DES PLAINES, Ill., Jan. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- United Stationers Inc.
(Nasdaq: USTR) announced today that normal business operations were conducted
over the holiday weekend.  A nationwide system verification on core business
systems which included all distribution centers was successfully completed.
The system began accepting customer orders this afternoon and the value-added
network was successfully tested for those business transactions that utilize
electronic data interchange.
    With the exception of statements regarding historical matters, the matters
discussed in this press release contain forward-looking statements within the
meaning of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
Forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties which could cause
actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking information.
Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, the
highly-competitive environment in which the Company operates, the integration
of acquisitions, changes in end-users' traditional demands for business
products, reliance by the Company on certain key suppliers, and the effects on
the Company of fluctuations in manufacturers' pricing and general economic
conditions.  A description of these factors, as well as other factors, which
could affect the Company's business, is set forth in filings by the Company
with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the Company's
Registration Statement filed on June 9, 1998.
    United Stationers Inc. is North America's largest distributor of business
products to resellers.  Through its integrated computer-based distribution
system, it makes more than 35,000 items available to 20,000 resellers within
24 hours of order placement through 40 regional distribution centers, 20
Lagasse distribution centers that serve the janitorial and sanitation industry
and six Azerty distribution centers that serve computer supply resellers.
    The Company's common stock trades on the Nasdaq National Market tier of
the Nasdaq Stock Market under the symbol: USTR.

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