Eplus Inc 10-Q for FY2026 Q3
Eplus Inc (PLUS)
10-Q
2026-02-04
For: 2025-12-31
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April 12, 2026
About this 10-Q
Eplus Inc filed this 10-Q on February 4, 2026, covering the quarter ended December 31, 2025 (FY2026 Q3).
Headline figures
Quarter ended December 31, 2025, as reported in this filing, compared with the same period a year earlier where the filing states it.
- Revenue
- $614.77M
- up 24.6% from $493.22M a year earlier
- Net income
- $35.05M
- up 45.2% from net income of $24.13M a year earlier
- Diluted EPS
- $1.33
- up 46.2% from $0.91 a year earlier
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-Q
For the quarterly period ended December 31, 2025
OR
For the transition period from____ to ____.
Commission file number: 1-34167
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) | | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
(Address, including zip code, of principal executive offices)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (703 ) 984-8400
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
| Title of each class | Trading Symbol(s) | Name of each exchange on which registered |
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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (Section 232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files).
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See definition of “large accelerated filer”, “accelerated filer”, “smaller reporting company”, and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act:
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| Non-accelerated filer ☐ | Smaller reporting company |
| | Emerging growth company |
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).
Yes ☐ No ☒
The number of shares of common stock outstanding as of February 2, 2026, was 26,392,561 .
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CAUTIONARY LANGUAGE ABOUT FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q contains certain statements that are, or may be deemed to be, “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and are made in reliance upon the protections provided by such acts for forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking statements are not based on historical fact but are based upon numerous assumptions about future conditions that may not occur. Given their forward-looking nature, these statements involve substantial risks, uncertainties and potentially inaccurate assumptions. Forward-looking statements are generally identifiable by use of forward-looking words such as “may,” “should,” “would,” “intend,” “estimate,” “will,” “potential,” “possible,” “could,” “believe,” “expect,” “intend,” “plan,” “anticipate,” “project,” and similar expressions or by using future dates. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on any forward-looking statements made by us or on our behalf. Forward-looking statements are made based upon information that is currently available or management’s current expectations and beliefs concerning future developments and their potential effects upon us, speak only as of the date hereof, and are subject to certain risks and uncertainties. We do not undertake any obligation to publicly update or correct any forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances that subsequently occur, or of which we later become aware. Actual events, transactions and results may materially differ from the anticipated events, transactions, or results described in such statements. Our ability to consummate such transactions and achieve such events or results is subject to certain risks and uncertainties. Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, the matters set forth below:
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financial losses resulting from national and international political instability fostering uncertainty and volatility in the global economy including changes in interest rates, tariffs, inflation, export requirements applicable to products we sell, sanctions and exposure to foreign currency rate changes;
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supply
chain issues, including a shortage of IT component parts and products, and our
vendors’ rapid and unpredictable price fluctuations relating thereto, or a
customer’s or vendor’s cancellation of orders such as for, but not limited to,
memory chips. These issues may increase our and the customer’s costs, decrease
gross profit, cause a delay in fulfilling or inability to fulfill customer
orders, increase our need for working capital, delay completing professional
services, or purchase IT products or services needed to support our internal
infrastructure or operations, resulting in an adverse impact on our financial
results;
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significant adverse changes in our relationship with one or more of our larger customer accounts or vendors, including decreased account profitability, reductions in contracted services, or a loss of such relationships;
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increases to our costs including wages and our ability to increase our prices to our customers as a result, or we experience negative financial impacts due to the pricing arrangements we have with our customers;
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a material decrease in the credit quality of our customer base, or a material increase in our credit losses;
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reliance on third parties to perform some of our service obligations to our customers, and the reliance on a small number of key vendors in our supply chain with whom we do not have long-term supply agreements, guaranteed price agreements, or assurance of stock availability;
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the possibility of a reduction of vendor incentives provided to us;
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our inability to identify merger and acquisition candidates, perform sufficient due diligence prior to completing mergers and acquisitions, successfully integrate a completed merger and/or acquisition, successfully complete merger and acquisition transactions, including on favorable terms, or identify an opportunity for or successfully completing a business disposition;
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our ability to remain secure during a cybersecurity attack or other information technology (“IT”) outage, including disruptions in our, our vendors or a third party’s IT systems and data and audio communication networks;
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ability to secure our own and our customers’ electronic and other confidential information, while maintaining compliance with evolving data privacy and cybersecurity laws and regulations and appropriately providing required notice and disclosure of cybersecurity incidents when and if necessary;
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our dependence on key personnel to maintain certain customer relationships, and our ability to hire, train, and retain sufficient qualified personnel by recruiting and retaining highly skilled, competent personnel with needed vendor certifications;
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risks relating to artificial intelligence (“AI”), including the use or capabilities of AI and emerging laws, rules and regulations related to AI;
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our ability to manage a diverse product set of solutions, including AI products and services, in highly competitive markets with a number of key vendors;
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changes in the IT industry and/or rapid changes in product offerings, including the proliferation of the cloud, infrastructure as a service (“IaaS”), software as a service (“SaaS”), platform as a service (“PaaS”), and AI which may affect our financial results;
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our ability to increase our total number of customers and our ability to increase our total number of customers who use our managed services and professional services while we continuously enhance our managed services offerings to remain competitive in the marketplace;
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ongoing remote work trends, and the increase in cybersecurity attacks that have occurred while employees work remotely and our ability to adequately train our personnel to prevent a cyber event;
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exposure to changes in, interpretations of, or enforcement trends in, and customer and vendor actions in anticipation of or response to, legislation and regulatory matters;
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our service agreements may require external audits and deficiencies identified in any such audit reports could negatively affect our client engagements, and our professional and liability insurance policies coverage may be insufficient to cover a claim;
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a natural disaster or other adverse event at one of our primary configuration centers, data centers, or a third-party provider or vendor location could negatively impact our business;
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failure to comply with public sector contracts, or related applicable laws or regulations;
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our ability to raise capital, maintain or increase, as needed, our lines of credit with vendors or our floor plan facility, or the effect of those matters on our common stock price;
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our ability to predictably meet expectations of the investor and analyst community, including relative to our financial performance guidance that we provide;
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our ability to implement comprehensive plans for the integration of sales forces, cost containment, asset rationalization, systems integration, and other key strategies following mergers and acquisitions; and
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our ability to protect our intellectual property rights and successfully defend any challenges to the validity of our patents or allegations that we are infringing upon any third-party patents, and the costs associated with those actions, and, when appropriate, the costs associated with licensing required technology.
We cannot be certain that our business strategy will be successful or that we will successfully address these and other challenges, risks, and uncertainties. For a further list and description of various risks, relevant factors, and uncertainties that could cause future results or events to differ materially from those expressed or implied in our forward-looking statements, see Part II, Item 1A, “Risk Factors” and Part I, Item 2, “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” sections contained elsewhere in this report, as well as other reports that we file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”).
ePlus inc. AND SUBSIDIARIES
(in thousands, except per share amounts)
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December 31, 2025
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ASSETS
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LIABILITIES
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COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (Note 9)
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TOTAL LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
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See Notes to Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements.
ePlus inc. AND SUBSIDIARIES
(in thousands, except per share amounts)
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December 31,
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ePlus inc. AND SUBSIDIARIES
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ePlus inc. AND SUBSIDIARIES
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ePlus inc. AND SUBSIDIARIES
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See Notes to Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements.
ePlus inc. AND SUBSIDIARIES
1. ORGANIZATION AND SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS — Our company was founded in 1990 and is a Delaware corporation. ePlus inc. is sometimes referred to in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q as “we,” “our,” “us,” or “ePlus.” ePlus inc. is a holding company that through its subsidiaries provides information technology (“IT”) solutions which enable organizations to optimize their IT environment and supply chain processes. We also provide consulting, professional, and managed services and complete lifecycle management services. We focus on selling to medium and large enterprises and state and local government and educational institutions (“SLED”) in the United States (“US”) and select international markets including the United Kingdom (“UK”), the European Union (“EU”), India, and Singapore.
BASIS OF PRESENTATION — The unaudited consolidated financial statements include the accounts of ePlus inc. and its wholly-owned subsidiaries. All intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. The accounts of businesses acquired are included in the unaudited consolidated financial statements from the dates of acquisition.
SALE OF OUR FINANCING BUSINESS — On June 30, 2025, we completed the sale of 100 % of the membership interests of Expo Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and our wholly-owned subsidiary (“HoldCo”), to Marlin Leasing Corporation, a Delaware corporation (d/b/a PEAC Solutions) pursuant to the terms of the Membership Interest Purchase Agreement, dated June 20, 2025 (the “Sale Transaction”). By selling HoldCo, together with its U.S. subsidiaries, we sold our domestic financing business that comprised most of our financing business segment, which is a business that finances information technology equipment, software and related services for customers. We continue to own the international entities in the financing business. This divestiture positions us to focus on being a technology solutions provider and represents a strategic shift in our operations. As a result of the Sale Transaction, we determined that the domestic financing business that was sold met the definition of discontinued operations. Consequently, for all periods presented in these financial statements, we are retrospectively presenting the results of our domestic financing business as discontinued operations. In our unaudited consolidated balance sheets for all periods, we present the assets and liabilities of our domestic financing business as assets and liabilities of discontinued operations. In our unaudited consolidated statements of operations for all periods, we present the operating results of our domestic financing business in earnings from discontinued operations. After the sale, our remaining three reportable segments are product, professional services, and managed services, which we formerly referred to collectively as our technology business. Refer to Note 4, “Discontinued Operations” for additional information on the transaction and its effect on our financial statements.
INTERIM FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — The unaudited consolidated financial statements for the three and nine months ended December 31, 2025, and 2024, were prepared by us and include all normal and recurring adjustments that, in the opinion of management, are necessary for a fair presentation of our financial position, results of operations, changes in comprehensive income, and cash flows for such periods. Operating results for the three and nine months ended December 31, 2025, and 2024, are not necessarily indicative of results that may be expected for any other interim period or for the full fiscal year ending March 31, 2026, or any other future period. These unaudited consolidated financial statements do not include all disclosures required by the accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“US GAAP”) for annual financial statements. Our audited consolidated financial statements are contained in our annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended March 31, 2025 (“2025 Annual Report”). On January 26, 2026, we filed with the SEC a current report on Form 8-K, which recasts prior period financial information and related disclosures in certain portions of our 2025 Annual Report to present the operations of the domestic financing business as discontinued operations separately from our continuing operations (the “Recast Financial Statements”). The 2025 Annual Report and the Recast Financial Statements should be read in conjunction with these interim consolidated financial statements.
USE OF ESTIMATES — The preparation of financial statements in conformity with US GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities as of the date of the financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting periods. Estimates are used when accounting for items and matters including, but not limited to, revenue recognition, residual values, vendor consideration, goodwill and intangible assets, allowance for credit losses, inventory obsolescence, and the recognition and measurement of income tax assets and other provisions and contingencies. We base our estimates on historical experience and on various other assumptions that we believe to be reasonable under the circumstances. Actual results may differ from these estimates.
CONCENTRATIONS OF RISK — A substantial portion of our sales are products from Cisco Systems, which represented approximately 29 % and 27 % of our net sales for the three months ended December 31, 2025, and 2024, respectively, and 29 % and 34 % of our net sales for the nine months ended December 31, 2025, and 2024, respectively.
SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES — The significant accounting policies used in preparing these Consolidated Financial Statements were applied on a basis consistent with those reflected in our Consolidated Financial Statements for the year ended March 31, 2025, except for the changes provided in Note 2, “Recent Accounting Pronouncements.”
2. RECENT ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS
RECENTLY ISSUED ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS NOT YET ADOPTED
In December 2023, the
Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards
Update (“ASU”) 2023-09, Income Taxes (Topic 740): Improvements to Income Tax
Disclosures. This update requires disaggregated information about a reporting
entity’s effective tax rate reconciliation as well as information on income
taxes paid. This update is effective for us for annual periods beginning with
our fiscal year ending March 31, 2026. Early adoption is permitted. The
amendments in this update are required to be applied on a prospective basis and
retrospective adoption is permitted. This update will impact our income tax
disclosures and will not affect our financial position, results of operations,
and cash flows.
In November 2024, the FASB issued ASU 2024-03, Income Statement—Reporting Comprehensive Income—Expense Disaggregation Disclosures (Subtopic 220-40): Disaggregation of Income Statement Expenses. The standard requires public business entities to disclose detailed information about specific types of expenses that are relevant to certain line items on the income statement. This update is effective for us for annual periods beginning in our fiscal year ending March 31, 2028, and interim periods beginning in the first quarter of our fiscal year ending March 31, 2029. Early adoption is permitted. We are currently evaluating the impact that this update will have on our financial statement disclosures.
In September 2025, the FASB issued ASU No. 2025-06, Intangibles—Goodwill and Other—Internal-Use Software (Subtopic 350-40): Targeted Improvements to the Accounting for Internal-Use Software. This standard is intended to improve the operability and application of guidance related to capitalized software development costs. This update is effective for us beginning in the first quarter of our fiscal year ending March 31, 2029. Early adoption is permitted. We may adopt the guidance using prospective application, retrospective application, or a modified transition approach. We are currently evaluating the impact that this update will have on our consolidated financial statements upon adoption.
3. REVENUES
ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE AND CONTRACT ASSETS
Our balance in accounts receivable—trade, net includes our accounts receivable recognized from contracts with customers and contract assets. Contract assets represent our right to consideration in exchange for goods or services that we transferred to a customer when that right is conditioned on something other than the passage of time.
The following table provides a disaggregation of our balance in accounts receivable—trade, net (in thousands):
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As of December 31, 2025, our accounts receivable includes $0.2 million that is due from a financing partner in payment for our sale of customer receivables to them. Additionally, within other current assets in our consolidated balance sheet, we have $45.9 million in receivables recognized from contracts with customers that we intend to sell to this financing partner.
CONTRACT LIABILITIES
Contract liabilities represent our obligation to transfer goods or services to a customer for which we have received consideration, or the amount is due from the customer. Our contract liabilities consist of our deferred revenue and deferred revenue—long-term in our consolidated balance sheets. Revenues recognized from the beginning contract liability balance were $26.2 million and $102.4 million for the three and nine months ended December 31, 2025, respectively, and $24.8 million and $97.3 million for the three and nine months ended December 31, 2024, respectively.
PERFORMANCE OBLIGATIONS
The following table includes revenue expected to be recognized in the future related to performance obligations, primarily non-cancelable contracts for ePlus managed services, that are unsatisfied or partially unsatisfied at the end of the reporting period (in thousands):
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The table does not include the value of unsatisfied performance obligations for (i) contracts with an original expected length of one year or less, and (ii) contracts where we recognize revenue at the amount that we have the right to invoice for services performed.
4. DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS
On June 30, 2025, we completed the sale of HoldCo, thereby selling our domestic financing business. In the Sale Transaction, we received net cash proceeds of $156.7 million, consisting of cash proceeds of $180.1 million less cash transferred of $23.4 million, recognized a receivable of $7.8 million related to a post-closing adjustment process based on the book value of the assets associated with HoldCo and other adjustments, and recognized a receivable for contingent consideration of $13.5 million. See Note 13, “Fair Value of Financial Instruments” for a discussion of our contingent consideration asset. We incurred approximately $4.0 million in transaction costs during our quarter ended June 30, 2025, which is netted against the gain on sale of HoldCo before income taxes. In connection with the sale, we entered into a transition services agreement, pursuant to which ePlus and PEAC Solutions will provide certain transition services to each other after the sale. In December 2025, we paid $2.3 million to settle a legal matter related to our discontinued operations. As a result of this settlement, we recognized a gain of $2.3 million in the three months ended December 31, 2025 due to releasing a contingent liability of $4.6 million for this matter that we had originally recognized in our results for the three months ended September 30, 2025. We recognized the original charge and the benefit from the settlement in our results from discontinued operations.
