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UNITED STATES 
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION 
Washington, D.C. 20549 

FORM 10-K 

(Mark One) 
/ X/ 

Annual Report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934  
For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008 

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Transition report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934  
For the transition period from __________ to ___________. 

or 

Commission File Number: 0-25092 
INSIGHT ENTERPRISES, INC. 
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) 

Delaware 
(State or other jurisdiction of  
incorporation or organization) 

86-0766246 
(IRS Employer  
Identification No.) 

 6820 South Harl Avenue, Tempe, Arizona 85283 
(Address of principal executive offices, Zip Code) 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (480) 902-1001 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: 

Title of each class 
Common stock, par value $0.01 

Name of each exchange on which registered 
NASDAQ 

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. 

Yes 

No    X 

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act.  

Yes 

No    X 

Indicate  by  check  mark  whether  the  registrant  (1)  has  filed  all  reports  required  to  be  filed  by  Section  13  or  15(d)  of  the 
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file 
such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. 
No ___ 

Yes  X 

Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and 
will not be contained, to the best of registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in 
Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K.  /  / 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a 
smaller reporting company.   See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in 
Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.  

Large accelerated filer     X     

Accelerated filer           

Non-accelerated filer (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)            

Smaller reporting company            

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act).  

Yes 

No    X 

The aggregate market value of the voting and non-voting common equity held by non-affiliates of the registrant, based upon 
the closing price of the registrant’s common stock as reported on The Nasdaq Global Select Market on June 30, 2008, the last business 
day of the registrant’s most recently completed second fiscal quarter, was $527,456,717. 

The number of shares outstanding of the registrant’s common stock on April 30, 2009 was 45,846,171. 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                               
    
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
INSIGHT ENTERPRISES, INC. 

ANNUAL REPORT ON FORM 10-K 
Year Ended December 31, 2008 

TABLE OF CONTENTS 

ITEM 1. 
ITEM 1A. 
ITEM 1B. 
ITEM 2. 
ITEM 3. 
ITEM 4. 

ITEM 5. 

ITEM 6. 
ITEM 7. 

ITEM 7A. 
ITEM 8. 
ITEM 9. 

ITEM 9A. 
ITEM 9B. 

ITEM 10. 
ITEM 11. 
ITEM 12. 

ITEM 13. 
ITEM 14. 

PART I 
Business ............................................................................................................  
Risk Factors ......................................................................................................  
Unresolved Staff Comments .............................................................................  
Properties ..........................................................................................................  
Legal Proceedings .............................................................................................  
Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders .......................................  

PART II 

Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder  
  Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities ........................................  
Selected Financial Data .....................................................................................  
Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and 
  Results of Operations ....................................................................................  
Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk ..........................  
Financial Statements and Supplementary Data .................................................  
Changes in and Disagreements With Accountants on Accounting and  
  Financial Disclosure ......................................................................................  
Controls and Procedures ...................................................................................  
Other Information .............................................................................................  

PART III 
Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance ................................  
Executive Compensation ...................................................................................  
Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management  

and Related Stockholder Matters ...................................................................  
Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence ..  
Principal Accountant Fees and Services ...........................................................  

ITEM 15. 

PART IV 
Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules ...................................................  

SIGNATURES  ..........................................................................................................................  
EXHIBITS TO FORM 10-K ......................................................................................................  

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EXPLANATORY NOTE REGARDING RESTATEMENT OF OUR  
CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS  

This Annual Report on Form 10-K contains the restatement of our consolidated statements of operations, of 
stockholders’ equity and comprehensive income (loss) and of cash flows for the years ended December 31, 2007 and 
2006, our consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2007 as presented in “Financial Statements and Supplementary 
Data” in Item 8 of this report, our selected consolidated statements of operations data for the years ended December 31, 
2007, 2006, 2005 and 2004, and our selected consolidated balance sheet data as of December 31, 2007, 2006, 2005 and 
2004 as presented in “Selected Financial Data” in Item 6 of this report and our selected quarterly financial information 
for each of the quarters in the year ended December 31, 2007 and the quarters ended March 31, June 30, and September 
30, 2008 as presented in Note 21 of our Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in Item 8 of this report. 

In a Form 8-K filed on February 10, 2009, we reported that the Company's financial statements, assessment of the 

effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting and related audit reports thereon in our most recently filed 
Annual Report on Form 10-K, for the year ended December 31, 2007, and the interim financial statements in our 
Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the first three quarters of 2008, and all earnings press releases and similar 
communications issued by the Company relating to such financial statements, should no longer be relied upon. 

Following an internal review, we identified errors in the Company’s accounting for trade credits in prior periods 

dating back to December 1996.  The internal review encompassed aged trade credits, including both aged accounts 
receivable credits and aged accounts payable credits, arising in the ordinary course of business that were recognized in 
the Company’s statements of operations prior to the legal discharge of the underlying liabilities under applicable 
domestic and foreign laws.  The cumulative restatement charge covering the period from December 1, 1996 through 
September 30, 2008 related to this trade credit issue is $61.2 million, or $37.7 million after taxes.  These aged trade 
credit liabilities totaled $59.4 million as of December 31, 2008.  We expect that the final settlement of these liabilities 
with our clients and our partners and ultimately with state and/or foreign regulatory bodies may take multiple years and 
may be settled for less than the estimated liability.  However, we cannot provide any assurances that the final settlement 
will be materially lower.   

We determined that corrections to our consolidated financial statements were required to reverse material prior 
period reductions of costs of goods sold and selling and administrative expenses and the related income tax effects as a 
result of these incorrect releases of aged trade credits.  These trade credits arose from unclaimed credit memos, duplicate 
payments, payments for returned product or overpayments made to us by our clients, and, to a lesser extent, from goods 
received by us from a supplier for which we were never invoiced.     

We recorded an aggregate gross charge of approximately $21.2 million to our consolidated retained earnings as of 
December 31, 2003 and established a related current liability.  This amount represented approximately $19.0 million of 
costs of goods sold and $2.2 million of selling and administrative expenses relating to the period from December 1, 1996 
through December 31, 2003.  The aggregate tax benefit related to these trade credit restatement adjustments is $8.4 
million, which benefit reduced the charge to retained earnings as of December 31, 2003 and established a related 
deferred tax asset.  In addition, our statements of operations for the years ended December 31, 2006 and 2007, and the 
quarters ended March 31, June 30, and September 30, 2008 contained in this Annual Report have been restated to reflect 
an aggregate of approximately $9.5 million, $10.2 million, $2.8 million, $2.2 million and $1.3 million, respectively, of 
increases in costs of goods sold and to establish a related current liability relating to aged trade credits.  Our selected 
consolidated statements of operations data for the years ended December 31, 2004 through 2007 have also been restated.  
The years ended December 31, 2004 and 2005 reflect an aggregate of approximately $4.8 million and $9.1 million, 
respectively, of increases in costs of goods sold for the respective periods relating to aged trade credits.  The reinstated 
liabilities are recorded in accrued expenses and other current liabilities. These increases in costs of goods sold and 
selling and administrative expenses result from our determination, based upon the results of our internal review and 
analysis and the internal investigation, that the periods in which certain aged trade credits in accounts receivable and 
accounts payable were previously recorded as a reduction of costs of goods sold preceded the periods in which the 
Company was legally discharged of the underlying liabilities under applicable domestic and foreign laws.      

In addition to the restatements for aged trade credits, we also corrected previously reported financial statements and 
selected financial data for the following other miscellaneous accounting adjustments as a result of a review of our critical 
accounting policies: 

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•  An adjustment of $2.7 million to allocate a portion of our North America goodwill not previously allocated 
to the carrying amount of a division of our North America operating segment that we sold on March 1, 
2007 in determining the gain on sale.  This adjustment reduced the gain on sale of the discontinued 
operation recorded in the three months ended March 31, 2007, which gain is included in earnings from 
discontinued operations.  The tax effect of this adjustment was $1.1 million. 

•  Adjustments to hardware net sales and costs of goods sold recognized in prior periods to recognize sales 
based on a “de facto” passage of title at the time of delivery.  Although our usual sales terms are F.O.B. 
shipping point or equivalent, at which time title and risk of loss have passed to the client, we have a 
general practice of covering customer losses while products are in transit despite our stated shipping terms, 
and as a result delivery is not deemed to have occurred until the product is received by the client.  The net 
increase (decrease) in gross profit resulting from these adjustments was $1.0 million, ($135,000), $20,000, 
$440,000 and ($522,000) for the years ended December 31, 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007 and the nine 
months ended September 30, 2008, respectively.  Adjustments related to periods prior to 2004 resulted in a 
$1.4 million reduction of retained earnings as of December 31, 2003. 

•  Adjustments to recognize stock based compensation expense related to performance-based restricted stock 
units (“RSUs”) on a straight-line basis over the requisite service period for each separately vesting portion 
of the award as if the award was, in substance, multiple awards (i.e., a graded vesting basis) instead of on a 
straight-line basis over the requisite service period for the entire award.  The net increase (decrease) in 
operating expenses was $2.4 million, $2.5 million and ($1.2 million) for the years ended December 31, 
2006 and 2007 and the nine months ended September 30, 2008, respectively. 

•  Adjustments to capitalize interest on internal-use software development projects in prior periods and 

record the related amortization expense thereon.  The net increase (decrease) in pretax earnings resulting 
from these adjustments was $21,000, $61,000, $805,000, $386,000 and ($4,000) for the years ended 
December 31, 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007 and the nine months ended September 30, 2008, respectively. 
•  Revisions in the classification of consideration that exceeded the specific, incremental identifiable costs of 
shared marketing expense programs of $925,000, $2.8 million, $5.0 million, $7.3 million and $4.6 million 
for the years ended December 31, 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007 and the nine months ended September 30, 
2008, respectively, to reflect such excess consideration as a reduction of costs of goods sold instead of a 
reduction of the related selling administration expenses.  These revisions in classification related to our 
EMEA operating segment and had no effect on reported net earnings in any period.    

All financial information contained in this Annual Report on Form 10-K gives effect to the restatement of our 
consolidated financial statements as described above.  We have not amended, and we do not intend to amend, our 
previously filed Annual Reports on Form 10-K or Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for each of the fiscal years and fiscal 
quarters of 1996 through 2007, or for the first nine months of the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008.  Financial 
information included in reports previously filed or furnished by Insight Enterprises, Inc. for the periods from January 1, 
1996 through September 30, 2008 should not be relied upon and are superseded by the information in this Annual Report 
on Form 10-K. 

For more information on the matters that have caused us to restate our financial statements and data previously 
reported, see “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” in Item 7 and 
Note 2 of our Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in Item 8 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.  We identified 
a material weakness in our internal control over financial reporting.  As a result, management has concluded that the 
Company’s internal control over financial reporting was not effective as of December 31, 2008.  A description of that 
material weakness, as well as management’s plan to remediate that material weakness, is more fully discussed in Part II, 
Item 9A, “Controls and Procedures.” 

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FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS 

Certain statements in this Annual Report on Form 10-K, including statements in  “Management’s Discussion and 

Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” in Part II, Item 7 of this report, are forward-looking 
statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.  These forward-looking 
statements may include: projections of matters that affect net sales, gross profit, operating expenses, earnings from 
continuing operations, non-operating income and expenses, earnings from discontinued operations, net earnings or cash 
flows, cash needs and the sufficiency of our capital resources, the payment of accrued expenses and liabilities and costs 
or gains that may result from post-closing adjustments pertaining to business acquisitions or dispositions; effects of 
acquisitions or dispositions; projections of capital expenditures, our business outlook and earnings per share expectations 
in 2009; plans for future operations; the availability of financing and our needs or plans relating thereto; plans relating to 
our products and services; the effect of new accounting principles or changes in accounting policies; the effect of 
guaranty and indemnification obligations; projections about the outcome of ongoing tax audits; statements related to 
accounting estimates, including estimated stock option and other equity award forfeitures, and deferred compensation 
cost amortization periods; our positions and strategies with respect to ongoing and threatened litigation, including those 
matters identified in “Legal Proceedings” in Part I, Item 3 of this report; statements of belief; and statements of 
assumptions underlying any of the foregoing.  Forward-looking statements are identified by such words as “believe,” 
“anticipate,” “expect,” “estimate,” “intend,” “plan,” “project,” “will,” “may” and variations of such words and similar 
expressions, and are inherently subject to risks and uncertainties, some of which cannot be predicted or quantified.  
Future events and actual results could differ materially from those set forth in, contemplated by, or underlying the 
forward-looking statements.  There can be no assurances that results described in forward-looking statements will be 
achieved, and actual results could differ materially from those suggested by the forward-looking statements.  Some of the 
important factors that could cause our actual results to differ materially from those projected in any forward-looking 
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general economic conditions, including concerns regarding a global recession and credit constraints;  
changes in the information technology industry and/or the economic environment; 
our reliance on partners for product availability, marketing funds, purchasing incentives and competitive 
products to sell; 
the informal inquiry from the Division of Enforcement of the SEC and stockholder litigation related to the 
restatement of our consolidated financial statements; 
our ability to maintain compliance with Nasdaq’s requirements for continued listing; 
our ability to collect our accounts receivable;  
increased debt and interest expense and lower availability on our financing facilities and changes in the overall 
capital markets that could increase our borrowing costs or reduce future availability of financing; 
disruptions in our information technology systems and voice and data networks, including our system upgrade 
and the migration of acquired businesses to our information technology systems and voice and data networks; 
actions of our competitors, including manufacturers and publishers of products we sell; 
the integration and operation of acquired businesses, including our ability to achieve expected benefits of the 
acquisitions; 
seasonal changes in demand for sales of software licenses; 
the risks associated with international operations; 
exposure to changes in, or interpretations of, tax rules and regulations; 
exposure to currency exchange risks and volatility in the U.S. dollar, Canadian dollar, the Euro and the British 
Pound Sterling exchange rates; 
our dependence on key personnel;  
failure to comply with the terms and conditions of our public sector contracts; 
rapid changes in product standards; and   
intellectual property infringement claims and challenges to our registered trademarks and trade names. 

Additionally, there may be other risks that are otherwise described from time to time in the reports that we file with 

the SEC.  Any forward-looking statements in this report should be considered in light of various important factors, 
including the risks and uncertainties listed above, as well as others.  We assume no obligation to update, and do not 
intend to update, any forward-looking statements.  We do not endorse any projections regarding future performance that 
may be made by third parties.  

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PART I 

Item 1.  Business  

General 

Insight Enterprises, Inc. (“Insight” or the “Company”) is a leading provider of brand-name information technology 

(“IT”) hardware, software and services to small, medium and large businesses and public sector institutions in North 
America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia-Pacific.  The Company is organized in the following three operating 
segments, which are primarily defined by their related geographies: 

Operating Segment*    
North America 

Geography             
United States and Canada

% of 2008 
 Consolidated Net Sales 
70%

EMEA 

APAC 

Europe, Middle East and Africa

Asia-Pacific

27%

3%

* Additional detailed segment and geographic information can be found in “Management’s 

Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” in Part II, Item 7 and 
in Note 18 to the Consolidated Financial Statements in Part II, Item 8 of this report.   

We are a global provider of technology solutions, helping companies around the world design, enable, manage and 

secure their IT environment with our process knowledge, technical expertise and product fulfillment and logistics 
capabilities.  Our management tools and capabilities make designing and deploying IT solutions easier, and we help our 
clients streamline IT management and control IT costs.  Insight is located in 22 countries, and we support clients in 170 
countries, transacting business in 17 languages and 13 currencies.  Currently, our offerings in North America and the 
United Kingdom include IT hardware, software and services.  Our offerings in the remainder of our EMEA segment and 
in APAC currently only include software and select software-related services.  On a consolidated basis, hardware, 
software and services represented 54%, 42% and 4%, respectively, of our net sales in 2008, compared to 56%, 42% and 
2%, respectively, in 2007. 

  We were incorporated in Delaware in 1991 as the successor to an Arizona corporation that commenced operations in 
1988.  We began operations in the U.S., expanded into Canada in 1997 and into the United Kingdom in 1998.  In 2006, 
through our acquisition of Software Spectrum, Inc. (“Software Spectrum”), we penetrated deeper into global markets in 
EMEA and APAC, where Software Spectrum already had an established footprint and strategic relationships.  In 2008, 
through our acquisitions of Calence, LLC (“Calence”) in North America and of MINX Limited (“MINX”) in the United 
Kingdom, we enhanced our global technical expertise around higher-end networking and communications technologies, 
as well as managed services and security.  As part of our focus on core elements of our growth strategy, we sold PC 
Wholesale, a seller of IT products to other resellers in the U.S., in 2007 and Direct Alliance Corporation (“Direct 
Alliance”), a business process outsourcing provider in the U.S., in 2006.  Our corporate headquarters are located in 
Tempe, Arizona. 

Business Strategy 

Our strategic vision is to be the trusted advisor to our clients, helping them enhance their business performance 

through innovative technology solutions.  Our strategy is to grow profitable market share through the continued 
transformation of Insight into a complete IT solutions company and to establish Insight as a Global Value-Added 
Reseller (“G-VAR”), differentiating us in the marketplace and giving us a competitive advantage.  We are one of the 
largest direct marketers providing broad product selection, competitive prices and an efficient supply chain.  We have 
successfully expanded on this value proposition and increasingly, our role has shifted to one of a trusted advisor, where 
we are involved earlier in our clients’ IT planning cycles, assisting our clients as they make technology decisions.  We 
believe this creates stronger relationships with our clients, allowing us to help accelerate attainment of our clients’ 
business objectives, expand the range of products and services we sell to our current clients, and attract new clients.  We 
are focused on bringing more value to our clients, teammates (we refer to our employees as “teammates”) and partners 
(we refer to our suppliers as “partners”) through the evolution of Insight’s value proposition.  

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To enable our strategic vision, Insight is focused on seven strategic initiatives: 

•  Continue to build “VAR-like” solutions capabilities; 
•  Leverage existing client relationships; 
•  Extend our reach into new client segments; 
•  Expand our global capabilities; 
•  Align tactics to ensure we deliver value to partners; 
•  Drive operational efficiency and improve our return on invested capital (“ROIC”); and  
•  Continue to strengthen the teammate experience. 

Continue to build “VAR-like” solutions capabilities.  The Value-Added Resellers (“VARs”) that have historically 

serviced the solutions needs of business end-users are typically smaller companies with technical expertise in fewer 
product and service specialties and in more limited geographic areas than Insight.  Unlike “typical” VARs, Insight has 
broader capabilities with expanding service capabilities, a wider product offering with an efficient supply chain, and the 
ability to service clients across multiple industries and geographies.    

In addition to our standard IT lifecycle services offerings, our strategy is to focus on expanding our technical 

expertise in three high-growth advanced IT solution areas: 

•  Networking and Communication; 
•  High Performance Systems and Storage; and 
•  Enterprise Software. 

By maintaining the strength of our base value proposition and continuing to develop these differentiators, Insight 

seeks to be a single source for our clients’ technology needs – from standard hardware and software offerings to 
advanced technologies, and from standard IT lifecycle services to advanced IT solutions. 

Leverage existing client relationships.  Our relationships with our clients and their loyalty to Insight are based on the 

trust they have in our organization, their interactions with our teammates, and their confidence that Insight will provide 
the right solutions to address their needs.  By fostering these relationships and providing an exceptional experience for 
our clients, we believe that we will increase our value to our clients and create stronger and deeper relationships with 
them. 

We are focused on increasing our “share of wallet” with our existing client base through expansion of our product 

and services portfolio.  Our strategy is not only to increase the assortment of products and services a client purchases 
from us, but also to diversify from PCs into higher-end technologies, directing clients to advanced technologies in order 
to enhance their businesses.   

An important differentiator for Insight is our multi-faceted selling approach, which makes it easier for clients to do 

business with us.  Based on their preferences, clients can interact with us face-to-face, via the Web or over the phone, 
selecting the type of interaction method that best meets their needs and preferences at any given point in time.   

Although we are focused on leveraging existing client relationships, no single client accounted for more than 3% of 

our consolidated net sales in 2008.   

Extend our reach into new client segments.   Our clients include businesses as well as governmental and educational 

entities.  We believe that clients with over 500 technology users who regularly use business technology in the 
performance of their jobs are a valuable portion of the IT hardware, software and services market because they demand 
high-performance technology solutions, appreciate well-trained account executives, purchase frequently, are value 
conscious and are knowledgeable buyers who require less technical support than the average individual consumer.  
Although we believe there is substantial opportunity to grow our market share in this client segment, part of our strategy 
to extend our reach into new client segments is to expand our target base to include clients with 50 – 500 technology 
users.  We believe this market segment provides incremental opportunity for Insight, specifically in the U.S., and that 
this portion of the market is underserved and typically contributes higher gross margins.  Our operating model, which 
allows us to tailor our offerings to the size and complexity of our client, positions us to serve our target markets 
effectively by combining highly qualified field and telesales account executives, advanced service capabilities, focused 
client service, competitive pricing and cost-effective distribution systems.   

Expand our global capabilities.   We believe that our global delivery capabilities differentiate us with our clients and 

partners.  Insight has a larger geographic footprint than many of our competitors, particularly when compared to U.S.-

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based hardware resellers.  We also offer the benefit of independent support and advice compared to 
manufacturers/publishers.  Strategic imperatives for our global expansion include diversifying from the U.S. market by 
seizing opportunities in new markets, such as our recent expansion into Russia, and serving our existing client base in a 
greater number of locations around the world.  While current economic conditions make it more difficult to expand into 
new markets, we continue to look for appropriate opportunities.   

Our global expansion plans are focused on two distinct activities:  

•  Geographic expansion – Focused on increasing our penetration in EMEA and APAC in growing markets 

where we see the greatest growth and return on investment opportunity.  

•  Portfolio expansion – Focused on broadening our offering in established markets by adding hardware and 

services and expanding our client base in certain existing markets, specifically in EMEA and APAC, where 
we currently only offer software and software related services.  

For a discussion of risks associated with international operations, see “Risk Factors – There are risks associated with 

our international operations that are different than the risks associated with our operations in the U.S., and our exposure 
to the risks of a global market could hinder our ability to maintain and expand international operations,” in Part I, Item 
1A of this report. 

Align tactics to ensure we deliver value to partners.  We are focused on understanding our partners’ objectives and 

developing plans and programs to grow our mutual businesses.  Our strategy is focused on:  increasing partner alignment 
by increasing skills and marketing alignment with key partners; building enhanced capabilities to deliver, monitor, 
analyze and report return on marketing investment for our partners; and building strong relationships with our key 
partners’ field sales organizations. 

We measure partner satisfaction annually through a partner satisfaction survey in North America and EMEA and 
through similar means in APAC.  We hold quarterly business reviews with our largest partners to review business results 
from the prior quarter, discuss plans for the future and obtain feedback.  Additionally, we host an annual partner 
conference in North America and EMEA where we articulate our strategy and facilitate various strategic and tactical 
discussions with our partners. 

For a discussion of risks associated with our reliance on partners, see “Risk Factors – We rely on our partners for 

product availability, marketing funds, purchasing incentives and competitive products to sell,” in Part I, Item 1A of this 
report. 

Drive operational efficiency and improve our return on invested capital (“ROIC”).  Our goal is to decrease selling, 
general and administrative expenses as a percentage of net sales.  In the short term, to address market weakness and the 
deterioration in our operational performance, we took significant restructuring actions in 2008 to reduce fixed costs and 
discretionary spending.   In 2009, we plan to continue to take actions to decrease discretionary spending, such as 
eliminating merit increases, reducing equity incentive programs, foregoing employee recognition events, minimizing 
non-client travel, and continuing to evaluate all aspects of our cost structure given the current economic environment.  
We also plan to leverage the functionality of our IT systems to automate manual processes and improve efficiencies 
throughout the organization.  We have implemented a ROIC focus into our core management systems and have 
introduced appropriate metrics and rewards to reinforce the importance of this key measure.  We also maintain a close 
focus on cash flow and liquidity and have initiatives underway to improve working capital metrics, such as days sales 
outstanding and days purchases outstanding, and to continue to focus on strong inventory management through 
balancing warehousing versus direct shipments to our clients.   

Continue to strengthen the teammate experience.  We believe our teammates are the foundation of the Insight 

experience.  Therefore, we focus on teammate development to promote teammate satisfaction, build teammates’ skill sets 
and motivate teammates to ensure client satisfaction.  We use a multi-faceted approach to assess and improve teammate 
satisfaction, including confidential surveys, teammate interviews, focus groups and a variety of other methods.  In 
addition, we monitor key teammate metrics each month, such as turnover and attrition rates, as well as measures against 
development, diversity and training goals.   

Hardware, Software and Services Offerings 

Hardware Offerings.  We currently offer our clients in North America and the United Kingdom a comprehensive 

selection of IT hardware products.  We offer products from hundreds of manufacturers, including such leading 
manufacturers as Hewlett-Packard (“HP”), Cisco, Lenovo, IBM, Panasonic and American Power Conversion 

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Corporation (“APC”).  Our scale and purchasing power, combined with our efficient, high-volume and cost effective 
direct sales and marketing forces, allow us to offer competitive prices.  We believe that offering multiple vendor choices 
enables us to better serve our clients by providing a variety of product solutions to best address their specific business 
needs.  These needs may be based on particular client preferences or other criteria, such as real-time best pricing and 
availability, or compatibility with existing technology.  In addition to our distribution facilities, we have “direct-ship” 
programs with many of our partners, including manufacturers and distributors, through the use of EDI and XML links 
allowing us to expand our product offerings without further increasing inventory, handling costs or inventory risk 
exposure.  As a result, we are able to provide a vast product offering with billions of dollars of products in virtual 
inventory.  Convenience and product options among multiple brands are key competitive advantages against 
manufacturers’ direct selling programs, which are generally limited to their own brands and may not offer clients a 
complete or best solution across all product categories. 

Software Offerings.  Our clients acquire software applications from us in the form of licensing agreements with 
software publishers, boxed products, or through a growing delivery model, “Software as a Service” (“SaaS”).  Under 
SaaS, clients subscribe to software that is hosted by the software publisher on the internet.  The majority of our clients 
obtain their software applications through licensing agreements, which we believe is a result of their ease of 
administration and cost-effectiveness.  Licensing agreements, or right-to-copy agreements, allow a client to either 
purchase a license for each of its users in a single transaction or periodically report its software usage, paying a license 
fee for each user.  For most clients, the overall cost of acquiring software through a licensing arrangement is 
substantially less than purchasing boxed products.   

As software publishers choose different procedures for implementing licensing agreements, businesses must 
evaluate the alternatives to ensure that they select the appropriate agreements and comply with the publishers’ licensing 
terms when purchasing and managing their software licenses.  We work closely, either locally or globally, with our 
clients to understand their licensing requirements and to educate them regarding the options available under publisher 
licensing agreements.  Many of our clients who have elected to purchase software licenses through licensing agreements 
have also entered into software maintenance agreements, which allow clients to receive new versions, upgrades or 
updates of software products released during the maintenance period, in exchange for a specified annual fee.  We assist 
our clients and partner publishers in tracking and renewing these agreements.  In connection with certain enterprise-wide 
licensing agreements, publishers may choose to bill and collect from clients directly.  In these cases, we earn a referral 
fee directly from the publisher. 

Services Offerings.  We currently offer a suite of professional services in the U.S. and the United Kingdom via our 
own field service personnel, augmented by services partners to fill gaps in our geographic coverage or capabilities.  We 
also utilize partners to deliver these services in Canada.  Developing these capabilities internally or through targeted 
acquisitions over time in other geographies is an essential element of a technology solution and, we believe, will be a key 
differentiator for us.  

The breadth and quality of our technical and service capabilities are key points of differentiation for us.  We have, 

and continue to develop, an array of technical expertise and service capabilities to help identify, acquire, implement and 
manage technology solutions to allow our clients to address their business needs.  We believe that none of our 
competition is able to offer the same breadth and depth of IT solutions that we offer across our target client groups in 
North America and EMEA.  

In the Company today, we have the following four technology practice groups that focus on key emerging 
technologies and the best practice standards that are required to build, upgrade and/or optimize agile and cost-
effective IT infrastructures: 

•  Networking and Communications; 
•  High Performance Systems and Storage;  
•  Enterprise Software; and 
• 
IT Lifecycle Services. 

These technology practice groups are responsible for understanding client needs and, together with our technology 

partners, customizing total solutions that address those needs.  These technology practice groups are made up of 
industry- and product-certified engineers, consultants and specialists who are up-to-date on best practices and the latest 
developments in their respective practice areas.    

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Networking and Communications.   Advanced networking technologies that merge voice, data and video 
applications are becoming a critical component of an enterprise’s strategic IT infrastructure and the backbone of an 
organization’s unified communications strategy.  We are a Cisco Gold Certified partner in the United States and the 
United Kingdom and have Master Certifications in unified communications and security in the U.S.  Our networking and 
communications solutions provide clients secure voice and data communications within and across organizations and are 
marketed and delivered in four areas: 

•  Network strategy and infrastructure; 
•  Unified communications; 
•  Security; and 
•  Managed services. 

We offer design, implementation and support of a wide range of networking and communications solutions 
including IP-based telephony, unified communications, wireless LAN, network security, network management and 
network infrastructure, and mobility solutions.  We have the scale, skill and technology investments required to execute a 
spectrum of management services.  Operating 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year, through our network 
operations center, we serve as an extension of our clients’ teams, dedicating resources that keep their networks operating 
at optimal capacity.  We expect to leverage our 2008 acquisitions of Calence and MINX to continue expanding our 
global capabilities around networking and communications. 

High-Performance Systems and Storage.   Using technology from HP, IBM, EMC, AMD and VMware, we provide 
high-end servers, data disk arrays, hard drives, tape libraries, blades, and virtualization software to help clients build and 
maintain responsive IT infrastructures that allow them to quickly adapt to changes in business priorities.  We also 
provide IT professional services for designing, implementing and managing adaptive server and storage environments 
for our clients – ensuring a resilient and cost-effective data center while reducing maintenance and management costs. 

Enterprise Software Solutions.  As one of the leading resellers of Microsoft business software, we provide desktop 

deployment, migration, communication and collaboration solutions for clients. We assess, implement and manage a 
clients’ software environment through our portfolio of service offerings including configuration and integration services.  
These services remove time-consuming steps and costs from our client’s deployment process. 

IT Lifecycle Services.  We offer clients a suite of services designed to streamline the deployment cycle of IT assets, 

as well as minimize the complexity and cost of managing those assets throughout their life.  We: 

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provide advice on hardware, software licensing and financing programs;  
streamline procurement;  
plan and manage the rollout; 
assist with developing standards and implementing best practices; 
pre-configure systems, load custom software images and tag assets; 
provide logistics planning and drop-ship to locations; 
provide on-site implementation; 
offer help desk support for users; and 
provide IT maintenance services and disposal of equipment at end-of-life. 

These services are available primarily in the U.S., Canada and the United Kingdom at present.  

In addition, we offer clients a portfolio of Software Asset Management (“SAM”) services, including SAM 

consultation, assessment of ISO standard attainment, license reconciliations, and our proprietary Insight:LicenseAdvisor 
SAM solution platform.  Our SAM services are provided to clients throughout North America, EMEA and APAC. 

Information Technology Systems 

We have committed significant resources to the IT systems we use to manage our business.  We believe that our 
success is dependent upon our ability to provide prompt and efficient service to our clients based on the accuracy, quality 
and utilization of the information generated by our IT systems.  These systems affect our ability to manage our sales, 
client service, distribution, inventories and accounting systems and the reliability of our voice and data networks.  Our 
U.S. and foreign locations are not on a single IT system platform. 

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To support our business more efficiently and effectively, we recently completed an IT systems upgrade project in 
the U.S. hardware and services portion of our North America operations.  We are focused on driving improvements in 
sales productivity through this upgraded IT system to support higher levels of client satisfaction and new client 
acquisition as well as garnering efficiencies in this portion of our business as more processes become automated.  We are 
also in the process of the conversion of our EMEA operations to a new IT system platform intended to enable us to sell 
hardware and services to clients in that region to promote future sales growth.  We believe that in order to remain 
competitive, we will need to continue to make enhancements and upgrades to our IT systems.          

For a discussion of risks associated with our IT systems, see “Risk Factors – Disruptions in our IT systems and voice 
and data networks, including our systems upgrades and the migration of acquired businesses to our IT systems and voice 
and data networks, could affect our ability to service our clients and cause us to incur additional expenses,” in Part I, 
Item 1A of this report. 

Competition 

The IT hardware, software and services industry is very fragmented and highly competitive.  We compete with a 

large number and wide variety of marketers and resellers of IT hardware, software and services, including: 

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product manufacturers, such as Dell, HP, IBM and Lenovo; 
software publishers, such as IBM and Microsoft; 
direct marketers, such as CDW Corporation (North America) and Systemax (Europe); 
software resellers, such as SoftChoice, PC Ware and Software House International; 
systems integrators, such as Compucom Systems, Inc.; 
national and regional resellers, including VARs, specialty retailers, aggregators, distributors, and to a lesser 
extent, national computer retailers, computer superstores, Internet-only computer providers, consumer 
electronics and office supply superstores and mass merchandisers;  
national and global service providers, such as IBM Global Services and HP/EDS; and 
e-tailers, such as Amazon, Buy.com and e-Buyer (United Kingdom). 

The competitive landscape in the industry is changing as various competitors expand their product and service 

offerings.  In addition, emerging models such as Software as a Service (SaaS) are creating new competitors and 
opportunities. 

We believe that we have three advantages over our competitors: 

•  Global Reach – We have one of the broadest footprints in the IT industry, with physical presence in 22 

countries and the ability to service clients in 170 countries, either internally or through partner 
relationships.  Our ability to conduct business with clients in their language and currency is a key 
differentiator.   

•  Client Penetration and Retention – We have deep penetration in small, medium and large businesses and 

public sector institutions.  Most competitors focus on one or two of these sectors.  This enables us to reach 
a broad range of clients on behalf of our partners.  In addition, we have very strong client retention and 
loyalty that can be leveraged as we build our trusted advisor capabilities. 

•  Technical Expertise and Service Offerings – We have broad technical expertise when compared to the 

competition as evidenced by our long list of certifications, licensing capability and technology practices.  In 
addition, we offer a broad array of technology-related services to our clients.   

We have two primary weaknesses: 

•  Brand Awareness – The Insight brand is less known than those of our primary competitors, and we believe 

our advertising expenditures are significantly lower than many of our competitors. 

