ITEM 2.02 RESULTS OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION

On January 8, 2009, the Registrant issued a press release announcing financial results for its fiscal 2009 first quarter ended November 29, 2008. A copy of the press release is furnished with this report as Exhibit 99.1.

The information in this Current Report on Form 8-K and the Exhibit attached hereto shall not be deemed "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act") or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that Section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, regardless of any general incorporation language in such filing.

ITEM 9.01 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS

(d) Exhibits:

99.1 Press Release, dated January 8, 2009, issued by MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc.

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