The following table provides our operating results of discontinued operations for the three and nine months ended December 31, 2025, and 2024 (in thousands):
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The following table provides the major classes of assets and liabilities that are classified as discontinued operations as of March 31, 2025 (in thousands):
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5. GOODWILL AND OTHER INTANGIBLE ASSETS
GOODWILL
The following table summarizes the changes in the carrying amount of goodwill for the nine months ended December 31, 2025 (in thousands):
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Goodwill represents the premium paid over the fair value of the net tangible and intangible assets that are individually identified and separately recognized in business combinations.
The only activity in our goodwill balance over the nine months ended December 31, 2025, was foreign currency translation adjustments.
We test goodwill for impairment on an annual basis, as of the first day of our third fiscal quarter, and between annual tests if an event occurs, or circumstances change, that would more likely than not reduce the fair value of a reporting unit below its carrying value.
In our annual test as of October 1, 2025, we performed a qualitative assessment of goodwill and concluded that, more likely than not, the fair value of our product, professional services, and managed services reporting units continued to exceed their carrying value.
OTHER INTANGIBLE ASSETS
Our other intangible assets consist of purchased intangible assets and capitalized software development.
The following table provides the composition of our purchased intangible assets as of December 31, 2025, and March 31, 2025 (in thousands):
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Our customer relationships, trade names, and other purchased intangibles are generally amortized between 5 10
Total amortization expense for other intangible assets was $5.0 million and $15.9 million for the three and nine months ended December 31, 2025, respectively, and $6.0 million and $14.2 million for the three and nine months ended December 31, 2024, respectively.
6. ALLOWANCE FOR CREDIT LOSSES
The following table provides the activity in our allowance for credit losses within accounts receivable—trade for the nine months ended December 31, 2025, and 2024 (in thousands):
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7. CREDIT FACILITY
We finance the operations of our subsidiaries ePlus Technology, inc. and ePlus Technology Services, inc. (collectively, the “Borrowers”) through a credit facility with Wells Fargo Commercial Distribution Finance, LLC (“WFCDF”). The WFCDF credit facility (the “WFCDF Credit Facility”) has a floor plan facility and a revolving credit facility.
Our credit facility is provided by a syndicate of banks for which WFCDF acts as administrative agent and consists of a discretionary senior secured floor plan facility in favor of the Borrowers in the aggregate principal amount of up to $500.0 million, together with a sublimit for a revolving credit facility for up to $200.0 million. On June 20, 2025, the WFCDF Credit Facility was amended in anticipation of the sale of the financing business. The substantive terms of the WFCDF Credit Facility were not materially changed by such amendment.
Under the accounts payable floor plan facility, we had an outstanding balance of $133.2 million and $89.5 million as of December 31, 2025, and March 31, 2025, respectively. On our balance sheet, our liability under the accounts payable floor plan facility is presented as accounts payable – floor plan.
We use the floor plan to facilitate the purchase of inventory from designated suppliers. WFCDF pays our suppliers and provides us with extended payment terms. We pay down the floor plan facility on three specified dates each month, generally 45 to 60 days from the invoice date. Other than unused line fees, if applicable, we do not incur any interest or other incremental expenses for the floor plan facility. We are not involved in establishing the terms or conditions of the arrangements between our suppliers and WFCDF.
We may use the revolving credit facility for our borrowing needs. We did no
The amount of principal available is subject to a borrowing base determined by, among other things, the Borrowers’ accounts receivable and inventory, each pursuant to a formula and subject to certain reserves. Loans accrue interest at a rate per annum equal to Term SOFR Rate plus a Term Adjustment of 0.10 % plus an Applicable Margin of 1.75 %.
Our borrowings under the WFCDF Credit Facility are secured by the assets of the Borrowers. Additionally, the WFCDF Credit Facility requires a guaranty of $10.5 million by ePlus inc.
Under the WFCDF Credit Facility, the Borrowers are restricted in their ability to pay dividends to ePlus inc. unless their available borrowing meets certain thresholds. As of December 31, 2025, and March 31, 2025, their available borrowing met the thresholds such that there were no restrictions on their ability to pay dividends.
The WFCDF Credit Facility has an initial one-year term, which automatically renews for successive one-year 90 days prior to such termination.
The loss of the WFCDF Credit Facility could have a material adverse effect on our future results as we currently rely on this facility and its components for daily working capital and liquidity for our business and as an operational function of our accounts payable process.
8. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
We are subject to various legal proceedings, as well as demands, claims and threatened litigation, that arise in the normal course of our business and have not been fully resolved. The ultimate outcome of any litigation or other legal dispute is uncertain. When a loss related to a legal proceeding or claim is probable and reasonably estimable, we accrue our best estimate for the ultimate resolution of the matter. If one or more legal matters are resolved against us in a reporting period for amounts above our expectations, our financial condition and operating results for that period may be adversely affected. As of December 31, 2025, we do not believe that there is a reasonable possibility that any material loss exceeding the amounts already recognized for these proceedings and matters, if any, has been incurred. Any outcome, whether favorable or unfavorable, may materially and adversely affect us due to legal costs and expenses, diversion of management attention and other factors. We expense legal costs in the period incurred. We cannot assure that additional contingencies of a legal nature or contingencies having legal aspects will not be asserted against us in the future, and these matters could relate to prior, current, or future transactions or events.
9. EARNINGS PER SHARE
Basic earnings per share is calculated by dividing net earnings available to common shareholders by the basic weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding during each period. Diluted earnings per share is calculated by dividing net earnings available to common shareholders by the basic weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding plus common stock equivalents during each period.
The following table provides a reconciliation of the numerators and denominators used to calculate basic and diluted net income per common share as disclosed on our unaudited consolidated statements of operations for the three and nine months ended December, 2025, and 2024, respectively (in thousands, except per share data).
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10. STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
SHARE REPURCHASE PLAN
On August 7, 2025, our Board of Directors authorized the repurchase of up to 1,500,000 shares of our outstanding common stock, over a 12-month period beginning August 11, 2025. Previously, on May 18, 2024, our board of directors authorized the repurchase of up to 1,250,000 shares of our outstanding common stock over a 12-month period that began on May 28, 2024 and terminated on May 27, 2025. Under each authorized share repurchase program, when such program is in place, we may make purchases from time to time in the open market, or in privately negotiated transactions, subject to availability and the plan terms. Any repurchased shares have the status of treasury shares and may be used, when needed, for general corporate purposes.
During the nine months ended December 31, 2025, we purchased 272,900 shares of our outstanding common stock at a value of $21.0 million under the share repurchase plan; we also purchased 47,488 shares of common stock at a value of $3.3 million to satisfy tax withholding obligations relating to the vesting of employees’ restricted stock.
During the nine months ended December 31, 2024, we purchased 380,522 shares of our outstanding common stock at a value of $30.0 million under the share repurchase plan; we also purchased 52,450 shares of common stock at a value of $3.8 million to satisfy tax withholding obligations relating to the vesting of employees’ restricted stock.
11. SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION
SHARE-BASED PLANS
During the nine months ended December 31, 2025, we had share-based awards outstanding under the following plans: (1) the 2017 Non-Employee Director Long-Term Incentive Plan (“2017 Director LTIP”), (2) the 2024 Non-Employee Director Long-Term Incentive Plan (“2024 Director LTIP”) and (3) the 2021 Employee Long-Term Incentive Plan (“2021 Employee LTIP”).
These share-based plans define fair market value as the closing sales price of a share of common stock as quoted on any established stock exchange for such date or the most recent trading day preceding such date if there were no trades on such date.
RESTRICTED STOCK ACTIVITY
For the nine months ended December 31, 2025, we granted 9,820 restricted shares under the 2024 Director LTIP and 121,844 restricted shares under the 2021 Employee LTIP. For the nine months ended December 31, 2024, we granted 729 restricted shares of our stock under the 2017 Director LTIP, 6,628 restricted shares of our stock under the 2024 Director LTIP, and 121,097 restricted shares of our stock under the 2021 Employee LTIP. A summary of our restricted stock activity is as follows:
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PERFORMANCE STOCK UNITS
Beginning with the fiscal year ended March 31, 2024, we granted Performance Stock Units (“PSUs”) to certain executive officers under our 2021 Employee LTIP. The PSUs will vest based on the achievement of certain performance goals at the end of a three-year performance period. The PSUs represent the right to receive shares of our common stock at the time of vesting. The total number of PSUs that vest range from 0 % to 200 % of the target number of PSUs based on our achievement of certain performance targets.
The following table provides a summary of the unvested PSUs for the nine months ended December 31, 2025:
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EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN
We provide eligible employees the opportunity to purchase shares of our stock through the 2022 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the “ESPP”). Under the ESPP, eligible employees may collectively purchase up to an aggregate of 2.50 million shares of our stock. Employees in the ESPP contribute part of their earnings over a six-month offering period. At the end of each offering period, employees purchase our shares using their contributions at a discount off the lesser of the closing market price on the first or the last trading day of each offering period. During the nine months ended December 31, 2025, and 2024, we issued 59,108 shares at a weighted average price of $61.00 per share and 58,064 shares at a weighted average price of $62.61 per share, respectively, under the ESPP. As of December 31, 2025, there were 2.31 million shares remaining under the ESPP.
COMPENSATION EXPENSE
The following table provides a summary of our total share-based compensation expense for continuing operations, including for restricted stock awards, PSUs, our ESPP, and the related income tax benefit for the three and nine months ended December 31, 2025, and 2024, respectively (in thousands):
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We recognized the income tax benefit as a reduction to our provision for income taxes. As of December 31, 2025, the total unrecognized compensation expense related to unvested restricted stock was $12.9 million, which is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 30 months.
We also provide our employees with a contributory 401(k) profit sharing plan (the “401(k) plan”), to which we may contribute from time to time at our sole discretion. Employer contributions to the 401(k) plan are always fully vested. Our estimated contribution expense to the 401(k) plan for the three months ended December 31, 2025, and 2024, were $1.5 million and $1.4 million, respectively. For the nine months ended December 31, 2025, and 2024, our estimated contribution expense for the plan was $4.4 million and $4.1 million, respectively.
12. INCOME TAXES
Our provision for income tax expense was $12.2 million and $37.7 million for the three and nine months ended December 31, 2025, as compared to $5.4 million and $21.8 million for the same three- and nine-month periods in the prior year. Our effective tax rate for the three and nine months ended December 31, 2025, was 26.7 % and 27.6 % respectively, compared with 26.9 % and 27.2 %, respectively, for the same three- and nine-month periods in the prior year. Our effective income tax rate for the three months ended December 31, 2025, was lower compared to the same three-month period in the prior year primarily due to lower state taxes. Our effective income tax rate for the nine months ended December 31, 2025, was higher compared to the same nine-month period in the prior year primarily due to a higher tax benefit from restricted stock and state taxes in the prior year. The effective tax rate for the three and nine months ended December 31, 2025, and December 31, 2024, differed from the US federal statutory rate of 21.0
On July 4, 2025, the
One Big Beautiful Bill Act (the "OBBBA") was enacted into law,
resulting in significant changes to the US tax code. The OBBBA permanently
extends many of the tax provisions of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, which
were scheduled to expire on December 31, 2025. The OBBBA introduces
modifications to various US corporate tax provisions, with staggered effective
dates ranging from 2025 to 2027. We recognized the impact of the OBBBA in our
consolidated financial statements as of and for the periods ended December 31,
2025. The OBBBA did not have a material impact on our income statement or
effective tax rate. We are continuing to assess the impact of the OBBBA on our
consolidated financial statements, which will depend on our facts in each year,
and future rules expected to be issued by the Internal Revenue Service.
13. FAIR VALUE OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS
The following table summarizes the fair value hierarchy of our financial instruments as of December 31, 2025, and March 31, 2025 (in thousands):
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Through the agreement for the sale of HoldCo, we may earn and receive Holdback Premium (as defined below) payments and two different types of Earn-Outs (as defined below, and together with the Holdback Premium the “Contingent Consideration”) based on the post-Closing performance of the HoldCo Group (as defined below), as operated by PEAC Solutions. We estimated the fair value of each element of the Contingent Consideration using a Monte Carlo simulation model. We recognize the short-term and long-term portions of the receivable for the Contingent Consideration as part of other current assets and property, equipment, and other assets—net, respectively, in our consolidated balance sheet.
We may receive aggregate post-Closing cash payments of up to $3.0 million (the “Holdback Premium”) based on the achievement of customer lease receivable originations targets by HoldCo (i) from the Closing Date to the 18-month anniversary of the Closing Date and (ii) from the 18-month anniversary of the Closing Date to the 30-month anniversary of the Closing Date.
The two types of earn-out payments that are potentially payable to us are based on (i) the volume of originations of certain types of lease receivables (the “Lease Originations Earn-Out”) and (ii) the profitability of certain lease receivables originated either to US federal governmental entities or for which a prime contractor acting on behalf of a government entity is the obligor (the “Transaction Gains Earn-Out,” and together with the Lease Originations Earn-Out, the “Earn-Outs”). Each of the Earn-Outs will be measured for each of the first three consecutive twelve-month periods following the Closing. The Lease Originations Earn-Out is capped at $10.0 million in aggregate for all three post-Closing years . The Transaction Gains Earn-Out does not have a maximum cap.
In our initial accounting for the sale of HoldCo as of June 30, 2025, we recognized a receivable for the Contingent Consideration of $13.5 million. We subsequently adjusted our estimate of the fair value of the contingent receivable to $12.4 million as of December 31, 2025, based on progress towards achieving the Contingent Consideration targets. We recognized this adjustment of $1.1 million as a loss in other income, net in our statement of operations for the nine months ended December 31, 2025.
14. BUSINESS COMBINATIONS
BAILIWICK SERVICES, LLC
On August 19, 2024, our subsidiary, ePlus Technology, inc., acquired 100 % of the membership interests of Bailiwick Services, LLC (“Bailiwick”). Based near Minneapolis, Minnesota, Bailiwick is a provider of professional and managed services with nearly 30 years in the business. Bailiwick specializes in serving enterprise customers that operate large store, branch, and campus footprints predominantly in the retail, financial services, restaurant, and hospitality markets.
Our sum for consideration transferred is $124.9 million, which consists of $126.2 million paid in cash at closing, less $1.5 million cash acquired, plus $0.2 million paid in December 2024 to the sellers based on adjustments to a determination of the total net assets delivered. Our allocation of the purchase consideration to the assets acquired and liabilities assumed is presented below (in thousands):
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The identified intangible assets of $58.0 million consists of customer relationships of $49.3 million with an estimated useful life of ten years and trade name of $8.7 million with a useful life of seven years .
We recognized goodwill related to this transaction of $41.3 million, which was assigned to our professional services and product segments. The goodwill recognized in the Bailiwick acquisition is attributable to the acquired assembled workforce and expected synergies, none of which qualify for recognition as a separate intangible asset. The total amount of goodwill expected to be deductible for tax purposes is $44.4 million.
