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Delaware		7389		75-2837058
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)		(Primary Standard Industrial Classification Code Number)		(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

Morris Bienenfeld Wolff & Samson PC One Boland Drive West Orange, New Jersey 07052 (973) 530-2013		Adam Shaffer Chief Executive Officer eCOST.com, Inc. Suite 106 2555 West 190th Street Torrance, California 90504 (310) 225-4044		Steven B. Stokdyk Latham & Watkins LLP Suite 4000 633 West Fifth Street Los Angeles, CA 90071-2007 (213) 891-7421

Proposed Maximum

Proposed Maximum

Amount of

Title of Each Class of

Amount

Offering Price

Aggregate Offering

Registration

Securities to be Registered

to be Registered(1)

per Share(2)

Price(2)

Fee(3)

Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share, and associated Series A Preferred Stock purchase rights

18,980,039

$26,002,653

$26,002,653

$2,782

(1)	Represents the maximum number of shares of PFSweb common stock estimated to be issuable in connection with the merger described in this registration statement, calculated as the product of one share of PFSweb common stock multiplied by 18,980,039, the estimated maximum number of shares of eCOST common stock that may be exchanged for the PFSweb common stock being registered (which amount represents the sum of (i) 17,755,202 shares of eCOST common stock outstanding as of November 29, 2005, and (ii) 1,224,837 shares of eCOST common stock issuable upon the exercise of “in-the-money” options outstanding as of November 29, 2005). The associated Series A Preferred Stock purchase rights, which are attached to the shares of PFSweb common stock being registered hereunder, will not be exercisable or evidenced separately from the common stock prior to the occurrence of certain events.
(2)	Pursuant to Rules 457(c) and 457(f) under the Securities Act of 1933, the Proposed Maximum Aggregate Offering Price is calculated as the product of (i) $1.37, the average of the high and low sale prices of eCOST common stock as reported on the Nasdaq National Market on November 29, 2005, multiplied by (ii) 18,980,039, the estimated maximum number of eCOST shares that may be exchanged for the PFSweb common stock being registered.
(3)	Computed in accordance with Rule 457(f) under the Securities Act of 1933.

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The information in this joint proxy statement/ prospectus is not complete and may be changed. PFSweb may not sell these securities until the registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission is effective. This joint proxy statement/ prospectus shall not constitute an offer to sell these securities nor the solicitation of an offer to buy these securities in any jurisdiction where such offer, solicitation or sale is not permitted.

[PFSweb logo]		[eCOST logo]

Sincerely,			Sincerely,
Mark C. Layton			Adam Shaffer
Chairman of the Board of Directors,			Chairman of the Board of Directors,
Chief Executive Officer			Chief Executive Officer
PFSweb, Inc.			eCOST.com, Inc.

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PFSweb, Inc. Suite 500 500 North Central Expressway Plano, Texas 75074 (972) 881-2900 Attention: Investor Relations		eCOST.com, Inc. Suite 106 2555 West 190th Street Torrance, California 90504 (310) 225-4044 Attention: Investor Relations

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	1. to consider and vote upon a proposal to approve the issuance of PFSweb common stock, $0.001 par value, pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of November 29, 2005, by and among PFSweb, Inc., Red Dog Acquisition Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of PFSweb, and eCOST.com, Inc.;
	2. to consider and vote upon a proposal to approve the amendment to the PFSweb Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to increase the number of authorized shares of PFSweb common stock, $0.001 par value, from 40 million shares to 75 million shares;
	3. to grant discretionary authority to adjourn the meeting, if necessary, to solicit additional proxies with respect to proposals 1 and/or 2; and
	4. to transact such other business as may properly come before the special meeting or any adjournment or postponement of the meeting.

	By order of the Board of Directors,
	Harvey Achatz
	Secretary

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	1. to consider and vote upon a proposal to approve and adopt the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of November 29, 2005, by and among eCOST.com, Inc., PFSweb, Inc. and Red Dog Acquisition Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of PFSweb, and the transactions contemplated by the merger agreement, including the merger, pursuant to which Red Dog Acquisition Corp. would merge with and into eCOST and each outstanding share of eCOST common stock would be converted into one share of PFSweb common stock;
	2. to consider and vote upon a proposal to grant discretionary authority to adjourn the special meeting, if necessary, to solicit additional proxies with respect to proposal 1; and
	3. to transact such other business as may properly come before the special meeting or any adjournment or postponement of the meeting.

	By order of the Board of Directors,
	Adam Shaffer
	Chief Executive Officer

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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ABOUT THE MERGER			1
SUMMARY			5
The Companies			5
The Merger			6
Reasons for the Merger			6
Recommendations of the Board of Directors			6
Opinion of Wells Fargo Securities, LLC			6
Opinion of Thomas Weisel Partners, LLC			7
Ownership of PFSweb after the Merger			7
Interests of Officers and Directors of eCOST in the Merger			7
Share Ownership of Directors and Executive Officers			7
Management and Operations Following the Merger			8
Appraisal Rights			8
Conditions to Completion of the Merger			8
No Shop and Termination Fees			8
Termination of the Merger Agreement			9
Voting Agreement			9
Regulatory Approvals			9
Material United States Federal Income Tax Consequences of the Merger			9
Accounting Treatment			10
Risks			10
Comparison of Stockholder Rights			10
Summary Selected Historical Financial Data of PFSweb			11
Summary Selected Historical Financial Data of eCOST			13
Selected Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Financial Data			16
UNAUDITED PRO FORMA CONDENSED COMBINED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF PFSWEB AND eCOST			17
NOTES TO UNAUDITED PRO FORMA CONDENSED COMBINED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS			21
Comparative Per Share Information			25
Comparative Market Price			26
RISK FACTORS			28
Risks Related to the Merger			28
Risks Related to PFSweb			31
Risks Related to PFSweb’s Business Process Outsourcing Industry			37
Risks Related to eCOST			38
Risks Related to eCOST’s Industry			46
CAUTIONARY STATEMENT CONCERNING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS			48
THE PFSWEB SPECIAL MEETING			49
Date, Time and Place			49
Matters for Consideration			49
Recommendations of the PFSweb Board of Directors			50
Amendment to Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation			50

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Voting Procedures and Revocation of Proxies			50
Record Date and Shares Entitled to Vote			51
Quorum and Vote Required			51
Abstentions and Broker Non-Votes			51
Solicitation of Proxies and Expenses			52
Admission to the Special Meeting			52
Other Business			52
Householding			52
Assistance			53
THE eCOST SPECIAL MEETING			54
Date, Time and Place			54
Matters for Consideration			54
Recommendation of the eCOST Board of Directors			54
Voting Procedures and Revocation of Proxies			54
Record Date and Shares Entitled to Vote			55
Quorum and Vote Required			55
Abstentions and Broker Non-Votes			55
Solicitation of Proxies and Expenses			55
Admission to the Special Meeting			56
Other Business			56
Householding			56
Assistance			56
THE MERGER			57
General Structure			57
Background of the Merger			57
PFSweb’s Reasons for the Merger			60
Recommendation of the PFSweb Board of Directors			62
eCOST’s Reasons for the Merger			62
Recommendation of the eCOST Board of Directors			65
Opinion of Wells Fargo Securities, LLC			65
Opinion of Thomas Weisel Partners LLC			73
Regulatory Approvals Required for the Merger			80
Material United States Federal Income Tax Consequences of the Merger			80
Accounting Treatment			82
Public Trading Markets			82
Resales of PFSweb Common Stock			82
Interests of Directors and Officers of eCOST in the Merger			82
Management and Operations Following the Merger			83
Appraisal Rights			83
THE MERGER AGREEMENT			83
Structure of the Merger			83
Effective Time of the Merger			84
Conversion of Securities			84
Treatment of eCOST Stock Options			84

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Representations and Warranties			84
Conduct of Business by eCOST Prior to Completion of the Merger			84
Conduct of Business by PFSweb Prior to Completion of the Merger			86
Additional Agreements			87
Indemnification of Officers and Directors			88
Tax-Free Reorganization Treatment			88
No Solicitation of Other Transactions			88
Conditions to Completion of the Merger			90
Termination of the Merger Agreement			91
Expenses			92
Termination Fee			92
Amendment and Waiver			93
VOTING AGREEMENT			93
AMENDMENT OF PC MALL AGREEMENTS			93
INFORMATION REGARDING PFSWEB			94
General			94
Industry Overview			96
Supply Chain Management Trend			96
Government Outsourcing Trend			97
Outsourcing Trend			98
The PFSweb Solution			99
The PFSweb Strategy			100
PFSweb Services			100
Clients and Marketing			105
Technology			105
Competition			107
Employees			108
Regulation			108
Properties			108
Legal Proceedings			108
Available Information			109
Red Dog Acquisition Corp.			109
PFSWEB MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS			110
Forward-Looking Information			110
Overview			111
Results of Operations			113
Liquidity and Capital Resources			119
Seasonality			123
Inflation			123
Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates			123
Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosure about Market Risk			126
MANAGEMENT OF PFSWEB			127
Directors			127

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Executive Officers and Officers			128
Executive Officers			128
Officers			128
Compensation Committee Interlocks and Insider Participation			129
Compensation of Directors			129
Executive Compensation			130
Change in Control and Severance Agreements			131
SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN PFSWEB BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT			132
INFORMATION REGARDING eCOST			133
General			133
Industry Overview			133
Our Strengths			134
Our Growth Strategy			135
Our Customers			135
Our Website			136
Our Merchandise			137
Sales and Marketing			138
Vendors			138
Fulfillment Operations			139
Customer Service			139
Technology			140
Competition			141
Intellectual Property			141
Government Regulation			142
Employees			143
ECOST MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS			144
Forward-Looking Statements			144
Overview			144
Basis of Presentation			145
Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates			149
Our Relationship with and Separation from PC Mall			150
Results of Operations			151
Selected Operating Data			151
Liquidity and Capital Resources			156
Contractual Obligations			158
Inflation			158
QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK			158
SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN ECOST BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT			158
DESCRIPTION OF PFSWEB CAPITAL STOCK			160
COMPARISON OF STOCKHOLDERS RIGHTS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE MATTERS			162
BOARD OF DIRECTORS			163

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Number of Directors			163
Classification of Directors			164
Removal of Directors			164
Filling Vacancies on the Board of Directors			164
STOCKHOLDER MEETINGS			165
Action by Written Consent of Stockholders			165
Ability to Call Special Meetings of the Stockholders			165
Advance Notice Provision for Stockholder Proposals			166
AMENDMENT OF CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION			167
AMENDMENT OF BYLAWS			167
LIMITATIONS ON LIABILITY OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS			168
INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS			168
STOCKHOLDER RIGHTS PLAN			169
STATE ANTI-TAKEOVER STATUTES			169
LEGAL MATTERS			169
EXPERTS			169
STOCKHOLDER PROPOSALS			170
PFSweb Stockholder Proposals			170
eCOST Stockholder Proposals			170
WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION			171
INDEX TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS			F-1
SUPPLEMENTARY DATA			S-1
Annex A — Agreement and Plan of Merger			A-1
Annex B — Voting Agreement with eCOST Stockholder			B-1
Annex C — Wells Fargo Opinion			C-1
Annex D — Opinion of Thomas Weisel Partners LLC			D-1
PART II — INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS			II-1
Legal Opinion of Wolff & Samson PC
Tax Opinion of Latham & Watkins LLP
Consent of KPMG LLP
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Form of Proxy Card - PFSWeb, Inc.
Form of Proxy Card - eCost.com, Inc.
Consent of Wells Fargo Securities, LLC
Consent of Thomas Weisel Partners LLC

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Q:		Why am I receiving this joint proxy statement/ prospectus?
A:		PFSweb and eCOST have agreed to combine pursuant to the terms of a merger agreement that is described in this joint proxy statement/ prospectus. A copy of the merger agreement is attached to this joint proxy statement/ prospectus as Annex A.
		In order to complete the merger, PFSweb stockholders must vote to approve the issuance of shares of PFSweb common stock in the merger and to amend the PFSweb charter to increase the number of authorized shares of PFSweb common stock, and eCOST stockholders must vote to approve and adopt the merger agreement and the transactions contemplated by the merger agreement, including the merger.
		PFSweb and eCOST will hold separate meetings of their respective stockholders to obtain these approvals. This joint proxy statement/ prospectus contains important information about the merger and the special meetings of the respective stockholders of each of PFSweb and eCOST, and you should read it carefully. The enclosed voting materials allow you to vote your shares without attending your special meeting.
		Your vote is important. We encourage you to vote as soon as possible.
Q:		Why are we proposing the merger?
A:		PFSweb and eCOST believe the merger will provide substantial strategic benefits to the stockholders of PFSweb and eCOST by combining eCOST’s key supplier relationships, growing customer base and expansive e-commerce platform with PFSweb’s advanced technology and operational infrastructure thereby providing the combined company with the enhanced ability to expand its market share in the fast growing web commerce market. We also believe that the combined company will benefit from a number of synergies that, as implemented, will reduce or eliminate certain eCOST operating costs.
Q:		What will happen in the merger?
A:		The businesses of PFSweb and eCOST will be combined. At the closing, Red Dog Acquisition Corp., a newly formed and wholly owned subsidiary of PFSweb, will merge with and into eCOST, with eCOST surviving the merger as a wholly owned subsidiary of PFSweb.
Q:		What will I receive for my shares of eCOST stock?
A:		Upon completion of the merger of Red Dog with and into eCOST, eCOST stockholders will be entitled to receive one share of PFSweb common stock for each share of eCOST common stock owned immediately prior to the closing of the merger. Instead of any fractional shares of PFSweb common stock, eCOST stockholders will receive cash equal to the value of any fractional shares remaining. Please see “The Merger Agreement — Conversion of Securities” on page 84.
Q:		How will PFSweb’s stockholders be affected by the merger and issuance of PFSweb common stock in the merger?
A:		After the merger, PFSweb’s stockholders will continue to own their existing shares of PFSweb common stock. Accordingly, PFSweb’s stockholders will hold the same number of shares of PFSweb common stock that they held immediately prior to the merger. However, because PFSweb will be issuing new shares of PFSweb common stock to the eCOST stockholders in the merger, each outstanding share of

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		PFSweb common stock immediately prior to the merger will represent a smaller percentage of the total number of shares of PFSweb common stock outstanding after the merger.
Q:		When and where are the special meetings?
A:		The PFSweb special meeting will take place on                     , 2006 at 10:00 a.m., local time, at 500 North Central Expressway, Plano, Texas 75074.
		The eCOST special meeting will take place on                     , 2006 at 10:00 a.m., local time, at 2555 West 190th Street, Torrance, California 90504.
Q:		What vote of PFSweb stockholders is required to approve the issuance of shares of PFSweb common stock pursuant to the merger agreement and to amend the PFSweb charter to increase the number of authorized shares?
A:		Approval of the proposal to issue shares of PFSweb common stock pursuant to the merger agreement requires the affirmative vote of a majority of the total votes cast at the PFSweb special meeting. In addition, in order to complete the merger, it is necessary to amend the PFSweb certificate of incorporation to increase the number of authorized shares of PFSweb common stock from 40 million shares to 75 million shares. The authorization of the amendment to the PFSweb certificate of incorporation to increase the number of authorized shares of common stock will require the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of PFSweb common stock entitled to vote thereon.
Q:		Why does PFSweb need to amend its certificate of incorporation?
A:		The amendment to PFSweb’s certificate of incorporation authorizing additional shares of common stock is required by the merger agreement and is necessary for PFSweb to have enough authorized common stock to close the merger and have the flexibility to meet business needs and take advantage of opportunities as they arise. The additional shares would also be available for other corporate purposes, such as the issuance of shares of PFSweb common stock upon the exercise of employee stock options.
Q:		What will happen if PFSweb stockholders approve the issuance of shares of PFSweb common stock pursuant to the merger agreement but do not approve the proposal to amend the PFSweb charter to increase the number of authorized shares?
A:		The merger will not occur since approval of the proposal to amend the PFSweb charter to increase the number of authorized shares of PFSweb common stock is a condition of the merger agreement.
Q:		What vote of eCOST stockholders is required to adopt the merger agreement?
A:		The affirmative vote of a majority of the outstanding shares of eCOST common stock is required to adopt the merger agreement. A stockholder of eCOST beneficially owning as of November 29, 2005 1,988,813 shares of eCOST common stock (representing approximately 11.2% of the voting power of the eCOST common stock outstanding as of such date), has agreed to vote such shares in favor of the adoption of the merger agreement.
Q:		How does my company’s board of directors recommend I vote?
A:		The PFSweb board of directors unanimously recommends that PFSweb stockholders vote “FOR” the proposal to issue PFSweb common stock pursuant to the merger agreement and “FOR” the proposal to amend the certificate of incorporation to increase the number of authorized shares. For a more complete description of the recommendation of the PFSweb board of directors, see “The Merger — PFSweb’s Reasons for the Merger” on page 60.
		The eCOST board of directors unanimously recommends that eCOST stockholders vote “FOR” the proposal to approve and adopt the merger agreement and the transactions contemplated by the merger agreement, including the merger. For a more complete description of the recommendation of the eCOST board of directors, see “The Merger — eCOST’s Reasons for the Merger” on page 62.

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Q:		Are stockholders entitled to appraisal rights?
A:		Neither PFSweb stockholders nor eCOST stockholders are entitled to appraisal rights in connection with the merger.
Q:		What do I do now?
A:		Carefully read and consider the information contained in this joint proxy statement/ prospectus, including its annexes. There are several ways your shares can be represented at your stockholder meeting. You can attend your stockholder meeting in person or you can indicate on the enclosed proxy card how you want to vote and return it in the accompanying pre-addressed postage paid envelope.
Q:		How do I cast my vote?
A:		If you are a holder of record, you may vote in person at your special meeting or by submitting a proxy for your special meeting. You can submit your proxy by signing and dating the enclosed proxy card and promptly returning it in the enclosed envelope.
Q:		If my broker holds my shares in “street name,” will my broker vote my shares?
A:		If you hold your shares in “street name” in a stock brokerage account or if your shares are held by a broker, bank or other nominee, you must provide your broker, bank or other nominee with instructions on how to vote your shares. Please see the voting form of your broker, bank or other nominee that accompanies this joint proxy statement/ prospectus.
Q:		Can I change my vote after I have delivered my proxy?
A:		Yes. You can change your vote at any time before your proxy is voted at your company’s stockholder meeting. You can do this in one of three ways: (1) you can send a written notice of revocation; (2) you can submit a new, later dated proxy card; or (3) if you are a holder of record, you can attend your stockholder meeting and vote in person; however, your attendance alone will not revoke your proxy. If you choose either of the first two methods, you must submit your notice of revocation or your new proxy to the Corporate Secretary of PFSweb or eCOST, as appropriate, before the applicable stockholder meeting. However, if your shares are held in a “street name” account at a brokerage firm or bank, you must contact your brokerage firm or bank to change your vote. If you would like more information and you are a PFSweb stockholder, please see “The PFSweb Special Meeting — Voting Procedures and Revocation of Proxies” on page 50. If you would like additional information and you are a eCOST stockholder, please see “The eCOST Special Meeting — Voting Procedures and Revocation of Proxies” on page 54.
Q:		What will happen if I abstain from voting or fail to vote?
A:		In the case of PFSweb stockholders, the failure to cast your vote will not have any impact on the proposal to issue shares of PFSweb common stock in connection with the merger. Abstentions will count toward the presence of a quorum, but will not be considered votes cast and will therefore have no impact on the proposal to issue shares of PFSweb common stock in connection with the merger. However, abstentions and broker non- votes will have the same effect as a vote against the proposal to increase the number of authorized shares. As noted above, the proposal to increase the number of authorized shares must be approved in order for the merger to occur.
		In the case of eCOST stockholders, an abstention by you or your failure to cast your vote or instruct your broker how to vote if your shares are held in “street name” will have the same effect as voting against the proposal to approve and adopt the merger agreement and the transactions contemplated by the merger agreement, including the merger, because the required vote is a majority of the outstanding shares of eCOST common stock.
Q:		Should I send in my eCOST stock certificates now?
A:		No. After the merger is completed, you will receive written instructions from the exchange agent on how to exchange your eCOST stock certificates for PFSweb stock certificates. Please do not send in your eCOST stock certificates with your proxy card.

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Q:		When do you expect the merger to be completed?
A:		PFSweb and eCOST are working to complete the merger as quickly as practicable. PFSweb and eCOST currently expect to complete the merger in the first quarter of 2006. However, the exact timing of the completion of the merger cannot be predicted because the merger is subject to stockholder approvals and other conditions.
Q:		What should PFSweb stockholders or eCOST stockholders do if they receive more than one set of voting materials for their company’s special meeting?
A:		You may receive more than one set of voting materials for your special meeting, including multiple copies of this joint proxy statement/ prospectus and multiple proxy cards or voting instruction cards. For example, if you hold your shares in more than one brokerage account, you will receive a separate voting instruction card for each brokerage account in which you hold shares. If you are a holder of record and your shares are registered in more than one name, you will receive more than one proxy card. Please complete, sign, date and return each proxy card and voting instruction card that you receive.
Q:		What are the U.S. federal income tax consequences of the merger?
A:		PFSweb and eCOST intend for the merger to qualify as a reorganization within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Internal Revenue Code. If the merger qualifies as a reorganization, eCOST stockholders generally will not recognize any gain or loss upon their receipt of PFSweb common stock in the merger, except for gain or loss resulting from the receipt of cash in lieu of a fractional share of PFSweb common stock. No gain or loss will be recognized by eCOST, PFSweb or its stockholders as a result of the merger.
		The tax consequences of the merger to each eCOST stockholder will depend on each stockholder’s particular circumstances. eCOST stockholders should read the discussion in the section entitled “The Merger — Material United States Federal Income Tax Consequences” and consult their tax advisors regarding the tax consequences of their participation in the merger in light of their individual circumstances.
Q:		Who can help answer my questions?
A:		PFSweb stockholders who have any questions about the merger or how to submit a proxy, or who need additional copies of this joint proxy statement/ prospectus or the enclosed proxy card or voting instruction card, should contact:

		eCOST stockholders who have any questions about the merger or how to submit a proxy, or who need additional copies of this joint proxy statement/ prospectus or the enclosed proxy card or voting instruction card, should contact:

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	•	the agreement of PFSweb to issue an aggregate of approximately 700,000 options to purchase PFSweb common stock to officers and key employees of eCOST, of which two executive officers will receive 550,000 options; and
	•	the entitlement of eCOST officers and directors to certain indemnification rights and director and officer insurance for a period of six years following the merger.

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	•	the registration statement covering the shares of PFSweb common stock to be issued to eCOST stockholders in the merger, of which this joint proxy statement/ prospectus forms a part, must have been declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission;
	•	PFSweb stockholders must approve the proposal to amend the PFSweb charter to increase the number of authorized shares and issue PFSweb common stock pursuant to the merger agreement;
	•	eCOST stockholders must approve the proposal to approve and adopt the merger agreement and the transactions contemplated by the merger agreement, including the merger;
	•	no governmental agency or court shall have issued any order that prevents or prohibits the completion of the merger;
	•	all material consents, approvals and authorizations of any governmental agency must have been obtained;
	•	the shares of PFSweb common stock issuable to the eCOST stockholders in the merger must have been approved for listing on the Nasdaq Capital Market;
	•	since the date of the merger agreement, no event shall have occurred that has a material adverse effect on eCOST or PFSweb;
	•	eCOST shall not be in breach of, and no condition, event or act which with the giving of notice or lapse of time, or both, would become an event of default, shall have occurred and be continuing under, any indebtedness for borrowed money;
	•	The chief executive officer and the chief financial officer of each of eCOST and PFSweb must not have failed to provide the certifications required by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act;
	•	eCOST must have received a written opinion from its legal counsel to the effect that the merger will qualify as a reorganization within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Internal Revenue Code; and
	•	eCOST must have received a written opinion from its legal counsel to the effect that the merger should not cause Section 355(e) of the Internal Revenue Code to apply to the April 2005 spin-off distribution of shares of eCOST Common Stock by its former parent, PC Mall.

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					Nine Months Ended																								Nine Months Ended
					September 30,								Year Ended December 31,																December 31,								Year Ended
																																					March 31,
					2005				2004				2004				2003				2002				2001				2001(a)				2000				2001
					(Unaudited)				(Unaudited)																(Unaudited)								(Unaudited)
					(In thousands, except per share data)
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations Data:
	Revenues:
		Product revenue, net			$	189,352			$	195,435			$	267,470			$	249,230			$	57,492			$	—			$	—			$	—			$	—
		Service fee revenue				45,274				29,764				42,076				33,771				35,825				39,194				27,953				37,017				48,258
		Pass-through revenue				13,601				9,323				12,119				3,435				3,692				5,118				3,721				5,554				6,952
		Other revenue				—				—				—				—				—				497				100				1,700				2,097
			Total revenues			248,227				234,522				321,665				286,436				97,009				44,809				31,774				44,271				57,307
	Costs of revenues:
		Cost of product revenue				176,651				184,302				251,968				235,317				54,343				—				—				—				—
		Cost of service fee revenue				33,860				19,614				28,067				23,159				22,660				25,840				18,209				26,790				34,421
		Cost of pass-through revenue				13,601				9,323				12,119				3,435				3,692				5,118				3,721				5,554				6,952
		Cost of other revenue				—				—				—				—				—				(568	)			(627	)			2,411				2,470
			Total costs of revenues			224,112				213,239				292,154				261,911				80,695				30,390				21,303				34,755				43,843
	Gross profit					24,115				21,283				29,511				24,525				16,314				14,419				10,471				9,516				13,464
	Percent of revenues					9.7	%			9.1	%			9.2	%			8.6	%			16.8	%			32.2	%			33.0	%			21.5	%			23.5	%
	Selling, general and administrative expenses					23,359				20,493				27,091				25,442				27,012				23,254				16,892				18,924				25,286
	Severance and other termination costs					—				—				—				—				1,213				—				—				—				—
	Asset and lease impairments					—				—				—				257				922				—				—				—				—
	Other					—				—				—				—				—				(5,141	)			(5,141	)			—				—
	Income (loss) from operations					756				790				2,420				(1,174	)			(12,833	)			(3,694	)			(1,280	)			(9,408	)			(11,822	)
	Percent of revenues					0.3	%			0.3	%			0.8	%			(0.4	)%			(13.2	)%			(8.2	)%			(4.0	)%			(21.3	)%			(20.6	)%
	Equity in earnings of affiliate					—				—				—				—				1,163				—				—				—				—
	Interest expense (income), net					1,325				1,125				1,460				2,000				(161	)			(707	)			(496	)			(880	)			(1,091	)
	Income (loss) before income taxes and extraordinary item					(569	)			(335	)			960				(3,174	)			(11,509	)			(2,987	)			(784	)			(8,528	)			(10,731	)
	Income tax expense (benefit)					644				533				734				572				94				(230	)			(219	)			36				25
	Income (loss) before extraordinary item					(1,213	)			(868	)			226				(3,746	)			(11,603	)			(2,757	)			(565	)			(8,564	)			(10,756	)
	Extraordinary item — gain on purchase of 51% share of Supplies Distributors					—				—				—				—				203				—				—				—				—
	Net income (loss)				$	(1,213	)		$	(868	)		$	226			$	(3,746	)		$	(11,400	)		$	(2,757	)		$	(565	)		$	(8,564	)		$	(10,756	)
	Per share data:
	Net income (loss) per share:
		Basic			$	(0.05	)		$	(0.04	)		$	0.01			$	(0.20	)		$	(0.63	)		$	(0.15	)		$	(0.03	)		$	(0.48	)		$	(0.60	)
		Diluted			$	(0.05	)		$	(0.04	)		$	0.01			$	(0.20	)		$	(0.63	)		$	(0.15	)		$	(0.03	)		$	(0.48	)		$	(0.60	)
	Weighted average number of shares outstanding:
		Basic				22,349				21,270				21,332				19,011				18,229				18,004				18,036				17,870				17,879
		Diluted				22,349				21,270				23,468				19,011				18,229				18,004				18,036				17,870				17,879

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			As of				As of December 31,																				As of
			September 30,																								March 31,
			2005				2004				2003				2002				2001(a)				2000				2001
			(Unaudited)																				(Unaudited)
Consolidated Balance Sheet Data:
	Cash and cash equivalents		$	14,681			$	13,592			$	14,743			$	8,595			$	10,669			$	18,143			$	22,266
	Working capital			23,780				22,608				21,407				16,045				11,189				21,055				19,941
	Total assets			127,502				130,327				108,359				107,222				51,611				58,789				59,089
	Long-term obligations			8,527				8,749				3,760				4,514				5,873				4,100				4,353
	Shareholders’ equity			29,596				29,926				28,417				26,470				36,605				39,010				37,001

(a)	In June 2001, PFSweb changed its fiscal year end from March 31 to December 31.

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		Nine Months Ended
		September 30,								Year Ended December 31,
		2005				2004				2004				2003				2002				2001				2000
		(Unaudited)				(Unaudited)																				(Unaudited)
Statements of Operations Data:
Net sales		$	134,290			$	120,389			$	178,464			$	109,709			$	89,009			$	83,996			$	109,513
Cost of goods sold			125,084				109,055				162,139				99,409				79,429				75,057				104,170
Gross profit			9,206				11,334				16,325				10,300				9,580				8,939				5,343
Percent of net sales			6.9	%			9.4	%			9.1	%			9.4	%			10.8	%			10.6	%			4.9	%
Selling, general and administrative expenses			17,393				12,783				18,384				9,885				8,945				8,578				14,956
Income (loss) from operations			(8,187	)			(1,449	)			(2,059	)			415				635				361				(9,613	)
Percent of net sales			(6.1	)%			(1.2	)%			(1.2	)%			0.4	%			0.7	%			0.4	%			(8.8	)%
Interest (income) expense(1)			(139	)			(7	)			(67	)			76				461				675				430
Interest expense PC Mall commercial line of credit(2)			—				1,329				1,329				1,476				1,097				709				1,070
Interest income PCMall commercial line of credit(2)			—				(1,329	)			(1,329	)			(1,476	)			(1,097	)			(709	)			(1,070	)
Income (loss) before income taxes			(8,048	)			(1,442	)			(1,992	)			339				174				(314	)			(10,043	)
Income tax provision (benefit)			5,350(3	)			(535	)			(784	)			(5,872	)(3)			27				—				—
Income (loss) before cumulative effect of change in accounting principle		$	(13,398	)		$	(907	)		$	(1,208	)		$	6,211			$	147			$	(314	)		$	(10,043	)
Cumulative effect of change in accounting principle(4)			—				—				—				—				—				—				(10	)
Net income (loss)		$	(13,398	)		$	(907	)		$	(1,208	)		$	6,211			$	147			$	(314	)		$	(10,053	)
Per Share Data:
Earnings (loss) per share before cumulative effect of change in accounting principle and net income (loss) per share:
Basic		$	(0.76	)		$	(0.06	)		$	(0.08	)		$	0.44			$	0.01			$	(0.02	)		$	(0.72	)
Diluted		$	(0.76	)		$	(0.06	)		$	(0.08	)		$	0.43			$	0.01			$	(0.02	)		$	(0.72	)
Weighted Average Number of Shares Outstanding(5):
Basic			17,576				14,385				15,155				14,000				14,000				14,000				14,000
Diluted			17,576				14,385				15,155				14,279				14,422				14,000				14,000

(1)	Interest expense related to net advances from PC Mall. See note 7 of the notes to financial statements in eCOST’s annual report on Form 10-K/ A for the year ended December 31, 2004 included in this proxy statement/ prospectus.
(2)	Interest expense and interest income related to borrowings by PC Mall under its commercial line of credit and the related receivable from PC Mall. See note 3 of the notes to financial statements in eCOST’s annual report on Form 10-K/ A for the year ended December 31, 2004 included in this proxy statement/ prospectus.

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(3)	Results primarily from the reversal and subsequent reestablishment of a valuation allowance for the net deferred tax asset in 2003 and the nine months ended September 30, 2005, respectively. See note 4 of the notes to financial statements in eCOST’s annual report on Form 10-K/ A for the year ended December 31, 2004 included in this proxy statement/ prospectus and note 4 to financial statements in eCOST’s Form 10-Q for the period ended September 30, 2005 included in this proxy statement/ prospectus for an explanation of the deferred tax asset and related reserve.
(4)	Represents the cumulative effect of the adoption of Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 101 resulting from the change in timing of revenue recognition for goods delivered. The change in accounting did not have a material effect on basic or diluted net loss per share.
(5)	See note 1 of the notes to financial statements in eCOST’s annual report on Form 10-K/ A for the year ended December 31, 2004 included in this proxy statement/ prospectus for an explanation of the determination of the number of shares used to compute the basic and diluted per share amounts.

