Amendment No. 1 to Form S-4

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The registrants hereby amend this Registration Statement on such date or dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the registrants shall file a further amendment which specifically states that this Registration Statement shall thereafter become effective in accordance with Section 8(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 or until this Registration Statement shall become effective on such date as the Commission, acting pursuant to said Section 8(a), may determine.

The information in this prospectus is not complete and may be changed. These securities may not be sold until the registration statement filed with the SEC is effective. This prospectus is not an offer to sell nor is it an offer to buy these securities in any jurisdiction where the offer or sale is not permitted.

We are offering to exchange, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this prospectus and the accompanying letter of transmittal, up to $500,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of our new 8.0% Senior Secured Notes due 2018, Series B and up to $1,175,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of our new 8.5% Senior Notes due 2019, Series B (collectively, the “exchange notes”), each of which has been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), for any and all of our outstanding 8.0% Senior Secured Notes due 2018 and 8.5% Senior Notes due 2019 (collectively, the “outstanding notes,” and such transactions, collectively, the “exchange offers”).

We are conducting the exchange offers in order to provide you with an opportunity to exchange the unregistered notes you hold for freely tradable notes that have been registered under the Securities Act.

Except in very limited circumstances, current and future holders of outstanding notes who do not participate in the exchange offers will not be entitled to any future registration rights, and will not be permitted to transfer their outstanding notes absent an available exemption from registration.

For a discussion of certain factors that you should consider before participating in the exchange offers, see “Risk Factors” beginning on page 19 of this prospectus.

Neither the SEC nor any state securities commission has approved the exchange notes to be distributed in the exchange offers, nor have any of these organizations determined that this prospectus is truthful or complete. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.

You should rely only on the information contained in this prospectus. The prospectus may be used only for the purposes for which it has been published. We have not authorized anyone to provide any information not contained herein. If you receive any other information, you should not rely on it. We are not making an offer of these securities in any state where the offer is not permitted.

This prospectus contains summaries of the terms of several material documents. These summaries include the terms we believe to be material, but we urge you to review these documents in their entirety. We will provide without charge to each person to whom a copy of this prospectus is delivered, upon written or oral request of that person, a copy of any and all of these documents. Requests for copies should be directed to: CDW Corporation, 200 N. Milwaukee Avenue, Vernon Hills, Illinois 60061; Attention: Investor Relations (telephone (847) 465-6000).

This prospectus includes industry and trade association data, forecasts and information that we have prepared based, in part, upon data, forecasts and information obtained from independent trade associations, industry publications and surveys and other information available to us. Some data is also based on our good faith estimates, which are derived from management’s knowledge of the industry and independent sources. Industry publications and surveys and forecasts generally state that the information contained therein has been obtained from sources believed to be reliable, but there can be no assurance as to the accuracy or completeness of included information. We have not independently verified any of the data from third-party sources nor have we ascertained the underlying economic assumptions relied upon therein. Statements as to our market position are based on market data currently available to us. While we are not aware of any misstatements regarding the industry data presented herein, our estimates involve risks and uncertainties and are subject to change based on various factors, including those discussed under the heading “Risk Factors” in this prospectus. Similarly, we believe our internal research is reliable, even though such research has not been verified by any independent sources.

This prospectus includes our trademarks such as “CDW,” which are protected under applicable intellectual property laws and are the property of CDW Corporation or its subsidiaries. This prospectus also contains trademarks, service marks, trade names and copyrights of other companies, which are the property of their respective owners. Solely for convenience, trademarks and trade names referred to in this prospectus may appear without the ^® or ^TM symbols, but such references are not intended to indicate, in any way, that we will not assert, to the fullest extent under applicable law, our rights or the right of the applicable licensor to these trademarks and trade names.

SUMMARY

This summary highlights selected information contained in greater detail elsewhere in this prospectus. You should carefully read the entire prospectus, including the section entitled “Risk Factors” and the consolidated financial statements and notes related to those statements included elsewhere in this prospectus, before deciding whether to participate in the exchange offers. On October 12, 2007, CDW Corporation, an Illinois corporation (“Target”), was acquired by CDW Corporation, a Delaware corporation formerly known as VH Holdings, Inc. (“Parent”), a then-newly formed entity indirectly controlled by investment funds affiliated with Madison Dearborn Partners, LLC (“Madison Dearborn”) and Providence Equity Partners L.L.C. (“Providence Equity”), in a transaction valued at approximately $7.4 billion, including fees and expenses (the “Acquisition”). For financial reporting purposes, we refer to Target and its subsidiaries prior to the Acquisition as the “Predecessor” and we refer to Parent and its subsidiaries (including Target) following the Acquisition as the “Successor.” On December 31, 2009, Target merged into CDWC LLC, a limited liability company wholly owned by Parent, with CDWC LLC as the surviving company in the merger (the “CDW LLC Merger”). On December 31, 2009, CDWC LLC was renamed CDW LLC and on August 17, 2010, VH Holdings, Inc. was renamed CDW Corporation. Unless otherwise indicated or the context otherwise requires, the terms “we,” “us,” “the Company,” “our,” “CDW” and other similar terms refer to the business of Parent and its consolidated subsidiaries.

Our Business

Overview

CDW is a leading multi-brand technology solutions provider to business, government, education and healthcare customers in the U.S. and Canada. We provide comprehensive and integrated solutions for our customers’ technology needs through our extensive hardware, software and value-added service offerings. We serve over 250,000 customers through our experienced and dedicated sales force of more than 3,400 coworkers. We offer over 100,000 products from over 1,000 brands and a multitude of advanced technology solutions. Our broad range of technology products includes leading brands such as Hewlett-Packard, Microsoft, Cisco, Lenovo, EMC, IBM, Apple and VMware. Our offerings range from discrete hardware and software products to complex technology solutions such as virtualization, collaboration, security, mobility, data center optimization and cloud computing. Our sales and operating results have been driven by the combination of our large and knowledgeable selling organization, highly skilled technology specialists and engineers, extensive range of product offerings, strong vendor partner relationships, and fulfillment and logistics capabilities. For the year ended December 31, 2010, our net sales, net loss and Adjusted EBITDA were $8,801.2 million, $29.2 million and $601.8 million, respectively. For the six months ended June 30, 2011, our net sales, net loss and Adjusted EBITDA were $4,541.7 million, $39.0 million and $343.0 million, respectively. Adjusted EBITDA is a non-GAAP financial measure. See “—Summary Historical Financial Data” for the definition of Adjusted EBITDA, the reasons for its inclusion and a reconciliation to net income (loss).

We have two reportable segments:

Corporate. Our Corporate segment customers are primarily in the small and medium business category, which we define as customers with up to 1,000 employees at a single location. We also serve larger customers, including FORTUNE 1000 companies, that value our broad offerings, brand selection and flexible delivery model. We have over 200,000 active accounts, well diversified across numerous industries. Our Corporate segment is divided into a small business customer channel, primarily serving customers with up to 100 employees, and a medium-large business customer channel, primarily serving customers with more than 100 employees. Our Corporate segment sales team is primarily organized by geography and customer size. We believe this enables us to better understand and serve customer needs, optimize sales resource coverage, and strengthen relationships with vendor partners to create more sales opportunities. Our Corporate segment generated net sales of $4,833.6 million and $2,617.7 million for the year ended December 31, 2010 and for the six months ended June 30, 2011, respectively.

Public. Our Public segment is divided into government, education and healthcare customer channels. The government channel serves federal as well as state and local governments. Our education channel serves higher education and K-12 customers. The healthcare channel serves customers across the healthcare provider industry. We have built sizable businesses in each of our three Public customer channels as annual net sales are equal to or exceed $1 billion for each customer channel. Our Public segment sales teams are organized by customer channel, and within each customer channel, they are generally organized by geography, except our federal government sales teams, which are organized by agency. We believe this enables our sales teams to address the specific needs of their customer channel while promoting strong customer relationships. Our Public segment generated net sales of $3,560.6 million and $1,675.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2010 and for the six months ended June 30, 2011, respectively.

business is comprised of customized engineering services, delivered by CDW professional engineers, as well as managed services, including hosting and data center services. The other services components of solutions sales, including custom configuration and other third party services, are not recorded in “Other,” but are recorded in our Corporate and Public segment net sales. Advanced services provided by CDW professional engineers are recorded in CDW Advanced Services. Our CDW Advanced Services and Canada business segments generated net sales of $407.0 million and $248.9 million for the year ended December 31, 2010 and for the six months ended June 30, 2011, respectively.

History

CDW was founded in 1984. In 2003, we purchased selected U.S. assets and the Canadian operations of Micro Warehouse, which extended our growth platform into Canada. In 2006, we acquired Berbee Information Networks Corporation, a provider of technology products, solutions and customized engineering services in advanced technologies primarily across Cisco, IBM and Microsoft portfolios. This acquisition increased our capabilities in customized engineering services and managed services. In 2007, we were acquired by Parent. For a description of the acquisition, see “—The Acquisition Transactions and Related Financing Events.”

Industry Overview

According to International Data Corporation (“IDC”), the overall U.S. technology market generated approximately $536 billion in sales in 2010, including $176 billion in hardware sales, $144 billion in software sales and $216 billion in services sales. The channels through which these products and services are delivered are highly fragmented and served by a multitude of participants. These participants include original equipment manufacturers (“OEMs”), software publishers, wholesale distributors and resellers. Wholesale distributors, such as Ingram Micro Inc., Tech Data Corporation and SYNNEX Corporation, act as intermediaries between OEMs and software publishers, on the one hand, and resellers, on the other hand, providing logistics management and supply-chain services. Resellers, which include direct marketers, value-added resellers, e-tailers and retailers, sell products and/or services directly to the end-user customer, sourcing products sold to their customers directly from OEMs and software publishers or from wholesale distributors. CDW is a technology solutions provider with both direct marketer and value-added reseller capabilities.

Two key customer groups within our addressable market are the small and medium business market and the public sector market. The small and medium business market is highly fragmented and is generally characterized by companies that employ fewer than 1,000 employees. The public sector market is also fragmented and is generally divided into market verticals, each with specialized needs that require an adaptive and flexible sales, services and logistics model to meet customer needs. We believe that many vendors rely heavily on channel partners like CDW to efficiently serve small and medium business and public sector customers.

Our Competitive Strengths

We believe the following strengths have contributed to our success and enabled us to become an important strategic partner for both our customers and our vendor partners:

Significant Scale and Scope

We are a leading multi-brand technology solutions provider in the U.S. and Canada. Based upon publicly available information, we believe that our net sales are significantly larger than any other multi-brand direct marketer or value-added reseller in the U.S. Our significant scale and scope create competitive advantages through:

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Breadth of solutions for our customers. The breadth and depth of knowledge that our direct selling organization, specialists and engineers have across multiple industries and technologies position us well to anticipate and meet our customers’ needs. Our size allows us to provide our customers with a broad selection of over 100,000 technology products from over 1,000 brands and a multitude of advanced technology solutions at competitive prices. We have leveraged our scale to provide a high level of customer service and a breadth of technology options, making it easy for customers to do business with us.

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Broad market access for our vendor partners. We believe we are an attractive route to market for our vendor partners in part because we provide them with access to a cost-effective and highly knowledgeable sales and marketing organization that reaches over 250,000 customers. Our vendor partners recognize that, in addition to providing broad customer reach, our scale and scope enables us to sell, deliver and implement their products and services to customers with a high level of knowledge and consistency.

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Operational cost efficiencies and productivity. Our large scale provides us with operational cost efficiencies across our organization, including purchasing, operations, IT, sales, marketing and other support functions. We leverage these advantages through our two modern distribution centers, our efficient business processes and constant focus on productivity improvements, and our proprietary information systems, which has enabled us to provide cost-efficient service to our customers.

Coworker Culture

Our steadfast focus on serving customers and investing in coworkers has fostered a strong, “get it done” culture at CDW. Since our founding, we have adhered to a core philosophy known as the Circle of Service, which places the customer at the center of all of our actions. We have consistently and cost effectively invested in our coworkers by providing broad and deep coworker training, supplying resources that contribute to their success, and offering them broad career development opportunities. This constant focus on customers and coworkers has created a customer-centric, highly engaged coworker base, which ultimately benefits our customers and fosters customer loyalty.

Large and Knowledgeable Direct Selling Organization

We have a large and experienced sales force, consisting of more than 3,400 coworkers, including more than 2,700 account managers and field account executives. We believe our success is due, in part, to the strength of our account managers’ dedicated relationships with customers that are developed by calling on existing and new customers, providing advice on products, responding to customer inquiries and developing solutions to our customers’ complex technology needs. The deep industry knowledge of our dedicated sales, marketing and support resources within each of our customer channels allows us to understand and solve the unique challenges and evolving technology needs of our customers. Multiple customer surveys administered by independent parties consistently show that customers view CDW as a leader in customer service compared to other multi-brand resellers and solution providers.

Highly Skilled Technology Specialists and Engineers

Our direct selling organization is supported by a team of more than 700 technology specialists and approximately 500 service delivery engineers with more than 3,000 industry-recognized certifications who bring deep product and solution knowledge and experience to the technology challenges of our customers. We believe our technology specialists, who work with customers and our direct selling organization to design solutions and provide recommendations in the selection and procurement process, are an important resource and differentiator for us as we seek to expand our offerings of value-added services and solutions.

Large and Established Customer Channels

We have grown our customer channels within the Corporate and Public segments to sizeable businesses. Our government, education, healthcare and small business channels each has net sales that equal or exceed $1 billion. Our scale allows us to create specialized sales resources across multiple customer markets, which enables us to better understand and meet our customers’ evolving IT requirements. Our scale also provides us diversification benefits. For instance, our Public segment, which is comprised of our government, education and healthcare channels, has historically been less correlated to economic cycles, as evidenced by its 5% net sales growth in 2009 while overall technology spending declined in the U.S. market, according to IDC.

Strong, Established Vendor Partner Relationships

We believe that our strong vendor partner relationships differentiate us from other multi-brand technology solutions providers. In addition to providing a cost-effective route to market for vendor partners, we believe that many of our competitive strengths enhance our value proposition to our vendor partners. We believe we are an important extension of our vendor partners’ sales and marketing capabilities as we are the largest U.S. reseller for many of our vendor partners, including Hewlett-Packard. We have three vendor partners with whom we have annual $1 billion-plus relationships, and we have 14 vendor partners with whom we have relationships exceeding $100 million a year. As such, we are able to provide technology resources and insights to our customers that might otherwise be difficult for them to access independently or through other technology providers. Our direct selling organization, technology specialists and large customer channels allow us to develop intimate knowledge of our customers’ environments and their specific needs. Frequently, vendor partners will select CDW as a partner to develop and grow new customer solutions. We are regularly recognized with top awards from our vendor partners. We were recently named Microsoft’s Volume Licensing Partner of the Year for the second straight year and received Cisco’s Partner Summit global awards for U.S. and Canada Partner of the Year.

Our Business Strategies

Our goal is to continue to strengthen our position as a leading multi-brand national provider of technology products and solutions by growing our revenues and driving profitability. We plan to achieve this objective by capitalizing on our competitive strengths and pursuing the following strategies:

Focus on Customer Requirements and Market Segmentation

We have grown our revenues faster than the market, which we attribute in large part to our focus on customer requirements and market segmentation. We believe our customer intimacy enables us to better understand our customers’ needs and to better identify profitable growth opportunities. We intend to maintain this focus with a goal of continuing to outpace our competitors in revenue growth in the markets we serve through increased “share of wallet” from existing customers, sales to new customers and expanded IT services offerings to both new and existing customers. We believe our efforts in these areas will be augmented as we improve our sales coverage and further segment our customer base, further leverage our knowledge of our customers’ environments and continue to help our customers adopt proven technologies that meet their needs and make the most of their IT investments.

Leverage our Superior Sales and Marketing Model

We intend to continue to leverage our large, highly productive sales and marketing organization to serve existing customer requirements, effectively target new customer prospects, improve our product and solutions offerings, maximize sales resource coverage, strategically deploy internal sales teams, technology specialists and field sales account executives, and strengthen vendor partner relationships, all with the end goal of creating profitable sales opportunities. Some of the initiatives we have implemented within the last few years, including our realignment of our medium and large corporate account managers into geographic regions, our addition of selling resources to our federal and healthcare customer channels and our addition of more technology specialists to facilitate sales of newer and more profitable technology solutions, have contributed to an increase in our annualized net sales per coworker from $1.338 million for the quarter ended March 31, 2007 to $1.507 million for the quarter ended June 30, 2011. We plan to continue to identify and pursue opportunities that further enhance productivity. Recently, we have added sales operations supervisors to handle administrative tasks for our direct sales force coworkers, which we believe will further enhance their productivity, and we have continued to align our compensation programs to drive profitable revenue growth.

Meet our Customers’ Changing Needs through Expanded Service Offerings and Solutions

We intend to expand the range of technology solutions we offer to continue to keep pace with the technology marketplace. As customers increasingly demand more elaborate services and solutions in addition to traditional hardware and software products, we believe that expanding the range of technology solutions that we offer will enhance our value proposition to our customers and help us to maximize our revenue and profit growth potential. We have quadrupled our number of technology specialists since mid-2004 and added over 400 services delivery engineers since mid-2006. CDW currently has more than 700 technology specialists, organized around core solutions and aligned with our selling organization, and more than 1,000 coworkers in 19 geographic markets across the U.S. focused on delivering customized engineering solutions. We plan to continue to invest resources and training in our technology specialists and services delivery coworkers to provide our customers with the expert advice and experience they need to make the most of their technology expenditures.

Leverage Relationships with Leading Vendor Partners

We intend to continue to leverage our long-standing relationships with major vendor partners to support the growth and profitability of our business. We plan to use our vendor partner relationships to ensure that our sales organization remains well-positioned and well-trained to market new and emerging technologies to end users. As one example, we are currently working with several large vendor partners to assist them in the development and sales of cloud solutions to the small and medium business marketplace. We believe our strong vendor partner relationships will also provide collaborative opportunities for our sales organization and vendor field sales representatives to identify and fulfill additional customer requirements, creating increased sales to both new and existing customers. In addition, we plan to leverage our significant scale to maximize the benefits from volume discounts, purchase or sales rebates, vendor incentive programs and marketing development funds.

Risk Factors

Our business is subject to a number of risks. These risks include, but are not limited to, the following:

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General economic conditions could negatively affect technology spending by our customers and put downward pressure on prices, which may have an adverse impact on our business, results of operations or cash flows.

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Our financial performance could be adversely affected by decreases in spending on technology products and services by our Public segment customers.

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Our business depends on our vendor partner relationships and the availability of their products.

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Our sales are dependent on continued innovations in hardware, software and services offerings by our vendor partners and the competitiveness of their offerings.

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Substantial competition could reduce our market share and significantly harm our financial performance.

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Our substantial indebtedness could limit our operating flexibility, place us at a competitive disadvantage compared to our less leveraged competitors and increase our vulnerability to both general and industry-specific adverse economic conditions.

If these or any of the other risks described in the section entitled “Risk Factors” were to occur, the trading price of the exchange notes would likely decline and we may become unable to make payments of interest and principal on the exchange notes, as a result of which you may lose all or part of your original investment.

The Acquisition Transactions and Related Financing Events

On October 12, 2007, Parent acquired Target in the Acquisition, a transaction having an aggregate value of approximately $7.4 billion, including fees and expenses. Parent is owned directly by CDW Holdings LLC (“CDW Holdings”), a company controlled by investment funds affiliated with Madison Dearborn and Providence Equity (collectively, the “Equity

Sponsors”). The Acquisition was effected through the merger of VH MergerSub, Inc. (“MergerSub”), a newly formed, wholly owned subsidiary of Parent, with and into Target, which was the surviving corporation. Immediately following the merger, Target became a wholly owned direct subsidiary of Parent.

Substantially all of the equity interests of CDW Holdings are owned by investment funds affiliated with the Equity Sponsors, certain other co-investors and certain members of our management (the “Management Investors,” and together with the Equity Sponsors and certain other co-investors, the “Equity Investors”).

In order to fund the Acquisition, on October 12, 2007, MergerSub entered into an $800.0 million senior secured revolving credit facility (as in effect at the time of the Acquisition and as subsequently refinanced, the “ABL Facility”), a $2,200.0 million senior secured term loan facility (as in effect at the time of the Acquisition and as subsequently amended, the “Term Loan Facility,” and together with the ABL Facility, the “Senior Credit Facilities”), a $1,040.0 million senior bridge loan agreement (the “Senior Bridge Loans”) and a $940.0 million senior subordinated bridge loan agreement (the “Senior Subordinated Bridge Loans,” and together with the Senior Bridge Loans, the “Bridge Loans”). CDW has subsequently assumed this indebtedness as successor in interest to MergerSub. We were required to pay cash interest on $520.0 million of the outstanding principal of the Senior Bridge Loans (the “Senior Cash Pay Loans”) and could elect to pay cash or PIK interest on the remaining $520.0 million of the outstanding principal amount (the “Senior PIK Election Loans”). On June 24, 2011, we refinanced the ABL Facility, which, among other things, extended the final maturity of the ABL Facility from 2012 to 2016 and increased the size of the facility from $800.0 million to $900.0 million (the “ABL Facility Refinancing”). For a summary of the material terms of the ABL Facility, see “Description of Certain Indebtedness.” In 2008, we amended and restated the Term Loan Facility and in 2009, we entered into an additional amendment. In 2010, we entered into a further amendment of the Term Loan Facility to, among other things, extend the final maturity of a portion of the Term Loan Facility (the “Extended Loans”) and reduce the principal amounts outstanding thereunder, and in connection with this amendment, we issued $500.0 million of 8.0% senior secured notes due 2018 (the “Senior Secured Notes”) and used the proceeds to prepay a portion of indebtedness under the Term Loan Facility. For a summary of the material terms of the Term Loan Facility, see “Description of Certain Indebtedness.” In 2008, we amended and restated the Bridge Loans to, among other things, change the principal amounts outstanding thereunder, and in connection with these amendments, we prepaid a portion of our Senior Subordinated Bridge Loans. Under the terms of the Bridge Loans, holders were entitled to request the conversion of their Bridge Loans into notes. At the request of these holders, we issued $890.0 million of 11.00% senior cash pay exchange notes due 2015 (the “Existing Senior Cash Pay Notes”), $317.0 million of 11.50%/12.25% senior PIK election exchange notes due 2015 (the “Existing Senior PIK Election Notes,” and together with the Existing Senior Cash Pay Notes, the “Existing Senior Notes”) and $721.5 million of 12.535% senior subordinated exchange notes due 2017 (the “Existing Senior Subordinated Notes,” and together with the Existing Senior Notes, the “Existing Notes”) in exchange for all of our outstanding Bridge Loans, a process we completed on October 14, 2010. For a summary of the material terms of our Existing Notes, see “Description of Certain Indebtedness.”

On April 13, 2011, we completed a tender offer to purchase a total of $665.1 million in aggregate principal amount of the Existing Senior Notes. In connection with the tender offer, CDW Escrow Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent (the “Original Escrow Issuer”), issued $725.0 million in aggregate principal amount of 8.5% senior notes due 2019 (the “Senior Notes”) in order to pay the consideration in the tender offer. On May 20, 2011, we completed a tender offer to purchase a total of $412.8 million in aggregate principal amount of the Existing Senior Notes. In connection with this tender offer, CDW Escrow Corporation, a newly formed, wholly owned subsidiary of Parent (the “New Escrow Issuer,” and together with the Original Escrow Issuer, the “Escrow Issuers”), issued an additional $450.0 million in aggregate principal amount of Senior Notes in order to pay the consideration in the tender offer. Following each issuance of Senior Notes, CDW LLC and CDW Finance Corporation (“CDW Finance”) assumed the Escrow Issuers’ respective obligations under the Senior Notes. The ABL Facility Refinancing, the tender offers, the purchase of Existing Senior Notes pursuant thereto and the issuances of the Senior Notes are collectively referred to herein as the “2011 Refinancing Transactions.” The indentures governing the Existing Notes, the Senior Secured Notes and the Senior Notes are collectively referred to herein as the “Indentures.”

Corporate Structure

The following chart summarizes our current corporate structure and our indebtedness as of June 30, 2011.

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(1)	Investment funds affiliated with Madison Dearborn and Providence Equity, along with two limited partnerships created by the Equity Sponsors to facilitate an investment in CDW Holdings, own approximately 94.8% of the outstanding voting interests of CDW Holdings as of July 31, 2011.

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As of June 30, 2011, we had approximately $160.0 million of outstanding indebtedness under our $900.0 million ABL Facility, could have borrowed an additional $705.9 million under this facility and had $21.8 million of issued and undrawn letters of credit and $12.3 million of reserves related to our floorplan sub-facility.

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Formed in 2010 for the sole purpose of serving as a corporate co-issuer, CDW Finance is a co-issuer of the Existing Notes and the outstanding notes and will be a co-issuer of the exchange notes offered hereby. CDW Finance does not hold any material assets or engage in any business activities or operations.

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Our non-guarantor subsidiary, CDW Canada, Inc., held approximately 1.8% of our total assets as of June 30, 2011 and generated approximately 4.2% of our net sales, approximately 6.9% of our net loss and approximately 2.7% of our Adjusted EBITDA (a non-GAAP financial measure defined below in “—Summary Historical Financial Data”) for the six months ended June 30, 2011.

Summary of the Exchange Offers

The Initial Offerings of Outstanding Notes

We sold the Senior Secured Notes on December 17, 2010 to J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Barclays Capital Inc. and Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated. We sold $725,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of Senior Notes on April 13, 2011 to J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Barclays Capital Inc., Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. and Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated. We sold an additional $450,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of Senior Notes on May 20, 2011 to J.P. Morgan Securities LLC. Both issuances of Senior Notes have identical terms and are treated as a single class of notes. We refer to the initial purchasers of the outstanding notes in this prospectus collectively as the “initial purchasers.” The initial purchasers subsequently resold the outstanding notes to qualified institutional buyers pursuant to Rule 144A and Regulation S under the Securities Act.

Registration Rights Agreements

Simultaneously with the initial sales of the outstanding notes, we entered into three registration rights agreements (together, the “Registration Rights Agreements”), one with respect to each issuance of outstanding notes, pursuant to which we have agreed, among other things, to use commercially reasonable efforts to file with the SEC and cause to become effective a registration statement relating to offers to exchange the outstanding notes for SEC-registered notes with terms identical to the outstanding notes. The exchange offers are intended to satisfy your rights under the applicable Registration Rights Agreement. After the exchange offers are complete, you will, subject to only limited exceptions in limited circumstances, no longer be entitled to any exchange or registration rights with respect to your outstanding notes.

The Exchange Offers

We are offering to exchange:

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up to $500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of our new 8.0% Senior Secured Notes due 2018, Series B, which have been registered under the Securities Act (“Senior Secured Exchange Notes”), for any and all of our outstanding Senior Secured Notes; and

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up to $1,175,000,000 aggregate principal amount of our new 8.5% Senior Notes due 2019, Series B, which have been registered under the Securities Act (“Senior Exchange Notes”), for any and all of our outstanding Senior Notes.

In order to be exchanged, an outstanding note must be properly tendered and accepted. All outstanding notes that are validly tendered and not validly withdrawn will be exchanged. We will issue exchange notes promptly after the expiration of the exchange offers.

Interest on the outstanding notes accepted for exchange in the exchange offers will cease to accrue upon the issuance of the exchange notes. The exchange notes will bear interest from the date of issuance, and such interest will be payable,

together with accrued and unpaid interest on the outstanding notes accepted for exchange, on the first interest payment date following the closing of the exchange offers. Interest will continue to accrue on any outstanding notes that are not exchanged for exchange notes in the exchange offers.

Resales

Based on an interpretation by the staff of the SEC set forth in no-action letters issued to third parties, we believe that the exchange notes issued to you in the exchange offers may be offered for resale, resold and otherwise transferred by you without compliance with the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act provided that:

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the exchange notes are being acquired by you in the ordinary course of your business;

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you are not participating, do not intend to participate, and have no arrangement or understanding with any person to participate, in the distribution of the exchange notes issued to you in the exchange offers; and

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you are not an affiliate of ours.

If any of these conditions are not satisfied and you transfer any exchange notes issued to you in the exchange offers without delivering a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities Act or without an exemption from registration of your exchange notes from these requirements, you may incur liability under the Securities Act. We will not assume, nor will we indemnify you against, any such liability.

Each broker-dealer that is issued exchange notes in the exchange offers for its own account in exchange for outstanding notes that were acquired by that broker-dealer as a result of market-making or other trading activities must acknowledge that it will deliver a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities Act in connection with any resale of the exchange notes. A broker-dealer may use this prospectus for an offer to resell, resale or other retransfer of the exchange notes issued to it in the exchange offers.

Expiration Date

The exchange offers will expire at 12:00 a.m., midnight, New York City time, on , 2011, unless we decide to extend the expiration date.

Conditions to the Exchange Offers

Each exchange offer is subject to customary conditions, which we may waive. See “Exchange Offers—Conditions.”

Procedures for Tendering Outstanding Notes

If you wish to tender your outstanding notes for exchange in the exchange offers, you must transmit to the exchange agent on or before the expiration date either:

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an original or a facsimile of a properly completed and duly executed copy of the letter of transmittal, which accompanies this prospectus, together with your outstanding notes and any other documentation required by the letter of transmittal, at the address provided on the cover page of the letter of transmittal; or

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if the outstanding notes you own are held of record by

The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) in book-entry form and you are making delivery by book-entry transfer, a computer-generated message transmitted by means of the Automated Tender Offer Program System of DTC (“ATOP”), in which you acknowledge and agree to be bound by the terms of the letter of transmittal and which, when received by the exchange agent, forms a part of a confirmation of book-entry transfer. As part of the book-entry transfer, DTC will facilitate the exchange of your outstanding notes and update your account to reflect the issuance of the exchange notes to you. ATOP allows you to electronically transmit your acceptance of the exchange offers to DTC instead of physically completing and delivering a letter of transmittal to the exchange agent.

In addition, you must deliver to the exchange agent on or before the expiration date:

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a timely confirmation of book-entry transfer of your outstanding notes into the account of the exchange agent at DTC if you are effecting delivery of book-entry transfer, or

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if necessary, the documents required for compliance with the guaranteed delivery procedures.

Special Procedures for Beneficial Owners

If you are the beneficial owner of book-entry interests and your name does not appear on a security position listing of DTC as the holder of the book-entry interests or if you are a beneficial owner of outstanding notes that are registered in the name of a broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee and you wish to tender the book-entry interest or outstanding notes in the exchange offers, you should contact the person in whose name your book-entry interests or outstanding notes are registered promptly and instruct that person to tender on your behalf.

Withdrawal Rights

You may withdraw the tender of your outstanding notes at any time prior to 12:00 a.m., midnight, New York City time, on , 2011.

Effect of Not Tendering in the Exchange Offers

Any notes now outstanding that are not tendered or that are tendered but not accepted will remain subject to the restrictions on transfer set forth in the outstanding notes and the Indenture under which they were issued. Since the outstanding notes have not been registered under the federal securities laws, they may bear a legend restricting their transfer absent registration or the availability of a specific exemption from registration. Upon completion of the exchange offers, we will have no further obligation to register, and currently we do not anticipate that we will register, the outstanding notes under the Securities Act except in limited circumstances with respect to specific types of holders of outstanding notes.

Federal Income Tax Considerations

The exchange of outstanding notes will not be a taxable event for United States federal income tax purposes.

Summary of Terms of the Exchange Notes

The form and terms of the exchange notes are the same as the form and terms of the outstanding notes, except that the exchange notes will be registered under the Securities Act. As a result, the exchange notes will not bear legends restricting their transfer and will not contain the registration rights and liquidated damage provisions contained in the outstanding notes. The exchange notes represent the same debt as the outstanding notes. Both the outstanding notes and the exchange notes are governed by the same indentures. Unless the context otherwise requires, we use the term “notes” in this prospectus to collectively refer to the outstanding notes and the exchange notes.

Issuers

CDW LLC, an Illinois limited liability company, and CDW Finance Corporation, a Delaware corporation, as co-issuers.

Securities

Up to $500,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of Senior Secured Exchange Notes and up to $1,175,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of Senior Exchange Notes.

Maturity

The Senior Secured Exchange Notes will mature on December 15, 2018 and the Senior Exchange Notes will mature on April 1, 2019.

Interest

The Senior Secured Exchange Notes will bear interest at 8.0% per annum, payable semi-annually in arrears on June 15 and December 15 of each year until maturity, beginning on .

The Senior Exchange Notes will bear interest at 8.5% per annum, payable semi-annually in arrears on April 1 and October 1 of each year until maturity, beginning on .

Security

The Senior Secured Exchange Notes and the guarantees will initially be secured equally and ratably with the Term Loan Facility by a first priority security interest in substantially all of our and the Guarantors’ assets, other than (i) cash, accounts receivable, deposit accounts, inventory and proceeds thereof (the “ABL Priority Collateral”), as to which the notes will be secured by a second priority security interest, (ii) certain accounts receivable and inventory securing certain trade financing agreements, as to which the notes will be secured by a third priority security interest, and (iii) certain excluded assets. We refer to the collateral securing the notes offered hereby as the “Non-ABL Priority Collateral.” See “Description of Senior Secured Exchange Notes—Security.”

Optional Redemption

In the case of Senior Secured Exchange Notes:

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We may redeem all or part of the Senior Secured Exchange Notes at any time prior to December 15, 2014 at a price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the notes redeemed plus accrued and unpaid interest to the redemption date and a “make-whole” premium, as described under “Description of Senior Secured Exchange Notes—Optional Redemption.”

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We may redeem all or part of the Senior Secured Exchange Notes at any time on or after December 15, 2014 at the redemption prices specified in “Description of Senior Secured Exchange Notes—Optional Redemption.”

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In addition at any time prior to December 15, 2013, we may redeem up to 35% of the aggregate principal amount of the Senior Secured Exchange Notes at a redemption price equal to 108.0% of the face amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the redemption date, with the net cash proceeds that we raise in one or more equity offerings.

In the case of Senior Exchange Notes:

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We may redeem all or part of the Senior Exchange Notes at any time prior to April 1, 2015 at a price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the notes redeemed plus accrued and unpaid interest to the redemption date and a “make-whole” premium, as described under “Description of Senior Exchange Notes—Optional Redemption.”

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We may redeem all or part of the Senior Exchange Notes at any time on or after April 1, 2015 at the redemption prices specified in “Description of Senior Exchange Notes—Optional Redemption.”

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In addition at any time prior to April 1, 2014, we may redeem up to 40% of the aggregate principal amount of the Senior Exchange Notes at a redemption price equal to 108.5% of the face amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the redemption date, with the net cash proceeds that we raise in one or more equity offerings.

Mandatory Offers to Purchase

Upon the occurrence of specific kinds of changes of control, you will have the right, as holders of the notes, to cause us to repurchase some or all of your notes at 101% of their face amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the repurchase date.

If we sell assets following the issue date, under certain circumstances, we will be required to use the net proceeds to make an offer to purchase the notes at an offer price in cash in an amount equal to 100% of the principal amount of the notes, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the repurchase date.

Guarantees

On the issue date, our obligations under the Senior Secured Exchange Notes will be fully and unconditionally guaranteed on a joint and several and senior secured basis, and our obligations under the Senior Exchange Notes will be fully and unconditionally guaranteed on a joint and several and senior unsecured basis, in each case, by Parent and each of our direct and indirect wholly owned domestic subsidiaries that guarantees our existing indebtedness or the existing indebtedness of the guarantors. If we fail to make payments on any series of the notes, our guarantors must make the payments instead. Each person that guarantees our obligations under the notes and the indentures is referred to as a “Guarantor.”

As of and for the six months ended June 30, 2011, our non-guarantor subsidiary represented 1.8% of our total assets, 0.4% of our total liabilities, including trade payables, 4.2% of our net sales, 6.9% of our net loss and 2.7% of our Adjusted EBITDA, a non-GAAP financial measure, in each case after intercompany eliminations.

Ranking

The Senior Secured Exchange Notes and the guarantees thereof will be our and the Guarantors’ senior secured obligations and will:

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rank senior in right of payment to any of our and the Guarantors’ existing and future subordinated indebtedness, including our Existing Senior Subordinated Notes and the associated guarantees;

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rank equal in right of payment with all of our and the Guarantors’ existing and future senior indebtedness, including our Term Loan Facility, ABL Facility, Existing Senior Notes and Senior Notes and the associated guarantees;

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be secured equally and ratably with indebtedness under our Term Loan Facility and effectively senior to all other indebtedness to the extent of the value of the Non-ABL Priority Collateral;

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be effectively subordinated to indebtedness under our ABL Facility to the extent of the value of the ABL Priority Collateral securing such indebtedness on a first-priority basis and to obligations under our trade financing agreements to the extent of the value of the inventory securing such arrangements on a first-priority basis and the value of the accounts receivable securing such arrangements on a second-priority basis; and

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be structurally subordinated to all existing and future indebtedness and other liabilities of the issuers’ non-guarantor subsidiaries.

The Senior Exchange Notes and the guarantees thereof will be our and the Guarantors’ unsecured senior obligations and will:

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be effectively subordinated to all of our and the Guarantors’ existing and future secured debt, including our Senior Secured Notes, our ABL Facility and our Term Loan Facility, and to our trade financing agreements we have entered into with certain financial intermediaries in order to facilitate the purchase of certain inventory, in each case to the extent of the value of the assets securing such debt or other obligations;

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be structurally subordinated to all existing and future indebtedness and other liabilities of the issuers’ non-guarantor subsidiaries;

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rank equal in right of payment with all of our and the Guarantors’ existing and future unsecured senior debt, including our Existing Senior Notes and the related guarantees; and

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rank senior in right of payment to all of our and the Guarantors’ existing and future subordinated debt, including our Existing Senior Subordinated Notes and the related guarantees.

In addition, the exchange notes and the guarantees of our obligations under the exchange notes will be effectively subordinated to all of the existing and future liabilities and obligations (including trade payables, but excluding intercompany liabilities) of each of our non-guarantor subsidiaries.

As of June 30, 2011, we had $721.5 million in aggregate principal amount of outstanding Existing Senior Subordinated Notes, $1,540.5 million outstanding under our Term Loan Facility, $160.0 million outstanding under our ABL Facility, $129.0 million in aggregate principal amount of outstanding Existing Senior Notes, $1,175.0 million in aggregate principal amount of outstanding Senior Notes, $500.0 million in aggregate principal amount outstanding of Senior Secured Notes and $118.0 million of obligations outstanding under our trade financing agreements.

Covenants

The indentures under which the outstanding notes were issued will govern the exchange notes. These indentures contain certain covenants that, among other things, limit our ability to:

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incur or guarantee additional indebtedness, or issue disqualified stock or preferred stock;

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pay dividends on or make other distributions in respect of our membership interests or capital stock or make other restricted payments;

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create liens on certain assets to secure debt;

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make certain investments;

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sell certain assets;

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place restrictions on the ability of restricted subsidiaries to make payments to us;

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consolidate, merge, sell or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of our assets;

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enter into transactions with our affiliates; and

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designate our subsidiaries as unrestricted subsidiaries.

These covenants are subject to a number of important exceptions and qualifications. For more details, see “Description of Senior Secured Exchange Notes” and “Description of Senior Exchange Notes.”

If the exchange notes are assigned an investment grade rating by Standard & Poor’s Rating Services (“Standard & Poor’s”) and Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. (“Moody’s”) and no default has occurred or is continuing, certain covenants will be suspended. If either rating on the exchange notes should subsequently decline to below investment grade, the suspended covenants will be reinstated.

Summary Historical Financial Data

The following table sets forth our summary historical financial data for the periods ended and as of dates indicated below. We have derived the summary historical financial data presented below as of December 31, 2009 and December 31, 2010 and for the years ended December 31, 2008, December 31, 2009 and December 31, 2010 from our audited consolidated financial statements and related notes, which are included elsewhere in this prospectus. The summary historical financial data as of June 30, 2011 and for the six months ended June 30, 2011 and 2010 have been derived from the unaudited consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this prospectus. Our summary historical financial data may not be a reliable indicator of future results of operations.

The summary historical financial data set forth below is only a summary and should be read in conjunction with “Selected Historical Consolidated Financial and Operating Data,” “Risk Factors,” “Use of Proceeds,” “Capitalization,” “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and our historical consolidated financial statements and related notes appearing elsewhere in this prospectus.


	Year Ended December 31,									Six Months Ended June 30,
(in millions)	2008			2009			2010			2010			2011
Statement of Operations Data:
Net sales	$	8,071.2		$	7,162.6		$	8,801.2		$	4,157.4		$	4,541.7
Cost of sales		6,710.2			6,029.7			7,410.4			3,491.7			3,788.4

Gross profit		1,361.0			1,132.9			1,390.8			665.7			753.3
Selling and administrative expenses		894.8			821.1			932.1			454.0			474.8
Advertising expense		141.3			101.9			106.0			44.8			58.6
Goodwill impairment		1,712.0			241.8			—			—			—

(Loss) income from operations		(1,387.1	)		(31.9	)		352.7			166.9			219.9
Interest expense, net		(390.3	)		(431.7	)		(391.9	)		(183.5	)		(157.8	)
Net gain (loss) on extinguishments of long-term debt		—			—			2.0			9.2			(118.9	)
Other income, net		0.2			2.4			0.2			0.1			0.5

Loss before income taxes		(1,777.2	)		(461.2	)		(37.0	)		(7.3	)		(56.3	)
Income tax benefit		12.1			87.8			7.8			2.5			17.3

Net loss	$	(1,765.1	)	$	(373.4	)	$	(29.2	)	$	(4.8	)	$	(39.0	)

Balance Sheet Data (at period end):
Cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities	$	94.4		$	88.0		$	36.6		$	26.1		$	44.6
Working capital		877.6			923.2			675.4			725.4			775.7
Total assets		6,276.3			5,976.0			5,943.8			6,005.8			6,021.9
Total secured debt (1)		2,693.5			2,681.9			2,361.5			2,434.3			2,200.5
Total debt and capitalized lease obligations (2)		4,633.5			4,621.9			4,290.0			4,362.8			4,226.0
Total shareholders’ equity (deficit)		262.2			(44.7	)		(43.5	)		(49.4	)		(69.3	)

Other Financial Data:
Capital expenditures	$	41.1		$	15.6		$	41.5		$	10.5		$	16.7
Depreciation and amortization		218.4			218.2			209.4			105.1			102.4
Gross profit as a percentage of net sales		16.9	%		15.8	%		15.8	%		16.0	%		16.6	%
Ratio of earnings to fixed charges (3)		(a	)		(a	)		(a	)		(a	)		(a	)
EBITDA (4)		(1,168.5	)		188.7			564.3			281.3			203.9
Adjusted EBITDA (4)		570.6			465.4			601.8			292.3			343.0

Statement of Cash Flows Data:
Net cash provided by (used in):
Operating activities (5)	$	215.4		$	107.6		$	423.7		$	161.8		$	129.8
Investing activities		(60.3	)		(82.6	)		(125.4	)		(55.8	)		(26.5	)
Financing activities (5)		(75.8	)		(31.9	)		(350.1	)		(167.7	)		(95.7	)

(1)

Excludes secured borrowings of $34.1 million, $25.0 million, $9.6 million, $123.5 million and $57.7 million, as of December 31, 2008, December 31, 2009, December 31, 2010, June 30, 2010 and June 30, 2011, respectively, under our inventory floorplan arrangements. We do not include these borrowings in total secured debt because we have not in the past incurred, and in the future do not expect to incur, any interest expense or late fees under these agreements. For more information, see “Description of Certain Indebtedness.”

(2)

Excludes items in footnote (1) and unsecured borrowings of $18.6 million and $60.3 million as of December 31, 2010 and June 30, 2011, respectively, under our inventory financing agreements. We do not include these borrowings in total debt because we have not in the past incurred, and in the future do not expect to incur, any interest expense or late fees under these agreements. For more information, see “Description of Certain Indebtedness.”

(3)

For purposes of calculating the ratio of earnings to fixed charges, earnings consist of earnings before income taxes minus income from equity investees plus fixed charges. Fixed charges consist of interest expensed and the portion of rental expense we believe is representative of the interest component of rental expense.

(a) For the years ended December 31, 2008, 2009 and 2010, and the six months ended June 30, 2010 and 2011, earnings available for fixed charges were inadequate to cover fixed charges by $1,777.2 million, $461.2 million, $37.0 million, $7.2 million and $56.2 million, respectively.

(4)

EBITDA is defined as consolidated net income (loss) before interest income (expense), income tax benefit (expense), depreciation, and amortization. Adjusted EBITDA, which is a measure defined in our Senior Credit Facilities, is calculated by adjusting EBITDA for certain items of income and expense including (but not limited to) the following: (a) non-cash equity-based compensation; (b) goodwill impairment charges; (c) sponsor fees; (d) certain consulting fees; (e) debt-related legal and accounting costs; (f) equity investment gains and losses; (g) certain severance and retention costs; (h) gains and losses from the early extinguishment of debt; (i) gains and losses from asset dispositions outside the ordinary course of business; (j) Acquisition-related costs; (k) equity compensation payroll taxes; and (l) non-recurring, extraordinary or unusual gains or losses or expenses.

We have included a reconciliation of EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA in the table below. Both EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA are considered non-GAAP financial measures. Generally, a non-GAAP financial measure is a numerical measure of a company’s performance, financial position or cash flows that either excludes or includes amounts that are not normally included or excluded in the most directly comparable measure calculated and presented in accordance with GAAP. We believe that EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA provide helpful information with respect to our operating performance and cash flows including our ability to meet our future debt service, capital expenditures and working capital requirements. Adjusted EBITDA also provides helpful information as it is the primary measure used in certain financial covenants contained in our Senior Credit Facilities.

The following unaudited table sets forth reconciliations of net loss to EBITDA and EBITDA to Adjusted EBITDA for the periods presented:


	Year Ended December 31,									Six Months Ended June 30,
(in millions)	2008			2009			2010			2010			2011

Net loss	$	(1,765.1	)	$	(373.4	)	$	(29.2	)	$	(4.8	)	$	(39.0	)
Depreciation and amortization		218.4			218.2			209.4			105.1			102.4
Income tax benefit		(12.1	)		(87.8	)		(7.8	)		(2.5	)		(17.3	)
Interest expense, net		390.3			431.7			391.9			183.5			157.8

EBITDA		(1,168.5	)		188.7			564.3			281.3			203.9

Non-cash equity-based compensation		17.8			15.9			11.5			8.4			8.1
Sponsor fees		5.0			5.0			5.0			2.5			2.5
Consulting and debt-related professional fees		4.3			14.1			15.1			5.6			4.1
Goodwill impairment		1,712.0			241.8			—			—			—
Net (gain) loss on extinguishments of long-term debt		—			—			(2.0	)		(9.2	)		118.9
Other adjustments (a)		—			(0.1	)		7.9			3.7			5.5

Adjusted EBITDA	$	570.6		$	465.4		$	601.8		$	292.3		$	343.0

(a)	Other adjustments include certain severance and retention costs, equity investment gains and losses and the gain related to the sale of Informacast software and equipment in 2009.

The following unaudited table sets forth a reconciliation of EBITDA to net cash provided by operating activities for the periods presented:


	Year Ended December 31,									Six Months Ended June 30,
(in millions)	2008			2009			2010			2010			2011
EBITDA	$	(1,168.5	)	$	188.7		$	564.3		$	281.3		$	203.9
Depreciation and amortization		(218.4	)		(218.2	)		(209.4	)		(105.1	)		(102.4	)
Income tax benefit		12.1			87.8			7.8			2.5			17.3
Interest expense, net		(390.3	)		(431.7	)		(391.9	)		(183.5	)		(157.8	)

Net loss		(1,765.1	)		(373.4	)		(29.2	)		(4.8	)		(39.0	)

Depreciation and amortization		218.4			218.2			209.4			105.1			102.4
Goodwill impairment		1,712.0			241.8			—			—			—
Equity-based compensation expense		17.8			15.9			11.5			8.4			8.1
Amortization of deferred financing costs		38.6			16.2			18.0			9.0			7.7
Allowance for doubtful accounts		0.4			(0.2	)		(1.3	)		(1.3	)		0.9
Deferred income taxes		(39.9	)		(94.4	)		(4.3	)		(29.3	)		(17.5	)
Realized loss on interest rate swap agreements		18.6			103.2			51.5			12.8			2.8
Mark to market loss on interest rate derivatives		—			—			4.7			3.5			2.0
Net (gain) loss on extinguishment of long-term debt		—			—			(2.0	)		(9.2	)		118.9
Net loss (gain) on sale and disposals of assets		0.5			(1.7	)		0.7			—			—
Changes in assets and liabilities		14.1			(18.0	)		165.3			67.6			(55.9	)
Other		—			—			(0.6	)		—			(0.6	)

Net cash provided by operating activities (5)	$	215.4		$	107.6		$	423.7		$	161.8		$	129.8

(5)	Amounts have been revised. See Notes 1 and 20 to the Audited Financial Statements and Note 1 to the Unaudited Interim Financial Statements included in this prospectus for further information.

You should carefully consider each of the following risk factors and all of the other information set forth in this prospectus prior to participating in the applicable exchange offer. Any of the following risks could materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition or results of operations. They are not, however, the only risks we face. Additional risks and uncertainties not presently known to us or that we currently believe not to be material may also adversely affect our business, financial condition or results of operations. If that were to occur, the trading price of the notes would likely decline and we may not be able to make payments of interest and principal on the notes, and you may lose all or part of your original investment.

Because there is no public market for the exchange notes, you may not be able to resell your exchange notes.

The exchange notes will be registered under the Securities Act, but will constitute a new issue of securities with no established trading market, and there can be no assurance as to:

If a trading market were to develop, the exchange notes might trade at higher or lower prices than their principal amount or purchase price, depending on many factors, including prevailing interest rates, the market for similar securities and our financial performance.

Any holder of outstanding notes who tenders in the exchange offers for the purpose of participating in a distribution of the exchange notes may be deemed to have received restricted securities, and if so, will be required to comply with the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act in connection with any resale transaction.

Your outstanding notes will not be accepted for exchange if you fail to follow the exchange offer procedures and, as a result, your outstanding notes will continue to be subject to existing transfer restrictions and you may not be able to sell your outstanding notes.

We will not accept your outstanding notes for exchange if you do not follow the proper exchange offer procedures. We will issue exchange notes as part of the exchange offers only after a timely receipt of your outstanding notes, a properly completed and duly executed letter of transmittal and all other required documents. Therefore, if you want to tender your outstanding notes, please allow sufficient time to ensure timely delivery. If we do not receive your outstanding notes, letter of transmittal and other required documents by the expiration date of the exchange offers, we will not accept your outstanding notes for exchange. We are under no duty to give notification of defects or irregularities with respect to the tenders of outstanding notes for exchange. If there are defects or irregularities with respect to your tender of outstanding notes, we may not accept your outstanding notes for exchange. For more information, see “Exchange Offers—Procedures for Tendering.”

If you do not exchange your outstanding notes, your outstanding notes will continue to be subject to the existing transfer restrictions and you may not be able to sell your outstanding notes.

We did not register the outstanding notes, nor do we intend to do so following the exchange offers, except in the case of outstanding notes held by any of our affiliates. Outstanding notes that are not tendered will therefore continue to be subject to the existing transfer restrictions and may be transferred only in limited circumstances under the securities laws. If you do not exchange your outstanding notes, you will lose your right to have your outstanding notes exchanged for exchange notes registered under the federal securities laws. As a result, if you hold outstanding notes after the exchange offers, you may not be able to sell your outstanding notes.

Our substantial indebtedness could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition and prevent us from fulfilling our obligations under the notes.

We are a highly leveraged company, and our substantial level of indebtedness increases the risk that we may be unable to generate sufficient cash to pay amounts due in respect to our indebtedness. As of June 30, 2011, we had $4.2 billion of total debt and capitalized lease obligations outstanding and $118.0 million of obligations outstanding under our trade financing agreements and the ability to borrow an additional $705.9 million under our ABL Facility. Subject to the limits contained in our Senior Credit Facilities and the Indentures, we may be able to incur additional debt from time to time, including drawing on our ABL Facility, to finance working capital, capital expenditures, investments or acquisitions, or for other purposes. If we do so, the risks related to our business associated with our high level of debt could intensify. Specifically, our high level of debt could have important consequences to the holders of the notes, including the following:

We may not be able to generate sufficient cash to service all of our indebtedness, including the notes, and may be forced to take other actions to satisfy our obligations under our indebtedness, which may not be successful.

Our net interest expense for the year ended December 31, 2010 was $391.9 million. Our ability to make scheduled payments on or to refinance our debt obligations depends on our financial and operating performance, which is subject to prevailing economic and competitive conditions and to certain financial, business and other factors beyond our control. We cannot assure you that we will maintain a level of cash flows from operating activities sufficient to permit us to pay the principal, premium, if any, and interest on our indebtedness. See “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Liquidity and Capital Resources.”

If our cash flows and capital resources are insufficient to fund our debt service obligations, we may be forced to reduce or delay capital expenditures, sell assets or operations, seek additional capital or restructure or refinance our indebtedness, including the notes. We cannot assure you that we would be able to take any of these actions, that these actions would be successful and permit us to meet our scheduled debt service obligations or that these actions would be permitted under the terms of our existing or future debt agreements, including the Senior Credit Facilities or the Indentures. In the absence of such operating results and resources, we could face substantial liquidity problems and might be required to dispose of material assets or operations to meet our debt service and other obligations. The Senior Credit Facilities and the Indentures restrict our ability to dispose of assets and use the proceeds from the disposition. We may not be able to consummate those dispositions or to obtain the proceeds which we could realize from them and these proceeds may not be adequate to meet any debt service obligations then due. See “Description of Certain Indebtedness,” “Description of Senior Secured Exchange Notes” and “Description of Senior Exchange Notes.”

If we cannot make scheduled payments on our debt, we will be in default and, as a result:

Despite our indebtedness levels, we and our subsidiaries may still be able to incur substantially more debt, including secured debt. This could further increase the risks associated with our leverage.

We and our subsidiaries may be able to incur substantial additional indebtedness in the future. The terms of our Senior Credit Facilities and the Indentures do not fully prohibit us or our subsidiaries from doing so. To the extent that we incur additional indebtedness or such other obligations, the risks associated with our substantial indebtedness described above, including our possible inability to service our debt, will increase. As of June 30, 2011, we had approximately $705.9 million available for additional borrowing under our ABL Facility after taking into account borrowing base limitations (net of $21.8 million of issued and undrawn letters of credit and $12.3 million of reserves related to our floorplan sub-facility). See “Description of Certain Indebtedness.”

Restrictive covenants under our Senior Credit Facilities and the Indentures may adversely affect our operations and liquidity.

Our Senior Credit Facilities and the Indentures contain, and any future indebtedness we incur may contain, various covenants that limit our ability to, among other things:

As a result of these covenants, we are limited in the manner in which we conduct our business and we may be unable to engage in favorable business activities or finance future operations or capital needs. In addition, the restrictive covenants in our Term Loan Facility require us to maintain a specified senior secured leverage ratio. A breach of any of these covenants or any of the other restrictive covenants would result in a default under our Senior Credit Facilities. Upon the occurrence of an event of default under our Senior Credit Facilities, the lenders:

If we were unable to repay those amounts, the lenders under our Senior Credit Facilities could proceed against the collateral granted to them to secure our borrowings thereunder. We have pledged a significant portion of our assets as collateral under our Senior Credit Facilities and our Senior Secured Notes. If the lenders under our Senior Credit Facilities or our Senior Secured Notes accelerate the repayment of borrowings, we cannot assure you that we will have sufficient assets to repay our Senior Credit Facilities and our other indebtedness, including the notes, or borrow sufficient funds to refinance such indebtedness. Even if we were able to obtain new financing, it may not be on commercially reasonable terms, or terms that are acceptable to us. See “Description of Certain Indebtedness.”

In addition, under our ABL Facility we are permitted to borrow an aggregate amount of up to $900 million; however, our ability to borrow thereunder is limited by a borrowing base, which at any time will equal the sum of up to 85% of our and our subsidiary guarantors’ eligible accounts receivable (net of accounts reserves) (up to 30% of such eligible accounts receivable which can consist of federal government accounts receivable) plus the lesser of (i) 70% of our and our subsidiary guarantors’ eligible inventory (valued at cost and net of inventory reserves) and (ii) the product of 85% multiplied by the net orderly liquidation value percentage multiplied by eligible inventory (valued at cost and net of inventory reserves), less reserves (other than accounts reserves and inventory reserves).

Our borrowing base in effect as of June 30, 2011 was $970.2 million. Our ability to borrow under this facility is limited by a minimum liquidity condition, which provides that, if excess availability is less than the lesser of (i) $90 million or (ii) the greater of (A) ten percent (10%) of the borrowing base or (B) $60 million for more than five business days, the lenders are not required to lend any additional amounts under the ABL Facility (i) unless our pro forma consolidated fixed charge coverage ratio (as defined in the credit agreement for our ABL Facility) is at least 1.0 to 1.0 or (ii) until the availability exceeds the lesser of (i) $90 million or (ii) the greater of (A) ten percent (10%) of the borrowing base or (B) $60 million for 30 consecutive business days. Moreover, our ABL Facility provides discretion to the agent bank acting on behalf of the lenders to impose additional availability reserves, which could materially impair the amount of borrowings that would otherwise be available to us. We cannot assure you that the agent bank will not impose such reserves or, were it to do so, that the resulting impact of this action would not materially and adversely impair our liquidity.

The Senior Exchange Notes will be unsecured and will be effectively subordinated to our and the Guarantors’ secured debt and indebtedness of non-guarantor subsidiaries.

Our obligations under the Senior Exchange Notes and the Guarantors’ obligations under the guarantees of the Senior Exchange Notes will not be secured by any of our or our subsidiaries’ assets. Borrowings under our ABL Facility, our Term Loan Facility and our Senior Secured Notes are secured by a security interest in substantially all of our assets and the assets of the Guarantors. In addition, the Indentures permit us and our subsidiaries to incur additional secured debt. As a result, the Senior Exchange Notes and the guarantees will be effectively subordinated to all of our and the Guarantors’ secured debt and other obligations to the extent of the value of the assets securing such obligations. As of June 30, 2011, we had $2,200.5 million of secured debt outstanding under our ABL Facility, our Term Loan Facility and our Senior Secured Notes, and an additional $705.9 million of availability under our ABL Facility after taking into account borrowing base limitations (net of $21.8 million of issued and undrawn letters of credit and $12.3 million of reserves related to our floorplan sub-facility). If we and the Guarantors were to become insolvent or otherwise fail to make payments on the notes, holders of our and the Guarantors’ secured obligations would be paid first and would receive payments from the assets securing such obligations before the holders of the Senior Exchange Notes would receive any payments. You may therefore not be fully repaid in the event we become insolvent or otherwise fail to make payments on the notes.

The Senior Exchange Notes may not be guaranteed by all of our subsidiaries. For example, our immaterial subsidiaries are not required to guarantee the Senior Exchange Notes. Accordingly, claims of holders of the Senior Exchange Notes will be structurally subordinate to the claims of creditors of these non-guarantor subsidiaries, including trade creditors. All obligations of our non-guarantor subsidiaries will have to be satisfied before any of the assets of such subsidiaries would be available for distribution, upon a liquidation or otherwise, to us or a Guarantor of the Senior Exchange Notes.

Variable rate indebtedness subjects us to interest rate risk, which could cause our debt service obligations to increase significantly.

Certain of our borrowings, primarily borrowings under our Senior Credit Facilities, are at variable rates of interest and expose us to interest rate risk. As of June 30, 2011, we had $1,700.5 million of variable rate debt outstanding. If interest rates increase, our debt service obligations on the variable rate indebtedness would increase even though the amount borrowed remained the same, and our net income would decrease. Although we have entered into interest rate cap agreements on our Term Loan Facility to reduce interest rate volatility, we cannot assure you we will be able to do so in the future on acceptable terms or that such caps or the caps we have in place now will be effective.

The notes are structurally subordinated to all indebtedness of our existing or future subsidiaries that are not or do not become Guarantors of the notes.

Holders of the notes do not have any claim as a creditor against any of our existing subsidiaries that are not Guarantors of the notes or against any of our future subsidiaries that do not become Guarantors of the notes. Indebtedness and other liabilities, including trade payables of those subsidiaries, are structurally senior to claims of holders of the notes against those subsidiaries. As of June 30, 2011, our non-guarantor subsidiary had approximately $26.6 million of total liabilities, all of which were effectively senior to the notes.

The notes are not guaranteed by our foreign subsidiary and will not be guaranteed by any future foreign subsidiaries. Our non-guarantor subsidiary is a separate and distinct legal entity and has no obligation, contingent or otherwise, to pay any amounts due under the notes, or to make any funds available therefor, whether by dividends, loans, distributions or other payments.

In the event of a bankruptcy, liquidation, reorganization or other winding up of this non-guarantor subsidiary or any future subsidiary that is not a Guarantor of the notes, these non-guarantor subsidiaries will pay the holders of their debts, holders of preferred equity interests and their trade creditors before they will be able to distribute any of their assets to us (except to the extent we have a claim as a creditor of such non-guarantor subsidiary). Any right that we or the subsidiary Guarantors have to receive any assets of any non-guarantor subsidiaries upon the bankruptcy, liquidation, reorganization or other winding up of those subsidiaries, and the consequent rights of holders of notes to realize proceeds from the sale of any of those subsidiaries’ assets, will be effectively subordinated to the claims of those subsidiaries’ creditors, including trade creditors and holders of preferred equity interests of those subsidiaries.

As of and for the six months ended June 30, 2011, our non-guarantor subsidiary represented 1.8% of our total assets, less than 1% of our total liabilities, including trade payables, 4.2% of our net sales, 6.9% of our net loss and 2.7% of our Adjusted EBITDA, respectively, in each case after intercompany eliminations. Adjusted EBITDA is a non-GAAP financial measure.

In addition, the Indentures, subject to some limitations, permit these subsidiaries to incur additional indebtedness and do not contain any limitation on the amount of certain other liabilities, such as trade payables, that may be incurred by these subsidiaries.

Our ability to service our debt and meet our cash requirements depends on many factors, some of which are beyond our control.

Our ability to satisfy our obligations and meet our cash requirements for the foreseeable future will depend on our future operating performance and financial results, which will be subject, in part, to factors beyond our control, including interest rates and general economic, financial and business conditions. See “Risk Factors—Risks Relating to our Business.” If we are unable to generate sufficient cash flow to service our debt, we may be required to:

If we are required to take any of these actions, it could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations. In addition, we cannot assure you that we would be able to take any of these actions, that these actions would enable us to continue to satisfy our capital requirements or that these actions would be permitted under the terms of our various debt instruments, including our Senior Credit Facilities and the Indentures. In addition, our Senior Credit Facilities and the Indentures restrict our ability to sell assets and to use the proceeds from the sales. We may not be able to sell assets quickly enough or for sufficient amounts to enable us to meet our obligations, including our obligations on the notes. Furthermore, the Equity Sponsors have no obligation to provide us with debt or equity financing. Therefore, it may be difficult for us to make required payments on the notes in the event of an acceleration of the maturity of the notes.

Our ability to make payments on the notes depends on our ability to receive dividends and other distributions from our subsidiaries.

Our principal assets are the equity interests that we hold in our operating subsidiaries. As a result, we are dependent on dividends and other distributions from our subsidiaries to generate the funds necessary to meet our financial obligations, including the payment of principal and interest on our outstanding debt. Our subsidiaries may not generate sufficient cash from operations to enable us to make principal and interest payments on our indebtedness, including the notes. In addition, any payment of dividends, distributions, loans or advances to us by our subsidiaries could be subject to restrictions on dividends or, in the case of foreign subsidiaries, restrictions on repatriation of earnings under applicable local law and monetary transfer restrictions in the jurisdictions in which our subsidiaries operate. In addition, payments to us by our subsidiaries will be contingent upon our subsidiaries’ earnings. Our subsidiaries are permitted under the terms of our indebtedness, including the Indentures, to incur additional indebtedness that may restrict payments from those subsidiaries to us. We cannot assure you that agreements governing current and future indebtedness of our subsidiaries will permit those subsidiaries to provide us with sufficient cash to fund payments on the notes when due.

Our subsidiaries are legally distinct from us and, except for our existing and future subsidiaries that will be Guarantors of the notes, have no obligation, contingent or otherwise, to pay amounts due on our debt or to make funds available to us for such payment.

If we default on our obligations to pay our indebtedness, we may not be able to make payments on the notes.

Any default under the agreements governing our indebtedness, including a default under our Senior Credit Facilities that is not waived by the required lenders, and the remedies sought by the holders of such indebtedness, could make us unable to pay principal, premium, if any, and interest on the notes and substantially decrease the value of the notes. If we are unable to generate sufficient cash flow and are otherwise unable to obtain funds necessary to meet required payments of principal, premium, if any, and interest on our indebtedness, or if we otherwise fail to comply with the various covenants, including financial and operating covenants, in the instruments governing our indebtedness (including covenants in the Indentures and our Senior Credit Facilities), we could be in default under the terms of the agreements governing such indebtedness, including our Senior Credit Facilities and the Indentures. In the event of such default, the holders of such indebtedness could elect to declare all the funds borrowed thereunder to be due and payable, together with accrued and unpaid interest, the lenders under our Senior Credit Facilities could elect to terminate their commitments thereunder and cease making further loans and lenders under our Senior Credit Facilities and holders of our Senior Secured Exchange Notes could institute foreclosure proceedings against our assets and we could be forced into bankruptcy or liquidation. If our operating performance declines, we may in the future need to obtain waivers from the required lenders under our Senior Credit Facilities to avoid being in default. If we breach our covenants under our Senior Credit Facilities and seek a waiver, we may not be able to obtain a waiver from the required lenders. If this occurs, we would be in default under our Senior Credit Facilities, the lenders could exercise their rights, as described above, and we could be forced into bankruptcy or liquidation. See “Description of Certain Indebtedness,” “Description of Senior Secured Exchange Notes” and “Description of Senior Exchange Notes.”

We may be unable to purchase the notes upon a change of control which would result in a default in the Indentures and would adversely affect our business.

Upon a change of control, as defined in the Indentures, we are required to offer to purchase all of the notes then outstanding for cash at 101% of the principal amount thereof, together with accrued and unpaid interest. If a change of control occurs under the Indentures, we may not have sufficient funds to pay the change of control purchase price, and we may be required to secure third party financing to do so. We may not be able to obtain this financing on commercially reasonable terms, or on terms acceptable to us, or at all. Further, we may be contractually restricted under the terms of our Senior Credit Facilities from repurchasing all of the notes tendered by holders of the notes upon a change of control. Accordingly, we may not be able to satisfy our obligations to purchase the notes unless we are able to refinance or obtain waivers under our Senior Credit Facilities. Our failure to repurchase the notes upon a change of control would cause a default under the Indentures and a cross-default under the Senior Credit Facilities and the Indentures. Our Senior Credit Facilities and the Indentures also provide that a change of control, as defined in such agreements, will be a default that permits lenders to accelerate the maturity of borrowings thereunder and, in the case of our Senior Credit Facilities and our Senior Secured Exchange Notes, if such debt is not paid, to enforce security interests in the collateral securing such debt, thereby limiting our ability to raise cash to purchase the notes.

The change of control provisions in the Indentures may not protect holders of the notes in the event we consummate a highly leveraged transaction, reorganization, restructuring, merger or other similar transaction, unless such transaction constitutes a change of control under the Indentures. Such a transaction may not involve a change in voting power or beneficial ownership or, even if it does, may not involve a change in the magnitude required under the definition of change of control in the Indentures to trigger our obligation to repurchase the notes. Except as otherwise described above, the Indentures do not contain provisions that permit the holders of the notes to require us to repurchase or redeem the notes in the event of a takeover, recapitalization or similar transaction. If an event occurs that does not constitute a “Change of Control” as defined in the Indentures, we will not be required to make an offer to repurchase the notes and holders may be required to continue to hold notes despite the event. See “Description of Certain Indebtedness,” “Description of Senior Secured Exchange Notes—Repurchase at the Option of Holders” and “Description of Senior Exchange Notes—Repurchase at the Option of Holders.”

Federal and state statutes allow courts, under specific circumstances, to void notes and adversely affect the validity and enforceability of the guarantees and require noteholders to return payments received.

The issuance of, and payments made under, the notes and the guarantees may be subject to review under federal and state fraudulent transfer and conveyance statutes. While the relevant laws may vary from state to state, generally under such laws the incurrence of an obligation (such as under the notes or guarantees) or the making of a payment or other transfer will be a fraudulent conveyance if (1) we or any of our Guarantors, as applicable, incurred such obligation or made such payment with the intent of hindering, delaying or defrauding creditors or (2) we or any of our Guarantors, as applicable, received less than reasonably equivalent value or fair consideration in return for incurring such obligation or making such payment and, in the case of (2) only, one of the following is also true:

If a court were to find that the issuance of the notes or guarantees, or a payment made under the notes or guarantees, was a fraudulent conveyance, the court could void the payment obligations under the notes or such guarantees or subordinate the notes or such guarantees to presently existing and future indebtedness of ours or any such Guarantor, and require the holders of the notes to repay particular amounts or any amounts received with respect to the notes or such guarantees. In the event of a finding that a fraudulent conveyance occurred, you may not receive any repayment on the notes. Further, the voiding of the notes or the guarantees could result in an event of default with respect to our other debt and that of our Guarantors that could result in acceleration of such debt.

The measures of insolvency for purposes of these fraudulent transfer laws will vary depending upon the law applied in any proceeding to determine whether a fraudulent transfer has occurred. In general, however, a court would consider an issuer or a Guarantor insolvent if:

We cannot be certain as to the standards a court would use to determine whether or not we or the Guarantors were solvent at the relevant time, or regardless of the standard that a court uses, that the notes and the guarantees would not be subordinated to our or any Guarantor’s other debt.

If the guarantees were legally challenged, any guarantee could also be subject to the claim that, since the guarantee was incurred for our benefit, and only indirectly for the benefit of the Guarantor, the obligations of the applicable Guarantor were incurred for less than reasonably equivalent value or fair consideration. A court could thus void the obligations under the guarantees, subordinate them to the applicable Guarantor’s other debt or take other action detrimental to the holders of the notes.

Each guarantee contains a provision intended to limit the Guarantor’s liability to the maximum amount that it could incur without causing the incurrence of obligations under its guarantee to be a fraudulent transfer. This provision may not be effective to protect the guarantees from being voided under fraudulent transfer law, or may reduce or eliminate the Guarantor’s obligation to an amount that effectively makes the guarantee worthless. A recent Florida bankruptcy court decision found that this kind of provision was ineffective to protect the guarantees.

We are controlled by the Equity Sponsors who will be able to make important decisions about our business and capital structure; their interests may differ from the interests of noteholders.

Substantially all of the common stock of Parent is held indirectly by investment funds affiliated with, or co-investment vehicles controlled by, the Equity Sponsors. As a result, the Equity Sponsors control us and have the power to elect all of the members of Parent’s board of directors and approve any action requiring the approval of the holders of Parent’s stock, including approving acquisitions or sales of all or substantially all of our assets. The directors appointed by the Equity Sponsors have the ability to control decisions affecting our capital structure, including the issuance of additional debt and capital stock, the declaration of dividends, and to appoint new management. The interests of the Equity Sponsors and our other equity holders may not be aligned with those of the holders of the notes. If we encounter financial difficulties, or we are unable to pay our debts as they mature, the interests of the Equity Sponsors and our other equity holders might conflict with those of the holders of the notes. In that situation, for example, the holders of the notes might want us to raise additional equity from the Equity Sponsors or other investors to reduce our leverage and pay our debts, while the Equity Sponsors might not want to increase their investment in us or have their ownership diluted and instead choose to take other actions, such as selling our assets. The Equity Sponsors may have an interest in pursuing acquisitions, divestitures, financings or other transactions that, in their judgment, could enhance their equity investments, even though such transactions might involve risks to you as a holder of the notes. Additionally, the Equity Sponsors are in the business of investing in companies and may, from time to time, acquire and hold interests in businesses that compete directly or indirectly with us. The Equity Sponsors may also separately pursue acquisition opportunities that may be complementary to our business and, as a result, those acquisition opportunities may not be available to us. Since our equity securities, which are not registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), are not listed on any U.S. securities exchange, we are not subject to any of the corporate governance requirements of any U.S. securities exchange.

The trading prices for the notes will be directly affected by many factors, including our credit rating.

Credit rating agencies continually revise their ratings for companies they follow or discontinue rating companies, including us. Any ratings downgrade or decisions by a credit rating agency to discontinue rating us could

adversely affect the trading price of the notes, or the trading market for the notes, to the extent a trading market for the notes develops. The condition of the financial and credit markets and prevailing interest rates have fluctuated in the past and are likely to fluctuate in the future and any fluctuation may impact the trading price of the notes.

Weak economic conditions generally, sustained uncertainty about global economic conditions or a prolonged or further tightening of credit markets could cause our customers and potential customers to postpone or reduce spending on technology products or services or put downward pressure on prices, which could have an adverse effect on our business, results of operations or cash flows. For example, during the economic downturn at the end of 2008 and in 2009, due to a number of factors, including declines in the availability of credit, weakening consumer and business confidence and increased unemployment, we experienced significantly reduced revenue and gross margins when our customers and potential customers reduced their spending on technology and put downward pressure on prices.

Our financial performance could be adversely affected by decreases in spending on technology products and services by our Public segment customers.

Our sales to our Public segment customers are impacted by government spending policies, budget priorities and revenue levels. Although our sales to the federal government are diversified across multiple agencies and departments, they collectively accounted for 11.0% of 2010 net sales. An adverse change in government spending policies, budget priorities or revenue levels could cause our Public segment customers to reduce their purchases or to terminate or not renew their contracts with us, which could adversely affect our business, results of operations or cash flows.

Our business depends on our vendor partner relationships and the availability of their products.

We purchase products for resale from vendor partners, which include OEMs and software publishers, and wholesale distributors. For the year ended December 31, 2010, we purchased approximately 47% of the products we sold directly from vendor partners and the remaining amount from wholesale distributors. We are authorized by vendor partners to sell all or some of their products via direct marketing activities. Our authorization with each vendor partner is subject to specific terms and conditions regarding such things as sales channel restrictions, product return privileges, price protection policies, purchase discounts and vendor incentive programs, including purchase rebates, sales volume rebates and cooperative advertising reimbursements. However, we do not have any long-term contracts with our vendor partners and many of these arrangements are terminable upon notice by either party. In addition, a reduction in the amount of credit granted to us by our vendor partners could increase our need for, and the cost of, working capital and could have an adverse effect on our business, results of operations or cash flows.

From time to time, vendor partners may terminate or limit our right to sell some or all of their products or change the terms and conditions or reduce or discontinue the incentives that they offer us. For example, there is no assurance that, as our vendor partners continue to sell directly to end users and through resellers, they will not limit or curtail the availability of their products to resellers like us. Any such termination or limitation or the implementation of such changes could have a negative impact on our business, results of operations or cash flows.

Although we purchase from a diverse vendor base, in 2010, products we purchased from distributors Ingram Micro, Tech Data and SYNNEX represented approximately 13%, 12% and 11%, respectively, of our total purchases. In addition, sales of Apple, Cisco, Hewlett-Packard, Lenovo and Microsoft products comprise a substantial portion of our sales, representing approximately 50% of net sales in 2010. Sales of products manufactured by Hewlett-Packard represented approximately 24% of our 2010 net sales. The loss of, or change in business relationship with, any of these or any other key vendor partners, the diminished availability of their products, or backlogs for their products leading to manufacturer allocation, could reduce the supply and increase the cost of products we sell and negatively impact our competitive position. Hewlett-Packard’s recent announcement that it is exploring strategic alternatives for its Personal Systems Group, which includes personal computers, tablets and smartphones, has created uncertainty in the marketplace for both resellers like us and our customers. Such uncertainty could adversely affect customer demand for products manufactured by Hewlett-Packard, and may lead to an increase in demand for products we do not currently offer or that we are not authorized to offer. In addition, a possible sale or spin-off of Hewlett-Packard’s Personal Systems Group could adversely affect the terms and conditions currently offered to us regarding such products (including vendor incentive programs and marketing development funds).

Additionally, the relocation of key distributors utilized in our purchasing model could increase our need for, and the cost of, working capital and have an adverse effect on our business, results of operations or cash flows. Further, the sale, spin-off or combination of any of our vendor partners and/or certain of their business units, including any such sale to or combination with a vendor with whom we do not currently have a commercial relationship or whose products we do not sell, could have an adverse impact on our business, results of operations or cash flow.

Our sales are dependent on continued innovations in hardware, software and services offerings by our vendor partners and the competitiveness of their offerings.

The technology industry is characterized by rapid innovation and the frequent introduction of new and enhanced hardware, software and services offerings. We have been and will continue to be dependent on innovations in hardware, software and services offerings, as well as the acceptance of those innovations by customers. A decrease in the rate of innovation, or the lack of acceptance of innovations by customers, could have an adverse effect on our business, results of operations or cash flows.

In addition, if we are unable to keep up with changes in technology and new hardware, software and services offerings, for example by providing the appropriate training to our account managers, sales technology specialists and engineers to enable them to effectively sell such new offerings to customers, our business, results of operations or cash flows could be adversely affected.

We also are dependent upon our vendor partners for the development and marketing of hardware, software and services to compete effectively with hardware, software and services of vendors whose products and services we do not currently offer or that we are not authorized to offer in one or more customer channels. To the extent that a vendor’s offering that is highly in demand is not available to us for resale in one or more customer channels, and there is not a competitive offering from another vendor that we are authorized to sell in such customer channels, our business, results of operations or cash flows could be adversely impacted.

Substantial competition could reduce our market share and significantly harm our financial performance.

Some of our hardware and software vendor partners sell, and could intensify their efforts to sell, their products directly to customers. In addition, traditional OEMs are increasing their services capabilities through mergers and acquisitions with service providers, which could potentially increase competition in the market to provide comprehensive technology solutions to customers. Moreover, newer, potentially disruptive technologies exist and are being developed that deliver technology solutions as a service, for example, software as a service (“SaaS”) and hardware as a service (“HaaS”). These technologies could increase the amount of sales directly to customers rather than through resellers like us, or could lead to a reduction in our profitability. If any of these trends becomes more prevalent, it could adversely affect our business, results of operations or cash flows.

We focus on offering a high level of service to gain new customers and retain existing customers. To the extent we face increased competition to gain and retain customers, we may be required to reduce prices, increase advertising expenditures or take other actions which could adversely affect our business, results of operations or cash

flows. Additionally, some of our competitors may reduce their prices in an attempt to stimulate sales, which may require us to reduce prices. This would require us to sell a greater number of products to achieve the same level of net sales and gross profit. If such a reduction in prices occurs and we are unable to attract new customers and sell increased quantities of products, our sales growth and profitability could be adversely affected.

The success of our business depends on the continuing development, maintenance and operation of our information technology systems.