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Inconsistent Geographic Delivery Capabilities – While we have deeper capabilities than many of our 
competitors, our ability to deliver across all geographies varies considerably.  Our most developed 
capabilities (hardware, software and services) are found in the U.S. and the United Kingdom.  Our 
capabilities in Canada are deep in software and hardware and are developing in services.  The balance of 
our footprint currently delivers only software and software-related services.  

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For a discussion of risks associated with the actions of our competitors, see “Risk Factors – The IT hardware, 
software and services industry is intensely competitive, and actions of our competitors, including manufacturers and 
publishers of  products we sell, can negatively affect our business,” in Part I, Item 1A of this report.   

Partners 

During 2008, we purchased products and software from approximately 5,160 partners.  Approximately 58% (based 

on dollar volume) of these purchases from partners were directly from manufacturers or software publishers, with the 
balance purchased through distributors.  Purchases from Microsoft, a software publisher, Ingram Micro, a distributor, 
and HP, a manufacturer, accounted for approximately 22%, 11%, and 11%, respectively, of our aggregate purchases in 
2008.  No other partner accounted for more than 10% of purchases in 2008.  Our top five partners as a group for 2008 
were Microsoft, Ingram Micro, HP, Tech Data (a distributor) and Cisco (a manufacturer).  Approximately 60% of our 
total purchases during 2008 came from this group of partners.  Although brand names and individual products are 
important to our business, we believe that competitive sources of supply are available in substantially all of our product 
categories such that, with the exception of Microsoft, we are not dependent on any single partner for sourcing products.     

We obtain supplier reimbursements from certain product manufacturers, software publishers and distribution 
partners based typically upon the volume of sales or purchases of their products and services.  In other cases, such 
reimbursements may be in the form of participation in our partner programs, which may require specific services or 
activities with our clients, discounts, marketing funds, price protection or rebates.  Manufacturers and publishers may 
also provide mailing lists, contacts or leads to us.  We believe that supplier reimbursements allow us to increase our 
marketing reach and strengthen our relationships with leading manufacturers and publishers.  These reimbursements are 
important to us, and any elimination or substantial reduction would increase our costs of goods sold or marketing 
expenses, resulting in a corresponding decrease in our earnings from operations and net earnings.  During 2008, sales of 
Microsoft products and HP products accounted for approximately 26% and 17%, respectively, of our consolidated net 
sales.  No other manufacturer’s products accounted for more than 10% of our consolidated net sales in 2008.  Sales of 
product from our top five manufacturers/publishers as a group (Microsoft, HP, Cisco, Lenovo and IBM) accounted for 
approximately 60% of Insight’s consolidated net sales during 2008.  We believe that the majority of IT purchases by our 
clients, with the exception of Microsoft, are made based on the ability of our total product and service offering to meet 
their IT needs, more than on the offering or availability of specific brands.   

As we move into new service areas, consistent with our strategy to expand our technical expertise, we may become 

more reliant on certain partner relationships.  For a discussion of risks associated with our reliance on partners, see “Risk 
Factors – We rely on our partners for product availability, marketing funds, purchasing incentives and competitive 
products to sell,” in Part I, Item 1A of this report. 

Teammates 

We believe our teammate relations are good.  Our teammates are not represented by any labor union, and we have 

not experienced any work stoppages.  Certain teammates in various countries outside of the U.S. are subject to laws 
providing representation rights to teammates on work councils.  At December 31, 2008, we had 4,581 teammates as 
follows: 

Management, support services 

and administration .................  
Sales account executives ............  
Distribution ................................  
Total ...................................  

North 
America 

1,705 
1,285 
129 
3,119 

EMEA 

APAC 

Consolidated 

573
680    
44    
1,297    

69
96
-
165

2,347 
2,061 
173 
4,581 

We have invested in our teammates’ futures and our future through an ongoing program of internal and external 

training.  Training programs include new hire orientation, sales training, general industry and computer education, 
technical training, specific product training and on-going teammate and management development programs.  We 
emphasize on-the-job training and provide our teammates and managers with development opportunities through online 
and classroom training relevant to their needs. 

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Information regarding the number and tenure of account executives in North America, EMEA and APAC at 

December 31, 2008 and 2007 follows: 

North America 

EMEA 

APAC 

   12/31/08   

   12/31/07   

  12/31/08   

  12/31/07   

  12/31/08   

  12/31/07 

Number of account 

executives .............

1,285 

1,349 

680 

571 

96 

Tenure: 
Less than one year  ......
One to two years ..........
Two to three years .......
More than three years ..

23% 
15% 
8% 
54% 
100% 

27% 
11% 
11% 
51% 
100% 

30% 
21% 
14% 
35% 
100% 

31% 
19% 
16% 
34% 
100% 

34% 
19% 
17% 
30% 
100% 

58

35%
21%
22%
22%
100%

Average tenure .............

    4.7 years 

    4.2 years 

    3.4 years 

    3.0 years 

    2.5 years 

    3.4 years

Tenure is important to our business as our statistics show that account executive productivity increases with 

experience.  The number of account executives and tenure statistics for EMEA at December 31, 2007 have been changed 
to conform to the current year presentation.  This presentation also conforms to how we define account executive in our 
North America and APAC operating segments.  The increase in average tenure for North America and EMEA is due 
primarily to expense actions taken in 2008, which tended to result in reductions in our lesser experienced account 
executives in those segments.  Average tenure for APAC has decreased as the result of the hiring of additional software 
account executives in 2008.   

For a discussion of risks associated with our dependence on key personnel, including sales personnel, see “Risk 

Factors – We depend on key personnel,” in Part I, Item 1A of this report. 

Seasonality 

General economic conditions have an effect on our business and results of operations.  We also experience some 

seasonal trends in our sales of IT hardware, software and services.  For example: 

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software sales are seasonally significantly higher in our second and fourth quarters, particularly the second 
quarter; 
business clients, particularly larger enterprise businesses in the U.S., tend to spend less in the first quarter 
and more in our fourth quarter as they utilize their remaining capital budget authorizations;  
sales to the federal government in the U.S. are often stronger in our third quarter; and 
sales to public sector clients in the United Kingdom are often stronger in our first quarter. 

These trends create overall seasonality in our consolidated results such that sales and profitability are expected to be 

higher in the second and fourth quarters of the year.  For a discussion of risks associated with seasonality see “Risk 
Factors – Sales of software licenses are subject to seasonal changes in demand and resulting sales activities,” in Part I, 
Item 1A of this report. 

Backlog 

The majority of our backlog historically has been and continues to be open cancelable purchase orders.  We do not 

believe that backlog as of any particular date is indicative of future results.  

Intellectual Property 

  We do not maintain a traditional research and development group, but we do develop and seek to protect a range of 
intellectual property, including trademarks, service marks, copyrights, domain name rights, trade dress, trade secrets and 
similar intellectual property relying, for such protection, on applicable statutes and common law rights, trade-secret 
protection and confidentiality and license agreements, as applicable, with teammates, clients, partners and others to 
protect our intellectual property rights.  Our principal trademark is a registered mark, and we also license certain of our 
proprietary intellectual property rights to third parties.  We have registered a number of domain names, applied for 
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applications.  We believe our trademarks and service marks, in particular, have significant value and we continue to 
invest in the promotion of our trademarks and service marks and in our protection of them.  

Available Information 

Our annual report on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, current reports on Form 8-K and amendments to 

reports filed pursuant to Sections 13(a) and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange 
Act”), and the reports of beneficial ownership filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act  are available free of 
charge on our Web site at www.insight.com, as soon as reasonably practicable after we electronically file with, or furnish 
to, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”).  The information contained on our Web site is not included as a 
part of, or incorporated by reference into, this Annual Report on Form 10-K.  Please see “Explanatory Note Regarding 
Restatement of Our Consolidated Financial Statements” above regarding our previous reports not being amended for the 
restatement of our financial statements.  The financial information included in reports previously filed or furnished by 
Insight Enterprises, Inc. for prior periods should not be relied upon and are superseded by the information in this Annual 
Report on Form 10-K. 

Item 1A.  Risk Factors 

General economic conditions, including concerns regarding a global recession and credit constraints, or 

unfavorable economic conditions in a particular region, business or industry sector, may lead our clients to delay or 
forgo investments in IT hardware, software and services, either of which could adversely affect our business, 
financial condition, operating results and cash flow.  A continued slowdown or recession in the global economy, or in 
a particular region, or business or industry sector, or sustained or further tightening of credit markets, could cause our 
clients to: have difficulty accessing capital and credit sources; delay contractual payments; or delay or forgo decisions to 
(i) upgrade or add to their existing IT environments, (ii) license new software or (iii) purchase services (particularly with 
respect to discretionary spending for hardware, software and services).  Such events could adversely affect our business, 
financial condition, operating results and cash flow. 

Changes in the IT industry and/or the economic environment may reduce demand for the IT hardware, software 

and services we sell.  Our results of operations are influenced by a variety of factors, including the condition of the IT 
industry, general economic conditions, shifts in demand for, or availability of, IT hardware, software, peripherals and 
services, and industry introductions of new products, upgrades or methods of distribution.  Weak economic conditions 
generally or a reduction in IT spending adversely affects our business, operating results and financial condition.  Net 
sales can be dependent on demand for specific product categories, and any change in demand for or supply of such 
products could have a material adverse effect on our net sales, and/or cause us to record write-downs of obsolete 
inventory, if we fail to react in a timely manner to such changes.  Our operating results are also highly dependent upon 
our level of gross profit as a percentage of net sales, which fluctuates due to numerous factors, including changes in 
prices from partners, changes in the amount and timing of supplier reimbursements and marketing funds, volumes of 
purchases, changes in client mix, the relative mix of products sold during the period, general competitive conditions, 
opportunistic purchases of inventory and opportunities to increase market share.  In addition, our expense levels, 
including the cost of recruiting account executives, are based, in part, on anticipated net sales and the anticipated amount 
and timing of vendor funding.  Therefore, we may not be able to reduce spending quickly enough to compensate for any 
unexpected net sales shortfall, and any such inability could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of 
operations and financial condition.   

  We rely on our partners for product availability, marketing funds, purchasing incentives and competitive 
products to sell.  We acquire products for resale both directly from manufacturers/publishers and indirectly through 
distributors.  The loss of a partner could cause a disruption in the availability of products.  Additionally, there is no 
assurance that, as manufacturers/publishers continue to sell directly to end users and through the distribution channel, 
they will not limit or curtail the availability of their product to resellers like us.  In addition, a reduction in the amount of 
credit granted to us by our partners could increase our cost of working capital and have a material adverse effect on our 
business, results of operations and financial condition. 

Although product is generally available from multiple sources via the distribution channel as well as directly from 

manufacturers/publishers, we rely on the manufacturers/publishers of products we offer not only for product availability 
and vendor funding, but also for development and marketing of products that compete effectively with products of 
manufacturers/publishers we do not currently offer, particularly Dell.  Although we have the ability to sell, and from 
time to time do sell, Dell product if it is specifically requested by our clients and approved by Dell, we do not proactively 
advertise for or offer Dell products. 

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Certain manufacturers/publishers and distributors provide us with substantial incentives in the form of rebates, 
supplier reimbursements and marketing funds, early payment discounts, referral fees and price protections.  Vendor 
funding is used to offset, among other things, inventory costs, costs of goods sold, marketing costs and other operating 
expenses.  Certain of these funds are based on our volume of net sales or purchases, growth rate of net sales or purchases 
and marketing programs.  If we do not grow our net sales over prior periods or if we are not in compliance with the terms 
of these programs, there could be a material negative effect on the amount of incentives offered or paid to us by 
manufacturers/publishers.  Additionally, partners routinely change the requirements for, and the amount of, funds 
available, and we expect that many of our partners will reduce the amount of funds available during periods of economic 
slowdown.  No assurance can be given that we will continue to receive such incentives or that we will be able to collect 
outstanding amounts relating to these incentives in a timely manner, or at all.  We anticipate that, during 2009, the 
incentives that many vendors provide to us will be reduced.  Any sizeable reduction in, the discontinuance of, a 
significant delay in receiving or the inability to collect such incentives, particularly related to programs with our largest 
vendors, HP and Microsoft, could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial 
condition.   

  We have received an informal inquiry from the Division of Enforcement of the SEC and are subject to 
stockholder litigation related to the restatement of our consolidated financial statements.  As described elsewhere in 
this annual report, we identified errors in the Company’s accounting related to trade credits in prior periods and 
determined that corrections to our consolidated financial statements were required to reverse material prior period 
reductions of costs of goods sold and selling and administrative expenses and the related income tax effects of these 
incorrect releases of certain aged trade credits. 

There is a pending informal inquiry from the Division of Enforcement of the SEC regarding our historical 

accounting treatment of aged trade credits, and we cannot make any assurances regarding the outcome or consequences 
of that inquiry.  Our internal review and related activities have already required the Company to incur substantial 
expenses for legal, accounting, tax and other professional services, and any future related investigations or litigation 
would require further expenditures and could harm our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash 
flows.  Further, if the Company is subject to adverse findings in litigation, regulatory proceedings or government 
enforcement actions, the Company could be required to pay damages or penalties or have other remedies imposed, which 
could harm its business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows. 

Beginning in March 2009, three purported class action lawsuits were filed in the U.S. District Court for the District 

of Arizona against us and certain of our current and former directors and officers on behalf of purchasers of our 
securities during the period April 22, 2004 to February 6, 2009 (the period specified in the first complaint is January 30, 
2007 to February 6, 2009). The complaints, which seek unspecified damages, assert claims under the federal securities 
laws relating to our February 9, 2009 announcement that we expected to restate our financial statements for the year 
ended December 31, 2007 and for the first three quarters of 2008 and that the restatement would include a material 
reduction of retained earnings. The complaints also allege that we issued false and misleading financial statements and 
issued misleading public statements about our results of operations. None of the defendants have responded to the 
complaints at this time. 

Our common stock could be delisted from Nasdaq if we fail to maintain compliance with Nasdaq’s requirements 

for continued listing. The Company has received a Nasdaq Staff Determination letter stating that, as a result of the 
delayed filing of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008, the Company was 
not in compliance with the filing requirements for continued listing as set forth in Marketplace Rule 5250(c)(1) and was 
therefore subject to delisting from the Nasdaq Global Select Market.  With the filing of this report, the Company believes 
that it has remedied its non-compliance with Marketplace Rule 5250(c)(1).  However, if the SEC disagrees with the 
manner in which the Company has accounted for and reported, or not reported, the financial effects of past aged trade 
credits, there could be further delays in filing subsequent SEC reports that might result in delisting of the Company’s 
common stock from the Nasdaq Global Select Market. 

The failure of our clients to pay the accounts receivable they owe to us or the loss of significant clients could 

have a significant negative impact on our business, results of operations, financial condition or liquidity.  A 
significant portion of our working capital consists of accounts receivable from clients.  If clients responsible for a 
significant amount of accounts receivable were to become insolvent or otherwise unable to pay for products and services, 
or were to become unwilling or unable to make payments in a timely manner, our business, results of operations, 
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payment cycles, increased collection costs and defaults in excess of management’s expectations.  A significant 
deterioration in our ability to collect on accounts receivable could also impact the cost or availability of financing under 
our accounts receivable securitization program discussed below. 

  We have outstanding debt and may need to refinance that debt and/or incur additional debt in the future, and 
general economic conditions and continued disruptions in the credit markets could limit our ability to obtain such 
financing or could increase the cost of financing.  Our credit facilities include a five-year $300.0 million senior 
revolving credit facility, a $150.0 million accounts receivable securitization financing facility (the “ABS facility”), and a 
$90.0 million inventory financing facility.  As of December 31, 2008, we had $228.0 million of outstanding long-term 
indebtedness, all of which was borrowed under our senior revolving credit facility.  As of the end of fiscal 2008, the 
following amounts were available under our credit facilities, prior to the limitations discussed below: 

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$72.0 million under our senior revolving credit facility; 
$150.0 million under our accounts receivable securitization financing facility; and 
$9.1 million under our inventory financing facility. 

Our borrowing capacity under our senior revolving credit facility and the ABS facility is limited by certain financial 

covenants, particularly a maximum leverage ratio.  The maximum leverage ratio is calculated as aggregate debt 
outstanding divided by the Company’s trailing twelve months EBITDA, as defined in the agreements.  The maximum 
leverage ratio permitted under the agreements is currently 3.0 times trailing twelve-month EBITDA and steps down to 
2.75 times in October 2009.  A significant drop in EBITDA would limit the amount of indebtedness that could be 
outstanding at the end of any fiscal quarter, to a level that could be below the Company’s total debt capacity.  As of 
December 31, 2008, of the $450.0 million of total debt capacity available, the Company’s borrowing capacity was 
limited to $402.1 million based on trailing twelve-month EBITDA of $134.0 million. 

Subsequent to December 31, 2008, as a result of the decline in overall sales volume in the U.S. legacy hardware 
business in the first quarter of 2009, our availability under the ABS facility decreased by $40.3 million as of March 31, 
2009.  Additionally, we further reduced our eligible receivables under this facility by $45.9 million to reflect the U.S. 
legacy gross trade credit liabilities that were recorded as part of our financial statement restatement described in Note 2 
of our Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements in Item 8 of this report.  As a result, total availability under our 
ABS facility at March 31, 2009 was $63.8 million. 

The term of our accounts receivable securitization financing facility is scheduled to expire on September 17, 2009.  

Our senior revolving credit facility and inventory financing facility both mature on April 1, 2013.  We may not be able to 
refinance our debt without a significant increase in cost, or at all, and there can be no assurance that additional lines of 
credit or financing instruments will be available to us.  A lack, or high cost, of credit could limit our ability to: obtain 
additional financing for working capital, capital expenditures, debt service requirements, acquisitions or other purposes 
in the future, as needed; plan for, or react to, changes in technology and in our business and competition; and react in the 
event of a further economic downturn.   

  While we believe we can meet our capital requirements from our cash resources, future cash flow and the sources of 
financing that we anticipate will be available to us, we can provide no assurance that we will continue to be able to do so, 
particularly if current market or economic conditions continue or deteriorate further.  The future effects on our business, 
liquidity and financial results of these conditions could be material and adverse to us, both in ways described above and 
in other ways that we do not currently foresee. 

Disruptions in our IT systems and voice and data networks, including the system upgrade and the migration of 

acquired businesses to our IT systems and voice and data networks, could affect our ability to service our clients and 
cause us to incur additional expenses.  We believe that our success to date has been, and future results of operations 
will be, dependent in large part upon our ability to provide prompt and efficient service to our clients.  Our ability to 
provide that level of service is largely dependent on the accuracy, quality and utilization of the information generated by 
our IT systems, which affects our ability to manage our sales, client service, distribution, inventories and accounting 
systems and the reliability of our voice and data networks.  We have been making and will continue to make 
enhancements and upgrades to our IT systems.  Additionally, certain assumed expense synergies are dependent on 
migrating acquired businesses to our IT systems.  There can be no assurances that these enhancements or conversions 
will not cause disruptions in our business, and any such disruption could have a material adverse effect on our results of 
operations and financial condition.  The conversion of EMEA to a new IT system platform is intended to enable us to sell 
hardware and services to clients in that region, and therefore any delay in that implementation or disruption of service 

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during that implementation would have an adverse effect on current results and future sales growth.  Further, any delay 
in the timing could reduce and/or delay our expense savings, and any such disruption could have a material adverse 
effect on our results of operations and financial condition.  Additionally, if we complete conversions that shorten the life 
of existing technology or impair the value of the existing system, we could incur additional depreciation expense and/or 
impairment charges.  Although we have built redundancy into most of our IT systems, have documented system outage 
policies and procedures and have comprehensive data backup, we do not have a formal disaster recovery plan.  
Substantial interruption in our IT systems or in our telephone communication systems would have a material adverse 
effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition.  

The IT hardware, software and services industry is intensely competitive, and actions of our competitors, 
including manufacturers and publishers of products we sell, can negatively affect our business.   Competition in the 
industry is based on price, product availability, speed of delivery, credit availability, quality and breadth of product lines, 
and, increasingly, on the ability to tailor specific solutions to client needs.  We compete with manufacturers/publishers, 
including manufacturers/publishers of products we sell, as well as a large number and wide variety of marketers and 
resellers of IT hardware, software and services.  Product manufacturers/publishers have programs to sell directly to 
business clients, particularly larger corporate clients, and are thus a competitive threat to us.  In addition, the manner in 
which software products are distributed and sold and the manner in which publishers compensate channel partners like 
us are continually changing.  Software publishers may intensify their efforts to sell their products directly to end-users, 
including our current and potential clients, and may reduce the compensation to resellers or change the requirements for 
earning these amounts.  Other products and methodologies for distributing software may be introduced by publishers, 
present competitors or other third parties.  An increase in the volume of products sold through any of these competitive 
programs or distributed directly electronically to end-users or a decrease in the amount of referral fees paid to us, or 
increased competition for providing services to these clients, could have a material adverse effect on our business, results 
of operations and financial condition. 

Additionally, we believe our industry will see further consolidation as product resellers and direct marketers 

combine operations or acquire or merge with other resellers, service providers and direct marketers to increase 
efficiency, service capabilities and market share.  Moreover, current and potential competitors have established or may 
establish cooperative relationships among themselves or with third parties to enhance their product and service offerings.  
Accordingly, it is possible that new competitors or alliances among competitors may emerge and acquire significant 
market share.  Generally, pricing is very aggressive in the industry, and we expect pricing pressures to continue.  There 
can be no assurance that we will be able to negotiate prices as favorable as those negotiated by our competitors or that 
we will be able to offset the effects of price reductions with an increase in the number of clients, higher net sales, cost 
reductions, greater sales of services, which are typically at higher gross margins, or otherwise.  Price reductions by our 
competitors that we either cannot or choose not to match could result in an erosion of our market share and/or reduced 
sales or, to the extent we match such reductions, could result in reduced operating margins, any of which could have a 
material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition.  

Certain of our competitors in each of our operating segments have longer operating histories and greater financial, 

technical, marketing and other resources than we do.  In addition, some of these competitors may be able to respond 
more quickly to new or changing opportunities, technologies and client requirements.  Many current and potential 
competitors also have greater name recognition and engage in more extensive promotional activities, offer more 
attractive terms to clients and adopt more aggressive pricing policies than we do.  Additionally, some of our competitors 
have higher margins and/or lower operating cost structures, allowing them to price more aggressively.  There can be no 
assurance that we will be able to compete effectively with current or future competitors or that the competitive pressures 
we face will not have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition.  

Another growing industry trend is the SaaS business model, whereby software vendors develop and make their 
applications available for use over the Internet.  In many cases, the SaaS model allows enterprises to obtain the benefits 
of commercially licensed, internally operated software without the associated complexity or high initial set-up, 
operational and licensing costs.  Advances in the SaaS business model and other new models could increase our 
competition or eliminate the need for a resale channel.  There can be no assurance that we will be able to compete 
effectively with current or future competitors or that the competitive pressures we face will not have a material adverse 
effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition. 

The integration and operation of acquired businesses may disrupt our business and create additional expenses, 

and we may not achieve the anticipated benefits of the acquisitions.  Integration of an acquired business involves 
numerous risks, including assimilation of operations of the acquired business and difficulties in the convergence of IT 

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systems, the diversion of management’s attention from other business concerns, risks of entering markets in which we 
have had no or only limited direct experience, assumption of unknown and unquantifiable liabilities, the potential loss of 
key teammates and/or clients, difficulties in completing strategic initiatives already underway in the acquired companies, 
and unfamiliarity with partners of the acquired company, each of which could have a material adverse effect on our 
business, results of operations and financial condition.  The success of our integration of acquired businesses assumes 
certain synergies and other benefits.  We cannot assure that these risks or other unforeseen factors will not offset the 
intended benefits of the acquisitions, in whole or in part. 

Sales of software licenses are subject to seasonal changes in demand and resulting sales activities.  Our software 
business is subject to seasonal change.  In particular, software sales are seasonally much higher in our second and fourth 
quarters.  As a result, our quarterly results will be affected by lower demand in the first and third quarters.  A majority of 
our costs are not variable, and therefore a substantial reduction in sales during a quarter could have a negative effect on 
operating results.  In addition, periods of higher sales activities during certain quarters may require a greater use of 
working capital to fund the business.  During these periods, these increased working capital requirements could 
temporarily increase our leverage and liquidity needs and expose us to greater financial risk.  Due to these seasonal 
changes, the operating results for any three-month period will not be indicative of the results that may be achieved for 
any subsequent fiscal quarter or for a full fiscal year. 

There are risks associated with our international operations that are different than the risks associated with our 

operations in the U.S., and our exposure to the risks of a global market could hinder our ability to maintain and 
expand international operations.  We have operation centers in Australia, Canada, Germany, France, the U.S., and the 
United Kingdom, as well as sales offices in Austria, Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, Denmark, Finland, France, 
Germany, Hong Kong, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Russia, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the United 
Kingdom and the U.S., and sales presence in Ireland and New Zealand.  In the regions in which we do not currently have 
a physical presence, such as Africa, Japan and India, we serve our clients through strategic relationships.  In Japan, we 
serve our clients through a joint venture with Uchida Spectrum.  In implementing our international strategy, we may face 
barriers to entry and competition from local companies and other companies that already have established global 
businesses, as well as the risks generally associated with conducting business internationally.  The success and 
profitability of international operations are subject to numerous risks and uncertainties, many of which are outside of our 
control, such as: 

political or economic instability; 
changes in governmental regulation or taxation; 
changes in import/export laws, regulations and customs and duties;  
trade restrictions; 
difficulties and costs of staffing and managing operations in certain foreign countries; 

• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
•  work stoppages or other changes in labor conditions; 
• 
• 
• 

taxes and other restrictions on repatriating foreign profits back to the U.S.; 
extended payment terms; and  
seasonal reductions in business activity in some parts of the world.  

In addition, until a payment history is established with clients in a new region, the likelihood of collecting 
receivables generated by such operations, on a timely basis or at all, could be less than in established markets.  As a 
result, there is a greater risk that reserves established with respect to the collection of such receivables may be 
inadequate.  Furthermore, changes in policies and/or laws of the U.S. or foreign governments resulting in, among other 
changes, higher taxation, currency conversion limitations or the nationalization of private enterprises could reduce the 
anticipated benefits of international operations.  Any actions by countries in which we conduct business to reverse 
policies that encourage foreign trade could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations and financial 
condition.   

Changes in, or interpretations of, tax rules and regulations may adversely affect our effective income tax rates 
or operating margins and we may be required to pay additional tax assessments.  We conduct business globally and 
file income tax returns in various U.S. and foreign tax jurisdictions.  Our effective tax rate could be adversely affected by 
various factors, many of which are outside of our control, including: 

• 
• 
• 

changes in pre-tax income in various jurisdictions in which we operate that have differing statutory tax rates;  
changes in tax laws, regulations, and/or interpretations of such tax laws in multiple jurisdictions;  
tax effects related to purchase accounting for acquisitions; and  

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• 

resolutions of issues arising from tax examinations and any related interest or penalties. 

The determination of our worldwide provision for income taxes and other tax liabilities requires estimation, 
judgment and calculations in situations where the ultimate tax determination may not be certain.  Our determination of 
tax liabilities is always subject to review or examination by tax authorities in various jurisdictions.  Any adverse outcome 
of such review or examination could have a negative impact on our operating results and financial condition.  The results 
from various tax examinations and audits may differ from the liabilities recorded in our financial statements and may 
adversely affect our financial results and cash flows. 

International operations expose us to currency exchange risk and we cannot predict the effect of future exchange 

rate fluctuations or the volatility of the U.S. dollar exchange rate on our business and operating results.  We have 
currency exposure arising from both sales and purchases denominated in foreign currencies, including intercompany 
transactions outside the U.S.  Changes in exchange rates between foreign currencies and the U.S. dollar, or between 
foreign currencies, may adversely affect our operating margins.  For example, if these foreign currencies appreciate 
against the U.S. dollar, it will become more expensive in U.S. dollars to pay expenses with foreign currencies.  In 
addition, currency devaluation against the U.S. dollar can result in a loss to us if we hold deposits denominated in the 
devalued currency.  We currently conduct limited hedging activities, and, to the extent not hedged, we are vulnerable to 
the effects of currency exchange-rate fluctuations.  In addition, some currencies are subject to limitations on conversion 
into other currencies, which can limit the ability to otherwise react to rapid foreign currency devaluations.  We cannot 
predict the effect of future exchange-rate fluctuations on business and operating results, and significant rate fluctuations 
could have a material adverse effect on results of operations and financial condition. 

International operations also expose us to currency fluctuations as we translate the financial statements of our 

foreign operations to U.S. dollars.   

  We depend on certain key personnel.  Our future success will be largely dependent on the efforts of key 
management personnel.  The loss of one or more of these leaders could have a material adverse effect on our business, 
results of operations and financial condition.  We cannot offer assurance that we will be able to continue to attract or 
retain highly qualified executive personnel or that any such executive personnel will be able to increase stockholder 
value.  We also believe that our future success will be largely dependent on our continued ability to attract and retain 
highly qualified management, sales, service and technical personnel, but we cannot offer assurance that we will be able 
to attract and retain such personnel.  Further, we make a significant investment in the training of our sales account 
executives and services engineers.  Our inability to retain such personnel or to train them either rapidly enough to meet 
our expanding needs or in an effective manner for quickly changing market conditions could cause a decrease in the 
overall quality and efficiency of our sales staff, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of 
operations and financial condition. 

The failure to comply with the terms and conditions of our public sector contracts could result in, among other 

things, fines or other liabilities.  Net sales to public sector clients are derived from sales to federal, state and local 
governmental departments and agencies, as well as to educational institutions, through open market sales and various 
contracts and programs.  Government contracting is a highly regulated area.  Noncompliance with government 
procurement regulations or contract provisions could result in civil, criminal, and administrative liability, including 
substantial monetary fines or damages, termination of government contracts, and suspension, debarment or ineligibility 
from doing business with the government.  In addition, substantially all of our contracts in the public sector are 
terminable at any time for convenience of the contracting agency or upon default.  The effect of any of these possible 
actions by any governmental department or agency or the adoption of new or modified procurement regulations or 
practices could materially adversely affect our business, financial position and results of operations. 

Rapid changes in product standards may result in substantial inventory obsolescence.  The IT industry is 
characterized by rapid technological change and the frequent introduction of new products and product enhancements, 
both of which can decrease demand for current products or render them obsolete.  In addition, in order to satisfy client 
demand, protect ourselves against product shortages, obtain greater purchasing discounts and react to changes in original 
equipment manufacturers’ terms and conditions, we may decide to carry relatively high inventory levels of certain 
products that may have limited or no return privileges.  There can be no assurance that we will be able to avoid losses 
related to inventory obsolescence on these products. 

  We may not be able to protect our intellectual property adequately, and we may be subject to intellectual property 
infringement claims.  To protect our intellectual property, we rely on copyright and trademark laws, unpatented 

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proprietary know-how, and trade secrets and patents, as well as confidentiality, invention assignment, non-solicitation 
and non-competition agreements.  There can be no assurance that these measures will afford us sufficient protection of 
our intellectual property, and it is possible that third parties may copy or otherwise obtain and use our proprietary 
information without authorization or otherwise infringe on our intellectual property rights.  The disclosure of our trade 
secrets could impair our competitive position and could have a material adverse effect on our business relationships, 
results of operations, financial condition and future growth prospects.  In addition, our registered trademarks and 
tradenames are subject to challenge by other rights owners.  This may affect our ability to continue using those marks 
and names.  Likewise, many businesses are actively investing in, developing and seeking protection for intellectual 
property in the areas of search, indexing, e-commerce and other Web-related technologies, as well as a variety of on-line 
business models and methods, all of which are in addition to traditional research and development efforts for IT products 
and application software.  As a result, disputes regarding the ownership of these technologies are likely to arise in the 
future, and, from time to time, parties do assert various infringement claims against us in the form of cease-and-desist 
letters, licensing inquiries, lawsuits and other communications.  If there is a determination that we have infringed the 
proprietary rights of others, we could incur substantial monetary liability, be forced to stop selling infringing products or 
providing infringing services, be required to enter into costly royalty or licensing agreements, if available, or be 
prevented from using the rights, which could force us to change our business practices in the future.  Additionally, as we 
increase the geographic scope of our operations and the types of services provided under the Insight brand, there is a 
greater likelihood that we will encounter challenges to our tradenames, trademarks and service marks.  We may not be 
able to use our principal mark without modification in all geographies for all of our offerings, and these challenges may 
come from either governmental agencies or other market participants.  These types of claims could have a material 
adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition. 

Some anti-takeover provisions contained in our certificate of incorporation, bylaws and stockholders rights 
agreement, as well as provisions of Delaware law and executive employment contracts, could impair a takeover 
attempt.  We have provisions in our certificate of incorporation and bylaws which could have the effect (separately, or in 
combination) of rendering more difficult or discouraging an acquisition deemed undesirable by our Board of Directors.  
These include provisions: 

• 

• 
• 
• 

• 

• 

authorizing blank check preferred stock, which could be issued with voting, liquidation, dividend and other 
rights superior to our common stock;  
limiting the liability of, and providing indemnification to, directors and officers;  
limiting the ability of our stockholders to call special meetings;  
requiring advance notice of stockholder proposals for business to be conducted at meetings of our stockholders 
and for nominations of candidates for election to our Board of Directors;  
controlling the procedures for conduct of Board and stockholder meetings and election and removal of 
directors; and  
specifying that stockholders may take action only at a duly called annual or special meeting of stockholders. 

These provisions, alone or together, could deter or delay hostile takeovers, proxy contests and changes in control or 

management.  As a Delaware corporation, we are also subject to provisions of Delaware law, including Section 203 of 
the Delaware General Corporation Law, which prevents some stockholders from engaging in certain business 
combinations without approval of the holders of substantially all of our outstanding common stock. 

On January 11, 2008, the Board of Directors amended our bylaws to provide that the Company will seek stockholder 

approval prior to its adoption of any stockholder rights plan, unless the Board, in the exercise of its fiduciary duties, 
determines that, under the circumstances existing at the time, it is in the best interest of our stockholders to adopt or 
extend a stockholder rights plan without delay.  The amendment further provides that a stockholder rights plan adopted 
or extended by the Board without prior stockholder approval must provide that it will expire unless ratified by the 
stockholders of the Company within one year of adoption.  Despite these bylaw provisions, we could adopt a stockholder 
rights plan for a limited period of time, and such a plan could have the effect of delaying or deterring a change of control 
that could limit the opportunity for stockholders to receive a premium for their shares.  

