Article: ScanSource Purchases ABC Technology Distribution, Ltd.; Expands Presence in United Kingdom and Europe.

Business Editors/High Tech Writers

GREENVILLE, S.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 8, 2002

ScanSource, Inc. (Nasdaq: SCSC), a leading value-added distributor of specialty technology products, announced today that it has purchased the shares of ABC Technology Distribution, Ltd., a bar code and electronic point-of-sale distributor based in the United Kingdom.

ABC markets bar code and point of sale products from leading vendors such as Symbol, IBM, Zebra, Datalogic and Datamax. Mike Pullon, the Managing Director of ABC, will retain that role for the company, which will do business as ScanSource UK. ScanSource UK will operate as part of ScanSource Europe, headquartered in ...

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