		As of				As of December 31,
		September 30,
		2005				2004				2003				2002				2001				2000
		(Unaudited)																(Unaudited)				(Unaudited)
Balance Sheet Data:
Cash and cash equivalents			6,290				8,790				—				—				—				—
Working capital (deficiency)			6,529				16,348				(1,312	)			(16,276	)			(16,649	)			(16,622	)
Total assets			21,048				26,514				39,476				24,765				13,589				26,827
Long-term obligations			—				—				—				—				—				—
Shareholders’ equity (deficit)			8,576				21,280				4,039				(16,101	)			(16,263	)			(15,949	)

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			Nine Months Ended				Fiscal Year
			September 30,				December 31,
			2005				2004
			(In millions				(In millions
			except per				except per
			share data)				share data)
Statements of Operations Data:
Net revenues			$	382.5			$	500.1
Loss from operations				(8.1	)			(0.6	)
Net loss				(9.9	)			(2.7	)
Net loss per share of common stock
	Basic			(0.24	)			(0.07	)
	Diluted			(0.24	)			(0.07	)

		At September 30,
		2005
		(In millions)
Balance Sheet Data:
Cash and cash equivalents		$	21.9
Working capital			29.6
Total assets			167.0
Long-term obligations			27.4
Shareholders’ equity			56.2

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												Pro Forma								Pro Forma
				PFSweb				eCOST				Adjustments				Notes				Combined
				(In thousands, except share data)
ASSETS
CURRENT ASSETS:
	Cash and cash equivalents			$	14,681			$	6,290			$	965				(a)			$	21,936
	Restricted cash				1,409				—				—								1,409
	Accounts receivable, net				45,059				5,080				—								50,139
	Inventories, net				38,583				6,737				(952	)			(b)				44,368
	Other receivables				9,745				—				—								9,745
	Prepaid expenses and other current assets				3,682				894				(228	)			(c)				4,348
		Total current assets			113,159				19,001				(215	)							131,945
PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT, net					12,995				1,868				—								14,863
RESTRICTED CASH					150				—				—								150
NET INTANGIBLE ASSETS					—				—				7,500				(d)				7,500
GOODWILL					—				—				11,176				(e)				11,176
OTHER ASSETS					1,198				179				—								1,377
		Total assets		$	127,502			$	21,048			$	18,461							$	167,011
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY
CURRENT LIABILITIES:
	Current portion of long-term debt and capital lease obligations			$	20,849			$	—			$	—							$	20,849
	Trade accounts payable				58,306				7,015				—								65,321
	Accrued expenses				10,224				3,208				1,500				(f)				14,932
	Due to Affiliate, net				—				1,082				—								1,082
	Deferred revenue				—				1,167				(1,035	)			(b)(g)				132
		Total current liabilities			89,379				12,472				465								102,316
LONG-TERM DEBT AND CAPITAL LEASE OBLIGATIONS, less current portion					6,551				—				—								6,551
DEFERRED TAXES					1,976				—				—								1,976
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY:
	Preferred stock				—				—				—								—
	Common stock of PFSweb				23				—				19				(h)				42
	APIC — PFSweb				58,697				—				26,553				(h)				85,250
	Common stock of eCOST.com				—				18				(18	)			(i)				—
	APIC — eCOST.com				—				34,152				(34,152	)			(i)				—
	Deferred stock-based compensation				—				(958	)			958				(i)				—
	Accumulated deficit				(30,290	)			(24,636	)			24,636				(i)				(30,290	)
	Accumulated other comprehensive income				1,251				—				—								1,251
	Treasury stock at cost				(85	)			—				—								(85	)
		Total shareholders’ equity			29,596				8,576				17,996								56,168
		Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity		$	127,502			$	21,048			$	18,461							$	167,011

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													Pro Forma								Pro Forma
					PFSweb				eCOST				Adjustments				Notes				Combined
									(In thousands, except per share
									data)
Condensed Combined Statements of Operations Data:
	Revenues:
		Product revenue, net			$	267,470			$	178,464			$	—							$	445,934
		Service fee revenue				42,076				—				—								42,076
		Pass-through revenue				12,119				—				—								12,119
			Total revenues			321,665				178,464				—								500,129
	Costs of revenues:
		Cost of product revenue				251,968				162,139				—								414,107
		Cost of service fee revenue				28,067				—				—								28,067
		Cost of pass-through revenue				12,119				—				—								12,119
			Total costs of revenues			292,154				162,139				—								454,293
	Gross profit					29,511				16,325				—								45,836
	Percent of revenues					9.2	%			9.1	%											9.2	%
	Selling, general and administrative expenses					27,091				18,384				917				(j)				46,392
	Income (loss) from operations					2,420				(2,059	)			(917	)							(556	)
	Percent of revenues					0.8	%			(1.2	)%											(0.1	)%
	Interest expense (income), net					1,460				(67	)			—								1,393
	Income (loss) before income taxes					960				(1,992	)			(917	)							(1,949	)
	Income tax expense (benefit)					734				(784	)			784				(k)				734
	Net income (loss)				$	226			$	(1,208	)		$	(1,701	)						$	(2,683	)
Per share data:
	Net income (loss) per share:
		Basic			$	0.01															$	(0.07	)
		Diluted			$	0.01															$	(0.07	)
	Weighted average number of shares outstanding:
		Basic				21,332								18,980								40,312
		Diluted				23,468								18,980								40,312

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													Pro Forma								Pro Forma
					PFSweb				eCOST				Adjustments				Notes				Combined
					(In thousands, except per share data)
Condensed Combined Statements of Operations Data:
	Revenues:
		Product revenue, net			$	189,352			$	134,290			$	—							$	323,642
		Service fee revenue				45,274				—				—								45,274
		Pass-through revenue				13,601				—				—								13,601
			Total revenues			248,227				134,290				—								382,517
	Costs of revenues:
		Cost of product revenue				176,651				125,084				(1,339	)			(l)				300,396
		Cost of service fee revenue				33,860				—				—								33,860
		Cost of pass-through revenue				13,601				—				—								13,601
			Total costs of revenues			224,112				125,084				(1,339	)							347,857
	Gross profit					24,115				9,206				1,339								34,660
	Percent of revenues					9.7	%			6.9	%											9.1%
	Selling, general and administrative expenses					23,359				17,393				2,027				(j)(l)				42,779
	Income (loss) from operations					756				(8,187	)			(688	)							(8,119	)
	Percent of revenues					0.3	%			(6.1	)%											(2.1	)%
	Interest expense (income), net					1,325				(139	)			—								1,186
	Loss before income taxes					(569	)			(8,048	)			(688	)							(9,305	)
	Income tax expense (benefit)					644				5,350				(5,350	)			(k)				644
	Net income (loss)				$	(1,213	)		$	(13,398	)		$	4,662							$	(9,949	)
	Per share data:
	Net loss per share:
		Basic			$	(0.05	)														$	(0.24	)
		Diluted			$	(0.05	)														$	(0.24	)
	Weighted average number of shares outstanding:
		Basic				22,488								18,980								41,468
		Diluted				22,488								18,980								41,468

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1.	Basis of Presentation and New Accounting Pronouncements

2.	Purchase Price and Financing Considerations

	Purchase Price

Number of shares of eCOST common stock outstanding (see Financing Considerations below) (in thousands)			18,980
Exchange ratio			1.00
			18,980
Multiplied by PFSweb’s stock price (see Financing Considerations below)		$	1.40
Share consideration (in thousands)		$	26,572
Estimated transaction costs (in thousands)			1,500
Estimated purchase price (in thousands)		$	28,072

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			(In thousands)
Book value of net assets acquired at September 30, 2005			$	8,576
Remaining allocation:
	Deferred revenue adjustment, net			83
	Write-off of prepaid insurance policy			(228	)
	Proceeds from assumed exercise of stock options			965
	Identifiable intangible assets at fair value(1)			7,500
	Goodwill			11,176
Estimated purchase price			$	28,072

(1)	PFSweb estimates that substantially all of the acquired identifiable intangible assets will be attributable to the following categories:

Estimated

Estimated

Estimated

Annual

Fair Value

Useful Lives

Amortization

(In thousands)

(In thousands)

Trademark name

$

5,000

10 years

$

500

Customer relationships

2,500

6 years

417

	Financing Considerations

	PFSweb will issue approximately 19.0 million shares of PFSweb common stock to eCOST in the transaction. The number of shares to be issued was computed based on the number of shares of

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eCOST common stock outstanding on November 29, 2005 of approximately 17.8 million plus approximately 1.2 million in-the-money stock options outstanding as of November 29, 2005 which will be fully vested prior to the transaction. The number of shares estimated to be issued does not include approximately 3.1 million out-of-the-money stock options with exercise prices ranging from $1.43 to $17.36, a portion of which could be exercised prior to the transaction resulting in the issuance of additional shares of PFSweb common stock. For purposes of computing the purchase price, the price of the PFSweb common stock to be issued is assumed to be $1.40 per common share, based on the recent price range of PFSweb’s common stock. The actual purchase price will be determined based on the average closing price of PFSweb’s common stock on NASDAQ for the period beginning two days prior to the consummation of the merger and ending on the consummation of the merger.

3.	Pro Forma Adjustments

	Pro Forma Balance Sheet Adjustments

	Pro Forma Statements of Operations Adjustments

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4.	Cost Savings

5.	Pro Forma Net Loss Per Share

		September 30,
		2005
Pro forma net loss		$	(9.9	)
Historical PFSweb basic and diluted weighted average shares			22.5
Incremental shares issued in the merger			19.0
Pro forma combined basic and diluted weighted average shares			41.5
Pro forma basic and diluted net loss per common share		$	(0.24	)

		December 31,
		2004
Pro forma net loss		$	(2.7	)
Historical PFSweb basic weighted average shares			21.3
Incremental shares issued in the merger			19.0
Pro forma combined basic and diluted weighted average shares			40.3
Pro forma basic and diluted net loss per common share		$	(0.07	)

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			For the Year Ended
			December 31, 2004
			Historical
											Pro Forma
			PFSweb				eCOST				Combined
Net income (loss) per share:
	Basic		$	0.01			$	(0.08	)		$	(0.07	)
	Diluted		$	0.01			$	(0.08	)		$	(0.07	)

			For the Nine Months Ended
			September 30, 2005
			Historical
											Pro Forma
			PFSweb				eCOST				Combined
Net loss per share:
	Basic and Diluted		$	(0.05	)		$	(0.76	)		$	(0.24	)

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		PFSweb								eCOST
		Common Stock								Common Stock
		High				Low				High				Low
2003
First Quarter ended March 31, 2003		$	0.50			$	0.35
Second Quarter ended June 30, 2003			0.79				0.34
Third Quarter ended September 30, 2003			2.86				0.59
Fourth Quarter ended December 31, 2003			3.25				1.37
2004
First Quarter ended March 31, 2004			2.15				1.59
Second Quarter ended June 30, 2004			1.85				1.30
Third Quarter ended September 30, 2004*			1.69				1.20				8.19				5.71
Fourth Quarter ended December 31, 2004			3.60				1.45				22.25				6.58
2005
First Quarter ended March 31, 2005			3.75				2.19				16.69				6.30
Second Quarter ended June 30, 2005			2.67				1.66				6.96				2.62
Third Quarter ended September 30, 2005			2.85				1.53				4.38				1.75
Fourth Quarter (through November 29, 2005)			1.77				1.30				2.05				1.23

*	eCOST common stock has been traded on the Nasdaq National Market under the symbol ‘ECST’ since August 27, 2004.

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																		eCOST Common
		PFSweb Common								eCOST								Stock
		Stock								Common Stock								Equivalent(1)
		High				Low				High				Low				High				Low
November 9, 2005		$	1.72			$	1.62			$	1.80			$	1.69			$	1.72			$	1.62
[          ], 2005		$

(1)	Pro forma equivalent per share values that eCOST stockholders would receive in exchange for each share of eCOST common stock if the merger were completed on these two dates, applying the one for one exchange ratio offered in the merger.

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	The exchange ratio, which determines the number of shares of PFSweb common stock that eCOST stockholders will receive for each share of eCOST common stock in the merger, is fixed at one for one, and such shares of PFSweb common stock may not maintain their current value or the value they had when the merger agreement was signed.

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	PFSweb may fail to realize the anticipated synergies, cost savings, growth opportunities and other benefits expected from the merger, which could adversely affect the value of PFSweb common stock after the merger.

	The market price of the shares of PFSweb common stock may be affected by factors different from those affecting the shares of eCOST common stock.

	eCOST and PFSweb stockholders may receive a lower return on their investment after the merger.

	Uncertainty regarding the merger may cause clients, customers, suppliers and others to delay or defer decisions concerning PFSweb and eCOST, which may harm the results of operations of either or both companies.

	The merger agreement restricts eCOST’s abilities to pursue alternatives to the merger and may discourage alternative transaction proposals.

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	If the merger is not completed, the stock prices and businesses of PFSweb and eCOST may be adversely affected.

	•	eCOST may be obligated to pay PFSweb all of its out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred by it in connection with the merger, including the fees and expenses of its legal counsel, accountants and financial advisors, and a $1.2 million termination fee if the merger agreement is terminated in certain circumstances;
	•	the price of PFSweb and eCOST common stock may decline if and to the extent that the current market price of PFSweb and eCOST common stock, as applicable, reflects a market assumption that the merger will be completed;
	•	either company’s operations may be harmed to the extent that clients, customers, suppliers and others believe that such company cannot effectively compete in the marketplace without the merger, or there is uncertainty surrounding the future direction of the product and service offerings and strategy of PFSweb or eCOST on a stand-alone basis;
	•	PFSweb and eCOST would not derive the strategic benefits expected to result from the merger, which could adversely affect their respective businesses; and
	•	many costs related to the merger, such as legal, accounting and financial advisory fees, must be paid by each company regardless of whether the merger occurs.

	Uncertainties associated with the merger may cause PFSweb and eCOST to lose key personnel.

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	eCOST may be required to indemnify PC Mall for taxes arising as a result of the merger.

	PFSweb’s historical financial information may not be representative of its future results.

	PFSweb anticipates incurring significant expenses in the foreseeable future, which may reduce its ability to achieve or maintain profitability.

	PFSweb’s service fee revenue and gross margin is dependent upon its clients’ business and transaction volumes and PFSweb’s costs; many of PFSweb’s client service agreements are terminable by the client at will; PFSweb may incur financial penalties if it fails to meet contractual service levels under certain client service agreements.

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	PFSweb’s operating results are materially impacted by its client mix and the seasonality of their business.

	PFSweb’s systems may not accommodate significant growth in its number of clients.

	PFSweb may not be able to recover all or a portion of its start-up costs associated with one or more of its clients.

	PFSweb’s revenue and margins may be materially impacted by client transaction volumes that differ from client projections and business assumptions.

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	PFSweb’s business is subject to the risk of customer and supplier concentration.

	Changes to financial accounting standards may affect PFSweb’s reported results of operations.

	PFSweb operates with significant levels of indebtedness and is required to comply with certain financial and non-financial covenants; PFSweb is required to maintain a minimum level of subordinated loans to its subsidiary Supplies Distributors; and PFSweb is obligated to repay any over-advance made to Supplies Distributors by its lenders.

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	PFSweb faces competition from many sources that could adversely affect its business.

	PFSweb’s sales and implementation cycles are highly variable and its ability to finalize pending contracts may cause its operating results to vary widely.

	PFSweb is dependent on its key personnel, and PFSweb needs to hire and retain skilled personnel to sustain its business.

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	PFSweb is subject to risks associated with its international operations.

	•	changing regulatory requirements;
	•	legal uncertainty regarding foreign laws, tariffs and other trade barriers;
	•	political instability;
	•	potentially adverse tax consequences;
	•	foreign currency fluctuations; and
	•	cultural differences.

	PFSweb is uncertain about its need for and the availability of additional funds.

	PFSweb is subject to disputes with clients, customers and other authorities which, if not resolved in PFSweb’s favor, may materially adversely affect its results of operations.

	PFSweb may engage in future strategic alliances or acquisitions that could dilute its existing stockholders, cause PFSweb to incur significant expenses or harm its business.

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	PFSweb’s business could be adversely affected by a systems or equipment failure, whether that of PFSweb or its clients.

	A breach of PFSweb’s e-commerce security measures could reduce demand for its services. Credit card fraud and other fraud could adversely affect PFSweb’s business.

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	PFSweb may be a party to litigation involving its e-commerce intellectual property rights.

	If PFSweb fails to maintain an effective system of internal controls, it may not be able to accurately report its financial results or prevent fraud. As a result, current and potential stockholders could lose confidence in PFSweb’s financial reporting, which could harm its business, and the trading price of PFSweb common stock.

	If the trend toward outsourcing does not continue, PFSweb’s business will be adversely affected.

	PFSweb’s market is subject to rapid technological change and to compete PFSweb must continually enhance its systems to comply with evolving standards.

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	eCOST may not be able to achieve or maintain profitability.

	•	reduce the decline in its sales that have occurred over the last three quarters;
	•	maintain or increase sales in the future;
	•	maintain vendor relationships, procure merchandise and fulfill orders in an efficient manner; and
	•	control costs.

	eCOST may need additional financing and may not be able to raise additional financing on favorable terms or at all, which could increase its costs, limit its ability to grow and dilute the ownership interests of existing stockholders.

	eCOST’s operating results are difficult to predict.

	•	price competition that results in lower sales volumes, lower profit margins, or net losses;
	•	fluctuations in coupon redemption rates;
	•	the amount and timing of advertising and marketing costs;
	•	eCOST’s ability to successfully implement new technologies or software systems;
	•	eCOST’s ability to obtain sufficient financing;

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	•	changes in the number of visitors to the eCOST website or eCOST’s inability to convert those visitors into customers;
	•	technical difficulties, including system or Internet failures;
	•	fluctuations in the demand for eCOST products or overstocking or understocking of products;
	•	management of the eCOST fulfillment center;
	•	fluctuations in shipping costs, particularly during the holiday season;
	•	economic conditions generally or economic conditions specific to the Internet, online commerce, the retail industry or the mail order industry;
	•	changes in the mix of products that eCOST sells; and
	•	fluctuations in levels of inventory theft, damage or obsolescence.

	If eCOST fails to successfully manage or expand its inventory management and order fulfillment operations, it may be unable to meet customer demand for its products and may incur higher expenses or additional costs.

	If eCOST fails to accurately predict its inventory risk, its margins may decline as a result of write-downs of its inventory due to lower prices obtained from older or obsolete products.

	Increased product returns or a failure to accurately predict product returns could decrease eCOST’s revenues and impact profitability.

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	eCOST’s ability to offer a broad selection of products at competitive prices is dependent on its ability to maintain existing and build new relationships with manufacturers and vendors. eCOST does not have long-term agreements with its manufacturers or vendors and some of its manufacturers and vendors compete directly with eCOST.

	eCOST is dependent on the success of its advertising and marketing efforts, which are costly and may not achieve desired results, and on its ability to attract customers on cost-effective terms.

	Increased product returns or a failure to accurately predict product returns could decrease eCOST revenues and impact profitability.

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	Because eCOST experiences seasonal fluctuations in its revenues, its quarterly results may fluctuate.

	eCOST’s business may be harmed by fraudulent activities on its website.

	eCOST’s facilities and systems are vulnerable to natural disasters or other catastrophic events.

	eCOST’s business is subject to political, economic and other risks associated with the Philippines.

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	Delivery of eCOST’s products could be delayed or disrupted by factors beyond its control, and it could lose customers as a result.

	•	reduced visibility of order status and package tracking;
	•	delays in order processing and product delivery;
	•	increased cost of delivery, resulting in reduced margins; and
	•	reduced shipment quality, which may result in damaged products and customer dissatisfaction.

	If eCOST does not successfully expand its website and processing systems to accommodate higher levels of traffic and changing customer demands, it could lose customers and its revenues could decline.

	If eCOST fails to successfully expand its merchandise categories and product offerings in a cost-effective and timely manner, its reputation and the value of its new and existing brands could be harmed, customer demand for its products could decline and its profit margins could decrease.

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	•	establish or increase awareness of new brands and product categories;
	•	acquire, attract and retain customers at a reasonable cost;
	•	achieve and maintain a critical mass of customers and orders across all product categories;
	•	attract a sufficient number of new customers to whom new product categories are targeted;
	•	successfully market new product offerings to existing customers;
	•	maintain or improve gross margins and fulfillment costs;
	•	attract and retain vendors to provide an expanded line of products to customers on terms that are acceptable; and
	•	manage inventory in new product categories.

	If eCOST is unable to provide satisfactory customer service, it could lose customers.

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	eCOST may not be able to compete successfully against existing or future competitors.

	•	other multi-category online retailers such as Amazon.com and Buy.com;
	•	online discount retailers of computer and consumer electronics merchandise such as Computers4Sure, NewEgg and TigerDirect;
	•	liquidation e-tailers such as Overstock.com and SmartBargains.com;
	•	consumer electronics and office supply superstores such as Best Buy, Circuit City, CompUSA, Office Depot, OfficeMax and Staples; and
	•	manufacturers such as Apple, Dell, Gateway, Hewlett-Packard and IBM, that sell directly to customers.

	If the protection of eCOST’s trademarks and proprietary rights is inadequate, its brand and reputation could be impaired and it could lose customers.

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	If third parties claim eCOST is infringing their intellectual property rights, eCOST could incur significant litigation costs, be required to pay damages, or change its business or incur licensing expenses.

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	eCOST may be liable for misappropriation of its customers’ personal information.

	eCOST may be subject to product liability claims that could be costly and time consuming.

	eCOST’s success is tied to the continued use of the Internet and the adequacy of the Internet infrastructure.

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	The security risks of e-commerce may discourage customers from purchasing goods over the Internet.

	Credit card fraud could decrease eCOST’s revenues and profitability.

	Additional sales and use taxes could be imposed on past or future sales of eCOST’s products or other products sold on eCOST’s website, which could adversely affect eCOST’s revenues and profitability.

	Existing or future government regulation could expose eCOST to liabilities and costly changes in its business operations, and could reduce customer demand for its products.

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	Laws or regulations relating to privacy and data protection may adversely affect the growth of eCOST’s Internet business or its marketing efforts.

	•	PFSweb’s and eCOST’s respective reasons for the merger;
	•	the completion and timing of the consummation of the merger;
	•	the anticipated benefits of the merger, including the expectation of greater revenue opportunities and operating efficiencies and cost savings;
	•	the intention that the merger qualify as a reorganization within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Internal Revenue Code;
	•	future financial results of PFSweb, eCOST and the combined company;

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	•	the effect that the public announcement of the merger may have on each company’s sales and operating results and on their ability to retain key management and personnel;
	•	the ability of the merger to increase stockholder value;
	•	the integration of the two companies;
	•	the combined company’s synergies and the cost savings and growth opportunities relating to such synergies;
	•	growth and growth opportunities;
	•	the combined company’s competitive and market position;
	•	opportunities for cross-marketing the products and services of the combined company; and
	•	the combined company’s response to industry shifts, technological changes, increased competition and market demand.

	•	to approve the issuance of PFSweb common stock pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of November 29, 2005, by and among PFSweb, Red Dog Acquisition Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of PFSweb, and eCOST;
	•	to approve the amendment to the PFSweb Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to increase the number of authorized shares of Common Stock, $0.001 par value, from 40 million shares to 75 million shares;
	•	to grant discretionary authority to adjourn the special meeting, if necessary, to solicit additional proxies with respect to either or both of the preceding two proposals; and
	•	to transact such other business as may properly come before the special meeting or any adjournment or postponement of the meeting.

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	Merger

	Voting in Person

	Voting by Proxy

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	Revocation

	•	submitting another proxy card bearing a later date;
	•	delivering written notice of revocation to PFSweb’s Corporate Secretary at 500 North Central Expressway, Plano, Texas 75074; or
	•	attending the PFSweb special meeting and voting in person, although attendance at the special meeting will not, by itself, revoke a proxy.

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	•	to consider and vote upon a proposal to adopt the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of November 29, 2005, by and among eCOST, PFSweb and Red Dog Acquisition Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of PFSweb and the transactions contemplated by the merger agreement, including the merger. If the merger agreement is approved and the transactions contemplated by the merger agreement are completed, then each outstanding share of eCOST common stock would be converted into one share of PFSweb common stock;
	•	to grant discretionary authority to adjourn the special meeting, if necessary, to solicit additional proxies with respect to the adoption of the merger agreement; and
	•	to transact such other business as may properly come before the special meeting or any adjournment or postponement of the meeting.

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	Revocation

	•	submitting another proxy card bearing a later date;
	•	delivering written notice of revocation to eCOST’s Corporate Secretary at 2555 West 190th Street, Suite 106, Torrance, California 90504; or
	•	attending the eCOST special meeting and voting in person, although attendance at the special meeting will not, by itself, revoke a proxy.

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	•	the strategic benefits of the merger, including:

	•	the potential to expand the PFSweb products division in the growing web commerce market;
	•	the belief that the combination of PFSweb’s core strengths in distribution, order fulfillment, call center and technology, and eCOST’s core strengths in marketing, customer acquisition, supplier relationships and diversified customer base should result in a stronger, more stable, combined company;
	•	the expectation that, as a combined company, eCOST would be able to achieve substantial cost savings, with certain cost savings, such as freight costs, being able to be achieved in a short time period;

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	•	the belief that eCOST would have the opportunity to accelerate its growth potential if it were part of a combined company with a stronger financial platform and improved operational and technology infrastructure;
	•	the expectation that the combined company would have the opportunity to realize cost savings from the reduction of operating expenses, such as the elimination of redundant public company expense; and
	•	the expectation that the combined company would have the opportunity to obtain synergies as products and services are cross-marketed and distributed over broader customer bases as well as the potential international expansion of eCOST’s business in Canada and Europe using PFSweb’s existing operational and distribution capabilities; and

	•	the financial terms of the merger in light of information concerning PFSweb’s and eCOST’s respective businesses, financial condition, results of operations, earnings, technology positions, managements, competitive positions and prospects on a stand-alone basis and forecasted combined basis, which indicated that combining PFSweb and eCOST would be beneficial to stockholders of the combined company because the combined company would be better positioned to be successful over the long term than either company would be on a stand-alone basis;

	•	current financial market conditions, including the relative valuations of both companies; and
	•	the exchange ratio negotiated with eCOST and the relative valuation of eCOST considering recent and historical market prices of PFSweb common stock, as well as how this compares to prices in recent comparable transactions;

	•	an assessment of alternatives to the merger, including the difficulties in expanding PFSweb’s products division internally;

	•	the belief that the terms of the merger agreement, including the parties’ representations, warranties and covenants, as qualified by the confidential disclosure memoranda, and the conditions to their respective obligations, are reasonable for a transaction of this nature; and
	•	the presentation by Wells Fargo Securities and its oral opinion rendered on November 23, 2005 to the PFSweb board of directors, subsequently confirmed by delivery of its written opinion dated as of November 23, 2005, to the effect that, as of such date, and based upon and subject to the various considerations described in its written opinion, the exchange ratio pursuant to the merger agreement was fair, from a financial point of view, to PFSweb.

	•	the dilution that would result from the issuance of shares of PFSweb common stock as merger consideration;
	•	the risk that the potential benefits sought in the merger, including the synergies and cost-saving opportunities, may not be fully realized;
	•	the projected costs and expenses anticipated to be incurred in the integration of the businesses, operations and workforce of the two companies and the risk that such integration may not be successfully implemented in a timely and efficient manner, or at all;
	•	the significant costs incurred in connection with the merger, including the transaction expenses arising from the merger;
	•	the possibility of eCOST continuing to incur operating losses and eCOST’s need to obtain sufficient working capital financing;
	•	the risk that, because the exchange ratio under the merger agreement would not be adjusted for changes in the market price of PFSweb common stock or eCOST common stock, the per share

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		value of the consideration to be paid to eCOST stockholders on completion of the merger could be significantly more than the per share value of the consideration immediately prior to the announcement of the proposed merger;
	•	the possibility that the merger might not be consummated, or that consummation might be unduly delayed;
	•	the possibility that the market price of PFSweb common stock could decrease sharply if the merger was not viewed favorably by stockholders, financial analysts and the press, generally;
	•	the risk of the potential loss of key personnel; and
	•	the other risks described under the caption “Risk Factors” beginning on page 28.

	•	its understanding of the current and prospective business environment in which eCOST and PFSweb operate, including international, national and local economic conditions, the competitive environment in the on-line retailing and web commerce industry generally, the technological trends in the on-line retailing and web commerce industry, and the likely effect of these factors on the combined company or, in the alternative, on eCOST on a stand-alone basis; the eCOST board of directors considered in particular that the competitive nature of the on-line retailing and web commerce industry made it more likely that eCOST’s prospects for growth would be enhanced if its businesses were combined with PFSweb’s to create a more efficient and operationally sound company;

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	•	its understanding of eCOST’s business, operations, financial condition, earnings and prospects on a stand-alone basis, in light of relevant factors, including the fact that eCOST has incurred substantial operating losses and needed to gain scale to rationalize its operating economics;
	•	its understanding of PFSweb’s business, operations, financial condition, earnings and prospects on a stand-alone basis and a forecasted combined basis with eCOST;
	•	its belief that PFSweb has technological and other expertise in logistics, fulfillment and distribution that would provide the opportunity to improve eCOST’s operating margins and enhance customer service and overall business;
	•	the anticipated strategic fit between PFSweb and eCOST, which the eCOST board of directors believed will provide the combined company with significantly greater capabilities than either company has, or could develop, on its own, including the complementary nature of the core strengths of each company; and
	•	the significant cost savings and synergies that the eCOST board of directors believed could result from the transaction, including:

	•	anticipated cost savings from the elimination of duplicate expenses of compliance with public company requirements and various general and administrative corporate functions, including warehousing and freight expenses, and the rationalization of the combined company’s management information systems; and
	•	potential sales and marketing synergies, as the combined company offers new and expanded product and service offerings to existing and new customers;

	•	the financial terms of the transaction, including the relative historical trading prices of eCOST common stock and PFSweb common stock, the fixed exchange ratio of one share of PFSweb common stock for each share of eCOST common stock; in particular, the eCOST board of directors noted that the consideration in the form of PFSweb common stock offered eCOST stockholders the ability to become stockholders of PFSweb and participate in the benefit of the significant cost savings and synergies that the eCOST board of directors believed could result from the merger;
	•	the financial analyses of Thomas Weisel Partners, eCOST’s financial advisor, and the written opinion dated November 29, 2005 of Thomas Weisel Partners that, as of the date of its opinion and based upon the assumptions made, matters considered and limits of review set forth in its written opinion, the exchange ratio was fair to holders of eCOST common stock from a financial point of view (the opinion is discussed further below under “The Merger — Opinion of Thomas Weisel Partners LLC”). In considering the foregoing opinion, the eCOST board of directors was aware that eCOST had agreed to pay Thomas Weisel Partners a fee upon the delivery of its opinion (the fee is discussed further below under “The Merger — Opinion of Thomas Weisel Partners LLC”);
	•	the evaluation of financing alternatives, which would have been very expensive to eCOST and dilutive to its shareholders;
	•	the results of the contacts that Thomas Weisel Partners had made with other potential acquirers of eCOST;
	•	the terms and conditions of the merger agreement, including the nature of the parties’ representations, warranties, covenants and agreements; in particular, the eCOST board believed, after reviewing the merger agreement with its legal advisors, that the merger agreement offered eCOST reasonable assurances as to the likelihood of consummation of the merger and did not impose unreasonable burdens on eCOST;
	•	the expectation that the merger would qualify as a reorganization within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Internal Revenue Code and that, as a result, the exchange of their eCOST

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		common stock for PFSweb common stock in the merger generally would be tax-free to holders of eCOST common stock for U.S. federal income tax purposes;
	•	the fact that no regulatory consents were required for the consummation of the merger; and
	•	the expectation that the merger could be completed in the first quarter of 2006.

	•	the difficulties and management challenges inherent in completing a merger and integrating the businesses, operations and workforce of eCOST with those of PFSweb;
	•	the risk that the potential benefits of the merger, including the expected cost savings and synergies, might not be fully achieved;
	•	the risk that the merger might not be consummated and the possible adverse implications to customers, vendors, investor relations and employee morale under such circumstances;
	•	the significant costs incurred in connection with the merger, including the transaction expenses arising from the merger;
	•	that certain members of eCOST’s management have interests that were different from or in addition to the interests of eCOST stockholders generally, including the indemnification and directors and officers insurance to be provide to the eCOST board of directors; and
	•	the risk that, although eCOST has the right under limited conditions to consider and participate in discussions and negotiations with respect to alternative acquisition proposals, the provisions of the merger agreement relating to the potential payment of a termination fee of $1.2 million to PFSweb may have the effect of discouraging such proposals. See “Risk Factors — Risks Related to the Merger — The merger agreement restricts eCOST’s abilities to pursue alternatives to the merger and may discourage alternative transaction proposals.”

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	•	reviewed certain publicly available financial statements, including audited and interim financial statements, and other business and financial information relating to eCOST and PFSweb that Wells Fargo Securities deemed relevant;
	•	reviewed certain internal financial statements and other financial and operating data, including certain financial forecasts and other forward looking information, concerning eCOST as prepared by and reviewed with the respective managements of eCOST and PFSweb;

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	•	reviewed certain internal financial statements and other financial and operating data, including certain financial forecasts and other forward looking information, concerning PFSweb as prepared by and reviewed with the management of PFSweb;
	•	conducted discussions with the respective managements of eCOST and PFSweb concerning the businesses, past and current operations, financial condition and future prospects of both eCOST and PFSweb, independently and combined, including discussions with the respective managements of eCOST and PFSweb concerning cost savings and other synergies and benefits that are expected to result from the merger as well as their views regarding the strategic rationale for the merger;
	•	reviewed a draft merger agreement dated November 11, 2005;
	•	reviewed the publicly available historical stock price and trading activity of eCOST’s common stock and PFSweb’s common stock;
	•	compared the financial performance of eCOST and the historical stock prices and trading activity of eCOST’s common stock with that of certain other publicly traded companies comparable with eCOST;
	•	compared the financial performance of PFSweb and the historical stock prices and trading activity of PFSweb’s common stock with that of certain other publicly traded companies comparable with PFSweb;
	•	compared the financial terms of the merger with the financial terms, to the extent publicly available, of other transactions that Wells Fargo Securities deemed relevant;
	•	reviewed the pro forma impact of the merger on PFSweb’s earnings per share;
	•	prepared an analysis of the relative contributions of eCOST and PFSweb to selected financial measures of the combined company based on financial forecasts and estimates prepared by the management of PFSweb;
	•	prepared a discounted cash flow analysis of eCOST and PFSweb; and
	•	made such other financial studies and inquiries, and reviewed such other data, as Wells Fargo Securities deemed necessary, including its assessment of general economic, market and monetary conditions.

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	•	Blue Nile, Inc.
	•	Drugstore.com, Inc.
	•	Overstock.com, Inc.
	•	Provide Commerce, Inc.
	•	RedEnvelope, Inc.

	•	Brightpoint, Inc.
	•	Digital River, Inc.
	•	GSI Commerce, Inc.
	•	Innotrac Corporation
	•	StarTek, Inc.
	•	Zomax Inc.

	•	the closing share price as of November 22, 2005;
	•	total enterprise value, or TEV; and
	•	ratio of total enterprise value to calendar year 2006 estimated earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, referred to in this proxy statement as EBITDA.

		TEV/2006E
		EBITDA
Selected Comparable Companies		Multiple
• Blue Nile, Inc.			25.99	x
• Drugstore.com, Inc.			31.78	x
• Overstock.com, Inc.			62.08	x
• Provide Commerce, Inc.			13.38	x
• RedEnvelope, Inc.			NMF

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		TEV/2006E
		EBITDA
Selected Comparable Companies		Multiple
• Brightpoint, Inc.			11.75	x
• Digital River, Inc.			8.31	x
• GSI Commerce, Inc.			17.42	x
• Innotrac Corporation			NA
• StarTek, Inc.			7.59	x
• Zomax, Inc.			NA

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Announcement Date		Target		Acquirer
06/01/2005		• Shopping.com		• eBay
05/04/2005		• LowerMyBills.com Inc.		• Experian Ltd.
04/06/2005		• Ciao AG		• Greenfield Online, Inc.
03/21/2005		• Ask Jeeves, Inc.		• IAC/InterActive Corporation
02/17/2005		• About, Inc.		• The New York Times Company
11/15/2004		• MarketWatch, Inc.		• Dow Jones & Company, Inc.
08/03/2004		• Pricerunner AB		• ValueClick, Inc.
07/31/2004		• Lycos, Inc.		• Daum Communications Corporation
06/24/2004		• Advertising.com, Inc.		• America Online, Inc.
03/26/2004		• Kelkoo S.A.		• Yahoo! Inc.
03/26/2004		• Switchboard Incorporated		• Infospace, Inc.
03/03/2004		• Interactive Search Holdings, Inc.		• Ask Jeeves, Inc.
02/23/2004		• Comet Securities, Inc.		• FindWhat.com, Inc.
07/14/2003		• Overture Services, Inc.		• Yahoo! Inc.
06/18/2003		• Espotting Media Inc.		• FindWhat.com, Inc.
02/25/2003		• Fast Search and Transfer ASA		• Overture Services, Inc.
02/18/2003		• AltaVista Company		• Overture Services, Inc.
12/22/2002		• Inktomi Corporation		• Yahoo! Inc.
07/08/2002		• PayPal, Inc.		• eBay Inc.

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		TEV as a Multiple of Next
		Twelve Months Estimated
Precedent Transactions		EBITDA
Shopping.com/eBay			17.48x
LowerMyBills.com Inc./Experian Ltd.			8.35x
Ciao AG/Greenfield Online, Inc.			16.11x
Ask Jeeves, Inc./IAC/ InterActive Corporation			17.74x
About, Inc./The New York Times Company			23.00x
MarketWatch, Inc./Dow Jones & Company, Inc.			34.58x
Pricerunner AB/ValueClick, Inc.			8.14x
Lycos, Inc./Daum Communications Corporation			NA
Advertising.com, Inc./America Online, Inc.			NA
Kelkoo S.A./Yahoo! Inc.			19.22x
Switchboard Incorporated/Infospace, Inc.			23.25x
Interactive Search Holdings, Inc./Ask Jeeves, Inc.			16.11x
Comet Securities, Inc./FindWhat.com, Inc.			NA
Overture Services, Inc./Yahoo! Inc.			9.00x
Espotting Media Inc./FindWhat.com, Inc			NA
Fast Search and Transfer ASA/Overture Services, Inc			NA
AltaVista Company/Overture Services, Inc			NA
Inktomi Corporation/Yahoo! Inc.			NA
PayPal, Inc./eBay Inc.			30.23x

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	Exchange Ratio Analysis

										Average
		Moving				Moving				Exchange
		Averages				Averages				Ratio
Period Ending November 22, 2005		eCOST				PFSweb				(x)
November 22, 2005		$	1.43			$	1.48				0.9662
30-day average		$	1.56			$	1.53				1.0230
60-day average		$	1.82			$	1.61				1.1269
90-day average		$	2.23			$	1.80				1.2093
12-month average		$	3.52			$	2.29				2.4933
12-month high		$	21.60			$	3.42				8.4047
12-month low		$	1.23			$	1.38				0.8239

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	Pro Forma Analysis of the Merger

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	•	reviewed certain publicly available financial and other data, including financial forecasts, with respect to eCOST and PFSweb, including the consolidated financial statements for recent years and interim periods to September 30, 2005, and certain other relevant financial and operating data relating to eCOST and PFSweb made available to Thomas Weisel Partners from published sources and from the internal records of eCOST and PFSweb;
	•	reviewed the financial terms and conditions of the merger agreement draft dated as of November 23, 2005;
	•	reviewed certain publicly available information concerning the trading of, and the trading market for, eCOST’s common stock and PFSweb’s common stock;
	•	compared eCOST and PFSweb from a financial point of view with certain other publicly traded companies which Thomas Weisel Partners deemed to be relevant;
	•	considered the financial terms, to the extent publicly available, of selected recent business combinations of companies which Thomas Weisel Partners deemed to be comparable, in whole or in part, to the merger;
	•	reviewed and discussed with representatives of the management of eCOST and PFSweb certain information of a business and financial nature regarding eCOST and PFSweb, furnished to Thomas Weisel Partners by eCOST and PFSweb, including financial forecasts and related assumptions of eCOST and PFSweb;
	•	made inquiries regarding and discussed the merger and the merger agreement and other matters related thereto with eCOST’s counsel; and
	•	performed such other analyses and examinations as Thomas Weisel Partners deemed appropriate.

