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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): January 19, 2000
(January 18, 2000)
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
United Stationers Inc. (Nasdaq: USTR) announced today that it has
elected Ilene S. Gordon to its board of directors.
Ilene Gordon, 46, is president of Pechiney Plastic Packaging where she
oversees all aspects of Pechiney's worldwide flexible films and lamination,
and plastic bottles activities, including manufacturing, sales and marketing
operations, which reported sales in excess of $800 million. Prior to joining
Pechiney, Gordon spent 17 years with Tenneco Inc. where she most recently
headed the folding-carton business.
Ms. Gordon graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology (MIT) in Cambridge, Massachusetts, with a Bachelor of Science
degree in mathematics and a Master of Science degree in management from MIT's
Sloan School of Management. She serves on the boards of directors of A. J.
Gallagher, an international company in the insurance brokerage and risk
management business and Evanston Northwestern Healthcare.
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: January 19, 2000 By: Daniel H. Bushell
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Daniel H. Bushell
Executive Vice President,
Chief Development Officer and
Chief Financial Officer
