UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

SCHEDULE 14A

(Rule 14a-101)

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN PROXY STATEMENT

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PC CONNECTION, INC.

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PC CONNECTION, INC.

730 Milford Road

Merrimack, New Hampshire 03054

(603) 683-2000

NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS

To Be Held May 26, 201022, 2013

The 20102013 Annual Meeting of Stockholders of PC Connection, Inc., a Delaware corporation, (the “Company”),which we refer to as the Company, will be held at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, 2 Somerset Parkway (Exit 8 off the Everett Turnpike), Nashua, New Hampshire on Wednesday, May 26, 201022, 2013 at 10:00 a.m., Eastern time, to consider and act upon the following matters:

Stockholders of record at the close of business on April 9, 2010March 27, 2013 are entitled to notice of and to vote at the meeting or any adjournments thereof. Our stock transfer books will remain open. All stockholders are cordially invited to attend the meeting.

By Order of the Board of Directors,

Patricia Gallup

Chairman of the Board

Merrimack, New Hampshire

April 16, 201009, 2013

WHETHER OR NOT YOU EXPECT TO ATTEND THE MEETING, PLEASE COMPLETE, DATE, AND SIGN THE ENCLOSED PROXY AND MAIL IT PROMPTLY IN THE ENCLOSED ENVELOPE IN ORDER TO ENSURE REPRESENTATION OF YOUR SHARES AT THE MEETING. NO POSTAGE NEED BE AFFIXED IF THE PROXY IS MAILED IN THE UNITED STATES.

PC CONNECTION, INC.

730 Milford Road

Merrimack, New Hampshire 03054

PROXY STATEMENT FOR THE 20102013 ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS

To Be Held On May 26, 201022, 2013

This Proxy Statement is furnished in connection with the solicitation of proxies by PC Connection, Inc., a Delaware corporation, (the “Company,”which we refer to as the Company, (or “we,” “us,” or “our”) by our Board of Directors, for our 20102013 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, or the Annual Meeting, to be held on Wednesday, May 26, 201022, 2013 at 10:00 a.m., Eastern time, at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, 2 Somerset Parkway (Exit 8 off the Everett Turnpike), Nashua, New Hampshire or any adjournment or adjournments of the Annual Meeting. You may obtain directions to the location of the meeting by contacting Investor Relations at 603-683-2322. All proxies will be voted in accordance with the stockholders’ instructions. If no choice is specified, the proxies will be voted (i) in favor of the matters set forth in Proposals 1, 2, and 4-6 and (ii) in favor of three years, with respect to Proposal 3 in the accompanying Notice of Meeting. Any proxy may be revoked by a stockholder at any time before its exercise by delivery of a written revocation or a subsequently dated proxy to our secretary or by voting in person at the Annual Meeting.

The Notice of Meeting, this Proxy Statement, the enclosed proxy, and our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 20092012 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or the SEC, and our Annual Report to Stockholders for the year ended December 31, 20092012 are being mailed to stockholders on or about April 26, 2010.22, 2013.

Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be Held on May 26, 201022, 2013:

This proxy statement, form of proxy, and our 20092012 Annual Report to Stockholders for the year ended December 31, 20092012 are available athttp://ir.pcconnection.comir.pcconnection.com/annuals.cfm..

Voting Securities and Votes Required

On April 9, 2010,March 27, 2013, the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to notice of and to vote at the Annual Meeting, there were outstanding and entitled to vote an aggregate of 27,147,43426,118,446 shares of our common stock, $.01 par value per share, or the Common Stock. Stockholders are entitled to one vote per share of Common Stock. Our stock record books will remain open for inspection by stockholders of record for ten days prior to the Annual Meeting at our offices at the above address and at the time and place of the Annual Meeting.

The presence, in person or by proxy, of the holders of a majority of the issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting shall be necessary to constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. If a quorum is not present, the meeting will be adjourned until a quorum is obtained. Abstentions and broker non-votes (where a broker or nominee does not exercise discretionary authority to vote on a proposal) will be considered as present for purposes of determining whether a quorum is present.

The affirmativeIf a quorum is present at the annual meeting, the vote required to adopt each of the holdersscheduled proposals will be as follows:

Election of Directors. Under the Company’s by-laws, any election by stockholders shall be determined by a plurality of the votes cast byon the stockholders entitled to vote atelection.

Other Matters. Under the Annual Meeting is required forCompany’s by-laws, the election of directors. The affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the sharesvotes cast will be required for: approval of Commonthe advisory vote on executive compensation (Proposal 2); approval of one

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of the three frequency options under the advisory vote on the frequency of future executive compensation advisory votes (Proposal 3); approval of the amendment to the Company’s Amended and Restated 2007 Stock presentIncentive Plan, as amended (Proposal 4); approval of the amendment to the Company’s Executive Bonus Plan, as amended (Proposal 5); and approval of the ratification of the selection of the independent registered public accounting firm (Proposal 6). Shares which abstain and broker non-votes will not be counted as votes in favor of, or represented by proxywith respect to, these proposals and voting atwill also not be counted as votes cast. Accordingly, abstentions and broker non-votes will have no effect on the Annual Meeting is required for the approvaloutcome of these proposals. Proposals 2 and 3.3 are non-binding proposals.

Persons who hold shares on the record date through a broker, bank, or other nominee are considered beneficial owners. Brokers holding shares must vote according to specific instructions they receive from the beneficial owners of those shares. If brokers do not receive specific instructions, brokers may in some cases vote the shares in their discretion. However, brokers holding shares in “street name” for their beneficial owners are prohibited from voting on behalf of the clients in uncontested director elections and certain other non-routine matters unless the brokers have received specific voting instructions from those clients. Accordingly, a broker cannot vote shares held on behalf of a beneficial owner on Proposals 1 through 5 regarding the election of directors, the advisory vote on executive compensation, the advisory vote on the frequency of future executive compensation advisory votes, the amendment to our stock plan, and the amendment to our executive bonus plan, respectively, unless such broker has received specific voting instructions from the beneficial owner. However, a broker will have discretion to vote shares held on behalf of a beneficial owner on Proposal 6, the ratification of Deloitte & Touche LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2013, even if such broker has not received specific voting instructions from the beneficial owner. Shares that abstain from voting in a particular matter, and shares held in “street name” by brokers or nominees who indicate on their proxies that they do not have discretionary authority to vote such shares as to a particular matter, will not be counted as votes in favor of such matter and will also not be counted as votes cast or shares voting on such matter. Abstentions and “broker non-votes” will have no effect on the voting on matters, such as the ones presented for stockholder approval at this Annual Meeting, that require the affirmative vote of a certain percentage of the shares voting on the matter.

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SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT

Unless otherwise provided below, the following table sets forth, as of January 31, 2010,February 1, 2013, the beneficial ownership of our Common Stock by: (i) persons known by us to own more than 5% of our outstanding shares; (ii) each of our directors; (iii) each of our current or former named executive officers in the Summary Compensation Table under the heading “Executive Compensation” below; and (iv) all our current directors and executive officers as a group. Unless otherwise indicated, each person has sole investment and voting power, or shares such power with his or her spouse, with respect to the shares set forth in the following table. The inclusion in this table of any shares deemed beneficially owned does not constitute an admission of beneficial ownership of those shares.

Except as otherwise set forth below, the street address of each beneficial owner is c/o PC Connection, Inc., 730 Milford Road, Merrimack, New Hampshire 03054.

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PROPOSAL ONE

ELECTION OF DIRECTORS

Directors are to be elected at the Annual Meeting. Our Board of Directors is currently fixed at six members. Our Bylaws provide that our directors will be elected at each annual meeting of our stockholders to serve until the next annual meeting of stockholders or until their successors are duly elected and qualified.

The persons named in the enclosed proxy (Patricia Gallup and David Hall) will vote to elect the six nominees named below as our directors unless authority to vote for the election of any or all of the nominees is withheld by marking the proxy to that effect. Each nominee is presently serving as a director, and each nominee has consented to being named in this Proxy Statement and to serve, if elected. If for any reason any nominee should be unable to serve, the person acting under the proxy may vote the proxy for the election of a substitute nominee designated by our Board of Directors. It is not presently expected that any of the nominees will be unavailable to serve, if elected.

Our Board of Directors recommends a vote “FOR” the election of the nominees described below.

Set forth below are the name, age, and length of service as a director for each nominee of our Board of Directors and the positions and offices held by him or her, his or her principal occupation and business experience for at least the past five years, and the names of other publicly-held companies of which he or she serves as a director.director or served as a director during the past five years. Information with respect to the number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by each director or nominee, directly or indirectly, as of January 31, 2010,February 1, 2013, appears under “Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management.”

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Nominees for Election to our Board of Directors

Patricia Gallup, age 56,59, is our Chairman President, and Chief Administrative Officer. Ms. Gallup served as Chief Executive Officer.Officer from September 2002 until August 2012 and from 1990 to 2001. Ms. Gallup is a co-founder of our Company, and has served on our Board of Directors since its inception and as an executive officer since 1982.

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David Hall, age 60,63, is one of our co-foundersa co-founder and has served on our Board of Directors since its inception. Mr. Hall served as Vice Chairman of our Board of Directors from March 1998 to December 2004. Mr. Hall was an executive officer from 1982 to 1997, and since then has served as an analyst for our Company.

Joseph Baute, age 82,85, has served on our Board of Directors since June 2001.2001 and has served as Vice Chairman since August 2012. From 1979 to 1993, Mr. Baute served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Markem Corporation, an industrial marking and coding solutions provider. Since 1993, Mr. Baute has worked as an independent consultant. Mr. Baute has served on the board of directors of several public and private companies, as well as non-profit organizations, including the Federal Reserve in Boston, State Street Bank, and Houghton-Mifflin Company.Company, as well as several non-profit organizations.

David Beffa-Negrini, age 56,59, has served on our Board of Directors since September 1994. Mr. Beffa-Negrini served as our Senior Vice President, Corporate Marketing and Creative Services from February 2007 until his retirement effective December 31, 2008. Mr. Beffa-Negrini served as Co-President of our former Merrimack Services subsidiary from September 2005 to February 2007, and as our Vice President of Corporate Communications from June 2000 to February 2007. Mr. Beffa-Negrini served in a variety of senior management capacities in the areas of merchandising, marketing, and communications during his 25 years of employment by the Company.

Barbara Duckett, age 65,68, has served on our Board of Directors since June 2009. Since October 2000, Ms. Duckett has served as the President, Chief Executive Officer, and as a member of the board of directors of Home Healthcare, Hospice and Community Services. Ms. Duckett serves as a member of the board of directors of the Home Care Association of New Hampshire and has been a director or officer of several other non-profit and privately-held healthcare organizations, at both the local and national level.

Donald Weatherson,age 72,75, has served on our Board of Directors since June 2005. Mr. Weatherson served on the board of directors of our GovConnection subsidiary from May 2003 to June 2005. Since August 2002, Mr. Weatherson has pursued personal and community interests and served on an interim basis as Chief Executive Officer of GovConnection from November 2003 to May 2004. From April 1994June 2000 to July 2002, Mr. Weatherson served in a varietyas Vice President of senior executive positions atNorth American Operations and Strategy for Compaq Computer Corporation. From April 1994 to June 2000, Mr. Weatherson served as Vice President of Compaq’s Government and Education business. Prior to joining Compaq, Mr. Weatherson was Chief Executive Officer of the Navy Exchange System, a retail services company operated by the U.S. Navy. He retired from the Navy as a Rear Admiral in 1993. Mr. Weatherson served as Chairman of the Board of Enliven Marketing Technologies Corporation, an internet service marketing company, from February 2006 to October 2008.

We believe that each of our directors is qualified to serve as a director of the Company as a result of his or her level of business experience described in the individual biographies above. Each director has served in a broad range of senior management roles, and some have served on other boards of directors. The Board concluded that the depth of experience and the combination of the different backgrounds of each of our directors facilitates the Company’s goal of having a diversity of viewpoints and backgrounds on the Board, and gives the Company a broad range of experience on which to draw. Accordingly, the Board concluded that each of these individuals should serve as a director of the Company, in light of its business and structure, at the time of filing this proxy. In particular:

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No family relationship exists between any of our executive officers or directors.

INFORMATION CONCERNING DIRECTORS, NOMINEES, AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS

Board Meetings and Attendance

Our Board of Directors met teneight times during the year ended December 31, 2009,2012, either in person or by teleconference. During 2009,2012, each director attended at least 75% of the aggregate of the number of Board meetings and the number of meetings held by all committees on which he or she then served. Our Board of Directors does not currently have a policy with regard to the attendance of board members at our annual meeting of stockholders. All board members, except Mr. Hall, attended our 2009 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.

Board Committees

Our Board of Directors has established two standing committees – committees–Audit and Compensation. The Audit and Compensation Committees each operate under written charters that have been approved by our Board of Directors. We have included the charters of the two Committeescommittees as appendixes to this Proxy Statement. They can also be obtained by accessing the website maintained by the SEC atwww.sec.gov, by accessing our website athttp://ir.pcconnection.com/annuals.cfm, or by contacting our investor relations department at PC Connection, Inc., 730 Milford Road, Merrimack, New Hampshire 03054.

