PC Connection, Inc. to Ring the NASDAQ Closing Bell
MERRIMACK, N.H., Mar 03, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- PC Connection, Inc. (NASDAQ: PCCC), a leading direct marketer of information technology (IT) products and services, today announced that Patricia Gallup, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, will commemorate the 10th anniversary of the Company's initial public offering by ringing the closing bell at the NASDAQ Stock Exchange on Tuesday, March 4, 2008, at 4:00 p.m.
Since its founding in 1982, PC Connection has earned a reputation for providing customers with innovative, award-winning service programs, and in-depth product information and technical expertise. Along the way, the Company has received many accolades and awards, including winning nine PC World World Class Awards, being named to the Fortune 1000 and VARBusiness 500 for each of the last seven years, making the Forbes list of America's Most Trustworthy Companies, and, most recently, achieving Gold Certification from Cisco(R).
PC Connection announced record revenues of $1.8 billion for the year ended December 31, 2007, with the fourth quarter of 2007 marking the eleventh consecutive quarter of year-over-year sales growth.
The closing bell ceremony will begin at 3:50 p.m. Eastern Time, with remarks from Ms. Gallup just prior to the closing at 4:00 p.m. Access to the live Webcast of the ceremony will be available at http://www.nasdaq.com/about/marketsitetowervideo.asx.
About PC Connection, Inc.
PC Connection, Inc., a Fortune 1000 company, owns three sales companies: PC Connection Sales Corporation, MoreDirect, Inc., and GovConnection, Inc., headquartered in Merrimack, NH, Boca Raton, FL, and Rockville, MD, respectively. All three companies can deliver custom-configured computer systems overnight. Investors and media can find more information about PC Connection, Inc. at http://ir.pcconnection.com.
PC Connection Sales Corporation (1-800-800-5555), the original business of PC Connection, Inc. serving the small- and medium-sized business sector (SMB), is a rapid-response provider of information technology (IT) products and services. It offers more than 150,000 brand-name products through its staff of technically trained sales account managers and catalog telesales representatives, catalogs, and publications, and its website at www.pcconnection.com. The subsidiary serves the Apple/Macintosh community through its MacConnection division (1-800-800-2222), which also publishes specialized catalogs and is online at www.macconnection.com.
MoreDirect, Inc. (561-237-3300), www.moredirect.com, provides corporate technology buyers with a comprehensive web-based e-procurement solution and in-depth IT supply-chain expertise, serving as a one-stop source by aggregating more than 300,000 products from the inventories of leading IT wholesale distributors and manufacturers. MoreDirect's TRAXX(TM) system is a seamless end-to-end interface that empowers clients to electronically source, evaluate, compare prices, and track related technology product purchases in real-time.
GovConnection, Inc. (1-800-800-0019) is a provider of IT products and services to federal, state, and local government agencies and educational institutions through specialized account managers, catalogs, and publications, and online at www.govconnection.com.
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