Additionally, we have employment agreements with certain officers and management teammates under which 
severance payments would become payable in the event of specified terminations without cause or terminations under 
certain circumstances after a change in control.  If such persons were terminated without cause or under certain 
circumstances after a change of control, and the severance payments under the current employment agreements were to 
become payable, the severance payments would generally range from three months of a teammate’s annual salary up to 
two times the teammate’s annual salary and bonus.     

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Any provision of our certificate of incorporation, bylaws or employment agreements, or Delaware law that has the 
effect of delaying or deterring a change in control could limit the opportunity for our stockholders to receive a premium 
for their shares of our common stock and also could affect the price that some investors are willing to pay for our 
common stock. 

Sales of additional common stock and securities convertible into our common stock may dilute the voting power 

of current holders.  We may issue equity securities in the future whose terms and rights are superior to those of our 
common stock.  Our certificate of incorporation authorizes the issuance of up to 3,000,000 shares of preferred stock.  
These are “blank check” preferred shares, meaning that our Board of Directors is authorized, from time to time, to issue 
the shares and designate their voting, conversion and other rights, including rights superior, or preferential, to rights of 
already outstanding shares, all without stockholder consent.  No preferred shares are outstanding, and we currently do 
not intend to issue any shares of preferred stock.  Any shares of preferred stock that may be issued in the future could be 
given voting and conversion rights that could dilute the voting power and equity of existing holders of shares of common 
stock and have preferences over shares of common stock with respect to dividends and liquidation rights.   

Item 1B.  Unresolved Staff Comments 

None. 

Item 2.  Properties   

  Our principal executive offices are located at 6820 South Harl Avenue, Tempe, Arizona 85283.  We believe that our 
facilities will be suitable and adequate for our present purposes, and we anticipate that we will be able to extend our 
existing leases on terms satisfactory to us or, if necessary, to locate substitute facilities on acceptable terms.  At 
December 31, 2008, we owned or leased a total of approximately 1.3 million square feet of office and warehouse space, 
and, while approximately 85% of the square footage is in the United States, we own or lease office and warehouse 
facilities in twelve countries in EMEA.        

Information about significant sales, distribution, services and administration facilities in use as of December 31, 

2008 is summarized in the following table:    

Operating Segment 
Headquarters 

Location 
Tempe, Arizona, USA

North America 

EMEA 

Tempe, Arizona, USA
Tempe, Arizona, USA
Bloomingdale, Illinois, USA
Hanover Park, Illinois, USA
Plano, Texas, USA 
Liberty Lake, Washington, USA
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Sheffield, United Kingdom
Sheffield, United Kingdom
Uxbridge, United Kingdom
Munich, Germany 
Paris, France 

Primary Activities 
Executive Offices and 
Administration

Sales and Administration 
Sales and Administration 
Sales and Administration 
Services and Distribution 
Sales and Administration 
Sales and Administration 
Sales and Administration  
Sales and Administration  
Sales and Administration  
Distribution

Sales and Administration  
Distribution
Sales and Administration 
Sales and Administration 
Sales and Administration 

Own or Lease 
Own 

Own 
Lease 
Own 
Lease 
Lease 
Lease 
Lease 
Own 
Lease 
Lease 

Own 
Lease 
Lease 
Lease 
Lease 

APAC 

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Sales and Administration 

Lease 

In addition to those listed above, we have leased sales offices in various cities across North America, EMEA and 
APAC.  For additional information on operating leases, see Note 9 to the Consolidated Financial Statements in Part II, 
Item 8 of this report.  These properties are not included in the table above.  Subsequent to December 31, 2008, we 
vacated our former headquarters building located in Tempe, Arizona, which is owned by the Company but is currently 

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unoccupied.  We also have leased facilities in the United Kingdom that are no longer in use following a move to more 
desirable office space.  These properties are also not included in the table above.  A portion of the administration 
facilities that we own in Tempe, Arizona included in the table above is currently leased to Direct Alliance Corporation, a 
discontinued operation that was sold to a third party in 2006.     

Item 3.  Legal Proceedings  

We are party to various legal proceedings arising in the ordinary course of business, including preference payment 
claims asserted in client bankruptcy proceedings, claims of alleged infringement of patents, trademarks, copyrights and 
other intellectual property rights, claims of alleged non-compliance with contract provisions and claims related to alleged 
violations of laws and regulations.   

In accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (“SFAS”) No. 5, “Accounting for Contingencies” 

(“SFAS 5”), we make a provision for a liability when it is both probable that a liability has been incurred and the amount 
of the loss can be reasonably estimated.  These provisions are reviewed at least quarterly and are adjusted to reflect the 
effects of negotiations, settlements, rulings, advice of legal counsel and other information and events pertaining to a 
particular claim.  Although litigation is inherently unpredictable, we believe that we have adequate provisions for any 
probable and estimable losses.  It is possible, nevertheless, that the results of our operations or cash flows could be 
materially and adversely affected in any particular period by the resolution of a legal proceeding.  Legal expenses related 
to defense, negotiations, settlements, rulings and advice of outside legal counsel are expensed as incurred. 

On March 10, 2008, TeleTech Holdings, Inc. (“Teletech”) sent us a demand for arbitration pursuant to the Stock 
Purchase Agreement (“SPA”) pursuant to which TeleTech acquired Direct Alliance Corporation (“DAC”), a former 
subsidiary of Insight, effective June 30, 2006.  TeleTech claims that it is entitled to a $5,000,000 “clawback” under the 
SPA relating to the non-renewal of an agreement between DAC and one of its clients. We disputed TeleTech’s 
allegations and are defending this matter in arbitration.  In recording the disposition of DAC on June 30, 2006, we 
deferred $5,000,000 as a contingent gain on sale related to this clawback. 

On April 1, 2008, we completed the acquisition of Calence pursuant to an agreement and plan of merger (the 
“Merger Agreement”), a related support agreement (the “Support Agreement”) and other ancillary agreements.  In 
April 2008, in connection with an investigation being conducted by the United States Department of Justice (the “DOJ”), 
Calence received a subpoena from the Office of the Inspector General of the Federal Communications Commission (the 
“FCC”) requesting documents related to the award, by the Universal Service Administration Company (“USAC”), of 
funds under the E-Rate program to a participating school district.  The E-Rate program provides schools and libraries 
with discounts to obtain affordable telecommunications and internet access.  No allegations were made against Calence, 
and we have responded to the subpoena. Pursuant to the Merger Agreement and the Support Agreement, the former 
owners of Calence have agreed to indemnify us for certain losses and damages that may arise out of or result from this 
matter, including our fees and expenses for responding to the subpoena.  

Beginning in March 2009, three purported class action lawsuits were filed in the U.S. District Court for the District 

of Arizona against us and certain of our current and former directors and officers on behalf of purchasers of our 
securities during the period April 22, 2004 to February 6, 2009 (the period specified in the first complaint is January 30, 
2007 to February 6, 2009). The complaints, which seek unspecified damages, assert claims under the federal securities 
laws relating to our February 9, 2009 announcement that we expected to restate our financial statements for the year 
ended December 31, 2007 and for the first three quarters of 2008 and that the restatement would include a material 
reduction of retained earnings. The complaints also allege that we issued false and misleading financial statements and 
issued misleading public statements about our results of operations. None of the defendants have responded to the 
complaints at this time. 

On March 19, 2009, we received a letter of informal inquiry from the Division of Enforcement of the SEC 

requesting certain documents and information relating to the Company’s historical accounting treatment of aged trade 
credits.  We are cooperating with the SEC.  We cannot predict the outcome of this investigation. 

Item 4.  Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders 

None. 

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PART II 

Item 5.  Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of 
Equity Securities 

Market Information 

Our common stock trades under the symbol “NSIT” on The Nasdaq Global Select Market.  The following table 
shows, for the calendar quarters indicated, the high and low closing price per share for our common stock as reported on 
the Nasdaq Global Select Market.   

Common Stock 

Year 2008 

Fourth Quarter ..................................................................  
Third Quarter ....................................................................  
Second Quarter .................................................................  
First Quarter ......................................................................  

High Price 
$13.38 
17.11 
18.20 
19.00 

Year 2007 

Fourth Quarter ..................................................................  
Third Quarter ....................................................................  
Second Quarter .................................................................  
First Quarter ......................................................................  

$27.78 
26.50 
22.65 
20.33 

Low Price 
$3.40 
10.70 
11.00 
15.49 

$17.47 
22.24 
17.98 
17.75 

As of April 30, 2009, we had 45,846,171 shares of common stock outstanding held by approximately 100 

stockholders of record.  This figure does not include an estimate of the number of beneficial holders whose shares are 
held of record by brokerage firms and clearing agencies. 

We have never paid a cash dividend on our common stock.  We currently intend to reinvest all of our earnings into 

our business and do not intend to pay any cash dividends in the foreseeable future. Our senior revolving credit facility 
contains restrictions on the payment of cash dividends.   

Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities 

On November 14, 2007, we announced that on November 13, 2007, our Board of Directors had authorized the 
purchase of up to $50.0 million of our common stock through September 30, 2008.  During the year ended December 31, 
2008, we purchased in open market transactions 3.49 million shares of our common stock at a total cost of approximately 
$50.0 million, or an average price of $14.31 per share, which represented the full amount authorized under the repurchase 
program.  All shares repurchased were retired as of June 30, 2008.  We did not repurchase any shares of our common stock 
during the fourth quarter of 2008.    

Stock Price Performance Graph 

Set forth below is a graph comparing the percentage change in the cumulative total stockholder return on our 
common stock with the cumulative total return of the Nasdaq Stock Market U.S. Companies (Market Index) and the 
Nasdaq Retail Trade Stocks (Peer Index) for the period starting January 1, 2004 and ending December 31, 2008.  The 
graph assumes that $100 was invested on January 1, 2004 in our common stock and in each of the two Nasdaq indices, 
and that, as to such indices, dividends were reinvested.  We have not, since our inception, paid any cash dividends on 
our common stock.  Historical stock price performance shown on the graph is not necessarily indicative of future price 
performance. 

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NSIT

Market Index

Peer Index

$150

$125

$100

$75

$50

$25

$0

Jan.  1,
2004

Dec. 31,
2004

Dec. 31,
2005

Dec. 31,
2006

Dec. 31,
2007

Dec. 31,
2008

Insight Enterprises, Inc. 
Common Stock (NSIT) 

Nasdaq Stock Market U.S. 
Companies (Market Index) 

Nasdaq Retail Trade Stocks 
(Peer Index) 

   Jan. 1, 

2004   

  Dec. 31,  
2004 

 Dec. 31, 
2005 

    Dec. 31, 
   2006 

   Dec. 31,  
2007 

  Dec. 31,  
2008 

100.00 

  108.98 

  104.14 

  100.21 

96.87 

36.64 

100.00 

  108.84 

  111.16 

  122.11 

  132.42 

63.80 

100.00 

  126.84 

  128.04 

  139.83 

  127.23 

88.82 

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Item 6.  Selected Financial Data  

The following selected consolidated financial data should be read in conjunction with our Consolidated Financial 

Statements and the Notes thereto in Part II, Item 8 and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition 
and Results of Operations” in Part II, Item 7 of this report.  The information presented in the following tables has been 
adjusted to reflect the restatement of our consolidated financial results which is more fully described in the “Explanatory 
Note Regarding Restatement of our Consolidated Financial Statements” immediately preceding Part I of this Annual 
Report on Form 10-K and in Note 2 “Restatement of Consolidated Financial Statements” in the notes to the consolidated 
financial statements.  We derived the selected consolidated financial data as of December 31, 2008 and 2007 and for the 
years ended December 31, 2008, 2007 and 2006 from our audited consolidated financial statements, and accompanying 
notes, included in Part II, Item 8 of this report.  The consolidated statements of operations data for the years ended 
December 31, 2007 and 2006 and the consolidated balance sheet data as of December 31, 2007 have been restated in 
connection with the restatements discussed in Note 2 of the notes to the consolidated financial statements.  The 
consolidated statement of operations data for the years ended December 31, 2005 and 2004 and the consolidated balance 
sheet data as of December 31, 2006, 2005 and 2004 have been restated below as discussed in the Explanatory Note in the 
front of this Annual Report on Form 10-K and in Note 2 of the notes to the consolidated financial statements.   

We have not amended our previously filed Annual Reports on Form 10-K or Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for 
the periods affected by the restatement.  The financial information that has been previously filed or otherwise reported 
for these periods is superseded by the information in this Annual Report on Form 10-K, and the financial statements and 
related financial information contained in those previously filed reports should no longer be relied upon. 

    2008 

Consolidated Statements of Operations Data (1) 
Net sales ..................................................................... $  4,825,489 
Costs of goods sold ....................................................     4,161,906 
663,583 

Gross profit ..........................................................    

Operating expenses: 
  Selling and administrative expenses ........................    
  Goodwill impairment ...............................................    
  Severance and restructuring expenses ......................    
  Reductions in liabilities assumed in a previous 
  acquisition ..............................................................

(Loss) earnings from operations ...........................    

Non-operating (income) expense: 
Interest income .........................................................    
Interest expense .......................................................    
Net foreign currency exchange loss (gain) ...............    
Other expense, net....................................................    

(Loss) earnings from continuing operations 

561,987 
397,247 
8,595 

- 
(304,246) 

(2,387) 
13,479 
9,629 
1,107 

Years Ended December 31, 
2006 

2005 
2007 
As Restated  As Restated  As Restated 
As Restated 
(4) 
(5) 
(4) 
(in thousands, except per share data) 

2004 

(5) 

$  4,805,474 
    4,146,848 
658,626 

$  3,599,937 
    3,133,751 
466,186 

$  2,920,135 
    2,561,519 
358,616 

$  2,798,545 
    2,458,828 
339,717 

542,322 
- 
2,595 

- 
113,709 

(2,078) 
12,852 
(3,887) 
1,531 

376,722 
- 
729 

281,934 
- 
11,962 

277,129 
- 
2,435 

- 
88,735 

(4,355) 
5,985 
(1,135) 
901 

87,339 

30,882 
56,457 

(664) 
65,384 

(3,394) 
1,850 
72 
782 

66,074 

26,009 
40,065 

(3,617) 
63,770 

(1,849) 
1,989 
262 
1,190 

62,178 

16,362 
45,816 

before income taxes ...........................................

(326,074) 

105,291 

Income tax (benefit) expense .....................................    
Net (loss) earnings from continuing operations ...    
Earnings from discontinued operations, net of 
taxes (2)  .................................................................
Net (loss) earnings before cumulative effect of 
change in accounting principle ............................

(86,347) 
(239,727) 

40,686 
64,605 

- 

4,151 

13,084 

8,975 

32,328 

(239,727) 

68,756 

69,541 

49,040 

78,144 

Cumulative effect of change in accounting  
  principle, net of taxes (3) ...........................................
Net (loss) earnings ..................................................... $  (239,727)  $ 

- 

- 
68,756 

- 
69,541 

$ 

(649) 
48,391 

$ 

- 
78,144 

$ 

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    2008 

Years Ended December 31, 
2006 

2005 
2007 
As Restated  As Restated  As Restated 
As Restated 
(4) 
(5) 
(4) 
(in thousands, except per share data) 

2004 

(5) 

Consolidated Statements of Operations Data (1) 
Net (loss) earnings per share - Basic: 
  Net (loss) earnings from continuing operations ... $ 
  Net earnings from discontinued operations (2) ........    
  Cumulative effect of change in accounting 
        principle (3) .........................................................
  Net (loss) earnings per share ................................ $ 

Net (loss) earnings per share - Diluted: 
  Net (loss) earnings from continuing operations ... $ 
  Net earnings from discontinued operations (2) ........    
  Cumulative effect of change in accounting  
       principle (3) ..........................................................
  Net (loss) earnings per share ................................ $ 

Shares used in per share calculations:  
  Basic ....................................................................    
  Diluted .................................................................    

(5.15) 
- 

- 
(5.15) 

(5.15) 
- 

- 
(5.15) 

$ 

$ 

$ 

$ 

1.32 
0.08 

- 
1.40 

1.29 
0.08 

- 
1.37 

$ 

$ 

$ 

$ 

1.17 
0.27 

- 
1.44 

1.15 
0.27 

- 
1.42 

$ 

$ 

$ 

$ 

0.83 
0.18 

(0.01) 
1.00 

0.82 
0.18 

(0.01) 
0.99 

$ 

$ 

$ 

$ 

0.95 
0.67 

- 
1.62 

0.92 
0.67 

- 
1.59 

46,573 
46,573 

49,055 
50,120 

48,373 
49,006 

48,553 
49,057 

48,389 
49,220 

    2008 

2007 
As Restated 
(4) 

2005 
As Restated  As Restated  As Restated 
(5) 

2004 

(5) 

December 31, 
2006 

(5) 
(in thousands) 

Consolidated Balance Sheet Data  
Working capital ......................................................... $  317,467 
Total assets ................................................................   1,607,640 
Short-term debt ..........................................................  
- 
228,000 
Long-term debt  .........................................................  
421,968 
Stockholders’ equity ..................................................  
Cash dividends declared per common share ..............  
- 

$  417,574 
  1,889,100 
15,000 
187,250 
741,738 
- 

$  382,983 
  1,800,050 
30,000 
224,250 
663,629 
- 

$  346,069 
933,331 
66,309 
- 
547,729 
- 

$ 

355,385 
895,162 
25,000 
- 
548,922 
- 

(1) Our consolidated statements of operations data above includes results of the acquisitions from their dates of acquisition: MINX 

from July 10, 2008; Calence from April 1, 2008; and Software Spectrum from September 7, 2006.  See further discussion in Note 
19 to the Consolidated Financial Statements in Part II, Item 8 of this report. 

(2) Earnings from Discontinued Operations.  During the year ended December 31, 2007, we sold PC Wholesale, a division of our 
North American operating segment.  During the year ended December 31, 2006, we sold Direct Alliance, a business process 
outsourcing provider in the U.S.  During the year ended December 31, 2004, we sold our 95% ownership in PlusNet, an Internet 
service provider in the United Kingdom.  Accordingly, we have accounted for these entities as discontinued operations and have 
reported their results of operations as discontinued operations in the Consolidated Statements of Operations.  Included in earnings 
from discontinued operations for the years ended December 31, 2007, 2006 and 2004 are the gain on the sale of PC Wholesale of 
$5.6 million, $3.4 million net of taxes, the gain on the sale of Direct Alliance of $14.9 million, $9.0 million net of taxes, and the 
gain on the sale of PlusNet of $23.7 million, $18.3 million net of taxes, respectively. 

(3) Upon adoption of Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Financial Interpretation No. 47, “Accounting for 

Conditional Asset Retirement Obligations” (“FIN 47”), during 2005, we recorded a non-cash cumulative effect of a change in 
accounting principle of $979,000 ($649,000 net of tax), representing cumulative amortization of the leasehold improvements and 
accretion of the long-term liability since the lease inception dates. 

(4) See the Explanatory Note in the front of this Annual Report on Form 10-K, “Restatement of Consolidated Financial Statements” in 
Part II, Item 7 and Note 2 to the Consolidated Financial Statements in Part II, Item 8 of this report for the effects of the restatement 
adjustments on our consolidated financial statements as of December 31, 2007 and for the years ended December 31, 2007 and 
2006. 

(5) The selected consolidated financial data as of December 31, 2006, 2005 and 2004 and for the years ended December 31, 2005 and 
2004 have been adjusted to reflect the restatements described in Note 2, “Restatement of Consolidated Financial Statements,” to the 
Consolidated Financial Statements in Part II, Item 8 of this report.  The effects of the restatement adjustments on our consolidated 
statements of operations data for the years ended December 31, 2005 and 2004 and on our consolidated balance sheet data as of 
December 31, 2006, 2005 and 2004 are presented in the tables following these notes. 

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The table below reflects the effects of the restatement adjustments on our consolidated statements of operations data 

for the years ended December 31, 2005 and 2004 (in thousands, except per share data): 

  Year Ended December 31, 2005 

      Year Ended December 31, 2004 

Consolidated Statements of Operations Data 

 As Reported 

Adjustments 

Net sales .....................................................   $   2,931,209  $  
Costs of goods sold .....................................      
Gross profit .........................................    

 2,566,100 
    365,109 

Operating expenses: 

Selling and administrative expenses .......  
Severance and restructuring 
   Expenses ..............................................               11,962 
Reductions in liabilities assumed in a 

279,161 

previous acquisition .............................               
Earnings (loss) from operations ..........  

(664) 
  74,650 

Non-operating (income) expense: 

Interest income ........................................    
Interest expense .......................................    
Net foreign currency exchange (gain) 

loss ......................................................  
Other expense, net ...................................    

(3,394) 
1,914 

72 
782 

Earnings (loss) from continuing  
  operations before income taxes .........    

75,276 
Income tax expense ....................................             29,591 

(11,074)  $  
(4,581) 
(6,493) 

  As Restated  
2,920,135 
2,561,519 
358,616 

 As Reported   Adjustments  As Restated   
$   2,798,545 
$   2,780,484  $  
  2,458,828 
339,717   

  2,437,885 
342,599 

18,061 
20,943 
(2,882) 

2,773 

281,934 

276,203 

926 

277,129 

- 

11,962 

- 
(9,266) 

- 
(64) 

- 
- 

(9,202) 
(3,582) 

(664) 
65,384 

(3,394) 
1,850 

72 
782 

66,074 
26,009 

2,435 

(3,617) 
67,578 

(1,849) 
2,011 

262 
1,190 

65,964 
17,835 

- 

2,435 

- 
(3,808) 

- 
(22) 

- 
-  

(3,786) 
(1,473) 

(3,617) 
63,770 

(1,849) 
1,989 

262 
1,190  

62,178 
16,362 

Earnings (loss) from continuing 
   operations .........................................  
Earnings from discontinued 

45,685 

(5,620) 

40,065 

48,129 

(2,313) 

45,816 

operations, net of taxes ....................  

8,975 

- 

8,975 

32,328 

-  

32,328 

 54,660 

(5,620) 

49,040 

80,457 

(2,313) 

78,144 

(649) 
 54,011  $  

- 
(5,620)  $  

(649) 
48,391 

$  

- 
80,457  $  

- 
(2,313)  $  

- 
78,144 

Net earnings before cumulative  
  change in accounting principle ..........  

Cumulative effect of changes in 

accounting principle, net of taxes of 
$330 in 2005 ............................................  

Net earnings (loss)  .............................   $      

Net earnings per share - Basic: 

Net earnings (loss) from continuing 
     operations .........................................  

$  

Net earnings from discontinued 

0.94 

$  

(0.11) 

$  

0.83 

$  

0.99 

$  

(0.04) 

$  

operation .........................................  

0.18 

- 

Cumulative effect of changes in  
  accounting principle 
Net earnings per share  ........................   $  

(0.01) 
1.11  $  

- 
(0.11)  $  

0.18 

(0.01) 
1.00 

0.67 

- 

$  

- 
1.66  $  

- 
(0.04)  $  

Net earnings per share - Diluted: 

Net earnings (loss) from continuing 
    operations ..........................................  

$  

Net earnings from discontinued 
operation ...........................................  
Cumulative effect of changes in  
  accounting principle ..........................  
Net earnings per share  ........................   $  

0.93 

$  

(0.11) 

$  

0.82 

$  

0.96 

$  

(0.04) 

$  

0.18 

- 

(0.01) 
1.10  $  

- 
(0.11)  $  

0.18 

(0.01) 
0.99 

0.67 

- 

$  

- 
1.63  $  

- 
(0.04)  $  

0.95 

0.67 

- 
1.62 

0.92 

0.67 

- 
1.59 

Shares used in per share calculations: 

Basic 
Diluted 

48,553 
49,057 

48,553 
49,057 

48,389 
49,220 

-
-

48,389 
49,220 

- 
- 

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The tables below reflect the effects of the restatement adjustments on our consolidated balance sheet data as of 

December 31, 2006, 2005 and 2004 (in thousands): 

December 31, 2006 

December 31, 2005 

 As Reported  Adjustments 

 As Restated 

As Reported  Adjustments 

 As Restated 

(21,115) $ 
10,991 
- 
- 

(22,184)  

346,069 
  933,331 
66,309 
- 
  547,729 

Consolidated Balance Sheet Data  

Working capital ...........................  $  413,085 
  1,780,265 
Total assets ..................................  
30,000 
Short-term debt ............................  
224,250 
Long-term debt  ...........................  
690,350 
Stockholders’ equity ....................  

 $ 

(30,102)  $  
19,785 
- 
- 
(26,721) 

382,983 
  1,800,050 
30,000 
224,250 
663,629 

  $ 

367,184  $ 
922,340   
66,309   
-   
569,913   

December 31, 2004 

 As Reported 

 Adjustments  As Restated 

Consolidated Balance Sheet Data  

Working capital ...........................  $ 
Total assets ..................................  
Short-term debt ............................  
Long-term debt  ...........................  
Stockholders’ equity ....................  

370,873   $ 
887,641    
25,000    
-    
565,517    

(15,488)  $ 
7,521 
- 
- 
(16,595) 

355,385 
895,162 
25,000 
- 
548,922 

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INSIGHT ENTERPRISES, INC.  
MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION 
AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS 

Item 7.  Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations  

The following discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of our operations, which gives effect to the 
restatement discussed in Note 2 to the Consolidated Financial Statements, should be read in conjunction with the 
Consolidated Financial Statements and notes thereto included in Part II, Item 8 of this report.  Our actual results could 
differ materially from those contained in these forward-looking statements due to a number of factors, including those 
discussed in “Risk Factors” in Part I, Item 1A and elsewhere in this report. 

Restatement of Consolidated Financial Statements 

Background 

On February 9, 2009, following an internal review we issued a press release announcing that our management had 

identified errors in the Company’s accounting for trade credits in prior periods dating back to December 1996.  The 
internal review encompassed aged trade credits, including both aged accounts receivable credits and aged accounts 
payable credits, arising in the ordinary course of business that were recognized in the Company’s statements of 
operations prior to the legal discharge of the underlying liabilities under applicable domestic and foreign laws.  In a Form 
8-K filed on February 10, 2009, we reported that the Company’s financial statements, assessment of the effectiveness of 
internal control over financial reporting and related audit reports thereon in our most recently filed Annual Report on 
Form 10-K, for the year ended December 31, 2007, and the interim financial statements in our Quarterly Reports on 
Form 10-Q for the first three quarters of 2008, and all earnings press releases and similar communications issued by the 
Company relating to such financial statements, should no longer be relied upon. 

We informed the administrative agents and lenders under our senior revolving credit facility, our accounts 
receivable securitization financing facility and our inventory financing facility of our intention to restate our financial 
statements.  The errors and restatement constituted a default under each of these facilities.  Accordingly, we sought and 
received the waivers required to resolve this default.  

Following management’s identification of errors in the Company’s accounting for aged trade credits, the Company 

retained outside legal counsel to conduct a factual investigation into the Company’s accounting practices pertaining to 
aged trade credits.  The Board of Directors and its Audit Committee separately retained counsel to oversee and 
participate in the investigation, reach findings, and propose remedial measures to the Audit Committee.  Company 
counsel and board counsel jointly retained forensic accountants to assist in the investigation and to gather documents and 
information from Company personnel.  As part of this investigation and review process, outside counsel and forensic 
accountants gathered and evaluated documents and interviewed current and former Company employees.  The Audit 
Committee was advised of the progress of the investigation and the internal review on a regular basis.   

Outside counsel has informed the Audit Committee that the internal investigation is complete.  Board counsel has 
presented its findings to the Audit Committee.  Interviews, document reviews and forensic analysis conducted during the 
internal investigation did not indicate an intent to manipulate the Company’s accounting or financial results.  The Audit 
Committee has received these findings as well as the recommendations of management, board counsel and other advisors 
concerning the proposed remedial actions to be taken with respect to the aged trade credit issue.  The Audit Committee 
has adopted these remedial measures and directed management to implement them under the supervision of the Audit 
Committee.  Detailed information about the remedial measures that management plans to implement is included in Part 
II, Item 9A “Controls and Procedures” of this report. 

We determined, based upon the results of our internal review and analysis and the related internal investigation, that 
the periods in which certain aged trade credits in accounts receivable and accounts payable were previously recorded as a 
reduction of costs of goods sold preceded the periods in which the Company was legally discharged of the underlying 
liabilities under applicable domestic and foreign laws.  The restated consolidated financial statements included in this 
Annual Report on Form 10-K reflect the corrections resulting from our determination.  The cumulative restatement 
charge covering the period from December 1, 1996 through September 30, 2008 related to this trade credit issue is $61.2 
million, or $37.7 million after taxes.  These aged trade credit liabilities totaled $59.4 million as of December 31, 2008.  
We expect that the final settlement of these liabilities with our clients and our partners and ultimately with state and/or 
foreign regulatory bodies may take multiple years and may be settled for less than the estimated liability.  However, we 
cannot provide any assurances that the final settlement will be materially lower.

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MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION 
AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS (continued) 

The matters that have caused us to restate our financial statements and data previously reported are further discussed 
below and in Note 2 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included in Part II, Item 8, “Financial Statements and 
Supplementary Data.”  In addition, in connection with the investigation and restatement process, we identified a material 
weakness in our internal control over financial reporting.  As a result, management has concluded that the Company’s 
internal control over financial reporting was not effective as of December 31, 2008.  A description of that material 
weakness, as well as management’s plan to remediate that material weakness, is more fully discussed in Part II, Item 9A, 
“Controls and Procedures.” 

We have incurred substantial expenses related to our internal review, including the cost of outside legal counsel, 

forensic accounting consultants and outside consultants engaged to assist management in quantifying the related 
liabilities under applicable domestic and foreign laws.  We have incurred approximately $4.1 million in such costs 
through March 31, 2009 and anticipate additional fees will be incurred in the completion of the financial statement 
restatement and related matters. 

Restatement Adjustments 

We determined that corrections to our consolidated financial statements are required to reverse material prior period 

reductions of costs of goods sold and the related income tax effects as a result of these incorrect releases of aged trade 
credits prior to the legal discharge of the underlying liability.  These trade credits arose from unclaimed credit memos, 
duplicate payments, payments for returned product or overpayments made to us by our clients, and, to a lesser extent, 
from goods received by us from a supplier for which we were never invoiced. 

We recorded an aggregate gross charge of approximately $35.2 million to our consolidated retained earnings as of 
December 31, 2005 and established a related current liability.  This amount represented approximately $33.0 million of 
costs of goods sold and $2.2 million of selling and administrative expenses relating to the period from December 1, 1996 
through December 31, 2005.  The aggregate tax benefit related to these trade credit restatement adjustments is $13.8 
million, which benefit reduced the charge to retained earnings as of December 31, 2005 and established a related 
deferred tax asset.  In addition, our statements of operations for the years ended December 31, 2006 and 2007, and the 
quarters ended March 31, June 30, and September 30, 2008 contained in this Annual Report have been restated to reflect 
an aggregate of approximately $9.5 million, $10.2 million, $2.8 million, $2.2 million and $1.3 million, respectively, of 
increases in costs of goods sold and to establish a related current liability relating to aged trade credits.  These reinstated 
aged trade credit liabilities totaled $59.4 million at December 31, 2008 and are recorded in accrued expenses and other 
current liabilities. 

Other Miscellaneous Accounting Adjustments   

In addition to the restatements for aged trade credits, we also corrected previously reported financial statements for 

the following other miscellaneous accounting adjustments as a result of a review of our critical accounting policies: 

•  An adjustment of $2.7 million to allocate a portion of our North America goodwill not previously allocated 
to the carrying amount of a division of our North America operating segment that we sold on March 1, 
2007 in determining the gain on sale.  This adjustment reduced the gain on sale of the discontinued 
operation recorded in the three months ended March 31, 2007, which gain is included in earnings from 
discontinued operations.  The tax effect of this adjustment was $1.1 million. 

•  Adjustments to hardware net sales and costs of goods sold recognized in prior periods to recognize sales 
based on a “de facto” passage of title at the time of delivery.  Although our usual sales terms are F.O.B. 
shipping point or equivalent, at which time title and risk of loss have passed to the client, we have a 
general practice of covering customer losses while products are in transit despite our stated shipping terms, 
and as a result delivery is not deemed to have occurred until the product is received by the client.  The net 
increase (decrease) in gross profit resulting from these adjustments was $20,000, $440,000 and ($522,000) 
for the years ended December 31, 2006 and 2007 and the nine months ended September 30, 2008, 
respectively.  The tax expense (benefit) related to these adjustments was $8,000, $174,000 and ($201,000) 
for the years ended December 31, 2006 and 2007 and the nine months ended September 30, 2008, 
respectively.  Adjustments related to periods prior to 2006 resulted in an $895,000 reduction of retained 
earnings as of December 31, 2005. 

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MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION 
AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS (continued) 

•  Adjustments to recognize stock based compensation expense related to performance-based RSUs on a 

straight-line basis over the requisite service period for each separately vesting portion of the award as if the 
award was, in substance, multiple awards (i.e., a graded vesting basis) instead of on a straight-line basis 
over the requisite service period for the entire award.  The net increase (decrease) in operating expenses 
was $2.4 million, $2.5 million and ($1.2 million) for the years ended December 31, 2006 and 2007 and the 
nine months ended September 30, 2008, respectively.  

•  Adjustments to capitalize interest on internal-use software development projects in prior periods and 

record the related amortization expense thereon.  The net increase (decrease) in pretax earnings resulting 
from these adjustments was $805,000, $386,000 and ($4,000) for the years ended December 31, 2006 and 
2007 and the nine months ended September 30, 2008, respectively.  The tax expense (benefit) related to 
these adjustments was $318,000, $152,000 and ($2,000) for the years ended December 31, 2006 and 2007 
and the nine months ended September 30, 2008, respectively.  Adjustments related to periods prior to 2006 
resulted in a $50,000 reduction of retained earnings as of December 31, 2005. 

•  Revisions in the classification of consideration that exceeded the specific, incremental identifiable costs of 
shared marketing expense programs of $5.0 million, $7.3 million and $4.6 million for the years ended 
December 31, 2006 and 2007 and the nine months ended September 30, 2008, respectively, to reflect such 
excess consideration as a reduction of costs of goods sold instead of a reduction of the related selling 
administration expenses.  These revisions in classification related to our EMEA operating segment and had 
no effect on reported net earnings in any period. 

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MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION 
AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS (continued) 

  The table below presents the decrease in net earnings resulting from the individual restatement adjustments for each 

respective period presented (in thousands): 

Nine Months 
Ended 
September 
30, 
2008 

Year Ended December 31, 

2007 

2006 

2005 

2004 

Increase (decrease) in net sales: 

F.O.B. destination adjustments .........    

