ACQUISITIONS

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2011

ACQUISITIONS [Abstract]

ACQUISITIONS

NOTE 10:  ACQUISITIONS

On April 1, 2010, DXP acquired substantially all of the assets of Quadna, Inc ("Quadna").  On December 1, 2010, DXP acquired substantially all of the assets of D&F Distributors, Inc. ("D&F").  The pro-forma results of operations for the Company on a consolidated basis for the three months and nine months ended September 30, 2010 assuming the purchases were completed as of January 1, 2010 follows (in thousands, except per share data):

	Three months ended September 30, 2010	Nine months ended September 30, 2010
Net sales	$177,883	$516,249
Net income	5,666	14,876
Per share data
Basic earnings	$0.40	$1.08
Diluted earnings	$0.38	$1.03