales Basis) *, **

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Manufacturing 4.8% 4.1% 1.2% 5.1% 3.9% 6.3% 7.4%Non-Manufacturing 15.6% 14.0% 10.1% 3.9% 3.1% 8.9% 11.6%

* Excludes UK operations ** CCSG is included beginning FY15 Q1

Sales by Customer Type (Avg Daily Sales Basis) *,**

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Manufacturing 70% 70% 70% 76% 76% 76% 75%Non-Manufacturing 30% 30% 30% 24% 24% 24% 25%

* Excludes UK operations** CCSG is included beginning FY15 Q1

Growth Decomposition (In Thousands)

Q3 FY15 YTD FY15 Growth Growth

Large Accounts 25,300$ 94,300$ Remaining Business (300) 28,200 Total Growth 25,000$ * 122,500$ **

* We estimate that this $25.0 million increase in net sales is comprised of approximately $26.8 million of higher sales volume, approximately $0.9 million from a net pricing increase,which includes changes in customer and product mix, discounting and other items,reduced by approximately $2.7 million from foreign exchange impact.

** We estimate that this $122.5 million increase in net sales is comprised of approximately $133.6 million of higher sales volume, reduced by approximately $5.7 million from a net pricing decrease, which includes changes in customerand product mix, discounting and other items and approximately $5.4 million from foreign exchange impact.

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The following represents historical unaudited financial and statistical information regarding MSC’s operations. MSC does not undertake any

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MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc.Operational Statistics - updated quarterly on earnings release date

Gross Margin PercentageFY 15 FY 14 FY 13

Q1 45.2% 46.4% 45.9% Q2 45.4% 46.4% 45.0%Q3 45.4% 46.3% 45.5%Q4 45.6% 45.6%

Operating Income (in millions) FY 15 FY 14 FY 13

Q1 $94.0 $96.8 $102.4 Q2 85.9 81.7 90.6Q3 104.2 104.9 100.2Q4 99.8 92.3

Operating Income Percentage FY 15 FY 14 FY 13

Q1 12.9% 14.3% 17.7% Q2 12.2% 12.4% 15.9%Q3 14.0% 14.6% 15.7%Q4 13.7% 13.7%

Total eCOMM Sales (in millions) *,**, *** FY 15 FY 14 FY 13

Total eCOMM Sales Annual Run Rate FY 15 FY 14 FY 13

Q1 $398.7 $279.0 $246.9 (in millions) **** Q1 1,627.0 1,138.5 1,007.4 Q2 $391.1 281.8 247.9 Q2 1,570.6 1,131.7 995.5 Q3 $417.2 315.1 265.7 Q3 1,649.2 1,245.8 1,050.5 Q4 322.2 274.2 Q4 1,273.7 1,084.1

* Excludes ATS Industrial** CCSG is included beginning FY15 Q1 ****

number of business days in the fiscal year; 253 days for FY15, FY14, and FY13

*** This represents sales made through all eCommerce platforms, including sales made through Electronic Data Interchange systems, VMI systems, Extensible Markup Language ordering based systems, vending machine systems, hosted systems and other electronic portals.

Active Customer Count (in 000's) *, **, *** FY 15 FY 14 FY 13

Q1 365 325 322 Q2 365 331 318 Q3 367 335 318 Q4 364 322

* An active customer is one who has made a purchase in the last 12 months** Excludes UK Operations and ATS Industrial *** CCSG is included beginning FY14 Q4 (Excluding CCSG, active customer count is 337 for FY14 Q4)

Average Transaction Size *, ** FY 15 FY 14 FY 13

Q1 $415 $405 $402Q2 407 406 398Q3 410 403 395

Q4 409 398

* Excludes UK Operations and ATS Industrial ** CCSG is included beginning FY14 Q4 (Excluding CCSG, average transaction size is 410 for FY14 Q4)

Total Associate Headcount

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Full Time 6,580 6,617 6,590 Full Time 6,218 6,268 6,431 6,465Part Time 108 113 104 Part Time 125 120 118 111

Total 6,688 6,730 6,694 Total 6,343 6,388 6,549 6,576

Number of Field Sales Associates * FY 15 FY 14 FY 13

Q1 1,951 1,131 1,093 Q2 1,955 1,163 1,103

Q3 1,944 1,188 1,101 Q4 1,923 1,123

* CCSG is included beginning FY14 Q4 (Excluding CCSG, number of field sales associates is 1217 for FY14 Q4)

Run Rate equals the average daily sales for the quarter multiplied by the

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