$ 

(9,288) 

$ 

5,043  $ 

6,681 

$ 

(11,074)  $ 

18,061 

Total adjustments to net sales .......  

(9,288) 

5,043 

6,681 

(11,074)      

18,061 

Increase (decrease) in costs of goods sold: 
Trade credit adjustments ...................  
F.O.B. destination adjustments .........  
Reclassification of partner funding ...  
Total adjustments to costs of goods 
sold ...........................................  

6,347  
(8,766) 
(4,554) 

10,161 
4,603 
(7,259)

9,458 
6,661 
(4,967)

9,128  
(10,939) 
(2,770) 

4,847 
17,021 
(925)

(6,973) 

7,505 

11,152 

(4,581) 

20,943 

Net decrease in gross profit .....................  

(2,315) 

(2,462)

(4,471)

(6,493) 

(2,882)

Increase (decrease) in operating expenses: 
Stock-based compensation ................  
Reclassification of partner funding ...  
Amortization of capitalized interest ..  
Goodwill impairment ........................  
Total adjustments to operating 

(1,243)  
4,554  
113  
(181) 

expenses ....................................  

3,243  

Net decrease in earnings (loss) from 

2,543 
7,259 
129 
- 

9,931 

2,363 
4,967 
3 
- 

7,333 

-  
2,770  
3  
- 

2,773  

-  
925 
1 
- 

926 

operations ...........................................  

(5,558) 

(12,393)

(11,804)

(9,266) 

(3,808)

Decrease in non-operating expenses: 

Capitalized interest ............................  
Total adjustments to non-operating 
expenses ....................................  

Total adjustments to earnings (loss) from 
continuing operations before income 
taxes ..................................................  
Income tax benefit ..................................  
Total adjustments to earnings (loss) from 
continuing operations ........................  
Decrease in gain on sale of a discontinued 
operation ...........................................  
Income tax benefit ..................................  
Total adjustments to earnings from 

discontinued operations, net of tax ....  

(109) 

(109) 

(515)

(515)

(808)

(808)

(64) 

(64) 

(22)

(22)

(5,449) 
2,187  

(11,878)
4,472 

(10,996)
3,719 

(9,202) 
3,582  

(3,786)
1,473 

(3,262) 

(7,406)

(7,277)

(5,620) 

(2,313)

- 
- 

- 

(2,699)
1,066 

(1,633)

- 
- 

- 

- 
- 

- 

- 
- 

- 

Total decrease in net earnings .................  

$ 

(3,262) 

$ 

(9,039) $ 

(7,277) $ 

(5,620)  $ 

(2,313)

The decrease in net earnings resulting from the trade credit adjustments was $3.1 million, $4.5 million, $3.5 million, 
$333,000, $762,000, $466,000, $224,000 and $0 for the years ended December 31, 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000, 1999, 1998, 
1997 and 1996, respectively.  The tax benefit related to these adjustments was $2.0 million, $2.9 million, $2.3 million, 
$217,000, $498,000, $304,000, $146,000 and $0 for the years ended December 31, 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000, 1999, 1998, 
1997 and 1996, respectively.  Aggregate F.O.B. destination adjustments related to periods prior to 2004 resulted in a 
$1.4 million reduction of retained earnings.  No other restatement adjustments were made prior to the year ended 
December 31, 2004. 

Related Proceedings  

On March 19, 2009, we received an informal inquiry from the Division of Enforcement of the SEC requesting 
certain documents and information relating to the Company’s historical accounting treatment of aged trade credits.  We 
are cooperating with the SEC.  We cannot predict the outcome of this investigation. 

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INSIGHT ENTERPRISES, INC.  
MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION 
AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS (continued) 

Beginning in March 2009, three purported class action lawsuits were filed in the U.S. District Court for the District 

of Arizona against us and certain of our current and former directors and officers on behalf of purchasers of our 
securities during the period April 22, 2004 to February 6, 2009 (the period specified in the first complaint is January 30, 
2007 to February 6, 2009). The complaints, which seek unspecified damages, assert claims under the federal securities 
laws relating to our February 9, 2009 announcement that we expected to restate our financial statements for the year 
ended December 31, 2007 and for the first three quarters of 2008 and that the restatement would include a material 
reduction of retained earnings. The complaints also allege that we issued false and misleading financial statements and 
issued misleading public statements about our results of operations. None of the defendants have responded to the 
complaints at this time. 

Overview  

We are a leading provider of information technology (“IT”) hardware, software and services to small, medium and 

large businesses and public sector institutions in North America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia-Pacific.  
Currently, our offerings in North America and the United Kingdom include IT hardware, software and services.  Our 
offerings in the remainder of our EMEA segment and in APAC currently only include software and select software-related 
services.  

Our strategic vision is to be the trusted advisor to our clients, helping them enhance their business performance 

through innovative technology solutions.  Our strategy is to grow profitable market share through the continued 
transformation of Insight into a complete IT solutions company and to establish Insight as a Global Value-Added 
Reseller (“G-VAR”), differentiating us in the marketplace and giving us a competitive advantage.   

Net sales for the year ended December 31, 2008 increased slightly over the year ended December 31, 2007.  While 
net sales for the year ended December 31, 2008 compared to the year ended December 31, 2007 remained flat in North 
America, net sales in EMEA declined 2% and net sales in APAC grew 42% year over year.  We reported a net loss from 
continuing operations of $239.7 million and a diluted loss per share of $5.15 for the year ended December 31, 2008, 
primarily as a result of a $276.7 million, net of tax, goodwill impairment charge taken during the year.  Net earnings 
from continuing operations for the year ended December 31, 2007 increased 14% and diluted earnings from continuing 
operations per share increased 12% compared to the year ended December 31, 2006.   

The results of operations for the year ended December 31, 2008 include the effect of the following items: 

• 
• 
• 
• 

goodwill impairment charge of $397.2 million, $276.7 million net of tax; 
foreign currency losses of $9.6 million, $6.6 million net of tax; 
severance and restructuring expenses of $8.6 million, $5.7 million net of tax; and 
foreign tax credit impairment of $8.7 million. 

The results of operations for the year ended December 31, 2007 include the effect of the following items: 

• 

• 
• 
• 

expenses of $13.0 million, $7.9 million net of tax, for professional fees and costs associated with our 
stock option review;  
gain on sale of a discontinued operation of $5.6 million, $3.4 million net of tax;  
foreign currency gains of $3.9 million, $2.5 million net of tax; and 
severance and restructuring expenses of $2.6 million, $1.5 million net of tax. 

The results of operations for the year ended December 31, 2006 include the following items: 

• 
• 

• 
• 

gain on the sale of a discontinued operation of $14.9 million, $9.0 million net of tax;  
expenses of $1.6 million, $1.0 million net of tax, for professional fees associated with our stock 
option review;  
foreign currency gains of $1.1 million, $751,000 net of tax; and 
severance and restructuring expenses of $729,000, $454,000 net of tax. 

On July 10, 2008, we acquired MINX Limited (“MINX”), a United Kingdom-based networking services company 
with annual net sales of approximately $25.0 million, for an initial cash purchase price of approximately $1.5 million and 

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AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS (continued) 

the assumption of approximately $3.9 million of existing debt.  Up to an additional $550,000 may be due if MINX 
achieves certain performance targets over a one-year period.  Founded in 2002, MINX is a network integrator with Cisco 
Gold Partner accreditation in the United Kingdom.  We believe this acquisition will significantly enhance our 
capabilities in the sale, implementation and management of network infrastructure services and solutions in our EMEA 
operating segment and will complement our April 1, 2008 acquisition of Calence in our North America operating 
segment. 

On April 1, 2008, we completed the acquisition of Calence, LLC (“Calence”), one of the nation’s largest 

independent technology solutions providers specializing in Cisco networking solutions, advanced communications and 
managed services, for a cash purchase price of $125.0 million plus a preliminary working capital adjustment of 
approximately $4.0 million, offset by a final post-closing working capital adjustment of $383,000.  Up to an additional 
$35.0 million of purchase price consideration may be due if Calence achieves certain performance targets over the next 
four years. During the year ended December 31, 2008, we accrued an additional $9.8 million of purchase price 
consideration and $532,000 of accrued interest thereon as a result of Calence achieving certain performance targets 
during the year.  Such amounts were recorded as additional goodwill.  See discussion relating to goodwill in Note 5 to 
the Consolidated Financial Statements in Part II, Item 8 of this report.  We also assumed Calence’s existing debt totaling 
approximately $7.3 million, of which $7.1 million was repaid by us at closing.  This acquisition is consistent with our 
vision and strategy to become a global value added reseller (“G-VAR”) through continued investment in certain key 
technology categories, including networking and advanced communications. 

Our discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations is intended to assist in the understanding 
of our consolidated financial statements, the changes in certain key items in those consolidated financial statements from 
year to year and the primary factors that contributed to those changes, as well as how certain critical accounting 
estimates affect our Consolidated Financial Statements. 

Critical Accounting Estimates 

General 

Our consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting 

principles (“GAAP”).  For a summary of significant accounting policies, see Note 1 to the Consolidated Financial 
Statements in Part II, Item 8 of this report.  The preparation of these consolidated financial statements requires us to 
make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, net sales and expenses.  We base 
our estimates on historical experience and on various other assumptions that we believe to be reasonable under the 
circumstances, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying values of assets and 
liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources.  Actual results, however, may differ from estimates we have 
made.  Members of our senior management have discussed the critical accounting estimates and related disclosures with 
the Audit Committee of our Board of Directors.   

We consider the following to be our critical accounting estimates used in the preparation of our Consolidated 

Financial Statements:  

Sales Recognition 

  We adhere to guidelines and principles of sales recognition described in Staff Accounting Bulletin (“SAB”) No. 104, 
“Revenue Recognition” (“SAB 104”), issued by the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”).  Under 
SAB 104, sales are recognized when title and risk of loss are passed to the client, there is persuasive evidence of an 
arrangement for sale, delivery has occurred and/or services have been rendered, the sales price is fixed or determinable and 
collectibility is reasonably assured.  Our usual sales terms are F.O.B. shipping point or equivalent, at which time title and 
risk of loss have passed to the client.  However, because we either (i) have a general practice of covering client losses while 
products are in transit despite title and risk of loss transferring at the point of shipment or (ii) have specifically stated F.O.B. 
destination contractual terms with the client, delivery is not deemed to have occurred until the point in time when the 
product is received by the client.   

We make provisions for estimated product returns that we expect to occur under our return policy based upon historical 
return rates.  Our manufacturers warrant most of the products we market, and it is our policy to request that clients return 
their defective products directly to the manufacturer for warranty service.  On selected products, and for selected client 
service reasons, we may accept returns directly from the client and then either credit the client or ship a replacement 

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AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS (continued) 

product.  We generally offer a limited 15- to 30-day return policy for unopened products and certain opened products, 
which are consistent with manufacturers’ terms; however, for some products we may charge restocking fees.  Products 
returned opened are processed and returned to the manufacturer or partner for repair, replacement or credit to us.  We 
resell most unopened products returned to us.  Products that cannot be returned to the manufacturer for warranty 
processing, but are in working condition, are sold to inventory liquidators, to end users as “previously sold” or “used” 
products, or through other channels to limit our losses from returned products.   

We record freight billed to our clients as net sales and the related freight costs as costs of goods sold.  We report 
sales  net of any  sales-based taxes assessed by governmental authorities that are imposed on and concurrent  with  sales 
transactions. 

  We also adhere to the guidelines and principles of software revenue recognition described in Statement of Position 97-
2, “Software Revenue Recognition” (“SOP 97-2”).  Revenue is recognized from software sales when clients acquire the 
right to use or copy software under license, but in no case prior to the commencement of the term of the initial software 
license agreement, provided that all other revenue recognition criteria have been met (i.e., delivery, evidence of the 
arrangement exists, the fee is fixed or determinable and collectibility of the fee is probable).   

From time to time, the sale of hardware and software products may also include the provision of services and the 
associated contracts contain multiple elements or non-standard terms and conditions.  Sales of services currently represent a 
small percentage of our net sales, and a significant amount of services that are performed in conjunction with hardware and 
software sales are completed in our facilities prior to shipment of the product.  In these circumstances, net sales for the 
hardware, software and services are recognized upon delivery.  Net sales of services that are performed at client locations 
are often service-only contracts and are recorded as sales when the services are performed and completed.   If the service 
is performed at a client location in conjunction with a hardware, software or other services sale, we recognize net sales in 
accordance with SAB 104 and Emerging Issues Task Force (“EITF”) Issue No. 00-21 “Accounting for Revenue 
Arrangements with Multiple Deliverables.”  Accordingly, we recognize sales for delivered items only when all of the 
following criteria are satisfied:  

• 
• 
• 

the delivered item(s) has value to the client on a stand-alone basis; 
there is objective and reliable evidence of the fair value of the undelivered item(s); and 
if the arrangement includes a general right of return relative to the delivered item, delivery or performance of 
the undelivered item(s) is considered probable and substantially in our control. 

We sell certain third-party service contracts and software assurance or subscription products for which we are not 
the primary obligor.  These sales do not meet the criteria for gross sales recognition as defined in SAB 104 and EITF 
Issue No. 99-19, “Reporting Revenue Gross as a Principal versus Net as an Agent” (“EITF 99-19”), and thus are 
recorded on a net sales recognition basis.  As we enter into contracts with third-party service providers or vendors, we 
evaluate whether the subsequent sales of such services should be recorded as gross sales or net sales in accordance with 
the sales recognition criteria outlined in SAB 104 and EITF 99-19.  We determine whether we act as a principal in the 
transaction and assume the risks and rewards of ownership or if we are simply acting as an agent or broker.  Under gross 
sales recognition, the entire selling price is recorded in sales and our cost to the third-party service provider or vendor is 
recorded in costs of goods sold.  Under net sales recognition, the cost to the third-party service provider or vendor is 
recorded as a reduction to sales, resulting in net sales equal to the gross profit on the transaction, and there are no costs of 
goods sold.   

Additionally, we sell certain professional services contracts on a fixed fee basis.  Revenues for fixed fee professional 
services contracts are recognized in accordance with statement of position (“SOP”) 81-1 “Accounting for Performance of 
Construction-Type and Certain Production-Type Contracts.”  We recognize these services using the percentage of 
completion method of accounting based on the ratio of costs incurred to total estimated costs.  Net sales for these service 
contracts are not a significant portion of our consolidated net sales. 

Partner Funding 

We receive payments and credits from partners, including consideration pursuant to volume sales incentive 
programs, volume purchase incentive programs and shared marketing expense programs.  Partner funding received 
pursuant to volume sales incentive programs is recognized as a reduction to costs of goods sold.  Partner funding 
received pursuant to volume purchase incentive programs is allocated to inventories based on the applicable incentives 
from each partner and is recorded in costs of goods sold as the inventory is sold.  Changes in estimates of anticipated 
achievement levels under individual partner programs may affect our results of operations and our cash flows. 

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MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION 
AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS (continued) 

See Note 1 to the Consolidated Financial Statements in Part II, Item 8 of this report for further discussion of our 

accounting policies related to partner funding.     

Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation 

The Company accounts for stock-based compensation under the provisions of SFAS No. 123R, “Share-Based 
Payment” (“SFAS 123R”).  Under the fair value recognition provisions of SFAS 123R, we recognize stock-based 
compensation net of an estimated forfeiture rate and only recognize compensation expense for those shares expected to 
vest over the requisite service period of the award.  Starting in 2006, we elected to primarily issue service-based and 
performance-based restricted stock units (“RSUs”).  The number of RSUs ultimately awarded under performance-based 
RSUs varies based on whether we achieve certain financial results.  We record compensation expense each period based 
on our estimate of the most probable number of RSUs that will be issued under the grants of performance-based RSUs.  
For any stock options awarded, modifications to previous awards or awards of RSUs that are tied to specified market 
conditions, we use option pricing models or lattice (binomial) models to determine fair value of the awards, as permitted 
by SFAS 123R. 

  The estimated fair value of stock options is determined on the date of the grant using the Black-Scholes-Merton 

(“Black-Scholes”) option-pricing model.  The Black-Scholes model requires us to apply highly subjective assumptions, 
including expected stock price volatility, expected life of the option and the risk-free interest rate.  A change in one or 
more of the assumptions used in the option-pricing model may result in a material change to the estimated fair value of 
the stock-based compensation.  

See Note 12 to the Consolidated Financial Statements in Part II, Item 8 of this report for further discussion of stock-

based compensation.  

Allowance for Doubtful Accounts 

Our allowance for doubtful accounts is determined using estimated losses on accounts receivable based on 
evaluation of the aging of the receivables, historical write-offs and the current economic environment.   Should our 
clients’ or vendors’ circumstances change or actual collections of client and vendor receivables differ from our estimates, 
adjustments to the provision for losses on accounts receivable and the related allowances for doubtful accounts would be 
recorded.   See further information on our allowance for doubtful accounts in Note 17 to the Consolidated Financial 
Statements in Part II, Item 8 of this report.   

Valuation of Long-Lived Assets Including Purchased Intangible Assets and Goodwill  

We review property, plant and equipment and purchased intangible assets for impairment whenever events or 
changes in circumstances indicate the carrying value of an asset may not be recoverable.  Our asset impairment review 
assesses the fair value of the assets based on the estimated undiscounted future cash flows expected to result from the use 
of the asset plus net proceeds expected from disposition of the asset (if any) and compares the fair value to the carrying 
value.  Such impairment test is based on the lowest level for which identifiable cash flows are largely independent of the 
cash flows of other groups of assets and liabilities.  If the carrying value exceeds the fair value, an impairment loss is 
recognized for the difference.  This approach uses our estimates of future market growth, forecasted net sales and costs, 
expected periods the assets will be utilized, and appropriate discount rates.  

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MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION 
AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS (continued) 

  We perform an annual review in the fourth quarter of every year, or more frequently if indicators of potential 
impairment exist, to determine if the carrying value of our recorded goodwill is impaired.  We continually assesses 
whether any indicators of impairment exist, which requires a significant amount of judgment.  Events or circumstances 
that could trigger an impairment review include a significant adverse change in legal factors or in the business climate, 
unanticipated competition, significant changes in the manner of our use of the acquired assets or the strategy for our 
overall business, significant negative industry or economic trends, significant declines in our stock price for a sustained 
period or significant underperformance relative to expected historical or projected future cash flows or results of 
operations.  Any adverse change in these factors, among others, could have a significant effect on the recoverability of 
goodwill and could have a material effect on our consolidated financial statements.    

The goodwill impairment test is performed at the reporting unit level.  A reporting unit is an operating segment or 

one level below an operating segment (referred to as a “component”).  A component of an operating segment is a 
reporting unit if the component constitutes a business for which discrete financial information is available and segment 
management regularly reviews the operating results of that component.  When two or more components of an operating 
segment have similar economic characteristics, the components shall be aggregated and deemed a single reporting unit.  
An operating segment shall be deemed to be a reporting unit if all of its components are similar, if none of its 
components is a reporting unit, or if the segment comprises only a single component.  Insight has three reporting units, 
which are equivalent to our operating segments.     

The goodwill impairment test is a two step analysis.  In testing for a potential impairment of goodwill, we first 

compare the estimated fair value of each reporting unit in which the goodwill resides to its book value, including 
goodwill.  Management must apply judgment in determining the estimated fair value of our reporting units.  Multiple 
valuation techniques can be used to assess the fair value of the reporting unit, including the market and income 
approaches.  All of these techniques include the use of estimates and assumptions that are inherently uncertain.  Changes 
in these estimates and assumptions could materially affect the determination of fair value or goodwill impairment, or 
both.  These estimates and assumptions primarily include, but are not limited to, future market growth, forecasted sales 
and costs and appropriate discount rates.  Due to the inherent uncertainty involved in making these estimates, actual 
results could differ from those estimates.  Management evaluates the merits of each significant assumption, both 
individually and in the aggregate, used to determine the fair value of the reporting units. 

If the estimated fair value exceeds book value, goodwill is considered not to be impaired and no additional steps are 
necessary.  To ensure the reasonableness of the estimated fair values of our reporting units, we perform a reconciliation 
of our total market capitalization to the estimated fair value of the all of our reporting units.  If the fair value of the 
reporting unit is less than its book value, then we are required to perform the second step of the impairment analysis by 
comparing the carrying amount of the goodwill with its implied fair value.  In step two of the analysis, we utilize the fair 
value of the reporting unit computed in the first step to perform a hypothetical purchase price allocation to the fair value 
of the assets and liabilities of the reporting unit. The difference between the fair value of the reporting unit calculated in 
step one and the fair value of the underlying assets and liabilities of the reporting unit is the implied fair value of the 
reporting unit’s goodwill.  Management must also apply judgment in determining the estimated fair value of these 
individual assets and liabilities and may include independent valuations of certain internally generated and unrecognized 
intangible assets, such as trademarks.  Management also evaluates the merits of each significant assumption, both 
individually and in the aggregate, used to determine the fair values of these individual assets and liabilities.  If the 
carrying amount of our goodwill exceeds the implied fair value of that goodwill, an impairment loss would be 
recognized in an amount equal to the excess.   

At December 31, 2007, our goodwill balance was allocated among all three of our operating segments, which 

represented the purchase price in excess of the net amount assigned to assets acquired and liabilities assumed in 
connection with previous acquisitions, adjusted for changes in foreign currency exchange rates.  We tested goodwill for 
impairment during the fourth quarter of 2007.  At that time, we concluded that the fair value of each of our reporting 
units was in excess of the carrying value. 

On April 1, 2008, we acquired Calence, which has been integrated into our North America business.  On July 10, 

2008, we acquired MINX, which has been integrated into our EMEA business.  Under the purchase method of 
accounting, the purchase price for each acquisition was allocated to the tangible and identifiable intangible assets 
acquired and liabilities assumed based on their estimated fair values.  The excess purchase price over fair value of net 
assets acquired was recorded as goodwill in the respective reporting unit.  The primary driver for these acquisitions was 
to enhance our technical capabilities around networking, advanced communications and managed services and to help 
accelerate our transformation to a broad-based technology solutions advisor and provider.   

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MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION 
AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS (continued) 

In consideration of market conditions and the decline in our overall market capitalization resulting from decreases in 

the market price of Insight’s publicly traded common stock during the three months ended June 30, 2008, we evaluated 
whether an event (a “triggering event”) had occurred during the second quarter that would require us to perform an 
interim period goodwill impairment test in accordance with SFAS 142.  Subsequent to the first quarter of 2008, the 
Company experienced a relatively consistent decline in market capitalization due to deteriorating market conditions and 
a significant decline subsequent to our announcement of preliminary first quarter 2008 results on April 23, 2008.  During 
the first quarter of 2008, the market price of Insight’s publicly traded common stock ranged from a high of $19.00 to a 
low of $15.49, ending the quarter at $17.50 on March 31, 2008.  During the second quarter of 2008, the market price of 
Insight’s publicly traded common stock ranged from a high of $18.20 to a low of $11.00 on April 24, 2008, when the 
price dropped by 22.5% and did not return to levels previous to that single day drop through the end of the quarter.  
Based on the sustained significant decline in the market price of our common stock during the second quarter of 2008, 
we concluded that a triggering event had occurred subsequent to March 31, 2008, which would more likely than not 
reduce the fair value of one or more of our reporting units below its respective carrying value. 

As a result, we performed the first step of the two-step goodwill impairment test in the second quarter of 2008 in 
accordance with SFAS 142 and compared the fair values of our reporting units to their carrying values.  The fair values 
of our reporting units were determined using established valuation techniques, specifically the market and income 
approaches, and included the use of estimates and assumptions that are inherently uncertain.  Changes in these estimates 
and assumptions could materially affect the determination of fair value or goodwill impairment, or both.  These estimates 
and assumptions primarily include, but are not limited to, future market growth, forecasted sales and costs and 
appropriate discount rates.  The Company assigned discount rates of 14%, 18% and 19% for our North America, EMEA 
and APAC reporting units, respectively, based on the weighted average cost of capital of seven comparable companies, 
excluding Insight.  To ensure the reasonableness of the estimated fair values of our reporting units, we performed a 
reconciliation of our total market capitalization to the estimated fair value of the all of our reporting units.  We 
determined that the fair value of the North America reporting unit was less than the carrying value of the net assets of the 
reporting unit, and thus, we performed step two of the impairment test for the North America reporting unit.  The results 
of the first step of the two-step goodwill impairment test indicated that the fair value of each of our EMEA and APAC 
reporting units was in excess of the carrying value, and thus we did not perform step two of the impairment test for 
EMEA or APAC. 

In step two of the impairment test, we determined the implied fair value of the goodwill in our North America 
reporting unit and compared it to the carrying value of the goodwill.  We allocated the fair value of the North America 
reporting unit to all of its assets and liabilities as if the reporting unit had been acquired in a business combination and 
the fair value of the North America reporting unit was the price paid to acquire the reporting unit.  The excess of the fair 
value of the reporting unit over the amounts assigned to its assets and liabilities is the implied fair value of goodwill.  
Our step two analysis resulted in no implied fair value of goodwill for the North America reporting unit, and therefore, 
we recognized a non-cash goodwill impairment charge of $313,776,000, $201,050,000 net of taxes, which represented 
the entire goodwill balance recorded in our North America operating segment as of June 30, 2008, including the entire 
amount of the goodwill recorded in connection with the Calence acquisition.  The charge is included in (loss) earnings 
from continuing operations for the year ended December 31, 2008.  

Subsequent to the announcement of our results of operations for the second quarter of 2008 on August 11, 2008, the 

Company experienced a relatively consistent increase in market capitalization.  During the third quarter of 2008, the 
market price of Insight’s publicly traded common stock ranged from a low of $10.70 to a high of $17.11, ending the 
quarter at $13.41 on September 30, 2008.  We concluded that during the third quarter of 2008, a triggering event had not 
occurred that would more likely than not reduce the fair value of one or more of our reporting units below its respective 
carrying value. 

We performed our annual review of goodwill in the fourth quarter of 2008.   We performed the first step of the two-
step goodwill impairment test in accordance with SFAS 142 and compared the fair values of our reporting units to their 
carrying values.  The fair values of our reporting units were determined using established valuation techniques, 
specifically the market and income approaches, and included the use of estimates and assumptions that are inherently 
uncertain.  Changes in these estimates and assumptions could materially affect the determination of fair value or 
goodwill impairment, or both.  These estimates and assumptions primarily included, but were not limited to, future 
market growth, forecasted sales and costs and appropriate discount rates.  The Company assigned discount rates of 15%, 
18% and 19% for our North America, EMEA and APAC reporting units, respectively, based on the weighted average 
cost of capital of seven comparable companies, excluding Insight.  To ensure the reasonableness of the estimated fair 

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AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS (continued) 

values of our reporting units, we performed a reconciliation of our total market capitalization to the estimated fair value 
of the all of our reporting units.  We determined that the fair value of each of our three reporting units was less than the 
carrying value of the net assets of the respective reporting unit, and thus we performed step two of the impairment test 
for each of our three reporting units. 

In step two of the impairment test, we determined the implied fair value of the goodwill in each of our three 

reporting units and compared it to the carrying value of the related goodwill.  We allocated the fair value of each of our 
reporting units to all of their respective assets and liabilities as if each of the reporting units had been acquired in a 
business combination and the fair value of the reporting unit was the price paid to acquire the reporting unit.  The excess 
of the fair value of the reporting unit over the amounts assigned to its assets and liabilities is the implied fair value of 
goodwill.  Our step two analyses resulted in no implied fair value of goodwill for any of our three reporting units, and 
therefore, we recognized a non-cash goodwill impairment charge of $83,471,000, $75,657,000 net of taxes, which 
represented the entire amount of the goodwill recorded in all three of our operating segments as of December 31, 2008, 
including goodwill recorded in connection with the MINX acquisition.  The charge is included in (loss) earnings from 
continuing operations for the year ended December 31, 2008. 

The goodwill impairment charge in North America in the second quarter of 2008 was a result of the deteriorating 
economic environment, particularly its effect on our legacy hardware business, which contributed to lower than expected 
net sales and caused management to reassess our expectations about future domestic market growth.  By the fourth 
quarter of 2008, the effects of the global recession were negatively affecting our results of operations in all of our 
operating segments, indicating a need for management to again reassess projections of future domestic and foreign 
market growth, leading to the incremental fourth quarter of 2008 goodwill impairment charge in all three of our 
operating segments.  Market growth projections have been reduced significantly throughout 2008.  Until sustained 
improvements in the global macroeconomic environment are evident, projections of future growth are not anticipated to 
return to the historical levels that contributed to the valuations of the Company’s past business combinations.  The 
decline in anticipated growth has not, however, affected the sustainability of the Company’s overall business model, 
which continues to generate positive cash flow, such that the Company is able to meet our obligations in the normal 
course of business.   

See further information on the carrying value of goodwill and the impairment charges recorded in 2008 in Note 5 to 

the Consolidated Financial Statements in Part II, Item 8 of this report.   

In conjunction with the impairment analysis of our goodwill, we assessed the recoverability of our other long-lived 

assets, including intangible assets and property and equipment by comparing the projected undiscounted net cash flows 
associated with the related asset or group of assets over their remaining lives against their respective carrying amounts.  
Such impairment test was based on the lowest level for which identifiable cash flows are largely independent of the cash 
flows of other groups of assets and liabilities.  For each of our intangible assets and property and equipment categories 
within each of our three operating segments, the estimated fair value of those assets exceeded the carrying amount, and 
no impairment was indicated. 

Severance and Restructuring Activities 

We have engaged, and may continue to engage, in severance and restructuring activities which require us to utilize 

significant estimates related primarily to employee termination benefits, estimated costs to terminate leases or remaining 
lease commitments on unused facilities, net of estimated subleases.  Should the actual amounts differ from our estimates, 
adjustments to severance and restructuring expenses in subsequent periods would be necessary.  A detailed description of 
our severance, restructuring and acquisition integration activities and remaining accruals for these activities at December 
31, 2008 can be found in Note 10 to the Consolidated Financial Statements in Part II, Item 8 of this report.   

Taxes on Earnings 

 Our effective tax rate includes the effect of certain undistributed foreign earnings for which no U.S. taxes have been 

provided because such earnings are planned to be reinvested indefinitely outside the U.S.  Earnings remittance amounts 
are planned based on the projected cash flow needs as well as the working capital and long-term investment requirements 
of our foreign subsidiaries and our domestic operations.  Material changes in our estimates of cash, working capital and 
long-term investment requirements could affect our effective tax rate.  

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We record a valuation allowance to reduce our deferred tax assets to the amount that is more likely than not to be 
realized.  We consider past operating results, future market growth, forecasted earnings, historical and projected taxable 
income, the mix of earnings in the jurisdictions in which we operate, prudent and feasible tax planning strategies and 
statutory tax law changes in determining the need for a valuation allowance.  If we were to determine that it is more 
likely than not that we would not be able to realize all or part of our net deferred tax assets in the future, an adjustment to 
the deferred tax assets would be charged to earnings in the period such determination is made.  Likewise, if we later 
determine that it is more likely than not that the net deferred tax assets would be realized, the previously provided 
valuation allowance would be reversed.  Upon adoption of SFAS No. 141 (revised 2007), “Business Combinations” on 
January 1, 2009, any change in a valuation allowance established in purchase accounting will be a benefit to or charge 
against earnings.  Additional information about the valuation allowance can be found in Note 11 to the Consolidated 
Financial Statements in Part II, Item 8 of this report. 

Contingencies  

From time to time, we are subject to potential claims and assessments from third parties.  We are also subject to various 

governmental, client and vendor audits.  We continually assess whether or not such claims have merit and warrant accrual 
under the “probable and estimable” criteria of SFAS 5.  Where appropriate, we accrue estimates of anticipated liabilities in 
the consolidated financial statements.  Such estimates are subject to change and may affect our results of operations and our 
cash flows.  Additional information about contingencies can be found in Note 16 to the Consolidated Financial Statements 
in Part II, Item 8 of this report. 

RESULTS OF OPERATIONS 

The following table sets forth for the periods presented certain financial data as a percentage of net sales for the 

years ended December 31, 2008, 2007 and 2006:   

2008

100.0%
86.2
13.8

2007 
 As Restated  
  (1) 

   2006
As Restated
(1)

100.0%
86.3 
13.7 

100.0%
87.1
12.9

11.7
8.2
0.2
(6.3)
0.5
(6.8)
(1.8)
(5.0)
-

11.3 
- 
- 
2.4 
0.2 
2.2 
0.9 
1.3 
0.1 

10.5
-
-
2.4
-
2.4
0.8
1.6
0.3

Net sales.................................................................................................
Costs of goods sold ................................................................................
  Gross profit.......................................................................................

Operating expenses: 
Selling and administrative expenses ....................................................
Goodwill impairment ...........................................................................
Severance and restructuring expenses ..................................................
  (Loss) earnings from operations .......................................................

Non-operating expense, net ..............................................................

  (Loss) earnings from continuing operations before income taxes....
Income tax (benefit) expense .................................................................
  Net (loss) earnings from continuing operations ...............................
  Earnings from discontinued operations, net of taxes........................
Net (loss) earnings .................................................................................
(1) See the explanatory note in the front of this Annual Report on Form 10-K, “Restatement of Consolidated Financial 
Statements” in Part II, Item 7 and Note 2 to the Consolidated Financial Statements in Part II, Item 8 of this report. 

         (5.0%)

          1.4%

         1.9%

2008 Compared to 2007 

Net Sales.  Net sales for the year ended December 31, 2008 were essentially flat compared to the year ended 

December 31, 2007.  Our net sales by operating segment for the years ended December 31, 2008 and 2007 were as 
follows (dollars in thousands): 

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2008

% Change 

North America .........................................  
EMEA ......................................................  
APAC ......................................................  
Consolidated ............................................  
(1)  See Note 2 “Restatement of Consolidated Financial Statements” in Part II, Item 8. 

