United States
Securities and Exchange Commission
Washington, DC 20549
FORM 8-K
Current Report
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(D) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): August 18, 1998
(August 15, 1998)
Commission file number: United Stationers Inc.: 0-10653
UNITED STATIONERS INC.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
United Stationers Inc.: Delaware 36-3141189
(State or other jurisdiction of (IRS Employer
incorporation or organization) Identification No.)
2200 East Golf Road
Des Plaines, Illinois 60016-1267
(847) 699-5000
(Address, including zip code and telephone number, including
area code, of registrant's executive offices)
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United Stationers Inc.
Item 5. Other Events
Max D. Hopper has been elected to the board of
directors of United Stationers Inc., effective immediately.
Max Hopper founded Max D. Hopper Associates in 1995.
This consulting firm helps its clients benefit from advanced
information technologies. Prior to this, Hopper spent 20
years at AMR Corporation, an air transportation company
(including American Airlines) and provider of information
services to the travel and transportation industry. From
1993 to 1995, he served as chairman of The SABRE Group, a
$1.5 billion technology services business, and as senior
vice president of information systems from 1985 to 1993.
Because of his leadership of a landmark study on
automating travel agencies in 1975 and his activities
since, Hopper has been called the "father of automation"
in the travel industry. His other honors include
recently being named one of this decade's 12 most
influential information services (IS) executives by CIO
Magazine, becoming the first IS executive to be inducted
into INFOMART's Information Processing Hall of Fame in
1997, receiving the DPMA Distinguished Information
Services award, being named to Computerworld Magazine's
top 25 contributors to information systems in 1992, and a
Society for Information Management's Partners in
Leadership award in 1991.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be
signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly
authorized.
United Stationers Inc.
Dated: August 18, 1998 By: /s/Daniel H. Bushell
Daniel H. Bushell
Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
Exhibit 99
Kathleen S. Dvorak
Vice President, Investor Relations
or
Randall W. Larrimore
President and Chief Executive Officer
United Stationers Inc.
(847) 699-5000
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
UNITED STATIONERS ELECTS
MAX D. HOPPER TO ITS BOARD OF DIRECTORS
DES PLAINES, Ill., August 12, 1998 - The board of directors
of United Stationers Inc. (Nasdaq:USTR) today announced that it
has approved an increase in the number of directors from nine to
ten and has elected Max D. Hopper to fill the newly created
opening.
"During the last year, one of our goals has been to add the
expertise of top businesspeople outside the company to our board,"
explained Frederick B. Hegi, chairman of the board. "We are
delighted that Max Hopper is joining our board. Max's expertise
in electronic commerce, multimedia, networked computing and data
warehousing will be particularly helpful to United as we
anticipate technology needs to better serve our customers in the
years ahead."
Hopper founded Max D. Hopper Associates in 1995. This
consulting firm helps its clients benefit from advanced
information technologies. Prior to this, Hopper spent 20 years at
AMR Corporation, an air transportation company (including American
Airlines) and provider of information services to the travel and
transportation industry. From 1993 to 1995, he served as chairman
of The SABRE Group, a $1.5 billion technology services business,
and as senior vice president of information systems from 1985 to
1993.
Because of his leadership of a landmark study on automating
travel agencies in 1975 and his activities since, Hopper has been
called the "father of automation" in the travel industry. His
other honors include recently being named one of this decade's 12
most influential information services (IS) executives by CIO
Magazine, becoming the first IS executive to be inducted into
INFOMART's Information Processing Hall of Fame in 1997, receiving
the DPMA Distinguished Information Services award, being named to
Computerworld Magazine's top 25 contributors to information
systems in 1992, and a Society for Information Management's
Partners in Leadership award in 1991.
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United Stationers Elects Max D. Hopper
to its Board of Directors
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Hopper is a member of the board of overseers for The Computer
Museum, and is on The Conference Board. He also serves on several
university boards: as chairman of the advisory council for the
Graduate School of Management -- University of Texas at Dallas, a
director of the National Board of Visitors at Texas Christian
University's M.J. Neely School of Business at Ft. Worth, and as a
member of the Executive Board for Southern Methodist University's
School of Engineering and Applied Sciences.
United Stationers Inc. is North America's largest wholesaler
of business products to resellers. Through its computer-based
distribution systems, it makes more than 35,000 items available to
over 20,000 resellers substantially within 24 hours of order
placement through 64 regional distribution centers.
United Stationers' common stock trades on The Nasdaq Stock
MarketSM under the symbol USTR.
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