Our success is dependent on the accuracy, proper utilization and continuing development of our information technology systems, including our business systems, Web servers and voice and data networks. The quality and our utilization of the information generated by our information technology systems, and our success in implementing new systems and upgrades, affects, among other things, our ability to:

The integrity of our information technology systems is vulnerable to disruption due to forces beyond our control. While we have taken steps to protect our information technology systems from a variety of threats, including computer viruses and malicious hackers, there can be no guarantee that those steps will be effective. Furthermore, although we have redundant systems at a separate location to back up our primary systems, there can be no assurance that these redundant systems will operate properly if and when required. Any disruption to or infiltration of our information technology systems could significantly harm our business and results of operations.

Our business involves the storage and transmission of proprietary information and sensitive or confidential data, including personal information of coworkers, customers and others. In addition, we operate three customer data centers which may contain both business-critical data and confidential information of our customers. In connection with our services business, our coworkers also have access to our customers’ confidential data and other information. We have privacy and data security policies in place that are designed to prevent security breaches; however, breaches in security could expose us, our customers or other individuals to a risk of loss or misuse of this information, resulting in litigation and potential liability for us, as well as the loss of existing or potential customers and damage to our brand and reputation. In addition, the cost and operational consequences of implementing further data protection measures could be significant. Such breaches, costs and consequences could adversely affect our business, results of operations or cash flows.

The failure to comply with our Public segment contracts or applicable laws and regulations could result in, among other things, fines or other liabilities, and changes in procurement regulations could adversely impact our business, results of operations or cash flows.

Revenues from our Public segment customers are derived from sales to governmental departments and agencies, educational institutions and healthcare customers, through various contracts and open market sales. Sales to Public segment customers are highly regulated. Noncompliance with contract provisions, government procurement regulations or other applicable laws or regulations (including but not limited to the False Claims Act and the Medicare and Medicaid Anti-Kickback Statute) could result in civil, criminal and administrative liability, including substantial monetary fines or damages, termination of government contracts or other Public segment customer contracts, and suspension, debarment or ineligibility from doing business with the government and other customers in the Public segment. In addition, generally contracts in the Public segment are terminable at any time for convenience of the contracting agency or upon default. The effect of any of these possible actions by any governmental department or agency could adversely affect our business, results of operations or cash flows. In addition, the adoption of new or modified procurement regulations and other requirements may increase our compliance costs and reduce our gross margins, which could have a negative effect on our business, results of operations or cash flows.

If we fail to provide high-quality services to our customers, or if our third-party service providers fail to provide high-quality services to our customers, our reputation, business, results of operations or cash flows could be adversely affected.

Our service offerings include field services, managed services, warranties, configuration services and partner services. Additionally, we deliver and manage mission critical software, systems and network solutions for our customers. Finally, we also offer certain services, such as implementation and installation services and repair services, to our customers through various third-party service providers engaged to perform these services on our behalf. If we or our third-party service providers fail to provide high quality services to our customers or such services result in a disruption of our customers’ businesses, our reputation with our customers and our business, results of operations or cash flows could be adversely affected.

If we lose any of our key personnel, or are unable to attract and retain the talent required for our business, our business could be disrupted and our financial performance could suffer.

Our success is heavily dependent upon our ability to attract, develop and retain key personnel to manage and grow our business, including our key executive, management, sales, services and technical coworkers.

Our future success will depend to a significant extent on the efforts of Thomas E. Richards, our newly appointed Chief Executive Officer effective October 1, 2011, as well as the continued service and support of John A. Edwardson, our outgoing Chief Executive Officer who is expected to remain as Chairman of our Board through 2012, and our other named executive officers. Our future success also will depend on our ability to retain our customer-facing coworkers, who have been given critical CDW knowledge regarding, and the opportunity to develop strong relationships with, many of our customers. In addition, as we seek to expand our offerings of value-added services and solutions, our success will even more heavily depend on attracting and retaining highly skilled technology specialists and engineers, for which the market is extremely competitive.

Our inability to attract, develop and retain key personnel could have an adverse effect on our relationships with our vendor partners and customers and adversely affect our ability to expand our offerings of value-added services and solutions. Moreover, our inability to train our sales, services and technical personnel effectively to meet the rapidly changing technology needs of our customers could cause a decrease in the overall quality and efficiency of such personnel. Such consequences could adversely affect our business, results of operations or cash flows.

The interruption of the flow of products from international suppliers could disrupt our supply chain.

A significant portion of the products we sell are manufactured or purchased by our vendor partners outside of the U.S., primarily in Asia. Political, social or economic instability in Asia, or in other regions in which our vendor partners purchase or manufacture the products we sell, could cause disruptions in trade, including exports to the U.S. Other events that could also cause disruptions to exports to the U.S. include:

We cannot predict whether the countries in which the products we sell are purchased or manufactured, or may be purchased or manufactured in the future, will be subject to new or additional trade restrictions imposed by the U.S. or foreign governments, including the likelihood, type or effect of any such restrictions. Trade restrictions, including new or increased tariffs or quotas, embargos, safeguards and customs restrictions against the products we sell, as well as foreign labor strikes and work stoppages or boycotts, could increase the cost or reduce the supply of product available to us and adversely affect our business, results of operations or cash flows.

A natural disaster or other adverse occurrence at one of our primary facilities or customer data centers could damage our business.

Substantially all of our corporate, warehouse and distribution functions are located at our Vernon Hills, Illinois facilities and our second distribution center in North Las Vegas, Nevada. If the warehouse and distribution equipment at one of our distribution centers were to be seriously damaged by a natural disaster or other adverse occurrence, we could utilize the other distribution center or third-party distributors to ship products to our customers. However, this may not be sufficient to avoid interruptions in our service and may not enable us to meet all of the needs of our customers and would cause us to incur incremental operating costs. In addition, we operate three customer data centers and numerous sales offices which may contain both business-critical data and confidential information of our customers. A natural disaster or other adverse occurrence at any of the customer data centers or at any of our major sales offices could negatively impact our business, results of operations or cash flows.

We generally ship hardware products to our customers by FedEx, United Parcel Service and other commercial delivery services and invoice customers for delivery charges. If we are unable to pass on to our customers future increases in the cost of commercial delivery services, our profitability could be adversely affected. Additionally, strikes or other service interruptions by such shippers could adversely affect our ability to deliver products on a timely basis.

We extend credit to our customers for a significant portion of our net sales, typically on 30-day payment terms. We are subject to the risk that our customers may not pay for the products they have purchased, or may pay at a slower rate than we have historically experienced, the risk of which is heightened during periods of economic downturn or, in the case of Public segment customers, during periods of budget constraints.

We are also exposed to inventory risks as a result of the rapid technological changes that affect the market and pricing for the products we sell. We seek to minimize our inventory exposure through a variety of inventory management procedures and policies, including our rapid-turn inventory model, as well as vendor price protection and product return programs. However, if we were unable to maintain our rapid-turn inventory model, if there were unforeseen product developments that created more rapid obsolescence or if our vendor partners were to change their terms and conditions, our inventory risks could increase. We also periodically take advantage of cost savings associated with certain opportunistic bulk inventory purchases offered by our vendor partners or we may decide to carry high inventory levels of certain products that have limited or no return privileges due to customer demand. These bulk purchases could increase our exposure to inventory obsolescence.

We could be exposed to additional risks if we make acquisitions or enter into alliances.

We may pursue transactions, including acquisitions or alliances, in an effort to extend or complement our existing business. These types of transactions involve numerous risks, including finding suitable transaction partners and negotiating terms that are acceptable to us, the diversion of management’s attention from other business concerns, extending our product or service offerings into areas in which we have limited experience, entering into new geographic markets, the potential loss of key coworkers or business relationships and successfully integrating acquired businesses, any of which could adversely affect our operations.

We may experience significant variations in our future quarterly results of operations. These fluctuations may result from many factors, including the condition of the technology industry in general, shifts in demand and pricing for hardware, software and services and the introduction of new products or upgrades.

Our operating results are also highly dependent on our level of gross profit as a percentage of net sales. Our gross profit percentage fluctuates due to numerous factors, some of which may be outside of our control, including pricing pressures; changes in product costs from our vendor partners; the availability of price protection, purchase discounts and incentive programs from our vendor partners; changes in product, order size and customer mix; the risk of some items in our inventory becoming obsolete; increases in delivery costs that we cannot pass on to customers; and general market and competitive conditions.

In addition, our cost structure is based, in part, on anticipated sales and gross margins. Therefore, we may not be able to adjust our cost structure quickly enough to compensate for any unexpected sales or gross margin shortfall, and any such inability could have an adverse effect on our business, results of operations or cash flows.

We are party to various legal proceedings that arise from time to time in the ordinary course of our business, which include consumer, employment, tort and other litigation.

We are subject to intellectual property infringement claims against us, either because of the over 100,000 products we sell or the business systems we use to sell such products, in the form of cease-and-desist letters, licensing inquiries, lawsuits and other communications and demands. In our industry, such intellectual property claims have become more frequent as the complexity of technological products and the intensity of competition in our industry have increased. Increasingly, many of these assertions are brought by non-practicing entities whose principal business model is to secure patent licensing revenue.

Because of our significant sales to governmental entities, we also are subject to audits by federal, state and local authorities. We also are subject to audits by various vendor partners and large customers, including government agencies, relating to purchases and sales under various contracts. In addition, we are subject to indemnification claims under various contracts.

Current and future litigation, infringement claims, governmental proceedings, audits or indemnification claims that we face may result in substantial costs and expenses and significantly divert the attention of our management regardless of the outcome. In addition, current and future litigation, infringement claims, governmental proceedings, audits or indemnification claims could lead to increased costs or interruptions of our normal business operations. Litigation, infringement claims, governmental proceedings, audits or indemnification claims involve uncertainties and the eventual outcome of any litigation, infringement claim, governmental proceeding, audit or indemnification claim could adversely affect our business, results of operations or cash flows.

The liens on the ABL Priority Collateral securing the Senior Secured Exchange Notes (as well as the Term Loan Facility) will be junior and subordinate to the liens on the ABL Priority Collateral securing our obligations under the ABL Facility and certain permitted additional secured indebtedness. If there is a default, the value of the ABL Priority Collateral may not be sufficient to repay the holders of the Senior Secured Exchange Notes, the lenders under the Term Loan Facility and any other lenders or debt holders whose debt is secured senior to or on a pari passu basis with the Senior Secured Exchange Notes.

Obligations under the Senior Secured Notes and the Term Loan Facility are secured by a first-priority lien on the Non-ABL Priority Collateral, a second-priority lien on the ABL Priority Collateral and a third-priority lien on certain assets securing trade financing agreements. No appraisal of the value of the collateral (as defined in the “Description of Senior Secured Exchange Notes”) has been made in connection with this offering, and the fair market value is subject to fluctuations based on factors that include, among others, changing economic conditions, competition and other future trends. By its nature, some or all of the collateral may be illiquid and may have no readily ascertainable market value. In the event of a foreclosure, liquidation, bankruptcy or similar proceeding, no assurance can be given that the proceeds from any sale or liquidation of the collateral will be sufficient to pay our obligations under the Senior Secured Exchange Notes, in full or at all, after first satisfying our obligations in full under applicable first-priority claims. See “—The rights of holders of the Senior Secured Exchange Notes with respect to the ABL Priority Collateral will be substantially limited by the terms of the ABL Intercreditor Agreement” and “—The rights of holders of Senior Secured Exchange Notes in the collateral may be adversely affected by the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement.” There also can be no assurance that the collateral will be saleable, and even if saleable, the timing of its liquidation would be uncertain. In addition, with respect to certain of our owned real property, we may not obtain title insurance or legal opinions with respect to the mortgages securing the Senior Secured Exchange Notes offered hereby. To the extent that liens, rights or easements granted to third parties encumber assets located on property owned by us, such third parties have or may exercise rights and remedies with respect to the property subject to such liens that could adversely affect the value of the collateral and the ability of the collateral agent to foreclose on the collateral.

With respect to some of the collateral, the collateral agent’s security interest and ability to foreclose will also be limited by the need to meet certain requirements, such as obtaining third party consents and making additional filings. If we are unable to obtain these consents or make these filings, the security interests may be invalid and the holders will not be entitled to the collateral or any recovery with respect thereto. We cannot assure you that any such required consents can be obtained on a timely basis or at all. These requirements may limit the number of potential bidders for certain collateral in any foreclosure and may delay any sale, either of which events may have an adverse effect on the sale price of the collateral. Therefore, the practical value of realizing on the collateral may, without the appropriate consents and filings, be limited.

Under the terms of the indenture governing the Senior Secured Exchange Notes, we are permitted to incur indebtedness in amounts in excess of the current commitments under our ABL Facility, all of which can be secured by the ABL Priority Collateral on a first-priority lien basis and which will be entitled to payment out of the proceeds of any sale of such ABL Priority Collateral before the holders of the Senior Secured Exchange Notes are entitled to any recovery from such ABL Priority Collateral. Furthermore, under the indenture governing the Senior Secured Exchange Notes, we are permitted to incur indebtedness in amounts in excess of the current outstanding indebtedness under the Term Loan Facility, all of which can be secured by the collateral on a pari passu basis with the Senior Secured Exchange Notes and which will be entitled to payment out of the proceeds of any sale of the collateral in accordance with the terms of the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement (as defined in the “Description of Senior Secured Exchange Notes”).

In addition, the indenture governing the Senior Secured Exchange Notes permits the Issuers and the Guarantors to create additional liens on the collateral under specified circumstances, some of which liens may be pari passu with the liens securing the Senior Secured Exchange Notes. Any obligations secured by such liens may further limit the recovery from the realization of the collateral available to satisfy holders of the Senior Secured Exchange Notes. See “Description of Senior Secured Exchange Notes—Certain Covenants—Liens.”

The rights of holders of the Senior Secured Exchange Notes with respect to the ABL Priority Collateral will be substantially limited by the terms of the ABL Intercreditor Agreement.

The collateral agent for the Senior Secured Exchange Notes and the Term Loan Facility and the agent under our ABL Facility have entered into an amendment to the ABL Intercreditor Agreement (as defined in the “Description of Senior Secured Exchange Notes.” The ABL Intercreditor Agreement significantly restricts any action that may be taken by the collateral agent with respect to the ABL Priority Collateral. Under the terms of the ABL Intercreditor Agreement, at any time that obligations under our ABL Facility are outstanding, any actions that may be taken with respect to (or in respect of) the ABL Priority Collateral that secures obligations under our ABL Facility on a first-priority basis, including the ability to cause the commencement of enforcement proceedings against such ABL Priority Collateral and to control the conduct of such proceedings, and the approval of amendments to, releases of such ABL Priority Collateral from the lien of, and waivers of past defaults under, such documents relating to such ABL Priority Collateral, will be at the direction of the holders of the obligations under our ABL Facility, and the holders of the Senior Secured Exchange Notes and the lenders under our Term Loan Facility, which are secured on a second-priority basis on such ABL Priority Collateral, may be adversely affected. See “Description of Senior Secured Exchange Notes—Security.” The ABL Priority Collateral so released will no longer secure our and the Guarantors’ obligations under the Senior Secured Exchange Notes and the guarantees. In addition, because the holders of the indebtedness under our ABL Facility control the disposition of such ABL Priority Collateral, such holders could decide not to proceed against such ABL Priority Collateral, regardless of whether there is a default under the documents governing such indebtedness or under the indenture governing the Senior Secured Exchange Notes. In such event, the only remedy available to the holders of the Senior Secured Exchange Notes would be to sue for payment on the notes and the related guarantees. In addition, under the ABL Intercreditor Agreement, the collateral agent for the notes may not assert any right of marshalling that may be available under applicable law with respect to such ABL Priority Collateral. Without this waiver of the right of marshalling, holders of indebtedness secured by first-priority liens in the ABL Priority Collateral would likely be required to liquidate collateral on which the Senior Secured Exchange Notes did not have a lien, if any, prior to liquidating the collateral securing the Senior Secured Exchange Notes, thereby maximizing the proceeds of the collateral that would be available to repay obligations under the Senior Secured Exchange Notes. As a result of this waiver, the proceeds of sales of such ABL Priority Collateral could be applied to repay any indebtedness secured by first-priority liens in such ABL Priority Collateral before applying proceeds of other collateral securing indebtedness, and the holders of Senior Secured Exchange Notes may recover less than they would have if such proceeds were applied in the order most favorable to the holders of the Senior Secured Exchange Notes.

In addition, because the holders of the indebtedness secured by first-priority liens in the ABL Priority Collateral will control the disposition of the ABL Priority Collateral, such holders could decide not to proceed against the ABL Priority Collateral, regardless of whether there is a default under the documents governing such indebtedness or under the indenture governing the Senior Secured Exchange Notes. The indenture and the ABL Intercreditor Agreement contain certain provisions benefiting holders of indebtedness under our ABL Facility, including provisions prohibiting the trustee and the Non-ABL Priority collateral agent from objecting following the filing of a bankruptcy petition to a number of important matters regarding the collateral and the financing to be provided to us. After such filing, the value of this collateral could materially deteriorate and holders of the Senior Secured Exchange Notes would be unable to raise an objection. In addition, the right of holders of obligations secured by first priority liens to foreclose upon and sell such collateral upon the occurrence of an event of default also would be subject to limitations under applicable bankruptcy laws if we or any of our subsidiaries become subject to a bankruptcy proceeding. The ABL Intercreditor Agreement also gives the holders of first-priority liens on the ABL Priority Collateral the right to access and use the collateral that secures the Senior Secured Exchange Notes to allow those holders to protect the ABL Priority Collateral and to process, store and dispose of the ABL Priority Collateral.

The ABL Priority Collateral is also subject to any and all exceptions, defects, encumbrances, liens and other imperfections as may be accepted by the lenders under our ABL Facility and other creditors that have the benefit of first-priority liens on such collateral from time to time, whether on or after the date the Senior Secured Exchange Notes and guarantees are issued. The existence of any such exceptions, defects, encumbrances, liens and other imperfections could adversely affect the value of the collateral securing the Senior Secured Exchange Notes as well as the ability of the collateral agent with respect to the Non-ABL Priority Collateral to realize or foreclose on such collateral.

The rights of holders of Senior Secured Exchange Notes in the collateral may be adversely affected by the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement.

Under the terms of the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement by and among the collateral agent for the holders of the Senior Secured Exchange Notes, the collateral agent under the Term Loan Facility and the other parties from time to time thereto, the liens securing the obligations under the Term Loan Facility on any assets of ours or the Guarantors generally rank equally with the liens on such assets securing our and the Guarantors’ obligations under the Senior Secured Exchange Notes. The Intercreditor Agreement generally permits each of the collateral agent for the holders of the Senior Secured Exchange Notes and the collateral agent for the lenders under the Term Loan Facility to independently enforce their liens on the collateral (provided that distributions received on enforcement are applied as provided in the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement). However, the collateral agent for the Term Loan Facility lenders generally have the sole right to vote pledged securities included in the collateral and to provide notices under control agreements with respect to any deposit accounts or securities accounts included in the collateral. It is possible that disputes may occur between the holders of the Senior Secured Exchange Notes and lenders under our Term Loan Facility or other secured parties as to the appropriate manner of pursuing enforcement remedies with respect to the collateral which may delay enforcement of the collateral, result in litigation and/or result in enforcement actions against the collateral that are not approved by the holders of the Senior Secured Exchange Notes. See “Description of Senior Secured Exchange Notes—Security—First Lien Intercreditor Agreement.”

The imposition of certain permitted liens will cause the assets on which such liens are imposed to be excluded from the collateral securing the Senior Secured Exchange Notes and the guarantees. There are also certain other categories of property that are also excluded from the collateral.

The indenture governing the Senior Secured Exchange Notes permits liens in favor of third parties to secure additional debt, including purchase money indebtedness and capitalized lease obligations, and any assets subject to such liens will be automatically excluded from the collateral securing the Senior Secured Exchange Notes and the guarantees to the extent the agreements governing such indebtedness prohibit additional liens. In addition, certain categories of assets are excluded from the collateral securing the Senior Secured Exchange Notes and the guarantees. See “Description of Senior Secured Exchange Notes.” Excluded assets include, but are not limited to, among other things, the assets of our non-guarantor subsidiaries, leaseholds or other non-fee simple interests in real property, fee simple interests in real property having a book value of $5,000,000 or less, and the proceeds from any of the foregoing. If an event of default occurs and the Senior Secured Exchange Notes are accelerated, the Senior Secured Exchange Notes and the guarantees will rank equally with the holders of other unsubordinated and unsecured indebtedness of the relevant entity with respect to such excluded property.

Your right to receive proceeds from the sale of collateral securing the Senior Secured Exchange Notes are pari passu with the claims of lenders and counterparties under our Senior Credit Facilities and certain future indebtedness.

The loans under our Term Loan Facility and the Senior Secured Exchange Notes are, and certain future indebtedness may be, secured on a pari passu basis by the same collateral consisting of a first priority perfected lien and security interest in, substantially all of our and the Guarantors’ assets, subject to certain exceptions (except for cash, accounts, deposit accounts, inventory and proceeds thereof, as to which the Senior Secured Exchange Notes and the Term Loan Facility are secured by a second priority lien). As a result, holders of the Senior Secured Exchange Notes will receive distributions from any foreclosure proceeds of any of our and the Guarantors’ assets constituting collateral for the Senior Secured Exchange Notes on a pro rata basis with the lenders under our Senior Credit Facilities and certain future indebtedness.

There may not be sufficient collateral to pay all or any portion of the Senior Secured Exchange Notes and the collateral securing the Senior Secured Exchange Notes may be reduced or released under certain circumstances.

The value of the collateral at any time will depend on market and other economic conditions, including the availability of suitable buyers for the collateral. By its nature, some or all of the collateral may be illiquid and may have no readily ascertainable market value. The value of the assets pledged as collateral for the Senior Secured Exchange Notes could be impaired in the future as a result of changing economic conditions, competition or other future trends. In the event of a foreclosure, liquidation, bankruptcy or similar proceeding, we cannot assure you that the proceeds from any sale or liquidation of the collateral will be sufficient to pay our obligations under the Senior Secured Exchange Notes, in full or at all. Also, we cannot assure you that the fair market value of the collateral securing the Senior Secured Exchange Notes would be sufficient to pay any amounts due under the Senior Secured Exchange Notes and other debt secured on a pari passu basis following their acceleration. If the proceeds of any sale of collateral allocable to the Senior Secured Exchange Notes are not sufficient to repay all amounts due on the Senior Secured Exchange Notes, the holders of the Senior Secured Exchange Notes (to the extent not repaid from the proceeds of the sale of the collateral) would have only an unsecured claim against our and the Guarantors’ remaining assets and in the context of a bankruptcy case by or against us, you may not be entitled to receive interest payments or reasonable fees, costs or charges due under the notes, and may be required to repay any such amounts already received by you. Any claim for the difference between the amount, if any, realized by holders of the Senior Secured Exchange Notes from the sale of the collateral securing the Senior Secured Exchange Notes and the obligations under the Senior Secured Exchange Notes will rank equally in right of payment with all of our other unsecured unsubordinated indebtedness and other obligations, including trade payables.

To the extent that third parties enjoy prior liens, such third parties may have rights and remedies with respect to the property subject to such liens that, if exercised, could adversely affect the value of the collateral. Additionally, the terms of the indenture that governs the Senior Secured Exchange Notes allows us to issue additional notes and other debt secured on a pari passu basis with the Senior Secured Exchange Notes in certain circumstances. The indenture that governs the Senior Secured Exchange Notes does not require that we maintain the current level of collateral or maintain a specific ratio of indebtedness to asset values. Under the indenture that governs the Senior Secured Exchange Notes, any additional notes issued pursuant to the indenture will rank pari passu with the Senior Secured Exchange Notes and be entitled to the same rights and priority with respect to the collateral. Thus, the issuance of additional notes pursuant to the indenture that governs the Senior Secured Exchange Notes may have the effect of significantly diluting your ability to recover payment in full from the then existing pool of collateral. Releases of collateral from the liens securing the Senior Secured Exchange Notes will be permitted under some circumstances.

Sales of assets by us or our subsidiary Guarantors could reduce the pool of assets securing the Senior Secured Exchange Notes and the guarantees.

The security documents allow us and the Guarantors to remain in possession of, retain exclusive control over, freely operate and collect, invest and dispose of any income from, the collateral securing the Senior Secured Exchange Notes. To the extent we sell any assets that constitute such collateral, the proceeds from such sale will be subject to the liens securing the Senior Secured Exchange Notes only to the extent such proceeds would otherwise constitute “collateral” securing the Senior Secured Exchange Notes and the guarantees under the security documents. Such proceeds will also be subject to the security interest of creditors other than the holders of the Senior Secured Exchange Notes, some of which, including the lenders under the Term Loan Facility, may be senior or prior to the liens held by the holders of the Senior Secured Exchange Notes or may have a lien on those assets that is pari passu with the lien of the holders of the Senior Secured Exchange Notes. For example, the lenders under our ABL Facility will share a first-priority lien on the ABL Priority Collateral, and the holders of the Senior Secured Exchange Notes will have a second-priority lien with the lenders under our Term Loan Facility in such ABL Priority Collateral; the lenders under our Term Loan Facility will have a first-priority lien on the Non-ABL Priority Collateral that will rank pari passu with the first-priority lien on the Non-ABL Priority Collateral that secures the Senior Secured Exchange Notes to the extent the proceeds from any sale of collateral do not constitute “collateral” under the security documents, the pool of assets securing the Senior Secured Exchange Notes and the guarantees would be reduced, and the Senior Secured Exchange Notes and the guarantees would not be secured by such proceeds.

The collateral securing the Senior Secured Exchange Notes may be diluted under certain circumstances.

The collateral that secures the Senior Secured Exchange Notes also secures the Term Loan Facility and other obligations under our ABL Facility. The collateral may also secure additional indebtedness that we incur in the future, subject to restrictions on our ability to incur debt and liens under our ABL Facility, Term Loan Facility and the indenture governing the Senior Secured Exchange Notes. Your rights to the collateral would be diluted by any increase in the indebtedness secured by this collateral or portions thereof.

The pledge of the capital stock, other securities and similar items of ours and the Guarantors that secure the Senior Secured Exchange Notes are automatically excluded from the collateral to the extent the pledge of such capital stock or such other securities would require the filing of separate financial statements with the SEC for that subsidiary.

The Senior Secured Exchange Notes and the guarantees are secured by a pledge of our capital stock and the capital stock of the Guarantors. However, the collateral does not include the capital stock and other securities of any subsidiary to the extent that the pledge of such capital stock and other securities results in us being required to file separate financial statements of such subsidiary with the SEC pursuant to Rule 3-16 of SEC Regulation S-X. Rule 3-16 of Regulation S-X, promulgated pursuant to the Securities Act, requires the presentation of a company’s stand-alone, audited financial statements if that company’s capital stock or other securities are pledged to secure the securities of another issuer, and the greatest of the principal amount, par value, book value and market value of the pledged stock or securities equals or exceeds 20% of the principal amount of the securities secured by such pledge. Accordingly, the collateral may in the future exclude the capital stock and securities of ours and certain of the Guarantors, in each case to the extent necessary to not be subject to such requirement. As a result, holders of the Senior Secured Exchange Notes could lose a portion or all of their security interest in the capital stock or other securities of those entities. It may be more difficult, costly and time-consuming for holders of the Senior Secured Exchange Notes to foreclose on the assets of an Issuer or Guarantor than to foreclose on its capital stock or other securities, so the proceeds realized upon any such foreclosure could be significantly less than those that would have been received upon any sale of the capital stock or other securities of such subsidiary. See “Description of Senior Secured Exchange Notes—Security—Limitations on Stock Collateral.” The collateral securing our ABL Facility is not so limited to exclude collateral that would otherwise require the additional financial statements under Rule 3-16.

There are circumstances, other than repayment or discharge of the Senior Secured Exchange Notes, under which the collateral securing the Senior Secured Exchange Notes and guarantees will be released automatically, without your consent or the consent of the trustee.

Under various circumstances, all or a portion of the collateral may be released, including:

In addition, the guarantee of a Guarantor will be released in connection with a sale or merger of such guarantor in a transaction not prohibited by the indenture governing the Senior Secured Exchange Notes.

The indenture governing the Senior Secured Exchange Notes also permits us to designate one or more of our restricted subsidiaries that is a Guarantor of the Senior Secured Exchange Notes as an unrestricted subsidiary. If we designate a Guarantor as an unrestricted subsidiary, all of the liens on any collateral owned by such subsidiary or any of its subsidiaries and any guarantees of the Senior Secured Exchange Notes by such subsidiary or any of its subsidiaries will be released under the indenture. Designation of an unrestricted subsidiary will reduce the aggregate value of the collateral securing the notes to the extent that liens on the assets of the unrestricted subsidiary and its subsidiaries are released. In addition, the creditors of the unrestricted subsidiary and its subsidiaries will have a senior claim on the assets of such unrestricted subsidiary and its subsidiaries. See “Description of Senior Secured Exchange Notes—Guarantees.”

Our inventory is subject to catastrophic loss due to fires, earthquakes, severe weather conditions and other natural disasters. Although we maintain insurance policies to insure against losses, there are certain losses that may be either uninsurable or not economically insurable, in whole or in part. As a result, it is possible that the insurance proceeds will not compensate us fully for our losses in the event of a catastrophic loss. We cannot assure you that any insurance proceeds received by us upon the total or partial loss of the pledged collateral will be sufficient to satisfy all of our secured obligations, including the Senior Secured Exchange Notes.

Rights of holders of Senior Secured Exchange Notes in the collateral may be adversely affected by bankruptcy proceedings.

The right of the collateral agent for the Senior Secured Exchange Notes to repossess and dispose of the collateral securing the Senior Secured Exchange Notes upon acceleration is likely to be significantly impaired by federal bankruptcy law if bankruptcy proceedings are commenced by or against us prior to or possibly even after the collateral agent has repossessed and disposed of the collateral. Under the U.S. Bankruptcy Code, a secured creditor, such as the collateral agent for the Senior Secured Exchange Notes, is prohibited from repossessing its security from a debtor in a bankruptcy case, or from disposing of security repossessed from a debtor, without bankruptcy court approval. Moreover, bankruptcy law permits the debtor to continue to retain and to use collateral, and the proceeds, products, rents, or profits of the collateral, even though the debtor is in default under the applicable debt instruments; provided that the secured creditor is given “adequate protection.” The meaning of the term “adequate protection” may vary according to circumstances, but it is intended in general to protect the value of the secured creditor’s interest in the collateral and may include cash payments or the granting of additional security, if and at such time as the court in its discretion determines, for any diminution in the value of the collateral as a result of the stay of repossession or disposition or any use of the collateral by the debtor during the pendency of the bankruptcy case. In view of the broad discretionary powers of a bankruptcy court, it is impossible to predict how long payments under the Senior Secured Exchange Notes could be delayed following commencement of a bankruptcy case, whether or when the collateral agent would repossess or dispose of the collateral, or whether or to what extent holders of the Senior Secured Exchange Notes would be compensated for any delay in payment of loss of value of the collateral through the requirements of “adequate protection.” Furthermore, in the event the bankruptcy court determines that the value of the collateral is not sufficient to repay all amounts due on the Senior Secured Exchange Notes, the holders of the Senior Secured Exchange Notes would have “undersecured claims” as to the difference. Federal bankruptcy laws do not permit the payment or accrual of interest (including accretion of original issue discount), costs and attorneys’ fees for “undersecured claims” during the debtor’s bankruptcy case. Additionally, the trustee’s ability to foreclose on the collateral on your behalf may be subject to the consent of third parties, prior liens and practical problems associated with the realization of the trustee’s security interest in the collateral. Moreover, the debtor or trustee in a bankruptcy case may seek to void an alleged security interest in collateral for the benefit of the bankruptcy estate. It may successfully do so if the security interest is not properly perfected or was perfected within a specified period of time (generally, 90 days) prior to the initiation of such proceeding. Under such circumstances, a creditor may hold no security interest and be treated as holding a general unsecured claim in the bankruptcy case. It is impossible to predict what recovery (if any) would be available for such an unsecured claim if we or a guarantor became a debtor in a bankruptcy case. While U.S. bankruptcy law generally invalidates provisions restricting a debtor’s ability to assume and/or assign a contract, there are exceptions to this rule which could be applicable in the event that we become subject to a U.S. bankruptcy proceeding. In the event of a bankruptcy, liquidation, dissolution, reorganization or similar

proceeding against us, holders of the Senior Secured Exchange Notes will only be entitled to post-petition interest under the U.S. Bankruptcy Code to the extent that the value of their security interest in the collateral is greater than their pre-bankruptcy claim. Holders of the Senior Secured Exchange Notes that have a security interest in the collateral with a value equal or less than their pre-bankruptcy claim will not be entitled to post-petition interest under the U.S. Bankruptcy Code.

Certain laws and regulations may impose restrictions or limitations on foreclosure.

Our obligations under the Senior Secured Exchange Notes and the Guarantors’ obligations under the guarantees are secured only by the collateral described in this prospectus. The collateral agent’s ability to foreclose on the collateral on your behalf may be subject to perfection, priority issues, state law requirements and practical problems associated with the realization of the collateral agent’s security interest or lien in the collateral, including cure rights, foreclosing on the collateral within the time periods permitted by third parties or prescribed by laws, obtaining third party consents, making additional filings, statutory rights of redemption, and the effect of the order of foreclosure. We cannot assure you that the consents of any third parties and approvals by governmental entities will be given when required to facilitate a foreclosure on such assets. Therefore, we cannot assure you that foreclosure on the collateral will be sufficient to make all payments on the Senior Secured Exchange Notes.

In addition, our business requires various registrations, licenses and permits. Continued operation of our distribution centers that are significant to the value of the collateral for the Senior Secured Exchange Notes depends on the maintenance of such registrations, licenses and permits. Our business may be adversely affected if we are unable to comply with existing regulations or requirements or changes in applicable regulations or requirements. In the event of foreclosure, the transfer of such registrations, licenses and permits may be prohibited and may require us to incur significant cost and expense. Further, we cannot assure you that the applicable governmental authorities will consent to the transfer of such registrations, licenses and permits. If the regulatory approvals required for such transfers are not obtained or are delayed, the foreclosure may be delayed, a temporary shutdown of operations may result and the value of the collateral may be significantly decreased.

In the event of a bankruptcy of the Issuers or any of the Guarantors, holders of the Senior Secured Exchange Notes may be deemed to have an unsecured claim to the extent that the Issuers’ obligations in respect of the notes exceed the fair market value of the collateral securing the Senior Secured Exchange Notes.

In any bankruptcy proceeding with respect to us or any of the guarantors, it is possible that the bankruptcy trustee, the debtor-in-possession or competing creditors will assert that the fair market value of the collateral with respect to the Senior Secured Exchange Notes on the date of the bankruptcy filing was less than the then current principal amount of the Senior Secured Exchange Notes. Upon a finding by the bankruptcy court that the Senior Secured Exchange Notes are under-collateralized, the claims in the bankruptcy proceeding with respect to the Senior Secured Exchange Notes would be bifurcated between a secured claim and an unsecured claim, and the unsecured claim would not be entitled to the benefits of security in the collateral. In such event, the secured claims of the holders of the Senior Secured Exchange Notes would be limited to the value of the collateral.

Other consequences of a finding of under-collateralization would be, among other things, a lack of entitlement on the part of the holders of the Senior Secured Exchange Notes to receive post-petition interest and a lack of entitlement on the part of the unsecured portion of the Senior Secured Exchange Notes to receive other “adequate protection” under federal bankruptcy laws. In addition, if any payments of post-petition interest had been made at the time of such a finding of under-collateralization, those payments could be recharacterized by the bankruptcy court as a reduction of the principal amount of the secured claim with respect to the Senior Secured Exchange Notes.

State law may limit the ability of the collateral agent to foreclose on the real property included in the collateral.

The Senior Secured Exchange Notes are secured by, among other things, liens on real property located in the states of Illinois and Nevada. The laws of those states may limit the ability of the trustee and the noteholders to foreclose on the real property collateral located therein. State laws govern the perfection, enforceability and foreclosure of mortgage liens against real property interests which secure debt obligations such as the Senior Secured Exchange Notes. These laws may impose procedural requirements for foreclosure different from and necessitating a longer time period for completion than the requirements for foreclosure of security interests in personal property. Debtors may have the right to reinstate defaulted debt (even if it has been accelerated) before the foreclosure date by

paying the past due amounts, and a right of redemption after foreclosure. Governing laws may also impose security first and one form of action rules, which rules can affect the ability to foreclose or the timing of foreclosure on real and personal property collateral regardless of the location of the collateral and may limit the right to recover a deficiency following a foreclosure.

Rights of holders of Senior Secured Exchange Notes in the collateral may be adversely affected by the failure to perfect liens on certain collateral.

The liens securing the Senior Secured Exchange Notes cover substantially all of our and the Guarantors’ assets, whether now owned or acquired or arising in the future, other than certain excluded assets. Applicable law requires that a security interest in tangible and intangible assets can only be properly perfected and its priority retained through certain actions undertaken by the secured party. The liens in the collateral securing the Senior Secured Exchange Notes and guarantees may not be perfected with respect to the claims of Senior Secured Exchange Notes if the collateral agent does not or is not able to take the actions necessary to perfect any of these liens. Applicable law requires that certain property and rights acquired after the grant of a general security interest or lien can only be perfected at the time such property and rights are acquired and identified. The trustee and the collateral agent for the Senior Secured Exchange Notes have no obligation to monitor the acquisition of additional property or rights that constitute collateral or the perfection of any security interests therein. There can be no assurance that the trustee or the collateral agent will monitor the future acquisition of property and rights that constitute collateral, or that the necessary action will be taken to properly or timely perfect the lien on such after-acquired collateral. Such failure may result in the loss of the practical benefits of the lien thereon or of the priority of the lien securing the Senior Secured Exchange Notes.

Additionally, the indenture and the security documents entered into in connection with the Senior Secured Notes do not require us to take a number of actions that might improve the perfection or priority of the liens of the collateral agent in the collateral. With limited exceptions, such actions are limited to (i) the filing of UCC-1 financing statements in the jurisdictions of incorporation of the Issuer and the subsidiary guarantors, (ii) the filing of U.S. intellectual property security agreements at closing (with periodic supplements thereafter) with respect to material U.S. registered intellectual property included in the collateral, and (iii) at any time when such items are not required to be taken in favor of the collateral agent under our Senior Credit Facilities, the delivery of stock certificates of domestic subsidiaries and the entry into control agreements over certain deposit accounts and securities accounts. As a result of these limitations, the security interest of the collateral agent in a portion of the collateral may not be perfected or enforceable (or may be subject to other liens) under applicable U.S. law or foreign law.

Any future pledge of collateral in favor of the trustee or collateral agent, including pursuant to security documents delivered after the date of our indenture pertaining to the Senior Secured Exchange Notes, may be avoidable by the pledgor (a debtor in possession) or by its trustee in bankruptcy if certain events or circumstances exist or occur, including, among others, if (1) the pledgor is insolvent at the time of the pledge, (2) the pledge permits the holders of the Senior Secured Exchange Notes to receive a greater recovery than if the pledge had not been given and (3) a bankruptcy proceeding in respect of the pledgor is commenced within 90 days following the pledge, or, in certain circumstances, a longer period.

This prospectus contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the federal securities laws. All statements other than statements of historical fact included in this prospectus are forward-looking statements. These statements relate to analyses and other information, which are based on forecasts of future results and estimates of amounts not yet determinable. These statements also relate to our future prospects, developments and business strategies.

These forward-looking statements are identified by the use of terms and phrases such as “anticipate,” “believe,” “could,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend,” “may,” “plan,” “predict,” “project,” “will” and similar terms and phrases, including references to assumptions. However, these words are not the exclusive means of identifying such statements. These statements are contained in many sections of this prospectus, including those entitled “Summary,” “Business” and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.” Although we believe that our plans, intentions and expectations reflected in or suggested by such forward-looking statements are reasonable, we cannot assure you that we will achieve those plans, intentions or expectations. All forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially from those that we expected.

Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from our expectations, or cautionary statements, are disclosed under the sections entitled “Risk Factors” and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” in this prospectus. All written and oral forward-looking statements attributable to us, or persons acting on our behalf, are expressly qualified in their entirety by the cautionary statements contained in this prospectus under the heading “Risk Factors,” as well as other cautionary statements that are made from time to time in our other SEC filings and public communications. You should evaluate all forward-looking statements made in this prospectus in the context of these risks and uncertainties.

We caution you that the important factors referenced above may not contain all of the factors that are important to you. In addition, we cannot assure you that we will realize the results or developments we expect or anticipate or, even if substantially realized, that they will result in the consequences or affect us or our operations in the way we expect. The forward-looking statements included in this prospectus are made only as of the date hereof. We undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statement as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as otherwise required by law.

We and the Guarantors entered into a registration rights agreement in connection with the issuance of the Senior Secured Notes on December 17, 2010 and into registration rights agreements in connection with the issuances of the Senior Notes on April 13, 2011 and May 20, 2011 (collectively, the “Registration Rights Agreements”). Under the Registration Rights Agreements, we have agreed that we will:

We will pay additional interest on the Senior Secured Notes for the periods described below if the exchange offer with respect to the Senior Secured Notes is not completed on or before October 13, 2011. We will pay additional interest on the Senior Notes for the periods described below if the exchange offer with respect to the Senior Notes is not completed on or before February 7, 2012. Where there is a registration default, the annual interest rate borne by the outstanding notes will be increased by 0.25% per annum for the first 90-day period immediately following such date and by 0.50% per annum thereafter until the exchange offers are completed or the shelf registration statement is declared effective.

Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this prospectus and in the letter of transmittal, we will accept any and all outstanding notes validly tendered and not withdrawn prior to 12:00 a.m., midnight, New York City time, on the expiration date of the exchange offers. We will issue $1,000 principal amount of exchange notes in exchange for each $1,000 principal amount of outstanding notes accepted in the exchange offers. Any holder may tender some or all of its outstanding notes pursuant to the exchange offers. However, outstanding notes may be tendered only in integral multiples of $1,000.

The form and terms of the exchange notes are the same as the form and terms of the outstanding notes except that:

The exchange notes will evidence the same debt as the outstanding notes and will be entitled to the benefits of the Indenture relating to the outstanding notes.

As of the date of this prospectus, $500.0 million and $1,175.0 million in aggregate principal amount of Senior Secured Notes and Senior Notes, respectively, are outstanding. This prospectus and the letter of transmittal are being sent to all registered holders of outstanding notes. There will be no fixed record date for determining registered holders of outstanding notes entitled to participate in the exchange offers.

Holders of outstanding notes do not have any appraisal or dissenters’ rights under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware or the Indentures in connection with the exchange offers. We intend to conduct the exchange offers in accordance with the applicable requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder.

We will be deemed to have accepted validly tendered outstanding notes when, as and if we have given oral or written notice thereof to the exchange agent. The exchange agent will act as agent for the tendering holders for the purpose of receiving the exchange notes from us.

If any tendered outstanding notes are not accepted for exchange because of an invalid tender, the occurrence of specified other events set forth in this prospectus or otherwise, the certificates for any unaccepted outstanding notes will be returned, without expense, to the tendering holder thereof promptly following the expiration date of the exchange offers.

Holders who tender outstanding notes in the exchange offers will not be required to pay brokerage commissions or fees or, subject to the instructions in the letter of transmittal, transfer taxes with respect to the exchange of outstanding notes pursuant to the exchange offers. We will pay all charges and expenses, other than transfer taxes in certain circumstances, in connection with the exchange offers. See “—Fees and Expenses.”

The term “expiration date” means 12:00 a.m., midnight, New York City time, on , 2011, unless we, in our sole discretion, extend one or more of the exchange offers, in which case the term “expiration date” will mean the latest date and time to which such exchange offer is extended.

In order to extend one or more of the exchange offers we will promptly make a press release or other public announcement and notify the exchange agent of any extension by oral or written notice, prior to 9:00 a.m., New York City time, on the next business day after the previously scheduled expiration date.

We reserve the right, in our sole discretion, (1) to delay accepting any outstanding notes, to extend one or more of the exchange offers or to terminate one or more of the exchange offers if any of the conditions set forth below under “—Conditions” have not been satisfied, by giving oral or written notice of any delay, extension or termination to the exchange agent or (2) to amend the terms of the exchange offers in any manner. In the event of a material change in one or more of the exchange offers, including the waiver of a material condition to one or more of the exchange offers, we will extend such exchange offer(s), if necessary, so that a period of at least five business days remains in the exchange offer(s) following notice of a material change. Such decision will also be communicated in a press release or other public announcement prior to 9:00 a.m., New York City time, on the next business day following such decision. Any announcement of delay in acceptance, extension, termination or amendment will be followed promptly by oral or written notice thereof to the registered holders.

The exchange notes will bear interest from their date of issuance. Holders of outstanding notes that are accepted for exchange will receive accrued interest thereon to, but not including, the date of issuance of the exchange notes. Such interest will be paid with the first interest payment on the Senior Secured Exchange Notes and the Senior Exchange Notes on and , respectively. Interest on the outstanding notes accepted for exchange will cease to accrue upon issuance of the exchange notes.

Interest on the Senior Secured Exchange Notes is payable semi-annually on each June 15 and December 15, commencing on . Interest on the Senior Exchange Notes is payable semi-annually on each April 1 and October 1, commencing on .

Only a holder of outstanding notes may tender outstanding notes in the exchange offers. To tender in the exchange offers, a holder must complete, sign and date the letter of transmittal, or a facsimile thereof, have the signatures thereon guaranteed if required by the letter of transmittal or transmit an agent’s message in connection with a book-entry transfer, and mail or otherwise deliver the letter of transmittal or the facsimile, together with the

outstanding notes and any other required documents, to the exchange agent prior to 12:00 a.m., midnight, New York City time, on the expiration date. To be tendered effectively, the outstanding notes, letter of transmittal or an agent’s message and other required documents must be completed and received by the exchange agent at the address set forth below under “—Exchange Agent” prior to 12:00 a.m., midnight, New York City time, on the expiration date. Delivery of the outstanding notes may be made by book-entry transfer in accordance with the procedures described below. Confirmation of the book-entry transfer must be received by the exchange agent prior to the expiration date.

The term “agent’s message” means a message, transmitted by a book-entry transfer facility to, and received by, the exchange agent forming a part of a confirmation of a book-entry, which states that the book-entry transfer facility has received an express acknowledgment from the participant in the book-entry transfer facility tendering the outstanding notes that the participant has received and agrees: (1) to participate in ATOP; (2) to be bound by the terms of the letter of transmittal; and (3) that we may enforce the agreement against the participant.

To participate in the exchange offers, each holder will be required to make the following representations to us:

The tender by a holder and our acceptance thereof will constitute an agreement between the holder and us in accordance with the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this prospectus and in the letter of transmittal or agent’s message.

The method of delivery of outstanding notes and the letter of transmittal or agent’s message and all other required documents to the exchange agent is at the election and sole risk of the holder. As an alternative to delivery by mail, holders may wish to consider overnight or hand delivery service. In all cases, sufficient time should be allowed to assure delivery to the exchange agent before the expiration date. No letter of transmittal or outstanding notes should be sent to us. Holders may request their respective brokers, dealers, commercial banks, trust companies or nominees to effect the above transactions for them.

Any beneficial owner whose outstanding notes are registered in the name of a broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee and who wishes to tender should contact the registered holder promptly and instruct the registered holder to tender on the beneficial owner’s behalf. See “Instructions to Registered Holder and/or Book-Entry Transfer Facility Participant from Beneficial Owner” included with the letter of transmittal.

Signatures on a letter of transmittal or a notice of withdrawal, as the case may be, must be guaranteed by a member of the Medallion System unless the outstanding notes tendered pursuant to the letter of transmittal are tendered (1) by a registered holder who has not completed the box entitled “Special Registration Instructions” or

“Special Delivery Instructions” on the letter of transmittal or (2) for the account of a member firm of the Medallion System. In the event that signatures on a letter of transmittal or a notice of withdrawal, as the case may be, are required to be guaranteed, the guarantee must be by a member firm of the Medallion System.

If the letter of transmittal is signed by a person other than the registered holder of any outstanding notes listed in this prospectus, the outstanding notes must be endorsed or accompanied by a properly completed bond power, signed by the registered holder as the registered holder’s name appears on the outstanding notes with the signature thereon guaranteed by a member firm of the Medallion System.

If the letter of transmittal or any outstanding notes or bond powers are signed by trustees, executors, administrators, guardians, attorneys-in-fact, officers of corporations or others acting in a fiduciary or representative capacity, the person signing should so indicate when signing, and evidence satisfactory to us of its authority to so act must be submitted with the letter of transmittal.

We understand that the exchange agent will make a request promptly after the date of this prospectus to establish accounts with respect to the outstanding notes at DTC for the purpose of facilitating the exchange offers, and subject to the establishment thereof, any financial institution that is a participant in DTC’s system may make book-entry delivery of outstanding notes by causing DTC to transfer the outstanding notes into the exchange agent’s account with respect to the outstanding notes in accordance with DTC’s procedures for the transfer. Although delivery of the outstanding notes may be effected through book-entry transfer into the exchange agent’s account at DTC, unless an agent’s message is received by the exchange agent in compliance with ATOP, an appropriate letter of transmittal properly completed and duly executed with any required signature guarantee and all other required documents must in each case be transmitted to and received or confirmed by the exchange agent at its address set forth in this prospectus on or prior to the expiration date, or, if the guaranteed delivery procedures described below are complied with, within the time period provided under the procedures. Delivery of documents to DTC does not constitute delivery to the exchange agent.

All questions as to the validity, form, eligibility, including time of receipt, acceptance of tendered outstanding notes and withdrawal of tendered outstanding notes will be determined by us in our sole discretion, which determination will be final and binding. We reserve the absolute right to reject any and all outstanding notes not properly tendered or any outstanding notes our acceptance of which would, in the opinion of our counsel, be unlawful. We also reserve the right in our sole discretion to waive any defects, irregularities or conditions of tender as to particular outstanding notes, provided however that, to the extent such waiver includes any condition to tender, we will waive such condition as to all tendering holders. Our interpretation of the terms and conditions of the exchange offers, including the instructions in the letter of transmittal, will be final and binding on all parties. Unless waived, any defects or irregularities in connection with tenders of outstanding notes must be cured within the time we determine. Although we intend to notify holders of defects or irregularities with respect to tenders of outstanding notes, neither we, the exchange agent nor any other person will incur any liability for failure to give the notification. Tenders of outstanding notes will not be deemed to have been made until the defects or irregularities have been cured or waived. Any outstanding notes received by the exchange agent that are not properly tendered and as to which the defects or irregularities have not been cured or waived will be returned by the exchange agent to the tendering holders, unless otherwise provided in the letter of transmittal, promptly following the expiration date.

Holders who wish to tender their outstanding notes and (1) whose outstanding notes are not immediately available, (2) who cannot deliver their outstanding notes, the letter of transmittal or any other required documents to the exchange agent or (3) who cannot complete the procedures for book-entry transfer, prior to the expiration date, may effect a tender if:

Upon request to the exchange agent, a Notice of Guaranteed Delivery will be sent to holders who wish to tender their outstanding notes according to the guaranteed delivery procedures set forth above.

Except as otherwise provided in this prospectus, tenders of outstanding notes may be withdrawn at any time prior to 12:00 a.m., midnight, New York City time, on the expiration date.

To withdraw a tender of outstanding notes in the exchange offers, either a notice of withdrawal must be received by the exchange agent at its address set forth in this prospectus or you must comply with the appropriate withdrawal procedures of DTC’s ATOP. Any notice of withdrawal must be in writing and:

All questions as to the validity, form and eligibility, including time of receipt, of the notices will be determined by us, which determination will be final and binding on all parties. Any outstanding notes so withdrawn will be deemed not to have been validly tendered for purposes of the exchange offers and no exchange notes will be issued with respect thereto unless the outstanding notes so withdrawn are validly retendered. Any outstanding notes which have been tendered but which are not accepted for exchange will be returned to the holder thereof without cost to the holder promptly after withdrawal, rejection of tender or termination of the exchange offers. Properly withdrawn outstanding notes may be retendered by following one of the procedures described above under “—Procedures for Tendering” at any time prior to the expiration date.

Notwithstanding any other term of the exchange offers, we will not be required to accept for exchange, or exchange notes for, any outstanding notes, and may terminate or amend the exchange offers as provided in this prospectus prior to the expiration of the exchange offers, if:

If we determine in our reasonable discretion that any of the conditions are not satisfied, we may (1) refuse to accept any outstanding notes and return all tendered outstanding notes to the tendering holders, (2) extend the exchange offers and retain all outstanding notes tendered prior to the expiration of the exchange offers, subject, however, to the rights of holders to withdraw the outstanding notes (see “—Withdrawal of Tenders”) or (3) waive the unsatisfied conditions with respect to the exchange offers and accept all properly tendered outstanding notes which have not been withdrawn. All conditions to the exchange offers, other than those dependent upon receipt of necessary governmental approvals, must be satisfied or waived by us at or prior to the expiration of the exchange offers.

U.S. Bank National Association has been appointed as exchange agent for the exchange offers. Questions and requests for assistance, requests for additional copies of this prospectus or of the letter of transmittal and requests for Notice of Guaranteed Delivery should be directed to the exchange agent addressed as follows:

Delivery to an address other than set forth above will not constitute a valid delivery.

We will bear the expenses of soliciting tenders. The principal solicitation is being made by mail; however, additional solicitation may be made by telephone, in person or by other means by our and our affiliates’ officers and regular employees.

We have not retained any dealer-manager in connection with the exchange offers and will not make any payments to brokers, dealers or others soliciting acceptances of the exchange offers. We will, however, pay the exchange agent reasonable and customary fees for its services and will reimburse it for its reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with these services.

We will pay the cash expenses to be incurred by us in connection with the exchange offers. Such expenses include fees and expenses of the exchange agent and trustee, accounting and legal fees and printing costs, among others.

The exchange notes will be recorded at the same carrying value as the outstanding notes, which is face value, as reflected in our accounting records on the date of exchange. Accordingly, we will not recognize any gain or loss for accounting purposes as a result of the exchange offers.

The outstanding notes that are not exchanged for exchange notes pursuant to the exchange offers (or any outstanding notes issued subsequent to the expiration date) will remain restricted securities. Accordingly, the outstanding notes may be resold only:

in each case in accordance with any applicable securities laws of any state of the United States.

After completion of the exchange offers, we will have no further obligation to provide for the registration under the Securities Act of any outstanding notes (or notes subsequently issued) except in limited circumstances with respect to specific types of holders of outstanding notes and we do not intend to register any remaining outstanding notes (or subsequently issued notes) under the Securities Act.

With respect to resales of exchange notes, based on interpretations by the staff of the SEC set forth in no-action letters issued to third parties, we believe that a holder or other person who receives exchange notes, other than a person that is our affiliate within the meaning of Rule 405 under the Securities Act, in exchange for outstanding notes in the ordinary course of business and who is not participating, does not intend to participate, and has no arrangement or understanding with any person to participate, in the distribution of the exchange notes, will be allowed to resell the exchange notes to the public without further registration under the Securities Act and without delivering to the purchasers of the exchange notes a prospectus that satisfies the requirements of Section 10 of the Securities Act. However, if any holder of outstanding notes acquires exchange notes in the exchange offers for the purpose of distributing or participating in a distribution of the exchange notes, the holder cannot rely on the position of the staff of the SEC expressed in the no-action letters or any similar interpretive letters, and must comply with the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act in connection with any resale transaction, unless an exemption from registration is otherwise available. Further, each broker-dealer that receives exchange notes for its own account in exchange for outstanding notes, where the outstanding notes were acquired by the broker-dealer as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities, must acknowledge that it will deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of the exchange notes.

This exchange offers are intended to satisfy certain of our obligations under the Registration Rights Agreements. We will not receive any cash proceeds from the issuance of the exchange notes. In consideration for issuing the exchange notes contemplated by this prospectus, we will receive outstanding notes in like principal amount, the form and terms of which are the same as the form and terms of the exchange notes, except as otherwise described in this prospectus.

The following table sets forth our consolidated cash and cash equivalents and capitalization as of June 30, 2011. This information should be read in conjunction with “Selected Historical Consolidated Financial and Operating Data,” “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and the historical consolidated financial statements and related notes appearing elsewhere in this prospectus.

The following table sets forth our selected historical consolidated financial and operating data for the periods ended and as of the dates indicated below. The application of purchase accounting in connection with the Acquisition resulted in a new entity for financial reporting purposes. We refer to Target and its subsidiaries prior to the Acquisition as the “Predecessor.” We refer to Parent and its subsidiaries (including Target) following the Acquisition as the “Successor.” We have derived the selected historical consolidated financial and operating data presented below as of December 31, 2009 and December 31, 2010 and for the years ended December 31, 2008, 2009 and 2010 from our audited consolidated financial statements and related notes, which are included elsewhere in this prospectus. The selected historical consolidated financial and operating data presented below as of June 30, 2011 and for the six months ended June 30, 2010 and 2011 have been derived from the unaudited financial statements included elsewhere in this prospectus. The selected historical consolidated financial and operating data as of December 31, 2007 and December 31, 2008 and for the period October 12, 2007 through December 31, 2007 have been derived from Successor’s audited consolidated financial statements as of and for those periods, which are not included in this prospectus. The selected historical consolidated financial and operating data as of December 31, 2006 and October 11, 2007 and for the year ended December 31, 2006 and the period January 1, 2007 through October 11, 2007 have been derived from Predecessor’s audited consolidated financial statements as of and for those periods, which are not included in this prospectus. As part of the Acquisition on October 12, 2007, we entered into various financing arrangements and, as a result, we now have a different capital structure than we had prior to the Acquisition. Accordingly, the results of operations for periods subsequent to the Acquisition will not necessarily be comparable to prior periods.

The selected historical consolidated financial and operating data set forth below are not necessarily indicative of the results of future operations and should be read in conjunction with “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations,” “Risk Factors,” “Use of Proceeds,” “Capitalization” and our historical financial statements and the related notes and other information included elsewhere in this prospectus.

The following are some of the items affecting comparability of the selected historical consolidated financial and operating data for the periods presented:

We have included a reconciliation of EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA in the table below. Both EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA are considered non-GAAP financial measures. Generally, a non-GAAP financial measure is a numerical measure of a company’s performance, financial position, or cash flows that either excludes or includes amounts that are not normally included or excluded in the most directly comparable measure calculated and presented in accordance with GAAP. We believe that EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA provide helpful information with respect to our operating performance and cash flows including our ability to meet our future debt service, capital expenditures, and working capital requirements. Adjusted EBITDA also provides helpful information as it is the primary measure used in certain financial covenants contained in our Senior Credit Facilities.

The following unaudited table sets forth reconciliations of GAAP net income (loss) to EBITDA and EBITDA to Adjusted EBITDA for the periods presented:

The following unaudited table sets forth a reconciliation of EBITDA to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities for the periods presented:

The following discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with the section entitled “Selected Historical Consolidated Financial and Operating Data” and our historical audited consolidated financial statements and the related notes thereto included elsewhere in this prospectus. This discussion contains forward-looking statements that are subject to numerous risks and uncertainties, including but not limited to those described in the section entitled “Risk Factors.” Actual results may differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statements.

We are a leading multi-brand technology solutions provider to business, government, education and healthcare customers in the U.S. and Canada. We provide comprehensive and integrated solutions for our customers’ technology needs through our extensive hardware, software and value-added service offerings. Our breadth of offerings allows our customers to streamline their procurement processes by partnering with us as a complete technology solutions provider. Our hardware offerings include products with leading brands across multiple categories such as network communications, notebooks/mobile devices, data storage, video monitors, printers, desktops and servers, among others. Our software offerings include licensing, licensing management and software solutions and services that help our customers to optimize their software investments. We offer a full suite of value-added services, which typically are delivered as part of a technology solution, to help our customers meet their specific needs. Our solutions range from configuration services for computer devices to fully integrated solutions such as virtualization, collaboration, security, mobility, data center optimization and cloud computing. We also offer complementary services including installations, sales of warranties and managed services such as remote network and data center monitoring. We believe both software and service offerings will be important growth areas for us in the future.

We have two reportable segments: Corporate, which is comprised primarily of business customers, and Public, which is comprised of government entities and education and healthcare institutions. Our Corporate segment is divided into a medium-large business customer channel, primarily serving customers having between 100 and 1,000 employees, and a small business customer channel, primarily serving customers with up to 100 employees. We also have two other operating segments, CDW Advanced Services and Canada, which do not meet the reportable segment quantitative thresholds and, accordingly, are combined together as “Other.” The CDW Advanced Services business consists primarily of customized engineering services delivered by CDW professional engineers and managed services, including hosting and data center services. Revenues from the sale of hardware, software, custom configuration and third-party provided services are recorded within our Corporate and Public segments.

Our business is well-diversified across customers, product and service offerings and vendors from whom we purchase products and software for resale. We have aligned our sales and marketing functions around customer channels to retain and increase our sales to existing customers and to acquire new customers. We have an experienced and dedicated direct selling organization consisting of account managers who provide inside sales coverage, and field account executives who work within an assigned territory and interact with customers in person. Our direct selling organization is supported by a team of technology specialists who design solutions and provide recommendations in the selection and procurement processes. We purchase products for resale from OEMs and distributors. We believe that effective purchasing from a diverse vendor base is a key element of our business strategy. We are authorized by OEMs to sell via direct marketing all or selected products offered by the manufacturer. We also operate as a reseller for major software publishers that allows the end-user customer to acquire packaged software or licensed products and services. Our authorization with each OEM or software publisher may include one or more of the following: product return privileges, price protection policies, purchase discounts and vendor incentive programs, such as volume rebates and cooperative advertising reimbursements.

We market the CDW brand on a national basis through a variety of public and community relations and corporate communications efforts, and through brand advertising that includes the use of print, broadcast, online, social and other media. We also market to current and prospective customers through integrated marketing programs that include print and online media, events and sponsorships. As a result of our relationships with our vendors, a substantial portion of our advertising and marketing expenses are reimbursed through cooperative advertising reimbursement programs. Such programs are at the discretion of our vendors and are typically tied to sales or purchasing volumes or other commitments to be met by us within a specified period of time.

An important factor affecting our ability to generate sales and achieve our targeted operating results is the impact of general economic conditions on our customers’ willingness to spend on information technology. During the recent economic downturn beginning in late 2008 and into 2009, we experienced significantly lower sales and gross profit as our customers generally reduced spending on information technology products and services. During 2010, we experienced significant increases in sales, gross profit and operating income compared to 2009. In the first six months of 2011, we have continued to experience year-over-year increases in sales, gross profit and operating income at a more moderate level compared to the higher growth rates we experienced in 2010. While general economic conditions and our recent operating results have generally improved, competitive pricing pressures continue in the market. Downturns in the global economy, declines in the availability of credit, weakening consumer and business confidence or increased unemployment could result in reduced spending by our customers on information technology products and services and increased competitive pricing pressures. Our Public segment sales are impacted by government spending policies, budget priorities and revenue levels. Although our sales to the federal government are diversified across multiple agencies and departments, they collectively accounted for 11.0% of our net sales in 2010. Further, our sales to state and local governments accounted for 4.6% of our net sales in 2010. An adverse change in any of these factors could cause our Public segment customers to reduce their purchases or to terminate or not renew contracts with us, which could adversely affect our business, results of operations or cash flows. See “Risk Factors—Risks Relating to our Business” for further discussion.

Our management monitors a number of financial and non-financial measures and ratios on a regular basis in order to track the progress of our business and make adjustments as necessary. We believe that the most important of these measures and ratios include average daily sales, gross margin, operating margin, EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA, cash and cash equivalents, net working capital, cash conversion cycle (defined to be days of sales outstanding in accounts receivable plus days of supply in inventory minus days of purchases outstanding in accounts payable), debt levels including available credit and leverage ratios, sales per coworker and coworker turnover. These measures and ratios are compared to standards or objectives set by management, so that actions can be taken, as necessary, in order to achieve the standards and objectives. Adjusted EBITDA, a non-GAAP financial measure, also provides helpful information as it is the primary measure used in certain financial covenants contained in our Senior Credit Facilities.

On October 12, 2007, Parent completed the Acquisition pursuant to which it acquired Target. For financial reporting purposes, we refer to Target and its subsidiaries prior to the Acquisition as the “Predecessor” and we refer to Parent and its subsidiaries (including Target) following the Acquisition as the “Successor.”

Upon completion of the Acquisition, the outstanding common stock of Target was converted into the right to receive cash, the common stock was delisted and deregistered and Target became a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent. Parent is owned directly by CDW Holdings. CDW Holdings is controlled by investment funds affiliated with the Equity Sponsors, certain other co-investors and the Management Investors. On December 31, 2009, Target merged into CDWC LLC, a limited liability company wholly owned by Parent with CDWC LLC as the surviving company in the merger. This change had no impact on operations or management. On December 31, 2009, CDWC LLC was renamed CDW LLC. On August 17, 2010, Parent was renamed CDW Corporation.

Unless otherwise indicated or the context otherwise requires, the terms “we,” “us,” “the company,” “our,” “CDW” and similar terms refer to Parent and its wholly owned subsidiaries.

Throughout Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations, data for all periods are derived from our consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this prospectus, which include:

The following table presents our results of operations, in dollars and as a percentage of net sales, for the six months ended June 30, 2011 and 2010:

The following table presents our net sales by segment, in dollars and as a percentage of total net sales, and the year-over-year dollar and percentage change in net sales for the six months ended June 30, 2011 and 2010:

The following table presents our net sales by customer channel for our Corporate and Public segments and the year-over-year dollar and percentage change in net sales for the six months ended June 30, 2011 and 2010:

Total net sales for the six months ended June 30, 2011 increased $384.3 million, or 9.2%, to $4,541.7 million, compared to $4,157.4 million for the six months ended June 30, 2010. There were 128 and 127 selling days for the six months ended June 30, 2011 and 2010, respectively. On an average daily basis, total net sales increased 8.4%. The increase in total net sales was the result of general volume growth and increased demand in the information technology industry overall, in addition to our focus on growing our market share. The most significant driver of sales growth for the six months ended June 30, 2011 was hardware unit volume growth in our Corporate segment.

Corporate segment net sales for the six months ended June 30, 2011 increased $307.6 million, or 13.3%, compared to the six months ended June 30, 2010. Within our Corporate segment, net sales to medium / large customers increased 12.9% between periods, and net sales to small business customers increased 14.9% between periods. The increase was primarily a result of hardware unit volume growth within our Corporate segment, most notably in notebook/mobile devices, as we continued to benefit from increased demand from our Corporate customers as the economy has improved. Public segment net sales for the six months ended June 30, 2011 increased $23.9 million, or 1.4%, between periods as growth in the healthcare customer channel offset declines in the government and education customer channels. Net sales to healthcare customers increased $127.5 million, or 27.6%, between periods, driven by hardware unit volume increases in desktop computers and notebook/mobile devices and additional sales from an expanded relationship with a group purchasing organization beginning in the fourth quarter of 2009. Within our Public segment, net sales to government customers decreased $95.6 million, or 15.3%, between periods, driven by a decline in net sales to Federal government customers due to negative trends in Federal government spending as a result of budget uncertainty. Net sales to education customers decreased $8.0 million, or 1.4%, between periods.

Gross profit increased $87.5 million, or 13.2%, to $753.3 million for the six months ended June 30, 2011, compared to $665.7 million for the six months ended June 30, 2010. As a percentage of total net sales, gross profit was 16.6% for the six months ended June 30, 2011, up from 16.0% for the six months ended June 30, 2010. Gross profit margin increased 60 basis points between years, primarily due to favorable price/mix changes within product margin across most product categories of 30 basis points, and a higher mix of commission revenue and net service contract revenue as a proportion of net sales of 20 basis points. Commission revenue, including agency fees earned on sales of software licenses and software assurance under enterprise agreements, has a positive impact on our gross profit margin as we record the fee or commission as a component of net sales when earned and there is no corresponding cost of sales amount. Net service contract revenue, including items such as third-party services and extended warranties, also has a positive impact on gross profit margin as our cost paid to the vendor or third-party service provider is recorded as a reduction to sales, resulting in net sales being equal to the gross profit on the transaction. Increased vendor funding as a percentage of net sales also had a favorable impact of 10 basis points on gross margin. Vendor funding includes purchase discounts, volume rebates and cooperative advertising.

The gross profit margin may fluctuate based on various factors, including vendor incentive and inventory price protection programs, cooperative advertising funds classified as a reduction of cost of sales, product mix, net service contract revenue, commission revenue, pricing strategies, market conditions, and other factors, any of which could result in changes in gross profit margins.

Selling and administrative expenses increased $20.8 million, or 4.6%, to $474.8 million for the six months ended June 30, 2011, compared to $454.0 million for the six months ended June 30, 2010. The increase was primarily due to higher payroll costs of $18.5 million driven by increased sales compensation and other variable compensation costs consistent with higher sales and gross profit. In addition, our sales force increased to 3,468 coworkers at June 30, 2011, compared to 3,360 coworkers at June 30, 2010, while total coworker count increased to 6,432 coworkers at June 30, 2011, compared to 6,140 coworkers at June 30, 2010. We also had increases in bad debt expense of $2.8 million, profit sharing/401(k) expense of $1.3 million and travel and entertainment expense of $1.2 million. These increases were partially offset by lower depreciation expense of $3.5 million, lower rent expense of $1.4 million and lower healthcare benefits expense of $1.0 million.

Advertising expense increased $13.7 million, or 30.6%, to $58.6 million for the six months ended June 30, 2011, compared to $44.8 million for the six months ended June 30, 2010. Higher expenses were due to increased spending on web-based and magazine advertising, costs related to our 2011 national ad campaign, e-commerce support and customer-focused marketing events, partially offset by decreased spending on television advertising. As a percentage of net sales, advertising expense was 1.3% for the six months ended June 30, 2011, compared to 1.1% for the same period in 2010.

The following table presents income (loss) from operations by segment, in dollars and as a percentage of net sales, and the year-over-year percentage change in income (loss) from operations for the six months ended June 30, 2011 and 2010:

Income from operations was $219.9 million for the six months ended June 30, 2011, an increase of $53.1 million, or 31.8%, compared to $166.9 million for the six months ended June 30, 2010. This increase was driven by higher net sales and gross profit, partially offset by higher advertising expense and selling and administrative expenses.

Corporate segment income from operations was $166.0 million for the six months ended June 30, 2011, an increase of $40.6 million, or 32.4%, compared to $125.4 million for the six months ended June 30, 2010. The increase in our Corporate segment’s income from operations was primarily driven by higher net sales and gross profit margin, partially offset by higher selling and administrative costs, resulting in a net increase before allocations of $29.5 million in 2011 compared to 2010. In addition, our Corporate segment income from operations benefited from an increase of $15.9 million in income allocations from our logistics operations for the first six months of 2011 compared to the first six months of 2010. The improved profitability of our logistics operations was driven by stronger operating leverage given higher purchase volumes while support structure costs declined. Partially offsetting the above items was an increase in Headquarters’ allocations of $4.7 million.

Public segment income from operations was $98.1 million for the six months ended June 30, 2011, an increase of $9.0 million, or 10.0%, compared to $89.2 million for the six months ended June 30, 2010. The increase reflected higher operating income before allocations of $7.1 million as a result of higher net sales and gross profit margin, partially offset by higher selling and administrative costs. In addition, our Public segment income from operations benefited from an increase of $5.5 million in income allocations from our logistics operations for the first six months of 2011 compared to the first six months of 2010. Partially offsetting the above items was an increase in Headquarters’ allocations of $3.7 million.

The loss from operations for our Headquarters’ function of $52.2 million for the six months ended June 30, 2011 was $2.5 million lower than the loss from operations of $54.7 million for the same period of the prior year. The decrease of $2.5 million reflected a net increase in costs of $6.3 million, offset by higher intercompany allocations to the operating segments of $8.8 million. The $6.3 million cost increase was primarily driven by higher advertising expense, net of vendor funding.

At June 30, 2011, our outstanding long-term debt, excluding capital leases, totaled $4,226.0 million. Net interest expense for the six months ended June 30, 2011 was $157.8 million, a decrease of $25.7 million compared to $183.5 million for the six months ended June 30, 2010. Interest expense was reduced by a total of $19.4 million during the six months ended June 30, 2011, reflecting adjustments to the long-term accrued interest liability associated with the extinguishment of $1,078.0 million of Existing Senior Notes. The long-term accrued interest liability represents the difference between interest expense previously recognized under the effective interest method and actual interest paid. The remaining decrease of $6.3 million was primarily due to lower effective interest rates for the first six months of 2011 due to the termination of our interest rate swaps in January 2011, partially offset by non-cash gains on hedge ineffectiveness recorded to interest expense in the prior year.

During the six months ended June 30, 2011, we recorded a loss on extinguishments of long-term debt of $118.9 million, as a result of debt transactions completed during the first half of 2011.

In March 2011, we amended our Term Loan Facility and recorded a loss on extinguishment of long-term debt of $3.2 million, representing a write-off of a portion of the unamortized deferred financing costs on this facility.

In April and May 2011, we purchased $1,078.0 million of Existing Senior Notes, funded with the issuance of $1,175.0 million of Senior Notes. As a result, we recorded a loss on extinguishment of long-term debt of $114.1 million, representing the difference between the purchase price of the Existing Senior Notes at 109% of par value and the net carrying amount of the purchased debt, adjusted for a portion of the unamortized deferred financing costs.

In June 2011, we entered into a new $900.0 million ABL Facility, replacing the existing $800.0 million facility. As a result, we recorded a loss on extinguishment of long-term debt of $1.6 million representing a write-off of a portion of the unamortized deferred financing costs related to the previous facility.

During the six months ended June 30, 2010, we recorded a gain of $9.2 million on extinguishment of long-term debt resulting from the March 2010 repurchase of $28.5 million of principal amount of senior subordinated debt for a purchase price of $18.6 million. The gain represents the difference between the purchase price, including expenses paid to the debt holders and agent, and the net carrying amount of the purchased debt, adjusted for a portion of the unamortized deferred financing costs. The $28.5 million in principal amount of senior subordinated debt that were repurchased were exchanged for increasing rate notes and subsequently surrendered to the indenture trustee for cancellation.

Income tax benefit was $17.3 million for the six months ended June 30, 2011, compared to $2.5 million for the same period of the prior year. The effective income tax rate, expressed by calculating income tax expense as a percentage of loss before income taxes, was 30.8% for the six months ended June 30, 2011, compared to 34.8% for the six months ended June 30, 2010. The change in the effective income tax rate was primarily due to an increase in the deferred tax rate as a result of state tax law changes enacted during 2011.

The net loss was $39.0 million for the six months ended June 30, 2011, compared to $4.8 million for the six months ended June 30, 2010.

Adjusted EBITDA was $343.0 million for the six months ended June 30, 2011, an increase of $50.6 million, or 17.3%, compared to $292.3 million for the six months ended June 30, 2010. As a percentage of net sales, Adjusted EBITDA was 7.6% and 7.0% for the six months ended June 30, 2011 and 2010, respectively.

We have included a reconciliation of EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA for the six months ended June 30, 2011 and 2010 in the table below. EBITDA is defined as earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization. Adjusted EBITDA, which is a measure defined in our credit agreements, means EBITDA adjusted for certain items which are described in the table below. Both EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA are considered non-GAAP financial measures. Generally, a non-GAAP financial measure is a numerical measure of a company’s performance, financial position, or cash flows that either excludes or includes amounts that are not normally included or excluded in the most directly comparable measure calculated and presented in accordance with GAAP. We believe that EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA provide helpful information with respect to our operating performance and cash flows including our ability to meet our future debt service, capital expenditures, and working capital requirements. Adjusted EBITDA also provides helpful information as it is the primary measure used in certain financial covenants contained in our credit agreements. See “Selected Historical Consolidated Financial and Operating Data” for a reconciliation of EBITDA to cash flows from operating activities.

The following table presents our results of operations, in dollars and as a percentage of net sales, for the years ended December 31, 2010 and 2009:

The following table presents our net sales by segment, in dollars and as a percentage of total net sales, and the year-over-year dollar and percentage change in net sales for the years ended December 31, 2010 and 2009:

The following table presents our net sales by customer channel for our Corporate and Public segments and the dollar and percentage change between periods in net sales for the years ended December 31, 2010 and 2009:

Total net sales in 2010 increased $1,638.5 million, or 22.9%, to $8,801.2 million, compared to $7,162.6 million in 2009. There were 254 selling days in both 2010 and 2009. The increase in total net sales was the result of general growth and increased demand in the information technology industry overall, in addition to our focus on growing our market share. The most significant driver of sales growth in 2010 was the rebound by our Corporate segment, which was significantly impacted by the economic downturn in the U.S. that began in late 2008 and continued through 2009.

Corporate segment net sales in 2010 increased $1,015.4 million, or 26.6%, compared to 2009. Within our Corporate segment, net sales to medium / large customers increased 28.3% between years, while net sales to small business customers increased 20.3%. These increases were driven by hardware unit volume growth, most notably in notebook/mobile devices and desktop computers, as we benefited from increased demand during 2010 from our Corporate segment customers who had generally postponed spending on information technology in 2009 as a result of the economic downturn. Public segment net sales in 2010 increased $525.1 million, or 17.3%, between years driven by growth across all customer channels. Within our Public segment, sales to government customers increased 7.7% between years, but at a lesser rate than other channels, as Federal sales in 2009 included a relatively high volume of large one-time orders. Net sales to healthcare customers increased $267.1 million, or 36.9%, between years driven by volume increases and additional sales resulting from an expanded relationship with a group purchasing organization beginning in the fourth quarter of 2009.

Gross profit increased $258.0 million, or 22.8%, to $1,390.8 million in 2010, compared to $1,132.9 million in 2009, which reflected increased sales across our hardware, software and services categories. The increase in gross profit dollars was driven primarily by unit growth and favorable price/mix within the hardware sales category. Consolidated product margin remained relatively flat between years, as sustained competitive pressures in the marketplace continued to impact average selling prices. As a percentage of total net sales, gross profit was 15.8% in both 2010 and 2009. Vendor funding, including purchase discounts, volume rebates and cooperative advertising, increased in 2010, but was relatively flat as a percentage of net sales between years. Gross margin was favorably impacted by higher volume rebates both in terms of dollars and as a percentage of sales, largely offset by the impact of lower cooperative advertising income as a percentage of sales. Following the first quarter of 2010, gross profit margin by quarter improved on a year-over-year basis, as general economic conditions improved.

The gross profit margin may fluctuate based on various factors, including vendor incentive and inventory price protection programs, cooperative advertising funds classified as a reduction of cost of sales, product mix, net service contract revenue, commission revenue, pricing strategies, market conditions and other factors, any of which could result in changes in gross profit margins.