3,362,544
1,309,365
153,580
4,825,489

$

$

-
(2%) 
 42% 
-

2007
As Restated
(1)
$ 3,367,998
1,329,682
107,794
$ 4,805,474

Net sales in North America remained flat for the year ended December 31, 2008 compared to the year ended 
December 31, 2007 as the 55% growth in our networking and connectivity hardware sales with the acquisition of 
Calence on April 1, 2008 was more than offset by declines in our legacy hardware business such that overall hardware 
net sales in North America for the year ended December 31, 2008 decreased 3% year over year.  Hardware net sales, 
other than networking and connectivity, declined 14% year over year reflecting the effects of the difficult 2008 market.  
Software net sales for the year ended December 31, 2008 decreased 2% compared to the year ended December 31, 2007.  
Net sales from services, which also benefited from the acquisition of Calence, increased 88% year over year, which 
includes 16% growth in the legacy services business in North America.  North America had 1,285 account executives at 
December 31, 2008, a decrease from 1,349 at December 31, 2007.  This decrease is due to planned attrition offset 
partially by the net increases as a result of the acquisition of Calence.  Net sales per average number of account 
executives in North America approximated $2.6 million for the years ended December 31, 2008 and 2007.  The average 
tenure of our account executives in North America has increased to 4.7 years at December 31, 2008 from 4.2 years at 
December 31, 2007.   

Net sales in EMEA decreased $20.3 million or 2% for the year ended December 31, 2008 compared to the year 
ended December 31, 2007.  The negative year over year comparison resulted from an 8% decline in hardware sales, 
partially offset by increases in software and services, which grew 2% and 25% respectively, year over year.  The results 
were also significantly negatively affected by foreign currency translation, which accounted for $12.5 million, or 62% of 
the year over year dollar decline.  EMEA had 680 account executives at December 31, 2008, an increase from 571 at 
December 31, 2007, including net increases as a result of the acquisition of MINX.  Net sales per average number of 
account executives in EMEA decreased to $2.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2008 compared to $2.5 million 
for the year ended December 31, 2007 due primarily to the negative effect of foreign currency translation.  The average 
tenure of our account executives in EMEA has increased from 3.0 years at December 31, 2007 to 3.4 years at December 
31, 2008. 

Our APAC segment recognized net sales of $153.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2008, an increase of 
$45.8 million or 42%, compared to the year ended December 31, 2007 as the segment has benefited from the hiring of 
incremental experienced software sales and support teammates early in 2008. 

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AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS (continued) 

Net sales by category for North America, EMEA and APAC were as follows for the years ended December 31, 2008 

and 2007: 

North America
Years Ended December 31, 

Sales Mix 

 2008 

Network and Connectivity ......   
Notebooks and PDAs .............   
Servers and Storage ................   
Desktops .................................   
Printers ...................................   
Memory and Processors .........  
Supplies and Accessories .......  
Monitors and Video ................  
Miscellaneous .........................  
   Hardware .............................  
   Software ..............................  
   Services ...............................  

 17% 
   9% 
   9%  
  7% 
  4% 
  3% 
  3% 
  4% 
  8% 
 64% 
 31% 
  5% 
100% 

2007
As Restated
(1)
11%
 11%
10%
7%
5%
4%
4%
5%
8%
65%
32%
3%
100%

EMEA

APAC

Years Ended December 31,  Years Ended December 31,

 2008  

 2007   

 2008

2007

4%
7%
6%
4%
3%
1%
3%
3%
3%
34%
65%
       1%
100%

4% 
8% 
7% 
4% 
3% 
2% 
3% 
3% 
3% 
37% 
62% 
       1% 
100% 

- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
100%
            -  
100%

-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
          -
-
100%
            -  
100%

(1) See Note 2 “Restatement of Consolidated Financial Statements” in Part II, Item 8. 

Currently, our offerings in North America and the United Kingdom include IT hardware, software and services.  Our 

offerings in the remainder of our EMEA segment and in APAC currently only include software and select software-
related services.  

Gross Profit.  Gross profit increased 1% for the year ended December 31, 2008 compared to the year ended 

December 31, 2007, with a 10 basis point increase in gross margin.  Our gross profit and gross profit as a percent of net 
sales by operating segment for the years ended December 31, 2008 and 2007 were as follows (dollars in thousands):  

North America ................................  
EMEA .............................................  
APAC .............................................  
Consolidated ...................................  
(1)  See Note 2 “Restatement of Consolidated Financial Statements” in Part II, Item 8. 

449,186
190,673
23,724
663,583

13.4%
14.6%
15.4%
13.8%

$

$

$

$

2008 

% of Net

      Sales 

2007 
As Restated 
(1)
463,163 
174,766 
20,697 
658,626 

% of Net
    Sales 

13.8%
13.1%
19.2%
13.7%

North America’s gross profit decreased 3% for the year ended December 31, 2008 compared to the year ended 

December 31, 2007.  Gross profit per account executive decreased 4% to $341,000 for the year ended December 31, 
2008 from $355,000 for the year ended December 31, 2007.  As a percentage of net sales, gross profit decreased 40 basis 
points year over year primarily due to decreases in agency fees for enterprise software agreement renewals of 35 basis 
points, market pricing pressures which have driven decreases in product margin, which includes vendor funding, of 28 
basis points, and a 25 basis point decline attributable to decreases in margin generated by freight due to a decrease in 
hardware sales and increased transportation costs that we were not able to pass on to clients in full.  These decreases 
were offset partially by a 62 basis point improvement in gross margin resulting from increased sales of higher margin 
services, primarily from our acquisition of Calence.   

EMEA’s gross profit increased for the year ended December 31, 2008 by 9% compared to the year ended December 

31, 2007.  Gross profit per account executive decreased 7% to $305,000 for the year ended December 31, 2008 from 
$327,000 for the year ended December 31, 2007.  As a percentage of net sales, gross profit increased by 150 basis points 
from 2007 to 2008 due primarily to increases in product margin, which includes vendor funding, of approximately 80 
basis points and an increase in agency fees for enterprise software agreement renewals of approximately 70 basis points.  
More specifically, the improvement in vendor funding includes an increase in amounts earned under rebate programs 
with hardware distributors as well as some publishers other than Microsoft.  

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APAC’s gross profit increased for the year ended December 31, 2008 by $3.0 million or 15% compared to the year 

ended December 31, 2007 with the increase in net sales in the segment.   As a percentage of net sales, gross profit 
decreased 380 basis points from 2007 to 2008 due primarily a decrease in agency fees for enterprise software agreement 
renewals and lower margin on public sector sales. 

  Operating Expenses.  

Selling and Administrative Expenses.  Selling and administrative expenses increased in the year ended December 
31, 2008 compared to the year ended December 31, 2007 due primarily to the acquisition of Calence on April 1, 2008, 
partially offset by the benefit of the expense actions we took throughout 2008.  Selling and administrative expenses 
increased 4% and increased as a percentage of net sales for the year ended December 31, 2008 compared to the year 
ended December 31, 2007.  Selling and administrative expenses as a percent of net sales by operating segment for the 
years ended December 31, 2008 and 2007 were as follows (dollars in thousands): 

2008 

% of Net
    Sales 

2007 

 % of Net
   Sales 

North America ................................  
EMEA .............................................  
APAC .............................................  
Consolidated ...................................  
(1)  See Note 2 “Restatement of Consolidated Financial Statements” in Part II, Item 8. 

391,629
152,617
17,741
561,987

11.6%
11.7%
11.6%
11.6%

$

$

$

$

As Restated 
(1) 
383,390 
143,611 
15,321 
542,322 

11.4%
10.8%
14.2%
11.3%

North America’s selling and administrative expenses increased $8.2 million or 2% for the year ended December 31, 

2008 compared to the year ended December 31, 2007.  Incremental selling and administrative expenses relating to 
Calence since April 1, 2008 of $39.6 million, including $4.8 million of amortization of acquired intangible assets, were 
partially offset by decreases in selling and administrative expenses in the legacy Insight business as a result of our 
expense management initiatives as well as reduced performance-based compensation expense due to our financial 
performance.  Additionally, the 2008 period benefited from the fact that there were no professional fees associated with 
the review of our historical stock option practices, whereas selling and administrative expenses in the year ended 
December 31, 2007 included $12.5 million of such professional fees. 

EMEA’s selling and administrative expenses increased $9.0 million or 6% for the year ended December 31, 2008 

compared to the year ended December 31, 2007.  The increase in selling and administrative expenses is primarily 
attributable to salaries and wages, employee-related expenses and contract labor, which increased due to increases in 
sales incentive programs, increases in recruitment costs and employee headcount.  In addition, facility related expenses 
accounted for $1.1 million of the year over year increase.  The effect of currency exchange rates between the U.S. dollar 
as compared to the various European currencies in which we do business accounted for approximately $4.3 million of 
the net year over year increase.  

APAC’s selling and administrative expenses increased $2.4 million or 16% for the year ended December 31, 2008 

compared to the year ended December 31, 2007 primarily due to the hiring of experienced software sales and support 
teammates during the first quarter of 2008. 

Goodwill Impairment.  As discussed in Note 5 to the Consolidated Financial Statements in Part II, Item 8 of this 
report, we recorded a non-cash goodwill impairment charge during the year ended December 31, 2008 of $397.2 million, 
which represented the entire goodwill balance recorded in all three of our operating segments as of December 31, 2008.  
The goodwill impairment charge in North America in the second quarter of 2008 was a result of the deteriorating 
economic environment, particularly its effect on our legacy hardware business, which contributed to lower than expected 
net sales and caused management to reassess our expectations about future domestic market growth.  By the fourth 
quarter of 2008, the effects of the global recession were negatively affecting our results of operations in all of our 
operating segments, indicating a need for management to again reassess projections of future domestic and foreign 
market growth, leading to the incremental fourth quarter of 2008 goodwill impairment charge in all three of our 
operating segments.  Market growth projections have been reduced significantly throughout 2008.  Until sustained 
improvements in the global macroeconomic environment are evident, projections of future growth are not anticipated to 
return to the historical levels that contributed to the valuations of the Company’s past business combinations.  The 

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decline in anticipated growth has not, however, affected the sustainability of the Company’s overall business model, 
which continues to generate positive cash flow, such that the Company is able to meet our obligations in the normal 
course of business.   

Severance and Restructuring Expenses.  During the year ended December 31, 2008, North America, EMEA and 

APAC recorded severance expense of $4.6 million, $3.9 million and $39,000, respectively, related to on-going 
restructuring efforts.  During the year ended December 31, 2007, North America, EMEA and APAC recorded severance 
expense of $3.0 million, $177,000 and $64,000, respectively, primarily associated with the retirement of our former chief 
financial officer.  Additionally, a $606,000 benefit related to a reduction in EMEA’s restructuring liability for remaining 
lease obligations on a previously vacated legacy Insight office property following a successful renegotiation of a portion 
of the long-term lease was recorded during 2007.  See Note 10 to the Consolidated Financial Statements in Part II, Item 8 
of this report for further discussion of severance and restructuring activities.  

Non-Operating (Income) Expense. 

Interest Income.  Interest income for the years ended December 31, 2008 and 2007 was generated through short-

term investments.  The increase in interest income year over year is due to improved cash management, partially offset 
by decreases in interest rates. 

Interest Expense.  Interest expense for the years ended December 31, 2008 and 2007 primarily relates to borrowings 

under our financing facilities.  Interest expense remained relatively flat from 2007 to 2008 as a result of the increase in 
the weighted average borrowings outstanding subsequent to the acquisition of Calence, offset by decreases in interest 
rates on the refinanced debt in 2008.  In conjunction with our refinancing of our existing term loan and revolving credit 
facility on April 1, 2008 (discussed in Note 7 to the Consolidated Financial Statements in Part II, Item 8 if this report), 
we recorded a loss on debt extinguishment of $591,000 in the second quarter of 2008 to write off a portion of our 
deferred financing fees to interest expense.  

Net Foreign Currency Exchange Losses (Gains).  These losses (gains) result from foreign currency transactions, 
including the period end remeasurement of intercompany balances that are not considered long-term in nature.  The net 
foreign currency exchange loss in 2008 is due primarily to increases in the volume of software licenses sold in various 
foreign currencies and procured in U.S. dollars, changes in intercompany balances of our foreign subsidiaries and the 
volatility of the related foreign currency exchange rates, specifically the Canadian dollar, the Euro and the British Pound 
Sterling.   

Other Expense, Net.  Other expense, net, consists primarily of bank fees associated with our cash management 

activities.   

Income Tax Expense.  Our income tax benefit from continuing operations for the year ended December 31, 2008 
was $86.3 million compared to income tax expense of $40.7 million for the year ended December 31, 2007.  The change 
from expense in 2007 to a benefit in 2008 was primarily the result of the impairment charge related to deductible 
goodwill during 2008 that resulted in a pre-tax loss from continuing operations for the year ended December 31, 2008. 

Earnings from Discontinued Operations.   On March 1, 2007, we completed the sale of PC Wholesale.  The gain 

on the sale of PC Wholesale of $5.6 million, $3.4 million net of taxes, and the results of operations attributable to PC 
Wholesale were classified as a discontinued operation in 2007.  See Note 20 to the Consolidated Financial Statements in 
Part II, Item 8 of this report for further discussion. 

2007 Compared to 2006 

Net Sales.  Net sales for the year ended December 31, 2007 increased 33% compared to the year ended December 

31, 2006, in part, due to the acquisition of Software Spectrum in 2006.  Our net sales by operating segment for the years 
ended December 31, 2007 and 2006 were as follows (dollars in thousands): 

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North America .........................................  
EMEA ......................................................  
APAC ......................................................  
Consolidated ............................................  
(1)  See Note 2 “Restatement of Consolidated Financial Statements” in Part II, Item 8. 

3,367,998
1,329,682
107,794
4,805,474

$

$

18% 
87% 
260% 
33% 

2007
As Restated
(1)

% Change 

2006
As Restated
(1)
$ 2,859,678
710,294
29,965
$ 3,599,937

The increase in North America’s net sales for the year ended December 31, 2007 was due primarily to the 

acquisition of Software Spectrum, which contributed to 79% growth in our sales of software.  We also experienced slight 
organic growth in our hardware category and strong growth in our services category, which grew by 39% year over year.  
North America had 1,349 account executives at December 31, 2007, an increase from 1,259 at December 31, 2006.  Net 
sales per average number of account executives in North America increased to $2.6 million for the year ended December 
31, 2007 from $2.5 million for the year ended December 31, 2006.  The average tenure of our account executives in 
North America decreased slightly from 4.4 years at December 31, 2006 to 4.2 years at December 31, 2007. 

The increase of $619.4 million or 87% in EMEA’s net sales for the year ended December 31, 2007 was due to 
organic growth and the acquisition of Software Spectrum as well as favorable currency exchange rates.  The effect of 
currency exchange rates between the weakening U.S. dollar year over year as compared to the various European 
currencies in which we do business accounted for approximately $92.6 million or 15% of this increase.  Software sales in 
the EMEA segment grew 183% year over year and we also saw a very strong performance in our EMEA hardware and 
services categories, which grew 19% and 113%, respectively.  EMEA had 571 account executives at December 31, 2007, 
an increase from 499 at December 31, 2006 due to planned increases in an effort to grow the business.  Net sales per 
average number of account executives in EMEA increased to $2.5 million for the year ended December 31, 2007 
compared to $1.9 million for the year ended December 31, 2006.  The average tenure of our account executives in 
EMEA increased from 2.7 years at December 31, 2006 to 3.0 years at December 31, 2007. 

Our APAC segment recognized net sales of $107.8 million for the year ended December 31, 2007, its first full year 

of operating results since our acquisition of Software Spectrum in September 2006.   

Net sales by category for North America, EMEA and APAC were as follows for the years ended December 31, 2007 

and 2006: 

Sales Mix 

Network and Connectivity ......   
Notebooks and PDAs .............   
Servers and Storage ................   
Desktops .................................   
Printers ...................................   
Memory and Processors .........   
Supplies and Accessories .......   
Monitors and Video ................   
Miscellaneous .........................   
   Hardware .............................   
   Software ..............................   
   Services ...............................   

North America
Years Ended December 31, 

 2007 
As Restated
(1) 
 11% 
 11% 
  10% 
  7% 
  5% 
  4% 
  4% 
  5% 
  8% 
 65% 
 32% 
  3% 
100% 

  2006
As Restated
(1)
14%
  12%
12%
8%
6%
5%
6%
5%
9%
77%
21%
2%
100%

EMEA

APAC

Years Ended December 31,  Years Ended December 31,

 2007  

2006 

 2007

2006

4%
8%
7%
4%
3%
2%
3%
3%
3%
37%
62%
       1%
100%

6% 
12% 
9% 
6% 
6% 
3% 
5% 
6% 
5% 
58% 
41% 
       1% 
100% 

- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
100%

             - 
100%

-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
100%
-
100%

(1) See Note 2 “Restatement of Consolidated Financial Statements” in Part II, Item 8. 

With the acquisition of Software Spectrum, our product mix changed significantly, with software increasing from 

26% of total company net sales in 2006 to 42% in 2007.   

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Gross Profit.  Gross profit increased 41% for the year ended December 31, 2007 compared to the year ended 
December 31, 2006.  The increase in sales of software licenses for which we receive only an agency fee, as well as sales 
of software maintenance contracts and third-party warranties for which only the gross profit is recorded as net sales, 
makes period-to-period comparability of net sales and costs of goods sold more difficult.  As a result, we believe that 
gross profit is a more reliable measure of business performance and is more useful in comparing period-to-period trends 
than net sales.  Our gross profit and gross profit as a percent of net sales by operating segment for the years ended 
December 31, 2007 and 2006 were as follows (dollars in thousands): 

North America ................................  
EMEA .............................................  
APAC .............................................  
Consolidated ...................................  
(1)  See Note 2 “Restatement of Consolidated Financial Statements” in Part II, Item 8. 

13.8%
13.1%
19.2%
13.7%

$

$

% of Net

      Sales 

2007 
As Restated
(1)
463,163
174,766
20,697
658,626

$

$

2006 
As Restated 
(1)
362,481 
98,805 
4,900 
466,186 

% of Net
    Sales 

12.7%
13.9%
   16.4%
12.9%

North America’s gross profit increased for the year ended December 31, 2007 by 28% compared to the year ended 

December 31, 2006.  Gross profit per account executive increased 14% to $355,000 for the year ended December 31, 
2007 from $311,000 for the year ended December 31, 2006.  As a percentage of net sales, gross profit increased by 110 
basis points due primarily to an increase in agency fees for Microsoft enterprise software agreement renewals of 155 
basis points and higher margins associated with our service business of 16 basis points.  These increases were partially 
offset by decreases in product margin, which includes vendor funding, of 57 basis points.  

EMEA’s gross profit increased for the year ended December 31, 2007 by 77% compared to the year ended 
December 31, 2006.  Gross profit per account executive increased 27% to $327,000 for the year ended December 31, 
2007 from $258,000 for the year ended December 31, 2006.  As a percentage of net sales, gross profit decreased by 
approximately 80 basis points from 2006 to 2007 due primarily to decreases in product margin of 155 basis points 
resulting primarily from our acquisition of Software Spectrum, whose overall gross margins are generally lower than 
those in our legacy business due to the sales mix of software only compared to hardware, software and services for our 
legacy business.  We also saw a 19 basis point decline related to decreases in supplier discounts due to a change in 
supplier mix, resulting primarily from our acquisition of Software Spectrum.  These decreases in gross margin were 
offset partially by higher agency fees for Microsoft enterprise software agreement renewals which contributed 96 basis 
points improvement.  

APAC’s gross profit increased for the year ended December 31, 2007 by 322% compared to the year ended 

December 31, 2006 due to the inclusion of a full year of APAC results in 2007. 

  Operating Expenses.  

Selling and Administrative Expenses.  Selling and administrative expenses increased in the year ended December 

31, 2007 compared to the year ended December 31, 2006 due primarily to the acquisition of Software Spectrum.  Selling 
and administrative expenses increased 44% and increased as a percentage of net sales for the year ended December 31, 
2007 compared to the year ended December 31, 2006.  Selling and administrative expenses as a percent of net sales by 
operating segment for the years ended December 31, 2007 and 2006 were as follows (dollars in thousands):  

North America ................................  
EMEA .............................................  
APAC .............................................  
Consolidated ...................................  
(1)  See Note 2 “Restatement of Consolidated Financial Statements” in Part II, Item 8. 

11.4%
10.8%
14.2%
11.3%

$

$

$

$

% of Net
    Sales 

2006 

 % of Net
   Sales 

As Restated 
(1) 
289,788 
83,111 
3,823 
376,722 

10.1%
11.7%
12.8%
10.5%

2007 
As Restated
(1)
383,390
143,611
15,321
542,322

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North America’s selling and administrative expenses increased 32% for the year ended December 31, 2007 

compared to the year ended December 31, 2006.  The increase in selling and administrative expenses is primarily 
attributable to: 

•  Salaries and wages, employee-related expenses and contract labor, which increased approximately $60.0 

million due to increases in expenses related to the addition of Software Spectrum, increases in sales incentive 
programs and increases in bonus expenses due to increased overall financial performance;   

•  Amortization of intangible assets acquired in the acquisition of Software Spectrum in September 2006, which 

increased from $2.3 million in 2006 to $5.8 million in 2007; 

•  Professional fees associated with the review of our historical stock option practices, which increased from $1.6 

million in 2006 to $12.5 million in 2007;  

•  Duplicative costs associated with our back-office operations tied to our IT systems upgrade; and 
•  Other integration-related expenses, such as travel, legal and accounting fees. 

EMEA’s selling and administrative expenses increased 73% for the year ended December 31, 2007 compared to the 
year ended December 31, 2006.  The U.S. dollar increase in selling and administrative expenses is primarily attributable 
to: 

•  Salaries and wages, employee-related expenses and contract labor, which increased approximately $42.9 

million due to increases in expenses related to the addition of Software Spectrum, increases in stock-based 
compensation expense, increases in sales incentive programs and increases in bonus expenses due to increased 
overall financial performance; 

•  Amortization of intangible assets acquired with the acquisition of Software Spectrum in September 2006, which 

increased from $1.3 million in 2006 to $3.5 million in 2007;  

•  Higher facilities expense, travel expense and professional fees related to the increased geographical coverage 

and office locations resulting from our acquisition of Software Spectrum; and  

•  The effect of currency exchange rates between the weakening U.S. dollar year over year as compared to the 

various European currencies in which we do business accounted for approximately $9.3 million or 12% of the 
total increase.   

APAC’s selling and administrative expenses increased for the year ended December 31, 2007 compared to the year 

ended December 31, 2006 primarily due to the inclusion of Software Spectrum results for a full year in 2007. 

Severance and Restructuring Expenses.  During the year ended December 31, 2007, North America, EMEA and 
APAC recorded severance expense of $3.0 million, $177,000, and $64,000, respectively, primarily associated with the 
retirement of our former chief financial officer.  Additionally, a $606,000 benefit related to a reduction in EMEA’s 
restructuring liability for remaining lease obligations on a previously vacated legacy Insight office property following a 
successful renegotiation of a portion of the long-term lease was recorded during 2007.  During the year ended December 
31, 2006, North America and EMEA recorded severance expense of $508,000 and $221,000.  See Note 10 to the 
Consolidated Financial Statements in Part II, Item 8 of this report for further discussion of severance and restructuring 
activities.  

Non-Operating (Income) Expense. 

Interest Income.  Interest income for the years ended December 31, 2007 and 2006 was generated through short-
term investments.  The decrease in interest income was due to a generally lower level of cash available to be invested in 
short-term investments as we paid down debt balances and completed stock repurchases during 2007. 

Interest Expense.  Interest expense for the years ended December 31, 2007 and 2006 primarily relates to borrowings 
under our financing facilities.  The increase in interest expense was primarily due to higher weighted average borrowings 
outstanding during the year ended December 31, 2007 compared to the year ended December 31, 2006 given the debt 
incurred for the acquisition of Software Spectrum was only outstanding for a third of the year in 2006.   

Net Foreign Currency Exchange Gains.  These gains result from foreign currency transactions, including 
intercompany balances that are not considered long-term in nature.  The increase in the net foreign currency exchange 
gain was due primarily to increases in the volume of business transacted outside of the U.S. and the decline in the value 
of the U.S. dollar against currencies we transact business in, specifically the Canadian dollar, the Euro and the British 
Pound Sterling.   

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AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS (continued) 

Other Expense, Net.  Other expense, net, consists primarily of bank fees associated with our cash management 

activities.   

Income Tax Expense.  Our effective tax rate from continuing operations for the year ended December 31, 2007 was 
38.6% compared to 35.4% for the year ended December 31, 2006.  The effective tax rate is higher in 2007 due primarily 
to an increase in our tax reserves relating to uncertain tax positions.  Further, our 2006 effective tax rate reflects the 
reversal of accrued income taxes resulting from the determination that a reserve previously recorded for potential tax 
exposures was no longer necessary.   

Earnings from Discontinued Operations.   On March 1, 2007, we completed the sale of PC Wholesale and on June 
30, 2006, we completed the sale of Direct Alliance.  Accordingly, the results of operations attributable to PC Wholesale 
and Direct Alliance for all periods presented have been classified as discontinued operations.  See Note 20 to the 
Consolidated Financial Statements in Part II, Item 8 of this report for further discussion. 

Liquidity and Capital Resources 

The following table sets forth for the periods presented certain consolidated cash flow information for the years 

ended December 31, 2008, 2007 and 2006 (dollars in thousands): 

2008

2007 

2006

$

Net cash provided by operating activities ....................
Net cash used in investing activities ............................
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities .....
Net cash provided by a discontinued operation ...........
Foreign currency exchange effect on cash flow...........
(Decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents ........
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year ..........
Cash and cash equivalents at end of year.....................
(1)  See Note 2 “Restatement of Consolidated Financial Statements” in Part II, Item 8. 

145,439
(153,813)
9,211
-
(8,380)
(7,543)
56,718
49,175

$

$

  $

As Restated (1)  As Restated (1)
83,487
$
(309,967)
242,787
105
3,140
19,552
35,145
54,697

100,004 
(7,645) 
(100,198) 
- 
9,860 
2,021 
54,697 
56,718 

  $

Cash and Cash Flow 

Our primary uses of cash in the past few years have been to fund acquisitions, working capital requirements and 

capital expenditures and to repurchase our common stock.  We generated very strong operating cash flows for the year 
ended December 31, 2008.  Operating activities provided $145.4 million in cash, a 45% increase over the year ended 
December 31, 2007.  Our strong operating cash flows enabled us to acquire Calence and MINX utilizing $137.2 million 
for the acquisitions, including the repayment of $11.0 million of assumed debt, as well as to fund $50.0 million of 
repurchases of our common stock during the year in addition to the $50.0 million that was repurchased in 2007.  Even 
with these significant cash outlays, we increased our debt position by only $25.8 million during 2008.  Capital 
expenditures were $26.6 million for the year, a 27% decrease from 2007 due primarily to the completion of our IT 
systems upgrade project in late 2008.  Additionally, 2008 included an $8.4 million negative effect of foreign currency 
exchange rates on cash flow while 2007 benefited from a $9.9 million positive effect of foreign currency exchange rates 
on cash flow. 

We sold PC Wholesale in March 2007 and have presented it as a discontinued operation.  Excluding net earnings, 

amounts related to the discontinued operation have not been removed from the 2007 and 2006 cash flow statements 
because the effect is immaterial. 

We intend to use cash generated by our business in 2009 primarily to pay down outstanding debt. 

Net cash provided by operating activities.  Cash flows from operating activities for the year ended December 31, 

2008 resulted primarily from net earnings from continuing operations before the non-cash goodwill impairment charge, 
including the resulting increase in deferred tax assets associated with the goodwill impairment charge, and before 
depreciation and amortization.  Also contributing to the cash flows from operating activities were decreases in accounts 

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receivable and other current assets, partially offset by decreases in accounts payable in the normal course of business.  
Cash flows from operations for the year ended December 31, 2007 resulted primarily from net earnings from continuing 
operations before depreciation and amortization and an increase in accounts payable.  These increases in operating cash 
flows were partially offset by an increase in accounts receivable.  The increase in accounts payable can be primarily 
attributed to an increase in net sales, and the related costs of goods sold.  The higher accounts receivable balance at 
December 31, 2007 compared to December 31, 2006 can be primarily attributed to an increase in net sales as well as to a 
slow down in collections in our North American and EMEA operations due to internal collection productivity issues and 
slower customer payments.  Cash flows from operations for the year ended December 31, 2006 resulted primarily from 
net earnings from continuing operations before depreciation and amortization and increases in accounts payable and 
decreases in inventories.  These increases in operating cash flows were partially offset by increases in accounts 
receivable.  The increased accounts payable and accounts receivable balances can be primarily attributed to the Software 
Spectrum acquisition.     

Our consolidated cash flow operating metrics as of December 31, 2008 and 2007 are as follows: 

Days sales outstanding in ending accounts receivable (“DSOs”)(a) ............
Inventory turns (excluding inventories not available for sale) (b)  ...............
Days purchases outstanding in ending accounts payable (“DPOs”) (c)........

2008

78
38
66

2007
As Restated (1)
75
39
57

(1) See Note 2 “Restatement of Consolidated Financial Statements” in Part II, Item 8. 

(a)  Calculated as the balance of accounts receivable, net at the end of the period divided by daily net sales.  Daily 

net sales is calculated as net sales for the quarter divided by 92 days. 

(b)  Calculated as annualized costs of goods sold divided by average inventories.  Average inventories is calculated 
as the sum of the balances of inventories at the beginning of the period plus ending inventories divided by two. 
(c)  Calculated as the balances of accounts payable, which includes the inventory financing facility, at the end of the 
period divided by daily costs of goods sold.  Daily costs of goods sold is calculated as costs of goods sold for 
the quarter divided by 92 days. 

The increase in DSOs from December 31, 2007 resulted from the increase in the proportion of consolidated net sales 

in our foreign operations, which have generally longer payment terms.  Improving our cash conversion cycle will 
continue to be an area of focus in 2009.  The increase in DPOs from December 31, 2007 is driven primarily by enhanced 
management of working capital, including the establishment of a new inventory financing facility, which provides for 
interest free inventory purchases as long as the accounts payable are paid within extended stated vendor terms (ranging 
from 30 to 60 days).  These operating metrics include the effect of the Calence acquisition in higher accounts receivable 
and accounts payable balances at December 31, 2008 compared to December 31, 2007.  

We expect that cash flow from operations will be used, at least partially, to fund working capital as we typically pay 
our partners on average terms that are shorter than the average terms granted to our clients in order to take advantage of 
supplier discounts. 

Net cash used in investing activities.  During the year ended December 31, 2008, we used $124.7 million, net of 
cash acquired of $7.7 million to acquire Calence and $1.5 million, net of cash acquired of $46,000, to acquire MINX.  
Capital expenditures of $26.6 million and $36.3 million for the years ended December 31, 2008 and 2007, respectively, 
primarily related to investments to upgrade our IT systems, including capitalized costs of software developed for internal 
use, IT equipment and software licenses.  We expect total capital expenditures in 2009 to be between $20.0 million and 
$25.0 million, primarily for the IT systems upgrade in our EMEA operations and other facility and technology related 
maintenance and upgrade projects.  During the year ended December 31, 2007, we received net proceeds of $28.6 
million from the sale of a discontinued operation.  During the year ended December 31, 2008, we made a payment of 
$900,000 to resolve certain post-closing contingencies related to that sale.  During the year ended December 31, 2006, 
we received $46.3 million for the sale of a discontinued operation and used $321.2 million, net of cash acquired of $30.3 
million, to acquire Software Spectrum. 

Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities.  During the year ended December 31, 2008, we increased our 
outstanding debt by $25.8 million and subsequent to the acquisition of Calence on April 1, 2008, had a net increase in 
our obligations under our new inventory financing facility of $48.9 million, which is included in accounts payable.  

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AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS (continued) 

These positive cash flows were partially offset by the funding of $50.0 million of repurchases of our common stock and 
the repayment of $11.0 million of debt assumed in the acquisitions of Calence and MINX during 2008.  During the year 
ended December 31, 2007, we reduced our outstanding debt by $52.0 million and funded repurchases of $50.0 million of 
our common stock.  These uses of cash were partially offset by $24.5 million of proceeds from sales of common stock 
under employee stock plans.  During the year ended December 31, 2006, the acquisition of Software Spectrum was 
partially financed by new term loan borrowings of $75.0 million under our amended and restated credit facility and 
$173.0 million under our amended accounts receivables securitization financing facility.   

As of December 31, 2008, our long-term debt balance consisted of $228.0 million outstanding under our $300.0 
million senior revolving credit facility.  Our objective is to pay our debt balances down as quickly as possible while 
retaining adequate cash balances to meet overall business objectives. 

The one-year term of our $150.0 million accounts receivable securitization financing facility (“the ABS facility”) 
expires on September 17, 2009.  We currently anticipate that we will be able to renew the ABS facility, but at interest 
rates higher than those in effect today.  No amounts were outstanding under the ABS facility as of December 31, 2008, 
and as such, we had no current debt on our balance sheet as of December 31, 2008.  Our ability to borrow up to the full 
$150.0 million under the ABS facility is based on specified formulae relating to the amount and quality of our accounts 
receivable generated by our legacy business in the U.S.  Subsequent to December 31, 2008, as a result of the decline in 
overall sales volume in that legacy business in the first quarter of 2009, our availability under the ABS facility decreased 
by $40.3 million as of March 31, 2009.  Additionally, we further reduced our eligible receivables under this facility by 
$45.9 million to reflect the U.S. legacy gross trade credit liabilities that were recorded as part of our financial statement 
restatement described in Note 2 of our Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements in Item 8 of this report.  As a 
result, total availability under our ABS facility at March 31, 2009 was $63.8 million.  We plan to work with our lenders 
to increase our total capacity under the ABS facility by adding receivables from our U.S.-based software business to the 
facility as market and other conditions permit. 

  We utilize the ABS facility primarily to meet short-term, seasonal spikes in our working capital needs and expect 
that we will continue using the facility to meet those needs in 2009.  The most significant seasonal spike occurs in July 
of each year as a result of payments due to our largest supplier for purchases occurring primarily in June.  We believe 
that the current availability under our ABS facility along with capacity under our senior revolving credit facility will be 
sufficient to fund the anticipated seasonal spike in cash needs.  As our operations generate cash, we are typically able to 
begin paying down debt within a few days of the seasonal spike.  If we were unable to renew our ABS facility in 2009, 
we believe that cash flows from operations and extending payment terms with key partners by foregoing early pay 
discounts, together with the funds available under our existing long-term senior revolving credit facility, will be adequate to 
support our anticipated working capital requirements for operations over the next twelve months.  Additionally, we may 
be able to support our working capital needs by negotiating extended payment terms with our largest supplier and 
exercising our option to expand the size of our senior revolving credit facility, however, this expansion would likely 
result in significantly higher costs for the facility compared to the favorable rates in effect today.     

