PC Connection, Inc. Debuts on Fortune 1000; Company is Ranked #894 On Prestigious List of Largest US Companies

Business Wire, April 18, 2001

Business/Technology Editors

MERRIMACK, N.H.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 18, 2001

PC Connection, Inc. (NASDAQ: PCCC), a leading direct marketer of information technology (IT) products and solutions, announced that the Company was recently listed by Fortune magazine as one of the top 1,000 businesses in the United States. PC Connection was ranked #894 on the Fortune 1000 list.

The Fortune 1000 ranking was based on fiscal year revenues ending on or before January 31, 2001. PC Connection posted record sales of $1.45 billion in 2000, a 34.5% increase in revenues over 1999.

"Breaking into the Fortune 1000 validates what we've known for two decades," said Patricia Gallup, Chairman and CEO. "Our model of providing a comprehensive range of information technology products and solutions, backed by exemplary customer service, provides the most effective and efficient way to serve our target markets - small- and medium-sized businesses, government agencies and educational institutions. Staying focused on the needs of our customers, as well as on our long-term business strategies, allowed us to post record sales and earnings in 2000."

Gallup continued, "Over the last two decades, we've worked hard to build PC Connection's strong brand name - a name that I believe is synonymous with innovation, high-quality service and rapid delivery. It is a pleasure to see the efforts of everyone in our organization recognized through our inclusion on the Fortune 1000."

PC Connection offers more than 100,000 brand-name products through its staff of technically-trained outbound sales account managers and catalog telesales representatives, its comprehensive web sites at www.pcconnection.com, www.macconnection.com and www.comteq.com, and its catalogs PC Connection (1-800-800-5555) and MacConnection (1-800-800-2222). Through its full-service Distribution and Custom-Configuration Center, PC Connection can deliver custom-configured computer systems overnight. For the year 2000, PC Connection was ranked number 7 in Business Week's annual listing of the world's leading information technology companies. Yahoo! Internet Life recently named PC Connection "the best place to shop for computers," and listed the Company's web sites among the 100 Best Sites on the Internet. PC Connection was listed as one of the 100 most influential companies in the computer industry in PC Magazine's special issue titled "100 Technology Companies That Are Changing The World." In addition, PC Connection has won PC World magazine's prestigious "World Class Award" nine times over the past 11 years, including 2000.