Our Board of Directors has determined that all of the members of our two standing committees are independent as defined under the rules of the Nasdaq Stock Market including, in the case of all members of the Audit Committee, the independence requirements contemplated byset forth in Rule 10A-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or the Exchange Act.

Audit Committee

The Audit Committee’s responsibilities include:

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The members of our Audit Committee are Ms. Duckett and Messrs. Baute and Weatherson. Our Board of Directors has determined that both Messrs. Baute and Weathersonall three members would qualify as an “audit committee financial expert” as defined by applicable SEC rules. The Audit Committee met six times during 2009.2012.

Compensation Committee and Subcommittee

The Compensation Committee’s responsibilities include:

The processes and procedures followed by our Compensation Committee in considering and determining executive and director compensation are described below under the heading “Executive and Director Compensation Processes.”

The Compensation Committee met four timesonce in 2009.2012. The members of the Compensation Committee are Ms. Duckett and Messrs. Baute and Weatherson. The Compensation Committee has established a subcommittee

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(which we refer to as the 162(m) Subcommittee) and delegated to that subcommittee authority to issue equity awards and to determine other qualified performance-based compensation for our CEO and three other most highly compensated employees (other than the CEO and CFO) whose compensation is required to be reported to our stockholders pursuant to the Exchange Act in accordance with the requirements of Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, which we refer to as the Code. The 162(m) Subcommittee is comprised of Mr. Baute and Ms. Duckett, who are “outside directors” under IRS regulations.

Controlled Company Status

We are a “Controlled Company” as defined in Nasdaq Stock Market Rule 4350(c)5615(c). Our Board of Directors has based this determination on the fact that approximately 63% of our voting stock is beneficially owned or controlled by Ms. Gallup and Mr. Hall.

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We do not have a standing nominating committee, and the functions of evaluating and selecting directors have been performed by our Board of Directors as a whole. We believe that it is not necessary to have a nominating committee because our directors have generally served for extended terms. Our Board of Directors will from time to time evaluate biographical information and background material relating to and for the purpose of identifying potential candidates and interview selected candidates. Our Board of Directors does not currently have a charter or written policy with regard to the nomination process. We do not have a written policy due to the extended terms served by our directors.

Board Leadership Structure

Ms. Gallup our Chief Executive Officer, is also the Chairman of our Board of Directors;Directors and while the roles of Chief Executive Officer and Chairman are separate, our leadership structure does not include a lead independent director. In light of our controlled company status discussed above, we believe that the creation of a lead independent director position is not necessary at this time. Our Board of Directors has determined that having the same individual hold both positionsMs. Gallup act as Chairman and as Chief Administrative Officer of our company is in the best interests of PC Connection, Inc. and our stockholders and consistent with good corporate governance for the following reasons:

Our Board decided to separate the roles of Chairman and Chief Executive Officer because it believes that this leadership structure offers the following benefits:

Director Independence

Under applicable NASDAQ rules, a director will only qualify as an “independent director” if, in the opinion of our Board of Directors, that person does not have a relationship which would interfere with the exercise of independent judgment in carrying out the responsibilities of a director. Our Board of Directors has determined

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that none of Ms. Duckett or Messrs. Baute or Weatherson, who comprise our Audit and Compensation Committees, has a relationship that would interfere with the exercise of independent judgment in carrying out the responsibilities of a director. Each of Messrs. Baute and Weatherson and Ms. Duckett is an “independent director” as defined under Nasdaq Stock Market Inc. Marketplace Rule 5605(a)(2). Our Board reachedWe are exempt from the requirement that our board have a similar determination with respect to Mr. Bruce Barone, who served asmajority of independent directors because we are a director from June 2002 to June 2009.controlled company. Please see “Controlled Company Status” above for information on our controlled company status.

Executive and Director Compensation Processes

Our Compensation Committee generally reviews employee performance and compensation on an annual basis. When possible, our Compensation Committee also compares the salaries of our executive officers to salaries of individuals who hold comparable positions in our immediate peer group. The Compensation Committee makes salary determinations based on a number of factors, including the level and breadth of each executive officer’s responsibilities and experience. Salary decisions are also made with a view to retaining our executive talent. The Compensation Committee may, in its discretion, invite the Chief Executive Officer to be present during the approval of, or deliberations with respect to, other executive officer compensation, and our Chief Executive Officer may make recommendations relating to the salaries of our other executive officers. Given the operating losses experienced in the first half of 2009, the Company did not give annual merit increases to its employees, including

In 2008, our shareholders approved for our executive officers in 2009.

Our shareholders approved in 2008 an Executive Bonus Plan, forwhich was amended in 2011, and which we propose to amend at our executive officers.2013 Annual Meeting. More information on this proposed amendment can be found under Proposal 5 below. Annual cash bonuses under our Executive Bonus Plan are based on the achievement of company-wide net income and expense leverage goals. Cash bonuses are set as a percentage of the executive officer’s base salary.

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In addition, our Compensation Committee administers our Amended and Restated 2007 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended, and our Amended and Restated 1997 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as amended. To the extent permitted by applicable law, our Board of Directors or the Compensation Committee may delegate to our Chief Executive Officer its authority to grant options and other awards that constitute rights under Delaware law to employees and non-executive officers under our Amended and Restated 2007 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended, to employees and non-executive officers,either a committee of our Board or to our Chief Executive Officer, provided that it will fix the terms of such awards to be granted by the Chief Executive Officer (including the exercise price of such awards, which may include a formula by which the exercise price will be determined) and the maximum number of shares subject to awards that the Chief Executive Officer may grant.be granted. The Board of Directors has delegated authority to a committee of the Chief Executive OfficerBoard of Directors comprised of Ms. Gallup, to issue (i) stock options and (ii) certain other stock-based awards payable only in cash and without any rights to employees and non-executive officersacquire common stock, which we refer to as stock equivalent units, to any employee who is not an executive officer or an “officer,” as defined by Rule 16a-1 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. This committee may grant up to a total maximum of 350,000 shares of common stock subject to options and 20,000 shares of common stock subject to options per individual per calendar year.

We have generally set our compensation paid It may also grant up to non-officer membersa total maximum of our Board350,000 shares of Directors to be consistent with compensation paid to directors of similar-sized companies. In 2009 we paid a standard quarterly retainer fee of $10,000 to our non-officer directors for their service on the Board as well as $2,500 for each Board meeting and $1,500 for each Board Committee meeting they attended. Ms. Gallup has never received compensation for her services on our Board of Directors.stock equivalent units.

The Compensation Committee has the authority to retain compensation consultants and other outside advisors to assist in the evaluation of executive officer compensation. In 2009 the2010, our Compensation Committee did not employretained Pearl Meyer & Partners, a national consulting firm, as its independent compensation consultant due to its decisionconduct a competitive assessment of our executive compensation and general compensation programs. Pearl Meyer & Partners provided comparative market data on compensation practices and programs based on an analysis of twelve peer companies deemed comparable in terms of product and service offerings and revenue levels. The Compensation Committee used the report to not increase annual salariesassist in 2009 as discussed above.the review of executive compensation.

Oversight of Risk

Our Board of Directors oversees our risk management processes directly and through its committees. Our management is responsible for risk management on a day-to-day basis. The role of our Board of Directors and its committees is to oversee the risk management activities of management. They fulfill this duty by discussing with

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management the policies and practices utilized by management in assessing and managing risks and providing input on those policies and practices. In general, our Board of Directors oversees risk management activities relating to business strategy, capital allocation, organizational structure, and certain operational risks; our Audit Committee oversees risk management activities related to financial controls and legal and compliance risks, and our Compensation Committee oversees risk management activities relating to the Company’s compensation policies and practices. Each committee reports to the full Board on a regular basis, including reports with respect to the committee’s risk oversight activities as appropriate. In addition, since risk issues often overlap, committees from time to time request that that the full Board discuss particular risks.

Director Candidates

All of the current members of our Board of Directors have served as directors since 2002,2001, except Mr. Weatherson and Ms. Duckett, who became directors in June 2005 and June 2009, respectively. Where called for, qualifications for consideration as a director nominee may vary according to the particular areas of expertise being sought as a complement to the existing board composition. Minimum qualifications include high-level leadership experience in business activities, breadth of knowledge about issues affecting us, experience on other boards of directors, preferably public company boards, and time available for meetings and consultation on Company matters. While we do not have a formal policy with regard to the consideration of diversity in identifying director nominees, our Board of Directors desires a group of candidates who represent a diversity of viewpoints, backgrounds, skills, and expertise that enable them to make a significant contribution to our Board of Directors, our Company, and stockholders. In the event of a need for a new or additional director, our Board of Directors would evaluate potential nominees by reviewing their qualifications, results of personal and reference interviews, and such other information as the Board may deem relevant.

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We do not currently employ an executive search firm, or pay a fee to any other third party, to locate qualified candidates for director positions.

Our Board of Directors has generally nominated the current directors for re-election at each annual meeting of stockholders. Our Board of Directors has therefore not established special procedures for security holdersstockholders to submit director recommendations. If we were to receive recommendations of candidates from our security holders,stockholders, the Board of Directors would consider such recommendations in the same manner as all other candidates. Shareholders who wish to suggest qualified candidates should send relevant information to the attention of the Corporate Secretary, PC Connection, Inc., 730 Milford Road, Merrimack, New Hampshire 03054 (603-683-2164).

Communicating with the Independent Directors

We have not implemented a process for our stockholders to send communications to our Board of Directors, other than as set out elsewhere in this proxy. We have not done so primarily due to our status as a controlled company, as discussed earlier.

Code of Business Conduct and Ethics Policy

We have adopted a written Code of Business Conduct and Ethics Policy, (the “Policy”)which we refer to as the Policy, that applies to our directors, officers, and employees, including our principal executive officer, principal financial and accounting officer, controller, and persons performing similar functions. We have posted our Policy on our website (http:athttp://ir.pcconnection.com)ir.pcconnection.com. In addition, we intend to post on our website all disclosures that are required by law or Nasdaq Stock Market listing standards concerning any amendments to, or waivers from, any provision of the Policy.Policy that occur in the future.

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Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance

Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, requires our directors, executive officers, and holders of more than 10% of our Common Stock to file with the SEC initial reports of ownership and reports of changes in beneficial ownership of our Common Stock. Based solely on our review of copies of reports filed by individuals required to make filings, or Reporting Persons, pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act or written representations from certain Reporting Persons, we believe that all such reports required to be filed under Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act for 20092012 were timely filed, except that Mr. Ferguson, an executive officer,except:

On December 8, 2012, David Hall sold 25,000 share of Common Stock and should have filed a Form 4 on January 6, 2009 to report aor before December 31, 2008 disposition of 6,613 shares of our Common Stock upon the vesting of a restricted stock award, and11, 2012. Mr. Hall a member of the Board, filedreported this transaction on a Form 4 filed with the SEC on December 21, 2009 to report a December 15, 2009 sale of 24,000 shares of our Common Stock by a charity that received the shares as a gift from Mr. Hall.12, 2012.

Director Compensation

Our non-officer directors are eachEach director is entitled to receive a standardan annual retainer of $75,000, payable quarterly, retainer fee of $10,000 for their service on the Board as well as $2,500Board. Each independent director also receives an annual retainer of $15,000, payable quarterly, for each Board meetingparticipation in the Board’s audit and $1,500 for each Board Committee meeting they attend. Ms. Gallup does not receive any additional compensation for her role as director.committees. In addition, Board members alsowho act in a chairman capacity receive reimbursement for all reasonable expenses incurredannual fees as follows: Board chair, $35,000; Board vice-chair, $10,000; audit committee chair, $10,000; compensation committee and sub-committee chair, $5,000. On November 12, 2012, each director was awarded 4,000 restricted stock units, valued at a price of $11.35 per unit, which vest ratably over two years in attending Boardequal annual installments, beginning on November 12, 2015, and committee meetings.are settled in equivalent shares of our common stock upon vesting.

As more fully described below, the following table describes compensation paid to each director not listed as a Named Executive Officer for the year ended December 31, 2009.2012, except for compensation paid to Ms. Gallup, which is reflected below in the Summary Compensation Table for Fiscal Years Ended December 31, 2012, 2011, and 2010.

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Director Compensation for Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 20092012

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The following table reflects the aggregate number of restricted stock awards and units and the aggregate number of option awards outstanding as of December 31, 20092012 for each director, not listed as a Named Executive Officer.except for awards held by Ms. Gallup, which are reflected in the Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year End table below.

Tax ConsiderationsEXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

Section 162(m)Compensation Discussion And Analysis

The Compensation Committee of our Board of Directors oversees the Internal Revenue Codedesign and implementation of 1986, as amended, generally disallows a tax deduction forour executive compensation in excessprogram. In this role, the Compensation Committee, which is comprised of $1,000,000 paidthree independent directors, evaluates the performance of, and reviews and approves annually all compensation decisions relating to our Chief Executive Officer. Our Chief Executive Officer annually reviews the performance of our other named executive officers and eachmakes recommendations regarding their compensation. Our Compensation Committee may adopt or revise such recommendations in making compensation decisions for our other officernamed executive officers. The Compensation Committee has established a subcommittee, or the 162(m) Subcommittee, comprised of two of these independent directors, and delegated to the 162(m) Subcommittee authority to issue equity awards and to determine other qualified performance-based compensation for our CEO and three other most highly compensated employees (other than the Chief Financial Officer)CEO and CFO) whose compensation is required to be reported to our stockholders pursuant to the Exchange Act in accordance with the requirements of Section 162(m) of the Code.