Our borrowing capacity under our senior revolving credit facility and the ABS facility is limited by certain financial 

covenants, particularly a maximum leverage ratio.  The maximum leverage ratio is calculated as aggregate debt 
outstanding divided by the Company’s trailing twelve months EBITDA, as defined in the agreements.  The maximum 
leverage ratio permitted under the agreements is currently 3.0 times trailing twelve-month EBITDA and steps down to 
2.75 times in October 2009.  A significant drop in EBITDA would limit the amount of indebtedness that could be 
outstanding at the end of any fiscal quarter, to a level that could be below the Company’s total debt capacity.  As of 
December 31, 2008, of the $450.0 million of total debt capacity available, the Company’s borrowing capacity was 
limited to $402.1 million based on trailing twelve-month EBITDA of $134.0 million.  Even with lower expected 
EBITDA and the lower maximum leverage ratio covenant beginning in the fourth quarter of 2009, we anticipate that we 
will meet our maximum leverage ratio requirements over the next four quarters. 

On November 13, 2007, our Board of Directors authorized the repurchase of up to $50.0 million of our common stock 
through September 30, 2008.  During the year ended December 31, 2008, we purchased 3.5 million shares of our common 
stock on the open market at an average price of $14.31 per share, which represented the full amount authorized under the 
repurchase program.  All shares repurchased were retired.  We do not currently anticipate any repurchases of our common 
stock during 2009.   

Cash and cash equivalents held by foreign subsidiaries are generally subject to U.S. income taxation upon 
repatriation to the U.S.  For foreign entities not treated as branches for U.S. tax purposes, we do not provide for U.S. 
income taxes on the undistributed earnings of these subsidiaries as earnings are reinvested and, in the opinion of 

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AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS (continued) 

management, will continue to be reinvested indefinitely outside of the U.S.  As of December 31, 2008, cash and cash 
equivalents of $48.4 million were held by our foreign subsidiaries.  As of December 31, 2008, a majority of Insight’s 
foreign cash resides in Canada, Australia, the United Kingdom and the Netherlands.  Certain of these cash balances 
could and will be remitted to the U.S. by paying down intercompany payables generated in the ordinary course of 
business.  This repayment would not change Insight’s policy to indefinitely reinvest earnings of its foreign subsidiaries.  
In the United Kingdom and the Netherlands, there are previously taxed balances, which could be remitted to the U.S.  
The undistributed earnings of foreign subsidiaries that are deemed to be indefinitely invested outside of the U.S. were $23.5 
million at December 31, 2008.  During 2009 and 2010, we plan to begin to implement a new IT system in all European 
entities.  Undistributed earnings generated during 2008 and 2009 will be used to fund this IT system implementation.  In 
addition to funding the new IT system implementation, various entities are planning facility upgrades as well as other 
technology related upgrades.  Management is also looking to expand its presence overseas, particularly in EMEA and 
APAC, which can be funded with these undistributed earnings without repatriation. 

See Note 7 to the Consolidated Financial Statements in Part II, Item 8 of this report for a description of our 
financing facilities, including terms and covenants, amounts outstanding, amounts available and weighted average 
borrowings and interest rates during the year.  

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements  

We have entered into off-balance sheet arrangements, which include guaranties and indemnifications, as defined by 
the SEC’s Final Rule 67, “Disclosure in Management’s Discussion and Analysis about Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements 
and Aggregate Contractual Obligations.”  The guaranties and indemnifications are discussed in Note 16 to the 
Consolidated Financial Statements in Part II, Item 8 of this report.  We believe that none of our off-balance sheet 
arrangements have, or is reasonably likely to have, a material current or future effect on our financial condition, sales or 
expenses, results of operations, liquidity, capital expenditures or capital resources.   

Contractual Obligations for Continuing Operations 

At December 31, 2008, our contractual obligations for continuing operations were as follows (in thousands): 

Long-Term Debt (a) .......................................
Inventory Financing Facility (b) .....................
Operating lease obligations ...........................
Severance and restructuring obligations (c) ...
Other contractual obligations (d) ....................
Total ..............................................................

Total 
$ 228,000
79,126
56,424
6,570
67,647
$ 437,767

Less than
1 Year 

$
-
        79,126
14,079
5,286
15,188
$ 113,679

  1-3
  Years   

$
              - 

Payments due by period 
   3-5 
   Years    
-    $  228,000 
                   - 
9,699 
- 
18,880 
$  49,823    $  256,579 

20,405   
1,284   
28,134   

More than 5

Years 
$              
-
                  -
12,241
-
5,445
17,686

$

(a)  Amounts included in our contractual obligations table above reflect the $228.0 million outstanding at December 

31, 2008 under our senior revolving credit facility as due in April 2013, the date at which the facility matures. See 
further discussion in Note 7 to the Consolidated Financial Statements in Part II, Item 8 of this report. 

(b)  On September 17, 2008, we entered into an agreement which provides for a new facility to purchase inventory 
from a list of approved vendors. See further discussion in Note 7 to the Consolidated Financial Statements in 
Part II, Item 8 of this report. As of December 31, 2008, $79.1 million was included in accounts payable related to 
this facility and has been included in our contractual obligations table above as being due within the 30- to 60-day 
stated vendor terms. 

(c)  As a result of approved severance and restructuring plans, we expect future cash expenditures related to employee 
termination benefits and facilities based costs. See further discussion in Note 10 to the Consolidated Financial 
Statements in Part II, Item 8 of this report. 

(d)  The table above includes: 

I.  Estimated interest payments of $10.9 million in each of the next four years and $2.7 million in the first 
three months of 2013, based on the current debt balance of $228.0 million at December 31, 2008 under 
the senior revolving credit facility, multiplied by the weighted average interest rate for the year ended 
December 31, 2008 of 4.8% per annum. 

II.  Amounts totaling $7.1 million over the next five years to the Valley of the Sun Bowl Foundation for 

sponsorship of the Insight Bowl and $7.7 million over the next seven years for advertising and marketing 

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AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS (continued) 

events with the Arizona Cardinals NFL team at the University of Phoenix stadium. See further discussion 
in Note 16 to the Consolidated Financial Statements in Part II, Item 8 of this report. 

III.  During the year ended December 31, 2005, we adopted FIN 47, which states that companies must 

recognize a liability for the fair value of a legal obligation to perform asset-retirement activities that are 
conditional on a future event if the amount can be reasonably estimated. We estimate that we will owe 
$3.2 million in future years in connection with these obligations. 

IV.  In July 2007, we signed a statement of work with a third party that was engaged to assist us in integrating 
into our IT system our hardware, services and software distribution operations in the U.S., Canada, 
EMEA and APAC.  During the quarter ended March 31, 2008, we renegotiated the contract to include a 
new scope of work, whereby we agreed to engage the third party on current and future IT related 
projects. The remaining commitments approximate $3.1 million over approximately two years. 

The table above excludes $4.3 million of liabilities under FASB Interpretation No. 48, “Accounting for Uncertainty 

in Income Taxes,” as we are unable to reasonably estimate the ultimate amount or timing of settlement. See further 
discussion in Note 11 to the Consolidated Financial Statements in Part II, Item 8 of this report. 

Although we set purchase targets with our partners tied to the amount of supplier reimbursements we receive, we 

have no material contractual purchase obligations.   

Acquisitions 

Our strategy includes the possible acquisition of or investments in other businesses to expand or complement our 

operations.  The magnitude, timing and nature of any future acquisitions or investments will depend on a number of 
factors, including the availability of suitable candidates, the negotiation of acceptable terms, our financial capabilities 
and general economic and business conditions.  Financing for future transactions would result in the utilization of cash, 
incurrence of additional debt, issuance of stock or some combination of the three.   

On July 10, 2008, we acquired MINX Limited (“MINX”), a United Kingdom-based networking services company 
with annual net sales of approximately $25.0 million, for an initial cash purchase price of approximately $1.5 million and 
the assumption of approximately $3.9 million of existing debt. Up to an additional $550,000 may be due if MINX 
achieves certain performance targets over a one-year period.  Founded in 2002, MINX is a network integrator with Cisco 
Gold Partner accreditation in the United Kingdom. We believe this acquisition will significantly enhance our capabilities 
in the sale, implementation and management of network infrastructure services and solutions in our EMEA operating 
segment and will compliment our April 1, 2008 acquisition of Calence in our North America operating segment. 

On April 1, 2008, we completed the acquisition of Calence, LLC (“Calence”), one of the nation’s largest 

independent technology solutions providers specializing in Cisco networking solutions, advanced communications and 
managed services, for a cash purchase price of $125.0 million plus a preliminary working capital adjustment of 
approximately $4.0 million, offset by a final post-closing working capital adjustment of $383,000. Up to an additional 
$35.0 million of purchase price consideration may be due if Calence achieves certain performance targets over the next 
four years. During the year ended December 31, 2008, we accrued an additional $9.8 million of purchase price 
consideration and accrued interest of $532,000 as a result of Calence achieving certain performance targets during the 
year. Such amount was recorded as additional goodwill. We also assumed Calence’s existing debt totaling approximately 
$7.4 million, of which $7.1 million was repaid by us at closing. 

Inflation 

We have historically not been adversely affected by inflation, as technological advances and competition within the 

IT industry have generally caused the prices of the products we sell to decline and product life cycles tend to be short.  
This requires our growth in unit sales to exceed the decline in prices in order to increase our net sales.  We believe that 
most price increases could be passed on to our clients, as prices charged by us are not set by long-term contracts; 
however, as a result of competitive pressure, there can be no assurance that the full effect of any such price increases 
could be passed on to our clients. 

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Recently Issued Accounting Standards 

See Note 1 to the Consolidated Financial Statements in Part II, Item 8 of this report for a description of recent 

accounting pronouncements, including our expected dates of adoption and the estimated effects on our results of 
operations and financial condition. 

2009 Perspective 

We believe that with current demand levels and with the resource and other actions we have taken over the last 

several quarters, diluted earnings per share will be between $0.80 and $0.87 for the full year of 2009 with more of the 
earnings coming in the second half of the year compared to the first half.  This outlook does not include the impact of 
any severance and restructuring expenses, expenses associated with the restatement investigation and administration or 
related litigation, or other one time charges.  This estimated range does, however, include: 

• 

• 

• 

our expectation of a weak hardware demand environment; 

the projected negative effect of known rebate program changes from our key software partner, which we now 
project will result in a $20 - $25 million reduction to our gross profit in 2009, mostly in the second and fourth 
quarters given our strong software mix in those quarters; and  

the offsetting benefits of the aggressive cost reduction actions taken to date. 

Item 7A.  Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk  

Interest Rate Risk  

We have interest rate exposure arising from our financing facilities, which have variable interest rates.  These 
variable interest rates are affected by changes in short-term interest rates.  We currently do not hedge our interest rate 
exposure.   

We do not believe that the effect of reasonably possible near-term changes in interest rates will be material to our 

financial position, results of operations and cash flows.  Our financing facilities expose net earnings to changes in short-
term interest rates since interest rates on the underlying obligations are variable.  We had $228.0 million outstanding 
under our senior revolving credit facility and no amounts outstanding under our accounts receivable securitization 
financing facility at December 31, 2008.  The interest rates attributable to the borrowings under out senior revolving 
credit facility and the accounts receivable securitization financing facility were 1.61% and 3.13%, respectively, per 
annum at December 31, 2008.  The change in annual net earnings from continuing operations, pretax, resulting from a 
hypothetical 10% increase or decrease in the highest applicable interest rate would approximate $0.7 million.   

Foreign Currency Exchange Risk  

We use the U.S. dollar as our reporting currency.  The functional currencies of our significant foreign subsidiaries are 

generally the local currencies.  Accordingly, assets and liabilities of the subsidiaries are translated into U.S. dollars at the 
exchange rate in effect at the balance sheet dates.  Income and expense items are translated at the average exchange rate for 
each month within the year.  Translation adjustments are recorded directly in other comprehensive income as a separate 
component of stockholders’ equity.  Net foreign currency transaction (gains) losses, including transaction (gains) losses on 
intercompany balances that are not of a long-term investment nature, are reported as a separate component of non-operating 
(income) expense, net in our consolidated statements of operations.  We also maintain cash accounts denominated in 
currencies other than the functional currency which expose us to foreign exchange rate movements.  Remeasurement of 
these cash balances results in (gains) losses that are also reported as a separate component of non-operating (income) 
expense.   

We monitor our foreign currency exposure and have begun to enter, selectively, into forward exchange contracts to 

mitigate risk associated with certain non-functional currency monetary assets and liabilities related to foreign 
denominated payables, receivables, and cash balances.  Transaction gains and losses resulting from non-functional 
currency assets and liabilities are offset by forward contracts in non-operating (income) and expense, net.  The Company 
does not have a significant concentration of credit risk with any single counterparty. 

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INSIGHT ENTERPRISES, INC.  

The Company generally enters into forward contracts with maturities of three months or less. The derivatives 
entered into during 2008 were not designated as hedges under Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 133, 
“Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities.”  The following derivative contracts were entered into 
during the year ended December 31, 2008, and remained open and outstanding at December 31, 2008.  All U.S. dollar 
and foreign currency amounts are presented in thousands.  

Foreign Currency 
Foreign Amount 
Exchange Rate 
USD Equivalent 
Maturity Date 

Sell
GBP 
5,000 
0.6770 
$7,386 
January 7, 2009 

Buy
EURO 
7,149 
0.7149 
$10,000 
January 7, 2009 

The Company does not enter into derivative contracts for speculative or trading purposes.  The fair value of all 

forward contracts at December 31, 2008 was $228,000. 

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INSIGHT ENTERPRISES, INC.  
INDEX TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 

Item 8.  Financial Statements and Supplementary Data  

Reports of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm ................................................  
Consolidated Balance Sheets – December 31, 2008 and 2007 .............................................  
Consolidated Statements of Operations – For each of the years in the 
  three-year period ended December 31, 2008 ......................................................................  
Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity and Comprehensive Income (Loss)   
  – For each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2008 .......................  
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows – For each of the years in the 
  three-year period ended December 31, 2008 ......................................................................  
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements .........................................................................  

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59 

60 
62 

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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED  
PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM 

The Board of Directors and Stockholders 
Insight Enterprises, Inc.: 

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Insight Enterprises, Inc. and subsidiaries (the 
Company) as of December 31, 2008 and 2007, and the related consolidated statements of operations, stockholders’ 
equity and comprehensive income (loss), and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended 
December 31, 2008. These consolidated financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our 
responsibility is to express an opinion on these consolidated financial statements based on our audits. 

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United 
States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the 
financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting 
the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used 
and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We 
believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion. 

In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial 
position of Insight Enterprises, Inc. and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2008 and 2007, and the results of their 
operations and their cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2008, in conformity 
with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. 

As discussed in Note 2 to the consolidated financial statements, the consolidated financial statements as of December 31, 
2007, and for each of the years in the two-year period ended December 31, 2007, have been restated to correct 
misstatements. 

As discussed in Note 3 to the consolidated financial statements, the Company adopted certain provisions of Statement of 
Financial Accounting Standards No. 157, Fair Value Measurements, in 2008. 

We also have audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United 
States), Insight Enterprises, Inc.’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2008, based on criteria 
established in Internal Control – Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the 
Treadway Commission, and our report dated May 11, 2009, expressed an adverse opinion on the effectiveness of the 
Company’s internal control over financial reporting. 

/s/ KPMG LLP 

Phoenix, Arizona 
May 11, 2009 

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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED  
PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM 

The Board of Directors and Stockholders 
Insight Enterprises, Inc.: 

We have audited Insight Enterprises, Inc.’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2008, based on 
criteria established in Internal Control – Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of 
the Treadway Commission (COSO). Insight Enterprises, Inc.’s management is responsible for maintaining effective 
internal control over financial reporting and for its assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial 
reporting, included in the accompanying Item 9A (a), Management’s Report on Internal Control Over Financial 
Reporting.  Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s internal control over financial reporting based 
on our audit. 

We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United 
States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether 
effective internal control over financial reporting was maintained in all material respects. Our audit included obtaining an 
understanding of internal control over financial reporting, assessing the risk that a material weakness exists, and testing 
and evaluating the design and operating effectiveness of internal control based on the assessed risk. Our audit also 
included performing such other procedures as we considered necessary in the circumstances. We believe that our audit 
provides a reasonable basis for our opinion. 

A company’s internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding 
the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with 
generally accepted accounting principles. A company’s internal control over financial reporting includes those policies 
and procedures that (1) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the 
transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company; (2) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are 
recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting 
principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of 
management and directors of the company; and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely 
detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of the company’s assets that could have a material effect on the 
financial statements. 

Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. 
Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become 
inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may 
deteriorate. 

A material weakness is a deficiency, or a combination of deficiencies, in internal control over financial reporting, such 
that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of the company’s annual or interim financial statements 
will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis.  A material weakness related to the proper disposition, reconciliation 
and monitoring of aged credits has been identified and included in management’s assessment.  We also have audited, in 
accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), the consolidated 
balance sheets of Insight Enterprises, Inc. and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2008 and 2007, and the related 
consolidated statements of operations, stockholders’ equity and comprehensive income (loss), and cash flows for each of 
the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2008. This material weakness was considered in determining the 
nature, timing, and extent of audit tests applied in our audit of the 2008 consolidated financial statements, and this report 
does not affect our report dated May 11, 2009, which expressed an unqualified opinion on those consolidated financial 
statements. 

In our opinion, because of the effect of the aforementioned material weakness on the achievement of the objectives of the 
control  criteria,  Insight  Enterprises,  Inc.  and  subsidiaries  has  not  maintained  effective  internal  control  over  financial 
reporting as of December 31, 2008, based on criteria established in Internal Control—Integrated Framework issued by 
the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission. 

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Insight Enterprises, Inc. acquired Calence, LLC during 2008, and management excluded from its assessment of the 
effectiveness of Insight Enterprises, Inc.’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2008, Calence, 
LLC’s internal control over financial reporting associated with total assets of $120 million and total revenues of $258 
million included in the consolidated financial statements of Insight Enterprises, Inc. and subsidiaries as of and for the 
year ended December 31, 2008.  Our audit of internal control over financial reporting of Insight Enterprises, Inc. also 
excluded an evaluation of the internal control over financial reporting of Calence, LLC. 

/s/ KPMG LLP 

Phoenix, Arizona 
May 11, 2009 

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INSIGHT ENTERPRISES, INC.  
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS 
(in thousands, except per share data) 

ASSETS 

December 31,

  2008   

Current assets: 

Cash and cash equivalents .......................................................................................... $ 
Accounts receivable, net.............................................................................................
Inventories ..................................................................................................................
Inventories not available for sale ................................................................................
Deferred income taxes ................................................................................................
Other current assets ....................................................................................................
Total current assets ...............................................................................................

49,175 
990,026 
103,130 
30,507 
40,075 
37,495 
  1,250,408 

Property and equipment, net  ..................................................................................................
Goodwill ..................................................................................................................................
Intangible assets, net ................................................................................................................
Deferred income taxes .............................................................................................................
Other assets ..............................................................................................................................

157,334 
- 
93,400 
89,757 
16,741 
$1,607,640 

LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

2007
As
Restated
(1)

$

56,718
1,061,179
109,557
21,450
42,252
38,916
1,330,072

159,740
304,573
80,922
3,717
10,076
$1,889,100

Current liabilities: 

Accounts payable ............................................................................................................. $  720,833 
  175,769 
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities  ..............................................................
Current portion of long-term debt ...................................................................................
- 
36,339 
Deferred revenue .............................................................................................................
932,941 
  Total current liabilities ...............................................................................................

$ 686,006
168,607
15,000
42,885
912,498

Long-term debt ........................................................................................................................
Deferred income taxes .............................................................................................................
Other liabilities ........................................................................................................................

  228,000 
2,291 
22,440 
  1,185,672 

187,250
27,539
20,075
1,147,362

Commitments and contingencies (Notes 9, 10, 11, 16)

Stockholders’ equity: 

Preferred stock, $0.01 par value, 3,000 shares authorized; no shares issued.................
Common stock, $0.01 par value, 100,000 shares authorized; 45,595 and 48,458

shares issued and outstanding in 2008 and 2007, respectively .................................
Additional paid-in capital ................................................................................................
Retained earnings ............................................................................................................
Accumulated other comprehensive income – foreign currency translation

adjustments .................................................................................................................
Total stockholders’ equity ....................................................................................

- 

-

456 
371,664 
40,290 

485 
391,380
302,113

9,558 
421,968 
$1,607,640 

47,760
741,738
$1,889,100

(1) See Note 2 “Restatement of Consolidated Financial Statements.”

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements. 

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INSIGHT ENTERPRISES, INC.  
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS 
(in thousands, except per share data) 

2008 

Years Ended December 31, 
2007 
    As  

  As 

2006 

Net sales ................................................................................................................  
Costs of goods sold ...............................................................................................  
Gross profit....................................................................................................  

Operating expenses: 
  Selling and administrative expenses ................................................................  
  Goodwill impairment ........................................................................................  
  Severance and restructuring expenses ..............................................................       
(Loss) earnings from operations ...................................................................  

Non-operating (income) expense: 

Interest income ..................................................................................................  
Interest expense ................................................................................................  
Net foreign currency exchange loss (gain).......................................................  
Other expense, net ............................................................................................  
  (Loss) earnings from continuing operations before income taxes ...............  
Income tax (benefit) expense ...............................................................................  
Net (loss) earnings from continuing operations ...........................................  

    Earnings from discontinued operations, net of taxes of $1,719 and 

  Restated  Restated 

(1) 
$ 4,825,489  $ 4,805,474  $ 3,599,937 
  4,161,906 
  3,133,751  
  4,146,848 
466,186 
658,626 
663,583 

(1) 

561,987 
397,247 
8,595 
(304,246)   

542,322 
- 
2,595 
113,709 

376,722 
- 
729 
88,735 

(2,387)   
13,479 
9,629 
1,107 
(326,074)   
(86,347)   
(239,727)   

(2,078)   
12,852 
(3,887)   
1,531 
105,291 
40,686 
64,605 

(4,355) 
5,985 
(1,135) 
901 
87,339 
30,882
56,457 

  $8,451, respectively, including gains on sales in 2007 and 2006 ..........  

- 

4,151 

13,084

Net (loss) earnings ................................................................................................  

$  (239,727)  $ 

68,756  $ 

69,541 

Net (loss) earnings per share - Basic: 

Net (loss) earnings from continuing operations  ..........................................  
Net earnings from discontinued operations ..................................................  

$ 

(5.15)  $ 
- 

1.32  $ 
0.08 

1.17 
0.27

Net (loss) earnings per share .........................................................................  

$ 

(5.15)  $ 

1.40  $ 

1.44 

Net (loss) earnings per share - Diluted: 

Net (loss) earnings from continuing operations  ..........................................  
Net earnings from discontinued operations ..................................................  
Net (loss) earnings per share .........................................................................  

$ 

(5.15)  $ 
- 

1.29  $ 
0.08 

$        (5.15)  $         1.37  $ 

1.15 
0.27 
1.42 

Shares used in per share calculations:  

Basic ..............................................................................................................  
Diluted ...........................................................................................................  

46,573 
46,573 

        49,055 
50,120 

        48,373
49,006 

(1)  See Note 2 “Restatement of Consolidated Financial Statements.” 

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements. 

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INSIGHT ENTERPRISES, INC.  
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY  
AND COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS) 
(in thousands) 

    Common Stock 

Balances at December 31, 2005-As 
Reported .......................................................

Cumulative effect of prior period 

Shares  Par Value
477 
   47,736  $ 

adjustments 

- 

- 

Balances at December 31, 2005-As 
Restated (1) ..................................................

   47,736 

477 

Issuance of common stock under 

employee stock plans .........................
Stock-based compensation expense .........
Tax benefit from employee gains on 

stock-based compensation .................

Comprehensive income: 

Foreign currency translation  

adjustment, net of tax ...................
Net earnings.......................................
Total comprehensive income ...................

Balances at December 31, 2006-As 
Restated (1) ..................................................

Issuance of common stock under 

    1,132 
- 

- 

- 
- 

12 
- 

- 

- 
- 

   48,868 

489 

employee stock plans .........................
Stock-based compensation expense .........

    1,546 
- 

15 
- 

    Treasury Stock 
Shares  Par Value     Capital       

Additional 
Paid-in 

Comprehensive  Retained 

Income 

   Earnings        Equity 

Total 
Stockholders’

Accumulated 
Other 

- 

 $ 

- 

 $334,404

  $ 

14,186 

 $220,846  $      569,913 

- 

- 

- 
-

- 

- 
- 

- 

- 
-

- 

- 

- 
- 

- 

- 
- 

- 

- 
- 

-

28 

   (22,212)

(22,184)

   334,404

14,214 

   198,634 

       547,729 

   14,822
   16,055

882

-
-

- 
- 

- 

- 
- 

- 

14,588 
- 

- 
   69,541 

14,834 
16,055 

882 

14,588 
69,541 
84,129 

   366,163

28,802 

   268,175 

663,629 

   24,506
   14,083

  Tax benefit from employee gains on 

stock-based compensation .................
Repurchase of treasury stock ...................
Retirement of treasury stock ....................
Comprehensive income: 

- 
- 
   (1,956) 

- 
- 
(19)

- 
   (1,956)
    1,956 

- 
   (50,000) 
   50,000 

1,791
-
   (15,163)

- 
- 

-
-

18,958 
- 

- 
   68,756 

- 

   391,380

47,760 

   302,113

741,738 

- 
- 

- 
- 

   48,458 

485 

631 
- 

6 
- 

- 
- 

- 

- 
-

- 
- 

2,905
7,985

- 
- 
   (3,494) 

- 
- 
(35)

- 
   (3,494)
    3,494 

- 
   (50,000) 
   50,000 

(2,737)
-
   (27,869)

- 
- 

- 
- 

   45,595  $ 

456 

- 
- 

- 

 $ 

- 
- 

- 

-
-

(38,202) 
- 

- 
  (239,727)

 $371,664

  $ 

9,558 

 $  40,290 

 $ 

- 
- 

- 
- 
- 

- 
- 

- 
- 
   (34,818)

- 
- 

- 
- 
- 

- 
- 

- 
- 
   (22,096)

24,521 
14,083 

1,791 
(50,000)
- 

18,958 
68,756 
87,714 

2,911 
7,985 

(2,737)
(50,000)
- 

(38,202)
(239,727)
(277,929)
421,968 

Foreign currency translation  

adjustment, net of tax ...................
Net earnings.......................................
Total comprehensive income ...................

Balances at December 31, 2007-As 
Restated (1) ..................................................

Issuance of common stock under 

employee stock plans, net of shares 
withheld for payroll taxes ..................
Stock-based compensation expense .........

  Tax shortfall from stock-based 

compensation .....................................
  Repurchase of treasury stock ...................
  Retirement of treasury stock ....................
  Comprehensive loss: 

Foreign currency translation  

adjustment, net of tax ...................
Net loss ..............................................
  Total comprehensive loss.........................
Balances at December 31, 2008 ....................

(1)  See Note 2 “Restatement of Consolidated Financial Statements.” 

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements. 

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INSIGHT ENTERPRISES, INC.  
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS  
(in thousands) 

Cash flows from operating activities:  
  Net (loss) earnings from continuing operations ...................................................  
  Plus: net earnings from discontinued operations .................................................  
  Net (loss) earnings ............................................................................................  

  Adjustments to reconcile net (loss) earnings to net cash provided by 

operating activities:  
  Goodwill impairment ........................................................................................  
  Depreciation and amortization ..........................................................................  
  Provision for losses on accounts receivable .....................................................  
  Write-downs of inventories ..............................................................................  
  Non-cash stock-based compensation ................................................................  
  Gain on sale of discontinued operations ...........................................................  
  Excess tax benefit from employee gains on stock-based compensation .........  
  Deferred income taxes ......................................................................................  

  Changes in assets and liabilities: 

  Decrease (increase) in accounts receivable ..................................................  
  (Increase) decrease in inventories .................................................................  
  Decrease in other current assets ....................................................................  
  Decrease (increase) in other assets ...............................................................  
  (Decrease) increase in accounts payable ......................................................  
  (Decrease) increase in deferred revenue .......................................................  
  Increase (decrease) in accrued expenses and other liabilities ......................  
  Net cash provided by operating activities .................................................  

Cash flows from investing activities: 

  Acquisition of Calence, net of cash acquired ...................................................  
  Acquisition of MINX, net of cash acquired .....................................................  
  Proceeds from sale of discontinued operations, net of direct expenses ...........  
  Purchases of property and equipment ...............................................................  
  Acquisition of Software Spectrum, net of cash acquired .................................  
  Net cash used in investing activities .........................................................  

Cash flows from financing activities: 

  Borrowings on senior revolving credit facility.................................................  
  Repayments on senior revolving credit facility ................................................  
  Borrowings on accounts receivable securitization financing facility ..............  
  Repayments on accounts receivable securitization financing facility  ............  
  Borrowings on term loan ..................................................................................  
  Repayments on term loan .................................................................................  
  Net borrowings under inventory financing facility ..........................................  
  Borrowings on short-term financing facility ....................................................  
  Repayments on short-term financing facility  ..................................................  
  Net repayments on line of credit .......................................................................  
  Repayments on debt assumed in Calence and MINX acquisitions  ................  
  Payment of deferred financing fees  .................................................................  
  Proceeds from sales of common stock under employee stock plans ...............  
  Excess tax benefit from employee gains on stock-based compensation .........  
  Payment of payroll taxes on stock-based compensation through shares 

  withheld .........................................................................................................  
  Repurchases of common stock .........................................................................  
  (Decrease) increase in book overdrafts ............................................................  
  Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities ..................................  

Cash flows from discontinued operations: 

  Net cash used in operating activities ................................................................  
  Net cash provided by investing activities .........................................................  
  Net cash used in financing activities  ...............................................................  
  Net cash provided by discontinued operations .........................................  

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  Years Ended December 31, 
  2008 
  2007 
  As 
Restated 
(1) 
$  64,605 
4,151 
  68,756 

  2006 
  As 
Restated 
(1) 
$  56,457 
  13,084 
  69,541 

$ (239,727) 
- 
 (239,727) 

  397,247 
  41,239 
3,452 
7,614 
7,985 
- 
(111) 
 (108,088) 

  53,797 
  (11,901) 
6,787 
9,085 
  (27,941) 
(3,538) 
9,539 
  145,439 

 (124,671) 
(1,595) 
(900) 
  (26,647) 
- 
 (153,813) 

  989,606 
 (761,606) 
  466,874 
 (612,874) 
- 
  (56,250) 
  48,889 
- 
- 
- 
  (10,978) 
(3,779) 
5,031 
111 

(2,120) 
  (50,000) 
(3,693) 
9,211 

- 
- 
- 
- 

- 
  34,663 
2,646 
6,900 
  14,083 
(8,287) 
(497) 
(4,224) 

   (69,586) 
326 
4,159 
(454) 
  53,801 
1,502 
(3,784) 
  100,004 

- 
- 
  28,631 
  (36,276) 
- 
(7,645) 

- 
- 
  682,000 
 (704,000) 
- 
  (15,000) 
- 
- 
- 
  (15,000) 
- 
- 
  24,521 
497 

- 
  (50,000) 
  (23,216) 
 (100,198) 

- 
- 
- 
- 

- 
  25,375 
3,033 
8,442 
  16,094 
  (14,872) 
(1,123) 
(582) 

 (297,294) 
  27,948 
  10,152 
(8,370) 
  226,126 
2,514 
  16,503 
  83,487 

- 
- 
  46,250 
  (35,050) 
 (321,167) 
 (309,967) 

- 
- 
  291,000 
 (123,000) 
  75,000 
(3,750) 
- 
  20,000 
  (65,000) 
(6,309) 
- 
- 
  16,462 
1,123 

- 
- 
  37,261 
  242,787 

(8,909) 
  11,710 
(2,696) 
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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (continued) 
(in thousands) 

  Years Ended December 31, 
  2007 
  2008 
  As 
Restated 
(1) 

  2006 
  As 
Restated 
(1) 

Foreign currency exchange effect on cash flows .......................................................  
(Decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents......................................................  
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year ........................................................  
Cash and cash equivalents at end of year...................................................................  

(8,380) 
(7,543) 
  56,718 
$  49,175 

9,860 
2,021 
  54,697 
$  56,718 

3,140 
  19,552 
  35,145 
$  54,697 

Supplemental disclosures of cash flow information: 

  Cash paid during the year for interest ...............................................................  
  Cash paid during the year for income taxes .....................................................  

$  12,328 
$  34,420 

$  12,834 
$  39,622 

$  5,814 
$  40,820 

(1)  See Note 2 “Restatement of Consolidated Financial Statements.” 

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements. 

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(1)   Operations and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies 

Description of Business 

We are a leading provider of information technology (“IT”) hardware, software and services to small, medium and 
large businesses and public sector institutions in North America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia-Pacific.  The 
Company is organized in the following three operating segments, which are primarily defined by their related 
geographies: 

Operating Segment 
North America 

Geography 
United States and Canada 

EMEA 

APAC 

Europe, Middle East and Africa 

Asia-Pacific

Currently, our offerings in North America and the United Kingdom include IT hardware, software and services.  Our 

offerings in the remainder of our EMEA segment and in APAC currently only include software and select software-
related services.   

Acquisitions and Dispositions 

On July 10, 2008, we acquired MINX Limited (“MINX”), a United Kingdom-based networking services company 

for an initial cash purchase price of approximately $1,500,000 and the assumption of approximately $3,900,000 of 
existing debt.  Up to an additional $550,000 may be due if MINX achieves certain performance targets over a one-year 
period. 

On April 1, 2008, we completed the acquisition of Calence, LLC (“Calence”), one of the nation’s largest 
independent technology service providers specializing in Cisco networking solutions, unified communications and 
managed services, for a cash purchase price of $125,000,000 plus working capital adjustments of $3,649,000.  Up to an 
additional $35,000,000 of purchase price consideration may be due if Calence achieves certain performance targets over 
the next four years.  During the year ended December 31, 2008, we accrued an additional $9,830,000 of purchase price 
consideration and $532,000 of accrued interest thereon as a result of Calence achieving certain performance targets 
during the year.  Such amounts were recorded as additional goodwill (see Note 5).  We also assumed Calence’s existing 
debt totaling approximately $7,311,000, of which $7,100,000 was repaid by us at closing.  The Calence acquisition was 
funded, in part, using borrowings under our senior revolving credit facility. 

On March 1, 2007, we completed the sale of PC Wholesale, a division of our North America operating segment.  As 

a result of the disposition, PC Wholesale’s results of operations for 2007 and 2006 are classified as a discontinued 
operation.  See further information in Note 20. 

