Essendant's Board Declares Regular Dividend

DEERFIELD, Ill., July 12, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Essendant Inc. (NASDAQ: ESND) announced that on July 11, 2017 its board of directors declared a $0.14 per share dividend payable on October 13, 2017 to stockholders of record at the close of business on September 15, 2017.

About Essendant Essendant Inc. is a leading supplier of workplace essentials, with 2016 net sales of $5.4 billion. The company stocks a broad assortment of over 190,000 items, including technology products, traditional office products, janitorial and breakroom supplies, office furniture, industrial supplies, and automotive aftermarket tools. The Company's network of 70 distribution centers enables the Company to ship most products overnight to more than ninety percent of the U.S. For more information, visit www.essendant.com.   

Essendant's common stock trades on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the symbol ESND.

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