The amount of revenues and earnings of the acquiree since the acquisition date are not material. Likewise, the impact to the revenue and earnings of the combined entity for the current reporting period as though the acquisition date had been April 1, 2024, is not material.
15. SEGMENT REPORTING
We manage and report our operating results through three operating segments: product, professional services, and managed services. Our organizational structure is based on how our chief operating decision maker (“CODM”) allocates resources, manages operations, and evaluates performance. Our CODM is our Chief Executive Officer.
Our product segment includes sales of IT products, third-party software, and third-party maintenance, software assurance, and other third-party services. Our professional services segment includes our advanced professional services, staff augmentation, project management services, cloud consulting services and security services. Our managed services segment includes our advanced managed services, service desk, storage-as-a-service, cloud hosted services, cloud managed services and managed security services. Our other category consists of the international entities of our financing business that we retained after selling our domestic financing business.
Our CODM measures the performance of the segments based on gross profit. We do not present asset information for our reportable segments as we do not provide asset information to our CODM. Our CODM reviews financial results and forecasts quarterly to manage operations and evaluate performance. Our CODM also uses our financial results and forecasts to make investment decisions as part of our annual budgeting process.
The following table provides reportable segment information (in thousands):
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DISAGGREGATION OF REVENUE
We recognize revenue in our product, professional services, and managed services segments from contracts with customers. We recognize revenue in the other category under guidance for financing and leases.
The following tables provide a disaggregation of revenue recognized from contracts with customers by timing and our position as principal or agent (in thousands):
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The following table provides a disaggregation of our revenue from contracts with customers by customer end market and by type (in thousands):
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The below is intended to provide context to our consolidated financial condition and results of continuing operations. It should be read in conjunction with the unaudited consolidated financial statements included in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, the audited consolidated financial statements included in our annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended March 31, 2025 (“2025 Annual Report”), and our current report on Form 8-K that we filed with the SEC on January 26, 2026, which recasts prior period financial information and related disclosures in certain portions of our 2025 Annual Report to present the operations of the domestic financing business as discontinued operations separately from our continuing operations. These historical financial statements may not be indicative of our future performance. This Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations may contain forward-looking statements, all of which are based on our current expectations and could be affected by the uncertainties and risks described in Part I, Item 1A, “Risk Factors,” in our 2025 Annual Report, as well as those described in Part II, Item 1A. “Risk Factors” of our subsequent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and in our other filings with the SEC.
EXECUTIVE OVERVIEW
BUSINESS DESCRIPTION
We are a leading solutions provider in the areas of security, cloud, networking, collaboration, artificial intelligence (“AI”), and emerging technologies. AI continues to be a transformative force and demand driver particularly for our core products: Compute, Cloud, security, networking and our consultative services. Across industries, customers are using AI to enhance decision making, automate tasks, and drive both growth and efficiency. Through assessments, bespoke workshops and labs and consulting engagements, we deliver actionable outcomes for organizations by using information technology (“IT”) and consulting solutions to enhance decision making, automate tasks and drive business agility and innovation. Leveraging our engineering talent, we assess, plan, deliver, and secure solutions comprised of leading technologies and consumption models aligned with our customers’ needs. Our expertise and experience enable us to craft optimized solutions that take advantage of the cost, scale, and efficiency of private, public and hybrid cloud services in an evolving market.
As part of our solutions, we provide consulting, professional services, managed services, IT staff augmentation, and complete lifecycle management services in the areas of security, cloud, networking, collaboration, and emerging technologies. Further, we offer professional services in the spaces of digital signage, electric vehicle (“EV”) charging solutions, loss prevention and security, store openings, remodels, and store closings.
We deliver integrated solutions that address our customers’ business needs, leveraging the appropriate technologies, both on-premises and in the cloud. Our approach is to lead with advisory consulting to understand our customers’ needs, and then design, deploy, and manage solutions aligned to their objectives. Underpinning the broader areas of cloud, security, networking, and collaboration are specific skills in orchestration and automation, application modernization, DevSecOps, zero-trust architectures, data management, data visualization, analytics, network modernization, edge computing and other advanced and emerging technologies. These solutions are comprised of class-leading technologies from our commercial partners.
We are a reseller for thousands of manufacturers, which enables us to provide our customers with new and evolving IT solutions. We possess top-level IT engineering certifications with a broad range of leading IT vendors that enable us to offer IT solutions that are optimized for each of our customers’ specific requirements.
We serve primarily middle market to large enterprises across diverse markets including telecom, media and entertainment, technology, state and local government and educational institutions (“SLED”), healthcare, and financial services. We sell to customers in the United States (“US”), which account for most of our sales, and to customers in select international markets including the United Kingdom (“UK”), the European Union (“EU”), India, and Singapore.
On June 30, 2025, we completed the sale of 100% of the membership interests of Expo Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and our wholly-owned subsidiary (“HoldCo”), to Marlin Leasing Corporation, a Delaware corporation (d/b/a PEAC Solutions) pursuant to the terms of the Membership Interest Purchase Agreement, dated June 20, 2025 (the “Sale Transaction”). By selling HoldCo, together with its U.S. subsidiaries, we sold our domestic financing business that comprised most of our financing business segment, which is a business that finances information technology equipment, software and related services for customers. We continue to own the international entities in the financing business. This divestiture positions us to focus on being a technology solutions provider and represents a strategic shift in our operations. As a result of the Sale Transaction, we determined that the domestic financing business that was sold met the definition of discontinued operations. Consequently, for all periods presented in these financial statements, we are retrospectively presenting the results of our domestic financing business as discontinued operations. In our unaudited consolidated balance sheets for all periods, we present the assets and liabilities of our domestic financing business as assets and liabilities of discontinued operations. In our unaudited consolidated statements of operations for all periods, we present the operating results of our domestic financing business in earnings from discontinued operations. After the sale, our remaining three reportable segments are product, professional services, and managed services, which we formerly referred to collectively as our technology business. Refer to Note 4, “Discontinued Operations” in the notes to the accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements for further information.
BUSINESS TRENDS
We believe the following key factors may impact our business performance and our ability to achieve business results:
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General economic conditions including changes in law and policy by the US government, inflation, tariffs, export requirements, sanctions, changing interest rates, staffing shortages, remote work trends, geopolitical concerns and changes in US government spending and contracting practices may impact our customers’ willingness to spend on technology and services.
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There is a worldwide shortage of memory chips due to the demand for
AI-ready products, which is also causing rapid price increases across many IT
products. Like others, we may experience ongoing supply constraints for memory
chips that may affect lead times for delivery of products, our having to carry
more inventory for longer periods, our and the customer’s costs of products,
vendor return and cancellation policies, and our ability to meet customer
demands. We continue to work closely with our suppliers and manufacturers to
mitigate disruptions outside our control. Despite these actions, we believe
extended lead times and price increases will likely persist for at least the
next few quarters.
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Our customers’ top focus areas include AI, security, cloud solutions, as well as digital transformation and modernization. We have developed advisory services, assessments, solutions, and professional and managed services to meet these priorities and help our customers attain and maintain their desired outcomes.
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Modernizing legacy applications, data modernization, reducing operational complexity, securing workloads, the cost and performance of IT operations, and agility are changing the way companies are purchasing and consuming technology. These are fueling deployments of solutions on cloud, managed services and hybrid platforms and licensing models, which may include invoicing over the term of the engagement and may result in additional revenue recognized on a net basis.
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Rapid cloud adoption has led to customer challenges around increasing costs, security concerns, and skillset gaps. These challenges are consistent across all industries and business sizes. We have developed a Cloud Managed Services portfolio to address these needs, allowing our clients to focus on driving business outcomes via optimized and secure cloud platforms.
KEY BUSINESS METRICS
Our management monitors several financial and non-financial measures and ratios on a regular basis to track the progress of our business. We believe that the most important of these measures and ratios include net sales, gross profit and margin, operating income margin, net earnings, and net earnings per common share, in each case based on information prepared in accordance with United States Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (“US GAAP”), as well as the non-GAAP financial measures and ratios, including Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA margin, Non-GAAP: Net earnings from continuing operations and Non-GAAP: Net earnings from continuing operations per common share - diluted.
We also use a variety of operating and other information to evaluate the operating performance of our business, develop financial forecasts, make strategic decisions, and prepare and approve annual budgets. We use gross billings as an operational metric to assess the volume of transactions or market share for our product, professional services, and managed services segments as well as to understand changes in our accounts receivable and accounts payable balances and our statement of cash flows. We believe our gross billings metric will aid investors in the same manner to evaluate our business.
These key indicators include financial information that is prepared in accordance with US GAAP and presented in our consolidated financial statements, as well as non-GAAP and operational performance measurement tools. Generally, a non-GAAP financial measure is a numerical measure of a company’s performance or financial position that either excludes or includes amounts that are correspondingly not normally excluded or included in the most directly comparable measure calculated and presented in accordance with US GAAP. Our use of non-GAAP information as analytical tools has limitations and should not be considered in isolation or as substitutes for analysis of our financial results reported under GAAP, as these measures used by management may differ from similar measures used by other companies, even when similar terms are used to identify such measures.
We use Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA margin, Non-GAAP: net earnings from continuing operations and Non-GAAP: net earnings from continuing operations per common share - diluted as supplemental measures of our performance to gain insight into our operating performance and performance trends. We believe that these measures provide management and investors with a useful measure for period-to-period comparisons of our business and operating results by excluding items that management believes are not reflective of our underlying operating performance. Accordingly, we believe that such non-GAAP financial measures provide useful information to investors and others in understanding and evaluating our operating results. Please see footnotes (1) and (2) of the below tables for more information.
The following tables provide our key business metrics for our consolidated entity (in thousands, except per share amounts):
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Net sales
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$ | 614,774 | $ | 493,221 | $ | 1,860,915 | $ | 1,522,245 | ||||||||
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Gross profit
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$ | 158,654 | $ | 125,078 | $ | 468,994 | $ | 379,254 | ||||||||
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Gross profit margin
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25.8 | % | 25.4 | % | 25.2 | % | 24.9 | % | ||||||||
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Operating income
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$ | 43,466 | $ | 16,470 | $ | 128,501 | $ | 74,925 | ||||||||
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7.1 | % | 3.3 | % | 6.9 | % | 4.9 | % | ||||||||
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Net earnings from continuing operations
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$ | 33,400 | $ | 14,566 | $ | 98,688 | $ | 58,558 | ||||||||
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Net earnings from continuing operations margin
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5.4 | % | 3.0 | % | 5.3 | % | 3.8 | % | ||||||||
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Net earnings from continuing operations per common share —diluted
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$ | 1.27 | $ | 0.55 | $ | 3.74 | $ | 2.19 | ||||||||
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Non-GAAP financial metrics
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$ | 38,009 | $ | 18,629 | $ | 111,630 | $ | 71,151 | ||||||||
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Non-GAAP: Net earnings from continuing operations per common share—diluted (1)
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$ | 1.45 | $ | 0.71 | $ | 4.23 | $ | 2.66 | ||||||||
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Adjusted EBITDA (2)
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$ | 53,383 | $ | 27,038 | $ | 158,795 | $ | 102,441 | ||||||||
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Operational metrics
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Networking
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$ | 300,075 | $ | 214,762 | $ | 883,996 | $ | 716,087 | ||||||||
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Cloud
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257,848 | 207,762 | 772,693 | 644,888 | ||||||||||||
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Security
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221,971 | 190,808 | 667,174 | 506,256 | ||||||||||||
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Collaboration
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22,606 | 22,381 | 86,669 | 102,074 | ||||||||||||
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Other
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72,358 | 76,513 | 200,721 | 193,650 | ||||||||||||
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Product segment
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874,858 | 712,226 | 2,611,253 | 2,162,955 | ||||||||||||
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Services
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107,223 | 137,320 | 346,248 | 328,527 | ||||||||||||
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$ | 982,081 | $ | 849,546 | $ | 2,957,501 | $ | 2,491,482 | ||||||||
(1)
Non-GAAP: Net earnings from continuing operations and Non-GAAP: Net earnings from continuing operations per common share – diluted are based on net earnings from continuing operations calculated in accordance with US GAAP, adjusted to exclude other (income) expense, share-based compensation, and acquisition related amortization and integration expenses, and the related tax effects.
We believe that the exclusion of other income and acquisition-related amortization expense in calculating Non-GAAP: Net earnings from continuing operations and Non-GAAP: Net earnings from continuing operations per common share – diluted provides management and investors a useful measure for period-to-period comparisons of our business and operating results by excluding items that management believes are not reflective of our underlying operating performance, which helps in understanding and the evaluation of our operating results. We use Non-GAAP: Net earnings from continuing operations and Non-GAAP: Net earnings from continuing operations per common share – diluted as supplemental measures of our performance to gain and provide insight into our operating performance and performance trends. However, our use of non-GAAP information as analytical tools has limitations and should not be considered in isolation or as substitutes for analysis of our financial results as reported under US GAAP. In addition, other companies, including companies in our industry, might calculate similar Non-GAAP: Net earnings from continuing operations and Non-GAAP: Net earnings from continuing operations per common share – diluted, or similarly titled measures differently, which may reduce their usefulness as comparative measures.
The following table provides our calculation of Non-GAAP: Net earnings from continuing operations and Non-GAAP: Net earnings from continuing operations per common share – diluted (in thousands, except per share amounts):
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GAAP: Earnings from continuing operations before tax
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$ | 45,589 | $ | 19,917 | $ | 136,399 | $ | 80,399 | ||||||||
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Share-based compensation
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3,424 | 2,863 | 9,922 | 8,184 | ||||||||||||
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Acquisition related expenses
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- | 29 | - | 1,072 | ||||||||||||
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Acquisition related amortization expense
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5,006 | 5,983 | 15,867 | 14,180 | ||||||||||||
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Other (income) expense, net
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(2,123 | ) | (3,447 | ) | (7,898 | ) | (5,474 | ) | ||||||||
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Non-GAAP: Earnings from continuing operations before tax
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51,896 | 25,345 | 154,290 | 98,361 | ||||||||||||
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GAAP: Provision for income taxes
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12,189 | 5,351 | 37,711 | 21,841 | ||||||||||||
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Share-based compensation
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916 | 772 | 2,728 | 2,266 | ||||||||||||
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Acquisition related expenses
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- | 7 | - | 300 | ||||||||||||
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Acquisition related amortization expense
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1,338 | 1,495 | 4,363 | 3,788 | ||||||||||||
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Other (income) expense, net
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(568 | ) | (930 | ) | (2,243 | ) | (1,498 | ) | ||||||||
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Tax benefit (expense) on restricted stock
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12 | 21 | 101 | 513 | ||||||||||||
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Non-GAAP: Provision for income taxes
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13,887 | 6,716 | 42,660 | 27,210 | ||||||||||||
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Non-GAAP: Net earnings from continuing operations
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$ | 38,009 | $ | 18,629 | $ | 111,630 | $ | 71,151 | ||||||||
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GAAP: Net earnings from continuing operations per common share - diluted
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$ | 1.27 | $ | 0.55 | $ | 3.74 | $ | 2.19 | ||||||||
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Share-based compensation
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0.10 | 0.08 | 0.27 | 0.22 | ||||||||||||
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Acquisition related expenses
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- | - | - | 0.03 | ||||||||||||
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Acquisition related amortization expense
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0.14 | 0.17 | 0.43 | 0.39 | ||||||||||||
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Other (income) expense, net
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(0.06 | ) | (0.09 | ) | (0.21 | ) | (0.15 | ) | ||||||||
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Tax benefit (expense) on restricted stock
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- | - | - | (0.02 | ) | |||||||||||
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Total non-GAAP adjustments - net of tax
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0.18 | 0.16 | 0.49 | 0.47 | ||||||||||||
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Non-GAAP: Net earnings from continuing operations per common share - diluted
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$ | 1.45 | $ | 0.71 | $ | 4.23 | $ | 2.66 | ||||||||
(2)
We define Adjusted EBITDA as net earnings from continuing operations calculated in accordance with US GAAP, adjusted for the following: interest expense, depreciation and amortization, share-based compensation, acquisition and integration expenses, provision for income taxes, and other (income) expense. In the table below, we provide a reconciliation of Adjusted EBITDA to net earnings from continuing operations, which is the most directly comparable financial measure to this non-GAAP financial measure. Adjusted EBITDA margin is our calculation of Adjusted EBITDA divided by net sales.