Compensation Objectives

Our Compensation Committee’s primary objectives with respect to executive compensation are to attract, retain, and motivate our executives and to create long-term stockholder value. Additionally, the Committee seeks to ensure that executive compensation is aligned with our corporate strategies and business objectives, and that it promotes the achievement of key strategic and financial performance measures by linking short- and long-term cash and equity incentives to the achievement of measurable company performance goals.

To achieve these objectives, the Compensation Committee evaluates our executive compensation program with the goal of setting compensation at levels the Compensation Committee believes are competitive with those of other companies in our industry and our region that compete with us for executive talent. In addition, our executive compensation program ties a substantial portion of each executive’s overall compensation to managing their respective areas of responsibility and meeting key strategic, financial, and operational goals. These goals include success in (a) demonstrated leadership ability, (b) management development, (c) compliance with our policies, and (d) anticipation of, and response to, changing market and economic conditions that enhance our ability to operate profitably. From time to time, we also provide a portion of our executive compensation in the form of stock options, restricted stock awards, restricted stock units, and other stock-based awards that vest over time, which we believe helps to attract new management talent, as well as retain our existing executives. We believe such grants align our executives’ interests with those of our stockholders by allowing them to participate in the longer-term success of our company as reflected in stock price appreciation.

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We compete with many other companies for executive personnel. Accordingly, the Compensation Committee generally targets overall base salary and bonus compensation for executives at or near the midpoint of compensation paid to similarly situated executives of companies analyzed in our survey data, described more fully below. We may vary this general target in certain situations when necessary, due to the experience level of the individual or other market factors.

Components of our Executive Compensation Program

The primary elements of our executive compensation program are:

Allocations between long-term and short-term compensation, cash and non-cash compensation, or the different forms of non-cash compensation vary, depending on our current initiatives and stated goals. Our goals for 2012 were focused on continuing the growth trend in consolidated net sales and net income that we established in prior years and, additionally, achieving a better leveraging of our expense structure by attaining our targeted selling, general and administrative, or SG&A, expenses as a percentage of net sales. Accordingly, the 2012 performance targets for the Executive Bonus Plan were designed to help achieve these two objectives. A total of 60% of the bonus was allocated to the achievement of a net income target of $32.0 million, and 40% was allocated to achievement of an SG&A expense target of 10.36% of net sales. Each component was then applied to a multiplier based on the degree to which the respective target was met or exceeded, ranging from 0.5 to 1.7 for each target. No bonuses were to be paid for performance below $28.8 million of net income or SG&A expenses in excess of 11.4% of net sales.

In 2010 our Compensation Committee retained Pearl Meyer & Partners, a national consulting firm, as its independent compensation consultant to conduct a competitive assessment of our executive compensation and general compensation programs. Pearl Meyer & Partners provided comparative market data on compensation practices and programs based on an analysis of twelve peer companies deemed comparable in terms of product and service offerings and revenue levels. We compiled individual compensation ranges for each executive position based on this information and compared the compensation ranges to actual salary levels. Each year since the 2010 study, we have updated our compensation ranges to reflect a combination of competitor trend information and consumer price indexes.

The peer group updated for our Compensation Committee in 2012 was used to benchmark executive compensation levels against companies that have executive positions with responsibilities similar in breadth and scope to ours and that compete with us for executive talent. The following companies, whose executive positions’ responsibilities were most similar to ours, were included in the peer group for 2012:

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The Compensation Committee used the updated survey data to assist it in the review and comparison of each element of executive compensation, including base salary and bonus compensation for our executives. With this information, the Compensation Committee analyzed compensation for each executive. The Compensation Committee targeted different compensation levels for each element of compensation as described below.

Base Salary

Base salaries are reviewed at least annually by the Compensation Committee, and in the case of named executive officers other than our Chief Executive Officer, are based on recommendations of the Chief Executive Officer. These salaries are adjusted from time to time to realign salaries with market levels after taking into account individual responsibilities, performance, experience, and the peer group data.

The Compensation Committee set base salaries of our executives in 2012 initially by reference to the median base salary level of the updated survey data. The Compensation Committee then made adjustments to these reference levels for each executive’s base salary based on comparisons to the survey data and evaluation of the executive’s level of responsibility and experience, as well as company-wide performance. The Compensation Committee also considered the executive’s success in achieving business results and demonstrating leadership in determining actual base salary levels.

In 2012, the base salaries of our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Administrative Officer were increased by the Compensation Committee as a result of its review and analysis of competitive data, as well as the extent of their individual responsibilities. In 2012, we increased the base salary of Mr. McGrath by 10% to $825,000 and increased the base salary of Ms. Gallup by 3.8% to $327,000. Mr. Driscoll was hired as our Chief Financial Officer in March 2012 and accordingly was not eligible for a salary increase in 2012.

The compensation levels of our executives are established to recognize the relative level of responsibility of each executive. Our Chief Executive Officer’s compensation is higher than the levels of our other executives in order to reflect the generally broader and more significant level of responsibility of our Chief Executive Officer. We have found that compensation survey results generally reflect this pattern for most companies.

The Compensation Committee believes that benchmarking and aligning base salaries is especially critical to a competitive compensation program. Other elements of compensation are affected by changes in base salary. Annual incentives are targeted and paid out as a percentage of base salary, and the target levels of long-term incentives are also determined as a percentage of base salary.

Executive Bonus Plan

In 2008, our shareholders approved for our executive officers an Executive Bonus Plan, which was amended and restated in 2011, and which we propose to amend at our 2013 Annual Meeting. More information on this proposed amendment can be found under Proposal 5 below.Annual cash bonuses are intended to compensate our executives for the achievement of company-wide net income and expense leverage goals. Cash bonuses are set as a percentage of the executive officer’s base salary, with higher-ranked executives typically being compensated at a higher percentage of base salary. However, our success is dependent on the ability of the management group to integrate and work together to meet common company-wide goals. Accordingly, executives are not assigned specific individual goals but instead are collectively responsible for meeting company-wide goals. Our Compensation Committee develops corporate goals that, if achieved, will result in improved operating performance. In 2012, our target bonus percentages were 100% of base salary for our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Administrative Officer and 50% of base salary for our Chief Financial Officer. In 2013, our target bonus percentages are 100% for our Chief Executive Officer and 75% for our Chief Administrative Officer and Chief Financial Officer. In addition, our compensation program also provides incentives for our executives to reach beyond our target corporate goals. Those who perform above expectations are entitled to receive additional bonus amounts that can result in a total annual bonus of up to 170% of base salary for our Chief Executive Officer, and up to a proposed 127.5% of base salary for the Chief Financial Officer and Chief Administrative

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Officer. Proportionally lower bonuses are provided for achievement levels between 90% and 100% of respective company-wide targets, and no bonuses are earned by any executive where less than 90% of the respective company-wide target factor is achieved. Our Compensation Committee established a consolidated net income goal of $32.0 million for 2012, reflecting our growth target for the year and an expense leverage goal to limit 2012 consolidated SG&A expenses as a percentage of net sales at 10.36%.

Our executive officers work together as a team and all executives are assigned the same company-wide net income and expense leverage goals. In 2012, our net income was $33.1 million and SG&A expense as a percentage of net sales was 10.48%. Under the Executive Bonus Plan, the 162(m) Subcommittee may determine, at its sole discretion, if significant unusual or extraordinary items should or should not be included in determining whether the performance measures have been met. Our 2012 operating results included $1.1 million of special charges related primarily to payments made in 2012 to our former chief financial officer in connection with his retirement in recognition for his service to the Company. Management requested that the 162(m) Subcommittee exclude the effect of this charge from the calculation of its achievement against the net income target under the Executive Bonus Plan. The 162(m) Subcommittee deemed the charges were not related to regular operating activities and approved the exclusion of the charges from the earned bonus calculation for 2012. Excluding these special charges, our net income was $33.8 million for 2012, which exceeded our net income target by over 5%, resulting in a payout at 110% of target level for that performance factor. Performance against our SG&A target fell short by 2%, resulting in a payout at 98% of target level for that performance factor. Accordingly, total bonus payouts for the named executive officers aggregated $1.3 million.

The table below describes the bonus payments and the percentage of base salary for 2012 for the named executive officers:

Discretionary Cash Bonus Awards

Our Compensation Committee also has the ability to reward our executives with discretionary cash bonuses. In 2012, our Compensation Committee awarded Mr. Driscoll a special, discretionary bonus of $75,000. In making this award, our Compensation Committee considered Mr. Driscoll’s contribution and services to the Company.

Equity Awards

Our equity award program is a vehicle for offering long-term incentives to our executives. We believe that equity grants help attract management talent and provide a strong link to our long-term performance and help to align the interests of our executives and our stockholders. In addition, the vesting feature of our equity grants furthers our goal of executive retention by providing an incentive to our executives to remain in our employ during the vesting period. In determining the size of equity grants to our executives, the Compensation Committee and the Chief Executive Officer consider comparative share ownership of executives in our compensation peer group, our company-wide performance, the applicable executive’s performance, the amount of equity previously awarded to the executive, the vesting of such awards, and the recommendation of management. In 2012, our Board of Directors delegated to Patricia Gallup as a committee of the Board the authority to grant stock options and stock equivalent units, or SEUs, to non-executive officers of up to 20,000 shares per individual per calendar year; provided that no more than 350,000 shares each of options and SEUs may be granted in the aggregate. In addition, the delegation limits the vesting of the SEUs to a period of no less than four years and requires the exercise price for options to be equal to the closing stock price of our common stock on the Nasdaq Stock Market on the date of the grant.

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Our equity awards have typically taken the form of stock options and restricted stock units, or RSUs. The Compensation Committee and our Chief Executive Officer review all components of the executive’s compensation when determining equity awards to ensure that an executive’s total compensation conforms to our overall philosophy and objectives.

Typically, the equity awards we grant vest in equal annual installments over four years, although longer vesting periods may be applied in certain circumstances. Vesting and exercise rights cease shortly after termination of employment except in the case of death or disability. We do not have any equity ownership guidelines for our executives.

In 2012, we granted 175,000 RSUs to Mr. McGrath. The restricted stock units vest over eight years according to the following schedule: 40,000 units on August 1, 2013; 30,000 units on August 1, 2014; 25,000 units on August 1, 2015; 20,000 units on August 1, 2016; 20,000 units on August 1, 2017; 20,000 units on August 1, 2018; 10,000 units on August 1, 2019; and 10,000 units on August 1, 2020. The award contains post-vesting selling restrictions that limit his ability to sell shares received to 10% of the awarded shares per year, with such selling restriction lapsing at age 72. In 2012, we also granted RSUs to Mr. Driscoll when he was hired as our Chief Financial Officer. The RSUs vest annually in four equal installments of 5,000 shares beginning on March 5, 2014. We believe that cash compensation using base salaries and annual incentive plan payments is a fair method of compensating our executive officers without equity dilution to our stockholders, although we continue to review long-term incentives as a means to attract and retain key executives.

Benefits and Other Compensation

We maintain broad-based benefits that are provided to all employees, including health and dental insurance, life and disability insurance, and a 401(k) plan. Executives are eligible to participate in all of our employee benefit plans, in each case on the same basis as other employees. We provide a matching contribution equal to 25% of the employee’s deferral contributions to the 401(k) plan that does not exceed 6% of their qualified compensation.

No executive officer received perquisites aggregating $10,000 or more in 2012.

Severance Benefits

Pursuant to the employment agreement we have entered into with Mr. McGrath and the offer letter signed by Mr. Driscoll, each executive is entitled to specified benefits in the event of termination of their employment under specified circumstances. We have provided more detailed information about these benefits, along with estimates of their value under various circumstances, under the caption “Potential Payments Upon Termination or Change in Control” below.

We believe providing these benefits help us compete for executive talent. After reviewing the practices of companies represented in our 2012 peer group, we believe that our severance and change of control benefits are generally in line with severance packages offered to executives at such companies.

Tax and Accounting Considerations

Section 162(m) of the Code generally disallows a tax deduction for compensation in excess of $1.0 million paid to our Chief Executive Officer and the three other officers (other than the chief executive officer or chief financial officer) whose compensation is required to be disclosed to our stockholders under the Exchange Act by reason of being among our three other most highly paid executivecompensated officers. Qualifying performance-based compensation is not subject to the deduction limitation if specified requirements are met. We periodically review the potential consequences of Section 162(m) and generallywe intend to structure the equity-basedperformance-based portion of our executive compensation, where feasible, to comply with exemptions in Section 162(m) so that the compensation would remainremains tax deductible to us. However, the Compensation Committee may, in its judgment, authorize compensation payments that do not comply with the exemptions in Section 162(m) when it believes that such payments are appropriate to attract and retain executive talent.