Selling and administrative expenses increased $111.0 million, or 13.5%, to $932.1 million in 2010, compared to $821.1 million in 2009. The increase was primarily due to higher payroll costs of $100.6 million as a result of higher sales compensation and increases in other variable compensation costs such as incentive bonuses consistent with higher sales and gross profit. In addition, coworker-related costs increased $15.5 million in 2010 compared to 2009, primarily due to an increase of $11.9 million in profit sharing/401(k) costs, while travel and entertainment expense increased $2.5 million and sales and use tax expense increased $2.1 million. These increases were partially offset by lower depreciation expense of $8.2 million and lower bad debt expense of $3.0 million in 2010 compared to 2009. Throughout 2010, we continued to cautiously make selective investments in our coworkers as our outlook improved. Our sales force increased to 3,405 coworkers at December 31, 2010, compared to 3,307 coworkers at December 31, 2009, and total coworker count also increased to 6,268 coworkers at December 31, 2010, compared to 6,173 coworkers at December 31, 2009.

Advertising expense increased $4.0 million, or 4.0%, to $106.0 million in 2010, compared to $101.9 million in 2009. Increased expenses related to the production of a new advertising campaign, e-commerce support and customer-focused marketing events were partially offset by decreased spending in catalog production and circulation. As a percentage of net sales, advertising expense was 1.2% in 2010, compared to 1.4% in 2009.

We did not record any goodwill impairment charges in 2010, as we performed and passed the annual evaluation of goodwill as of December 1, 2010. The goodwill balances at December 31, 2010 for our Corporate, Public and Other segments were $1,223.0 million, $907.3 million and $78.8 million, respectively.

We recorded goodwill impairment charges of $241.8 million in 2009. Continued deterioration in macroeconomic conditions and the overall decline in our net sales during the first half of 2009 indicated that it was more likely than not that the fair value of certain of our reporting units was reduced to below the respective carrying amount. We considered this a triggering event under GAAP and performed an interim evaluation of goodwill as of June 1, 2009. As a result of that goodwill impairment evaluation, we recorded a goodwill impairment charge of $235.0 million in the second quarter of 2009. This charge was comprised of $207.0 million for our Corporate segment, or 14% of the total goodwill for that segment, and $28.0 million for the CDW Advanced Services business, or 38% of the total goodwill for that operating segment. In addition to the goodwill evaluation noted above, we recorded $6.8 million of goodwill in the fourth quarter of 2009 for certain trade credits for periods prior to the Acquisition which was immediately impaired upon recognition.

Income from operations was $352.7 million in 2010, an increase of $384.6 million compared to a loss from operations of $31.9 million in 2009. This increase was primarily due to the prior period containing the previously discussed goodwill impairment charge of $241.8 million. Excluding the goodwill impairment charge, operating income increased $142.9 million, or 68.1% in 2010, compared to 2009. This increase was driven by higher net sales and gross profit dollars, partially offset by higher selling and administrative expenses, although we continued to contain our selling and administrative expenses through tight cost control.

Corporate segment income from operations was $256.2 million in 2010, an increase of $313.0 million compared to a loss from operations of $56.7 million in 2009. The operating loss in 2009 was due to the goodwill impairment charge of $212.4 million. Excluding the goodwill impairment charge, Corporate segment income from operations increased $100.6 million, or 64.6%, between years. The most significant driver of our Corporate segment’s increase in operating income between years was the rebound in net sales, which increased 26.6% in 2010 compared to 2009 following the economic downturn. The combination of the increased net sales and the associated gross profit dollars along with continued control of selling and administrative costs increased operating income by $60.8 million. Selling and administrative expenses were lower as a percentage of net sales in 2010 compared to 2009 despite the increased investment in coworkers discussed above. In addition, our Corporate segment income from operations benefited in 2010 from an increase of $46.0 million in income allocations from our logistics operations compared to 2009. The improved profitability of our logistics operations was driven by increased operating leverage given higher purchase volumes in 2010 while support structure costs decreased between years. Partially offsetting the above items was an increase in Headquarters’ allocations of $6.2 million.

Public segment income from operations was $193.0 million in 2010, an increase of $42.3 million, or 28.0%, compared to $150.7 million in 2009. This increase reflected higher operating income of $20.4 million as a result of higher net sales and gross profit dollars, while continuing to control selling and administrative costs. Selling and administrative expenses were lower as a percentage of net sales in 2010 compared to 2009 despite the increased investment in coworkers discussed above. In addition, our Public segment income from operations benefited in 2010 from an increase of $28.9 million in income allocations from our logistics operations compared to 2009. Partially offsetting the above items was an increase in Headquarters’ allocations of $7.0 million.

The income from operations within our Other segment was $14.3 million in 2010, compared to a loss from operations of $23.2 million in 2009. The operating loss for 2009 was a result of the goodwill impairment charge of $28.3 million for the CDW Advanced Services business.

The loss from operations for our Headquarters’ function of $110.8 million was $8.1 million higher than the loss of $102.7 million in 2009. The incremental loss of $8.1 million in 2010 reflected an increase in costs of $23.0 million, partially offset by higher intercompany allocations to the operating segments of $14.9 million. The $23.0 million cost increase in 2010 was driven by additional investments in coworkers primarily related to incentive compensation and profit sharing/401(k).

At December 31, 2010, our outstanding long-term debt, excluding capital leases, totaled $4,289.1 million. Net interest expense was $391.9 million in 2010, compared to $431.7 million in 2009. The decrease in interest expense was primarily due to the year-over-year change in the net non-cash impact of hedge ineffectiveness recorded in interest expense on the interest rate swap agreements, as described in Note 8 to the Audited Financial Statements, which resulted in a gain of $25.8 million in 2010, compared to a loss of $28.7 million in 2009. Also contributing to the decrease were lower average outstanding debt balances during 2010 compared to 2009. Partially offsetting these items was a higher interest rate on the Term Loan Facility as a result of the November 2009 amendment to this facility and increased expense due to changes in the fair value of the interest rate cap agreements, as described in Note 8 to the Audited Financial Statements.

We recorded a net gain of $2.0 million on the extinguishment of long-term debt resulting from two transactions during 2010.

In March 2010, we repurchased $28.5 million of principal amount of Senior Subordinated Bridge Loans for a purchase price of $18.6 million. We recorded a gain of $9.2 million on the extinguishment of this debt in our consolidated statement of operations during the first quarter of 2010. The gain represents the difference between the purchase price, including expenses paid to the debt holders and agent, and the net carrying amount of the purchased debt, adjusted for a portion of the unamortized deferred financing costs. The $28.5 million in principal amount of loans was exchanged for increasing rate notes and subsequently surrendered to the indenture trustee for cancellation.

In December 2010, we extinguished $500.0 million of the outstanding principal balance of our Term Loan Facility as described in Note 7 to the Audited Financial Statements. We recorded a loss of $7.2 million on the extinguishment of this debt in our consolidated statement of operations during the fourth quarter of 2010. This loss represents a write-off of a portion of the unamortized deferred financing costs on the Term Loan Facility. There was no additional gain or loss resulting from the paydown of the debt balance, as the cash paid equaled the par value of the debt principal extinguished.

The income tax benefit was $7.8 million in 2010, compared to $87.8 million in 2009. The effective income tax rate, expressed by calculating the income tax benefit as a percentage of loss before income taxes, was 21.1% in 2010, compared to 19.0% in 2009. The change in the effective rate from 2009 to 2010 was due to the nondeductible goodwill charge in 2009 and a relatively higher impact on the effective tax rate of permanent items in 2010 due to the relatively small pre-tax loss. In addition, state taxes in 2010 were higher due to changes in state rates and apportionment.

The net loss was $29.2 million in 2010, compared to a net loss of $373.4 million in 2009. The year-over-year change was primarily due to the impairment charges discussed above.

Adjusted EBITDA was $601.8 million in 2010, an increase of $136.5 million, or 29.3%, compared to $465.4 million in 2009. As a percentage of net sales, Adjusted EBITDA was 6.8% in 2010, compared to 6.5% in 2009.

We have included a reconciliation of EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA for 2010 and 2009 in the table below. EBITDA is defined as earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization. Adjusted EBITDA, which is a measure defined in our Senior Credit Facilities, means EBITDA adjusted for certain items which are described in the table below. Both EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA are considered non-GAAP financial measures. Generally, a non-GAAP financial measure is a numerical measure of a company’s performance, financial position or cash flows that either excludes or includes amounts that are not normally included or excluded in the most directly comparable measure calculated and presented in accordance with GAAP. We believe that EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA provide helpful information with respect to our operating performance and cash flows including our ability to meet our future debt service, capital expenditures and working capital requirements. Adjusted EBITDA also provides helpful information as it is the primary measure used in certain financial covenants contained in our Senior Credit Facilities. See “Selected Historical Consolidated Financial and Operating Data” for a reconciliation of EBITDA to cash flows from operating activities.

The following table presents our results of operations, in dollars and as a percentage of net sales, for the years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008:

The following table presents our net sales by customer channel for our Corporate and Public segments and the year-over-year dollar and percentage change in net sales for the years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008:

Total net sales in 2009 decreased $908.6 million, or 11.3%, to $7,162.6 million, compared to $8,071.2 million in 2008. There were 254 selling days in 2009, compared to 255 selling days in 2008. On an average daily basis, total net sales decreased 10.9%. The decline in total net sales between years was primarily the result of overall lower demand from our Corporate segment customers, who generally reduced spending on information technology products and services during the economic downturn in the U.S. that began in late 2008 and continued through 2009. On a sequential quarterly basis, the year-over-year percentage decline in total net sales lessened each quarter as we progressed through the first three quarters of 2009, and we experienced modest net sales growth of 1.7% for the fourth quarter of 2009.

Corporate segment net sales in 2009 decreased $1,034.0 million, or 21.3%, compared to 2008. Within our Corporate segment, net sales to our medium / large customers decreased 22.7% between years, while net sales to our small business customers decreased at a lesser rate of 15.7%. Sales of hardware products to our Corporate segment customers were negatively impacted by the widespread recession beginning in late 2008 and continuing through 2009, which resulted in overall weak customer demand. Despite the recession, Public segment net sales in 2009 increased $140.8 million between years, or 4.9%, almost entirely due to sales growth within our government channel. The growth in government net sales was driven by an increase in large orders (defined to be in excess of $100,000) of 33.0% between years to our Federal customers, primarily within civilian. While state and local government sales declined 10.4% between years, Federal sales increased 28.2%, which primarily reflected an increase in large customer orders related primarily to hardware data storage/drives.

Gross profit decreased $228.1 million, or 16.8%, to $1,132.9 million in 2009, compared to $1,361.0 million in 2008. This decrease was driven by a decline in hardware sales which reflected both lower volumes and unfavorable changes in price/mix. As a percentage of net sales, gross profit was 15.8% in 2009, compared to 16.9% in 2008. The 110 basis point decrease in gross profit margin between years was primarily due to lower product margin as the mix of other factors largely offset each other. The reduction in product margin between years was driven by competitive pressures in the marketplace that led to lower average selling prices. The increase in the proportion of Public segment net sales to total net sales in 2009 also contributed to the overall decline in product margin. Other items affecting gross margin included an increase in net service contract revenue and commission revenue of 40 basis points, offset by a reduction in cooperative advertising income of 40 basis points driven by lower marketing spend. Commission revenue, including agency fees earned on sales of software licenses and software assurance under enterprise agreements, has a positive impact on our gross profit margin as we record the fee or commission as a component of net sales when earned and there is no corresponding cost of sales amount. Net service contract revenue, including items such as third-party services and extended warranties, also has a positive impact on gross profit margin as our cost paid to the vendor or third-party service provider is recorded as a reduction to sales, resulting in net sales being equal to the gross profit on the transaction. On a sequential quarterly basis, gross profit margin declined each quarter as we progressed through the first three quarters of 2009, and moderated at 15.4% in the fourth quarter of 2009.

The gross profit margin may fluctuate based on various factors, including vendor incentive and inventory price protection programs, cooperative advertising funds classified as a reduction of cost of sales, product mix, net service contract revenue, commission revenue, pricing strategies, market conditions and other factors, any of which could result in changes in gross profit margins.

Selling and administrative expenses decreased $73.7 million, or 8.2%, to $821.1 million in 2009, compared to $894.8 million in 2008. This was driven by a decrease of $61.7 million in payroll costs that resulted primarily from lower sales commissions and lower other variable incentive compensation, as well as a decrease in the number of sales and non-sales coworkers. Our sales force decreased to 3,307 coworkers at December 31, 2009, compared to 3,593 coworkers at December 31, 2008. In addition to implementing cost saving actions such as cancelling certain merit compensation increases and suspending the 401(k) match for 2009, we eliminated approximately 200 coworkers in mostly non-sales force positions in January 2009. Selling and administrative expenses in 2009 also reflected reduced profit sharing/401(k) expense. For 2008, the amount charged to expense for the profit sharing/401(k) plan totaled $11.9 million. Of this amount, we reversed $8.0 million to income in the second quarter of 2009, as the payout of this amount was partially based upon certain financial objectives in 2009 that were not achieved. This reversal was partially offset by $6.4 million of plan expense recorded in 2009, resulting in a net credit of $1.6 million attributed to the profit sharing/401(k) plan for 2009. These decreases were partially offset by an increase of $9.9 million in consulting and advisory fees and expenses in 2009 compared to 2008.

Advertising expense decreased $39.4 million, or 27.9%, to $101.9 million in 2009, compared to $141.3 million in 2008. As a percentage of net sales, advertising expense decreased to 1.4% in 2009, compared to 1.8% in 2008. The decrease in advertising expense was primarily the result of less national TV and magazine advertising.

We recorded goodwill impairment charges of $241.8 million in 2009 and $1,712.0 million in 2008. Continued deterioration in macroeconomic conditions and the overall decline in our net sales during the first half of 2009 indicated that it was more likely than not that the fair value of certain of our reporting units was reduced to below the respective carrying amount. We considered this a triggering event under GAAP and performed an interim evaluation of goodwill as of June 1, 2009. As a result of that goodwill impairment evaluation, we recorded a goodwill impairment charge of $235.0 million in the second quarter of 2009. This charge was comprised of $207.0 million for our Corporate segment and $28.0 million for the CDW Advanced Services business. For financial reporting purposes, the CDW Advanced Services business is combined with Canada and shown as “Other.” We performed our annual evaluation of goodwill for 2009 as of December 1. Our Public segment, Canada and the CDW Advanced Services reporting units passed the first step of the goodwill evaluation (with the fair value exceeding the carrying value by 9%, 30%, and 35%, respectively) while our Corporate segment reporting unit did not pass the first step. Accordingly, we performed the second step of the goodwill evaluation for our Corporate segment reporting unit, the results of which did not require us to record an impairment charge as the implied fair value of goodwill of this reporting unit exceeded the carrying value of goodwill by 10%.

In addition to the goodwill evaluations noted above, we recorded $6.8 million of goodwill in the fourth quarter of 2009 for certain trade credits for periods prior to the Acquisition which was immediately impaired upon recognition. The goodwill balances at December 31, 2009 for our Corporate, Public and Other segments were $1,223.0 million, $907.3 million and $77.1 million, respectively.

The total goodwill impairment charge of $1,712.0 million in 2008 was comprised of $1,359.0 million for our Corporate segment and $353.0 million for our Public segment, and was primarily the result of deteriorating macroeconomic conditions during the fourth quarter of 2008. See Note 4 to the Audited Financial Statements for further information on goodwill and the related impairment charges. The goodwill balances at December 31, 2008 for our Corporate, Public and Other segments were $1,430.0 million, $907.3 million and $104.7 million, respectively.

The following table presents loss from operations by segment, in dollars and as a percentage of net sales, and the year-over-year percentage change in loss from operations for the years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008:

The loss from operations was $31.9 million in 2009, compared to a loss of $1,387.1 million in 2008. The operating losses were due to the previously discussed goodwill impairment charges of $241.8 million in 2009 and $1,712.0 million in 2008. Excluding goodwill impairment charges, operating income decreased $115.0 million, or 35.4%, in 2009 compared to 2008. This decrease was driven by lower gross profit from lower margins on the 11.3% net sales decline for 2009 due to the economic slowdown, partially offset by reduced advertising costs and lower selling and administrative expenses as a result of our overall cost savings strategy.

Corporate segment loss from operations was $56.7 million in 2009, compared to $1,104.2 million in 2008. The operating losses were due to the goodwill impairment charges of $212.4 million in 2009 and $1,359.0 million in 2008. Excluding goodwill impairment charges, operating income decreased $99.1 million, or 38.9%, in 2009 compared to 2008. Our Corporate segment was most significantly impacted by the economic slowdown as ensuing competitive pricing pressures resulted in lower margins on the 21.3% net sales decline for 2009. This was partially offset by lower selling and administrative expenses, mainly payroll costs for our sales force that resulted from reduced commissions and lower other variable incentive compensation and a lower number of sales coworkers.

Public segment income from operations was $150.7 million in 2009, compared to a loss from operations of $216.4 million in 2008. Public segment goodwill impairment charges were $1.1 million in 2009 and $353.0 million in 2008. Excluding goodwill impairment charges, income from operations increased $15.2 million, or 11.2%, in 2009 compared to 2008. While pricing pressures and an increase in low margin large orders for our Public segment resulted in lower gross profit between years, this impact was largely offset by reduced selling and administrative expenses. Our Public segment income from operations benefited in 2009 from an increase of $15.3 million in income allocations from our logistics operations compared to 2008. This allocation was primarily based on our Public segment’s proportionate share of total net sales, which increased between years.

The loss from operations within our Other segment was $23.2 million in 2009, compared to income from operations of $10.2 million in 2008. The operating loss for 2009 was a result of the goodwill impairment charge of $28.3 million for the CDW Advanced Services business.

The loss from operations for our Headquarters’ function of $102.7 million in 2009 was $26.0 million higher than the loss of $76.7 million in 2008. The incremental loss of $26.0 million in 2009 reflected an increase in costs of $5.0 million and lower intercompany allocations to the segments of $21.0 million compared to 2008. The $5.0 million cost increase in 2009 was primarily due to an increase of $9.9 million in consulting and advisory fees and expenses previously discussed and $5.3 million of higher occupancy expenses related to sales office expansion, partially offset by reductions in other areas as a result of cost savings actions.

At December 31, 2009, our outstanding long-term debt, excluding capital leases, totaled $4,620.4 million. Net interest expense in 2009 was $431.7 million, compared to $390.3 million in 2008. The increase in interest expense was primarily due to increasing interest rates under the Bridge Loans. This increase was partially offset by lower interest rates under the ABL Facility, which is based on LIBOR. For interest periods beginning prior to October 15, 2009, we had made all interest payments in cash. For the interest period from October 15, 2009 through April 14, 2010, we elected to defer interest payments on the $300.0 million principal amount of Senior PIK Election Loans, and to add the deferred interest to the principal balance so that the deferred interest, together with the principal, would be due at maturity of such loans. The principal amount on the loans, all of which have subsequently been exchanged for Existing Senior PIK Election Notes, increased by approximately $17.0 million on April 15, 2010, and we will incur incremental interest expense of approximately $10.7 million over the remaining term as a result.

The income tax benefit was $87.8 million in 2009 compared to $12.1 million in 2008. The effective income tax rate, expressed by calculating the income tax benefit as a percentage of loss before income taxes, was 19.0% in 2009. This rate differs from the rate of 0.7% in 2008 primarily due to the nondeductible nature of the goodwill impairment charges of $241.8 million and $1,712.0 million in 2009 and 2008, respectively. The effective income tax rate was also lower in 2008 due to adjustments to deferred state income taxes primarily to reflect a change in tax filing status of one of our subsidiaries and tax expense in certain jurisdictions where various subsidiaries were taxable.

Net loss was $373.4 million in 2009, compared to $1,765.1 million in 2008. The year-over-year change was primarily due to the impairment charges discussed above.

Adjusted EBITDA was $465.4 million in 2009, a decrease of $105.2 million, or 18.4%, from $570.6 million in 2008. As a percentage of net sales, Adjusted EBITDA was 6.5% in 2009, compared to 7.1% in 2008.

We have included a reconciliation of EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA for 2009 and 2008 in the table below. EBITDA is defined as earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization. Adjusted EBITDA, which is a measure defined in our Senior Credit Facilities, means EBITDA adjusted for certain items which are described in the table below. Both EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA are considered non-GAAP financial measures. Generally, a non-GAAP financial measure is a numerical measure of a company’s performance, financial position, or cash flows that either excludes or includes amounts that are not normally included or excluded in the most directly comparable measure calculated and presented in accordance with GAAP. We believe that EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA provide helpful information with respect to our operating performance and cash flows, including our ability to meet our future debt service, capital expenditures and working capital requirements. Adjusted EBITDA also provides helpful information as it is the primary measure used in certain financial covenants contained in our Senior Credit Facilities. See “Selected Historical Consolidated Financial and Operating Data” for a reconciliation of EBITDA to cash flows from operating activities.

While we have not historically experienced significant seasonality throughout the year, sales in our Corporate segment, which primarily serves business customers, are typically higher in the fourth quarter than in other quarters due to customers spending their remaining technology budget dollars at the end of the year. Additionally, sales in our Public segment have historically been higher in the third quarter than in other quarters primarily due to the buying patterns of the federal government.

We finance our operations and capital expenditures through a combination of internally generated cash from operations and from borrowings under our ABL Facility. We believe that our current sources of funds will be sufficient to fund our cash operating requirements for the next year. In addition, we believe that, in spite of the uncertainty of future macroeconomic conditions, we have adequate sources of liquidity and funding available to meet our longer-term needs. However, there are a number of factors that may negatively impact our available sources of funds. The amount of cash generated from operations will be dependent upon factors such as the successful execution of our business plan and general economic conditions.

We have revised our consolidated statements of cash flows for all periods presented. See Notes 1 and 20 to the Audited Financial Statements and Note 1 to the Unaudited Interim Financial Statements included in this prospectus for further information.

Net cash provided by operating activities for the six months ended June 30, 2011 decreased $32.0 million compared to the same period for the prior year. For the first six months of 2011, changes in assets and liabilities, excluding cash and cash equivalents, decreased net cash provided by operating activities by $55.9 million compared to an increase of $67.6 million for the first six months of 2010, driven by accounts payable and other current liabilities. The increase in accounts payable from December 31, 2010 to June 30, 2011 was $117.0 million compared to an increase of $200.4 million for the same period of the prior year. At the end of 2009, we accelerated a substantial amount of payments to take advantage of early pay discounts, resulting in a significant cash inflow during the first six months of 2010. We accelerated a considerably lower amount of payments at the end of 2010 compared to 2009, which resulted in a lower cash inflow during the first six months of 2011. The impact of changes in other current liabilities reduced net cash provided by operating activities by $4.3 million in the first six months of 2011, compared to an increase of $61.6 million in the same period of the prior year. This was driven by higher cash payments for compensation accrued as of the prior year-end and lower accrued interest as a result of our recent debt refinancing transactions. Net income as adjusted for non-cash items increased $91.5 million between periods reflecting our improved operating results.

Net cash provided by operating activities for 2010 increased $316.1 million compared to 2009. This increase was driven primarily by changes in our investment in working capital between periods. For 2010, the change in net working capital, excluding cash and cash equivalents, contributed $165.3 million to cash compared to a change in net working capital for 2009 that decreased cash by $18.0 million. Our investment in working capital, excluding cash and cash equivalents, was lower at December 31, 2010 compared to the prior year primarily due to an increase in accounts payable as we reduced the amount of accelerated payments we made in exchange for early pay discounts at December 31, 2010 compared to the prior year end. Accounts payable also increased more significantly in 2010 compared to the prior year to support the growth of the business and increased inventory levels. Net income as adjusted for non-cash items also increased $132.8 million between years given the improved operating performance in 2010.

Net cash provided by operating activities for 2009 decreased $107.8 million compared to 2008. This decrease was primarily the result of a $75.7 million decrease between years in net income as adjusted for non-cash items, as the 11.3% decline in net sales for 2009 led to lower earnings in 2009 compared to 2008. Our investment in working capital, excluding cash and cash equivalents, decreased cash by $18.0 million in 2009 compared to an increase to cash of $14.1 million in 2008, driven by significant changes in the relative levels of certain components. Accounts receivable increased $131.3 million during 2009 which reflected the fourth quarter 2009 increase in net sales of 1.7% between periods and an increase in days sales outstanding primarily for our Public segment. Accounts receivable decreased $116.7 million during 2008 primarily due to a fourth quarter 2008 decline in net sales of 9.4% between periods, reflecting the slowdown in the economy. Inventory levels similarly increased slightly during 2009 to support year-end sales growth and decreased $78.6 million during 2008 in response to the economic slowdown. Partially offsetting these factors were changes in accounts payable. Accounts payable increased $76.5 million during 2009 primarily as a result of lower early pay discounts taken than as of the previous year end. Accounts payable decreased $157.9 million during 2008 as a result of lower inventory levels as sales declined and increased payments to take advantage of incremental early pay discounts.

In order to manage our working capital and operating cash needs, we monitor our cash conversion cycle, defined as days of sales outstanding in accounts receivable plus days of supply in inventory, less days of purchases outstanding in accounts payable. The following table presents the components of our cash conversion cycle:

The cash conversion cycle decreased to 28 days at June 30, 2011 compared to 32 days at June 30, 2010. This decrease reflects a three-day decline in DSO, driven by lower mix of federal government sales within the Public segment as a proportion of overall net sales, as this customer channel typically has a higher average DSO than our other customer channels, as well as improved collections performance. Also, a higher accounts payable balance at June 30, 2011 compared to June 30, 2010 contributed to a three-day increase in DPO as purchase volumes increased to support higher inventory levels. The two-day increase in DIO was driven by a higher inventory balance primarily to support the growth of the business. The higher inventory balance at June 30, 2011 also resulted from increased purchases of certain products from vendor partners whose operations may have been impacted by the earthquake and tsunami in Japan, in anticipation of possible future supply shortages.

The cash conversion cycle decreased to 32 days at December 31, 2010 compared to 41 days at December 31, 2009. This decrease was primarily due to a six-day increase in DPO reflecting a higher accounts payable balance as we reduced the amount of accelerated payments we made in exchange for early pay discounts at December 31, 2010 compared to the prior year end. A three-day decrease in DSO, due primarily to lower federal government sales within the Public segment, also contributed to the decrease in the cash conversion cycle.

The cash conversion cycle increased from 39 days at December 31, 2008 to 41 days at December 31, 2009. The two-day increase was a result of an increase in DSO from 44 days to 46 days at December 31, 2008 and 2009, respectively. This increase in DSO was primarily driven by higher federal government sales within the Public segment.

For tax purposes, we were deemed to have paid a redemption premium in connection with the amendment to the Term Loan Facility in December 2010 that, in addition to certain expenses, is deductible in determining taxable income. As a result, we incurred a net operating loss for tax purposes that is expected to result in $53.2 million of refunds in 2011 of previously paid income taxes. As of June 30, 2011, we had received refunds totaling $37.5 million of this amount.

Net cash used in investing activities for the six months ended June 30, 2011 decreased $29.3 million compared to the same period of the prior year. This was primarily due to a decrease of $32.8 million in cash payments under our interest rate swap agreements, as the $6.6 million paid in the first six months of 2011 reflected the final payment upon termination of the swap agreements on January 14, 2011. Capital expenditures were $16.7 million for the six months ended June 30, 2011 and $10.5 million for the six months ended June 30, 2010, primarily for improvements to our information technology systems during both periods. During the first six months of 2011 and 2010, we paid $3.2 million and $5.9 million, respectively, for new interest rate cap agreements.

Net cash used in investing activities in 2010 increased $42.8 million compared to 2009. This was primarily due to an increase of $25.9 million in capital expenditures in 2010 compared to 2009. Capital expenditures in 2010 consisted mainly of improvements to our information technology systems. In addition, cash payments under our interest rate swap agreements in 2010 increased $6.0 million, as a result of increases in the spread between the variable

rate of the underlying debt and the fixed rate of the swap agreements. We made premium payments totaling $5.9 million during 2010 for four forward-starting interest rate cap agreements. During 2009, we received cash proceeds of $5.2 million from the sale of the Informacast assets.

Net cash used in investing activities for 2009 increased $22.3 million compared to 2008. An increase of $53.0 million in cash payments under our interest rate swap agreements in 2009 was partially offset by lower capital expenditures of $25.5 million in 2009 compared to 2008. The increase in cash payments under the swap agreements was primarily due to increases in the spread between the variable rate of the underlying debt and the fixed rate of the swap agreements. Capital expenditures were lower in 2009 as part of the overall focus on cost containment during 2009.

Net cash used in financing activities decreased $72.0 million for the six months ended June 30, 2011 compared to the same period of 2010. This change was primarily driven by lower net repayments of $208.2 million under our ABL Facility during the first six months of 2011 compared to 2010. The impact of this decrease was partially offset by an increase of $121.0 million in repayments under our Term Loan Facility. Payments totaling $1,175.0 million to extinguish long-term debt during the first six months of 2011 were funded by proceeds of $1,175.0 million from new debt issuances. In connection with our debt transactions during the first half of 2011, we paid $26.3 million in debt financing costs. Net advances under our inventory financing agreements decreased $8.6 million between periods reflecting a lower amount of purchases through these arrangements in the first six months of 2011 compared to the same period of the prior year. In March 2010, we paid $18.6 million to extinguish a portion of our Senior Subordinated Bridge Loans.

Net cash used in financing activities increased $318.2 million for 2010 compared to 2009. This change was primarily due to net repayments of $303.3 million that reduced our outstanding balance under our ABL Facility. We did not make any repayments under that facility in 2009.

Net cash used in financing activities decreased $43.9 million in 2009 compared to 2008. This decrease was driven by lower payments of debt financing costs of $34.2 million and a decrease of $32.1 million in net payments under our inventory financing agreements between years. Partially offsetting these changes were repayments of $11.0 million under our Term Loan Facility in 2009, compared to net debt proceeds of $13.9 million from additional borrowings in 2008.

As of June 30, 2011, we were in compliance with the covenants under our various credit facilities, which are described below.

At June 30, 2011, we had outstanding borrowings of $160.0 million under the ABL Facility (at an effective weighted-average interest rate of approximately 2.47% per annum), $21.8 million of undrawn letters of credit and $12.3 million reserved related to the floorplan sub-facility (discussed below).

On June 24, 2011, we entered into the ABL Facility, a new five-year $900.0 million senior secured asset-based revolving credit facility, with the facility being available to us for borrowings, issuance of letters of credit and floorplan financing for certain vendor products. The ABL Facility matures on June 24, 2016, subject to an acceleration provision discussed below. The ABL Facility replaces our previous revolving loan credit facility that was to mature on October 12, 2012. The ABL Facility (i) increases the overall revolving credit facility capacity available to us from $800.0 million to $900.0 million, (ii) increases the maximum aggregate amount of increases that may be made to the revolving credit facility from $100.0 million to $200.0 million, (iii) adds a maturity acceleration provision based upon excess cash availability whereby the ABL Facility may mature 45 days prior to both the maturity of the non-extended portion of our senior secured term loan facility and the maturity of our senior exchange notes due 2015, if excess cash availability does not exceed the outstanding borrowings of the subject maturing debt at the time of the test plus $150 million, (iv) increases the fee on the unused portion of the revolving credit facility from 25 basis points to either 37.5 or 50 basis points, depending on the amount of utilization, (v) increases the applicable interest rate margin, and (vi) incorporates a $300.0 million floorplan sub-facility. In connection with the termination of the previous facility, we recorded a loss on extinguishment of long-term debt of $1.6 million in the consolidated statement of operations for the three and six months ended June 30, 2011, representing a write-off of a portion of unamortized deferred financing costs. Fees of $7.2 million related to the ABL Facility were capitalized as deferred financing costs and are being amortized over the term of the facility on a straight-line basis.

The ABL Facility includes a $300.0 million floorplan sub-facility which was increased to the maximum of $400.0 million on August 2, 2011. As described in Note 3 to the Unaudited Interim Financial Statements, in connection with the floorplan sub-facility, we entered into the Revolving Loan financing agreement. Amounts outstanding under the Revolving Loan financing agreement are unsecured and non-interest bearing. We will either pay the outstanding Revolving Loan financing agreement amounts when they become due, or the ABL Facility’s administrative agent will automatically initiate an advance on the ABL Facility and use the proceeds to pay the balance on the due date. As of June 30, 2011, we owed $12.3 million under the Revolving Loan financing agreement, which is included in accounts payable – inventory financing on our balance sheet. Changes in cash flows from the Revolving Loan financing agreement are reported in financing activities on our statement of cash flows.

Borrowings under the ABL Facility bear interest at a variable interest rate plus an applicable margin. The variable interest rate is based on one of two indices, either (i) LIBOR, or (ii) the Alternate Base Rate (“ABR”) with the ABR being the greatest of (a) the prime rate, (b) the federal funds effective rate plus 50 basis points and (c) one-month LIBOR plus 1.00%. The applicable margin varies (2.00% to 2.50% for LIBOR borrowings and 1.00% to 1.50% for ABR borrowings) depending upon our average daily excess cash availability under the agreement and is subject to a reduction of 25 basis points if certain conditions are met related to our outstanding secured debt. The margins on the previous revolving loan credit facility varied from 1.00% to 1.75% for LIBOR borrowings and 0.00% to 0.75% for ABR borrowings.

Availability under the ABL Facility is limited to (a) the lesser of the revolving commitment of $900.0 million and the amount of the borrowing base less (b) outstanding borrowings, letters of credit, and amounts outstanding under the Revolving Loan financing agreement plus a reserve of 15% of open orders. The borrowing base is (a) the sum of the products of the applicable advance rates on eligible accounts receivable and on eligible inventory as defined in the agreement less (b) any reserves. At June 30, 2011, the borrowing base was $970.2 million as supported by eligible inventory and accounts receivable balances as of May 31, 2011. We could have borrowed up to an additional $705.9 million under the ABL Facility at June 30, 2011.

CDW LLC is the borrower under the ABL Facility. All obligations under the ABL Facility are guaranteed by Parent and each of CDW LLC’s direct and indirect, wholly owned, domestic subsidiaries. Borrowings under the ABL Facility are collateralized by a first priority interest in inventory (excluding inventory collateralized under the inventory floorplan arrangements as described in Note 3 to the Unaudited Interim Financial Statements), deposits, and accounts receivable, and a second priority interest in substantially all other assets. The ABL Facility contains negative covenants that, among other things, place restrictions and limitations on the ability of Parent and its subsidiaries to dispose of assets, incur additional indebtedness, incur guarantee obligations, prepay other indebtedness, make distributions or other restricted payments, create liens, make equity or debt investments, make acquisitions, engage in mergers or consolidations, or engage in certain transactions with affiliates. The ABL Facility also includes maintenance of a minimum average daily excess cash availability requirement. Should we fall below the minimum average daily excess cash availability requirement for five consecutive business days, we become subject to a fixed charge coverage ratio until such time as the daily excess cash availability requirement is met for 30 consecutive business days.

At June 30, 2011, the outstanding principal balance of our Term Loan Facility was $1,540.5 million, with $484.5 million of non-extended loans and $1,056.0 million of Extended Loans. The effective weighted-average interest rate on Term Loan Facility principal amounts outstanding at June 30, 2011 was 4.38% per annum. For the six months ended June 30, 2011, the effective weighted-average interest rate without giving effect to the interest rate swap agreements (see Note 5 to the Unaudited Interim Financial Statements) was 4.58% per annum. For the six months ended June 30, 2011, the effective weighted-average interest rate including the effect of the interest rate swap agreements was 4.92% per annum. The interest rate swap agreements terminated on January 14, 2011.

Borrowings under the Term Loan Facility bear interest at either (a) the ABR plus a rate spread; or (b) LIBOR plus a rate spread. The rate spread is based on our senior secured leverage ratio, as defined in the amended agreement evidencing the Term Loan Facility. Effective with the March 2011 amendment discussed below, the rate spreads were reduced on Extended Loans. For ABR borrowings, the applicable rate spread varies within a range of 2.50% to 3.00% for non-extended loans and 1.75% to 2.25% for Extended Loans. For LIBOR borrowings, the applicable rate spread varies within a range of 3.50% to 4.00% for non-extended loans and 2.75% to 3.25% for Extended Loans. The non-extended loans under the Term Loan Facility mature on October 10, 2014. The maturity on the Extended Loans is July 15, 2017 subject to acceleration to July 15, 2015 if, as of July 14, 2015, (i) the senior secured leverage ratio is greater than or equal to 3.00 to 1.00 and (ii) the outstanding principal amount of Existing Senior Notes with a maturity date of October 12, 2015 is greater than or equal to $500.0 million.

On March 11, 2011, we entered into an amendment to the Term Loan Facility, which became effective on March 14, 2011. This amendment, among other things: (i) reduced the spreads with respect to the interest rates on the Extended Loans under the Term Loan Facility, (ii) established a LIBOR floor of 1.25% and a base rate floor of 2.25% with respect to the Extended Loans under the Term Loan Facility, (iii) reset the general restricted payments basket to its original amount of $25.0 million and (iv) provided a 1% prepayment premium for certain repayments or repricings of any Extended Loans under the Term Loan Facility for the six month period following the effective date of the amendment. In connection with this amendment, we recorded a loss on extinguishment of long-term debt of $3.2 million in our consolidated statement of operations for the six months ended June 30, 2011. This loss represents a write-off of a portion of the unamortized deferred financing costs related to the Term Loan Facility.

Beginning September 2009, the Term Loan Facility requires us to pay quarterly installments of principal equal to $5.5 million, with the remaining unpaid principal amount due upon maturity, provided that such quarterly installments are reduced to the extent of any optional or mandatory repayments. The Term Loan Facility also requires us to make certain mandatory prepayments of principal amounts under certain circumstances, including (i) a prepayment in an amount equal to 50% of our excess cash flow (as defined in the governing agreement) for the year then ended; and (ii) the net cash proceeds from the incurrence of certain additional indebtedness by us or our subsidiaries, including the issuance of the Senior Secured Notes. Excess cash flow is defined as Adjusted EBITDA, plus items such as reductions in working capital, less items such as increases in working capital, certain taxes paid in cash, interest that will be paid in cash, capital expenditures and repayment of long-term indebtedness. We made required principal prepayments of $516.5 million in 2010, including the payment in connection with the issuance of the Senior Secured Notes, and $11.0 million in 2009. On March 16, 2011, we made a mandatory prepayment of $132.0 million with respect to the year ended December 31, 2010 under the excess cash flow provision. Because of the prepayments we have made on the Term Loan Facility, we are no longer required to pay quarterly installments of principal of $5.5 million.

CDW LLC is the borrower under the Term Loan Facility. All obligations under the Term Loan Facility are guaranteed by Parent and each of CDW LLC’s direct and indirect, wholly owned, domestic subsidiaries. The Term Loan Facility is collateralized by a second priority interest in substantially all inventory (excluding inventory collateralized under the inventory floorplan arrangements as described in Note 3 to the Unaudited Interim Financial Statements), deposits, and accounts receivable, and by a first priority interest in substantially all other assets. The Term Loan Facility contains negative covenants that, among other things, place restrictions and limitations on the ability of Parent and each of CDW LLC’s direct and indirect, wholly owned, domestic subsidiaries to dispose of assets, incur additional indebtedness, incur guarantee obligations, prepay other indebtedness, make distributions or other restricted payments, create liens, make equity or debt investments, make acquisitions, engage in mergers or consolidations, or engage in certain transactions with affiliates.

The Term Loan Facility also includes a senior secured leverage ratio requirement. The senior secured leverage ratio is required to be maintained on a quarterly basis and is defined as the ratio of senior secured debt (including amounts owed under certain inventory floorplan arrangements and capital leases) less cash and cash equivalents, to Adjusted EBITDA, a non-GAAP financial measure, for the most recently ended four fiscal quarters. Compliance may be determined after giving effect to a designated equity contribution to the Company to be included in the calculation of Adjusted EBITDA. The senior secured leverage ratio for the four quarters ended June 30, 2011 was required to be at or below 7.5. For the four quarters ended June 30, 2011, the senior secured leverage ratio was 3.4. The senior secured leverage ratio is a material component of the Term Loan Facility. Non-compliance with the senior secured leverage ratio requirement would result in a default under the credit agreement governing the Term Loan Facility and could prevent us from borrowing under our ABL Facility. If there were an event of default under the credit agreement governing the Term Loan Facility that was not cured or waived, the lenders under the Term Loan Facility could cause all amounts outstanding under the Term Loan Facility to be due and payable immediately, which would have a material adverse effect on our financial position and cash flows. For a discussion of net cash provided by (used in) operating activities, investing activities and financing activities, see “—Cash Flows.” For a reconciliation of Adjusted EBITDA to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities, see “Selected Historical Consolidated Financial and Operating Data.”

We are required to maintain an interest rate hedge to fix or cap the interest rate on at least 50% of the outstanding principal amount of the Term Loan Facility through maturity, subject to certain limitations currently in effect. With the interest rate cap agreements as described in Note 5 to the Unaudited Interim Financial Statements, we expect to be in compliance with this requirement through January 14, 2013.

The Senior Secured Notes were issued on December 17, 2010 and will mature on December 15, 2018. At June 30, 2011, the outstanding principal balance of the Senior Secured Notes was $500.0 million.

CDW LLC and CDW Finance are the co-issuers of the Senior Secured Notes and the obligations under the notes are guaranteed by Parent and each of CDW LLC’s direct and indirect, wholly owned, domestic subsidiaries. The Senior Secured Notes are secured on a pari passu basis with the Term Loan Facility by a second priority interest in substantially all inventory (excluding inventory collateralized under the inventory floorplan arrangements as described in Note 3 to the Unaudited Interim Financial Statements), deposits, and accounts receivable, and by a first priority interest in substantially all other assets. The indenture governing our Senior Secured Notes contains negative

covenants that, among other things, place restrictions and limitations on the ability of Parent and its subsidiaries to dispose of assets, incur additional indebtedness, incur guarantee obligations, prepay other indebtedness, make distributions or other restricted payments, create liens, make equity or debt investments, make acquisitions, engage in mergers or consolidations, or engage in certain transactions with affiliates. The indenture governing our Senior Secured Notes does not contain any financial covenants.

At June 30, 2011, the outstanding principal amount of our Existing Senior Notes was $129.0 million. The Existing Senior Notes have a maturity date of October 12, 2015. The Existing Senior Notes are comprised of $49.3 million of Existing Senior Cash Pay Notes and $79.7 million of Existing Senior PIK Election Notes. We are required to pay cash interest on the outstanding principal of the Existing Senior Cash Pay Notes. For Existing Senior PIK Election Notes, the periods for which we could elect to pay interest in cash or through an increase in the outstanding principal have expired. We are required to pay cash interest on the outstanding principal of the Existing Senior PIK Election Notes for the remaining interest periods through maturity.

On April 13, 2011, we completed a cash tender offer (the “Senior Notes Tender Offer”) and purchased $665.1 million aggregate principal amount of the Existing Senior Notes comprised of $519.2 million of the Existing Senior Cash Pay Notes and $145.9 million of the Existing Senior PIK Election Notes. We concurrently issued $725.0 million in aggregate principal amount of Senior Notes. The proceeds from this offering, together with cash on hand and borrowings under the then-outstanding ABL Facility, were used to fund the purchase of the tendered Existing Senior Notes, including $665.1 million aggregate principal amount of Existing Senior Notes, $59.9 million in tender offer premium and $36.5 million of accrued and unpaid interest, along with transaction fees and expenses.

On May 20, 2011, we completed a follow-on cash tender offer (the “Follow-on Senior Notes Tender Offer,” and together with the Senior Notes Tender Offer, the “Senior Notes Tender Offers”) and purchased an additional $412.8 million aggregate principal amount of Existing Senior Notes comprised of $321.4 million of the Existing Senior Cash Pay Notes and $91.4 million of the Existing Senior PIK Election Notes. We concurrently issued $450.0 million in aggregate principal amount of additional Senior Notes. The proceeds from this offering, together with cash on hand and borrowings under the then-outstanding ABL Facility, were used to fund the purchase of the tendered Existing Senior Notes, including $412.8 million aggregate principal amount of Existing Senior Notes, $37.2 million in tender offer premium and $4.5 million of accrued and unpaid interest, along with transaction fees and expenses. The aggregate principal amount of Existing Senior Notes outstanding following the Senior Notes Tender Offers is $129.0 million. As a result, the maturity of extended loans under the Term Loan Facility will not be subject to acceleration on July 15, 2015 as described above.

In connection with Senior Notes Tender Offers, we recorded a loss on extinguishment of long-term debt of $114.1 million in the consolidated statement of operations for the three and six months ended June 30, 2011. This loss represents $97.0 million in tender offer premiums and $17.1 million for the write-off of a portion of the unamortized deferred financing costs related to the Existing Senior Notes. In connection with the issuance of Senior Notes, fees of $19.1 million were capitalized as deferred financing costs and are being amortized over the term of the notes using the interest method.

At June 30, 2011, the outstanding principal amount of our Existing Senior Subordinated Notes was $721.5 million. The Existing Senior Subordinated Notes have a maturity date of October 12, 2017. On March 10, 2010, one of our wholly owned subsidiaries purchased $28.5 million of principal amount of Senior Subordinated Bridge Loans for a purchase price of $18.6 million. We recorded a gain on the extinguishment of long-term debt of $9.2 million on the consolidated statement of operations for the six months ended June 30, 2010 related to this repurchase. In May 2010, the $28.5 million in principal amount of loans that were repurchased were exchanged for increasing rate notes and subsequently surrendered to the indenture trustee for cancellation.

CDW LLC and CDW Finance Corporation are the co-issuers of the Existing Senior Notes and the Existing Senior Subordinated Notes. Obligations under the Existing Senior Notes and the Existing Senior Subordinated Notes are guaranteed on an unsecured senior basis by Parent and each of CDW LLC’s direct and indirect, wholly owned, domestic subsidiaries that is a Guarantor under the Senior Credit Facilities. The indentures governing the Existing Senior Notes and the Existing Senior Subordinated Notes contain negative covenants that, among other things, place restrictions and limitations on the ability of Parent and its subsidiaries to dispose of assets, incur additional indebtedness, incur guarantee obligations, prepay other indebtedness, make distributions or other restricted payments, create liens, make equity or debt investments, make acquisitions, engage in mergers or consolidations, or engage in certain transactions with affiliates. The indentures governing the Existing Senior Notes and the Existing Senior Subordinated Notes do not contain any financial covenants.

On April 13, 2011, we issued $725.0 million principal amount of Senior Notes and on May 20, 2011, we issued an additional $450.0 million principal amount of Senior Notes. The proceeds from these issuances together with cash on hand and borrowings under the then-outstanding ABL Facility were used to fund the Senior Notes Tender Offers described above. The Senior Notes will mature on April 1, 2019. At June 30, 2011, the outstanding principal amount of the Senior Notes was $1,175.0 million.

CDW LLC and CDW Finance Corporation are the co-issuers of the Senior Notes. Obligations under the Senior Notes are guaranteed on an unsecured senior basis by Parent and each of CDW LLC’s direct and indirect, wholly owned, domestic subsidiaries. The indenture governing our Senior Notes contain negative covenants that, among other things, place restrictions and limitations on the ability of Parent and its subsidiaries to dispose of assets, incur additional indebtedness, incur guarantee obligations, prepay other indebtedness, make distributions or other restricted payments, create liens, make equity or debt investments, make acquisitions, engage in mergers or consolidations, or engage in certain transactions with affiliates. The indenture governing our Senior Notes do not contain any financial covenants.

We have entered into agreements with certain financial intermediaries to facilitate the purchase of inventory from various suppliers under certain terms and conditions. At June 30, 2011, the agreements allowed for a maximum credit line of $74.5 million collateralized by the inventory purchases under these floorplan arrangements financed by the financial intermediaries and a second lien on the related accounts receivable. We do not incur any interest expense associated with these agreements as balances are paid when they are due. At June 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010, we owed the financial intermediaries $57.7 million and $9.6 million, respectively, under these inventory floorplan arrangements. Amounts owed under these floorplan arrangements are due to financial intermediaries not considered to be trade creditors, and, accordingly, such amounts are classified separately as accounts payable–inventory financing in our consolidated balance sheets.

From time to time, we may enter into an agreement with a financial intermediary relating to the purchase of inventory from a supplier who has factored its receivables to the financial intermediary. Our obligations under these agreements are not collateralized. We do not incur any interest expense associated with these agreements as balances are paid when they are due. At June 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010, we owed a financial intermediary $48.0 million and $18.6 million, respectively, under such an agreement. As these obligations are due to a financial intermediary not considered to be a trade creditor, we have classified such amounts as accounts payable–inventory financing in our consolidated balance sheets.

Separately, in June 2011, we entered into a new senior secured asset-based revolving credit facility as described in Note 4 to the Unaudited Interim Financial Statements, which incorporates a $300.0 million floorplan sub-facility (which was increased to a maximum of $400.0 million on August 2, 2011) to facilitate the purchase of inventory from a certain vendor. In connection with the floorplan sub-facility, we entered into an inventory financing agreement on an unsecured basis with a financial intermediary to facilitate the purchase of inventory from this vendor (the “Revolving Loan financing agreement”). At June 30, 2011, we owed $12.3 million under the Revolving Loan financing agreement, which is included in accounts payable–inventory financing in our consolidated balance sheet.

We have future obligations under various contracts relating to debt and interest payments, capital and operating leases, and asset retirement obligations. The following table presents our estimated future payments under contractual obligations that existed as of December 31, 2010, based on undiscounted amounts.

We have no off-balance sheet arrangements that have or are reasonably likely to have a material current or future effect on our financial condition, changes in financial condition, revenues or expenses, results of operations, liquidity, capital expenditures or capital resources.

We are party to legal proceedings that arise from time to time in the ordinary course of our business, including various pending litigation matters. We are also subject to audit by federal, state and local authorities, by various customers, including government agencies, relating to sales under certain contracts and by vendors. In addition, from time to time, certain of our customers file voluntary petitions for reorganization or liquidation under the U.S. bankruptcy laws. In such cases, certain pre-petition payments received by us could be considered preference items and subject to return to the bankruptcy administrator.

We do not believe that any current audit or pending or threatened litigation will have a material adverse effect on our financial condition. Litigation and audits, however, involve uncertainties and it is possible that the eventual outcome of litigation or audits could adversely affect our consolidated results of operations for a particular period.

The preparation of financial statements in accordance with GAAP requires management to make use of certain estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the reported periods. We base our estimates on historical experience and on various other assumptions that we believe are reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about carrying values of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

In Note 1 to the Audited Financial Statements and Note 1 to the Unaudited Interim Financial Statements, we include a discussion of the significant accounting policies used in the preparation of our consolidated financial statements. We believe the following are the most critical accounting policies and estimates that include significant judgments used in the preparation of our financial statements. We consider an accounting policy or estimate to be critical if it requires assumptions to be made that were uncertain at the time they were made, and if changes in these assumptions could have a material impact on our financial condition or results of operations.

We are a primary distribution channel for a large group of vendors and suppliers, including OEMs, software publishers and wholesale distributors. We record revenue from sales transactions when title and risk of loss are passed to our customer, there is persuasive evidence of an arrangement for sale, delivery has occurred and/or services have been rendered, the sales price is fixed or determinable, and collectability is reasonably assured. Our shipping terms typically specify F.O.B. destination, at which time title and risk of loss have passed to the customer.

Revenues from the sales of hardware products or software products and licenses are generally recognized on a gross basis with the selling price to the customer recorded as sales and the acquisition cost of the product recorded as cost of sales. These items can be delivered to customers in a variety of ways, including (i) as physical product shipped from our warehouse, (ii) via drop-shipment by the vendor, or (iii) via electronic delivery for software licenses. At the time of sale, we record an estimate for sales returns and allowances based on historical experience. Our vendor OEMs warrant most of the products we sell.

We leverage drop-ship arrangements with many of our vendors and suppliers to deliver products to our customers without having to physically hold the inventory at our warehouses, thereby increasing efficiency and reducing costs. We recognize revenue for drop-ship arrangements on a gross basis upon delivery to the customer with contract terms that typically specify F.O.B. destination. These arrangements generally represent approximately 20% to 30% of total net sales.

Revenue from professional services is either recognized as incurred for services billed at an hourly rate or recognized using the percentage of completion method for services provided at a fixed fee. Revenue for data center services, including internet connectivity, web hosting, server co-location and managed services, is recognized over the period service is provided.

We also sell certain products for which we act as an agent. Products in this category include the sale of third-party services, extended warranties or software assurance (“SA”). SA is an “insurance” or “maintenance” product that allows customers to upgrade, at no additional cost, to the latest technology if new applications are introduced during the period that the SA is in effect. These sales do not meet the criteria for gross sales recognition, and thus are recognized on a net basis at the time of sale. Under net sales recognition, the cost paid to the vendor or third-party service provider is recorded as a reduction to sales, resulting in net sales being equal to the gross profit on the transaction.

Our larger customers are offered the opportunity by certain of our vendors to purchase software licenses and SA under enterprise agreements (“EAs”). Under EAs, customers are considered to be compliant with applicable license requirements for the ensuing year, regardless of changes to their employee base. Customers are charged an annual true-up fee for changes in the number of users over the year. With most EAs, our vendors will transfer the license and bill the customer directly, paying resellers such as us an agency fee or commission on these sales. We record these fees as a component of net sales as earned and there is no corresponding cost of sales amount. In certain instances, we bill the customer directly under an EA and account for the individual items sold based on the nature of the item. Our vendors typically dictate how the EA will be sold to the customer.

From time to time, we sell some of our products and services as part of bundled contract arrangements containing multiple deliverables, which may include a combination of the products and services. For each deliverable that represents a separate unit of accounting, revenue is allocated based upon the relative selling prices of each element as determined by our selling price for the deliverable when it is sold on a stand-alone basis.

We record freight billed to our customers as net sales and the related freight costs as a cost of sales. Vendor rebates are recorded over the period earned as a reduction of cost of sales. Price protection is recorded when earned as a reduction to cost of sales or merchandise inventory, as applicable.

Deferred revenue includes (1) payments received from customers in advance of providing the product or performing services, and (2) amounts deferred if other conditions of revenue recognition have not been met.

We perform an analysis of the estimated number of days of sales in-transit to customers at the end of each period based on a weighted-average analysis of commercial delivery terms that includes drop-ship arrangements. This analysis is the basis upon which we estimate the amount of sales in-transit at the end of the period and adjust revenue and the related costs to reflect only what has been received by the customer. Changes in delivery patterns may result in a different number of business days used in making this adjustment and could have a material impact on our revenue recognition for the period.

Inventory is valued at the lower of cost or market value. Cost is determined using a weighted-average cost method. We decrease the value of inventory for estimated obsolescence equal to the difference between the cost of inventory and the estimated market value, based upon an aging analysis of the inventory on hand, specifically known inventory-related risks, and assumptions about future demand and market conditions. If future demand or actual market conditions are less favorable than those projected by management, additional inventory write-downs may be required.

We receive incentives from certain of our vendors related to cooperative advertising allowances, volume rebates, bid programs, price protection and other programs. These incentives generally relate to written agreements with specified performance requirements with the vendors and are recorded as adjustments to cost of sales or advertising expense, as appropriate. Vendors may change the terms of some or all of these programs, which could have an impact on our results of operations.

We record receivables from vendors related to these programs when the amounts are probable and reasonably estimable. Some programs are based on the achievement of specific targets, and we base our estimates on information provided by our vendors and internal information to assess our progress toward achieving those targets. If actual performance does not match our estimates, we may be required to adjust our receivables. We record reserves for vendor receivables for estimated losses due to vendors’ inability to pay or rejections by vendors of claims; however, if actual collections differ from our estimates, we may incur additional losses that could have a material impact on gross margin and operating income.

Goodwill is not amortized but is subject to periodic testing for impairment at the reporting unit level. Our reporting units used to assess potential goodwill impairment are the same as our operating segments. We are required to perform an evaluation of goodwill on an annual basis or more frequently if circumstances indicate a potential impairment. The annual test for impairment is conducted as of December 1. We changed our annual goodwill evaluation date to December 1 from October 1, effective in the fourth quarter of 2009, to better align with the completion of our annual budgeting process. Testing for impairment of goodwill is a two-step process. The first step compares the fair value of a reporting unit with its carrying amount, including goodwill. If the carrying amount of a reporting unit exceeds its fair value, the second step compares the implied fair value of reporting unit goodwill with the carrying amount of that goodwill to determine the amount of impairment loss. Fair value of a reporting unit is determined by using a weighted combination of an income approach and a market approach, as this combination is considered the most indicative of the reporting units’ fair value in an orderly transaction between market participants. Under the income approach, we determine fair value based on estimated future cash flows of a reporting unit, discounted by an estimated weighted-average cost of capital, which reflects the overall level of inherent risk of a reporting unit and the rate of return an outside investor would expect to earn. Under the market approach, we utilize valuation multiples derived from publicly available information for peer group companies to provide an indication of how much a knowledgeable investor in the marketplace would be willing to pay for a company. We have weighted the income approach and the market approach at 75% and 25%, respectively.

Determining the fair value of a reporting unit (and the allocation of that fair value to individual assets and liabilities within the reporting unit to determine the implied fair value of goodwill in the event a step two analysis is required) is judgmental in nature and requires the use of significant estimates and assumptions. These estimates and assumptions include primarily, but are not limited to, discount rate, terminal growth rate, selection of appropriate peer group companies and control premium applied, and forecasts of revenue growth rates, gross margins, operating margins, and working capital requirements. The allocation requires analysis to determine the fair value of assets and liabilities including, among others, customer relationships, trade names, and property and equipment. Any changes in the judgments, estimates, or assumptions used could produce significantly different results. Although we believe our assumptions are reasonable, actual results may vary significantly and may expose us to material impairment charges in the future.

Intangible assets include customer relationships, trade names, internally developed software and other intangibles. Intangible assets with determinable lives are amortized on a straight-line basis over the estimated useful lives of the assets. The cost of software developed or obtained for internal use is capitalized and amortized on a straight-line basis over the estimated useful life of the software. These intangible assets are reviewed for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of such assets may not be recoverable. Determination of recoverability is based on an estimate of undiscounted future cash flows resulting from the use of the asset and its eventual disposition. If the carrying amount of an asset exceeds its estimated future undiscounted cash flows, an impairment loss is recorded for the excess of the asset’s carrying amount over its fair value.

We record an allowance for doubtful accounts related to trade accounts receivable for estimated losses resulting from the inability of our customers to make required payments. We take into consideration historical loss experience, the overall quality of the receivable portfolio and specifically identified customer risks. If actual collections of customer receivables differ from our estimates, additional allowances may be required which could have an impact on our results of operations.

Deferred income taxes are provided to reflect the differences between the tax bases of assets and liabilities and their reported amounts in the consolidated financial statements using enacted tax rates in effect for the year in which the differences are expected to reverse. We perform an evaluation of the realizability of our deferred tax assets on a quarterly basis. This evaluation requires us to use estimates and make assumptions and considers all positive and negative evidence and factors, such as the scheduled reversal of temporary differences, the mix of earnings in the jurisdictions in which we operate, and prudent and feasible tax planning strategies.

We account for unrecognized tax benefits based upon our assessment of whether a tax benefit is more likely than not to be sustained upon examination by tax authorities. We report a liability for unrecognized tax benefits resulting from unrecognized tax benefits taken or expected to be taken in a tax return and recognize interest and penalties, if any, related to unrecognized tax benefits in income tax expense.

In June 2011, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2011-05 which amends current guidance on the presentation of comprehensive income. The new guidance eliminates the option to present the components of other comprehensive income as part of the statement of shareholders’ equity. It requires an entity to present the total of comprehensive income, the components of net income, and the components of other comprehensive income either in a single continuous statement of comprehensive income or in two separate but consecutive statements. The guidance does not change the items which must be reported in other comprehensive income, how such items are measured or when they must be reclassified to net income. This update is to be applied retrospectively and is effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those years, beginning after December 15, 2011. As this guidance impacts presentation only, we do not expect the adoption of this guidance will have an impact on our consolidated financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

In May 2011, the FASB issued ASU 2011-04. The new guidance results in common principles and requirements for measuring fair value and for disclosing information about fair value measurements in accordance with GAAP and International Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRS”). The new guidance does not extend the use of fair value accounting, but provides guidance on how it should be applied where its use is already required or permitted by other standards within GAAP or IFRS. This update is effective for interim and annual periods beginning after December 15, 2011, with early adoption prohibited for public entities. We do not expect the adoption of this guidance will have a material impact on our consolidated financial position, results of operations, or cash flows.

In January 2010, the FASB issued ASU 2010-06 to amend and expand the disclosure requirements for fair value measurements. The guidance requires new disclosures about transfers in and transfers out of Levels 1 and 2 fair value measurements and presentation of the activities within Level 3 fair value measurements (presented gross in a roll forward of activity). The guidance also clarifies existing disclosures about the level of disaggregation of fair value for each class of assets and liabilities and about inputs and valuation techniques used to measure fair value. Except for the disclosures in the roll forward of activity in Level 3 fair value measurements, ASU 2010-06 was effective for us as of January 1, 2010. The disclosures in the roll forward of activity in Level 3 fair value measurements became effective for us as of January 1, 2011. As this guidance only required additional disclosure and we did not have any Level 3 fair value measurements, the adoption of ASU 2010-06 did not have an impact on our consolidated financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

In October 2009, the FASB issued two ASUs to authoritative guidance on revenue arrangements. ASU 2009-13 modifies the criteria for separating consideration in multiple-deliverable arrangements, establishes a selling price hierarchy for determining the relative selling price of a deliverable, eliminates the residual method of allocation and expands the disclosures related to multiple-deliverable revenue arrangements. From time to time, we sell some of our products and services as part of bundled contract arrangements containing multiple deliverables, which may include a combination of products and services. For each deliverable that represents a separate unit of accounting, revenue is allocated based upon the relative selling prices of each element as determined by our selling price for the deliverable when it is sold on a stand-alone basis. We adopted the amended guidance in ASU 2009-13 on a prospective basis as of January 1, 2011. This adoption did not significantly change our units of accounting or the method we use to allocate revenue to separate units of accounting and consequently, did not have a material impact on our consolidated financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

ASU 2009-14 modifies the scope of authoritative guidance for revenue arrangements that include both tangible products and software elements to exclude from its requirements (1) non-software components of tangible products, and (2) software components of tangible products that are sold, licensed or leased with tangible products when the software components and non-software components of the tangible product function together to deliver the tangible product’s essential functionality. We adopted the amended guidance in ASU 2009-14 on a prospective basis as of January 1, 2011. The adoption of ASU 2009-14 did not have a material impact on our consolidated financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

Our market risks relate primarily to changes in interest rates. The interest rates on borrowings under our ABL Facility and our Term Loan Facility are floating and, therefore, are subject to fluctuations. In order to manage the risk

associated with changes in interest rates on borrowings under our Term Loan Facility, we have entered into interest rate derivative agreements to hedge a portion of the cash flows associated with the facility. Our objectives in using interest rate derivatives are to add stability to interest expense and to manage our exposure to interest rate fluctuations.

As of December 31, 2010, we had two interest rate swap agreements with an aggregate notional amount of $2,000.0 million that effectively converted the outstanding principal amount under the Term Loan Facility from a floating-rate debt to a fixed-rate debt. Under the first swap agreement, a monthly net settlement is made for the difference between the fixed rate of 4.155% per annum and the floating rate based on one-month LIBOR on the $1,500.0 million notional amount of the swap. Under the second swap agreement, a monthly net settlement is made for the difference between the fixed rate of 3.9125% per annum and the floating rate based on one-month LIBOR on the $500.0 million notional amount. Both swap agreements terminated on January 14, 2011. At December 31, 2010, we were in a liability position for both of the interest rate swaps noted above, the aggregate fair value of which was $2.8 million.

We utilize interest rate caps for the purpose of limiting current and future exposure to interest rate risk on our floating-rate debt under the Term Loan Facility.

In April 2010, we entered into four interest rate cap agreements with a combined $1,100.0 million notional amount. Under these agreements, we made premium payments totaling $5.9 million to the counterparties in exchange for the right to receive payments from them of the amount, if any, by which three-month LIBOR exceeds 3.5% during the agreement period. These cap agreements are effective from January 14, 2011 through January 14, 2013.

During the first six months of 2011, we entered into three interest rate cap agreements with a combined $375.0 million notional amount. Under the agreements, we made premium payments totaling $3.2 million to the counterparties in exchange for the right to receive payments from them of the amount, if any, by which three-month LIBOR exceeds 3.5% during the agreement period. These cap agreements are effective from January 14, 2013 through January 14, 2015.

On July 27, 2011, we entered into an additional interest rate cap agreement with a notional amount of $125.0 million, which is effective from January 14, 2013 through January 14, 2015. We made a premium payment of $0.6 million to the counterparty in exchange for the right to receive payments of the amount, if any, by which three-month LIBOR exceeds 3.5% during the agreement period.

See “—Liquidity and Capital Resources—Contractual Obligations” for information on cash flows, interest rates and maturity dates of our debt obligations.

CDW is a leading multi-brand technology solutions provider to business, government, education and healthcare customers in the U.S. and Canada. We provide comprehensive and integrated solutions for our customers’ technology needs through our extensive hardware, software and value-added service offerings. We serve over 250,000 customers through our experienced and dedicated sales force of more than 3,400 coworkers. We offer over 100,000 products from over 1,000 brands and a multitude of advanced technology solutions. Our broad range of technology products includes leading brands such as Hewlett-Packard, Microsoft, Cisco, Lenovo, EMC, IBM, Apple and VMware. Our offerings range from discrete hardware and software products to complex technology solutions such as virtualization, collaboration, security, mobility, data center optimization and cloud computing. Our sales and operating results have been driven by the combination of our large and knowledgeable selling organization, highly skilled technology specialists and engineers, extensive range of product offerings, strong vendor partner relationships, and fulfillment and logistics capabilities. For the year ended December 31, 2010, our net sales, net loss and Adjusted EBITDA were $8,801.2 million, $29.2 million and $601.8 million, respectively. For the six months ended June 30, 2011, our net sales, net loss and Adjusted EBITDA were $4,541.7 million, $39.0 million and $343.0 million, respectively. Adjusted EBITDA is a non-GAAP financial measure. See “Summary—Summary Historical Financial Data” for the definition of Adjusted EBITDA, the reasons for its inclusion and a reconciliation to net income.

Other. We also have two other operating segments, CDW Advanced Services and Canada, which do not meet the reportable segment quantitative thresholds and, accordingly, are combined together as “Other.” The CDW Advanced Services business is comprised of customized engineering services delivered by CDW professional engineers, as well as managed services, including hosting and data center services. The other services components of solutions sales, including custom configuration and other third party services, are recorded not in “Other,” but in our Corporate and Public segment net sales. Advanced services provided by CDW professional engineers are recorded in CDW Advanced Services. Our CDW Advanced Services and Canada business segments generated net sales of $407.0 million and $248.9 million for the year ended December 31, 2010 and for the six months ended June 30, 2011, respectively.

CDW was founded in 1984. In 2003, we purchased selected U.S. assets and the Canadian operations of Micro Warehouse, which extended our growth platform into Canada. In 2006, we acquired Berbee Information Networks Corporation, a provider of technology products, solutions and customized engineering services in advanced technologies primarily across Cisco, IBM and Microsoft portfolios. This acquisition increased our capabilities in customized engineering services and managed services. In 2007, we were acquired by Parent. For a description of the acquisition, see “Summary—The Acquisition Transactions and Related Financing Events.”

According to IDC, the overall U.S. technology market generated approximately $536 billion in sales in 2010, including $176 billion in hardware sales, $144 billion in software sales and $216 billion in services sales. The channels through which these products and services are delivered are highly fragmented and served by a multitude of participants. These participants include OEMs, software publishers, wholesale distributors and resellers. Wholesale distributors, such as Ingram Micro Inc., Tech Data Corporation and SYNNEX Corporation, act as intermediaries between OEMs and software publishers, on the one hand, and resellers, on the other hand, providing logistics management and supply-chain services. Resellers, which include direct marketers, value-added resellers, e-tailers and retailers, sell products and/or services directly to the end-user customer, sourcing products sold to their customers directly from OEMs and software publishers or from wholesale distributors. CDW is a technology solutions provider with both direct marketer and value-added reseller capabilities.

We believe the following strengths have contributed to our success and enabled us to become an important strategic partner for both our customers and our vendor partners:

Our steadfast focus on serving customers and investing in coworkers has fostered a strong, “get it done” culture at CDW. Since our founding, we have adhered to a core philosophy known as the Circle of Service, which places the customer at the center of all of our actions. We have consistently and cost effectively invested in our coworkers by providing broad and deep coworker training, supplying resources that contribute to their success and offering them broad career development opportunities. This constant focus on customers and coworkers has created a customer-centric, highly engaged coworker base, which ultimately benefits our customers and fosters customer loyalty.

organization, technology specialists and large customer channels allow us to develop intimate knowledge of our customers’ environments and their specific needs. Frequently, vendor partners will select CDW as a partner to develop and grow new customer solutions. We are regularly recognized with top awards from our vendor partners. We were recently named Microsoft’s Volume Licensing Partner of the Year for the second straight year and received Cisco’s Partner Summit global awards for U.S. and Canada Partner of the Year.

Meet our Customers’ Changing Needs through Expanded Service Offerings and Solutions

example, we are currently working with several large vendor partners to assist them in the development and sales of cloud solutions to the small and medium business marketplace. We believe our strong vendor partner relationships will also provide collaborative opportunities for our sales organization and vendor field sales representatives to identify and fulfill additional customer requirements, creating increased sales to both new and existing customers. In addition, we plan to leverage our significant scale to maximize the benefits from volume discounts, purchase or sales rebates, vendor incentive programs and marketing development funds.

Our business is subject to a number of risks. These risks include, but are not limited to, the following:

Our broad offering of multi-brand products and services includes over 100,000 discrete hardware and software products as well as comprehensive solutions. Solutions generally have hardware, software and/or service components to them. For example, a virtualization solution could include assessment and design advice, sales of servers, storage, desktops and virtualization software, a services implementation and ongoing support. While we believe customers increasingly view certain technology purchases as solutions rather than product categories, the following table sets forth our net sales by major category, based upon our internal category definitions, as this presentation is more consistent with how industry sources and competitors generally categorize technology sales. Amounts for the year ended December 31, 2009 have been reclassified for certain changes in individual product classifications to conform to the presentation for the year ended December 31, 2010.

Through our broad portfolio of hardware products and strong relationships with industry leading vendor partners, we are able to provide our customers with multi-brand solutions across multiple product categories. We currently offer our customers a comprehensive selection of hardware from leading brands such as Hewlett-Packard, Cisco, Lenovo, EMC, IBM and Apple. Our hardware offerings include products across multiple categories such as network communications, notebooks/mobile devices (including tablets), data storage, video monitors, printers, desktops and servers, among others. Our multi-brand approach enables our sales force to identify the right products or combination of products to best address each customer’s specific organizational challenges, without being constrained by a particular brand. Key advantages of this strategy include the ability to satisfy customer-specific preferences and requirements, to meet compatibility needs of a customer’s existing technology infrastructure, and to offer best pricing and product availability options. In addition, our scale, strong vendor partner relationships and highly efficient sales and delivery model enable us to consistently offer competitive prices. Our strategically located distribution facilities allow us to meet even the most challenging customer requests. We also leverage drop-ship arrangements with many of our OEMs and distributors that allow us to offer even greater selection to our customers without having to physically hold the inventory.

CDW helps customers maximize their software investment by supporting them through the complexities of the entire software lifecycle. We offer software solutions from the largest and category-leading software publishers, including Microsoft, Adobe, Symantec, Oracle, VMware and IBM. Our software lifecycle services include assessment and validation, procurement, deployment and contract management. We work closely with our customers to evaluate their software needs, navigate them through various complex licensing options, and procure the best software arrangements for their business. We help customers optimize software license procurement by consolidating vendors and recommending the most appropriate licensing contracts. In addition to deployment and migration services, we assist our customers in realizing the value of their purchases through ongoing contract management to ensure they maximize their contract benefits and renew on a timely basis. For example, our customers may purchase maintenance contracts which allow them to receive new versions, upgrades or updates of software products released during the maintenance period.

We believe customers are increasingly looking for solutions from their technology providers in order to optimize their technology investments and best achieve their business objectives. CDW offers a full suite of value-added services, which typically are delivered as part of a technology solution, to help our customers meet their specific needs. CDW solutions can range from the expert configuration and delivery of 100 laptops overnight; to the custom configuration and staggered deployment of 25,000 notebooks to over 12 locations nationally; to specialized technical advice and product procurement, including associated warranties, for an enterprise network; to very complex, fully integrated technology solutions such as virtualization, collaboration, security, mobility, data center optimization and cloud computing. We also offer a complementary set of services, including installations, sales of warranties and managed services, such as remote network and data center monitoring.

We offer our value-added services and solutions primarily through a team of technology specialists and engineers with more than 3,000 industry-recognized certifications, who bring deep product and solution knowledge and capabilities to the technology challenges of our customers. Our technology specialists work with customers and our direct selling organization to design solutions and provide recommendations in the selection and procurement process. We have more than 700 highly qualified and certified specialists, supporting numerous solutions and product categories, including unified communication, security, networking, wireless, server/storage, virtualization, mobility, power and cooling, desktop, notebook, point-of-sale, managed print services, digital signage and software. Our team of more than 1,000 engineers, project managers, consultants and technicians in 19 geographic markets across the U.S. support design, implementation and long-term solution management. These coworkers are continually developing and implementing customized solutions which are leveraged so that multiple customers can benefit from our implementation innovation and experience.

We serve over 250,000 customers in the U.S. and Canada. Excluding sales to the federal government, which are diversified across multiple agencies and departments and collectively accounted for 11.0% of 2010 net sales, we are not reliant on any one customer as our next five largest customers comprised less than 2.0% of net sales in 2010.

We utilize our information technology systems to manage our inventory in a cost-efficient manner, resulting in a rapid-turn inventory model. We generally only stock items that have attained a minimum sales volume.

Our distribution process is highly automated. Once a customer order is received and credit approved, orders are automatically routed to one of our distribution centers for picking and shipping as well as configuration and imaging services. We operate two distribution centers: an approximately 450,000 square foot facility in Vernon Hills, Illinois, and an approximately 513,000 square foot facility in North Las Vegas, Nevada. We ship over 30 million units annually on an aggregate basis from our two distribution centers. We believe that the location of our distribution centers allows us to efficiently ship products throughout the U.S. and provide timely access to our principal distributors. Our locations enable us to obtain and ship non-stocked items quickly and efficiently. We believe that competitive sources of supply are available in substantially all of the product categories we offer. We continue to improve the productivity of our distribution centers as measured by key performance indicators such as units shipped per hour worked and bin accuracy.

Our proprietary information technology systems are a key element in our ability to be a leading multi-brand technology solutions provider. Our customized information technology and unified communication systems enhance our ability to provide prompt, efficient and expert service to our customers. In addition, these systems enable centralized management of key functions, including purchasing, inventory management, and billing, collection of accounts receivable, sales and distribution. Our systems provide us with thorough, detailed and real-time information regarding key aspects of our business, enabling us to continuously enhance productivity, ship customer orders quickly and efficiently, respond appropriately to industry changes and provide high levels of customer service. Our websites, which provide electronic order processing and many advanced tools, such as order tracking, reporting and asset management, make it easy for customers to transact business with us and ultimately enhance our customer relationships.

We have more than 2,700 coworkers in our direct selling organization, consisting of account managers and field account executives. Including over 700 additional customer-facing coworkers, such as our technology specialists, our total sales force exceeds 3,400. Account managers provide inside sales coverage to customers, including developing customer relationships by calling existing and potential customers, providing advice on products and services, and partnering with specialists to develop and sell more complex solutions. Field account executives work within an assigned territory and interact with customers in-person, usually focusing on solutions that require a face-to-face interaction to sell to customers. Together, account managers and field account executives help us combine the benefits of a national technology solutions provider with a local presence.

Our goals are to simplify the complexities of technology across design, selection, procurement, integration and ongoing management and to be viewed as an indispensible extension of our customers’ IT staffs, regardless of their size. We achieve this objective by providing superior service, industry-specific knowledge and technical expertise with experienced sales people. The scale of our business allows us to segment our sales teams into customer channels so that we better understand the unique needs of customers and to provide extensive, targeted technical training to our direct selling organization.

We purchase products for resale from vendor partners, which include OEMs and software publishers, and wholesale distributors. For the year ended December 31, 2010, we purchased approximately 47% of the products we sold directly from vendor partners and the remaining amount from wholesale distributors. Purchases from wholesale distributors Ingram Micro, Tech Data and SYNNEX represented approximately 13%, 12% and 11%, respectively, of our total purchases. Sales of products manufactured by Hewlett-Packard comprised approximately 24% of our 2010 net sales. We are authorized by OEMs to sell via direct marketing all or selected products offered by the manufacturer. Our authorization with each OEM provides for certain terms and conditions, which may include one or more of the following: product return privileges, price protection policies, purchase discounts and vendor incentive programs, such as purchase or sales rebates and cooperative advertising reimbursements. We also operate as a reseller for major software publishers that allows the end-user customer to acquire packaged software or licensed products and services. Vendor incentive programs are at the discretion of our vendor partners and usually require the achievement of a specified sales volume or growth rate within a specified period of time to qualify for all, or some, of the incentive programs.

The market for technology products and services is highly competitive. Competition is based on the ability to tailor specific solutions to customer needs, quality and breadth of product and service offerings, knowledge and expertise of sales force, customer service, price, product availability, speed of delivery and credit availability. Our competition includes:

We expect the competitive landscape in which we compete to continue to change as new technologies are developed. While innovation can help our business as it creates new offerings for us to sell, it can also disrupt our business model and create new and stronger competitors. For a discussion of the risks associated with competition, see “Risk Factors—Risks Relating to our Business—Substantial competition could reduce our market share and significantly harm our financial performance.”

As of June 30, 2011, we employed more than 6,400 coworkers, none of whom is covered by collective bargaining agreements. We consider our coworker relations to be good.

As of June 30, 2011, we owned or leased a total of approximately 2.1 million square feet of space throughout the U.S. and Canada. We own two properties: a combined office and an approximately 450,000 square foot distribution center in Vernon Hills, Illinois, and an approximately 513,000 square foot distribution center in North Las Vegas, Nevada. In addition, we conduct sales, services and administrative activities in various leased locations throughout North America, including data centers in Madison, Wisconsin and Minneapolis, Minnesota.

We believe that our facilities are well maintained, suitable for our business and occupy sufficient space to meet our operating needs. As part of our normal business, we regularly evaluate sales center performance and site suitability.

The CDW trademark and certain variations thereon are registered, or subject to pending trademark applications. We believe our trademarks have significant value and are important factors in our marketing programs. In addition, we own domain names, including cdw.com and cdwg.com, for our primary trademarks. Finally, we have unregistered copyrights in our website content.

