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EXHIBIT 4.3

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                          UNITED STATIONERS SUPPLY CO.,

                                    as Issuer

                                       AND

                            THE ORDER PEOPLE COMPANY

                           as New Subsidiary Guarantor

                                       AND

                              THE BANK OF NEW YORK,


                                   as Trustee



                          FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

                            Dated as of June 30, 2000

                                       to

                                    Indenture

                           Dated as of April 15, 1998
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                                  $100,000,000

                        8-3/8% Senior Subordinated Notes

                                    due 2008

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      FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE dated as of June 30, 2000, among UNITED
STATIONERS SUPPLY CO., an Illinois corporation (the "COMPANY"), THE ORDER PEOPLE
COMPANY, a Delaware corporation (the "NEW SUBSIDIARY GUARANTOR"), and THE BANK
OF NEW YORK, a New York banking corporation, as Trustee (the "TRUSTEE").

      WHEREAS, the Company and certain subsidiary guarantors have heretofore
executed and delivered to the Trustee an Indenture dated as of April 15, 1998
(the "Indenture"), providing for the issuance of $100,000,000 aggregate
principal amount of 8-3/8% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2008 (the "NOTES"); and

      WHEREAS, the Company, the New Subsidiary Guarantor and the Trustee desire
by this First Supplemental Indenture, pursuant to and as contemplated by the
provisions of the Indenture relating to the addition of guarantors, including,
without limitation, Sections 901 and 1017 thereof, to add the New Subsidiary
Guarantor as a guarantor pursuant to the terms of the Indenture; and

      WHEREAS, the execution and delivery of this First Supplemental Indenture
has been authorized by resolutions of the Board of Directors of each of the
Company and the New Subsidiary Guarantor; and

      WHEREAS, all conditions and requirements necessary to make this First
Supplemental Indenture a valid, binding legal instrument in accordance with its
terms have been performed and fulfilled by the parties hereto and the execution
and delivery thereof have been in all respects duly authorized by the parties
hereto.

      NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the above premises, each party agrees,
for the benefit of the others and for the equal and ratable benefit of the
holders of the Notes, as follows:

                                     ARTICLE I.

                     ASSUMPTION OF OBLIGATIONS AS GUARANTOR

Section 1.01.  ASSUMPTION. The New Subsidiary Guarantor hereby expressly and
unconditionally assumes each and every covenant, agreement and undertaking of a
0Guarantor in the Indenture as of the date of this First Supplemental Indenture,
and also hereby expressly and unconditionally assumes each and every covenant,
agreement and undertaking of a Guarantor in each Note outstanding on the date of
this First Supplemental Indenture.

                                   ARTICLE II.

                            MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

Section 2.01.  TERMS DEFINED. For all purposes of this First Supplemental
Indenture, except as otherwise defined or unless the context otherwise requires,
terms used in capitalized form in this First Supplemental Indenture and defined
in the Indenture have the meanings specified in the Indenture.

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Section 2.02.  INDENTURE.  Except as amended hereby, the Indenture and the
Notes are in all respects ratified and confirmed and all the terms shall remain
in full force and effect.

Section 2.03.  GOVERNING LAW. THIS FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE SHALL BE
OVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK,
AS APPLIED TO CONTRACTS MADE AND PERFORMED WITHIN THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT
REGARD TO PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICT OF LAWS.

Section 2.04.  SUCCESSORS.  All agreements of the Company and the New
Subsidiary Guarantor in this First Supplemental Indenture and the Notes shall
bind their successors. All agreements of the Trustee in this First Supplemental
Indenture shall bind its successors.

Section 2.05.  DUPLICATE ORIGINALS.  All parties may sign any number of
copies of this First Supplemental Indenture. Each signed copy shall be an
original, but all of them together shall represent the same agreement.

Section 2.06.  SEVERABILITY. In case any one or more of the provisions in this
First Supplemental Indenture or in the Notes shall be held invalid, illegal or
unenforceable, in any respect for any reason, the validity, legality and
enforceability of any such provision in every other respect and of the remaining
provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby, it being
intended that all of the provisions hereof shall be enforceable to the full
extent permitted by law.

Section 2.07.  TRUSTEE DISCLAIMER. The Trustee accepts the amendment of the
Indenture effected by this First Supplemental Indenture and agrees to execute
the trust created by the Indenture as hereby amended, but on the terms and
conditions set forth in the Indenture, including the terms and provisions
defining and limiting the liabilities and responsibilities of the Trustee, which
terms and provisions shall in like manner define and limit its liabilities and
responsibilities in the performance of the trust created by the Indenture as
hereby amended, and without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the
Trustee shall not be responsible in any manner whatsoever for or with respect to
any of the recitals or statements contained herein, all of which recitals or
statements are made solely by the Company and the New Subsidiary Guarantor, or
for or with respect to (i) the validity or sufficiency of this First
Supplemental Indenture or any of the terms or provisions hereof, (ii) the proper
authorization hereof by the Company and the New Subsidiary Guarantor by
corporate action or otherwise, (iii) the due execution hereof by the Company and
the New Subsidiary Guarantor or (iv) the consequences (direct or indirect and
whether deliberate or inadvertent) of any amendment herein provided for, and the
Trustee makes no representation with respect to any such matters.

Section 2.08.  EFFECTIVENESS. This First Supplemental Indenture shall become
effective, once executed, upon receipt by the Trustee of a certificate of an
appropriate officer of the Company; and an opinion of Weil, Gotshal & Manges
LLP, counsel to the Company, each of which shall be dated no earlier than the
date hereof.

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      IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this First Supplemental
Indenture to be duly executed as of the day and year written above.




                                          UNITED STATIONERS SUPPLY CO., as
                                          Issuer


                                          By:
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                                          Name:
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                                          Title:
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                                          THE ORDER PEOPLE COMPANY, as New
                                          Subsidiary Guarantor


                                          By:
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                                          Name:
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                                          Title:
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                                          THE BANK OF NEW YORK,
                                          as Trustee

                                          By:
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                                          Name:
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                                          Title:
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