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Exhibit 10.20

                             UNITED STATIONERS INC.

                              Retention Grant Plan

1.   PURPOSE

United Stationers Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company") by means of this
Retention Grant Plan (the "Plan") desires to retain outstanding individuals as
key executives of United Stationers Inc. (the "Company") and its affiliates (the
Company and its affiliates, collectively or individually, "Employer"), and to
provide additional incentives for such key executives to achieve the objectives
and promote the business success of Employer by providing to such individuals
additional opportunities to acquire common shares of the Company ("Shares")
through the settlement of deferred stock units ("Deferred Stock Units") and
thereby provide such individuals with a greater proprietary interest in and
closer identity with Employer and its financial success.

2.   ADMINISTRATION

The Plan shall be administered by the Human Resources Committee, or any
successor thereto, of the Board of Directors of the Company or by the Board of
Directors or by such other committee, as determined by the Board of Directors of
the Company (the "Committee"). The Committee shall interpret the Plan and shall
prescribe, amend and rescind rules and regulations relating thereto and make all
other determinations necessary, advisable or desirable for the administration of
the Plan. Any such action by the Committee shall be final and conclusive on all
persons having any interest in the Deferred Stock Units or Shares to which such
action relates. A majority of the Committee shall constitute a quorum and the
acts of a majority of the members present at any meeting at which a quorum is
present, or acts approved in writing by a majority of the Committee, shall be
the acts of the Committee.

Without limitation on the foregoing, the Committee shall determine, within the
limits of the express provisions of this Plan, those key executives to whom, and
the time or times at which, Deferred Stock Units shall be granted to such key
executives. The Committee shall determine the number of Deferred Stock Units to
be granted, the time or times Deferred Stock Units shall vest, whether the
vesting schedule will be accelerated, the time or times Deferred Stock Units may
be settled, whether the settlement date of the Deferred Stock Units will be
accelerated and the restrictions applicable to each Deferred Stock Unit. In
making such determinations, the Committee may take into account the nature of
the services rendered by the Participants (as herein defined), their present and
potential contributions to the Employer's success and such other factors as the
Committee in its discretion shall deem relevant.

The Committee may delegate to one or more of its members, or to one or more
agents, such administrative duties as it may deem advisable, and the Committee
or any person to whom it has delegated duties as aforesaid may employ one or
more persons to render advice with respect to any responsibility the Committee
or such person may have under the Plan.

3.   SHARES AVAILABLE

Subject to the adjustments provided in Section 6, the maximum aggregate number
of Deferred Stock Units which may be granted for all purposes under the Plan
shall be two hundred seventy

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thousand (270,000). If, for any reason, any Deferred Stock Units cease to be
subject to settlement hereunder, including, without limitation, the forfeiture
of such Deferred Stock Units, such Deferred Stock Units shall thereafter be
available for grants to such individual or other individuals under the Plan.
Deferred Stock Units granted under the Plan may be settled in accordance with
the terms of the Plan with either authorized and unissued shares of the common
stock of the Company or issued shares of such common stock held in the Company's
treasury.

4.   PARTICIPATION

The "Participants" in the Plan will consist of such key executives of Employer
as the Committee in its sole discretion from time to time designates within the
limits of the express provisions of this Plan. The Committee's designation of a
Participant at any time shall not require the Committee to designate such person
at any other time.

5.   DEFERRED STOCK UNITS

The Deferred Stock Units granted under this Plan shall be in such number and
form and upon such terms and conditions as the Committee shall from time to time
determine. Unless the Committee determines otherwise, the following terms and
conditions shall apply to Deferred Stock Units:

     a.   VESTING OF DEFERRED STOCK UNITS. If the vesting of Deferred Stock
     Units had not been accelerated and the Deferred Stock Units had not been
     terminated, each outstanding Deferred Stock Unit shall vest upon April 11,
     2009 if the Participant has been continuously employed by the Employer
     since the grant of the Deferred Stock Unit. Accelerated vesting of Deferred
     Stock Units shall occur under the following circumstances:

          (i)  25% of the Deferred Stock Units in a Participant's Stock Unit
          Account shall become vested on the day that the daily closing price
          for a Share has been equal to or greater than $35 (as adjusted
          pursuant to Section 6) for at least 30 trading days within 35
          consecutive trading days.

          (ii)   An additional 35% of the Deferred Stock Units in a
          Participant's Stock Unit Account (for aggregate vesting of 60% of the
          Deferred Stock Units in the Participant's Stock Unit Account) shall
          become vested on the day that the daily closing price for a Share has
          been equal to or greater than $40 (as adjusted pursuant to Section 6)
          for at least 30 trading days within 35 consecutive trading days.

          (iii)  An additional 40% of the Deferred Stock Units in a
          Participant's Stock Unit Account (for aggregate vesting of 100% of the
          Deferred Stock Units in the Participant's Stock Unit Account) shall
          become vested on the day that the daily closing price for a Share has
          been equal to or greater than $45 (as adjusted pursuant to Section 6)
          for at least 30 trading days within 35 consecutive trading days.

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          (iv)   Immediately prior to the termination prior to a Change of
          Control of the Participant's employment with the Employer due to the
          Participant's death or total disability either as determined under the
          Employer's long-term disability policy or as determined by the
          Committee (either determination, "Disability"), a number or an
          additional number of Deferred Stock Units in the Participant's Stock
          Unit Account shall become vested equal to the product of (A) the
          number of Deferred Stock Units in the Participant's Stock Unit Account
          that are not vested immediately prior to the termination of
          Participant's employment due to death or Disability, as the case may
          be, and (B) a fraction the numerator of which is the number of full
          months that have elapsed from the effective date of grant of the
          Deferred Stock Units to the date of such death or Disability and the
          denominator of which is 96.

          (v)    100% of the Deferred Stock Units in a Participant's Stock Unit
          Account shall become vested upon the Participant's retirement on or
          after age sixty-two (62).

          (vi)   In accordance with any accelerated vesting provisions relating
          to a Change of Control, Transaction or Management Buyout set forth in
          the agreement setting forth the grant of the Deferred Stock Units
          ("Award Agreement").

     b    FORFEITURE OF DEFERRED STOCK UNITS.

          (i)    Certain Terminations of Employment. Upon a Participant's
          termination of employment with the Employer unless as a result of (A)
          retirement on or after age 62 or (B) a Termination of Employment of
          the Participant Related to a Change of Control, the Participant's
          unvested Deferred Stock Units shall immediately be forfeited and
          terminated.