The directors of Parent, the managers of CDW Holdings and CDW LLC and our executive officers are set forth below:

John A. Edwardson serves as our Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, and as a manager of CDW Holdings and CDW LLC and a director of Parent. Mr. Edwardson intends to retire as our Chief Executive Officer effective October 1, 2011, after which he will continue to serve as our Chairman. Mr. Edwardson has served as our Chairman and Chief Executive Officer since joining us in 2001. Prior to joining CDW in 2001, Mr. Edwardson served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Burns International Services Corporation from 1999 until 2000. Mr. Edwardson previously served as a Director and President from 1994 to 1998 and Chief Operating Officer from 1995 to 1998 of UAL Corporation and United Airlines. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of FedEx Corporation. Mr. Edwardson is a graduate of Purdue University where he earned a bachelor’s degree and a graduate of the University of Chicago where he earned a Master of Business Administration. As a result of these and other professional experiences, Mr. Edwardson possesses particular knowledge and experience in strategic planning and leadership of complex organizations and board practices of other major corporations that strengthen the Board’s collective qualifications, skills and experience.

Thomas E. Richards serves as our President and Chief Operating Officer, and as a manager of CDW Holdings and CDW LLC. Our Board has elected Mr. Richards to succeed Mr. Edwardson as our Chief Executive Officer effective October 1, 2011. Mr. Richards joined CDW in September 2009, and is responsible for sales, services, product and partner management, marketing and e-commerce. Prior to joining CDW, Mr. Richards held leadership positions with Qwest Communications, a telecommunications carrier. From 2008 to 2009, he served as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, where he was responsible for the day-to-day operation and performance of Qwest Communications, and before assuming that role, was the Executive Vice President of the Business Markets Group from 2005 to 2008. Mr. Richards has also served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Clear Communications Corporation and as Executive Vice President of Ameritech Corporation. Mr. Richards is a graduate of the University of Pittsburgh where he earned a bachelor’s degree and a graduate of Massachusetts Institute of Technology where he earned a Master of Science in Management as a Sloan Fellow. As a result of these and other professional experiences, Mr. Richards possesses particular knowledge and experience in technology industries, strategic planning and leadership of complex organizations that strengthen the Board’s collective qualifications, skills and experience.

Dennis G. Berger serves as our Senior Vice President and Chief Coworker Services Officer. Mr. Berger joined CDW in September 2005 as Vice President—Coworker Services. In January 2007, he was named Senior Vice President and Chief Coworker Services Officer. Mr. Berger is responsible for leading CDW’s programs in coworker

learning and development, benefits, compensation, performance management, coworker relations and talent acquisition. Prior to joining CDW, he served as Vice President of Human Resources at PepsiAmericas, a beverage company, from 2002 to 2005. Mr. Berger has also held human resources positions of increasing responsibility at Pepsi Bottling Group, Inc., Pepsico, Inc. and GTE Corporation. Mr. Berger serves on the Board of Directors for the Human Resources Management Association of Chicago, Glenwood School for Boys and Girls, Chicago SCORES and Anti-Defamation League of Chicago. Mr. Berger is a graduate of Northeastern University where he earned a bachelor’s degree and a graduate of Washington University in St. Louis where he earned a Master of Business Administration.

Neal J. Campbell serves as our Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer. Mr. Campbell joined CDW in January 2011, and is responsible for the strategy and development of CDW’s advertising, public relations, channel marketing, marketing intelligence and research, merchandising, microsites, creative services and direct marketing content, along with relationship marketing, corporate communications and e-commerce initiatives including content development, online marketing and e-procurement. Prior to joining CDW, Mr. Campbell served as Chief Executive Officer of TrafficCast, a provider of real-time and predictive traffic information to Google, Yahoo and others from 2008 to 2011. From 2006 to 2008, he served as Executive Vice President and General Manager – Strategic Marketing and Next Generation Products for ISCO International, a manufacturer of wireless telecommunications components. Mr. Campbell also spent 17 years with Motorola, most recently as Vice President and General Manager, GSM Portfolio Marketing and Planning for the company’s mobile device business. Mr. Campbell is a graduate of Bradley University where he earned a bachelor’s degree and a graduate of Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management where he earned a Master of Business Administration.

Douglas E. Eckrote serves as our Senior Vice President of Strategic Solutions and Services and is responsible for our technology specialist teams focusing on servers and storage, unified communications, security, wireless, power and cooling, networking, software licensing and mobility solutions. He also holds responsibility for CDW Canada, Inc. Mr. Eckrote joined CDW in 1989 as an account manager. Mr. Eckrote was appointed Director of Operations in 1996, Vice President of Operations in 1999 and Senior Vice President of Purchasing in April 2001. In October 2001, he was named Senior Vice President of Purchasing and Operations. He was named Senior Vice President of Operations, Services and Canada in 2006 and assumed his current role in 2009. Prior to joining CDW, Eckrote worked in outside sales for Arrow Electronics and Cintas Uniform Company. From 2003 to 2009, Mr. Eckrote served on the Board of Directors for the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Illinois, completing the last two years as Board Chair and currently serves on the Make-A-Wish Foundation of America National Chapter Performance Committee. Mr. Eckrote also served on the Board of Directors for the Center for Enriched Living from 2002-2008, serving as Vice President from 2004-2005, President from 2006-2008 and currently serves as Board Emeritus. Mr. Eckrote is a graduate of Purdue University where he earned a bachelor’s degree and a graduate of Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management where he earned an Executive Master of Business Administration.

Ann E. Ziegler joined CDW in April 2008 as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining CDW, Ms. Ziegler spent 15 years at Sara Lee Corporation (“Sara Lee”), a global consumer goods company, in a number of executive roles including finance, mergers and acquisitions, strategy and general management positions in both U.S. and international businesses. Most recently, from 2005 until April 2008, Ms. Ziegler served as Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President of Administration for Sara Lee Food and Beverage. Prior to joining Sara Lee, Ms. Ziegler was a corporate attorney at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom. Ms. Ziegler serves on the boards of directors of Hanesbrands, Inc. and The Chicago Shakespeare Theatre. During the previous five years, Ms. Ziegler also served on the board of directors of Unitrin, Inc. Ms. Ziegler is a graduate of The College of William and Mary where she earned a bachelor’s degree and a graduate of the University of Chicago Law School where she earned her Juris Doctor.

Christine A. Leahy serves as our Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary and is responsible for our legal, corporate governance, enterprise risk management and compliance functions. Ms. Leahy joined CDW in January 2002 as Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary. In January of 2007, she was named Senior Vice President. Before joining CDW, Ms. Leahy served as a corporate partner in the Chicago office of Sidley Austin LLP where she specialized in corporate governance, securities law, mergers and acquisitions and strategic counseling. Ms. Leahy serves on the Board of Trustees of Children’s Home and Aid. Ms. Leahy is a graduate of Brown University where she earned a bachelor’s degree and a graduate of Boston College Law School where she earned her Juris Doctor. She also completed the CEO Perspective and Women’s Director Development Programs at Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management.

Jonathan J. Stevens serves as our Senior Vice President of Operations and Chief Information Officer. Mr. Stevens joined CDW in June 2001 as Vice President—Information Technology, was named Chief Information Officer in January 2002 and Vice President—International and Chief Information Officer from 2005 until December 2006. In January 2007, he was named Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer and assumed his current role in November 2009. Mr. Stevens is responsible for the strategic direction of our information technology. Additionally, he holds responsibility for our distribution centers, transportation, facilities, customer relations, operational excellence and the business technology center. Prior to joining CDW, Mr. Stevens served as regional technology director for Avanade, an international technology integration company formed through a joint venture between Microsoft and Accenture from 2000 to 2001. Prior to that, Mr. Stevens was a principal with Microsoft Consulting Services and led an information technology group for a corporate division of AT&T/NCR. Mr. Stevens is a graduate of the University of Dayton where he earned a bachelor’s degree.

Christina V. Rother serves as our Senior Vice President of Sales and is responsible for managing all aspects of our corporate and public sector sales forces, including sales force strategy, structure, goals, revenue generation and training and development. Ms. Rother joined CDW in 1991 as an account manager. In 2002, she was appointed Vice President for Education and State and Local Sales. In 2005, she was chosen to lead our newly formed healthcare sales team. She was promoted to Group Vice President in 2006 for CDW Government LLC until assuming her current roles as our Senior Vice President and President of CDW Government LLC in 2009. Prior to joining CDW, Ms. Rother held a number of sales positions with technology companies including Laser Computers and Price Electronics. Ms. Rother serves on the Board of Directors for the Associated Colleges of Illinois and the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Illinois. Ms. Rother is a graduate of the University of Illinois at Chicago where she earned a bachelor’s degree.

Matthew A. Troka serves as our Senior Vice President of Product and Partner Management. Mr. Troka is responsible for managing our relationships with all of our vendor partners. In addition, he directs the day-to-day operations of our purchasing department. Mr. Troka joined CDW in 1992 as an account manager and became a sales manager in 1995. From 1998 to 2001, he served as Corporate Sales Director. From 2001 to 2004, Mr. Troka was Senior Director of Purchasing. From 2004 to 2006, Mr. Troka served as Vice President of Purchasing. From 2006 to 2011, Mr. Troka was Vice President of Product and Partner Management. On March 3, 2011, Mr. Troka was elected Senior Vice President of Product and Partner Management. He also is Chairman of the CDW Supplier Diversity Advisory Council. Mr. Troka serves as a member of the Board of Directors for Rainbows for All Children. Mr. Troka is a graduate of the University of Illinois where he earned a bachelor’s degree.

Steven W. Alesio serves as a manager of CDW Holdings and CDW LLC. Mr. Alesio serves as a Senior Advisor at Providence Equity. Prior to joining Providence Equity in December 2010, Mr. Alesio was most recently Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Dun & Bradstreet Corporation (“D&B”), a provider of credit information on businesses and corporations. After joining D&B in January 2001 as Senior Vice President, Mr. Alesio served in various senior leadership positions. In May 2002, Mr. Alesio was named President and Chief Operating Officer, and was elected to the Board of Directors. In January 2005, Mr. Alesio was chosen to be the Chief Executive Officer, and in May of 2005, he became Chairman of the Board, a position he held until his departure in June 2010. Prior to joining D&B, Mr. Alesio spent 19 years with the American Express Company, where he served in marketing and then general management roles. Mr. Alesio serves on the board of directors of Genworth Financial, Inc. Mr. Alesio is the founding sponsor and Senior Advisor for the non-profit, All Stars Project of New Jersey, which provides outside-of-school leadership development and performance-based education programming to thousands of inner-city young people in Newark and its surrounding communities. Mr. Alesio is a graduate of St. Francis College where he earned a bachelor’s degree and a graduate of University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School where he earned a Master of Business Administration. As a result of these and other professional experiences, Mr. Alesio possesses particular knowledge and experience in strategic planning and leadership of complex organizations and board practices of other major corporations that strengthen the Board’s collective qualifications, skills and experience.

Barry K. Allen serves as a manager of CDW Holdings and CDW LLC. Mr. Allen serves as Senior Advisor at Providence Equity. Prior to joining Providence Equity in 2007, Mr. Allen was Executive Vice President of Operations at Qwest Communications International, a telecommunications carrier. Before his retirement from Qwest in June 2007, Mr. Allen was responsible for the company’s network and information technology operations. Prior to being named Executive Vice President of Operations in March 2004, he served as Qwest’s Executive Vice President of Operations and Chief Human Resources Officer. Before joining Qwest in August 2002, Mr. Allen was President of Allen Enterprises, a private equity investment and management company he founded in 2000. Previously, he served

as President of Chicago-based Ameritech Corp., where he began his career in 1974 and held a variety of executive appointments including President and Chief Executive Officer of Wisconsin Bell and President and Chief Executive Officer of Illinois Bell. Before starting at Ameritech, Mr. Allen served in the U.S. Army where he reached the rank of Captain. Mr. Allen serves on the boards of directors of Harley Davidson (Chairman of the Board), Bell Canada Enterprises, the Fiduciary Management family of mutual funds, Telcordia Technologies, Inc. and World Triathlon Corporation. He has also served as a board member for many civic organizations, including the Greater Milwaukee Committee, currently the Boys and Girls Club of Milwaukee, Junior Achievement of Wisconsin, Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin and United Way in Milwaukee. Mr. Allen is a graduate of the University of Kentucky where he earned a bachelor’s degree and a graduate of Boston University where he earned a Master of Business Administration, with honors. As a result of these and other professional experiences, Mr. Allen possesses particular knowledge and experience in technology industries, strategic planning and leadership of complex organizations, and board practices of other major corporations that strengthen the Board’s collective qualifications, skills and experience.

Benjamin D. Chereskin serves as a manager of CDW Holdings and CDW LLC. Mr. Chereskin is President of Profile Capital Management LLC (“Profile Capital”), an investment management firm. Prior to founding Profile Capital, Mr. Chereskin was a Managing Director of Madison Dearborn, having co-founded the firm in 1993. Prior to the founding of Madison Dearborn, Mr. Chereskin was with First Chicago Venture Capital for nine years. Mr. Chereskin currently serves on the Board of Directors of BF Bolthouse Holdco LLC, Cinemark, Inc., Tuesday Morning Corporation, University of Chicago Laboratory School and KIPP-Chicago and on the Board of Trustees of University of Chicago Medical School. During the previous five years, Mr. Chereskin also served as a director of Carrols Restaurant Group, Inc. Mr. Chereskin is a graduate of Harvard College where he earned a bachelor’s degree and a graduate of the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration where he earned a Master of Business Administration. As a result of these and other professional experiences, Mr. Chereskin possesses particular knowledge and experience in accounting, finance and capital market transactions, strategic planning and leadership of complex organizations, and board practices of other major corporations that strengthen the Board’s collective qualifications, skills and experience.

Glenn M. Creamer serves as a manager of CDW Holdings and CDW LLC. Mr. Creamer is a Senior Managing Director of Providence Equity. Prior to the founding of Providence Equity in 1989, Mr. Creamer was a Vice President of Narragansett Capital, which he joined in 1988. Mr. Creamer has also worked in investment banking at Merrill Lynch and JPMorgan. Mr. Creamer currently is a director of Telcordia Technologies. He also serves as a director of various non-profit boards, including Catholic Relief Services, Mustard Seed Communities USA and the Rhode Island School of Design Museum. During the previous five years, Mr. Creamer also served as a director of Medical Media Holdings. Mr. Creamer is a graduate of Brown University where he earned a bachelor’s degree and a graduate of Harvard Business School where he earned a Master of Business Administration. As a result of these and other professional experiences, Mr. Creamer possesses particular knowledge and experience in accounting, finance and capital market transactions, strategic planning and leadership of complex organizations, and board practices of other major corporations that strengthen the Board’s collective qualifications, skills and experience.

Michael J. Dominguez serves as a manager of CDW Holdings and CDW LLC and a director of Parent. Mr. Dominguez is a Managing Director of Providence Equity. Prior to joining Providence Equity in 1998, Mr. Dominguez worked for Salomon Smith Barney in corporate finance. Previously, Mr. Dominguez held positions with Morgan Stanley and was a senior consultant at Andersen Consulting. Currently, Mr. Dominguez also serves on the Board of Directors of AutoTrader.com and ZeniMax Media Inc. During the past five years, Mr. Dominguez also served as a director for Bresnan Communications, Freedom Communications and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. Mr. Dominguez is a graduate of Bucknell University where he earned a bachelor’s degree and a graduate of Harvard Business School where he earned a Master of Business Administration. As a result of these and other professional experiences, Mr. Dominguez possesses particular knowledge and experience in accounting, finance and capital market transactions, strategic planning and leadership of complex organizations, and board practices of other major corporations that strengthen the Board’s collective qualifications, skills and experience.

Paul J. Finnegan serves as a manager of CDW Holdings and CDW LLC and a director of Parent. Mr. Finnegan is the Co-CEO of Madison Dearborn and co-founded the firm in 1992. Prior to co-founding Madison Dearborn, Mr. Finnegan was with First Chicago Venture Capital for ten years. Previously, he held a variety of marketing positions in the publishing industry, both in the United States and in Southeast Asia. Mr. Finnegan has more than 27 years of experience in private equity investing with a particular focus on investments in the

communications industry. Mr. Finnegan is a member of the Board of Overseers of Harvard College and Past President of the Harvard Alumni Association. He is also a member of the Board of Dean’s Advisors at the Harvard Business School and of the Leadership Council of the Harvard School of Public Health. Mr. Finnegan is a member of the Board of Directors of the Chicago Council on Global Affairs. He is the Chairman of Teach For America in Chicago, a member of Teach For America’s National Board, and the Chairman of the Community Works Advisory Committee of the Evanston Community Foundation. During the previous five years, Mr. Finnegan has also served as a director for iPlan, LLC, Rural Cellular Corporation, Council Tree Hispanic Broadcasters, LLC and PAETEC Communications, Inc. Mr. Finnegan is a graduate of Harvard College where he earned a bachelor’s degree and a graduate of Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration where he earned a Master of Business Administration. As a result of these and other professional experiences, Mr. Finnegan possesses particular knowledge and experience in strategic planning and leadership of complex organizations and board practices of other major corporations that strengthen the Board’s collective qualifications, skills and experience.

Robin P. Selati serves as a manager of CDW Holdings and CDW LLC. Mr. Selati is a Managing Director of Madison Dearborn and joined the firm in 1993. Before 1993, Mr. Selati was with Alex. Brown & Sons Incorporated. Mr. Selati currently serves on the Board of Directors of BF Bolthouse Holdco LLC, Ruth’s Hospitality Group, Inc. and The Yankee Candle Company, Inc. During the previous five years, Mr. Selati also served as a director for Tuesday Morning Corporation, Carrols Restaurant Group, Inc., Pierre Holding Corp., Family Christian Stores, Inc., NWL Holdings, Inc. and Cinemark, Inc. Mr. Selati is a graduate of Yale University where he earned a bachelor’s degree and a graduate of the Stanford University Graduate School of Business where he earned a Master of Business Administration. As a result of these and other professional experiences, Mr. Selati possesses particular knowledge and experience in accounting, finance and capital market transactions, strategic planning and leadership of complex organizations, and board practices of other major corporations that strengthen the Board’s collective qualifications, skills and experience.

Donna F. Zarcone serves as a manager of CDW Holdings and CDW LLC. Ms. Zarcone is the President and Chief Executive Officer of D. F. Zarcone & Associates LLC, an advisory firm. Prior to founding D. F. Zarcone & Associates, Ms. Zarcone was President and Chief Operating Officer of Harley-Davidson Financial Services, Inc., a provider of wholesale and retail financing, credit card and insurance services for dealers and customers of Harley-Davidson. After joining Harley-Davidson in June 1994 as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Ms. Zarcone was named President and Chief Operating Officer in August 1998. Prior to joining Harley-Davidson, Ms. Zarcone served as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of Chrysler Systems Leasing, Inc. from November 1982 through June 1994 and in various management roles at KPMG/Peat Marwick from May 1979 through November 1982. Ms. Zarcone serves on the board of directors of Cigna Corporation, The Jones Group Inc., The Duchossois Group and Wrightwood Capital. She also serves as a board member on various civic and professional organizations, including the Economic Club of Chicago, National Association of Corporate Directors – Chicago Chapter, University of Chicago Booth School of Business Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship, the Chicago Club and Hyde Park Angels. Ms. Zarcone is a graduate of Illinois State University where she earned a bachelor’s degree and a graduate of University of Chicago Booth School of Business where she earned a Masters of Business Administration. Ms. Zarcone is also a certified public accountant. As a result of these and other professional experiences, Ms. Zarcone possesses particular knowledge and experience in accounting, finance, strategic planning and leadership of complex organizations, and board practices of other major corporations that strengthen the Board’s collective qualifications, skills and experience.

The board of managers of each of CDW Holdings and CDW LLC is currently composed of ten managers. The board of directors of Parent is currently composed of three directors. Because affiliates of Madison Dearborn and Providence Equity own approximately 94.8% of the voting common units of CDW Holdings, we would be a “controlled company” within the meaning of Rule 5615 of the Nasdaq Marketplace Rules, which would qualify us for exemptions from certain corporate governance rules of The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc., including the requirement that the board of directors be composed of a majority of independent directors.

Our audit committee currently consists of Messrs. Dominguez and Selati and Ms. Zarcone. Our audit committee has responsibility for, among other things, the quality of our financial reporting and internal control processes, our independent auditor’s performance and qualification and the performance or our internal audit function.

Our compensation committee currently consists of Messrs. Alesio, Allen, Chereskin, Creamer, Dominguez and Selati. Our compensation committee has responsibility for, among other things, review and approval of executive compensation, review and approval of equity compensation and review of trends in management compensation.

Our corporate governance committee currently consists of Messrs. Dominguez and Selati. Our corporate governance committee has responsibility for, among other things, review and approval of the size of our Board, review of corporate governance guidelines, and oversight of programs for our managers.

None of our executive officers has served as a member of the board of directors or compensation committee of another entity that had one or more of its executive officers serving as a member of any of our boards of managers or boards of directors.

This Compensation Discussion and Analysis provides an overview of the Company’s executive compensation philosophy and the material elements of compensation earned by our Named Executive Officers with respect to 2010.

Our Named Executive Officers consist of our Chief Executive Officer, our Chief Financial Officer and our three other most highly compensated executive officers. For 2010, these Named Executive Officers are:

On October 12, 2007, we were acquired by a company controlled by investment funds affiliated with the Equity Sponsors and we ceased, at that time, being a public company subject to SEC and stock exchange listing rules (the “Acquisition”). Following the Acquisition, the Compensation Committees of CDW Holdings (our ultimate parent company) and CDW LLC collectively have responsibility for determining the compensation of our Named Executive Officers. The two Compensation Committees are comprised of the same members, each of whom was appointed by the Equity Sponsors. For purposes of this Compensation Discussion and Analysis, these two Compensation Committees are collectively referred to as the “Committee.”

In 2010, the Company registered public debt with the SEC, again subjecting the Company to certain SEC rules and disclosure requirements.

The Committee believes that the Company’s executive compensation programs should reward actions and behaviors that drive long-term, profitable revenue growth at above-market rates while also rewarding the achievement of short-term performance goals. The following objectives are grounded in a pay-for-performance philosophy and provide a framework for the Company’s executive compensation programs:

These objectives guided the decisions made by the Committee with respect to 2010 executive compensation.

Since the Acquisition, the Company has continued to utilize the peer group established prior to the Acquisition. Historically, each of the companies in the Company’s peer group met one or more of the following criteria: (i) operated in the same line of business as the Company; (ii) operated “close” to the Company’s line of business; (iii) operated in a business-to-business distribution environment; or (iv) competed with the Company for talent.

Compensation data with respect to the peer group is compiled by Aon Hewitt, a global human capital consulting and outsourcing firm. To account for the differences in revenue size between the members of the peer group and the Company, the compensation data in the peer group analysis is statistically adjusted by Aon Hewitt on the basis of revenue. This allows the Committee to review the compensation data on a size-adjusted basis. The peer group considered by the committee in setting 2010 executive compensation consisted of the following companies:

As our business model continued to evolve following the Acquisition to that of a multi-brand technology solutions provider, the Committee felt it appropriate to supplement the peer group with data taken from a technology industry survey of approximately 1,000 companies prepared by Radford, a leading provider of compensation market data. For Mr. Edwardson, the peer group is the primary market data source, given the availability of chief executive officer compensation data in public filings, and the compensation survey data provides a supplemental viewpoint. For the other Named Executive Officers, the peer group data and compensation survey data are weighted equally in the Committee’s analysis of market pay practices. For purposes of this Compensation Discussion and Analysis, the peer group data and compensation survey data are collectively referred to as “market data.”

Historically, amounts paid or awarded to the Named Executive Officers have been based on individual and Company performance, and market data has been used by the Committee to provide a perspective on executive compensation. In order to evaluate the competitiveness and reasonableness of the Company’s executive compensation program, the Committee compares base salary to the market 50th percentile, and total target cash compensation and total compensation, including long-term incentive opportunity, to a market range of the 50th to 75th percentile. The total cash compensation opportunity for an executive is generally set to provide above market median total cash compensation for performance above market growth rate expectations. In conjunction with market data, the Committee also considers the executive’s overall responsibilities, individual performance against Company goals and leadership impact when establishing appropriate compensation levels.

The Committee is responsible for all compensation decisions for our Named Executive Officers. The Company’s Chief Executive Officer, John A. Edwardson, annually reviews the performance of each executive officer and makes recommendations based on these reviews to the Committee.

The Company’s executive compensation program consists of the following principal elements:

Base salaries are included in the Company’s total compensation package to provide a portion of compensation in the form of fixed cash. The Committee generally sets base salaries for executives, including the Named Executive Officers, below the market median of salaries for executives in similar positions and with similar responsibilities at companies included in the market data. Aligned with our compensation philosophy, a large

proportion of executives’ total target cash compensation is non-fixed, or variable, to provide a strong connection between pay and performance. Accordingly, in 2010, Mr. Edwardson’s base salary was 39% of his total target cash compensation, and base salaries for the other Named Executive Officers ranged from 28% to 42% of their total target cash compensation.

In light of the continuing uncertainty in the general market, Mr. Edwardson recommended that there be no increases to the base salaries from the levels established in 2009 for any of the Named Executive Officers. Based on this recommendation, none of the Named Executive Officers received an increase in base salary for 2010.

CDW provides its senior management with short-term incentive compensation through its annual cash bonus program, the Senior Management Incentive Plan (“SMIP”). Short-term compensation under SMIP is a significant component of an executive’s total target cash compensation opportunity in a given year.

As noted above, the Committee generally assesses an executive’s total target cash compensation for competitiveness and reasonableness against the market data. The total cash compensation opportunity for an executive is generally set to provide above market median total cash compensation for performance above market growth rate expectations. Because the Named Executive Officer base salary levels historically have been below the 50th percentile of the market data, the Committee has long relied on SMIP to provide a significant component of the Named Executive Officer’s total target cash compensation. For 2010, in light of the continued uncertainty in the general market, the Committee did not increase the SMIP target award levels from those set for 2009 for the Named Executive Officers other than Ms. Ziegler and Ms. Leahy. The Committee approved an increase to Ms. Ziegler’s SMIP target from $630,000 to $700,000 and Ms. Leahy’s SMIP target from $365,000 to $400,000 to position their total target cash compensation more competitively in the market. For 2010, Mr. Edwardson’s SMIP target award represented 61% of his total target cash compensation, and SMIP target awards for our other Named Executive Officers ranged from 58% to 72% of their respective total target cash compensation.

In establishing annual performance goals under SMIP, the Committee undertakes a rigorous review and analysis to ensure that the performance goals correlate to above market performance. Factors considered by the Committee in establishing the performance goals include projected market growth rates and the Company’s market share gains, productivity and investments.

The Committee believed that a combination of Adjusted EBITDA and market share performance was the most meaningful measure of the Company’s 2010 performance for its stakeholders because together they take into account not only the Company’s absolute performance but also performance relative to the market. Adjusted EBITDA is a non-GAAP financial measure. See “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” for further information regarding the calculation of Adjusted EBITDA.

For 2010, the Committee set the annual Adjusted EBITDA performance goal at $500 million, an aggressive level that required Company performance to be above projected market growth rates. Additionally, the threshold payout level was set so as to require the Company to meet or exceed prior year Adjusted EBITDA results for any incentive payments to be made to senior management under SMIP. The Committee also included a market share factor as a mechanism to adjust payments under SMIP. This design feature adjusts SMIP awards based on the Company’s financial and operational success relative to market.

In operation, therefore, payment of awards under SMIP for performance during 2010 was guided by three principles:

The SMIP payout curve had a payout range from 0% to 200% of each participant’s target SMIP award for performance between 93.1% and 125% of the Adjusted EBITDA goal, with different levels of payout for increased or constant/decreased market share, and no payout if the Company failed to achieve 2009 Adjusted EBITDA performance. The threshold, target and maximum payout opportunities under the SMIP payout curve are set forth below:

In 2010, the Committee determined that the Company had achieved 120% of its Adjusted EBITDA performance goal and the Company’s market share grew, resulting in a payout percentage of 190% of each Named Executive Officer’s bonus target. As indicated by these results, the Company performed well during 2010. Although that success, to some extent, was a function of the overall economy’s recovery in 2010, as indicated by the Company’s increase in market share, the Company’s financial and operational success was, to a greater extent, a direct result of the Company’s ability to continue to effectively serve its customers and the Company’s success in maintaining the cost structure and discipline that it instituted during the economic downturn.

The table below sets forth the SMIP payouts to each of the Named Executive Officers based upon 2010 performance:

The Equity Sponsors believe that members of senior management should hold a personally significant interest in the equity of the Company to align their interests and the interests of our stakeholders. As described below, the Equity Sponsors implemented their management investment philosophy by requiring members of senior management to invest in the Company and by establishing a “profits-interest program.” “Profits-interest programs” are common practice in portfolio companies of private equity firms and allow participants to share in increases in the equity value of the Company.

The Equity Sponsors’ investment in the Company is held in the form of Class A Common Units of CDW Holdings (“A Units”). Each of our current Named Executive Officers who was with the Company at the time of the Acquisition was required to invest in the Company by purchasing A Units with cash, by exchanging shares of CDW stock for A Units equivalent in value, or on a deferred basis by deferring certain of their 2007 compensation into deferred A Units.

The Company granted Class B Common Units of CDW Holdings (“B Units”) in 2007 to each of our current Named Executive Officers who were with the Company at the time of the Acquisition. The Committee also has the authority to grant B Units to new members of senior management and additional B Units to current members of senior management. The Committee granted B Units to Mr. Richards and Ms. Ziegler in connection with the commencement of their employment in 2009 and 2008, respectively. In March 2010, the Committee awarded Mr. Edwardson and Ms. Ziegler an additional 7,660 B Units and 1,766 B Units, respectively. In determining the size of the awards, the Committee considered market data and, in the case of Mr. Edwardson, the fact that Mr. Edwardson was not a participant in the Restricted Debt Unit Plan, the other component of the Company’s long-term incentive program.

A Units and B Units each represent an equity interest in CDW Holdings. Prior to 2010, however, there was one significant difference between the two instruments. Specifically, the B Units had what was called a “participation threshold.” That is, the B Units would only share in equity appreciation above a specific pre-defined value. This placed the B Units in a secondary position to the A Units in that in any event in which the equity was valued and paid out, holders of the B Units would be paid only if an amount at least equal to the participation threshold had first been allocated to the A Units. The A Units and the B Units would share equally in valuation amounts, if any, above the participation threshold. As the economy and general market conditions deteriorated significantly in 2008 and 2009, the value of the B Units held by senior management under the Company’s long-term incentive program was severely diminished. In mid 2009, the Committee began to consider various alternatives for restoring the effectiveness of the Company’s long-term incentive program by providing key leaders with a more meaningful interest in, and reward for, driving the growth and long-term value of the Company. The Committee’s goal was to retain critical talent and to motivate key leaders to drive the long-term success of the Company. In considering modifications to the long-term incentive program, the Committee reviewed each executive’s total target compensation, including the overall long-term incentive opportunity, compared to the market data. See “—Establishing and Evaluating Executive Compensation—Market Comparisons” for further information regarding the market data.

As a result of such review, early in 2010, the Committee recommended, and the Board approved, amendments to the B Unit program. The amendments effectively eliminated the B Unit participation threshold for all B Units outstanding at that time. As a result of this change, A Units and the B Units outstanding at the time of the modification are in all material respects on an equal footing. That is, increases in the equity value of the Company are shared equally by the two types of equity interests. Because the purpose of the amendments was to drive future increases in the equity value of the Company, as part of the changes, the Board required that the vesting of all B Units, including those that had previously vested, be reset so that all B Units became subject to a new five-year vesting period, commencing on January 1, 2010.

The modification to the B Unit program affected all current participants in the B Unit program, including all of the Named Executive Officers. For additional information about the deferred A Units and B Units granted to the Named Executive Officers, see the narrative accompanying the “Grants of Plan-Based Awards Table,” the table entitled “2010 Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End” and the “2010 Units Vested Table” below.

In connection with its review of the long-term incentive program, the Committee recommended, and the Board approved, the establishment of a Restricted Debt Unit Plan (the “RDU Plan”) which was designed to retain key leaders and focus them on driving the long-term success of the Company. The RDU Plan is an unfunded nonqualified deferred compensation plan. Participants in the RDU Plan were granted Restricted Debt Units (“RDUs”) in March 2010 that entitle the participant to a proportionate share of payments under the RDU Plan, determined by dividing the number of RDUs held by the participant by 28,500, which is the total number of RDUs available under the RDU Plan. Each RDU represents $1,000 of face value of the Existing Senior Subordinated Notes.

The RDUs vest on a pro rata basis over the three-year period commencing January 1, 2012 through December 31, 2014. The RDUs are designed to track two components of the Existing Senior Subordinated Notes, a principal component and an interest component. However, the participants have no rights to the underlying debt. The total amount of compensation available under the RDU Plan is based on these two components. The principal component credits the RDU Plan with an amount equal to $28.5 million face value of the Existing Senior Subordinated Notes (the “debt pool”). Payment of the principal component under the RDU Plan will be made to participants on October 12, 2017, unless accelerated due to a sale of the Company. The interest component credits the RDU Plan with amounts equal to the interest that would have been earned on the debt pool from March 10, 2010 through maturity (October 12, 2017). These amounts will be paid to participants on the interest payment dates, except that amounts for 2010 and 2011 are deferred until 2012. At the time the Company implemented the RDU Plan, the Company repurchased and retired $28.5 million principal amount of the Senior Subordinated Bridge Loans. The Company purchased the debt at a discount to the face value, which effectively reduced the overall cost of the RDU Plan to the Company.

There are currently 26 participants in the RDU Plan, including each of the Named Executive Officers other than Mr. Edwardson. Mr. Edwardson did not participate in the RDU Plan because he, as noted above, received additional B Units. The table below sets forth the number of RDUs received by each Named Executive Officer. In determining the size of the RDU awards, the Committee considered market data with respect to total target compensation and long-term incentive opportunity.

For additional information regarding the operation of the RDU Plan and the RDUs granted to the Named Executive Officers, see the narrative accompanying the “2010 Non-Qualified Deferred Compensation” table and the “2010 Potential Payments Upon Termination or Change in Control” section.

The Company’s employment arrangements with each of the Named Executive Officers provide for payments and other benefits in connection with certain qualifying terminations of employment with the Company. The Committee believes that these arrangements: (i) help secure the continued employment and dedication of the Named Executive Officers; (ii) enhance the Company’s value to a potential acquirer because the Named Executive Officers have noncompetition, nonsolicitation and confidentiality provisions that apply after any termination of employment, including after a change in control of the Company; and (iii) are important as a recruitment and retention device, as many of the Companies with which we compete for executive talent have similar agreements in place for their senior management.

Additional information regarding the employment arrangements with each of the Named Executive Officers, including a quantification of benefits that would have been received by each Named Executive Officer had his or her employment terminated on December 31, 2010, is provided under “2010 Potential Payments Upon Termination or Change in Control.”

Our Named Executive Officers participate in the Company’s corporate-wide benefit programs. Our Named Executive Officers are provided benefits that are generally commensurate with the benefits provided to all full-time CDW coworkers, which includes participation in the Company’s qualified defined contribution plan. Consistent with the Company’s performance-based culture, the Company does not offer a service-based defined benefit pension plan or other similar benefits to its coworkers. Similarly, the Company does not provide nonqualified retirement programs or perquisites that are often provided at other companies to the Named Executive Officers.

The following table provides information regarding the compensation earned during the last two fiscal years by our Chief Executive Officer, our Chief Financial Officer and our three other most highly compensated executive officers, whom we collectively refer to as our “Named Executive Officers.”

The following table shows the possible payouts to our Named Executive Officers in 2010 under our SMIP, the 2010 grant of B Units to Mr. Edwardson and Ms. Ziegler and the number of units impacted by and incremental fair value resulting from the 2010 modifications to the B Unit program.

Narrative to Summary Compensation Table and Grants of Plan-Based Awards Table

On October 12, 2007, in connection with the Acquisition, the Company entered into an employment agreement with Mr. Edwardson, pursuant to which Mr. Edwardson agreed to continue to serve as the Company’s Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Edwardson’s employment agreement provides for, among other items, (i) an annual base

salary of $760,000 subject to merit increases, (ii) an annual incentive bonus target of not less than $1,000,000, and (iii) a one-time grant of approximately 54,500 B Units in 2007. The employment agreement also provides Mr. Edwardson with certain severance payments following a qualifying termination of employment. See “2010 Potential Payments upon Termination or Change in Control” below for a description of such severance payments.

With respect to the Named Executive Officers other than Mr. Edwardson, the Company has entered into compensation protection agreements with each Named Executive Officer that provide for payments and other benefits upon a qualifying termination of the Named Executive Officer. The terms of the Company’s form of compensation protection agreement are described in “2010 Potential Payments upon Termination or Change in Control.”

Please see the Compensation Discussion and Analysis for further information regarding the operation of the SMIP.

The B Unit program is a profits-interest compensation program that was designed to permit holders of B Units to share in the increase in the equity value of the Company above a pre-defined value for the A Units.

The B Units vest daily on a pro rata basis between the date of grant and the fifth anniversary of the date of grant if, and only if, the executive is, and has been, continuously employed by the Company or any of its subsidiaries, serving as a manager or director of the Company or its subsidiaries, or providing services to the Company or any of its subsidiaries as an advisor or consultant. Immediately prior to a sale of the Company, all unvested B Units shall immediately vest if the executive is, and has been, continuously employed by or providing services to the Company or its subsidiaries as of the date of the transaction.

As noted in the Compensation Discussion and Analysis, in March 2010, the Committee awarded Mr. Edwardson and Ms. Ziegler 7,660 B Units and 1,766 B Units, respectively. In addition, early in 2010, the Committee recommended, and the Board approved, amendments to the B Unit program. The incremental fair value associated with the modification of the B Unit program is reported in the “2010 Summary Compensation Table” and “2010 Grants of Plan-Based Awards” table. Please see the Compensation Discussion and Analysis for further information regarding the 2010 B Unit grants to Mr. Edwardson and Ms. Ziegler and the modification to the B Unit program.

The following table summarizes the number and value of unvested equity awards held by each Named Executive Officer on December 31, 2010.

The following table summarizes the value of equity that vested during 2010 for the Named Executive Officers.

The following table and accompanying narrative provides information regarding the Company’s Restricted Debt Unit Plan (the “RDU Plan”) and deferred unit program.

As noted in the Compensation Discussion and Analysis, in connection with its review of the long-term incentive program, the Committee recommended, and the Board approved, the establishment of the RDU Plan. The RDU Plan is an unfunded nonqualified deferred compensation plan. Participants in the RDU Plan were granted RDUs in March 2010 that entitle the participant to a proportionate share of payments under the RDU Plan, determined by dividing the number of RDUs held by the participant by 28,500, which is the total number of RDUs available under the RDU Plan. Each RDU represents $1,000 of face value of the Existing Senior Subordinated Notes.

The RDUs are designed to track two components of the Existing Senior Subordinated Notes, a principal component and an interest component. However, participants have no rights to the underlying debt. The total amount of compensation available under the RDU Plan is based on these two components. The principal component credits the RDU Plan with an amount equal to $28.5 million face value of the Existing Senior Subordinated Notes (the “debt pool”). Payment of the principal component under the RDU Plan will be made to participants on October 12, 2017, unless accelerated as discussed in the “2010 Potential Payments upon Termination or Change in Control” section. The interest component credits the RDU Plan with amounts equal to the interest that would have been earned on the debt pool from March 10, 2010 through maturity (October 12, 2017). Payment of the interest component for the period from March 10, 2010 through December 31, 2011 will be made in January 2012, and payment of the interest component for periods starting after January 1, 2012 will be paid to participants semiannually on April 15 and October 15, unless accelerated as discussed in the “2010 Potential Payments upon Termination or Change in Control” section.

Participants vest in the principal component during employment on a pro rata basis over the three-year period commencing January 1, 2012 through December 31, 2014, unless accelerated as discussed in the “2010 Potential Payments upon Termination or Change in Control” section. Participants vest in the interest component for the period from March 10, 2010 through December 31, 2011 if they remain employed by the Company through December 31, 2011 and vest in the interest component for periods starting after January 1, 2012 as discussed in the “2010 Potential Payments upon Termination or Change in Control” section.

The principal and interest accrued on unallocated RDUs under the RDU Plan as of December 31, 2014 will be allocated to participants who are employed as of such date on a pro rata basis according to the number of RDUs held by each such participant compared to the total debt pool, unless accelerated as discussed in the “2010 Potential Payments upon Termination or Change in Control” section. Any RDUs allocated to participants on December 31, 2014 will be fully vested. Such principal and interest components allocated to each participant shall be paid on October 12, 2017, unless accelerated as discussed in the “2010 Potential Payments upon Termination or Change in Control” section.

See “2010 Potential Payments upon Termination or Change in Control” below for a discussion of the treatment of the RDUs upon certain terminations of employment or a sale of the Company.

As noted in the Compensation Discussion and Analysis, the Equity Sponsors believe that members of senior management should hold a personally significant interest in the equity of the Company to align their interests and the interests of our stakeholders. To implement this philosophy, the Equity Sponsors required that each of the Named Executive Officers who was with the Company at the time of the Acquisition purchase equity in the Company in the form of a cash investment in A Units and/or defer a portion of their compensation earned in 2007 into deferred A Units.

Pursuant to deferred unit purchase agreements dated October 12, 2007, Mr. Eckrote and Ms. Leahy elected to defer a portion of compensation earned in 2007 into deferred A Units to satisfy a portion of the management investment requirement implemented by the Equity Sponsors. The deferred A Units became fully vested as of December 31, 2007. In addition, Mr. Eckrote also converted his deferred compensation account under the Company’s prior nonqualified deferred compensation plan to deferred A Units which were fully vested on October 12, 2007.

The Company established separate notional accounts for Mr. Eckrote and Ms. Leahy with respect to their deferred units. Pursuant to the terms of the deferred unit purchase agreements, the deferred units were settled on October 12, 2010. Upon the settlement date, Mr. Eckrote and Ms. Leahy received A Units equivalent in value to the settled deferred units.

As noted above, we have entered into an employment agreement with Mr. Edwardson, which provides for certain payments and benefits upon a qualifying termination of employment. The remaining Named Executive Officers have entered into compensation protection agreements with the Company, which provide for certain payments and other benefits upon a qualifying termination of employment. In addition, each Named Executive Officer, other than Mr. Edwardson, is a participant in the RDU Plan and each Named Executive Officer is a participant in the Company’s B Unit program, both of which provide for accelerated vesting of RDUs or B Units, as applicable, upon certain termination events or a sale of the Company.

A description of the material terms of each of the employment arrangements, the RDU Plan and B Unit program as well as estimates of the payments and benefits each Named Executive Officer would receive upon a termination of employment or sale of the Company, are set forth below. The estimates have been calculated assuming a termination date of December 31, 2010 and are based upon the estimated market value of the Company’s B Units on that date of $155.89 per unit (based on an internal valuation taking into account various assumed transaction fees, including debt call premiums and make whole amounts) and the $1,000 face amount of an RDU. The amounts reported below are only estimates and actual payments and benefits to be paid upon a termination of a Named Executive Officer’s employment with the Company or sale of the Company under these arrangements can only be determined at the time of termination or sale of the Company.

All of the Named Executive Officers are bound by noncompetition agreements with the Company. Under his amended and restated employment agreement, Mr. Edwardson is bound by noncompetition and nonsolicitation provisions that apply through December 31, 2016 and confidentiality provisions that apply for an unlimited period of time following any termination of his employment. The remaining Named Executive Officers are bound by noncompetition and nonsolicitation provisions that apply for a period of twelve months (if the Named Executive Officer is not eligible for severance upon termination) or eighteen months (if the Named Executive Officer is eligible for severance upon termination) following any termination of employment and confidentiality provisions that apply for an unlimited period of time following any termination of employment. The noncompetition period for the Named Executive Officers under the B Unit agreements is 18 months.

We entered into an employment agreement with Mr. Edwardson on October 12, 2007 that provides for payments and other benefits in connection with the termination of his employment with the Company.

Under Mr. Edwardson’s currently effective agreement, if Mr. Edwardson’s employment is terminated due to Mr. Edwardson’s death or disability, Mr. Edwardson or his estate, as applicable, is entitled to receive the following payments and benefits under the employment agreement: (1) accrued base salary through the date of termination of employment; (2) the amount of any SMIP bonus earned and payable, but not yet paid, for the fiscal year prior to the year in which Mr. Edwardson’s termination of employment occurs; (3) any earned and unpaid portion of the SMIP bonus target determined as of the last day of the fiscal year in which Mr. Edwardson’s termination of employment occurs, prorated from the first day in such fiscal year through the date of Mr. Edwardson’s termination of employment; and (4) any employee benefits to which Mr. Edwardson is otherwise entitled. In addition, in the case of Mr. Edwardson’s termination due to death or disability, Mr. Edwardson’s Class B Common Unit grant agreement provides for the immediate vesting of the additional portion of his outstanding B Units that would vest over a period of one year from Mr. Edwardson’s termination of employment. If Mr. Edwardson’s employment is terminated by the Company for “cause” or by Mr. Edwardson without “good reason,” as defined in his employment agreement, Mr. Edwardson is entitled to receive the benefits described in (1), (2) and (4) above. If Mr. Edwardson’s employment is terminated by the Company without “cause” or by Mr. Edwardson for “good reason,” Mr. Edwardson is entitled to receive the payments and benefits described in (1) through (4) above and a lump sum payment of two times the sum of his base salary plus his average annual incentive bonus for the last three full fiscal years. There is no acceleration or continuation of vesting of the B Units for terminations other than on account of Mr. Edwardson’s death or disability.

On June 30, 2011, we amended and restated Mr. Edwardson’s employment agreement on June 30, 2011 in connection with his upcoming retirement and continued service as Chairman of the Board. The amended and restated agreement will become effective October 1, 2011. Under the amended and restated agreement, if Mr. Edwardson’s employment is terminated by the Company without “cause,” by Mr. Edwardson for “good reason” or due to disability, Mr. Edwardson will receive, in addition to the payments and benefits outlined in the previous paragraph, continuation of medical, dental and vision insurance until he becomes eligible for Medicare benefits, and full COBRA rights for his eligible dependents once he becomes eligible for Medicare benefits or, if earlier, upon his death.

On June 30, 2011, the Board also approved the terms of a Class B Grant Agreement modification letter with Mr. Edwardson. So long as Mr. Edwardson (1) is not terminated for “cause” or does not resign without “good reason” before December 31, 2012 or (2) is terminated without “cause” or resigns with “good reason” before December 31, 2012, Mr. Edwardson’s modified Class B Common Unit grant agreement provides that his unvested B Units will continue to vest in accordance with the vesting schedule set forth in his grant agreement (through 2014), subject to continuing compliance with certain covenants, even though he will cease to perform services for, or be employed by, the Company as of December 31, 2012.

With respect to the Named Executive Officers other than Mr. Edwardson, the Company has entered into compensation protection agreements with each Named Executive Officer that provide for payments and other benefits upon a qualifying termination of the Named Executive Officer. A qualifying termination means termination of the Named Executive Officer’s employment (1) by the Company other than (A) for “cause,” (B) the Named Executive Officer’s death or (C) the Named Executive Officer’s disability, or (2) by the Named Executive Officer for “good reason.”

If the employment of a Named Executive Officer other than Mr. Edwardson is terminated for any reason other than a qualifying termination of employment, the Named Executive Officer is entitled to receive his or her “accrued obligations.” Under the terms of the compensation protection agreement, accrued obligations include the following: (1) accrued and unpaid base salary; (2) any SMIP bonus, deferred compensation and other cash compensation accrued by the Named Executive Officer to the extent not paid as of the date of termination; and (3) and vacation pay, expense reimbursements and other cash entitlements accrued by the Named Executive Officer to the extent not paid as of the date of termination.

If the employment of a Named Executive Officer other than Mr. Edwardson is terminated due to the Named Executive Officer’s death or disability, the Named Executive Officer or his or her estate, as applicable, is entitled to receive the following payments under his or her compensation protection agreement: (1) accrued obligations as defined above and (2) an annual incentive bonus (based on the target bonus under the Company’s SMIP), prorated through the effective date of the Named Executive Officer’s termination of employment. In addition, in the case of termination due to the Named Executive Officer’s death or disability, each Named Executive Officer’s Class B Common Unit grant agreement provides for the immediate vesting of the additional portion of his outstanding B Units that would vest over a period of one year from such Named Executive Officer’s termination of employment.

If the employment of a Named Executive Officer other than Mr. Edwardson is terminated due to a qualifying termination, the Named Executive Officer is entitled to receive the following payments and benefits under his or her compensation protection agreement: (1) accrued obligations as defined above; (2) the portion of the unpaid SMIP bonus that the Named Executive Officer would have received had he or she remained employed by the Company for the full year in which the termination occurs, based on actual performance and prorated through the date of termination; (3) continuation in accordance with the Company’s regular payroll practices of the Named Executive Officer’s base salary for two years or, in the case Mr. Richards resigns for “good reason” in certain circumstances following an acquisition of the Company on or before December 31, 2011, three years; (4) payment of two times or, in the case Mr. Richards resigns for good reason in certain circumstances following an acquisition of the Company on or before December 31, 2011, three times the Named Executive Officer’s SMIP bonus that would have been earned had the Named Executive Officer remained employed by the Company for the full year in which the termination occurs, based on actual performance; (5) continuation of medical, dental, disability, accident, life insurance and other similar insurance coverage for two years or, in the case Mr. Richards resigns for good reason in certain circumstances following an acquisition of the Company on or before December 31, 2011, three years, or if earlier, the date that the Named Executive Officer became eligible for each such type of insurance coverage from a subsequent employer (provided, however, that if the Company is unable to provide such continuation benefits to the Named Executive Officer, the Company will reimburse and provide a tax-gross up for the cost associated with providing such benefits); and (6) outplacement services of up to $20,000. The receipt of all of the payments and benefits above, except payment

of accrued obligations, is conditioned upon the Named Executive Officer’s execution of a general release agreement in which he or she waives all claims that he or she might have against the Company and certain associated individuals and entities. There is no acceleration or continuation of vesting of the B Units for terminations other than on account of a Named Executive Officer’s death or disability.

If the payments and benefits to a Named Executive Officer under their respective employment agreement or compensation protection agreement would subject the Named Executive Officer to the excise tax imposed by Section 4999 of the Internal Revenue Code, the Named Executive Officer would be entitled to receive a “gross-up” payment, unless the Named Executive Officer’s net after-tax benefit resulting from such gross-up payment, as compared to a reduction of such payments and benefits so that no excise tax is incurred, is less than $100,000. The foregoing gross-up payment is applicable only in the case of the Company’s first change in control following its initial public offering.

As noted in the Compensation Discussion and Analysis and narrative to the “2010 Non-Qualified Deferred Compensation” table, in 2010 the Company established the RDU Plan. Upon a qualifying termination of employment under the compensation protection agreements, the participant will vest in the RDUs through the date of termination, determined as if the vesting schedule had been five year daily commencing on January 1, 2010. In the event of the participant’s death or disability, the participant will vest in an additional 20% of the RDUs (i.e., one year of vesting on a five year daily vesting schedule). With respect to the interest component of the RDU Plan, upon a termination of employment, a participant receives interest payments, payable at the same time and same rate as other RDU participants, with respect to vested and unvested RDUs through the date of termination and with respect to vested RDUs thereafter. However, if such termination occurs prior to December 31, 2011, a participant forfeits all interest accrued under the RDU Plan unless such termination is a qualifying termination of employment or a termination of employment due to death or disability, in which case the participant receives interest payments, payable at the same time and same rate as other RDU participants, with respect to vested and unvested RDUs through the date of termination and with respect to vested RDUs thereafter.

All outstanding RDUs become vested upon a sale of the Company and participants will receive unpaid interest through the date of such sale of the Company. In addition, upon a sale of the Company, the Company is required to pay the same change in control payment, equal to 1% of the debt pool, as it would be required to pay noteholders under the indenture governing its Existing Senior Subordinated Notes. The change in control payment, as well as the principal and interest portion of the debt pool not yet allocated as of the date of the sale of the Company, will be allocated to participants who are employed as of such date on a pro rata basis according to the number of RDUs held by each participant compared to the total debt pool.

Under the terms of the RDU Plan, upon a termination for “cause,” as defined under the compensation protection agreements, or a participant’s violation of a restrictive covenant between the participant and the Company within three years after the participant’s termination of employment, the participant will forfeit all vested RDUs, including future interest with respect to such RDUs, and payments made to the participant after his or her termination of employment and during the 24-month period preceding the participant’s termination of employment are recoverable by the Company.

All outstanding unvested B Units would immediately vest upon a sale of the Company under the Class B Common Unit grant agreements entered into with each Named Executive Officer. All estimates in this section assume that all outstanding B Units become vested upon the change in control.

For purposes of the RDU Plan and B Unit program, a sale of the Company means the acquisition by any person or group of (1) at least 51% of the equity securities of the Company entitled to vote to elect members of the Board or (2) all or substantially all of the Company’s assets determined on a consolidated basis. An initial public offering does not constitute a sale of the Company.

Our directors who (1) were appointed jointly by our Equity Sponsors and (2) were not also officers or employees of the Company or Managing Directors of our Equity Sponsors in 2010 were eligible to receive an annual retainer of $175,000 in 2010, paid on a quarterly basis after completion of each quarter of service. Our other directors during 2010, Glenn M. Creamer, Michael J. Dominguez, George A. Peinado and Robin P. Selati, all of whom were Managing Directors of the Equity Sponsors in 2010, and John A. Edwardson, Chief Executive Officer of the Company, did not receive compensation for their Board service in 2010.

The following table shows information concerning the compensation that those directors eligible to receive compensation earned during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2010:

All of the equity interests of CDW LLC and CDW Finance Corporation are owned by Parent, which in turn is wholly owned by CDW Holdings LLC. CDW Holdings LLC was capitalized in connection with the Acquisition with approximately $2,141.9 million of equity capital in the form of units. As of July 31, 2011, CDW Holdings LLC had 2,164,105.47 A Units outstanding and 196,365.33 B Units outstanding, of which 59,277.21 were vested. The A Units and the vested B Units vote together as a single class of units. The following table sets forth certain information regarding the beneficial ownership of the units of CDW Holdings LLC as of July 31, 2011 by:

To our knowledge, each such holder has sole voting and investment power as to the units shown unless otherwise noted. Beneficial ownership of the units listed in the table has been determined in accordance with the applicable rules and regulations promulgated under the Exchange Act.

The Company is party to a management services agreement with affiliates of Madison Dearborn and Providence Equity pursuant to which they have agreed to provide us with management and consulting services and financial and other advisory services. Pursuant to such agreement, the Equity Sponsors earn an annual advisory fee of $5 million, payment of which is subject to certain restrictions contained in our Term Loan Facility, and reimbursement of out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with the provision of such services. Additionally, the Equity Sponsors are entitled to certain fees based on the amount of any future equity or debt financing for us that is arranged by them. The management services agreement includes customary indemnification provisions in favor of the Equity Sponsors.

Certain members of the Company’s senior management team have purchased A Units in CDW Holdings. As of July 31, 2011, executive officers owned 37,454.9 A Units (including deferred A Units), or approximately 1.7% of the outstanding A Units (including deferred A Units). The aggregate purchase price paid by the executive officers for these units (including deferred A Units) was approximately $36.3 million.

The A Units are subject to restrictions on transfer, and also are subject to the right of CDW Holdings or, if not exercised by CDW Holdings, the right of the Equity Sponsors, to repurchase the units in certain circumstances, subject to certain exceptions. With respect to certain members of our executive committee, these circumstances include: (i) a termination of the executive’s employment with the company for cause, (ii) a resignation (other than upon retirement or resignation due to disability or for good reason) within three years of the date of such equity purchase, (iii) a material violation of a restrictive covenant within three years after the executive’s termination of employment with the company or (iv) the executive becoming employed by, performing services for or becoming associated with a competitor. With respect to all other Management Investors, these circumstances include: (i) a termination of the executive’s employment with the company for any reason, (ii) a violation of a restrictive covenant, or (iii) the executive becoming employed by, performing services for or becoming associated with a competitor. If an executive’s employment with us terminates for any reason other than for cause or violation of a restrictive covenant, the executive’s units can be repurchased at fair market value. Upon a termination for cause or violation of a restrictive covenant, the executive’s units can be repurchased at the lower of original cost or fair market value.

Certain members of senior management have purchased A units in CDW Holdings on a deferred basis by deferring certain future compensation into deferred A units. Holders of the deferred A Units are entitled to any distributions (whether in cash or property) on A Units as though each deferred unit held was one A Unit, though such distributions may not be made at the same time as distributions are made to holders of A Units, as more fully described in the applicable deferred unit purchase agreement. Deferred units cannot generally be transferred prior to the applicable settlement date and, if deferred units are settled in exchange for A Units, such A Units can only be transferred as provided by the agreements governing the A Units, including the limited liability company agreement and with respect to those parties to the unitholders agreement, to that agreement.

CDW Holdings, the Equity Sponsors, certain executive committee members and certain other co-investors have entered into a unitholders agreement. Under the unitholders agreement, if the Equity Sponsors (so long as the Equity Sponsors collectively continue to hold at least 51% of the Common Units (as defined in the CDW Holdings limited liability company agreement)) seek to sell all or substantially all of the company, these executives must consent to the sale and cooperate with the Equity Sponsors, which may include selling their securities to the buyer on the terms and at the price negotiated by the Equity Sponsors and signing whatever documents as are reasonably necessary to consummate the sale. Additionally, under the unitholders agreement, prior to an initial public offering, if the Equity Sponsors sell a significant portion of their ownership interest in CDW Holdings to a third party (disregarding sales in the public market, transfers to affiliates and certain other exceptions), these executives will have the option, but will not be required (except in the case of a sale of the entire company), to participate in the sale and sell alongside the Equity Sponsors on a pro rata basis. Prior to an initial public offering or a sale of all or substantially all of CDW Holdings, each executive will be required to vote his or her units in favor of a board of managers consisting of such representatives as the Equity Sponsors designate and our Chief Executive Officer. The right of each Equity Sponsor to designate such representatives is subject to certain percentage ownership requirements.

CDW Holdings, the Company, the Equity Sponsors, certain executive committee members and certain other co-investors have entered into a registration rights agreement. Under the registration rights agreement, the Equity

Sponsors were given the right to require the Company to register any or all of its securities under the Securities Act on Form S-1 or Form S-3, at the Company’s expense. Additionally, these executives are entitled to request the inclusion of their registrable securities in any such registration statement at the Company’s expense whenever the Company proposes to register any offering of its securities.

CDW Holdings, all Management Investors, the Equity Sponsors and certain other co-investors have entered into an amended and restated limited liability company agreement. The limited liability company agreement specifies the rights and obligations of the members of CDW Holdings and the rights of the various classes of limited liability company interests therein. Pursuant to the amended and restated limited liability company agreement, holders of A Units and B Units in CDW Holdings will share in future distributions on a pro rata basis, subject to certain participation thresholds for holders of B Units.

Madison Dearborn and Providence Equity are private equity firms that have investments in companies that purchase products or services from, or provide products or services to, the Company. We believe that such transactions are entered into in the ordinary course of business on terms no less favorable to us than terms that could have been reached with an unaffiliated third party.

The charter of the audit committee of CDW Holdings’s board gives the audit committee the responsibility to review all transactions with related persons. According to the charter, no related person transaction may be entered into unless and until it has been approved by the audit committee. For these purposes, a related person transaction is considered to be any transaction that is required to be disclosed pursuant to Item 404 of the SEC’s Regulation S-K.

Potential related person transactions are identified based on information submitted by our officers and managers and then submitted to the audit committee for review. The audit committee takes into account all relevant considerations in deciding whether to approve the transaction. These considerations may, but need not, include:

On October 12, 2007, in connection with the Acquisition, we entered into (1) the ABL Facility providing for a revolving loan in an aggregate principal amount of up to $800 million and (2) the Term Loan Facility providing for a term loan in an aggregate principal amount of $2,200 million.

On March 14, 2008, we amended and restated the Term Loan Facility to modify the leverage ratio which is used in calculating the interest rate on the term loan, to add a senior secured leverage ratio covenant and to modify certain existing covenants and prepayment provisions, each as more fully described below.

On November 4, 2009, we further amended the Term Loan Facility to revise the senior secured leverage ratio and to increase the applicable interest rate spread. We also amended certain other terms, including the placement of additional restrictions on our ability to incur additional indebtedness and the addition of a requirement that we maintain an interest rate hedge to fix or cap the interest rate on at least 50% of the outstanding principal amount of the Term Loan Facility through maturity, subject to certain limitations.

On December 2, 2010, we entered into an amendment to our Term Loan Facility. This amendment, among other things:

On March 11, 2011, we entered into a further amendment to our Term Loan Facility. This amendment, among other things: (i) reduced the spreads with respect to the interest rates on the Extended Loans under our Term Loan Facility, (ii) established a LIBOR floor of 1.25% and a base rate floor of 2.25% with respect to the Extended Loans under our Term Loan Facility, (iii) reset our general restricted payments basket to its original amount of $25,000,000 and (iv) provided a 1% prepayment premium for certain repayment or repricings of any Extended Loans under our Term Loan Facility for the six month period following the effective date of the pricing change.

On June 24, 2011, we refinanced our ABL Facility. The ABL Facility Refinancing, among other things: (i) increased the overall revolving credit facility from $800.0 million to $900.0 million, (ii) increased the maximum aggregate amount of incremental increases that may be made to the revolving credit facility from $100.0 million to $200.0 million, (iii) extended the maturity of the ABL Facility from 2012 to 2016, but added a new springing maturity covenant if we fail to meet an excess cash availability threshold on the applicable testing date whereby the ABL Facility may mature 45 days prior to each of (x) the maturity of the non-extended portion of the Term Loan Facility and (y) the maturity of the Existing Senior Notes, (iv) increased the commitment fee on the unutilized portion of the ABL Facility from 25 basis points to either 37.5 or 50 basis points (depending on the amount of unutilized commitments), (v) increased the pricing grid by 100 basis points and (vi) added a floorplan subfacility in order to facilitate the purchase of inventory from various suppliers under certain terms and conditions.

The following summary is a description of the principal terms of the Senior Credit Facilities and the related documents governing those facilities. In this section, we sometimes refer to CDW LLC as the “borrower.”

The ABL Facility matures in 2016, subject to the springing maturity covenant described above. The non-extended term loan matures in 2014. The extended term loan matures in 2017. The Term Loan Facility requires us to pay quarterly installments of principal equal to $5.5 million, beginning September 2009, with the unpaid principal amount due upon maturity, provided that such quarterly installments are reduced to the extent of any optional or mandatory repayments. The Term Loan Facility also requires us to make certain mandatory prepayments of principal

amounts under certain circumstances, including (i) a prepayment in an amount equal to 50% of our excess cash flow (as defined in the governing agreement) for the year then ended; and (ii) the net cash proceeds from the incurrence of certain additional indebtedness by us or our subsidiaries, including the issuance of the Senior Secured Notes. Excess cash flow is defined as Adjusted EBITDA, plus items such as reductions in working capital, less items such as increases in working capital, certain taxes paid in cash, interest that will be paid in cash, capital expenditures and repayment of long-term indebtedness. We made required prepayments of principal of the Term Loan Facility of $11.0 million in 2009 and $516.5 million in 2010, including in connection with the issuance of the Senior Secured Notes. On March 16, 2011, we made a mandatory prepayment of $132.0 million with respect to the year ended December 31, 2010 under the excess cash flow provision. Because of the prepayments we have made on the Term Loan Facility, we are no longer required to pay quarterly installments of principal of $5.5 million.

Our obligations under the Senior Credit Facilities have been guaranteed on a senior secured basis by Parent and each of CDW LLC’s wholly owned domestic direct and indirect subsidiaries. Our obligations under the Senior Credit Facilities and each Guarantor’s obligations under its guarantee of the Senior Credit Facilities are secured by a security interest in substantially all of our assets and the assets of the Guarantors. Because our Senior Credit Facilities are secured obligations, if we fail to comply with the terms of the Senior Credit Facilities and those creditors accelerate the payment of all the funds borrowed thereunder and we are unable to repay such indebtedness, they could foreclose on substantially all of our assets and the assets of our Guarantors which serve as collateral.

The ABL Facility is secured by (1) a first priority lien on substantially all of the borrower’s accounts, deposit accounts, eligible inventory and proceeds thereof and (2) a second priority lien on substantially all other assets. The Term Loan Facility is secured by (1) a first priority lien on all capital stock and substantially all assets (except cash, accounts, deposit accounts, inventory and proceeds thereof) of the borrower and its domestic subsidiaries and on 65% of the capital stock of the borrower’s foreign subsidiaries and (2) a second priority lien on substantially all cash, accounts, deposit accounts, inventory and proceeds thereof.

Borrowings under the Senior Credit Facilities bear interest at a rate equal to an applicable margin plus, at our option, either (1) a base rate determined by reference to the higher of (a) the rate publicly announced by JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. as its prime rate and (b) the federal funds effective rate plus 1/2 of 1% or (2) a LIBOR rate equal to the British Banking Association LIBOR rate for the interest period relevant to such borrowing adjusted for certain additional costs provided, that Extended Loans under our Term Loan Facility shall be subject to a base rate floor of 2.25% and a LIBOR floor of 1.25%. The applicable rate spread varies (1.75% to 2.25% for base rate borrowings and 2.75% to 3.25% for LIBOR borrowings under the Extended Loans; and 2.50% to 3.00% for base rate borrowings and 3.50% to 4.00% for LIBOR borrowings under the non-extended portion of the Term Loan Facility) based on our senior secured leverage ratio. The applicable margin for borrowings under the ABL Facility ranges from 1.00% to 1.50% with respect to base rate borrowings and 2.00% to 2.50% with respect to LIBOR borrowings. The applicable margin under the ABL Facility is subject to adjustment based on certain excess availability levels.

In addition to paying interest on outstanding principal under the Senior Credit Facilities, we are required to pay a commitment fee to the lenders under the ABL Facility in respect of the unutilized commitments thereunder at a rate equal to 0.375% or 0.50% per annum (depending on the amount of unutilized commitments). We also must pay customary letter of credit and agency fees.

Our Senior Credit Facilities contain a number of covenants that, among other things, require us to maintain a senior secured leverage ratio, require us to maintain a fixed charges ratio (if our excess cash availability decreases below certain thresholds) and limit or restrict the ability of the borrower and the restricted subsidiaries to dispose of assets, incur additional indebtedness, incur guarantee obligations, prepay other indebtedness, make dividends and other restricted payments, create liens, make equity or debt investments, make acquisitions, engage in mergers or consolidations, or engage in certain transactions with affiliates. As part of the amendments on March 14, 2008, we added the financial covenant test with respect to the borrower’s senior secured leverage ratio and modified other existing covenants in the Term Loan Facility. As part of the amendments on November 4, 2009, we amended the required levels of our senior secured leverage ratio.

Our Senior Credit Facilities contain customary events of default including non-payment of principal, interest or fees, failure to comply with covenants, inaccuracy of representations or warranties in any material respect, cross-default to certain other indebtedness, loss of lien perfection or priority, material judgments, change of ownership or control, and certain bankruptcy or insolvency events.

In connection with the Acquisition, we entered into a Senior Bridge Loan agreement providing for Senior Bridge Loans aggregating $1,040.0 million at closing and a Senior Subordinated Bridge Loan agreement providing for Senior Subordinated Bridge Loans aggregating $940.0 million at closing, each agreement with a syndicate of lenders with JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent. In connection with the amendments on March 14, 2008, we increased the outstanding principal under the Senior Bridge Loans by $150.0 million, and we converted $220.0 million of the original outstanding principal of the Senior PIK Election Loans to Senior Cash Pay Loans. After giving effect to these changes, (1) the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Senior Bridge Loans was $1,190.0 million and (2) the principal amount of the Senior Cash Pay Loans was $890.0 million and the principal amount of the Senior PIK Election Notes was $300.0 million. Finally, in connection with the amendments on March 14, 2008, we prepaid $190.0 million of outstanding principal under the Senior Subordinated Bridge Loans, using funds from the additional $150.0 million borrowed under the Senior Bridge Loans plus $40.0 million of cash on hand, reducing the outstanding principal outstanding on the Senior Subordinated Bridge Loans to $750.0 million.

All amounts outstanding under our Bridge Loans have subsequently been exchanged for outstanding notes under the indentures governing our Existing Senior Notes and Existing Senior Subordinated Notes and there are no remaining Bridge Loans outstanding.

On April 13, 2011, we repurchased $519.2 million of our Existing Senior Cash Pay Notes and $145.9 million of our Existing Senior PIK Election Notes in a tender offer. On May 20, 2011, we repurchased $321.4 million of our Existing Senior Cash Pay Notes and $91.4 million of our Existing Senior PIK Election Notes in a tender offer.

The Existing Senior Notes mature on October 12, 2015. The Existing Senior Subordinated Notes mature on October 12, 2017. Interest for both indentures is payable on April 15 and October 15 of each year.

Our Existing Senior Cash Pay Notes bear interest at 11.00%. Our Existing Senior PIK Election Notes bear interest at 11.50%. Our Existing Senior Subordinated Notes bear interest at 12.535%.

The Existing Senior Notes are guaranteed on a senior unsecured basis, and the Existing Senior Subordinated Notes are guaranteed on a subordinated unsecured basis, in each case, by Parent and each of CDW LLC’s domestic direct and indirect restricted subsidiaries that is a Guarantor under our Senior Credit Facilities. Subject to certain exceptions, any restricted subsidiary that in the future guarantees our indebtedness or the indebtedness of any other Guarantor will also guarantee our obligations under the Existing Senior Notes and the Existing Senior Subordinated Notes.

The indentures governing our Existing Senior Notes and our Existing Senior Subordinated Notes contain a number of negative covenants and events of default that, among other things, limit or restrict the ability of the us and our restricted subsidiaries to dispose of assets, incur additional indebtedness, incur guarantee obligations, prepay other indebtedness, make dividends and other restricted payments, create liens, make equity or debt investments, make acquisitions, engage in mergers or consolidations, or engage in certain transactions with affiliates.

Separately, in June 2011, we entered into a new senior secured asset-based revolving credit facility as described in Note 4 to the Unaudited Interim Financial Statements, which incorporates a $300.0 million floorplan sub-facility (which was increased to a maximum of $400.0 million on August 2, 2011) to facilitate the purchase of inventory from a certain vendor. In connection with the floorplan sub-facility, we entered into the Revolving Loan financing agreement. At June 30, 2011, we owed $12.3 million under the Revolving Loan financing agreement, which is included in accounts payable–inventory financing in our consolidated balance sheet.

In this description, the term “Issuers” refers only to CDW LLC and CDW Finance Corporation and not to any of their Subsidiaries, and the term “CDW” refers only to CDW LLC and not any of its Subsidiaries. CDW Finance Corporation was formed on August 6, 2010 for the sole purpose of acting as a co-Issuer of debt securities and does not have any material assets. For a description of restrictions on CDW Finance Corporation’s activities, see “—Certain Covenants—Restrictions on Activities of CDW Finance Corporation.”

The Issuers issued the 8.000% senior secured notes due December 15, 2018 (the “Senior Secured Notes”) under an indenture dated as of the Issue Date (as subsequently amended and supplemented, the “Indenture”) among the Issuers, the Guarantors (as defined below) and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”), in a private transaction that was not subject to the registration requirements of the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). The 8.000% senior secured notes due December 15, 2018 that have been registered under the Securities Act (the “Senior Secured Exchange Notes”) will also be issued by the Issuers under the Indenture.

References to the “Notes” include Senior Secured Notes that remain outstanding after the completion of the exchange offer, together with the Senior Secured Exchange Notes and any additional Senior Secured Notes issued under the Indenture from time to time after this exchange offer, all of which will be treated as a single class of securities under the Indenture. The terms of the Notes include those stated in the Indenture and those expressly made part of the Indenture by reference to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the “Trust Indenture Act”).

The following description is a summary of the material provisions of the Indenture, the Notes, the Guarantees, the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement, the ABL Intercreditor Agreement and certain provisions of the Security Agreement. The following description does not restate these documents in their entirety. You are encouraged to read these documents because they, and not this description, define your rights as Holders of the Notes.

Certain defined terms used in this description but not defined below under “—Certain Definitions” have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.

The registered Holder of a Note is treated as the owner of it for all purposes. Only registered Holders have rights under the Indenture.

Substantially all of the operations of CDW are conducted through its Subsidiaries, but not all of CDW’s Subsidiaries Guarantee the Notes. Unless a Subsidiary is a Guarantor, claims of creditors of such Subsidiary, including trade creditors, and claims of preferred stockholders (if any) of such Subsidiary generally will have priority with respect to the assets and earnings of such Subsidiary over the claims of creditors of CDW, including Holders of the Notes. The Notes, therefore, are structurally subordinated to creditors (including trade creditors) and preferred stockholders (if any) of Subsidiaries of CDW that are not Guarantors. For the six-month period ended June 30, 2011, the non-guarantor Subsidiaries generated approximately 4.2%, 6.9% and 2.7% of CDW’s net sales, net loss and Adjusted EBITDA, a non-GAAP financial measure, respectively. In addition, as of June 30, 2011, the non-guarantor Subsidiaries held approximately 1.8% of CDW’s consolidated total assets. See “Risk Factors—Risks Relating to the Exchange Notes—The notes are structurally subordinated to all indebtedness of our existing or future subsidiaries that are not or do not become Guarantors of the notes.”

The Issuers will issue up to $500.0 million in aggregate principal amount of Senior Secured Exchange Notes in this offering. The Issuers may issue additional Notes under the Indenture from time to time after this offering. Any issuance of additional Notes is subject of all of the covenants in the Indenture, including the covenant described below under the caption “—Certain Covenants—Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock.” The Notes and any additional Notes subsequently issued under the Indenture will be treated as a single class for all purposes under the Indenture, including, without limitation, waivers, amendments, redemptions and offers to purchase. It is possible, however, that any such additional Notes will not be treated as part of the same issue for U.S. federal income tax purposes. The Issuers will issue the Senior Secured Exchange Notes in denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess of $2,000. The Notes will mature on December 15, 2018.

Interest on the Senior Secured Exchange Notes will accrue at the rate of 8.000% per annum from , 2011 and will be payable semi-annually in arrears on June 15 and December 15, commencing on , 2011. The Issuers will make each interest payment to the Holders of record on the immediately preceding June 1 and December 1.

Interest is computed on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months. Interest accrues from the date it was most recently paid.

CDW will maintain one or more paying agents (each, a “paying agent”) for the Notes within the City and State of New York.

CDW will also maintain one or more registrars (each, a “registrar”) and a transfer agent. The Trustee will serve as initial registrar and transfer agent at its corporate trust office. The registrar and the transfer agent will maintain a register reflecting ownership of Notes outstanding from time to time and will make payments on and facilitate transfer of Notes on behalf of CDW at the office or agency of the registrar within the City and State of New York.

CDW may change the paying agents, the registrars or the transfer agents without prior notice to the Holders. CDW or any Restricted Subsidiary may act as a paying agent or registrar.

A Holder may transfer or exchange Notes in accordance with the Indenture. The registrar and the Trustee may require a Holder to furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents in connection with a transfer of Notes. Holders will be required to pay all taxes due on transfer. CDW is not required to transfer or exchange any Note selected for redemption. Also, CDW is not required to transfer or exchange any Note for a period of 15 days before a selection of Notes to be redeemed.

The Guarantors jointly and severally fully and unconditionally guarantee, on a senior secured basis, the performance and full and punctual payment when due, whether at maturity, by acceleration or otherwise, of all obligations of the Issuers under the Indenture and the Notes, whether for payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest in respect of the Notes, expenses, indemnification or otherwise, on the terms set forth in the Indenture by executing the Indenture.

Parent and the Restricted Subsidiaries which guarantee the Senior Secured Term Loan guarantee the Notes. Each of the Guarantees of the Notes is a general senior obligation of each Guarantor and is secured by a first-priority Lien on all of the assets of each Guarantor which secure the Senior Secured Term Loan on a first-priority basis and by a second-priority Lien on all of the assets of each Guarantor which secure the ABL Facility on a first-priority basis and the Senior Secured Term Loan on a second-priority basis

The obligations of each Guarantor (other than a company that is a direct or indirect parent of CDW) under its Guarantee are limited as necessary to prevent the Guarantee from constituting a fraudulent conveyance under applicable law.

Any entity that makes a payment under its Guarantee will be entitled upon payment in full of all guaranteed obligations under the Indenture to a contribution from each other Guarantor in an amount equal to such other Guarantor’s pro rata portion of such payment based on the respective net assets of all the Guarantors at the time of such payment determined in accordance with GAAP.

If a Guarantee were rendered voidable, it could be subordinated by a court to all other indebtedness (including guarantees and other contingent liabilities) of the Guarantor, and, depending on the amount of such indebtedness, a Guarantor’s liability on its Guarantee could be reduced to zero. See “Risk Factors—Risks Relating to the Exchange Notes—Federal and state statutes allow courts, under specific circumstances, to void notes and adversely affect the validity and enforceability of the guarantees and require noteholders to return payments received.”

Each Guarantor may consolidate with or merge into or sell its assets to CDW or another Guarantor without limitation, or with, into or to any other Persons upon the terms and conditions set forth in the Indenture. See “—Certain Covenants—Merger, Consolidation or Sale of Assets.” The Guarantee of a Guarantor will be automatically released and discharged in the event that:

(a) the sale, disposition or other transfer (including through merger or consolidation) of (x) Capital Stock of the applicable Guarantor (including any sale, disposition or other transfer), after which, in the case of a subsidiary Guarantor, such Guarantor is no longer a Restricted Subsidiary, or (y) all or substantially all the assets of such Guarantor, provided that, in each case, such sale, disposition or other transfer is made in compliance with the provisions of the Indenture;

(b) CDW designates any Restricted Subsidiary that is a Guarantor as an Unrestricted Subsidiary in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture;

(c) in the case of any Restricted Subsidiary which after the Issue Date is required to guarantee the Notes pursuant to the covenant described under “—Certain Covenants—Additional Guarantees,” the release or discharge of the guarantee by such Restricted Subsidiary of all of the Indebtedness of CDW or any Restricted Subsidiary or the repayment of all of the Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock, in each case, which resulted in the obligation to guarantee the Notes;

(d) CDW exercises its legal defeasance option or its covenant defeasance option as described under “—Legal Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance” or its obligations under the Indenture are discharged in accordance with the terms of the Indenture; or

(e) such Guarantor is also a guarantor or borrower under the Senior Secured Term Loan and, at the time of release of its Guarantee, (x) has been released from its guarantee of, and all pledges and security, if any, granted in connection with the Senior Secured Term Loan (which may be conditioned on the concurrent release hereunder), (y) is not an obligor under any Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness permitted to be incurred pursuant to clauses (5), (6), (7), (8), (9), (10) or (15) of the second paragraph of the covenant described under “—Certain Covenants—Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock”) and (z) does not guarantee any Indebtedness of CDW or any Restricted Subsidiaries (other than any guarantee that will be released upon the release of the Guarantee hereunder).

