Exhibit 99.1

Contacts:
 Susan G. Gaffney                Veronica L. Rosa           Steven K. Eck
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                 IKON OFFICE SOLUTIONS ADDS THREE NEW DIRECTORS

             ROBERT M. FUREK, THOMAS R. GIBSON AND ARTHUR E. JOHNSON


                              ELECTED TO THE BOARD


Valley Forge, Pennsylvania - October 21, 1999 - IKON Office Solutions (NYSE:
IKN) today announced the election of three new members to its Board of Directors
- - Robert M. Furek, Thomas R. Gibson, and Arthur E. Johnson - effective
immediately, bringing the total number of Board members to ten.


"These three people have long been leaders in their industries and bring a
wealth of knowledge and experience to IKON's Board," stated James J. Forese,
President and Chief Executive Officer of IKON Office Solutions. "We look forward
to working with them and benefiting from the strategic management, operations
and marketing skills they offer IKON."


Robert M. Furek, 56, is presently Chairman of the Board of Trustees overseeing
the Hartford School System as Connecticut Governor John Rowland's appointee for
a three-year term. He is also a partner in Resolute Partners, a private equity
investment firm. Previously, Furek served as President and Chief Executive
Officer for Heublein, Inc., before retiring from the firm three years ago after
26 years with the company. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the
Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company and the Dexter Corporation. He is
also a trustee of Kingswood-Oxford School and serves on the Executive Committee
of the Greater Hartford Arts Council. He was formerly a trustee of Colby College
and was a founding director of "Drugs Don't Work." Formerly, Furek was a
director of the Connecticut Bank & Trust Company, the Connecticut Mutual Life
Insurance Company, the Greater Hartford Chamber of Commerce and the Hartford
Chapter of the American Red Cross. He earned his bachelor's degree from Colby
College and an MBA from Columbia University.



Thomas R. Gibson, 56, a thirty-year veteran of the automotive industry, is the
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Asbury Automotive Group, comprised
of 74 regional dealership groups headquartered in Conshohocken, PA. Gibson began
his career with the Ford Motor Company in 1967, was Director of Marketing for
Chrysler Corporation from 1980 to 1982, and was President and Chief Operating
Officer of Subaru America. Gibson is a graduate of DePauw University and earned
his MBA from Harvard University. He is a former trustee of DePauw University and
Glassboro State College and former board member of the U.S. Ski Team and
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.


Arthur E. Johnson, 52, Vice President Corporate Strategic Development for
Lockheed Martin Corporation, directs the strategic development and planning for
the Lockheed Martin Corporation, a $26 billion global enterprise which is
principally engaged in research, design, development, manufacture and
integration of advanced-technology systems, products, and services. Prior to
assuming his current position in October 1999, Johnson was President and Chief
Operating Officer of Lockheed Martin's Information and Services Sector, a $5
billion global provider of information technology services and solutions. He
began his career as a software engineer for IBM in 1969, rising to the position
of President and Chief Operating Officer of IBM Federal Systems Division in
1992. In 1993, President Clinton appointed Johnson to a three-year term on the
Defense Science Board and to the President's Advisory Council on Historically
Black Colleges and Universities. Johnson is a graduate of Morehouse College in
Atlanta, GA.

IKON Office Solutions (www.ikon.com) is one of the world's leading office
technology companies, providing customers with total office solutions from
copier and printing systems, computer networking and digital document services
to copy center management, technology training and electronic file conversion.
With fiscal 1998 revenues of $5.6 billion, IKON has more than 1,000 locations
including the U.S., Canada, Mexico, the United Kingdom, France, Germany and
Denmark.

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