Budding Artist Wins $30,000 in Supplies and Furniture for Her El Paso School.Corporate Express to Feature Winning Student's Artwork on the Cover of Its 2009 Product Solutions for Schools Catalog BROOMFIELD, Colo. -- Please replace the release dated April 17, 2008 with the following corrected version due to multiple revisions. The corrected release reads: BUDDING ARTIST WINS $30,000 IN SUPPLIES AND FURNITURE FOR HER EL PASO El Paso (ĕl pă`sō), city (1990 pop. 515,342), seat of El Paso co., extreme W Tex., on the Rio Grande opposite Juárez, Mex.; inc. 1873. SCHOOL Corporate Express to Feature Winning Student's Artwork on the Cover of Its 2009 Product Solutions for Schools Catalog Corporate Express US Inc. announced today that Stephanie Flores Flores, town, Guatemala Flores (flōrəs), town (1990 est. pop. 2,200), capital of Petén department, N Guatemala. Flores was built on an island in the southern part of Lake Petén Itzá and on the site of the , a seventh grader at Jane A. Hambric School in El Paso, Texas, beat out hundreds of other entries from across the country to win the Corporate Express 2009 School Catalog Cover Contest. The judges loved her whimsical interpretation of the catalog's "Corporate Express Products Are Winners, Hands Down!" theme and awarded her school more than $10,000 worth of school supplies and $20,000 worth of furniture for a classroom makeover. Corporate Express US Inc., part of the Dutch-based Corporate Express NV (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : CXP CXP Common IFF Digital Transponder Program (US Navy shipboard and aircraft Identification Friend or Foe Transponder) ), is a leading business-to-business supplier in the US of office and computer supplies, office furniture, facility supplies, document and print management, imaging and computer graphic supplies, promotional products and other similar products. Hambric School is a K-8 campus with over 1500 students, and like many other schools, it suffers from a budget crunch. Stephanie's award couldn't come at a better time according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. school administrators, who say they desperately need white boards and computer monitors. Likewise, the new supplies and furniture from Corporate Express free up funds for books and educational field trips. "Stephanie is such a talent and we're extremely proud of her accomplishment," said Danny Gurany, principal of Hambric School. "She has won several other art awards, but this one truly helps her school and her peers way beyond our expectations. We are grateful to Corporate Express for recognizing Stephanie's talent with such a generous award and donation." Not only was Stephanie's artwork exactly what Corporate Express was looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. to represent its 2009 School Catalog, but also it also showed true artistic talent. Stephanie used crayons to draw a precise yet fun mural-like image. Corporate Express will present Stephanie and Hambric School with the school supplies and furniture during a ceremony at the school on Thursday, April 17, 2008. "Corporate Express is committed to helping schools maximize their budgets by giving them the best, most cost-effective supplies, furniture and equipment," said Walter Scott, vice president of marketing for Corporate Express. "This contest is designed not only to showcase our products, but also to recognize and reward student creativity. We're thrilled to award such a deserving student and school top prize in our School Catalog Cover Contest." In addition to Stephanie's artwork, Corporate Express awarded first and second runner-up prizes to John R. Buchtel High School Buchtel High School is a public high school in Akron, Ohio. It is 1 of 7 high schools in the Akron Public Schools district. It is also known as John R. Buchtel High School. History Buchtel opened in 1931. It was named after John R. Buchtel. John R. in Akron, Ohio Akron is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Summit County.GR6 The municipality is located in northeastern Ohio on the Cuyahoga River between Cleveland to the north and Canton to the south, approximately 60 miles (96 km) west of , and Joliet Central High School Joliet Central High School is located at 201 E. Jefferson St, in Joliet, Illinois, USA. Built in 1901, the original building is noted for its marble floors and staircases and its castle-like limestone exterior architecture. in Joliet, Illinois The city of Joliet is located 40 miles southwest of Chicago. It holds the county seat of Will County and is also incorporated in Kendall County. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 106,221. , respectively. The winning artwork is on display on the Corporate Express education Web site at www.cexpschools.com. About Corporate Express Corporate Express provides customers with a single source of business products and services, so that they can focus their resources, energy and time on their core business. Corporate Express helps organizations to save time and maximize their productivity. Headquartered in the Netherlands, Corporate Express NV generated 2007 annual sales of EUR EUR In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the Euro. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. 5.6 billion. The Company has a widespread global distribution network spanning North America, Europe and Australia, has close to 18,000 employees, and operations in 21 countries. Corporate Express NV is listed on Euronext Amsterdam (Euronext: CXP) and in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of (NYSE: CXP). For more information, please visit www.CorporateExpress.com. Safe Harbor Safe Harbor 1. A legal provision to reduce or eliminate liability as long as good faith is demonstrated. 2. 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Such forward-looking statements are made based upon management's expectations and beliefs concerning future events impacting Corporate Express and therefore involve a number of uncertainties and risks, including, but not limited to industry conditions, changes in product supply, pricing and customer demand, competition, risks in integrating new businesses, currency fluctuations, and the other risks described from time to time in the Company's filings with the US Securities and Exchange Commission, including the Company's Annual Report on Form 20-F filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 14, 2008. As a result, the actual results of operations or financial conditions of the Company could differ materially from those expressed or implied in such forward-looking statements. Shareholders and other readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date on which they are made. 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