The Notes and the Guarantees are secured by perfected first-priority security interests in the Non-ABL Priority Collateral and by perfected second-priority security interests in the ABL Priority Collateral (second in priority to the first-priority Liens on the ABL Priority Collateral securing the ABL Obligations), in each case, subject to Permitted Liens. The ABL Secured Parties have rights and remedies with respect to the ABL Priority Collateral that, if exercised, could adversely affect the value of the ABL Priority Collateral or the ability of the respective agents under the Intercreditor Agreements to realize or foreclose on the ABL Priority Collateral on behalf of the First Lien Secured Parties. First Lien Secured Parties other than the Holders of the Notes have rights and remedies with respect to the Collateral that, if exercised, could also adversely affect the value of the Collateral on behalf of the Holders of the Notes, particularly the rights described below under “—First Lien Intercreditor Agreement.” For a description of the ABL Priority Collateral and the Non-ABL Priority Collateral, see “Description of Certain Indebtedness—Senior Credit Facilities—Security; Guarantees.”

The Issuers and the Guarantors are and will be able to incur additional Indebtedness in the future which could share in the Collateral, including additional First Lien Obligations, additional ABL Obligations, additional junior lien Obligations and Obligations secured by Permitted Liens. The amount of such additional Obligations is and will be limited by the covenant described under “Certain Covenants—Liens” and the covenant described under “Certain Covenants—Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock.” Under certain circumstances, the amount of any such additional Obligations could be significant.

From and after the Issue Date and subject to certain limitations and exceptions, (a) if the Issuers or any Guarantor creates any additional security interest upon any property or asset that would constitute Non-ABL Priority Collateral to secure any First Lien Obligations on a first priority basis (subject to Permitted Liens), it must concurrently grant a first-priority perfected security interest (subject to Permitted Liens) upon such property as security for the Notes and (b) if the Issuers or any Guarantor creates any additional security interest upon any property or asset that would constitute ABL Priority Collateral to secure any ABL Obligations, it must concurrently grant a second-priority perfected security interest (subject to Permitted Liens) upon such property as security for the Notes, except to the extent set forth below under “—Certain Limitations on Collateral.”

The Issuers, the Guarantors and the First Lien Collateral Agent entered into Security Documents in connection with the Senior Secured Term Loan with respect to the Collateral defining the terms of the security interests that secure the Senior Secured Term Loan with respect to such Collateral and that define the terms of the security interests that secure the Notes and the Guarantees with respect to such Collateral. These security interests will secure the payment and performance when due of all of the Obligations of the Issuers and the Guarantors under the Notes, the Indenture, the Guarantees and the Security Documents, as provided in the Security Documents.

The First Lien Collateral Agent entered into the amended and restated ABL Intercreditor Agreement on the Issue Date (as the same may be amended from time to time, the “ABL Intercreditor Agreement”) with the Administrative Agent under the ABL Facility (the “ABL Collateral Agent”) that sets forth the relative priority, as well as certain other rights and interests, of the ABL Secured Parties and the First Lien Secured Parties with respect to the Collateral, which may be amended from time to time without the consent of the Holders to add other parties holding First Lien Obligations and ABL Obligations permitted to be incurred under the Indenture, the ABL Facility, the Senior Secured Term Loan and the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement.

Notwithstanding the time, order or method of creation or perfection of any ABL Obligations (or any Liens with respect to such ABL Obligations (the “ABL Liens”)) or First Lien Obligations (or any Liens with respect to such First Lien Obligations (the “Note/Term Liens”)), (i) the ABL Liens on the ABL Priority Collateral will rank senior to any Note/Term Liens on the ABL Priority Collateral and (ii) the Note/Terms Liens on the Non-ABL Priority Collateral will rank senior to any ABL Liens on the Non-ABL Priority Collateral. The Collateral of the Issuers and the Guarantors for the ABL Obligations and the First Lien Obligations will at all times be the same (except that the Collateral securing the Note Obligations will be limited with respect to pledges of Capital Stock and other securities of a Subsidiary as described under “—Limitations on Stock Collateral”).

The First Lien Collateral Agent, on behalf of itself and the First Lien Secured Parties, have agreed in the ABL Intercreditor Agreement that until the Discharge of ABL Obligations: (i) it will not take or cause to be taken any action, the purpose or effect of which is, to make any Lien in respect of any First Lien Obligations pari passu with or senior to, or to give any First Lien Secured Party any preference or priority relative to, the Liens on the ABL Priority Collateral securing the ABL Obligations; (ii) it will not challenge or question in any proceeding the validity or enforceability of any first-priority security interest in the ABL Priority Collateral, the validity, attachment, perfection or priority of any Lien held by the ABL Secured Parties on any ABL Priority Collateral, or the validity or enforceability of the priorities, rights or duties established by or other provisions of the ABL Intercreditor Agreement; (iii) it will not take or cause to be taken any action the purpose or intent of which is, or could be, to interfere, hinder or delay, in any manner, whether by judicial proceedings or otherwise, any sale, transfer or other disposition of the ABL Priority Collateral by the ABL Collateral Agent or the holders of any ABL Obligations secured by such ABL Priority Collateral; (iv) it has no right to (A) direct either the ABL Collateral Agent or any other ABL Secured Party to exercise any right, remedy or power with respect to the ABL Priority Collateral or pursuant to the security documents with respect to the ABL Facility in respect of the ABL Priority Collateral or (B) consent or object to the exercise by the ABL Collateral Agent or any other ABL Secured Party of any right, remedy or power with respect to the ABL Priority Collateral or pursuant to the security documents with respect to the ABL Facility in respect of the ABL Priority Collateral or to the timing or manner in which any such right is exercised or not exercised; (v) it will not institute any suit or other proceeding or assert in any suit, insolvency proceeding or other proceeding any claim against any ABL Secured Party seeking damages from or other relief by way of specific performance, instructions or otherwise, with respect to, and no ABL Secured Party shall be liable for, any action taken or omitted to be taken by any ABL Secured Party with respect to the ABL Priority Collateral or pursuant to the security documents with respect to the ABL Facility in respect of the ABL Priority Collateral so long as such ABL Secured Party, in taking or omitting to take such action, has not breached or otherwise violated the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement; (vi) it will not commence judicial or nonjudicial foreclosure proceedings with respect to, seek to have a trustee, receiver, liquidator or similar official appointed for or over, attempt any action to take possession of, exercise any right, remedy or power with respect to, or otherwise take any action to enforce their interest in or realize upon, the ABL Priority Collateral; and (vii) it will not seek, and hereby waive any right, to have the ABL Priority Collateral or any part thereof marshaled upon any foreclosure or other disposition of the ABL Priority Collateral.

The ABL Collateral Agent and the ABL Secured Parties have agreed to similar limitations with respect to their rights in the Non-ABL Priority Collateral and their ability to bring a suit against the First Lien Collateral Agent and the First Lien Secured Parties.

For a period of 180 days (subject to extension for any period during which the ABL Collateral Agent has commenced an exercise of remedies against the ABL Priority Collateral or is prohibited by applicable law from pursuing such remedies) commencing on the earlier of (x) the commencement of any insolvency proceeding by or against the Issuers or any Guarantor that has not been dismissed and (b) the date of delivery of a notice in writing to the ABL Collateral Agent with respect to the ABL Priority Collateral of the First Lien Collateral Agent’s intention to exercise its right to take such actions, the ABL Collateral Agent will have the sole power to exercise remedies against the ABL Priority Collateral (subject to the right of the First Lien Collateral Agent to take limited protective measures with respect to the Note/Term Liens and to take certain actions that would be permitted to be taken by unsecured creditors) and to foreclose upon and dispose of the ABL Priority Collateral. For a period of 180 days (subject to extension for any period during which the First Lien Collateral Agent has commenced an exercise remedies against the Non-ABL Priority Collateral or is prohibited by applicable law from pursuing such remedies) commencing on the earlier of (x) the commencement of any insolvency proceeding by or against the Issuers or any Guarantor that has not been dismissed and (b) the date of delivery of a notice in writing to the First Lien Collateral Agent with respect to the Non-ABL Priority Collateral of the ABL Collateral Agent’s intention to exercise its right to take such actions, the First Lien Collateral Agent will have the sole power to exercise remedies against the Non-ABL Priority Collateral (subject

to the right of the ABL Collateral Agent to take limited protective measures and certain actions permitted to be taken by unsecured creditors) and to foreclose upon and dispose of the Non-ABL Priority Collateral. Upon any sale of any ABL Priority Collateral in connection with any enforcement action consented to by the ABL Collateral Agent which results in the release of the ABL Lien on such item of ABL Priority Collateral, the Note/Term Lien on such item of ABL Priority Collateral will be automatically released.

The First Lien Collateral Agent will permit the ABL Collateral Agent to have access to and use of real property that constitutes Non-ABL Priority Collateral prior to, and for a period of up to 90 days (subject to extension during periods when the ABL Collateral Agent is prohibited by law from exercising such rights) following, the foreclosure upon such item of Non-ABL Priority Collateral by the First Lien Collateral Agent in order to facilitate the ABL Collateral Agent’s exercise of remedies with respect to the ABL Priority Collateral.

In connection with any enforcement action with respect to the Collateral or any insolvency or liquidation proceeding, all proceeds of (x) ABL Priority Collateral will first be applied to the repayment of all ABL Obligations before being applied to any obligations under the First Lien Obligations and (y) Non-ABL Priority Collateral will first be applied to the repayment of all obligations under the First Lien Obligations before being applied to any ABL Obligations. If any holder of a First Lien Obligation or ABL Obligation receives any proceeds of Collateral in contravention of the foregoing, such proceeds will be turned over to the First Lien Collateral Agent or ABL Collateral Agent, as applicable, for application in accordance with the foregoing.

In connection with any insolvency or liquidation proceeding of the Issuers or any Guarantor, the ABL Collateral Agent may consent to certain debtor-in-possession financings secured by a Lien on the ABL Priority Collateral ranking prior to the Note/Term Lien on such ABL Priority Collateral or to the use of cash collateral constituting proceeds of ABL Priority Collateral without the consent of any First Lien Secured Party, and no First Lien Secured Party shall be entitled to object to such use of cash collateral or debtor-in-possession financing or seek “adequate protection” in connection therewith (other than in the form of a junior lien on any additional items of collateral for the ABL Obligations which are granted in connection with such debtor-in possession financing or use of cash collateral).

No First Lien Secured Party may (x) seek relief from the automatic stay with respect to any ABL Priority Collateral, (y) object to any sale of any ABL Priority Collateral in any insolvency or liquidation proceeding which has been consented to by the ABL Collateral Agent or (z) object to any claim of any ABL Secured Party to post-petition interest as a result of its ABL Lien on the ABL Priority Collateral (so long as the payment thereof is not made from the proceeds of Non-ABL Priority Collateral). No ABL Secured Party may (x) seek relief from the automatic stay with respect to any Non-ABL Priority Collateral, (y) object to any sale of any Non-ABL Priority Collateral in any insolvency or liquidation proceeding which has been consented to by the First Lien Collateral Agent or (z) object to any claim of any First Lien Secured Party to post-petition interest as a result of its Note/Term Lien on the Non-ABL Priority Collateral (so long as the payment thereof is not made from the proceeds of ABL Priority Collateral).

No Holder of any First Lien Obligation may, except as expressly provided above, seek adequate protection on account of its Note/Term Lien on the ABL Priority Collateral other than in the form of junior priority liens. No holder of any ABL Obligation may seek adequate protection on account of its ABL Lien on the Non-ABL Priority Collateral other than in the form of junior priority liens.

The First Lien Collateral Agent have entered into, and the Trustee, as authorized representative for the Holders of the Notes, has consented to, a First Lien Intercreditor Agreement (as the same may be amended from time to time, the “First Lien Intercreditor Agreement”) with the Administrative Agent under the Senior Secured Term Loan with respect to the Collateral, which may be amended from time to time without the consent of the Holders to add other parties holding First Lien Obligations permitted to be incurred under the Indenture, ABL Facility, the Senior Secured Term Loan and the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement. The First Lien Collateral Agent is initially the collateral agent under the Senior Secured Term Loan.

Under the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement, as described below, the Applicable Authorized Representative (as defined below) has the right to direct foreclosures and take other actions with respect to the Common Collateral, and the Authorized Representatives of other Series of First Lien Obligations have no right to take actions with respect to the Common Collateral. The Applicable Authorized Representative will initially be the administrative agent under the Senior Secured Term Loan, and the Trustee for the Holders, as Authorized Representative in respect of the Notes, will have no rights to take any action under the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement. The administrative agent under the

Senior Secured Term Loan will remain the Applicable Authorized Representative until the earlier of (1) the Discharge of Senior Secured Term Loan Obligations and (2) the Non- Controlling Authorized Representative Enforcement Date (such date, the “Applicable Authorized Agent Date”). After the Applicable Authorized Agent Date, the Applicable Authorized Representative will be the Authorized Representative of the Series of Additional First Lien Obligations that constitutes the largest outstanding principal amount of any then outstanding Series of First Lien Obligations, other than the Senior Secured Term Loan, with respect to the Common Collateral (the “Major Non-Controlling Authorized Representative”).

The “Non-Controlling Authorized Representative Enforcement Date” is the date that is 180 days (throughout which 180-day period the applicable Authorized Representative was the Major Non-Controlling Authorized Representative) after the occurrence of both (a) an event of default, as defined in the Indenture or other applicable indenture for that Series of First Lien Obligations, and (b) the First Lien Collateral Agent’s and each other Authorized Representative’s receipt of written notice from that Authorized Representative certifying that (i) such Authorized Representative is the Major Non-Controlling Authorized Representative and that an event of default, as defined in the Indenture or other applicable indenture for that Series of First Lien Obligations, has occurred and is continuing and (ii) the First Lien Obligations of that Series are currently due and payable in full (whether as a result of acceleration thereof or otherwise) in accordance with the Indenture or other applicable indenture for that Series of First Lien Obligations; provided that the Non-Controlling Authorized Representative Enforcement Date shall be stayed and shall not occur and shall be deemed not to have occurred with respect to any Common Collateral (1) at any time the administrative agent under the Senior Secured Term Loan or the First Lien Collateral Agent has commenced and is diligently pursuing any enforcement action with respect to such Common Collateral or (2) at any time the Issuers or a Guarantor that has granted a security interest in such Common Collateral is then a debtor under or with respect to (or otherwise subject to) any insolvency or liquidation proceeding.

The Applicable Authorized Representative shall have the sole right to instruct the First Lien Collateral Agent to act or refrain from acting with respect to the Common Collateral, (b) the First Lien Collateral Agent shall not follow any instructions with respect to such Common Collateral from any representative of any Non- Controlling Secured Party or other First Lien Secured Party (other than the Applicable Authorized Representative), and (c) no Authorized Representative of any Non-Controlling Secured Party or other First Lien Secured Party (other than the Applicable Authorized Representative) will instruct the First Lien Collateral Agent to commence any judicial or non-judicial foreclosure proceedings with respect to, seek to have a trustee, receiver, liquidator or similar official appointed for or over, attempt any action to take possession of, exercise any right, remedy or power with respect to, or otherwise take any action to enforce its interests in or realize upon, or take any other action available to it in respect of, the Common Collateral.

Notwithstanding the equal priority of the Liens, the First Lien Collateral Agent, acting on the instructions of the Applicable Authorized Representative, may deal with the Common Collateral as if such Applicable Authorized Representative had a senior Lien on such Collateral. No representative of any Non-Controlling Secured Party may contest, protest or object to any foreclosure proceeding or action brought by the First Lien Collateral Agent, Applicable Authorized Representative or Controlling Secured Party. The Trustee and each other Authorized Representative have agreed that it will not accept any Lien on any Collateral for the benefit of the Holders (other than funds deposited for the discharge or defeasance of the Notes) other than pursuant to the First Lien Security Documents. Each of the First Lien Secured Parties also has agreed that it will not contest or support any other person in contesting, in any proceeding (including any insolvency or liquidation proceeding), the perfection, priority, validity or enforceability of a Lien held by or on behalf of any of the First Lien Secured Parties in all or any part of the Collateral, or the provisions of the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement.

If a First Lien Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and the First Lien Collateral Agent is taking action to enforce rights in respect of any Common Collateral, or any distribution is made with respect to any Common Collateral in any bankruptcy case of the Issuers or any Guarantor, the proceeds of any sale, collection or other liquidation of any such Collateral by the First Lien Collateral Agent or any other First Lien Secured Party (or received pursuant to any other intercreditor agreement), as applicable, and proceeds of any such distribution (subject, in the case of any such distribution, to the paragraph immediately following) to which the First Lien Obligations are entitled under any other intercreditor agreement shall be applied among the First Lien Obligations to the payment in full of the First Lien Obligations on a ratable basis, after payment of all amounts owing to the First Lien Collateral Agent.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to any Common Collateral for which a third party (other than a First Lien Secured Party) has a Lien or security interest that is junior in priority to the security interest of any Series of First Lien Obligations but senior (as determined by appropriate legal proceedings in the case of any dispute) to the security interest of any other Series of First Lien Obligations (such third party, an “Intervening Creditor”), the value of

any Common Collateral or proceeds which are allocated to such Intervening Creditor shall be deducted on a ratable basis solely from the Common Collateral or proceeds to be distributed in respect of the Series of First Lien Obligations with respect to which such Impairment exists. None of the First Lien Secured Parties may institute any suit or assert in any suit, bankruptcy, insolvency or other proceeding any claim against the First Lien Collateral Agent or any other First Lien Secured Party seeking damages from or other relief by way of specific performance, instructions or otherwise with respect to any Common Collateral. In addition, none of the First Lien Secured Parties may seek to have any Common Collateral or any part thereof marshaled upon any foreclosure or other disposition of such Collateral. If any First Lien Secured Party obtains possession of any Common Collateral or realizes any proceeds or payment in respect thereof, at any time prior to the discharge of each of the First Lien Obligations, then it must hold such Common Collateral, proceeds or payment in trust for the other First Lien Secured Parties and promptly transfer such Common Collateral, proceeds or payment to the First Lien Collateral Agent to be distributed in accordance with the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement.

If the Issuers or any Guarantor becomes subject to any bankruptcy case, the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement provides that (1) if the Issuers or any Guarantor shall, as debtor(s)-in-possession, move for approval of financing (the “DIP Financing”) to be provided by one or more lenders (the “DIP Lenders”) under Section 364 of Bankruptcy Law or the use of cash collateral under Section 363 of Bankruptcy Law, each First Lien Secured Party has agreed not to object to any such financing or to the Liens on the Common Collateral securing the same (the “DIP Financing Liens”) or to any use of cash collateral that constitutes Common Collateral, unless any Controlling Secured Party, or an Authorized Representative of any Controlling Secured Party, shall then oppose or object to such DIP Financing or such DIP Financing Liens or use of cash collateral (and (i) to the extent that such DIP Financing Liens are senior in priority to the Liens on any such Common Collateral for the benefit of the Controlling Secured Parties, each Non-Controlling Secured Party will subordinate its Liens with respect to such Common Collateral on the same terms as the Liens of the Controlling Secured Parties (other than any Liens of any First Lien Secured Parties constituting DIP Financing Liens) are subordinated thereto, and (ii) to the extent that such DIP Financing Liens are equal in priority with the Liens on any such Common Collateral granted to secure the First Lien Obligations of the Controlling Secured Parties, each Non-Controlling Secured Party will confirm the priorities with respect to such Common Collateral as set forth in the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement), in each case so long as: (A) the First Lien Secured Parties of each Series retain the benefit of their Liens on all such Common Collateral pledged to the DIP Lenders, including proceeds thereof arising after the commencement of such proceeding, with the same priority vis-a-vis all the other First Lien Secured Parties (other than any Liens of the First Lien Secured Parties constituting DIP Financing Liens) as existed prior to the commencement of the bankruptcy case, (B) the First Lien Secured Parties of each Series are granted Liens on any additional collateral pledged to any First Lien Secured Parties as adequate protection or otherwise in connection with such DIP Financing or use of cash collateral, with the same priority vis-a-vis the First Lien Secured Parties as set forth in the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement, (C) if any amount of such DIP Financing or cash collateral is applied to repay any of the First Lien Obligations, such amount is applied pursuant to the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement, and (D) if any First Lien Secured Parties are granted adequate protection, including in the form of periodic payments, in connection with such DIP Financing or use of cash collateral, the proceeds of such adequate protection is applied pursuant to the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement; provided that the First Lien Secured Parties of each Series shall have a right to object to the grant of a Lien to secure the DIP Financing over any Collateral subject to Liens in favor of the First Lien Secured Parties of such Series or its Authorized Representative that shall not constitute Common Collateral; and provided, further, that the First Lien Secured Parties receiving adequate protection shall not object to any other First Lien Secured Party receiving adequate protection comparable to any adequate protection granted to such First Lien Secured Parties in connection with a DIP Financing or use of cash collateral.

The First Lien Secured Parties acknowledge that the First Lien Obligations of any Series may, subject to the limitations set forth in the other First Lien Documents, be increased, extended, renewed, replaced, restated, supplemented, restructured, repaid, refunded, refinanced or otherwise amended or modified from time to time, all without affecting the priorities set forth in the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement defining the relative rights of the First Lien Secured Parties of any Series.

The Existing IFA Intercreditor Agreements set forth the relative priority, as well as certain other rights and interests, of the First Lien Collateral Agent for itself and for the benefit of the lenders under the Senior Secured Term Loan and the Existing IFA Lenders with respect to the “Collateral” as defined therein (the “IFA Collateral”), which may be amended or modified from time to time.

Notwithstanding the time, manner or order of creation, attachment or perfection of any security interests, liens or other claims, or the time or order of filing of any financing statements, or the giving or failure to give notice of the acquisition or expected acquisition of any purchase money security interests or other security interests; or any other reason, including if, for any reason, a security interest, lien or claim of a party to which a security interest, lien or claim of the other party is hereby subordinated is not perfected or is avoidable, the liens securing the obligations of the Existing IFA Lenders will rank senior to the Senior Secured Term Loan Obligations. By virtue of this intercreditor relationship, the Holders of the Notes are subject to the terms of the Existing IFA Intercreditor Agreements.

Until the claims of the Existing IFA Lenders have been paid in full, the holders of the Senior Secured Term Loan Obligations will not (i) institute any enforcement, execution, levy or foreclosure action or proceeding in respect of, or exercise any other remedy available to holders of the Senior Secured Term Loan Obligations arising solely due to holders’ of the Senior Secured Term Loan Obligations status as a secured creditor in respect of, the respective IFA Collateral, other than seeking adequate protection in a manner consistent with and not in violation of the respective Existing IFA Intercreditor Agreements, or (ii) take or receive from the applicable debtor, pursuant to any enforcement, execution, levy or foreclosure action or proceeding in respect of the IFA Collateral, or pursuant to the exercise of any other remedy available to holders of the Senior Secured Term Loan Obligations (including, except as set forth below, the exercise of any right of setoff), in respect of the IFA Collateral, arising solely due to holders’ of the Senior Secured Term Loan Obligations status as a secured creditor in respect of the IFA Collateral, other than seeking adequate protection in a manner consistent with and not in violation of the applicable Existing IFA Intercreditor Agreements. Nothing in the Existing IFA Intercreditor Agreements shall (A) prohibit the receipt by holders of the Senior Secured Term Loan Obligations of the payments of interest, principal and other amounts owed in respect of the Senior Secured Term Loan Obligations so long as such receipt is not in violation of the respective Existing IFA Intercreditor Agreements, (B) prohibit holders of the Senior Secured Term Loan Obligations from demanding from the applicable debtor payment of any amounts due and owing to them and seeking judgment thereon (so long as the enforcement of such judgment is not exercised in violation of the applicable Existing IFA Intercreditor Agreement), and (C) rights of setoff with respect to any credits or rebates owing from holders of the Senior Secured Term Loan Obligations to debtor from time to time.

Under the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement, if at any time the Applicable Authorized Representative forecloses upon or otherwise exercises remedies against any Common Collateral, then (whether or not any insolvency or liquidation proceeding is pending at the time) the Liens in favor of the First Lien Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Trustee and the Holders of the Notes and each other Series of First Lien Secured Parties upon such Common Collateral will automatically be released and discharged. However, any proceeds of any Common Collateral realized therefrom will be applied as described under “—First Lien Intercreditor Agreement.”

Under the ABL Intercreditor Agreement, if at any time any ABL Priority Collateral is sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of by the owner of that Collateral in a transaction permitted under the ABL Facility, the Senior Secured Term Loan and the Indenture or the ABL Secured Parties are releasing or have released their Liens on such ABL Priority Collateral in connection with a disposition in connection with an exercise of remedies with respect to such Collateral, then the Liens on such ABL Priority Collateral securing First Lien Obligations will automatically be released and discharged as and when, but only to the extent, such Liens on such ABL Priority Collateral securing ABL Obligations are released and discharged; provided that in the case of a sale, transfer or other disposition in connection with a Discharge of ABL Obligations, any proceeds thereof not applied to repay ABL Obligations shall be subject to the Liens securing the First Lien Obligations and shall be applied pursuant to the ABL Intercreditor Agreement and the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement.

Under the ABL Intercreditor Agreement, if at any time any Non-ABL Priority Collateral is sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of by the owner of that Collateral in a transaction permitted under the Senior Secured Term Loan, the Indenture and the ABL Facility or the First Lien Secured Parties are releasing or have released their Liens on such Non-ABL Priority Collateral in connection with a disposition in connection with an exercise of remedies with respect to such Collateral, then the Liens on such Non-ABL Priority Collateral securing ABL Obligations will automatically be released and discharged as and when, but only to the extent, such Liens on such Non-ABL Priority Collateral securing First Lien Obligations are released and discharged; provided that in the case of a sale, transfer or other disposition in connection with a Discharge of Senior Secured Term Loan Obligations, any proceeds thereof not applied to repay First Lien Obligations shall be subject to the Liens securing the ABL Obligations and shall be applied pursuant to the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement and the ABL Intercreditor Agreement.

The Issuers and the Guarantors will be entitled to the release of property and other assets constituting Collateral from the Liens securing the Notes and the Notes Obligations under any one or more of the following circumstances:

(1) to enable us to consummate the sale, transfer or other disposition of such property or assets to the extent not prohibited under the covenant described under “—Repurchase at the Option of Holders—Asset Sales”;

(2) the release of Excess Proceeds or ABL Excess Proceeds that remain unexpended after the conclusion of an Asset Sale Offer or an ABL Asset Sale Offer conducted in accordance with the Indenture;

(3) in the case of a Guarantor that is released from its Guarantee with respect to the Notes pursuant to the terms of the Indenture, the release of the property and assets of such Guarantor;

(4) with the consent of the Holders of at least 75% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding and affected thereby; or

To the extent necessary and for so long as required for such Subsidiary not to be subject to any requirement pursuant to Rule 3-16 of Regulation S-X under the Securities Act to file separate financial statements with the Commission (or any other governmental agency), the Capital Stock of any Subsidiary of Parent shall not be included in the Collateral with respect to the Notes (as described under “—Certain Limitations on the Collateral”) and shall not be subject to the Liens securing the Notes and the Notes Obligations.

The Liens on the Collateral securing the Notes and the Guarantees also will be released upon (i) payment in full of the principal of, together with accrued and unpaid interest on, the Notes and all other Obligations under the Indenture, the Guarantees and the Security Documents that are due and payable at or prior to the time such principal, together with accrued and unpaid interest are paid or (ii) a legal defeasance or covenant defeasance under the Indenture as described below under “Legal Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance” or a discharge of the Indenture as described under “Satisfaction and Discharge.”

Any certificate or opinion required by Section 314(d) of the Trust Indenture Act may be made by an Officer of CDW, except in cases where Section 314(d) requires that such certificate or opinion be made by an independent engineer, appraiser or other expert.

Following qualification of the Indenture pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act, the Issuers will comply with the provisions of Section 314(d) of the Trust Indenture Act. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the Issuers and its Subsidiaries will not be required to comply with all or any portion of Section 314(d) of the Trust Indenture Act if they determine, in good faith, that under the terms of that section and/or any interpretation or guidance as to the meaning thereof of the Commission and its staff, including “no action” letters or exemptive orders whether issued to the Issuers or any other Person, all or any portion of Section 314(d) of the Trust Indenture Act is inapplicable to the released Collateral.

Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, certain no action letters issued by the Commission have permitted an indenture qualified under the Trust Indenture Act to contain provisions permitting the release of collateral from Liens under such indenture in the ordinary course of the Issuers’ business without requiring the Issuers to provide certificates and other documents under Section 314(d) of the Trust Indenture Act. The Issuers and the Guarantors may, subject to the provisions of the Indenture, among other things, without any release or consent by the First Lien Collateral Agent and without compliance with Section 314(d), conduct ordinary course activities with respect to the Collateral, including, without limitation:

The Issuers must deliver an Officer’s Certificate to the First Lien Collateral Agent within 30 calendar days following the end of each six-month period beginning on June 15 and December 15 of each year, to the effect that all such releases and withdrawals during the preceding six-month period in the ordinary course of the Issuers’ or the Guarantors’ business, as described in the preceding paragraph, were not prohibited by the Indenture.

(1) all vehicles the perfection of a security interest in which is excluded from the New York UCC in the relevant jurisdiction;

(2) any General Intangible (as defined under the New York UCC) or other rights arising under contracts, instruments, licenses, license agreements (including licenses) or other documents, to the extent (and only to the extent) that the grant of a security interest would (i) constitute a violation of a restriction in favor of a third party on such grant, unless and until any required consents shall have been obtained, (ii) give any other party the right to terminate its obligations thereunder or (iii) violate any law, provided, however, that (1) any portion of any such General Intangible or other right shall cease to constitute Excluded Collateral pursuant to this clause (b) at the time and to the extent that the grant of a security interest therein does not result in any of the consequences specified above and (2) the limitation set forth in this clause (b) above shall not affect, limit, restrict or impair the grant by a grantor of a security interest pursuant to this Agreement in any such General Intangible or other right, to the extent that an otherwise applicable prohibition or restriction on such grant is rendered ineffective by any applicable law, including the New York UCC;

(3) Investment Property consisting of voting Equity Interests of any Foreign Subsidiary in excess of 65% of the Equity Interests representing the total combined voting power of all classes of Equity Interests of such Foreign Subsidiary entitled to vote;

(4) Capital Stock and other securities of a Subsidiary to the extent a pledge of such Collateral is limited as described under “—Limitations on Stock Collateral”;

(5) as to which the First Lien Collateral Agent and the Issuers reasonably determine that the costs of obtaining a security interest in any specifically identified assets or category of assets (or perfecting the same) are excessive in relation to the benefit to the First Lien Secured Parties of the security afforded thereby;

(6) Equipment (as defined in the New York UCC) owned by the Issuers and any Guarantor on the date hereof or hereafter acquired that is subject to a Lien securing a purchase money obligation or Capitalized Lease Obligation permitted to be incurred pursuant to the Indenture, for so long as the contract or other agreement in which such Lien is granted (or the documentation providing for such purchase money obligation or Capitalized Lease Obligation) validly prohibits the creation of any other Lien on such Equipment;

(7) any interest in joint ventures and non-wholly owned subsidiaries which cannot be pledged without the consent of one or more third parties;

(8) applications filed in the United States Patent and Trademark Office to register trademarks or service marks on the basis of any grantor’s “intent to use” such trademarks or service marks unless and until the filing of a “Statement of Use” or “Amendment to Allege Use” has been filed and accepted, whereupon such applications shall be automatically subject to the Lien granted herein and deemed included in the Collateral;

(9) all assets subject to a certificate of title statute, Farm Products (as defined in the New York UCC) and As-Extracted Collateral (as defined in the New York UCC);

(10) any property to the extent that such grant of a security interest is prohibited by any requirements of law of a Governmental Authority, requires a consent not obtained of any Governmental Authority pursuant to such requirement of law or is prohibited by, or constitutes a breach or default under or results in the termination of or requires any consent not obtained under, any contract, license, agreement, instrument or other document evidencing or giving rise to such property or, in the case of any Investment Property or any Pledged Security (as defined in the Security Agreement), any applicable shareholder or similar agreement, except to the extent that such requirement of law or the term in such contract, license, agreement, instrument or other document or shareholder or similar agreement providing for such prohibition, breach, default or termination or requiring such consent is ineffective under applicable law, including the New York UCC;

(11) any assets to the extent a security interest in such assets would result in adverse tax consequences as reasonably determined by CDW;

(12) Equity Interests in Unrestricted Subsidiaries, Immaterial Subsidiaries and captive insurance companies;

(13) (x) real property interests other than fee-simple interests and (y) fee-simple interests in real property having a book value equal to or less than $5,000,000 (as reasonably estimated by the Issuers); and

(14) any direct proceeds, substitutions or replacements of any of the foregoing, but only to the extent such proceeds, substitutions or replacements would otherwise constitute Excluded Collateral (collectively, the “Excluded Collateral”).

The Capital Stock and other securities of a Subsidiary of CDW that are owned by CDW or any Guarantor will constitute Collateral only to the extent that such Capital Stock and other securities can secure the Notes without Rule 3-10 or Rule 3-16 of Regulation S-X under the Securities Act (or any other law, rule or regulation) requiring separate financial statements of such Subsidiary to be filed with the Commission (or any other governmental agency). In the event that Rule 3-10 or Rule 3-16 of Regulation S-X under the Securities Act requires or is amended, modified or interpreted by the Commission to require (or is replaced with another rule or regulation, or any other law, rule or regulation is adopted, which would require) the filing with the Commission (or any other governmental agency) of separate financial statements of any Subsidiary (other than the Issuer) due to the fact that such Subsidiary’s Capital Stock and other securities secure the Notes, then the Capital Stock and other securities of such Subsidiary shall automatically be deemed not to be part of the Collateral (but only to the extent necessary to not be subject to such requirement). In such event, the Security Documents may be amended or modified, without the consent of any Holder of Notes, to the extent necessary to release the first-priority security interests in the shares of Capital Stock and other securities that are so deemed to no longer constitute part of the Collateral.

In the event that Rule 3-10 or Rule 3-16 of Regulation S-X under the Securities Act is amended, modified or interpreted by the Commission to permit (or is replaced with another rule or regulation, or any other law, rule or regulation is adopted, which would permit) such Subsidiary’s Capital Stock and other securities to secure the Notes in excess of the amount then pledged without the filing with the Commission (or any other governmental agency) of separate financial statements of such Subsidiary, then the Capital Stock and other securities of such Subsidiary shall automatically be deemed to be a part of the Collateral (but only to the extent necessary to not be subject to any such financial statement requirement). In such event, the Security Documents may be amended or modified, without the consent of any Holder of Notes, to the extent necessary to subject to the Liens under the Security Documents such additional Capital Stock and other securities.

In accordance with the limitations set forth in the two immediately preceding paragraphs, the Collateral will include shares of Capital Stock of Subsidiaries of CDW only to the extent that the applicable value of such Capital Stock (on a Subsidiary-by-Subsidiary basis) is less than 20% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes outstanding. Following the Issue Date, however, the portion of the Capital Stock of Subsidiaries constituting Collateral may decrease or increase as described above. The security interest in the Capital Stock will be perfected by the filing of UCC financing statements.

The right of the Trustee to repossess and dispose of the Collateral upon the occurrence of an Event of Default would be significantly impaired by any Bankruptcy Law in the event that a bankruptcy case were to be commenced by or against the Issuers or any Guarantor prior to the Trustee’s having repossessed and disposed of the Collateral. Upon the commencement of a case for relief under Bankruptcy Law, a secured creditor such as the Trustee is prohibited from repossessing its security from a debtor in a bankruptcy case, or from disposing of security without bankruptcy court approval.

In view of the broad equitable powers of a U.S. bankruptcy court, it is impossible to predict how long payments under the Notes could be delayed following commencement of a bankruptcy case, whether or when the Trustee could repossess or dispose of the Collateral, the value of the Collateral at any time during a bankruptcy case or whether or to what extent Holders of the Notes would be compensated for any delay in payment or loss of value of the Collateral. The Bankruptcy Law permits only the payment and/or accrual of post-petition interest, costs and attorneys’ fees to a secured creditor during a debtor’s bankruptcy case to the extent the value of such creditor’s interest in the Collateral is determined by the bankruptcy court to exceed the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the obligations secured by the Collateral.

Furthermore, in the event a domestic or foreign bankruptcy court determines that the value of the Collateral is not sufficient to repay all amounts due on the Notes, the Holders of the Notes would hold secured claims only to the extent of the value of the Collateral to which the Holders of the Notes are entitled, and unsecured claims with respect to such shortfall.

At any time prior to December 15, 2013, the Issuers may on any one or more occasions redeem up to 35% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes issued under the Indenture at a redemption price of 108.000% of the principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest to the redemption date, with the Net Cash Proceeds of one or more Equity Offerings; provided that:

(1) at least 65% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes originally issued under the Indenture remains outstanding immediately after the occurrence of such redemption (excluding Notes held by the Issuers and their Subsidiaries); and

(2) the redemption occurs within 90 days of the date of the closing of such Equity Offering.

At any time prior to December 15, 2014, the Issuers may also redeem all or a part of the Notes, upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ prior notice mailed by first-class mail to each Holder’s registered address, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of Notes redeemed plus the Applicable Premium as of the date of redemption, and accrued and unpaid interest to the date of redemption, subject to the rights of Holders of Notes on any relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date.

Except pursuant to the two preceding paragraphs, the Notes will not be redeemable prior to December 15, 2014.

On or after December 15, 2014, the Issuers may redeem all or part of the Notes upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ notice, at the redemption prices (expressed as percentages of principal amount) set forth below plus accrued and unpaid interest on the Notes redeemed, to the applicable redemption date (subject to the rights of Holders of Notes on any relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date), if redeemed during the twelve-month period beginning on December 15 of the years indicated below:

In addition, the Issuers may acquire Notes by means other than a redemption, whether by tender offer, open market purchases, negotiated transactions or otherwise, in accordance with applicable securities laws, so long as such acquisition does not otherwise violate the terms of the Indenture.

The Issuers are not required to make mandatory redemption or sinking fund payments with respect to the Notes. However, under certain circumstances, the Issuers may be required to offer to purchase Notes as described under “—Repurchase at the Option of Holders—Change of Control” and “—Repurchase at the Option of Holders—Asset Sales.” The Issuers may at any time and from time to time purchase Notes in the open market or otherwise as permitted by the Indenture.

If a Change of Control occurs, unless CDW at such time has given notice of redemption under “—Optional Redemption” with respect to all outstanding Notes, each Holder of Notes will have the right to require CDW to repurchase all or any part (equal to $2,000 or integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof) of that Holder’s Notes pursuant to an offer on the terms set forth in the Indenture (“Change of Control Offer”). In the Change of Control Offer, CDW will offer a payment (a “Change of Control Payment”) in cash equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes repurchased plus accrued and unpaid interest on the Notes repurchased, to the date of purchase. Within 30 days following any Change of Control, unless CDW at such time has given notice of redemption under “—Optional Redemption” with respect to all outstanding Notes, or, at CDW’s option and as set forth below, in advance of a Change of Control, CDW will mail a notice to each Holder, with a copy to the Trustee, describing the transaction or transactions that constitute the Change of Control and offering to repurchase Notes on the date of such Change of Control Payment specified in the notice, which date will be no earlier than 30 days and no later than 60 days from the date such notice is mailed (the “Change of Control Payment Date”), pursuant to the procedures required by the Indenture and described in such notice. CDW will comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act and any other securities laws and regulations thereunder to the extent those laws and regulations are applicable in connection with the repurchase of the Notes as a result of a Change of Control. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with the Change of Control provisions of the Indenture, CDW will comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and will not be deemed to have breached its obligations under the Change of Control provisions of the Indenture by virtue of such conflict.

(1) accept for payment all Notes or portions of Notes properly tendered pursuant to the Change of Control Offer;

(2) deposit with the paying agent an amount equal to the Change of Control Payment in respect of all Notes or portions of Notes properly tendered; and

(3) deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee the Notes properly accepted together with an Officers’ Certificate stating the aggregate principal amount of Notes or portions of Notes being purchased by CDW.

The paying agent will promptly mail to each Holder of Notes properly tendered the Change of Control Payment for such Notes, and the Trustee will promptly authenticate and mail (or cause to be transferred by book entry) to each Holder a new Note equal in principal amount to any unpurchased portion of the Notes surrendered, if any; provided that each new Note will be in a minimum principal amount of $2,000 or integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. CDW will publicly announce the results of the Change of Control Offer on or as soon as practicable after the Change of Control Payment Date.

forth in the Indenture applicable to a Change of Control Offer made by CDW and purchases all Notes properly tendered and not withdrawn under the Change of Control Offer or (ii) a notice of redemption has been given pursuant to the Indenture as described under “—Optional Redemption” unless and until there is a default in the payment of the applicable redemption price. A Change of Control Offer may be made in advance of a Change of Control and may be conditional upon the occurrence of a Change of Control, if a definitive agreement is in place for the Change of Control at the time the Change of Control Offer is made.

Each of the ABL Facility and the Senior Secured Term Loan contains certain prohibitions on CDW and its Subsidiaries purchasing Notes, and also provides that the occurrence of certain change of control events with respect to Parent or CDW would constitute a default thereunder. Prior to complying with any of the provisions of this “Change of Control” covenant under the Indenture governing the Notes, but in any event within 90 days following a Change of Control, to the extent required to permit CDW to comply with this covenant, CDW will need to either repay all outstanding Indebtedness under the ABL Facility and the Senior Secured Term Loan or other Indebtedness ranking pari passu with the Notes or obtain the requisite consents, if any, under all agreements governing such outstanding Indebtedness. If CDW does not repay such Indebtedness or obtain such consents, CDW will remain prohibited from purchasing Notes in a Change of Control, which after appropriate notice and lapse of time would result in an Event of Default under the Indenture, which would in turn constitute a default under the ABL Facility and the Senior Secured Term Loan.

Future Indebtedness that CDW or its Subsidiaries may incur may contain prohibitions on the occurrence of certain events that would constitute a Change of Control or require the repurchase of such indebtedness upon a Change of Control. Moreover, the exercise by the Holders of their right to require CDW to repurchase their Notes could cause a default under such Indebtedness, even if the Change of Control itself does not, due to the financial effect of such repurchase on CDW or its Subsidiaries. Finally, CDW’s ability to pay cash to the Holders of Notes following the occurrence of a Change of Control may be limited by its then existing financial resources. There can be no assurance that sufficient funds will be available when necessary to make any required repurchases. See “Risk Factors—Risks Relating to the Exchange Notes—We may be unable to purchase the notes upon a change of control which would result in a default in the Indentures and would adversely affect our business.”

The provisions described above that require CDW to make a Change of Control Offer following a Change of Control will be applicable whether or not any other provisions of the Indenture are applicable. Except as described above with respect to a Change of Control, the Indenture does not contain provisions that permit the Holders of the Notes to require that CDW repurchase or redeem the Notes in the event of a takeover, recapitalization or similar transaction.

The Change of Control purchase feature of the Notes may in certain circumstances make more difficult or discourage a sale or takeover of CDW or its Subsidiaries and, thus, the removal of incumbent management. CDW has no present intention to engage in a transaction involving a Change of Control, although it is possible that CDW could decide to do so in the future. Subject to the limitations discussed below, CDW or its Subsidiaries could, in the future, enter into certain transactions, including acquisitions, refinancings or other recapitalizations, that would not constitute a Change of Control under the Indenture, but that could increase the amount of Indebtedness outstanding at such time or otherwise affect the capital structure of CDW or its credit ratings. Restrictions on the ability of CDW and its Subsidiaries to incur additional Indebtedness are contained in the covenant described under “—Certain Covenants—Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock.” Such restrictions can only be waived with the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Notes then outstanding. Except for the limitations contained in such covenant, however, the Indenture does not contain any covenants or provisions that may afford Holders of the Notes protection in the event of a highly leveraged transaction.

The definition of “Change of Control” includes a phrase relating to the direct or indirect sale, lease, transfer, conveyance or other disposition of “all or substantially all” of the properties or assets of CDW and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole. Although there is a limited body of case law interpreting the phrase “substantially all,” there is no precise established definition of the phrase under applicable law. Accordingly, the ability of a Holder of Notes to require CDW to repurchase its Notes as a result of a sale, lease, transfer, conveyance or other disposition of less than all of the assets of CDW and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole to another Person or group may be uncertain. In addition, the Chancery Court of Delaware, in a recent decision, raised the possibility that a “Change of Control” as a result of a failure to have “continuing directors” comprising a majority of a Board of Directors may be unenforceable on public policy grounds.

(a) CDW will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, consummate an Asset Sale of assets that do not constitute ABL Priority Collateral unless:

(1) CDW (or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be) receives consideration at the time of such Asset Sale at least equal to the fair market value of the assets or Equity Interests issued or sold or otherwise disposed of; and

(2) at least 75% of the consideration received in the Asset Sale by CDW or such Restricted Subsidiary is in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents.

Within 365 days after the receipt of any Net Proceeds from an Asset Sale of assets that do not constitute ABL Priority Collateral, CDW or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, may apply those Net Proceeds at its option:

(1) to reduce or fulfill First Lien Obligations (provided that (x) to the extent that the terms of First Lien Obligations outstanding on the Issue Date other than Obligations under the Notes require that such First Lien Obligations are repaid with the Net Proceeds of Asset Sales prior to repayment of other Indebtedness, the Issuers and its Restricted Subsidiaries shall be entitled to repay such other First Lien Obligations prior to repaying the Obligations under the Notes and (y) subject to the foregoing clause (x), if the Issuers or any Guarantor shall so reduce First Lien Obligations, the Issuers will equally and ratably reduce Obligations under the Notes through open-market purchases (provided that such purchases are at or above 100% of the principal amount thereof) or by making an offer (in accordance with the procedures set forth below for an Asset Sale Offer) to all Holders to purchase at a purchase price equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest, the pro rata principal amount of Notes;

(3) to an investment in (i) any one or more businesses; provided that such investment in any business is in the form of the acquisition of Capital Stock and results in CDW or a Restricted Subsidiary owning an amount of the Capital Stock of such business such that such business constitutes a Restricted Subsidiary, (ii) properties or (iii) assets that, in each of (i), (ii) and (iii), replace the businesses, properties and assets that are the subject of such Asset Sale (“Replacement Assets”); or

(4) to the extent such Net Proceeds are not from Asset Sales of Collateral, to reduce Obligations under Indebtedness of a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor (other than Indebtedness owed to CDW or another Restricted Subsidiary).

Any Net Proceeds from Asset Sales covered by this clause (a) not applied or invested in accordance with the preceding paragraph within 365 days from the date of the receipt of such Net Proceeds shall constitute “Excess Proceeds”; provided that if during such 365-day period CDW or a Restricted Subsidiary enter into a definitive binding agreement committing it to apply such Net Proceeds in accordance with the requirements of clause (2) or (3) above after such 365th day, such 365-day period will be extended with respect to the amount of Net Proceeds so committed for a period not to exceed 180 days until such Net Proceeds are required to be applied in accordance with such agreement (or, if earlier, until termination of such agreement). When the aggregate amount of Excess Proceeds exceeds $25.0 million, CDW or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary shall make an offer to all Holders of the Notes and, if required by the terms of any First Lien Obligations or Obligations secured by a Lien permitted under the Indenture (which Lien is not subordinate to the Lien of the Notes with respect to the Collateral), to the holders of such First Lien Obligations or such other Obligations (a “Asset Sale Offer”), to purchase the maximum aggregate principal amount of the Notes and such First Lien Obligations or such other Obligations that is a minimum of $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof that may be purchased out of the Excess Proceeds. The offer price in any Asset Sale Offer will be equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest to the date of purchase, and will be payable in cash. The Issuer will commence an Asset Sale Offer with respect to Excess Proceeds within thirty days after the date that Excess Proceeds exceed $25.0 million by mailing the notice required pursuant to the terms of the Indenture, with a copy to the Trustee.

remaining Excess Proceeds for general corporate purposes, subject to other covenants contained in the Indenture. To the extent that the aggregate amount of Notes and such First Lien Obligations tendered pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer is less than the Excess Proceeds, the Issuers may use any remaining Excess Proceeds for general corporate purposes, subject to other covenants contained in the Indenture. If the aggregate principal amount of Notes or other First Lien Obligations or such other Obligations surrendered by such holders thereof exceeds the amount of Excess Proceeds, the Trustee shall select the Notes and such other First Lien Obligations or such other Obligations to be purchased on a pro rata basis based on the accreted value or principal amount of the Notes or such other First Lien Obligations or such other Obligations tendered. Upon completion of any such Asset Sale Offer, the amount of Excess Proceeds shall be reset at zero. Additionally, the Issuers may, at their option, make an Asset Sale Offer using proceeds from any Asset Sale covered by this clause (a) at any time after consummation of such Asset Sale; provided that such Asset Sale Offer or Asset Sale Offer shall be in an aggregate amount of not less than $12.5 million. Upon consummation of such Asset Sale Offer, any Net Proceeds not required to be used to purchase Notes shall not be deemed Excess Proceeds.

(b) CDW will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, consummate an Asset Sale of assets that constitute ABL Priority Collateral unless:

(2) at least 75% of the consideration received in the Asset Sale by CDW or such Restricted Subsidiary is in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents.

Within 365 days after the receipt of any Net Proceeds from an Asset Sale of ABL Priority Collateral, CDW or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, may apply those Net Proceeds at its option:

(1) (i) to reduce Obligations under Indebtedness of a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor (other than Indebtedness owed to CDW or another Restricted Subsidiary) or (ii) to reduce or prepay the ABL Facility or any Indebtedness of the Issuers or a Guarantor that in each case is secured by a Lien on the ABL Priority Collateral that is prior to the Lien on the ABL Collateral in favor of Holders of Notes;

Any Net Proceeds from Asset Sales covered by this clause (b) not applied or invested in accordance with the preceding paragraph within 365 days from the date of the receipt of such Net Proceeds shall constitute “ABL Excess Proceeds”; provided that if during such 365-day period CDW or a Restricted Subsidiary enter into a definitive binding agreement committing it to apply such Net Proceeds in accordance with the requirements of clause (2) or (3) above after such 365th day, such 365-day period will be extended with respect to the amount of Net Proceeds so committed for a period not to exceed 180 days until such Net Proceeds are required to be applied in accordance with such agreement (or, if earlier, until termination of such agreement). When the aggregate amount of ABL Excess Proceeds exceeds $25.0 million, CDW or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary shall make an offer to all Holders of the Notes and, if required by the terms of any First Lien Obligations or Obligations secured by a Lien permitted under the Indenture (which Lien is not subordinate to the Lien of the Notes with respect to the Collateral), to the holders of such First Lien Obligations or such other Obligations (an “ABL Asset Sale Offer”), to purchase the maximum aggregate principal amount of the Notes and such First Lien Obligations or such other Obligations that is a minimum of $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof that may be purchased out of the ABL Excess Proceeds. The offer price in any Asset Sale Offer will be equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest to the date of purchase, and will be payable in cash. The Issuer will commence an ABL Asset Sale Offer with respect to ABL Excess Proceeds within thirty days after the date that ABL Excess Proceeds exceed $25.0 million by mailing the notice required pursuant to the terms of the Indenture, with a copy to the Trustee.

To the extent that the aggregate amount of Notes and such other First Lien Obligations or Obligations secured by a Lien permitted by the Indenture (which Lien is not subordinate to the Lien of the Notes with respect to the Collateral) tendered pursuant to an ABL Asset Sale Offer is less than the ABL Excess Proceeds, the Issuers may use any remaining ABL Excess Proceeds for general corporate purposes, subject to other covenants contained in the Indenture. To the extent that the aggregate amount of Notes and such First Lien Obligations tendered pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer is less than the Excess Proceeds, the Issuers may use any remaining ABL Excess Proceeds for general

corporate purposes, subject to other covenants contained in the Indenture. If the aggregate principal amount of Notes or other First Lien Obligations or such other Obligations surrendered by such holders thereof exceeds the amount of ABL Excess Proceeds, the Trustee shall select the Notes and such other First Lien Obligations or such other Obligations to be purchased on a pro rata basis based on the accreted value or principal amount of the Notes or such other First Lien Obligations or such other Obligations tendered. Upon completion of any such ABL Asset Sale Offer or Asset Sale Offer, the amount of ABL Excess Proceeds shall be reset at zero. Additionally, the Issuers may, at their option, make an ABL Asset Sale Offer using proceeds from any Asset Sale at any time after consummation of such Asset Sale; provided that such ABL Asset Sale Offer shall be in an aggregate amount of not less than $12.5 million. Upon consummation of such ABL Asset Sale Offer, any Net Proceeds not required to be used to purchase Notes shall not be deemed ABL Excess Proceeds.

(c) Pending the final application of any Net Proceeds of Asset Sales covered by clause (b), CDW or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary may temporarily reduce revolving credit borrowings or otherwise invest the Net Proceeds in any manner that is not prohibited by the Indenture.

(d) For the purposes of this covenant, any sale by the Issuers or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Capital Stock of the Issuers or a Restricted Subsidiary that owns assets constituting Non-ABL Priority Collateral or ABL Priority Collateral shall be deemed to be sale of such Non-ABL Priority Collateral or ABL Priority Collateral (or, in the event of a Restricted Subsidiary that owns assets that include any combination of Non-ABL Priority Collateral and ABL Priority Collateral a separate sale of each of such Non-ABL Priority Collateral and ABL Priority Collateral). In the event of any such sale (or a sale of assets that includes any combination of Non-ABL Priority Collateral and ABL Priority Collateral), the proceeds received by the Issuers and the Restricted Subsidiaries in respect of such sale shall be allocated to the Non-ABL Priority Collateral and ABL Priority Collateral in accordance with their respective fair market values, which shall be determined by the Board of Directors of CDW or, at the Issuers’ election, an independent third party. In addition, for purposes of this covenant, any sale by the Issuers or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Capital Stock of any Person that owns only ABL Priority Collateral will not be subject to paragraph (a) above, but rather will be subject to paragraph (b) above.

(e) The amount of (i) any liabilities other than contingent liabilities (as shown on CDW’s or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary’s most recent balance sheet or in the notes thereto) of CDW or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than liabilities that are by their terms contractually or effectively junior to the Notes or the Guarantees) that are assumed by the transferee of any such assets and from which CDW and all Restricted Subsidiaries have been validly released by the applicable creditor(s) in writing, (ii) any securities received by CDW or such Restricted Subsidiary from such transferee that are converted by CDW or Restricted Subsidiary into cash (to the extent of the cash received) within 180 days following the closing of such Asset Sale, (iii) any Related Business Assets or Replacement Assets, and (iv) any Designated Non-cash Consideration received by CDW or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in such Asset Sale having an aggregate fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of CDW), taken together with all other Designated Non-cash Consideration received pursuant to this clause (iv) that is at that time outstanding, not to exceed the greater of (x) $75.0 million and (y) an amount equal to 2% of Total Assets of CDW on the date on which such Designated Non-cash Consideration is received (with the fair market value of each item of Designated Non-cash Consideration being measured at the time received without giving effect to subsequent changes in value), shall be deemed to be cash for purposes of determining whether the 75% cash or Cash Equivalents test has been satisfied and for no other purpose.

(f) CDW or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary will comply with the requirements of Rule 14e1 under the Exchange Act and any other securities laws and regulations thereunder to the extent those laws and regulations are applicable in connection with each repurchase of Notes pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with the Asset Sale provisions of the Indenture, CDW or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary will comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and will not be deemed to have breached its obligations under the Asset Sale provisions of the Indenture by virtue of such conflict.

If less than all of the Notes are to be redeemed at any time, the Trustee will select Notes for redemption as follows:

(1) if the Notes are listed on any national securities exchange, in compliance with the requirements of the principal national securities exchange on which such Notes are listed; or

(2) if the Notes are not listed on any national securities exchange, on a pro rata basis to the extent practicable.

No Notes of $2,000 or less can be redeemed in part. Except as otherwise provided herein, notices of redemption will be mailed by first class mail at least 30 but not more than 60 days before the redemption date to each Holder of Notes to be redeemed at its registered address, except that redemption notices may be mailed more than 60 days prior to a redemption date if the notice is issued in connection with a defeasance of the Notes or a satisfaction and discharge of the Indenture. Except for a redemption to be effected pursuant to the heading “—Optional Redemption,” notices of redemption may not be conditional.

If any Note is to be redeemed in part only, the notice of redemption that relates to that Note will state the portion of the principal amount of that Note that is to be redeemed. A new Note in principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion of the original Note will be issued in the name of the Holder of that Note upon cancellation of the original Note. Notes called for redemption become due on the date fixed for redemption. On and after the redemption date, interest ceases to accrue on Notes or portions of them called for redemption.

Set forth below are summaries of certain covenants that are contained in the Indenture. Beginning on the day of a Covenant Suspension Event and ending on a Reversion Date (such period a “Suspension Period”) with respect to the Notes, the covenants specifically listed under the following captions in this “Description of Senior Secured Exchange Notes” will not be applicable to the Notes:

On each Reversion Date, all Indebtedness incurred, or Disqualified Stock or preferred stock issued, during the Suspension Period will be classified as having been incurred or issued pursuant to the first paragraph of “—Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock” below. To the extent such Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock or preferred stock would not be so permitted to be incurred or issued pursuant to the first paragraph of “—Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock,” such Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock or preferred stock will be deemed to have been outstanding on the Issue Date, so that it is classified as permitted under clause (3) of the second paragraph under “—Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock.” Calculations made after the Reversion Date of the amount available to be made as Restricted Payments under “—Restricted Payments” will be made as though the covenant described under “—Restricted Payments” had been in effect since the Issue Date but not during the Suspension Period. Accordingly, Restricted Payments made during the Suspension Period will not reduce the amount available to be made as Restricted Payments under clause (3) of the first paragraph of “—Restricted Payments,” and items specified in (a) through (e) of clause (3) of the first paragraph of the covenant described below under the caption “—Restricted Payments” will not increase the amount available to be made thereunder. As described above, however, no Default or Event of Default will be deemed to have occurred as a result of the Reversion Date occurring on the basis of any actions taken or the continuance of any circumstances resulting from actions taken or the performance of obligations under agreements entered into by the Issuers or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries during the Suspension Period (other than agreements to take actions after the Reversion Date that would not be permitted outside of the Suspension Period entered into in contemplation of the Reversion Date).

For purposes of the “Repurchase at the Option of Holders—Asset Sales” covenant, on the Reversion Date, the unutilized Excess Proceeds and the ABL Excess Proceeds amounts will be reset to zero.

During the Suspension Period no Restricted Subsidiary may be designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary.

There can be no assurance that the notes will ever achieve or maintain Investment Grade Ratings.

CDW shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly:

(a) declare or pay any dividend or make any other distribution on account of CDW’s or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries’ Equity Interests, including any dividend or distribution payable in connection with any merger or consolidation (other than (A) dividends or distributions by CDW payable in Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of CDW or in options, warrants or other rights to purchase such Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock), (B) dividends or distributions by a Restricted Subsidiary payable to CDW or any other Restricted Subsidiary or (C), in the case of any dividend or distribution payable on or in respect of any class or series of Equity Interests issued by a Restricted Subsidiary other than a Wholly Owned Subsidiary, pro rata dividends or distributions to minority stockholders of such Restricted Subsidiary (or owners of an equivalent interest in the case of a Subsidiary that is an entity other than a corporation), provided that CDW or one of its Restricted Subsidiaries receives at least its pro rata share of such dividend or distribution in accordance with its Equity Interests in such class or series of securities);

(b) purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire or retire for value any Equity Interests of CDW or any direct or indirect parent entity of CDW held by any Person (other than by a Restricted Subsidiary), including in connection with any merger or consolidation;

(c) make any principal payment on, or redeem, repurchase, defease or otherwise acquire or retire for value, in each case prior to any scheduled repayment, sinking fund payment or maturity, any Junior Indebtedness (other than (x) Indebtedness permitted under clause (7) of the definition of “Permitted Debt” or (y) the purchase, repurchase or other acquisition or retirement of Junior Indebtedness purchase in anticipation of satisfying a sinking fund obligation, principal installment or final maturity, in each case due within one year of the date of purchase, repurchase, acquisition or retirement); or

(all such payments and other actions set forth in these clauses (a) through (d) being collectively referred to as “Restricted Payments”), unless, at the time of and after giving effect to such Restricted Payment:

(1) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would occur as a consequence of such Restricted Payment;

(2) CDW would, at the time of such Restricted Payment and after giving pro forma effect thereto as if such Restricted Payment had been made at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter period, have been permitted to incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio test set forth in the first paragraph of the covenant described below under “—Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock”; and

(3) such Restricted Payment, together with the aggregate amount of all other Restricted Payments made by CDW and its Restricted Subsidiaries after the Issue Date (excluding Restricted Payments permitted by clauses (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (9), (11), (13), (14), (15), (16) and (17) of the next succeeding paragraph; provided that the calculation of Restricted Payments shall also exclude the amounts paid or distributed pursuant to clause (1) of the next paragraph to the extent that the declaration of such dividend or other distribution shall have previously been included as a Restricted Payment), is less than the sum, without duplication, of

(a) 50% of the Consolidated Net Income of CDW for the period (taken as one accounting period) from January 1, 2011 to the end of CDW’s most recently ended fiscal quarter for which internal financial statements are available at the time of such Restricted Payment (or, in the case such Consolidated Net Income for such period is a deficit, minus 100% of such deficit), plus

(b) 100% of the aggregate net cash proceeds and the fair market value, as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of CDW, of property and marketable securities received by CDW after the Issue Date from the issue or sale of (x) Equity Interests of CDW (including Retired Capital Stock (as defined

below) but excluding (i) cash proceeds received from the sale of Equity Interests of CDW and, to the extent actually contributed to CDW, Equity Interests of any direct or indirect parent company of CDW to members of management, directors or consultants of CDW, any direct or indirect parent company of CDW and the Subsidiaries of CDW after the Issue Date, in each case to the extent such amounts have been applied to Restricted Payments made in accordance with clause (4) of the next succeeding paragraph, (ii) cash proceeds received from the sale of Refunding Capital Stock (as defined below) to the extent such amounts have been applied to Restricted Payments made in accordance with clause (2) of the next succeeding paragraph, (iii) Designated Preferred Stock, (iv) the Cash Contribution Amount and (v) Disqualified Stock) or (y) debt securities of CDW that have been converted into or exchanged for Equity Interests of CDW (other than Refunding Capital Stock or Equity Interests or convertible debt securities of Parent or any other direct or indirect parent company sold to a Restricted Subsidiary or Parent and other than Disqualified Stock or Designated Preferred Stock or debt securities that have been converted into Disqualified Stock or Designated Preferred Stock), plus

(c) 100% of the aggregate amount of cash and the fair market value, as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of CDW, of property and marketable securities contributed to the capital of CDW after the Issue Date (other than (i) by a Restricted Subsidiary, (ii) any Excluded Contributions, (iii) any Disqualified Stock, (iv) any Refunding Capital Stock, (v) any Designated Preferred Stock, (vi) the Cash Contribution Amount and (vii) cash proceeds applied to Restricted Payments made in accordance with clause (4) of the next succeeding paragraph), plus

(d) to the extent not already included in Consolidated Net Income, 100% of the aggregate amount received in cash and the fair market value, as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of CDW, of property and marketable securities received after the Issue Date by means of (A) the sale or other disposition (other than to CDW or a Restricted Subsidiary) of, or interest, return, profits, distribution, income or similar amounts in respect of, Restricted Investments made by CDW or its Restricted Subsidiaries and repurchases and redemptions of such Restricted Investments from CDW or its Restricted Subsidiaries and repayments of loans or advances which constitute Restricted Investments of CDW or its Restricted Subsidiaries or (B) the sale (other than to CDW or a Restricted Subsidiary) of the Capital Stock of an Unrestricted Subsidiary or a distribution from an Unrestricted Subsidiary (other than, in each case, to the extent the Investment in such Unrestricted Subsidiary was made by a Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to clause (10) of the next succeeding paragraph or to the extent such Investment constituted a Permitted Investment) or a dividend or other distribution from an Unrestricted Subsidiary, plus

(e) in the case of the redesignation of an Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary or the merger or consolidation of an Unrestricted Subsidiary into CDW or a Restricted Subsidiary or the transfer of assets of an Unrestricted Subsidiary to CDW or a Restricted Subsidiary, the fair market value of the Investment in such Unrestricted Subsidiary, as determined by the Board of Directors of CDW in good faith at the time of the redesignation of such Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary or at the time of such merger, consolidation or transfer of assets (other than an Unrestricted Subsidiary to the extent the Investment in such Unrestricted Subsidiary was made by a Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to clause (10) of the next succeeding paragraph or to the extent such Investment constituted a Permitted Investment).

(1) the payment of any dividend or other distribution within 60 days after the date of declaration thereof, if at the date of declaration such payment would have complied with the provisions of the Indenture;

(2) (A) the redemption, prepayment, repurchase, retirement or other acquisition of any Equity Interests of CDW or any direct or indirect parent of CDW (“Retired Capital Stock”) or Junior Indebtedness in exchange for or out of the net cash proceeds of the substantially concurrent sale (other than to a Restricted Subsidiary or CDW) of Equity Interests of CDW or contributions to the equity capital of CDW (in each case, other than Disqualified Stock and the Cash Contribution Amount) (“Refunding Capital Stock”) and (B) the declaration and payment of dividends on the Retired Capital Stock out of the net cash proceeds of the substantially concurrent sale (other than to a Subsidiary of CDW or to an employee stock ownership plan or any trust established by CDW or any of its Subsidiaries) of Refunding Capital Stock;

(3) the redemption, prepayment, repurchase or other acquisition or retirement of Junior Indebtedness made by exchange for, or out of the proceeds of the substantially concurrent sale of, new Indebtedness of the borrower thereof which is incurred in compliance with the covenant “—Incurrence of

Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock” so long as (A) such new Indebtedness is (i) also Junior Indebtedness, (ii) unsecured to the extent such Junior Indebtedness was unsecured and (iii) if such Indebtedness was Subordinated Indebtedness, subordinated to the Notes and any related Guarantees thereof, in each case at least to the same extent as such Junior Indebtedness so prepaid, redeemed, repurchased, acquired or retired, (B) such new Indebtedness has a final scheduled maturity date equal to or later than the final scheduled maturity date of the Junior Indebtedness being so prepaid, redeemed, repurchased, acquired or retired, (C) such new Indebtedness has a Weighted Average Life to Maturity equal to or greater than the remaining Weighted Average Life to Maturity of the Junior Indebtedness being so prepaid, redeemed, repurchased, acquired or retired and (D) the principal amount, including any accrued and unpaid interest, of such Indebtedness does not exceed the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of such Junior Indebtedness being so redeemed, repurchased, acquired or retired, plus the amount of any reasonable premium required to be paid under the terms of the instrument governing such Junior Indebtedness being so redeemed, repurchased, acquired or retired and any reasonable fees and expenses incurred in connection with the issuance of such new Indebtedness;

(4) a Restricted Payment to pay for the repurchase, retirement, redemption or other acquisition or retirement for value of Equity Interests of CDW or any of its direct or indirect parent companies held by any future, present or former employee, director or consultant of CDW, any Subsidiary or any of its direct or indirect parent companies (or their permitted transferees, assigns, estates or heirs) pursuant to the Krasny Plan, any management unit purchase agreement, management equity plan or stock option plan or any other management or employee benefit agreement, agreement or arrangement (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any principal and interest payable on any notes issued by CDW or any direct or indirect parent company in connection with any such repurchase, retirement or other acquisition or retirement), provided, however, that the aggregate amount of Restricted Payments made under this clause (4) does not exceed in any calendar year $50.0 million (which shall increase to $70.0 million subsequent to the consummation of an underwritten Equity Offering by CDW or any direct or indirect parent company of CDW) with unused amounts in any calendar year being carried over to succeeding calendar years subject to a maximum (without giving effect to the following proviso) of $70.0 million in any calendar year (which shall increase to $90.0 million subsequent to the consummation of an underwritten Equity Offering by CDW or any direct or indirect parent company of CDW); and provided, further, that such amount in any calendar year may be increased by an amount not to exceed (A) the cash proceeds from the sale of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of CDW and, to the extent contributed to CDW, Equity Interests of any of its direct or indirect parent companies, in each case to members of management, directors or consultants of CDW, any of its Subsidiaries or any of its direct or indirect parent companies that occurs after the Issue Date plus (B) the cash proceeds of “key man” life insurance policies received by CDW or its Restricted Subsidiaries after the Issue Date (provided that CDW may elect to apply all or any portion of the aggregate increase contemplated by clauses (A) and (B) above in any calendar year) (it being understood that the forgiveness of any debt by such Person shall not be a Restricted Payment hereunder) less (C) the amount of any Restricted Payments previously made pursuant to clauses (A) and (B) of this clause (4);

(5) the declaration and payment of dividends to holders of any class or series of Disqualified Stock of CDW or any Restricted Subsidiary issued or incurred in accordance with the covenant described under “—Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock” to the extent such dividends are included in the definition of “Fixed Charges” for such entity;

(6) the declaration and payment of dividends or distributions to holders of any class or series of Designated Preferred Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) issued after the Issue Date and the declaration and payment of dividends to any direct or indirect parent company of CDW the proceeds of which will be used to fund the payment of dividends to holders of any class or series of Designated Preferred Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) of any direct or indirect parent company of CDW issued after the Issue Date; provided, however, that (A) for the most recently ended four full fiscal quarters for which internal financial statements are available immediately preceding the date of issuance of such Designated Preferred Stock, after giving effect to such issuance (and the payment of dividends or distributions thereon) on a pro forma basis, CDW would have had a Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio of at least 2.0 to 1.0 and (B) the aggregate amount of dividends declared and paid pursuant to this clause (6) does not exceed the net cash proceeds actually received by CDW from any such sale of Designated Preferred Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) issued after the Issue Date;

(7) repurchases of Equity Interests deemed to occur upon exercise of stock options or warrants if such Equity Interests represent a portion of the exercise price of such options or warrants;

(8) the payment of dividends on CDW’s Common Stock (or the payment of dividends to any direct or indirect parent company of CDW, as the case may be, to fund the payment by any such parent company of CDW of dividends on such entity’s Common Stock) following the first public offering of CDW’s Common Stock or the common stock of any of its direct or indirect parent companies after the Issue Date, of up to 6% per annum of the net cash proceeds received by or contributed to CDW after the Issue Date in any such public offering, other than public offerings of common stock of CDW (or any direct or indirect parent company of CDW) registered on Form S-4 or Form S-8 and other than any public sale constituting an Excluded Contribution;

(10) other Restricted Payments after the Issue Date in an aggregate amount not to exceed the greater of: (i) $75.0 million and (ii) 1.0% of Total Assets;

(11) distributions or payments of Receivables Fees and purchase of any assets in connection with a Receivables Facility made in the ordinary course of business by the applicable Receivables Subsidiary;

(12) the repurchase, prepayment, redemption or other acquisition or retirement for value of any Junior Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock pursuant to provisions similar to those described under “—Repurchase at the Option of Holders—Change of Control” and “—Repurchase at the Option of Holders—Asset Sales”; provided that a Change of Control Offer, Asset Sale Offer or ABL Asset Sale Offer, as applicable, has been made and all Notes tendered by Holders of the Notes in connection with a Change of Control Offer, Asset Sale Offer or ABL Asset Sale Offer, as applicable, have been repurchased, redeemed or acquired for value;

(13) the declaration and payment of dividends or the payment of other distributions by CDW to, or the making of loans or advances to, any of its respective direct or indirect parents or the equity interest holders thereof in amounts required for any direct or indirect parent companies or the equity interest holders thereof to pay, in each case without duplication,

(i) franchise taxes and other fees, taxes and expenses required to maintain their corporate existence;

(ii) federal, foreign, state and local income or franchise taxes (or any alternative tax in lieu thereof); provided, that, in each fiscal year, the amount of such payments shall be equal to the amount that CDW and its Restricted Subsidiaries and its Unrestricted Subsidiaries (in the latter case only to the extent of amounts actually received by CDW and its Restricted Subsidiaries from its Unrestricted Subsidiaries) would be required to pay in respect of federal, foreign, state and local income or franchise taxes if such entities were corporations paying taxes separately from any parent entity at the highest combined applicable federal, foreign, state, local or franchise tax rate for such fiscal year;

(iii) customary salary, bonus, severance, indemnification obligations and other benefits payable to officers and employees of any direct or indirect parent company of CDW and any payroll, social security or similar taxes thereof to the extent such salaries, bonuses, severance, indemnification obligations and other benefits are reasonably attributable to the ownership or operation of CDW and its Restricted Subsidiaries;

(iv) general corporate operating and overhead costs and expenses of any direct or indirect parent company of CDW to the extent such costs and expenses are reasonably attributable to the ownership or operation of CDW and its Restricted Subsidiaries;

(v) amounts payable to the Sponsors pursuant to the Management Agreement as in effect on the Closing Date;

(vi) fees and expenses other than to Affiliates of CDW related to (1) any equity or debt offering of such parent entity (whether or not successful), (2) any Investment otherwise permitted under this covenant (whether or not successful) and (3) any transaction of the type described under “—Merger, Consolidation or Sale of Assets”;

(vii) cash payments in lieu of issuing fractional shares in connection with the exercise of warrants, options or other securities convertible into or exchangeable for Equity Interests of CDW or any direct or indirect parent company of CDW;

(viii) amounts to finance Investments otherwise permitted to be made pursuant to the Indenture; provided, that (1) such Restricted Payment shall be made substantially concurrently with the closing of such Investment and (2) such direct or indirect parent company shall, immediately following the closing thereof, cause (x) all property acquired (whether assets or Equity Interests) to be contributed to the capital of CDW or one of its Restricted Subsidiaries or (y) the merger of the Person formed or acquired into CDW or one of its Restricted Subsidiaries (to the extent not prohibited by the covenant entitled “Merger, Consolidation or Sale of Assets”) in order to consummate such Investment; (3) such direct or indirect parent company and its Affiliates (other than CDW or a Restricted Subsidiary) receives no consideration or other payment in connection with such transaction, (4) any property received by CDW shall not increase amounts available for Restricted Payments pursuant to clause (3) of the first paragraph of the covenant contained under “—Restricted Payments” and (5) such Investment shall be deemed to be made by CDW or such Restricted Subsidiary by another paragraph of this paragraph (other than pursuant to clause (9) hereof) or pursuant to the definition of “Permitted Investments” (other than clause (11) thereof);

(ix) reasonable and customary fees payable to any directors of any direct or indirect parent of CDW and reimbursement of reasonable out-of-pocket costs of the directors of any direct or indirect parent of CDW in the ordinary course of business, to the extent reasonably attributable to the ownership or operation of CDW and its Restricted Subsidiaries; and

(x) reasonable and customary indemnities to directors, officers and employee of any direct or indirect parent of CDW in the ordinary course of business, to the extent reasonably attributable to the ownership or operation of CDW and its Restricted Subsidiaries;

(14) cash payments in lieu of the issuance of fractional shares in connection with the exercise of warrants, options or other securities convertible into or exchangeable for Capital Stock of CDW; provided, however, that any such cash payment shall not be for the purpose of evading the limitation of the covenant described under this subheading (as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of CDW);

(15) distributions, by dividends or otherwise, of Capital Stock of, or Indebtedness owed to CDW or a Restricted Subsidiary by, Unrestricted Subsidiaries (other than Unrestricted Subsidiaries, the primary assets of which are cash and/or Cash Equivalents);

(16) cash dividends or other distributions on CDW’s or any Restricted Subsidiary’s Capital Stock used to, or the making of loans the proceeds of which will be used to, fund the payment of fees and expenses, including any severance and indemnification obligations or deferred compensation, incurred in connection with this offering, in each case to the extent permitted (to the extent applicable) by the covenant described under “—Transactions with Affiliates”;

(18) Investments in Unrestricted Subsidiaries having an aggregate fair market value, taken together with all other Investments made pursuant to this clause (18) that are at the time outstanding, without giving effect to any distribution pursuant to clause (15) of this paragraph or the sale of an Unrestricted Subsidiary to the extent the proceeds of such sale do not consist of cash or marketable securities, not to exceed $75.0 million at the time of such Investment (with the fair market value of each Investment being measured at the time made and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value);

(19) payments and distributions to dissenting stockholders pursuant to applicable law, pursuant to or in connection with a consolidation, merger or transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of CDW and its Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole that complies with the terms of the Indenture, including the covenant described under “—Merger, Consolidation or Sale of Assets”; and

provided, however, that at the time of, and after giving effect to, any Restricted Payment permitted under clauses (5), (6), (8), (10), (12), and (13)(v) and (vi) above, no default which, with the passage of time would be an Event of Default, or an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would occur as a consequence thereof.

The amount of all Restricted Payments (other than cash) will be the fair market value on the date of the Restricted Payment of the asset(s) or securities proposed to be transferred or issued by CDW or such Subsidiary, as the case may be, pursuant to the Restricted Payment. The fair market value of any assets or securities that are required to be valued by this covenant will be determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of CDW.

As of the date of this prospectus, all of CDW’s Subsidiaries are Restricted Subsidiaries. CDW will not permit any Unrestricted Subsidiary to become a Restricted Subsidiary except pursuant to the second to last sentence of the definition of Unrestricted Subsidiary. For purposes of designating any Restricted Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, all outstanding Investments by CDW and the Restricted Subsidiaries (except to the extent repaid) in the Subsidiary so designated will be deemed to be Restricted Payments in an amount determined as set forth in the second paragraph of the definition of Investments. Such designation will be permitted only if a Restricted Payment in such amount would be permitted at such time under this covenant or the definition of Permitted Investments and if such Subsidiary otherwise meets the definition of an Unrestricted Subsidiary. Unrestricted Subsidiaries will not be subject to any of the restrictive covenants described in this summary.

For the avoidance of doubt, any dividend or distribution otherwise permitted pursuant to this covenant may be in the form of a loan.

CDW shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create, incur, issue, assume, guarantee or otherwise become directly or indirectly liable, contingently or otherwise, with respect to (collectively “incur”) any Indebtedness (including Acquired Debt) and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to issue any shares of Preferred Stock; provided, however, that CDW and any Restricted Subsidiary may incur Indebtedness (including Acquired Debt) and issue Preferred Stock if the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio of CDW and its Restricted Subsidiaries (on a consolidated basis) for CDW’s most recently ended four full fiscal quarters for which internal financial statements are available immediately preceding the date on which such additional Indebtedness is incurred or such Preferred Stock is issued would have been at least 2.0 to 1.0 determined on a pro forma basis (including a pro forma application of the net proceeds therefrom), as if the additional Indebtedness had been incurred or the Preferred Stock had been issued, as the case may be, and the application of proceeds therefrom had occurred at the beginning of such four-quarter period; provided further, that any incurrence of Indebtedness or issuance of Preferred Stock by a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor pursuant to this paragraph is subject to the limitations of set forth in the fifth paragraph of this covenant.

