SHAREHOLDER INFORMATION
SHAREHOLDER INQUIRIES
Requests to transfer Applied Industrial 
Technologies, Inc. shares and all 
correspondence regarding address change 
information, duplicate mailings, missing 
certificates, failure to receive dividend 
checks in a timely manner or to participate 
in the Company’s direct stock purchase 
program should be directed to the 
Company’s transfer agent and registrar:
COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY , N.A.
250 Royall Street 
Canton, MA 02021 
800/988-5291
INVESTOR RELATIONS INQUIRIES SHOULD 
BE DIRECTED TO:
MARK O. EISELE
Vice President – Chief Financial Officer 
    & Treasurer 
Applied Industrial Technologies 
1 Applied Plaza  
Cleveland, OH 44115-5014 
Telephone: 216/426-4000, Fax: 216/426-4845
ANNUAL REPORT ON FORM 10-K
The Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc. 
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal 
year ended June 30, 2012, including the 
financial statements and schedules thereto, 
is available at our website at 
www.Applied.com.  It is also available 
without charge upon written request to the 
Vice President – Chief Financial Officer & 
Treasurer at the address shown.
ANNUAL MEETING
The Annual Meeting of Shareholders will be held 
at 10:00 a.m., Tuesday, October 23, 2012, at the 
Corporate Headquarters of Applied Industrial 
Technologies, 1 Applied Plaza, East 36th and 
Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44115.
 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc. $100.00 $83.63 $70.22 $92.62 $133.17 $141.07
Standard & Poor’s 500 100.00 86.88 64.11 73.36 95.88 101.10
Peer Group 100.00 86.96 74.77 100.34 148.47 170.81
Assumes $100 invested at the close of trading 6/30/07 in 
Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc. common stock, Standard 
& Poor’s 500, and Peer Group.
Cumulative total return assumes reinvestment of dividends.
The returns of the companies in the Peer Group are weighted 
based on the companies’ relative stock market capitalization.
Peer Group companies selected on a line-of-business basis 
include: DXP Enterprises, Inc.; Fastenal Company; Genuine 
Parts Company;  W. W. Grainger, Inc.; Kaman Corporation; 
Lawson Products, Inc.; MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc.; and 
WESCO International, Inc.  
Source: Value Line Publishing LLC
Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc., Standard & Poor’s 500, and Peer Group  
(Performance Results from 7/1/2007 through 6/30/2012)
Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc. common stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol AIT.  The Company is identified in most 
financial listings as “AppliedIndlTch.”
BB&T CAPITAL MARKETS 
Holden Lewis, 703/471-3894
CJS SECURITIES 
Jonathan Tanwanteng, 914/287-7600  
CLEVELAND RESEARCH COMPANY 
Adam Uhlman, 216/649-7241  
KEYBANC CAPITAL MARKETS 
Jeffrey D. Hammond, 216/689-0236  
SIDOTI & CO. 
Joseph Mondillo, 212/894-3339
GREAT LAKES REVIEW – Division of 
Wellington Shields & Co.
Elliott Schlang, 216/767-1340
STEPHENS INC. 
Matt Duncan, 501/377-3723
WELLS FARGO SECURITIES, LLC
Allison Poliniak-Cusic, 212/214-5062
WUNDERLICH SECURITIES
Brent D. Rakers, 901/251-2236
RESEARCH ON APPLIED INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGIES IS AVAILABLE THROUGH:
COMPARISON OF FIVE-YEAR CUMULATIVE TOTAL RETURN
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$50.00  
$100.00  
$150.00  
$200.00  
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 
Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc. 
Standard & Poor's 500 
Peer Group 
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