ESSENDANT INC. (NASDAQ:ESND) Files An 8-K Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year

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ESSENDANT INC. (NASDAQ:ESND) Files An 8-K Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year

Item 5.03

Amendment to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in
Fiscal Year.

On December 13, 2016, the Board of Directors (the Board) of
Essendant Inc. (the Registrant) adopted amendments to Section 2.5
of the Registrants Amended and Restated Bylaws (the Bylaws). The
amendments modify the information required to be included in a
stockholders notice of business or nomination to be brought at a
meeting of the Registrants stockholders. The amendments also add
to Section 2.5 of the Bylaws a requirement that the stockholders
notice for nominating a candidate for election or re-election to
the Registrants board of directors be accompanied by specific
information from the person nominated by such stockholder for
election as a director.The amendments also require the updating
of information required to be provided to the Registrant.

The Bylaws of the Registrant, as amended to reflect the changes
described above, are filed as Exhibit 3.1 to this report. The
foregoing description of the amendments to Section 2.5 is
qualified in its entirety by the full text of Section 2.5
included in the Bylaws.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

The following exhibit is filed herewith:

Exhibit No.

Description

3.1*

Amended and Restated Bylaws of Essendant Inc.

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* Filed herewith.


About ESSENDANT INC. (NASDAQ:ESND)

Essendant Inc. (Essendant), formerly United Stationers Inc., is a wholesale distributor of workplace items. The Company stocks an assortment of over 180,000 products in categories, including janitorial and breakroom supplies, technology products, traditional office products, industrial supplies, office furniture, and automotive aftermarket tools and equipment. The Company has four operating segments: Business and Facility Essentials, ORS Industrial, CPO Commerce, Inc. (CPO) and Automotive. Business and Facility Essentials also included operations in Mexico conducted through a subsidiary, Azerty de Mexico. It offers private brand products within each of its product categories, which include Innovera technology products, Universal office products, Windsoft paper products, Boardwalk and UniSan janitorial and sanitation products, Alera office furniture and Anchor Brand and Best Welds welding, industrial, safety and oil field pipeline products.

ESSENDANT INC. (NASDAQ:ESND) Recent Trading Information

ESSENDANT INC. (NASDAQ:ESND) closed its last trading session up +0.04 at 21.63 with 256,433 shares trading hands.