We believe that the exclusion of other income in calculating Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA margin provides management and investors with a useful measure for period-to-period comparisons of our business and operating results by excluding items that management believes are not reflective of our underlying operating performance, which helps in the understanding and evaluation of our operating results. We use Adjusted EBITDA as a supplemental measure of our performance to gain and provide insight into our operating performance and performance trends. However, our use of Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA margin as analytical tools has limitations and should not be considered in isolation or as substitutes for analysis of our financial results as reported under US GAAP. In addition, other companies, including companies in our industry, might calculate Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA margin, or similarly titled measures differently, which may reduce their usefulness as comparative measures.
The following table provides our calculations of Adjusted EBITDA (in thousands):
| Three months ended December 31, |
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| 2025 | 2024 | 2025 | 2024 | |||||||||||||
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GAAP: Net earnings from continuing operations
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$ | 33,400 | $ | 14,566 | $ | 98,688 | $ | 58,558 | ||||||||
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Provision for income taxes
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12,189 | 5,351 | 37,711 | 21,841 | ||||||||||||
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Share-based compensation
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3,424 | 2,863 | 9,922 | 8,184 | ||||||||||||
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Acquisition related expenses
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- | 29 | - | 1,072 | ||||||||||||
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Depreciation and amortization
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6,493 | 7,676 | 20,372 | 18,260 | ||||||||||||
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Other (income) expense, net
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(2,123 | ) | (3,447 | ) | (7,898 | ) | (5,474 | ) | ||||||||
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Non-GAAP: Adjusted EBITDA
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$ | 53,383 | $ | 27,038 | $ | 158,795 | $ | 102,441 | ||||||||
(3)
Gross billings are the total dollar value of customer purchases of goods and services including shipping charges during the period, net of customer returns and credit memos, sales, or other taxes from our product, professional services, and managed services segments. Gross billings include the transaction values for certain sales transactions that are recognized on a net basis, and, therefore, include amounts that will not be recognized as revenue.
RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
Net sales: Net sales for the three months ended December 31, 2025, increased $121.6 million compared to the three months ended December 31, 2024, due to increased net sales to customers in the telecom, media and entertainment, healthcare, technology, retail, and financial services industries, offset by decreased net sales to customers in the SLED industry. Our increase in demand was primarily driven by midmarket, large enterprise, and healthcare customers. For further information, see the “Segment Results of Operations” below.
Net sales for the nine months ended December 31, 2025, increased $338.7 million compared to the nine months ended December 31, 2024, due to increased net sales to customers in the telecom, media and entertainment, healthcare, technology, retail, and financial services industries, offset by decreased net sales to customers in the SLED industry. Our increase in demand was primarily driven by large enterprise customers. For further information, see the “Segment Results of Operations” below.
Gross profit: Consolidated gross profit for the
three months ended December 31, 2025, increased $33.6 million
compared to the prior three-month period due to
increases in net sales in our product segment and managed services segment,
offset by a decrease in our professional services segment. Overall, gross margin increased
40 basis points year over year to 25.8%, primarily due to higher product margin
led by a shift in product mix and higher vendor incentives, partially offset by
a lower percentage of sales of third-party maintenance and subscriptions that
are recognized on a net basis and lower services margin. For further
information, see the “Segment Results of Operations” below.
Consolidated gross profit for the nine months ended December 31, 2025, increased $89.7 million compared to the prior nine-month period due to increases in net sales in all three of our operating segments. Overall, gross margin increased 30 basis points year over year to 25.2%, primarily due to higher product margin led by a shift in product mix as we sold more third-party maintenance and subscriptions that are recognized on a net basis, offset by lower services margin. For further information, see the “Segment Results of Operations” below.
Selling, general, and administrative: Selling, general, and administrative expenses for the three and nine months ended December 31, 2025, increased $7.8 million and $34.1 million, compared to the three and nine months ended December 31, 2024, respectively.
Salaries and benefits, including variable compensation and share-based compensation for the three months ended December 31, 2025, increased $8.1 million, compared to the same three-month period in the prior year, primarily due to increases in variable compensation commensurate with the increase in our gross profit.
Salaries and benefits, including variable compensation and share-based compensation for the nine months ended December 31, 2025, increased $31.1 million, compared to the same nine-month period in the prior year, primarily due to increases in variable compensation commensurate with the increase in our gross profit and secondarily due to additional salaries and benefits due to our acquisition of Bailiwick on August 19, 2024.
General and administrative expenses for the three months ended December 31, 2025, increased $0.5 million as compared to the prior three-month period, mainly driven by higher legal fees.
General and administrative expenses for the nine months ended December 31, 2025, increased $3.9 million as compared to the prior nine-month period, due to the addition of Bailiwick. In total, we had higher professional fees of $1.9 million, higher software, subscription, and maintenance fees of $1.8 million, higher office rent of $0.7 million, and higher travel and entertainment expenses of $0.7 million. These increases were offset by a decrease in acquisition-related expenses of $1.0 million, due to the addition of Bailiwick in the prior nine-month period.
Provision for credit losses for the three and nine months ended December 31, 2025, was $0.4 million and $0.6 million, respectively, as compared to $1.2 million and $1.5 million for the prior three- and nine-month periods, respectively. Our lower provision for credit losses for the three and nine months ended December 31, 2025, was due to favorable changes in our net credit exposure.
Depreciation and amortization: Depreciation and amortization for the three months ended December 31, 2025, decreased compared to the three months ended December 31, 2024, primarily due to decreased acquisition amortization expense.
Depreciation and amortization for the nine months ended December 31, 2025, increased compared to the nine months ended December 31, 2024, primarily due to amortization from intangible assets acquired in the Bailiwick acquisition.
Operating income: As a result of the foregoing, operating income for the three months ended December 31, 2025, increased $27.0 million compared to the prior three-month period, and operating margin increased by 380 basis points to 7.1%.
As a result of the foregoing, operating income for the nine months ended December 31, 2025, increased $53.6 million compared to the prior nine-month period, and operating margin increased by 200 basis points to 6.9%.
Other income, net: Other income, net for the three months ended December 31, 2025, was $2.1 million, compared to $3.4 million for the three months ended December 31, 2024. Our decrease in other income was primarily due to lower foreign exchange gains in the current three-month period compared to the same period in the prior year and $1.2 million in expense in the current three-month period related to adjustments to our estimate of the fair value of contingent consideration due from PEAC Solutions relating to our sale of HoldCo, offset by higher interest income in the current three-month period compared to the same period in the prior year. We had foreign exchange gains of $0.1 million for the three months ended December 31, 2025, compared to $1.9 million for the same period in the prior year. We had $3.0 million in interest income for the three months ended December 31, 2025, compared to $1.6 million for the same period in the prior year.
Other income for the nine months ended December 31, 2025, was $7.9 million, compared to $5.5 million for the nine months ended December 31, 2024. Our increase in other income was primarily due to higher interest income in the current nine-month period compared to the same period in the prior year and earnings from our transition services agreement with PEAC offset by higher foreign exchange losses in the current nine-month period compared to the same period in the prior year and $1.1 million in expense in the current nine-month period related to adjustments to our estimate of the fair value of contingent consideration due from PEAC Solutions relating to our sale of HoldCo. We had $9.0 million in interest income for the nine months ended December 31, 2025, compared to $5.9 million for the same period in the prior year. We had foreign exchange losses of $0.6 million for the nine months ended December 31, 2025, compared to losses of $0.4 million for the same period in the prior year.
Provision for income taxes: Our provision for income tax expense was $12.2 million and $37.7 million for the three and nine months ended December 31, 2025, as compared to $5.4 million and $21.8 million for the same three- and nine-month periods in the prior year. Our effective tax rate for the three and nine months ended December 31, 2025, was 26.7% and 27.6% respectively, compared with 26.9% and 27.2%, respectively, for the same three- and nine-month periods in the prior year. Our effective income tax rate for the three months ended December 31, 2025, was lower compared to the same three-month period in the prior year primarily due to lower state taxes. Our effective income tax rate for the nine months ended December 31, 2025, was higher compared to the same nine-month period in the prior year primarily due a higher tax benefit from restricted stock and state taxes in the prior year.
Net earnings from continuing operations: Net earnings from continuing operations for the three months ended December 31, 2025, were $33.4 million, an increase of $18.8 million, as compared to $14.6 million for the same three-month period in the prior year. The net earnings increase was due to the increase in operating profits, offset by an increase in provision for income taxes and decrease in other income.
Net earnings from continuing operations for the nine months ended December 31, 2025, were $98.7 million, an increase of $40.1 million, as compared to $58.6 million for the same nine-month period in the prior year. The net earnings increase was due to the increase in operating profits, and an increase other income, offset by an increase in provision for income taxes.
Net earnings from discontinued operations, net of tax: Net earnings from discontinued operations, net of tax, for the three months ended December 31, 2025, was $1.7 million consisting of a gain of $2.3 million from settling a legal matter, offset by an income tax expense of $0.6 million. In December 2025, we paid $2.3 million to settle a legal matter related to our discontinued operations, which we had recorded as a contingent liability of $4.6 million during the three months ended September 30, 2025. As a result of this settlement, we recognized a gain of $2.3 million. We had net earnings from discontinued operations, net of tax, of $9.6 million for the same three-month period in the prior year consisting of $12.3 million in earnings before income tax, offset by income tax of $2.7 million.
Net earnings from discontinued operations, net of tax, for the nine months ended December 31, 2025, was $8.9 million consisting of $12.3 million in earnings before tax, offset by $3.4 million in income tax expense. Our earnings from discontinued operations before tax for the nine months ended December 31, 2025 include a $4.4 million gain from the sale of our domestic financing business and a $2.3 million loss to settle a legal matter related to our discontinued operations. We had net earnings from discontinued operations, net of tax, of $24.2 million for the same nine-month period in the prior year consisting of $32.6 million in earnings before income tax, offset by $8.4 million in income tax expense.
Net earnings: Due to the aforementioned reasons, net earnings for the three months ended December 31, 2025, were $35.1 million, an increase of $11.0 million, as compared to $24.1 million for the same three-month period in the prior year.
Due to the aforementioned reasons, net earnings for the nine months ended December 31, 2025, were $107.6 million, an increase of $24.8 million, as compared to $82.8 million for the same nine-month period in the prior year.
SEGMENT OVERVIEW
Following the divestiture of our domestic financing business, we organize our business into three reportable segments (which we formerly referred to collectively as the technology business):
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Product segment: Our product segment consists of the sale of third-party hardware, third-party perpetual and subscription software, and third-party maintenance, software assurance, and other third-party services. The product segment also includes internet-based business-to-business supply chain management solutions for IT products. We endeavor to minimize the cost of sales in our product segment through incentive programs provided by vendors and distributors.
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Professional services segment: Our professional services segment includes our advanced professional services to our customers that are performed under time and materials, fixed fee, or milestone contracts. Professional services include consulting, assessments, architecture, deployment, and configuration, logistic services, training, staff augmentation services, and project management services. Additionally, we offer professional services in the spaces of digital signage, EV charging solutions, loss prevention and security, store openings, remodels, and store closings.
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Managed services segment: Our managed services segment includes our advanced managed services that encompass managing various aspects of our customers’ environments that are billed in regular intervals over a contract term, usually between three to five years. Managed services also include security solutions, storage-as-a-service, cloud hosted services, cloud managed services, and service desk.
Our other category consists of the international entities of our financing business that we retained after selling our domestic financing business.
SEGMENT RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
The three and nine months ended December 31, 2025, compared to the three and nine months ended December 31, 2024
The results of operations for our segments were as follows (dollars in thousands):
| Three months ended December 31, | Nine months ended December 31, | |||||||||||||||
| 2025 | 2024 | 2025 | 2024 | |||||||||||||
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Financial metrics
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Net sales:
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Product segment
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$ | 501,827 | $ | 379,472 | $ | 1,507,736 | $ | 1,226,397 | ||||||||
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Professional services segment
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64,065 | 69,497 | 212,138 | 168,676 | ||||||||||||
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Managed services segment
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48,778 | 44,150 | 140,775 | 126,827 | ||||||||||||
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Total reportable segments
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614,670 | 493,119 | 1,860,649 | 1,521,900 | ||||||||||||
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Other
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104 | 102 | 266 | 345 | ||||||||||||
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Total
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$ | 614,774 | $ | 493,221 | $ | 1,860,915 | $ | 1,522,245 | ||||||||
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Gross Profit:
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Product segment
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$ | 119,321 | $ | 84,046 | $ | 344,816 | $ | 271,910 | ||||||||
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Professional services segment
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25,121 | 27,841 | 82,446 | 68,879 | ||||||||||||
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Managed services segment
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14,151 | 13,160 | 41,638 | 38,333 | ||||||||||||
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Total reportable segments
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158,593 | 125,047 | 468,900 | 379,122 | ||||||||||||
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Other
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61 | 31 | 94 | 132 | ||||||||||||
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Total
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$ | 158,654 | $ | 125,078 | $ | 468,994 | $ | 379,254 | ||||||||
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Gross margin:
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Product segment
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23.8 | % | 22.1 | % | 22.9 | % | 22.2 | % | ||||||||
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Professional services segment
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39.2 | % | 40.1 | % | 38.9 | % | 40.8 | % | ||||||||
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Managed services segment
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29.0 | % | 29.8 | % | 29.6 | % | 30.2 | % | ||||||||
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Total
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25.8 | % | 25.4 | % | 25.2 | % | 24.9 | % | ||||||||
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Net sales by customer end market:
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Telecom, media & entertainment
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$ | 176,405 | $ | 126,201 | $ | 538,156 | $ | 352,624 | ||||||||
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Technology
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89,368 | 71,293 | 241,664 | 235,387 | ||||||||||||
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Healthcare
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81,460 | 58,670 | 238,036 | 212,185 | ||||||||||||
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Financial services
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66,104 | 46,217 | 176,683 | 130,701 | ||||||||||||
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SLED
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59,946 | 71,412 | 237,754 | 261,195 | ||||||||||||
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Retail
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34,394 | 33,785 | 106,427 | 67,754 | ||||||||||||
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All others
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106,993 | 85,541 | 321,929 | 262,054 | ||||||||||||
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Total reportable segments
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$ | 614,670 | $ | 493,119 | $ | 1,860,649 | $ | 1,521,900 | ||||||||
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Net sales by type:
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Networking
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230,886 | 181,367 | 707,244 | 602,883 | ||||||||||||
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Cloud
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175,352 | 116,864 | 510,618 | 375,431 | ||||||||||||
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Security
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61,055 | 53,919 | 188,051 | 143,133 | ||||||||||||
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Collaboration
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13,418 | 8,391 | 41,733 | 47,278 | ||||||||||||
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Other
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21,116 | 18,931 | 60,090 | 57,672 | ||||||||||||
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Total products segment
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$ | 501,827 | $ | 379,472 | $ | 1,507,736 | $ | 1,226,397 | ||||||||
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Professional services segment
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64,065 | 69,497 | 212,138 | 168,676 | ||||||||||||
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Managed services segment
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48,778 | 44,150 | 140,775 | 126,827 | ||||||||||||
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Total reportable segments
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$ | 614,670 | $ | 493,119 | $ | 1,860,649 | $ | 1,521,900 | ||||||||
Net sales:
Product
segment sales for the three months ended December 31, 2025, increased compared
to the same three-month period in the prior year, due to increases in revenue
from networking, cloud, security, and collaboration products. Product segment
sales for the nine months ended December 31, 2025, increased compared to the
same nine-month period in the prior year, due to increases in revenue from networking,
cloud, and security products, offset by a decline in collaboration products.