          (ii)   Competition. If at any time prior to the settlement date when
          Shares are distributed in accordance with Section 8.a.(i) or 8.a.(ii)
          (without regard to any deferral election in 8.a.(iii)), a Participant
          in any way, directly or indirectly, manages, operates, controls (or
          participates in any of the foregoing), accepts employment or a
          consulting position with or otherwise advises or assists or is
          connected with or directly or indirectly owns or has any other
          interest in or right with respect to (other than through ownership of
          not more than 1% of the outstanding shares of a corporation's stock
          which is listed on a national securities exchange) any enterprise
          (other than for the Company or for the benefit of the Company) which
          is a wholesaler or retailer of office products having annual sales in
          excess of $1,000,000 or which sells or markets logistics or
          distribution or any other business in which the Employer or any
          affiliate may be actively involved or plan to become actively
          involved, the Deferred Stock Units in the Participant's Stock Unit
          Account, whether or not vested, shall immediately be forfeited and
          terminated effective on the date on which the Participant entered into
          such activity, unless terminated sooner by operation of another term
          or condition of the Deferred Stock Unit or the Plan.

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Without limitation on the foregoing, the award of any Deferred Stock Units may
be subject to other provisions (whether or not applicable to the Deferred Stock
Unit awarded to any other Participant) as the Committee, in its sole discretion
determines appropriate, including, without limitation, restrictions on resale or
other disposition, installment exercise limitations, noncompete restrictions,
such provisions as may be appropriate to comply with federal or state securities
laws and stock exchange requirements, and undertakings or conditions as to the
Participant's employment in addition to those specifically provided for under
this Plan.

6.   STOCK UNIT ACCOUNT AND ADJUSTMENT OF DEFERRED STOCK UNITS

     a.   STOCK UNIT ACCOUNTS. A Stock Unit Account will be established for each
     Participant. All Deferred Stock Units shall be credited to the
     Participant's Stock Unit Account. Any settlements or distributions pursuant
     to Section 8(b) shall be deducted from Participant's Stock Unit Account.

     b.   CREDITING OF DIVIDEND EQUIVALENTS. As of each dividend or other
     distribution payment date with respect to Shares, each Participant shall
     have credited to the Participant's Stock Unit Account a dollar amount equal
     to the amount of cash dividends or the fair market value (as determined in
     good faith by the Committee) of the property other than Shares that would
     have been paid or distributed on the number of Shares equal to the number
     of Deferred Stock Units credited to the Participant's Stock Unit Account as
     of the close of business on the record date for such dividend or
     distribution. Such dollar amount shall then be converted into a number of
     Deferred Stock Units equal to the number of whole and fractional Shares
     that could have been purchased at Fair Market Value on the dividend payment
     or distribution date with such dollar amount. In the case of any dividend
     declared on Shares which is payable in Shares, each Participant's Stock
     Unit Account shall be increased by the number of Deferred Stock Units equal
     to the product of (i) the number of Deferred Stock Units credited to the
     Participant's Stock Unit Account on the related dividend record date and
     (ii) the number of Shares (including any fraction thereof) distributable as
     a dividend on a Share. Deferred Stock Units which are credited to a
     Participant's Stock Unit Account pursuant to this Section 6.b. shall be
     subject to the same terms and conditions of the Plan and deferral elections
     of Deferred Stock Units applicable to the Participant's other Deferred
     Stock Units.

     c.   CAPITAL ADJUSTMENTS. If the Shares should, as a result of any stock
     split, other subdivision or combination of Shares, or any reclassification,
     recapitalization or otherwise, be increased or decreased, the number of
     outstanding Deferred Stock Units, the Share closing price to determine
     acceleration of vesting, and the total number of Shares reserved for
     issuance under this Plan shall be adjusted as determined by the Committee
     to reflect such action. Any new Shares or other securities issued with
     respect to Shares shall be deemed Shares. In the event of any stock split,
     recapitalization, reorganization or other transaction affecting the capital
     structure of the Company, the Committee shall make such adjustments to the
     number of Deferred Stock Units credited to each Participant's Stock Unit
     Account as the Committee shall deem necessary or appropriate to prevent the
     dilution or enlargement of such Participant's rights.

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     d.   SALE OR REORGANIZATION. Subject to Section 7, in the event the Company
     is merged or consolidated with another entity, or in the event the property
     or Shares of the Company are acquired by another entity, or in the event of
     a reorganization of Employer, or in the event of any extraordinary
     transaction ("Transaction"), the board of directors of any corporation or
     comparable governing body of any other type of entity, assuming the
     obligations of the Company hereunder or the Committee, as applicable, shall
     have the right to provide for the continuation of Deferred Stock Units
     granted under the Plan with respect to the Shares provided they remain
     publicly-traded or with respect to any publicly-traded equity securities
     into which the Shares are converted. If provision for such continuation of
     Deferred Stock Units after a Change of Control or other Transaction other
     than a Management Buyout is not made, all Deferred Stock Units shall become
     vested and Participants shall receive either prior to such Change of
     Control or other Transaction the number of Shares equal to the Deferred
     Stock Units credited to their Stock Unit Account so they may participate in
     such Change of Control transaction or other Transaction in the same manner
     and to the same extent as stockholders with a number of Shares equal to the
     Participants' number of Deferred Stock Units or shall receive at the same
     time and in the same manner the same securities, cash, notes or other
     property or assets as if they were stockholders with a number of Shares
     equal to the number of Deferred Stock Units credited to their Stock Unit
     Account.

     e.   FAIR MARKET VALUE. Except as otherwise provided herein, "Fair Market
     Value" for a Share for a day shall be the closing price per Share on such
     day on the principal exchange on which Shares are listed or admitted to
     trading; if Shares are listed or admitted to trading on an exchange but
     such day is not a trading day, Fair Market Value shall be determined as of
     the last preceding trading day. If the preceding sentence is not
     applicable, Fair Market Value shall be determined in good faith by the
     Committee.

7.   CHANGE OF CONTROL, MANAGEMENT BUYOUT AND RELATED DEFINITIONS

     a.   For the purposes of this Plan, a Change of Control means:

          (i)    Any "Person" (having the meaning ascribed to such term in
          Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
          ("1934 Act") and used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) thereof, including a
          "group" within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3)) has or acquires
          "Beneficial Ownership" (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 under the
          1934 Act) of 30% or more of the combined voting power of the Company's
          then outstanding voting securities entitled to vote generally in the
          election of directors ("Voting Securities"); provided, however, that
          in determining whether a Change of Control has occurred, Voting
          Securities which are held or acquired by (i) the Company or any of its
          subsidiaries or (ii) an employee benefit plan (or a trust forming a
          part thereof) maintained by the Company or any of its subsidiaries
          shall not constitute a Change of Control. Notwithstanding the
          foregoing, a Change of Control shall not be deemed to occur solely
          because any Person acquired Beneficial Ownership of more than the
          permitted amount of Voting Securities as a result of the issuance of
          Voting Securities by the Company in exchange for assets (including
          equity interests) or

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          funds with a fair value equal to the fair value of the Voting
          Securities so issued; provided that if a Change of Control would occur
          (but for the operation of this sentence) as a result of the issuance
          of Voting Securities by the Company, and after such issuance of Voting
          Securities by the Company, such Person becomes the Beneficial Owner of
          any additional Voting Securities which increases the percentage of the
          Voting Securities Beneficially Owned by such Person to more than 50%
          of the Voting Securities of the Company, then a Change of Control
          shall occur.