The first paragraph of this covenant will not prohibit the incurrence of any of the following items of Indebtedness (collectively, “Permitted Debt”):

(1) (x) the incurrence by CDW or a Restricted Subsidiary of Indebtedness pursuant to the ABL Facility by CDW or any Restricted Subsidiary; provided that immediately after giving effect to any such incurrence, the aggregate principal amount of all Indebtedness incurred under this clause (x) and then outstanding does not exceed the greater of (A) $900.0 million less all principal payments with respect to such Indebtedness made following the Closing Date pursuant to clause (1) of the third paragraph under “—Repurchase at the Option of Holders—Asset Sales,” less the aggregate principal amount of outstanding obligations under or in respect of any Receivables Subsidiary and (B) (i) 85% of the book value of accounts receivable of CDW and its Restricted Subsidiaries plus (ii) 65% of the book value of the inventory of CDW and its Restricted Subsidiaries and (y) the incurrence by CDW or a Restricted Subsidiary of Indebtedness pursuant to the Senior Secured Term Loan by CDW or any Restricted Subsidiary; provided that after giving effect to any such incurrence, the aggregate principal amount of all Indebtedness incurred under this clause (y) and then outstanding does not exceed $2,250.0 million less all principal payments with respect to such Indebtedness made following the Closing Date pursuant to clause (1) of the third paragraph of Section (a) under “—Repurchase at the Option of Holders—Asset Sales”;

(2) the incurrence by CDW and the Guarantors of Indebtedness represented by $500.0 million aggregate principal amount of the Notes (including any Guarantees thereof);

(3) any Indebtedness of CDW and its Restricted Subsidiaries in existence on the Issue Date (other than Indebtedness described in clauses (1) or (2) above), including the Existing Senior Notes and Existing Senior Subordinated Notes;

(4) Indebtedness (including Capitalized Lease Obligations) incurred by CDW or any Restricted Subsidiary to finance the purchase, construction, lease or improvement of property (real or personal) or equipment that is used or useful in a Permitted Business in an aggregate principal amount that, when aggregated with the principal amount of all other Indebtedness then outstanding and incurred pursuant to this clause (4) does not exceed $50.0 million at any time outstanding; so long as such Indebtedness exists at the date of such purchase, construction, lease or improvement, or is created within 270 days thereafter;

(5) Indebtedness incurred by CDW or any Restricted Subsidiary constituting reimbursement obligations with respect to letters of credit issued in the ordinary course of business, including without limitation letters of credit in respect of workers’ compensation claims, health, disability or other employee benefits or property, casualty or liability insurance or self-insurance or other Indebtedness with respect to reimbursement type obligations regarding workers’ compensation claims, or letters of credit in the nature of security deposit (or similar deposit or security) given to a lessor under an operating lease of real property under which such Person is a lessee; provided, however, that upon the drawing of such letters of credit or the incurrence of such Indebtedness, such obligations are reimbursed within 45 days following such drawing or incurrence;

(6) Indebtedness arising from agreements of CDW or a Restricted Subsidiary providing for indemnification, adjustment of purchase price, earn-outs or similar obligations, in each case, incurred or assumed in connection with the disposition or acquisition of any business, assets or a Subsidiary, other than guarantees of Indebtedness incurred by any Person acquiring all or any portion of such business, assets or a Subsidiary for the purpose of financing such acquisition; provided, however, that (A) such Indebtedness is not reflected on the balance sheet (other than by application of Interpretation Number 45 of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (commonly known as FIN 45) as a result of an amendment to an obligation in existence on the Issue Date) of CDW or any Restricted Subsidiary (contingent obligations referred to in a footnote to financial statements and not otherwise reflected on the balance sheet will not be deemed to be reflected on such balance sheet for purposes of this clause (6)) and (B) in the case of a disposition, the maximum assumable liability in respect of all such Indebtedness shall at no time exceed the gross proceeds, including Non-cash proceeds (the fair market value of such Non-cash proceeds being measured at the time received and without giving effect to any subsequent changes in value), actually received by CDW and any Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with such disposition;

(7) Indebtedness of CDW owed to and held by any Restricted Subsidiary or Indebtedness of a Restricted Subsidiary owed to and held by CDW or any other Restricted Subsidiary; provided, however, that (A) any subsequent issuance or transfer of any Capital Stock or any other event that results in any such Restricted Subsidiary ceasing to be a Restricted Subsidiary or any subsequent transfer of any such Indebtedness (except to CDW or a Restricted Subsidiary or any pledge of such Indebtedness constituting a Permitted Lien) shall be deemed, in each case, to constitute the incurrence of such Indebtedness not permitted by this clause (7) and (B) if CDW or a Guarantor is the obligor on such Indebtedness, such Indebtedness is expressly subordinated in right of payment to all obligations of CDW or such Guarantor with respect to the applicable Notes;

(8) shares of Preferred Stock of a Restricted Subsidiary issued to CDW or a Restricted Subsidiary; provided that any subsequent issuance or transfer of any Capital Stock or any other event which results in any such Restricted Subsidiary ceasing to be a Restricted Subsidiary or any other subsequent transfer of any such shares of Preferred Stock (except to CDW or a Restricted Subsidiary) shall be deemed in each case to be an issuance of such shares of Preferred Stock not permitted by this clause (8);

(9) Hedging Obligations and/or Cash Management Obligations of CDW or any Restricted Subsidiary (excluding Hedging Obligations entered into for speculative purposes);

(10) obligations in respect of customs, stay, bid, appeal, performance and surety bonds, appeal bonds and other similar types of bonds and performance and completion guarantees and other obligations of a like nature provided by CDW or any Restricted Subsidiary or obligations in respect of letters of credit related thereto, in each case in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice;

(11) Indebtedness of CDW or any Restricted Subsidiary or Preferred Stock of any Restricted Subsidiary not otherwise permitted hereunder in an aggregate principal amount or liquidation preference which, when aggregated with the principal amount and liquidation preference of all other Indebtedness and Preferred Stock then outstanding and incurred pursuant to this clause (11) does not at any one time outstanding exceed $150.0 million; provided, that any Indebtedness or Preferred Stock incurred pursuant to this clause (11) shall cease to be deemed incurred or outstanding for purposes of this clause (11) but shall be deemed incurred and outstanding for the purposes of the first paragraph of this “—Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock” covenant from and after the first date on which CDW or such Restricted Subsidiary could have incurred such Indebtedness or issued such Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock under the first paragraph of this “—Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock” covenant without reliance on this clause (11);

(12) (x) any guarantee by CDW or a Restricted Subsidiary of Indebtedness or other obligations of any Restricted Subsidiary so long as the incurrence of such Indebtedness or other obligations incurred by such Restricted Subsidiary is permitted under the terms of the Indenture; provided that if such Indebtedness is by its express terms subordinated in right of payment to the applicable Notes or the applicable Guarantee of such Restricted Subsidiary or CDW, as applicable, any such guarantee of such Guarantor with respect to such Indebtedness shall be subordinated in right of payment to such Guarantor’s Guarantee with respect to the applicable Notes substantially to the same extent as such Indebtedness is subordinated to the applicable Notes or the applicable Guarantee of such Restricted Subsidiary, as applicable, and (y) any guarantee by a Restricted Subsidiary of Indebtedness or other obligations of CDW incurred in accordance with the terms of the Indenture;

(13) the incurrence by CDW or any Restricted Subsidiary of Indebtedness or Preferred Stock that serves to refund, replace or refinance any Indebtedness incurred as permitted under the first paragraph of this covenant and clauses (2) and (3) above, this clause (13) and clauses (14) and (19) below or any Indebtedness issued to so refund, replace or refinance such Indebtedness including additional Indebtedness incurred to pay premiums and fees in connection therewith (the “Refinancing Indebtedness”) prior to its respective maturity; provided, however, that such Refinancing Indebtedness (A) has a Weighted Average Life to Maturity at the time such Refinancing Indebtedness is incurred which is not less than the earlier of (x) the Stated Maturity of the Indebtedness being refunded or refinanced, and (y) 90 days after the Stated Maturity of any Notes then outstanding, (B) to the extent such Refinancing Indebtedness refinances Junior Indebtedness or Indebtedness pari passu to the applicable Notes or the applicable Guarantees, such Refinancing Indebtedness is Junior Indebtedness or pari passu to the Notes or the Guarantees at least to the same extent as the Indebtedness being refinanced or refunded, (C) shall not include (x) Indebtedness or Preferred Stock of a Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor that refinances Indebtedness or Preferred Stock of CDW or a Guarantor or (y) Indebtedness or Preferred Stock of CDW or a Restricted Subsidiary that refinances Indebtedness or Preferred Stock of an Unrestricted Subsidiary and (D) shall not be in a principal amount in excess of the principal amount of, premium, if any, accrued interest on, and related fees and expenses of, the Indebtedness being refunded, replaced or refinanced (including any premium, expenses, costs and fees incurred in connection with such refund, replacement or refinancing);

(14) (i) Indebtedness or Preferred Stock of a Person incurred and outstanding on or prior to the date on which such Person was acquired by, CDW or any Restricted Subsidiary or merged into CDW or a Restricted Subsidiary in accordance with the terms of the Indenture or (ii) Indebtedness of CDW or any Restricted Subsidiary incurred in connection with or in contemplation of, or to provide all or any portion of the funds or credit support utilized to consummate, the acquisition by CDW or such Restricted Subsidiary of property used or useful in a Permitted Business (whether through the direct purchase of assets or the purchase of Capital Stock of, or merger or consolidation with, any Person owning such assets); provided, that after giving pro forma effect to such incurrence of Indebtedness (x) CDW would be permitted to incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio test set forth in the first paragraph of this covenant or (y) the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio would be equal to or greater than the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio immediately prior to such acquisition;

(15) Indebtedness arising from the honoring by a bank or financial institution of a check, draft or similar instrument drawn against insufficient funds in the ordinary course of business; provided that such Indebtedness is extinguished within two Business Days of its incurrence;

(16) Indebtedness of CDW or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries supported by a letter of credit issued pursuant to the ABL Facility in a principal amount not in excess of the stated amount of such letter of credit;

(17) Indebtedness incurred by a Receivables Subsidiary in connection with a Receivables Facility that is not recourse to CDW or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, other than a Receivables Subsidiary (except for Standard Receivables Undertakings);

(18) Indebtedness consisting of promissory notes issued by CDW or any Guarantor to current or former officers, directors, consultants and employees, their respective estates, spouses, former spouses, heirs or family members to finance the purchase or redemption of Equity Interests of CDW or any of its direct or indirect parent companies permitted by the covenant described under “—Restricted Payments”;

(19) Contribution Indebtedness (it being understood that any Contribution Indebtedness issued pursuant to this clause (19) shall cease to be deemed incurred or outstanding for purposes of this clause (19) but shall be deemed incurred for the purposes of the first paragraph of this covenant from and after the first date on which CDW or such Restricted Subsidiary could have incurred such Contribution Indebtedness under the first paragraph of this covenant without reliance on this clause (19));

(20) Indebtedness of CDW or any Restricted Subsidiary to the extent the proceeds of such Indebtedness are deposited and used to defease the Notes as described under “—Legal Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance” or “—Satisfaction and Discharge”;

(21) Indebtedness of CDW or any Restricted Subsidiary consisting of the financing of insurance premiums in the ordinary course of business;

(22) cash management obligations and Indebtedness in respect of netting services, overdraft facilities, employee credit card programs, Cash Pooling Arrangements or similar arrangements in connection with cash management and deposit accounts; provided that, with respect to any Cash Pooling Arrangements, the total amount of all deposits subject to any such Cash Pooling Arrangement at all times equals or exceeds the total amount of overdrafts that may be subject to such Cash Pooling Arrangements;

(23) Indebtedness representing deferred compensation to employees of CDW or any Restricted Subsidiary incurred in the ordinary course of business; and

(24) Indebtedness under (x) the Existing Inventory Financing Agreements and (y) other inventory financing agreements which, when aggregated with the principal amount of all other Indebtedness outstanding and incurred pursuant to clause (x) and this clause (y), does not at any one time outstanding exceed $400.0 million.

For purposes of determining compliance with this “—Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock” covenant, in the event that an item of proposed Indebtedness meets the criteria of more than one of the categories of Permitted Debt described in clauses (1) through (24) above, or is entitled to be incurred pursuant to the first paragraph of this covenant, CDW will be permitted to classify and later reclassify such item of Indebtedness in any manner that complies with this covenant, and such item of Indebtedness will be treated as having been incurred pursuant to only one of such categories. Accrual of interest or dividends, the accretion of accreted value and the payment of interest or dividends in the form of additional Indebtedness (including any PIK interest incurred under the Senior Indenture) or Preferred Stock will not be deemed to be an incurrence of Indebtedness or Preferred Stock for purposes of this covenant and the covenant described under “—Liens.” Notwithstanding the foregoing, Indebtedness under the ABL Facility and the Senior Secured Term Loan outstanding on the Issue Date will be deemed to have been incurred on such date in reliance on the exception provided by clause (1) of the definition of Permitted Debt and any such Indebtedness that was outstanding under the ABL Facility as of the Issue Date may not later be reclassified. Additionally, all or any portion of any other item of Indebtedness may later be reclassified as having been incurred pursuant to the first paragraph of this covenant or under any category of Permitted Debt described in clauses (1) through (24) above so long as such Indebtedness is permitted to be incurred pursuant to such provision at the time of reclassification.

such Indebtedness denominated in a different currency is subject to a currency agreement with respect to U.S. dollars covering all principal, premium, if any, and interest payable on such Indebtedness, the amount of such Indebtedness expressed in U.S. dollars will be as provided in such currency agreement. The principal amount of any refinancing Indebtedness incurred in the same currency as the Indebtedness being refinanced will be the U.S. Dollar Equivalent of the Indebtedness being refinanced, except to the extent that (1) such U.S. Dollar Equivalent was determined based on a currency agreement, in which case the refinancing Indebtedness will be determined in accordance with the preceding sentence, and (2) the principal amount of the refinancing Indebtedness exceeds the principal amount of the Indebtedness being refinanced, in which case the U.S. Dollar Equivalent of such excess will be determined on the date such refinancing Indebtedness is incurred. The maximum amount of Indebtedness that CDW and its Restricted Subsidiaries may incur pursuant to this covenant shall not be deemed to be exceeded, with respect to any outstanding Indebtedness, solely as a result of fluctuations in the exchange rate of currencies.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the first paragraph of this covenant or in the definition of Permitted Debt, no Restricted Subsidiary of CDW that is not a Subsidiary Guarantor shall incur any Indebtedness or issue any Preferred Stock in reliance on the first paragraph of this covenant or clause (14) of the definition of Permitted Debt (the “Limited Non-guarantor Debt Exceptions”) if the amount of such Indebtedness or Preferred Stock, when aggregated with the amount of all other Indebtedness or Preferred Stock outstanding under such Limited Non-guarantor Debt Exceptions, together with any Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof, would exceed the greater of (i) $100.0 million and (ii) 5.0% of Total Net Tangible Assets of CDW’s Subsidiaries; provided, that in no event shall any Indebtedness or Preferred Stock of any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor (x) existing at the time it became a Restricted Subsidiary or (y) assumed in connection with any acquisition, merger or acquisition of minority interests of a non-Wholly-Owned Subsidiary (and in the case of clauses (x) and (y), not created in contemplation of such Person becoming a Restricted Subsidiary or such acquisition, merger or acquisition of minority interests) be deemed to be Indebtedness outstanding under the Limited Non-guarantor Debt Exceptions for purposes of this paragraph.

The Indenture will not treat (1) unsecured Indebtedness as subordinated or junior to Secured Indebtedness merely because it is unsecured or (2) Senior Indebtedness as subordinated or junior to any other Senior Indebtedness merely because it has a junior priority with respect to the same collateral.

CDW will not, and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly, create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien (except Permitted Liens) (each, a “Subject Lien”) that secures obligations under any Indebtedness on any asset or property of CDW or any Restricted Subsidiary, unless:

(1) in the case of Subject Liens on any Collateral, any Subject Lien if such Subject Lien is a Permitted Lien; and

(2) in the case of any other asset or property, any Subject Lien if (i) the Notes are equally and ratably secured with (or on a senior basis to, in the case such Subject Lien secures any Subordinated Indebtedness) the obligations secured by such Subject Lien or (ii) such Subject Lien is a Permitted Lien.

Any Lien created for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes pursuant to the preceding paragraph shall provide by its terms that such Lien shall be automatically and unconditionally released and discharged upon the release and discharge of the Initial Lien that gave rise to the obligation to so secure the Notes.

The Indenture will provide that, CDW shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create or permit to exist or become effective any consensual encumbrance or restriction on the ability of any such Restricted Subsidiary to:

(1) pay dividends or make any other distributions on its Capital Stock to CDW or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, or with respect to any other interest or participation in, or measured by, its profits, or pay any Indebtedness owed to CDW or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries;

(3) sell, lease or transfer any of its properties or assets to CDW or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries.

However, the preceding restrictions will not apply to encumbrances or restrictions existing under or by reason of:

(1) contractual encumbrances or restrictions in effect (x) pursuant to the Existing Senior Note Indenture, the Existing Senior Subordinated Note Indenture, the ABL Facility, the Senior Secured Term Loan or related documents as in effect on the Issue Date or (y) on the Issue Date, including, without limitation, pursuant to Indebtedness in existence on the Issue Date;

(3) purchase money obligations or other obligations described in clause (4) of the second paragraph of “—Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock” that, in each case, impose restrictions of the nature discussed in clause (3) above in the first paragraph of this covenant on the property so acquired;

(5) any agreement or other instrument of a Person acquired by CDW or any Restricted Subsidiary in existence at the time of such acquisition (but not created in connection therewith or in contemplation thereof or to provide all or a portion of the funds or credit support utilized to consummate such acquisition), which encumbrance or restriction is not applicable to any Person, or the properties or assets of any Person, other than the Person, or the property or assets of the Person, so acquired;

(6) contracts for the sale of assets, including without limitation, customary restrictions with respect to a Subsidiary pursuant to an agreement that has been entered into for the sale or disposition of all or substantially all of the Capital Stock or assets of such Subsidiary;

(7) Secured Indebtedness otherwise permitted to be incurred pursuant to the covenants described under “—Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock” and “—Liens” that limits the right of the debtor to dispose of the assets securing such Indebtedness;

(8) restrictions on cash or other deposits or net worth imposed by customers under contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business;

(9) other Indebtedness or Preferred Stock of any Restricted Subsidiary (i) that is a Guarantor that is incurred subsequent to the Issue Date pursuant to the covenant described under “—Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock” or (ii) that is incurred by a Foreign Subsidiary of CDW subsequent to the Issue Date pursuant to the covenant described under “—Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock”; provided that the terms of such agreements are not materially more restrictive, taken as a whole, with respect to such encumbrances or restrictions than those in the Existing Senior Note Indenture, the Existing Senior Subordinated Note Indenture, the ABL Facility, the Senior Secured Term Loan and the Indenture, on the Issue Date;

(10) customary provisions in joint venture agreements and other similar agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business;

(11) customary provisions contained in leases, subleases, licenses or asset sale agreements and other agreements;

(12) restrictions and conditions by the terms of the documentation governing any Receivables Facility that in the good faith determination of CDW are necessary or advisable to effect such Receivables Facility;

(13) negative pledges and restrictions on Liens in favor of any Holder of Indebtedness permitted under the Indenture; and

refinancings are, in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of CDW, not materially less favorable to the Holders of the Notes than encumbrances and restrictions contained in such predecessor agreements and do not affect CDW’s and Guarantors’ ability, taken as a whole, to make payments of interest and scheduled payments of principal in respect of the Notes, in each case as and when due; provided, further, however, that with respect to agreements existing on the Issue Date, any refinancings or amendments thereof contain such encumbrances or restrictions that are not materially less favorable to the Holders of the Notes than the encumbrances or restrictions contained in such agreements as in effect on the Issue Date.

The Indenture will provide that CDW may not, directly or indirectly: (1) consolidate or merge with or into another Person (whether or not CDW is the surviving corporation); or (2) sell, assign, transfer, convey, lease or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of the properties or assets of CDW and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, in one or more related transactions, to another Person; unless:

(1) (a) CDW is the surviving corporation; or (b) the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation or merger (if other than CDW) or to which such sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance, lease or other disposition has been made is a corporation or limited liability company organized or existing under the laws of the United States, any state of the United States, the District of Columbia or any territory thereof (CDW or such Person, including the Person to which such sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance, lease or other disposition has been made, as the case may be, being herein called the “Successor Company”);

(2) the Successor Company (if other than CDW) assumes all the obligations of CDW under the Notes, the Indenture and the Security Documents pursuant to agreements reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee;

(4) immediately after giving pro forma effect to such transaction and any related financing transactions, as if such transactions had occurred at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter period, either (i) the Successor Company would be permitted to incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio test set forth in the first paragraph of the covenant described under “—Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock” or (ii) the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio for the Successor Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries would be equal to or greater than the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio for CDW and its Restricted Subsidiaries immediately prior to such transaction;

(5) each Guarantor (except if it is the other party to the transactions described above in which case clause (2) above shall apply) shall have by supplemental indenture confirmed that its Guarantee shall apply to such Person’s obligations under the Notes, the Indenture and the Security Documents;

(6) to the extent any assets of the Person which is merged or consolidated with or into the Successor Company are assets of the type which would constitute Collateral under the Security Documents, the Successor Company will take such action as may be reasonably necessary to cause such property and assets to be made subject to the Lien of the Security Documents in the manner and to the extent required in the Indenture or any of the Security Documents and shall take all reasonably necessary action so that such Lien is perfected to the extent required by the Security Documents; and

(7) the Collateral owned by or transferred to the Successor Company shall: (a) continue to constitute Collateral under the Indenture and the Security Documents, (b) be subject to the Lien in favor of the First Lien Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Trustee and the holders of the Notes, and (c) not be subject to any Lien other than Permitted Liens.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) clauses (3), (4) and (5) above will not be applicable to: (a) any Restricted Subsidiary consolidating with, merging into or selling, assigning, transferring, conveying, leasing or otherwise disposing of all or part of its properties and assets to CDW or to another Guarantor; and (b) CDW merging with an Affiliate solely for the purpose of reincorporating CDW, as the case may be, in another jurisdiction; and (ii) any Foreign Subsidiary may consolidate with or merge into or transfer all or part of its properties and assets to any other Foreign Subsidiary; provided that if the Foreign Subsidiary so consolidating, merging or transferring all or part of its properties and assets is a Foreign Subsidiary that is a Guarantor, such Foreign Subsidiary shall, substantially simultaneously with such merger, transfer or disposition, terminate its Guarantee and otherwise be in compliance with the terms of the Indenture.

The predecessor company will be released from its obligations under the Indenture and the Notes and the Successor Company will succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, CDW under the Indenture and the Notes, but, in the case of a lease of all or substantially all its assets, the predecessor company will not be released from the obligation to pay the principal of and interest on the Notes.

Subject to certain limitations described in the Indenture governing release of a Guarantee upon the sale, disposition or transfer of a Guarantor, each Guarantor (other than Parent) will not, and CDW will not permit such Guarantor to, (1) consolidate or merge with or into another Person (whether or not such Guarantor is the surviving Person); or (2) sell, assign, transfer, convey, lease or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its properties or assets; unless:

(1)(a) such Guarantor is the surviving corporation; or (b) the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation or merger (if other than such Guarantor) or to which such sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance, lease or other disposition has been made is a corporation or limited liability company organized or existing under the laws of the United States, any state of the United States or the District of Columbia or any territory thereof (such Guarantor or such Person, including the Person to which such sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance, lease or other disposition has been made, as the case may be, being herein called the “Successor Guarantor”);

(2) the Successor Guarantor (if other than such Guarantor) assumes all the obligations of such Guarantor under any applicable Guarantees, the Indenture and the Security Documents pursuant to agreements reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee;

(4) the Net Proceeds of any such sale or other disposition of a Guarantor are applied in accordance with the covenant described under “—Repurchase at the Option of Holders—Asset Sales”;

(5) to the extent any assets of the Guarantor which is merged or consolidated with or into the Successor Person are assets of the type which would constitute Collateral under the Security Documents, the Successor Company will take such action as may be reasonably necessary to cause such property and assets to be made subject to the Lien of the Security Documents in the manner and to the extent required in the Indenture or any of the Security Documents and shall take all reasonably necessary action so that such Lien is perfected to the extent required by the Security Documents; and

(6) the Collateral owned by or transferred to the Successor Person shall: (i) continue to constitute Collateral under the Indenture and the Security Documents, (ii) be subject to the Lien in favor of the First Lien Collateral Agent for the Notes for the benefit of the Trustee and the Holders of the Notes, and (iii) not be subject to any Lien other than Permitted Liens.

In case of any such consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance and upon the assumption by the successor Person, by supplemental indenture, executed and delivered, together with an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that such consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance was made in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture, to the Trustee and satisfactory in form to the Trustee, of the Guarantee and the due and punctual performance of all of the covenants and conditions of the Indenture to be performed by the Guarantor, such successor Person shall succeed to and be substituted for the Guarantor with the same effect as if it had been named herein as a Guarantor. All the Guarantees so issued shall in all respects have the same legal rank and benefit under this Indenture as the Guarantees theretofore and thereafter issued in accordance with the terms of this Indenture as though all such Guarantees had been issued at the date of the execution hereof.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Guarantor may (A) consolidate with, merge into or sell, assign, transfer, convey, lease or otherwise dispose of all or part of its properties and assets to CDW or to another Guarantor or (B) dissolve, liquidate or windup its affairs if at that time it does not hold any material assets.

The Indenture will provide that Parent will not (1) consolidate or merge with or into another Person (whether or not Parent is the surviving corporation); or (2) sell, assign, transfer, convey, lease or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its properties or assets; unless:

(1) (a) Parent is the surviving corporation; or (b) the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation or merger (if other than Parent) or to which such sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance, lease or other disposition has been made is a corporation or limited liability company organized or existing under the laws of the United States, any state of the United States or the District of Columbia or any territory thereof (Parent or such Person, including the Person to which such sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance, lease or other disposition has been made, as the case may be, being herein called the “Successor Parent Guarantor”);

(2) the Successor Parent Guarantor (if other than Parent) assumes all the obligations of the Guarantor under each Guarantee to which such Guarantor is a party, the Indenture and the Security Documents pursuant to agreements reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee; and

In case of any such consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance and upon the assumption by the successor Person, by supplemental indenture, executed and delivered to the Trustee and satisfactory in form to the Trustee, of Parent and the due and punctual performance of all of the covenants and conditions of the Indenture to be performed by Parent, such successor Person shall succeed to and be substituted for Parent with the same effect as if it had been named herein as a Parent. All the Guarantees so issued shall in all respects have the same legal rank and benefit under the Indenture as the Guarantees theretofore and thereafter issued in accordance with the terms of the Indenture as though all such Guarantees had been issued at the date of the execution hereof.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, Parent may consolidate with, merge into or sell, assign, transfer, convey, lease or otherwise dispose of all or part of its properties and assets to CDW or to another Guarantor.

For purposes of this covenant, the sale, lease, conveyance, assignment, transfer or other disposition of all or substantially all of the properties and assets of one or more Restricted Subsidiaries of CDW, which properties and assets, if held by CDW instead of such Restricted Subsidiaries, would constitute all or substantially all of the properties and assets of CDW on a consolidated basis, shall be deemed to be the sale, lease, conveyance, assignment, transfer or other disposition of all or substantially all of the properties and assets of CDW.

Although there is a limited body of case law interpreting the phrase “substantially all,” there is no precise established definition of the phrase under applicable law. Accordingly, in certain circumstances there may be a degree of uncertainty as to whether a particular transaction would involve “all or substantially all” of the property or assets of a Person.

The Indenture provides that CDW shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, make any payment to, or sell, lease, assign, transfer or otherwise dispose of any of its properties or assets to, or purchase any property or assets from, or enter into or make or amend any transaction, contract, agreement, understanding, loan, advance or guarantee with, or for the benefit of, any Affiliate of CDW (each of the foregoing, an “Affiliate Transaction”) involving aggregate consideration in excess of $10.0 million, unless:

(2) with respect to any Affiliate Transaction or series of related Affiliate Transactions involving aggregate consideration in excess of $25.0 million, a majority of the Board of Directors of CDW (and, if any, a majority of the disinterested members of the Board of Directors of CDW with respect to such Affiliate Transaction) have determined in good faith that the criteria set forth in the immediately preceding clause (1) are satisfied and have approved the relevant Affiliate Transaction as evidenced by a Board Resolution.

The following items will not be deemed to be Affiliate Transactions and, therefore, will not be subject to the provisions of the prior paragraph:

(1) any transaction with CDW, a Restricted Subsidiary or joint venture or similar entity which would constitute an Affiliate Transaction solely because CDW or a Restricted Subsidiary owns an equity interest in or otherwise controls such Restricted Subsidiary, joint venture or similar entity;

(3) the payment to the Sponsors and any of their respective officers or Affiliates by CDW or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, of management, consulting, monitoring and advisory fees, termination or indemnification payments and related reasonable expenses pursuant to the Management Agreement and as in effect on the Issue Date or any amendment thereto (so long as any such amendment (x) does not increase the amount of fees payable to the Sponsors and (y) is not, taken as a whole, less advantageous to the Holders of the Notes in any material respect than the Management Agreement) or other agreements as in effect on the Issue Date or any amendment thereto (so long as any such amendment is not, taken as a whole, less advantageous to the Holders of the Notes in any material respect than the original agreement as in effect on the Issue Date);

(4) payments in respect of employment, severance and any other compensation arrangements with, and fees and expenses paid to, and indemnities provided on behalf of (and entering into related agreements with) officers, directors, employees or consultants of CDW, any of its direct or indirect parent companies, or any Restricted Subsidiary, in the ordinary course of business and made in good faith by the Board of Directors of CDW or senior management thereof;

(5) payments made by CDW or any Restricted Subsidiary to the Sponsors for any financial advisory, financing, underwriting or placement services or in respect of other investment banking activities, including, without limitation, in connection with acquisitions or divestitures, which payments are approved by majority of the Board of Directors of CDW (and, if any, a majority of the disinterested members of the Board of Directors of CDW with respect to such Affiliate Transaction) in good faith;

(6) transactions in which CDW or any Restricted Subsidiary deliver to the Trustee a letter from an Independent Financial Advisor stating that such transaction is fair to CDW or such Restricted Subsidiary from a financial point of view or meets the requirements of the preceding paragraph;

(7) payments or loans (or cancellations of loans) to employees or consultants of CDW or any of its direct or indirect parent companies or any Restricted Subsidiary which are approved by the Board of Directors of CDW in good faith and which are otherwise permitted under the Indenture;

(8) payments made or performance under any agreement as in effect on the Issue Date (other than the Management Agreement (which are permitted under clause (3) of the second paragraph of this covenant) that are disclosed in Schedule I to the Indenture, including with additional parties that may be added subsequent to the Issue Date and any amendment thereto to the extent such an amendment is not adverse to the interests of the Holders of the Notes in any material respect;

(9) transactions with customers, clients, suppliers, or purchasers or sellers of goods or services (including Parent and its Subsidiaries), in each case in the ordinary course of business and otherwise in compliance with the terms of the Indenture that are fair to CDW or its Restricted Subsidiaries, in the reasonable determination of the members of the Board of Directors of CDW or the senior management thereof, or are on terms at least as favorable as would reasonably have been entered into at such time with an unaffiliated party;

(10) if otherwise permitted hereunder, the issuance of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of CDW to any Permitted Holder, any director, officer, employee or consultant of CDW or its Subsidiaries or any other Affiliates of CDW (other than a Subsidiary);

(11) any transaction permitted by the covenant described under “—Merger, Consolidation or Sale of Assets”;

(12) any transaction with a Receivables Subsidiary effected as part of a Receivables Facility;

(13) payments by CDW and its Restricted Subsidiaries to each other pursuant to tax sharing agreements or arrangements among Parent and its subsidiaries on customary terms (including, without limitation, transfer pricing initiatives); and

(14) transactions among Foreign Subsidiaries for tax planning and tax efficiency purposes.

The Indenture provides that CDW shall not, and shall not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, engage in any business other than a Permitted Business, except to such extent as would not be material to CDW and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole.

The Indenture provides that, after the Issue Date, CDW shall cause (i) each of its Domestic Subsidiaries (other than any Unrestricted Subsidiary) that incurs any Indebtedness in excess of $25.0 million (other than Indebtedness permitted to be incurred pursuant to clauses (5), (6), (7), (8), (9), (10) and (15) of the second paragraph of the covenant described under “—Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock”) and (ii) each Restricted Subsidiary that guarantees any Indebtedness of CDW or any of the Guarantors, in each case, within 10 Business Days of such incurrence of any such Indebtedness or guarantee of such Indebtedness, to execute and deliver to the Trustee a Guarantee (including a supplemental indenture to the Indenture providing for such guarantee), together with an Opinion of Counsel, pursuant to which such Restricted Subsidiary will unconditionally Guarantee, on a joint and several basis, the full and prompt payment of the principal of, premium, if any and interest on the Notes and all other obligations under the Indenture on the same terms and conditions as those set forth in the Indenture.

Each Guarantee will be limited to an amount not to exceed the maximum amount that can be guaranteed by that Restricted Subsidiary without rendering the Guarantee, as it relates to such Restricted Subsidiary, voidable under applicable law relating to fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent transfer or similar laws affecting the rights of creditors generally.

Each Guarantee shall automatically be released in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture described under “—Guarantees.”

CDW Finance Corporation may not acquire or hold any material assets, voluntarily take any action to become liable for any material obligations or engage in any business activities or operations; provided that CDW Finance Corporation may be a co-obligor with respect to Indebtedness (including, for the avoidance of doubt, the Notes) if CDW is a primary obligor on such Indebtedness, the net proceeds of such Indebtedness are received by CDW or one or more of the Restricted Subsidiaries and such Indebtedness is otherwise permitted to be incurred under the Indenture.

The Indenture provides that, whether or not required by the Commission, so long as any Notes are outstanding, if not filed electronically with the Commission through the Commission’s Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval System (or any successor system), CDW will furnish to the Trustee, without cost to the Trustee, within the time periods specified in the Commission’s rules and regulations for a filer that is a “non-accelerated filer”:

(1) substantially the same quarterly and annual financial information that would be required to be contained in a filing with the Commission on Forms 10-Q and 10-K, if CDW were required to file such forms, including a “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and, with respect to the annual information only, a report on the annual financial statements by CDW’s certified independent accountants; and

(2) substantially the same current reports that would be required to be filed with the Commission on Form 8-K if CDW were required to file such reports.

not otherwise affect the rights of the Holders under “Events of Default and Remedies” if Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the then total outstanding Notes have declared the principal, premium, if any, interest and any other monetary obligations on all the then outstanding Notes to be due and payable immediately and such declaration shall not have been rescinded or cancelled prior to such cure. In addition, CDW has agreed that, for so long as any Notes remain outstanding, it will furnish to the Holders of the Notes and to securities analysts and prospective investors in the Notes that are “qualified institutional buyers” within the meaning of Rule 144A and certify their status as to CDW, upon their request, the information required to be delivered pursuant to Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act.

In addition, if at any time any direct or indirect parent company (other than Parent) becomes a Guarantor (there being no obligation of any such parent company to do so), holds no material assets other than cash, Cash Equivalents and the Capital Stock of CDW or any other direct or indirect parent of CDW (and performs the related incidental activities associated with such ownership) and complies with the requirements of Rule 3-10 of Regulation S-X promulgated by the Commission (or any successor provision), the reports, information and other documents required to be filed and furnished to Holders of the Notes pursuant to this covenant may, at the option of CDW, be filed by and be those of such parent company rather than CDW; provided that the same are accompanied by consolidating information as required by Rule 3-10 of Regulation S-X (or any successor provision) that explains in reasonable detail the differences between the information relating to Parent and such other parent, on the one hand, and the information relating to CDW and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a standalone basis, on the other hand.

(1) the Issuers default in payment when due and payable, upon redemption, acceleration or otherwise, of principal of, or premium, if any, on the Notes;

(2) the Issuers default in the payment when due of interest on or with respect to the Notes and such default continues for a period of 30 days;

(3) the Issuers default in the performance of, or breach any covenant, warranty or other agreement contained in, the Indenture (other than a default in the performance or breach of a covenant, warranty or agreement which is specifically dealt with in clauses (1) or (2) above) and such default or breach continues for a period of 60 days after the notice specified below or 90 days with respect to the covenant described under “—Reports”;

(4) a default under any mortgage, indenture or instrument under which there is issued or by which there is secured or evidenced any Indebtedness for money borrowed by the Issuers or any Restricted Subsidiary or the payment of which is guaranteed by the Issuers or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than Indebtedness owed to the Issuers or a Restricted Subsidiary), if (A) such default either (1) results from the failure to pay any principal and accrued and unpaid interest on such Indebtedness at its stated final maturity (after giving effect to any applicable grace periods) or (2) relates to an obligation other than the obligation to pay principal and accrued and unpaid interest on any such Indebtedness at its stated final maturity and results in the holder or holders of such Indebtedness causing such Indebtedness to become due prior to its stated maturity and (B) the principal amount of such Indebtedness, together with the principal amount of any other such Indebtedness in default for failure to pay principal at stated final maturity (after giving effect to any applicable grace periods), or the maturity of which has been so accelerated, aggregates in excess of $100.0 million (or its foreign currency equivalent) or more at any one time outstanding;

(5) certain events of bankruptcy affecting the Issuers or any Significant Subsidiary (or any group of Subsidiaries that, taken together as of the date of the most recent audited financial statements of the Issuers, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary);

(6) the failure by the Issuers or any Significant Subsidiary to pay final judgments aggregating in excess of $100.0 million (other than any judgments covered by indemnities or insurance policies issued by reputable and creditworthy companies and as to which liability coverage has not been denied by the insurance company or indemnifying party), which final judgments remain unpaid, undischarged and unstayed for a period of more than 60 days after the applicable judgment becomes final and nonappealable;

(7) the Guarantee of Parent or a Significant Subsidiary that is a Guarantor or any group of Subsidiaries that are Guarantors and that, taken together as of the date of the most recent audited financial statements of the Issuers, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary ceases to be in full force and effect (except as contemplated by the terms hereof) or Parent or any Guarantor denies or disaffirms its obligations under any Indenture or Guarantee, other than by reason of the release of the Guarantee in accordance with the terms of any Indenture; or

(8) with respect to any Collateral, individually or in the aggregate, having a fair market value in excess of $35.0 million, any of the Security Documents ceases to be in full force and effect in all material respects, or any of the Security Documents ceases to give the holders of the Notes the Liens purported to be created thereby in all material respects, or any of the Security Documents is declared null and void or any Issuer or any Guarantor denies in writing that it has any further liability under any Security Document or gives written notice to such effect (in each case (i) other than in accordance with the terms of the Indenture or the terms of the Senior Secured Term Loan or the Security Documents or (ii) unless waived by the requisite lenders under the Senior Secured Term Loan if, after that waiver, the Issuers are in compliance with the covenant described under “—Security”), except to the extent that any loss of perfection or priority results from the failure of the First Lien Collateral Agent for the Notes to maintain possession of certificates actually delivered to it representing securities pledged under the Security Documents, or otherwise results from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Trustee or the First Lien Collateral Agent for the Notes.

If an Event of Default (other than an Event of Default specified in clause (5) above with respect to the Issuers) shall occur and be continuing, the Trustee acting at the written direction of the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes under the Indenture may declare the principal of the Notes and any accrued interest on the Notes to be due and payable by notice in writing to the Issuers and the Trustee specifying the respective Event of Default and that it is a “notice of acceleration” (the “Acceleration Notice”), and the same shall become immediately due and payable.

Upon such declaration of acceleration, the aggregate principal amount of, and accrued and unpaid interest on all of the outstanding Notes shall ipso facto become and be immediately due and payable in cash without any declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or any Holder of the Notes. After such acceleration, but before a judgment or decree based on acceleration, the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of such outstanding Notes may, under certain circumstances, rescind and annul such acceleration if all Events of Default, other than the nonpayment of accelerated principal of or interest on such Notes, have been cured or waived as provided in the Indenture.

The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Notes may rescind and cancel such declaration and its consequences:

(2) if all existing Events of Default have been cured or waived except nonpayment of principal or interest that has become due solely because of the acceleration;

(3) to the extent the payment of such interest is lawful, interest on overdue installments of interest and overdue principal, which has become due otherwise than by such declaration of acceleration, has been paid;

(4) if the Issuers have paid the Trustee its reasonable compensation and reimbursed the Trustee for its expenses, disbursements and advances; and

(5) in the event of the cure or waiver of an Event of Default of the type described in clause (5) of the description above of Events of Default, the Trustee shall have received an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel that such Event of Default has been cured or waived.

No such rescission shall affect any subsequent Default or impair any right consequent thereto.

The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Notes issued and then outstanding under the Indenture may waive any existing Default or Event of Default under the Indenture, and its consequences, except a default in the payment of the principal of or interest on such Notes.

In the event of any Event of Default specified in clause (4) of the third preceding paragraph, such Event of Default and all consequences thereof (excluding, however, any resulting payment default) will be annulled, waived and rescinded, automatically and without any action by the Trustee or the Holders of the Notes, if within 30 days after such Event of Default arose the Issuers deliver an Officers’ Certificate to the Trustee stating that (x) the Indebtedness or guarantee that is the basis for such Event of Default has been discharged, (y) the Holders thereof have rescinded or waived the acceleration, notice or action (as the case may be) giving rise to such Event of Default or (z) the default that is the basis for such Event of Default has been cured, it being understood that in no event shall an acceleration of the principal amount of the Notes as described above be annulled, waived or rescinded upon the happening of any such events.

Holders of the Notes may not enforce the Indenture or such Notes except as provided in such Indenture and under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended. Subject to the provisions of the Indenture relating to the duties of the Trustee, the Trustee is under no obligation to exercise any of its rights or powers under the Indenture at the request, order or direction of any of the Holders of the Notes, unless such Holders have offered to the Trustee reasonable indemnity. Subject to all provisions of the Indenture and applicable law, the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes issued under the Indenture have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee or exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee.

The Issuers are required to deliver to the Trustee annually a statement regarding compliance with the Indenture. Upon becoming aware of any Default or Event of Default, the Issuers are required to promptly deliver to the Trustee a statement specifying such Default or Event of Default (unless such Default or Event of Default has been cured prior to such time).

No director, officer, employee, incorporator, stockholder, unitholder or member of the Issuers, any of their Subsidiaries or any of their direct or indirect parent companies, including Parent, as such, has any liability for any obligations of the Issuers or any Guarantor under the Notes, the Indenture, the Guarantees, or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. Each Holder of Notes by accepting a Note waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for issuance of the Notes. The waiver may not be effective to waive liabilities under the federal securities laws, and it is the view of the Commission that such waiver is against public policy.

Each of the Indenture, the Notes and the Guarantees is governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York.

The Issuers may, concurrently and only concurrently, at their option and at any time, elect to have all of their obligations and the obligations of the applicable Guarantors discharged with respect to any outstanding Notes issued under the Indenture (“Legal Defeasance”) except for:

(1) the rights of Holders of outstanding Notes issued thereunder to receive payments in respect of the principal of, premium and interest on such Notes when such payments are due solely out of the trust referred to below;

(2) the Issuers’ obligations with respect to the Notes issued thereunder concerning issuing temporary Notes, registration of Notes, mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Notes and the maintenance of an office or agency for payment and money for security payments held in trust;

(3) the rights, powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the Trustee, and Issuers’ obligations in connection therewith; and

Default with respect to the Notes issued thereunder. In the event that a Covenant Defeasance occurs, certain events (not including nonpayment, bankruptcy, receivership, rehabilitation and insolvency events of the Issuers but including such events with respect to any Significant Subsidiary) described under “Events of Default and Remedies” will no longer constitute an Event of Default with respect to the Notes issued under the Indenture.

In order to exercise either Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance under an Indenture:

(1) the Issuers must irrevocably deposit with the Trustee, in trust, for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes issued thereunder, cash in U.S. dollars, non-callable U.S. Government Securities, or a combination of cash in U.S. dollars and non-callable U.S. Government Securities, in such amounts as will be sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally recognized investment bank, appraisal firm or firm of independent public accountants, to pay the principal of, premium, and interest due on the outstanding Notes (calculated on the cash interest rate, if applicable) issued thereunder on the stated maturity or on the applicable redemption date, as the case may be, of such principal, premium, if any, or interest on such Notes and the Issuers must specify whether such Notes are being defeased to maturity or to a particular redemption date;

(2) in the case of Legal Defeasance, the Issuers have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel confirming that, subject to customary assumptions and exclusions, (a) the Issuers has received from, or there has been published by, the United States Internal Revenue Service a ruling or (b) since the date of the such Indenture, there has been a change in the applicable federal income tax law, in either case to the effect that, and based thereon such Opinion of Counsel will confirm that, subject to customary assumptions and exclusions, the Holders of the outstanding Notes will not recognize income, gain or loss for U.S. federal income tax purposes as a result of such Legal Defeasance and will be subject to U.S. federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such Legal Defeasance had not occurred;

(3) in the case of Covenant Defeasance, the Issuers have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel confirming that, subject to customary assumptions and exclusions, the Holders of the outstanding Notes will not recognize income, gain or loss for U.S. federal income tax purposes as a result of such Covenant Defeasance and will be subject to U.S. federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such Covenant Defeasance had not occurred;

(4) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing on the date of such deposit (other than a Default or Event of Default resulting from the borrowing of funds to be applied to such deposit and the grant of any Lien securing such borrowings);

(5) such Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance will not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under any other material agreement or instrument (other than the Indenture) to which the Issuers or any Guarantor are a party or by which the Issuers or any Guarantor is bound;

(6) the Issuers must deliver to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate stating that the deposit was not made by the Issuers with the intent of preferring the Holders of the Notes over the other creditors of the Issuers or any Guarantor or defeating, hindering, delaying or defrauding creditors of the Issuers or any Guarantor or others; and

(7) the Issuers must deliver to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel (which Opinion of Counsel may be subject to customary assumptions and exclusions), each stating that all conditions precedent provided for or relating to the Legal Defeasance or the Covenant Defeasance, as the case may be, have been complied with.

Except as provided in the next two succeeding paragraphs, the Indenture, the Security Documents and the Notes may be amended or supplemented with the consent of the applicable Required Holders (including, with respect to the Holders of Notes, without limitation, consents obtained in connection with a purchase of, or tender offer or exchange offer for, such Notes), and any existing default or compliance with any provision of the Indenture, the Security Documents and the Notes may be waived (except a default in respect of the payment of principal or interest on such Notes) with the consent of the applicable Required Holders (including, with respect to the Holders of Notes, without limitation, consents obtained in connection with a purchase of, or tender offer or exchange offer for, such Notes).

Without the consent of each affected Holder of Notes, an amendment or waiver of the Indenture may not:

(1) reduce the principal amount of Notes issued thereunder whose Holders must consent to an amendment; or change the definition of “Required Holders”;

(2) reduce the principal of or change the fixed maturity of any Note or alter the provisions with respect to the redemption of the Notes issued thereunder (other than the provisions relating to the covenants described above under “—Repurchase at the Option of Holders” except as set forth in clause (10) below);

(3) reduce the rate of or change the time for payment of interest on any Note issued thereunder;

(4) waive a Default or Event of Default in the payment of principal of, premium or interest on the Notes issued thereunder (except a rescission of acceleration of the Notes by the Required Holder and a waiver of the payment default that resulted from such acceleration or in respect of a covenant or provision contained in the Indenture or any Guarantee which cannot be amended or modified without the consent of all Holders);

(6) make any change in the provisions of any Indenture relating to waivers of past Defaults or the rights of Holders of Notes to receive payments of principal of, or interest or premium on the Notes issued thereunder or impair the right of any Holder of Notes to institute suit for the enforcement of any payment on or with respect to such Holder’s Notes;

(7) waive a redemption payment with respect to any Note issued thereunder (other than a payment required by one of the covenants described above under “—Repurchase at the Option of Holders” except as set forth in clause (10) below);

(8) make any change to or modify the ranking of the Notes or Lien subordination with respect to the Notes that would adversely affect either the Holders of Notes;

(10) amend, change or modify in any material respect the obligation of CDW to make and consummate a Change of Control Offer in respect of a Change of Control that has occurred or make and consummate an Asset Sale Offer in respect of an Asset Sale that has been consummated after a requirement to make an Asset Sale Offer has arisen; or

In addition, without the consent of at least 75% in aggregate principal amount of Notes then outstanding, an amendment, supplement or waiver may not:

(1) modify any Security Document or the provisions of the Indenture dealing with the Security Documents or application of trust moneys, or otherwise release any Collateral, in any manner materially adverse to the Holders other than in accordance with the Indenture, the Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreements; or

(2) modify any Intercreditor Agreement in any manner materially adverse to the Holders other than in accordance with the Indenture, the Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreements.

Notwithstanding the preceding, without the consent of any Holder of the Notes, CDW, the Guarantors and the Trustee upon receipt of an Officers’ Certificate as to no material adverse effect to the Holders of the Notes and an Opinion of Counsel, may amend or supplement the Indenture, any Security Document, any Guarantee and the Notes issued thereunder:

(2) to provide for uncertificated Notes in addition to or in place of certificated Notes;

(3) to provide for the assumption by a Successor Company or a successor company of a Guarantor, as applicable, of CDW’s or such Guarantor’s obligations under the Indenture, the Notes or any Guarantee;

(4) to make any change that would provide any additional rights or benefits to the Holders of Notes or that does not adversely affect the legal rights under the Indenture of any such Holder;

(5) to comply with requirements of the Commission in order to effect or maintain the qualification of the Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended;

(7) to release a Guarantor upon its sale or designation as an Unrestricted Subsidiary or other permitted release from its Guarantee; provided that such sale, designation or release is in accordance with the applicable provisions of the Indenture;

(8) to mortgage, pledge, hypothecate or grant any other Lien in favor of the Trustee for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes, as additional security for the payment and performance of all or any portion of the Obligations, in any property or assets, including any which are required to be mortgaged, pledged or hypothecated, or in which a Lien is required to be granted to or for the benefit of the Trustee or the First Lien Collateral Agent pursuant to the Indenture, any of the Security Documents or otherwise;

(9) to release Collateral from the Lien of the Indenture and the Security Documents when permitted or required by the Security Documents or the Indenture;

(10) to add Additional First Lien Secured Parties or additional ABL Secured Parties, to any Security Documents; or

(11) to conform the text of the Indenture, the Security Documents, the Intercreditor Agreement, Guarantees or the Notes to any provision of this “Description of Senior Secured Exchange Notes” to the extent that such provision in this “Description of Senior Secured Exchange Notes” was intended to be a verbatim recitation of a provision of the Indenture, the Security Documents, the Intercreditor Agreement, Guarantee or Notes.

The First Lien Intercreditor Agreement may be amended from time to time with the consent of certain parties thereto. In addition, the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement may be amended from time to time at the sole request and expense of the Issuers, and without the consent of the First Lien Collateral Agent for the Notes or the First Lien Collateral Agent for the Senior Secured Term Loan,

(1) (A) to add other parties (or any authorized agent thereof or trustee therefor) holding Additional First Lien Obligations that are incurred in compliance with the Senior Secured Term Loan, the Indenture and the Security Documents, (B) to establish that the Liens on any Collateral securing such Additional First Lien Obligations shall be equal under the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement with the Liens on such Collateral securing the Notes Obligations, all on the terms provided for in the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement in effect immediately prior to such amendment and (C) to establish that the Liens on any ABL Priority Collateral securing such Additional First Lien Obligations shall be equal under the Intercreditor Agreement with the Liens on such ABL Priority Collateral securing the Notes Obligations, all on the terms provided for in the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement as in effect immediately prior to such amendment, and

(2) (A) to add other parties (or any authorized agent thereof or trustee therefor) holding Indebtedness that is incurred in compliance with the Indenture, the Senior Secured Term Loan and the Security Documents, (B) to establish that the Liens on any ABL Priority Collateral securing such Indebtedness shall be junior and subordinated under the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement to the Liens on such Collateral securing the Senior Secured Term Loan Obligations, the Notes Obligations and the Additional First Lien Obligations and (C) to establish that the Liens on any Non-ABL Priority Collateral securing such Indebtedness shall be junior and subordinated under the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement to the Liens on such Collateral securing the Senior Secured Term Loan Obligations, the Notes Obligations and the Additional First Lien Obligations, all on the terms provided for in the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement in effect immediately prior to such amendment. Any such additional party and the First Lien Collateral Agent for the Notes shall be entitled to rely upon an Officers’ Certificate delivered by the Issuers certifying that such Additional First Lien Obligations or Indebtedness, as the case may be, were issued or borrowed in compliance with the Indenture and the Security Documents.

The Indenture shall be discharged and will cease to be of further effect as to the Notes issued thereunder, when:

(a) all such Notes that have been authenticated and delivered, except lost, stolen or destroyed Notes that have been replaced or paid and Notes for whose payment money has been deposited in trust and thereafter repaid to the Issuers, have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or

(b) all Notes issued thereunder that have not been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation have become due and payable by reason of the mailing of a notice of redemption or otherwise or will become due and payable by reason of the mailing of a notice of redemption or otherwise within one year and the Issuers have irrevocably deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee as trust funds in trust solely for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes, cash in U.S. dollars, non-callable U.S. Government Securities, or a combination thereof, in amounts as will be sufficient without consideration of any reinvestment of interest, to pay and discharge the entire Indebtedness on the Notes not delivered to the Trustee for cancellation for principal, premium and accrued interest to the date of maturity or redemption;

(2) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of the deposit or will occur as a result of the deposit (other than a Default resulting from borrowing of funds to be applied to such deposit and any similar and simultaneous deposit relating to other Indebtedness, and in each case the grant of any Lien securing such borrowing) and the deposit will not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, any other material instrument to which the Issuers are a party or by which the Issuers are bound;

(3) the Issuers have paid or caused to be paid all sums payable by them under such Indenture; and

(4) the Issuers have delivered irrevocable instructions to the Trustee under the Indenture to apply the deposited money toward the payment of the Notes issued thereunder at maturity or the redemption date, as the case may be.

In addition, the Issuers must deliver an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel to the Trustee stating that all conditions precedent to satisfaction and discharge with respect to the Indenture have been satisfied.

If the Trustee becomes a creditor of CDW, the Indenture limits its right to obtain payment of claims in certain cases, or to realize on certain property received in respect of any such claim as security or otherwise. The Trustee will be permitted to engage in other transactions; however, if it acquires any conflicting interest, it must eliminate such conflict within 90 days or resign.

The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes issued under the Indenture will have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for exercising any remedy available to the Trustee under the Indenture, subject to certain exceptions. The Indenture provides that in case an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee will be required, in the exercise of its power, to use the degree of care of a prudent person in the conduct of such person’s own affairs. Subject to such provisions, the Trustee will be under no obligation to exercise any of its rights or powers under the Indenture at the request of any Holder of Notes issued thereunder, unless such Holder has offered to the Trustee security and indemnity satisfactory to it against any loss, liability or expense.

Set forth below are certain defined terms used in the Indenture. Reference is made to the Indenture for a more detailed presentation of all such terms, as well as any other capitalized terms used herein for which no definition is provided.

“ABL Asset Sale Offer” has the meaning set forth under “Repurchase at the Option of Holders—Asset Sales.”

“ABL Excess Proceeds” has the meaning set forth under “Repurchase at the Option of Holders—Asset Sales.”

“ABL Facility” means that certain ABL Facility, dated as of the Closing Date, and as amended and restated as of the Issue Date, among IVY Merger-Sub, Inc., CDW LLC (as successor in interest to CDW Corporation), JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent and Lehman Brothers Inc., Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc. and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., as Co-Syndication Agents, the lenders party thereto and certain other parties specified therein, providing revolving loans and other extensions of credit, including any related notes, debentures, bonds, guarantees, collateral documents, instruments and agreements executed in connection therewith, and in each case as amended, restated, supplemented, modified, renewed, refunded, replaced (whether at maturity or thereafter) or refinanced from time to time in one or more agreements or Indenture (in each case with the same or new agents, lenders or institutional investors), including any agreement adding or changing the borrower or any guarantor or extending the maturity thereof or otherwise restructuring all or any portion of the Indebtedness thereunder or increasing the amount loaned or issued thereunder or altering the maturity thereof (provided that such increase in borrowings is permitted under the covenant entitled “—Certain Covenants—Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock”).

“ABL Obligations” means (i) the unpaid principal of and interest on all loans, letters of credit, and all other obligations and liabilities of Parent or any guarantor thereunder to the administrative agent, the issuing bank or any lender thereunder, whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, due or to become due, or now existing or hereafter incurred, which may arise under, out of, or in connection with, the ABL Facility and the letters of credit issued thereunder and whether on account of principal, interest, fees, indemnities, costs, expenses including all fees, charges and disbursements of counsel to the administrative agent or any lender thereunder that are required to be paid pursuant the ABL Facility and including interest accruing after the maturity of the loans and interest accruing after the filing of any petition in bankruptcy, or the commencement of any insolvency, reorganization or like proceeding, relating to Parent or any guarantor thereunder, whether or not a claim for post-filing or post-petition interest is allowed in such proceeding) or otherwise, (ii) any Obligations under Hedging Obligations to an ABL Secured Party and (iii) any Cash Management Obligations to an ABL Secured Party.

“ABL Priority Collateral” means all of the following property of the Issuers and the Guarantors whether now owned or hereafter acquired:

(a) all Accounts, other than accounts which arise from the disposition of Non-ABL Priority Collateral;

(b) all Inventory and documents of title, customs receipts, insurance certificates, shipping documents and other written materials related to the purchase or import of any Inventory;

(c) all Deposit Accounts and Securities Accounts (excluding any Deposit Account and/or Securities Account with the First Lien Collateral Agent in which only proceeds from the disposition of Non-ABL Priority Collateral are deposited), including all cash, marketable securities, securities entitlements, financial assets and other funds held in or on deposit in any of the foregoing;

(d) all General Intangibles, to the extent relating or pertaining primarily to Accounts, Inventory, Deposit Accounts, or Securities Accounts, but specifically excluding Non-ABL Priority Collateral;

(e) all Letter of Credit Rights, to the extent relating or pertaining primarily to Accounts, Inventory, Deposit Accounts, or Securities Accounts, but specifically excluding Non-ABL Priority Collateral;

(f) all Chattel Paper, to the extent relating or pertaining primarily to Accounts, Inventory, Deposit Accounts, or Securities Accounts, but specifically excluding Non-ABL Priority Collateral;

(g) all Records and Supporting Obligations, to the extent relating or pertaining primarily to the items referred to in the preceding clauses (a) through (f), but specifically excluding Non-ABL Priority Collateral; and

(h) all substitutions, replacements, accessions, products and proceeds of any of the foregoing (including, without limitation, proceeds of insurance, licenses, royalties, income, payments, claims, damages and proceeds of suit) of any or all of the items referred to in the preceding clauses (a) through (g).

The following terms which are defined in the Uniform Commercial Code are used above as so defined: Accounts, Chattel Paper, General Intangibles, Inventory, Instruments, Deposit Accounts, Documents, Security Accounts, Letter of Credit Rights, Records and Supporting Obligations.

“ABL Secured Parties” means each of (i) the ABL Collateral Agent on behalf of itself and the lenders under the ABL Facility and lenders or their affiliates counterparty to related Hedging Obligations and Cash Management Obligations and (ii) each other holder of ABL Obligations.

(1) Indebtedness of any other Person existing at the time such other Person is merged with or into or became a Restricted Subsidiary of such specified Person, including Indebtedness incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of, or to provide all or any portion of the funds or credit support utilized in connection with, such other Person merging with or into, or becoming a Restricted Subsidiary of, such specified Person; and

(2) Indebtedness secured by an existing Lien encumbering any asset acquired by such specified Person.

“Acquisition Agreement” means that certain agreement and plan of merger dated as of May 29, 2007 between VH Holdings, Inc. (n/k/a CDW Corporation), VH Merger-Sub, Inc. and CDW Corporation, as amended, modified and/or supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof (so long as any amendment, supplement or modification after the Closing Date, together with all other amendments, supplements and modifications after the Closing Date, taken as a whole, is not more disadvantageous to the Holders of the Notes in any material respect than the Acquisition Agreement in effect on the Closing Date).

“Additional First Lien Agreement” means any indenture, credit agreement or other agreement, if any, pursuant to which CDW or any Guarantor will incur Additional First Lien Obligations; provided that, in each case, the Indebtedness thereunder has been designated as Additional First Lien Obligations at the time of Incurrence in accordance with the Security Documents.

“Additional First Lien Obligations” means all advances to, and debts, liabilities, obligations, covenants and duties of, CDW or any Guarantor arising under any Additional First Lien Agreement including, without limitation, future secured notes, whether direct or indirect (including those acquired by assumption), absolute or contingent, due or to become due, now existing or hereafter arising and including interest and fees that accrue after the commencement by or against CDW or any Guarantor or any Affiliate thereof of any proceeding under any bankruptcy or insolvency law naming such Person as the debtor in such proceeding, regardless of whether such interest and fees are allowed claims in such proceeding, in each case, that have been designated as Additional First Lien Obligations at the time of Incurrence in accordance with the Security Documents.

“Affiliate” of any specified Person means any other Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with such specified Person. For purposes of this definition, “control” (including, with correlative meanings, the terms “controlling,” “controlled by” and “under common control with”), as used with respect to any Person, means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by agreement or otherwise.

“Applicable Authorized Representative” means, with respect to any Common Collateral, (i) until the earlier of (x) the Discharge of Senior Secured Term Loan Obligations and (y) the Non-Controlling Authorized Representative Enforcement Date, the administrative agent under the Senior Secured Term Loan and (ii) from and after the earlier of (x) the Discharge of Senior Secured Term Loan Obligations and (y) the Non-Controlling Authorized Representative Enforcement Date, the Major Non-Controlling Authorized Representative.

“Applicable Premium” means, with respect to any Note on any applicable redemption date, the greater of:

(1) the present value at such redemption date of (i) the redemption price at December 15, 2014 (such redemption price being set forth under “—Optional Redemption”) plus (ii) all required interest payments due on the Note through December 15, 2014 (excluding accrued but unpaid interest to the date of redemption), computed using a discount rate equal to the Treasury Rate as of such redemption date plus 50 basis points; over

“Asset Sale” means (i) the sale, conveyance, transfer, lease (as lessor) or other voluntary disposition (whether in a single transaction or a series of related transactions) of property or assets (including by way of a Sale and Lease-Back Transaction) of CDW (other than the sale of Equity Interests of CDW) or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (each referred to in this definition as a “disposition”) or (ii) the issuance or sale of Equity Interests of any Restricted Subsidiary (whether in a single transaction or a series of related transactions), in each case, other than:

(1) a disposition of Cash Equivalents or Investment Grade Securities or obsolete, damaged or worn out property or equipment in the ordinary course of business or inventory (or other assets) held for sale in the ordinary course of business and dispositions of property no longer used or useful in the conduct of the business of CDW and its Restricted Subsidiaries or the disposition of inventory in the ordinary course of business;

(2) the disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of CDW in a manner permitted pursuant to the covenant contained under “—Certain Covenants—Merger, Consolidation or Sale of Assets” or any disposition that constitutes a Change of Control pursuant to the Indenture;

(3) the making of any Restricted Payment or Permitted Investment that is permitted to be made, and is made, pursuant to the covenant contained under “—Certain Covenants—Restricted Payments” or the granting of a Lien permitted by the covenant contained under “—Certain Covenants—Liens”;

(4) any disposition of assets or issuance or sale of Equity Interests of any Restricted Subsidiary (other than directors’ qualifying shares or shares required by applicable law to be held by a Person other than CDW or a Restricted Subsidiary) in any transaction or series of transactions with an aggregate fair market value of less than $25.0 million;

(5) any disposition of property or assets or issuance of securities by a Restricted Subsidiary to CDW or by CDW or a Restricted Subsidiary to another Restricted Subsidiary;

(6) the sale, lease, assignment, sublease, license or sublicense of any real or personal property in the ordinary course of business;

(7) any issuance or sale of Equity Interests in, or Indebtedness or other securities of, an Unrestricted Subsidiary;

(9) disposition of an account receivable in connection with the collection or compromise thereof in the ordinary course of business or in bankruptcy or similar proceedings and exclusive of factoring or similar arrangements;

(10) sales of accounts receivable, or participations therein, in connection with any Receivables Facility;

(11) the issuance by a Restricted Subsidiary of Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock that is permitted by the covenant described under “—Certain Covenants—Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock”;

(12) any financing transaction with respect to property built or acquired by CDW or any Restricted Subsidiary after the Issue Date, including Sale and Lease-Back Transactions and Receivables Facility financings permitted under the Indenture;

(13) transfers of property subject to casualty or condemnation proceedings (including in lieu thereof) upon the receipt of the net cash proceeds therefor;

(14) the abandonment of intellectual property rights in the ordinary course of business, which in the reasonable good faith determination of CDW or a Restricted Subsidiary are not material to the conduct of the business of CDW and its Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole;

(17) Sale and Lease-Back Transactions involving (i) real property owned on the Issue Date, (ii) property acquired not more than 180 days prior to such Sale and Lease Back Transaction for cash in an amount at least equal to the cost of such property and (iii) other property for cash consideration if the sale is treated as an Asset Sale.

“Asset Sale Offer” has the meaning set forth under “Repurchase at the Option of Holders—Asset Sales.”

“Authorized Representative” means (i) in the case of any Senior Secured Term Loan Obligations or the Senior Secured Term Loan Secured Parties, the administrative agent under the Senior Secured Term Loan, (ii) in the case of the Notes Obligations or the Holders, the Trustee and (iii) in the case of any Series of Additional First Lien Obligations or Additional First Lien Secured Parties that become subject to the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement, the Authorized Representative named for such Series in the applicable joinder agreement.

“Bankruptcy Law” means Title 11, U.S. Code or any similar Federal, state or foreign law for the relief of debtors.

“Beneficial Owner” has the meaning assigned to such term in Rule 13d-3 and Rule 13d-5 under the Exchange Act, except that in calculating the beneficial ownership of any particular “person” (as that term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act), such “person” will be deemed to have beneficial ownership of all securities that such “person” has the right to acquire by conversion or exercise of other securities, whether such right is currently exercisable or is exercisable only upon the occurrence of a subsequent condition. The terms “Beneficially Owns,” “Beneficially Owned” and “Beneficial Ownership” have a corresponding meaning.

(2) with respect to a partnership, the board of directors of the general partner of the partnership; and

(3) with respect to any other Person, the board or committee of such Person serving a similar function.

“Board Resolution” means a copy of a resolution certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of CDW or any Restricted Subsidiary to have been duly adopted by the Board of Directors, unless the context specifically requires that such resolution be adopted by a majority of the disinterested directors, in which case by a majority of such directors, and to be in full force and effect on the date of such certification and delivered to the Trustee.

“Calculation Date” has the meaning set forth in the definition of “Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio.”

(2) in the case of an association or business entity, any and all shares, interests, participations, rights or other equivalents (however designated) of capital stock;

(3) in the case of a partnership or limited liability company, partnership or membership interests (whether general or limited); and

(4) any other interest or participation that confers on a Person the right to receive a share of the profits and losses of, or distributions of assets of, the issuing Person.

“Capitalized Lease Obligation” means, at the time any determination thereof is to be made, the amount of the liability in respect of a capital lease that would at such time be required to be capitalized and reflected as a liability on a balance sheet (excluding the footnotes thereto) prepared in accordance with GAAP (except for temporary treatment of construction-related expenditures under ASC 840-40, “Sale-Leaseback Transactions,” which will ultimately be treated as operating leases or occupancy agreements upon a Sale and Lease-Back Transaction).

“Cash Contribution Amount” means the aggregate amount of cash contributions made to the capital of CDW or any other Guarantor described in the definition of “Contribution Indebtedness.”

(2)(i) Sterling, Canadian Dollars, Euro, or any national currency of any participating member state of the economic and monetary union contemplated by the Treaty on European Union; or

(ii) in the case of CDW or a Restricted Subsidiary, such local currencies held by them from time to time in the ordinary course of business;

(3) securities issued or directly and fully and unconditionally guaranteed or insured by the U.S. government or any agency or instrumentality thereof the securities of which are unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation of such government with maturities of 24 months or less from the date of acquisition;

(4) certificates of deposit, time deposits and Eurodollar time deposits with maturities of one year or less from the date of acquisition, bankers’ acceptances with maturities not exceeding one year and overnight bank deposits, in each case with (i) any lender under the ABL Facility or the Senior Secured Term Loan or an Affiliate thereof or (ii) any commercial bank having capital and surplus of not less than $250.0 million in the case of U.S. banks and $100.0 million (or the U.S. Dollar Equivalent as of the date of determination) in the case of non-U.S. banks;

(5) repurchase obligations for underlying securities of the types described in clauses (3) and (4) above entered into with any financial institution meeting the qualifications specified in clause (4) above;

(6) commercial paper rated P-1 by Moody’s or A-1 by S&P and in each case maturing within 24 months after the date of creation thereof;

(7) marketable short-term money market and similar securities having a rating of P-1 or A-1 from either Moody’s or S&P, respectively (or, if at any time neither Moody’s nor S&P shall be rating such obligations, an equivalent rating from another Rating Agency) and in each case maturing within 24 months after the date of creation thereof;

(8) investment funds investing 95% of their assets in securities of the types described in clauses (1) through (7) above;

(9) readily marketable direct obligations issued by any state, commonwealth or territory of the United States or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof having an Investment Grade Rating from either Moody’s or S&P with maturities of 24 months or less from the date of acquisition;

(10) Investments with average maturities of 12 months or less from the date of acquisition in money market funds rated A (or the equivalent thereof) or better by S&P or A3 (or the equivalent thereof) or better by Moody’s:

(12) in the case of any Foreign Subsidiary, investments of comparable tenure and credit quality to those described in the foregoing clauses (1) through (11) above or other high quality short term investments, in each case, customarily utilized in countries in which such Foreign Subsidiary operates for short term cash management purposes.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, Cash Equivalents shall include amounts denominated in currencies other than those set forth in clauses (1) and (2) above, provided that such amounts are converted into any currency listed in clauses (1) and (2) as promptly as practicable and in any event within ten Business Days following the receipt of such amounts.

“Cash Management Obligations” means Obligations under any facilities or services related to cash management, including treasury, depository, overdraft, credit or debit card, automated clearing house fund transfer services, purchase card, electronic funds transfer (including non-card e-payables services) and other cash management arrangements and commercial credit card and merchant card services.

“Cash Pooling Arrangements” means a deposit account arrangement among a single depository institution, CDW and one or more Foreign Subsidiaries involving the pooling of cash deposits in and overdrafts in respect of one or more deposit accounts (each located outside of the United States and any States and territories thereof) with such institution by CDW and such Foreign Subsidiaries for cash management purposes.

(1) the sale, lease, transfer or other conveyance, in one or a series of related transactions, of all or substantially all of the assets of CDW and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to any Person other than to a Permitted Holder;

(2) the acquisition by any Person or group (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or Section 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act, or any successor provision), including any group acting for the purpose of acquiring, holding or disposing of securities (within the meaning of Rule 13d5(b)(1) under the Exchange Act), other than the Permitted Holders, in a single transaction or in a related series of transactions, by way of merger, consolidation or other business combination or purchase of Beneficial Ownership, directly or indirectly, of 50% or more of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of CDW or any of its direct or indirect parent entities, including, without limitation, Parent;

(3) the first day on which the majority of the Board of Directors of CDW then in office shall cease to consist of Continuing Directors; or

“Code” means the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time, and the regulations promulgated and rulings issued thereunder. Section references to the Code are to the Code, as in effect on the Issue Date, and any subsequent provisions of the Code, amendatory thereof, supplemental thereto or substituted therefor.

“Collateral” means, collectively, the ABL Priority Collateral and Non-ABL Priority Collateral.

“Common Collateral” means, at any time, Collateral in which the holders of two or more Series of First Lien Obligations (or their respective Authorized Representatives) hold a valid and perfected security interest at such time. If more than two Series of First Lien Obligations are outstanding at any time and the holders of less than all Series of First Lien Obligations hold a valid and perfected security interest in any Collateral at such time then such Collateral shall constitute Common Collateral for those Series of First Lien Obligations that hold a valid security interest in such Collateral at such time and shall not constitute Common Collateral for any Series which does not have a valid and perfected security interest in such Collateral at such time.

“Common Stock” of any Person means Capital Stock in such Person that does not rank prior, as to the payment of dividends or as to the distribution of assets upon any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of such Person, to Capital Stock of any other class in such Person.

“Consolidated Depreciation and Amortization Expense” means, with respect to any Person for any period, the total amount of depreciation and amortization expense, including the amortization of deferred financing fees, and other Non-cash charges (excluding any Non-cash item that represents an accrual or reserve for a cash expenditure for a future period) of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period on a consolidated basis and otherwise determined in accordance with GAAP.

“Consolidated Interest Expense” means, with respect to any Person for any period, without duplication, the sum of:

(a) consolidated interest expense of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, to the extent such expense was deducted (and not added back) in computing Consolidated Net Income (including (i) amortization of original issue discount resulting from the issuance of Indebtedness at less than par, (ii) all commissions, discounts and other fees and charges owed with respect to letters of credit or bankers acceptances, (iii) Non-cash interest expense (but excluding any Non-cash interest expense attributable to the movement in the mark to market valuation of Hedging Obligations or other derivative instruments pursuant to GAAP), (iv) the interest component of Capitalized Lease Obligations, (v) net payments, if any, pursuant to interest rate Hedging Obligations with respect to Indebtedness, (vi) net losses on Hedging Obligations or other derivative instruments entered into for the purpose of hedging interest rate risk and (vii) costs of surety bonds in connection with financing activities, and excluding (x) amortization of deferred financing fees, debt issuance costs, commissions, fees and expenses, (y) any expensing of bridge, commitment and other financing fees and (z) commissions, discounts, yield and other fees and charges (including any interest expense) related to any Receivables Facility); plus

(b) consolidated capitalized interest of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, whether paid or accrued; less

For purposes of this definition, interest on a Capitalized Lease Obligation shall be deemed to accrue at an interest rate reasonably determined by CDW to be the rate of interest implicit in such Capitalized Lease Obligation in accordance with GAAP.

“Consolidated Net Income” means, with respect to any Person for any period, the aggregate of the Net Income of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, on a consolidated basis, and otherwise determined in accordance with GAAP; provided, however, that (without duplication),

(a) any pro forma after-tax effect (using a reasonable estimate based on applicable tax rates) of extraordinary, nonrecurring or unusual gains or losses (less all fees and expenses relating thereto) or expenses, severance, integration costs, relocation costs, transition costs, other restructuring costs, litigation settlement or losses and curtailments or modifications to pension and postretirement employee benefit plans shall be excluded, provided that, solely for the purpose of determining the amount available for Restricted Payments under clause (3) of the first paragraph of “—Certain Covenants—Restricted Payments,” such losses, costs, charges or other expenses shall be excluded only to the extent they are Non-cash and will not require cash settlement in the future,

(b) the Net Income for such period shall not include the cumulative effect of a change in accounting principles during such period,

(c) any pro forma after-tax effect (using a reasonable estimate based on applicable tax rates) of income (loss) from disposed or discontinued operations and any net after-tax gains or losses on disposal of disposed, abandoned or discontinued operations shall be excluded,

(d) any pro forma after-tax effect (using a reasonable estimate based on applicable tax rates) of gains or losses (less all accrued fees and expenses relating thereto) attributable to asset dispositions other than in the ordinary course of business, as determined in good faith by CDW, shall be excluded,

(e) the Net Income for such period of any Person that is not a Subsidiary, or is an Unrestricted Subsidiary, or that is accounted for by the equity method of accounting, shall be excluded; provided, that Consolidated Net Income of such Person shall be (A) increased by the amount of dividends or distributions or other payments that are actually paid in cash (or to the extent converted into cash) to such Person or a Subsidiary thereof that is CDW or a Restricted Subsidiary in respect of such period (subject in the case of dividends paid or distributions made to a Restricted Subsidiary (other than a Guarantor) to the limitations contained in clause (f) below) and (B) decreased by the amount of any equity of CDW in a net loss of any such Person for such period to the extent CDW has funded such net loss in cash with respect to such period,

(f) solely for the purpose of determining the amount available for Restricted Payments under clause (3) of the first paragraph of “—Certain Covenants—Restricted Payments,” the Net Income for such period of any Restricted Subsidiary (other than any Guarantor) shall be excluded if the declaration or payment of dividends or similar distributions by that Restricted Subsidiary of its Net Income is not wholly permitted at the date of determination without any prior governmental approval (which has not been obtained) or, directly or indirectly, by the operation of the terms of its charter or any agreement, instrument, judgment, decree, order, statute, rule, or governmental regulation applicable to that Restricted Subsidiary or its stockholders, unless such restriction with respect to the payment of dividends or similar distributions has been legally waived, provided, that Consolidated Net Income of CDW will be, subject to the exclusion contained in clause (e) above, increased by the amount of dividends or other distributions or other payments actually paid in cash (or to the extent converted into cash) to CDW or a Restricted Subsidiary thereof (subject to the provisions of this clause (f)) in respect of such period, to the extent not already included therein,

(g) effects of purchase accounting adjustments (including the effects of such adjustments pushed down to such Person and such Subsidiaries) in component amounts required or permitted by GAAP, resulting from the application of purchase accounting in relation to any consummated acquisition or the amortization or write-up, write-down or write-off of any amounts thereof, net of taxes, shall be excluded,

(h) any pro forma after-tax effect (using a reasonable estimate based on applicable tax rates) of income (loss) from the early extinguishment of Indebtedness or Hedging Obligations or other derivative instruments, in each case to the extent permitted hereunder, shall be excluded,

(i) any pro forma after-tax effect (using a reasonable estimate based on applicable tax rates) impairment charge or asset write-off, write-up or write-down (other than write-offs or write-downs of inventory or receivables), in each case, pursuant to GAAP and the amortization of assets or liabilities, including intangibles arising (including goodwill and organizational costs) pursuant to GAAP shall be excluded,

(j) any pro forma after-tax effect (using a reasonable estimate based on applicable tax rates) of Non-cash compensation or other expense recorded from grants of stock appreciation or similar rights, stock options, restricted stock or other rights or as a result of the Krasny Plan shall be excluded,

(k)(i) in connection with the operation of the Krasny Plan, tax withholding payments made in cash to the United States Internal Revenue Service in connection with in-kind withholding for payments to participants in Equity Interests of any indirect or direct parent of CDW shall be excluded; provided that the maximum add-back to Consolidated Net Income shall be no greater than $1.0 million in any four quarter period; and (ii) payments made in cash to the Circle of Service Foundation, Inc. in an amount not in excess of the amount of the net tax benefit to CDW as a result of the implementation and continuing operation of the Krasny Plan shall be excluded, and

(l) any fees and expenses incurred during such period, or any amortization thereof for such period, in connection with any acquisition, Investment, Disposition, dividend or similar Restricted Payments, issuance or repayment of Indebtedness, issuance of Equity Interests, refinancing or recapitalization transaction or amendment or modification of any debt instrument (in each case, including any such transaction consummated prior to the Closing Date and any such transaction undertaken but not completed) and any charges or nonrecurring merger costs incurred during such period as a result of any such transaction shall be excluded.

repurchases and redemptions of Restricted Investments made by CDW and its Restricted Subsidiaries, any repayments of loans and advances which constitute Restricted Investments made by CDW and any Restricted Subsidiary, any sale of the stock of an Unrestricted Subsidiary or any distribution or dividend from an Unrestricted Subsidiary, in each case only to the extent such amounts increase the amount of Restricted Payments permitted under clause (3)(d) of the first paragraph of the covenant contained under “—Certain Covenants—Restricted Payments.”