On September 7, 2006, we completed our acquisition of Software Spectrum, a global technology solutions provider 

with expertise in the selection, purchase and management of software, for a cash purchase price of $287,000,000 plus 
working capital of $64,380,000, which included cash acquired of $30,285,000.  

On June 30, 2006, we completed the sale of Direct Alliance Corporation (“Direct Alliance”), a business process 
outsourcing provider in the U.S., for a cash purchase price of $46,250,000, subject to earn out and claw back provisions.  
Accordingly, Direct Alliance’s results of operations for 2006 are classified as a discontinued operation.  See further 
information in Note 20. 

Principles of Consolidation and Presentation 

The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Insight Enterprises, Inc. and its wholly owned 

subsidiaries.  All significant intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.  References to 
“the Company,” “Insight,” “we,” “us,” “our” and other similar words refer to Insight Enterprises, Inc. and its 
consolidated subsidiaries, unless the context suggests otherwise.  

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Use of Estimates 

The preparation of consolidated financial statements in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles 

(“GAAP”) requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities 
and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the consolidated financial statements.  Additionally, these 
estimates and assumptions affect the reported amounts of sales and expenses during the reporting period.  Actual results 
could differ from those estimates.  On an ongoing basis, we evaluate our estimates, including those related to sales 
recognition, anticipated achievement levels under partner funding programs, assumptions related to stock-based 
compensation valuation, allowances for doubtful accounts, litigation-related obligations, valuation allowances for deferred 
tax assets and impairment of long-lived assets, including purchased intangibles and goodwill, if indicators of potential 
impairment exist. 

Cash Equivalents 

  We consider all highly liquid investments with maturities at the date of purchase of three months or less to be cash 
equivalents.    

Allowance for Doubtful Accounts 

We establish an allowance for doubtful accounts using estimated losses on accounts receivable based on evaluation 

of the aging of the receivables, historical write-offs and the current economic environment.  We write off individual 
accounts against the reserve when we become aware of a client’s or vendor’s inability to meet its financial obligations, 
such as in the case of bankruptcy filings, or deterioration in the client’s or vendor’s operating results or financial 
position.  

Inventories 

We state inventories, principally purchased IT hardware, at the lower of weighted average cost (which approximates 
cost under the first-in, first-out method) or market.  We evaluate inventories for excess, obsolescence or other factors that 
may render inventories unmarketable at normal margins.  Write-downs are recorded so that inventories reflect the 
approximate net realizable value and take into account our contractual provisions with our partners governing price 
protection, stock rotation and return privileges relating to obsolescence.  

Inventories not available for sale relate to product sales transactions in which we are warehousing the product and 
will be deploying the product to clients’ designated locations subsequent to period-end.  Additionally, we may perform 
services on a portion of the product prior to shipment to our clients and will be paid a fee for doing so.  Although the 
product contracts are non-cancelable with customary credit terms beginning the date the inventories are segregated in our 
warehouse and invoiced to the client, and the warranty periods begin on the date of invoice, these transactions do not 
meet the sales recognition criteria under GAAP.  Therefore, we have not recorded sales and the inventories are classified 
as “inventories not available for sale” on our consolidated balance sheet until the product is delivered.  If clients remit 
payment before we deliver product to them, we record the payments received as “deferred revenue” on our consolidated 
balance sheet until such time as the product is delivered. 

Property and Equipment 

We record property and equipment at cost.  We capitalize major improvements and betterments, while maintenance, 

repairs and minor replacements are expensed as incurred.  Depreciation or amortization is provided using the straight-
line method over the following estimated economic lives of the assets:  

Leasehold improvements ................................ 
Furniture and fixtures ...................................... 
Equipment ....................................................... 
Software ........................................................... 
Buildings .......................................................... 

Estimated Economic 

Life

Shorter of underlying 
lease term or asset life 
2-7 years 
3-5 years 
3-10 years 
29 years 

Costs incurred to develop internal-use software during the application development stage, including capitalized 
interest, are also recorded in property and equipment at cost.  External direct costs of materials and services consumed in 

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developing or obtaining internal-use computer software and payroll and payroll-related costs for teammates who are 
directly associated with and who devote time to internal-use computer software development projects, to the extent of the 
time spent directly on the project and specific to application development, are capitalized. 

Reviews are regularly performed to determine whether facts and circumstances exist which indicate that the useful life 
is shorter than originally estimated or the carrying amount of assets may not be recoverable.  When an indication exists that 
the carrying amount of long-lived assets may not be recoverable, we assess the recoverability of our assets by comparing the 
projected undiscounted net cash flows associated with the related asset or group of assets over their remaining lives 
against their respective carrying amounts.  Such impairment test is based on the lowest level for which identifiable cash 
flows are largely independent of the cash flows of other groups of assets and liabilities.  Impairment, if any, is based on 
the excess of the carrying amount over the estimated fair value of those assets.  

Goodwill 

Goodwill is recorded when the purchase price paid for an acquisition exceeds the estimated fair value of net identified 

tangible and intangible assets acquired.  We perform an annual review in the fourth quarter of every year, or more 
frequently if indicators of potential impairment exist, to determine if the carrying value of recorded goodwill is impaired.  
The impairment review process compares the fair value of the reporting unit in which goodwill resides to its carrying value.  
See additional discussion of the impairment review process and impairments recorded in 2008 at Note 5.  

Intangible Assets 

We amortize intangible assets acquired in the acquisitions of MINX, Calence and Software Spectrum using the 
straight-line method over the following estimated economic lives of the intangible assets from the date of acquisition: 

Customer relationships ...........................................  
Acquired technology related assets ........................  
Backlog ...................................................................  
Non-compete agreements .......................................  
Trade names ............................................................  

Estimated Economic 

Life

8 – 11 years 
5 years 
10 months – 5 years 
1 – 2 years 
< 1 year 

  We regularly perform reviews to determine if facts and circumstances exist which indicate that the useful life of our 
long-lived assets is shorter than originally estimated or the carrying amount of these assets may not be recoverable.  When 
an indication exists that the carrying amount of long-lived assets may not be recoverable, we assess the recoverability of our 
assets by comparing the projected undiscounted net cash flows associated with the related asset or group of assets over 
their remaining lives against their respective carrying amounts.  Such impairment test is based on the lowest level for 
which identifiable cash flows are largely independent of the cash flows of other groups of assets and liabilities.  
Impairment, if any, is based on the excess of the carrying amount over the estimated fair value of those assets. 

Self Insurance  

We are self-insured in the U.S. for medical insurance up to certain annual stop-loss limits and workers’ 

compensation claims up to certain deductible limits.  We establish reserves for claims, both reported and incurred but not 
reported, using currently available information as well as our historical claims experience.  As of December 31, 2008, we 
have $700,000 on deposit with our claims administrator which acts as security for our future payment obligations under 
our workers’ compensation program. 

Foreign Currencies 

  We use the U.S. dollar as our reporting currency.  The functional currencies of our significant foreign subsidiaries are 
generally the local currencies.  Accordingly, assets and liabilities of the subsidiaries are translated into U.S. dollars at the 
exchange rate in effect at the balance sheet dates.  Income and expense items are translated at the average exchange rate for 
each month within the year.  The resulting translation adjustments are recorded directly in accumulated other 
comprehensive income as a separate component of stockholders’ equity.   Net foreign currency transaction (gains) losses, 
including transaction (gains) losses on intercompany balances that are not of a long-term investment nature and non-
functional currency cash balances, are reported as a separate component of non-operating (income) expense in our 
consolidated statements of operations. 

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Derivative Financial Instruments  

  We enter into forward foreign exchange contracts to mitigate the risk of non-functional currency monetary assets 
and liabilities on our consolidated financial statements.  These forward contracts are not designated as hedge instruments 
under Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (“SFAS”) No. 133, “Accounting for Derivative Instruments and 
Hedging Activities.”  The fair value of all derivative assets and liabilities are recorded gross in the other current assets 
and other current liabilities section of the balance sheet.  (Gains) and losses are recorded net in non-operating 
(income) expense. 

Treasury Stock 

We record repurchases of our common stock as treasury stock at cost.  We also record the subsequent retirement of 
these treasury shares at cost.  The excess of the cost of the shares retired over their par value is allocated between additional 
paid-in capital and retained earnings.  The amount recorded as a reduction of paid-in capital is based on the excess of the 
average original issue price of the shares over par value.  The remaining amount is recorded as a reduction of retained 
earnings. 

Sales Recognition 

  We adhere to guidelines and principles of sales recognition described in Staff Accounting Bulletin (“SAB”) No. 104, 
“Revenue Recognition” (“SAB 104”), issued by the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”).  Under 
SAB 104, sales are recognized when title and risk of loss are passed to the client, there is persuasive evidence of an 
arrangement for sale, delivery has occurred and/or services have been rendered, the sales price is fixed or determinable and 
collectibility is reasonably assured.  Usual sales terms are F.O.B. shipping point or equivalent, at which time title and risk of 
loss have passed to the client.  However, because we either (i) have a general practice of covering client losses while 
products are in transit despite title and risk of loss transferring at the point of shipment or (ii) have specifically stated F.O.B. 
destination contractual terms with the client, delivery is not deemed to have occurred until the point in time when the 
product is received by the client.   

We make provisions for estimated product returns that we expect to occur under our return policy based upon historical 
return rates.  Our manufacturers warrant most of the products we market, and it is our policy to request that clients return 
their defective products directly to the manufacturer for warranty service.  On selected products, and for selected client 
service reasons, we may accept returns directly from the client and then either credit the client or ship a replacement 
product.  We generally offer a limited 15- to 30-day return policy for unopened products and certain opened products, 
which are consistent with manufacturers’ terms; however, for some products we may charge restocking fees.  Products 
returned opened are processed and returned to the manufacturer or partner for repair, replacement or credit to us.  We 
resell most unopened products returned to us.  Products that cannot be returned to the manufacturer for warranty 
processing, but are in working condition, are sold to inventory liquidators, to end users as “previously sold” or “used” 
products, or through other channels to limit our losses from returned products.   

We record freight billed to our clients as net sales and the related freight costs as costs of goods sold.  We report 
sales  net of any  sales-based taxes assessed by governmental authorities that are imposed on and concurrent  with  sales 
transactions. 

  We also adhere to the guidelines and principles of software revenue recognition described in Statement of Position 97-
2, “Software Revenue Recognition” (“SOP 97-2”).  Revenue is recognized from software sales when clients acquire the 
right to use or copy software under license, but in no case prior to the commencement of the term of the initial software 
license agreement, provided that all other revenue recognition criteria have been met (i.e., delivery, evidence of the 
arrangement exists, the fee is fixed or determinable and collectibility of the fee is probable).   

From time to time, the sale of hardware and software products may also include the provision of services and the 
associated contracts contain multiple elements or non-standard terms and conditions.  Sales of services currently represent a 
small percentage of our net sales.  Net sales of services that are performed at client locations are often service-only contracts 
and are recorded as sales when the services are performed and completed.   If the service is performed at a client location 
in conjunction with a hardware, software or other services sale, we recognize net sales in accordance with SAB 104 and 
Emerging Issues Task Force (“EITF”) Issue No. 00-21 “Accounting for Revenue Arrangements with Multiple 
Deliverables.”  Accordingly, we recognize sales for delivered items only when all of the following criteria are satisfied:  

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• 
• 
• 

the delivered item(s) has value to the client on a stand-alone basis; 
there is objective and reliable evidence of the fair value of the undelivered item(s); and 
if the arrangement includes a general right of return relative to the delivered item, delivery or performance of 
the undelivered item(s) is considered probable and substantially in our control. 

We sell certain third-party service contracts and software assurance or subscription products for which we are not 
the primary obligor.  These sales do not meet the criteria for gross sales recognition as defined in SAB 104 and EITF 
Issue No. 99-19, “Reporting Revenue Gross as a Principal versus Net as an Agent” (“EITF 99-19”), and thus are 
recorded on a net sales recognition basis.  As we enter into contracts with third-party service providers or vendors, we 
evaluate whether the subsequent sales of such services should be recorded as gross sales or net sales in accordance with 
the sales recognition criteria outlined in SAB 104 and EITF 99-19.  We determine whether we act as a principal in the 
transaction and assume the risks and rewards of ownership or if we are simply acting as an agent or broker.  Under gross 
sales recognition, the entire selling price is recorded in sales and our cost to the third-party service provider or vendor is 
recorded in costs of goods sold.  Under net sales recognition, the cost to the third-party service provider or vendor is 
recorded as a reduction to sales, resulting in net sales equal to the gross profit on the transaction, and there are no costs of 
goods sold.   

Additionally, we sell certain professional services contracts on a fixed fee basis.  Revenues for fixed fee professional 
services contracts are recognized in accordance with statement of position (“SOP”) 81-1 “Accounting for Performance of 
Construction-Type and Certain Production-Type Contracts.”  We recognize these services using the percentage of 
completion method of accounting based on the ratio of costs incurred to total estimated costs. 

Partner Funding  

We receive payments and credits from partners, including consideration pursuant to volume sales incentive 

programs, volume purchase incentive programs and shared marketing expense programs.  Our policy for accounting for 
these payments is in accordance with EITF Issue No. 02-16, “Accounting by a Customer (Including a Reseller) for 
Certain Consideration Received from a Vendor.”  Partner funding received pursuant to volume sales incentive programs 
is recognized as a reduction to costs of goods sold.  Partner funding received pursuant to volume purchase incentive 
programs is allocated to inventories based on the applicable incentives from each partner and is recorded in cost of goods 
sold as the inventory is sold.  Partner funding received pursuant to shared marketing expense programs is recorded as a 
reduction of the related selling and administrative expenses in the period the program takes place only if the 
consideration represents a reimbursement of specific, incremental, identifiable costs.  Consideration that exceeds the 
specific, incremental, identifiable costs is classified as a reduction of costs of goods sold.  The amount of partner funding 
recorded as a reduction of selling and administrative expenses totaled $21,523,000, $17,876,000 and $15,171,000 for the 
years ended December 31, 2008, 2007 and 2006, respectively.   

Concentrations of Risk 

Credit Risk 

Although we are affected by the international economic climate, management does not believe material credit risk 
concentration existed at December 31, 2008.  We monitor our clients’ financial condition and do not require collateral.  
Historically, we have not experienced significant losses related to accounts receivable from any individual client or 
similar groups of clients. 

Supplier Risk 

Purchases from Microsoft, a software publisher, Ingram Micro, a distributor, and HP, a manufacturer, accounted for 

approximately 22%, 11%, and 11%, respectively, of our aggregate purchases in 2008.  No other partner accounted for 
more than 10% of purchases in 2008.  Our top five partners as a group for 2008 were Microsoft, Ingram Micro, HP, Tech 
Data (a distributor) and Cisco (a manufacturer).  Approximately 60% of our total purchases during 2008 came from this 
group of partners.  Although brand names and individual products are important to our business, we believe that 
competitive sources of supply are available in substantially all of our product categories such that, with the exception of 
Microsoft, we are not dependent on any single partner for sourcing products. 

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Advertising Costs 

Advertising costs are expensed as they are incurred.   Advertising expense of $26,447,000, $26,661,000 and 
$23,950,000 was recorded for the years ended December 31, 2008, 2007 and 2006, respectively.   These amounts were 
partially offset by partner funding received pursuant to shared marketing expense programs recorded as a reduction of 
selling and administrative expenses, as discussed above. 

Income Taxes 

Income taxes are accounted for under the asset and liability method.  Deferred tax assets and liabilities are 

recognized for the future tax consequences attributable to differences between the financial statement carrying amounts 
of existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax bases and operating loss and tax credit carry forwards.  Deferred 
tax assets and liabilities are measured using enacted tax rates expected to apply to taxable earnings in the years in which 
those temporary differences are expected to be recovered or settled.  The effect on deferred tax assets and liabilities of a 
change in tax rates is recognized in earnings in the period that includes the enactment date. 

Net (Loss) Earnings From Continuing Operations Per Share (“EPS”) 

Basic EPS is computed by dividing net (loss) earnings from continuing operations available to common stockholders 
by the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding during each year.  Diluted EPS is computed on the basis 
of the weighted average number of shares of common stock plus the effect of dilutive potential common shares 
outstanding during the period using the treasury stock method.  Dilutive potential common shares include outstanding 
stock options, restricted stock awards and restricted stock units.  For periods with a net loss from continuing operations, 
no potential common shares are included in the diluted EPS computations because they would result in an antidilutive 
per share amount.  A reconciliation of the denominators of the basic and diluted EPS calculations follows (in thousands, 
except per share data): 

              Years Ended December 31, 

   2008 

    2007 

    2006 

Numerator:  

Net (loss) earnings from continuing operations ...................... $ 

  (239,727)  $ 

  64,605  $ 

56,457 

Denominator: 
  Weighted-average shares used to compute basic EPS ............
Potential dilutive common shares due to dilutive stock 
  options and restricted stock awards and units .....................
  Weighted-average shares used to compute diluted EPS .........

46,573 

- 
46,573 

49,055 

1,065 
  50,120 

48,373 

633 
49,006 

Net (loss) earnings from continuing operations per share: 

Basic ....................................................................................... $ 
Diluted .................................................................................... $ 

(5.15)  $ 
(5.15)  $ 

1.32  $ 
1.29  $ 

1.17 
1.15 

The following weighted-average outstanding stock options during the years ended December 31, 2008, 2007 and 
2006 were not included in the diluted EPS calculations because the exercise prices of these options were greater than the 
average market price of our common stock during the respective periods (in thousands): 

Weighted-average outstanding stock options having no dilutive 
 effect .............................................................................................

- 

615 

3,293 

No potential common shares were included in the diluted EPS computation for the year ended December 31, 2008 

because of the net loss from continuing operations for the year, which would result in an antidilutive per share amount.    

Years Ended December 31, 

  2008 

    2007 

    2006 

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Recently Issued Accounting Standards 

In December 2007, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued SFAS No. 141 (revised 2007), 
“Business Combinations” (“SFAS 141R”).  SFAS 141R establishes principles and requirements for how an acquirer 
recognizes and measures in its financial statements the identifiable assets acquired, the liabilities assumed, any 
noncontrolling interest in the acquiree and the goodwill acquired.  SFAS 141R also establishes disclosure requirements 
to enable the evaluation of the nature and financial effects of the business combination.  In addition, under SFAS 141R, 
changes in deferred tax asset valuation allowances and acquired income tax uncertainties in a business combination after 
the measurement period will impact income tax expense.  SFAS 141R is effective as of the beginning of the fiscal year 
that begins after December 15, 2008, and early adoption is not permitted.  We will adopt the provisions of SFAS 141R 
for all prior business combinations as it relates to changes in income tax amounts and for all business combinations 
consummated after January 1, 2009. 

In April 2008, the FASB issued FSP No. FAS 142-3, “Determination of the Useful Life of Intangible Assets” 
(“FSP 142-3”) which amends the factors that should be considered in developing renewal or extension assumptions used 
to determine the useful life of a recognized intangible asset under FASB Statement No. 142, “Goodwill and Other 
Intangible Assets” (“SFAS 142”). The intent of this FSP is to improve the consistency between the useful life of a 
recognized intangible asset under SFAS 142 and the period of expected cash flows used to measure the fair value of the 
asset under SFAS 141R.  FSP 142-3 is effective for the Company’s fiscal year beginning January 1, 2009. 

In October 2008, the FASB issued FASB Staff Position (“FSP”) FAS 157-3, “Determining the Fair Value of a 

Financial Asset When the Market for That Asset Is Not Active” (“FSP FAS 157-3”).  FSP FAS 157-3 clarifies the 
application of SFAS No. 157, “Fair Value Measurements” (“SFAS 157”) in a market that is not active and provides an 
example to illustrate key considerations in determining the fair value of a financial asset when the market for that 
financial asset is not active. FSP FAS 157-3 is effective upon issuance, including prior periods for which financial 
statements have not been issued. Revisions resulting from a change in the valuation technique or its application should 
be accounted for as a change in accounting estimate following the guidance in SFAS No. 154, “Accounting Changes and 
Error Corrections.” FSP FAS 157-3 is effective October 10, 2008, and the application of FSP FAS 157-3 had no impact 
on the Company’s consolidated financial statements. 

In April 2009, the FASB issued Staff Position No. FAS 157-4, “Determining Fair Value When the Volume and 
Level of Activity for the Asset or Liability Have Significantly Decreased and Identifying Transactions That Are Not 
Orderly” (“FSP FAS 157-4”), which provides additional guidance on determining fair value when the volume and level 
of activity for an asset or liability have significantly decreased and includes guidance on identifying circumstances that 
indicate when a transaction is not orderly. In April 2009, the FASB issued Staff Position No. FAS 115-2 and FAS 124-2, 
“Recognition and Presentation of Other-Than-Temporary Impairments” (“FSP FAS 115-2 and FAS 124-2”), which: 1) 
clarifies the interaction of the factors that should be considered when determining whether a debt security is other than 
temporarily impaired; 2) provides guidance on the amount of an other-than-temporary impairment recognized in earnings 
and Other Comprehensive Income; and 3) expands the disclosures required for other-than-temporary impairments for 
debt and equity securities. Also in April 2009, the FASB issued Staff Position No. 107-1 and APB 28-1, “Interim 
Disclosures about Fair Value of Financial Instruments” (“FSP FAS 107-1 and APB 28-1”), which requires disclosures 
about the fair value of financial instruments for interim reporting periods of publicly traded companies as well as in 
annual financial statements.  Adoption of these Staff Positions is required for the Company’s interim reporting period 
beginning April 1, 2009 with early adoption permitted.   

(2)    Restatement of Consolidated Financial Statements 

Background 

On February 9, 2009, following an internal review we issued a press release announcing that our management had 

identified errors in the Company’s accounting for trade credits in prior periods dating back to December 1996.  The 
internal review encompassed aged trade credits, including both aged accounts receivable credits and aged accounts 
payable credits, arising in the ordinary course of business that were recognized in the Company’s statements of 
operations prior to the legal discharge of the underlying liabilities under applicable domestic and foreign laws.  In a Form 
8-K filed on February 10, 2009, we reported that the Company’s financial statements, assessment of the effectiveness of 
internal control over financial reporting and related audit reports thereon in our most recently filed Annual Report on 
Form 10-K, for the year ended December 31, 2007, and the interim financial statements in our Quarterly Reports on 

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Form 10-Q for the first three quarters of 2008, and all earnings press releases and similar communications issued by the 
Company relating to such financial statements, should no longer be relied upon.    

We informed the administrative agents and lenders under our senior revolving credit facility, our accounts 
receivable securitization financing facility and our inventory financing facility of our intention to restate our financial 
statements.  The errors and restatement constitute a default under each of these facilities.  Accordingly, we sought and 
received waivers to resolve the defaults (see Note 7).  

Following management’s identification of errors in the Company’s accounting for aged trade credits, the Company 

retained outside legal counsel to conduct a factual investigation into the Company’s accounting practices pertaining to 
aged trade credits.  The Board of Directors and its Audit Committee separately retained counsel to oversee and 
participate in the investigation, reach findings, and propose remedial measures to the Audit Committee.  Company 
counsel and board counsel jointly retained forensic accountants to assist in the investigation and to gather documents and 
information from Company personnel.  As part of this investigation and review process, outside counsel and forensic 
accountants gathered and evaluated documents and interviewed current and former Company employees.  The Audit 
Committee was advised of the progress of the investigation and the internal review on a regular basis.   

Outside counsel has informed the Audit Committee that the internal investigation is complete.  Board counsel has 
presented its findings to the Audit Committee.  Interviews, document reviews and forensic analysis conducted during the 
internal investigation did not indicate an intent to manipulate the Company’s accounting or financial results.  The Audit 
Committee has received these findings as well as the recommendations of management, board counsel and other advisors 
concerning the proposed remedial actions to be taken with respect to the aged trade credit issue.  The Audit Committee 
has adopted these remedial measures and directed management to implement them under the supervision of the Audit 
Committee.     

Restatement Adjustments 

We determined that corrections to our consolidated financial statements are required to reverse material prior period 

reductions of costs of goods sold and the related income tax effects as a result of these incorrect releases of aged trade 
credits.  These trade credits arose from unclaimed credit memos, duplicate payments, payments for returned product or 
overpayments made to us by our clients, and, to a lesser extent, from goods received by us from a supplier for which we 
were never invoiced. 

We recorded an aggregate gross charge of approximately $35,191,000 to our consolidated retained earnings as of 
December 31, 2005 and established a related current liability.  This amount represented approximately $33,021,000 of 
costs of goods sold and $2,170,000 of selling and administrative expenses relating to the period from December 1, 1996 
through December 31, 2005.  The aggregate tax benefit related to these trade credit restatement adjustments is 
$13,825,000, which benefit reduced the charge to retained earnings as of December 31, 2005 and established a related 
deferred tax asset.  In addition, our statements of operations for the years ended December 31, 2006 and 2007, and the 
quarters ended March 31, June 30, and September 30, 2008 contained in this Annual Report have been restated to reflect 
an aggregate of $9,458,000, $10,161,000, $2,837,000, $2,245,000 and $1,265,000, respectively, of increases in costs of 
goods sold and to establish a related current liability relating to aged trade credits.  As of December 31, 2008 the 
reinstated trade credits liability included in accrued expenses and other current liabilities was $59,393,000. 

Other Miscellaneous Accounting Adjustments 

In addition to the restatements for aged trade credits, we also corrected previously reported financial statements for 

the following other miscellaneous accounting adjustments as a result of a review of our critical accounting policies: 

•  An adjustment of $2,699,000 to allocate a portion of our North America goodwill not previously allocated 
to the carrying amount of a division of our North America operating segment that we sold on March 1, 
2007 in determining the gain on sale.  This adjustment reduced the gain on sale of the discontinued 
operation recorded in the three months ended March 31, 2007, which gain is included in earnings from 
discontinued operations.  The tax effect of this adjustment was $1,066,000. 

•  Adjustments to hardware net sales and costs of goods sold recognized in prior periods to recognize sales 
based on a “de facto” passage of title at the time of delivery.  Although our usual sales terms are F.O.B. 
shipping point or equivalent, at which time title and risk of loss have passed to the client, because we have 
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terms, delivery is not deemed to have occurred until the product is received by the client.  The net increase 
(decrease) in gross profit resulting from these adjustments was $20,000, $440,000 and ($522,000) for the 
years ended December 31, 2006 and 2007 and the nine months ended September 30, 2008, respectively.  
The tax expense (benefit) related to these adjustments was $8,000, $174,000 and ($201,000) for the years 
ended December 31, 2006 and 2007 and the nine months ended September 30, 2008, respectively.  
Adjustments related to periods prior to 2006 resulted in an $895,000 reduction of retained earnings as of 
December 31, 2005. 

•  Adjustments to recognize stock based compensation expense related to performance-based restricted stock 
units (“RSUs”) on a straight-line basis over the requisite service period for each separately vesting portion 
of the award as if the award was, in substance, multiple awards (i.e., a graded vesting basis) instead of on a 
straight-line basis over the requisite service period for the entire award.  The net increase (decrease) in 
operating expenses was $2,363,000, $2,543,000 and ($1,243,000) for the years ended December 31, 2006 
and 2007 and the nine months ended September 30, 2008, respectively. 

•  Adjustments to capitalize interest on internal-use software development projects in prior periods and 

record the related amortization expense thereon.  The net increase (decrease) in pretax earnings resulting 
from these adjustments was $805,000, $386,000 and ($4,000) for the years ended December 31, 2006 and 
2007 and the nine months ended September 30, 2008, respectively.  The tax expense (benefit) related to 
these adjustments was $318,000, $152,000 and ($2,000) for the years ended December 31, 2006 and 2007 
and the nine months ended September 30, 2008, respectively.  Adjustments related to periods prior to 2006 
resulted in a $50,000 increase in retained earnings as of December 31, 2005. 

•  Revisions in the classification of consideration that exceeded the specific, incremental identifiable costs of 

shared marketing expense programs of $4,967,000, $7,259,000 and $4,554,000 for the years ended 
December 31, 2006 and 2007 and the nine months ended September 30, 2008, respectively, to reflect such 
excess consideration as a reduction of costs of goods sold instead of a reduction of the related selling 
administration expenses.  These revisions in classification related to our EMEA operating segment and had 
no effect on reported net earnings in any period. 

The following table summarizes the effect of the restatement and other miscellaneous accounting adjustments on 
beginning retained earnings as of January 1, 2006, and net earnings for the years ended December 31, 2007 and 2006 (in 
thousands): 

As previously reported ........................................... $ 
Adjustments: 

Trade credit adjustments ..................................
Other miscellaneous accounting  
  adjustments .....................................................
Income tax benefit ............................................
Total adjustments  ..................................................
As restated ............................................................. $ 

Net Earnings 
  Years Ended December 31, 
2006 

2007 

  Retained Earnings 
At December 31, 
2005 

77,795 

$ 

76,818 

$ 

220,846 

(10,161) 

(4,416) 
5,538 
(9,039) 
68,756 

$ 

(9,458) 

(1,538) 
3,719 
(7,277) 
69,541 

$ 

(35,191) 

(1,397) 
14,376 
(22,212) 
198,634 

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued) 

The table below presents the decrease in net earnings resulting from the individual restatement adjustments for each 

respective period presented (in thousands): 

Nine Months 
Ended 
September 
30, 
2008 
(unaudited) 

Year Ended December 31, 

2007 

2006 

2005 
(unaudited) 

2004 
(unaudited)

Increase (decrease) in net sales: 

F.O.B. destination adjustments .........    

$ 

(9,288) 

$ 

5,043  $ 

6,681 

$ 

(11,074) 

$ 

18,061  

Total adjustments to net sales .......  

(9,288) 

5,043 

6,681 

(11,074)  

18,061  

Increase (decrease) in costs of goods sold: 
Trade credit adjustments ...................  
F.O.B. destination adjustments .........  
Reclassification of partner funding ...  
Total adjustments to costs of goods 
sold ...........................................  

6,347  
(8,766) 
(4,554) 

10,161 
4,603 
(7,259)

9,458 
6,661 
(4,967)

9,128  
(10,939) 
(2,770) 

4,847  
17,021  
(925) 

(6,973) 

7,505 

11,152 

(4,581) 

20,943  

Net decrease in gross profit .....................  

(2,315) 

(2,462)

(4,471)

(6,493) 

(2,882) 

Increase (decrease) in operating expenses: 
Stock-based compensation ................  
Reclassification of partner funding ...  
Amortization of capitalized interest ..  
Goodwill impairment ........................  
Total adjustments to operating 

(1,243)  
4,554  
113  
(181) 

expenses ....................................  

3,243  

Net decrease in earnings (loss) from 

2,543 
7,259 
129 
- 

9,931 

2,363 
4,967 
3 
- 

7,333 

-  
2,770  
3  
- 

2,773  

-  
925  
1  
- 

926  

operations ...........................................    

(5,558) 

(12,393)

(11,804)

(9,266) 

(3,808) 

Decrease in non-operating expenses: 

Capitalized interest ............................  
Total adjustments to non-operating 
expenses ....................................  

Total adjustments to earnings (loss) from 
continuing operations before income 
taxes ..................................................  
Income tax benefit ..................................  
Total adjustments to earnings (loss) from 
continuing operations ........................  
Decrease in gain on sale of a discontinued 
operation ...........................................  
Income tax benefit ..................................  
Total adjustments to earnings from 

discontinued operations, net of tax ....  

(109) 

(109) 

(515)

(515)

(808)

(808)

(64) 

(64) 

(22) 

(22) 

(5,449) 
2,187  

(11,878)
4,472 

(10,996)
3,719 

(9,202) 
3,582  

(3,786) 
1,473  

(3,262) 

(7,406)

(7,277)

(5,620) 

(2,313) 

- 
- 

- 

(2,699)
1,066 

(1,633)

- 
- 

- 

- 
- 

- 

- 
- 

- 

Total decrease in net earnings .................  

$ 

(3,262) 

$ 

(9,039) $ 

(7,277) $ 

(5,620) 

$ 

(2,313) 

The decrease in net earnings resulting from the trade credit adjustments was $3,053,000, $4,462,000, $3,537,000, 
$333,000, $762,000, $466,000, $224,000 and $0 for the years ended December 31, 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000, 1999, 1998, 
1997 and 1996, respectively.  The tax benefit related to these adjustments was $1,991,000, $2,914,000, $2,309,000, 
$217,000, $498,000, $304,000, $146,000 and $0 for the years ended December 31, 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000, 1999, 1998, 
1997 and 1996, respectively. 

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued) 

Effects of the Restatement Adjustments on our Consolidated Financial Statements 

The following tables present the effects of the financial statement restatement adjustments on the Company’s 

previously reported consolidated statements of operations for the years ended December 31, 2007 and 2006 (in 
thousands, except per share data): 

  Year Ended December 31, 2007 

      Year Ended December 31, 2006

As Reported  Adjustments 

Net sales .....................................................   $   4,800,431  $  
Costs of goods sold .....................................      
Gross profit .........................................    

 4,139,343 
    661,088 

Operating expenses: 

Selling and administrative expenses .......  
532,391 
Severance and restructuring expenses .....                2,595 
  126,102 

Earnings (loss) from operations ..........  

9,931 
- 
(12,393) 

  As Restated   
4,805,474 
4,146,848 
658,626 

5,043  $  
7,505 
(2,462) 

Non-operating (income) expense: 

Interest income ........................................    
Interest expense .......................................    
Net foreign currency exchange (gain) 

loss ......................................................  
Other expense, net ...................................    

(2,078) 
13,367 

(3,887) 
1,531 

Earnings (loss) from continuing  
  operations before income taxes .........    

117,169 
Income tax expense (benefit) ......................             45,158 

  As Reported   Adjustments   
6,681 
$   3,593,256  $  
11,152 
(4,471) 

  3,122,599 
470,657 

  As Restated  
$   3,599,937 
  3,133,751 
466,186   

369,389 
729 
100,539 

(4,355) 
6,793 

(1,135) 
901 

98,335 
34,601 

7,333 
- 
(11,804) 

376,722 
729 
88,735 

- 
(808) 

- 
-  

(10,996) 
(3,719) 

(4,355) 
5,985 

(1,135) 
901  

87,339 
30,882 

542,322 
2,595 
113,709 

(2,078) 
12,852 

(3,887) 
1,531 

- 
(515) 

- 
- 

(11,878) 
(4,472) 

105,291 
40,686 

Earnings (loss) from continuing 
   operations .........................................  
Earnings (loss) from discontinued 

72,011 

(7,406) 

64,605 

63,734 

(7,277) 

56,457 

operations, net of taxes ....................  