	•	with respect to the financial forecasts for eCOST and PFSweb provided to Thomas Weisel Partners by their respective management, Thomas Weisel Partners assumed, upon the advice of and with the consent of eCOST, for purposes of its opinion that such forecasts (including the assumptions regarding cost synergies) have been reasonably prepared on bases reflecting the best available estimates and judgments of their respective management at the time of preparation as to the future financial performance of eCOST and PFSweb and that they provide a reasonable basis on which Thomas Weisel Partners can form its opinion;
	•	that there have been no material changes in the assets, financial condition, results of operations, business or prospects of eCOST or PFSweb since the respective dates of their last financial statements made available to Thomas Weisel Partners;
	•	that the merger will be consummated in a manner that complies in all respects with the applicable provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and all other applicable federal and state statutes, rules and regulations;

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	•	that the merger will be recorded as a purchase under generally accepted accounting principles;
	•	that the merger will be treated as a tax-free reorganization for federal income tax purposes and will not cause Section 355(e) of the Internal Revenue Code to apply to the spin-off distribution of shares of eCost common stock by PC Mall, Inc.; and
	•	that the merger will be consummated in accordance with the terms described in the merger agreement, that the final merger agreement will not differ in any respect material to Thomas Weisel Partners’ opinion from the November 23, 2005 draft review by Thomas Weisel Partners, and without waiver by eCOST of any of the conditions to its obligations thereunder.

	•	Thomas Weisel Partners relied on advice of counsel and independent accountants to eCOST as to all legal and financial reporting matters with respect to eCOST, the merger, and the merger agreement;
	•	Thomas Weisel Partners did not assume responsibility for making an independent evaluation, appraisal or physical inspection of any of the assets or liabilities (contingent or otherwise) of eCOST or PFSweb, nor was Thomas Weisel Partners furnished with any such appraisals; and
	•	Thomas Weisel Partners’ opinion was based on economic, monetary and market and other conditions as in effect on, and the information made available to Thomas Weisel Partners as of, the date of its opinion. Accordingly, although subsequent developments may affect its opinion, Thomas Weisel Partners has not assumed any obligation to update, revise or reaffirm its opinion.

	Selected publicly traded company analysis

	•	Insight Enterprises;
	•	PC Connection Inc.;
	•	PC Mall Inc.; and
	•	Zones Inc.

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		Enterprise Value/				Enterprise Value/
		LTM Revenue				LTM Gross Profits
Third Quartile			0.2	x			1.6	x
Mean			0.2	x			1.4	x
Median			0.1	x			1.1	x
First Quartile			0.1	x			1.0	x
Implied eCOST Enterprise Value (millions)			$22.0-$33.1				$14.8-$21.7
Implied eCOST Equity Value (millions)			$28.3-$38.4				$21.1-$27.9
Implied eCOST Per Share Value			$1.57-$2.13				$1.17-$1.55
Implied eCOST Exchange Ratio			1.1308x-1.5328	x			0.8439x-1.1163	x

						Enterprise Value/
		Enterprise Value/				Gross Profits
		Revenue 2005E				2005E
Third Quartile			0.2	x			1.8	x
Mean			0.2	x			1.5	x
Median			0.1	x			1.0	x
First Quartile			0.1	x			0.9	x
Implied eCOST Enterprise Value (millions)			$19.7-$32.2				$12.5-$20.0
Implied eCOST Equity Value (millions)			$26.0-$38.5				$18.8-$26.3
Implied eCOST Per Share Value			$1.44-$2.13				$1.04-$1.46
Implied eCOST Exchange Ratio			1.0374x-1.5347	x			0.7513x-1.0488	x

						Enterprise Value/
		Enterprise Value/				Gross Profits
		Revenue 2006E				2006E
Third Quartile			0.2	x			1.7	x
Mean			0.2	x			1.3	x
Median			0.1	x			1.0	x
First Quartile			0.1	x			0.8	x
Implied eCOST Enterprise Value (millions)			$22.4-$36.7				$18.2-$29.2
Implied eCOST Equity Value (millions)			$28.7-$43.0				$24.5-$35.5
Implied eCOST Per Share Value			$1.59-$2.38				$1.36-$1.97
Implied eCOST Exchange Ratio			1.1476x-1.7164	x			0.9772x-1.4154	x

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	Contribution analysis

			% Contribution
											Implied				Implied				Implied Per				Implied
			eCOST				PFSweb				Enterprise Value				Equity Value				Share Value				Exchange Ratio
FY 2005 ($ millions) Revenue				36.2	%			63.8	%		$	26.0			$	32.2			$	1.79				1.2871x
	Gross Profit			30.1	%			69.9	%		$	19.8			$	26.1			$	1.45				1.0411x
	EBITDA			NM				NM	%		$	NM			$	NM			$	NM				NMx
FY 2006 ($ millions)
	Revenue			41.0	%			59.0	%		$	31.8			$	38.1			$	2.11				1.5205x
	Gross Profit			41.4	%			58.6	%		$	32.3			$	38.6			$	2.14				1.5410x
	EBITDA			10.3	%			89.7	%		$	5.2			$	11.5			$	0.64				0.4629x

	Discounted cash flow analysis

	Selected transactions analysis

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Announcement Date		Name of acquiror		Name of target
June 29, 2004		Sportsman’s Guide		The Golf Warehouse
July 1, 2004		eBay Inc.		Baazee.com
January 29, 2004		Blyth Inc.		Walter Drake
December 17, 2002		Alloy Inc.		Old Glory Boutique
November 11, 2002		Network Engines		TidalWire
March 26, 2002		PC Connection		MoreDirect.com
December 4, 2001		Global Sports		Ashford.com
July 24, 2001		Forsyth Technology		Enterprise Computing
May 30, 200		PC Connection		Cyberian Outpost

		Announced								Announced
		Enterprise Value/Revenue								Enterprise Value/Gross Profit
		LTM				NTM				LTM				NTM
Third Quartile			0.7	x			0.3	x			1.3	x			1.0	x
Mean			0.4	x			0.2	x			1.1	x			0.8	x
Median			0.5	x			0.1	x			0.9	x			0.4	x
First Quartile			0.1	x			0.1	x			0.7	x			0.3	x
Implied eCOST Enterprise Value (millions)			$21.0-$76.7				$16.0-$47.8				$9.6-$15.6				$7.0-$16.6
Implied eCOST Equity Value (millions)			$27.3-$83.0				$22.3-$54.1				$15.9-$21.9				$13.3-$22.9
Implied eCOST Per Share Value			$1.52-$4.59				$1.24-$3.00				$0.89-$1.22				$0.74-$1.27
Implied eCOST Exchange Ratio			1.0918x-3.3064	x			0.8931x-2.1568	x			0.6382x-0.8749	x			0.5331x-0.9147	x

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		Average Exchange Ratio
Transactions Since 1/1/02		1 Day				1 Week				30 Days
3rd Quartile			28.3	%			30.3	%			25.7	%
Mean			17.9	%			18.4	%			20.4	%
Median			22.0	%			19.7	%			14.5	%
1st Quartile			2.8	%			4.7	%			7.1	%
Implied eCOST Enterprise Value (millions)			$22.1-$22.9				$23.9-$31.3				$21.9-$26.8
Implied eCOST Equity Value (millions)			$28.4-$35.4				$30.2-$37.6				$28.2-$33.1
Implied eCOST Per Share Value			$1.57-$1.96				$1.68-$2.09				$1.56-$1.84
Implied eCOST Exchange Ratio			1.1326x-1.4121	x			1.2060x-1.5013	x			1.1265x-1.3214	x

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	•	an individual citizen or resident of the United States;
	•	a corporation (or other entity taxed as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes) created or organized in or under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia;
	•	an estate, the income of which is subject to U.S. federal income tax regardless of its source; or

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	•	a trust that (1) is subject to the primary supervision of a U.S. court and the control of one or more U.S. persons or (2) has validly elected to be treated as a U.S. person for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

	Structure of the Merger

	Tax Consequences of the Merger

	•	You generally will not recognize any gain or loss on the receipt of PFSweb common stock in exchange for your eCOST common stock in the merger.
	•	Your aggregate tax basis in (i) the shares of PFSweb common stock received in the merger and (ii) any fractional shares of PFSweb common stock for which you receive cash, will be the same as your aggregate tax basis in the eCOST common stock exchanged in the merger.
	•	Your holding period in the shares of PFSweb common stock received in the merger will include the holding period of the eCOST common stock exchanged therefor.
	•	If you receive cash in lieu of a fractional share of PFSweb common stock, you generally will recognize capital gain or loss in an amount equal to the difference between the amount of cash received and your tax basis in the fractional share.

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	PFSweb Stock Options

	•	be issued under the PFSweb stock option plan as of the closing date of the merger;
	•	have an exercise price equal to the closing price of the PFSweb common stock on the Nasdaq Capital Market as of the date of issuance; and
	•	be subject to cumulative quarterly vesting over a three year period commencing on the date of grant.

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	•	amend its certificate of incorporation or bylaws;
	•	issue, sell, pledge, dispose of, grant, transfer or encumber any of its capital stock, convertible securities, or options, warrants or other rights to acquire any capital stock or convertible securities, other than the issuance of eCOST common stock upon the exercise of options outstanding as of the date of the merger agreement;
	•	sell, pledge, dispose, transfer, lease, license, guarantee or encumber any material property or assets, except pursuant to existing contracts or commitments or the sale or purchase of goods in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice;
	•	enter into any commitment or transaction outside the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice;
	•	declare or pay any dividends or make other distributions;
	•	enter into any agreement with respect to the voting of its capital stock;
	•	reclassify, combine, split, subdivide or redeem, purchase or otherwise acquire any of its capital stock;
	•	acquire any interest in any person or any assets, other than acquisitions of assets in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice;
	•	incur any indebtedness for borrowed money or issue any debt securities or assume, guarantee or endorse the obligations of any person for borrowed money, except for indebtedness for borrowed money incurred pursuant to agreements in effect at the time of the merger agreement;
	•	terminate, cancel or agree to any material change in any material contract;
	•	increase the compensation or benefits of directors, officers or employees, except as otherwise required by existing commitments or policies;
	•	grant any rights to severance or termination pay to, or enter into any employment or severance agreement with, any director, officer or other employee, or establish, adopt, enter into or amend any collective bargaining, bonus, profit sharing, thrift, compensation, stock option, restricted stock, pension, retirement, deferred compensation, employment, termination, severance or other plan, agreement, trust, fund, policy or arrangement for the benefit of any director, officer or employee;
	•	amend or waive any performance or vesting criteria or accelerate vesting, exercisability or funding under any benefit plan;
	•	pay, discharge or satisfy any material claims, liabilities or obligations, except in the ordinary course of business;
	•	accelerate or delay collection of material notes and accounts receivable in advance or beyond their regular due dates;
	•	delay or accelerate payment of material accounts payable in advance of their due dates;
	•	make any material change in accounting policies or procedures other than in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice or as required by United States generally accepted accounting principles or by a government entity;
	•	waive, release, assign, settle or compromise any material claims, litigation or arbitration;
	•	make any material tax election, settle or compromise any material tax liability, amend any material tax return or file any tax refund for any material amount;

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	•	modify, amend or terminate, or waive, release or assign any material rights or claims with respect to any confidentiality or standstill agreement;
	•	knowingly act in a manner intended or reasonably expected to materially delay the consummation of the merger or result in any of the conditions to the merger not being satisfied; or
	•	authorize or enter into any agreement or otherwise make any commitment to do any of the foregoing.

	•	amend its certificate of incorporation or bylaws;
	•	issue, sell, pledge, dispose of, grant, transfer or encumber any of its capital stock, convertible securities, or options, warrants or other rights to acquire any capital stock or convertible securities, other than the issuance of PFsweb common stock upon the exercise of options outstanding as of the date of the merger agreement and the issuance of PFSweb common stock options in the ordinary course of business;
	•	sell, pledge, dispose, transfer, lease, license, guarantee or encumber any material property or assets, except pursuant to existing contracts or commitments or the sale or purchase of goods in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice;
	•	enter into any commitment or transaction outside the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice;
	•	declare or pay any dividends or make other distributions;
	•	enter into any agreement with respect to the voting of its capital stock;
	•	reclassify, combine, split, subdivide or redeem, purchase or otherwise acquire any of its capital stock;
	•	acquire any interest in any person or any assets, other than acquisitions of assets in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice;
	•	incur any indebtedness for borrowed money or issue any debt securities or assume, guarantee or endorse the obligations of any person for borrowed money, except for indebtedness for borrowed money incurred pursuant to agreements in effect at the time of the merger agreement;
	•	terminate, cancel or agree to any material change in any material contract;
	•	increase the compensation or benefits of directors, officers or employees, except as otherwise required by existing commitments or policies;
	•	grant any rights to severance or termination pay to, or enter into any employment or severance agreement with, any director, officer or other employee, or establish, adopt, enter into or amend any collective bargaining, bonus, profit sharing, thrift, compensation, stock option, restricted stock, pension, retirement, deferred compensation, employment, termination, severance or other plan, agreement, trust, fund, policy or arrangement for the benefit of any director, officer or employee;
	•	amend or waive any performance or vesting criteria or accelerate vesting, exercisability or funding under any benefit plan;
	•	pay, discharge or satisfy any material claims, liabilities or obligations, except in the ordinary course of business;
	•	accelerate or delay collection of material notes and accounts receivable in advance or beyond their regular due dates;

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	•	delay or accelerate payment of material accounts payable in advance of their due dates;
	•	make any material change in accounting policies or procedures other than in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice or as required by United States generally accepted accounting principles or by a government entity;
	•	waive, release, assign, settle or compromise any material claims, litigation or arbitration;
	•	make any material tax election, settle or compromise any material tax liability, amend any material tax return or file any tax refund for any material amount;
	•	modify, amend or terminate, or waive, release or assign any material rights or claims with respect to any confidentiality or standstill agreement;
	•	knowingly act in a manner intended or reasonably expected to materially delay the consummation of the merger or result in any of the conditions to the merger not being satisfied; or
	•	authorize or enter into any agreement or otherwise make any commitment to do any of the foregoing.

	Stockholder Meetings

	Access to Information and Confidentiality

	Consents and Filings

	Employee Benefits

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	•	initiate, solicit, knowingly encourage, or take any other action to facilitate any acquisition proposal (as defined below);
	•	participate or engage in any discussions or negotiations regarding, or furnish any nonpublic information with respect to, or facilitate any inquiries or proposals that may reasonably be expected to lead to an acquisition proposal;
	•	engage in discussions with any person with respect to any acquisition proposal;
	•	approve, endorse or recommend any acquisition proposal; or
	•	enter into any agreement, commitment or understanding contemplating or relating to any acquisition proposal;

	•	the discussions, negotiations or furnishing of information to that person is subject to a confidentiality agreement containing customary terms and conditions;
	•	the eCOST board of directors reasonably determines in good faith, after consultation with its outside legal counsel and financial advisor, that the acquisition proposal could reasonably be expected to lead to a superior proposal (as defined below); and
	•	the eCOST board of directors reasonably determines in good faith, after consultation with its outside legal counsel, that a failure to participate in the discussions or negotiations or furnish information to that person would be inconsistent with its fiduciary duties under applicable law.

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	•	eCOST has complied with the non-solicitation provisions of the merger agreement;
	•	the eCOST board of directors reasonably determines in good faith, after consultation with its outside legal counsel, that a failure to withdraw, modify or amend its recommendation would be inconsistent with its fiduciary duties under applicable laws; and
	•	prior to withdrawing, modifying or amending its recommendation, the eCOST board of directors has given PFSweb at least five days’ notice of its intention to take such action and the opportunity to meet with eCOST and its outside counsel and financial advisor.

	•	a merger, consolidation, business combination or similar transaction involving eCOST;
	•	a sale, lease or other disposition by merger, consolidation, business combination, share exchange, joint venture or otherwise of assets of eCOST that represent 20% or more of the consolidated assets of eCOST and its subsidiaries;
	•	an issuance, sale, or other disposition of (including by way of merger, consolidation, business combination, share exchange, joint venture or any similar transaction) securities (or options, rights or warrants to purchase, or securities convertible into or exchangeable for such securities) representing 20% or more of voting power of eCOST;
	•	a transaction in which any person or group acquires beneficial ownership, or the right to acquire beneficial ownership, of 20% or more of eCOST’s outstanding voting capital stock; or
	•	any combination of the foregoing (other than the merger contemplated by the merger agreement).

	•	is not solicited by eCOST in violation of the non-solicitation provisions of the merger agreement;
	•	concerns an acquisition proposal involving eCOST, except that for purposes of this definition references in the above definition of acquisition proposal to “20%” are changed to “50%”;
	•	is on terms that the eCOST board of directors in good faith concludes (following consultation with its financial advisors and outside legal counsel) are more favorable to eCOST stockholders than the transactions contemplated by the merger agreement; and
	•	is, in the good faith judgment of the eCOST board of directors, reasonably likely to be financed and completed on the terms proposed, taking into account the various legal, financial and regulatory aspects of the proposal.

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	•	the registration statement covering the shares of PFSweb common stock to be issued to eCOST stockholders in the merger has been declared effective by the SEC and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the registration statement has been issued or threatened by the SEC;
	•	the merger agreement, the merger and the other transactions contemplated by the merger agreement (including the issuance of the shares of PFSweb common stock and the PFSweb charter amendment to increase the number of authorized shares) have been approved by the requisite vote of the stockholders of PFSweb and eCOST;
	•	no governmental agency or court has issued any order, decree, judgment or injunction that prevents or prohibits consummation of the completion of the merger or any other transaction contemplated by the merger agreement;
	•	all material consents, approvals and authorizations of any governmental entity have been obtained; and
	•	the shares of PFSweb common stock issuable to the eCOST stockholders in the merger have been approved for listing on the Nasdaq Capital Market.

	•	the representations and warranties of eCOST will be true and correct as of the date the merger is to be completed, except where the failure of those representations and warranties to be true and correct would not have a material adverse effect on eCOST;
	•	eCOST has performed or complied in all material respects with all material agreements and covenants required by the merger agreement to be performed or complied with prior to the date the merger is to be completed;
	•	eCOST has obtained all material consents, approvals and authorizations required pursuant to the merger agreement;
	•	since the date of the merger agreement, no event will have occurred that has a material adverse effect on eCOST;
	•	eCOST’s chief executive officer and chief financial officer have not failed to provide, with respect to eCOST’s filings with the SEC after the date of the merger agreement, any necessary certification required by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act;
	•	no suit, claim, action, proceeding or investigation shall be or have been instituted, commenced, pending or threatened that is reasonably likely to (i) impose material limitations on the ability of PFSweb effectively to exercise full rights of ownership of eCOST or (ii) restrain, enjoin, prevent, prohibit or make illegal, or impose material limitations on, the ability of eCOST to operate its business in the manner presently conducted; and
	•	eCOST shall not be in breach of, and no condition, event or act which with the giving of notice or lapse of time, or both, would become an event of default, shall have occurred and be continuing under, any indebtedness for borrowed money.

	•	the representations and warranties of PFSweb and Red Dog will be true and correct as of the date the merger is to be completed, except where the failure of those representations and warranties to be true and correct would not have a material adverse effect on PFSweb;

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	•	PFSweb has performed or complied in all material respects with all material agreements and covenants required by the merger agreement to be performed or complied with prior to the date the merger is to be completed;
	•	PFSweb has obtained all material consents, approvals and authorizations, required pursuant to the merger agreement;
	•	since the date of the merger agreement, no event will have occurred that has a material adverse effect on PFSweb;
	•	PFSweb’s chief executive officer and chief financial officer have not failed to provide, with respect to PFSweb’s filings with the SEC after the date of the merger agreement, any necessary certification required by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act;
	•	eCOST has received a written opinion of Latham & Watkins LLP to the effect that the merger will not cause Section 355(e) of the Internal Revenue Code to apply to the April 2005 spin-off distribution of shares of eCOST common stock; and.
	•	eCOST has received a written opinion of Latham & Watkins LLP to the effect that the merger qualifies as a reorganization within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Internal Revenue Code.

	•	by mutual written consent of the PFSweb and eCOST boards of directors;
	•	by PFSweb or eCOST if:

	•	the merger has not been completed prior to February 14, 2006, unless it is the terminating party’s failure to fulfill any obligation under the merger agreement that resulted in the failure of the merger to occur on or before that date;
	•	any governmental entity has issued an order or ruling permanently restraining, enjoining or otherwise prohibiting the transactions contemplated by the merger agreement, and such order or ruling has become final and nonappealable; or
	•	the approval by the stockholders of PFSweb and eCOST required for consummation of the merger is not obtained, unless it is the terminating party’s failure to fulfill any obligation under the merger agreement that resulted in the failure to obtain the approval of such party’s stockholders;

	•	by PFSweb if:

	•	the eCOST board of directors has: (i) failed to make, or withdrawn or adversely modified its recommendation of the merger, (ii) approved or recommended to its stockholders an acquisition proposal other than that contemplated by the merger agreement or entered into any agreement with respect to an acquisition proposal, (iii) after an acquisition proposal has been made, failed to affirm its recommendation of the merger within five days of any request by PFSweb to do so or (iv) recommended that its stockholders tender their shares in any tender offer or exchange offer that is commenced (other than by PFSweb) which, if successful, would result in any person or group becoming a beneficial owner of 20% or more of its outstanding shares of capital stock; or
	•	there has been a breach by eCOST of any representation, warranty or covenant contained in the merger agreement that (i) would result in eCOST’s failure to satisfy specified merger conditions and (ii) is not cured within 20 days or prior to February 14, 2006, if sooner; provided that PFSweb is not in material breach of its obligations or its representations and warranties under the merger agreement and PFSweb has given eCOST at least 20 days’ prior written notice;

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	•	by eCOST if:

	•	it receives a superior proposal and eCOST has complied with certain obligations under the merger agreement, including (i) giving PFSweb five days’ written notice of the eCOST board of directors’ decision to terminate; (ii) renegotiating in good faith with PFSweb during this five-day period without receiving a competing proposal from PFSweb that eCOST’s board of directors has determined to be as favorable to eCOST’s stockholders as the superior proposal, and (iii) paying PFSweb the termination fee required under the merger agreement (as described below);
	•	the PFSweb board of directors has failed to make, or has withdrawn or adversely modified its recommendation of the issuance of shares of PFSweb common stock; or
	•	there has been a breach by PFSweb of any representation, warranty or covenant contained in the merger agreement that (i) would result in PFSweb’s failure to satisfy specified merger conditions and (ii) is not cured within 20 days or prior to February 14, 2006, if sooner; provided that eCOST is not in material breach of its obligations or its representations and warranties under the merger agreement and eCOST has given PFSweb at least 20 days’ prior written notice.

	•	by eCOST because it receives a superior proposal; or
	•	by PFSweb because the eCOST board of directors: (1) fails to make, or withdraws or adversely modifies its recommendation to the eCOST stockholders of the merger agreement, (2) approves or recommends an acquisition proposal other than that contemplated by the merger agreement or enters into any agreement with respect to an acquisition proposal, (3) following an acquisition proposal, fails to affirm its recommendation to the eCOST stockholders of the merger agreement within five days of any request by PFSweb to do so or (4) recommends that its stockholders tender their shares in a tender offer or exchange offer that is commenced (other than by PFSweb) which, if successful, would result in any person or group becoming a beneficial owner of 20% or more of eCOST’s outstanding shares of capital stock.

	•	PFSweb or eCOST terminates the merger agreement because the merger has not been completed prior to February 14, 2006 or the eCOST stockholders failed to approve the adoption of the merger:
	•	at any time after the date of the merger agreement but before its termination, an acquisition proposal has been publicly made, proposed or communicated; and
	•	within twelve months following the termination of the merger agreement, eCOST consummates or enters into an agreement with respect to the acquisition proposal which is subsequently consummated.

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	•	First, we earn service fee revenues from charges to process individual business transactions on our clients behalf through our technology and infrastructure capabilities. These business transactions may include the answering of a phone call or an e-mail, the design and hosting of a client web-site, the receipt and storage of a client’s inventory, the kitting and assembly of products to meet a client’s customer’s specifications, the shipping of products to our client’s customer base, the

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		management of a complex set of electronic data transactions designed to keep our client’s suppliers and customers accounting records in balance, or the processing of a returned package. In the service fee revenue business segment, we do not own the inventory or the resulting accounts receivable, but provide management services for these client-owned assets.
	•	Secondly, we earn product revenue through our master distributor relationship with certain clients. In the product revenue business segment, we purchase inventory and upon sale of the product, own the accounts receivable. Our merger with eCOST will provide us with the opportunity to further develop and expand our product revenue business segment.

	•	Technology collaboration provided by our suite of technology services, called the Entente Suitesm, that are e-commerce and collaboration services that enable buyers and suppliers to fully automate their business transactions within their supply chain. Entente supports industry standard collaboration techniques including XML based protocols such as Biztalk and RosettaNet, real-time application interfaces, text file exchanges via secured FTP, and traditional electronic data interchange (“EDI”);
	•	Managed hosting and Internet application development services, including web site design, creation, integration and ongoing maintenance, support and enhancement of web site;
	•	Order management, including order processing from any source of entry, back order processing and future order processing, tracking and tracing, credit management, electronic payment processing, calculation and collection of sales tax and VAT, comprehensive freight calculation and email notification, all with multiple currency and language options;
	•	Customer Relationship Management (“CRM”), including interactive voice response (“IVR”) technology and web-enabled customer contact services through world-class call centers utilizing voice, e-mail, voice over internet protocol (“VOIP”) and internet chat communications that are fully integrated with real-time systems and historical data archives to provide complete customer lifecycle management;
	•	International fulfillment and distribution services, including warehouse management, inventory management, vendor managed inventory, inventory postponement, product warehousing, order picking and packing, freight and transportation management and reverse logistics;
	•	Facility Operations and Management (FOM) that includes process reengineering, facility design and engineering and employee administration;
	•	Kitting and assembly services, including light assembly, procurement services, Supplier Relationship Management, specialized kitting, and supplier consigned inventory hub in PFSweb’s distribution facilities or co-located in other facilities;
	•	Information management, including real-time data interfaces, data exchange services and data mining;
	•	Financial services, including secure on-line credit card processing related services, fraud protection, invoicing, credit management and collection, and working capital solutions; and

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	•	Professional consulting services, including a consultative team of experts that customize solutions to each client and continuously seek out ways to increase efficiencies and produce benefits for the client.

	•	Manufacturers strive to restructure their supply chains to maximize efficiency and reduce costs in both B2B and B2C markets and to create a variable-cost supply chain able to support the multiple unique needs of each of their initiatives, including traditional and electronic commerce.
	•	Government agencies are increasingly focused on improved citizen usability and interaction, as well as the need to manage government initiatives from an efficiency perspective. With revisions to the United States Government’s Competitive Sourcing Program (A-76), the government is mandated to obtain commercially available goods and services from the private sector when it makes economic sense to do so.
	•	Companies in a variety of industries seek outsourcing as a method to address one or more business functions that are not within their core business competencies, to reduce operating costs or to improve the speed or cost of implementation.

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	•	Make it easy for citizens to obtain service and interact with the federal government;
	•	Improve government efficiency and effectiveness; and
	•	Improve the government’s responsiveness to citizens.

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	•	Enter new business markets or geographic areas rapidly;
	•	Increase flexibility to meet changing business conditions and demand for products and services;
	•	Enhance customer satisfaction and gain competitive advantage;
	•	Reduce capital and personnel investments and convert fixed investments to variable costs;
	•	Improve operating performance and efficiency; and
	•	Capitalize on skills, expertise and technology infrastructure that would otherwise be unavailable or expensive given the scale of the business.

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	Quickly Capitalize on Market Opportunities. Our solutions empower clients to rapidly implement their supply chain and e-commerce strategies and to take advantage of opportunities without lengthy integration and implementation efforts. We have ready built technology and physical infrastructure that is flexible in its design, which facilitates quick integration and implementation. The PFSweb solution is designed to allow our clients to deliver consistent quality service as transaction volumes grow and also to handle daily and seasonal peak periods. Through our international locations, our clients can sell their products almost anywhere in the world.
	Improve the Customer Experience. We enable our clients to provide their customers with a positive buying experience thereby maintaining and promoting brand loyalty. Through our use of advanced technology, we can respond directly to customer inquiries by e-mail, voice or data communication and assist them with on-line ordering and product information. We offer our clients a “world-class” level of service, including 24-hour, seven-day-a-week, Web-enabled customer care service centers, detailed CRM reporting and exceptional order accuracy. We have significant experience in the development of Internet web sites that allows us to recommend features and functions that are easily navigated and understood by our client’s customers. Our technology platform is designed to ensure high levels of reliability and fast response times for our clients’ customers. Because our technology is “world-class,” our clients benefit from being able to offer the latest in customer communication and response conveniences to their customers.
	Minimize Investment and Improve Operating Efficiencies. One of the most significant benefits that outsourcing to PFSweb provides is the ability to transform fixed costs into variable costs. By eliminating the need to invest in a fixed capital infrastructure, our clients’ costs typically become directly correlated with volume increases or declines. Further, as volume increases drive the demand for greater infrastructure or capacity, PFSweb is able to quickly deploy additional resources. We provide services to multiple clients, which enables us to offer our clients economies of scale, and resulting cost efficiency, that they may not have been able to obtain on their own. Additionally, because of the large number of daily transactions we process, PFSweb has been able to justify investments in levels of automation, security surveillance, quality control processes and transportation carrier interfaces that are typically outside the scale of investment that our clients might be able to cost justify on their own. These additional capabilities can provide our clients the benefits of enhanced operating performance and efficiency, reduced inventory shrinkage, and expanded customer service options.
	Access a Sophisticated Technology Infrastructure. We provide our clients with ready access to a sophisticated technology infrastructure through our Entente Suite, which is designed to interface seamlessly with their systems. We provide our clients with vital product and customer information that can be immediately available to them on their own systems or through web based graphic user interfaces for use in data mining, analyzing sales and marketing trends, monitoring inventory levels and performing other management functions.

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	Quality: To exceed our client’s service level requirements and enhance the value of their “brand” while providing their customers a positive, memorable and efficient experience.
	Growth: To increase our company’s revenue and gross profit from its current levels. To aggressively market simplified product messages to drive new clients and revenue and profit growth. To become a larger company and create career and additional employment opportunities. Embrace strategic partnering to accentuate strengths and minimize weaknesses.
	Profit: To generate positive cash flow and continue to strive for consistent profitable results. To increase the value of our company for all of its stakeholders while rewarding our team members with challenging, fun and memorable life experiences.

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	•	Statistical measurements critical to creating a quality customer experience, containing real-time order status, order exceptions, back order tracking, allocation of product based on timing of online purchase and business rules, the ratio of customer inquiries to purchases, average order sizes and order response time;
	•	B2B supply chain management information critical to evaluating inventory positioning, for the purpose of reducing inventory turns, and assessing product flow through and end-consumer demand;
	•	Reverse logistics information including customer response and reason for the return or rotation of product and desired customer action;
	•	Detailed marketing information about what was sold and to whom it was sold, by location and preference; and
	•	Web traffic reporting showing the number of visits (“hits”) received, areas visited, and products and information requested.

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	•	operating performance and reliability;
	•	ease of implementation and integration;
	•	experience of the people required to successfully and efficiently design and implement solutions;
	•	leading edge technology capabilities;
	•	global reach; and
	•	price.

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	•	our ability to retain and expand relationships with existing clients and attract and implement new clients;
	•	our reliance on the fees generated by the transaction volume or product sales of our clients;
	•	our reliance on our clients’ projections or transaction volume or product sales;
	•	our dependence upon our agreements with IBM;
	•	our dependence upon our agreements with our major clients;
	•	our client mix, their business volumes and the seasonality of their business;
	•	our ability to finalize pending contracts;
	•	the impact of strategic alliances and acquisitions;
	•	trends in the market for our services;
	•	trends in e-commerce;
	•	whether we can continue and manage growth;
	•	changes in the trend toward outsourcing;
	•	increased competition;
	•	our ability to generate more revenue and achieve sustainable profitability;
	•	effects of changes in profit margins;
	•	the customer and supplier concentration of our business;
	•	the unknown effects of possible system failures and rapid changes in technology;
	•	trends in government regulation both foreign and domestic;
	•	foreign currency risks and other risks of operating in foreign countries;
	•	potential litigation;
	•	our dependency on key personnel;

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	•	the impact of new accounting standards and rules regarding revenue recognition, stock options and other matters;
	•	changes in accounting rules or the interpretations of those rules;
	•	our ability to raise additional capital or obtain additional financing; and
	•	our ability or the ability of our subsidiaries to borrow under current financing arrangements and maintain compliance with debt covenants.