“Consolidated Secured Debt Ratio” means, as of any date of determination, the ratio of (a) consolidated total Indebtedness of CDW and its Restricted Subsidiaries on the date of determination that constitutes ABL Obligations, First Lien Obligations, any Indebtedness that is secured by a Lien which is subordinate to the Lien of the Notes with respect to the Collateral or any Existing Inventory Financing Agreement to (b) the aggregate amount of EBITDA for the then most recent four full fiscal quarters for which internal financial statements of CDW and its Restricted Subsidiaries are available in each case with such pro forma adjustments to such consolidated total Indebtedness and EBITDA as are consistent with the pro forma adjustment provisions set forth in the definition of Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio.

“Contingent Obligations” means, with respect to any Person, any obligation of such Person guaranteeing or having the economic effect of guaranteeing any leases, dividends or other obligations that do not constitute Indebtedness (“primary obligations”) of any other Person (the “primary obligor”) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, including, without limitation, any obligation of such Person, whether or not contingent, (i) to purchase any such primary obligation or any property constituting direct or indirect security therefor, (ii) to advance or supply funds (A) for the purchase or payment of any such primary obligation or (B) to maintain working capital or equity capital of the primary obligor or otherwise to maintain the net worth or solvency of the primary obligor, or (iii) to purchase property, securities or services primarily for the purpose of assuring the owner of any such primary obligation of the ability of the primary obligor to make payment of such primary obligation against loss in respect thereof or (iv) as an account party with respect to any letter of credit, letter of guaranty or bankers’ acceptance.

“Continuing Directors” means, as of any date of determination, individuals who (i) were members of such Board of Directors on the Closing Date or (ii) were either (x) nominated for election or elected to such Board of Directors with the approval of a majority of the Continuing Directors who were members of such Board of Directors at the time of nomination or election, (y) appointed, approved or recommended by a majority of the then Continuing Directors or (z) designated or appointed by a Permitted Holder.

“Contribution Indebtedness” means Indebtedness of CDW or any Guarantor in an aggregate principal amount not greater than one times the aggregate amount of cash contributions (other than Excluded Contributions) made to the capital of CDW or such Guarantor after the Closing Date; provided that:

(1) if the aggregate principal amount of such Contribution Indebtedness is greater than one times such cash contribution amount to the capital of CDW or such Guarantor, as applicable, the amount of such excess shall be (a) Subordinated Indebtedness (other than Secured Indebtedness) and (b) Indebtedness with a Stated Maturity equal to or later than the Stated Maturity of the Notes, and

“Controlling Secured Parties” means, with respect to any Common Collateral, the Series of First Lien Secured Parties whose Authorized Representative is the Applicable Authorized Representative for such Common Collateral.

“Covenant Suspension Event” means, during any period of time following the issuance of the notes, that (i) the notes have Investment Grade Ratings from both Rating Agencies, and (ii) no Default has occurred and is continuing under the Indenture.

“Default” means any event that is, or with the passage of time or the giving of notice or both would be, an Event of Default.

“Designated Non-cash Consideration” means the fair market value of Non-cash consideration received by CDW or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with an Asset Sale that is so designated as Designated Non-cash Consideration pursuant to an Officers’ Certificate setting forth the basis of such valuation, less the amount of cash or Cash Equivalents received in connection with a subsequent sale of such Designated Non-cash Consideration.

“Designated Preferred Stock” means Preferred Stock of CDW or any direct or indirect parent company of CDW (other than Disqualified Stock of CDW), that is issued for cash (other than to Parent or any of its Subsidiaries or an employee stock ownership plan or trust established by CDW or any of its Subsidiaries) and is so designated as Designated Preferred Stock, pursuant to an Officers’ Certificate, on the issuance date thereof, the cash proceeds of which are excluded from the calculation set forth in clause (3)(b) of the first paragraph of the covenant described under “—Certain Covenants—Restricted Payments.”

(1) any Indebtedness outstanding under the ABL Facility, the Senior Secured Term Loan, Hedging Obligations and Cash Management Obligations;

(2) any Indebtedness outstanding under the Existing Senior Note Indenture and the Existing Senior Subordinated Note Indenture; and

(3) any other Senior Indebtedness permitted under the Indenture that, at the date of determination, has an aggregate principal amount outstanding of at least $50.0 million and is specifically designated by CDW thereof in the instrument evidencing or governing such Senior Indebtedness as “Designated Senior Indebtedness” for purposes of the Indenture.

“Discharge of ABL Obligations” means, with respect to any ABL Priority Collateral, the first date on which (a) the ABL Obligations have been paid in cash in full (or cash collateralized or defeased in accordance with the terms of the ABL Facility), (b) all commitments to extend credit under the ABL Facility have been terminated, (c) there are no outstanding letters of credit or similar instruments issued under the ABL Facility (other than such as have been cash collateralized or defeased in accordance with the terms of the security documents relating to the ABL Facility), and (d) the ABL Collateral Agent has delivered a written notice to the First Lien Collateral Agent stating that the events described in clauses (a), (b) and (c) have occurred to the satisfaction of the ABL Secured Parties, which notice shall be delivered by the ABL Collateral Agent to the First Lien Collateral Agent promptly after the occurrence of the events described in clauses (a), (b) and (c).

“Discharge of Senior Secured Term Loan Obligations” means, with respect to any Common Collateral, the date on which the Senior Secured Term Loan Obligations are no longer secured by such Common Collateral; provided that the Discharge of Senior Secured Term Loan Obligations shall not be deemed to have occurred in connection with a refinancing of such Senior Secured Term Loan Obligations with additional First Lien Obligations secured by such Common Collateral under an agreement relating to Additional First Lien Obligations which has been designated in writing by the administrative agent under the General Credit Facility so refinanced to the First Lien Collateral Agent and each other Authorized Representative as the General Credit Facility for purposes of the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement.

“Disqualified Stock” means, with respect to any Person, any Capital Stock of such Person which, by its terms (or by the terms of any security into which it is convertible or for which it is putable or exchangeable), or upon the happening of any event, matures or is mandatorily redeemable (other than as a result of a change of control or asset sale), pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise, or is redeemable at the option of the holder thereof (other than as a result of a change of control or asset sale), in whole or in part, in each case prior to the earlier of the final maturity date of the Notes or the date the Notes are no longer outstanding; provided, however, that if such Capital Stock is issued to any plan for the benefit of employees of CDW or any of its Subsidiaries or by any such plan to such employees, such Capital Stock shall not constitute Disqualified Stock solely because it may be required to be repurchased by CDW or any of its Subsidiaries in order to satisfy applicable statutory or regulatory obligations.

“Domestic Subsidiaries” means, with respect to any Person, any subsidiary of such Person other than a Foreign Subsidiary.

“EBITDA” means, with respect to any Person for any period, the Consolidated Net Income of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period

(and not added back) in computing Consolidated Net Income, including payments made pursuant to any tax sharing agreements or arrangements among CDW, its Restricted Subsidiaries and any direct or indirect parent company of CDW (so long as such tax sharing payments are attributable to the operations of CDW and its Restricted Subsidiaries); plus

(ii) Fixed Charges of such Person and such subsidiaries for such period to the extent the same was deducted (and not added back) in calculating such Consolidated Net Income; plus

(iii) Consolidated Depreciation and Amortization Expense of such Person and such subsidiaries for such period to the extent the same were deducted (and not added back) in computing Consolidated Net Income; plus

(iv) any fees, costs, commissions, expenses or other charges (other than Depreciation or Amortization Expense) related to any Equity Offering, Permitted Investment, acquisition, disposition, recapitalization or the incurrence or repayment of Indebtedness permitted to be incurred under the Indenture (including a refinancing thereof) (whether or not successful), including (w) any expensing of bridge, commitment or other financing fees, (x) such fees, costs, commissions, expenses or other charges related to the offering of the Notes, the Existing Senior Notes, the Senior Notes, the Existing Senior Subordinated Notes, the Senior Bridge Loan Agreement, the Senior Subordinated Bridge Loan Agreement, the ABL Facility and the Senior Secured Term Loan, (y) any such fees, costs (including call premium), commissions, expenses or other charges related to any amendment or other modification of the Notes, the Existing Senior Notes, the Senior Notes, the Existing Senior Subordinated Notes, the Senior Bridge Loan Agreement, the Senior Subordinated Bridge Loan Agreement, the ABL Facility and the Senior Secured Term Loan and (z) commissions, discounts, yield and other fees and charges (including any interest expense) related to any Receivables Facility, and, in each case, deducted (and not added back) in computing Consolidated Net Income; plus

(v) any other Non-cash charges, expenses or losses including any write offs or write downs and any Non-cash expense relating to the vesting of warrants, reducing Consolidated Net Income for such period (provided that if any such Non-cash charges represent an accrual or reserve for potential cash items in any future period, the cash payment in respect thereof in such future period shall be subtracted from EBITDA in such future period to the extent paid, and excluding amortization of a prepaid cash item that was paid in a prior period); plus

(vi) the amount of management, monitoring, consulting, transaction and advisory fees and related expenses paid in such period to the Sponsors pursuant to the Management Agreement (as in effect on the Closing Date) deducted (and not added back) in computing Consolidated Net Income; plus

(vii) the amount of loss on sale of receivables and related assets to the Receivables Subsidiary in connection with a Receivables Facility deducted (and not added back) in computing Consolidated Net Income; plus

(viii) costs or expense deducted (and not added back) in computing Consolidated Net Income by such Person or any such subsidiary pursuant to any management equity plan or stock option plan or any other management or employee benefit plan or agreement or any stock subscription or shareholder agreement, to the extent that such cost or expenses are funded with cash proceeds contributed to the capital of CDW or net cash proceeds of an issuance of Equity Interest of CDW (other than Disqualified Stock) solely to the extent that such net cash proceeds are excluded from the calculation of the amount available for Restricted Payments under clause (3) of the first paragraph of “Certain Covenants—Restricted Payments”; plus

(ix) the amount of net cost savings and acquisition synergies projected by CDW in good faith to be realized during such period (calculated on a pro forma basis as though such cost savings had been realized on the first day of such period) as a result of specified actions taken or initiated in connection with any acquisition or disposition by CDW or any Restricted Subsidiary, net of the amount of actual benefits realized during such period that are otherwise included in the calculation of EBITDA from such actions; provided that (A) such cost savings are reasonably identifiable and factually supportable, (B) such actions are taken within 18 months after the date of

such acquisition or disposition and (C) the aggregate amount of costs savings added pursuant to this clause (ix) shall not exceed the greater of (x) $50.0 million and (y) 10% of CDW’s EBITDA for the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters most recently ended prior to the determination date; plus

(x) any net after-tax nonrecurring, extraordinary or unusual gains or losses (less all fees and expenses relating thereto) or expenses; plus

(xi) to the extent covered by insurance and actually reimbursed or otherwise paid, or, so long as CDW has made a determination that there exists reasonable evidence that such amount will in fact be reimbursed or otherwise paid by the insurer and only to the extent that such amount is (A) not denied by the applicable carrier in writing within 180 days and (B) in fact reimbursed or otherwise paid within 365 days of the date of such evidence (with a deduction for any amount so added back to the extent not so reimbursed or otherwise paid within such 365 days), expenses with respect to liability or casualty events and expenses or losses relating to business interruption; plus

(xii) expenses to the extent covered by contractual indemnification or refunding provisions in favor of CDW or a Restricted Subsidiary and actually paid or refunded, or, so long as CDW has made a determination that there exists reasonable evidence that such amount will in fact be paid or refunded by the indemnifying party or other obligor and only to the extent that such amount is (A) not denied by the applicable indemnifying party or obligor in writing within 90 days and (B) in fact reimbursed within 180 days of the date of such evidence (with a deduction for any amount so added back to the extent not so reimbursed within such 180 days); plus

(xiii) any Non-cash increase in expenses (A) resulting from the revaluation of inventory (including any impact of changes to inventory valuation policy methods) or (B) due to purchase accounting associated with any future acquisitions;

(b) decreased by (without duplication) Non-cash gains increasing Consolidated Net Income of such Person and such subsidiaries for such period, excluding any Non-cash gains to the extent they represent the reversal of an accrual or reserve for a potential cash item that reduced EBITDA in any prior period; and

(i) any net gain or loss resulting in such period from Hedging Obligations and the application of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 133 and International Accounting Standards No. 39 and their respective related pronouncements and interpretations; plus or minus, as applicable,

(ii) any net gain or loss included in calculating Consolidated Net Income resulting in such period from currency translation gains or losses related to currency remeasurements of indebtedness (including any net loss or gain resulting from hedge agreements for currency exchange risk).

“Equity Interests” means Capital Stock and all warrants, options or other rights to acquire Capital Stock (but excluding any debt security that is convertible into, or exchangeable for, Capital Stock).

“Equity Offering” means any public or private sale of Common Stock or Preferred Stock of CDW or any of its direct or indirect parent companies (excluding Disqualified Stock of such entity), other than (i) public offerings with respect to Common Stock of CDW or of any of its direct or indirect parent companies registered on Form S-4 or Form S-8, (ii) any such public or private sale that constitutes an Excluded Contribution or (iii) an issuance to any Subsidiary of CDW.

“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder.

“Excess Proceeds” has the meaning set forth under “Repurchase at the Option of Holders—Asset Sales.”

“Excluded Collateral” has the meaning set forth under “Security—Certain Limitations on Collateral.”

“Excluded Contribution” means net cash proceeds, marketable securities or Qualified Proceeds, in each case received by CDW and its Restricted Subsidiaries from:

in each case designated as Excluded Contributions pursuant to an Officers’ Certificate on the date such capital contributions are made or the date such Equity Interests are sold, as the case may be, which are excluded from the calculation set forth in clause (3)(c) of the first paragraph of the covenant contained under “—Certain Covenants—Restricted Payments.”

“Existing IFA Intercreditor Agreements” means the following agreements, in each case, as amended, supplemented, refinanced, refunded or otherwise modified and in effect from time to time: (i) that certain Intercreditor Agreement effective on the Closing Date, by and between GE Commercial Distribution Finance Corporation and Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc. (as successor to Lehman Commercial Paper Inc.), for itself and the lenders party to the Senior Secured Term Loan, and acknowledged and agreed to by CDW Logistics, Inc., an Illinois corporation, CDW Technologies, Inc. (f/k/a Berbee Information Networks Corporation), a Wisconsin corporation, CDW Government LLC (as successor in interest to CDW Government, Inc.), an Illinois limited liability company, and CDW Direct, LLC, an Illinois limited liability company and (ii) that certain Intercreditor Agreement effective on the Closing Date, by and between IBM Credit LLC and Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc. (as successor to Lehman Commercial Paper Inc.), for itself and the lenders party to the Senior Secured Term Loan, and acknowledged and agreed to by CDW Logistics, Inc., an Illinois corporation, CDW Technologies, Inc. (f/k/a Berbee Information Networks Corporation), a Wisconsin corporation.

“Existing IFA Lenders” means each of GE Commercial Distribution Finance Corporation and IBM Credit LLC as lenders under the respective Existing Inventory Financing Agreements.

“Existing Inventory Financing Agreements” means the following agreements, in each case, as amended, supplemented, refinanced, refunded or otherwise modified and in effect from time to time: (i) that certain Inventory Financing Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, by and among GE Commercial Distribution Finance Corporation, CDW Logistics, Inc., an Illinois corporation, CDW Technologies, Inc. (f/k/a Berbee Information Networks Corporation), a Wisconsin corporation, CDW Government LLC (as successor in interest to CDW Government, Inc.), an Illinois limited liability company and CDW Direct, LLC, an Illinois limited liability company, and (ii) that certain Agreement for Inventory Financing, dated as of the Closing Date, by and among IBM Credit LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, CDW Logistics, Inc., an Illinois corporation, and CDW Technologies, Inc., a Wisconsin corporation.

“Existing Senior Note Indenture” means that certain senior exchange note indenture dated as of October 10, 2008, as supplemented by the senior exchange note supplemental indenture dated May 10, 2010, and as further supplemented by the second senior exchange note supplemental indenture dated August 23, 2010 among the Issuers, the guarantors party thereto and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee.

“Existing Senior Notes” means, collectively, the Issuers’ outstanding 11.00% senior exchange notes due 2015 and 11.50% / 12.25% senior PIK election exchange notes due 2015.

“Existing Senior Subordinated Note Indenture” means that certain senior subordinated exchange note indenture, as supplemented by the senior subordinated exchange note supplemental indenture dated May 10, 2010, and as further supplemented by the second senior subordinated exchange note supplemental indenture dated August 23, 2010 among the Issuers, the guarantors party thereto and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee.

“Existing Senior Subordinated Notes” means the Issuers’ $721,500,000 12.535% senior subordinated notes due 2017.

“First Lien Collateral Agent” shall mean Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated, in its capacity as administrative agent and collateral agent for the lenders and other secured parties under the Senior Secured Term Loan, the Notes and the other First Lien Documents, together with its successors and permitted assigns under the Senior Secured Term Loan, the Indenture and the First Lien Documents exercising substantially the same rights and powers; and in each case, provided that if such First Lien Collateral Agent is not Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated, such First Lien Collateral Agent shall have become a party to the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement and the other applicable First Lien Security Documents.

“First Lien Documents” means the credit, guarantee and security documents governing the First Lien Obligations, including, without limitation, the Indenture and the First Lien Security Documents.

“First Lien Event of Default” means an “Event of Default” under and as defined in the Senior Secured Term Loan, the Indenture or any other First Lien Documents governing First Lien Obligations.

“First Lien Obligations” means, collectively, (a) the Senior Secured Term Loan Obligations, (b) the Notes Obligations and (c) any Series of Additional First Lien Obligations. For the avoidance of doubt, Obligations with respect to the ABL Facility will not constitute First Lien Obligations.

“First Lien Secured Parties” means (a) the secured parties under the Senior Secured Term Loan, (b) the Holders of the Notes and (c) any Additional First Lien Secured Parties.

“First Lien Security Documents” means the Security Documents and any other agreement, document or instrument pursuant to which a Lien is granted or purported to be granted securing Notes Obligations or under which rights or remedies with respect to such Liens are governed.

“Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio” means, with respect to any Person for any period consisting of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries’ most recently ended four fiscal quarters for which internal financial statements are available, the ratio of EBITDA of such Person for such period to the Fixed Charges of such Person for such period. In the event that CDW or any Restricted Subsidiary incurs, assumes, guarantees or repays any Indebtedness or issues or redeems Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock, in each case subsequent to the commencement of the period for which the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio is being calculated but prior to the event for which the calculation of the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio is made (the “Calculation Date”), then the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio shall be calculated giving pro forma effect to such incurrence, assumption, guarantee or repayment of Indebtedness, or such issuance or redemption of Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock, as if the same had occurred at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter period and as if CDW or Restricted Subsidiary had not earned the interest income actually earned during such period in respect of such cash used to repay, repurchase, defease or otherwise discharge such Indebtedness.

If Investments, acquisitions, dispositions, mergers or consolidations have been made by CDW or any Restricted Subsidiary during the four-quarter reference period or subsequent to such reference period and on or prior to or simultaneously with the Calculation Date, then the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio shall be calculated on a pro forma basis assuming that all such Investments, acquisitions, dispositions, mergers or consolidations (and the change in any associated Fixed Charge obligations and the change in EBITDA resulting therefrom) had occurred on the first day of the four-quarter reference period.

If since the beginning of such period any Person (that subsequently became a Restricted Subsidiary or was merged with or into CDW or any Restricted Subsidiary since the beginning of such period) shall have made any Investment, acquisition, disposition, merger or consolidation that would have required adjustment pursuant to this definition, then the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio shall be calculated giving pro forma effect thereto for such period as if such Investment, acquisition, disposition, merger or consolidation had occurred at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter period.

For purposes of this definition, whenever pro forma effect is to be given to an Investment, acquisition, disposition, merger or consolidation and the amount of income or earnings relating thereto, the pro forma calculations shall be determined in good faith by a responsible financial or accounting Officer of CDW and shall comply with the requirements of Rule 11-02 of Regulation S-X promulgated by the Commission, except that such pro forma calculations may include operating expense reductions for such period resulting from the transaction which is being given pro forma effect that (A) have been realized or (B) for which the steps necessary for realization have been taken (or are taken concurrently with such transaction) or (C) for which the steps necessary for realization are reasonably expected to be taken within the 18 month period following such transaction and, in each case, including, but not limited to, (a) reduction in personnel expenses, (b) reduction of costs related to administrative functions, (c) reduction of costs related to leased or owned properties and (d) reductions from the consolidation of operations and streamlining of corporate overhead, provided that in each case such adjustments are set forth in an Officers’ Certificate signed by CDW’s chief financial officer and another Officer which states (i) the amount of such adjustment or adjustments, (ii) in the case of items (B) or (C) above, that such adjustment or adjustments are based on the reasonable good faith beliefs of the Officers executing such Officers’ Certificate at the time of such execution and (iii) that any related incurrence of Indebtedness is permitted pursuant to the Indenture. If any Indebtedness bears a floating rate of interest and is being given pro forma effect, the interest on such Indebtedness shall be calculated as if the rate in effect on the Calculation Date had been the applicable rate for the entire period (taking into account any Hedging Obligations applicable to such Indebtedness if the related hedge has a remaining term in excess of twelve months).

Interest on a Capitalized Lease Obligation shall be deemed to accrue at the interest rate reasonably determined by a responsible financial or accounting officer of CDW to be the rate of interest implicit in such Capitalized Lease Obligation in accordance with GAAP. For purposes of making the computation referred to above, interest on any Indebtedness under a revolving credit facility computed on a pro forma basis shall be computed based upon the average daily balance of such Indebtedness during the applicable period. Interest on Indebtedness that may optionally be determined at an interest rate based upon a factor of a prime or similar rate, a Eurocurrency interbank offered rate, or other rate, shall be deemed to have been based upon the rate actually chosen, or, if none, then based upon such optional rate chosen as CDW may designate.

“Fixed Charges” means, with respect to any Person for any period, the sum of, without duplication, (a) Consolidated Interest Expense (excluding amortization/accretion of original issue discount (including any original issue discount created by fair value adjustments to Indebtedness in existence as of the Issue Date as a result of purchase accounting)) of such Person for such period and (b) all cash dividends paid during such period (excluding items eliminated in consolidation) on any series of Preferred Stock or Disqualified Stock of such Person and its Subsidiaries.

“Foreign Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, (a) any subsidiary of such Person that is organized and existing under the laws of any jurisdiction outside the United States of America or (b) any subsidiary of such Person that has no material assets other than the Capital Stock of one or more subsidiaries described in clause (a) and other assets relating to an ownership interest in any such Capital Stock or subsidiaries.

“GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States in effect on the Issue Date, except for any reports required to be delivered under the covenant described under “—Reports,” which shall be prepared in accordance with GAAP in effect on the date thereof. At any time after the Issue Date, CDW may elect to apply International Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRS”) accounting principles in lieu of GAAP and, upon any such election, references herein to GAAP shall thereafter be construed to mean IFRS (except as otherwise provided in the Indenture); provided that any such election, once made, shall be irrevocable; provided, further, any calculation or determination in the Indenture that requires the application of GAAP for periods that include fiscal quarters ended prior to CDW’s election to apply IFRS shall remain as previously calculated or determined in accordance with GAAP. CDW shall give notice of any such election made in accordance with this definition to the Trustee and the holders of Notes.

For purposes of this “Description of Senior Secured Exchange Notes,” the term “consolidated” with respect to any Person means such Person consolidated with its Restricted Subsidiaries and does not include any Unrestricted Subsidiary.

“Governmental Authority” shall mean the government of the United States of America or any other nation, any political subdivision thereof, whether state or local, and any agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court, central bank or other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers or functions of or pertaining to government.

“guarantee” means a guarantee other than by endorsement of negotiable instruments for collection in the ordinary course of business, direct or indirect, in any manner including, without limitation, through letters of credit or reimbursement agreements in respect thereof, of all or any part of any Indebtedness or other obligations. When used as a verb, “guarantee” shall have a corresponding meaning.

“Guarantee” means any guarantee of the obligations of CDW under the Indenture and the Notes by a Guarantor in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture. When used as a verb, “Guarantee” shall have a corresponding meaning.

“Guarantor” means any Person that incurs a Guarantee of the Notes; provided that upon the release and discharge of such Person from its Guarantee in accordance with the Indenture, such Person shall cease to be a Guarantor. On the Issue Date, the Guarantors were Parent and each Domestic Subsidiary of CDW that was a Restricted Subsidiary and a guarantor under the Senior Secured Term Loan.

“Hedging Obligations” means, with respect to any Person, the obligations of such Person under:

(1) currency exchange, interest rate or commodity swap agreements, currency exchange, interest rate or commodity cap agreements and currency exchange, interest rate or commodity collar agreements; and

(2) other agreements or arrangements designed to manage, hedge or protect such Person with respect to fluctuations in currency exchange, interest rates or commodity, raw materials, utilities and energy prices.

“holder” means, with reference to any Indebtedness or other Obligations, any holder or lender of, or trustee or collateral agent or other authorized representative with respect to, such Indebtedness or Obligations, and, in the case of Hedging Obligations, any counterparty to such Hedging Obligations.

“Holder” means the Person in whose name a Note is registered on the registrar’s books.

“Immaterial Subsidiary” shall mean each of the Restricted Subsidiaries of CDW for which (a) (i) the assets of such Restricted Subsidiary constitute less than 2.5% of the total assets of CDW and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis and (ii) the EBITDA of such Restricted Subsidiary accounts for less than 2.5% of the EBITDA of CDW and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis and (b) (i) the assets of all relevant Restricted Subsidiaries constitute 5.0% or less than the total assets of CDW and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, and (ii) the EBITDA of all relevant Restricted Subsidiaries accounts for less than 5.0% of the EBITDA of CDW and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, in each case that has been designated as such by CDW in a written notice delivered to the Trustee (or, on the Issue Date, listed in the Indenture) other than any such Restricted Subsidiary as to CDW has revoked such designation by written notice to the Trustee.

“Impairment” means, with respect to any Series of First Lien Obligations, (i) any determination by a court of competent jurisdiction that (x) any of the First Lien Obligations of such Series are unenforceable under applicable law or are subordinated to any other obligations (other than another Series of First Lien Obligations), (y) any of the First Lien Obligations of such Series do not have an enforceable security interest in any of the Collateral securing any other Series of First Lien Obligations and/or (z) any intervening security interest exists securing any other obligations (other than another Series of First Lien Obligations) on a basis ranking prior to the security interest of such Series of First Lien Obligations but junior to the security interest of any other Series of First Lien Obligations or (ii) the existence of any Collateral for any other Series of First Lien Obligations that is not Common Collateral.

(a) any indebtedness (including principal and premium) of such Person, whether or not contingent:

(iii) evidenced by letters of credit (or, without duplication, reimbursement agreements in respect thereof),

(v) representing the deferred and unpaid balance of the purchase price of any property (other than Capitalized Lease Obligations), except (A) any such balance that constitutes a trade payable or similar obligation to a trade creditor in each case accrued in the ordinary course of business, (B) liabilities accrued in the ordinary course of business and (C) earn-outs and other contingent payments in respect of acquisitions except to the extent that the liability on account of any such earn-outs or contingent payment becomes fixed,

(vii) all Cash Management Obligations Incurred with a lender (or its Affiliates) under a credit agreement.

if and to the extent that any of the foregoing Indebtedness (other than letters of credit and Hedging Obligations) would appear as a liability upon a balance sheet (excluding the footnotes thereto) of such Person prepared in accordance with GAAP,

(b) to the extent not otherwise included, any obligation by such Person to be liable for, or to pay, as obligor, guarantor or otherwise, the Indebtedness of another Person (other than by endorsement of negotiable instruments for collection in the ordinary course of business),

provided, however, that notwithstanding the foregoing, Indebtedness shall be deemed not to include (A) Contingent Obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business, (B) items that would appear as a liability on a balance sheet prepared in accordance with GAAP as a result of the application of ASC 840-40, “Sale-Leaseback Transactions,” and (C) obligations with respect to Receivables Facilities. The amount of Indebtedness of any person under clause (d) above shall be deemed to equal the lesser of (x) the aggregate unpaid amount of such Indebtedness secured by such Lien and (y) the fair market value of the property encumbered thereby as determined by such person in good faith.

“Independent Financial Advisor” means an accounting, appraisal or investment banking firm or consultant of nationally recognized standing that is, in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of CDW, qualified to perform the task for which it has been engaged.

“Initial Purchasers” means the initial purchasers party to the purchase agreement related to the Notes.

“Intercreditor Agreements” means, collectively, the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement and the ABL Intercreditor Agreement.

“Interest Payment Date” means June 15 and December 15 of each year to the maturity date of the Note.

“Investment Grade Rating” means a rating equal to or higher than Baa3 (or the equivalent) by Moody’s and BBB- (or the equivalent) by S&P, or an equivalent rating by any other Rating Agency.

(a) securities issued or directly and fully guaranteed or insured by the United States government or any agency or instrumentality thereof (other than Cash Equivalents);

(b) debt securities or debt instruments with an Investment Grade Rating, but excluding any debt securities or instruments constituting loans or advances among CDW and its Subsidiaries;

(c) investments in any fund that invests exclusively in investments of the type described in clauses (a) and (b) which fund may also hold immaterial amounts of cash pending investment or distribution; and

(d) corresponding instruments in countries other than the United States customarily utilized for high quality investments.

“Investment Property” shall mean (a) all “investment property” as such term is defined in the New York UCC (other than Excluded Collateral) and (b) whether or not constituting “investment property” as so defined, all Pledged Debt Securities (as defined in the Security Agreement) and Pledged Stock (as defined in the Security Agreement).

“Investments” means, with respect to any Person, all direct or indirect investments by such Person in other Persons (including Affiliates) in the form of loans (including guarantees or other obligations), advances or capital contributions (including by means of any transfer of cash or other property to others or any payment for property or services for the account or use of others, but excluding accounts receivable, trade credit, advances to customers, commission, travel, entertainment, relocation, payroll and similar advances to officers, directors and employees, in each case made in the ordinary course of business), purchases or other acquisitions for consideration of Indebtedness, Equity Interests or other securities issued by any other Person and investments that are required by GAAP to be classified on the balance sheet (excluding the footnotes) of such Person in the same manner as the other investments included in this definition to the extent such transactions involve the transfer of cash or other property. If CDW or any Subsidiary of CDW sells or otherwise disposes of any Equity Interests of any direct or indirect Restricted Subsidiary

of CDW such that, after giving effect to any such sale or disposition, such Person is no longer a Subsidiary of CDW, CDW will be deemed to have made an Investment on the date of any such sale or disposition equal to the fair market value of the Equity Interests of such Subsidiary not sold or disposed of in an amount determined as provided in the third paragraph of the covenant described above under “—Certain Covenants—Restricted Payments.”

For purposes of the definition of “Unrestricted Subsidiary” and the covenant described above under “—Certain Covenants—Restricted Payments,” (i) “Investments” shall include the portion (proportionate to CDW’s equity interest in such Subsidiary) of the fair market value of the net assets of a Subsidiary of CDW at the time that such Subsidiary is designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary; provided, however, that upon a redesignation of such Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary, CDW shall be deemed to continue to have a permanent “Investment” in an Unrestricted Subsidiary in an amount (if positive) equal to (x) CDW’s “Investment” in such Subsidiary at the time of such redesignation less (y) the portion (proportionate to CDW’s equity interest in such Subsidiary) of the fair market value of the net assets of such Subsidiary at the time of such redesignation; (ii) any property transferred to or from an Unrestricted Subsidiary shall be valued at its fair market value at the time of such transfer, in each case as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of CDW and (iii) any transfer of Capital Stock that results in an entity which became a Restricted Subsidiary after the Issue Date ceasing to be a Restricted Subsidiary shall be deemed to be an Investment in an amount equal to the fair market value (as determined by the Board of Directors of CDW in good faith as of the date of initial acquisition) of the Capital Stock of such entity owned by CDW and its Restricted Subsidiaries immediately after such transfer.

“Issue Date” means December 17, 2010, the date of initial issuance of the Senior Secured Notes.

“Junior Indebtedness” means, with respect to the Notes and Guarantees, Indebtedness that is either unsecured or secured by a Lien on Collateral that is subordinated to the Lien on the same Collateral securing the Notes Obligations.

“Krasny Plan” means the MPK Coworker Incentive Plan II as in effect on the Closing Date.

“Legal Holiday” means a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which banking institutions in the City of New York, the city in which the principal corporate trust office of the Trustee is located or at a place of payment are authorized by law, regulation or executive order to remain closed. If a payment date is a Legal Holiday, payment shall be made at that place on the next succeeding day that is not a Legal Holiday, and no interest shall accrue for the intervening period.

“Lien” means, with respect to any asset, any mortgage, lien, pledge, charge, security interest or encumbrance of any kind in respect of such asset, whether or not filed, recorded or otherwise perfected under applicable law, including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, any lease in the nature thereof, any option or other agreement to sell or give a security interest in such asset and any filing of or agreement to give any financing statement under the Uniform Commercial Code (or equivalent statutes) of any jurisdiction with respect to such asset; provided that in no event shall an operating lease or occupancy agreement be deemed to constitute a Lien.

“Major Non-Controlling Authorized Representative” has the meaning set forth under “Security—First Lien Intercreditor Agreement.”

“Management Agreement” means the Management Services Agreement dated as of the Closing Date, by and among certain management companies associated with the Sponsors and CDW and any direct or indirect parent company.

“Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. and any successor to its rating agency business.

“Net Income” means, with respect to any Person, the net income (loss) of such Person, determined in accordance with GAAP and before any reduction in respect of Preferred Stock dividends or accretion of any Preferred Stock.

“Net Proceeds” means with respect to any Asset Sale, the proceeds thereof in the form of cash and Cash Equivalents (including any such proceeds subsequently received (as and when received) in respect of deferred payments or Non-cash consideration initially received, net of any costs relating to the disposition thereof), net of (i) out-of-pocket expenses incurred (including reasonable and customary broker’s fees or commissions, investment banking, consultant, legal, accounting or similar fees, survey costs, title insurance premiums, and related search and

recording charges, transfer, deed, recording and similar taxes incurred by CDW and its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection therewith), and CDW’s good faith estimate of taxes paid or payable (including payments under any tax sharing agreement or arrangement), in connection with such Asset Sale (including, in the case of any such Asset Sale in respect of property of any Foreign Subsidiary, taxes payable upon the repatriation of any such proceeds), (ii) amounts provided as a reserve, in accordance with GAAP, against any (x) liabilities under any indemnification obligations or purchase price adjustment associated with such Asset Sale and (y) other liabilities associated with the asset disposed of and retained by CDW or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries after such disposition, including pension and other post-employment benefit liabilities and liabilities related to environmental matters (provided that to the extent and at the time any such amounts are released from such reserve, such amounts shall constitute Net Proceeds), (iii) the principal amount, premium or penalty, if any, interest and other amounts on any Indebtedness or other obligation which is secured by a Lien on the asset sold and (iv) in the case of any such Asset Sale by a non-Wholly-Owned Restricted Subsidiary, the pro rata portion of the Net Proceeds thereof (calculated without regard to this clause (iv)) attributable to minority interests and not available for distribution to or for the account of CDW or a Wholly owned Restricted Subsidiary as a result thereof.

“New York UCC” shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code as from time to time in effect in the State of New York.

“Non-ABL Priority Collateral” means substantially all of the assets of the Issuers and the Guarantors whether now owned or hereafter acquired other than the ABL Priority Collateral and the Excluded Collateral, including, without limitation, Equipment, Equity Interests of the Issuers and each Restricted Subsidiary of CDW (other than Foreign Subsidiaries), any joint venture, partnership or similar non-publicly owned Person that is not a Subsidiary of CDW and up to 65% of the Equity Interests of each first-tier Foreign Subsidiary of CDW, the Issuers or any Guarantor, all of Issuers’ and Guarantors’ right, title and interest in owned real property (including all fixtures, easements and appurtenances relating thereto and improvements thereon together with all rents therefrom), all General Intangibles (to the extent relating or pertaining primarily to Non-ABL Priority Collateral), all Letter of Credit Rights (to the extent relating or pertaining primarily to Non-ABL Priority Collateral), all Chattel Paper (to the extent relating or pertaining primarily to Non-ABL Priority Collateral), all Records and Supporting Obligations, to the extent relating or pertaining primarily to the foregoing; and all substitutions, replacements, accessions, products and proceeds of any of the foregoing (including, without limitation, proceeds of insurance, licenses, royalties, income, payments, claims, damages and proceeds of suit) of any or all of the foregoing. The following terms which are defined in the Uniform Commercial Code are used above as so defined: Chattel Paper, Equipment, General Intangibles, Letter of Credit Rights, Records and Supporting Obligations.

“Non-Controlling Authorized Representative Enforcement Date” has the meaning set forth under “Security—First Lien Intercreditor Agreement.”

“Non-Controlling Secured Parties” means, with respect to any Common Collateral, the First Lien Secured Parties which are not Controlling Secured Parties with respect to such Common Collateral.

“Notes Obligations” means Obligations in respect of the Notes, the Indenture or the Security Documents.

“Obligations” means any principal, interest, premium, penalties, fees, indemnifications, reimbursements (including, without limitation, reimbursement obligations with respect to letters of credit), costs, expenses, damages and other liabilities, and guarantees of payment of such principal, interest, premium, penalties, fees, indemnifications, reimbursements, costs, expenses, damages and other liabilities, payable under the documentation governing any Indebtedness.

“Officer” means the Chief Executive Officer, the President, the Chief Financial Officer, the Chief Operating Officer, principal accounting officer, controller, any Executive Vice President, Senior Vice President or Vice President, the Treasurer or Assistant Treasurer or the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary of CDW.

“Officers’ Certificate” means a certificate signed on behalf of CDW, by two Officers of CDW, one of whom is the principal executive officer, the principal financial officer, the treasurer or the principal accounting officer of CDW that meets the requirements set forth in the Indenture.

“Opinion of Counsel” means a written opinion from legal counsel who is reasonably acceptable to the Trustee. The counsel may be an employee of or counsel to CDW or the Trustee.

“Permitted Asset Swap” means, to the extent allowable under Section 1031 of the Code, the concurrent purchase and sale or exchange of Related Business Assets or a combination of Related Business Assets (excluding any boot thereon) between CDW or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries and another Person.

“Permitted Business” means the business and any services, activities or businesses incidental, or directly related or similar to, or complementary to any line of business engaged in by CDW and its Subsidiaries as of the Issue Date or any business activity that is a reasonable extension, development or expansion thereof or ancillary thereto.

“Permitted Debt” is defined under “—Certain Covenants—Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock.”

“Permitted Holders” means (i) the Sponsors, (ii) any Person who is an Officer or otherwise a member of management of CDW or any of its Subsidiaries on the Closing Date, provided that if such Officers and members of management beneficially own more shares of Voting Stock of either of CDW or any of its direct or indirect parent entities than the number of such shares beneficially owned by all the Officers as of the Closing Date or issued within 90 days thereafter, such excess shall be deemed not to be beneficially owned by Permitted Holders, (iii) any Related Party of any of the foregoing Persons and (iv) any “group” (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or Section 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act or any successor provision) of which any of the foregoing are members, provided that in the case of such “group” and without giving effect to the existence of such “group” or any other “group,” such Persons specified in clauses (i), (ii) or (iii) above (subject, in the case of Officers, to the foregoing limitation), collectively, have beneficial ownership, directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of CDW or any of its direct or indirect parent entities held by such “group.”

(1) any Investment by CDW in any Restricted Subsidiary or by a Restricted Subsidiary in CDW or another Restricted Subsidiary;

(3) any Investment by CDW or any Restricted Subsidiary in a Person that is engaged in a Permitted Business if as a result of such Investment (A) such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary or (B) such Person, in one transaction or a series of related transactions, is merged, consolidated or amalgamated with or into, or transfers or conveys substantially all of its assets to, or is liquidated into, CDW or a Restricted Subsidiary, and, in each case, any Investment held by such Person; provided that such Investment was not acquired by such Person in contemplation of such acquisition, merger, consolidation or transfer;

(4) any Investment in securities or other assets not constituting cash or Cash Equivalents or Investment Grade Securities and received in connection with an Asset Sale made pursuant to the provisions described above under “—Repurchase at the Option of Holders—Asset Sales” or any other disposition of assets not constituting an Asset Sale;

(5) any Investment existing on the Issue Date or made pursuant to binding commitments in effect on the Issue Date or an Investment consisting of any extension, modification, replacement, renewal of any Investment existing on the Issue Date; provided that the amount of any such Investment may be increased (x) as required by the terms of such Investment as in existence on the Issue Date or (y) as otherwise permitted under the Indenture;

(6) loans and advances to, or guarantees of Indebtedness of, directors, employees, officers and consultants not in excess of $15.0 million outstanding at any one time, in the aggregate;

(7) any Investment acquired by CDW or any Restricted Subsidiary (A) in exchange for any other Investment or accounts receivable held by CDW or Restricted Subsidiary in connection with or as a result of a bankruptcy, workout, reorganization or recapitalization of the issuer of such other Investment or accounts receivable or (B) as a result of a foreclosure by CDW or Restricted Subsidiary with respect to any secured Investment or other transfer of title with respect to any secured Investment in default;

(8) Hedging Obligations permitted under clause (9) of the definition of “Permitted Debt”;

(9) loans and advances to officers, directors and employees for business-related travel expenses, moving expenses and other similar expenses, in each case incurred in the ordinary course of business;

(10) any Investment by CDW or a Restricted Subsidiary having an aggregate fair market value, taken together with all other Investments made pursuant to this clause (10) that are at that time outstanding not to exceed the greater of (x) $150.0 million and (y) 2.0% of Total Assets of CDW; provided that if such Investment is in Capital Stock of a Person that subsequently becomes a Restricted Subsidiary, such Investment shall thereafter be deemed permitted under clause (1) above and shall not be included as having been made pursuant to this clause (10);

(11) Investments the payment for which consists of Equity Interests of CDW or any of its direct or indirect parent companies (exclusive of Disqualified Stock); provided that such Equity Interests will not increase the amount available for Restricted Payments under clause (3)(b) of the first paragraph under the covenant described under “—Certain Covenants—Restricted Payments”;

(12) guarantees (including Guarantees) of Indebtedness permitted under the covenant contained under “—Certain Covenants—Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock” and performance guarantees consistent with past practice, and the creation of liens on the assets of CDW or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in compliance with the covenant described in “—Certain Covenants—Liens”;

(13) Investments consisting of licensing of intellectual property pursuant to joint marketing arrangements with other Persons;

(14) Investments relating to a Receivables Subsidiary that, in the reasonable good faith determination of CDW, are necessary or advisable to effect a Receivables Facility;

(15) Investments consisting of earnest money deposits required in connection with a purchase agreement or other acquisition;

(16) any transaction to the extent it constitutes an Investment that is permitted and made in accordance with the provisions of the second paragraph of the covenant described under “—Certain Covenants—Transactions with Affiliates,” except transactions permitted by clauses (2), (6), (8), (10), (12) or (13);

(17) Investments consisting of purchases and acquisitions of inventory, supplies, material or equipment;

(18) Investments in the ordinary course of business consisting of endorsements for collection or deposit;

(19) additional Investments in joint ventures in an aggregate amount not to exceed $25.0 million at any time outstanding;

(20) loans and advances relating to indemnification or reimbursement of any officers, directors or employees in respect of liabilities relating to their serving in any such capacity or as otherwise permitted under “—Certain Covenants—Transactions with Affiliates”;

(21) Investments in the nature of pledges or deposits with respect to leases or utilities provided to third parties in the ordinary course of business;

(22) Investments in industrial development or revenue bonds or similar obligations secured by assets leased to and operated by CDW or any of its Subsidiaries that were issued in connection with the financing of such assets, so long as CDW or any such Subsidiary may obtain title to such assets at any time by optionally canceling such bonds or obligations, paying a nominal fee and terminating such financing transaction;

(23) deposits made by CDW and Foreign Subsidiaries in Cash Pooling Arrangements; and

(1) deposits of cash or government bonds made in the ordinary course of business to secure surety or appeal bonds to which such Person is a party;

(2) Liens in favor of issuers of stay, customs, performance, surety, bid, indemnity, warranty, release, appeal or similar bonds or with respect to other regulatory requirements or letters of credit or bankers’ acceptance issued, and completion guarantees provided for, in each case pursuant to the request of and for the account of such Person in the ordinary course of its business or consistent with past practice;

(3) Liens on property or shares of stock of a Person at the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary; provided, however, that such Liens are not created or incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of, or to provide all or any portion of the funds or credit support utilized in connection with, such other Person becoming such a Subsidiary; provided further, however, that such Liens may not extend to any other property owned by CDW or any Restricted Subsidiary;

(4) Liens on property at the time CDW or a Restricted Subsidiary acquired the property, including any acquisition by means of a merger or consolidation with or into CDW or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; provided, however, that such Liens are not created or incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of, or to provide all or any portion of the funds or credit support utilized for, such acquisition; provided, further, however, that such Liens may not extend to any other property owned by CDW or any Restricted Subsidiary;

(5) Liens securing Hedging Obligations and/or Cash Management Obligations so long as the related Indebtedness is permitted to be incurred under the Indenture and is secured by a Lien on the same property securing such Hedging Obligation and/or Cash Management Obligation;

(8) Liens to secure any Indebtedness that is incurred to refinance any Indebtedness that has been secured by a Lien existing on the Issue Date or referred to in clauses (3), (4) and (19)(B) of this definition; provided, however, that such Liens (x) are no less favorable to the Holders of the Notes taken as a whole, and are not more favorable to the Lien Holders with respect to such Liens than the Liens in respect of the Indebtedness being refinanced, and (y) do not extend to or cover any property or assets of CDW or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries not securing the Indebtedness so refinanced;

(9) Liens on accounts receivable and related assets incurred in connection with a Receivables Facility incurred pursuant to clause (17) of the definition of “Permitted Debt”;

(10) Liens for taxes, assessments or other governmental charges or levies not yet overdue or the nonpayment of which in the aggregate would not reasonably be expected to result in a material adverse effect, or which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings promptly instituted and diligently conducted or for property taxes on property that CDW or one of its Subsidiaries has determined to abandon if the sole recourse for such tax, assessment, charge, levy or claim is to such property;

(11) judgment liens in respect of judgments that do not constitute an Event of Default;

(12) pledges, deposits or security under workmen’s compensation, unemployment insurance and other social security laws or regulations, or deposits to secure the performance of tenders, contracts (other than for the payment of Indebtedness) or leases, or deposits to secure public or statutory obligations, or deposits as security for contested taxes or import or customs duties or for the payment of rent, or deposits or other security securing liabilities to insurance carriers under insurance or self-insurance arrangements or earnest money deposits required in connection with a purchase agreement or other acquisition, in each case incurred in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice;

(13) landlords’, carriers’, warehousemen’s, mechanics’, material-men’s, repairmen’s and other like Liens imposed by applicable law, (i) arising in the ordinary course of business and securing obligations that are not overdue by more than sixty (60) days, (ii) (A) that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings, (B) CDW or a Restricted Subsidiary has set aside on its books adequate reserves with respect thereto in accordance with GAAP and (C) such contest effectively suspends collection of the contested obligation and enforcement of any Lien securing such obligation or (iii) the existence of which would not reasonably be expected to result in a material adverse effect;

(14) minor survey exceptions, encumbrances, ground leases, easements or reservations of, or rights of others for, licenses, rights of way, sewers, electric lines, telegraph and telephone lines and other similar purposes, or zoning, building codes or other restrictions (including, without limitation, minor defects or irregularities in title and similar encumbrances) as to the use of real properties or Liens incidental to the conduct of business or to the ownership of properties that do not in the aggregate materially adversely affect the value of said properties or materially impair their use in the operation of the business;

(15) leases, licenses, subleases, sublicenses or operating agreements (including, without limitation, licenses and sublicenses of intellectual property) granted to others in the ordinary course of business that do not interfere in any material respect with the business of CDW or any of its material Restricted Subsidiaries or which do not by their own terms secure any Indebtedness;

(16) the rights reserved or vested in any Person by the terms of any lease, license, franchise, grant or permit held by CDW or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or by a statutory provision, to terminate any such lease, license, franchise, grant or permit, or to require annual or periodic payments as a condition to the continuance thereof;

(17) banker’s Liens, rights of setoff or similar rights and remedies as to deposit accounts or other funds maintained with a depositary institution;

(18) Liens arising from Uniform Commercial Code financing statement filings regarding operating leases or consignments entered into by CDW and its Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business;

(19) (A) other Liens securing Indebtedness for borrowed money or other obligations with respect to property or assets with an aggregate fair market value (valued at the time of creation thereof) with a principal amount not exceeding $75.0 million at any time and (B) Liens securing Indebtedness incurred to finance the construction, purchase or lease of, or repairs, improvements or additions to, property of such Person; provided, however, that (x) the Lien may not extend to any other property (except for accessions to such property) owned by such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries at the time the Lien is incurred, (y) such Liens attach concurrently with or within 270 days after the acquisition, repair, replacement, construction or improvement (as applicable) of the property subject to such Liens and (z) with respect to Capitalized Lease Obligations, such Liens do not at any time extend to or cover any assets (except for accessions to such assets) other than the assets subject to such Capitalized Lease Obligations; provided that individual financings of property provided by one lender may be cross-collateralized to other financings of equipment provided by such lender;

(20) Liens (i) of a collection bank arising under Section 4210 of the Uniform Commercial Code on items in the course of collection, (ii) attaching to commodity trading accounts or other commodities brokerage accounts incurred in the ordinary course of business and (iii) in favor of a banking institution arising as a matter of law encumbering deposits (including the right of setoff) and which are within the general parameters customary in the banking industry;

(21) Liens encumbering reasonable customary initial deposits and margin deposits and similar Liens attaching to commodity trading accounts or other brokerage accounts incurred in the ordinary course of business and not for speculative purposes;

(22) Liens that are contractual rights of setoff (i) relating to the establishment of depository relations with banks not given in connection with the issuance of Indebtedness, (ii) relating to pooled deposit or sweep accounts of CDW or any Restricted Subsidiary to permit satisfaction of overdraft or similar obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business of CDW and its Restricted Subsidiaries or (iii) relating to purchase orders and other agreements entered into by CDW or any Restricted Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business;

(23) Liens solely on any cash earnest money deposits made by CDW or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with any letter of intent or purchase agreement permitted under the Indenture;

(24) Liens with respect to the assets of a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor securing Indebtedness of such Restricted Subsidiary incurred in accordance with the covenant contained under “—Certain Covenants—Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock”;

(25) Liens to secure (A) Indebtedness incurred pursuant to clauses (1), (11), (20) and (24) of the definition of “Permitted Debt” and (B) the Notes and the related Guarantees issued on the Issue Date;

(26) Liens arising by operation of law under Article 2 of the Uniform Commercial Code in favor of a reclaiming seller of goods or buyer of goods;

(27) security given to a public or private utility or any governmental authority as required in the ordinary course of business;

(28) landlords’ and lessors’ Liens in respect of rent not in default for more than sixty days or the existence of which, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to result in a material adverse effect;

(29) Liens in favor of customs and revenues authorities imposed by applicable law arising in the ordinary course of business in connection with the importation of goods and securing obligations (i) with respect to customs duties in the ordinary course of business, (ii) that are not overdue by more than sixty (60) days, (iii) (A) that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings, (B) CDW or Restricted Subsidiary has set aside on its books adequate reserves with respect thereto in accordance with GAAP and (C) such contest effectively suspends collection of the contested obligation and enforcement of any Lien securing such obligation, or (iv) the existence of which would not reasonably be expected to result in a material adverse effect;

(30) Liens on securities which are the subject of repurchase agreements incurred in the ordinary course of business;

(32) Liens on inventory or equipment of CDW or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries granted in the ordinary course of business to CDW’s or such Restricted Subsidiary’s clients or customers at which such inventory or equipment is located;

(33) pledges or deposits made in the ordinary course of business to secure liability to insurance carriers and Liens on insurance policies and the proceeds thereof (whether accrued or not), rights or claims against an insurer or other similar asset securing insurance premium financings permitted under clause (21) of the definition of “Permitted Debt”;

(34) Liens on cash deposits of CDW and Foreign Subsidiaries subject to a Cash Pooling Arrangement or otherwise over bank accounts of CDW and Foreign Subsidiaries maintained as part of the Cash Pooling Arrangement, in each case securing liabilities for overdrafts of CDW and Foreign Subsidiaries participating in such Cash Pooling Arrangements;

(35) any encumbrance or retention (including put and call agreements and rights of first refusal) with respect to the Equity Interests of any joint venture or similar arrangement pursuant to the joint venture or similar agreement with respect to such joint venture or similar arrangement;

(36) Liens on property subject to Sale and Lease-Back Transactions permitted hereunder and general intangibles related thereto;

(37) Liens consisting of customary contractual restrictions on cash and Cash Equivalents; and

(38) Liens securing any Obligations Incurred pursuant to the first paragraph of the covenant entitled “—Certain Covenants—Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock”; provided, however, that, at the time of incurrence of such Liens and after giving pro forma effect thereto (including a pro forma application of the net proceeds therefrom), the Consolidated Secured Debt Ratio would be no greater than 3.25 to 1.0; provided further, however, that in no event shall Liens incurred under this clause (38) rank senior in priority to the Liens securing the Notes.

“Person” means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture, association, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated organization, limited liability company or government or other entity.

“Preferred Stock” means any Equity Interest with preferential rights of payment of dividends upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up.

“Qualified Proceeds” means assets that are used or useful in, or Capital Stock of any Person engaged in, a Permitted Business; provided that the fair market value of any such assets or Capital Stock shall be determined by the Board of Directors of CDW in good faith.

“Rating Agencies” means Moody’s and S&P or if Moody’s or S&P or both shall not make a rating on the notes publicly available, a nationally recognized statistical rating agency or agencies, as the case may be, selected by the Issuers which shall be substituted for Moody’s or S&P or both, as the case may be.

“Receivables Facility” means any of one or more receivables financing facilities as amended, supplemented, modified, extended, renewed, restated or refunded from time to time, the obligations of which are non-recourse (except for customary representations, warranties, covenants and indemnities made in connection with such facilities) to CDW or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than a Receivables Subsidiary) pursuant to which CDW or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries sells their accounts receivable to either (A) a Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary or (B) a Receivables Subsidiary that in turn sells its accounts receivable to a Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary.

“Receivables Fees” means distributions or payments made directly or by means of discounts with respect to any accounts receivable or participation interest therein issued or sold in connection with, and other fees paid to a Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary in connection with, any Receivables Facility.

“Receivables Subsidiary” means any subsidiary formed for the purpose of, and that solely engages only in, one or more Receivables Facilities and other activities reasonably related thereto.

“Record Date” for the interest payable on any applicable Interest Payment Date means the June 1 or December 1 (whether or not on a business day) immediately preceding such Interest Payment Date.

“Refunding Capital Stock” has the meaning ascribed to such term in clause (2) of the second paragraph of the covenant contained under “—Certain Covenants—Restricted Payments.”

“Related Business Assets” means assets (other than cash or Cash Equivalents) used or useful in a Permitted Business, provided that any assets received by CDW or a Restricted Subsidiary in exchange for assets transferred by CDW or a Restricted Subsidiary shall not be deemed to be Related Business Assets if they consist of securities of a Person, unless upon receipt of the securities of such Person, such Person would become a Restricted Subsidiary.

“Related Party” means (a) with respect to Madison Dearborn Partners, LLC and Providence Equity Partners Inc., (i) any investment fund controlled by or under common control with Madison Dearborn Partners, LLC or Providence Equity Partners Inc., as the case may be, any officer, director or person performing an equivalent function of the foregoing persons, or any entity controlled by any of the foregoing Persons and (ii) any spouse or lineal descendant (including by adoption and stepchildren) of the officers and directors referred to in clause (a)(i); and (b) with respect to any officer of CDW or its Subsidiaries, (i) any spouse or lineal descendant (including by adoption and stepchildren) of the officer and (ii) any trust, corporation or partnership or other entity, in each case to the extent not an operating company, of which an 80% or more controlling interest is held by the beneficiaries, stockholders, partners or owners who are the officer, any of the persons described in clause (b)(i) above or any combination of these identified relationships.

“Replacement Assets” has the meaning set forth under “Repurchase at the Option of Holders—Asset Sales.”

“Representative” means any trustee agent or representative (if any) for an issue of Senior Indebtedness of CDW or any Guarantor.

“Required Holders” means, as of any date of determination, Holders that hold Notes that, in the aggregate, represent more than 50% of the sum of the principal amount of all Notes outstanding at such time.

“Restricted Investment” means an Investment other than a Permitted Investment.

“Restricted Subsidiary” means, at any time, any direct or indirect Subsidiary of CDW (including any Foreign Subsidiary) that is not then an Unrestricted Subsidiary; provided, however, that upon the occurrence of an Unrestricted Subsidiary ceasing to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary, such Subsidiary shall be included in the definition of Restricted Subsidiary.

“Retired Capital Stock” has the meaning ascribed to such term in clause (2) of the second paragraph of the covenant contained under “—Certain Covenants—Restricted Payments.”

“Reversion Date” means, during any period of time during which the Issuers and the Restricted Subsidiaries are not subject to the covenants listed in the first paragraph under “Certain covenants” (the “Suspended Covenants”) as a result of a Covenant Suspension Event, the date on which one or both of the Rating Agencies withdraws its Investment Grade Rating or downgrades the rating assigned to the notes below an Investment Grade Rating or a Default occurs and is continuing, and after which date the Issuers and the Restricted Subsidiaries will again be subject to the Suspended Covenants with respect to events occurring after the Reversion Date.

“S&P” means Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, a division of The McGrawHill Companies, Inc., and any successor to its rating business.

“Sale and Lease-Back Transaction” means any arrangement with any Person providing for the leasing by CDW or any Restricted Subsidiary of any real or tangible personal property, which property has been or is to be sold or transferred by CDW or such Restricted Subsidiary to such Person in contemplation of such leasing.

“Secured Indebtedness” means any Indebtedness of CDW or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries secured by a Lien.

“Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder.

“Security Agreement” means that certain Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, by and among Parent, the guarantors party thereto and the First Lien Collateral Agent, as the same may be further amended, restated or modified from time to time, to which the Trustee, as Authorized Representative for the Holders, was joined on the Issue Date.

“Security Documents” means, collectively, the Intercreditor Agreements, the Security Agreement, other security agreements relating to the Collateral and the mortgages and instruments filed and recorded in appropriate jurisdictions to preserve and protect the Liens on the Collateral (including, without limitation, financing statements under the Uniform Commercial Code of the relevant states) applicable to the Collateral, each as in effect on the Issue Date and as amended, amended and restated, modified, renewed or replaced from time to time.

“Senior Bridge Loan Agreement” means the senior unsecured increasing rate term loan agreement dated as of October 12, 2007, as amended and restated dated as of March 12, 2008 and amended dated as of April 12, 2008, among CDW LLC (as successor in interest to CDW Corporation), Parent, the subsidiary guarantors party thereto, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent, and the lenders from time to time party thereto, including any guarantees, instruments and agreement executed in connection therewith, and any amendments, supplements, modifications, extensions, renewals or restatements thereof.

(1) all Indebtedness of the Issuers or any Guarantor outstanding under the ABL Facility, the Senior Secured Term Loan and the Notes and related Guarantees (including interest accruing on or after the filing of any petition in bankruptcy or similar proceeding or for reorganization of the Issuers or any Guarantor (at the rate provided for in the documentation with respect thereto, regardless of whether or not a claim for post-filing interest is allowed in such proceedings)), and any and all other fees, expense reimbursement obligations, indemnification amounts, penalties, and other amounts (whether existing on the Issue Date or thereafter created or incurred) and all obligations of the Issuers or any Guarantor to reimburse any bank or other Person in respect of amounts paid under letters of credit, acceptances or other similar instruments;

(2) all Hedging Obligations (and guarantees thereof) and/or Cash Management Obligations (and guarantees thereof) owing to a Lender (as defined in the ABL Facility and the Senior Secured Term Loan) or any Affiliate of such Lender (or any Person that was a Lender or an Affiliate of such Lender at the time the applicable agreement giving rise to such Hedging Obligation and/or Cash Management Obligation was entered into); provided that such Hedging Obligations and/or Cash Management Obligations are permitted to be incurred under the terms of the Indenture;

(3) any other Indebtedness of the Issuers or any Guarantor permitted to be incurred under the terms of the Indenture, unless the instrument under which such Indebtedness is incurred expressly provides that it is subordinated in right of payment to the Notes or any related Guarantee; and

(4) all Obligations with respect to the items listed in the preceding clauses (1), (2) and (3);

(b) any liability for federal, state, local or other taxes owed or owing by such Person;

(d) any Indebtedness or other Obligation of such Person which is subordinate or junior in any respect to any other Indebtedness or other Obligation of such Person; or

(e) that portion of any Indebtedness which at the time of incurrence is incurred in violation of the Indenture.

“Senior Notes” means the Issuers’ $1,175,000,000 8.5% senior notes due 2019.

“Senior Secured Term Loan” means that certain senior secured term loan, dated as of the Closing Date, among VH MergerSub, Inc., CDW LLC (as successor in interest to CDW Corporation), Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc. (as successor to Lehman Commercial Paper Inc.), as Administrative Agent, and Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated (as successor to Lehman Commercial Paper Inc.), as Collateral Agent, the lenders party thereto and certain other parties specified therein, as amended by the First Amended and Restated Senior Secured Term Loan, dated as of March 12, 2008, as further amended on November 4, 2009, and as further amended effective as of the Issue Date, providing for term loans, including any related notes, debentures, bonds, guarantees, collateral documents, instruments and agreements executed in connection therewith, and in each case as amended, restated, supplemented, modified, renewed, refunded, replaced (whether at maturity or thereafter) or refinanced from time to time in one or more agreements indentures, notes, bonds, facilities or other forms of indebtedness in whole or in part (in each case with the same or new agents, lenders or investors), including any agreement adding or changing the borrower or issuer or any guarantor or extending the maturity thereof or otherwise restructuring all or any portion of the Indebtedness thereunder or increasing the amount loaned or issued thereunder or altering the maturity thereof (provided that such increase in borrowings is permitted under the covenant entitled “—Certain Covenants—Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock”).

“Senior Secured Term Loan Obligations” means the unpaid principal of and interest on the Senior Secured Term Loan and all other obligations and liabilities of Parent or any guarantor thereunder to the administrative agent or any lender thereunder, whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, due or to become due, or now existing or hereafter incurred, which may arise under, out of, or in connection with, the Senior Secured Term Loan and whether on account of principal, interest, fees, indemnities, costs, expenses (including all fees, charges and disbursements of counsel to the administrative agent or any lender thereunder that are required to be paid pursuant the Senior Secured Term Loan and including interest accruing after the maturity of the Senior Secured Term Loan and interest accruing after the filing of any petition in bankruptcy, or the commencement of any insolvency, reorganization or like proceeding, relating to Parent or any guarantor, whether or not a claim for post-filing or post-petition interest is allowed in such proceeding) or otherwise.

“Senior Subordinated Bridge Loan Agreement” means the senior subordinated unsecured increasing rate term loan agreement dated as of October 12, 2007, as amended and restated dated as of March 12, 2008 and further amended on April 12, 2008, among CDW LLC (as successor in interest to CDW Corporation), Parent, the subsidiary guarantors party thereto, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent, and the lenders from time to time party thereto, including any guarantees, instruments and agreement executed in connection therewith, and any amendments, supplements, modifications, extensions, renewals or restatements thereof.

“Senior Subordinated Indebtedness” means, with respect to a Person, the Existing Senior Subordinated Notes (in the case of CDW), a Guarantee (in the case of a Guarantor) and any other Indebtedness of such Person that specifically provides that such Indebtedness is to rank pari passu with the Existing Senior Subordinated Notes or such Guarantee, as the case may be, in right of payment and is not subordinated by its terms in right of payment to any Indebtedness or other obligation of such Person that is not Senior Indebtedness of such Person.

“Series” means (a) with respect to the First Lien Secured Parties, each of (i) the secured parties under the Senior Secured Term Loan (in their capacities as such), (ii) the Holders of the Notes and the Trustee (each in their capacity as such) and (iii) the Additional First Lien Secured Parties that become subject to the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement after the date hereof that are represented by a common Authorized Representative (in its capacity as such for such Additional First Lien Secured Parties) and (b) with respect to any First Lien Obligations, each of (i) the Senior Secured Term Loan Obligations, (ii) the Notes Obligations and (iii) the Additional First Lien Obligations incurred pursuant to any applicable agreement, which, pursuant to any joinder agreement, are to be represented under the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement by a common Authorized Representative (in its capacity as such for such Additional First Lien Obligations).

“Significant Subsidiary” means any Restricted Subsidiary that would be a “significant subsidiary” as defined in Article 1, Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X, promulgated pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Regulation is in effect on the Issue Date.

“Sponsors” means Madison Dearborn Partners, LLC and Providence Equity Partners Inc. and each of their respective Affiliates (other than any portfolio company thereof).

“Standard Receivables Undertakings” means representations, warranties, covenants and indemnities entered into by CDW or any Subsidiary of CDW which CDW has determined in good faith to be customary in a Receivables Facility, including, without limitation, those relating to the servicing of the assets of a Receivables Subsidiary.

“Stated Maturity” means, with respect to any installment of interest or principal on any series of Indebtedness, the date on which the payment of interest or principal was scheduled to be paid in the original documentation governing such Indebtedness, and will not include any contingent obligations to repay, redeem or repurchase any such interest or principal prior to the date originally scheduled for the payment thereof.

“Subject Lien” has the meaning ascribed to such term under “—Certain Covenants—Liens.”

“Subordinated Indebtedness” means (a) with respect to CDW, any Indebtedness of CDW which is by its terms subordinated in right of payment to the Notes, and (b) with respect to any Guarantor, any Indebtedness of such Guarantor which is by its terms subordinated in right of payment to the Notes.

(1) any corporation, association or other business entity, of which more than 50% of the total voting power of shares of Capital Stock entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of directors, managers or trustees thereof is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by that Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of that Person (or a combination thereof); and

(2) any partnership, joint venture, limited liability company or similar entity of which (x) more than 50% of the capital accounts, distribution rights, total equity and voting interests or general or limited partnership interests, as applicable, are owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of that Person or a combination thereof whether in the form of membership, general, special or limited partnership or otherwise and (y) such Person or any Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary of such Person is a controlling general partner or otherwise controls such entity.

“Total Assets” means the total assets of CDW and its Restricted Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis prepared in accordance with GAAP, shown on the most recent balance sheet of CDW and its Restricted Subsidiaries as may be expressly stated.

“Total Net Tangible Assets” means total assets of CDW and its Restricted Subsidiaries, less all goodwill, trade names, trademarks, patents and any other like intangibles, all on a consolidated basis prepared in accordance with GAAP, shown on the most recent balance sheet of CDW and its Restricted Subsidiaries as may be expressly stated.

“Treasury Rate” means, as of the applicable redemption date, the yield to maturity as of such redemption date of United States Treasury securities with a constant maturity (as compiled and published in the most recent Federal Reserve Statistical Release H.15 (519) that has become publicly available at least two Business Days prior to such redemption date (or, if such Statistical Release is no longer published, any publicly available source of similar market data)) most nearly equal to the period from such redemption date to December 15, 2014; provided, however, that if the period from such redemption date to December 15, 2014 is less than one year, the weekly average yield on actually traded United States Treasury securities adjusted to a constant maturity of one year will be used.

“Unrestricted Subsidiary” means (i) any Subsidiary of CDW that at the time of determination is an Unrestricted Subsidiary (as designated by the Board of Directors of CDW, as provided below) and (ii) any Subsidiary of an Unrestricted Subsidiary. The Board of Directors of CDW may designate any Subsidiary of CDW (including any existing Subsidiary and any newly acquired or newly formed Subsidiary) to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary unless such Subsidiary or any of its Subsidiaries owns any Equity Interests or Indebtedness of, or owns or holds any Lien on, any property of, CDW or any Subsidiary of CDW (other than any Unrestricted Subsidiary of the Subsidiary to be so designated); provided that (a) any Unrestricted Subsidiary must be an entity of which shares of the Capital Stock or other equity interests (including partnership interests) entitled to cast at least a majority of the votes that may be cast by all shares or equity interests having ordinary voting power for the election of directors or other governing body are owned, directly or indirectly, by CDW, (b) such designation complies with the covenant contained under “—Certain Covenants—Restricted Payments” and (c) each of (I) the Subsidiary to be so designated and (II) its Subsidiaries has not at the time of designation, and does not thereafter, create, incur, issue, assume, guarantee or otherwise become directly or indirectly liable with respect to any Indebtedness pursuant to which the lender has recourse to any of the assets of CDW or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than the Capital Stock of such Subsidiary to be so designated). The Board of Directors of CDW may designate any Unrestricted Subsidiary to be a Restricted Subsidiary; provided that, immediately after giving effect to such designation, no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and any Indebtedness assumed or otherwise incurred in connection with such designation shall have been permitted to have been incurred by CDW pursuant to the covenant described under “—Certain Covenants—Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock.” Any such designation by the Board of Directors of CDW shall be notified by CDW to the Trustee by promptly filing with such Trustee a copy of the Board Resolution giving effect to such designation and an Officers’ Certificate certifying that such designation complied with the foregoing provisions.

“U.S. Dollar Equivalent” means with respect to any monetary amount in a currency other than U.S. dollars, at any time for determination thereof, the amount of U.S. dollars obtained by converting such foreign currency involved in such computation into U.S. dollars at the spot rate for the purchase of U.S. dollars with the applicable foreign currency as published in The Wall Street Journal in the “Exchange Rates” column under the heading “Currency Trading” on the date two Business Days prior to such determination.

Except as described under “—Certain Covenants—Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock,” whenever it is necessary to determine whether CDW has complied with any covenant in the Indenture or a Default has occurred and an amount is expressed in a currency other than U.S. dollars, such amount will be treated as the U.S. Dollar Equivalent determined as of the date such amount is initially determined in such currency.

(a) direct obligations of the United States of America for the timely payment of which its full faith and credit is pledged or

which, in either case, are not callable or redeemable at the option of the issuers thereof, and shall also include a depository receipt issued by a bank (as defined in Section 3(a)(2) of the Securities Act), as custodian with respect to any such U.S. Government Securities or a specific payment of principal of or interest on any such U.S. Government Securities held by such custodian for the account of the holder of such depository receipt; provided that (except as required by law) such custodian is not authorized to make any deduction from the amount payable to the holder of such depository receipt from any amount received by the custodian in respect of the U.S. Government Securities or the specific payment of principal of or interest on the U.S. Government Securities evidenced by such depository receipt.

“Voting Stock” of any Person as of any date means the Capital Stock of such Person that is at the time entitled to vote in the election of the Board of Directors of such Person.

“Weighted Average Life to Maturity” means, when applied to any Indebtedness at any date, the number of years obtained by dividing:

(1) the sum of the products obtained by multiplying (a) the amount of each then remaining installment, sinking fund, serial maturity or other required payments of principal, including payment at final maturity, in respect of the Indebtedness, by (b) the number of years (calculated to the nearest one-twelfth) that will elapse between such date and the making of such payment; by

“Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary” is any Wholly Owned Subsidiary that is a Restricted Subsidiary.

“Wholly Owned Subsidiary” of any Person means a Subsidiary of such Person, 100% of the outstanding Capital Stock or other ownership interests of which (other than directors’ qualifying shares and shares issued to foreign nationals under applicable law) shall at the time be owned by such Person or by one or more Wholly Owned Subsidiaries of such Person or by such Person and one or more Wholly Owned Subsidiaries of such Person.

In this description, the term “Issuers” refers only to CDW LLC and CDW Finance Corporation and not to any of their Subsidiaries, the term “CDW” refers only to CDW LLC and not any of its Subsidiaries. CDW Finance Corporation was formed on August 6, 2010 for the sole purpose of acting as a co-Issuer of debt securities and does not have any material assets. For a description of restrictions on CDW Finance Corporation’s activities, see “—Certain Covenants—Restrictions on Activities of CDW Finance Corporation.”

On April 13, 2011, CDW Escrow Corporation, a Delaware corporation that has since been dissolved, issued, and CDW LLC and CDW Finance Corporation subsequently assumed, $725.0 million aggregate principal amount of 8.5% Senior Notes due 2019 (the “Original Senior Notes”) under the indenture dated as of April 13, 2011 (as subsequently amended and supplemented, the “Indenture”) among CDW Escrow Corporation, CDW LLC, CDW Finance Corporation, the Guarantors and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”), in a private transaction that was not subject to the registration requirements of the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). On May 20, 2011, CDW Escrow Corporation, a newly formed Delaware corporation that has since been dissolved, issued, and CDW LLC and CDW Finance Corporation subsequently assumed, an additional $450.0 million of 8.5% Senior Notes due April 1, 2019 (the “Additional Senior Notes,” and together with the Original Senior Notes, the “Senior Notes”) under the Indenture in a private transaction that was not subject to the registration requirements of the Securities Act. The 8.5% Senior Notes due April 1, 2019 that have been registered under the Securities Act (the “Exchange Notes”) will also be issued by the Issuers under the Indenture.

References to the “Notes” include Senior Notes that remain outstanding after the completion of the exchange offer, together with the Exchange Notes and any additional Notes issued under the Indenture from time to time after this exchange offer, all of which will be treated as a single class of securities under the Indenture. The terms of the Notes include those stated in the Indenture and those expressly made part of the Indenture by reference to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the “Trust Indenture Act”).

The following description is a summary of the material provisions of the Indenture, the Notes and the Guarantees. The following description does not restate these documents in their entirety. You are encouraged to read these documents because they, and not this description, define your rights as Holders of the Notes.

Certain defined terms used in this description but not defined below under “—Certain Definitions” have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture. The term “Issue Date” means April 13, 2011, the date the Original Senior Notes were issued.

The registered Holder of a Note is treated as the owner of it for all purposes. Only registered Holders have rights under the Indenture.

The Indebtedness evidenced by the Notes is unsecured Senior Indebtedness of the Issuers and the Guarantors, and as such, is effectively subordinated to any Secured Indebtedness of the Issuers and the Guarantors to the extent of the value of the assets securing such Secured Indebtedness. At June 30, 2011, CDW and its Subsidiaries had approximately $2,258.2 million of Secured Indebtedness outstanding, including $160.0 million under the ABL Facility, $500.0 million under the Senior Secured Note Indenture and $1,540.5 million under the Senior Secured Term Loan. See “Risk Factors—Risks Relating to the Exchange Notes—The Senior Exchange Notes will be unsecured and will be effectively subordinated to our and our Guarantors’ secured debt and indebtedness of non-guarantor subsidiaries.”

The Issuers will issue up to $1,175.0 million in aggregate principal amount of Exchange Notes in this offering. The Issuers may issue additional Notes under the Indenture from time to time after this offering. Any issuance of additional Notes will be subject to all of the covenants in the Indenture, including the covenant described below under the caption “—Certain Covenants—Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock.” The Notes and any additional Notes contemporaneously or subsequently issued under the Indenture will be treated as a single class for all purposes under the Indenture, including, without limitation, waivers, amendments, redemptions and offers to purchase. It is possible, however, that the Original Senior Notes, the Additional Senior Notes and any such additional Notes will not be treated as part of the same issue for U.S. federal income tax purposes. The Issuers will issue the Exchange Notes in denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess of $2,000. The Notes will mature on April 1, 2019.

Interest on the Exchange Notes will accrue at the rate of 8.5% per annum from , 2011 and will be payable semiannually in arrears on April 1 and October 1, commencing on , 2011. The Issuers will make each interest payment to the Holders of record on the immediately preceding March 15 and September 15.

Interest is computed on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months. Interest accrues from the date it was most recently paid.

CDW will maintain one or more paying agents (each, a “paying agent”) for the Notes within the City and State of New York.

CDW may change the paying agents, the registrars or the transfer agents without prior notice to the Holders. CDW or any Restricted Subsidiary may act as a paying agent or registrar.

Also, CDW is not required to transfer or exchange any Note for a period of 15 days before a selection of Notes to be redeemed.

The Guarantors jointly and severally fully and unconditionally guarantee, on a senior unsecured basis, the performance and full and punctual payment when due, whether at maturity, by acceleration or otherwise, of all obligations of the Issuers under the Notes, whether for payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest in respect of the Notes, expenses, indemnification or otherwise, on the terms set forth in the Indenture by executing a supplement to the Indenture.

Parent and the Restricted Subsidiaries which guarantee the Senior Secured Term Loan guarantee the Notes. Each of the Guarantees of the Notes is a general unsecured senior obligation of each Guarantor.

(a) the sale, disposition or other transfer (including through merger or consolidation) of

(x) Capital Stock of the applicable Guarantor (including any sale, disposition or other transfer), after which, in the case of a subsidiary Guarantor, such Guarantor is no longer a Restricted Subsidiary, or (y) all or substantially all the assets of such Guarantor, provided that, in each case, such sale, disposition or other transfer is made in compliance with the provisions of the Indenture;

(b) CDW designates any Restricted Subsidiary that is a Guarantor as an Unrestricted Subsidiary in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture;

(c) in the case of any Restricted Subsidiary which after the Original Release Date is required to guarantee the Notes pursuant to the covenant described under “—Certain Covenants—Additional Guarantees,” the release or discharge of the guarantee by such Restricted Subsidiary of all of the Indebtedness of CDW or any Restricted Subsidiary or the repayment of all of the Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock, in each case, which resulted in the obligation to guarantee the Notes;

At any time prior to April 1, 2014, the Issuers may on any one or more occasions redeem up to 40% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes issued under the Indenture at a redemption price of 108.500% of the principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest to the redemption date, with the Net Cash Proceeds of one or more Equity Offerings; provided that:

(1) at least 60% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes originally issued under the Indenture remains outstanding immediately after the occurrence of such redemption (excluding Notes held by the Issuers and their Subsidiaries); and

(2) the redemption occurs within 90 days of the date of the closing of such Equity Offering.