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We account for equity compensation awarded to our employees per the methods prescribed by ASC 718, which require us to recognize compensation expense in our financial statements for all share-based payments based upon an estimate of their fair value over the service period of the award. We record cash compensation as an expense at the time the obligation is accrued. Given our adoption of ASC 718, we believe that the accounting impact of the different forms of equity compensation awards generally reflects their economic impact. Accordingly, the underlying accounting treatment is not a material consideration in determining the specific nature or size of equity awards granted. The tax impact of the awards on the recipient and the effectiveness of the award in retaining executives are more relevant considerations.

Executive Compensation

The following table sets forth information for (i) our Chief Executive Officer, and(ii) our two other most highly compensated executive officers who were serving as executive officers as of December 31, 2009,2012, and (iii) Jack Ferguson, who served as our chief financial officer until his resignation in March 2012, collectively, the Named Executive Officersnamed executive officers for the fiscal years indicated.

Summary Compensation Table for Fiscal Years Ended December 31, 20092012, 2011, and 20082010

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Grants of Plan Based Awards

The following table sets forth certain information regarding grants of plan-based awards made to our named executive officers during 2012.

Grants of Plan-Based Awards for Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2012

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Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End

The following table sets forth certain information regarding outstanding equity awards held by our Named Executive Officersnamed executive officers as of December 31, 2009.2012, other than Mr. Ferguson, who had no outstanding equity awards due to his resignation from the Company in March 2012.

Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 20092012

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Restricted Stock Vested

The following table sets forth certain information regarding restricted shares vested by our named executive officers during 2012.

Potential Payments Upon Termination or Change in Control

We have entered into an employment agreement with Mr. McGrath and have a signed offer letter from Mr. Driscoll, providing for severance payments for twelve months, or until such time as he secures other employment is secured (whichever is earlier), of histheir then respective annual base salary if we terminate his employment is terminated for any reason other than for cause.cause, death or disability as such terms are defined in their respective agreements. Under such circumstances, Mr. McGrath’s severance payments for Messrs. McGrath and Driscoll would have an aggregate value of $500,000.$825,000 and $285,000, respectively. Such payments are conditioned upon our receipt of a general release of claims from Mr. McGrath. Mr. McGrath’s agreement includesMessrs. McGrath and Driscoll. The agreements include certain non-compete and non-solicit obligations that extend for twenty-four and eighteen months, respectively, after termination of employment. We assume, for the purpose of calculating values for all termination events, that the effective date of termination is December 31, 2009.2012.

In the event that we undergo a change in control (referred to as an “Acquisition Event” in the Amended and Restated 1997 Stock Incentive Plan and a “Reorganization Event” in the Amended and Restated 2007 Stock Incentive Plan)Plan, as amended) and as a result our Board of Directors accelerates the vesting of all outstanding unvested equity awards, Messrs.Ms. Gallup, Mr. McGrath, and FergusonMr. Driscoll would realize $1,181,250$92,000, $3,682,438 and $337,500,$230,000, respectively, based on the closing price of our Common Stock on December 31, 20092012 of $6.75$11.50 per share, assuming the vesting and sale by each of their restrictedunvested equity awards presented above.

In March 2012, Mr. Ferguson resigned as chief financial officer of our Company and was granted 100,000 shares of common stock awards.for his prior service to PC Connection. The value of the common stock was $842,000, based on the closing price on the grant date of our Common Stock of $8.42 per share. In addition, Mr. Ferguson received a $65,000 bonus cash payment as recognition for his prior service to the Company.

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Compensation Committee Report

Our Compensation Committee has reviewed and discussed the Compensation Discussion and Analysis required by Item 402(b) of Regulation S-K with our management. Based on this review and discussion, the Compensation Committee recommended to our Board of Directors that the Compensation Discussion and Analysis be included in this Proxy Statement.

By the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of PC Connection:

Barbara Duckett, Chairman

Joseph Baute

Donald Weatherson

Compensation Committee Interlocks and Insider Participation

The members of the Compensation Committee are Ms. Duckett, and Messrs. Baute and Weatherson. Ms. Duckett and Mr. Baute were not at any time during 2012, or formerly, an officer or employee of the Company or any of our subsidiaries. Mr. Weatherson was not an officer or employee of the Company at any time during 2012. None of our executive officers has served as a director or member of the Compensation Committee (or other committee serving an equivalent function) of any other entity, one of whose executive officers served as our director or a member of our Compensation Committee.

CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS

We currently have leases for facilities in Marlow and Merrimack, New Hampshire and two facilities in Keene, New Hampshire with Gallup & Hall, or G&H, a partnership owned solely by Patricia Gallup and David Hall, our principal stockholders. The lease for one of thethree facilities located in Marlow and Keene, New Hampshire facilities expires in July 2010 and requires annual rental payments of $141,276. The second facility in Keene isare leased on a month-to-month basis requiring monthly rental payments of $1,344. The facility in Marlow, New Hampshire is leased on a month-to-month basis requiring monthly rental payments of $500.$11,773, $1,344, and $500, respectively. These leases also obligate us to pay certain real estate taxes and insurance premiums on the premises. Rent expense under all suchthe three leases aggregated $148,444 and $163,404 for each of the years ended December 31, 20082011 and 2009, respectively.2012.

In November 1997, we entered into a fifteen-year lease for an 114,000 square foot corporate headquarters in Merrimack, New Hampshire with G&H Post, L.L.C., an entity owned solely by Patricia Gallup and David Hall.Hall, our principal stockholders. We began occupying the new facility upon completion of construction in late November 1998, and lease payments began in December 1998. AnnualThe lease paymentsis in its fifteenth year; and an annual lease payment of $1,139,300 is required under the terms of the lease are $911,400 for the first five years of the lease, increasing to $1,025,350 for years six through ten and to $1,139,400 for years 11 through 15. The lease is in its twelfth year.lease. The lease requires us to pay our proportionate share of real estate taxes and common area maintenance charges as either additional rent or directly to third-party providers and also to pay insurance premiums for the leased property. We have the option to renew the lease for two additional terms of five years.five-year terms.

In August 2008, we entered into a ten-year lease agreement with Patricia Gallup and David Hall, our principal stockholders, for an office facility adjacent to our corporate headquarters. The lease requires an annual rental payment of $225,432$233,187 in year twofour of the lease and provides us the option to renew for two additional two-year terms. The rent for subsequent years shall be subject to adjustment to reflect increases in a local consumer price index, but such adjustments shall not exceed an increase of 5.0% per year. The lease requires us to pay our proportionate share of real estate taxes and common area maintenance charges either as additional rent or directly to third-party providers and to pay insurance premiums for the leased property. Rent expense under the lease agreement was $220,921$234,837 and $225,432$233,187 for the years ended December 31, 20082012 and 2009,2011, respectively.

During 2009,2012, we provided various facilities management, maintenance, financial, tax, and legal services to certain affiliates in connection with the operation of facilities leased by us from those affiliates. G&H reimbursed us $21,866$99,602 and $61,390$94,436 during 20082012 and 2009,2011, respectively, for those services.

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The 1998 PC Connection Voting Trust

In connection with our initial public offering in March 1998, Patricia Gallup and David Hall placed substantially all of the shares of Common Stock that they beneficially owned immediately prior to the public offering into a Voting Trust, (theor the “Voting Trust”), of which they serve as co-trustees. The Voting Trust is the record holder of 16,338,18815,738,188 shares of Common Stock as of the record date, April 9, 2010.March 27, 2013. The terms of the Voting Trust require that both Ms. Gallup and Mr. Hall, as co-trustees, agree as to the manner of voting the shares of our Common Stock held by the Voting Trust in order for the shares to be voted. In the event the co-trustees are deadlocked with respect to the election of directors at a meeting of stockholders, our Board of Directors may require the co-trustees to execute and deliver to our Secretary a proxy representing all shares issued and outstanding in the name of the Voting Trust and entitled to vote in the election of directors. Such proxy shall confer upon the proxyholder authority to attend the meeting for purposes of establishing a quorum and to vote for the directors nominated by our Board of Directors, provided that such nominees are incumbent directors elected with the consent of the co-trustees. Each of Ms. Gallup and Mr. Hall may transfer shares of Common Stock for value to unaffiliated third parties. Any shares so transferred will no longer be subject to the Voting Trust and an equal number of the non-transferring co-trustee’s shares will be released from the Voting Trust. Transfers by either of Ms. Gallup or Mr. Hall in excess of 75,000 shares in any 90-day period, or that would decrease the shares held by the Voting Trust to less than a majority of the outstanding shares, will be

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subject to a right of first refusal to the other. The Voting Trust will terminate when it holds less than 10% of the outstanding shares of our Common Stock or at the death of both co-trustees. In addition, in the event of the death or incapacity of either co-trustee, or when either of Ms. Gallup or Mr. Hall holds less than 25% of the beneficial interest held by the other in the Voting Trust, the other will become the sole trustee of the Voting Trust with the right to vote all the shares held by the Voting Trust.

On December 14, 2012, the Board of Directors determined, upon recommendation by the Audit Committee of the Board, it was in the best interests of the Company to purchase an aggregate of 600,000 shares of the Company’s common stock from Ms. Gallup and Mr. Hall. In connection with the purchase, 600,000 shares were transferred from the Voting Trust to Ms. Gallup and Mr. Hall onein equal tranches of our directors, is also employed by300,000 shares each. On December 17, 2012, the Company as an analystpurchased 300,000 shares each from Ms. Gallup and received an annual salaryMr. Hall at a price per share of $100,000 for his services$10.578, which was based on the volume weighted-average share price of the Company’s stock for the yearsfifteen trading days ended December 31, 2008 and 2009, respectively. Mr. Hall is entitled to our standard fringe benefits as a full-time employee. He does not serve as an officer of the Company. In addition, his compensation received as an employee is not listed under the director compensation table which is included on page 10 of this Proxy Statement.13, 2012.

All related party transactions discussed above and referenced in this proxy statement were on terms comparable to those we could have obtained in arms-length transactions with unaffiliated third parties.

POLICIES AND PROCEDURES FOR RELATED PERSON TRANSACTIONS

Our Board of Directors has adopted written policies and procedures for the review of any transaction, arrangement, or relationship in which we are a participant, the amount involved exceeds $120,000, and one of our executive officers, directors, director nominees, or 5% stockholders (or their immediate family members), each of whom we refer to as a “related person,” has a direct or indirect material interest.

If a related person proposes to enter into such a transaction, arrangement, or relationship, which we refer to as a “related person transaction,” the related person must report the proposed related person transaction to our Chief Financial Officer. The policy calls for the proposed related person transaction to be reviewed and, if deemed appropriate, approved by our Audit Committee. Whenever practicable, the reporting, review, and approval will occur prior to entry into the transaction. If advance review and approval is not practicable, the Audit Committee will review, and, in its discretion, may ratify the related person transaction. The policy also permits the chairman of the Audit Committee to review and, if deemed appropriate, approve proposed related person transactions that arise between committee meetings, subject to ratification by the Audit Committee at its next meeting. Any related person transactions that are ongoing in nature will be reviewed annually.

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A related person transaction reviewed under the policy will be considered approved or ratified if it is authorized by the Audit Committee after full disclosure of the related person’s interest in the transaction. As appropriate for the circumstances, the Audit Committee will review and consider:

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The Audit Committee may approve or ratify the transaction only if the Audit Committee determines that, under all of the circumstances, the transaction is not inconsistent with our best interests. The Audit Committee may impose any conditions on the related person transaction that it deems appropriate.

In addition to the transactions that are excluded by the instructions to the SEC’s related person transaction disclosure rule, our Board of Directors has determined that the following transactions do not create a material direct or indirect interest on behalf of related persons and, therefore, are not related person transactions for purposes of this policy:

The policy provides that transactions involving compensation of executive officers shall be reviewed and approved by the Audit Committee in the manner specified in its charter.

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Equity Compensation Plan Information

The following table provides information about our Common Stock that may be issued upon exercise of options, warrants, and rights under all of our equity compensation plans as of December 31, 2009,2012, including the Amended and Restated 1997 Stock Incentive Plan, and the 2007 Amended and Restated 2007 Stock Incentive Plan, oras amended, and the 2007 Plan, and our 1997 Amended and Restated 1997 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, or the ESPP.as amended. Our stockholders have approved all of these plans.

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PROPOSAL TWO

ADVISORY VOTE ON EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

We are providing our stockholders the opportunity to vote to approve, on an advisory, non-binding basis, the compensation of the executive officers named in the Summary Compensation Table under the heading “Executive Compensation,” who we refer to as our named executive officers, as disclosed in this proxy statement in accordance with the SEC’s rules. This proposal, which is commonly referred to as “say-on-pay,” is required by the recently enacted Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010, which added Section 14A to the Exchange Act. Section 14A of the Exchange Act also requires that stockholders have the opportunity to cast an advisory vote with respect to whether future executive compensation advisory votes will be held every one, two or three years, which is the subject of Proposal No. 3.

Our executive compensation programs are designed to attract, motivate, and retain our executive officers, who are critical to our success. Under these programs, our named executive officers are rewarded for the achievement of our near-term and longer-term financial and strategic goals and for driving corporate financial performance and stability. The programs contain elements of cash and equity-based compensation and are designed to align the interests of our executives with those of our stockholders.