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			Three Months Ended								Nine Months Ended
			September 30,								September 30,
			2005				2004				2005				2004
			(Unaudited)				(Unaudited)				(Unaudited)				(Unaudited)
Product revenue, net				76.4	%			79.9	%			76.3	%			83.3	%
Service fee revenue				18.3				15.1				18.2				12.7
Pass-through revenue				5.3				5.0				5.5				4.0
	Total revenues			100.0				100.0				100.0				100.0
Cost of product revenue (as % of product revenue)				92.2				94.4				93.3				94.3
Cost of service fee revenue (as % of service fee revenue)				73.8				65.9				74.8				65.9
Cost of pass-through revenue (as % of pass-through revenue)				100.0				100.0				100.0				100.0
	Total costs of revenues			89.2				90.4				90.3				90.9
	Gross profit			10.8				9.6				9.7				9.1
Selling, general and administrative expenses				10.4				8.4				9.4				8.7
	Income (loss) from operations			0.4				1.2				0.3				0.4
Interest expense, net				0.6				0.5				0.5				0.5
	Income (loss) before income taxes			(0.2	)			0.7				(0.2	)			(0.1	)
Income tax expense				0.3				0.2				0.3				0.2
	Net income (loss)			(0.5	)%			0.5	%			(0.5	)%			(0.3	)%

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			Year Ended December 31,
			2004				2003				2002
Product revenue, net				83.1	%			87.0	%			59.3	%
Service fee revenue				13.1				11.8				31.9
Service fee revenue, affiliate				—				—				5.0
Pass-through revenue				3.8				1.2				3.8
	Total revenues			100.0				100.0				100.0
Cost of product revenue (as % of product revenue)				94.2				94.4				94.5
Cost of service fee revenue (as % of service fee revenue)				66.7				68.6				63.3
Cost of pass-through revenue (as % of pass-through revenue)				100.0				100.0				100.0
	Total costs of revenues			90.8				91.4				83.2
	Gross profit			9.2				8.6				16.8
Selling, general and administrative expenses				8.4				8.9				27.8
Severance and other termination costs				—				—				1.3
Asset and lease impairments				—				0.1				1.0
	Income (loss) from operations			0.8				(0.4	)			(13.3	)
Equity in earnings of affiliate				—				—				1.2
Interest expense				0.5				0.7				1.0
Interest income				—				—				(0.8	)%
	Income (loss) before income taxes and extraordinary gain			0.3				(1.1	)			(11.9	)
Income tax expense (benefit)				0.2				0.2				0.1
	Income (loss) before extraordinary gain			0.1				(1.3	)			(12.0	)
Extraordinary gain				—				—				0.2
	Net income (loss)			0.1	%			(1.3	)%			(11.8	)%

	Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2005 and 2004

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			Three				Nine
			Months				Months
Period ended September 30, 2004			$	11.6			$	29.8
	New service contract relationships, including certain incremental projects under new contracts			5.5				14.3
	Increase (decrease) in existing client service fees including impact of certain incremental projects with existing clients			(2.1	)			2.6
	Terminated clients not included in 2005 revenue			(0.1	)			(1.4	)
Period ended September 30, 2005			$	14.9			$	45.3

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	Year Ended December 31, 2004 Compared to Year Ended December 31, 2003

Year ended December 31, 2003			$	33.7
	New service contract relationships, including projects			5.3
	Increase in existing client service fees from organic growth and certain incremental projects			4.7
	Terminated clients not included in 2004 revenue			(1.6	)
Year ended December 31, 2004			$	42.1

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	Year Ended December 31, 2003 Compared to Year Ended December 31, 2002

Year ended December 31, 2002			$	35.8
	New service contract relationships			0.2
	Increase in existing client service fees from organic growth and certain incremental projects			3.7
	Elimination of service fees earned from our affiliate, Supplies Distributors			(4.7	)
	Terminated clients not included in 2003 revenue			(1.2	)
Year ended December 31, 2003			$	33.8

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	For the nine months ended September 30, 2005 and 2004

	For the years ended December 31, 2004, 2003 and 2002

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			Payments Due by Period
							Less Than				1 - 3				3 - 5				More Than
Contractual Obligations			Total				1 Year				Years				Years				5 Years
Debt			$	59,360			$	54,363			$	1,797			$	3,200			$	—
Capital lease obligations				2,975				1,312				1,443				220				—
Operating leases				22,325				7,442				10,689				3,394				800
	Total		$	84,660			$	63,117			$	13,929			$	6,814			$	800

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	Cost of Service Fee Revenue

	Allowance for Doubtful Accounts

	Inventory Reserves

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	Income Taxes

	Capitalized Software

	Long-Lived Assets

	Self Insurance

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	Foreign Exchange Risk

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															Long-Term
															Compensation
															Awards
															Number of
			Annual Compensation												Securities
															Underlying				All Other
Name and Principle Position			Period				Salary				Bonus				Options				Compensation(1)
Mark C. Layton				2004			$	332,423			$	41,000				43,000			$	16,289
	Chairman, President,			2003				304,500				83,076				82,000				23,531
	Chief Executive Officer			2002				328,991				—				—				14,613
Steven S. Graham				2004				223,200				38,500				43,000				7,603
	Executive Vice President —			2003				213,298				58,431				82,000				8,798
	Chief Technology Officer			2002				226,684				—				15,000				5,748
Michael C. Willoughby				2004				216,845				38,000				43,000				270
	Executive Vice President —			2003				205,000				52,307				82,000				248
	Chief Information Officer			2002				220,846				—				80,000				240
Thomas J. Madden				2004				186,154				37,000				43,000				7,358
	Executive Vice President —			2003				165,000				42,307				82,000				5,905
	Chief Financial Officer			2002				176,923				—				15,000				6,361
Harvey H. Achatz				2004				111,277				16,500				7,000				7,188
	Vice President —			2003				107,299				18,461				15,000				6,948
	Administration and Secretary			2002				109,530				—				3,000				5,600

(1)	All Other Compensation represents compensation in respect of one or more of the following: personal use of Company automobiles; life insurance premiums paid by the Company for the benefit of the named executive officer; income tax return preparation services paid by the Company; contributions to 401(k) accounts paid by the Company and personal travel expenses.

		Individual Grants																Potential Realizable
																		Value at Assumed
		Number of				% of Total												Annual Rates of Stock
		Securities				Options												Price Appreciation for
		Underlying				Granted to				Exercise								Option Terms(2)
		Options				Employees				Price per				Expiration
Name		Grants(1)				in Year				Share				Date				5%				10%
Mark C. Layton			43,000				5.7	%		$	1.61				3/28/14			$	43,538			$	110,335
Steven S. Graham			43,000				5.7	%			1.61				3/28/14				43,538				110,335
Michael C. Willoughby			43,000				5.7	%			1.61				3/28/14				43,538				110,335
Thomas J. Madden			43,000				5.7	%			1.61				3/28/14				43,538				110,335
Harvey H. Achatz			7,000				0.9	%			1.61				3/28/14				7,088				17,961

(1)	Subject to quarterly vesting schedule over a three-year period.
(2)	These are hypothetical values using assumed annual rates of stock price appreciation as prescribed by the rules of the SEC.

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										Number of
										Securities Underlying								Value of Unexercised
		Number of								Unexercised Options at								In-the-Money Options at
		Shares								Year End								Fiscal Year End(1)
		Acquired on				Value
Name		Exercise				Received				Exercisable				Unexercisable				Exercisable				Unexercisable
Mark C. Layton			—			$	—				690,431				78,625			$	1,299,589			$	146,729
Steven S. Graham			—				—				682,573				79,876				1,300,536				149,231
Michael C. Willoughby			—				—				114,703				85,297				205,917				160,073
Thomas J. Madden			—				—				439,797				79,876				831,978				149,231
Harvey H. Achatz			—				—				94,099				13,875				169,941				26,409

(1)	Amounts were calculated using the closing price of the common stock on the last trading day of the fiscal year ($2.84), as reported by the Nasdaq Capital Market.

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							Percent
			Number of				Before				Percent After
Name and Address of Beneficial Owner			Shares				Merger(1)				Merger(5)
Gilder, Gagnon, Howe & Co. LLC(2)				2,954,471				13.1%				7.1%
	1775 Broadway, 26th Floor
	New York, NY 10019
Mark C. Layton(3)				1,271,492				5.5%				3.0%
Steven S. Graham(3)				808,718				3.5%				1.9%
Thomas J. Madden(3)				610,529				2.7%				1.5%
Timothy M. Murray(3)				202,256				0.9%				0.5%
Harvey H. Achatz(3)				171,654				0.8%				0.4%
Michael C. Willoughby(3)				152,027				0.7%				0.4%
James F. Reilly(3)				131,405				0.6%				0.3%
David I. Beatson(3)				55,000				0.2%				0.1%
Dr. Neil W. Jacobs(3)				75,312				0.3%				0.2%
All directors and executive officers As a group (9 persons)(4)				3,478,393				19.1%				10.4%

	*	Represents less than 1%

(1)	This table is based on 22,526,681 shares of PFSweb common stock outstanding on November 21, 2005.
(2)	Based upon a Schedule 13G, filed by Gilder, Gagnon, Howe & Co. LLC, stating beneficial ownership and shared voting and dispositive power as of September 30, 2005.
(3)	Includes the following outstanding options to purchase the specified number of shares of Common Stock, which are fully vested and exercisable: Mark C. Layton — 753,299; Steven S. Graham — 746,692; Thomas J. Madden — 503,916; Timothy M. Murray — 116,167; Harvey H. Achatz — 105,431; Michael C. Willoughby — 150,082; James F. Reilly — 45,000; David I. Beatson — 55,000; and Dr. Neil W. Jacobs — 55,000.
(4)	Includes outstanding options to purchase 2,530,587 shares of Common Stock, which are fully vested and exercisable.
(5)	Based on an estimate of 18,980,000 shares of PFSweb common stock to be issued in the merger.

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	•	Broad and deep product selection. We sell high quality products across a broad selection of merchandise categories. Most of the products offered on our website are from well-known, brand-name manufacturers. We currently offer over 100,000 different products in twelve categories. Our product offerings are updated continually to reflect new product trends, keeping our merchandise selection relevant for our customers so they continue to visit our website.
	•	Compelling price-to-value proposition. As part of our strategy to appeal to the high frequency value-oriented shopper, we offer low prices on new products and deeper discounts on our assortment of close-out and refurbished merchandise. We employ aggressive promotional strategies to provide incentives for our customers to purchase merchandise on our website and build customer loyalty. We also offer a fee-based membership program to reward customer loyalty by providing exclusive access to preferential offers to subscribers.
	•	Two shopping formats on our website. We appeal to a broad customer base by offering two shopping formats designed to attract frequent visits to our website: every day low price and our proprietary Bargain Countdowntm. For the shopper who wants new and recently released products from leading manufacturers, we offer discounted merchandise in an every day low price format. For the bargain shopper interested in close-out and refurbished merchandise, we market products using our Bargain Countdowntm format which features time- and quantity-limited offers of selected merchandise that are more deeply discounted.
	•	Rapid response order fulfillment. We ship substantially all of our customer orders from inventory at our distribution facility located near the FedEx main hub in Memphis, Tennessee. Substantially all orders in stock at the Memphis facility placed as late as 10:15 p.m. Eastern Time ship the same day and can be delivered at the customer’s request by 10:30 a.m. the next day for most domestic locations. We also utilize virtual warehouse technology to access merchandise that is not in stock at our distribution facility.
	•	Responsive customer service and positive shopping experience. We believe that our customer service differentiates the buying experience for our customers. Our experienced team of inbound sales representatives and customer service representatives assist our consumer customers by telephone and e-mail. We also have relationship managers who are assigned to many of our small business customers to service their needs and increase future sales opportunities. Our website contains helpful features such as in-depth product information, inventory levels and order status. In addition, we continually monitor website traffic and order activity and periodically update our website to enhance the shopping experience for our customers.
	•	Appealing features for small business customers. We offer our small business customers a convenient and differentiated way to purchase products through their own secure personalized website, which enables them to receive customized pricing and product offerings and which increases the efficiency of their shopping experience. Other helpful features for our business customers include purchasing and payment history, software licensing, custom hardware configurations and flexible payment alternatives, including up to net 30-day payment terms for qualified customers and lease financing through third-party sources. We also assign relationship managers to provide personalized service to many of our business customers.

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	•	Single point of distribution. Manufacturers and other vendors often use separate channels to sell new, refurbished and close-out products because most retailers offer products in only one stage of the product life cycle. Through our two shopping formats, we offer manufacturers and other vendors the flexibility to use eCOST.com to sell products in a brand sensitive manner in any stage of the product life cycle. For example, our Bargain Countdowntm capabilities allow our vendors to liquidate smaller, residual quantities of merchandise without disappointing customers due to the limited availability of such products.
	•	Efficient distribution and sales channel. Our centralized distribution capability reduces vendor costs in shipping product to us. Our ability to rapidly sell inventory is a benefit to those vendors that offer us protection against price erosion. Our centralized product management and feedback to vendors on product sell-through and inventory position allow vendors to efficiently monitor product movement and placement, eliminating the need for frequent visits by vendor representatives to physical retail locations.
	•	Customized manufacturer stores. With our in-house design and merchandising team, we provide manufacturers the opportunity to showcase their full assortment of products and accessories by establishing virtual stores on our website that are specific to individual manufacturers. We believe this allows manufacturers to maximize sales and branding of their products. We promote these manufacturer stores to our customer base through our integrated marketing strategy, including targeted e-mails highlighting a specific manufacturer and its products and directing customers to that manufacturer store on our website.
	•	Speed to market for newly released products. We respond rapidly to new product releases from manufacturers through our ability to quickly post and market new products on our website and satisfy immediate customer demand through our rapid response order fulfillment capabilities.

	•	expanding our product offerings and merchandise categories to attract new customers and offer an increased variety of merchandise to our existing customers;
	•	acquiring new customers through continued online marketing campaigns as well as through new techniques involving online and traditional offline advertising, including print, media and direct mail;
	•	expanding our sales to existing customers by encouraging them to visit our website repeatedly, to browse through additional merchandise categories, product offerings, new merchandise assortments, and new promotions; and
	•	increasing eCOST.com brand awareness through strategic online and offline advertising programs.

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	•	price;
	•	product selection, quality and availability;
	•	shopping convenience;
	•	customer service; and
	•	brand recognition.

	•	other multi-category online retailers such as Amazon.com and Buy.com;
	•	online discount retailers of computer and consumer electronics merchandise such as Computers4Sure, NewEgg and TigerDirect;
	•	liquidation e-tailers such as Overstock.com and SmartBargains;
	•	consumer electronics and office supply superstores such as Best Buy, Circuit City, CompUSA, Office Depot, OfficeMax and Staples; and
	•	manufacturers such as Apple, Dell, Gateway, Hewlett-Packard and IBM, who sell directly to customers.

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	•	remain price competitive while maintaining or increasing our gross margins;
	•	maintain vendor relationships;
	•	manage our inventory and fulfillment functions effectively;
	•	continue to find efficient ways to invest in advertising as we grow our customer base;
	•	maintain or increase our levels of vendor marketing and co-op advertising funds; and
	•	develop and grow new merchandise categories.

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	•	it requires assumptions to be made that were uncertain at the time the estimate was made; and
	•	changes in the estimate or different estimates that could have been selected could have a material impact on our results of operations or financial condition.

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	Three and Nine months ended September 30, 2005 compared to Three and Nine months ended September 30, 2004

		Three Months Ended								Nine Months Ended
		September 30,								September 30,
		2005				2004				2005				2004
Total customers(1)			1,343,989				949,056				1,343,989				949,056
Active customers(2)			507,029				389,133				507,029				389,133
New customers(3)			56,668				88,147				257,128				228,634
Number of orders(4)			102,022				140,468				415,417				376,828
Average order value(5)		$	389			$	320			$	338			$	331
Advertising expense(6)		$	1,307,000			$	1,377,000			$	4,784,000			$	3,878,000

(1)	Total customers have been calculated as the cumulative number of customers for which orders have been taken from our inception to the end of the reported period.
(2)	Active customers consist of the number of customers who placed orders during the 12 months prior to the end of the reported period.
(3)	New customers represent the number of persons who established a new account and placed an order during the reported period.
(4)	Number of orders represents the total number of orders shipped during the reported period (not reflecting returns).

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(5)	Average order value has been calculated as gross sales divided by the total number of orders during the period presented. The impact of returns is not reflected in average order value.
(6)	Advertising expense includes the total dollars spent on advertising during the reported period, including Internet, direct mail, print and e-mail advertising, as well as customer list enhancement services.

	Three Months Ended September 30, 2005 Compared to the Three Months Ended September 30, 2004

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		Year Ended December 31,
		2002				2003				2004
Net sales			100.0	%			100.0	%			100.0	%
Cost of goods sold			89.2				90.6				90.9
Gross profit			10.8				9.4				9.1
Selling, general and administrative expenses			10.1				9.0				10.3
Income from operations			0.7				0.4				(1.2	)
Interest (income) expense			0.5				0.1				(0.1	)
Interest expense-PC Mall commercial line of credit			1.2				1.3				0.7
Interest income-PC Mall commercial line of credit			(1.2	)			(1.3	)			(0.7	)
Income (loss) before income taxes			0.2				0.3				(1.1	)
Income tax benefit			—				(5.4	)			(0.4	)
Net income (loss)			0.2	%			5.7	%			(0.7	)%

	Year ended December 31, 2004 compared to year ended December 31, 2003

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		Nine Months Ended
		September 30,
		2005				2004
Net cash used in operating activities		$	(8,307	)		$	(1,700	)
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities			5,488				(125	)
Net cash provided by financing activities			319				21,563

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	•	Focusing sales efforts on product margin as a priority over volume.
	•	Leveraging automated analytical tools in order to more efficiently set prices for our products.
	•	Better automating and optimizing advertising efforts.
	•	Implementing various strategies to reduce freight costs and increase recoupment on freight.
	•	Streamlining warehouse operations by bringing in a more experienced management staff, improving the returns and cycle count processes, and implementing better velocity management practices.
	•	Reducing our cost structure through targeted reductions in the workforce, and exploring options for transitioning certain operations offshore.

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			Payment Due by Period
							3 Months
							Remaining
			Total				2005				2006				2007				2008				2009				2010				Thereafter
Operating leases			$	2,860			$	109			$	580			$	621			$	515			$	515			$	481			$	39
Service agreements with PC Mall				440				120				320				—				—				—				—				—
Employment agreements				63				63				—				—				—				—				—				—
	Total		$	3,363			$	292			$	900			$	621			$	515			$	515			$	481			$	39

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						Percentage of
		Number of Shares				Shares
Name of Beneficial Owner		Beneficially Owned				Beneficially Owned
5% or Greater Stockholders:
Khulusi Revocable Family Trust(1)(5)			2,590,477				14.1	%
Jonathan L. Kimerling(2)			1,249,851				7.0
Directors and Executive Officers:
Adam W. Shaffer(3)			330,000				1.8
Gary W. Guy(4)(5)			187,005				1.0
S. Keating Rhoads(6)			17,500				*
Mark A. Timmerman(6)			17,500				*
Mike Weller(7)			15,000				*
Man-Jit Singh(8)			2,500				*
All current directors and executive officers as a group (6 persons)(9)			569,505				3.1	%

	*	Less than 1%.

(1)	Based on information contained in the Schedule 13G filed April 21, 2005 by Frank F. Khulusi and Mona C. Khulusi as joint trustees of the Khulusi Revocable Family Trust dated November 3, 1993. Includes 601,664 shares underlying options held by Frank Khulusi which are presently vested or will vest within 60 days of November 10, 2005. The address for the Khulusi Family Revocable Family Trust is 2555 West 190th Street, Suite 201, Torrance, California 90504.
(2)	Based on information contained in the Schedule 13G filed April 22, 2005 by Jonathan L. Kimerling. The address for Jonathan L. Kimerling is 2968 Cherokee Road, Mountain Brook, Alabama 35223.
(3)	Includes 315,000 shares underlying options which are presently vested or will vest within 60 days of November 10, 2005.
(4)	Includes 186,969 shares underlying options which are presently vested or will vest within 60 days of November 10, 2005.
(5)	Includes options to purchase our common stock granted in connection with adjustments to outstanding PC Mall options as a result of our spin-off from PC Mall on April 11, 2005.
(6)	Includes 17,500 shares underlying options which are presently vested or will vest within 60 days of November 10, 2005.
(7)	Includes 15,000 shares underlying options which are presently vested or will vest within 60 days of November 10, 2005.
(8)	Includes 2,500 shares underlying options which are presently vested or will vest within 60 days of November 10, 2005.
(9)	Includes 554,469 shares underlying options which are presently vested or will vest within 60 days of November 10, 2005.

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	Common Stock

	Preferred Stock

	•	the designation of each series;
	•	the number of shares of each series;
	•	the rate of dividends, if any;

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	•	whether dividends, if any, shall be cumulative or non-cumulative;
	•	the terms of redemption, if any;
	•	the amount payable in the event of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of PFSweb;
	•	rights and terms of conversion or exchange, if any;
	•	restrictions on the issuance of shares of the same series or any other series, if any; and
	•	voting rights, if any.

	Section 203 of the Delaware General Corporation Law

	•	prior to the time the stockholder became an interested stockholder, the board of directors of the corporation approved either the business combination or the transaction which resulted in the stockholder becoming an interested stockholder;
	•	upon consummation of the transaction which resulted in the stockholder becoming an interested stockholder, the interested stockholder owned at least 85% of the voting stock of the corporation outstanding at the time the transaction commenced; or
	•	at or subsequent to the time the stockholder became an interested stockholder, the business combination is approved by the board of directors and authorized by the affirmative vote of at least 662/3% of the outstanding voting stock that is not owned by the interested stockholder.

	•	any merger or consolidation of the corporation with the interested stockholder;
	•	any sale, lease, exchange or other disposition, except proportionately as a stockholder of such corporation, to or with the interested stockholder of assets of the corporation having an aggregate market value equal to 10% or more of either the aggregate market value of all the assets of the corporation or the aggregate market value of all the outstanding stock of the corporation;
	•	certain transactions resulting in the issuance or transfer by the corporation of stock of the corporation to the interested stockholder;

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	•	certain transactions involving the corporation which have the effect of increasing the proportionate share of the stock of any class or series of the corporation which is owned by the interested stockholder; or
	•	certain transactions in which the interested stockholder receives financial benefits provided by the corporation.

	•	any person that owns 15% or more of the outstanding voting stock of the corporation;
	•	any person that is an affiliate or associate of the corporation and was the owner of 15% or more of the outstanding voting stock of the corporation at any time within the three-year period prior to the date on which it is sought to be determined whether such person is an interested stockholder; and
	•	the affiliates or associates of any such person.

	Certain Provisions of the PFSweb Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws

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PFSweb		eCOST
Common Stock. PFSweb’s certificate of incorporation authorizes PFSweb to issue 40,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share. If PFSweb’s stockholders approve the proposal set forth in the joint proxy statement/ prospectus, PFSweb’s common stock will consist of 75,000,000 authorized shares.		Common Stock. eCOST’s certificate of incorporation authorizes eCOST to issue 100,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share.
Preferred Stock. PFSweb’s certificate of incorporation authorizes PFSweb to issue 1,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $1.00 per share. The PFSweb certificate of incorporation also authorizes PFSweb’s board of directors to provide for the issuance of shares of PFSweb preferred stock in one or more series, and to fix the voting powers (if any), designations, powers, preferences and rights of the shares of each series and any qualifications, limitation or restrictions thereof. As of the date of this joint proxy statement/ prospectus, there are no shares of PFSweb preferred stock issued and outstanding.		Preferred Stock. eCOST’s certificate of incorporation authorizes eCOST to issue 10,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $0.001 per share. The eCOST certificate of incorporation also authorizes eCOST’s board of directors to provide for the issuance of shares of eCOST preferred stock in one or more series, and to fix or alter the designations, powers, preferences and rights of the shares of each series and any qualifications, limitation or restrictions thereof. As of the date of this joint proxy statement/ prospectus, there are no shares of eCOST preferred stock issued and outstanding.

The PFSweb certificate of incorporation provides that the number of directors constituting the board of directors shall be fixed by the board of directors of PFSweb, provided that the number of directors must not be fewer than three or greater than ten (plus such number of directors as may be elected from time to time pursuant to the terms of any series of Preferred Stock that may be issued and outstanding). The board of directors of PFSweb currently has five members.		The eCOST certificate of incorporation provides that the number of directors of eCOST will be fixed exclusively by one or more resolutions adopted by the board of directors (except as otherwise provided by any resolution adopted by the board designating the rights, powers and preferences of any Preferred Stock). The board of directors of eCOST currently has five members.

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The PFSweb board of directors is divided into three classes with one class being elected each year. Members of the PFSweb board of directors are elected to serve a term of three years, and until their successors are elected and qualified or until their death, resignation or removal.		The eCOST certificate of incorporation does not provide for the classification of the PFSweb board of directors.

The PFSweb certificate of incorporation provides that, other than directors who are elected pursuant to the terms of, and serve as the representatives of the holders of, any series of preferred stock, any director may be removed from office at any time, but only for cause, at a meeting called for that purpose, and only by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of each class pf capital stock of PFSweb entitled to vote generally in the election of directors.		eCOST’s certificate of incorporation provides that subject to any limitations imposed by law and to any rights of any class or series of preferred stock having the right to elect directors, any individual director may be removed with or without cause by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the shares then entitled to vote in the election of directors, voting as a single class.

The PFSweb certificate of incorporation provides that, other than with respect to directors who are elected pursuant to the terms of, and serve as the representatives of the holders of, any series of preferred stock, vacancies in the PFSweb board of directors resulting from death, resignation, retirement, disqualification, removal from office or any other cause and newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the number of directors may be filled by a vote of the majority of the PFSweb board of directors then in office, though less than a quorum, or by the affirmative vote, at any annual meeting or any special meeting of the stockholders called for the purpose of filing such directorship, of the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of each class of capital stock then entitled to vote at an election of such directors.		Subject to any limitations imposed by law, vacancies on the board of directors of eCOST, including vacancies resulting from an increase in the authorized number of directors, may be filled only by the affirmative vote of a majority of the directors then in office, although less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining director, and not by the stockholders.

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The PFSweb bylaws provide that, except as otherwise provided in its certificate of incorporation, any action required or permitted to be taken at an annual or special meeting of stockholders may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote, if a consent or consents in writing, setting forth the action so taken, is signed by the holders of outstanding stock having at least seventy-five percent (75%) of the outstanding shares of each class of capital stock then entitled to vote thereon.		The eCOST certificate of incorporation provides that no action may be taken by the stockholders by written consent.

The PFSweb certificate of incorporation provide that special meetings of the stockholders may be called only by the PFSweb board of directors or the Chairman of the Board.		The eCOST bylaws provide that special meetings of eCOST stockholders may be called by eCOST’s board of directors, the chairman of the board or the chief executive officer.

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The PFSweb bylaws allow stockholders to propose business to be brought before an annual meeting of stockholders. In addition, the PFSweb bylaws allow stockholders who are entitled to vote in the election of directors to nominate candidates for election to PFSweb’s board of directors at an annual meeting or at a special meeting of stockholders called for the purpose of electing directors. However, proposals and nominations may only be made by a stockholder who is a stockholder of record at the time of giving of notice and who has given proper, timely notice in writing to the Secretary of PFSweb before the stockholder meeting. Under PFSweb’s bylaws, to be timely, notice of stockholder proposals or nominations to be brought before an annual meeting of stockholders must be received by the Secretary of PFSweb not less than 90 calendar days prior to the date of the anniversary of the previous year’s annual meeting. For a special meeting or if the annual meeting is scheduled to be held on a date more than 30 days prior to or after the anniversary of the previous year’s annual meeting, notice will be timely if received by PFSweb by the close of business on the tenth day following the day on which notice of the date of the annual meeting was mailed or publicly disclosed. Stockholder nominations and proposals may not be brought before any PFSweb stockholder meeting unless the nomination or proposal was brought before the meeting in accordance with PFSweb’s stockholder advance notice procedures.		Under eCOST’s bylaws, a stockholder may propose business to be brought before an annual meeting of stockholders or nominate candidates for election to eCOST’s board of directors at any annual meeting of stockholders at which directors will be elected, provided that timely written notice must be given to the Secretary of eCOST before the annual meeting. Under eCOST’s bylaws, to be timely, notice of stockholder nominations or proposals to be made at an annual meeting must be delivered to the Secretary of eCOST at the principal executive offices of eCOST no later than 90 days nor earlier than 120 days prior to the first anniversary of the preceding year’s annual meeting. In the event that the annual meeting is advanced more than 30 days prior to or delayed by more than 60 days after the anniversary of the preceding year’s annual meeting, notice by the stockholder to be timely must be delivered not earlier than 120 days prior to such annual meeting and not later than the later of 90 days prior to the annual meeting or 10 days following the day on which public announcement of the date of the annual meeting is first made. If the number of directors to be elected to the board of directors is increased and there is no public announcement naming all of the nominees for director or specifying the increased board size at least 100 calendar days before the first anniversary of the preceding year’s annual meeting, a stockholder’s notice also will be considered timely, but only with respect to nominees for any new positions created by the increase, if it shall be delivered to the Secretary not later than the close of business on the 10th calendar day following the day on which the public announcement is first made.

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The PFSweb certificate of incorporation provides that notwithstanding any provision of Delaware law which might otherwise permit a lesser vote or no vote, the affirmative vote of the holders of at least 75% of the outstanding shares of each class of capital stock of PFSweb then entitled to vote is required to alter, amend or repeal any provision of the certificate of incorporation.		The eCOST certificate of incorporation provides that a majority vote of the entire board or the affirmative vote of the holders of at least a majority of the voting power of all of the then outstanding shares of capital stock entitled to vote for directors may amend or repeal any provision contained in the certificate of incorporation in a manner consistent with Delaware law; provided, however, that 80% of the voting power of all shares of eCOST entitled to vote generally in the election of directors is required to adopt any provision inconsistent with, to amend or repeal any provision of, the provisions of eCOST’s certificate of incorporation regarding preferred stock (section 4(b)), election of directors (section 5), amendment of certificate of incorporation (section 8), amendment of bylaws (section 9), the liability of its directors and indemnification (section 10), action by stockholders (section 11) and advance notice of stockholder proposals (section 12) or change the number of authorized shares of preferred stock.

The PFSweb bylaws may be amended only in accordance with PFSweb’s certificate of incorporation, which provides that the PFSweb bylaws may be adopted, amended or repealed by PFSweb’s board of directors or stockholders, provided that any such action by PFSweb’s stockholders must be approved by the affirmative vote of the holders of 75% of the outstanding shares of each class of capital stock entitled to vote thereon.		eCOST’s certificate of incorporation authorizes the eCOST board of directors to adopt, amend or repeal any provision of eCOST’s bylaws; subject to the power of the stockholders to adopt, amend or repeal any Bylaws by the affirmative vote of the holders of at least 66-2/3% of the voting power of all the then-outstanding shares of capital stock entitled to vote at an election of directors; provided, further, however, that the affirmative vote of the holders of at least 80% of the voting power of the shares entitled to vote at an election of directors shall be required to amend, alter, change or repeal, or to adopt any Bylaw provision inconsistent with Bylaw Sections 2.9 (stockholder proposals at annual meetings), 2.10 (nominations for directors), 2.11 (action without a meeting), 3.1 (number of directors and term of office), 3.3 (vacancies) or Article IX (indemnification).

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The PFSweb certificate of incorporation provides that a director shall not be personally liable for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except for liability (i) for any breach of the director’s duty of loyalty , (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or knowing violation of law, (iii) under Section 174 of the DGCL, or (iv) for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit.		The eCOST certificate of incorporation provides that, to the fullest extent permitted by Delaware statutory or decisional law, as amended or interpreted, no director shall be personally liable for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a Director, subject, however, to availability of equitable remedies for breach of fiduciary duty.

PFSweb’s certificate of incorporation provides that any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be a party to or is involved in any action, suit, or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, because that person is or was a director or officer, or is or was serving at the request of PFSweb as a director or officer of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, will be indemnified against expenses reasonably incurred or suffered by such person in connection therewith, including attorney’s fees, judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement, and held harmless by PFSweb to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL. The indemnification rights conferred by PFSweb are not exclusive of any other right to which persons seeking indemnification may be entitled under any statute, PFSweb’s certificate of incorporation or bylaws, any agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise. In addition, PFSweb is authorized to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of its directors and officers. Additionally, PFSweb will pay expenses incurred by its directors or officers in defending a civil or criminal action, suit or proceeding because that person is a director or officer, in advance of the final disposition of that action, suit or proceeding. However, such payment will be made only if PFSweb receives an undertaking by or on behalf of that director or officer to repay all amounts advanced if it is ultimately determined that he is not entitled to be indemnified by PFSweb.		eCOST’s bylaws provide that any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be a party to or is involved in any action, suit, or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, because that person is or was a director or officer, or is or was serving at the request of eCOST as a director or officer of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, will be indemnified against expenses reasonably incurred or suffered by such person in connection therewith, including attorney’s fees, judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement, and held harmless by eCOST to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL. The indemnification rights conferred by eCOST are not exclusive of any other right to which persons seeking indemnification may be entitled under any statute, its certificate of incorporation or bylaws, any agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise. In addition, eCOST is authorized to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of its directors and officers. Additionally, eCOST will pay expenses incurred by its directors or officers in defending a civil or criminal action, suit or proceeding because that person is a director or officer, in advance of the final disposition of that action, suit or proceeding. However, such payment will be made only if eCOST receives an undertaking by or on behalf of that director or officer to repay all amounts advanced if it is ultimately determined that he is not entitled to be indemnified by eCOST. If a

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		claim for expenses is not paid in full by eCOST within 60 days, the claimant may bring suit to recover the unpaid amount of the claim and, if successful, the costs of suit; provided, however, that it shall be a defense to any such action (other than an action brought to enforce a claim for expenses where the required undertaking has been tendered) that the claimant has not met the standards of conduct that make it permissible under the DGCL for eCOST to indemnify the claimant for the amount claimed. The burden of proving such a defense shall be on eCOST.

PFSweb currently does have a stockholder rights plan in effect.		eCOST currently does not have a stockholder rights plan in effect.

PFSweb’s certificate of incorporation expressly elects to be governed by Section 203 of the DGCL.		eCOST’s certificate of incorporation and bylaws do not contain any provisions that exclude eCOST from the restrictions prescribed by Section 203 of the DGCL.