At any time prior to April 1, 2015, the Issuers may also redeem all or a part of the Notes, upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ prior notice mailed by first-class mail to each Holder’s registered address, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of Notes redeemed plus the Applicable Premium as of the date of redemption, and accrued and unpaid interest to the date of redemption, subject to the rights of Holders of Notes on any relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date.

Except pursuant to the two preceding paragraphs, the Notes will not be redeemable prior to April 1, 2015.

On or after April 1, 2015, the Issuers may redeem all or part of the Notes upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ notice, at the redemption prices (expressed as percentages of principal amount) set forth below plus accrued and unpaid interest on the Notes redeemed, to the applicable redemption date (subject to the rights of Holders of Notes on any relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date), if redeemed during the twelve-month period beginning on April 1 of the years indicated below:

In addition, the Issuers may acquire Notes by means other than a redemption, whether by tender offer, open market purchasers, negotiated transactions or otherwise, in accordance with applicable securities laws, so long as such acquisition does not otherwise violate the terms of the Indenture.

The Issuers are not required to make mandatory redemption or sinking fund payments with respect to the Notes. However, under certain circumstances, the Issuers may be required to offer to purchase Notes as described under “—Repurchase at the Option of Holders—Change of Control” and “—Repurchase at the Option of Holders—Asset Sales.” The Issuers may at any time and from time to time purchase Notes in the open market or otherwise as permitted by the Indenture.

repurchase all or any part (equal to $2,000 or integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof) of that Holder’s Notes pursuant to an offer on the terms set forth in the Indenture (“Change of Control Offer”). In the Change of Control Offer, CDW will offer a payment (a “Change of Control Payment”) in cash equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes repurchased plus accrued and unpaid interest on the Notes repurchased, to the date of purchase. Within 30 days following any Change of Control, unless CDW at such time has given notice of redemption under “—Optional Redemption” with respect to all outstanding Notes, or, at CDW’s option and as set forth below, in advance of a Change of Control, CDW will mail a notice to each Holder, with a copy to the Trustee, describing the transaction or transactions that constitute the Change of Control and offering to repurchase Notes on the date of such Change of Control Payment specified in the notice, which date will be no earlier than 30 days and no later than 60 days from the date such notice is mailed (the “Change of Control Payment Date”), pursuant to the procedures required by the Indenture and described in such notice. CDW will comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act and any other securities laws and regulations thereunder to the extent those laws and regulations are applicable in connection with the repurchase of the Notes as a result of a Change of Control. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with the Change of Control provisions of the Indenture, CDW will comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and will not be deemed to have breached its obligations under the Change of Control provisions of the Indenture by virtue of such conflict.

(1) accept for payment all Notes or portions of Notes properly tendered pursuant to the Change of Control Offer;

(2) deposit with the paying agent an amount equal to the Change of Control Payment in respect of all Notes or portions of Notes properly tendered; and

CDW will not be required to make a Change of Control Offer upon a Change of Control if (i) a third party makes the Change of Control Offer in the manner, at the times and otherwise in compliance with the requirements set forth in the Indenture applicable to a Change of Control Offer made by CDW and purchases all Notes properly tendered and not withdrawn under the Change of Control Offer or (ii) a notice of redemption has been given pursuant to the Indenture as described under “—Optional Redemption” unless and until there is a default in the payment of the applicable redemption price. A Change of Control Offer may be made in advance of a Change of Control and may be conditional upon the occurrence of a Change of Control, if a definitive agreement is in place for the Change of Control at the time the Change of Control Offer is made.

Each of the ABL Facility and the Senior Secured Term Loan contains certain prohibitions on CDW and its Subsidiaries purchasing Notes, and also provides that the occurrence of certain change of control events with respect to Parent or CDW would constitute a default thereunder. Prior to complying with any of the provisions of this “Change of Control” covenant under the Indenture governing the Notes, but in any event within 90 days following a Change of Control, to the extent required to permit CDW to comply with this covenant, CDW will need to either repay all outstanding Indebtedness under the ABL Facility and the Senior Secured Term Loan or other Indebtedness ranking pari passu with the Notes or obtain the requisite consents, if any, under all agreements governing such outstanding Indebtedness. If CDW does not repay such Indebtedness or obtain such consents, CDW will remain prohibited from purchasing Notes in a Change of Control, which after appropriate notice and lapse of time would result in an Event of Default under the Indenture, which would in turn constitute a default under the ABL Facility and the Senior Secured Term Loan.

a default under such Indebtedness, even if the Change of Control itself does not, due to the financial effect of such repurchase on CDW or its Subsidiaries. Finally, CDW’s ability to pay cash to the Holders of Notes following the occurrence of a Change of Control may be limited by its then existing financial resources. There can be no assurance that sufficient funds will be available when necessary to make any required repurchases. See “Risk Factors—Risks Relating to the Exchange Notes—We may be unable to purchase the notes upon a change of control which would result in a default in the Indentures and would adversely affect our business.”

The Change of Control purchase feature of the Notes may in certain circumstances make more difficult or discourage a sale or takeover of CDW or its Subsidiaries and, thus, the removal of incumbent management. CDW has no present intention to engage in a transaction involving a Change of Control, although it is possible that CDW could decide to do so in the future. Subject to the limitations discussed below, CDW or its Subsidiaries could, in the future, enter into certain transactions, including acquisitions, refinancings or other recapitalizations, that would not constitute a Change of Control under the Indenture, but that could increase the amount of Indebtedness outstanding at such time or otherwise affect the capital structure of CDW or its credit ratings. Restrictions on the ability of CDW and its Subsidiaries to incur additional Indebtedness are contained in the covenant described under “—Certain Covenants—Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock.” Such restrictions can only be waived with the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Notes then outstanding. Except for the limitations contained in such covenant, however, the Indenture does not contain any covenants or provisions that may afford Holders of the Notes protection in the event of a highly leveraged transaction.

The definition of “Change of Control” includes a phrase relating to the direct or indirect sale, lease, transfer, conveyance or other disposition of “all or substantially all” of the properties or assets of CDW and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole. Although there is a limited body of case law interpreting the phrase “substantially all,” there is no precise established definition of the phrase under applicable law. Accordingly, the ability of a Holder of Notes to require CDW to repurchase its Notes as a result of a sale, lease, transfer, conveyance or other disposition of less than all of the assets of CDW and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole to another Person or group may be uncertain. In addition, the Chancery Court of Delaware has raised the possibility that a “Change of Control” as a result of a failure to have “continuing directors” comprising a majority of a Board of Directors may be unenforceable on public policy grounds.

CDW will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, consummate an Asset Sale unless:

(2) at least 75% of the consideration received in the Asset Sale by CDW or such Restricted Subsidiary is in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents.

Within 365 days after the receipt of any Net Proceeds from an Asset Sale, CDW or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, may apply those Net Proceeds at its option:

(1) (i) to reduce or fulfill Obligations under Secured Indebtedness of an Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary, (ii) to reduce Obligations under Indebtedness of a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor (other than Indebtedness owed to an Issuer or another Restricted Subsidiary) or (iii) to reduce or fulfill Obligations under Senior Pari Passu Indebtedness (provided that if an Issuer or any Guarantor shall so reduce Obligations under unsecured Senior Pari Passu Indebtedness, CDW will equally and ratably reduce Obligations under the Notes as provided under “—Optional Redemption,” through open market purchases (provided that such purchases are at or above 100% of the principal amount thereof) or by making an offer (in accordance with the procedures set forth below for an Asset Sale Offer) to all Holders to purchase at a purchase price equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest on the pro rata principal amount of Notes), in each case other than Indebtedness owed to an Issuer, the Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary;

Any Net Proceeds from Asset Sales not applied or invested in accordance with the preceding paragraph within 365 days from the date of the receipt of such Net Proceeds shall constitute “Excess Proceeds”; provided that if during such 365-day period CDW or a Restricted Subsidiary enter into a definitive binding agreement committing it to apply such Net Proceeds in accordance with the requirements of clause (2) or (3) above after such 365th day, such 365-day period will be extended with respect to the amount of Net Proceeds so committed for a period not to exceed 180 days until such Net Proceeds are required to be applied in accordance with such agreement (or, if earlier, until termination of such agreement).

When the aggregate amount of Excess Proceeds exceeds $25.0 million, CDW or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary shall make an offer to all Holders of the Notes and, if required by the terms of any Senior Pari Passu Indebtedness, to the holders of such Senior Pari Passu Indebtedness (a “Asset Sale Offer”), to purchase the maximum aggregate principal amount of the Notes and such Senior Pari Passu Indebtedness that is a minimum of $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof that may be purchased out of the Excess Proceeds. The offer price in any Asset Sale Offer will be equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest to the date of purchase, and will be payable in cash. CDW or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary will commence an Asset Sale Offer with respect to Excess Proceeds within thirty days after the date that Excess Proceeds exceed $25.0 million by mailing the notice required pursuant to the terms of the Indenture, with a copy to the Trustee. CDW or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary may, in its sole discretion, satisfy the foregoing obligations with respect to any Net Proceeds from an Asset Sale by making an Asset Sale Offer with respect to such Net Proceeds prior to the expiration of the relevant 365-day period (or such longer period provided above) or with respect to Excess Proceeds of $25.0 million or less.

To the extent that the aggregate amount of Notes and such other Senior Pari Passu Indebtedness tendered pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer is less than the Excess Proceeds, the Issuers may use any remaining Excess Proceeds for general corporate purposes, subject to other covenants contained in the Indenture. If the aggregate principal amount of Notes or other Senior Pari Passu Indebtedness surrendered by such holders thereof exceeds the amount of Excess Proceeds, the Trustee shall select the Notes and such other Senior Pari Passu Indebtedness to be purchased on a pro rata basis based on the accreted value or principal amount of the Notes or such other Senior Pari Passu Indebtedness tendered. Upon completion of any such Asset Sale Offer, the amount of Excess Proceeds shall be reset at zero.

Pending the final application of any Net Proceeds of Asset Sales, CDW or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary may temporarily reduce revolving credit borrowings or otherwise invest the Net Proceeds in any manner that is not prohibited by the Indenture.

For purposes of clause (2) of the first paragraph of this covenant, the amount of (i) any liabilities other than contingent liabilities (as shown on CDW’s or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary’s most recent balance sheet or in the notes thereto) of CDW or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than liabilities that are by their terms contractually or effectively junior to the Notes or the Guarantees) that are assumed by the transferee of any such assets and from which CDW and all Restricted Subsidiaries have been validly released by the applicable creditor(s) in writing, (ii) any securities received by CDW or such Restricted Subsidiary from such transferee that are converted by CDW or Restricted Subsidiary into cash (to the extent of the cash received) within 180 days following the closing of such Asset Sale, (iii) any Related Business Assets or Replacement Assets, and (iv) any Designated Non-cash Consideration received by CDW or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in such Asset Sale having an aggregate fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of CDW), taken together with all other Designated Non-cash Consideration received pursuant to this clause (iv) that is at that time outstanding, not to exceed the greater of (x) $75.0 million and (y) an amount equal to 2% of Total Assets of CDW on the date on which such Designated Non-cash Consideration is received (with the fair market value of each item of Designated Non-cash Consideration being measured at the time received without giving effect to subsequent changes in value), shall be deemed to be cash for purposes of determining whether the 75% cash or Cash Equivalents test has been satisfied and for no other purpose.

CDW or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary will comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act and any other securities laws and regulations thereunder to the extent those laws and regulations are applicable in connection with each repurchase of Notes pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with the Asset Sale provisions of the Indenture, CDW or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary will comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and will not be deemed to have breached its obligations under the Asset Sale provisions of the Indenture by virtue of such conflict.

If less than all of the Notes are to be redeemed at any time, the Trustee will select Notes for redemption as follows:

(1) if the Notes are listed on any national securities exchange, in compliance with the requirements of the principal national securities exchange on which such Notes are listed; or

(2) if the Notes are not listed on any national securities exchange, on a pro rata basis to the extent practicable.

If any Note is to be redeemed in part only, the notice of redemption that relates to that Note will state the portion of the principal amount of that Note that is to be redeemed. A new Note in principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion of the Original Note will be issued in the name of the Holder of that Note upon cancellation of the Original Note. Notes called for redemption become due on the date fixed for redemption. On and after the redemption date, interest ceases to accrue on Notes or portions of them called for redemption.

Set forth below are summaries of certain covenants that are contained in the Indenture, which bind CDW and its Restricted Subsidiaries. Beginning on the day of a Covenant Suspension Event and ending on a Reversion Date (such period a “Suspension Period”) with respect to the Notes, the covenants specifically listed under the following captions in this “Description of Senior Exchange Notes” will not be applicable to the Notes:

(4) clause (4) of the first paragraph of “—Merger, Consolidation or Sale of Assets”;

Stock.” Calculations made after the Reversion Date of the amount available to be made as Restricted Payments under “—Restricted Payments” will be made as though the covenant described under “—Restricted Payments” had been in effect since the Original Release Date but not during the Suspension Period.

Accordingly, Restricted Payments made during the Suspension Period will not reduce the amount available to be made as Restricted Payments under clause (3) of the first paragraph of “—Restricted Payments,” and items specified in (a) through (e) of clause (3) of the first paragraph of the covenant described below under the caption “—Restricted Payments” will not increase the amount available to be made thereunder. As described above, however, no Default or Event of Default will be deemed to have occurred as a result of the Reversion Date occurring on the basis of any actions taken or the continuance of any circumstances resulting from actions taken or the performance of obligations under agreements entered into by the Issuers or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries during the Suspension Period (other than agreements to take actions after the Reversion Date that would not be permitted outside of the Suspension Period entered into in contemplation of the Reversion Date).

For purposes of the “Repurchase at the Option of Holders—Asset Sales” covenant, on the Reversion Date, the unutilized Excess Proceeds amount will be reset to zero.

During the Suspension Period no Restricted Subsidiary may be designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary. There can be no assurance that the notes will ever achieve or maintain Investment Grade Ratings.

CDW shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly:

(c) make any principal payment on, or redeem, repurchase, defease or otherwise acquire or retire for value, in each case prior to any scheduled repayment, sinking fund payment or maturity, any Subordinated Indebtedness (other than (x) Indebtedness permitted under clause (7) of the definition of “Permitted Debt” or (y) the purchase, repurchase or other acquisition or retirement of Subordinated Indebtedness purchase in anticipation of satisfying a sinking fund obligation, principal installment or final maturity, in each case due within one year of the date of purchase, repurchase, acquisition or retirement); or

(d) make any Restricted Investment; (all such payments and other actions set forth in these clauses (a) through (d) being collectively referred to as “Restricted Payments”), unless, at the time of and after giving effect to such Restricted Payment:

(1) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would occur as a consequence of such Restricted Payment;

(3) such Restricted Payment, together with the aggregate amount of all other Restricted Payments made by CDW and its Restricted Subsidiaries after December 17, 2010 (excluding Restricted Payments permitted by clauses (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (9), (11), (13), (14), (15), (16) and (17) of the next succeeding paragraph; provided that the calculation of Restricted Payments shall also exclude the amounts paid or distributed pursuant to clause (1) of the next paragraph to the extent that the declaration of such dividend or other distribution shall have previously been included as a Restricted Payment), is less than the sum, without duplication, of

(b) 100% of the aggregate net cash proceeds and the fair market value, as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of CDW, of property and marketable securities received by CDW after December 17, 2010 from the issue or sale of (x) Equity Interests of CDW (including Retired Capital Stock (as defined below) but excluding

(i) cash proceeds received from the sale of Equity Interests of CDW and, to the extent actually contributed to CDW, Equity Interests of any direct or indirect parent company of CDW to members of management, directors or consultants of CDW, any direct or indirect parent company of CDW and the Subsidiaries of CDW after December 17, 2010, in each case to the extent such amounts have been applied to Restricted Payments made in accordance with clause (4) of the next succeeding paragraph, (ii) cash proceeds received from the sale of Refunding Capital Stock (as defined below) to the extent such amounts have been applied to Restricted Payments made in accordance with clause (2) of the next succeeding paragraph, (iii) Designated Preferred Stock, (iv) the Cash Contribution Amount and (v) Disqualified Stock) or (y) debt securities of CDW that have been converted into or exchanged for Equity Interests of CDW (other than Refunding Capital Stock or Equity Interests or convertible debt securities of Parent or any other direct or indirect parent company sold to a Restricted Subsidiary or Parent and other than Disqualified Stock or Designated Preferred Stock or debt securities that have been converted into Disqualified Stock or Designated Preferred Stock), plus

(c) 100% of the aggregate amount of cash and the fair market value, as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of CDW, of property and marketable securities contributed to the capital of CDW after December 17, 2010 (other than (i) by a Restricted Subsidiary, (ii) any Excluded Contributions, (iii) any Disqualified Stock, (iv) any Refunding Capital Stock, (v) any Designated Preferred Stock, (vi) the Cash Contribution Amount and

(vii) cash proceeds applied to Restricted Payments made in accordance with clause (4) of the next succeeding paragraph), plus

(d) to the extent not already included in Consolidated Net Income, 100% of the aggregate amount received in cash and the fair market value, as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of CDW, of property and marketable securities received after December 17, 2010 by means of (A) the sale or other disposition (other than to CDW or a Restricted Subsidiary) of, or interest, return, profits, distribution, income or similar amounts in respect of, Restricted Investments made by CDW or its Restricted Subsidiaries and repurchases and redemptions of such Restricted Investments from CDW or its Restricted Subsidiaries and repayments of loans or advances which constitute Restricted Investments of CDW or its Restricted Subsidiaries or (B) the sale (other than to CDW or a Restricted Subsidiary) of the Capital Stock of an Unrestricted Subsidiary or a distribution from an Unrestricted Subsidiary (other than, in each case, to the extent the Investment in such Unrestricted Subsidiary was made by a Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to clause (10) of the next succeeding paragraph or to the extent such Investment constituted a Permitted Investment) or a dividend or other distribution from an Unrestricted Subsidiary, plus

merger, consolidation or transfer of assets (other than an Unrestricted Subsidiary to the extent the Investment in such Unrestricted Subsidiary was made by a Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to clause (10) of the next succeeding paragraph or to the extent such Investment constituted a Permitted Investment).

(2)(A) the redemption, prepayment, repurchase, retirement or other acquisition of any Equity Interests of CDW or any direct or indirect parent of CDW (“Retired Capital Stock”) or Subordinated Indebtedness in exchange for or out of the net cash proceeds of the substantially concurrent sale (other than to a Restricted Subsidiary or CDW) of Equity Interests of CDW or contributions to the equity capital of CDW (in each case, other than Disqualified Stock and the Cash Contribution Amount) (“Refunding Capital Stock”) and (B) the declaration and payment of dividends on the Retired Capital Stock out of the net cash proceeds of the substantially concurrent sale (other than to a Subsidiary of CDW or to an employee stock ownership plan or any trust established by CDW or any of its Subsidiaries) of Refunding Capital Stock;

(3) the redemption, prepayment, repurchase or other acquisition or retirement of Subordinated Indebtedness made by exchange for, or out of the proceeds of the substantially concurrent sale of, new Indebtedness of the borrower thereof which is incurred in compliance with the covenant “—Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock” so long as (A) such new Indebtedness is subordinated to the Notes and any related Guarantees thereof, in each case at least to the same extent as such Subordinated Indebtedness so prepaid, redeemed, repurchased, acquired or retired, (B) such new Indebtedness has a final scheduled maturity date equal to or later than the final scheduled maturity date of the Subordinated Indebtedness being so prepaid, redeemed, repurchased, acquired or retired, (C) such new Indebtedness has a Weighted Average Life to Maturity equal to or greater than the remaining Weighted Average Life to Maturity of the Subordinated Indebtedness being so prepaid, redeemed, repurchased, acquired or retired and (D) the principal amount, including any accrued and unpaid interest, of such Indebtedness does not exceed the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of such Subordinated Indebtedness being so redeemed, repurchased, acquired or retired, plus the amount of any premium (including tender premiums) and any fees and expenses incurred in connection with the issuance of such new Indebtedness;

(4) a Restricted Payment to pay for the repurchase, retirement, redemption or other acquisition or retirement for value of Equity Interests of CDW or any of its direct or indirect parent companies held by any future, present or former employee, director or consultant of CDW, any Subsidiary or any of its direct or indirect parent companies (or their permitted transferees, assigns, estates or heirs) pursuant to the Krasny Plan, any management unit purchase agreement, management equity plan or stock option plan or any other management or employee benefit agreement, agreement or arrangement (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any principal and interest payable on any notes issued by CDW or any direct or indirect parent company in connection with any such repurchase, retirement or other acquisition or retirement), provided, however, that the aggregate amount of Restricted Payments made under this clause (4) does not exceed in any calendar year $50.0 million (which shall increase to $70.0 million subsequent to the consummation of an underwritten Equity Offering by CDW or any direct or indirect parent company of CDW) with unused amounts in any calendar year being carried over to succeeding calendar years subject to a maximum (without giving effect to the following proviso) of $70.0 million in any calendar year (which shall increase to $90.0 million subsequent to the consummation of an underwritten Equity Offering by CDW or any direct or indirect parent company of CDW); and provided, further, that such amount in any calendar year may be increased by an amount not to exceed (A) the cash proceeds from the sale of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of CDW and, to the extent contributed to CDW, Equity Interests of any of its direct or indirect parent companies, in each case to members of management, directors or consultants of CDW, any of its Subsidiaries or any of its direct or indirect parent companies that occurs after December 17, 2010 plus (B) the cash proceeds of “key man” life insurance policies received by CDW or its Restricted Subsidiaries after December 17, 2010 (provided that CDW may elect to apply all or any portion of the aggregate increase contemplated by clauses (A) and (B) above in any calendar year) (it being understood that the forgiveness of any debt by such Person shall not be a Restricted Payment hereunder) less (C) the amount of any Restricted Payments previously made pursuant to clauses (A) and (B) of this clause (4);

(6) the declaration and payment of dividends or distributions to holders of any class or series of Designated Preferred Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) issued after December 17, 2010 and the declaration and payment of dividends to any direct or indirect parent company of CDW the proceeds of which will be used to fund the payment of dividends to holders of any class or series of Designated Preferred Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) of any direct or indirect parent company of CDW issued after December 17, 2010; provided, however, that (A) for the most recently ended four full fiscal quarters for which internal financial statements are available immediately preceding the date of issuance of such Designated Preferred Stock, after giving effect to such issuance (and the payment of dividends or distributions thereon) on a pro forma basis, CDW would have had a Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio of at least 2.0 to 1.0 and (B) the aggregate amount of dividends declared and paid pursuant to this clause (6) does not exceed the net cash proceeds actually received by CDW from any such sale of Designated Preferred Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) issued after December 17, 2010;

(7) repurchases of Equity Interests deemed to occur upon exercise of stock options or warrants if such Equity Interests represent a portion of the exercise price of such options or warrants;

(8) the payment of dividends on CDW’s Common Stock (or the payment of dividends to any direct or indirect parent company of CDW, as the case may be, to fund the payment by any such parent company of CDW of dividends on such entity’s Common Stock) following the first public offering of CDW’s Common Stock or the common stock of any of its direct or indirect parent companies after the Original Release Date, of up to 6% per annum of the net cash proceeds received by or contributed to CDW after the Original Release Date in any such public offering, other than public offerings of common stock of CDW (or any direct or indirect parent company of CDW) registered on Form S-4 or Form S-8 and other than any public sale constituting an Excluded Contribution;

(10) other Restricted Payments after December 17, 2010 in an aggregate amount not to exceed the greater of: (i) $75.0 million and (ii) 1.0% of Total Assets;

(12) the repurchase, prepayment, redemption or other acquisition or retirement for value of any Subordinated Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock pursuant to provisions similar to those described under “—Repurchase at the Option of Holders—Change of Control” and “—Repurchase at the Option of Holders—Asset Sales”; provided that a Change of Control Offer or Asset Sale Offer, as applicable, has been made and all Notes tendered by Holders of the Notes in connection with a Change of Control Offer or Asset Sale Offer, as applicable, have been repurchased, redeemed or acquired for value;

(i) franchise taxes and other fees, taxes and expenses required to maintain their corporate existence;

(ii) federal, foreign, state and local income or franchise taxes (or any alternative tax in lieu thereof); provided that, in each fiscal year, the amount of such payments shall be equal to the amount that CDW and its Restricted Subsidiaries and its Unrestricted Subsidiaries (in the latter case only to the extent of amounts actually received by CDW and its Restricted Subsidiaries from its Unrestricted Subsidiaries) would be required to pay in respect of federal, foreign, state and local income or franchise taxes if such entities were corporations paying taxes separately from any parent entity at the highest combined applicable federal, foreign, state, local or franchise tax rate for such fiscal year;

(v) amounts payable to the Sponsors pursuant to the Management Agreement as in effect on the Closing Date;

(viii) amounts to finance Investments otherwise permitted to be made pursuant to the Indenture; provided that (1) such Restricted Payment shall be made substantially concurrently with the closing of such Investment and (2) such direct or indirect parent company shall, immediately following the closing thereof, cause (x) all property acquired (whether assets or Equity Interests) to be contributed to the capital of CDW or one of its Restricted Subsidiaries or (y) the merger of the Person formed or acquired into CDW or one of its Restricted Subsidiaries (to the extent not prohibited by the covenant entitled “Merger, Consolidation or Sale of Assets”) in order to consummate such Investment; (3) such direct or indirect parent company and its Affiliates (other than CDW or a Restricted Subsidiary) receives no consideration or other payment in connection with such transaction, (4) any property received by CDW shall not increase amounts available for Restricted Payments pursuant to clause (3) of the first paragraph of the covenant contained under “—Restricted Payments” and (5) such Investment shall be deemed to be made by CDW or such Restricted Subsidiary by another paragraph of this paragraph (other than pursuant to clause (9) hereof) or pursuant to the definition of “Permitted Investments” (other than clause (11) thereof);

(14) cash payments in lieu of the issuance of fractional shares in connection with the exercise of warrants, options or other securities convertible into or exchangeable for Capital Stock of CDW; provided, however, that any such cash payment shall not be for the purpose of evading the limitation of the covenant described under this subheading (as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of CDW);

(20)(i) in connection with the operation of the Krasny Plan, tax withholding payments made in cash to the United States Internal Revenue Service in connection with in-kind withholding for payments to participants in Equity Interests of any indirect or direct parent of CDW and (ii) payments made in cash to the Circle of Service Foundation, Inc. representing the amount of the net tax benefit to CDW as a result of the implementation and continuing operation of the Krasny Plan; provided, however, that at the time of, and after giving effect to, any Restricted Payment permitted under clauses (5), (6), (8), (10), (12), and (13)(v) and (vi) above, no default which, with the passage of time would be an Event of Default, or an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would occur as a consequence thereof.

For the avoidance of doubt, any dividend or distribution otherwise permitted pursuant to this covenant may be in the form of a loan.

CDW shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create, incur, issue, assume, guarantee or otherwise become directly or indirectly liable, contingently or otherwise, with respect to (collectively “incur”) any Indebtedness (including Acquired Debt) and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to issue any shares of Preferred Stock; provided, however, that CDW and any Restricted Subsidiary may incur Indebtedness (including Acquired Debt) and issue Preferred Stock if the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio of CDW and its Restricted Subsidiaries (on a consolidated basis) for CDW’s most recently ended four full fiscal quarters for which internal financial statements are available immediately preceding the date on which such additional Indebtedness is incurred or such Preferred Stock is issued would have been at least 2.0 to 1.0 determined on a pro forma basis (including a pro forma application of the net proceeds therefrom), as if the additional Indebtedness had been incurred or the Preferred Stock had been issued, as the case may be, and the application of proceeds therefrom had occurred at the beginning of such four-quarter period; provided further, that any incurrence of Indebtedness or issuance of Preferred Stock by a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor pursuant to this paragraph is subject to the limitations of set forth in the fifth paragraph of this covenant.

The first paragraph of this covenant will not prohibit the incurrence of any of the following items of Indebtedness (collectively, “Permitted Debt”):

(1)(x) the incurrence by CDW or a Restricted Subsidiary of Indebtedness pursuant to the ABL Facility by CDW or any Restricted Subsidiary; provided that immediately after giving effect to any such incurrence, the aggregate principal amount of all Indebtedness incurred under this clause (x) and then outstanding does not exceed the greater of (A) $900.0 million less all principal payments with respect to such Indebtedness made following the Closing Date pursuant to clause (1) of the second paragraph under “—Repurchase at the Option of Holders—Asset Sales,” less the aggregate principal amount of outstanding obligations under or in respect of any Receivables Subsidiary and (B) (i) 85% of the book value of accounts receivable of CDW and its Restricted Subsidiaries plus (ii) 65% of the book value of the inventory of CDW and its Restricted Subsidiaries and (y) the incurrence by CDW or a Restricted Subsidiary of Indebtedness pursuant to the Senior Secured Term Loan by CDW or any Restricted Subsidiary; provided that after giving effect to any such incurrence, the aggregate principal amount of all Indebtedness incurred under this clause (y) and then outstanding does not exceed $2,200.0 million less all principal payments with respect to such Indebtedness made following the Closing Date pursuant to clause (1) of the second paragraph under “—Repurchase at the Option of Holders—Asset Sales”;

(2) the incurrence by CDW and the Guarantors of Indebtedness represented by $1,175.0 million aggregate principal amount of the Notes (including any Guarantees thereof);

(3) any Indebtedness of CDW and its Restricted Subsidiaries in existence on the Original Release Date (other than Indebtedness described in clause (1) or (2) above), including the Senior Secured Notes, the Existing Senior Notes and the Existing Senior Subordinated Notes;

(5) Indebtedness incurred by CDW or any Restricted Subsidiary constituting reimbursement obligations with respect to letters of credit issued in the ordinary course of business, including without limitation letters of credit in respect of workers’ compensation claims, health, disability or other employee benefits or property, casualty or liability insurance or self-insurance or other Indebtedness with respect to reimbursement type obligations regarding workers’ compensation claims, or letters of credit in the nature of security deposit (or similar deposit or security) given to a lessor under an operating lease of real property under which such Person is a lessee; provided, however, that upon the drawing of such letters of credit or the incurrence of such Indebtedness, such obligations are reimbursed within 45 days following such drawing or incurrence;

(6) Indebtedness arising from agreements of CDW or a Restricted Subsidiary providing for indemnification, adjustment of purchase price, earn-outs or similar obligations, in each case, incurred or assumed in connection with the disposition or acquisition of any business, assets or a Subsidiary, other than guarantees of Indebtedness incurred by any Person acquiring all or any portion of such business, assets or a Subsidiary for the purpose of financing such acquisition; provided, however, that (A) such Indebtedness is not reflected on the balance sheet (other than by application of Interpretation Number 45 of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (commonly known as FIN 45) as a result of an amendment to an obligation in existence on the Original Release Date) of CDW or any Restricted Subsidiary (contingent obligations referred to in a footnote to financial statements and not otherwise reflected on the balance sheet will not be deemed to be reflected on such balance sheet for purposes of this clause (6)) and (B) in the case of a disposition, the maximum assumable liability in respect of all such Indebtedness shall at no time exceed the gross proceeds, including Non-cash proceeds (the fair market value of such Non-cash proceeds being measured at the time received and without giving effect to any subsequent changes in value), actually received by CDW and any Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with such disposition;

(7) Indebtedness of CDW owed to and held by any Restricted Subsidiary or Indebtedness of a Restricted Subsidiary owed to and held by CDW or any other Restricted Subsidiary; provided, however, that (A) any subsequent issuance or transfer of any Capital Stock or any other event that results in any such Restricted Subsidiary ceasing to be a Restricted Subsidiary or any subsequent transfer of any such Indebtedness (except to CDW or a Restricted Subsidiary or any pledge of such Indebtedness constituting a Permitted Lien) shall be deemed, in each case, to constitute the incurrence of such Indebtedness not permitted by this clause (7) and (B) if CDW or a Guarantor is the obligor on such Indebtedness, such Indebtedness is expressly subordinated in right of payment to all obligations of CDW or such Guarantor with respect to the Notes;

(9) Hedging Obligations and/or Cash Management Obligations of CDW or any Restricted Subsidiary (excluding Hedging Obligations entered into for speculative purposes);

(11) Indebtedness of CDW or any Restricted Subsidiary or Preferred Stock of any Restricted Subsidiary not otherwise permitted hereunder in an aggregate principal amount or liquidation preference which, when aggregated with the principal amount and liquidation preference of all other Indebtedness and Preferred Stock then outstanding and incurred pursuant to this clause (11) does not at any one time outstanding exceed $150.0 million; provided that any Indebtedness or Preferred Stock incurred pursuant to this clause (11) shall cease to be deemed incurred or outstanding for purposes of this clause (11) but shall be deemed incurred and outstanding for the purposes of the first paragraph of this “—Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock” covenant from and after the first date on which CDW or such Restricted Subsidiary could have incurred such Indebtedness or issued such Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock under the first paragraph of this “—Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock” covenant without reliance on this clause (11);

(12)(x) any guarantee by CDW or a Restricted Subsidiary of Indebtedness or other obligations of any Restricted Subsidiary so long as the incurrence of such Indebtedness or other obligations incurred by such Restricted Subsidiary is permitted under the terms of the Indenture; provided that if such Indebtedness is by its express terms subordinated in right of payment to the Notes or the Guarantee of such Restricted Subsidiary or CDW, as applicable, any such guarantee of such Guarantor with respect to such Indebtedness shall be subordinated in right of payment to such Guarantor’s Guarantee with respect to the Notes substantially to the same extent as such Indebtedness is subordinated to the Notes or the Guarantee of such Restricted Subsidiary, as applicable, and (y) any guarantee by a Restricted Subsidiary of Indebtedness or other obligations of CDW incurred in accordance with the terms of the Indenture;

(13) the incurrence by CDW or any Restricted Subsidiary of Indebtedness or Preferred Stock that serves to refund, replace or refinance any Indebtedness incurred as permitted under the first paragraph of this covenant and clauses (2) and (3) above, this clause (13) and clauses (14) and (19) below or any Indebtedness issued to so refund, replace or refinance such Indebtedness including additional Indebtedness incurred to pay premiums and fees in connection therewith (the “Refinancing Indebtedness”) prior to its respective maturity; provided, however, that such Refinancing Indebtedness (A) has a Weighted Average Life to Maturity at the time such Refinancing Indebtedness is incurred which is not less than the earlier of (x) the Stated Maturity of the Indebtedness being refunded or refinanced, and (y) 90 days after the Stated Maturity of any Notes then outstanding, (B) to the extent such Refinancing Indebtedness refinances Subordinated Indebtedness or Indebtedness pari passu to the Notes or the Guarantees, such Refinancing Indebtedness is Subordinated Indebtedness or pari passu to the Notes or the Guarantees at least to the same extent as the Indebtedness being refinanced or refunded, (C) shall not include (x) Indebtedness or Preferred Stock of a Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor that refinances Indebtedness or Preferred Stock of CDW or a Guarantor or (y) Indebtedness or Preferred Stock of CDW or a Restricted Subsidiary that refinances Indebtedness or Preferred Stock of an Unrestricted Subsidiary and (D) shall not be in a principal amount in excess of the principal amount of, premium, if any, accrued interest on, and related fees and expenses of, the Indebtedness being refunded, replaced or refinanced (including any premium, expenses, costs and fees incurred in connection with such refund, replacement or refinancing);

(ii) Indebtedness of CDW or any Restricted Subsidiary incurred in connection with or in contemplation of, or to provide all or any portion of the funds or credit support utilized to consummate, the acquisition by CDW or such Restricted Subsidiary of property used or useful in a Permitted Business (whether through the direct purchase of assets or the purchase of Capital Stock of, or merger or consolidation with, any Person owning such assets); provided, that after giving pro forma effect to such incurrence of Indebtedness (x) CDW would be permitted to incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio test set forth in the first paragraph of this covenant or (y) the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio would be equal to or greater than the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio immediately prior to such acquisition;

(21) Indebtedness of CDW or any Restricted Subsidiary consisting of the financing of insurance premiums in the ordinary course of business;

(23) Indebtedness representing deferred compensation to employees of CDW or any Restricted Subsidiary incurred in the ordinary course of business; and

first paragraph of this covenant, CDW will be permitted to classify and later reclassify such item of Indebtedness in any manner that complies with this covenant, and such item of Indebtedness will be treated as having been incurred pursuant to only one of such categories. Accrual of interest or dividends, the accretion of accreted value and the payment of interest or dividends in the form of additional Indebtedness (including any PIK interest incurred under the Existing Senior Note Indenture) or Preferred Stock will not be deemed to be an incurrence of Indebtedness or Preferred Stock for purposes of this covenant and the covenant described under “—Liens.” Notwithstanding the foregoing,

Indebtedness under the ABL Facility and the Senior Secured Term Loan outstanding on the Original Release Date will be deemed to have been incurred on such date in reliance on the exception provided by clause (1) of the definition of Permitted Debt and any such Indebtedness that was outstanding under the ABL Facility as of the Original Release Date may not later be reclassified. Additionally, all or any portion of any other item of Indebtedness may later be reclassified as having been incurred pursuant to the first paragraph of this covenant or under any category of Permitted Debt described in clauses (1) through (24) above so long as such Indebtedness is permitted to be incurred pursuant to such provision at the time of reclassification.

For purposes of determining compliance with any U.S. dollar restriction on the incurrence of Indebtedness where the Indebtedness incurred is denominated in a different currency, the amount of such Indebtedness will be the U.S. Dollar Equivalent determined on the date of the incurrence of such Indebtedness; provided, however, that if any such Indebtedness denominated in a different currency is subject to a currency agreement with respect to U.S. dollars covering all principal, premium, if any, and interest payable on such Indebtedness, the amount of such Indebtedness expressed in U.S. dollars will be as provided in such currency agreement. The principal amount of any refinancing Indebtedness incurred in the same currency as the Indebtedness being refinanced will be the U.S. Dollar Equivalent of the Indebtedness being refinanced, except to the extent that (1) such U.S. Dollar Equivalent was determined based on a currency agreement, in which case the refinancing Indebtedness will be determined in accordance with the preceding sentence, and (2) the principal amount of the refinancing Indebtedness exceeds the principal amount of the Indebtedness being refinanced, in which case the U.S. Dollar Equivalent of such excess will be determined on the date such refinancing Indebtedness is incurred. The maximum amount of Indebtedness that CDW and its Restricted Subsidiaries may incur pursuant to this covenant shall not be deemed to be exceeded, with respect to any outstanding Indebtedness, solely as a result of fluctuations in the exchange rate of currencies.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the first paragraph of this covenant or in the definition of Permitted Debt, no Restricted Subsidiary of CDW that is not a Subsidiary Guarantor shall incur any Indebtedness or issue any Preferred Stock in reliance on the first paragraph of this covenant or clause (14) of the definition of Permitted Debt (the “Limited Non-guarantor Debt Exceptions”) if the amount of such Indebtedness or Preferred Stock, when aggregated with the amount of all other Indebtedness or Preferred Stock outstanding under such Limited Non-guarantor Debt Exceptions, together with any Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof, would exceed the greater of (i) $100.0 million and (ii) 5.0% of Total Net Tangible Assets of CDW’s Subsidiaries; provided that in no event shall any Indebtedness or Preferred Stock of any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor (x) existing at the time it became a Restricted Subsidiary or (y) assumed in connection with any acquisition, merger or acquisition of minority interests of a non-Wholly-Owned Subsidiary (and in the case of clauses (x) and (y), not created in contemplation of such Person becoming a Restricted Subsidiary or such acquisition, merger or acquisition of minority interests) be deemed to be Indebtedness outstanding under the Limited Non-guarantor Debt Exceptions for purposes of this paragraph.

The Indenture does not treat (1) unsecured Indebtedness as subordinated or junior to Secured Indebtedness merely because it is unsecured or (2) Senior Indebtedness as subordinated or junior to any other Senior Indebtedness merely because it has a junior priority with respect to the same collateral.

CDW will not, and will not permit any of the Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien (except Permitted Liens) on any asset or property of CDW or such Restricted Subsidiary securing Indebtedness unless the Notes are equally and ratably secured with (or on a senior basis to, in the case of obligations subordinated in right of payment to the Notes) the obligations so secured until such time as such obligations are no longer secured by a Lien. The preceding sentence will not require CDW or any Restricted Subsidiary to secure the Notes if the Lien consists of a Permitted Lien. Any Lien created for the benefit of the Holders pursuant to the preceding paragraph shall provide by its terms that such Lien shall be automatically and unconditionally released and discharged upon the release and discharge of the initial Lien that gave rise to the obligation to secure the Notes.

CDW shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create or permit to exist or become effective any consensual encumbrance or restriction on the ability of any such Restricted Subsidiary to:

(3) sell, lease or transfer any of its properties or assets to CDW or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries.

However, the preceding restrictions will not apply to encumbrances or restrictions existing under or by reason of:

(1) contractual encumbrances or restrictions in effect (x) pursuant to the Existing Senior Note Indenture, the Senior Secured Note Indenture, the Existing Senior Subordinated Note Indenture, the ABL Facility, the Senior Secured Term Loan or related documents as in effect on the Original Release Date or (y) on the Original Release Date, including, without limitation, pursuant to Indebtedness in existence on the Original Release Date;

(8) restrictions on cash or other deposits or net worth imposed by customers under contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business;

(9) other Indebtedness or Preferred Stock of any Restricted Subsidiary (i) that is a Guarantor that is incurred subsequent to the Original Release Date pursuant to the covenant described under “—Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock” or (ii) that is incurred by a Foreign Subsidiary of CDW subsequent to the Original Release Date pursuant to the covenant described under “—Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock”; provided that the terms of such agreements are not materially more restrictive, taken as a whole, with respect to such encumbrances or restrictions than those in the Existing Senior Note Indenture, the Senior Secured Note Indenture, the Existing Senior Subordinated Note Indenture, the ABL Facility, the Senior Secured Term Loan and the Indenture, on the Original Release Date;

(10) customary provisions in joint venture agreements and other similar agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business;

(11) customary provisions contained in leases, subleases, licenses or asset sale agreements and other agreements;

(13) negative pledges and restrictions on Liens in favor of any Holder of Indebtedness permitted under the Indenture; and

(14) any encumbrances or restrictions of the type referred to in clauses (1), (2) and (3) of the first paragraph above imposed by any amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals, increases, supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings of the contracts, instruments or obligations referred to in clauses (1) through (13) above; provided that the encumbrances or restrictions imposed by such amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals, increases, supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings are, in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of CDW, not materially less favorable to the Holders of the Notes than encumbrances and restrictions contained in such predecessor agreements and do not affect CDW’s and Guarantors’ ability, taken as a whole, to make payments of interest and scheduled payments of principal in respect of the Notes, in each case as and when due; provided, further, however, that with respect to agreements existing on the Original Release Date, any refinancings or amendments thereof contain such encumbrances or restrictions that are not materially less favorable to the Holders of the Notes than the encumbrances or restrictions contained in such agreements as in effect on the Original Release Date.

CDW may not, directly or indirectly: (1) consolidate or merge with or into another Person (whether or not CDW is the surviving corporation); or (2) sell, assign, transfer, convey, lease or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of the properties or assets of CDW and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, in one or more related transactions, to another Person; unless:

(1)(a) CDW is the surviving corporation; or (b) the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation or merger (if other than CDW) or to which such sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance, lease or other disposition has been made is a corporation or limited liability company organized or existing under the laws of the United States, any state of the United States, the District of Columbia or any territory thereof (CDW or such Person, including the Person to which such sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance, lease or other disposition has been made, as the case may be, being herein called the “Successor Company”);

(2) the Successor Company (if other than CDW) assumes all the obligations of CDW under the Notes and the Indenture pursuant to agreements reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee;

properties and assets is a Foreign Subsidiary that is a Guarantor, such Foreign Subsidiary shall, substantially simultaneously with such merger, transfer or disposition, terminate its Guarantee and otherwise be in compliance with the terms of the Indenture.

(2) the Successor Guarantor (if other than such Guarantor) assumes all the obligations of such Guarantor under any applicable Guarantees and the Indenture pursuant to agreements reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee;

(3) immediately after such transaction, no Default or Event of Default exists; and

(4) the Net Proceeds of any such sale or other disposition of a Guarantor are applied in accordance with the covenant described under “—Repurchase at the Option of Holders—Asset Sales.”

The Indenture provides that Parent will not (1) consolidate or merge with or into another Person (whether or not Parent is the surviving corporation); or (2) sell, assign, transfer, convey, lease or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its properties or assets; unless:

(1)(a) Parent is the surviving corporation; or (b) the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation or merger (if other than Parent) or to which such sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance, lease or other disposition has been made is a corporation or limited liability company organized or existing under the laws of the United States, any state of the United States or the District of Columbia or any territory thereof (Parent or such Person, including the Person to which such sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance, lease or other disposition has been made, as the case may be, being herein called the “Successor Parent Guarantor”);

(2) the Successor Parent Guarantor (if other than Parent) assumes all the obligations of the Guarantor under each Guarantee to which such Guarantor is a party and the Indenture pursuant to agreements reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee; and

CDW shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, make any payment to, or sell, lease, assign, transfer or otherwise dispose of any of its properties or assets to, or purchase any property or assets from, or enter into or make or amend any transaction, contract, agreement, understanding, loan, advance or guarantee with, or for the benefit of, any Affiliate of CDW (each of the foregoing, an “Affiliate Transaction”) involving aggregate consideration in excess of $10.0 million, unless:

(1) such Affiliate Transaction is on terms that are not materially less favorable to CDW or the relevant Restricted Subsidiary than those that would have been obtained in a comparable transaction by CDW or Restricted Subsidiary with an unrelated Person; and (2) with respect to any Affiliate Transaction or series of related Affiliate Transactions involving aggregate consideration in excess of $25.0 million, a majority of the Board of Directors of CDW (and, if any, a majority of the disinterested members of the Board of Directors of CDW with respect to such Affiliate Transaction) have determined in good faith that the criteria set forth in the immediately preceding clause (1) are satisfied and have approved the relevant Affiliate Transaction as evidenced by a Board Resolution.

The following items will not be deemed to be Affiliate Transactions and, therefore, will not be subject to the provisions of the prior paragraph:

(3) the payment to the Sponsors and any of their respective officers or Affiliates by CDW or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, of management, consulting, monitoring and advisory fees, termination or indemnification payments and related reasonable expenses pursuant to the Management Agreement and as in effect on the Original Release Date or any amendment thereto (so long as any such amendment (x) does not increase the amount of fees payable to the Sponsors and (y) is not, taken as a whole, less advantageous to the Holders of the Notes in any material respect than the Management Agreement) or other agreements as in effect on the Original Release Date or any amendment thereto (so long as any such amendment is not, taken as a whole, less advantageous to the Holders of the Notes in any material respect than the original agreement as in effect on the Original Release Date);

(8) payments made or performance under any agreement as in effect on the Original Release Date (other than the Management Agreement (which are permitted under clause (3) of the second paragraph of this covenant) that are disclosed in Schedule I to the Indenture, including with additional parties that may be added subsequent to the Original Release Date and any amendment thereto to the extent such an amendment is not adverse to the interests of the Holders of the Notes in any material respect;

(11) any transaction permitted by the covenant described under “—Merger, Consolidation or Sale of Assets”;

(12) any transaction with a Receivables Subsidiary effected as part of a Receivables Facility;

(14) transactions among Foreign Subsidiaries for tax planning and tax efficiency purposes.

CDW shall not, and shall not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, engage in any business other than a Permitted Business, except to such extent as would not be material to CDW and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole.

CDW shall cause (i) each of its Domestic Subsidiaries (other than any Unrestricted Subsidiary) that incurs any Indebtedness in excess of $25.0 million (other than Indebtedness permitted to be incurred pursuant to clauses (5), (6), (7), (8), (9), (10) and (15) of the second paragraph of the covenant described under “—Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock”) and (ii) each Restricted Subsidiary that guarantees any Indebtedness of CDW or any of the Guarantors, in each case, within 10 Business Days of such incurrence of any such Indebtedness or guarantee of such Indebtedness, to execute and deliver to the Trustee a Guarantee (including a supplemental indenture to the

Indenture providing for such guarantee), together with an Opinion of Counsel, pursuant to which such Restricted Subsidiary will unconditionally Guarantee, on a joint and several basis, the full and prompt payment of the principal of, premium, if any and interest on the Notes and all other obligations under the Indenture on the same terms and conditions as those set forth in the Indenture.

Each Guarantee shall automatically be released in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture described under “—Guarantees.”

Whether or not required by the Commission, so long as any Notes are outstanding, if not filed electronically with the Commission through the Commission’s Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval System (or any successor system), CDW will furnish to the Trustee, without cost to the Trustee, within the time periods specified in the Commission’s rules and regulations for a filer that is a “non-accelerated filer”:

(2) substantially the same current reports that would be required to be filed with the Commission on Form 8-K if CDW were required to file such reports.

In addition, whether or not required by the Commission, CDW will file a copy of all of the information and reports referred to in clauses (1) and (2) above with the Commission for public availability within the time periods specified in the Commission’s rules and regulations (unless the Commission will not accept such a filing) for a filer that is a “non-accelerated filer” (as defined in such rules and regulations) and make such information available to securities analysts and prospective investors upon request. To the extent any such information is not so filed or furnished, as applicable, within the time periods specified above and such information is subsequently filed or furnished, as applicable, CDW will be deemed to have satisfied its obligations with respect thereto at such time and any Default or Event of Default with respect thereto shall be deemed to have been cured; provided that such cure shall not otherwise affect the rights of the Holders under “Events of Default and Remedies” if Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the then total outstanding Notes have declared the principal, premium, if any, interest and any other monetary obligations on all the then outstanding Notes to be due and payable immediately and such declaration shall not have been rescinded or cancelled prior to such cure. In addition, CDW has agreed that, for so long as any Notes remain outstanding, it will furnish to the Holders of the Notes and to securities analysts and prospective investors in the Notes that are “qualified institutional buyers” within the meaning of Rule 144A and certify their status as to CDW, upon their request, the information required to be delivered pursuant to Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act.

required to be filed and furnished to Holders of the Notes pursuant to this covenant may, at the option of CDW, be filed by and be those of such parent company rather than CDW; provided that the same are accompanied by consolidating information as required by Rule 3-10 of Regulation S-X (or any successor provision) that explains in reasonable detail the differences between the information relating to Parent and such other parent, on the one hand, and the information relating to CDW and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a standalone basis, on the other hand.

(1) the Issuers default in payment when due and payable, upon redemption, acceleration or otherwise, of principal of, or premium, if any, on the Notes;

(2) the Issuers default in the payment when due of interest on or with respect to the Notes and such default continues for a period of 30 days;

The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Notes may rescind and cancel such declaration and its consequences:

(2) if all existing Events of Default have been cured or waived except nonpayment of principal or interest that has become due solely because of the acceleration;

(4) if the Issuers have paid the Trustee its reasonable compensation and reimbursed the Trustee for its expenses, disbursements and advances; and

No such rescission shall affect any subsequent Default or impair any right consequent thereto.

In the event of any Event of Default specified in clause (4) of the third preceding paragraph, such Event of Default and all consequences thereof (excluding, however, any resulting payment default) will be annulled, waived and rescinded, automatically and without any action by the Trustee or the Holders of the Notes, if within 30 days after such Event of Default arose the Issuers deliver an Officers’ Certificate to the Trustee stating that (x) the Indebtedness or guarantee that is the basis for such Event of Default has been discharged, (y) the Holders thereof have rescinded or waived the acceleration, notice or action (as the case may be) giving rise to such Event of Default or (z) the default that is the basis for such Event of Default has been cured, it being understood that in no event shall an acceleration of the principal amount of the Notes as described above be annulled, waived or rescinded upon the happening of any such events.

Subject to all provisions of the Indenture and applicable law, the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes issued under the Indenture have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee or exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee.

Each of the Indenture, the Notes and the Guarantees is governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York.

(3) the rights, powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the Trustee, and Issuers’ obligations in connection therewith; and

In addition, the Issuers may, at their option and at any time, elect to have their obligations and the obligations of the Guarantors released with respect to certain covenants that are described in the Indenture (“Covenant Defeasance”) and thereafter any omission to comply with those covenants will not constitute a Default or Event of Default with respect to the Notes issued thereunder. In the event that a Covenant Defeasance occurs, certain events (not including nonpayment, bankruptcy, receivership, rehabilitation and insolvency events of the Issuers but including such events with respect to any Significant Subsidiary) described under “Events of Default and Remedies” will no longer constitute an Event of Default with respect to the Notes issued under the Indenture.

In order to exercise either Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance under an Indenture:

(1) the Issuers must irrevocably deposit with the Trustee, in trust, for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes issued thereunder, cash in U.S. dollars, non-callable U.S. Government Securities, or a combination of cash in U.S. dollars and non-callable U.S. Government Securities, in such amounts as will be sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally recognized investment bank, appraisal firm or firm of independent public accountants, to pay the principal of, premium and interest due on the outstanding Notes (calculated on the cash interest rate, if applicable) issued thereunder on the stated maturity or on the applicable redemption date, as the case may be, of such principal, premium, if any, or interest on such Notes and the Issuers must specify whether such Notes are being defeased to maturity or to a particular redemption date;

(2) in the case of Legal Defeasance, the Issuers have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel confirming that, subject to customary assumptions and exclusions, (a) the Issuers have received from, or there has been published by, the United States Internal Revenue Service a ruling or (b) since the date of the such Indenture, there has been a change in the applicable federal income tax law, in either case to the effect that, and based thereon such Opinion of Counsel will confirm that, subject to customary assumptions and exclusions, the Holders of the outstanding Notes will not recognize income, gain or loss for U.S. federal income tax purposes as a result of such Legal Defeasance and will be subject to U.S. federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such Legal Defeasance had not occurred;

(5) such Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance will not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under any other material agreement or instrument (other than the Indenture) to which the Issuers or any Guarantor is a party or by which the Issuers or any Guarantor is bound;

Except as provided in the next two succeeding paragraphs, the Indenture and the Notes may be amended or supplemented with the consent of the applicable Required Holders (including, without limitation, consents obtained in connection with a purchase of, or tender offer or exchange offer for, such Notes), and any existing default or compliance with any provision of the Indenture and the Notes may be waived (except a default in respect of the payment of principal or interest on such Notes) with the consent of the applicable Required Holders (including, with respect to the Holders of Notes, without limitation, consents obtained in connection with a purchase of, or tender offer or exchange offer for, such Notes).

Without the consent of each affected Holder of Notes, an amendment or waiver of the Indenture may not:

(1) reduce the principal amount of Notes issued thereunder whose Holders must consent to an amendment; or change the definition of “Required Holders”;

(3) reduce the rate of or change the time for payment of interest on any Note issued thereunder;

(8) make any change to or modify the ranking of the Notes that would adversely affect either the Holders of Notes;

Notwithstanding the preceding, without the consent of any Holder of the Notes, CDW, the Guarantors and the Trustee may amend or supplement the Indenture, any Guarantee and the Notes issued thereunder:

(2) to provide for uncertificated Notes in addition to or in place of certificated Notes;

(4) to make any change that would provide any additional rights or benefits to the Holders of Notes or that does not adversely affect the legal rights under the Indenture of any such Holder;

(5) to comply with requirements of the Commission in order to effect or maintain the qualification of the Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended;

(8) to mortgage, pledge, hypothecate or grant any other Lien in favor of the Trustee for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes, as security for the payment and performance of all or any portion of the Obligations, in any property or assets, or otherwise to secure the Notes; or

(9) to conform the text of the Indenture, the Guarantees or the Notes to any provision of this “Description of Senior Exchange Notes” to the extent that such provision in this “Description of Senior Exchange Notes” was intended to be a verbatim recitation of a provision of the Indenture, the Guarantee or Notes.

The Indenture shall be discharged and will cease to be of further effect as to the Notes issued thereunder, when:

(3) the Issuers have paid or caused to be paid all sums payable by them under such Indenture; and

“ABL Facility” means that certain ABL Facility, dated as of the Closing Date, among VH Merger- Sub, Inc., CDW LLC (as successor in interest to CDW Corporation), JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent and Lehman Brothers Inc., Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc. and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., as Co-Syndication Agents, the lenders party thereto and certain other parties specified therein, providing revolving loans and other extensions of credit, including any related notes, debentures, bonds, guarantees, collateral documents, instruments and agreements executed in connection therewith, and in each case as amended, restated, supplemented, modified, renewed, refunded, replaced (whether at maturity or thereafter) or refinanced from time to time in one or more agreements, indentures, notes, bonds, facilities or other forms of indebtedness in whole or in part (in each case with the same or new agents, lenders or investors), including any agreement adding or changing the borrower or issuer or any guarantor or extending the maturity thereof or otherwise restructuring all or any portion of the Indebtedness thereunder or increasing the amount loaned or issued thereunder or altering the maturity thereof (provided that such increase in borrowings is permitted under the covenant entitled “—Certain Covenants—Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock”).

(2) Indebtedness secured by an existing Lien encumbering any asset acquired by such specified Person.

“Applicable Premium” means, with respect to any Note on any applicable redemption date, the greater of:

(1) the present value at such redemption date of (i) the redemption price at April 1, 2015 (such redemption price being set forth under “—Optional Redemption”) plus (ii) all required interest payments due on the Note through April 1, 2015 (excluding accrued but unpaid interest to the date of redemption), computed using a discount rate equal to the Treasury Rate as of such redemption date plus 50 basis points; over

(5) any disposition of property or assets or issuance of securities by a Restricted Subsidiary to CDW or by CDW or a Restricted Subsidiary to another Restricted Subsidiary;

(6) the sale, lease, assignment, sublease, license or sublicense of any real or personal property in the ordinary course of business;

(7) any issuance or sale of Equity Interests in, or Indebtedness or other securities of, an Unrestricted Subsidiary;

(10) sales of accounts receivable, or participations therein, in connection with any Receivables Facility;

(12) any financing transaction with respect to property built or acquired by CDW or any Restricted Subsidiary after the Original Release Date, including Sale and Lease-Back Transactions and Receivables Facility financings permitted under the Indenture;

(13) transfers of property subject to casualty or condemnation proceedings (including in lieu thereof) upon the receipt of the net cash proceeds therefor;

(17) Sale and Lease-Back Transactions involving (i) real property owned on the Original Release Date, (ii) property acquired not more than 180 days prior to such Sale and Lease Back Transaction for cash in an amount at least equal to the cost of such property and (iii) other property for cash consideration if the sale is treated as an Asset Sale.

“Asset Sale Offer” has the meaning set forth under “Repurchase at the Option of Holders—Asset Sales.”

“Bankruptcy Law” means Title 11, U.S. Code or any similar Federal, state or foreign law for the relief of debtors.

“Beneficially Owned” and “Beneficial Ownership” have a corresponding meaning.

(2) with respect to a partnership, the board of directors of the general partner of the partnership; and

(3) with respect to any other Person, the board or committee of such Person serving a similar function.

“Calculation Date” has the meaning set forth in the definition of “Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio.”

(2) in the case of an association or business entity, any and all shares, interests, participations, rights or other equivalents (however designated) of capital stock;

(3) in the case of a partnership or limited liability company, partnership or membership interests (whether general or limited); and

(4) any other interest or participation that confers on a Person the right to receive a share of the profits and losses of, or distributions of assets of, the issuing Person.

“Cash Contribution Amount” means the aggregate amount of cash contributions made to the capital of CDW or any other Guarantor described in the definition of “Contribution Indebtedness.”

(2)(i) Sterling, Canadian Dollars, Euro, or any national currency of any participating member state of the economic and monetary union contemplated by the Treaty on European Union; or (ii) in the case of CDW or a Restricted Subsidiary, such local currencies held by them from time to time in the ordinary course of business;

(6) commercial paper rated P-1 by Moody’s or A-1 by S&P and in each case maturing within 24 months after the date of creation thereof;

(8) investment funds investing 95% of their assets in securities of the types described in clauses (1) through (7) above;

(11) shares of investment companies that are registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 and substantially all the investments of which are one or more of the types of securities described in clauses (1) through (10) above; and (12) in the case of any Foreign Subsidiary, investments of comparable tenure and credit quality to those described in the foregoing clauses (1) through (11) above or other high quality short term investments, in each case, customarily utilized in countries in which such Foreign Subsidiary operates for short term cash management purposes.

(3) the first day on which the majority of the Board of Directors of CDW then in office shall cease to consist of Continuing Directors; or

“Code” means the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time, and the regulations promulgated and rulings issued thereunder. Section references to the Code are to the Code, as in effect on the Original Release Date, and any subsequent provisions of the Code, amendatory thereof, supplemental thereto or substituted therefor.

“Consolidated Interest Expense” means, with respect to any Person for any period, without duplication, the sum of:

(b) consolidated capitalized interest of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, whether paid or accrued; less

(b) the Net Income for such period shall not include the cumulative effect of a change in accounting principles during such period,

(e) the Net Income for such period of any Person that is not a Subsidiary, or is an Unrestricted Subsidiary, or that is accounted for by the equity method of accounting, shall be excluded; provided that Consolidated Net Income of such Person shall be (A) increased by the amount of dividends or distributions or other payments that are actually paid in cash (or to the extent converted into cash) to such Person or a Subsidiary thereof that is CDW or a Restricted Subsidiary in respect of such period (subject in the case of dividends paid or distributions made to a Restricted Subsidiary (other than a Guarantor) to the limitations contained in clause (f) below) and (B) decreased by the amount of any equity of CDW in a net loss of any such Person for such period to the extent CDW has funded such net loss in cash with respect to such period,

(f) solely for the purpose of determining the amount available for Restricted Payments under clause (3) of the first paragraph of “—Certain Covenants—Restricted Payments,” the Net Income for such period of any Restricted Subsidiary (other than any Guarantor) shall be excluded if the declaration or payment of dividends or similar distributions by that Restricted Subsidiary of its Net Income is not wholly permitted at the date of determination without any prior governmental approval (which has not been obtained) or, directly or indirectly, by the operation of the terms of its charter or any agreement, instrument, judgment, decree, order, statute, rule, or governmental regulation applicable to that Restricted Subsidiary or its stockholders, unless such restriction with respect to the payment of dividends or similar distributions has been legally waived, provided that Consolidated Net Income of CDW will be, subject to the exclusion contained in clause (e) above, increased by the amount of dividends or other distributions or other payments actually paid in cash (or to the extent converted into cash) to CDW or a Restricted Subsidiary thereof (subject to the provisions of this clause (f)) in respect of such period, to the extent not already included therein,

Notwithstanding the foregoing, for the purpose of the covenant contained under “—Certain Covenants—Restricted Payments” only, there shall be excluded from Consolidated Net Income any income arising from any sale or other disposition of Restricted Investments made by CDW and its Restricted Subsidiaries, any repurchases and redemptions of Restricted Investments made by CDW and its Restricted Subsidiaries, any repayments of loans and advances which constitute Restricted Investments made by CDW and any Restricted Subsidiary, any sale of the stock of an Unrestricted Subsidiary or any distribution or dividend from an Unrestricted Subsidiary, in each case only to the extent such amounts increase the amount of Restricted Payments permitted under clause (3)(d) of the first paragraph of the covenant contained under “—Certain Covenants—Restricted Payments.”

“Consolidated Secured Debt Ratio” means, as of any date of determination, the ratio of (a) consolidated total Indebtedness of CDW and its Restricted Subsidiaries on the date of determination that constitutes Secured Indebtedness or any Existing Inventory Financing Agreement to (b) the aggregate amount of EBITDA for the then most recent four full fiscal quarters for which internal financial statements of CDW and its Restricted Subsidiaries are available in each case with such pro forma adjustments to such consolidated total Indebtedness and EBITDA as are consistent with the pro forma adjustment provisions set forth in the definition of Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio.

“Default” means any event that is, or-with the passage of time or the giving of notice or both would be, an Event of Default.

Designated Preferred Stock, pursuant to an Officers’ Certificate, on the issuance date thereof, the cash proceeds of which are excluded from the calculation set forth in clause (3)(b) of the first paragraph of the covenant described under “—Certain Covenants—Restricted Payments.”

“Disqualified Stock” means, with respect to any Person, any Capital Stock of such Person which, by its terms (or by the terms of any security into which it is convertible or for which it is putable or exchangeable), or upon the happening of any event, matures or is mandatorily redeemable (other than as a result of a change of control or asset sale), pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise, or is redeemable at the option of the holder thereof (other than as a result of a change of control or asset sale), in whole or in part, in each case prior to the earlier of the final maturity date of the Notes or the date the Notes are no longer outstanding; provided, however, that if such Capital Stock is issued to any plan for the benefit of employees of CDW or any of its Subsidiaries or by any such plan to such employees, such Capital Stock shall not constitute Disqualified Stock solely because it may be required to be repurchased by CDW or any of its Subsidiaries in order to satisfy applicable statutory or regulatory obligations.

“Domestic Subsidiaries” means, with respect to any Person, any subsidiary of such Person other than a Foreign Subsidiary.

“EBITDA” means, with respect to any Person for any period, the Consolidated Net Income of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period

(i) provision for taxes based on income or profits or capital (or any alternative tax in lieu thereof), including, without limitation, foreign, state, franchise and similar taxes and foreign withholding taxes of such Person and such subsidiaries paid or accrued during such period deducted (and not added back) in computing Consolidated Net Income, including payments made pursuant to any tax sharing agreements or arrangements among CDW, its Restricted Subsidiaries and any direct or indirect parent company of CDW (so long as such tax sharing payments are attributable to the operations of CDW and its Restricted Subsidiaries); plus

(ii) Fixed Charges of such Person and such subsidiaries for such period to the extent the same was deducted (and not added back) in calculating such Consolidated Net Income; plus

(iv) any fees, costs, commissions, expenses or other charges (other than Depreciation or Amortization Expense) related to any Equity Offering, Permitted Investment, acquisition, disposition, recapitalization or the incurrence or repayment of Indebtedness permitted to be incurred under the Indenture (including a refinancing thereof) (whether or not successful), including (w) any expensing of bridge, commitment or other financing fees, (x) such fees, costs, commissions, expenses or other charges related to the offering of the Notes, the Senior Secured Notes, the Existing Senior Notes, the Existing Senior Subordinated Notes, the Senior Bridge Loan Agreement, the Senior Subordinated Bridge Loan Agreement, the ABL Facility and the Senior Secured Term Loan, (y) any such fees, costs (including call premium), commissions, expenses or other charges related to any amendment or other modification of the Notes, the Senior Secured Notes, the Existing Senior Notes, the Existing Senior Subordinated Notes, the Senior Bridge Loan Agreement, the Senior Subordinated Bridge Loan Agreement, the ABL Facility and the Senior Secured Term Loan and (z) commissions, discounts, yield and other fees and charges (including any interest expense) related to any Receivables Facility, and, in each case, deducted (and not added back) in computing Consolidated Net Income; plus

(ix) shall not exceed the greater of (x) $50.0 million and (y) 10% of CDW’s EBITDA for the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters most recently ended prior to the determination date; plus

(x) any net after-tax nonrecurring, extraordinary or unusual gains or losses (less all fees and expenses relating thereto) or expenses; plus

“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder.

“Excess Proceeds” has the meaning set forth under “Repurchase at the Option of Holders—Asset Sales.”

“Excluded Contribution” means net cash proceeds, marketable securities or Qualified Proceeds, in each case received by CDW and its Restricted Subsidiaries from:

(2) the sale (other than to a Subsidiary or to any management equity plan or stock option plan or any other management or employee benefit plan or agreement of CDW or any Subsidiary) of Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Stock and Designated Preferred Stock), in each case designated as Excluded Contributions pursuant to an Officers’ Certificate on the date such capital contributions are made or the date such Equity Interests are sold, as the case may be, which are excluded from the calculation set forth in clause (3)(c) of the first paragraph of the covenant contained under “—Certain Covenants—Restricted Payments.”

“Existing Senior Note Indenture” means that certain senior exchange note indenture dated as of October 10, 2008, as supplemented by the senior exchange note supplemental indenture dated May 10, 2010, as further supplemented by the second senior exchange note supplemental indenture dated August 23, 2010, and as further supplemented by the third senior exchange note supplemental indenture dated March 7, 2011 among the Issuers, the guarantors party thereto and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee.

“Existing Senior Notes” means, collectively, the Issuers’ outstanding 11.00% senior exchange notes due 2015 and 11.50% / 12.25% senior PIK election exchange notes due 2015.

“Existing Senior Subordinated Notes” means the Issuers’ $721,500,000 12.535% senior subordinated exchange notes due 2017.

For purposes of this definition, whenever pro forma effect is to be given to an Investment, acquisition, disposition, merger or consolidation and the amount of income or earnings relating thereto, the pro forma calculations shall be determined in good faith by a responsible financial or accounting Officer of CDW and shall comply with the requirements of Rule 11-02 of Regulation S-X promulgated by the Commission, except that such pro forma calculations may include operating expense reductions for such period resulting from the transaction which is being given pro forma effect that (A) have been realized or (B) for which the steps necessary for realization have been taken (or are taken concurrently with such transaction) or (C) for which the steps necessary for realization are reasonably expected to be taken within the 18 month period following such transaction and, in each case, including, but not limited to, (a) reduction in personnel expenses, (b) reduction of costs related to administrative functions, (c) reduction of costs related to leased or owned properties and (d) reductions from the consolidation of operations and streamlining of corporate overhead, provided that in each case such adjustments are set forth in an Officers’ Certificate signed by CDW’s chief financial officer and another Officer which states (i) the amount of such adjustment or adjustments, (ii) in the case of item (B) or (C) above, that such adjustment or adjustments are based on the reasonable good faith beliefs of the Officers executing such Officers’ Certificate at the time of such execution and (iii) that any related incurrence of Indebtedness is permitted pursuant to the Indenture. If any Indebtedness bears a floating rate of interest and is being given pro forma effect, the interest on such Indebtedness shall be calculated as if the rate in effect on the Calculation Date had been the applicable rate for the entire period (taking into account any Hedging Obligations applicable to such Indebtedness if the related hedge has a remaining term in excess of twelve months).

of purchase accounting)) of such Person for such period and (b) all cash dividends paid during such period (excluding items eliminated in consolidation) on any series of Preferred Stock or Disqualified Stock of such Person and its Subsidiaries.

“GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States in effect on the Original Release Date, except for any reports required to be delivered under the covenant described under “—Reports,” which shall be prepared in accordance with GAAP in effect on the date thereof. At any time after the Original Release Date, CDW may elect to apply International Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRS”) accounting principles in lieu of GAAP and, upon any such election, references herein to GAAP shall thereafter be construed to mean IFRS (except as otherwise provided in the Indenture); provided that any such election, once made, shall be irrevocable; provided, further, any calculation or determination in the Indenture that requires the application of GAAP for periods that include fiscal quarters ended prior to CDW’s election to apply IFRS shall remain as previously calculated or determined in accordance with GAAP. CDW shall give notice of any such election made in accordance with this definition to the Trustee and the holders of Notes.

For purposes of this “Description of Senior Exchange Notes,” the term “consolidated” with respect to any Person means such Person consolidated with its Restricted Subsidiaries and does not include any Unrestricted Subsidiary.

“Guarantee” means any guarantee of the obligations of CDW under the Indenture and the Notes by a Guarantor in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture. When used as a verb,

“Guarantor” means any Person that incurs a Guarantee of the Notes; provided that upon the release and discharge of such Person from its Guarantee in accordance with the Indenture, such Person shall cease to be a Guarantor. On the Original Release Date, the Guarantors were Parent and each Domestic Subsidiary of CDW that was a Restricted Subsidiary and a guarantor under the Senior Secured Term Loan.

“Hedging Obligations” means, with respect to any Person, the obligations of such Person under:

“Holder” means the Person in whose name a Note is registered, in each case on the registrar’s books.

(a) any indebtedness (including principal and premium) of such Person, whether or not contingent:

(iii) evidenced by letters of credit (or, without duplication, reimbursement agreements in respect thereof),

(vii) all Cash Management Obligations Incurred with a lender (or its Affiliates) under a credit agreement, if and to the extent that any of the foregoing Indebtedness (other than letters of credit and Hedging Obligations) would appear as a liability upon a balance sheet (excluding the footnotes thereto) of such Person prepared in accordance with GAAP,

(d) to the extent not otherwise included, Indebtedness of another Person secured by a Lien on any asset (other than a Lien on Capital Stock of an Unrestricted Subsidiary) owned by such Person (whether or not such Indebtedness is assumed by such Person); provided, however, that notwithstanding the foregoing, Indebtedness shall be deemed not to include (A) Contingent Obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business, (B) items that would appear as a liability on a balance sheet prepared in accordance with GAAP as a result of the application of ASC 840-40, “Sale-Leaseback Transactions,” and (C) obligations with respect to Receivables Facilities. The amount of Indebtedness of any person under clause (d) above shall be deemed to equal the lesser of (x) the aggregate unpaid amount of such Indebtedness secured by such Lien and (y) the fair market value of the property encumbered thereby as determined by such person in good faith.

“Initial Purchasers” means the initial purchasers party to the purchase agreement related to the Original Senior Notes.

“Interest Payment Date” means April 1 and October 1 of each year to the maturity date of the Note.

“Investment Grade Rating” means a rating equal to or higher than Baa3 (or the equivalent) by Moody’s and BBB- (or the equivalent) by S&P, or an equivalent rating by any other Rating Agency.

(a) securities issued or directly and fully guaranteed or insured by the United States government or any agency or instrumentality thereof (other than Cash Equivalents);

(b) debt securities or debt instruments with an Investment Grade Rating, but excluding any debt securities or instruments constituting loans or advances among CDW and its Subsidiaries;

(d) corresponding instruments in countries other than the United States customarily utilized for high quality investments.

For purposes of the definition of “Unrestricted Subsidiary” and the covenant described above under “—Certain Covenants—Restricted Payments,” (i) “Investments” shall include the portion (proportionate to CDW’s equity interest in such Subsidiary) of the fair market value of the net assets of a Subsidiary of CDW at the time that such Subsidiary is designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary; provided, however, that upon a redesignation of such Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary, CDW shall be deemed to continue to have a permanent “Investment” in an Unrestricted Subsidiary in an amount (if positive) equal to (x) CDW’s “Investment” in such Subsidiary at the time of such redesignation less (y) the portion (proportionate to CDW’s equity interest in such Subsidiary) of the fair market value of the net assets of such Subsidiary at the time of such redesignation; (ii) any property transferred to or from an Unrestricted Subsidiary shall be valued at its fair market value at the time of such transfer, in each case as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of CDW; and (iii) any transfer of Capital Stock that results in an entity which became a Restricted Subsidiary after the Original Release Date ceasing to be a Restricted Subsidiary shall be deemed to be an Investment in an amount equal to the fair market value (as determined by the Board of Directors of CDW in good faith as of the date of initial acquisition) of the Capital Stock of such entity owned by CDW and its Restricted Subsidiaries immediately after such transfer.

“Issue Date” means April 13, 2011, the date of initial issuance of the Original Senior Notes.

“Krasny Plan” means the MPK Coworker Incentive Plan II as in effect on the Closing Date.

“Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. and any successor to its rating agency business.

“Net Proceeds” means, with respect to any Asset Sale, the proceeds thereof in the form of cash and Cash Equivalents (including any such proceeds subsequently received (as and when received) in respect of deferred payments or Non-cash consideration initially received, net of any costs relating to the disposition thereof), net of (i) out-of-pocket expenses incurred (including reasonable and customary broker’s fees or commissions, investment banking, consultant, legal, accounting or similar fees, survey costs, title insurance premiums, and related search and recording charges, transfer, deed, recording and similar taxes incurred by CDW and its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection therewith), and CDW’s good faith estimate of taxes paid or payable (including payments under any tax sharing agreement or arrangement), in connection with such Asset Sale (including, in the case of any such Asset Sale in respect of property of any Foreign Subsidiary, taxes payable upon the repatriation of any such proceeds), (ii) amounts provided as a reserve, in accordance with GAAP, against any (x) liabilities under any indemnification obligations or purchase price adjustment associated with such Asset Sale and (y) other liabilities associated with the asset disposed of and retained by CDW or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries after such disposition, including pension and other post-employment benefit liabilities and liabilities related to environmental matters (provided that to the extent and at the time any such amounts are released from such reserve, such amounts shall constitute Net Proceeds), (iii) the principal amount, premium or penalty, if any, interest and other amounts on any Indebtedness or other obligation which is secured by a Lien on the asset sold and (iv) in the case of any such Asset Sale by a non-Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary, the pro rata portion of the Net Proceeds thereof (calculated without regard to this clause (iv)) attributable to minority interests and not available for distribution to or for the account of CDW or a Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary as a result thereof.

“Opinion of Counsel” means a written opinion from legal counsel who is reasonably acceptable to the Trustee. The counsel may be an employee of or counsel to CDW or the Trustee.

“Permitted Business” means the business and any services, activities or businesses incidental, or directly related or similar to, or complementary to any line of business engaged in by CDW and its Subsidiaries as of the Original Release Date or any business activity that is a reasonable extension, development or expansion thereof or ancillary thereto.

“Permitted Debt” is defined under “—Certain Covenants—Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock.”

entities than the number of such shares beneficially owned by all the Officers as of the Closing Date or issued within 90 days thereafter, such excess shall be deemed not to be beneficially owned by Permitted Holders, (iii) any Related Party of any of the foregoing Persons and (iv) any “group” (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or Section 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act or any successor provision) of which any of the foregoing are members, provided that in the case of such “group” and without giving effect to the existence of such “group” or any other “group,” such Persons specified in clauses (i), (ii) or (iii) above (subject, in the case of Officers, to the foregoing limitation), collectively, have beneficial ownership, directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of CDW or any of its direct or indirect parent entities held by such “group.”

(1) any Investment by CDW in any Restricted Subsidiary or by a Restricted Subsidiary in CDW or another Restricted Subsidiary;

(5) any Investment existing on the Original Release Date or made pursuant to binding commitments in effect on the Original Release Date or an Investment consisting of any extension, modification, replacement, renewal of any Investment existing on the Original Release Date; provided that the amount of any such Investment may be increased (x) as required by the terms of such Investment as in existence on the Original Release Date or (y) as otherwise permitted under the Indenture;

(6) loans and advances to, or guarantees of Indebtedness of, directors, employees, officers and consultants not in excess of $15.0 million outstanding at any one time, in the aggregate;

(8) Hedging Obligations permitted under clause (9) of the definition of “Permitted Debt”;

(9) loans and advances to officers, directors and employees for business-related travel expenses, moving expenses and other similar expenses, in each case incurred in the ordinary course of business;

(10) any Investment by CDW or a Restricted Subsidiary having an aggregate fair market value, taken together with all other Investments made pursuant to this clause (10) that are at that time outstanding, not to exceed the greater of (x) $150.0 million and (y) 2.0% of Total Assets of CDW; provided that if such Investment is in Capital Stock of a Person that subsequently becomes a Restricted Subsidiary, such Investment shall thereafter be deemed permitted under clause (1) above and shall not be included as having been made pursuant to this clause (10);