The Jerome Group LLC

Top 200 Distributors
November 20, 1998

Riding High New growth results in record sales By Laura D'Alessandro Distributors had a great year. A strong economy resulted in fantastic growth that placed distributors on the threshhold of abundance as they round the corner into the millennium. According to figures supplied by this year's participants in Business Forms, Labels & Systems Top 200 Distributors, 1998 sales have reached an outstanding 17.8 percent growth over 1997 sales from $1.519 billion to $1.789 billion--a $270 million increase. These figures are based on sales provided by those companies listed. Not only is the amount of growth significant, but the areas in which distributors saw growth

Top 200 Distributors
November 20, 1997

Top 200 Distributors Precept Reigns Supreme 1997 Rank Company 97 Sales ($000) 1996 Rank 96 Sales ($000) Principal Officer 1 Precept Business Forms 159,335 1 110,574 David L. Neely 2 American Business Forms 136,000 3 101,000 Larry A. Zavadil 3 SFI 127,000 4 97,500 Tom D'Agostino Sr. 4 GBS 103,150 2 102,125 Larry Merriman 5 ProForma 79,700 5 74,600 Gregory P. Muzzillo 6 Data Supplies 66,516 6 62,048 James E. Combee 7 FGI Print Management 56,860 7 44,000 David A. Walters 8 Bank and Business Forms 27,956 10 26,695 Jerry M. Spears 9 Jerome Group 24,200 13 20,400 Gunther Kohn 10 FMC Resource