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PFSWEB CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
	Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of September 30, 2005 (unaudited) and December 31, 2004			F-2
	Unaudited Interim Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations For the Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2005 and 2004			F-3
	Unaudited Interim Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows For the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2005 and 2004			F-4
	Notes to Unaudited Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements			F-5
PFSWEB AUDITED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
	Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm			F-15
	Consolidated Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2004 and 2003			F-16
	Consolidated Statements of Operations For the Years Ended December 31, 2004, 2003 and 2002			F-17
	Consolidated Statements of Shareholders’ Equity and Comprehensive Income (Loss)			F-18
	Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows For the Years Ended December 31, 2004, 2003 and 2002			F-19
	Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements			F-20
PFSWEB SUPPLEMENTARY DATA
	Schedule I — Condensed Financial Information of Registrant			S-1
	Schedule II — Valuation and Qualifying Accounts			S-4
eCOST FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
	Balance Sheets as of September 30, 2005 (unaudited) and December 31, 2004			F-46
	Statements of Operations For the Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2005 and 2004			F-47
	Statement of Stockholders’ Equity (Deficit)			F-48
	Statements of Cash Flows For the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2005 and 2004			F-49
	Notes to Financial Statements			F-50
eCOST FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
	Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm			F-60
	Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2004 and 2003			F-61
	Statements of Operations For the Years Ended December 31, 2004, 2003 and 2002			F-62
	Statements of Stockholders’ Equity (Deficit)			F-63
	Statements of Cash Flows For the Years Ended December 31, 2004, 2003, 2002			F-64
	Notes to Financial Statements			F-65
eCOST FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULE
	Schedule II — Valuation and Qualifying Accounts			S-5

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		2005				2004
		(Unaudited)
		(In thousands,
		except share data)
ASSETS
CURRENT ASSETS:
Cash and cash equivalents		$	14,681			$	13,592
Restricted cash			1,409				2,746
Accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $444 and $504 at September 30, 2005 and December 31, 2004, respectively			45,059				41,565
Inventories, net			38,583				44,947
Other receivables			9,745				8,061
Prepaid expenses and other current assets			3,682				3,349
Total current assets			113,159				114,260
PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT, net			12,995				14,264
RESTRICTED CASH			150				675
OTHER ASSETS			1,198				1,128
Total assets		$	127,502			$	130,327
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY
CURRENT LIABILITIES:
Current portion of long-term debt and capital lease obligations		$	20,849			$	19,098
Trade accounts payable			58,306				61,583
Accrued expenses			10,224				10,971
Total current liabilities			89,379				91,652
LONG-TERM DEBT AND CAPITAL LEASE OBLIGATIONS, less current portion			6,551				7,232
OTHER LIABILITIES			1,976				1,517
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY:
Preferred stock, $1.00 par value; 1,000,000 shares authorized; none issued and outstanding			—				—
Common stock, $0.001 par value; 40,000,000 shares authorized; 22,582,338 and 21,665,585 shares issued at September 30, 2005 and December 31, 2004, respectively; and 22,496,038 and 21,579,285 outstanding at September 30, 2005 and December 31, 2004, respectively			23				22
Additional paid-in capital			58,697				56,645
Accumulated deficit			(30,290	)			(29,077	)
Accumulated other comprehensive income			1,251				2,421
Treasury stock at cost, 86,300 shares			(85	)			(85	)
Total shareholders’ equity			29,596				29,926
Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity		$	127,502			$	130,327

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		Three Months Ended								Nine Months Ended
		September 30,								September 30,
		2005				2004				2005				2004
		(In thousands, except per share data)
REVENUES:
Product revenue, net		$	62,284			$	61,561			$	189,352			$	195,435
Service fee revenue			14,891				11,599				45,274				29,764
Pass-through revenue			4,317				3,857				13,601				9,323
Total net revenues			81,492				77,017				248,227				234,522
COSTS OF REVENUES:
Cost of product revenue			57,401				58,126				176,651				184,302
Cost of service fee revenue			10,990				7,647				33,860				19,614
Pass-through cost of revenue			4,317				3,857				13,601				9,323
Total costs of revenues			72,708				69,630				224,112				213,239
Gross profit			8,784				7,387				24,115				21,283
SELLING, GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES			8,441				6,451				23,359				20,493
Income from operations			343				936				756				790
INTEREST EXPENSE, NET			532				373				1,325				1,125
Income (loss) before income taxes			(189	)			563				(569	)			(335	)
INCOME TAX EXPENSE			264				143				644				533
NET INCOME (LOSS)		$	(453	)		$	420			$	(1,213	)		$	(868	)
NET INCOME (LOSS) PER SHARE:
Basic		$	(0.02	)		$	0.02			$	(0.05	)		$	(0.04	)
Diluted		$	(0.02	)		$	0.02			$	(0.05	)		$	(0.04	)
WEIGHTED AVERAGE NUMBER OF SHARES OUTSTANDING:
Basic			22,488				21,386				22,349				21,270
Diluted			22,488				23,071				22,349				21,270

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		Nine Months Ended
		September 30,
		2005				2004
		(In thousands)
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:
Net loss		$	(1,213	)		$	(868	)
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization			4,607				3,509
Provision for doubtful accounts			(57	)			235
Provision for excess and obsolete inventory			—				1,036
Deferred income taxes			76				(109	)
Non-cash compensation expense			16				14
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Accounts receivables			(4,669	)			(5,805	)
Inventories, net			4,701				382
Prepaid expenses, other receivables and other assets			(2,305	)			(2,480	)
Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other liabilities			(1,214	)			5,030
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities			(58	)			944
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:
Purchases of property and equipment			(3,409	)			(3,442	)
Decrease in restricted cash			1,348				258
Net cash used in investing activities			(2,061	)			(3,184	)
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
Payments on capital lease obligations			(890	)			(793	)
Decrease in restricted cash			514				727
Proceeds from issuance of common stock			2,036				303
Proceeds from debt			1,564				2,291
Net cash provided by financing activities			3,224				2,528
EFFECT OF EXCHANGE RATES ON CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS			(16	)			(90	)
NET INCREASE IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS			1,089				198
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, beginning of period			13,592				14,743
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, end of period		$	14,681			$	14,941
SUPPLEMENTAL CASH FLOW INFORMATION
Non-cash investing and financing activities:
Property and equipment acquired under capital leases		$	891			$	1,490

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1.	OVERVIEW AND BASIS OF PRESENTATION

	PFSweb Overview

	Supplies Distributors Overview

	Basis of Presentation

2.	SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

	Principles of Consolidation

	Use of Estimates

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	Concentration of Business and Credit Risk

	Cash and Cash Equivalents

	Inventories

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	Property and Equipment

	Stock-Based Compensation

			Three Months								Nine Months
			Ended								Ended
			September 30,								September 30,
			2005				2004				2005				2004
			(In thousands, except per share amounts)
Net income (loss) as reported			$	(453	)		$	420			$	(1,213	)		$	(868	)
Add: Stock-based non-employee compensation expense           included in reported net income (loss)				2				—				16				14
Deduct: Total stock-based employee and non-employee           compensation expense determined under fair value based method				(223	)			(165	)			(798	)			(542	)
Pro forma net income (loss), applicable to common stock for basic and diluted computations			$	(674	)		$	255			$	(1,995	)		$	(1,396	)
Income (loss) per common share — as reported
	Basic		$	(0.02	)		$	0.02			$	(0.05	)		$	(0.04	)
	Diluted		$	(0.02	)		$	0.02			$	(0.05	)		$	(0.04	)
Income (loss) per common share — pro forma
	Basic		$	(0.03	)		$	0.01			$	(0.09	)		$	(0.07	)
	Diluted		$	(0.03	)		$	0.01			$	(0.09	)		$	(0.07	)

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	Impact of Recently Issued Accounting Standards

3.	COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS) (in thousands)

			Three Months								Nine Months
			Ended								Ended
			September 30,								September 30,
			2005				2004				2005				2004
Net income (loss)			$	(453	)		$	420			$	(1,213	)		$	(868	)
Other comprehensive income (loss):
	Foreign currency translation adjustment			(85	)			164				(1,170	)			(208	)
Comprehensive income (loss)			$	(538	)		$	584			$	(2,383	)		$	(1,076	)

4.	NET INCOME (LOSS) PER COMMON SHARE

5.	VENDOR FINANCING:

				September 30,				December 31,
				2005				2004
Inventory and working capital financing agreements:
	United States			$	25,213			$	26,962
	Europe				9,496				13,110
		Total		$	34,709			$	40,072

	Inventory and Working Capital Financing Agreement, United States

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	Inventory and Working Capital Financing Agreement, Europe

6.	DEBT AND CAPITAL LEASE OBLIGATIONS;

			September 30,				December 31,
			2005				2004
Loan and security agreements, United States
	Supplies Distributors		$	12,339			$	8,328
	PFSweb			4,468				4,853
Factoring agreement, Europe				2,350				3,848
Taxable revenue bonds				5,000				5,000
Master lease agreements				2,914				3,141
Inventory and working capital financing agreement —
	Europe			—				682
Other				329				478
	Total			27,400				26,330
Less current portion of long-term debt				20,849				19,098
	Long-term debt, less current portion		$	6,551			$	7,232

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	Loan and Security Agreement — Supplies Distributors

	Loan and Security Agreement — PFSweb

	Factoring Agreement

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	Taxable Revenue Bonds

	Debt Covenants

	Master Lease Agreements

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7.	SEGMENT INFORMATION

			Three Months Ended								Nine Months Ended
			September 30,								September 30,
			2005				2004				2005				2004
Revenues (in thousands):
	PFS		$	21,476			$	17,308			$	65,674			$	44,970
	Supplies Distributors			62,284				61,561				189,352				195,435
	Eliminations			(2,268	)			(1,852	)			(6,799	)			(5,883	)
			$	81,492			$	77,017			$	248,227			$	234,522
Income from operations (in thousands):
	PFS		$	(1,990	)		$	(337	)		$	(4,346	)		$	(3,394	)
	Supplies Distributors			2,333				1,273				5,102				4,177
	Eliminations			—				—				—				7
			$	343			$	936			$	756			$	790
Depreciation and amortization (in thousands):
	PFS		$	1,595			$	1,173			$	4,607			$	3,502
	Supplies Distributors			—				—				—				14
	Eliminations			—				—				—				(7	)
			$	1,595			$	1,173			$	4,607			$	3,509
Capital expenditures (in thousands):
	PFS		$	848			$	1,645			$	3,409			$	3,442
	Supplies Distributors			—				—				—				—
	Eliminations			—				—				—				—
			$	848			$	1,645			$	3,409			$	3,442

			September 30,				December 31,
			2005				2004
Assets (in thousands):
	PFS		$	58,709			$	56,610
	Supplies Distributors			84,206				88,548
	Eliminations			(15,413	)			(14,831	)
			$	127,502			$	130,327

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8.	COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

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PFSWEB AUDITED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
	Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm			F-15
	Consolidated Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2004 and 2003			F-16
	Consolidated Statements of Operations For the Years Ended December 31, 2004, 2003 and 2002			F-17
	Consolidated Statements of Shareholders’ Equity and Comprehensive Income (Loss)			F-18
	Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows For the Years Ended December 31, 2004, 2003 and 2002			F-19
	Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements			F-20
PFSWEB SUPPLEMENTARY DATA
	Schedule I — Condensed Financial Information of Registrant			S-1
	Schedule II — Valuation and Qualifying Accounts			S-4

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				December 31,				December 31,
				2004				2003
				(In thousands, except share
				data)
ASSETS
CURRENT ASSETS:
	Cash and cash equivalents			$	13,592			$	14,743
	Restricted cash				2,746				1,091
	Accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $504 and $339 at December 31, 2004 and 2003, respectively				41,565				30,877
	Inventories, net				44,947				44,589
	Other receivables				8,061				3,872
	Prepaid expenses and other current assets				3,349				2,417
		Total current assets			114,260				97,589
PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT, net					14,264				9,589
RESTRICTED CASH					675				900
OTHER ASSETS					1,128				281
		Total assets		$	130,327			$	108,359
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY
CURRENT LIABILITIES:
	Current portion of long-term debt and capital lease obligations			$	19,098			$	19,533
	Trade accounts payable				61,583				49,548
	Accrued expenses				10,971				7,101
		Total current liabilities			91,652				76,182
LONG-TERM DEBT AND CAPITAL LEASE OBLIGATIONS, less current portion					7,232				2,762
OTHER LIABILITIES					1,517				998
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY:
	Preferred stock, $1.00 par value; 1,000,000 shares authorized; none issued and outstanding				—				—
	Common stock, $0.001 par value; 40,000,000 shares authorized; 21,665,585 and 21,247,941 shares issued at December 31, 2004 and 2003, respectively; and 21,579,285 and 21,161,641 outstanding at December 31, 2004 and 2003, respectively				22				21
	Additional paid-in capital				56,645				56,156
	Accumulated deficit				(29,077	)			(29,303	)
	Accumulated other comprehensive income				2,421				1,628
	Treasury stock at cost, 86,300 shares				(85	)			(85	)
		Total shareholders’ equity			29,926				28,417
		Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity		$	130,327			$	108,359

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				2004				2003				2002
				(In thousands, except per share data)
REVENUES:
	Product revenue, net			$	267,470			$	249,230			$	57,492
	Service fee revenue				42,076				33,771				31,094
	Service fee revenue, affiliate				—				—				4,731
	Pass-through revenue				12,119				3,435				3,692
		Total revenues			321,665				286,436				97,009
COSTS OF REVENUES:
	Cost of product revenue				251,968				235,317				54,343
	Cost of service fee revenue				28,067				23,159				22,660
	Cost of pass-through revenue				12,119				3,435				3,692
		Total costs of revenues			292,154				261,911				80,695
		Gross profit			29,511				24,525				16,314
SELLING, GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES					27,091				25,442				27,012
SEVERANCE AND OTHER TERMINATION COSTS					—				—				1,213
ASSET AND LEASE IMPAIRMENTS					—				257				922
		Income (loss) from operations			2,420				(1,174	)			(12,833	)
EQUITY IN EARNINGS OF AFFILIATE					—				—				1,163
INTEREST EXPENSE					1,590				2,124				816
INTEREST INCOME					(130	)			(124	)			(977	)
		Income (loss) before income taxes and extraordinary item			960				(3,174	)			(11,509	)
INCOME TAX EXPENSE					734				572				94
		Income (loss) before extraordinary item			226				(3,746	)			(11,603	)
EXTRAORDINARY ITEM — gain on purchase of 51% share of Supplies Distributors					—				—				203
		NET INCOME (LOSS)		$	226			$	(3,746	)		$	(11,400	)
BASIC AND DILUTED EARNINGS (LOSS) PER SHARE:
	Income (loss) before extraordinary item			$	0.01			$	(0.20	)		$	(0.64	)
	Extraordinary item — gain on purchase of 51% share of Supplies Distributors				—				—				0.01
	Net income (loss)			$	0.01			$	(0.20	)		$	(0.63	)
WEIGHTED AVERAGE NUMBER OF SHARES OUTSTANDING:
	Basic				21,332				19,011				18,229
	Diluted				23,468				19,011				18,229

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																			Accumulated
																			Other
			Common Stock								Additional								Comprehensive				Treasury Stock								Total				Comprehensive
											Paid-In				Accumulated				Income												Shareholders’				Income
			Shares				Amount				Capital				Deficit				(Loss)				Shares				Amount				Equity				(Loss)
			(In thousands, except share data)
Balance, December 31, 2001				18,143,409			$	18			$	51,942			$	(14,157	)		$	(1,113	)			86,300			$	(85	)		$	36,605
	Net loss			—				—				—				(11,400	)			—				—				—				(11,400	)		$	(11,400	)
	Stock based compensation expense			—				—				28				—				—				—				—				28
	Employee stock purchase plan			254,574				—				124				—				—				—				—				124
	Other comprehensive income — foreign currency translation adjustment			—				—				—				—				1,113				—				—				1,113				1,113
	Comprehensive loss																																		$	(10,287	)
Balance, December 31, 2002				18,397,983			$	18			$	52,094			$	(25,557	)		$	—				86,300			$	(85	)		$	26,470
	Net loss			—				—				—				(3,746	)			—				—				—				(3,746	)		$	(3,746	)
	Stock based compensation expense			—				—				6				—				—				—				—				6
	Employee stock purchase plan			618,446				1				261				—				—				—				—				262
	Proceeds from exercised options			649,568				1				618				—				—				—				—				619
	Private placement of common stock			1,581,944				1				3,177				—				—				—				—				3,178
	Other comprehensive income — foreign currency translation adjustment			—				—				—				—				1,628				—				—				1,628				1,628
	Comprehensive loss																																		$	(2,118	)
Balance, December 31, 2003				21,247,941			$	21			$	56,156			$	(29,303	)		$	1,628				86,300			$	(85	)		$	28,417
	Net income			—				—				—				226				—				—				—				226			$	226
	Stock based compensation expense			—				—				14				—				—				—				—				14
	Employee stock purchase plan			226,381				1				316				—				—				—				—				317
	Proceeds from exercised options			191,263				—				159				—				—				—				—				159
	Other comprehensive income — foreign currency translation adjustment			—				—				—				—				793				—				—				793				793
	Comprehensive income																																		$	1,019
Balance, December 31, 2004				21,665,585			$	22			$	56,645			$	(29,077	)		$	2,421				86,300			$	(85	)		$	29,926

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					2004				2003				2002
					(In thousands)
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:
	Net income (loss)				$	226			$	(3,746	)		$	(11,400	)
	Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities:
		Depreciation and amortization				4,643				4,497				5,851
		Loss on disposition of assets				—				32				—
		Asset and lease impairments				—				257				922
		Extraordinary gain				—				—				(203	)
		Provision for doubtful accounts				289				351				38
		Provision for excess and obsolete inventory				1,204				1,984				(10	)
		Deferred income taxes				(81	)			(134	)			(54	)
		Equity in earnings of affiliate				—				—				(1,163	)
		Non-cash compensation expense				14				6				28
		Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
			Accounts receivables			(9,838	)			173				2,087
			Inventories, net			(318	)			2,527				(8,110	)
			Prepaid expenses and other current assets, other receivables and other assets			(5,825	)			896				1,628
			Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other current and long-term liabilities			15,149				(5,565	)			(4,564	)
		Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities				5,463				1,278				(14,950	)
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:
	Purchases of property and equipment					(7,698	)			(1,982	)			(1,762	)
	Decrease (increase) in restricted cash					(1,071	)			1,744				(156	)
	Cash acquired in acquisition of affiliate, net of cash paid					—				—				501
	Proceeds from sale of distribution equipment					—				—				85
	Proceeds from loans to affiliate, net					—				—				2,855
		Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities				(8,769	)			(238	)			1,523
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
	Net proceeds from issuance of common stock					475				4,059				124
	Decrease (increase) in restricted cash					(359	)			268				780
	Payments on capital lease obligations					(1,134	)			(954	)			(862	)
	Proceeds from debt, net					3,266				1,816				11,319
		Net cash provided by financing activities				2,248				5,189				11,361
EFFECT OF EXCHANGE RATES ON CASH						(93	)			(81	)			(8	)
NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN CASH						(1,151	)			6,148				(2,074	)
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, beginning of period						14,743				8,595				10,669
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, end of period					$	13,592			$	14,743			$	8,595
SUPPLEMENTAL CASH FLOW INFORMATION
	Non-cash investing and financing activities:
		Fixed assets acquired under capital leases			$	1,330			$	538			$	848

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1.	Overview and Basis of Presentation

	PFSweb, Inc. Overview

	Supplies Distributors Overview

	Basis of Presentation

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2.	Significant Accounting Policies

	Principles of Consolidation

	Investment in Affiliate

	Use of Estimates

	Revenue and Cost Recognition

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			December 31,				December 31,
			2004				2003
Deferred implementation costs
	Current		$	507			$	204
	Non-current			658				26
			$	1,165			$	230
Deferred implementation revenues
	Current			898				466
	Non-current			821				87
			$	1,791			$	553

	Concentration of Business and Credit Risk

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	Cash and Cash Equivalents

	Restricted Cash

				December 31,				December 31,
				2004				2003
Current:
	Letters of credit security			$	225			$	260
	Customer remittances				1,190				831
	Bond financing				1,331				—
		Total current			2,746				1,091
Long term:
	Letters of credit security				675				900
Total restricted cash				$	3,421			$	1,991

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	Inventories

	Property and Equipment

			December 31,				December 31,
			2004				2003				Depreciable Life
Furniture and fixtures			$	9,996			$	9,255				2-10 years
Computer equipment				8,130				6,425				2-3 years
Leasehold improvements				6,044				5,401				2-9 years
Purchased and capitalized software costs				9,356				7,866				1-7 years
Other, primarily construction-in-progress				3,982				28				3-7 years
				37,508				28,975
Less-accumulated depreciation and amortization				(23,244	)			(19,386	)
	Property and equipment, net		$	14,264			$	9,589

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	Foreign Currency Translation and Transactions

	Stock Based Compensation

			Year Ended				Year Ended				Year Ended
			December 31,				December 31,				December 31,
			2004				2003				2002
			(In thousands, except per share amounts)
Net income (loss) as reported			$	226			$	(3,746	)		$	(11,400	)
Add: Stock-based non-employee compensation expense included in reported net loss				14				6				28
Deduct: total stock-based employee and non-employee compensation expense determined under fair value based method				(841	)			(754	)			(2,295	)
Pro forma net income (loss), applicable to common stock for basic and diluted computations			$	(601	)		$	(4,494	)		$	(13,667	)
Income (loss) per common share — basic and diluted As reported			$	0.01			$	(0.20	)		$	(0.63	)
	Pro forma		$	(0.03	)		$	(0.24	)		$	(0.75	)

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	Income Taxes

	Self Insurance

	Fair Value of Financial Instruments

	Comprehensive Income (Loss)

	Net Income (Loss) Per Common Share

	Cash Paid During Year

	Impact of Recently Issued Accounting Standards

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	Reclassifications

3.	Vendor Financing:

			December 31,				December 31,
			2004				2003
Inventory and working capital financing agreements:
	United States		$	26,962			$	26,034
	Europe			13,110				11,518
	Total		$	40,072			$	37,552

	Inventory and Working Capital Financing Agreement, United States

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	Inventory and Working Capital Financing Agreement, Europe

4.	Debt and Capital Lease Obligations:

			December 31,				December 31,
			2004				2003
Loan and security agreements, United States
	Supplies Distributors		$	8,328			$	13,146
	PFSweb			4,853				3,514
Factoring agreement, Europe				3,848				2,296
Taxable revenue bonds				5,000				—
Master lease agreements				3,141				3,080
Inventory and working capital financing agreement —
	Europe			682				8
Other				478				251
	Total			26,330				22,295
Less current portion of long-term debt				19,098				19,533
	Long-term debt, less current portion		$	7,232			$	2,762

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	Loan and Security Agreement — Supplies Distributors

	Loan and Security Agreement — PFSweb

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	Factoring Agreement

	Taxable Revenue Bonds

	Debt Covenants

	Master Lease Agreements

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	Debt and Capital Lease Maturities

Fiscal year ended December 31,
2005			$	18,055
2006				1,117
2007				500
2008				800
2009				800
Thereafter				2,400
	Total		$	23,672

Fiscal year ended December 31,
2005			$	1,232
2006				995
2007				574
2008				177
Thereafter				—
	Total minimum lease payments		$	2,978
Less amount representing interest at rates ranging from 5.75% to 18.0%				(320	)
Present value of net minimum lease payments				2,658
Less: Current portion				(1,043	)
	Long-term capital lease obligations		$	1,615

5.	Stock and Stock Options

	Preferred Stock Purchase Rights

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	Employee Stock Purchase Plan

	Private Placement Transaction

	Stock Options and Stock Option Plans

	PFSweb Plan Options

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											Weighted Average
			Shares				Price per Share				Exercise Price
Outstanding, December 31, 2001				3,596,369			$	0.60 - $16.00			$	1.27
	Granted			1,090,000			$	0.44 - $ 0.84			$	0.81
	Exercised			—			$	—			$	—
	Canceled			(1,080,700	)		$	0.80 - $10.45			$	1.29
Outstanding, December 31, 2002				3,605,669			$	0.44 - $16.00			$	1.12
	Granted			835,000			$	0.39 - $ 2.26			$	0.42
	Exercised			(328,730	)		$	0.39 - $ 1.92			$	0.81
	Canceled			(256,208	)		$	0.39 - $ 1.92			$	1.10
Outstanding, December 31, 2003				3,855,731			$	0.39 - $16.00			$	1.00
	Granted			808,000			$	1.48 - $ 2.96			$	1.64
	Exercised			(160,133	)		$	0.39 - $ 1.92			$	0.85
	Canceled			(61,491	)		$	0.39 - $10.45			$	1.65
Outstanding, December 31, 2004				4,442,107			$	0.39 - $16.00			$	1.11

		Options Outstanding												Options Exercisable
						Weighted				Weighted								Weighted
		Outstanding as of				Average				Average				Exercisable as of				Average
		December 31,				Remaining				Exercise				December 31,				Exercise
Range of Exercise Prices		2004				Contractual Life				Price				2004				Price
$ 0.39-$ 0.91			2,991,658				7.3			$	0.77				2,586,245			$	0.82
$ 1.16-$ 1.92			1,394,699				7.6			$	1.73				759,792			$	1.82
$ 2.26-$ 2.96			48,000				6.3			$	2.68				41,333			$	2.68
$10.45-$16.00			7,750				4.6			$	11.17				7,750			$	11.17
			4,442,107				7.4			$	1.11				3,395,120			$	1.09

	PFSweb Non-plan Options

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											Weighted Average
			Shares				Price per Share				Exercise Price
Outstanding, December 31, 2001				1,431,503			$	0.91 - $10.58			$	1.15
	Granted			—			$	—			$	—
	Exercised			—			$	—			$	—
	Canceled			(246,696	)		$	0.91 - $10.58			$	1.59
Outstanding, December 31, 2002				1,184,807			$	0.91 - $10.58			$	1.05
	Granted			—			$	—			$	—
	Exercised			(320,838	)		$	0.91 - $ 1.17			$	1.10
	Canceled			(359,001	)		$	0.91 - $ 1.17			$	1.16
Outstanding, December 31, 2003				504,968			$	0.91 - $10.58			$	0.95
	Granted			—			$	—			$	—
	Exercised			(31,130	)		$	0.91 - $ 0.91			$	0.91
	Canceled			(569	)		$	5.78 - $10.58			$	6.47
Outstanding, December 31, 2004				473,269			$	0.91 - $10.58			$	0.95

		Options Outstanding												Options Exercisable
						Weighted				Weighted								Weighted
		Outstanding as of				Average				Average				Exercisable as of				Average
		December 31,				Remaining				Exercise				December 31,				Exercise
Range of Exercise Prices		2004				Contractual Life				Price				2004				Price
$0.91			471,039				6.9			$	0.91				471,039			$	0.91
$5.78-$10.58			2,230				3.0			$	8.83				2,230			$	8.83
			473,269				6.9			$	0.95				473,269			$	0.95

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	Fair Value

		Year Ended				Year Ended				Year Ended
		December 31,				December 31,				December 31,
		2004				2003				2002
Expected dividend yield			—				—				—
Expected stock price volatility			107% - 118%				115% - 118%				112% - 114%
Risk-free interest rate			3.9% - 4.8%				3.4% - 4.3%				5.1%
Expected life of options (years)			5				5				5

		Year Ended				Year Ended				Year Ended
		December 31,				December 31,				December 31,
		2004				2003				2002
Expected dividend yield			—				—				—
Expected stock price volatility			107% - 115%				115% - 119%				111% - 118%
Risk-free interest rate			0.9% - 2.2%				0.9% - 1.2%				1.2% - 1.8%
Expected life of options (months)			3				3				3

6.	Master Distributor Agreements:

7.	Impairment of Assets and Leases

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9.	Supplies Distributors

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Cash and cash equivalents (including restricted cash of $1,745)			$	2,578
Accounts receivable				28,110
Inventories				37,193
Prepaid expenses				684
Other assets, net				284
	Total assets acquired		$	68,849
Trade accounts payable			$	3,611
Accrued expenses				1,901
Debt (guaranteed by PFSweb)				48,823
Other debt				3,070
Note payable to affiliate				8,800
	Total liabilities assumed			66,205
	Net assets			2,644
Less PFSweb’s prior investment				2,109
	Net assets acquired			535
Less cash purchase price				332
	Extraordinary gain on purchase		$	203

				Calendar Year 2002
								Supplies				Pro Forma				Pro Forma
				PFSweb				Distributors				Adjustments				Consolidated
Revenues:
	Gross product revenue			$	—			$	221,145			$	—			$	221,145
	Service fee revenue				31,092				—				—				31,092
	Service fee revenue, affiliate				6,525				—				(6,525	)			—
	Pass-through revenue				3,714				—				(151	)			3,563
		Net revenues			41,331				221,145				(6,676	)			255,800

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				Calendar Year 2002
								Supplies				Pro Forma				Pro Forma
				PFSweb				Distributors				Adjustments				Consolidated
Costs of Revenues:
	Cost of product revenue				—				208,617				—				208,617
	Cost of service fee revenue				23,252				—				(2,258	)			20,994
	Cost of pass-through revenue				3,714				—				(151	)			3,563
		Total costs of revenues			26,966				208,617				(2,409	)			233,174
		Gross profit			14,365				12,528				(4,267	)			22,626
Selling, general and administrative expenses					26,206				6,997				(4,319	)			28,884
Other					2,135				—				—				2,135
	Income (loss) from operations				(13,976	)			5,531				52				(8,393	)
Equity in earnings of affiliate					1,429				—				(1,429	)			—
Interest expense (income), net					(847	)			3,110				—				2,263
	Income (loss) before income taxes and extraordinary item				(11,700	)			2,421				(1,377	)			(10,656	)
Income tax expense (benefit)					(81	)			929				(343	)			505
	Income (loss) before extraordinary item				(11,619	)			1,492				(1,034	)			(11,161	)
Extraordinary gain on purchase of 51% share of Supplies Distributors					203				—				—				203
Net income (loss)				$	(11,416	)		$	1,492			$	(1,034	)		$	(10,958	)
Net loss per share:
	Basic and diluted			$	(0.63	)										$	(0.60	)
Weighted average number of shares outstanding, basic and diluted					18,229												18,229

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10.	Income Taxes

			Year Ended				Year Ended				Year Ended
			December 31,				December 31,				December 31,
			2004				2003				2002
Income tax provision (benefit) computed at statutory rate			$	326			$	(1,079	)		$	(3,844	)
Impact of foreign taxation				(9	)			(48	)			(230	)
Items not deductible for tax (book) purposes				60				623				30
Change in valuation reserve				478				1,197				4,224
Other				(121	)			(121	)			(86	)
	Provision for income taxes		$	734			$	572			$	94

			Year Ended				Year Ended				Year Ended
			December 31,				December 31,				December 31,
			2004				2003				2002
Domestic			$	(549	)		$	(2,745	)		$	(7,983	)
Foreign				1,509				(429	)			(3,526	)
	Total		$	960			$	(3,174	)		$	(11,509	)

				Year Ended				Year Ended				Year Ended
				December 31,				December 31,				December 31,
				2004				2003				2002
Current
	Domestic			$	74			$	79			$	—
	State				49				64				—
	Foreign				692				563				148
		Total current			815				706				148
Deferred
	Domestic				—				—				(17	)
	State				—				(31	)			—
	Foreign				(81	)			(103	)			(37	)
		Total deferred			(81	)			(134	)			(54	)
		Total		$	734			$	572			$	94

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				December 31,				December 31,
				2004				2003
Deferred tax asset:
	Allowance for doubtful accounts			$	171			$	120
	Inventory reserve				761				743
	Property and equipment				74				—
	Net operating loss carryforwards				10,812				10,063
	Other				612				653
					12,430				11,579
	Less — Valuation reserve				12,225				11,404
		Total deferred tax asset			205				175
Deferred tax liability:
	Property and equipment				—				(155	)
	Other				(166	)			(92	)
		Total deferred liability			(166	)			(247	)
Deferred tax asset (liability), net				$	39			$	(72	)

11.	Commitments and Contingencies

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		Operating Lease				Sub-Lease
		Payments				Income
Fiscal year ended December 31,
2005		$	6,207			$	161
2006			6,006				134
2007			4,638				—
2008			2,371				—
2009			393				—
Thereafter			1,049				—
Total		$	20,664			$	295

12.	Segment and Geographic Information

			Year Ended				Year Ended				Year Ended
			December 31,				December 31,				December 31,
			2004				2003				2002
Revenues (in thousands):
	PFSweb		$	62,621			$	44,824			$	41,331
	Supplies Distributors			267,470				249,230				57,492
	Eliminations			(8,426	)			(7,618	)			(1,814	)
			$	321,665			$	286,436			$	97,009
Income (loss) from operations (in thousands):
	PFSweb		$	(3,495	)		$	(6,317	)		$	(13,976	)
	Supplies Distributors			5,908				5,114				1,127
	Eliminations			7				29				16
			$	2,420			$	(1,174	)		$	(12,833	)

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			Year Ended				Year Ended				Year Ended
			December 31,				December 31,				December 31,
			2004				2003				2002
Depreciation and amortization (in thousands):
	PFSweb		$	4,636			$	4,469			$	5,836
	Supplies Distributors			14				58				31
	Eliminations			(7	)			(30	)			(16	)
			$	4,643			$	4,497			$	5,851
Capital expenditures (in thousands):
	PFSweb		$	7,698			$	1,982			$	1,762
	Supplies Distributors			—				—				—
	Eliminations			—				—				—
			$	7,698			$	1,982			$	1,762

			December 31,				December 31,
			2004				2003
Assets (in thousands):
	PFSweb		$	56,610			$	43,629
	Supplies Distributors			88,548				77,878
	Eliminations			(14,831	)			(13,148	)
			$	130,327			$	108,359

			Year Ended				Year Ended				Year Ended
			December 31,				December 31,				December 31,
			2004				2003				2002
Revenues (in thousands):
	United States		$	225,300			$	199,309			$	73,752
	Europe			99,979				89,781				21,358
	Canada			9,834				12,730				5,335
	Inter-segment eliminations			(13,448	)			(15,384	)			(3,436	)
			$	321,665			$	286,436			$	97,009

			December 31,				December 31,
			2004				2003
Long-lived assets (in thousands):
	United States		$	12,288			$	6,419
	Europe			3,641				4,166
	Canada			138				185
			$	16,067			$	10,770

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13.	Employee Savings Plan

14.	Quarterly Results of Operations (Unaudited)

		Year Ended December 31, 2004
		1st Qtr.				2nd Qtr.				3rd Qtr.				4th Qtr.
Total revenues		$	77,485			$	80,020			$	77,017			$	87,143
Total cost of revenues			71,490				72,119				69,630				78,915
Gross profit			5,995				7,901				7,387				8,228
Selling, general and administrative expenses			7,132				6,910				6,451				6,598
Income (loss) from operations			(1,137	)			991				936				1,630
Net income (loss)			(1,767	)			479				420				1,094
Basic net income (loss) per share			(0.08	)			0.02				0.02				0.05
Diluted net income (loss) per share			(0.08	)			0.02				0.02				0.05

		Year Ended December 31, 2003
		1st Qtr.				2nd Qtr.				3rd Qtr.				4th Qtr.
Total revenues		$	67,091			$	74,573			$	69,400			$	75,372
Total cost of revenues			62,019				66,881				63,658				69,353
Gross profit			5,072				7,692				5,742				6,019
Selling, general and administrative expenses			6,177				6,516				6,336				6,413
Asset and lease impairments			—				—				—				257
Income (loss) from operations			(1,105	)			1,176				(594	)			(651	)
Net income (loss)			(1,774	)			467				(1,141	)			(1,298	)
Basic and diluted net income (loss) per share			(0.10	)			0.03				(0.06	)			(0.06	)

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eCOST FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
	Balance Sheets as of September 30, 2005 (unaudited) and December 31, 2004			F-46
	Statements of Operations For the Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2005 and 2004			F-47
	Statement of Stockholders’ Equity (Deficit)			F-48
	Statements of Cash Flows For the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2005 and 2004			F-49
	Notes to Financial Statements			F-50

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				September 30,				December 31,
				2005				2004
				(Unaudited)
				(In thousands, except
				share data)
ASSETS
Current assets:
	Cash and cash equivalents			$	6,290			$	8,790
	Short-term investments				—				7,000
	Accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $360 and $199 at September 30, 2005 and December 31, 2004, respectively				5,080				2,039
	Inventories, net				6,737				1,794
	Prepaid expenses and other current assets				894				263
	Due from Affiliate, net				—				813
	Deferred income taxes				—				883
		Total current assets			19,001				21,582
Property and equipment, net					1,868				342
Deferred income taxes					—				4,467
Other assets					179				123
Total assets				$	21,048			$	26,514
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Current liabilities:
	Accounts payable			$	7,015			$	585
	Accrued expenses and other current liabilities				3,208				2,635
	Due to Affiliate, net				1,082				—
	Deferred revenue				1,167				2,014
		Total current liabilities			12,472				5,234
Total liabilities					12,472				5,234
Commitments and contingencies (Note 5)
Stockholders’ equity:
	Preferred stock, $0.001 par value; 10,000,000 shares authorized; none issued and outstanding				—				—
	Common stock, $0.001 par value; 100,000,000 shares authorized; 17,747,133 and 17,465,000 shares issued and outstanding at September 30, 2005 and December 31, 2004, respectively				18				17
	Additional paid-in capital				34,152				33,834
	Deferred stock-based compensation				(958	)			(1,333	)
	Accumulated deficit				(24,636	)			(11,238	)
Total stockholders’ equity					8,576				21,280
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity				$	21,048			$	26,514

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			Three Months Ended								Nine Months Ended
			September 30,								September 30,
			2005				2004				2005				2004
			(Unaudited, in thousands, except per share data)
Net sales			$	38,186			$	43,397			$	134,290			$	120,389
Cost of goods sold				35,456				39,294				125,084				109,055
Gross profit				2,730				4,103				9,206				11,334
Selling, general and administrative expenses				5,088				5,527				17,393				12,783
Loss from operations				(2,358	)			(1,424	)			(8,187	)			(1,449	)
Interest income				(49	)			(7	)			(139	)			(7	)
Interest expense — PC Mall commercial line of credit				—				369				—				1,329
Interest income — PC Mall commercial line of credit				—				(369	)			—				(1,329	)
Loss before income taxes				(2,309	)			(1,417	)			(8,048	)			(1,442	)
Provision (benefit) for income taxes				—				(525	)			5,350				(535	)
Net loss			$	(2,309	)		$	(892	)		$	(13,398	)		$	(907	)
Loss per share:
	Basic		$	(0.13	)		$	(0.06	)		$	(0.76	)		$	(0.06	)
	Diluted		$	(0.13	)		$	(0.06	)		$	(0.76	)		$	(0.06	)
Weighted average shares outstanding:
	Basic			17,738				15,155				17,576				14,385
	Diluted			17,738				15,155				17,576				14,385

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		Common Stock								Additional				Deferred
										Paid-in				Stock-Based				Accumulated
		Shares				Amount				Capital				Compensation				Deficit				Total
		(Unaudited, in thousands)
Balance at December 31, 2004			17,465			$	17			$	33,834			$	(1,333	)		$	(11,238	)		$	21,280
Exercise of stock options			282				1				318				—				—				319
Stock-based compensation			—				—				—				375				—				375
Net loss			—				—				—				—				(13,398	)			(13,398	)
Balance at September 30, 2005			17,747			$	18			$	34,152			$	(958	)		$	(24,636	)		$	8,576

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				Nine Months Ended
				September 30,
				2005				2004
				(Unaudited, in
				thousands)
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net loss				$	(13,398	)		$	(907	)
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities:
	Depreciation and amortization				332				31
	Deferred income taxes				5,350				(535	)
	Deferred rent				123				—
	Non-cash stock-based compensation				375				1,381
	Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
		Accounts receivable			(3,041	)			(1,232	)
		Inventories, net			(4,943	)			(327	)
		Prepaid expenses and other current assets			(631	)			(243	)
		Due to/from Affiliate, net			1,895				—
		Other assets			(64	)			(78	)
		Accounts payable			6,430				(322	)
		Accrued expenses and other current liabilities			112				165
		Deferred revenue			(847	)			367
Total adjustments					5,091				(793	)
Net cash used in operating activities					(8,307	)			(1,700	)
Cash flows from investing activities:
	Purchases of property and equipment				(1,512	)			(125	)
	Sale of short-term investments				7,000				—
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities:					5,488				(125	)
Cash flows from financing activities:
	Net repayment from Affiliate				—				4,291
	Book overdraft.				—				266
	Net proceeds from initial public offering				—				18,690
	Payments for deferred offering costs				—				(1,684	)
	Exercise of stock options				319				—
Net cash provided by financing activities					319				21,563
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents					(2,500	)			19,738
Cash and cash equivalents:
Beginning of period					8,790				—
End of period				$	6,290			$	19,738

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1.	The Company and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

	The Company

	Basis of Presentation

	Liquidity

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	•	Focusing sales efforts on product margin as a priority over volume.
	•	Leveraging automated analytical tools in order to more efficiently set prices for our products.
	•	Better automating and optimizing our advertising efforts.
	•	Implementing various strategies to reduce freight costs and increase recoupment on freight.
	•	Streamlining warehouse operations by bringing in a more experienced management staff, improving our returns and cycle count processes, and implementing better velocity management practices.
	•	Reducing our cost structure through targeted reductions in the workforce, and exploring options for transitioning certain of our operations offshore.

