ePlus Announces Second Noncompliance Notice from NASDAQ

Business Wire, August 23, 2006

HERNDON, Va. -- ePlus inc. (Nasdaq NM: PLUS), announced today that because it did not timely file its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2006, it received a staff determination letter from the staff of the Nasdaq Global Market on August 17, 2006 indicating that this matter serves as additional basis that the Company is not in compliance with the continued listing requirements of Marketplace Rule 4310c(14). As previously disclosed, the Company received a staff determination letter dated July 18, 2006, which was a delisting notice pertaining to its failure to file its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended March 31, 2006. In response to the letter dated July 18, 2006, the Company has appealed the staff determination, and a hearing before a Nasdaq Listing Qualifications Panel is scheduled for September 7, 2006. Under Nasdaq's rules, a timely hearing request automatically stays the delisting of the Company's securities pending the Panel's decision. There can be no assurance that the Panel will grant the Company's request for continued listing. The Company's delay in filing its Form 10-Q is the only listing deficiency cited in the second staff determination letter. E[acute accent]The Company's inability to complete and file its Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2006 and Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2006 is a result of the Audit Committee's ongoing investigation of stock option grants by the Company since its initial public offering in 1996. The Company has previously disclosed that it will restate its previously issued financial statements for the fiscal years ended March 31, 2004 and 2005, as well as previously reported interim financial information, to reflect additional non-cash charges for stock-based compensation expense in certain reported periods commencing with the fiscal year ended March 31, 1998, and that its financial statements as of and for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2006, to be included in the Company's annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2006, will include non-cash charges for stock-based compensation expense. The Audit Committee voluntarily advised the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission of its investigation and the Audit Committee's preliminary conclusion that a restatement will be required, and the Company is cooperating with the staff's informal inquiry into the matter. E[acute accent]ePlus has previously issued several press releases and filed several reports with the SEC including reports on Form 8-K, and investors are encouraged to read these in their entirety for discussion of the delay in its financial statements filings. E[acute accent]The Company plans to file its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended March 31, 2006 and its Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2006 as soon as practicable after the resolution of the previously disclosed matters.

E[acute accent]About ePlus:

E[acute accent]ePlus is a leading provider of Enterprise Cost Management solutions to information technology, finance, procurement, operations, and supply chain professionals who want to reduce the costs of finding, purchasing, managing, and financing information technology goods and services. Our Enterprise Cost Management solutions provide sourcing, procurement, spend analytics, supplier management, document collaboration, asset management, professional services, and leasing to ePlus' 2,000 customers. The company was founded in 1990 and is headquartered in Herndon, VA with more than 30 locations in the U.S. For more information, visit www.eplus.com, call 888-482-1122 or email info@eplus.com.

E[acute accent]ePlus(R) and ePlus Enterprise Cost Management(R), and/or other ePlus products referenced herein are either registered trademarks or trademarks of ePlus inc. in the United States and/or other countries.

E[acute accent]Statements in this press release, which are not historical facts, may be deemed to be "forward-looking statements". Actual and anticipated future results may vary due to certain risks and uncertainties, including, without limitation, the final determination of the impact of the restatement described above; the results of the Audit Committee's investigation; expectations as to the timing of the completion of such investigation by the Audit Committee and its independent counsel; the Company's review, restatement and filing its previously issued financial statements and its assessment of the effectiveness of disclosure controls and procedures and internal controls; the possibility that the Nasdaq Listing Qualifications Panel may not grant the Company's request for an extension to regain compliance with Nasdaq listing qualifications or the Company's failure to regain compliance within any extension period, in which case the Company's common stock would be delisted from the Nasdaq Global Market; the effects of any required restatement adjustments to previously issued financial statements and possible material weaknesses in internal control over financial reporting; the effects of any lawsuits or governmental investigations alleging, among other things, violations of federal securities laws, by the Company or any of its directors or executive officers; the existence of demand for, and acceptance of, our services; our ability to hire and retain sufficient personnel; our ability to protect our intellectual property; the creditworthiness of our customers; our ability to raise capital and obtain non-recourse financing for our transactions; our ability to realize our investment in leased equipment; our ability to reserve adequately for credit losses; fluctuations in our operating results; our reliance on our management team; and other risks or uncertainties detailed in our Securities and Exchange Commission filings.