MANAGEMENT’S REPORT ON INTERNAL CONTROL OVER FINANCIAL REPORTING The Management of Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc. is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over  financial reporting. Internal control over financial reporting is a process designed by, or under the supervision of, the Chief Executive  Officer and the Vice President — Chief Financial Officer & Treasurer, and effected by the Company’s Board of Directors, management  and other personnel, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of consolidated  financial statements for external purposes in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.  The Company’s internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that: (1) pertain to the maintenance of  records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the Company;  (2) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of consolidated financial statements  in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America and that receipts and expenditures of the  Company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of the Company’s Management and Board of Directors; and  (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of the  Company’s assets that could have a material effect on the consolidated financial statements.  Because of inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance with  respect to the preparation and presentation of the consolidated financial statements and may not prevent or detect misstatements. Further, because of changes in conditions, effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting may vary over time.  Management conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting as of June 30,  2012. This evaluation was based on the criteria set forth in the framework Internal Control—IntegratedFrameworkissued by the  Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission. Based on this evaluation, Management determined that the  Company’s internal control over financial reporting was effective as of June 30, 2012.  The effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting has been audited by Deloitte & Touche LLP, an independent  registered public accounting firm, as stated in their report which is included herein.  August 15, 2012  Mark O. Eisele   Vice President – Chief Financial Officer & Treasurer   Daniel T. Brezovec   Corporate Controller Benjamin J. Mondics  President & Chief Operating Officer  Neil A. Schrimsher Chief Executive Officer  39 Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc. and Subsidiaries