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Uni-Select Inc. Agrees to Buy Assets of Services Batteries Electriques

31 March 1999

Uni-Select Inc. Agrees to Buy Assets of Services Batteries Electriques and Batteries Electriques Quebec

    BOUCHERVILLE, Quebec--March 30, 1999-- Uni-Select (TSE:UNS)(ME:UNS) is pleased to announce that, together with its members, it has agreed in principle to purchase the main assets of Services Batteries Electriques and Batteries Electriques Quebec.
    These companies, founded over seventy-five years ago by the late Bill Little and operated by his family, generated annual sales of more than $10 million in automotive replacement parts, small engine parts and service motor vehicles. The vendors operate four branches in the province of Quebec located in the municipalities of St-Laurent, Lafontaine, Victoriaville and Trois-Rivieres. Local Uni-Select members will be serving all customers of Services Batteries Electriques and Batteries Electriques Quebec and will be merging those activities into their own.
    Uni-Select is a public company specialising in the wholesale distribution of replacement parts for motor vehicles. Uni-Select shares (UNS) are listed on the Montreal and Toronto Stock Exchange.