These increases were driven by the timing of purchases by existing
customers, which are determined by their buying cycles and the timing of
specific IT-related initiatives. Contributing
to the increase, the proportion of our sales that were sales of third-party
maintenance and subscriptions that are recognized on a net basis decreased for
both the three and nine months ended December 31, 2025, compared to the same
periods in the prior year.
Professional services segment sales for the three months ended December 31, 2025, decreased compared to the same three-month period in the prior year, primarily due to decreases in revenues from project services and staff augmentation, offset by increases in consulting revenue. Professional services segment sales for the nine months ended December 31, 2025, increased compared to the same nine-month period in the prior year, primarily due to increases in revenues attributable to the acquisition of Bailiwick.
Managed services segment sales for the three and nine months ended December 31, 2025, increased compared to the same three- and nine-month periods in the prior year, due to ongoing expansion of these service offerings, primarily related to ongoing growth in enhanced maintenance support and cloud services.
Gross profit margin:
Product segment margin for the three
and nine months ended December 31, 2025, increased by 170 basis points and 70
basis points, respectively, from the same three- and nine-month periods in the
prior year due to a shift in product mix and vendor incentives, offset by a decrease
in the proportion of our sales that were sales of third-party maintenance and
subscriptions which are recorded on a net basis. Vendor incentives earned as a
percentage of sales for the three and nine months ended December 31, 2025
increased by 140 basis points and 50 basis points, respectively, which had a
positive effect on gross margin, as compared to the same three- and nine-month
periods in the prior year.
Professional services segment margin for the three and nine months ended December 31, 2025, decreased by 90 basis points and 190 basis points, respectively, from the same three- and nine-month periods in the prior year primarily due to our acquisition of Bailiwick whose services have a lower gross margin due to the use of a higher proportion of third parties for delivery than our organic professional services.
Managed services segment margin for the three and nine months ended December 31, 2025, decreased by 80 basis points and 60 basis points, respectively, from the same three- and nine-month periods in the prior year, mainly driven by a decrease in gross margin from our managed services offerings due to increased third party costs.
LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES
LIQUIDITY OVERVIEW
We finance our operations through funds generated from operations and through borrowings. We use those funds to meet our capital requirements, which primarily consist of working capital for operational needs, capital expenditures, mergers and acquisitions, and the repurchase of shares of our common stock.
We believe that cash on hand and funds generated from operations, together with available credit under our credit facility, will be sufficient to finance our working capital, capital expenditures, and other requirements for at least next year.
Our ability to continue to expand, both organically and through acquisitions, is dependent upon our ability to generate enough cash flow from operations or from borrowing or other sources of financing as may be required. While at this time we do not anticipate requiring any additional sources of financing to fund operations, if demand for IT products declines, or if our supply of products is delayed or interrupted, our cash flows from operations may be substantially affected.
CASH FLOWS
The following table summarizes our sources and uses of cash for the nine months ended December 31, 2025, and 2024 (in thousands):
| Nine months ended December 31, | ||||||||
| 2025 | 2024 | |||||||
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Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities of continuing operations
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$ | (223,414 | ) | $ | 186,645 | |||
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Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities of discontinued operations
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2,229 | (45,447 | ) | |||||
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Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities
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(221,185 | ) | 141,198 | |||||
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Net cash used in investing activities of continuing operations
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(3,200 | ) | (128,338 | ) | ||||
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Net cash provided by investing activities of discontinued operations
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156,681 | 1,024 | ||||||
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Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities
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153,481 | (127,314 | ) | |||||
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Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities of continuing operations
|
9,784 | (21,491 | ) | |||||
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Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities of discontinued operations
|
(6,417 | ) | 8,065 | |||||
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Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities
|
3,367 | (13,426 | ) | |||||
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Effect of exchange rate changes on cash
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1,253 | (405 | ) | |||||
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Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
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$ | (63,084 | ) | $ | 53 | |||
Cash flows from operating activities: During the nine months ended December 31, 2025, we used $223.4 million through operating activities of continuing operations primarily due to an increase in our accounts receivable and inventories, partially offset by net earnings. During the nine months ended December 31, 2024, we provided $186.6 million through operating activities of continuing operations primarily due to net earnings and decreases in our accounts receivable and inventories, partially offset by a decrease in our accounts payable.
To manage our working capital, we monitor our cash conversion cycle for our business segments, which is defined as days sales outstanding (“DSO”) in accounts receivable plus days of supply in inventory (“DIO”) minus days of purchases outstanding in accounts payable (“DPO”).
The following table presents the components of the cash conversion cycle for our business segments as of December 31, 2025, and December 31, 2024:
| December 31, 2025 | December 31, 2024 | |||||||
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(DSO) Days sales outstanding (1)
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63 | 62 | ||||||
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(DIO) Days inventory outstanding (2)
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22 | 13 | ||||||
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(DPO) Days payable outstanding (3)
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(44 | ) | (43 | ) | ||||
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Cash conversion cycle
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41 | 32 |
(1)
Represents the rolling three-month average of the balance of accounts receivable-trade, net at the end of the period divided by gross billings for the same three-month period.
(2)
Represents the rolling three-month average of the balance of inventory, net at the end of the period divided by the direct cost of products and services billed to our customers for the same three-month period.
(3)
Represents the rolling three-month average of the combined balance of accounts payable-trade and accounts payable-floor plan at the end of the period divided by the direct cost of products and services billed to our customers for the same three-month period.
Our cash conversion cycle increased to 41 days as of December 31, 2025, as compared to 32 days as of December 31, 2024. Our standard payment term for customers is between 30-60 days; however, certain customer orders may be approved for extended payment terms. Our DSO increased 1 day to 63 days as of December 31, 2025, compared to 62 days as of December 31, 2024, reflecting higher sales to customers with terms less than or equal to net 60 days. Our DIO increased to 22 days as of December 31, 2025, compared to 13 days as of December 31, 2024, due to longer customer delivery schedules. Our DPO increased by 1 day to 44 days as of December 31, 2025, as compared to December 31, 2024. We pay invoices, processed through our WFCDF Credit Facility from our accounts payable-floor plan balance or paid directly from our accounts payable-trade balances typically within 45 to 60 days from the invoice date.
Cash flows related to investing activities: During the nine months ended December 31, 2025, we used $3.2 million through investing activities of continuing operations consisting primarily of purchases of property and equipment. We also provided $156.7 million through investing activities of discontinued operations, consisting primarily of cash proceeds from our sale of HoldCo of $180.1 million less cash transferred with the HoldCo entities of $23.4 million. During the nine months ended December 31, 2024, we used $128.3 million through investing activities of continuing operations consisting of $124.9 million for the acquisition of Bailiwick, and $3.4 million for purchases of property and equipment.
Cash flows from financing activities: During the nine months ended December 31, 2025, we provided $9.8 million through financing activities of continuing operations. We had cash outflows of $24.3 million to repurchase outstanding shares of our common stock and $13.1 million paid for dividends. These cash outflows were partially offset by cash inflows of $43.6 million in net borrowing on our floor plan facility and $3.6 million in proceeds from the issuance of common stock to employees under our employee stock purchase plan.
During the nine months ended December 31, 2024, we used $21.5 million through financing activities of continuing operations. We had cash outflows of $33.5 million to repurchase outstanding shares of our common stock and $2.3 million paid in connection with our purchase of certain assets of Peak Resources, Inc. based on adjustments to the determination of total net assets received from our January 2024 acquisition of that company. These cash outflows were partially offset by cash inflows of $10.6 million in net borrowings on the floor plan component of our credit facility and $3.6 million in proceeds from the issuance of common stock to employees under our employee stock purchase plan.
CREDIT FACILITY
We finance the operations of our subsidiaries ePlus Technology, inc. and ePlus Technology Services, inc. (collectively, the “Borrowers”) through a credit facility with WFCDF. The WFCDF Credit Facility has a floor plan facility and a revolving credit facility.
Please refer to Note 7, “Credit Facility” to the accompanying Consolidated Financial Statements included in "Part I, Item 1. Financial Statements" for additional information concerning our WFCDF Credit Facility.
The loss of the WFCDF Credit Facility could have a material adverse effect on our future results as we currently rely on this facility and its components for daily working capital and liquidity and as an operational function of our accounts payable process.
Floor plan facility: We finance certain purchases of products for sale to our customers through the floor plan facility. Once our customers place a purchase order with us and we have approved their credit, we place an order for the desired products with one of our vendors. Our vendors are generally paid by the floor plan facility and our liability is reflected in “accounts payable—floor plan” in our consolidated balance sheets.
Most customer payments to us are remitted to our lockbox accounts. Once payments are cleared, the monies in the lockbox accounts are automatically and daily transferred to our operating account. We pay down the floor plan facility on three specified dates each month, generally 45 to 60 days from the invoice date. Our borrowings and repayments under the floor plan component are included in “net borrowings (repayments) on floor plan facility” within cash flows from the financing activities in our consolidated statements of cash flows.
As of December 31, 2025, and March 31, 2025, we had a maximum credit limit of $500.0 million, and an outstanding balance on the floor plan facility of $133.2 million and $89.5 million, respectively. On our balance sheet, our liability under the floor plan facility is presented as part of accounts payable – floor plan.
Revolving credit facility: We did not have any activity on our revolving credit facility during the three months ended December 31, 2025, and 2024. As of December 31, 2025, and March 31, 2025, we did not have any outstanding balance under the revolving credit facility. The maximum credit limit under this facility was $200.0 million as of both December 31, 2025, and March 31, 2025.
DIVIDENDS
A summary of fiscal year-to-date dividend activity for our common stock is as follows:
| Dividend amount | Declaration date | Record date | Payment date | |||||
| $ | 0.25 | August 7, 2025 | August 26, 2025 | September 17, 2025 | ||||
| $ | 0.25 | November 6, 2025 | November 25, 2025 | December 17, 2025 |
On February 4, 2026, we announced that our Board of Directors declared a quarterly dividend. The quarterly cash dividend of $0.25 per common share will be paid on March 18, 2026, to shareholders of record as of the close of business on February 24, 2026.
The payment of any future dividends will be at the discretion of our Board of Directors and will depend upon our results of operations, financial condition, business prospects, capital requirements, contractual restrictions (including in current or future agreements governing our indebtedness), restrictions imposed by applicable law, tax considerations and other factors that our Board of Directors deems relevant.
PERFORMANCE GUARANTEES
In the normal course of business, we may provide certain customers with performance guarantees, which are generally backed by surety bonds. In general, we would only be liable for these guarantees in the event of default in the performance of our obligations. We believe we comply with the performance obligations under all service contracts for which there is a performance guarantee, and we believe that any liability incurred in connection with these guarantees would not have a material adverse effect on our consolidated statements of operations.
OFF-BALANCE SHEET ARRANGEMENTS
As part of our ongoing business, we do not participate in transactions that generate relationships with unconsolidated entities or financial partnerships, such as entities often referred to as structured finance or special purpose entities, which would have been established for the purpose of facilitating off-balance sheet arrangements, or other contractually narrow or limited purposes. As of December 31, 2025, we were not involved in any unconsolidated special purpose entity transactions.
ADEQUACY OF CAPITAL RESOURCES
The continued implementation of our business strategy will require a significant investment in both resources and managerial focus. In addition, we may selectively enter into merger and acquisition transactions with other companies that have attractive customer relationships, skilled sales and/or engineering forces, and/or other attributes that may be complementary to our business or are aligned with our long-term strategy. We may also open facilities in new geographic areas, which may require a significant investment of cash. We may also acquire technology companies to expand and enhance our geographic footprint, or the platform of bundled solutions to provide additional functionality and value-added services. We may require additional capital due to increases in inventory to accommodate our customers’ IT installation schedules. These actions may result in increased working capital needs as the business expands. As a result, we may require additional financing to fund our strategy, implementation, potential future mergers and acquisitions, and working capital needs, which may include additional debt and equity financing. While the future is uncertain, we do not expect our WFCDF Credit Facility will be terminated by WFCDF or us.
POTENTIAL FLUCTUATIONS IN QUARTERLY OPERATING RESULTS
Our future quarterly operating results and the market price of our common stock may fluctuate. In the event our revenues or earnings for any quarter are less than the level expected by securities analysts or the market in general, such shortfall could have an immediate and significant adverse impact on the market price of our common stock. Any such adverse impact could be greater if any such shortfall occurs near the time of any material decrease in any widely followed stock index or in the market price of the stock of one or more competitors, IT resellers, major customers, or vendors of ours.
Our quarterly results of operations are susceptible to fluctuations for a number of reasons, including, but not limited to currency fluctuations, reduction in IT spending, shortages of product from our vendors due to material shortages, the timing and mix of specific transactions, the reduction of manufacturer incentive programs, and other factors. See Part I, Item 1A, “Risk Factors,” in our 2025 Annual Report, as supplemented in subsequently filed reports, and in Part II, Item 1A. “Risk Factors” in this Quarterly Report.
We believe that comparisons of quarterly results of our operations are not necessarily meaningful and that results for one quarter should not be relied upon as an indication of future performance.
CRITICAL ACCOUNTING ESTIMATES
Our critical accounting estimates have not changed from those reported in Item 7, “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” in our 2025 Annual Report.
FOREIGN CURRENCY RISK
We have foreign currency exposure when transactions are not denominated in our subsidiaries’ functional currency, which include purchases and sales of the products and services we provide, as well as loans with other ePlus entities. To date, foreign currency exposure associated with purchases and sales of the products and services we provide has not been significant. We have incurred foreign currency transaction gains and losses in certain foreign subsidiaries on US dollar denominated loans. Fluctuations in currency exchange rates may impact our results of operations and financial position.
As of the end of the period covered by this report, we carried out an evaluation, under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) and our Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”), of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures, or “disclosure controls,” as defined in the Exchange Act Rule 13a-15(e). Disclosure controls are controls and procedures designed to reasonably ensure that information required to be disclosed in our reports filed under the Exchange Act, such as this Quarterly Report, is recorded, processed, summarized, and reported within the periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms. Disclosure controls include, without limitation, controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in our reports filed under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our CEO and CFO, or persons performing similar functions, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. Our disclosure controls include some, but not all, components of our internal control over financial reporting. Based upon that evaluation, our CEO and CFO concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of December 31, 2025.