          (ii)   At any time during a period of two consecutive years, the
          individuals who at the beginning of such period constituted the Board
          (the "Incumbent Board") cease for any reason to constitute more than
          50% of the Board; provided, however, that if the election, or
          nomination for election by the Company's stockholders, of any new
          director was approved by a vote of more than 50% of the directors then
          comprising the Incumbent Board, such new director shall, for purposes
          of this subsection b., be considered as though such person were a
          member of the Incumbent Board; provided, further, however, that no
          individual shall be considered a member of the Incumbent Board if such
          individual initially assumed office as a result of (i) either an
          actual "Election Contest" (as described in Rule 14a-11 promulgated
          under the 1934 Act) or other actual solicitation of proxies or
          consents by or on behalf of a Person other than the Incumbent Board (a
          "Proxy Contest"), or (ii) by reason of any agreement intended to avoid
          or settle any actual or threatened Election Contest or Proxy Contest.

          (iii)  Consummation of a merger, consolidation or reorganization or
          approval by the Company's stockholders of a liquidation or dissolution
          of the Company or the occurrence of a liquidation or dissolution of
          the Company ("Business Combination"), unless, following such Business
          Combination:

                 [A]   the Persons with Beneficial Ownership of the Company,
                 immediately before such Business Combination, have Beneficial
                 Ownership of more than 50% of the combined voting power of the
                 then outstanding voting securities entitled to vote generally
                 in the election of directors of the corporation (or in the
                 election of a comparable governing body of any other type of
                 entity) resulting from such Business Combination (including,
                 without limitation, an entity which as a result of such
                 transaction owns the Company or all or substantially all of the
                 Company's assets either directly or through one or more
                 subsidiaries) (the "Surviving Company") in substantially the
                 same proportions as their Beneficial Ownership of the Voting
                 Securities immediately before such Business Combination;

                 [B]   the individuals who were members of the Incumbent Board
                 immediately prior to the execution of the initial agreement
                 providing for such Business Combination constitute more than
                 50% of the members of the board of directors (or comparable
                 governing body of a noncorporate entity) of the Surviving
                 Company; and

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                 [C]   no Person (other than the Company, any of its
                 subsidiaries or any employee benefit plan (or any trust forming
                 a part thereof) maintained by the Company, the Surviving
                 Company or any Person who immediately prior to such Business
                 Combination had Beneficial Ownership of 30% or more of the then
                 Voting Securities) has Beneficial Ownership of 30% or more of
                 the then combined voting power of the Surviving Company's then
                 outstanding voting securities. Notwithstanding this subsection
                 [C], a Change of Control shall not be deemed to occur solely
                 because any Person acquired Beneficial Ownership of more than
                 30% of Voting Securities as a result of the issuance of Voting
                 Securities by the Company in exchange for assets (including
                 equity interests) or funds with a fair value equal to the fair
                 value of the Voting Securities so issued.

          (iv)   Approval by the Company's stockholders of an agreement for the
          assignment, sale, conveyance, transfer, lease or other disposition of
          all or substantially all of the assets of the Company to any Person
          (other than a subsidiary of the Company or other entity, the Persons
          with Beneficial Ownership of which are the same Persons with
          Beneficial Ownership of the Company and such Beneficial Ownership is
          in substantially the same proportions), or the occurrence of the same.

     Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Change of Control shall not be deemed to
     occur solely because any Person acquired Beneficial Ownership of more than
     the permitted amount of Voting Securities as a result of the acquisition of
     Voting Securities by the Company which, by reducing the number of Voting
     Securities outstanding, increases the proportional number of shares
     Beneficially Owned by such Person; provided that if a Change of Control
     would occur (but for the operation of this sentence) as a result of the
     acquisition of Voting Securities by the Company, and after such acquisition
     of Voting Securities by the Company, such Person becomes the Beneficial
     Owner of any additional Voting Securities which increases the percentage of
     the Voting Securities Beneficially Owned by such Person, then a Change of
     Control shall occur.

     b. For purposes of this Plan, a "Management Buyout" shall have occurred in
     the event that, immediately after the closing of a transaction resulting in
     a Change of Control, Senior Management Beneficially Owns in the aggregate
     more than 4% of the Adjusted Fully-Diluted Equity of the surviving entity
     and either (i) the surviving entity does not have a class of equity
     securities listed for trading on a national securities exchange or
     authorized for quotation on the National Association of Securities Dealers
     Automated Quotation system or (ii) both of the following conditions exist:
     (A) the acquiring Person, together with its affiliates and associates (in
     each case, within the meaning of Rule 12b-2 under the 1934 Act), has
     Beneficial Ownership of a majority of the issued and outstanding common
     stock of the surviving entity or, in the event that the surviving entity is
     a partnership or limited liability company, any issued and outstanding
     security or interest that participates generally without limitation in the
     value of the equity of such surviving entity (as used herein "Common
     Equity") and (B) no more than 20% of the Common Equity can be sold freely
     without restriction on resale under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
     (either (i) or (ii), a "Private Transaction"). As used herein:

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          (i)    "Adjusted Fully-Diluted Equity" shall be calculated in good
          faith by the Board of Directors of the Company seated immediately
          prior to the Change of Control and shall mean [A] all issued and
          outstanding common stock of whatever class, and any other issued and
          outstanding security that participates generally without limitation in
          the value of the equity of the surviving entity, or [B] in the event
          that the surviving entity is a partnership or limited liability
          company, any issued and outstanding security or interest that
          participates generally without limitation in the value of the equity
          of such entity, plus, in the case of either clause [A] or [B], any
          options, warrants, right to purchase or stock appreciation rights
          (however denominated) that are intended, directly or upon exchange for
          another security, to participate in any increase in the value of the
          equity of such surviving entity and are received in connection with
          the consummation of a Change of Control transaction by one or more
          members of Senior Management. For greater certainty, the parties
          recognize that a Management Buyout could take numerous forms and that
          the intention of the parties is to equitably calculate Senior
          Management's direct and indirect equity interests in the entity
          surviving any Change of Control.

