EPLUS INC
8-K, 2000-03-21
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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT

     Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934

         Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): March 6, 2000


                                   EPLUS INC.
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             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

         Delaware                        000-28926               54-1817218
(State or other jurisdiction of   (Commission File Number)     (IRS Employer
        incorporation)                                       Identification No.)

                  400 Herndon Parkway, Herndon, Virginia 20176
          (Address, including zip code, of principal executive office)

                                 (703) 834-5710
                                 --------------
              (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)


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Item 5.  Other Events

     On March 6,  2000,  ePlus  inc.  ("ePlus")  entered  into a  marketing  and
distribution agreement (the "Agreement") with PSINet Inc. ("PSINet"), a New York
corporation  based in  Herndon,  Virginia  that  designs,  develops  and markets
various internet-related  services,  including Web site hosting and development.
The Agreement  provides that ePlus and PSINet will cooperate to enable ePlus and
PSINet to offer  ePlus'  e-procurement  solution,  which is used by end users to
acquire goods and services from vendors via the Internet,  on a co-branded basis
to  PSINet's  existing  and  potential  customers,  utilizing  PSINet's  hosting
platform.

     ePlus  shall  provide  PSINet  with a fee based on a  pecentage  of the net
revenue  for goods and  services  purchased  by end users  directly  from  ePlus
through an ePlus/PSINet catalogue. In addition,  ePlus shall provide PSINet with
monthly  hosting fees for any end user that elects hosting or dedicated  hosting
through  PSINet.  ePlus has  committed  to pay a minimum of $3 million to PSINet
from July 1, 2000 through June 30, 2002 in the form of  transaction  and hosting
fees.

     The Agreement  also  provides that PSINet will license  Procure+ from ePlus
for its  internal  use.  PSINet has agreed to purchase  $20 million in goods and
services from and through ePlus between January 1, 2000 and December 31, 2001.

     In connection with the Agreement,  ePlus issued to PSINet Ventures, Inc., a
subsidiary  of PSINet,  a warrant to  purchase  100,000  shares of its par value
$0.01 per share common stock at an exercise price of $38.4375, based on the then
current market price, subject to certain anti-dilution adjustments.  The warrant
is immediately  exercisable and will expire on March 5, 2002. As a result of the
issuance of the  warrant,  ePlus will incur a charge to  earnings  which will be
amortized  over the life of the warrant and is not  expected to exceed  $100,000
per quarter.


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                                   SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the  requirements  of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant  has duly  caused  this  report  to be  signed  on its  behalf by the
undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

                                                     ePlus inc.


Dated March 21, 2000                       By: /s/ Phillip G. Norton
                                                --------------------------------
                                                Phillip G. Norton
                                                Chairman, President and
                                                Chief Executive Officer



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