LOGO]Merger Agreement • March 22nd, 2000 • Boise Cascade Office Products Corp • Wholesale-paper & paper products
We are pleased to inform you that on March 12, 2000, Boise Cascade Office Products Corporation ("BCOP") entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the "Merger Agreement") with Boise Cascade Corporation ("Parent") and Boise Acquisition Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent ("Purchaser"). The Merger Agreement provides for the acquisition of all of the outstanding shares of BCOP's common stock not held by Parent or any of its subsidiaries.