CHANGES IN INTERNAL CONTROL OVER FINANCIAL REPORTING
There have not been any changes in our internal control over financial reporting during the quarter ended December 31, 2025, that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
LIMITATIONS AND EFFECTIVENESS OF CONTROLS
Our management, including our CEO and CFO, do not expect that our disclosure controls or our internal control over financial reporting will prevent or detect all errors and all fraud. A control system cannot provide absolute assurance due to its inherent limitations; it is a process that involves human diligence and compliance and is subject to lapses in judgment and breakdowns resulting from human failures. A control system also can be circumvented by collusion or improper management override. Further, the design of a control system must reflect the fact that there are resource constraints, and the benefits of controls must be considered relative to their costs. Because of such limitations, disclosure controls and internal control over financial reporting cannot prevent or detect all misstatements, whether unintentional errors or fraud. However, these inherent limitations are known features of the financial reporting process; therefore, it is possible to design into the process safeguards to reduce, though not eliminate, this risk.
Please refer to Note 8, “Commitment and Contingencies” to the accompanying Consolidated Financial Statements included in "Part I, Item 1. Financial Statements."
Other than as disclosed in “Part II, Item 1A. “Risk Factors” of our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2025, there has not been any material change in the risk factors disclosed in “Part I, Item 1A. Risk Factors” of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2025.
Item 2.
The following table provides information regarding our purchases of common stock during the three months ended December 31, 2025.
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125,000 | $ | 72.65 | 125,000 | 1,315,000 | |||||||||||
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59,900 | $ | 83.80 | 59,900 | 1,255,100 | |||||||||||
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28,000 | $ | 89.51 | 28,000 | 1,227,100 | |||||||||||
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212,900 | 212,900 |
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All shares were acquired in open-market purchases.
(2)
The amounts presented in this column are the remaining number of shares that may be repurchased after repurchases during the month. As of May 27, 2025, the authorization under the then-existing share repurchase plan expired. On August 7, 2025, our Board of Directors authorized the repurchase of up to 1,500,000 shares of our outstanding common stock, over a 12-month period beginning August 11, 2025.
The timing and expiration date of the current stock repurchase authorizations are included in Note 10, “Stockholders’ Equity” to our unaudited consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this report.
Not Applicable.
Not Applicable.
Insider Trading Arrangements
During the three months ended December 31, 2025, none of our directors or officers (as defined in Rule 16a-1 under the Exchange Act) adopted or terminated a “Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement” or “non-Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement” (as those terms are defined in Item 408 of Regulation S-K), except the following Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangements adopted that are intended to satisfy the affirmative defense of Rule 10b5-1
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Additionally, certain of our executive officers may participate in employee stock purchase plans that have been designed to comply with Rule 10b5-1(c) under the Exchange Act.
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ePlus inc. Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as last amended September 18, 2023. (Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended September 30, 2023).
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Amended and Restated Bylaws of ePlus inc., as of March 26, 2024. (Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed on March 28, 2024).
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Form of Management Employment Agreement, effective as of November 24, 2025.
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Certification of the Chief Executive Officer of ePlus inc. pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act Rules 13a-14(a) and 15d-14(a).
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Certification of the Chief Financial Officer of ePlus inc. pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act Rules 13a-14(a) and 15d-14(a).
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Certification of the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of ePlus inc. pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1350.
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
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Exhibit 10.1
EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT
THIS AMENDED AND RESTATED EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT (the “AGREEMENT”) is effective the [___] day of [_______], 20[__], by and between ePlus inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”) or collectively, with its subsidiaries, the “Companies”) and [_________] (the “Executive”).
RECITAL
The Executive is currently employed as the [title], and the parties have negotiated this Agreement in consideration of the Executive’s valuable services and expertise.
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises and covenants herein contained, the parties do hereby agree as follows:
1.
EFFECTIVE DATE. This Agreement shall be effective as of the date noted above.
2.
DEFINITIONS. As used herein, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
(a)
“Disability” shall mean the Executive’s physical or mental inability to perform her duties under this Agreement, for six months in any twelve month period, with at least three months running continuously, and which renders the Executive incapable of performing her customary and usual duties for the Company, with or without a reasonable accommodation as required by law.
(b)
“Employment Term” shall be the period beginning on the Effective Date and ending on the first anniversary of the Effective Date, and any Renewal Period thereafter, unless terminated earlier in accordance with this Section 2(b) or Section 6. Unless either the Company or the Executive delivers a written notice of termination to the other party, not less than 60 days prior to the end of the Employment Term, then this Agreement shall automatically renew for successive one-year periods (each, a “Renewal Period”).
(c)
“Expiration Date” means the date that the Employment Term (including any Renewal Period) expires.
(d)
“Good Cause” means that the Company in good faith determines that the Executive:
(1)
Failed to satisfactorily perform her duties to the Company and such failure was not cured within 30 days of the Company’s providing the Executive written notice of such failure;
(2)
Failed to comply with a material policy of the Company that was applicable to the Executive and such failure was not cured within 30 days of the Company’s providing the Executive written notice of such failure;
(3)
Acted or failed to act in a manner that constitutes gross misconduct, embezzlement, misappropriation of corporate assets, breach of the duty of loyalty, fraud, or negligent or willful violations of any laws with which the Company is required to comply;
(4)
Was convicted of or entered a plea of “guilty” or “no contest” to a felony;
(5)
Refused or failed to comply with lawful and reasonable instructions of the Executive’s direct supervisor and such refusal or failure was not cured within 30 days of the Company’s providing the Executive with written notice of such refusal or failure;
(6)
Any other material breach of this Agreement by the Executive that is not cured within 30 days of the Company’s providing the Executive with written notice of such breach.
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Good Cause shall not include failures as set forth this Section 2(d)(1) – (4) or (6) when such failure is a result of the Executive’s illness or injury.
(e)
“Good Reason” shall mean that within 30 days prior to the Executive’s providing the notice to the Company required under Section 6(b)(1) of this Agreement that any of the following has occurred:
(1)
A material change in the scope of the Executive’s authority or assigned duties and responsibilities, or the assignment of duties or responsibilities that are inconsistent with the Executive’s level or position without her consent;
(2)
Any material acts of dishonesty by the Company directed toward or affecting the Executive;
(3)
Any illegal act or instruction directly affecting the Executive by the Company, which is not withdrawn after the Company is notified of the alleged illegality by the Executive;
(4)
A reduction by the Company in the Executive’s base salary as set forth herein as may be increased from time to time or a reduction by the Company in the Executive’s incentive compensation opportunity;
(5)
A change in the Executive’s principal office to a location outside of a 20 mile radius from the Company’s offices in Herndon, Virginia;
(6)
The failure by the Company to continue to provide the Executive with benefits substantially similar to those specified in Section 5 of this Agreement;
(7)
The Company delivers a timely notice (see Section 2(b)) to the Executive that the Agreement will terminate at the end of the Employment Term, and within thirty days after receipt of said notice the Executive tenders her resignation from the Company (to be effective at the end of the Employment Term); or
(8)
Any other material breach of this Agreement by the Company that is not cured within 30 days of the Executive providing the Company written notice of such breach.
(f)
“Termination Date” shall mean the date the Executive’s termination is effective, as described in the respective subparts of Section 6.
3.
EMPLOYMENT. The Company and the Executive hereby agree to employ the Executive as set forth herein during the Employment Term and until the Executive’s employment terminates pursuant to Section (2)(b) or Section 6 below.
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POSITION, DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES. During the Employment Term, the Executive shall:
(a)
Serve as the Company’s [title]. The Executive shall be responsible for, but not limited to, the following areas: [insert functional areas for which Executive is responsible].
(b)
Render such other services to the Company as requested, provided that such services are consistent with the level of her position; and
(c)
Devote her substantially full business time, attention, skill and energy to the business of the Company and not engage or prepare to engage in any other business activity, whether or not such business activity is pursued for gain, profit or other economic or financial advantage. The Executive may engage in appropriate civic, charitable, or educational activities provided that such activities do not materially interfere or conflict with the Executive’s responsibilities or the Company’s interests. Nothing in this Agreement shall preclude the Executive from acquiring or managing any passive investment she has in publicly traded equity securities in companies that are not in the same line of business as the Company.
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COMPENSATION, COMPENSATION PLANS AND BENEFITS. During the Employment Term, the Executive shall be compensated as follows:
(a)
Effective as of the Effective Date, the Executive shall receive a base annual salary of [_________] thousand ($[________] Dollars), which may be increased from time to time (the “Base Salary”), and shall be payable by the Company in regular installments in accordance with the Company’s general payroll practices (in effect from time to time), less applicable taxes and withholdings.
(b)
Based on applicable company performance and the achievement of applicable individual and/or departmental goals and objectives, the Executive shall be eligible to be considered for an annual bonus as set forth in the terms and conditions as outlined in the Company’s Amended and Restated Cash Incentive Plan, as may be amended from time to time, and any successor cash incentive compensation plan thereto (“CIP”), and any applicable award agreement thereunder. The Company shall pay any bonus earned under this Section 5(b) no earlier than the end of the fiscal year for which earned and no later than the next September 30th following the fiscal year in which the bonus was earned, provided that financial filings are timely provided to the Compensation Committee. In no event will any bonus earned under this Section 5(b) be paid later than the next December 31st following the fiscal year for which the bonus was earned, unless calculation of the bonus is not administratively practicable by that date, and further delay would not violate Code Section 409A.
(c)
The Executive shall be entitled to participate in and receive other benefits offered by the Company to all employees, which may include, but are not limited to, vacation, sick, holiday and other leave times, and benefits under any life, health, accident, disability, medical, and dental insurance plans.
(d)
The Executive shall be entitled to be reimbursed for the reasonable and necessary out-of-pocket expenses, including entertainment, travel and similar items, and all expenses necessary to maintain her professional and industry association memberships incurred by her in performing her duties, in accordance with the Company’s expense reimbursement policies in place from time to time. Any reimbursements that are includible in gross income of the Executive under this Section 5(d) must meet the following conditions. Such reimbursements: (i) must be for expenses incurred during the term of this Agreement, (ii) shall not be subject to liquidation or exchange for any other benefit, (iii) shall not affect eligibility for reimbursements in any other taxable year of the Executive, and (iv) shall be made no later than the last day of the Executive’s taxable year following the taxable year in which the expense was incurred.
(e)
In the event the Executive’s employment with the Company terminates for any reason, any payments and benefits due to the Executive under the Company’s employee benefit plans and programs, including the Company’s 2021 Employee Long-Term Incentive Plan, as may be amended from time to time, and any successor incentive compensation plan thereto (the “Long-Term Incentive Plan”), shall be determined in accordance with the terms of such benefit plans and programs, and shall be in addition to any other payments or benefits herein, subject in all respects to Section 23 hereof (Clawback Provision).
(f)
In the event it is determined that any bonus or other incentive compensation payable by the Company to the Executive was paid based on incorrect financial results, the Compensation Committee will review such payment. If the amount of the payment would have been lower had the level of achievement of applicable financial performance goals been calculated based on the correct financial results, the Company’s Compensation Committee may, in its sole discretion, adjust (i.e., lower) the amount of such payment so that it reflects the amount that would have applied based on the correct financial results and, to the extent permitted by applicable law, require the reimbursement by the Executive of any amount paid to, or received by, the Executive with respect to such bonus or other incentive compensation. Additionally, bonuses or other incentive compensation payable to the Executive by the Company are subject to recovery by the Company to the extent required by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, including any amendments thereto, and any regulations promulgated thereunder. Except as required by law, this subsection shall not apply to time-vested stock options, restricted stock or restricted stock units which are not awarded, granted or vested based on financial measures required to be reported under the securities laws.
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(g)
Provided that the Executive is covered under the Company's group health plan, the Executive shall be entitled to reimbursement by the Company for her participation in the Johns Hopkins Executive Physical Program or an equivalent diagnostic program, one time per Company fiscal year during the Employment Term on a date(s) of the Executive’s choosing. To be entitled for reimbursement, the Executive must promptly submit a request for reimbursement, with reasonable documentation. The Company will promptly provide reimbursement upon receipt of said promptly submitted documentation.
6.
TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT
(a)
Termination by the Company.
(1)
Termination for Good Cause. During the Employment Term, the Company may terminate this Agreement and the Executive’s employment for Good Cause. In the absence of cure by the Executive as per Section 2(d), if applicable, termination by the Company for Good Cause shall be retroactive to the date the Company provides notice to the Executive of the Good Cause Event.
(2)
Termination without Good Cause. During the Employment Term, the Company may terminate this Agreement and the Executive’s employment at any time without Good Cause upon the Company’s payment to the Executive for the 30 days’ written notice period to the Executive. Termination is effective 30 days after the date the written notice of termination is provided to the Executive.
(3)
Administrative Leave. The Company may, in its sole discretion, place the Executive on paid administrative leave as of any date prior to the end of the 30-day notice period in Section 6(a)(2) and require that the Executive no longer be present on Company premises. During any period of paid administrative leave, the Executive is not authorized to act or speak as a representative of the Company.
(b)
Termination by the Executive.
(1)
Termination for Good Reason. During the Employment Term, the Executive may terminate this Agreement and her employment for Good Reason as defined in Section 2(e) only if the Executive has provided the Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) with written notice of her intent to terminate her employment for Good Reason at least 30 days prior to the date of termination and the Company fails to cure the Good Reason within 30 days after receiving the Executive’s written notice. Termination for Good Reason will be effective on the 31st day after the Company receives the Executive’s written notice and fails to cure the Good Reason identified in the Executive’s notice.
(2)
Termination without Good Reason. During the Employment Term, the Executive may voluntarily terminate her employment and this Agreement for any (or no) reason with the Company upon 30 days’ prior written notice. Termination is effective 30 days after the date the notice is provided to the Company.
(3)
Administrative Leave. The Company may, in its sole discretion, place the Executive on paid administrative leave as of any date prior to the end of the 30-day notice period in Section 6(b)(1) or Section 6(b)(2) and require that the Executive no longer be present on Company premises. During any period of paid administrative leave, the Executive is not authorized to act or speak as a representative of the Company.
(c)
Termination by Reason of Death or Disability. The Executive’s employment with the Company shall be deemed to have been terminated effective upon the date of the Executive’s death, or the date upon which either party provides the other party with notice of Disability.
(d)
At-will Termination. If the Employment Term ends based on the Company’s delivering a notice of termination under Section 2(e)(7), then the Executive’s employment with the Company may continue on an at-will basis.
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EFFECT OF TERMINATION.
(a)
Termination for any reason. If the Executive’s employment ends at any time (during or after the Employment Term) for any reason, the Company shall pay the Executive her then current Base Salary and provide the Executive her then current benefits (as provided in Section 5) through the Termination Date.