	Inventories

	Stock-Based Compensation

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		Three Months Ended								Nine Months Ended
		September 30,								September 30,
		2005				2004				2005				2004
Net loss — as reported		$	(2,309	)		$	(892	)		$	(13,398	)		$	(907	)
Less: compensation expense as determined under SFAS 123, net of related taxes			(737	)			(756	)			(2,152	)			(861	)
Add: stock-based compensation expense included in reported net income, net of related taxes			125				809				325				869
Net loss — pro forma		$	(2,921	)		$	(839	)		$	(15,225	)		$	(899	)
Basic loss per share — as reported		$	(0.13	)		$	(0.06	)		$	(0.76	)		$	(0.06	)
Basic net loss per share — pro forma		$	(0.16	)		$	(0.06	)		$	(0.87	)		$	(0.06	)
Diluted net loss per share — as reported		$	(0.13	)		$	(0.06	)		$	(0.76	)		$	(0.06	)
Diluted net loss per share — pro forma		$	(0.16	)		$	(0.06	)		$	(0.87	)		$	(0.06	)

	Recent Accounting Pronouncements

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2.	Net Loss Per Share

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		Three Months Ended								Nine Months Ended
		September 30,								September 30,
		2005				2004				2005				2004
Net loss		$	(2,309	)		$	(892	)		$	(13,398	)		$	(907	)
Weighted average shares — Basic			17,738				15,155				17,576				14,385
Effect of dilutive stock options(a)			—				—				—				—
Weighted average shares — Diluted			17,738				15,155				17,576				14,385
Basic loss per share		$	(0.13	)		$	(0.06	)		$	(0.76	)		$	(0.06	)
Diluted loss per share		$	(0.13	)		$	(0.06	)		$	(0.76	)		$	(0.06	)

(a)	Potential common shares of 4,252 and 1,008 as of September 30, 2005 and 2004, respectively, have been excluded from the net loss per share computations because the effect of their inclusion would be anti-dilutive.

3.	Stock-Based Compensation (share amounts not in thousands)

		Options Outstanding												Options Exercisable
						Weighted-
						Average				Weighted-								Weighted-
						Remaining				Average								Average
		Number				Contractual				Exercise				Number				Exercise
Range of Exercise Prices		Outstanding				Life (years)				Price				Exercisable				Price
$0.44 to $ 0.99			581,000				4.5			$	0.82				581,000			$	0.82
$1.00 to $ 1.99			594,000				6.5			$	1.33				538,000			$	1.32
$2.00 to $ 4.99			371,000				5.0			$	3.28				337,000			$	3.30
$5.00 to $ 7.99			758,000				8.8			$	7.15				300,000			$	7.18
$8.00 to $11.41			141,000				8.8			$	9.17				45,000			$	9.05
			2,445,000				6.7			$	3.76				1,801,000			$	2.70

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4.	Income Taxes

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5.	Commitments and Contingencies

	Leases

			Payment Due by Period
							3 Months
							Remaining
			Total				2005				2006				2007				2008				2009				2010				Thereafter
Operating leases			$	2,860			$	109			$	580			$	621			$	515			$	515			$	481			$	39
Service agreements with our former Parent				440				120				320				—				—				—				—				—
Employment agreements				63				63				—				—				—				—				—				—
	Total		$	3,363			$	292			$	900			$	621			$	515			$	515			$	481			$	39

	Other Commitments and Contingencies

6.	Commercial Lines of Credit

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7.	Transactions with Affiliate

		Three Months Ended								Nine Months Ended
		September 30,								September 30,
		2005				2004				2005				2004
Cost of goods sold (including cost of products, shipping and fulfillment)		$	15,085			$	36,133			$	84,109			$	100,641
Selling, general and administrative expenses			254				632				1,077				1,702

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eCOST FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
	Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm			F-60
	Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2004 and 2003			F-61
	Statements of Operations For the Years Ended December 31, 2004, 2003 and 2002			F-62
	Statements of Stockholders’ Equity (Deficit)			F-63
	Statements of Cash Flows For the Years Ended December 31, 2004, 2003, 2002			F-64
	Notes to Financial Statements			F-65
eCOST Financial Statement Schedule
	Schedule II — Valuation and Qualifying Accounts			S-5

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		December 31,
		2003				2004
		(In thousands, except
		share data)
ASSETS
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents		$	—			$	8,790
Short-term investments			—				7,000
Accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $50 and $199 at December 31, 2003 and 2004, respectively			2,044				2,039
Inventories			1,199				1,794
Prepaid expenses and other current assets			51				263
Due from Affiliate, net			—				813
Deferred income taxes			155				883
Receivable from the Parent (Note 3)			30,676				—
Total current assets			34,125				21,582
Property and equipment, net			125				342
Due from Affiliate, net			991				—
Deferred income taxes			4,206				4,467
Other assets			29				123
Total assets		$	39,476			$	26,514
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable		$	1,678			$	585
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities			1,738				2,635
Deferred revenue			1,345				2,014
Lines of credit (Note 3)			30,676				—
Total current liabilities			35,437				5,234
Total liabilities			35,437				5,234
Commitments and contingencies (Note 5)
Stockholders’ equity:
Preferred stock, $0.001 par value; 10,000,000 authorized; none issued and outstanding			—				—
Common stock, $0.001 par value; 20,000,000 and 100,000,000 shares authorized, 14,000,000 and 17,465,000 shares issued and outstanding at December 31, 2003 and 2004, respectively			14				17
Additional paid-in capital			16,598				33,834
Deferred stock-based compensation			—				(1,333	)
Capital contribution due from Affiliate			(2,543	)			—
Accumulated deficit			(10,030	)			(11,238	)
Total stockholders’ equity			4,039				21,280
Total stockholders’ equity and liabilities		$	39,476			$	26,514

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		Year Ended December 31,
		2002				2003				2004
		(In thousands, except per share data)
Net sales		$	89,009			$	109,709			$	178,464
Cost of goods sold (Note 7)			79,429				99,409				162,139
Gross profit			9,580				10,300				16,325
Selling, general and administrative expenses (Note 7)			8,945				9,885				18,384
Income (loss) from operations			635				415				(2,059	)
Interest (income) expense, net			461				76				(67	)
Interest expense — PC Mall commercial line of credit (Note 3)			1,097				1,476				1,329
Interest income — PC Mall commercial line of credit (Note 3)			(1,097	)			(1,476	)			(1,329	)
Income (loss) before income taxes			174				339				(1,992	)
Provision (benefit) for income taxes			27				(5,872	)			(784	)
Net income (loss)		$	147			$	6,211			$	(1,208	)
Earnings (loss) per share:
Basic		$	0.01			$	0.44			$	(0.08	)
Diluted		$	0.01			$	0.43			$	(0.08	)
Weighted average number of shares:
Basic			14,000				14,000				15,155
Diluted			14,422				14,279				15,155

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																		Capital
		Common Stock								Additional				Deferred				Contribution
										Paid-in				Stock-Based				Due from				Accumulated
		Shares				Amount				Capital				Compensation				Affiliate				Deficit				Total
		(In thousands)
Balance at December 31, 2001			14,000			$	14			$	111			$	—			$	—			$	(16,388	)		$	(16,263	)
Capital contribution — income taxes			—				—				15				—				—				—				15
Net income			—				—				—				—				—				147				147
Balance at December 31, 2002			14,000				14				126				—				—				(16,241	)			(16,101	)
Capital contribution from Affiliate			—				—				18,000				—				—				—				18,000
Capital contribution due from Affiliate			—				—				—				—				(2,543	)			—				(2,543	)
Affiliate utilization of deferred tax benefits, net			—				—				(1,528	)			—				—				—				(1,528	)
Net income			—				—				—				—				—				6,211				6,211
Balance at December 31, 2003			14,000				14				16,598				—				(2,543	)			(10,030	)			4,039
Issuance of common stock in connection with the initial public offering, net of offering costs			3,465				3				16,736				—				—				—				16,739
Compensatory stock option grant			—				—				2,000				(2,000	)			—				—				—
Amortization of deferred stock-based compensation			—				—				—				667				—				—				667
Non-cash stock-based compensation			—				—				839				—				—				—				839
Dividend to Affiliate			—				—				(2,543	)			—				2,543				—				—
Capital contribution — income taxes			—				—				204				—				—				—				204
Net loss			—				—				—				—				—				(1,208	)			(1,208	)
Balance at December 31, 2004			17,465			$	17			$	33,834			$	(1,333	)		$	—			$	(11,238	)		$	21,280

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		Year Ended December 31,
		2002				2003				2004
		(In thousands)
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net income (loss)		$	147			$	6,211			$	(1,208	)
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization			227				63				58
Bad debt expense			51				32				170
Deferred income taxes			—				(4,361	)			(989	)
Stock-based compensation expense			—				—				1,506
Affiliate utilization of deferred tax benefits, net			—				(1,528	)			—
Capital contribution — income taxes			15				—				204
Changes in assets and liabilities:
Accounts receivable			(882	)			(584	)			(165	)
Inventories			292				(583	)			(596	)
Prepaid expenses and other assets			99				15				(212	)
Other assets			(7	)			(23	)			(97	)
Accounts payable			—				952				(367	)
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities			208				779				888
Deferred revenue			(309	)			653				669
Total adjustments			(306	)			(4,585	)			1,069
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities			(159	)			1,626				(139	)
Cash flows from investing activities:
Purchases of short-term investments			—				—				(14,000	)
Sale of short-term investments			—				—				7,000
Purchases of property and equipment			(9	)			(19	)			(272	)
Net cash used in investing activities			(9	)			(19	)			(7,272	)
Cash flows from financing activities:
Capital contribution from Affiliate			—				18,000				—
Net proceeds from initial public offering			—				—				18,690
Change in book overdraft			—				726				(726	)
Payments for deferred offering costs			—				—				(1,941	)
Net (repayments to)/advances from Affiliate			168				(17,790	)			178
Capital contribution due from Affiliate			—				(2,543	)			—
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities			168				(1,607	)			16,201
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents			—				—				8,790
Cash and cash equivalents:
Beginning of period			—				—				—
End of period		$	—			$	—			$	8,790

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	Description of Company

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	•	Focusing sales efforts on product margin as a priority over volume.
	•	Leveraging automated analytical tools in order to more efficiently set prices for the Company’s products.
	•	Better automating and optimizing advertising efforts.
	•	Implementing various strategies to reduce freight costs and increase recoupment on freight.
	•	Streamlining warehouse operations by bringing in a more experienced management staff, improving the returns and cycle count processes, and implementing better velocity management practices.
	•	Reducing the Company’s cost structure through targeted reductions in the workforce, and exploring options for transitioning certain operations offshore.

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	Use of Estimates in the Preparation of Financial Statements

	Cash Equivalents

	Short-term Investments

	Concentration of Credit and Business Risk

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	Accounts Receivable

	Inventories

	Advertising Costs

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	Property and Equipment

Computers, software and equipment			3 years
Furniture and fixtures			7 years
Leasehold improvements			Life of lease — not to exceed 15 years

	Disclosures about Fair Value of Financial Instruments

	Net Advances from Affiliate/ Due from Affiliate

	Accounting for the Impairment of Long-Lived and Intangible Assets

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	Income Taxes

	Accrued Expenses and Other Current Liabilities

		December 31,
		2003				2004
Accrued payroll and related expenses		$	161			$	291
Accrued advertising			228				1,140
Other accrued expenses			1,349				1,204
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities		$	1,738			$	2,635

	Revenue Recognition

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	Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation

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		Twelve Months Ended
		December 31,
		2002				2003				2004
Net income (loss) — as reported		$	147			$	6,211			$	(1,208	)
Add: Non-cash stock-based compensation expense included in reported income, net of related taxes			—				—				913
Less: Stock-based compensation expense under SFAS 123, net of related taxes			(162	)			(90	)			(1,101	)
Net income (loss) — pro forma		$	(15	)		$	6,121			$	(1,396	)
Basic net income (loss) per share — as reported		$	0.01			$	0.44			$	(0.08	)
Basic net income (loss) per share — pro forma		$	(0.00	)		$	0.44			$	(0.09	)
Diluted net income (loss) per share — as reported		$	0.01			$	0.43			$	(0.08	)
Diluted net income (loss) per share — pro forma		$	(0.00	)		$	0.43			$	(0.09	)

		Twelve Months Ended
		December 31,
		2002				2003				2004
Risk free interest rates			3.90	%			3.68	%			3.64	%
Expected dividend yield			None				None				None
Expected lives			7 yrs.				7 yrs.				6 yrs.
Expected volatility			129	%			119	%			100	%

	Net Income (Loss) Per Share

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		Twelve Months Ended December 31,
		2002				2003				2004
Net income (loss)		$	147			$	6,211			$	(1,208	)
Weighted average shares — Basic			14,000,000				14,000,000				15,155,000
Effect of dilutive stock options(a)			421,859				279,387				—
Weighted average shares — Diluted			14,421,859				14,279,387				15,155,000
Basic earnings (loss) per share		$	0.01			$	0.44			$	(0.08	)
Diluted earnings (loss) per share		$	0.01			$	0.43			$	(0.08	)

(a)		Potential common shares of 1,349,900 for the year ended 2004 have been excluded from the loss per share computations because the effect of their inclusion would be anti-dilutive.

	Recent Accounting Pronouncements

	Share-Based Payments

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2.	Property and Equipment

		December 31,
		2003				2004
Computers, software and equipment		$	560			$	435
Furniture and fixtures			42				94
Leasehold improvements			175				177
			777				706
Less: Accumulated depreciation and amortization			(652	)			(364	)
		$	125			$	342

3.	Commercial Lines of Credit

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4.	Income Taxes

		2002				2003				2004
Current
Federal		$	—			$	6			$	—
State			27				21				1
			27				27				1
Deferred
Federal			—				(5,376	)			(669	)
State			—				(523	)			(116	)
			—				(5,899	)			(785	)
Net provision (benefit)		$	27			$	(5,872	)		$	(784	)

		2002				2003				2004
Expected taxes at federal statutory tax rate			34.0	%			34.0	%			34.0	%
State income taxes, net of federal income tax benefit			6.6				4.6				5.8
Change in valuation allowance			(29.7	)			(1,774.8	)			—
Other			4.5				2.5				(0.4	)
			15.4	%			(1,733.7	)%			39.4	%

		2003				2004
Net operating loss carryforwards		$	4,143			$	4,468
Deferred stock-based compensation			—				600
Other temporary differences			218				282
			4,361				5,350
Valuation allowance			—				—
		$	4,361			$	5,350

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5.	Commitments and Contingencies

	Leases

		Operating
		Leases
2005		$	110
2006			142
2007			107
2008			—
Thereafter			—
Total minimum lease payments		$	359

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	Legal Proceedings

	Other Contingencies

6.	Employee Benefits

	401(k) Savings Plan

	Stock Option Plans

	1999 Plan

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	2004 Plan

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		1999 Plan								2004 Plan								Total
						Weighted								Weighted								Weighted
		Number				Average Exercise				Number				Average Exercise				Number				Average Exercise
		Outstanding				Price				Outstanding				Price				Outstanding				Price
Outstanding at December 31, 2002 and 2003			506,800			$	0.29				—			$	—				506,800			$	0.29
Granted			560,000				6.43				433,750				8.99				993,750				7.55
Canceled			(148,400	)			0.14				(2,250	)			8.93				(150,650	)			0.27
Outstanding at December 31, 2004			918,400			$	4.05				431,500			$	8.99				1,349,900			$	5.63

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						Weighted
						Average
		Number				Exercise Price
Outstanding at December 31, 2001			56,772			$	3.56
Granted			2,275				4.02
Canceled			(1,750	)			4.11
Exercised			(130	)			1.59
Outstanding at December 31, 2002			57,167				3.57
Granted			—				—
Canceled			(350	)			4.96
Exercised			(26,850	)			3.79
Outstanding at December 31, 2003			29,967				3.36
Canceled			(6,350	)			2.55
Exercised			(4,408	)			6.27
Transfers(a)			942				7.48
Outstanding at December 31, 2004			20,151			$	3.17

(a)		Represents shares held by employees who transferred to the Company from PC Mall during the period.

														Options Exercisable at
		Options Outstanding at December 31, 2004												December 31, 2004
						Weighted				Weighted								Weighted
						Average				Average								Average
		Number				Remaining				Exercise				Number				Exercise
Range of Exercise Prices		Outstanding				Contractual Life				Price				Exercisable				Price
$1.00 - $1.89			3,209				3.56			$	1.62				3,037			$	1.65
$2.16 - $2.16			10,000				6.72				2.16				7,500				2.16
$2.39 - $4.10			3,292				3.34				2.51				3,125				2.42
$6.31 - $12.65			3,650				5.11				7.92				3,275				7.37
			20,151				5.37			$	3.17				16,937			$	3.12

7.	Transactions with Affiliate

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		Twelve Months Ended December 31,
		2002				2003				2004
Cost of goods sold (including cost of products, shipping and fulfillment)		$	67,040			$	87,753			$	151,873
Selling, general and administrative expenses			2,123				2,040				2,421
Interest expense			461				76				12

	Administrative Services Agreement and Information Technology Systems Usage and Services Agreement

	•	general accounting and finance services;
	•	tax services;
	•	telecommunications systems and hardware and software systems usage;
	•	information technology services and related support services, including maintaining management information and reporting systems and website hosting;
	•	human resources administration;
	•	record maintenance;
	•	credit card processing; and
	•	customer database management.

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	Product Sales, Inventory Management and Order Fulfillment Agreement

	•	purchasing services, including purchasing for the Affiliate’s own account and inventory to meet the projected sales requirements;
	•	inventory management, including maintaining sufficient facilities, equipment, employees, vendor relationships and technology to meet the Company’s requirements; and
	•	order fulfillment, including picking, packing, shipping, tracking and processing returns.

	Sublease Agreement

	Other Related Party Matters

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8.	Supplemental Disclosure of Non-Cash Financing Activities

		Twelve Months Ended December 31,
		2002				2003				2004
Net borrowings (repayments) under line of credit		$	10,947			$	8,260			$	(30,676	)
Decrease (increase) in Receivable from the Parent			(10,947	)			(8,260	)			30,676

9.	Subsequent Events

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			December 31,				December 31,
			2004				2003
			(In thousands)
ASSETS:
Cash and cash equivalents			$	—			$	—
Receivable from Priority Fulfillment Services, Inc.				4,771				4,296
Investment in subsidiaries				25,155				24,121
	Total assets		$	29,926			$	28,417
LIABILITIES:
Total liabilities			$	—			$	—
SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY:
Preferred stock				—				—
Common stock				22				21
Additional paid-in capital				56,645				56,156
Accumulated deficit				(29,077	)			(29,303	)
Accumulated other comprehensive income				2,421				1,628
Treasury stock				(85	)			(85	)
	Total shareholders’ equity			29,926				28,417
	Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity		$	29,926			$	28,417

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			2004				2003				2002
			(In thousands)
EQUITY IN NET INCOME OF UNCONSOLIDATED SUBSIDIARY			$	—			$	—			$	1,163
EQUITY IN NET INCOME (LOSS) OF CONSOLIDATED SUBSIDIARIES				226				(3,746	)			(12,563	)
	NET INCOME (LOSS)		$	226			$	(3,746	)		$	(11,400	)

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				2004				2003				2002
				(In thousands)
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:
	Net income (loss)			$	226			$	(3,746	)		$	(11,400	)
	Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash provided by operating activities:
		Equity in net income of unconsolidated subsidiary			—				—				(1,163	)
		Equity in net (income) loss of consolidated subsidiaries			(226	)			3,746				12,563
		Net cash provided by operating activities			—				—				—
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
	Net proceeds from issuance of common stock				475				4,059				124
	Increase in receivable from Priority Fulfillment Services, Inc.				(475	)			(4,081	)			(124	)
		Net cash used in financing activities			—				(22	)			—
NET DECREASE IN CASH					—				(22	)			—
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, beginning of period					—				22				22
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, end of period				$	—			$	—			$	22

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							Additions
			Balance at				Charges to				Charges to								Balance at
			Beginning				Cost and				Other								End of
			of Period				Expenses				Accounts				Deductions				Period
							(Amounts in thousands)
Year Ended December 31, 2002:
	Allowance for doubtful accounts		$	254				38				152				(33	)		$	411
	Allowance for slow moving inventory		$	—				10				132				—			$	142
	Income tax valuation allowance		$	5,429				4,224				554				—			$	10,207
Year Ended December 31, 2003:
	Allowance for doubtful accounts		$	411				351				—				(423	)		$	339
	Allowance for slow moving inventory		$	142				1,984				—				(812	)		$	1,314
	Income tax valuation allowance		$	10,207				1,197				—				—			$	11,404
Year Ended December 31, 2004:
	Allowance for doubtful accounts		$	339				289				—				(124	)		$	504
	Allowance for slow moving inventory		$	1,314				1,204				—				(45	)		$	2,473
	Income tax valuation allowance		$	11,404				821				—				—			$	12,225

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		Balance at				Additions
		Beginning				Charged to				Deductions				Balance at
		of Year				Operations				from Reserves				End of Year
Allowance for doubtful accounts for the year ended:
December 31, 2002		$	—			$	51			$	(19	)		$	32
December 31, 2003			32				32				(14	)			50
December 31, 2004			50				170				(21	)			199
Deferred tax asset valuation allowance for the year ended:
December 31, 2002			6,063				—				(51	)			6,012
December 31, 2003(a)			6,012				—				(6,012	)			—
December 31, 2004			—				—				—				—
Sales returns reserve:
December 31, 2002			213				2,961				(2,845	)			329
December 31, 2003			329				3,464				(3,404	)			389
December 31, 2004			389				5,265				(5,142	)			512

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ARTICLE I THE MERGER							A-1
	1.1			The Merger			A-1
	1.2			Closing			A-1
	1.3			Effect of the Merger			A-1
	1.4			Certificate of Incorporation; Bylaws			A-2
	1.5			Directors and Officers of Surviving Corporation			A-2
ARTICLE II CONVERSION OF SECURITIES; EXCHANGE OF CERTIFICATES							A-2
	2.1			Conversion of Securities			A-2
	2.2			Exchange of Certificates			A-3
	2.3			Appraisal Rights			A-4
	2.4			Stock Options			A-5
ARTICLE III REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY							A-5
	3.1			Organization and Qualification; Subsidiaries			A-5
	3.2			Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws; Corporate Books and Records			A-5
	3.3			Capitalization			A-5
	3.4			Authority			A-6
	3.5			No Conflict; Required Filings and Consents			A-7
	3.6			Permits; Compliance With Law			A-7
	3.7			SEC Filings; Financial Statements			A-8
	3.8			Brokers			A-9
	3.9			Absence of Certain Changes or Events			A-9
	3.10			Employee Benefit Plans			A-10
	3.11			Labor and Other Employment Matters			A-12
	3.12			Tax Treatment			A-13
	3.13			Contracts			A-13
	3.14			Litigation			A-15
	3.15			Environmental Matters			A-15
	3.16			Intellectual Property			A-16
	3.17			Taxes			A-16
	3.18			Insurance			A-18
	3.19			Opinion of Financial Advisor			A-18
	3.20			Vote Required			A-18
	3.21			Properties			A-18
	3.22			Customers and Suppliers			A-18
	3.23			Transactions with Interested Persons			A-18
	3.24			No Other Agreements			A-19

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ARTICLE IV REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF PARENT AND MERGER SUB							A-19
	4.1			Organization and Qualification; Subsidiaries			A-19
	4.2			Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws			A-19
	4.3			Capitalization			A-20
	4.4			Authority			A-21
	4.5			No Conflict; Required Filings and Consents			A-21
	4.6			Permits; Compliance With Law			A-22
	4.7			SEC Filings; Financial Statements			A-22
	4.8			Brokers			A-23
	4.9			Absence of Certain Changes or Events			A-23
	4.10			Employee Benefit Plans			A-24
	4.11			Labor and Other Employment Matters			A-26
	4.12			Tax Treatment			A-27
	4.13			Contracts			A-27
	4.14			Litigation			A-29
	4.15			Environmental Matters			A-29
	4.16			Intellectual Property			A-29
	4.17			Taxes			A-30
	4.18			Insurance			A-31
	4.19			Opinion of Financial Advisor			A-32
	4.20			Vote Required			A-32
	4.21			Properties			A-32
	4.22			Customers and Suppliers			A-32
	4.23			Transactions with Interested Persons			A-32
	4.24			No Other Agreements			A-33
	4.25			Ownership of Merger Sub; No Prior Activities			A-33
ARTICLE V COVENANTS							A-33
	5.1			Conduct of Business			A-33
	5.2			Registration Statement; Proxy Statement			A-36
	5.3			Stockholders’ Meetings			A-37
	5.4			Access to Information; Confidentiality			A-38
	5.5			No Solicitation of Transactions			A-38
	5.6			Appropriate Action; consents; Filings			A-39
	5.7			Certain Notices			A-40
	5.8			Public Announcements			A-40
	5.9			Exchange Listing			A-40
	5.10			Employee Benefit Matters			A-40
	5.11			Indemnification of Directors and Officers			A-41
	5.12			Tax-Free Reorganization Treatment			A-42
	5.13			Affiliates			A-42
	5.14			Resignation of Officers and Directors			A-42

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ARTICLE VI CLOSING CONDITIONS							A-42
	6.1			Conditions to Obligations of Each Party Under This Agreement			A-42
	6.2			Additional Conditions to Obligations of Parent and Merger Sub			A-43
	6.3			Additional Conditions to Obligations of the Company			A-44
ARTICLE VII TERMINATION AMENDMENT AND WAIVER							A-44
	7.1			Termination			A-44
	7.2			Effect of Termination			A-46
	7.3			Amendment			A-47
	7.4			Waiver			A-47
	7.5			Fees and Expenses			A-47
ARTICLE VIII GENERAL PROVISIONS							A-47
	8.1			Non-Survival of Representations and Warranties			A-47
	8.2			Notices			A-47
	8.3			Certain Definitions			A-48
	8.4			Terms Defined Elsewhere			A-51
	8.5			Headings			A-53
	8.6			Severability			A-53
	8.7			Entire Agreement			A-53
	8.8			Assignment			A-53
	8.9			Parties in Interest			A-53
	8.10			Mutual Drafting			A-53
	8.11			Governing Law; Consent to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Trial by Jury			A-53
	8.12			Counterparts			A-54
	8.13			Specific Performance			A-54

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	(a) Conversion Generally. Each share of common stock, par value $.001 per share, of the Company (“Company Common Stock”) issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time (other than any shares of Company Common Stock to be canceled pursuant to Section 2.1(b)), shall be converted, subject to Section 2.2(e), into the right to receive one (1) share (the “Exchange Ratio”) of common stock, par value $.001 per share, of Parent (“Parent Common Stock”), together with the associated Parent Rights (unless the context otherwise requires, all references to Parent Common Stock shall include the associated Parent Rights). All such shares of Company Common Stock shall no longer be outstanding and shall automatically be canceled and retired and shall cease to exist, and each certificate previously representing any such shares shall thereafter represent the right to receive a certificate representing the shares of Parent Common Stock into which such Company Common Stock was converted in the Merger. Certificates previously representing shares of Company Common Stock shall be exchanged for certificates representing whole shares of Parent Common Stock issued in consideration therefor upon the surrender of such certificates in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.2, without interest. No fractional share of Parent Common Stock shall be issued, and in lieu thereof, a cash payment shall be made pursuant to Section 2.2(e) hereof.
	(b) Cancellation of Certain Shares. Each share of Company Common Stock held by Parent, Merger Sub, any wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent or Merger Sub, in the treasury of the Company or by any wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be canceled and extinguished without any conversion thereof and no payment shall be made with respect thereto.
	(c) Merger Sub. Each share of common stock, par value $.001 per share, of Merger Sub issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be converted into and be exchanged for one newly and validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable share of common stock of the Surviving Corporation.
	(d) Change in Shares. If between the date of this Agreement and the Effective Time, the outstanding shares of Company Common Stock or Parent Common Stock shall have been changed into a different number of shares or a different class, by reason of any stock dividend, subdivision, reclassification, recapitalization, split, combination, exchange of shares or other similar event or transaction, the Exchange Ratio shall be equitably adjusted to reflect such stock dividend, subdivision, reclassification, recapitalization, split, combination, exchange of shares or other similar event or transaction.

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	(a) Material Adverse Effect or an event or development that would, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect;
	(b) amendment to, or change in, the Company Certificate or Company Bylaws;
	(c) incurrence, creation or assumption by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries of (i) any mortgage, deed of trust, security interest, pledge, title retention device or collateral assignment, (ii) any claim, lien, charge, restriction or other encumbrance of any kind on any of the assets or properties of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries other than obligations or liabilities incurred in the ordinary course of their respective business, including those related to letters of credit or (iii) any indebtedness for borrowed money to purchase inventory or other indebtedness for borrowed money in excess of $50,000;
	(d) offer, issuance or sale of any debt or equity securities of the Company, or any options, warrants or other rights to acquire from the Company, directly or indirectly, any debt or equity securities of the Company (other than pursuant to the exercise of outstanding Company Options in accordance with the terms thereof);
	(e) payment or discharge by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries of any security interest, lien, or encumbrance of any kind on any asset or property of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or the payment or discharge of any liability other than in the ordinary course of its business;
	(f) purchase, license, sale, assignment or other disposition or transfer (or any agreement or other arrangement for the purchase, license, sale, assignment or other disposition or transfer) of any of the assets, properties or goodwill of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries other than in the ordinary course of its business;
	(g) damage, destruction or loss of any property or asset, whether or not covered by insurance, having (or likely with the passage of time to have) a Material Adverse Effect;

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	(h) declaration, setting aside or payment of any dividend on, or the making of any other distribution in respect of, the capital stock of the Company, any split, combination or recapitalization of the capital stock of the Company or any direct or indirect redemption, purchase or other acquisition of any capital stock of the Company or any change in any rights, preferences, privileges or restrictions of any outstanding security of the Company;
	(i) material increase in the compensation payable or to become payable to any (i) of the officers or directors of the Company or (ii) employees of the Company, except in connection with normal employee salary or performance reviews and in the ordinary course of the Company’s business or as required under the plans of any Company Benefit Plan or applicable Law;
	(j) making by the Company of any loan, advance or capital contribution to, or any investment in, any officer, director or shareholder of the Company or any firm or business enterprise in which any such person had a direct or indirect material interest at the time of such loan, advance, capital contribution or investment;
	(k) entering into, material amendment of, relinquishment, termination or non-renewal by the Company of any material Contract, other than in the ordinary course of its business;
	(l) assertion by any customer(s) of the Company of any complaint regarding the Company’s services or products which has a reasonable factual basis and, if substantiated, is reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect;
	(m) material change in the policies under which the Company extends discounts, credits or warranties to customers or otherwise deals with its customers;
	(n) entering into by the Company of any transaction, Contract or agreement that by its terms requires or contemplates a current and/or future financial commitment, expense or obligation on the part of the Company involving in excess of $100,000, other than in the ordinary course of the Company’s business;
	(o) any license, transfer or grant of a right under any Company Material Intellectual Property, other than in the ordinary course of the Company’s business;
	(p) any agreement made by the Company to provide exclusive services to any person or not to engage in any business activity.

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	(a) any website hosting, website linking, content or data sharing, data feed, information exchange, advertising, distribution, fee sharing, lead or customer referral, commerce, co-branding, framing, service, order or transaction processing or similar agreement relating to any aspect or element of the Company Website;
	(b) any distributor, OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer), VAR (Value Added Reseller), sales representative or similar agreement under which any third party is authorized to sell, sublicense, lease, distribute, market or take orders for, any product, services or technology of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries;
	(c) any continuing Contract for the future purchase, sale, license, provision or manufacture of products, material, supplies, equipment or services requiring payment to or from the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in an amount in excess of $250,000 per annum;
	(d) any Contract or commitment in which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has granted or received most favored customer pricing provisions or exclusive marketing or on-line distribution rights relating to any product or service, group of products or services, market or geographic territory;
	(e) any Contract providing for the development of software, website content or other technology or intellectual property for the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or the license of any software, website content or other technology or intellectual property to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, which software, website content or other technology or intellectual property is material to the Company and used or incorporated (or is contemplated by the Company to be used or incorporated) (i) in connection with any aspect or element of the Company Website; (ii) in any product currently sold, licensed, leased, distributed or marketed by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or (iii) to provide any service currently provided or marketed by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (other than off-the-shelf software generally available to the public at retail);

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	(f) any joint venture or partnership contract or agreement or other agreement which has involved or is reasonably expected to involve a sharing of profits, expenses or losses with any other party;
	(g) any Contract or commitment for or relating to the employment of any officer, employee or consultant of the Company or any other type of contract or understanding with any officer, employee or consultant of the Company that is not immediately terminable by the Company without cost or other liability;
	(h) any indenture, mortgage, trust deed, promissory note, loan agreement, security agreement, guarantee or other agreement or commitment for the borrowing of money, for a line of credit or for a leasing transaction of a type required to be capitalized in accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 13 of the Financial Accounting Standards Board;
	(i) any lease or other agreement under which the Company is lessee of or holds or operates any items of tangible personal property or real property owned by any third party and under which payments to such third party exceed $50,000 per annum;
	(j) any agreement or arrangement for the sale, licensing or leasing of any assets, properties, products, services or rights having a value in excess of $50,000 other than sale of inventory in the ordinary course of the Company’s business;
	(k) any agreement that restricts the Company from engaging in any aspect of its business, from participating or competing in any line of business or market or that restricts the Company from engaging in any business in any market or geographic area;
	(l) any instrument, Contract, license or other agreement governing any the Company Material Intellectual Property;
	(m) any agreement relating to the sale, issuance, grant, exercise, award, purchase, repurchase or redemption of any shares of capital stock or other securities of the Company or any options, warrants or other rights to purchase or otherwise acquire any such shares of stock, other securities or options, warrants or other rights therefor;
	(n) consulting or similar agreement under which the Company provides any advice or services to a third party for an annual compensation to the Company of $100,000 per year or more, other than in the ordinary course of the Company’s business;
	(o) any Contract with or commitment to any labor union;
	(p) any Contract or arrangement under which the Company has made any commitment to develop any website content, software or new technology, to deliver any software currently under development or to enhance or customize any software;
	(q) any consulting, development or similar agreement under which the Company currently provides or will provide any custom software development, training, documentation, personnel placements, advice, consulting service or other products or services to a customer of the Company;
	(r) any “material contract” (as such term is defined in Item 601(b)(10) of Regulation S-K of the SEC);
	(s) any agreement, Contract, commitment or instrument (the “PC Mall Contracts”) between the Company and PC Mall, Inc. or any Subsidiary or affiliate thereof (“PC Mall”); and
	(t) any Contract which would prohibit or materially delay the consummation of the Merger or any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

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	(a) The Company and each of its Subsidiaries (i) is in compliance with all, and is not subject to any liability with respect to any, applicable Environmental Laws, (ii) holds or has applied for all Environmental Permits necessary to conduct its current operations, and (iii) is in compliance with its Environmental Permits.
	(b) None of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has received any written notice, demand, letter, claim or request for information alleging that the Company or any of its Subsidiaries may be in violation of, or liable under, any Environmental Law.
	(c) None of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (i) has entered into or agreed to any consent decree or order or is subject to any judgment, decree or judicial order relating to (A) compliance with Environmental Laws or Environmental Permits or (B) the investigation, sampling, monitoring, treatment, remediation, removal or cleanup of Hazardous Materials and no investigation, litigation or other proceeding is pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened with respect thereto, or (ii) is not an indemnitor in connection with any claim threatened or asserted in writing by any third-party indemnitee for any liability under any Environmental Law or relating to any Hazardous Materials.
	(d) None of the real property owned or leased by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is, to the knowledge of the Company, listed or proposed for listing on the “National Priorities List” under CERCLA, as updated through the date hereof, or any similar state or foreign list of sites requiring investigation or cleanup.
	(e) To the knowledge of the Company, there are no past or present conditions, circumstances, or facts that may (i) interfere with or prevent continued compliance by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries with Environmental Laws and the requirements of Environmental Permits, (ii) give rise to any liability or other obligation under any Environmental Laws, or (iii) form the basis of any claim, action, suit, proceeding, or investigation against or involving the Company or any of its Subsidiaries based on or related to any Environmental Law.