The “Executive Compensation” section of this proxy statement beginning on page 12, including “Compensation Discussion and Analysis,” describes in detail our executive compensation programs and the decisions made by the Compensation Committee and the Board of Directors with respect to the fiscal year ended December 31, 2012.

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Our Board of Directors is asking stockholders to approve a non-binding advisory vote on the following resolution:

RESOLVED, that the compensation paid to the Company’s named executive officers, as disclosed pursuant to the compensation disclosure rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the compensation discussion and analysis, the compensation tables, and any related material disclosed in this proxy statement, is hereby approved.

As an advisory vote, this proposal is not binding. Neither the outcome of this advisory vote nor of the advisory vote included in Proposal No. 3 overrules any decision by the Company or the Board of Directors (or any committee thereof), creates or implies any change to the fiduciary duties of the Company or the Board of Directors (or any committee thereof), or creates or implies any additional fiduciary duties for the Company or the Board of Directors (or any committee thereof). However, our Compensation Committee and Board of Directors value the opinions expressed by our stockholders in their vote on this proposal and will consider the outcome of the vote when making future compensation decisions for named executive officers.

Our Board of Directors recommends a vote “FOR” the approval of the compensation of our named executive officers by voting “FOR” Proposal TWO.

PROPOSAL THREE

ADVISORY VOTE ON THE FREQUENCY OF

FUTURE EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION ADVISORY VOTES

In Proposal TWO, we are providing our stockholders the opportunity to vote to approve, on an advisory, non-binding basis, the compensation of our named executive officers. In this Proposal THREE, we are asking our stockholders to cast a non-binding advisory vote regarding the frequency of future executive compensation advisory votes. Stockholders may vote for a frequency of every one, two, or three years, or may abstain.

The Board of Directors will take into consideration the outcome of this vote in making a determination about the frequency of future executive compensation advisory votes. However, because this vote is advisory and non-binding, the Board of Directors may decide that it is in the best interests of our stockholders and the Company to hold the advisory vote to approve executive compensation more or less frequently.

After careful consideration, the Board of Directors believes that the executive compensation advisory vote should be held every three years, and therefore our Board of Directors recommends that you vote for a frequency of every THREE YEARS for future executive compensation advisory vote.

The Board of Directors believes that a once every three years, or triennial, executive compensation advisory vote will allow our stockholders to evaluate executive compensation on a more thorough, long-term basis than a more frequent vote. Consistent with our view that our executive compensation program should serve as an incentive and retention tool, we take a long-term view of executive compensation and encourage our stockholders to do the same. Too-frequent executive compensation advisory votes may encourage short-term analysis of executive compensation. Annual or biennial executive compensation advisory votes also may not allow stockholders sufficient time to evaluate the effect of changes we make to executive compensation.

A triennial vote will also give our Board of Directors sufficient time to engage with stockholders to better understand their views about executive compensation and respond effectively to their concerns. Independent of the timing of the executive compensation advisory vote, we encourage stockholders to contact the Board of Directors at any time to provide feedback about corporate governance and executive compensation matters.

Therefore, the Board of Directors believes that holding the executive compensation advisory vote every three years is in the best interests of the Company and its stockholders and recommends voting for a frequency of every “THREE YEARS”.

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PROPOSAL FOUR

APPROVAL OF AMENDMENT TO AMENDED AND RESTATED 2007 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN, AS AMENDED

Equity awards are the principal vehicle used by the Company for the payment of long-term compensation, to provide a stock-based incentive to improve the Company’s financial performance and to assist in the recruitment, retention, and motivation of professional, managerial, and other personnel. UnderAccordingly in 2007, the Company adopted the 2007 Stock Incentive Plan, which we refer to as the Original 2007 Plan, under which the Company is currentlywas authorized to issue a total of 700,000 shares of Common Stock. As of March 31, 2010, there were 88,500 shares available for future grant under the 2007 Plan. OnIn October 9, 2009 and February 2, 2010, the Board of Directors adopted, subject to stockholder approval, amendments to and a restatement of the Original 2007 Plan, to, (i)among other things, increase the number of shares of Common Stock reserved for issuance under the Original 2007 Plan from 700,000 to 1,000,000, (ii) increasewhich we collectively refer to, including subsequent amendments, as the Section 162(m) per-participant limit onA&R 2007 Plan. In May 2010, our shareholders approved the maximum numberA&R 2007 Plan. On February 1, 2011, the Board of shares of Common StockDirectors adopted Amendment No. 1 to the A&R 2007 Plan to amend the A&R 2007 Plan to include minimum vesting provisions with respect to whichcertain awards may be granted to any participant under the A&R 2007 Plan. On January 31, 2012, the Board of Directors adopted Amendment No. 2 to the A&R 2007 Plan from 100,000 shares to 250,000 shares, and (iii) permit option and restricted stock unit awards to be granted subject to stockholder approval, as long as such awards provide that noto amend the A&R 2007 Plan to increase the number of shares may be issued unless and untilreserved for issuance under the option and restricted stock unit awards are soplan from 1,000,000 to 1,200,000. In May 2012, our shareholders approved and that such awards will expire if not so approved within one year after grant.Amendment No. 2. On February 21, 2013, the Board of Directors adopted Amendment No. 3 to the A&R 2007 Plan, subject to stockholder approval, to amend the A&R 2007 Plan further to increase the number of shares reserved for issuance under the plan from 1,200,000 to 1,400,000. As of March 12, 2013, there were 11,750 shares available for future grant under the A&R 2007 Plan.

The Board of Directors believes that the approval of Amendment No. 3 to the Amended and RestatedA&R 2007 Stock Incentive Plan is in the best interests of the Company and its stockholders and recommends a vote “FOR” the approval of this proposal.proposal and the reservation of 200,000 shares of Common Stock for issuance thereunder by voting “FOR” Proposal FOUR.

DescriptionSummary of the Amended and RestatedA&R 2007 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended

The following summary is a brief summary ofqualified in its entirety by reference to the A&R 2007 Plan, a copy ofAmendment No. 1 to the A&R 2007 Plan, Amendment No. 2 to the A&R 2007 Plan, and Amendment No. 3 to the A&R 2007 Plan, which isare attached asAppendix A to this Proxy Statement.

Number of Shares Available for Awards

The number of shares of our common stock reserved for issuance under the A&R 2007 Plan is 1,400,000 shares. This number is subject to adjustment in the event of stock splits and other similar events. Shares issued under the A&R 2007 Plan may be authorized and unissued shares, or may be issued from shares that we have reacquired. Shares covered by awards under the A&R 2007 Plan that are terminated, surrendered, forfeited, cancelled or otherwise expire without having been fully exercised or settled (including as a result of shares being repurchased by us pursuant to a contractual repurchase right), will be credited back to the pool and will become available for issuance pursuant to a new award. Shares that are delivered to pay the exercise price of an award are also available for issuance pursuant to new awards, subject, in the case of incentive stock options, to any applicable limitation imposed by the Code.

Types of Awards

The A&R 2007 Plan provides for the grant of incentive stock options intended to qualify under Section 422 of the Internal Revenue Code, of 1986,which we refer to as amended (the “Code”),the Code, non-statutory stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock, restricted stock units, and other stock-based awards as described below, (collectively “Awards”).which we collectively refer to as Awards.

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Incentive Stock Options and Non-statutory Stock Options.Options

Optionees receive the right to purchase a specified number of shares of Common Stock at a specified option price and subject to such other terms and conditions as are specified in connection with the option grant. Options must be granted at an exercise price which is equal to or greater than the fair market value of the Common Stock on the date of grant. Under present law, incentive stock options and options intended to qualify as performance-based compensation under Section 162(m) of the Code may not be granted at an exercise price less than 100% of the fair market value of the Common Stock on the date of grant (or less than 110% of the fair market value in the case of incentive stock options granted to optionees holding more than 10% of our voting power). Options may not be granted for a term in excess of ten years (five years in the case of incentive stock options granted to optionees holding more than 10% of our voting power.) The A&R 2007 Plan permits the following forms of payment of the exercise price of options: (i) payment by cash, check, or in connection with a “cashless exercise” through a broker, (ii) subject to certain conditions, delivery to us of shares of Common Stock, (iii) subject to certain conditions, any other lawful means approved by our Board of Directors, or (iv) any combination of these forms of payment.

Unless such action is approved by our stockholders: (i) no outstanding Optionoption granted under the A&R 2007 Plan may be amended to provide an exercise price per share that is lower than the then-current exercise price per share of such outstanding Optionoption (other than certain adjustments pursuant to a reorganization event or a change in capitalization) and (ii) the Board of Directors may not cancel any outstanding Optionoption (whether or not granted under the A&R 2007 Plan) and grant in substitution therefore new Awards under the A&R 2007 Plan covering the same or a different number of shares of Common Stock and having an exercise price per share lower than the then-current exercise price per share of the cancelled Option.option.

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Stock Appreciation Rights.Rights

A Stock Appreciation Right,stock appreciation right, or SAR, is an award entitling the holder, upon exercise, to receive an amount in Common Stock determined by reference to appreciation, from and after the date of grant, in the fair market value of a share of Common Stock. SARs may be granted independently or in tandem with an Option.option. The grant price or exercise price of SARs may not be less than 100% of the fair market value of the common stock on the date of grant. The term of SARs may be no more than 10 years from the date of grant.

Restricted Stock Awards.

Awards of Restricted Stock Awards entitle recipients to acquire shares of Common Stock, subject to our right to repurchase all or a portion of such shares (or to require forfeiture if issued at no cost) from the recipient in the event that the conditions specified in the applicable Award are not satisfied prior to the end of the applicable restriction period established for such Award. Unless otherwise provided by our Board of Directors, recipients will be entitled to all ordinary cash dividends paid with respect to such shares. If any dividends or distributions are paid in shares or consist of a dividend or distribution other than an ordinary cash dividend, the shares, cash, or other property received will be subject to the same restrictions on transferability and forfeitability as the shares of Restricted Stock with respect to which they were paid.

Restricted Stock Unit Units

Awards. of Restricted Stock Unit AwardsUnits entitle the recipient to receive shares of Common Stock to be delivered at the time such shares vest pursuant to the terms and conditions established by our Board of Directors. Restricted Stock Units may provide the recipient with the right to receive dividend equivalents, subject to conditions determined by our Board of Directors. Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Unit Awards are collectively referred to herein as Restricted Stock Awards.

Other Stock-Based Awards.Awards

Under the A&R 2007 Plan, our Board of Directors has the right to grant other Awards based upon our Common Stock or other property having such terms and conditions as our Board of Directors may determine, including the grant of shares based upon certain conditions, the grant of Awards that are valued in whole or in

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part by reference to, or otherwise based on, shares of Common Stock, and the grant of Awards entitling recipients to receive shares of Common Stock to be delivered in the future. Other Stock-Based Awards may be paid in Common Stock or cash.

Performance Conditions.

The Compensation Committee162(m) Subcommittee may determine, at the time of grant, that a Restricted Stock Award, Restricted Stock Unit Award, or Other Stock-Based Award granted to an officer will vest subject to the achievement of one or more objective performance measures, which shall be based on the relative or absolute attainment of specified levels of one or any combination of the following: (a) net income,income; (b) earnings before or after discontinued operations, interest, taxes, depreciation and/or amortization,amortization; (c) operating profit before or after discontinued operations and/or taxes,taxes; (d) sales,sales; (e) sales growth,growth; (f) earnings growth,growth; (g) cash flow or cash position,position; (h) gross margins,margins; (i) stock price,price; (j) market share,share; (k) return on sales, assets, equity or investment,investment; (l) improvement of financial ratings,ratings; (m) achievement of balance sheet or income statement objectivesobjectives; or (n) total shareholder return, and may be absolute in their terms or measured against or in relationship to other companies comparably, similarly, or otherwise situated.return. These performance measures may be absolute in their terms or measured against or in relationship to other companies comparably, similarly, or otherwise situated. Such performance goalsmeasures may be adjusted to exclude any one or more of (i) extraordinary items, (ii) gains or losses on the dispositions of discontinued operations, (iii) the cumulative effects of changes in accounting principles, (iv) the writedownwrite-down of any asset, and (v) charges for restructuring and rationalization programs. Such performance goals:measures: (i) may vary by Participantparticipant and may be different for different Awards; (ii) may be particular to a Participantparticipant or the department, branch, line of business, subsidiary, or other unit in which the Participantparticipant works and may cover such period as may be specified by the Compensation Committee;162(m) Subcommittee; and (iii) will be set by the Compensation Committee162(m) Subcommittee within the time period prescribed by, and will otherwise comply with the requirements of, Section 162(m).

Transferability of Awards

Except as our Board of Directors may otherwise determine or provide in an Award, Awards may not be sold, assigned, transferred, pledged, or otherwise encumbered by the person to whom they are granted, either voluntarily or by operation of law, except by will or the laws of descent and distribution or, other than in the case of an incentive stock option, pursuant to a qualified domestic relations order. During the life of the Participant,participant, Awards are exercisable only by the Participant.participant.