          (ii)   "Beneficially Owns" shall mean the applicable member of Senior
          Management has a direct or indirect interest in the subject
          securities, including by means of voting, investment and/or
          dispositive control over the subject securities, and shall include
          securities held by family members or trusts benefiting the member of
          Senior Management or any family member thereof, or any charity to
          which the Senior Management member has contributed such securities.
          For purposes of this sentence, the term "securities" shall include
          options and warrants for, rights to acquire, and securities
          convertible into, securities that are authorized for issuance or which
          the surviving entity or a parent thereof has contractually committed
          to authorize for issuance.

          (iii)  "Senior Management" means the 15 most-highly-compensated
          executive employees (taking into account annual base salary and bonus
          for the last completed fiscal year, but including the dollar value of
          salary or bonus amounts deferred at the election of the employee or
          foregone at the election of the employee pursuant to a program under
          which stock, stock-based, or other forms of non-cash compensation may
          be received by the employee in lieu of such salary or bonus amounts).

     c.   For purposes of this Plan, Termination of Employment of the
     Participant Related to a Change of Control means a termination of
     employment on or after either an Anticipated Change of Control or a Change
     of Control by the Employer without Cause or by the Participant with Good
     Reason. "Cause" shall mean: (a) the Participant's continued failure to
     perform substantially the duties of the Participant with the Employer
     (other than any such failure resulting from incapacity due to physical or
     mental illness or death), after a written demand for improvement and
     substantial performance is delivered to the Participant (by the Board for
     the chief executive officer of the Company, by the chief executive officer
     of the Company for officers other than the chief executive officer, and by
     an officer of the Company for Participants other than officers) which
     specifically

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     identifies the failure which when judged by objective standards is clearly
     and significantly detrimental to the Employer; (b) the Participant's
     engaging in an intentional, fraudulent act in the conduct of the business
     of the Employer which is demonstrably injurious to the Employer; or (c) the
     Participant's conviction of, or plea of guilty or nolo contendere to, any
     criminal violation (other than a traffic-related violation) involving
     dishonesty, fraud, breach of trust or sexual offense or any criminal felony
     violation (other than a traffic-related violation). "Good Reason" shall
     exist upon the occurrence of any of the following events: (a) a diminution
     in Participant's position (including status, offices, titles and reporting
     requirements), authority, duties or responsibilities (including the
     assignment to Participant of any duties inconsistent with Participant's
     position, authority, duties or responsibilities), excluding for this
     purpose an isolated, insubstantial and inadvertent action not taken in bad
     faith and which is remedied by the Employer promptly after receipt of
     notice thereof given by the Participant; (b) the Employer shall (i) reduce
     the base salary or bonus or incentive opportunity of the Participant or
     (ii) substantially reduce in the aggregate the Participant's benefits; or
     (c) the Employer shall require Participant to relocate Participant's
     principal business office to any location more than 50 miles from its
     location prior to the Change of Control or Anticipated Change of Control.
     "Anticipated Change of Control" shall mean (i) entering into an agreement,
     the consummation of which would result in the occurrence of a Change of
     Control or (ii) the public announcement of an intention to take actions
     which, if consummated, would constitute a Change of Control; provided,
     however no event shall be treated as an Anticipated Change of Control
     unless a Change of Control occurs within one year after such event.

8.   SETTLEMENT OF DEFERRED STOCK UNITS

     a.   TIMING OF PAYMENT.

          (i)    Normal Distribution. Except as otherwise provided by a deferral
          election in accordance with Section 8.a.(iii) or earlier settlement in
          connection with a Change of Control as set forth in Section 8.a.(ii),
          a Participant (or the Participant's beneficiary or guardian, as
          applicable) shall receive or begin receiving a distribution of the
          Participant's vested Deferred Stock Units in the Participant's Stock
          Unit Account in the manner described in Section 8(b) either on or as
          soon as administratively feasible after the earliest of (i) April 11,
          2009, (ii) the Participant's death, (iii) the Participant's
          Disability, or (iv) the Participant's retirement on or after age
          sixty-two (62).

          (ii)   Change of Control. A Participant (or the Participant's
          beneficiary or guardian, as applicable) shall receive a distribution
          of the Participant's vested Deferred Stock Units in the Participant's
          Stock Unit Account (including Deferred Stock Units which became vested
          pursuant to the accelerated vesting provisions relating to a Change of
          Control, Transaction or Management Buyout set forth in the Award
          Agreement) in the manner described in Section 8(b) immediately prior
          to a Change of Control. Without limitation on the foregoing, a
          Participant (or the Participant's beneficiary or guardian, as
          applicable) shall receive a distribution of the vested Participant's
          Stock Unit Account (including Deferred Stock Units

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          which became vested pursuant to the accelerated vesting provisions
          relating to a Change of Control, Transaction or Management Buyout set
          forth in the Award Agreement) upon the earlier of a Termination of
          Employment of the Participant related to a Change of Control or the
          second anniversary of the Change of Control.

          (iii)  Deferral. Notwithstanding Section 8.a.(i) or 8.a.(ii), a
          Participant may deliver an election to defer the distribution or
          commencement of distribution to the Treasurer of the Company or his or
          her designee at least one year before the earlier of (i) April 11,
          2009, or (ii) the Participant's retirement on or after age sixty-two
          (62). If the Participant has made such an election to defer payment in
          accordance with this Section 8.a.(iii), the Participant shall receive
          or begin receiving a distribution of the Participant's vested Deferred
          Stock Units in the Participant's Stock Unit Account on or as soon as
          administratively feasible following the date or dates to which the
          Participant elected to defer payment. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
          all deferral elections made by a Participant shall be revoked
          immediately prior to a Transaction described in the second sentence of
          Section 6.d., a Change of Control or the Participant's Disability or
          death unless the Participant's deferral election specifically states
          otherwise.