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	(a) Material Adverse Effect or an event or development that would, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect;
	(b) amendment to, or change in, the Parent Certificate or Parent Bylaws;
	(c) incurrence, creation or assumption by the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries of (i) any mortgage, deed of trust, security interest, pledge, title retention device or collateral assignment, (ii) any claim, lien, charge, restriction or other encumbrance of any kind on any of the assets or properties of the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries other than obligations or liabilities incurred in the ordinary course of their respective business, including those related to letters of credit or (iii) any indebtedness for borrowed money to purchase inventory or other indebtedness for borrowed money in excess of $50,000;
	(d) offer, issuance or sale of any debt or equity securities of the Parent, or any options, warrants or other rights to acquire from the Parent, directly or indirectly, any debt or equity securities of the Parent (other than pursuant to the exercise of outstanding Parent Options in accordance with the terms thereof);
	(e) payment or discharge by the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries of any security interest, lien, claim, or encumbrance of any kind on any asset or property of the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries, or the payment or discharge of any liability other than in the ordinary course of its business;

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	(f) purchase, license, sale, assignment or other disposition or transfer (or any agreement or other arrangement for the purchase, license, sale, assignment or other disposition or transfer) of any of the assets, properties or goodwill of the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries other than in the ordinary course of its business;
	(g) damage, destruction or loss of any property or asset, whether or not covered by insurance, having (or likely with the passage of time to have) a Material Adverse Effect;
	(h) declaration, setting aside or payment of any dividend on, or the making of any other distribution in respect of, the capital stock of the Parent, any split, combination or recapitalization of the capital stock of the Parent or any direct or indirect redemption, purchase or other acquisition of any capital stock of the Parent or any change in any rights, preferences, privileges or restrictions of any outstanding security of the Parent;
	(i) material increase in the compensation payable or to become payable to any (i) of the officers or directors of the Parent or (ii) employees of the Parent, except in connection with normal employee salary or performance reviews and in the ordinary course of the Parent’s business or as required under the plans of any Parent Benefit Plan or applicable Law;
	(j) making by the Parent of any loan, advance (other than travel advances in the ordinary course of business) or capital contribution to, or any investment in, any officer, director or shareholder of the Parent or any firm or business enterprise in which any such person had a direct or indirect material interest at the time of such loan, advance, capital contribution or investment;
	(k) entering into, material amendment of, relinquishment, termination or non-renewal by the Parent of any material Contract, other than in the ordinary course of its business;
	(l) assertion by any customer(s) of the Parent of any complaint regarding the Parent’s services or products which has a reasonable factual basis and, if substantiated, is reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect;
	(m) material change in the policies under which the Parent extends discounts, credits or warranties to customers or otherwise deals with its customers;
	(n) entering into by the Parent of any transaction, Contract or agreement that by its terms requires or contemplates a current and/or future financial commitment, expense or obligation on the part of the Parent involving in excess of $100,000, other than in the ordinary course of the Parent’s business;
	(o) any license, transfer or grant of a right under any Parent Material Intellectual Property, other than in the ordinary course of Parent’s business; or
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	(a) any distributor, OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer), VAR (Value Added Reseller), sales representative or similar agreement under which any third party is authorized to sell, sublicense, lease, distribute, market or take orders for, any product, services or technology of the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries;
	(b) any continuing Contract for the future purchase, sale, license, provision or manufacture of products, material, supplies, equipment or services requiring payment to or from the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries in an amount in excess of $250,000 per annum;
	(c) any Contract or commitment in which the Parent or any Subsidiary has granted or received most favored customer pricing provisions or exclusive marketing or on-line distribution rights relating to any product or service, group of products or services, market or geographic territory;
	(d) any Contract providing for the development of software, website content or other technology or intellectual property for the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries, or the license of any software, website content or other technology or intellectual property to the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries, which software, website content or other technology or intellectual property is material to the Parent and used or incorporated (or is contemplated by the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries to be used or incorporated) (i) in any product currently sold, licensed, leased, distributed or marketed by the

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	Parent or any of its Subsidiaries or (ii) to provide any service currently provided or marketed by the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries (other than off-the-shelf software generally available to the public at retail);
	(e) any joint venture or partnership contract or agreement or other agreement which has involved or is reasonably expected to involve a sharing of profits, expenses or losses with any other party;
	(f) any Contract or commitment for or relating to the employment of any officer, employee or consultant of the Parent or any other type of contract or understanding with any officer, employee or consultant of the Parent that is not immediately terminable by the Parent without cost or other liability;
	(g) any indenture, mortgage, trust deed, promissory note, loan agreement, security agreement, guarantee or other agreement or commitment for the borrowing of money, for a line of credit or for a leasing transaction of a type required to be capitalized in accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 13 of the Financial Accounting Standards Board;
	(h) any lease or other agreement under which the Parent is lessee of or holds or operates any items of tangible personal property or real property owned by any third party and under which payments to such third party exceed $50,000 per annum;
	(i) any agreement or arrangement for the sale, licensing or leasing of any assets, properties, products, services or rights having a value in excess of $50,000 other than sale of inventory in the ordinary course of the Parent’s business;
	(j) any agreement that restricts the Parent from engaging in any aspect of its business, from participating or competing in any line of business or market or that restricts the Parent from engaging in any business in any market or geographic area;
	(k) any instrument, Contract, license or other agreement governing any Parent Material Intellectual Property;
	(l) any agreement relating to the sale, issuance, grant, exercise, award, purchase, repurchase or redemption of any shares of capital stock or other securities of the Parent or any options, warrants or other rights to purchase or otherwise acquire any such shares of stock, other securities or options, warrants or other rights therefor;
	(m) consulting or similar agreement under which the Parent provides any advice or services to a third party for an annual compensation to the Parent of $100,000 per year or more, other than in the ordinary course of the Parent’s business;
	(n) any Contract with or commitment to any labor union;
	(o) any Contract or arrangement under which the Parent has made any commitment to develop any website content, software or new technology, to deliver any software currently under development or to enhance or customize any software, other than in the ordinary course of Parent’s business;
	(p) any consulting, development or similar agreement under which the Parent currently provides or will provide any custom software development, training, documentation, personnel placements, advice, consulting service or other products or services to a customer of the Parent other than in the ordinary course of Parent’s business;
	(q) any “material contract” (as such term is defined in Item 601(b)(10) of Regulation S-K of the SEC); and
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	(a) The Parent and each of its Subsidiaries (i) is in compliance with all, and is not subject to any liability with respect to any, applicable Environmental Laws, (ii) holds or has applied for all Environmental Permits necessary to conduct their current operations, and (iii) is in compliance with their respective Environmental Permits.
	(b) None of the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries has received any written notice, demand, letter, claim or request for information alleging that the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries may be in violation of, or liable under, any Environmental Law.
	(c) None of the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries (i) has entered into or agreed to any consent decree or order or is subject to any judgment, decree or judicial order relating to (A) compliance with Environmental Laws or Environmental Permits or (B) the investigation, sampling, monitoring, treatment, remediation, removal or cleanup of Hazardous Materials and no investigation, litigation or other proceeding is pending or, to the knowledge of the Parent, threatened with respect thereto, or (ii) is an indemnitor in connection with any claim threatened or asserted in writing by any third-party indemnitee for any liability under any Environmental Law or relating to any Hazardous Materials.
	(d) None of the real property owned or leased by the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries is, to the knowledge of the Parent, listed or proposed for listing on the “National Priorities List” under CERCLA, as updated through the date hereof, or any similar state or foreign list of sites requiring investigation or cleanup.
	(e) To the knowledge of the Parent, there are no past or present conditions, circumstances, or facts that may (i) interfere with or prevent continued compliance by the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries with Environmental Laws and the requirements of Environmental Permits, (ii) give rise to any liability or other obligation under any Environmental Laws, or (iii) form the basis of any claim, action, suit, proceeding, or investigation against or involving the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries based on or related to any Environmental Law.

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	(i) amend or otherwise change the Company Certificate or Company Bylaws;
	(ii) (A) issue, sell, pledge, dispose of, grant, transfer, encumber, or authorize the issuance, sale, pledge, disposition, grant, transfer, or encumbrance of any shares of capital stock of, or other Equity Interests in, the Company of any class, or securities convertible or exchangeable or exercisable for any shares of such capital stock or other Equity Interests, or any options, warrants or other rights of any kind to acquire any shares of such capital stock or other Equity Interests or such convertible or exchangeable securities, or any other ownership interest (including, without limitation, any such interest represented by contract right), of the Company, other than the issuance of Company Common Stock upon the exercise of Company Options outstanding as of the date hereof in accordance with their terms, or (B) sell, pledge, dispose of, transfer, lease, license, guarantee or encumber, or authorize the sale, pledge, disposition, transfer, lease, license, guarantee or encumbrance of, any material property or assets (including Company Material Intellectual Property) of the Company, except pursuant to existing Contracts or commitments or the sale or purchase of goods in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, or enter into any commitment or transaction outside the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice;
	(iii) declare, set aside, make or pay any dividend or other distribution (whether payable in cash, stock, property or a combination thereof) with respect to any of its capital stock or enter into any agreement with respect to the voting of its capital stock;
	(iv) reclassify, combine, split, subdivide or redeem, purchase or otherwise acquire, directly or indirectly, any of its capital stock, other Equity Interests or other securities;
	(v) (A) acquire (including, without limitation, by merger, consolidation, or acquisition of stock or assets) any interest in any person or any division thereof or any assets, other than acquisitions of inventory or other assets in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, (B) incur any indebtedness for borrowed money or issue any debt securities or assume, guarantee or endorse, or otherwise as an accommodation become responsible for, the obligations of any person, except for

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	indebtedness for borrowed money incurred by the Company pursuant to the terms of a Company Material Contract, (C) terminate, cancel or request any material change in, or agree to any material change in, any Company Material Contract, or (D) enter into or amend any contract, agreement, commitment or arrangement that, if fully performed, would not be permitted under this Section 5.1(a)(v);
	(vi) except as may be required by contractual commitments or corporate policies with respect to employee severance or termination pay in existence on the date of this Agreement as disclosed in Section 3.11(b) of the Company Disclosure Memorandum or in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice: (A) materially increase the compensation or benefits payable or to become payable to its directors, officers or employees; (B) grant any rights to severance or termination pay to, or amend or enter into any new Company Benefit Plan, except to the extent required by applicable Law; or (C) amend or waive any performance or vesting criteria or accelerate the vesting, exercisability or funding under any Company Benefit Plan (except to the extent required by the terms of any such Company Benefit Plan as of the date of this Agreement);
	(vii) (A) pay, discharge or satisfy any material claims, liabilities or obligations (absolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise), except in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice and in accordance with their terms, (B) accelerate or delay collection of any material notes or accounts receivable in advance of or beyond their regular due dates or the dates when the same would have been collected in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, or (C) delay or accelerate payment of any material account payable in advance of its due date or the date such liability would have been paid in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice;
	(viii) make any material change in accounting policies or procedures, other than in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice or except as required by GAAP or by a Governmental Entity;
	(ix) waive, release, assign, settle or compromise any material claims, or any material litigation or arbitration;
	(x) make any material Tax election, settle or compromise any material liability for Taxes, amend any material Tax Return or file any refund for any material amount of Taxes; provided, that the Company shall promptly provide to Parent a copy of any such amended Tax Return or filing for any refund;
	(xi) modify, amend or terminate, or waive, release or assign any material rights or claims with respect to any confidentiality or standstill agreement to which the Company is a party;
	(xii) knowingly act in a manner intended or reasonably expected to materially delay the consummation of the Merger or result in any of the conditions to the Merger set forth in Article VI not being satisfied, except as otherwise permitted by this Agreement or required by applicable Law or any judicial or regulatory authority;
	(xiii) fail to comply with its obligations under that certain letter agreement dated on or about the date hereof between the Company and PC Mall; or
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	(i) amend or otherwise change the Parent Certificate or Parent Bylaws;
	(ii) (A) issue, sell, pledge, dispose of, grant, transfer, encumber, or authorize the issuance, sale, pledge, disposition, grant, transfer, or encumbrance of any shares of capital stock of, or other Equity Interests in, the Parent of any class, or securities convertible or exchangeable or exercisable for any shares of such capital stock or other Equity Interests, or any options, warrants or other rights of any kind to acquire any shares of such capital stock or other Equity Interests or such convertible or exchangeable securities, or any other ownership interest (including, without limitation, any such interest represented by contract right), of the Parent, other than the issuance of Parent Common Stock upon the exercise of Parent Options outstanding as of the date hereof in accordance with their terms, the issuance of Parent Common Stock upon the exercise of Parent Warrants outstanding as of the date hereof in accordance with their terms or the issuance of Parent Options in accordance with the ordinary course of the Parent’s business, or (B) sell, pledge, dispose of, transfer, lease, license, guarantee or encumber, or authorize the sale, pledge, disposition, transfer, lease, license, guarantee or encumbrance of, any material property or assets (including Parent Material Intellectual Property) of the Parent, except pursuant to existing Contracts or commitments or the sale or purchase of goods or services in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, or enter into any commitment or transaction outside the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice;
	(iii) declare, set aside, make or pay any dividend or other distribution (whether payable in cash, stock, property or a combination thereof) with respect to any of its capital stock or enter into any agreement with respect to the voting of its capital stock;
	(iv) reclassify, combine, split, subdivide or redeem, purchase or otherwise acquire, directly or indirectly, any of its capital stock, other Equity Interests or other securities;
	(v) (A) acquire (including, without limitation, by merger, consolidation, or acquisition of stock or assets) any interest in any person or any division thereof or any assets, other than acquisitions of inventory or other assets in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, (B) incur any indebtedness for borrowed money or issue any debt securities or assume, guarantee or endorse, or otherwise as an accommodation become responsible for, the obligations of any person, except for indebtedness for borrowed money incurred by the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice pursuant to the terms of a Parent Material Contract, (C) terminate, cancel or request any material change in, or agree to any material change in, any Company Material Contract other than as arising in the ordinary course of business, or (D) enter into or amend any contract, agreement, commitment or arrangement that, if fully performed, would not be permitted under this Section 5.1(b)(v);
	(vi) except as may be required by contractual commitments or corporate policies with respect to employee severance or termination pay in existence on the date of this Agreement as disclosed in Section 4.11(b) of the Parent Disclosure Memorandum: or in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice: (A) materially increase the compensation or benefits payable or to become payable to its directors, officers or employees; (B) grant any rights to severance or termination pay to, or amend or enter into any new Parent Benefit Plan, except to the extent required by applicable Law; or (C) amend or waive any performance or vesting criteria or accelerate the vesting, exercisability or funding under any Parent Benefit Plan (except to the extent required by the terms of any such Parent Benefit Plan as of the date of this Agreement);
	(vii) (A) pay, discharge or satisfy any material claims, liabilities or obligations (absolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise), except in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice and in accordance with their terms, (B) accelerate or delay collection of any material notes or accounts receivable in advance of or beyond their regular due dates or the dates when the same

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	would have been collected in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, or (C) delay or accelerate payment of any material account payable in advance of its due date or the date such liability would have been paid in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice;
	(viii) make any material change in accounting policies or procedures, other than in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice or except as required by GAAP or by a Governmental Entity;
	(ix) waive, release, assign, settle or compromise any material claims, or any material litigation or arbitration;
	(x) make any material Tax election, settle or compromise any material liability for Taxes, amend any material Tax Return or file any refund for any material amount of Taxes; provided, that the Parent shall promptly provide to the Company a copy of any such amended Tax Return or filing for any refund;
	(xi) modify, amend or terminate, or waive, release or assign any material rights or claims with respect to any confidentiality or standstill agreement to which the Parent is a party;
	(xii) knowingly act in a manner intended or reasonably expected to materially delay the consummation of the Merger or result in any of the conditions to the Merger set forth in Article VI not being satisfied, except as otherwise permitted by this Agreement or required by applicable Law or any judicial or regulatory authority; or
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	the Registration Statement shall have been issued by the SEC and no proceedings for that purpose shall have been initiated or, to the knowledge of Parent or the Company, threatened by the SEC.
	(b) Stockholder Approval. The Company Stockholder Approval and the Parent Stockholder Approval shall have been obtained.
	(c) No Order. No Governmental Entity, nor any federal or state court of competent jurisdiction or arbitrator shall have enacted, issued, promulgated, enforced or entered any statute, rule, regulation, executive order, decree, judgment, injunction or arbitration award or finding or other order (whether temporary, preliminary or permanent), in any case which is in effect and which prevents or prohibits consummation of the Merger or any other transactions contemplated in this Agreement.
	(d) Consents and Approvals. All material consents, approvals and authorizations of any Governmental Entity required of Parent, the Company or any of their Subsidiaries shall have been obtained.
	(e) Exchange Listing. The shares of Parent Common Stock issuable to the Company’s stockholders in the Merger shall have been approved for listing on the Exchange, subject to official notice of issuance.

	(a) Representations and Warranties. The representations and warranties of the Company contained in this Agreement shall be true and correct (without giving effect to any limitation as to “materiality” or “Material Adverse Effect” set forth therein) at and as of the Effective Time as if made at and as of such time (except to the extent expressly made as of an earlier date, in which case as of such earlier date), except where the failure of such representations and warranties to be true and correct (without giving effect to any limitation as to “materiality” or “Material Adverse Effect” set forth therein) would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect. Parent shall have received a certificate of the Chief Executive Officer or Chief Financial Officer of the Company to that effect.
	(b) Agreements and Covenants. The Company shall have performed or complied in all material respects with all material agreements and covenants required by this Agreement to be performed or complied with by it on or prior to the Effective Time. Parent shall have received a certificate of the Chief Executive Officer or Chief Financial Officer of the Company to that effect.
	(c) Consents and Approvals. All material consents, approvals and authorizations of any person other than a Governmental Entity required to be set forth in Section 3.5(b) or Section 4.5(b) or the related sections of the Company Disclosure Memorandum or the Parent Disclosure Memorandum, as applicable, shall have been obtained.
	(d) Material Adverse Effect. Since the date of this Agreement, there shall not have occurred any Material Adverse Effect with respect to the Company.
	(e) Sarbanes-Oxley Certifications. Neither the Chief Executive Officer nor the Chief Financial Officer of the Company shall have failed to provide, with respect to any Company SEC Filings after the date of this Agreement, any necessary certification in the form required under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.
	(f) No Litigation, Etc. There shall not be any suit, claim, action, proceeding or investigation instituted, commenced, pending or threatened by or before any Governmental Entity that would or that is reasonably likely to (i) impose material limitations on the ability of Parent effectively to exercise full rights of ownership of the Company or (ii) restrain, enjoin, prevent, prohibit or make illegal, or impose material limitations on, the ability of the Company to operate its business in the manner presently conducted.

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	(g) Other Conditions Precedent. The Company shall not be in breach of, and no condition, event or act which with the giving of notice or lapse of time, or both, would become an event of default, shall have occurred and be continuing under, any indebtedness for borrowed money.

	(a) Representations and Warranties. The representations and warranties of Parent and Merger Sub contained in this Agreement shall be true and correct (without giving effect to any limitation as to “materiality” or “Material Adverse Effect” set forth therein) at and as of the Effective Time as if made at and as of such time (except to the extent expressly made as of an earlier date, in which case as of such earlier date), except where the failure of such representations and warranties to be true and correct (without giving effect to any limitation as to “materiality” or “Material Adverse Effect” set forth therein) would not, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect. The Company shall have received a certificate of the Chief Executive Officer or Chief Financial Officer of Parent to that effect.
	(b) Agreements and Covenants. Parent and Merger Sub shall have performed or complied in all material respects with all material agreements and covenants required by this Agreement to be performed or complied with by each of them on or prior to the Effective Time. The Company shall have received a certificate of the Chief Executive Officer or Chief Financial Officer of Parent to that effect.
	(c) Consents and Approvals. All material consents, approvals and authorizations of any person other than a Governmental Entity required to be set forth in Section 3.5(b) or Section 4.5(b) or the related sections of the Company Disclosure Memorandum or the Parent Disclosure Memorandum, as applicable, shall have been obtained.
	(d) Material Adverse Effect. Since the date of this Agreement, there shall not have occurred any Material Adverse Effect with respect to Parent or, with respect to Merger Sub, any change, effect or circumstance that prevents Merger Sub from consummating the Merger or other transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
	(e) Sarbanes-Oxley Certifications. Neither the Chief Executive Officer nor the Chief Financial Officer of Parent shall have failed to provide, with respect to any Parent SEC Filings after the date of this Agreement, any necessary certification in the form required under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.
	(f) Section 355(e) Tax Opinion. The Company shall have received a written opinion of Latham & Watkins LLP, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Company, to the effect that the Merger should not cause Section 355(e) of the Code to apply to the spin-off distribution of shares of Company Common Stock by PC Mall.
	(g) Section 368(a) Tax Opinion. The Company shall have received a written opinion of Latham & Watkins LLP dated the date of the Effective Time, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Company, to the effect that the Merger will qualify as a reorganization within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Code.

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	(a) By mutual written consent of Parent and the Company, by action of their respective Boards of Directors;
	(b) By either Parent or the Company if the Merger shall not have been consummated prior to February 14, 2006 (such date, the “Outside Date”); provided, however, that the right to terminate this Agreement under this Section 7.1(b) shall not be available to any party whose failure to fulfill any obligation under this Agreement (including without limitation such party’s obligations set forth in Section 5.6) has been the cause of, or resulted in, the failure of the Effective Time to occur on or before the Outside Date;
	(c) By either Parent or the Company if any Governmental Entity shall have issued an order, decree or ruling or taken any other action permanently restraining, enjoining or otherwise prohibiting the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and such order, decree, ruling or other action shall have become final and nonappealable (which order, decree, ruling or other action the parties shall have used their reasonable best efforts to resist, resolve or lift, as applicable, subject to the provisions of Section 5.6);
	(d) By written notice of Parent if the Company Board shall have: (i) failed to make the Company Recommendation in accordance with Section 5.3(a) or withdrawn, or adversely modified or changed (including, without limitation, any disclosure (other than a statement that the Company Board is evaluating an Acquisition Proposal) having the effect of an adverse modification or change), or resolved to withdraw or adversely modify or change (including, without limitation, any disclosure (other than a statement that the Company Board is evaluating an Acquisition Proposal) having the effect of an adverse modification or change), the Company Recommendation; (ii) approved or recommended, or resolved to approve or recommend, to its stockholders an Acquisition Proposal other than that contemplated by this Agreement or entered into, or resolved to enter into, any agreement with respect to an Acquisition Proposal; (iii) after an Acquisition Proposal has been made, failed to affirm the Company Recommendation within five (5) days of any request by Parent to do so, notwithstanding any continued evaluation of such Acquisition Proposal; or (iv) recommended that its stockholders tender their shares in any tender offer or exchange offer that is commenced which, if successful, would result in any person or group becoming a beneficial owner of 20% or more of its outstanding shares of capital stock;
	(e) By the Company if it receives a Superior Proposal; provided, that the Company may not terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section 7.1(e) unless it has first complied with its obligations under Section 5.5 and until (i) five (5) days have elapsed following delivery to Parent of a written notice of such determination by the Company Board and during such five (5) day period the Company has renegotiated in good faith with Parent and Parent has not submitted a binding offer that the Company Board has determined in its good faith judgment to be at least as favorable to the Company’s stockholders as the Superior Proposal; provided, that prior to or contemporaneously with such termination, the Company shall have made the payment of the fee to Parent required by Section 7.2(b)(i) by wire transfer in same day funds;
	(f) By written notice of Parent (if Parent is not in material breach of its obligations or its representations and warranties under this Agreement), if there has been a breach by the Company of any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement contained in this Agreement which (i) would result in a failure of a condition set forth in Section 6.2(a) or 6.2(b) and (ii) is not cured within twenty (20) days (or prior to the Outside Date, if sooner); provided that Parent shall have given the Company written notice, delivered at least twenty (20) days prior to such termination, stating Parent’s intention to terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section 7.1(f) and the basis for such termination;

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	(g) By written notice of the Company if the Parent Board shall have failed to make the Parent Recommendation in accordance with Section 5.3(b) or withdrawn, or adversely modified or changed (including, without limitation, any disclosure having the effect of an adverse modification or change), or resolved to withdraw or adversely modify or change (including, without limitation, any disclosure having the effect of an adverse modification or change), the Parent Recommendation;
	(h) By written notice of the Company (if the Company is not in material breach of its obligations or its representations and warranties under this Agreement), if there has been a breach by Parent or Merger Sub of any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement contained in this Agreement which (i) would result in a failure of a condition set forth in Section 6.3(a) or 6.3(b) and (ii) is not cured within twenty (20) days (or prior to the Outside Date, if sooner); provided that the Company shall have given Parent written notice, delivered at least twenty (20) days prior to such termination, stating the Company’s intention to terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section 7.1(h) and the basis for such termination; or
	(i) By written notice of either Parent or the Company if (1) the Company Stockholder Approval shall not have been obtained at the Company Stockholders’ Meeting duly convened therefor (or at any adjournment or postponement thereof), or (2) the Parent Stockholder Approval shall not have been obtained at the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting duly convened therefor (or at any adjournment or postponement thereof); provided, however, that the right to terminate this Agreement under this Section 7.1(i) shall not be available to a party if the failure to obtain such party’s Stockholder Approval shall have been caused by the action or failure to act of such party and such action or failure to act constitutes a material breach by such party of this Agreement.

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	PFSweb, Inc.
	500 North Central Expressway
	Plano, TX 75074
	Att: Mark C. Layton,
	Chief Executive Officer
	Facsimile: (972) 881-0145

	Wolff & Samson PC
	One Boland Drive
	West Orange, NJ 07052
	Att: Morris Bienenfeld, Esq.
	Facsimile: 973-530-2213

	eCOST.com, Inc.
	Suite 106
	2555 West 190th Street
	Torrance, California 90504
	Att: Adam Shaffer,
	Chief Executive Officer
	Facsimile: (310) 630-3578

	Latham & Watkins LLP
	Suite 4000
	633 West Fifth Street
	Los Angeles, CA 90071-2007
	Att: Steven B. Stokdyk, Esq.
	Facsimile: (213) 891-8763

	“Acquisition Proposal” means any offer or proposal concerning any (a) merger, consolidation, business combination, or similar transaction involving the Company, (b) sale, lease or other disposition directly or indirectly by merger, consolidation, business combination, share exchange, joint venture, or otherwise of assets of the Company representing 20% or more of the assets of the Company, (c) issuance, sale, or other disposition of (including by way of merger, consolidation, business combination, share exchange, joint venture, or any similar transaction) securities (or options, rights or warrants to purchase, or securities convertible into or exchangeable for such securities) representing 20% or more of the voting power of the Company, (d) transaction in which any person or group shall acquire beneficial ownership, or the right to acquire beneficial ownership of 20% or more of the outstanding voting capital stock of the Company or (e) any combination of the foregoing (other than the Merger).
	“affiliate” means a person that directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, the first-mentioned person.
	“beneficial ownership” (and related terms such as “beneficially owned” or “beneficial owner”) has the meaning set forth in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act.
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	“business day” means any day other than a day on which the SEC shall be closed.
	“CERCLA” means the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, as amended as of the date hereof.
	“Company Website” means all websites or other sites accessed via the Internet or any other electronic network (including without limitation any cable-based network or private network), that are, in whole or in part, owned or operated by the Company, including without limitation that certain website currently accessible at the URL address “http://www.ecost.com”; provided, however, that with respect to any such website or site that is not owned by the Company but on which Company content is displayed, the term “Company Website” shall mean and refer only to that portion of such website or site that contains the content directly or indirectly provided by the Company.
	“Contracts” means any of the agreements, contracts, leases, powers of attorney, notes, loans, evidence of indebtedness, purchase orders, letters of credit, settlement agreements, franchise agreements, undertakings, covenants not to compete, employment agreements, licenses, instruments, obligations, commitments, understandings, policies, purchase and sales orders, quotations and other executory commitments to which any person is a party or to which any of the assets of such person is subject, whether oral or written, express or implied.
	“control” (including the terms “controlled by” and “under common control with”) means the possession, directly or indirectly or as trustee or executor, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of a person, whether through the ownership of stock or as trustee or executor, by contract or credit arrangement or otherwise.
	“Environmental Laws” means any federal, state, local or foreign statute, law, ordinance, regulation, rule, code, treaty, writ or order and any enforceable judicial or administrative interpretation thereof, including any judicial or administrative order, consent decree, judgment, stipulation, injunction, permit, authorization, policy, opinion, or agency requirement, in each case having the force and effect of law, relating to pollution, contamination, protection, investigation or restoration of the environment, health and safety or natural resources, including, without limitation, noise, odor, wetlands, or the use, handling, presence, transportation, treatment, storage, disposal, release, threatened release or discharge of Hazardous Materials.
	“Environmental Permits” means any permit, approval, identification number, license and other authorization required under any applicable Environmental Law.
	“Equity Interest” means any share, capital stock, partnership, member or similar interest in any entity, and any option, warrant, right or security (including debt securities) convertible, exchangeable or exercisable therefor.
	“ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, and the regulations promulgated thereunder.
	“ERISA Affiliate” means any entity or trade or business (whether or not incorporated) other than the Company that together with the Company, is considered under common control and treated as a single employer under Section 4.14(b), (c), (m) or (o) of the Code.
	“Exchange” means the Nasdaq Capital Market or such other exchange or trading market on which the Parent Common Stock is then listed.
	“Exchange Act” shall mean Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
	“GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles as applied in the United States.
	“Governmental Entity” means domestic or foreign governmental, administrative, judicial or regulatory authority.
	“group” is defined as in the Exchange Act, except where the context otherwise requires.

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	“Hazardous Materials” means (a) any petroleum, petroleum products, byproducts or breakdown products, radioactive materials, asbestos-containing materials or polychlorinated biphenyls or (b) any chemical, material or other substance defined or regulated as toxic or hazardous or as a pollutant or contaminant or waste under any applicable Environmental Law.
	“Intellectual Property” means all intellectual property or other proprietary rights of every kind, foreign or domestic, including all intellectual property rights, patents, patent applications, patent rights, trademarks, trademark registrations and applications therefor, trade dress rights, trade names, service marks, service mark registrations and applications therefor, Internet domain names, Internet and World Wide Web URLs or addresses, copyrights, copyright registrations and applications therefor, mask work rights, mask work registrations and applications therefor, franchises, licenses, inventions, trade secrets, know-how, customer lists, supplier lists, proprietary processes and formulae, software source code and object code, algorithms, net lists, architectures, structures, screen displays, layouts, inventions, development tools, designs, blueprints, specifications, technical drawings (or similar information in electronic format) and all documentation and media constituting, describing or relating to the foregoing, including, without limitation, manuals, programmers’ notes, memoranda and records and all documentation thereof.
	“IRS” means the United States Internal Revenue Service.
	“knowledge” of any person which is not an individual means, with respect to any specific matter, the actual knowledge of such person’s executive officers and any other officer having primary responsibility for such matter after reasonable inquiry.
	“Law” means any foreign or domestic law, statute, code, ordinance, rule, regulation, order, judgment, writ, stipulation, award, injunction, decree or arbitration award or finding.
	“Material Adverse Effect” means, when used in connection with Parent or the Company, any change, effect or circumstance that (a) has or could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the business, financial condition or results of operations of such party and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole, other than such changes, effects or circumstances reasonably attributable to: (i) economic conditions generally in the United States or foreign economies in any locations where such party has material operations or sales; (ii) conditions generally affecting the industries in which such party participates; provided, with respect to clauses (i) and (ii), the changes, effects or circumstances do not have a materially disproportionate effect (relative to other industry participants) on such party; (iii) the announcement or pendency of the Merger (including any claim, litigation, cancellation of or delay in customer orders, reduction in revenues or income, disruption of business relationships or loss of employees); (iv) legal, accounting, investment banking or other fees or expenses incurred in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; (v) the payment of any amounts due to, or the provision of any other benefits to, any officers or employees under employment contracts, non-competition agreements, employee benefit plans, severance arrangements or other arrangements in existence on the date of this Agreement and disclosed in the Company Disclosure Memorandum or Parent Disclosure Memorandum, as applicable; (vi) any action taken with the other party’s express written consent; (vii) any change in the trading price of a party’s common stock in and of itself; or (viii) any failure, in and of itself, by either party to meet internal or other estimates, predictions, projections or forecasts of revenue, net income or any other measure of financial performance (it being understood that, with respect to clauses (vii) and (viii), the facts or circumstances giving rise or contributing to such change in trading price or failure to meet estimates or projections may be deemed to constitute, or be taken into account in determining whether there has been, a Material Adverse Effect); or (b) prevents Parent or the Company, as applicable, from consummating the Merger and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
	“Parent Rights” means rights issued under the Parent Rights Agreement.
	“Parent Rights Agreement” means the Rights Agreement, dated as of June 8, 2000, between Parent and ChaseMellon Shareholder Services, LLC.