Eligibility to Receive Awards

Our employees, officers, directors, consultants, and advisors, including those of our subsidiaries, are eligible to be granted Awards under the A&R 2007 Plan. Under present law, however, incentive stock options may

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only be granted to our andemployees, including employees of our subsidiaries’ employees.subsidiaries. As of March 31, 2010,2013, approximately 1,5001,900 persons were eligible to receive Awards under the A&R 2007 Plan, including our fivethree executive officers and five non-officerall of our directors.

The maximum number of shares with respect to which Awards may be granted to any participant under the A&R 2007 Plan may not exceed 250,000 shares per calendar year. For purposes of this limit, the combination of an Optionoption in tandem with SAR is treated as a single award.

Plan Benefits

The following table briefly summarizesGrants under the awards (the “Awards”) that have been granted to participants in the 2007 Plan, subject to approval of the amendments to and restatement of the 2007 Plan by our stockholders at our 2010 Annual Meeting. Such Awards will terminate automatically if our stockholders do not approve the amendments to and restatement of our 2007 Plan. Future grants under theA&R 2007 Plan will be determined by the Compensation Committee or theour Board of Directors, or any committee to whom our Board of Directors delegates authority, as the case may be, and may vary from year to year and from participant to participant and are not determinable at this time.

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The following table sets forth, as of April 9, 2010,1, 2013, the stock option and restricted stock grantsRestricted Stock Awards made under the A&R 2007 Plan since its adoption not including those described into the “New Plan Benefits” table above.individuals and groups set forth below:

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Administration

The A&R 2007 Plan is administered by our Board of Directors. Our Board of Directors has the authority to adopt, amend, and repeal the administrative rules, guidelines, and practices relating to the A&R 2007 Plan and to interpret the provisions of the A&R 2007 Plan.Plan and any Award agreements. Pursuant to the terms of the A&R 2007 Plan, to the extent permitted by applicable law, our Board of Directors may delegate authority under the A&R 2007 Plan to one or more committees or subcommittees of our Board of Directors. Any references herein to our Board is also deemed to refer to our compensation committee and subcommittee.

Subject to any applicable limitations contained in the A&R 2007 Plan, our Board of Directors or any committee to whom our Board of Directors delegates authority, as the case may be, selects the recipients of Awards and determines (i) the number of shares of Common Stock covered by options and the dates upon which such options become exercisable, (ii) the exercise price of options (which may not be less than 100% of fair market value of the Common Stock), (iii) the duration of options (which may not exceed 10 years), and (iv) the number of shares of Common Stock subject to any SAR, restricted stock award, restricted stock unit award,Restricted Stock Awards or other stock-based Awards and the terms and conditions of such Awards, including conditions for repurchase, issue price, and repurchase price.

In addition, to the extent permitted by applicable law and our A&R 2007 Plan, our Board of Directors may delegate to our Chief Executive Officer its authority under our A&R 2007 Plan to grant Optionsoptions and other Awards that constitute rights under Delaware law to employees and officers who are not executive officers and to exercise such other powers as our Board of Directors may determine, provided that it will fix the terms of the awards to be granted by the Chief Executive Officer (including the exercise price of such awards,Awards, which may include a formula by which the exercise price will be determined) and the maximum number of shares subject to awardsAwards that the Chief Executive Officer may grant.

Our Board of Directors is required to make appropriate and equitable adjustments in connection with the A&R 2007 Plan and any outstanding Awards to reflect stock splits, stock dividends, recapitalizations, spin-offs,

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and other similar changes in capitalization. The A&R 2007 Plan also contains provisions addressing the consequences of any Reorganization Event, which is defined as (i) our merger or consolidation with or into another entity as a result of which all of our Common Stock is converted into or exchanged for the right to receive cash, securities, or other property or is cancelled or (b) any exchange of all of our Common Stock for cash, securities, or other property pursuant to a share exchange transaction or (c) our liquidation or dissolution. In connection with a Reorganization Event, our Board of Directors will take any one or more of the following actions as to all or any outstanding Awards other than Restricted Stock Awards on such terms as our Board of Directors determines: (i) provide that Awards will be assumed, or substantially equivalent Awards will be substituted, by the acquiring or succeeding corporation (or an affiliate thereof), (ii) upon written notice, provide that all unexercised Optionsoptions or other unexercised Awards will become exercisable in full and will terminate immediately prior to the consummation of such Reorganization Event unless exercised within a specified period following the date of such notice, (iii) provide that outstanding Awards will become exercisable, realizable, or deliverable, or restrictions applicable to an Award will lapse, in whole or in part prior to or upon such Reorganization Event, (iv) in the event of a Reorganization Event under the terms of which holders of Common Stock will receive upon consummation thereof a cash payment for each share surrendered in the Reorganization Event, (the “Acquisition Price”),which we refer to as the Acquisition Price, make or provide for a cash payment to an Award holder equal to (A) the Acquisition Price times the number of shares of Common Stock subject to the holder’s Awards (to the extent the exercise price does not exceed the Acquisition Price) minus (B) the aggregate exercise price of all the holder’s outstanding Awards and any applicable tax withholdings, in exchange for the termination of such Awards, (v) provide that, in connection with our liquidation or dissolution, Awards will convert into the right to receive liquidation proceeds (if applicable, net of the exercise price thereof and any applicable tax withholdings), and (vi) any combination of the foregoing. Our Board of Directors is not required to treat holders of the same types of Awards in the same manner.

If there is a Reorganization Event, other than our liquidation or dissolution, our successor will assume our repurchase and other rights under each outstanding Restricted Stock Award. In the discretion ofUnless our Board of Directors determines otherwise, our successor’s rights will apply in the same manner and to the same extent to the cash, securities, or other property that our Common Stock was converted into or exchanged for pursuant to the Reorganization Event as they applied to our Common Stock subject to the Restricted Stock Award. If there is a Reorganization Event that involves our liquidation or dissolution, except as otherwise provided in a participant’s Restricted Stock Agreementor Restricted Stock Unit agreement or in other agreements between the participant and us, all of the restrictions and conditions on the participant’s then-outstanding Restricted Stock Awards will automatically be deemed terminated or satisfied.

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If any Award expires or is terminated, surrendered, canceled, or forfeited, the unused shares of Common Stock covered by such Award will again be available for grant under the A&R 2007 Plan, subject, however, in the case of incentive stock options, to any limitations under the Code.

Vesting Limitations

No Restricted Stock Awards or other stock-based awards that vest solely based on the passage of time shall be vested in full prior to the third anniversary of the date of grant. Restricted Stock Awards or other stock-based awards that do not vest solely based on the passage of time shall not vest in full prior to the first anniversary of the date of grant. The two foregoing sentences shall not apply to Restricted Stock Awards or other stock-based awards, in the aggregate, for up to 10% of the maximum number of shares available for award under the A&R 2007 Plan. Notwithstanding the foregoing and other than with respect to performance awards, as defined in the A&R 2007 Plan, our Board may, either at the time a Restricted Stock Award or other stock-based award is made or at any time thereafter, waive its right to repurchase shares of Common Stock (or waive the forfeiture thereof) or remove or modify the restrictions applicable to such award, in whole or in part, in the event of the death or disability of the participant; the termination of the participant’s employment by or service to us under specified circumstances; or a merger, consolidation, sale, reorganization, recapitalization, or change in control of PC Connection.

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Substitute Awards

In connection with a merger or consolidation of an entity with us or the acquisition by us of property or stock of an entity, our Board of Directors may grant Awards in substitution for any options or other stock or stock-based awards granted by such entity or an affiliate thereof. Substitute Awards may be granted on such terms, as our Board of Directors deems appropriate in the circumstances, notwithstanding any limitations on Awards contained in the A&R 2007 Plan. Substitute Awards will not count against the A&R 2007 Plan’s overall share limit, except as may be required by the Code.

Provisions for Non U.S. Employees and Authorization of Sub-Plans

Our Board of Directors may modifygrant Awards granted to Participantsparticipants who are non U.S.non-U.S. citizens or residents employed outside the United States, or establish subplansboth, on such terms and conditions different from those applicable to Awards to Participants employed in the United States as may, in the judgment of the Board of Directors, be necessary or procedures under the 2007 Plandesirable in order to recognize differences in local law or tax policy. The Board of Directors also may impose conditions on the exercise or vesting of Awards in order to minimize the Board of Directors’ obligation with respect to tax equalization for Participants on assignments outside their home country.

Our Board of Directors may also establish subplans or procedures under the A&R 2007 Plan to satisfy applicable securities or tax laws of various jurisdictions.

Amendment or Termination

Except as otherwise provided with respect to performance awards, the Board of Directors may amend, modify, or terminate any outstanding Award, including but not limited to, substituting therefore another Award of the same or a different type, changing the date of exercise or realization, and converting an incentive stock option to a nonstatutory stock option, provided either (i) that the participant’s consent to such action shall be required unless the Board of Directors determines that the action, taking into account any related action, would not materially and adversely affect the Participant or (ii) that the change is permitted under the A&R 2007 Plan.

No Award may be made under the A&R 2007 Plan after May 26, 2020, but Awards previously granted may extend beyond that date. Our Board of Directors may at any time amend, suspend, or terminate the A&R 2007 Plan, provided that, to the extent required by Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code, no Award granted to a participant that is intended to comply with Section 162(m), after the date of such amendment will become exercisable, realizable, or vested unless and until the amendment is approved by our stockholders if required by Section 162(m). In addition, no amendment that would require stockholder approval under the rules of the NASDAQ Stock Market may be effective unless and until such amendment has been approved by our stockholders. If the NASDAQ Stock Market amends its corporate governance rules so that the rules no longer require stockholder approval of “material amendments” to equity compensation plans, then, from the effective date of such amendment, no amendment to the A&R 2007 Plan which materially increases the number of shares authorized under the A&R 2007 Plan (other than pursuant to the adjustment provisions contained in the A&R 2007 Plan), expands the types of awards that may be granted under the A&R 2007 Plan, or materially expands the class of participants eligible to participate in the A&R 2007 Plan shall be effective unless stockholder approval is obtained.

If stockholder approval is required under Section 422 of the Internal Revenue Code, the boardBoard may not effect such modification or amendment without stockholder approval.

No Award shall be made that is conditioned upon stockholder approval of any amendment to the A&R 2007 Plan, provided however, that Optionsoptions and Restricted Stock Units may be granted that are conditioned upon stockholder approval as long as the grants provide that no shares may be issued unless and until the Optionsoptions and Restricted Stock Units are so approved and that the Optionsoptions and Restricted Stock Units will expire if not so approved within one year after grant.

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Federal Income Tax Consequences

The following is a summary of the United States federal income tax consequences that generally will arise with respect to Awards granted under the A&R 2007 Plan. This summary is based on the federal tax laws in effect as of the date of this proxy statement. In addition, this summary assumes that all Awards are exempt from, or comply with, the rules under Section 409A of the Code regarding nonqualified deferred compensation. Changes to these laws could alter the tax consequences described below.

Incentive Stock Options

A participant will not have income upon the grant of an incentive stock option. Also, except as described below, a participant will not have income upon exercise of an incentive stock option if the participant has been

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employed by us or our corporate parent or 50% or more-owned corporate subsidiary at all times beginning with the option grant date and ending three months before the date the participant exercises the option. If the participant has not been so employed during that time, then the participant will be taxed as described below under “Non-statutory Stock Options.” The exercise of an incentive stock option may subject the participant to the alternative minimum tax.

A participant will have income upon the sale of the stock acquired under an incentive stock option at a profit (if sales proceeds exceed the exercise price). The type of income will depend on when the participant sells the stock. If a participant sells the stock more than two years after the option was granted and more than one year after the option was exercised, then all of the profit will be long-term capital gain. If a participant sells the stock prior to satisfying these waiting periods, then the participant will have engaged in a disqualifying disposition and a portion of the profit will be ordinary income and a portion may be capital gain. This capital gain will be long- termlong-term if the participant has held the stock for more than one year and otherwise will be short-term. If a participant sells the stock at a loss (sales proceeds are less than the exercise price), then the loss will be a capital loss. This capital loss will be long-term if the participant held the stock for more than one year and otherwise will be short-term.

Non-statutory Stock Options

A participant will not have income upon the grant of a non-statutory stock option. A participant will have compensation income upon the exercise of a non-statutory stock option equal to the value of the stock on the day the participant exercised the option less the exercise price. Upon sale of the stock, the participant will have capital gain or loss equal to the difference between the sales proceeds and the value of the stock on the day the option was exercised. This capital gain or loss will be long-term if the participant has held the stock for more than one year and otherwise will be short-term.

Stock Appreciation Rights

A participant will not have income upon the grant of a stock appreciation right.SAR. A participant generally will recognize compensation income upon the exercise of a SAR equal to the fair market value of any stock received. Upon the sale of the stock, the participant will have capital gain or loss equal to the difference between the sales proceeds and the value of the stock on the day the SAR was exercised. This capital gain or loss will be long-term if the participant held the stock for more than one year and otherwise will be short-term.

