
| \v Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the Special Meeting: The Notice of 2023 Special Meeting and Proxy Statement are available at https://investor.mscdirect.com/annual-reports. V22307-S72682 MSC INDUSTRIAL DIRECT CO., INC. 2023 SPECIAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS [TBD], 2023 THIS PROXY IS SOLICITED ON BEHALF OF MSC’S BOARD OF DIRECTORS The undersigned hereby appoint(s) John Chironna and Neal Dongre, and each of them, as attorneys-in-fact, with full power of substitution, to vote all shares of Class A Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share of MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc. (the "Company") that the undersigned would be entitled to vote if personally present at the 2023 Special Meeting of Shareholders of the Company to be held at [TBD][a.m./p.m.], Eastern Time, on [TBD], 2023 via live audio webcast at www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/MSM2023SM, and any adjournment or postponement thereof, and, without limiting the generality of the power hereby conferred, the proxy holders are specifically directed to vote as indicated on the reverse side. For participantsin the MSC Industrial Direct 401(k) Plan,this card constitutes voting instructionsto T.Rowe Price Trust Company orits successor, as trustee under the MSC Industrial Direct 401(k) Plan. The undersigned, if a participant in the MSC Industrial Direct 401(k) Plan, directs T. Rowe Price Trust Company, Directed Trustee, to vote all shares of Class A Common Stock of the Company allocated to his or her account, asspecified on the reverse side, at the 2023 Special Meeting of Shareholders, or any adjournment or postponement thereof. Voting instructions to the trustee of the MSC Industrial Direct 401(k) Plan must be received by [TBD], 2023. All shares of the Company's common stock registered in your name and/or held for your benefit in the MSC Industrial Direct 401(k)Planare shown on this card. The shares represented herebywill be voted in accordance with the directions given by the shareholder. If a properly signed proxy is returned without choices marked, and if not otherwise directed, the shares represented by this proxy registered in your name will be voted "FOR" Proposal Nos. 1, 2, 3 and 4, Regarding the MSC Industrial Direct 401(k) Plan, if an unsigned direction card or a properly signed direction card without choices marked is returned, or no direction card is received, the shares represented by those direction cards will not be voted. PLEASE MARK, SIGN AND DATE ON THE REVERSE SIDE, AND RETURN THIS PROXY CARD PROMPTLY USING THE ENCLOSED REPLY ENVELOPE, OR FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS TO VOTE BY INTERNET OR PHONE. CONTINUED AND TO BE SIGNED ON REVERSE SIDE Please note there are two proxy cards, one for Class A Stockholders and one for Class B Stockholders. Stockholders who receive a Class A proxy card and a Class B proxy card must vote the shares represented by each card separately. |