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ePlus Overview

September, 2005

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Safe Harbor Statement

The statements made during this presentation, which are not historical facts, may be deemed to contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 . These statements include words or phrases like “will likely result,” “are expected to,” “will continue,” “is anticipated,” “estimate,” “project” or similar expressions. Such statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from historical earnings and those presently anticipated or projected due to certain risks and uncertainties, including, without limitation, the existence of demand for, and acceptance of, our services; our ability to adapt our services to meet changes in market developments; the impact of competition in our markets; the possibility of defects in our products or catalog content data; our ability to hire and retain sufficient personnel; our ability to protect our intellectual property; the creditworthiness of our customers; our ability to raise capital and obtain non-recourse financing for our transactions; our ability to realize our investment in leased equipment; our ability to reserve adequately for credit losses; fluctuations in our operating results and our reliance on our management team. We also refer you to the disclosure contained in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended March 31, 2005 under the heading “Risks Factors” for a description of these risks and uncertainties.

We wish to caution you that these factors could affect our financial performance and could cause actual results for future periods to differ materially from any opinions or statements expressed with respect to future periods in any current statements.

We do not undertake and specifically decline any obligation to publicly release the result of any revisions which may be made to any forward looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date of such statements or to reflect the occurrence of anticipated or unanticipated events.

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Mission Statement

To be the Leading Provider

of IT and Process

Automation Solutions to

Improve the Bottom Line

Performance of Our

Customers

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Market Data

+ Recent price $12.55+ 52-week range $9.32-$17.14+ Shares outstanding 8.5 million+ Estimated float 5.8 million+ Market capitalization $106 million+ Management ownership 31%+ Institutional holdings 49% (3/31/05)+ Year Ended March 31

As of September 20, 2005:

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Corporate Summary

+ Founded 1990, IPO in 1996+ Headquartered in Herndon, VA (metropolitan

Washington, DC)+ $576MM Revenues FY05+ Over 2,500 customers+ 10 Acquisitions (1996-2004)+ 640 Employees+ 211 in Sales and Marketing+ 33 locations in U.S.

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Business Summary

+ IT Sales & Services Direct Marketing of IT Products Advanced Enterprise Services

+ Leasing Financing Process Automation Payment Processing

+ Software Enterprise On Demand

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Marketing Strategy

+ Direct End-User Salesforce 211 people in sales and marketing 33 locations nationwide Segmented by business

+ Target Customer Commercial

• Middle Market ($10MM+)• F1000

Government Higher ed & institutional

+ eCommerce Order Automation & Lifecycle Management

solutions for enterprise customers (eProcurement, content management, asset management, etc.)

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IT Solutions

+ IT Fulfillment for Tier 1 suppliers such as IBM, Cisco, HP & Others

+ Provider of Advanced Enterprise Technology Services: IPT Security Network Storage Managed Services Outsourcing

+ Order Automation (OneSource)+ Generates incremental revenue

from software & leasing customers

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+ Full life cycle management for lease process Financial benefits of lease financing Leverages customers existing investments Enforces controls and compliance Delivers operating efficiency

+ Contract Monitoring + Warranty, Maintenance & Service Management+ Change Management+ Deployment Planning+ Electronic Payment Service+ Electronic Business Process+ Data Standardization+ Category Drilldown & Product Detail + Order Audit Trail+ Automatic Workflow Facilitation

Leasing

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+ Procurement+ Product Content Management+ Asset Management+ Spend Management & Analysis+ Document Imaging+ Order Automation

Software

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Synergies

+ Leasing consists of business processes which ePlus has automated for customers via internal process optimization & software

+ IT Sales & Services generates revenue growth and is platform for cross-selling

+ Software differentiates ePlus’ solutions in core business & binds entire supply chain

Result

+ Multiple entry points to customer+ Outsourcing creates stickiness+ Incremental revenue generated by multiple cross-

sell & up-sell opportunities+ Customers become reliant on ePlus

Why Enterprise Cost Management Works

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Financial Performance

$0.96$1.02$2.68Diluted EPS

$9.7$10.1$25.3Net Earnings

$300$330$576Revenues

200320042005($/millions except EPS)

Years Ended March 31,

+ Cash Flow From Operations (FY05) $41.5MM

+ Liquidity $38.9MM cash 3/31/05 $45MM credit agreement $75MM floorplanning

+ Stock Repurchase (since 9/01) 2.3MM shares $22.9MM

+ Diverse Sources of Revenues & Earnings Sales of Product & Services Lease Revenue & Fees License Fees & Subscription

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Management

ManagementPhillip G. Norton, Chmn, CEO, President Bruce M. Bowen, EVP, President, ePlus Group (Leasing Co)Kenneth G. Farber, President, ePlus Systems (Software)Steven J. Mencarini, CFOKleyton L. Parkhurst, SVP Corp Dev., M&A, IRErica S. Stoecker, General Counsel

Board of DirectorsPhil Norton (3)Bruce Bowen (3)Tom Faulders (1)(2), ret. CEO LCC InternationalTerry O’Donnell (1)(2), SVP, GC TextronLarry Herman (1)(2), Mng. Partner BearingPointMilt Cooper (1), retired Pres. CSC Federal

(1) independent, (2) audit, nominating & corporate governance, and compensation committees, (3) stock incentive committee

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Strategic Acquisitions

+ 10 Acquisitions Since 1996+ IT Integrators/Solutions Providers

New Markets (CA, NYC, Boston, Philadelphia, Washington, Baltimore, Florida, NC)

New Products & Services Cross sell: leasing, BPO, software

+ Software Procurement, Asset Management, Content

Management, Document Imaging

+ Acquisition Strategy: Geographic & Market Expansion Gain Customers & Salespeople Add Solutions & Software Asset Gathering for Leases

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Growth Strategies

+ Enhance organic growth through incremental cross-selling and up-selling

+ Acquire new markets, customers, products, and services via strategic, accretive acquisitions

+ Attract and retain the best professionals in sales and services

+ Deliver the best business process software/service solution in the marketplace

+ Develop channel partnerships for software

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Investment Considerations

+ Core businesses provide: solid financial foundation business process experience and expertise technology platform

+ Broad cross section of commercial, municipal, and federal customers

+ Direct marketing & direct sales force+ Intellectual property portfolio+ We are visionaries in our application of

technology, services, and products to meet the needs of our customers

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For More Information

Kley Parkhurst, [email protected](703) 984-8150www.eplus.com

ePlus inc.

13595 Dulles Technology DriveHerndon, VA 20171-3413(703) 984-8400