          (iv)   Committee Authority. Notwithstanding anything herein to the
          contrary, the Committee may in its sole discretion at any time
          accelerate settlement and payment of Deferred Stock Units.

     b.   PAYMENT. The Participant's Stock Unit Account will be settled by
     delivering to the Participant the number of Shares equal to the number of
     whole vested Deferred Stock Units then credited to the Participant's Stock
     Unit Account, in either a lump sum or any installment or other method
     elected in accordance with Section 8.a.(iii). Any fractional vested
     Deferred Stock Unit credited to a Participant's Stock Unit Account at the
     time of a distribution shall be paid in cash at the time of such
     distribution. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Fair Market Value of
     Shares that would be distributed to a Participant at the time of settlement
     (other than pursuant to any deferral election pursuant to Section
     8.a.(iii)) is less than the Fair Market Value of Shares which would have
     been distributed to the Participant if the Participant was considered
     vested and a settlement occurred on a Change of Control after the effective
     date of this Plan ("Change of Control Price"), the Participant shall
     receive a number of Shares which when multiplied by the Fair Market Value
     of a Share on the date of settlement equals the Change of Control Price.

     c.   PAYMENT UPON DEATH OF A PARTICIPANT. If a Participant dies before the
     entire balance of the Participant's Deferred Stock Unit Account has been
     distributed, the balance of the Participant's Deferred Stock Unit Account
     shall be paid to the beneficiary designated by the Participant or if no
     beneficiary has been designated, to the Participant's estate or beneficiary
     deemed appropriate by the Committee.

     d.   CONTINUATION OF DIVIDEND EQUIVALENTS AND OTHER ADJUSTMENTS. If payment
     of Deferred Stock Units is deferred pursuant to Section 8.a.(iii),

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     the Participant's Stock Unit Account shall continue to be credited with
     dividend equivalents and be subject to other adjustment as provided in
     Section 6 until the entire balance of the Participant's Stock Unit Account
     has been distributed.

9.   LIMITATIONS ON TRANSFERABILITY

No Deferred Stock Unit granted to a Participant shall be transferable by the
Participant except by will or by the laws of descent and distribution.

10.  LEGAL AND OTHER REQUIREMENTS

Each Deferred Stock Unit granted under this Plan shall be subject to the
requirement that if at any time the Committee shall determine, in its
discretion, that the listing, registration or qualification of the Shares
issuable or transferable upon the settlement of the Deferred Stock Unit upon any
securities exchange or under any state or federal law, or the consent or
approval of any governmental regulatory body, is necessary or desirable as a
condition of, or in connection with the granting of such Deferred Stock Unit, or
the issuance or transfer of Shares thereunder, such Deferred Stock Unit may not
be settled in whole or in part unless such listing, registration, qualification,
consent, or approval shall have been effected or obtained free of any conditions
not acceptable to the Committee. The Company shall not be obligated to sell or
issue any Shares in any manner in contravention of the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended ("Securities Act"), or any state securities law. No adjustment with
respect to any Shares with respect to which Deferred Stock Units have been
granted other than pursuant to Section 6 hereof shall be made for dividends or
other rights for which the record date is prior to the date such stock
certificate is delivered.

If a registration statement under the Securities Act with respect to Shares
issuable upon settlement of Deferred Stock Units, is not in effect at the time
such Deferred Stock Units are settled, the Company may require, for the sole
purpose of complying with the Securities Act, that prior to delivering such
common stock to the Participant whose Deferred Stock Units are being settled,
such Participant must deliver to the Secretary of the Company a written
statement (i) representing and warranting that such Shares are being acquired
for investment only and not with a view to the resale or distribution thereof,
(ii) acknowledging and confirming that such Shares may not be sold unless
registered for sale under the Securities Act or pursuant to an exemption from
such registration and (iii) agreeing that the certificates representing such
Shares shall bear a legend to the effect of the foregoing.

11. WITHHOLDING TAXES

Employer shall comply with the obligations imposed on Employer under applicable
tax withholding laws, if any, with respect to Deferred Stock Units granted
hereunder, Shares transferred upon settlement thereof, and the disposition of
such Shares thereafter, and shall be entitled to do any act or thing to
effectuate any such required compliance, including, without limitation,
withholding from amounts payable by Employer to a Participant and making demand
on a Participant for the amounts required to be withheld. By acceptance of the
Deferred Stock Units, the Participant will be deemed to (i) agree to reimburse
the Employer for any taxes required to be withheld or otherwise deducted with
respect to the Participant's settlement of all

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or any portion of the Deferred Stock Units; (ii) authorize the Employer to
withhold from any cash compensation paid to the Participant or on the
Participant's behalf, an amount sufficient to discharge any taxes imposed on the
Employer and which otherwise has not been reimbursed by the Participant with
respect to the Participant's settlement of all or any portion of the Deferred
Stock Units; and (iii) agree that the Employer, may in its discretion, hold the
stock certificate to which the Participant otherwise would be entitled upon
settlement of the Deferred Stock Units as security for the payment of the
aforementioned tax liability, until cash sufficient to pay that liability has
been accumulated, and may, in its discretion, effect such withholding by
retaining Shares issuable upon the settlement of the Deferred Stock Units having
a fair market value on the date of settlement equal to the amount to be
withheld.

If the Committee so permits, a Participant, or upon the Participant's death, the
Participant's beneficiary, may satisfy, in whole or in part, the obligation to
pay Employer any amount required to be withheld under the applicable federal,
state and local or foreign tax laws in connection with settlement of Deferred
Stock Units under this Plan by: (i) having Employer withhold from the Shares to
be acquired upon the settlement of the Deferred Stock Unit, (ii) delivering to
Employer either previously acquired Shares or Shares acquired upon the
settlement of the Deferred Stock Units which the Participant or beneficiary was
unconditionally obligated to deliver to Employer or (iii) any other means which
the Committee determines. The fair market value of Shares shall be determined in
accordance with procedures established by the Committee. Any amounts required to
be withheld in excess of the value of Shares withheld or delivered shall be paid
in cash or withheld from other compensation paid by Employer.

12.  EFFECT ON EMPLOYMENT, COMPENSATION AND STOCKHOLDER STATUS

Neither the adoption of this Plan nor the grant of any Deferred Stock Units, nor
ownership Deferred Stock Units or Shares shall be deemed or construed to
obligate Employer to continue the employment, appointment or engagement of any
Participant for any particular period. The Deferred Stock Units and the Shares
acquired pursuant to the settlement of such Deferred Stock Units are a matter of
separate inducement and are not in lieu of any salary or other compensation for
services. No Deferred Stock Unit confers upon any Participant any rights as a
stockholder of the Company prior to the date on which the Participant fulfills
all conditions for receipt of such rights.

13.  INDEMNIFICATION OF COMMITTEE

No member or agent of the Committee shall be personally liable for any action,
determination or interpretation made with respect to the Plan and each member of
the Committee shall be indemnified by the Company to the fullest extent
permitted by Delaware law and the governing instruments of the Company.