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	“person” means an individual, corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association, trust, unincorporated organization, other entity or group (as defined in Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act).
	“SEC” means the Securities and Exchange Commission.
	“Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
	“Subsidiary” of any person means any corporation, partnership, joint venture or other legal entity of which such person (either alone or through or together with any other subsidiary), owns, directly or indirectly, a majority of the stock or other equity interests the holders of which are generally entitled to vote for the election of the Board of Directors or other governing body of such corporation, partnership, joint venture or other legal entity.
	“Superior Proposal” means a bona fide written offer which is not solicited after the date hereof in violation of this Agreement made by any person other than Parent or Merger Sub that (a) concerns an Acquisition Proposal (except that references in the definition of Acquisition Proposal to “20%” shall be “50%”) involving the Company, (b) is on terms which the Company Board in good faith concludes (following consultation with its financial advisors and outside legal counsel) are more favorable to the Company’s stockholders (in their capacities as stockholders) than the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (including any revisions hereto), and (c) is, in the good faith judgment of the Company Board, reasonably likely to be financed and completed on the terms proposed, taking into account the various legal, financial and regulatory aspects of the proposal.
	“Taxes” means any federal, state, local or foreign income, gross receipts, franchise, estimated, alternative, minimum, add-on minimum, sales, use, transfer, registration, ad valorem, value added, excise, natural resources, severance, stamp, occupation, premium, windfall profit, environmental (including taxes under Section 59A of the Code), customs duties, real property, personal property, capital stock, employment, profits, withholding, disability, intangibles, social security, unemployment, payroll, license, employee or other tax or levy, of any kind whatsoever, together with any interest, penalties, or additions to tax in respect of the foregoing whether disputed or not.
	“Tax Returns” means any report, return (including information return), claim for refund, declaration or statement relating to Taxes, including any schedule or attachment thereto, and including any amendments thereof.

Defined Terms		Section
Agreement			Preamble
Certificate of Merger			Section 1.2
Certificates			Section 2.2(b)
Closing			Section 1.2
Closing Date			Section 1.2
Code			Recitals
Company			Preamble
Company Balance Sheet			Section 3.7(d)
Company Benefit Plan			Section  3.10(a)
Company Board			Section 2.4
Company Board Approval			Section 3.4(b)
Company Bylaws			Section 3.2
Company Certificate			Section 3.2

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Defined Terms		Section
Company Common Stock			Section 2.1(a)
Company Customers			Section 3.22
Company Disclosure Memorandum			Article III
Company Financial Advisor			Section 3.19
Company Indemnified Person			Section  5.11(a)
Company Material Contract			Section 3.13
Company Material Intellectual Property			Section 3.16
Company Options			Section 2.4
Company Permits			Section 3.6
Company Preferred Stock			Section 3.3(a)
Company Recommendation			Section 5.3(a)
Company SEC Filings			Section 3.7(a)
Company Stock Option Plans			Section 2.4
Company Stockholder Approval			Section 3.20
Company Stockholders’ Meeting			Section 5.3(a)
Company Suppliers			Section 3.22
Company Voting Agreement			Recitals
Confidentiality Agreement			Section 5.4
DGCL			Recitals
Effective Time			Section 1.2
Exchange Agent			Section 2.2(a)
Exchange Fund			Section 2.2(a)
Exchange Ratio			Section 2.1(a)
Joint Proxy/ Prospectus			Section 5.2(a)
Merger			Recitals
Merger Sub			Preamble
Multiemployer Plan			Section  3.10(c)
Outside Date			Section 7.1(b)
Parent			Preamble
Parent Balance Sheet			Section 4.7(d)
Parent Benefit Plan			Section  4.10(a)
Parent Board			Section 4.4(b)
Parent Board Approval			Section 4.4(b)
Parent Bylaws			Section 4.2
Parent Certificate			Section 4.2
Parent Common Stock			Section 2.1(a)
Parent Customers			Section 4.22
Parent Disclosure Memorandum			Article IV
Parent Financial Advisor			Section 4.19
Parent Material Contracts			Section 4.13
Parent Material Intellectual Property			Section 4.16
Parent Options			Section 4.3(a)
Parent Permits			Section 4.6
Parent Preferred Stock			Section 4.3(a)

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Defined Terms		Section
Parent SEC Filings			Section 4.7(a)
Parent Suppliers			Section 4.22
Parent Recommendation			Section 5.3(b)
Parent Stockholder Approval			Section 4.20
Parent Stockholders’ Meeting			Section 5.3(b)
Parent Warrants			Section 4.3(a)
PC Mall			Section  3.10(t)
PC Mall Contracts			Section  3.10(t)
Proxy Statement			Section 5.2(a)
Registration Statement			Section 5.2(a)
Representatives			Section 5.4
Sarbanes-Oxley Act			Section 3.7(e)
Section 16			Section  5.10(c)
Surviving Corporation			Section 1.1
Termination Fee			Section 7.2(b)

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	PFSWEB, INC.

	By:	/s/ Mark C. Layton

	Mark C. Layton,
	Chief Executive Officer
	RED DOG ACQUISITION CORP.

	By:	/s/ Mark C. Layton

	Mark C. Layton,
	Chief Executive Officer
	eCOST.COM, INC.

	By:	/s/ Adam Shaffer

	Adam Shaffer,
	Chief Executive Officer

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	(a) As of the date hereof, such Stockholder is the beneficial owner (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)) and unless otherwise indicated, the record owner of the shares of Company Common Stock (as may be adjusted from time to time pursuant to Section 5 hereof, the “Shares”) set forth opposite such Stockholder’s name on Schedule A to this Agreement and such Shares represent all of the shares of Company Common Stock beneficially owned by such Stockholder as of the date hereof. For purposes of this Agreement, the term “Shares” shall include any shares of Company Common Stock issuable to such Stockholder upon exercise or conversion of any existing right, contract, option, or warrant to purchase, or securities convertible into or exchangeable for, Company Common Stock (“Stockholder Rights”) that are currently exercisable or convertible or become exercisable or convertible and any other shares of Company Common Stock such Stockholder may acquire or beneficially own during the term of this Agreement.
	(b) Such Stockholder has all requisite power and authority and, if an individual, the legal capacity, to execute and deliver this Agreement and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby. This Agreement has been validly executed and delivered by such Stockholder. .
	(c) The execution and delivery of this Agreement by such Stockholder does not, and the performance of this Agreement by such Stockholder will not, (i) conflict with the Certificate of Incorporation or By-laws or similar organizational documents of such Stockholder as presently in effect (in the case of a Stockholder that is a legal entity), (ii) conflict with or violate any judgment, order or decree applicable to such Stockholder or by which it is bound or affected, or (iii)(A) result in any breach of or constitute a default (or an event that with notice or lapse of time or both would become a default) under, (B) give to any other person any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation of, or (C) result in the creation of any pledge, claim, lien, charge, encumbrance or security interest of any kind or nature whatsoever upon any of the properties or assets of the Stockholder under, any agreement, contract, indenture, note or instrument to which such Stockholder is a party or by which it is bound or affected, except for such breaches, defaults or other occurrences that would not prevent or materially delay the performance by such Stockholder of any of such Stockholder’s obligations under this Agreement.

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	(d) As of the date hereof, neither such Stockholder, nor any of its respective properties or assets is subject to any order, writ, judgment, injunction, decree, determination or award that would prevent or delay the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby.

	(a) Each of Parent and Merger Sub is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware. Each of Parent and Merger Sub has all requisite power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement, to perform its obligations hereunder and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby, and has taken all necessary corporate action to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by each of Parent and Merger Sub.
	(b) The execution and delivery of this Agreement by each of Parent and Merger Sub does not, and the performance of this Agreement by each of Parent and Merger Sub will not, (i) conflict with the Certificate of Incorporation or By-laws or similar organizational documents of each of Parent and Merger Sub as presently in effect, (ii) conflict with or violate any judgment, order or decree, applicable to Parent or Merger Sub or by which either is bound or affected, or (iii) (A) result in any breach of or constitute a default (or an event that with notice or lapse of time or both would become a default) under, (B) give to others any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation of, or (C) result in the creation of any pledge, claim, lien, charge, encumbrance or security interest of any kind or nature whatsoever upon any of the properties or assets of Parent or Merger Sub under, any agreement, contract, indenture, note or instrument to which Parent or Merger Sub is a party or by which it is bound or affected, except for such breaches, defaults or other occurrences that would not prevent or materially delay the performance by Parent or Merger Sub of their obligations under this Agreement.

	(a) Such Stockholder shall not, except as contemplated by the terms of this Agreement (i) enter into any voting arrangement, whether by proxy, voting agreement, voting trust, power-of-attorney or otherwise, with respect to the Shares or (ii) take any other action that would in any way restrict, limit or interfere with the performance of his/her/its obligations hereunder or make any representation or warranty of such Stockholder herein untrue or incorrect in any material respect.
	(b) Until the Merger is consummated or this Agreement is terminated, except to the extent specifically permitted by the Merger Agreement, such Stockholder shall not, and shall use its reasonable commercial efforts to cause any investment banker, financial adviser, attorney, accountant or other representative or agent of such Stockholder not to, directly or indirectly (i) solicit, initiate, knowingly encourage or take any other action designed to, or which could reasonably be expected to, facilitate an Acquisition Proposal or the making, submission or announcement of, any Acquisition Proposal or knowingly sell, transfer or assign any of such Stockholder’s Shares to the person making or proposing an Acquisition Proposal or (ii) participate or engage in any discussions or negotiations regarding, or furnish to any person any nonpublic information with respect to, or take any other action to facilitate any inquiries or the making of any proposal that constitutes or may reasonably be expected to lead to, any Acquisition Proposal or (iii) engage in any discussions with any person with respect to any Acquisition Proposal, except to notify such person as to the existence of this Agreement. Such Stockholder shall immediately terminate, and shall use its reasonable commercial efforts to cause its affiliates to terminate, any existing discussions or negotiations with any persons (other than Parent) that could be reasonably expected to lead to an Acquisition Proposal. Such Stockholder shall as promptly as practicable (and in any event within 48 hours) advise Parent of any request for information with respect to any Acquisition Proposal or of any Acquisition Proposal, or any inquiry or proposal, and within 48 hours of the receipt thereof, promptly provide to Parent copies of any written materials received in connection with any of the foregoing, and the identity of the person making any such Acquisition Proposal or such request, inquiry or proposal and shall keep

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	Parent reasonably informed of the status and material details (including material amendments) with respect to the information previously provided in connection with the Acquisition Proposal, and shall provide to Parent within 48 hours of receipt thereof all written materials received by it with respect thereto. The Shareholder may satisfy its obligation to provide notice and information to Parent with respect to an Acquisition Proposal by arranging for the Company to provide that information to Parent.
	(c) At any meeting of Stockholders of the Company called to vote upon the Merger, the Merger Agreement or any other transaction contemplated by the Merger Agreement or at any adjournment thereof or in any other circumstances upon which a vote, consent or other approval (including by written consent) with respect to such matters is sought, each Stockholder shall vote (or cause to be voted), or shall consent, execute a consent or cause to be executed a consent in respect of, such Stockholder’s Shares held of record or beneficially by such Stockholder on the applicable record date and which Stockholder is entitled to vote at any such meeting or by any such written consent in favor of the Merger, the adoption by the Company of the Merger Agreement and the approval of any other transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement.
	At any meeting of Stockholders of the Company or at any adjournment thereof or in any other circumstances upon which the Stockholder’s vote, consent or other approval is sought, such Stockholder shall vote (or cause to be voted) such Stockholder’s Shares held of record or beneficially by such Stockholder on the applicable record date and which Stockholder is entitled to vote at such meeting or by any such written consent against (i) any merger agreement or merger (other than the Merger Agreement and the Merger), consolidation, combination, sale of substantial assets, reorganization, recapitalization, dissolution, liquidation or winding up of or by the Company or any other Acquisition Proposal with respect to the Company (collectively, “Alternative Transactions”) or (ii) any amendment of the Company’s certificate of incorporation or by-laws or other proposal, action or transaction involving the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, which amendment or other proposal, action or transaction would in any manner impede, frustrate, prevent or nullify the Merger, the Merger Agreement or any of the other transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement (collectively, “Frustrating Transactions”).
	(d) Such Stockholder agrees to permit Parent and Merger Sub to publish and disclose in the Proxy Statement and related filings under the securities laws such Stockholder’s identity and ownership of Shares and the nature of its commitments, arrangements and understandings under this Agreement and any other information required by applicable law.

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	(i) if to Parent, addressed to it at:
	PFSweb, Inc.
	500 North Central Expressway
	Plano, Texas 75074
	Attention: Chief Executive Officer
	Fax: (972) 881-0145
	with a copy to (which shall not constitute notice):
	Wolff & Samson PC
	One Boland Drive
	West Orange, New Jersey 07052
	Attention: Morris Bienenfeld, Esq.
	Fax: (973) 530-2213
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	Latham & Watkins LLP
	Suite 400
	633 West Fifth Street
	Los Angeles, California 90071-2007
	Att: Steven B. Stokdyk, Esq.
	Fax: (213) 891-8763

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	PFSWEB, INC.

	By:	/s/ MARK C. LAYTON

	Mark C. Layton
	Chief Executive Officer
	RED DOG ACQUISITION CORP.

	By:	/s/ MARK C. LAYTON

	Mark C. Layton
	Chief Executive Officer
	STOCKHOLDERS:
	FRANK F. KHULUSI

	By:	/s/ FRANK F. KHULUSI

	FRANK F. KHULUSI
	FRANK F. KHULUSI AND MONA C.
	KHULUSI AS JOINT TRUSTEES OF THE
	KHULUSI REVOCABLE FAMILY
	TRUST DATED NOVEMBER 3, 1993

	By:	/s/ FRANK F. KHULUSI

	FRANK F. KHULUSI

	By:	/s/ MONA C. KHULUSI

	MONA C. KHULUSI

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Name of Pledgee

Stockholder

Number of Shares

Number of Options

(If Any)

Frank F. Khulusi

0

663,905

NA

2555 West 190th Street

Suite 201

Torrance, CA 90504

Frank F. Khulusi and Mona C. Khulusi as joint trustees of the Khulusi Revocable Family Trust dated November 3, 1993

1,988,813

0

NA

2555 West 190th Street

Suite 201

Torrance, CA 90504

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	Investment Bankers
	600 California
	San Francisco
	(415) 391-5600 (800)662- 1747
	fax(415)387-2744

	(i) reviewed certain publicly available financial statements, including audited and interim financial statements, and other business and financial information relating to the Company and PFSweb that we deemed relevant;
	(ii) reviewed certain internal financial statements and other financial and operating data, including certain financial forecasts and other forward looking information, concerning the Company as prepared by and reviewed with the respective managements of the Company and PFSweb;
	(iii) reviewed certain internal financial statements and other financial and operating data, including certain financial forecasts and other forward looking information, concerning PFSweb as prepared by and reviewed with the management of PFSweb;
	(iv) conducted discussions with the respective managements of the Company and PFSweb concerning the businesses, past and current operations, financial condition and future prospects of both the Company and PFSweb, independently and combined, including discussions with the respective managements of the Company and PFSweb concerning cost savings and other synergies and benefits that are expected to result from the Merger as well as their views regarding the strategic rationale for the Merger;
	(v) reviewed a draft Merger Agreement dated November 11, 2005;

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	(vi) reviewed the publicly available historical stock price and trading activity of Company Common Stock and PFSweb Common Stock;
	(vii) compared the financial performance of the Company and the historical stock prices and trading activity of Company Common Stock with that of certain other publicly traded companies comparable with the Company;
	(viii) compared the financial performance of PFSweb and the historical stock prices and trading activity of PFSweb Common Stock with that of certain other publicly traded companies comparable with PFSweb;
	(ix) compared the financial terms of the Merger with the financial terms, to the extent publicly available, of other transactions that we deemed relevant;
	(x) reviewed the pro forma impact of the Merger on PFSweb’s earnings per share;
	(xi) prepared an analysis of the relative contributions of the Company and PFSweb to selected financial measures of the combined company based on financial forecasts and estimates prepared by the management of PFSweb;
	(xii) prepared a discounted cash flow analysis of the Company and PFSweb; and
	(xiii) made such other financial studies and inquiries, and reviewed such other data, as we deemed necessary, including our assessment of general economic, market and monetary conditions.

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	Very truly yours,
	WELLS FARGO SECURITIES, LLC
	/s/ Wells Fargo Securities, LLC

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	Very truly yours,
	/s/ Thomas Weisel Partners LLC
	THOMAS WEISEL PARTNERS LLC

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Item 20.	Indemnification of Directors and Officers

Item 21.	Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules

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Item 22.	Undertakings

	1. To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:

	i. To include any prospectus required by section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;
	ii. To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement.

	A. To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in the registration statement;

	2. That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
	3. To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
	4. That, for the purpose of determining liability under the Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser:

	i. If the registrant is relying on Rule 430B:

	A. Each prospectus filed by the registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3)shall be deemed to be part of the registration statement as of the date the filed prospectus was deemed part of and included in the registration statement; and
	B. Each prospectus required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)(2), (b)(5), or (b)(7) as part of a registration statement in reliance on Rule 430B relating to an offering made pursuant to Rule 415(a)(1)(i), (vii), or (x) for the purpose of providing the information required by section 10(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 shall be deemed to be part of and included in the registration statement as of the earlier of the date such form of prospectus is first used after effectiveness or the date of the first contract of sale of securities in the offering described in the prospectus. As provided in Rule 430B, for liability purposes of the issuer and any person that is at that date an underwriter, such date shall be deemed to be a new effective date of the registration statement relating to the securities in the registration statement to which that prospectus relates, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. Provided, however, that no statement made in a registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement or made in a document incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference into the registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement will, as to a purchaser with a time of contract of sale prior to such effective date, supersede or modify any statement that was made in the registration statement or prospectus that was part of the

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	registration statement or made in any such document immediately prior to such effective date; or

ii. If the registrant is subject to Rule 430C, each prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) as part of a registration statement relating to an offering, other than registration statements relying on Rule 430B or other than prospectuses filed in reliance on Rule 430A, shall be deemed to be part of and included in the registration statement as of the date it is first used after effectiveness. Provided, however, that no statement made in a registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement or made in a document incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference into the registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement will, as to a purchaser with a time of contract of sale prior to such first use, supersede or modify any statement that was made in the registration statement or prospectus that was part of the registration statement or made in any such document immediately prior to such date of first use.

5. That, for the purpose of determining liability of the registrant under the Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser in the initial distribution of the securities: The undersigned registrant undertakes that in a primary offering of securities of the undersigned registrant pursuant to this registration statement, regardless of the underwriting method used to sell the securities to the purchaser, if the securities are offered or sold to such purchaser by means of any of the following communications, the undersigned registrant will be a seller to the purchaser and will be considered to offer or sell such securities to such purchaser:

	i. Any preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the undersigned registrant relating to the offering required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424;
	ii. Any free writing prospectus relating to the offering prepared by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant or used or referred to by the undersigned registrant;
	iii. The portion of any other free writing prospectus relating to the offering containing material information about the undersigned registrant or its securities provided by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant; and
	iv. Any other communication that is an offer in the offering made by the undersigned registrant to the purchaser.

	1. That prior to any public reoffering of the securities registered hereunder through use of a prospectus which is a part of this registration statement, by any person or party who is deemed to be an underwriter within the meaning of Rule 145(c), the issuer undertakes that such reoffering prospectus will contain the information called for by the applicable registration form with respect to reofferings by persons who may be deemed underwriters, in addition to the information called for by the other items of the applicable form.
	2.  That every prospectus (i) that is filed pursuant to paragraph (1) immediately preceding, or (ii) that purports to meet the requirements of Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act and is used in connection with an offering of securities subject to Rule 415, will be filed as a part of an amendment to the registration statement and will not be used until such amendment is effective, and that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

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	PFSWEB, INC.

	By:	/s/ MARK C. LAYTON

	Mark C. Layton
	Chairman of the Board of Directors,
	Chief Executive Officer and President

Signature				Title		Date
By:		/s/ Mark C. Layton   Mark C. Layton		Chairman of the Board, President, and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer)		November 30, 2005
By:		/s/ Thomas J. Madden   Thomas J. Madden		Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Accounting Officer (Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)		November 30, 2005
By:		/s/ David Beatson   David Beatson		Director		November 30, 2005
By:		/s/ Timothy M. Murray   Timothy M. Murray		Director		November 30, 2005
By:		/s/ James F. Reilly   James F. Reilly		Director		November 30, 2005
By:		/s/ Neil Jacobs   Neil Jacobs		Director		November 30, 2005

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Exhibit
Number				Description
	2	.1		Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of November 29, 2005, by and among PFSweb, Inc., Red Dog Acquisition Corp. and eCOST.com, Inc. (included as Annex A to the joint proxy statement/ prospectus forming a part of this registration statement)
	3	.1		Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of PFSweb, Inc. (Incorporated by reference from PFSweb, Inc. Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Commission File No. 333-87657).
	3	.2		Amended and Restated Bylaws of PFSweb, Inc. (Incorporated by reference from PFSweb, Inc. Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Commission File No. 333-87657).
	5	.1		Legal opinion of Wolff & Samson PC
	8	.1		Tax opinion of Latham & Watkins LLP
	8	.2*		Tax opinion of Wolff & Samson PC
	10	.1		PFSweb, Inc. 2005 Employee Stock and Incentive Plan (Incorporated by reference from PFSweb, Inc. Current Report on Form 8-K filed on June 14, 2005).
	10	.2		PFSweb, Inc. 2005 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (Incorporated by reference from PFSweb Current Report on Form 8-K filed on June 14, 2005).
	10	.3		Amendment 3 to Loan and Security Agreement (Incorporated by reference from PFSweb, Inc. Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on August 15, 2005).
	10	.4		Amendment 6 to Agreement for Inventory Financing (Incorporated by reference from PFSweb, Inc. Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on August 15, 2005).
	10	.5		Amendment 1 to First Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement (Incorporated by reference from PFSweb, Inc. Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on August 15, 2005).
	10	.6		Amendment 5 to Amended and Restated Platinum Plan Agreement (Incorporated by reference from PFSweb, Inc. Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on May 16, 2005).
	10	.7		Agreement for IBM Global Financing Platinum Plan Invoice Discounting Schedule (Incorporated by reference from PFSweb, Inc. Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on May 16, 2005).
	10	.8		Amendment No. 5 to Agreement for Inventory Financing (Incorporated by reference from PFSweb, Inc. Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on May 16, 2005).
	10	.9		Industrial Lease Agreement between Shelby Drive Corporation and Priority Fulfillment Services, Inc. (Incorporated by reference from PFSweb, Inc. Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Commission File No. 333-87657)).
	10	.10		Lease Contract between Transports Weerts and Priority Fulfillment Services Europe B.V. (Incorporated by reference from PFSweb, Inc. Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Commission File No. 333-87657)).
	10	.11		Form of Change of Control Agreement between PFSweb, Inc. and each of its executive officers (Incorporated by reference from PFSweb, Inc. Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2001)
	10	.12		Ninth Amendment to Lease Agreement by and between AGBRI ATRIUM. L.P., and Priority Fulfillment Services, Inc. (Incorporated by reference from PFSweb, Inc. Form 10-K for the transition period ended December 31, 2001)
	10	.13		Agreement for Inventory Financing by and among Business Supplies Distributors Holdings, LLC, Supplies Distributors, Inc., Priority Fulfillment Services, Inc., PFSweb, Inc., Inventory Financing Partners, LLC and IBM Credit Corporation (Incorporated by reference from PFSweb, Inc. Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2002)
	10	.14		Amended and Restated Collateralized Guaranty by and between Priority Fulfillment Services, Inc. and IBM Credit Corporation (Incorporated by reference from PFSweb, Inc. Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2002)

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Exhibit
Number				Description
	10	.15		Amended and Restated Guaranty to IBM Credit Corporation by PFSweb, Inc. (Incorporated by reference from PFSweb, Inc. Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2002)
	10	.16		Amended and Restated Notes Payable Subordination Agreement by and between Priority Fulfillment Services, Inc., Supplies Distributors, Inc. and IBM Credit Corporation (Incorporated by reference from PFSweb, Inc. Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2002).
	10	.17		Amended and Restated Platinum Plan Agreement (with Invoice Discounting) by and among Supplies Distributors, S.A., Business Supplies Distributors Europe B.V., PFSweb B.V., and IBM Belgium Financial Services S.A. (Incorporated by reference from PFSweb, Inc. Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2002)
	10	.18		Amended and Restated Collateralized Guaranty between Priority Fulfillment Services, Inc. and IBM Belgium Financial Services S.A. (Incorporated by reference from PFSweb, Inc. Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2002)
	10	.19		Amended and Restated Guaranty to IBM Belgium Financial Services S.A. by PFSweb, Inc. (Incorporated by reference from PFSweb, Inc. Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2002)
	10	.20		Subordinated Demand Note by and between Supplies Distributors, Inc. and Priority Fulfillment Services, Inc. (Incorporated by reference from PFSweb, Inc. Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2002)
	10	.21		Notes Payable Subordination Agreement between Congress Financial Corporation (Southwest) and Priority Fulfillment Services, Inc. (Incorporated by reference from PFSweb, Inc. Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2002)
	10	.22		Guarantee in favor of Congress Financial Corporation (Southwest) by Business Supplies Distributors Holdings, LLC, Priority Fulfillment Services, Inc. and PFSweb, Inc. (Incorporated by reference from PFSweb, Inc. Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2002)
	10	.23		General Security Agreement by Priority Fulfillment Services, Inc. in favor of Congress Financial Corporation (Southwest). (Incorporated by reference from PFSweb, Inc. Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2002)
	10	.24		Inducement Letter by Priority Fulfillment Services, Inc. and PFSweb, Inc. in favor of Congress Financial Corporation (Southwest). (Incorporated by reference from PFSweb, Inc. Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2002)
	10	.25		Form of Executive Severance Agreement between the Company and each of its executive officers. (Incorporated by reference from PFSweb, Inc. Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2002)
	10	.26		Amendment to Agreement for Inventory Financing by and among Business Supplies Distributors Holdings, LLC, Supplies Distributors, Inc., Priority Fulfillment Services, Inc., PFSweb, Inc., Inventory Financing Partners, LLC and IBM Credit Corporation (Incorporated by reference from PFSweb, Inc. Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2002)
	10	.27		Amendment to Amended and Restated Platinum Plan Agreement (with Invoice Discounting) by and among Supplies Distributors, S.A., Business Supplies Distributors Europe B.V., PFSweb B.V., and IBM Belgium Financial Services S.A. (Incorporated by reference from PFSweb, Inc. Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2002)
	10	.28		Amended and Restated Notes Payable Subordination Agreement by and between Priority Fulfillment Services, Inc., Supplies Distributors, Inc. and IBM Credit Corporation (Incorporated by reference from PFSweb, Inc. Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2002)
	10	.29		Amendment to Factoring agreement dated March 29, 2002 between Supplies Distributors S.A. and Fortis Commercial Finance N.V. (Incorporated by reference from PFSweb, Inc. Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2002)

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Exhibit
Number				Description
	10	.30		Loan and Security Agreement by and between Comerica Bank — California (“Bank”) and Priority Fulfillment Services, Inc. (“Priority”) and Priority Fulfillment Services of Canada, Inc. (“Priority Canada”) (Incorporated by reference from PFSweb, Inc. Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2003)
	10	.31		Unconditional Guaranty of PFSweb, Inc. to Comerica Bank — California (Incorporated by reference from PFSweb, Inc. Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2003)
	10	.32		Security Agreement of PFSweb, Inc. to Comerica Bank — California (Incorporated by reference from PFSweb, Inc. Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2003)
	10	.33		Intellectual Property Security Agreement between Priority Fulfillment Services, Inc. and Comerica Bank — California (Incorporated by reference from PFSweb, Inc. Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2003)
	10	.34		Amendment 2 to Amended and Restated Platinum Plan Agreement (with Invoice Discounting) by and among Supplies Distributors, S.A., Business Supplies Distributors B.V., PFSweb B.V., and IBM Belgium Financial Services S.A. (Incorporated by reference from PFSweb, Inc. Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2003)
	10	.35		Amendment to Agreement for Inventory Financing by and among Business Supplies Distributors Holdings, LLC, Supplies Distributors, Inc., Priority Fulfillment Services, Inc., PFSweb, Inc., and IBM Credit LLC (Incorporated by reference from PFSweb, Inc. Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2003)
	10	.36		Amendment to factoring agreement dated April 30, 2003 between Supplies Distributors S.A. and Fortis Commercial Finance N.V.(Incorporated by reference from PFSweb, Inc. Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended June 30, 2003)
	10	.37		Loan and Security Agreement by and between Congress Financial Corporation (Southwest), as Lender and Supplies Distributors, Inc., as Borrower dated March 29, 2002. (Incorporated by reference from PFSweb, Inc. Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended June 30, 2003)
	10	.38		General Security Agreement — Business Supplies Distributors Holdings, LLC in favor of Congress Financial Corporation (Southwest) (Incorporated by reference from PFSweb, Inc. Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended June 30, 2003)
	10	.39		Stock Pledge Agreement between Supplies Distributors, Inc. and Congress Financial Corporation (Southwest) (Incorporated by reference from PFSweb, Inc. Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended June 30, 2003)
	10	.40		First Amendment to General Security Agreement by Priority Fulfillment Services, Inc. in favor of Congress Financial Corporation (Southwest) (Incorporated by reference from PFSweb, Inc. Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended June 30, 2003)
	10	.41		First Amendment to Loan and Security Agreement made as of September 11, 2003 by and between Priority Fulfillment Services, Inc., Priority Fulfillment Services of Canada, Inc. and Comerica Bank. (Incorporated by reference from PFSweb, Inc. Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended September 30, 2003)
	10	.42		Securities Purchase Agreement dated as of November 7, 2003 between PFSweb, Inc. and the Purchasers named therein. (Incorporated by reference from PFSweb, Inc. Report on Form 8-K filed on November 10, 2003)
	10	.43		Form of Four Year Warrant dated as of November 7, 2003 issued to each of the Purchasers pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement. (Incorporated by reference from PFSweb, Inc. Report on Form 8-K filed on November 10, 2003)
	10	.44		Industrial Lease Agreement between New York Life Insurance Company and Daisytek, Inc. (Incorporated by reference from PFSweb, Inc. Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2003)
	10	.45		First Amendment to Industrial Lease Agreement between New York Life Insurance Company, Daisytek, Inc. and Priority Fulfillment Services, Inc. (Incorporated by reference from PFSweb, Inc. Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2003)

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Exhibit
Number				Description
	10	.46		Second Amendment to Industrial Lease Agreement between ProLogis North Carolina Limited Partnership and Priority Fulfillment Services, Inc. (Incorporated by reference from PFSweb, Inc. Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2003)
	10	.47		Modification, Ratification and Extension of Lease between Shelby Drive Corporation and Priority Fulfillment Services, Inc. (Incorporated by reference from PFSweb, Inc. Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2003)
	10	.48		Amendment to Agreement for Inventory Financing by and among Business Supplies Distributors Holdings, LLC, Supplies Distributors, Inc., Priority Fulfillment Services, Inc., PFSweb, Inc., and IBM Credit LLC (Incorporated by reference from PFSweb, Inc. Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2004)
	10	.49		Amendment 4 to Amended and Restated Platinum Plan Agreement (with Invoice Discounting) by and among Supplies Distributors, S.A., Business Supplies Distributors B.V., PFSweb B.V., and IBM Belgium Financial Services S.A. (Incorporated by reference from PFSweb, Inc. Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2004)
	10	.50		Third Amended and Restated Notes Payable Subordination Agreement by and between Priority Fulfillment Services, Inc., Supplies Distributors, Inc. and IBM Credit Corporation (Incorporated by reference from PFSweb, Inc. Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2004)
	10	.51		First Amendment to Loan and Security Agreement by and between Congress Financial Corporation (Southwest), as Lender and Supplies Distributors, Inc., as Borrower. (Incorporated by reference from PFSweb, Inc. Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2004)
	10	.52		Form of Modification to Executive Severance Agreement. (Incorporated by reference from PFSweb, Inc. Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2004)
	10	.53		Industrial Lease Agreement by and between Industrial Developments International, Inc. and Priority Fulfillment Services, Inc. (Incorporated by reference from PFSweb, Inc. Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended September 30, 2004)
	10	.54		Guaranty by PFSweb, Inc. in favor of Industrial Developments International, Inc. (Incorporated by reference from PFSweb, Inc. Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended September 30, 2004)
	10	.55		Lease between Fleet National Bank and Priority Fulfillment Services, Inc. (Incorporated by reference from PFSweb, Inc. Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended September 30, 2004)
	10	.56		Guaranty by PFSweb, Inc. in favor of Fleet National Bank (Incorporated by reference from PFSweb, Inc. Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended September 30, 2004)
	10	.57		Amendment No. 3 to Lease dated as of March 3, 1999 between Fleet National Bank and Priority Fulfillment Services, Inc. (Incorporated by reference from PFSweb, Inc. Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended September 30, 2004)
	10	.58		Loan Agreement between Mississippi Business Finance Corporation and Priority Fulfillment Services, Inc. dated as of November 1, 2004 (Incorporated by reference from PFSweb, Inc. Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2004)
	10	.59		Placement Agreement between Priority Fulfillment Services, Inc., Comerica Securities and Mississippi Business Finance Corporation (Incorporated by reference from PFSweb, Inc. Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2004)
	10	.60		Reimbursement Agreement between Priority Fulfillment Services, Inc. and Comerica Bank (Incorporated by reference from PFSweb, Inc. Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2004)
	10	.61		First Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement by and between Comerica Bank and Priority Fulfillment Services, Inc. (Incorporated by reference from PFSweb, Inc. Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2004)
	10	.62		Remarketing Agreement between Priority Fulfillment Services, Inc. and Comerica Securities (Incorporated by reference from PFSweb, Inc. Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2004)

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Exhibit
Number				Description
	10	.63		Voting Agreement, dated as of November 29, 2005, by and among PFSweb, Inc., Red Dog Acquisition Corp. and a stockholder of eCOST.com, Inc. (included as Annex B to the joint proxy statement/ prospectus forming a part of this registration statement)
	23	.1		Consent of KPMG LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
	23	.2		Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
	23	.3		Consent of Wolff & Samson PC (included in Exhibit 5.1 hereto)
	23	.4		Consent of Latham & Watkins LLP (included in Exhibit 8.1 hereto)
	24	.1		Power of Attorney (included on the signature page of this registration statement)
	99	.1		Form of Proxy Card for PFSweb, Inc.
	99	.2		Form of Proxy Card for eCOST.com, Inc.
	99	.3		Opinion of Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, financial advisor to PFSweb, Inc. (included as Annex C to the joint proxy statement/ prospectus forming a part of this registration statement)
	99	.4		Opinion of Thomas Weisel Partners LLC., financial advisor to eCOST.com, Inc. (included as Annex D to the joint proxy statement/ prospectus forming a part of this registration statement)
	99	.5		Consent of Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, financial advisor to PFSweb, Inc.
	99	.6		Consent of Thomas Weisel Partners LLC., financial advisor to eCOST.com, Inc.

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	/s/ KPMG LLP

 

 

 

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Proposal 1.

to approve the issuance of PFSweb common stock, $0.001 par value, pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of November 29, 2005, by and among PFSweb, Inc., Red Dog Acquisition Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of PFSweb, and eCOST.com, Inc. In the merger, Red Dog Acquisition Corp. will merge with and into eCOST, with eCOST surviving the merger as a wholly owned subsidiary of PFSweb. eCOST stockholders will receive one share of PFSweb common stock for each share of eCOST common stock held immediately prior to the merger.

Proposal 2.	to approve the amendment to the PFSweb Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to increase the number of authorized shares of PFSweb common stock, $0.001 par value, from 40 million shares to 75 million shares.

Proposal 3.	to grant discretionary authority to adjourn the meeting, if necessary, to solicit additional proxies with respect to proposals 1 and/or 2.

		DATED:           , 2006
		Signature
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Proposal 1.

to adopt the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of November 29, 2005, by and among eCOST, PFSweb and Red Dog Acquisition Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of PFSweb and the transactions contemplated by the merger agreement, including the merger. If the merger agreement is approved and the transactions contemplated by the merger agreement are completed, then each outstanding share of eCOST common stock would be converted into one share of PFSweb common stock.

Proposal 2.	to grant discretionary authority to adjourn the special meeting, if necessary, to solicit additional proxies with respect to the adoption of the merger agreement.

		DATED:           , 2006
		Signature
		Signature

 

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Re:	Joint Proxy Statement/ Prospectus, dated December 1, 2005, on Form S-4 filed by PFSweb, Inc.

	Very truly yours,
	WELLS FARGO SECURITIES, LLC
	/s/ Wells Fargo Securities, LLC