(b)
Provided that after the Termination Date, the Executive (i) signs the form provided by the Company of a general release of all claims the Executive has or may have against the Companies or its then current or former officers, directors, or employees (hereinafter “Release”), attached hereto as Exhibit 1, in the time provided in the Release, and does not revoke it; and (ii) certifies that the Executive has complied with Sections 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 of this Agreement (confidentiality, intellectual property, non-competition, non-solicitation, conflict of interest and return of property provisions), then:
(1)
Death or Disability. If, during the Employment Term, the Executive’s employment terminates by reason of death or Disability as described in Section 6(c), then:
(a)
Severance. In the event of Disability only, the Company shall pay to the Executive a cash severance in the amount equal to twelve months of her then-Base Salary;
(b)
Unvested Restricted Stock and Other Awards. The Executive shall be entitled to the acceleration of vesting of any restricted stock, as set forth in the relevant Long-Term Incentive Plan and award agreement, provided that, with respect to any other award granted under the Long-Term Incentive Plan other than restricted stock, the acceleration, vesting, payment, termination or forfeiture of such award will be carried out in accordance with the terms and conditions of the applicable award agreement and the Long-Term Incentive Plan, as the case may be;
(c)
CIP Award. The Company shall pay to the Executive, or to her estate, a pro-rated target amount due under any CIP award agreement, as described in Section 5(b), multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of months (including partial months) in the period beginning on the first day of the relevant performance period and ending with the date as of which the Executive’s employment with the Company terminated and the denominator of which is the number of months in such performance period; and
(d)
Release. In the event of the Executive’s death, a legally empowered representative of the Executive’s estate shall be required to execute the Release (as appropriately revised by the Company to reflect the circumstances) in order for the Executive’s estate to receive the benefits and payments provided by this Agreement. In the event of the Executive’s Disability, the Executive or a legally empowered representative of the Executive’s shall be required to execute the Release (as appropriately revised by the Company to reflect the circumstances) in order for the Executive to receive the benefits and payments provided by this Agreement.
(2)
Termination without Good Cause; Termination for Good Reason. If, during the Employment Term, the Company terminates the Executive’s employment without Good Cause as described in Section 6(a)(2) or the Executive terminates her employment for Good Reason, as described in Section 6(b)(1), then:
(a)
Severance. The Company shall pay the Executive a severance amount equal to twelve months of her then-Base Salary;
(b)
Unvested Restricted Stock and Other Awards. The Company shall either, at the Company’s choice: (1) accelerate the vesting of any restricted stock owned by the Executive at the Termination Date or (2) pay to the Executive an amount equal to the value of any restricted stock she forfeits at the Termination Date, provided that, with respect to any other award granted under the Long-Term Incentive Plan other than restricted stock, the acceleration, vesting, payment, termination or forfeiture of such award will be carried out in accordance with the terms and conditions of the applicable award agreement and the Long-Term Incentive Plan, as the case may be;
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(c)
CIP Award. The Company shall pay to the Executive a pro-rated target amount due under any CIP award agreement, as described in Section 5(b), multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of months (including partial months) in the period beginning on the first day of the relevant performance period and ending with the date as of which the Executive’s employment with the Company terminated and the denominator of which is the number of months in such performance period;
(c)
Any payment due to the Executive under Section 7(b) shall be made in a lump sum within sixty (60) days following the Termination Date.
(d)
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Executive is a “Specified Employee” (as defined in Section 20), the payments under subsection 7(b) shall be made no earlier than the date provided in Section 20.
(e)
Any release and certification required from the Executive under the first paragraph of Section 7(b) shall be on the form attached as Exhibit 1. The applicable release and certification must be signed and returned by the Executive to the Company within the time frame set forth in the Release, and not revoked, for the Executive to receive payments under Section 7(b). Except as otherwise provided by subsection 7(b)(2)(d), and provided the requirements of this subsection 7(d) are met, any lump sum payment due the Executive under subsection 7(b) shall be paid on the last day of the sixty (60) day period in which the Company may make such payment in compliance with the applicable provision.
(f)
Continued Health Benefits Upon Termination. In the event the Executive’s employment is terminated due to Disability, by the Company without Good Cause, or by the Executive for Good Reason, the Company shall pay an amount in cash equal to the cost of premiums the Company paid prior to the Termination Date for the Executive and/or the Executive’s qualified dependents’ coverage under the Company’s medical, prescription, dental, and other health benefits each month until the last day of the Employment Term or eighteen months following the Termination Date, whichever is greater. The Executive agrees that this cash payment is not a reimbursement for her actual premiums for health coverage and that she has complete discretion with respect to the use of these funds. The Executive shall not be obligated in any way to mitigate the Company’s obligations to her under this Section.
8.
CONFIDENTIALITY.
(a)
During the course of employment, the Executive has had and shall continue to have access to the Company’s Confidential Information (as defined below). The Executive shall not disclose or use at any time, either during her employment or after her employment ends for any reason, any Confidential Information (as defined below) of the Company, whether or not patentable, that the Executive learns as a result of her involvement with the Company, whether or not she developed such information. “Involvement with the Company” means holding a position as an employee, officer, or director with either the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates. “Confidential Information” means Company information that is material to the Companies’ business and that is not generally known by, or made available to, the public and shall include, without limitation, information regarding:
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“Trade Secrets” (as defined below) or proprietary information;
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strategic sourcing information or analysis;
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patents, patent applications, developmental or experimental work, formulas, test data, prototypes, models, and product specifications;
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accounting and financial information;
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financial projections and pro forma financial information;
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sales and marketing strategies, plans and programs;
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product development and product testing information;
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product sales and inventory information;
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personnel information, such as employees’ and consultants’ benefits, perquisites, salaries, stock options, compensation, formulas or bonuses;
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organizational structure and reporting relationships;
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business plans;
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names, addresses, phone numbers of customers;
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contracts, including contracts with clients, suppliers, independent contractors or employees; business plans and forecasts;
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existing and prospective projects or business opportunities; and
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passwords and other physical and information security protocols and information.
“Trade Secrets” includes any information that derives independent economic value, actually and potentially, from not being generally known to, and is not readily being ascertainable by proper means by, other persons who may obtain economic value from their disclosure or use and that are the subject of efforts that are reasonable under the circumstances to maintain their secrecy.
(b)
Confidential Information excludes any information known to the Executive prior to her employment with the Companies regardless of whether such information would otherwise be deemed Confidential Information. Information that is or later becomes publicly available in a manner wholly unrelated to any breach of this Agreement by the Executive or other improper means will not be considered Confidential Information as of the date it enters the public domain. If the Executive is uncertain whether something is Confidential Information, the Executive should treat it as Confidential Information until she receives clarification from the person to whom she reports that it is not Confidential Information. Confidential Information shall remain at all times the property of the Companies.
(c)
The Executive may use or disclose Confidential Information only:
(1) When she is employed by the Company, as authorized and necessary in performing the responsibilities of her position, provided that she has taken reasonable steps to ensure that the information remains confidential; or
(2) With prior written consent of the Company’s CEO;
(3) In a legal proceeding between the Executive and the Company to establish the rights of either party under this Agreement, provided that the Executive stipulates to a protective order to prevent any unnecessary use or disclosure; or
(4) Where such disclosure is required by law, provided that the Executive has complied with the following procedures to ensure that the Companies have an adequate opportunity to protect their legal interests.
Upon receipt of a subpoena or any other compulsory legal process (“Compulsory Process”) that could possibly require disclosure of Confidential Information, the Executive shall make her best effort to provide within forty-eight (48) hours of receipt a copy of the Compulsory Process as well as complete information regarding the circumstances under which she received Compulsory Process to the CEO by hand delivery or by e-mail provided that the Executive confirms with the General Counsel by telephone that the General Counsel received the e-mail. To provide the Company with the greatest opportunity to assess the need for protection from disclosure, the Executive shall not make any disclosure until the latest possible date for making such disclosure in accordance with the Compulsory Process (“Latest Possible Date”). If one of the Companies seeks to prevent disclosure in accordance with the applicable legal procedures, and notifies the Executive before the Latest Possible Date that it has initiated such procedures, the Executive shall not make disclosures of any Confidential Information that is the subject of such procedures, until such objections are withdrawn, or the appropriate tribunal either makes a final determination that the objections are invalid or orders the Executive to make the disclosure, unless otherwise required by law.
(d)
The Executive hereby acknowledges that any breach of this Section 8 would cause the Companies irreparable harm. Nothing in this Agreement prohibits the Executive from reporting an event that she reasonably and in good faith believes is a violation of law to the relevant law-enforcement agency (such as the Securities and Exchange Commission, Department of Justice, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Department of Labor, National Labor Relations Board, the Congress, or any agency Inspector General), from cooperating in an investigation conducted by such a government agency, or from making other disclosures that are protected under the whistleblower provisions or state or federal law or regulation. This may include disclosure of trade secret or confidential information within the limitations permitted by the 2016 Defend Trade Secrets Act (“DTSA”). The Executive is hereby provided notice that under the DTSA, (1) no individual will be held criminally or civilly liable under Federal or State trade secret law for the disclosure of a trade secret (as defined in the Economic Espionage Act) that: (A) is made in confidence to a Federal, State, or local government official, either directly or indirectly, or to her attorney, that is made solely for the purpose of reporting or investigating a suspected violation of law; or, (B) is made in a complaint or other document filed in a lawsuit or other proceeding, if such filing is made under seal so that it is not made public; and, (2) an individual who pursues a lawsuit for retaliation by an employer for reporting a suspected violation of the law may disclose the trade secret to her attorney and use the trade secret information in the court proceeding, if the individual files any document containing the trade secret under seal, and does not disclose the trade secret, except as permitted by court order.
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INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY. The Executive acknowledges that all inventions, innovations, improvements, developments, methods, designs, analyses, drawings, reports, original works of authorship, copyrights and all similar or related information (whether or not patentable) that relate to the Companies’ actual or anticipated business, research and development or existing or future products or services and which are conceived, developed or made by the Executive while employed by the Companies (“Intellectual Property”) belong to the Companies. The Executive agrees that both during and after her employment with the Companies that she will sign any documents or provide any information necessary for the Companies to protect their rights to such Intellectual Property. If the Executive is unavailable to sign any document that is necessary for the Companies to protect their rights to such Intellectual Property, the Executive hereby authorizes the Companies to sign on her behalf.
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NON-COMPETITION and NON-SOLICITATION. During the Executive’s employment and for a period of one year following the date on which her employment ends for any reason, (the “Restricted Period”), the Executive agrees to the following below Non-Competition and Non-Solicitation restrictions.
(a)
Non-Competition. The Executive shall not, directly or indirectly, individually or as part of or on behalf of any other person, company, employer or other entity, except with prior written approval of the Company’s CEO, own, manage, operate, advise, consult with, control or otherwise be employed by or provide services, to or on behalf of, a Competing Business anywhere in the United States of America. “Competing Business” means a business that is selling products or services similar to those products or services that any of the “Covered Entities” is selling as of the date the Executive’s employment ends. “Covered Entities” include the Company and any affiliated entities in which the Executive is actively engaged as an officer, director or employee or about which the Executive has received Confidential Information as a result of her Involvement with the Company
(b)
Non-Solicitation of Employees. The Executive shall not, either directly or indirectly or on behalf of herself or on behalf of any other person or entity, without prior written consent from the Company, solicit or otherwise encourage in any manner: (i) an employee of the Company to leave the employ of the Company; or (ii) a former employee of the Company who was employed by the Company within the past twelve (12) months at the time of the solicitation or encouragement to work for a Competing Business. For the purpose of this provision, “employee” shall mean an employee with whom the Executive worked or about whom the Executive had material knowledge with respect to their skills. “Competing Business” means a business that is selling products or services similar to those products or services that any of the “Covered Entities” is selling as of the date the Executive’s employment ends. “Covered Entities” include the Company and any affiliated entities in which the Executive is actively engaged as an officer, director or employee or about which the Executive has received Confidential Information as a result of her Involvement with the Company.
(c)
Non-solicitation of Customers, Potential Customers and Vendors. The Executive shall not, either directly or indirectly or on behalf of herself or on behalf of any other person or entity, without prior written consent from the Company, solicit or otherwise encourage in any manner:
(1) any customer of the Company, whom the Executive, while employed by the Company, rendered services to, contacted or attempted to contact, recruited or attempted to recruit, solicited or attempted to solicit, while employed by the Company to (a) end its relationship with the Company, (b) enter into or continue a relationship with another person or entity to provide the same or similar service(s) that the Company provides, or (c) diminish its business with the Company;
(2) any vendor or partner of the Company, or any other third-party, to disclose or discuss any information about any customer of the Company whom the Executive, while employed by the Company, rendered services to, contacted or attempted to contact, recruited or attempted to recruit, solicited or attempted to solicit, while employed by the Company; or
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(3) any potential customer of the Company, whom the Executive, while employed by the Company, contacted or attempted to contact, recruited or attempted to recruit, solicited or attempted to solicit, to enter into or continue a relationship with another person or entity to provide the same or similar service(s) that the Company provides.
(d)
Nature of Restrictions. The Executive acknowledges that as a result of her employment as [title] of the Company, she has held and will continue to hold a position of utmost trust in which the Executive has come to know and will continue to come to know the Company’s employees, customers and Confidential Information. The Executive agrees that the provisions of this entire Section 10 are necessary to protect the Company’s legitimate business interests. The Executive warrants that these provisions shall not unreasonably interfere with her ability to earn a living or to pursue her occupation after her employment ends for any reason. The Executive agrees that upon beginning any new employment or business during the Restricted Period, she will promptly inform the Company of the name and address of her new employer or business and provide such new employer or business with a copy of this Agreement and copy the Company on the letter or e-mail transmitting the Agreement to the appropriate person in such new employer or business.]
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CONFLICT OF INTEREST. During her employment, the Executive agrees to have undivided loyalty to the Company. This means that the Executive shall avoid any situation that involves or has the potential to appear to involve a conflict of interest, including, but not limited to, participating in a business transaction that personally benefits the Executive or a relative based on information or relationships developed on the job, failing to disclose that someone who is doing or seeking to do business with, or work for, the Company is a relative or close personal associate, or receiving direct or indirect compensation from a client or vendor.
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RETURN OF PROPERTY. On the date the Executive’s employment ends for any reason, or at any time during her employment, at the request or direction of the Company, the Executive will immediately deliver to the Company any or all equipment, property, material, Confidential Information, Intellectual Property or copies thereof that are owned by the Company and are in the Executive’s possession or control. This includes documents or other information prepared by the Executive, or provided to her in connection with her duties while employed by the Company, regardless of the form in which such document or information are maintained or stored, including computer, typed, handwritten, electronic, audio, video, micro-fiche, imaged, drawn or any other means of recording or storing documents or other information. The Executive hereby warrants that she will not retain in any form such documents, Confidential Information, Intellectual Property or other information or copies thereof after the Executive’s employment ends for any reason, provided that the Executive may retain a copy of this Agreement and any other document or information describing any rights she may have after the Termination Date.
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COOPERATION WITH LEGAL PROCEEDINGS. The Executive agrees to reasonably cooperate with the Company in the defense or prosecution of any claims or actions now in existence or that may be brought in the future against or on behalf of any of the Companies that relate to events or occurrences that transpired while the Executive was employed by any of the Companies. The Executive’s reasonable cooperation in connection with such claims or actions shall include, but not be limited to, being available to meet with the Companies’ counsel to prepare for discovery or trial and to act as a witness on behalf of any of the Companies. The Executive also agrees to reasonably cooperate with any of the Companies in connection with any investigation or review of any federal, state, or local regulatory authority as any such investigation or review relates to events or occurrences that transpired while the Executive was employed by any of the Companies. The Executive understands that in any legal action, investigation, or review covered by this Section 13 the Company expects the Executive to provide only accurate and truthful information or testimony. The Company agrees to reimburse the Executive for any costs she incurs in cooperation pursuant to this Section 13 including, but not limited to, travel expenses and attorneys’ fees and costs. Nothing in this Section 13 shall limit any indemnification rights the Executive may have on the effective date of this Agreement.