14.  AMENDMENT OR TERMINATION OF PLAN

The Committee may amend or terminate this Plan at any time, but no such action
shall reduce the number of Shares subject to the then outstanding Deferred Stock
Units granted to any Participant or adversely to the Participant change the
terms and conditions of outstanding Deferred Stock Units without the
Participant's consent (or if the Participant is not alive, the consent of the

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affected beneficiary of the Participant); provided that adjustments pursuant to
Section 6 shall not be subject to the foregoing limitations of this Section 14.

15.  EFFECTIVE DATE

The Plan became effective as of April 11, 2001.

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Exhibit 10.22

                             UNITED STATIONERS INC.

                              Directors Grant Plan

1.   PURPOSE

United Stationers Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company") by means of this
Directors Grant Plan (the "Plan") desires to retain outstanding individuals who
are not employees of the Company or its affiliates as directors of the Company
and to provide additional incentives for such directors to achieve the
objectives and promote the business success of the Company by providing to such
individuals additional opportunities to acquire common shares of the Company
("Shares") through the settlement of deferred stock units ("Deferred Stock
Units") and thereby provide such individuals with a greater proprietary interest
in and closer identity with the Company and its financial success.

2.   ADMINISTRATION

The Plan shall be administered by the Board of Directors or by such committee of
the Board of Directors, as determined by the Board of Directors of the Company
(the "Committee"). The Committee shall interpret the Plan and shall prescribe,
amend and rescind rules and regulations relating thereto and make all other
determinations necessary, advisable or desirable for the administration of the
Plan. Any such action by the Committee shall be final and conclusive on all
persons having any interest in the Deferred Stock Units or Shares to which such
action relates. A majority of the Committee shall constitute a quorum and the
acts of a majority of the members present at any meeting at which a quorum is
present, or acts approved in writing by a majority of the Committee, shall be
the acts of the Committee.

The Committee may delegate to one or more of its members, or to one or more
agents, such administrative duties as it may deem advisable, and the Committee
or any person to whom it has delegated duties as aforesaid may employ one or
more persons to render advice with respect to any responsibility the Committee
or such person may have under the Plan.

3.   SHARES

Deferred Stock Units granted under the Plan may be settled in accordance with
the terms of the Plan with either authorized and unissued shares of the common
stock of the Company or issued shares of such common stock held in the Company's
treasury.

4.   PARTICIPATION

The "Participants" in the Plan will consist of directors of the Company who are
not employees of the Company or any affiliate of the Company.

5.   DEFERRED STOCK UNITS

At such times as determined by the Board of Directors of the Company
(individually, "Grant Date"), each director of the Company who is not an
employee of the Company or any affiliate of the Company may be granted each year
up to 4,000 Deferred Stock Units as determined by

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the Board in its sole discretion. The award of any Deferred Stock Units may be
subject to other provisions (whether or not applicable to the Deferred Stock
Unit awarded to any other Participant) as the Committee, in its sole discretion
determines appropriate, including, without limitation, restrictions on resale or
other disposition and such provisions as may be appropriate to comply with
federal or state securities laws and stock exchange requirements.

6.   STOCK UNIT ACCOUNT AND ADJUSTMENT OF DEFERRED STOCK UNITS

     a.   STOCK UNIT ACCOUNTS. A Stock Unit Account will be established for each
     Participant. All Deferred Stock Units shall be credited to the
     Participant's Stock Unit Account. Any settlements or distributions pursuant
     to Section 8(b) shall be deducted from Participant's Stock Unit Account.

     b.   CREDITING OF DIVIDEND EQUIVALENTS. As of each dividend or other
     distribution payment date with respect to Shares, each Participant shall
     have credited to the Participant's Stock Unit Account a dollar amount equal
     to the amount of cash dividends or the fair market value (as determined in
     good faith by the Committee) of the property other than Shares that would
     have been paid or distributed on the number of Shares equal to the number
     of Deferred Stock Units credited to the Participant's Stock Unit Account as
     of the close of business on the record date for such dividend or
     distribution. Such dollar amount shall then be converted into a number of
     Deferred Stock Units equal to the number of whole and fractional Shares
     that could have been purchased at Fair Market Value on the dividend payment
     or distribution date with such dollar amount. In the case of any dividend
     declared on Shares which is payable in Shares, each Participant's Stock
     Unit Account shall be increased by the number of Deferred Stock Units equal
     to the product of (i) the number of Deferred Stock Units credited to the
     Participant's Stock Unit Account on the related dividend record date and
     (ii) the number of Shares (including any fraction thereof) distributable as
     a dividend on a Share. Deferred Stock Units which are credited to a
     Participant's Stock Unit Account pursuant to this Section 6.b. shall be
     subject to the same terms and conditions of the Plan and deferral elections
     of Deferred Stock Units applicable to the Participant's other Deferred
     Stock Units.

     c.   CAPITAL ADJUSTMENTS. If the Shares should, as a result of any stock
     split, other subdivision or combination of Shares, or any reclassification,
     recapitalization or otherwise, be increased or decreased, the number of
     outstanding Deferred Stock Units and the total number of Shares reserved
     for issuance under this Plan shall be adjusted as determined by the
     Committee to reflect such action. Any new Shares or other securities issued
     with respect to Shares shall be deemed Shares. In the event of any stock
     split, recapitalization, reorganization or other transaction affecting the
     capital structure of the Company, the Committee shall make such adjustments
     to the number of Deferred Stock Units credited to each Participant's Stock
     Unit Account as the Committee shall deem necessary or appropriate to
     prevent the dilution or enlargement of such Participant's rights.

     d.   SALE OR REORGANIZATION. Subject to Section 7, in the event the Company
     is merged or consolidated with another entity, or in the event the property
     or Shares of

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     the Company are acquired by another entity, or in the event of a
     reorganization of the Company, or in the event of any extraordinary
     transaction ("Transaction"), the board of directors of any corporation or
     comparable governing body of any other type of entity, assuming the
     obligations of the Company hereunder or the Committee, as applicable, shall
     have the right to provide for the continuation of Deferred Stock Units
     granted under the Plan with respect to the Shares provided they remain
     publicly-traded or with respect to any publicly-traded equity securities
     into which the Shares are converted. If provision for such continuation of
     Deferred Stock Units after a Change of Control or other Transaction is not
     made, Participants shall receive either prior to such Change of Control or
     other Transaction the number of Shares equal to the Deferred Stock Units
     credited to their Stock Unit Account so they may participate in such Change
     of Control transaction or other Transaction in the same manner and to the
     same extent as stockholders with a number of Shares equal to the
     Participants' number of Deferred Stock Units or shall receive at the same
     time and in the same manner the same securities, cash, notes or other
     property or assets as if they were stockholders with a number of Shares
     equal to the number of Deferred Stock Units credited to their Stock Unit
     Account.

     e.   FAIR MARKET VALUE. Except as otherwise provided herein, "Fair Market
     Value" for a Share for a day shall be the closing price per Share on such
     day on the principal exchange on which Shares are listed or admitted to
     trading; if Shares are listed or admitted to trading on an exchange but
     such day is not a trading day, Fair Market Value shall be determined as of
     the last preceding trading day. If the preceding sentence is not
     applicable, Fair Market Value shall be determined in good faith by the
     Committee.