Restricted Stock Awards

A participant will not have income upon the grant of restricted stock unless an election under Section 83(b) of the Code is made within 30 days of the date of grant. If a timely 83(b) election is made, then a participant will have compensation income equal to the value of the stock less the purchase price, if any. When the stock is sold, the participant will have capital gain or loss equal to the difference between the sales proceeds and the value of

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the stock on the date of grant. If the participant does not make an 83(b) election, then when the stock vests the participant will have compensation income equal to the value of the stock on the vesting date less the purchase price, if any. When the stock is sold, the participant will have capital gain or loss equal to the sales proceeds less the value of the stock on the vesting date. Any capital gain or loss will be long-term if the participant held the stock for more than one year and otherwise will be short-term.

Restricted Stock Units

A participant will not have income upon the grant of a restricted stock unit. A participant is not permitted to make a Section 83(b) election with respect to a restricted stock unit award. When the restricted stock unit vests, the participant will have income on the vesting date in an amount equal to the fair market value of the stock on the vesting date less the purchase price, if any. When the stock is sold, the participant will have capital gain or loss equal to the sales proceeds less the value of the stock on the vesting date. Any capital gain or loss will be long-term if the participant held the stock for more than one year and otherwise will be short-term.

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Other Stock-Based Awards

The tax consequences associated with any other stock-based Award granted under the A&R 2007 Plan will vary depending on the specific terms of such Award. Among the relevant factors are whether or not the Award has a readily ascertainable fair market value, whether or not the Award is subject to forfeiture provisions or restrictions on transfer, the nature of the property to be received by the participant under the Award, and the participant’s holding period and tax basis for the Award or underlying Common Stock.

Tax Consequences to the Company

There will be no tax consequences to the Company except that we will be entitled to a deduction when a participant has compensation income. Any such deduction will be subject to the limitations of Section 162(m) of the Code.

PROPOSAL THREEFIVE

APPROVAL OF AMENDMENT TO EXECUTIVE BONUS PLAN

The Company is also seeking approval of the Executive Bonus Plan, or Bonus Plan in accordance with the rules set forth under section 162(m) of the Code which require that we obtain stockholder approval of the material terms of the performance measures set forth in the plan on the first stockholder meeting that occurs in the fifth year following the year in which stockholders previously approved such performance measures. If approved, the performance measures described herein and set forth in the Bonus Plan (attached hereto as Appendix B) will remain in effect until our stockholder meeting in 2018. On April 14, 2011, our Board of Directors adopted Amendment No. 1 to the Company’s Executive Bonus Plan to increase the maximum bonus award payable to a participating executive for any plan year from $1 million to $2 million. In May 2011, our stockholders approved Amendment No. 1. On April 5, 2013, our Board of Directors adopted, subject to stockholder approval, Amendment No. 2 to the Company’s Bonus Plan to provide for, among other things, base-level bonuses as a percentage of base salary for our Chief Administrative Officer and Chief Financial Officer.

Our Board of Directors believes that our future success depends, in large part, upon our ability to maintain a competitive position in attracting, retaining, and motivating key personnel.Accordingly, our Board of Directors believes adoption of the amendment to our Bonus Plan is in the best interests of our stockholders and our Company and recommends a vote “FOR” the approval of the amendment to our Bonus Plan by voting “FOR” Proposal FIVE.

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Description of the Bonus Plan, as amended

The following is a brief summary of the Bonus Plan, as amended. The following summary is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Bonus Plan, Amendment No. 1 to the Bonus Plan and Amendment No. 2 to the Bonus Plan, which are attached as Appendix B to this Proxy Statement.

Administration

The Compensation Committee of our Board of Directors will, through a subcommittee consisting solely of outside directors within the meaning of Section 162(m) of the Code, administer the Bonus Plan. We refer to this subcommittee as the 162(m) Subcommittee.

Eligibility

Each of our named executive officers, within the meaning of the rules and regulations of the SEC, is eligible to participate in this Bonus Plan. In addition, other executive officers may be determined from time to time to be eligible to participate in the Bonus Plan. As of April 5, 2013, we had three named executive officers.

Determination of Bonus Awards

We refer to each fiscal year that the Bonus Plan is in effect as a “Plan Year.” Within 90 days after the beginning of each Plan Year, the 162(m) Subcommittee will establish specific performance measures for the payment of bonus awards for that Plan Year. For each Plan Year, the performance measures will include the attainment of a certain minimum level of consolidated net income and may also be based on one or more of the following additional quantifiable performance measures selected by the 162(m) Subcommittee: consolidated SG&A expenses; earnings per share; operating income; gross revenue; profit margins; stock price targets or stock price maintenance; working capital; free cash flow, cash flow; return on equity; return on capital or return on invested capital; earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization, or EBITDA; and strategic business criteria, consisting of one or more objectives based on meeting specified revenue, market penetration, geographic business expansion goals, cost targets, or objective goals relating to acquisitions or divestitures. The precise annual amounts and bonus allocation percentages with respect to each performance measure will also be established by the 162(m) Subcommittee. Performance measures are generally based on our operating forecasts. However, the 162(m) Subcommittee may determine, in its sole discretion, that significant unusual or extraordinary items should or should not be included in determining whether the performance measures have been met.

Bonuses are calculated as a percentage of the participating executive’s annual base salary. Base level bonuses are 100% of base salary for our Chief Executive Officer, 100% of base salary for our President, 75% of base salary for our Chief Administrative Officer, Chief Financial Officer, and any Executive Vice Presidents and 50% of base salary for any Senior Vice Presidents. Actual bonus payouts may be higher or lower than the base level amounts, depending on the degree to which each performance measure is met or exceeded. Each performance measure is subject to a multiplier table which determines the extent to which that portion of the bonus is paid out. Awards relating to net income can range from 50% to 170% of the corresponding base bonus; however, no awards will be granted for net income below 90% of target. Awards relating to other performance measures established by the Committee are subject to the multiplier percentages selected by the 162(m) Subcommittee.

The maximum bonus award payable to a participating executive for any Plan Year is 170% of that executive’s annual base bonus percentage and in no event will exceed $2,000,000.

At the end of each Plan Year, the 162(m) Subcommittee determines the amount, if any, to be paid to each participating executive based on the extent that the performance measures for that Plan Year were achieved. The 162(m) Subcommittee may use negative discretion to decrease (but not increase) the amount of any bonus award otherwise payable to any participating executive under the Bonus Plan.

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Amendments and Termination

Our Board may at any time amend, suspend, or terminate the Plan, provided such action is effected by written resolution. Amendments to the Bonus Plan requiring stockholder approval under the Code or SEC regulations will require such approval under the Bonus Plan.

Federal Income Tax Consequences

Payments received by executive officers under the Bonus Plan will be income subject to tax at ordinary income rates when received. Since the Bonus Plan is intended to comply with the requirements of Section 162(m) of the Code, if the Bonus Plan is approved by stockholders at the annual meeting, we expect that the bonus payments made in accordance with the terms of the Bonus Plan will qualify as performance-based compensation that is not subject to the limits of Section 162(m) of the Code and will therefore be deductible by us, subject to any other applicable limitations on deductibility under the Code.

PROPOSAL SIX

RATIFICATION OF SELECTION OF

INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

The Audit Committee of our Board of Directors has selected the firm of Deloitte & Touche LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, to serve as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2010.2013. The ratification of this selection by the Audit Committee is not required under the laws of the State of Delaware, where we are incorporated, but the results of this vote will be considered by the Audit Committee in selecting our independent registered public accounting firm. Deloitte & Touche LLP has served as our independent registered public accounting firm since 1984. It is expected that a member of Deloitte & Touche LLP will be present at the meeting with the opportunity to make a statement if so desired and will be available to respond to appropriate questions from stockholders.

Our Board of Directors recommends a vote “FOR” the ratification of the selection by the Audit Committee of Deloitte & Touche LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm.firm by voting “FOR” Proposal SIX.

Principal AccountantAccounting Fees and Services

The following table summarizes the fees Deloitte & Touche LLP, the member firms of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, and their affiliates, which we collectively refer to as Deloitte & Touche, billed to us for each of the last two fiscal years. The Audit Committee of our Board of Directors believes that the non-audit services described below did not compromise Deloitte & Touche’s independence.

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Pre-Approval Policies and Procedures

Our Audit Committee has adopted policies and procedures relating to the approval of all audit and non-audit services that are to be performed by our independent registered public accounting firm. This policy generally provides that we will not engage an independent registered public accounting firm to render audit or non-audit services unless the service is specifically approved in advance by our Audit Committee or the engagement is entered into pursuant to one of the pre-approval procedures described below.

From time to time, our Audit Committee may pre-approve specified types of services that are expected to be provided to us by our independent registered public accounting firm during the next twelve months. Any such pre-approval is detailed as to the particular service or type of services to be provided and is also generally subject to a maximum dollar amount.

Our Audit Committee has also delegated to the Chairman of our Audit Committee the authority to approve any audit or non-audit services to be provided to us by our independent registered public accounting firm. Any approval of services by the Chairman of our Audit Committee pursuant to this delegated authority is reported on at the next meeting of our Audit Committee.

Audit Committee Report

Our Audit Committee has reviewed our audited financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009,2012, and discussed them with our management and our registered public accounting firm.

The Audit Committee has also discussed with our registered public accounting firm various communications that our registered public accounting firm is required to provide to the Audit Committee, including the matters required to be discussed by the Statement on Auditing Standards No. 61, or SAS 61, as amended (AICPA,Professional Standards, Vol. 1, AU section 380), as adopted by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board in(United States) Audit Standard AU Section 380,Communication with Audit Committees, and Rule 3200T.2-07 of SEC Regulation S-X. The Audit Committee was satisfied with this discussion.

SAS 61, as amended, requiresThe standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board require our registered public accounting firm to discuss with our Audit Committee, among other things, the following:

Our Audit Committee has received the written disclosures and the letter from our registered public accounting firm required by applicable requirements of the Public Accounting Oversight BoardPCAOB Ethics and Independence Rule 3526,Communication with Audit Committee Concerning Independence, regarding the registered public accounting firm’s communication with the Audit Committee concerning independence, and has discussed with our registered public accounting firm their independence.

Based on the review and discussions referred to above, the Audit Committee recommended to our Board of Directors that our audited financial statements be included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009.2012.

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By the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors of PC Connection:

Donald Weatherson, Chairman

Joseph Baute Chairman

Barbara Duckett

Donald Weatherson

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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Matters to be Considered at the Annual Meeting

Our Board of Directors does not know of any other matters which may come before the Annual Meeting. However, if any other matters are properly presented to the Annual Meeting, it is the intention of persons named in the accompanying proxy to vote, or otherwise act, in accordance with their judgment on such matters.

Householding of Annual Meeting Materials

Some banks, brokers, and other nominee record holders may be participating in the practice of “householding” proxy statements and annual reports. This means that only one copy of the Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials, proxy statement, or annual report may have been sent to multiple stockholders in your household. We will promptly deliver a separate copy of these documents to you if you write or call us at the following address or phone number: PC Connection, Inc., Attention: Investor Relations, 730 Milford Road, Merrimack, New Hampshire 03054 (603-683-2322). If you wish to receive separate copies of the Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials, the annual report, or the proxy statement, as applicable in the future, or if you are receiving multiple copies and would like to receive only one copy for your household, you should contact your bank, broker, or other nominee record holder, or you may contact us at the above address and phone number.

A copy of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009,2012, as filed with the SEC, except for exhibits, will be furnished without charge to any stockholder upon written request to PC Connection, Inc., Attention: Investor Relations, 730 Milford Road, Merrimack, New Hampshire 03054 (603-683-2322).

Solicitation of Proxies

All costs of solicitations of proxies will be borne by us. In addition to solicitations by mail, our directors, officers, and regular employees, without additional remuneration, may solicit proxies by telephone, telegraph,mail, fax, and personal interviews. We will also request brokers, custodians, and fiduciaries to forward proxy soliciting material to the owners of stock held in their names, and we will reimburse them for their out-of-pocket expenses in this regard.

Deadline for Submission of Stockholder Proposals

Proposals of stockholders intended to be presented at the 20112014 Annual Meeting of Stockholders must be received by us at our principal office in Merrimack, New Hampshire not later than December 27, 2010,23, 2013, for inclusion in the proxy statement for that meeting.

If a stockholder of our Company who holds less than 40% of the shares of our capital stock issued and outstanding and entitled to vote wishes to present a proposal before the 20112014 Annual Meeting but has not complied with the requirements for inclusion of such proposal in our proxy materials pursuant to Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act, such stockholder must give timely notice of such proposal to our Secretary at our principal offices. The required notice must be delivered to or mailed and received at our principal executive offices not later than March 27, 201121, 2014 nor earlier than February 25, 2011.21, 2014. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if we provide less than 70 days notice or prior public disclosure of the date of the meeting to stockholders, notice by the stockholder or stockholders to be timely must be delivered or mailed to the Secretary not later than the close of business on the tenth day following the date on which the notice of the meeting was mailed or public disclosure was made, whichever occurs first.

