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March 26, 2008

Graybar Tops Most Admired List for Diversified Wholesalers

St. Louis, MO-based Graybar, a distributor of electrical and communications products, has achieved the No. 1 ranking on the annual FORTUNE “America’s Most Admired Companies” list in the Wholesalers: Diversified industry category.

The list is featured in the March 17 issue of FORTUNE.

Rounding out the top five on the diversified wholesalers list were Grainger at No. 2, Reliance Steel & Aluminum (3), Genuine Parts Co. (4), and Anixter International (5).

The top four for foodservice: CHS (1), Sysco (2), Performance Food Group (3), and United Natural Foods (4).

Henry Schein was No. 1 on the healthcare distributor list, with McKesson, Cardinal Health and PSS World Medical rounding out that top four.

Find more at the FORTUNE Most Admired Companies page online - here.

To compile the industry rankings, FORTUNE survey partner Hay Group polled executives, directors and analysts about the ten largest companies in their own industry category. The industry experts rated those companies in eight areas, including corporate citizenship and investment value. Only companies with scores ranking in the top half of their industry made the list. More than 300 companies were ranked in 64 industry categories.

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