7.   CHANGE OF CONTROL

     For the purposes of this Plan, a Change of Control means:

     a.   Any "Person" (having the meaning ascribed to such term in Section
     3(a)(9) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended ("1934 Act") and
     used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) thereof, including a "group" within the
     meaning of Section 13(d)(3)) has or acquires "Beneficial Ownership" (within
     the meaning of Rule 13d-3 under the 1934 Act) of 30% or more of the
     combined voting power of the Company's then outstanding voting securities
     entitled to vote generally in the election of directors ("Voting
     Securities"); provided, however, that in determining whether a Change of
     Control has occurred, Voting Securities which are held or acquired by
     (i) the Company or any of its subsidiaries or (ii) an employee benefit plan
     (or a trust forming a part thereof) maintained by the Company or any of its
     subsidiaries shall not constitute a Change of Control. Notwithstanding the
     foregoing, a Change of Control shall not be deemed to occur solely because
     any Person acquired Beneficial Ownership of more than the permitted amount
     of Voting Securities as a result of the issuance of Voting Securities by
     the Company in exchange for assets (including equity interests) or funds
     with a fair value equal to the fair value of the Voting Securities so
     issued; provided that if a Change of Control would occur (but for the
     operation of this sentence) as a result of the issuance of Voting
     Securities by the Company, and after such issuance of Voting Securities by
     the Company, such Person becomes the Beneficial Owner of any additional
     Voting Securities which increases the percentage of the Voting Securities
     Beneficially Owned by such Person to

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     more than 50% of the Voting Securities of the Company, then a Change of
     Control shall occur.

     b.   At any time during a period of two consecutive years, the individuals
     who at the beginning of such period constituted the Board (the "Incumbent
     Board") cease for any reason to constitute more than 50% of the Board;
     provided, however, that if the election, or nomination for election by the
     Company's stockholders, of any new director was approved by a vote of more
     than 50% of the directors then comprising the Incumbent Board, such new
     director shall, for purposes of this subsection b., be considered as though
     such person were a member of the Incumbent Board; provided, further,
     however, that no individual shall be considered a member of the Incumbent
     Board if such individual initially assumed office as a result of (i) either
     an actual "Election Contest" (as described in Rule 14a-11 promulgated under
     the 1934 Act) or other actual solicitation of proxies or consents by or on
     behalf of a Person other than the Incumbent Board (a "Proxy Contest"), or
     (ii) by reason of any agreement intended to avoid or settle any actual or
     threatened Election Contest or Proxy Contest.

     c.   Consummation of a merger, consolidation or reorganization or approval
     by the Company's stockholders of a liquidation or dissolution of the
     Company or the occurrence of a liquidation or dissolution of the Company
     ("Business Combination"), unless, following such Business Combination:

          (i)  the Persons with Beneficial Ownership of the Company, immediately
          before such Business Combination, have Beneficial Ownership of more
          than 50% of the combined voting power of the then outstanding voting
          securities entitled to vote generally in the election of directors of
          the corporation (or in the election of a comparable governing body of
          any other type of entity) resulting from such Business Combination
          (including, without limitation, an entity which as a result of such
          transaction owns the Company or all or substantially all of the
          Company's assets either directly or through one or more subsidiaries)
          (the "Surviving Company") in substantially the same proportions as
          their Beneficial Ownership of the Voting Securities immediately before
          such Business Combination;

          (ii)  the individuals who were members of the Incumbent Board
          immediately prior to the execution of the initial agreement providing
          for such Business Combination constitute more than 50% of the members
          of the board of directors (or comparable governing body of a
          noncorporate entity) of the Surviving Company; and

          (iii) no Person (other than the Company, any of its subsidiaries or
          any employee benefit plan (or any trust forming a part thereof)
          maintained by the Company, the Surviving Company or any Person who
          immediately prior to such Business Combination had Beneficial
          Ownership of 30% or more of the then Voting Securities) has Beneficial
          Ownership of 30% or more of the then combined voting power of the
          Surviving Company's then outstanding voting securities.
          Notwithstanding this subsection (iii), a Change of Control shall not
          be deemed to occur solely because any Person acquired Beneficial
          Ownership of

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          more than 30% of Voting Securities as a result of the issuance of
          Voting Securities by the Company in exchange for assets (including
          equity interests) or funds with a fair value equal to the fair value
          of the Voting Securities so issued.

     d.   Approval by the Company's stockholders of an agreement for the
     assignment, sale, conveyance, transfer, lease or other disposition of all
     or substantially all of the assets of the Company to any Person (other than
     a subsidiary of the Company or other entity, the Persons with Beneficial
     Ownership of which are the same Persons with Beneficial Ownership of the
     Company and such Beneficial Ownership is in substantially the same
     proportions), or the occurrence of the same.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Change of Control shall not be deemed to occur
solely because any Person acquired Beneficial Ownership of more than the
permitted amount of Voting Securities as a result of the acquisition of Voting
Securities by the Company which, by reducing the number of Voting Securities
outstanding, increases the proportional number of shares Beneficially Owned by
such Person; provided that if a Change of Control would occur (but for the
operation of this sentence) as a result of the acquisition of Voting Securities
by the Company, and after such acquisition of Voting Securities by the Company,
such Person becomes the Beneficial Owner of any additional Voting Securities
which increases the percentage of the Voting Securities Beneficially Owned by
such Person, then a Change of Control shall occur.

8.   SETTLEMENT OF DEFERRED STOCK UNITS

     a.   TIMING OF PAYMENT.

          (i)  Normal Distribution. Except as otherwise provided by a deferral
          election in accordance with Section 8.a.(iii) or earlier settlement in
          connection with a Change of Control as set forth in Section 8.a.(ii),
          a Participant (or the Participant's beneficiary or guardian, as
          applicable) shall receive or begin receiving a distribution of the
          Participant's vested Deferred Stock Units in the Participant's Stock
          Unit Account in the manner described in Section 8(b) either on or as
          soon as administratively feasible after the earliest of (i) the fifth
          anniversary of the grant of the Deferred Stock Units, (ii) the
          Participant's death, or (iii) the Participant's Disability.

