NEW YORK, Sept. 14, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The following statement is being issued by Levi & Korsinsky, LLP:
To: All Persons or Entities who purchased Essendant Inc. (“Essendant” or the “Company”)
(NASDAQGS: ESND) stock prior to September 14, 2018.
You are hereby notified that Levi & Korsinsky, LLP has commenced
an investigation into the fairness of the sale of Essendant to an
affiliate of Staples, Inc. for $12.80 in cash per share. To learn more about the action and your rights, go
to:
https://www.zlk.com/mna/essendant-inc
or contact Joseph E. Levi, Esq. either via email at jlevi@levikorsinsky.com or by telephone at (212) 363-7500, toll-free: (877) 363-5972. There
is no cost or obligation to you.
The Essendant merger investigation concerns whether the Board of Essendant breached their fiduciary duties to stockholders by
failing to adequately shop the Company before agreeing to enter into this transaction, and whether Staples, Inc. is underpaying for
Essendant shares, thus unlawfully harming Essendant shareholders.
Levi & Korsinsky is a national firm with offices in New York, Connecticut, California, and Washington D.C. The firm's attorneys
have extensive expertise in prosecuting securities litigation involving financial fraud, representing investors throughout the
nation in securities lawsuits and have recovered hundreds of millions of dollars for aggrieved shareholders.
For more information, please feel free to contact any of the attorneys listed below. Attorney advertising. Prior results do not
guarantee similar outcomes.
CONTACT:
Levi & Korsinsky, LLP
Joseph E. Levi, Esq.
Eduard Korsinsky, Esq.
30 Broad Street - 24th Floor
New York, NY 10004
Tel: (212) 363-7500
Toll Free: (877) 363-5972
Fax: (212) 363-7171
www.zlk.com