By Order of the Board of Directors,

Patricia Gallup

Chairman of the Board and

Chief ExecutiveAdministrative Officer

April 16, 201009, 2013

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OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS HOPES THAT STOCKHOLDERS WILL ATTEND THE MEETING. WHETHER OR NOT YOU PLAN TO ATTEND, YOU ARE URGED TO COMPLETE, DATE, SIGN, AND RETURN THE ENCLOSED PROXY IN THE ACCOMPANYING ENVELOPE. YOUR PROMPT RESPONSE WILL GREATLY FACILITATE ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE MEETING, AND YOUR COOPERATION WILL BE APPRECIATED.

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APPENDIX A

AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO

AMENDED AND RESTATED 2007 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN

The Amended and Restated 2007 Stock Incentive Plan (the “Plan”) of PC Connection, Inc. is hereby further amended as follows:

1. Section 7(b) of the Plan is hereby deleted in its entirety and a new Section 7(b) is inserted in lieu thereof which reads as follows:

“(b)Terms and Conditions for All Restricted Stock Awards. The Board shall determine the terms and conditions of a Restricted Stock Award, including the conditions for vesting and repurchase (or forfeiture) and the issue price, if any. No Restricted Stock Award that vests solely based on the passage of time shall vest in full earlier than the third anniversary of its date of grant. Restricted Stock Awards that do not vest solely based on the passage of time shall not vest in full prior to the first anniversary of the date of grant. The two foregoing sentences shall not apply to Restricted Stock Awards and Other Stock-Based Awards granted, in the aggregate, for up to 10% of the maximum number of authorized shares set forth in Section 4(a). Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan (other than Section 10(h), if applicable), the Board may, either at the time a Restricted Stock Award is made or at any time thereafter, waive its right to repurchase shares of Common Stock (or waive the forfeiture thereof) or remove or modify the restrictions applicable to the Restricted Stock Award, in whole or in part, in the event of the death or disability of the Participant; the termination of the Participant’s employment by or service to the Company under specified circumstances; or a merger, consolidation, sale, reorganization, recapitalization, or change in control of the Company.”

2. Section 8 of the Plan is hereby deleted in its entirety and a new Section 8 is inserted in lieu thereof, which reads as follows:

“(a)General. Other Awards of shares of Common Stock, and other Awards that are valued in whole or in part by reference to, or are otherwise based on, shares of Common Stock or other property, may be granted hereunder to Participants (“Other Stock Based Awards”), including without limitation Awards entitling recipients to receive shares of Common Stock to be delivered in the future. Such Other Stock Based Awards shall also be available as a form of payment in the settlement of other Awards granted under the Plan or as payment in lieu of compensation to which a Participant is otherwise entitled. Other Stock Based Awards may be paid in shares of Common Stock or cash, as the Board shall determine.

(b)Terms and Conditions. Subject to the provisions of the Plan, the Board shall determine the terms and conditions of each Other Stock-Based Award, including any purchase price applicable thereto. No Other Stock-Based Award that vests solely based on the passage of time shall vest in full earlier than the third anniversary of its date of grant. Other Stock-Based Awards that do not vest solely based on the passage of time shall not vest in full prior to the first anniversary of the date of grant. The two foregoing sentences shall not apply to Restricted Stock Awards and Other Stock-Based Awards granted, in the aggregate, for up to 10% of the maximum number of authorized shares set forth in Section 4(a). Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan (other than Section 10(h), if applicable), the Board may, either at the time an Other Stock-Based Award is made or at any time thereafter, waive its right to repurchase shares of Common Stock (or waive the forfeiture thereof), as applicable, or remove or modify the restrictions applicable to the Other Stock-Based Awards, in whole or in part, in the event of the death or disability of the Participant; the termination of the Participant’s employment by or service to the Company under specified circumstances; or a merger, consolidation, sale, reorganization, recapitalization, or change in control of the Company.”

3. Section 10(f) of the Plan is hereby deleted in its entirety and a new Section 10(f) is inserted in lieu thereof which reads as follows:

“(f) Except as provided in Section 5(g) with respect to repricings, Section 7(b) or 8(b) with respect to the vesting of Awards, Section 10(h) with respect to Performance Awards and Section 11(d) with respect to

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actions requiring stockholder approval, the Board may amend, modify or terminate any outstanding Award, including but not limited to, substituting therefor another Award of the same or a different type, changing the date of exercise or realization, and converting an Incentive Stock Option to a Nonqualified Stock Option, provided either (i) that the Participant’s consent to such action shall be required unless the Board determines that the action, taking into account any related action, would not materially and adversely affect the Participant or (ii) that the change is permitted under Section 9 hereof.

Except as set forth above, the remainder of the Plan remains in full force and effect.

Adopted by the Board of Directors on February 1, 2011.

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AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO

AMENDED AND RESTATED 2007 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN

The Amended and Restated 2007 Stock Incentive Plan (the “Plan”) of PC Connection, Inc. is hereby further amended as follows:

1. The first sentence of the Section 4(a) is hereby deleted in its entirety and the following is inserted in lieu thereof:

“Subject to adjustment under Section 9, Awards may be made under the Plan for a number of shares of common stock, $0.01 par value per share, of the Company (the “Common Stock”), equal to 1,200,000 shares of Common Stock.”

Except as set forth above, the remainder of the Plan remains in full force and effect.

Adopted by the Board of Directors on January 31, 2012, and approved by shareholders on May 23, 2012.

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AMENDMENT NO. 3 TO

AMENDED AND RESTATED 2007 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN

The Amended and Restated 2007 Stock Incentive Plan (the “Plan”) of PC Connection, Inc. is hereby further amended as follows:

1. The first sentence of the Section 4(a) is hereby deleted in its entirety and the following is inserted in lieu thereof:

“Subject to adjustment under Section 9, Awards may be made under the Plan for a number of shares of common stock, $0.01 par value per share, of the Company (the “Common Stock”), equal to 1,400,000 shares of Common Stock.”

Except as set forth above, the remainder of the Plan remains in full force and effect.

Adopted by the Board of Directors on February 21, 2013.

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PC Connection, Inc.

2007 AMENDED AND RESTATED 2007 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN

The purpose of this 2007 Stock Incentive Plan (the “Plan”) of PC Connection, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), is to advance the interests of the Company’s stockholders by enhancing the Company’s ability to attract, retain, and motivate persons who are expected to make important contributions to the Company and by providing such persons with equity ownership opportunities and performance-based incentives thereby better aligning the interests of such persons with those of the Company’s stockholders. Except where the context otherwise requires, the term “Company” shall include any of the Company’s present or future parent or subsidiary corporations as defined in Sections 424(e) or (f) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and any regulations promulgated thereunder (the “Code”) and any other business venture (including, without limitation, joint venture or limited liability company) in which the Company has a controlling interest, as determined by the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”).

All of the Company’s employees, officers, directors, consultants, and advisors are eligible to be granted options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock, restricted stock units, and other stock-based awards (each, an “Award”) under the Plan. Each person who is granted an Award under the Plan is deemed a “Participant”.

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Other Awards of shares of Common Stock, and other Awards that are valued in whole or in part by reference to, or are otherwise based on, shares of Common Stock or other property, may be granted hereunder to Participants (“Other Stock Based Awards”), including without limitation Awards entitling recipients to receive shares of Common Stock to be delivered in the future. Such Other Stock Based Awards shall also be available as a form of payment in the settlement of other Awards granted under the Plan or as payment in lieu of compensation to which a Participant is otherwise entitled. Other Stock Based Awards may be paid in shares of Common Stock or cash, as the Board shall determine. Subject to the provisions of the Plan, the Board shall determine the terms and conditions of each Other Stock Based Award, including any purchase price applicable thereto.

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For purposes of clause (i) above, an Option shall be considered assumed if, following consummation of the Reorganization Event, the Option confers the right to purchase, for each share of Common Stock subject to the Option immediately prior to the consummation of the Reorganization Event, the consideration (whether cash, securities or other property) received as a result of the Reorganization Event by holders of Common Stock for each share of Common Stock held immediately prior to the consummation of the Reorganization Event (and if holders were offered a choice of consideration, the type of consideration chosen by the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of

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Common Stock); provided, however, that if the consideration received as a result of the Reorganization Event is not solely common stock of the acquiring or succeeding corporation (or an affiliate thereof), the Company may, with the consent of the acquiring or succeeding corporation, provide for the consideration to be received upon the exercise of Options to consist solely of common stock of the acquiring or succeeding corporation (or an affiliate thereof) equivalent in value (as determined by the Board) to the per share consideration received by holders of outstanding shares of Common Stock as a result of the Reorganization Event.

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The Company makes no representations or warranty and shall have no liability to the Participant or any other person if any provisions of or payments, compensation or other benefits under the Plan are determined to constitute nonqualified deferred compensation subject to Code Section 409A but do not satisfy the conditions of that section.

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APPENDIX B

AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO

EXECUTIVE BONUS PLAN

The Executive Bonus Plan (the “Plan”) of PC Connection, Inc. is hereby amended by deleting Section 4.2 in its entirety and replacing it with the following:

“4.2 Actual bonus payouts may be higher or lower than the base-level amounts, depending on the degree to which the individual performance measures are met or exceeded. Each performance measure is subject to a multiplier table which determines the extent to which that portion of the bonus is paid out. Awards relating to net income can range from 50% to 170% of the corresponding base bonus; however, no awards are granted for net income below 90% of target. Awards relating to other performance measures established by the Committee are subject to the multiplier percentages selected by the Committee. The maximum bonus award payable to a participating executive for any Plan Year is 170% of that executive’s annual base salary and in no event will exceed $2 million.”

Except as set forth above, the remainder of the Plan remains in full force and effect.

Adopted by the Board of Directors on April 14, 2011, approved by shareholders on May 25, 2011.

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AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO

EXECUTIVE BONUS PLAN

The Executive Bonus Plan (the “Plan”) of PC Connection, Inc. is hereby amended by:

1. Deleting Section 4.1 in its entirety and replacing it with the following:

“4.1 Bonuses are calculated as a percentage of the participating executive’s annual base salary. Base-level bonuses are set as follows:

2. Deleting Section 4.3 in its entirety and replacing it with the following:

“4.3 At the end of each Plan Year, the Committee shall determine the amount, if any, to be paid to each participating executive based on the extent that the performance measures for that Plan Year were achieved and shall authorize payment by the Company, in cash or other consideration or combination thereof, to such participating executive; provided that the Committee may use negative discretion to decrease (but not increase) the amount of any bonus award otherwise payable to any participating executive under the Plan.”

3. Deleting Section 4.4 in its entirety and replacing it with the following:

“4.4 Bonus awards shall be paid only to individuals who continue in the Company’s employ through the bonus payment date, unless otherwise approved by the Committee;provided that no bonus (whether prorated or full) will be paid unless all of the applicable requirements set forth in this Plan are met, including without limitation that the Committee determines that all of the performance measures for the applicable Plan Year have been met and authorizes the payment of bonus awards.”

Except as set forth above, the remainder of the Plan remains in full force and effect.

Adopted by the Board of Directors on April 5, 2013.

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PC Connection, Inc.

EXECUTIVE BONUS PLAN

PC Connection, Inc. (the “Company”) has established this Executive Bonus Plan (the “Plan”) as an incentive program pursuant to which annual performance-based bonuses may be awarded to the Company’s eligible executive officers.

Each of the Company’s named executive officers, within the meaning of the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission, is eligible to participate in this Plan. In addition, other executive officers may be determined from time to time to be eligible to participate in the Plan.

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APPENDIX C

PC CONNECTION, INC.

SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED AUDIT COMMITTEE CHARTER

The purpose of the Audit Committee is to assist the Board of Directors’ oversight of the Company’s accounting and financial reporting processes and the audits of the Company’s financial statements.

General

. The Audit Committee shall discharge its responsibilities, and shall assess the information provided by the Company’s management and the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm (the “independent auditor”), in accordance with its business judgment. Management is responsible for the preparation, presentation, and integrity of the Company’s financial statements, for the appropriateness of the accounting principles and reporting policies that are used by the Company and for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting. The independent auditor is responsible for auditing the Company’s financial statements and the Company’s internal control over financial reporting and for reviewing the Company’s unaudited interim

financial statements. The authority and responsibilities

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set forth in this Charter do not reflect or create any duty

or obligation of the Audit Committee to plan or conduct any audit, to determine or certify that the Company’s financial statements are complete, accurate, fairly presented, or in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles or applicable law, or to guarantee the independent auditor’s reports.

Oversight of Independent Auditor

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Review of Other Financial Disclosures

Controls and Procedures

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The Audit Committee shall periodically meet separately with: (i) the independent auditor; (ii) Company management and (iii) the Company’s internal auditors. The Audit Committee shall keep such records of its meetings as it shall deem appropriate.

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APPENDIX CD

PC CONNECTION, INC.

AMENDED AND RESTATED COMPENSATION COMMITTEE CHARTER

The purpose of the Compensation Committee is to assist the Board of Directors in the discharge of its responsibilities relating to compensation of the Company’s CEOChief Executive Officer and its executive officers.

General

The Compensation Committee shall discharge its responsibilities, and shall assess the information provided to it by the Company’s management and others, in accordance with its business judgment.

Compensation Matters

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