          (ii) Change of Control. A Participant (or the Participant's
          beneficiary or guardian, as applicable) shall receive a distribution
          of the Participant's Deferred Stock Units in the Participant's Stock
          Unit Account in the manner described in Section 8(b) immediately prior
          to a Change of Control.

          (iii) Deferral. Notwithstanding Section 8.a.(i) or 8.a.(ii), a
          Participant may deliver an election to defer the distribution or
          commencement of distribution to the Treasurer of the Company or his or
          her designee at least one year before the fifth anniversary of the
          grant of the Deferred Stock Units. If the Participant has made such an
          election to defer payment in accordance with this Section 8.a.(iii),
          the Participant shall receive or begin receiving a distribution of the
          Participant's vested Deferred Stock Units in the Participant's Stock
          Unit Account on or as soon

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          as administratively feasible following the date or dates to which the
          Participant elected to defer payment. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
          all deferral elections made by a Participant shall be revoked
          immediately prior to a Transaction described in the second sentence of
          Section 6.d., a Change of Control or the Participant's Disability or
          death unless the Participant's deferral election specifically states
          otherwise.

          (iv) Committee Authority. Notwithstanding anything herein to the
          contrary, the Committee may in its sole discretion at any time
          (including without limitation, upon a Participant's failure to be
          reelected as a director or a Participant's resignation as a director)
          accelerate settlement and payment of Deferred Stock Units.

     b.   PAYMENT. The Participant's Stock Unit Account will be settled by
     delivering to the Participant the number of Shares equal to the number of
     whole Deferred Stock Units then credited to the Participant's Stock Unit
     Account, in either a lump sum or any installment or other method elected in
     accordance with Section 8.a.(iii). Any fractional Deferred Stock Unit
     credited to a Participant's Stock Unit Account at the time of a
     distribution shall be paid in cash at the time of such distribution.

     c.   PAYMENT UPON DEATH OF A PARTICIPANT. If a Participant dies before the
     entire balance of the Participant's Deferred Stock Unit Account has been
     distributed, the balance of the Participant's Deferred Stock Unit Account
     shall be paid to the beneficiary designated by the Participant or if no
     beneficiary has been designated, to the Participant's estate or beneficiary
     deemed appropriate by the Committee.

     d.   CONTINUATION OF DIVIDEND EQUIVALENTS AND OTHER ADJUSTMENTS. If payment
     of Deferred Stock Units is deferred pursuant to Section 8.a.(iii), the
     Participant's Stock Unit Account shall continue to be credited with
     dividend equivalents and be subject to other adjustment as provided in
     Section 6 until the entire balance of the Participant's Stock Unit Account
     has been distributed.

9.   LIMITATIONS ON TRANSFERABILITY

No Deferred Stock Unit granted to a Participant shall be transferable by the
Participant except by will or by the laws of descent and distribution.

10.  LEGAL AND OTHER REQUIREMENTS

Each Deferred Stock Unit granted under this Plan shall be subject to the
requirement that if at any time the Committee shall determine, in its
discretion, that the listing, registration or qualification of the Shares
issuable or transferable upon the settlement of the Deferred Stock Unit upon any
securities exchange or under any state or federal law, or the consent or
approval of any governmental regulatory body, is necessary or desirable as a
condition of, or in connection with the granting of such Deferred Stock Unit, or
the issuance or transfer of Shares thereunder, such Deferred Stock Unit may not
be settled in whole or in part unless such listing, registration, qualification,
consent, or approval shall have been effected or obtained free of any conditions
not acceptable to the Committee. The Company shall not be obligated to sell or
issue any Shares in

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any manner in contravention of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
("Securities Act"), or any state securities law. No adjustment with respect to
any Shares with respect to which Deferred Stock Units have been granted other
than pursuant to Section 6 hereof shall be made for dividends or other rights
for which the record date is prior to the date such stock certificate is
delivered.

If a registration statement under the Securities Act with respect to Shares
issuable upon settlement of Deferred Stock Units, is not in effect at the time
such Deferred Stock Units are settled, the Company may require, for the sole
purpose of complying with the Securities Act, that prior to delivering such
common stock to the Participant whose Deferred Stock Units are being settled,
such Participant must deliver to the Secretary of the Company a written
statement (i) representing and warranting that such Shares are being acquired
for investment only and not with a view to the resale or distribution thereof,
(ii) acknowledging and confirming that such Shares may not be sold unless
registered for sale under the Securities Act or pursuant to an exemption from
such registration and (iii) agreeing that the certificates representing such
Shares shall bear a legend to the effect of the foregoing.

11.  WITHHOLDING TAXES

To the extent required by law, the Company shall comply with the obligations
imposed on the Company under applicable tax withholding laws, if any, with
respect to Deferred Stock Units granted hereunder, Shares transferred upon
settlement thereof, and the disposition of such Shares thereafter, and shall be
entitled to do any act or thing to effectuate any such required compliance,
including, without limitation, withholding from amounts payable by the Company
to a Participant and making demand on a Participant for the amounts required to
be withheld.

12.  EFFECT ON DIRECTOR AND STOCKHOLDER STATUS

Neither the adoption of this Plan nor the grant of any Deferred Stock Units, nor
ownership Deferred Stock Units or Shares shall be deemed or construed to
obligate the Company to continue the appointment or engagement of any
Participant as a director or otherwise for any particular period. The Deferred
Stock Units and the Shares acquired pursuant to the settlement of such Deferred
Stock Units are a matter of separate inducement and are not in lieu of any
compensation for services. No Deferred Stock Unit confers upon any Participant
any rights as a stockholder of the Company prior to the date on which the
Participant fulfills all conditions for receipt of such rights.

13.  INDEMNIFICATION OF COMMITTEE

No member or agent of the Committee shall be personally liable for any action,
determination or interpretation made with respect to the Plan and each member of
the Committee shall be indemnified by the Company to the fullest extent
permitted by Delaware law and the governing instruments of the Company.

14.  AMENDMENT OR TERMINATION OF PLAN

The Committee may amend or terminate this Plan at any time, but no such action
shall reduce the number of Shares subject to the then outstanding Deferred Stock
Units granted to any Participant

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or adversely to the Participant change the terms and conditions of outstanding
Deferred Stock Units without the Participant's consent (or if the Participant is
not alive, the consent of the affected beneficiary of the Participant); provided
that adjustments pursuant to Section 6 shall not be subject to the foregoing
limitations of this Section 14. Without limitation on the foregoing, this Plan
may be terminated prior to any Grant Date and no Deferred Stock Units shall be
granted on such Grant Date or any subsequent Grant Date.

15.  EFFECTIVE DATE

The Plan became effective as of March 28, 2001.

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