14. REMEDY.
(a)
The Executive acknowledges that her breach of the obligations contained in Sections 8, 9, 10, 11 and/or 12 of this Agreement would cause the Company irreparable harm that could not be reasonably or adequately compensated by damages in an action at law. If the Executive breaches or threatens to breach any of the provisions contained in Sections 8, 9, 10, 11 and/or 12 of this Agreement, the Company shall be entitled to an injunction, without bond, restraining her from committing such breach. The Company’s right to exercise its option to obtain an injunction shall not limit its right to any other remedies, including damages.
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(b)
Any action relating to, or arising from, this Agreement shall be brought exclusively in a court of competent jurisdiction in the Commonwealth of Virginia, and the Executive hereby consents to venue and personal jurisdiction in any such court in the Commonwealth of Virginia.
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The Executive expressly waives any right to a trial by jury for any action relating to, or arising from, this Agreement.
15. SUCCESSORS; BINDING AGREEMENT.
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This Agreement shall be binding upon, and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their heirs, successors and assigns.
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The Company shall require any successor to all or substantially all of the business or assets of the Company expressly to assume and agree to perform this Agreement in the same manner and to the same extent that the Company would be required to perform if no such succession had taken place.
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NOTICES. For the purpose of this Agreement, notices and all other communications provided herein shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given when delivered in person or mailed by United States registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, addressed as follows:
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IF TO THE EXECUTIVE:
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IF TO THE COMPANY:
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[Name]
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Attn: Chief Executive Officer
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c/o ePlus inc.
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ePlus inc.
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13595 Dulles Technology Drive
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Herndon, VA 20171
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Herndon, VA 20171
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17. GOVERNING LAW. All issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation of this Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Delaware, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules or provisions (whether of the State of Delaware or any other jurisdiction) that would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of Delaware.
18. SEVERABILITY. The provisions of this Agreement are severable, and if any part of it is found to be unlawful or unenforceable, the other provisions of this Agreement shall remain fully valid and enforceable to the maximum extent consistent with applicable law.
19. MISCELLANEOUS. No provisions of this Agreement may be modified, waived or discharged unless such waiver, modification or discharge is agreed to in writing signed by the Executive and the Company’s CEO. No waiver by either party hereto at any time of any breach by the other party hereto of, or noncompliance with, any condition or provision of this Agreement to be performed by such other party shall be deemed a waiver of other provisions or conditions at the same or at any prior or subsequent time. No agreements or representations, oral or otherwise, express or implied, with respect to the subject matter hereof have been made by either party that are not set forth expressly in this Agreement.
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CODE SECTION 409A. It is the intent of this Agreement to either meet an exception from, or to comply with, the requirements of Section 409A (“Section 409A”) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and any rulings and regulations promulgated thereunder (collectively, the “Code”), and any ambiguities herein will be so interpreted and this Agreement will be so administered. References to a termination of employment in Section 6 and/or 7 of this Agreement shall mean the date of a “separation from service” within the meaning of Section 409A(a)(2)(A)(i). If the Executive is a “specified employee” within the meaning of Section 409A(a)(2)(B)(i) at the time of the Executive’s termination of employment, any nonqualified deferred compensation subject to Section 409A that would otherwise have been payable under this Agreement as a result of, and within the first six (6) months following, the Executive’s “separation from service” and not by reason of another event under Section 409A(a)(2)(A), will become payable six (6) months and one (1) day following the date of the Executive’s separation from service or, if earlier, the date of the Executive’s death. Any such “nonqualified deferred compensation” shall not be subject to anticipation, alienation, sale, transfer, assignment, pledge, encumbrance, attachment, garnishment by creditors, or borrowing, to the extent necessary to avoid tax, penalties and/or interest under Section 409A. The Company agrees that it will pay, indemnify and hold the Executive harmless for any additional tax or interest penalty payable amount by the Executive on account of a violation of Section 409A. Any payment by the Company of such amount shall include a “gross-up” payment, which shall be the amount required to cause the net amount retained by the Executive after payment of all taxes, including taxes on the “gross-up” payment, to equal the amount of additional tax and interest penalty payable by the Executive on account of the violation of Section 409A. Such payment shall be made by the Company within thirty (30) days of the date that the Executive submits proof of payment of such taxes to the taxing authority and not later than the end of the Executive’s taxable year next following the taxable year in which the Executive submits the respective taxes to the taxing authority. The Executive agrees that the Company may amend this Agreement, with the consent of the Executive, as the Company determines is necessary or advisable so that payments made pursuant to this Agreement will not result in additional taxation of the Executive pursuant to the provisions of Section 409A. The Executive agrees that she will not withhold her consent under this Section 20 if the proposed amendment does not materially adversely affect the Executive’s rights under this Agreement. Any right to a series of installment payments pursuant to this Agreement (including, without limitation, the installment payments in Section 7(e) hereof) is to be treated as a right to a series of separate payments. To the extent permitted under Code Section 409A, any separate payment or benefit under this Agreement or otherwise shall not be deemed “nonqualified deferred compensation” subject to Code Section 409A to the extent provided in the exceptions in Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(b)(4), Section 1.409A-1(b)(9) or any other applicable exception or provision of Code Section 409A or the Treasury Regulations and other guidance promulgated thereunder. To the extent that any payments or reimbursements provided to the Executive under this Agreement are deemed to constitute compensation to the Executive to which Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-3(i)(1)(iv) would apply, such amounts shall be paid or reimbursed reasonably promptly, but not later than December 31 of the year following the calendar year in which the expense was incurred by the Executive. The amount of any such payments eligible for reimbursement in one year shall not affect the payments or expenses that are eligible for payment or reimbursement in any other taxable year, and the Executive’s right to such payments or reimbursement of any such expenses shall not be subject to liquidation or exchange for any other benefit.
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CODE SECTION 280G. In the event the Company (or its successor) and the Executive agree, based on the advice of an independent nationally recognized public accounting firm engaged by the Company, that part or all of the consideration, compensation or benefits to be paid to or for the benefit of the Executive under this Agreement constitute “parachute payments” under Section 280G(b)(2) of the Code (“Section 280G”), then either (a) or (b) below shall apply.
(a)
Except as provided in Section 21(b), if the aggregate present value of such parachute payments, singularly or together with the aggregate present value of any consideration, compensation or benefits to be paid to or for the benefit of the Executive under any other plan, arrangement or agreement which constitute “parachute payments”, calculated as provided under Section 280G, (collectively, the “Parachute Amount”) exceeds 2.99 times the Executive’s “base amount”, as defined in Section 280G(b)(3) (the “Base Amount”), the amounts constituting “parachute payments” that would otherwise be payable to the Executive or for the Executive’s benefit shall be reduced to the extent necessary so that the Parachute Amount is equal to 2.99 times the Base Amount (the “Reduced Amount”).
(b)
The Parachute Amount shall not be reduced as provided in Section 21(a) if, based on the advice of such public accounting firm, without such reduction the Executive would be entitled to receive and retain, on a net after-tax basis (including, without limitation, after imposition of any excise taxes payable under Section 4999 of the Code), an amount which is greater than the amount, on a net after-tax basis, that the Executive would be entitled to retain upon receipt of the Reduced Amount.
If the determination made above results in a reduction under Section 21(a) of the payments that would otherwise be paid to or for the benefit of the Executive, such reduction in payments shall be first applied to reduce any cash severance payments that the Executive would otherwise be entitled to receive hereunder and shall thereafter be applied to reduce other payments and benefits in a manner that would not result in subjecting the Executive to additional taxation under Section 409A.
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STATUS OF PRIOR EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENTS. The Executive acknowledges that this Agreement supplants and replaces in full all prior employment agreements between the Executive and the Company. The Executive waives any and all rights to enforce any and all provisions in any prior employment agreement between the Executive and the Company.
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CLAWBACK PROVISION. Notwithstanding any other provisions in this Agreement to the contrary, any incentive-based or other compensation paid to the Executive under this Agreement or any other agreement or arrangement with the Company which is subject to recovery under any law, government regulation, or stock exchange listing requirement will be subject to such deductions and clawback as may be required to be made pursuant to such law, government regulation, or stock exchange listing requirement (or any policy adopted by the Company pursuant to any such law, government regulation or stock exchange listing requirement). The Company will make any determination for clawback or recovery in accordance with the Company’s established policy, applicable law or regulation.
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SURVIVAL. Sections 8 through 23 shall survive and continue in full force in accordance with their terms notwithstanding the termination of the Employment Term and this Agreement.
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EXHIBIT 1
GENERAL RELEASE
This General Release of Claims (“Release”) is entered into by ePlus inc. (hereafter referred to as “ePlus” or the “Company”) and _______________________ (hereafter referred to as “Employee”).
WHEREAS, Employee’s employment with ePlus terminated effective (insert date).
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and mutual promises contained in the Employment Agreement between Employee and ePlus and in exchange for and as a condition of receiving the payments and benefits set forth in the Employment Agreement, the parties agree as follows:
Employee agrees to and does hereby release ePlus, its past and present officers, directors, agents, shareholders, trustees, partners, employees, in their individual and/or corporate capacities, as well as its employee benefit plans, affiliates, subsidiaries, predecessors, successors and successors in interest (the “Releasees”) from, and covenants not to sue or initiate any action for, all claims, charges, causes of action or other liabilities (hereafter collectively referred to as “claims”), whether in contract or tort, known or unknown, arising out of or relating in any way to Employee’s employment, the Employment Agreement and/or termination of employment with ePlus, including, but not limited to, claims under any federal, state or local law, including but not limited to Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (“Title VII”) 42 U.S.C. § 1981; the American With Disabilities Act (“ADA”); the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (“ADEA”); the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”); the Equal Pay Act; the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act; the Family and Medical Leave Act (“FMLA”), all as amended; and any common law, statutory, contract, tort, or public policy claims now or hereafter recognized, including but not limited to claims for wrongful discharge; breach of contract, express or implied; constructive discharge; discrimination; harassment; retaliation; defamation; and whistleblower claims (to the fullest extent they may be released under applicable law), as well as all claims for severance pay or benefits or attorneys’ fees and costs. Any initiation of claims prohibited by this Release shall be a breach of this Release and shall entitle ePlus to recover the consideration as set in Section 7(b) of the Employment Agreement, along with reasonable attorneys’ fees incurred by ePlus to litigate any such action, to the extent permitted by law. Employee acknowledges that as of the date she signs this Release, the Company has paid all wages, salaries, commissions, bonuses, benefits, and other amounts earned and accrued, less any applicable deductions, and has no obligation to pay any additional amounts except as set forth in Employee’s Employment Agreement, if applicable. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Employee shall not be required to repay any monetary consideration or pay any costs, attorneys’ fees or damages incurred by the Company for Employee’s challenge of the waiver of an Age Discrimination in Employment Act claim. THIS IS A GENERAL RELEASE OF CLAIMS.
Employee hereby represents and warrants that she has not filed or reported any claims or complaints in any forum and that she has not assigned to any third party or filed with any agency or court any claim released by this Release.
Employee is not waiving any claim for workers’ compensation, although Employee acknowledges she has not sustained a work-related injury or illness and has no intent to file a claim against the Company as a result of any work-related injury or illness sustained in the course of Employee’s employment with the Company.
Under the Older Workers Benefits Protections Act (“OWBPA”), Employee may, if desired, have a period of twenty-one calendar days to consider this Release. Employee has also been advised in writing to consult with an attorney (without expense to ePlus) prior to executing this Release. In addition, Employee may revoke this Release within a period of seven calendar days following execution of this Release (the “Revocation Period”). If Employee signs and does not revoke this Release during the Revocation Period, this Release will become fully effective upon the expiration of the Revocation Period.
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Employee understands that nothing in this Release limits the Employee’s ability to (1) file a charge or complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the National Labor Relations Board, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, the Securities and Exchange Commission or any other federal, state or local governmental agency or commission (“Government Agency”) or (2) communicate with any Government Agency or otherwise participate in any investigation or proceeding that may be conducted by any Government Agency, including providing documents or other information, without notice to the Company. However, the Employee does forever release the Employee’s right to recover or receive from any Releasee any personal relief, monetary damages, attorneys’ fees, back pay, reinstatement or injunctive relief, with the exception of any whistleblower awards or incentives that may be available for information provided to the Department of Justice, the Securities and Exchange Commission, Congress, or any federal Inspector General pursuant to Section 21F of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder or other applicable whistleblower laws or regulations.
Further, no provision of this Release should be construed or interpreted to preclude or in any way limit or restrict the Employee’s right to initiate an action against the Company under the OWBPA or ADEA challenging, under the ADEA, the waiver and release of claims contained in this Release on the grounds that they were not knowing and voluntary. To the extent that any provision of this Release is determined to be in violation of the OWBPA or ADEA, it should be severed or modified to comply with the OWBPA or ADEA, without affecting the validity or enforceability of any of the other terms or provisions of this Release. To the extent that Employee is a Medicare beneficiary, Employee agrees to contact a Company human resources representative for further instruction.
The provisions of this Release shall inure to the benefit of the parties, their successors and assigns and shall be binding upon the parties and their heirs, executors, administrators, successors and assigns.
This Release shall be interpreted, applied and enforced in accordance with, and shall be governed by, the laws of the state of Delaware, without regard to its conflict of laws provisions.
Employee hereby certifies she has complied with Sections 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 of her Employment Agreement (confidentiality, intellectual property, non-compete, non-solicit, conflict of interest and return of property provisions).
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Release on the date set forth next to each party’s signature.
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Exhibit 31.1
CERTIFICATION
I, Mark P. Marron, certify that:
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I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of ePlus inc.;
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Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
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Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
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The registrant's other certifying officers and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15 (f)) for the registrant and have:
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Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;
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Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;
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Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and
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Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant's most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant's fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant's internal control over financial reporting; and
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The registrant's other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant's auditors and the audit committee of the registrant's board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):
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All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant's ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and
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Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting.
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Date: February 4, 2026
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Mark P. Marron
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Chief Executive Officer and President
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Exhibit 31.2
CERTIFICATION
I, Elaine D. Marion, certify that:
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I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of ePlus inc.;
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Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
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Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
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The registrant's other certifying officers and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15 (f)) for the registrant and have:
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Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;
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Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;
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Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and
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Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant's most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant's fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant's internal control over financial reporting; and
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The registrant's other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant's auditors and the audit committee of the registrant's board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):
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All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant's ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and
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Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting.
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Date: February 4, 2026
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Exhibit 32
CERTIFICATION
PURSUANT TO 18 USC SECTION 1350
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 906 OF THE
SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
In connection with the Quarterly Report of ePlus inc. on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended December 31, 2025, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"), the undersigned hereby certify, pursuant to 18 USC section 1350, as adopted pursuant to section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that to the undersigned's best knowledge and belief:
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the Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; and
b)
the information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of ePlus inc.
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Date: February 4, 2026
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/s/ MARK P. MARRON
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Mark P. Marron, Chief Executive Officer
and President
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(Principal Executive Officer)
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/s/ ELAINE D. MARION
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Elaine D. Marion, Chief Financial Officer
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(Principal Financial Officer)
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A signed original of this written statement required by Section 906 has been provided to ePlus and will be retained by us and furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff upon request.