Exhibit 99.1

                LESCO ANNOUNCES COMPLETION OF DEBT RESTRUCTURING

CLEVELAND, Jan. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- LESCO, Inc. (Nasdaq: LSCO), a
leading specialty provider of products for the professional green and pest
control industries, announced that on December 31, 2003 it completed its
previously disclosed debt restructuring, including:

     - The sale of its receivables portfolio to GE Business Credit Services for
       approximately $58 million.

     - The refinancing of LESCO's previous bank loan facilities with a new
       three-year $50 million revolving credit facility.

     - The buy-out and termination of its interest rate swap agreement for $1.3
       million.

     - The buy-back of its outstanding preferred stock for $1.7 million.

"We are pleased to have completed this multi-faceted debt restructuring project
prior to year-end," stated Michael P. DiMino, president and chief executive
officer. "We are excited by our new agreements with GE Business Credit Services
and PNC, which together, allow us to significantly reduce our long-term debt,
increase our financial flexibility, but even more importantly, continue to
self-finance new Service Center openings."

The final values of the cash received and the one-time charge associated with
the sale of the accounts receivable portfolio are subject to resolution of
certain contingencies. The one-time charge, prior to the resolution of the
contingencies, is now estimated to be approximately $5.5 million. To the extent
that the contingencies, which total $1.6 million, are resolved through the
collection of the underlying accounts receivable, the amount of cash received
from the sale of the receivables portfolio will increase and, conversely, the
amount of the one-time charge will decrease. Details of the transactions and the
associated charges will be provided during the Company's fourth quarter 2003
earnings conference call the week of February 23, 2004.

About LESCO, Inc.

LESCO distributes product through nine hubs and serves more than 130,000
customers worldwide, through 247 LESCO Service Centers(R), 72 LESCO
Stores-on-Wheels(R), and other direct sales efforts. Additional information
about LESCO can be found on the Internet at www.lesco.com.

Statements in this news release relating to the amount of the charge associated
with the sale of the accounts receivable portfolio and other statements that are
not historical information are forward-looking statements and, as such, reflect
only the Company's best assessment at this time. Investors are cautioned that
forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties, that actual results
may differ materially from such statements and that investors should not place
undue reliance on such statements. Factors that may cause actual results to
differ materially from those projected or implied in the forward-looking
statements include, but are not limited to, the final resolution of certain
contingencies relative to the collection of identified accounts receivable. For
a further discussion of risk



factors, investors should refer to the Company's Securities and Exchange
Commission reports, including but not limited to, Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 2002.

     Contact:
     Jeffrey L. Rutherford
     Sr. Vice President & Chief Financial Officer
     LESCO, Inc.
     (440) 783-9250
SOURCE LESCO, Inc.
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    /CONTACT:  Jeffrey L. Rutherford, Sr. Vice President & Chief Financial
Officer of LESCO, Inc., +1-440-783-9250/
    /Web site:  http://www.lesco.com/
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