EXHIBIT 99.2


                              CAUTIONARY STATEMENTS



Information provided by Hunt Manufacturing Co. (the "Company") from time to time
may contain certain "forward looking" information, as that term is defined in
the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, as the same may be amended
(herein the "Act") and in releases made by the Securities and Exchange
Commission ("SEC"). The following Cautionary Statements are being made pursuant
to the Act, with the intention of obtaining the benefits of the "Safe Harbor"
provisions of the Act. The Company cautions investors that any forward-looking
statements made by the Company are not guarantees of future performance and that
actual results may differ materially from those in the forward-looking
statements as a result of various factors.

The Cautionary Statements are being made and filed with the SEC in connection
with the Company's release of a detailed new strategy and restructuring plan
(the "Plan") for the Company. Success of the Plan depends upon the successful
completion of a number of actions which the Company expects will improve its
future financial performance. It is possible, however, that certain of these
actions may not be successfully completed on a timely basis or at all for a
variety of reasons and as a result, that future financial results could differ
materially from those anticipated by the Company. Among the risks inherent in
the Plan of which investors should be aware are:

- -  While the underlying philosophy and basic aspects of the Plan have been
   determined, a number of the specific details of its implementation have yet
   to be worked out. Further, the Plan is subject to change in the future should
   the Company determine that it is desirable to do so.

- -  The Company plans to substantially reduce stock keeping units of slow-moving
   and/or nonstrategic products from its Statesville, North Carolina
   manufacturing and distribution facilities and decentralize its corporate
   functions. These actions are expected to reduce the need for facility space,
   simplify manufacturing processes, reduce employment levels, improve
   productivity, and reduce operating costs. These actions are scheduled to be
   completed on an accelerated timetable. If the Company is unable to complete
   such actions within anticipated time frames, the full benefits of cost
   reductions may not be realized as quickly as anticipated by the Company or
   possibly may not be realized at all. Many factors could delay or materially
   affect realization of the anticipated benefits of cost reduction initiatives,
   including failure of Company personnel or of third parties to perform in a
   timely manner, events of force majeure, and other internal or external
   circumstances. Any material failure of the Company to reduce costs to the
   extent anticipated by the Company (and/or within the time frames anticipated
   by the Company) could have a material adverse effect on anticipated future
   financial results.



- -  The Company is considering the sale of its Bevis brand office furniture
   operation and has received indications of interest from several potential
   third-party purchasers. The Company would anticipate receiving sufficient
   proceeds from any such sale so that the net gain on the divestiture would
   offset the anticipated one-time pre-tax charges of $22 to $25 million related
   to the implementation of the Company's restructuring plan. Should the Company
   not divest Bevis in fiscal 1997 or should it fail to realize disposition
   proceeds in amounts anticipated by the Company, it could have a material
   adverse effect on future financial results. (Bevis revenues for fiscal 1996
   were approximately $63 million.)

- -  The Company expects the strategy and restructuring, when fully implemented,
   to result in significantly higher revenue and earnings growth rates than
   those experienced by the Company in recent fiscal years. If the Company fails
   to achieve anticipated market penetration in the areas in which the Company
   currently expects to expand its sales, such event could have a material
   adverse effect on future financial performance. Sales increases depend upon
   many factors, including the effect of general economic conditions, the
   strength of consumer demand for the products for which the Company sells (or
   expects to sell in those markets), technological and other changes affecting
   the manufacture of the Company's products, competition and other pressures in
   the marketplace, and other factors which may negatively affect the Company's
   anticipated performance in those markets.

- -  The Company's goal is to have new products introduced within the preceding
   five years will make up 25 percent of its sales each year. However, the
   Company may prove unable to develop, manufacture, and successfully market new
   products in the amounts anticipated, and this could have a material adverse
   effect on future financial performance.

- -  The Company's goal is to be able to double its current inventory turnover
   rate and achieve a 98-percent fill rate of its customer orders. If the
   Company fails to achieve these objectives, it could have a material adverse
   effect on future financial performance.

Reference is made to other filings by the Company with the SEC for information
concerning other factors which could affect the Company's future performance.