5,784 

Net earnings (loss)  .............................   $      

 77,795  $  

(1,633) 
(9,039)  $  

4,151 
68,756 

$  

13,084 
76,818  $  

-  
(7,277)  $  

13,084 
69,541 

Net earnings per share - Basic: 

Net earnings (loss) from continuing 
     operations .........................................  
Net earnings (loss) from discontinued 
operation .........................................  
Net earnings (loss) per share  ..............   $  

$  

Net earnings per share - Diluted: 

Net earnings (loss) from continuing 
    operations ..........................................  
Net earnings (loss) from discontinued 
operation ...........................................  
Net earnings (loss) per share  ..............   $  

$  

Shares used in per share calculations: 

Basic 
Diluted 

1.47 

$  

(0.15) 

$  

1.32 

$  

1.32 

$           (0.15) 

$  

0.12 
1.59  $  

(0.04) 
(0.19)  $  

0.08 
1.40 

$  

0.27 
1.59  $  

- 
(0.15)  $  

1.44 

$  

(0.15) 

$  

1.29 

$  

1.31 

$  

(0.16) 

$  

0.12 
1.56  $  

(0.04) 
(0.19)  $  

0.08 
1.37 

$  

0.27 
1.58  $  

- 
(0.16)  $  

1.17 

0.27 
1.44 

1.15 

0.27 
1.42 

49,055 
49,760 

- 
360 

49,055 
50,120 

48,373 
48,564 

-
442  

48,373 
49,006 

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued) 

The following table presents the effects of the restatement adjustments on the Company’s previously reported 

consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2007 (in thousands): 

 As Reported

December 31, 2007 
   Adjustments    As Restated

ASSETS 
Current Assets: 

$

$

$

Cash and cash equivalents ..................................
Accounts receivable, net ....................................
Inventories..........................................................
Inventories not available for sale .......................
Deferred income taxes .......................................
Other current assets ............................................
Total current assets ..................................

$ 

56,718
1,072,612
98,863
21,450
22,020
38,916
1,310,579

Property and equipment, net ......................................
158,467
306,742
Goodwill ....................................................................
Intangible assets, net………………………………..
             80,922
Deferred income taxes………………………………                   392
10,076
Other assets ................................................................
1,867,178

$

LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Current Liabilities: 

Accounts payable ...............................................
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities...
    Current portion of long-term debt……………...
Deferred revenue ................................................
Line of credit ......................................................
Total current liabilities .............................

Long-term debt ..........................................................
Deferred income taxes ...............................................
Other liabilities ..........................................................

Stockholders’ equity: 

Preferred stock ...................................................
Common stock ...................................................
Additional paid in capital ...................................
Retained earnings ...............................................
Accumulated other comprehensive income-
            foreign currency translation adjustment .........  
Total stockholders’ equity ........................

$

685,578
113,891
           15,000
42,885
-
857,354

187,250
27,305
20,075
1,091,984

-
485
386,139
340,641

47,929 
775,194

-  $  

(11,433) 
10,694 
- 
20,232 
- 
19,493 

56,718
    1,061,179
    109,557
21,450
42,252
38,916
    1,330,072

1,273 
(2,169) 
- 
3,325 
- 

    159,740
    304,573
80,922
3,717
10,076
21,922  $   1,889,100

428  $   686,006
    168,607
15,000
42,885
-
    912,498

54,716 
- 
- 
- 
55,144 

- 
234 
- 
55,378 

    187,250
27,539
20,075
    1,147,362

- 
- 
5,241 
(38,528) 

-
485
    391,380
    302,113

(169) 
(33,456) 

47,760 
    741,738

$

1,867,178

$

21,922  $   1,889,100

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued) 

The following table presents the effects of the restatement adjustments on the Company’s previously reported cash 

flow amounts for the years ended December 31, 2007 and 2006 (in thousands): 

Year Ended December 31, 2007
As Reported  Adjustments As Restated  

Year Ended December 31, 2006 
As Reported   Adjustments  As Restated

Cash flows from operating activities 

Net earnings from continuing operations ............... $ 
Plus: net earnings from discontinued operation .....    

  72,011  $ 
5,784 

Net earnings  ..........................................................    

77,795 

(7,406) $ 
(1,633)    

(9,039)    

64,605 
4,151 

68,756 

$        63,734  $  
13,084 

(7,277)  $ 
- 

76,818 

(7,277) 

56,457 
13,084 

69,541 

Adjustments to reconcile net earnings to net 

cash provided by operating activities: 

Depreciation and amortization ...............................    
Provisions for losses on accounts receivable .........    
Write-downs of inventories ....................................    
Non-cash stock-based compensation expense .......    
Gain on sale of discontinued operations .................    
Excess tax benefit from employee gains on 

stock-based compensation ...................................
Deferred income taxes ...........................................  

Changes in assets and liabilities: 

Increase in accounts receivable ..............................    
(Increase) decrease in inventories ..........................    
Decrease in other current assets .............................    
Increase in other assets ...........................................    
Increase in accounts payable ..................................    
Increase in deferred revenue...................................    
(Decrease) increase in accrued expenses and 

34,533 
2,646 
6,900 
11,540 
(8,287)    

130    
-
-
2,543    
-

34,663 
2,646 
6,900 
14,083 
(8,287)  

25,372 
3,033 
8,442 
13,731 
(14,872) 

(486)
1,072 

(11)
(5,296)  

(497)
(4,224)  

(1,085) 
         2,744 

(64,543)    
(4,278)    
4,159 
(454)    

53,596 
1,502 

(5,043)    
4,604    
-
-
205    
-

(69,586)  
326 
4,159 
(454)  

53,801 
1,502 

(290,612) 
 21,287 
10,152 
(8,370) 
226,196 
2,514 

other current liabilities .........................................
Net cash provided by operating activities ..............    

(16,277)
99,418 

12,493

586    

(3,784)
100,004 

        7,252 
82,602 

3 
- 
- 
2,363 
- 

(38) 
(3,326) 

(6,682) 
6,661 
- 
- 
(70) 
- 

9,251 
885 

25,375 
3,033 
8,442 
16,094 
(14,872)

(1,123)
(582)

  (297,294)
27,948 
10,152 
(8,370)
226,126 
2,514 

16,503 
83,487 

Cash flows from investing activities 

Cash receipt of underwriter receivable ...................    
Purchases of property and equipment .....................    
Acquisition of Software Spectrum, net of cash 

acquired ...............................................................
 Net cash used in investing activities ......................    

28,631 
(35,761)    

-
(515)    

28,631 
(36,276)  

46,250 
(34,242) 

- 
(808) 

46,250 
(35,050)

- 
(7,130)    

-
(515)    

- 

(7,645)  

(321,167) 
(309,159) 

- 
(808) 

  (321,167)
  (309,967)

Cash flows from financing activities 

Borrowings on accounts receivable securitization 
financing facility ..................................................

682,000 

Repayments  on accounts receivable 

(704,000)    

securitization financing facility ..........................  
Borrowings on term loan .......................................    
Repayments on term loan ......................................           (15,000)    
Borrowings on short-term financing facility ..........    
Repayments on short-term financing facility ........     
Net repayment on line of credit ............................             (15,000)  
Proceeds from sales of common stock under 

- 
- 

- 

employee stock plans ..........................................  
Excess tax benefit from employee gains on stock-
based compensation .............................................

            24,521 

486 

Repurchases of common stock ..............................            (50,000)  

(Decrease) increase in book overdrafts ..................            (23,216)  
Net cash (used in) provided by financing 

activities...............................................................

(100,209)

74 

-

-

-
-
-
-
-

-

11
-

-

11

682,000 

291,000 

(704,000)  

(123,000) 

- 

(15,000)  

- 
- 

(15,000)  

24,521 

497 
(50,000)  

(23,216)  

75,000 
(3,750) 
20,000 
(65,000) 
(6,309) 

16,462 

1,085 
- 

37,261 

(100,198)

242,749 

- 

- 

- 
- 
- 
- 
- 

- 

38 
- 

- 

38 

291,000 

  (123,000)

75,000 
(3,750)
20,000 
(65,000)
(6,309)

16,462 

1,123 
- 

37,261 

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued) 

Year Ended December 31, 2007

Year Ended December 31, 2006

As Reported 

Adjustments

As Restated 

As Reported 

Adjustments 

As Restated 

Cash flows from discontinued operations: 

Net cash used in operating activities ......................$ 
Net cash provided by investing activities ..............   
Net cash used in financing activities ......................   
Net cash used in discontinued operation ................   
Foreign currency exchange effect on cash flows ...   
Increase in cash and cash equivalents ....................   

Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the 
year ............................................................................
Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the year .........$ 

Related Proceedings 

-  $ 
- 
- 
- 
9,942 
2,021 

-  $ 
- 
- 
- 
(82)    
- 

- 
- 
- 
- 
9,860 
2,021 

$ 

(8,909)  $  
11,710 
(2,696)   
105 
3,255 
19,552 

 $ 

- 
- 
- 
- 
(115)  
- 

(8,909)
11,710 
(2,696)
105 
3,140 
19,552 

54,697 
56,718  $ 

- 
-  $ 

54,697 
56,718 

35,145 
54,697  $  

$ 

- 
-  $  

35,145 
54,697 

On March 19, 2009, we received a letter of informal inquiry from the Division of Enforcement of the Securities and 

Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) requesting certain documents and information relating to the Company’s historical 
accounting treatment of aged trade credits.  We are cooperating with the SEC.  We cannot predict the outcome of this 
investigation. 

Beginning in March 2009, three purported class action lawsuits were filed in the U.S. District Court for the District 

of Arizona against us and certain of our current and former directors and officers on behalf of purchasers of our 
securities during the period April 22, 2004 to February 6, 2009 (the period specified in the first complaint is January 30, 
2007 to February 6, 2009). The complaints, which seek unspecified damages, assert claims under the federal securities 
laws relating to our February 9, 2009 announcement that we expected to restate our financial statements for the year 
ended December 31, 2007 and for the first three quarters of 2008 and that the restatement would include a material 
reduction of retained earning as of December 31, 2004. The complaints also allege that we issued false and misleading 
financial statements and issued misleading public statements about our results of operations. None of the defendants 
have responded to the complaints at this time. 

(3)    Fair Value of Financial Instruments 

In September 2006, the FASB issued SFAS 157, which provides guidance for determining fair value to measure 

assets and liabilities.  The standard also responds to investors’ requests for more information about (1) the extent to 
which companies measure assets and liabilities at fair value, (2) the information used to measure fair value, and (3) the 
effect that fair-value measurements have on earnings.  SFAS 157 will apply whenever another standard requires (or 
permits) assets or liabilities to be measured at fair value.  The standard does not expand the use of fair value to any new 
circumstances.  SFAS 157 is effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007, 
and interim periods within those fiscal years.  On February 12, 2008, the FASB issued FSP FAS 157-2 (“FSP FAS 157-
2”), which delays the effective date of SFAS 157 for all nonfinancial assets and nonfinancial liabilities, except those that 
are recognized or disclosed at fair value in the financial statements on a recurring basis (at least annually), until fiscal 
years beginning after November 15, 2008 and interim periods within those fiscal years for items within the scope of the 
FSP.   

The Company adopted SFAS 157 on January 1, 2008, except as it applies to those nonfinancial assets and 

nonfinancial liabilities noted in FSP FAS 157-2.  There was no material impact to our results of operations, cash flows or 
financial position for the year ended December 31, 2008.  SFAS 157 applies to all assets and liabilities that are being 
measured and reported on a fair value basis.  SFAS 157 requires new disclosures that establish a framework for 
measuring fair value in GAAP and expands disclosures about fair value measurements.  SFAS 157 is designed to enable 
the reader of the financial statements to assess the inputs used to develop those measurements by establishing a hierarchy 
for ranking the quality and reliability of the information used to determine fair values.  The statement requires that assets 
and liabilities carried at fair value be classified and disclosed in one of the following three categories: 

Level 1:  Quoted market prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities. 
Level 2:  Observable market based inputs or unobservable inputs that are corroborated by market data. 
Level 3:  Unobservable inputs that are not corroborated by market data. 

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The following table summarizes the valuation of our financial instruments by the above SFAS 157 measurement 

levels as of December 31, 2008 (in thousands): 

Quoted 
Market Prices 
in Active 
Markets  
(Level 1) 

Significant 
Other 
Observable 
Inputs  
(Level 2)   

Value as of     
December 31, 
2008 

Significant 
Unobservable 
Inputs  
(Level 3) 

Balance Sheet 

  Classification

Assets: 
Foreign Exchange Derivatives 
Total Assets at Fair Value 

$  
$ 

228  $  
228  $ 

- 
- 

$  
$ 

228  $  
228  $ 

-  Other Assets 
- 

We have elected to use the income approach to value the foreign exchange derivatives, using observable Level 2 
market expectations at the measurement date and standard valuation techniques to convert future amounts to a single 
present value amount assuming that participants are motivated, but not compelled, to transact.  Level 2 inputs for the 
valuations are limited to quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets and inputs other than quoted 
prices that are observable for the asset or liability (specifically LIBOR rates, foreign exchange rates, and foreign 
exchange forward points).  Mid-market pricing is used as a practical expedient for fair value measurements.  SFAS 157 
states that the fair value measurement of an asset or liability must reflect the nonperformance risk of the entity and the 
counterparty.  Therefore, the impact of the counterparty’s creditworthiness when in an asset position and the Company’s 
creditworthiness when in a liability position has also been factored into the fair value measurement of the derivative 
instruments and did not have a material impact on the fair value of these derivative instruments.  Both the counterparty 
and the Company are expected to continue to perform under the contractual terms of the instruments. 

As of December 31, 2008, we have no nonfinancial assets or liabilities that are measured on a recurring basis and 

our other financial assets or liabilities generally consist of cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable, accounts 
payable and accrued expenses and other current liabilities.  The estimated fair values of our cash and cash equivalents is 
determined based on quoted prices in active markets for identical assets.  The fair value of the other financial assets and 
liabilities is based on the value that would be received or paid in an orderly transaction between market participants and 
approximates the carrying value due to their nature and short duration. 

 (4)    Property and Equipment 

Property and equipment consist of the following (in thousands): 

December 31, 

2008 

Software .......................................................................................................................   $  114,221 
69,381 
Buildings ......................................................................................................................  
48,935 
Equipment ....................................................................................................................  
31,836 
Furniture and fixtures ...................................................................................................  
17,036 
Leasehold improvements .............................................................................................  
7,558 
Land ..............................................................................................................................  
  288,967 
Accumulated depreciation and amortization ...............................................................  
  (131,633) 
Property and equipment, net ........................................................................................   $  157,334 

2007 
As 
  Restated 
(1) 
$  101,432 
70,269 
41,483 
29,258 
17,289 
7,722 
  267,453 
  (107,713) 
$  159,740 

(1) See Note 2 “Restatement of Consolidated Financial Statements.” 

In conjunction with the impairment analysis of our goodwill discussed in Note 5, we assessed the recoverability of our 
property and equipment by comparing the projected undiscounted net cash flows associated with the related asset or group of 
assets over their remaining lives against their respective carrying amounts.  Such impairment test was based on the lowest 
level for which identifiable cash flows are largely independent of the cash flows of other groups of assets and liabilities.  
For each of our property and equipment categories within each of our three operating segments, the estimated fair value of 
those assets exceeded the carrying amount, and no impairment was indicated. 

Depreciation and amortization expense related to property and equipment, including amounts recorded in discontinued 

operations, was $26,122,000, $24,182,000 and $21,561,000 for the years ended December 31, 2008, 2007 and 2006, 

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respectively.  Interest charges in the amount of $121,000, $515,000 and $808,000 were capitalized in connection with internal-
use software development projects in the years ended December 31, 2008, 2007 and 2006, respectively.    

Change in Accounting Estimate 

In 2006, we accelerated the depreciation of certain software assets due to our decision to implement a new IT 

system.  We determined that portions of the old IT system would no longer be used after March 31, 2007, which 
shortened its estimated useful life and increased the depreciation for the year ended December 31, 2006 by 
approximately $2,880,000. 

(5)    Goodwill 

The changes in the carrying amount of goodwill for the years ended December 31, 2007 and 2008 are as follows (in 

thousands): 

Balance at December 31, 2006-As 
Restated (1) ........................................
Adjustments .......................................    
Balance at December 31, 2007-As 
Restated (1) ........................................
Goodwill recorded in connection 

with the acquisition of Calence .....

Goodwill recorded in connection 

with the acquisition of MINX .......
Impairment charge .............................    
Other adjustments ..............................    
Balance at December 31, 2008 .........   $ 

       North America 
$  

221,051 

         EMEA 
$ 

61,510 

       APAC 
$ 

15,460 

  Consolidated    

  $ 

298,021 

(720) 
220,331 

104,071 

- 
(323,422) 
(980) 
- 

$ 

5,867 
67,377 

- 

9,108 
(59,852) 
(16,633) 
- 

1,405 
16,865 

6,552 
304,573 

- 

- 

(13,973)     
(2,892)     
  $ 
- 

$ 

104,071 

9,108 
(397,247) 
(20,505) 
- 

(1)  See Note 2 “Restatement of Consolidated Financial Statements.” 

The other adjustments to goodwill primarily consist of foreign currency translation adjustments.  During the year 

ended December 31, 2008, the adjustments in EMEA also include the reversal of valuation allowances totaling 
$5,800,000 relating to our United Kingdom and France net operating loss carryforward deferred tax assets (see Note 11). 

SFAS No. 142, “Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets” (“SFAS 142”), requires that goodwill be tested for 
impairment at the reporting unit level on an annual basis and between annual tests if an event occurs or circumstances 
change that would more likely than not reduce the fair value of the reporting unit below its carrying value.  Multiple 
valuation techniques can be used to assess the fair value of the reporting unit.  All of these techniques include the use of 
estimates and assumptions that are inherently uncertain.  Changes in these estimates and assumptions could materially 
affect the determination of fair value or goodwill impairment, or both.  The Company has three reporting units, which are 
the same as our operating segments.  At December 31, 2007, our goodwill balance of $305,316,000 was allocated among 
all three of our operating segments, which represented the purchase price in excess of the net amount assigned to assets 
acquired and liabilities assumed in connection with previous acquisitions, adjusted for changes in foreign currency 
exchange rates.  We tested goodwill for impairment during the fourth quarter of 2007.  At that time, we concluded that 
the fair value of each of our reporting units was in excess of the carrying value. 

On April 1, 2008, we acquired Calence, which has been integrated into our North America business.  On July 10, 

2008, we acquired MINX, which has been integrated into our EMEA business.  Under the purchase method of 
accounting, the purchase price for each acquisition was allocated to the tangible and identifiable intangible assets 
acquired and liabilities assumed based on their estimated fair values.  The excess purchase price over fair value of net 
assets acquired of $93,709,000 and $9,108,000 for Calence and MINX, respectively, was recorded as goodwill in the 
respective reporting unit (see Note 19).  The primary driver for these acquisitions was to enhance our technical 
capabilities around networking, advanced communications and managed services and to help accelerate our 
transformation to a broad-based technology solutions advisor and provider.  During the year ended December 31, 2008, 
we accrued an additional $9,830,000 of purchase price consideration (the “earnout”) and $532,000 of accrued interest 
thereon as a result of Calence achieving certain performance targets during the respective periods.  Such amounts were 

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recorded as additional goodwill.  The Calence acquisition and resulting additional goodwill of $104,071,000, including 
the earnout and accrued interest amounts, was recorded as part of the North America reporting unit. 

In consideration of market conditions and the decline in our overall market capitalization resulting from decreases in 

the market price of Insight’s publicly traded common stock during the three months ended June 30, 2008, we evaluated 
whether an event (a “triggering event”) had occurred during the second quarter that would require us to perform an 
interim period goodwill impairment test in accordance with SFAS 142.  Subsequent to the first quarter of 2008, the 
Company experienced a relatively consistent decline in market capitalization due to deteriorating market conditions and 
a significant decline subsequent to our announcement of preliminary first quarter 2008 results on April 23, 2008.  During 
the first quarter of 2008, the market price of Insight’s publicly traded common stock ranged from a high of $19.00 to a 
low of $15.49, ending the quarter at $17.50 on March 31, 2008.  During the second quarter of 2008, the market price of 
Insight’s publicly traded common stock ranged from a high of $18.20 to a low of $11.00 on April 24, 2008, when the 
price dropped by 22.5% and did not return to levels previous to that single day drop through the end of the quarter.  
Based on the sustained significant decline in the market price of our common stock during the second quarter of 2008, 
we concluded that a triggering event had occurred subsequent to March 31, 2008, which would more likely than not 
reduce the fair value of one or more of our reporting units below its respective carrying value. 

As a result, we performed the first step of the two-step goodwill impairment test in the second quarter of 2008 in 
accordance with SFAS 142 and compared the fair values of our reporting units to their carrying values.  The fair values 
of our reporting units were determined using established valuation techniques, specifically the market and income 
approaches.  We determined that the fair value of the North America reporting unit was less than the carrying value of 
the net assets of the reporting unit, and thus, we performed step two of the impairment test for the North America 
reporting unit.  The results of the first step of the two-step goodwill impairment test indicated that the fair value of each 
of our EMEA and APAC reporting units was in excess of the carrying value, and thus we did not perform step two of the 
impairment test for EMEA or APAC. 

In step two of the impairment test, we determined the implied fair value of the goodwill in our North America 
reporting unit and compared it to the carrying value of the goodwill.  We allocated the fair value of the North America 
reporting unit to all of its assets and liabilities as if the reporting unit had been acquired in a business combination and 
the fair value of the North America reporting unit was the price paid to acquire the reporting unit.  The excess of the fair 
value of the reporting unit over the amounts assigned to its assets and liabilities is the implied fair value of goodwill.  
Our step two analysis resulted in no implied fair value of goodwill for the North America reporting unit, and therefore, 
we recognized a non-cash goodwill impairment charge of $313,776,000, $201,050,000 net of taxes, which represented 
the entire goodwill balance recorded in our North America operating segment as of June 30, 2008, including the entire 
amount of the goodwill recorded in connection with the Calence acquisition, including the earnout through June 30, 
2008.  The charge is included in (loss) earnings from continuing operations for the year ended December 31, 2008.  

During the three months ended September 30, 2008, our overall market capitalization increased with increases in the 

market price of Insight’s publicly traded common stock.  Subsequent to the announcement of our results of operations 
for the second quarter of 2008 on August 11, 2008, the Company experienced a relatively consistent increase in market 
capitalization.  During the third quarter of 2008, the market price of Insight’s publicly traded common stock ranged from 
a low of $10.70 to a high of $17.11, ending the quarter at $13.41 on September 30, 2008.  Based on the increase in the 
market price of our common stock during the third quarter of 2008 as well as the decline in the carrying value due to the 
write-off of goodwill during the second quarter of 2008, we concluded that during the third quarter of 2008, a triggering 
event had not occurred that would more likely than not reduce the fair value of one or more of our reporting units below 
its respective carrying value. 

We performed our annual review of goodwill in the fourth quarter of 2008.  The fair values of our reporting units 
were determined using established valuation techniques, specifically the market and income approaches.  We determined 
that the fair value of each of our three reporting units was less than the carrying value of the net assets of the respective 
reporting unit, and thus we performed step two of the impairment test for each of our three reporting units.  Our step two 
analyses resulted in no implied fair value of goodwill for any of our three reporting units, and therefore, we recognized a 
non-cash goodwill impairment charge of $83,471,000, $75,657,000 net of taxes, which represented the entire amount of 
the goodwill recorded all three of our operating segments as of December 31, 2008, including goodwill recorded in 
connection with the earnout associated with the Calence acquisition, part of our North America operating segment, since 
June 30, 2008.  The charge is included in (loss) earnings from continuing operations for the year ended December 31, 
2008.  

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The total non-cash charge of $397,247,000, $276,707,000 net of tax, for the year ended December 31, 2008 will not 

affect our debt covenant compliance, cash flows or ongoing results of operations.  

(6)   

Intangible Assets 

Intangible assets acquired in the acquisition of MINX, Calence and Software Spectrum consist of the following (in 

thousands): 

Customer relationships ................................................................................................   $  109,576 
7,446 
Backlog ........................................................................................................................  
1,700 
Acquired technology related assets .............................................................................  
191 
Non-compete agreements ............................................................................................  
150 
Trade names .................................................................................................................  
  119,063 
Accumulated amortization ...........................................................................................  
(25,663) 
Intangible assets, net ....................................................................................................   $  93,400 

2008 

2007 
$  91,484 
- 
1,700 
- 
- 
93,184 
(12,262) 
$  80,922 

December 31, 

In conjunction with the impairment analysis of our goodwill discussed in Note 5, we assessed the recoverability of 
our acquired intangible assets by comparing the projected undiscounted net cash flows associated with the related asset or 
group of assets over their remaining lives against their respective carrying amounts.  Such impairment test was based on 
the lowest level for which identifiable cash flows are largely independent of the cash flows of other groups of assets and 
liabilities.  For each of our intangible asset categories within each of our three operating segments, the estimated fair 
value of those assets exceeded the carrying amount, and no impairment was indicated. 

Amortization expense recognized for the years ended December 31, 2008, 2007 and 2006 was $13,868,000, 

$9,749,000 and $3,811,000, respectively.  Future amortization expense is estimated as follows (in thousands): 

2009 .........................  
2010 .........................  
2011 .........................  
2012 .........................  
2013 .........................  
Thereafter.....................  
Total amortization expense ............................................................  

Years Ending December 31,  Amortization Expense 
12,257 
11,918 
11,654 
11,427 
10,466 
35,678 
93,400 

$ 

$ 

(7) 

Debt and Inventory Financing Facility 

Debt 

Our long-term debt consists of the following (in thousands): 

Senior revolving credit facility ...............................................................................   $ 228,000 
- 
Accounts receivable securitization financing facility (the “ABS facility”)................  
- 
Term loan .....................................................................................................................  
  228,000 
  Total ...........................................................................................................................  
Less: current portion of term loan ...............................................................................  
- 
  Long-term debt ...........................................................................................................   $  228,000 

2008 

2007 

- 
$ 
  146,000 
56,250 
  202,250 
(15,000) 
$  187,250 

December 31, 

On April 1, 2008, we entered into a new five-year $300,000,000 senior revolving credit facility, which replaced our 

previous $75,000,000 five-year revolving credit facility and our $75,000,000 five-year term loan facility, which were 
entered into in September 2006 to finance, in part, the acquisition of Software Spectrum and for general corporate 
purposes.  The Calence acquisition was funded, in part, using borrowings under the new facility.  Amounts outstanding 
under the new senior revolving credit facility bear interest, payable quarterly, at a floating rate equal to the prime rate or, 
at our option, a LIBOR rate plus a pre-determined spread of 0.75% to 1.75%. In addition, we pay a commitment fee on 
the unused portion of the facility of 0.175% to 0.35%.  The weighted average interest rate on amounts outstanding under 
our senior revolving credit facility, including the commitment fee, was 4.8% during the year ended December 31, 2008.  

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As of December 31, 2008, $72,000,000 was available under the senior revolving credit facility. The senior revolving 
credit facility matures on April 1, 2013. 

In connection with the new inventory financing facility discussed below, on September 17, 2008, we amended 

certain provisions in the senior revolving credit facility to, among other provisions, permit up to $100,000,000 in 
outstanding indebtedness under the new inventory financing facility and the liens securing such indebtedness. 

  We have an agreement to sell receivables periodically to a special purpose accounts receivable and financing entity 
(the “SPE”), which is exclusively engaged in purchasing receivables from us.  The SPE is a wholly-owned, bankruptcy-
remote entity that we have included in our consolidated financial statements.  The SPE funds its purchases by selling 
undivided interests in eligible trade accounts receivable to a multi-seller conduit administered by an independent 
financial institution.  The SPE’s assets are available first and foremost to satisfy the claims of the creditors of the 
conduit.  The sales to the conduit do not qualify for sale treatment under SFAS No. 140, “Accounting for Transfers and 
Servicing of Financial Assets and Extinguishment of Liabilities” as we maintain effective control over the receivables 
that are sold.  Accordingly, the receivables remain recorded on our consolidated balance sheets.  At December 31, 2008 
and 2007, the SPE owned $346,235,000 and $396,126,000, respectively, of receivables recorded at fair value and 
included in our consolidated balance sheets, of which $150,000,000 and $198,599,000, respectively, was eligible for 
funding.  The Company’s ability to borrow up to the full $150,000,000 under the ABS facility is based on formulae 
relating to the amount and quality of the Company’s legacy accounts receivable in the U.S.  As a result of the decline in 
overall sales volume in the legacy business in the U.S. in the first quarter of 2009, the availability under the ABS facility 
has decreased by $40,300,000 as of March 31, 2009.  Additionally, we further reduced our eligible receivables under this 
facility by $45,900,000 to reflect the legacy business gross trade credit liabilities that were recorded as part of our 
financial statement restatement described in Note 2. As a result, total availability under our ABS facility at March 31, 
2009, after consideration of the restatement, was $63,800,000.  We plan to work with our lenders to increase our total 
capacity under the ABS facility by adding receivables from our U.S.-based software business to the facility as market 
and other conditions permit. 

On September 17, 2008, we amended certain provisions of our accounts receivable securitization facility, which was 
to have expired on September 7, 2009, including, among other provisions, (i) a reduction in the facility amount effective 
December 17, 2008 from $225,000,000 to $150,000,000, (ii) an increase in the permissible delinquency ratio, and 
(iii) the creation of a new one-year term through September 17, 2009.   

No amounts are outstanding under the accounts receivable securitization facility at December 31, 2008.  Interest is 
payable monthly, and the interest rate at December 31, 2008 applicable had there been outstanding balances was 3.13% 
per annum, including the 1.5% usage fee on any drawn balances.  During the years ended December 31, 2008 and 2007, 
our weighted average interest rate per annum and weighted average borrowings under the facility were 4.30% and 
$128,420,000 and 6.3% and $123,097,000, respectively.   

Inventory Financing Facility 

On September 17, 2008, we entered into an agreement which provides for a new facility to purchase inventory from 

a list of approved vendors.  The aggregate availability for vendor purchases under the inventory financing facility is 
$90,000,000, and the facility matures on April 1, 2013 but may be cancelled with 90 days notice.  Additionally, the 
facility may be renewed under certain circumstances described in the agreement for successive twelve month periods.  
Interest does not accrue on accounts payable under this facility provided the accounts payable are paid within stated 
vendor terms (ranging from 30 to 60 days).  We impute interest on the average daily balance outstanding during these 
stated vendor terms based on our blended borrowing rate during the period under our senior revolving credit facility and 
our accounts receivable securitization financing facility.  Imputed interest of $581,000 was recorded in 2008.  If balances 
are not paid within stated vendor terms, they will accrue interest at prime plus 1.25%.  The facility is guaranteed by the 
Company and each of its material domestic subsidiaries and is secured by a lien on substantially all of the Company’s 
domestic assets that is of equal priority to the liens securing borrowings under our senior revolving credit facility.  The 
facility replaced an existing agreement that the Company assumed in connection with the acquisition of Calence on 
April 1, 2008.  As of December 31, 2008, $80,904,000 was included in accounts payable related to this facility. 

Covenants 

Our financing facilities contain various covenants customary for transactions of this type, including the requirement 

that we comply with maximum leverage, minimum fixed charge and asset coverage ratio requirements and meet 

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monthly, quarterly and annual reporting requirements.  If we fail to comply with these covenants, the lenders would be 
able to demand payment within a specified period of time.  

Our borrowing capacity under our senior revolving credit facility and the ABS facility is limited by certain financial 

covenants, particularly a maximum leverage ratio.  The maximum leverage ratio is calculated as aggregate debt 
outstanding divided by the Company’s trailing twelve months EBITDA, as defined in the agreements.  The maximum 
leverage ratio permitted under the agreements is currently 3.0 times trailing twelve-month EBITDA and steps down to 
2.75 times in October 2009.  A significant drop in EBITDA would limit the amount of indebtedness that could be 
outstanding at the end of any fiscal quarter, to a level that could be below the Company’s total debt capacity.  As of 
December 31, 2008, of the $450.0 million of total debt capacity available, the Company’s borrowing capacity was 
limited to $402.1 million based on trailing twelve-month EBITDA of $134.0 million.  Even with lower expected 
EBITDA and the lower maximum leverage ratio covenant beginning in the fourth quarter of 2009, we anticipate that we 
will meet our maximum leverage ratio requirements over the next four quarters. 

As discussed above, our senior revolving credit facility and inventory financing facility both mature on April 1, 

2013.  The term of our accounts receivable securitization facility is scheduled to expire on September 17, 2009.  If we 
were unable to renew our ABS facility in 2009, we believe that cash flows from operations and extending payment terms 
with key partners by foregoing early pay discounts, together with the funds available under our existing long-term senior 
revolving credit facility, will be adequate to support our anticipated working capital requirements for operations over the 
next twelve months.   

In February 2009, we informed the administrative agents under our senior revolving credit facility, our accounts 
receivable securitization financing facility and our inventory financing facility of our intention to restate our financial 
statements and on February 6, 2009 obtained waivers from default with respect thereto from our administrative agents 
under those facilities.  Under the terms of those waivers, the Company has until May 15, 2009 to deliver our restated 
consolidated financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2007, our restated selected quarterly financial 
information for each of the three fiscal quarters ended March 31, 2008, June 30, 2008 and September 30, 2008, and our 
consolidated financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008.  We will be current in our filings with the 
filing of this report prior to May 15, 2009. 

(8)  Market Risk Management 

Interest Rate Risk  

We have interest rate exposure arising from our financing facilities, which have variable interest rates.  These 
variable interest rates are affected by changes in short-term interest rates.  We currently do not hedge our interest rate 
exposure.  

We do not believe that the effect of reasonably possible near-term changes in interest rates will be material to our 

financial position, results of operations and cash flows.  Our financing facilities expose net earnings to changes in short-
term interest rates since interest rates on the underlying obligations are variable.  We had $228,000,000 outstanding 
under our senior revolving credit facility and no amounts outstanding under our accounts receivable securitization 
financing facility at December 31, 2008.  The interest rates attributable to the borrowings under our senior revolving 
credit facility and the accounts receivable securitization financing facility were 1.61% and 3.13%, respectively, per 
annum at December 31, 2008.  The change in annual net earnings from continuing operations, pretax, resulting from a 
hypothetical 10% increase or decrease in the highest applicable interest rate would approximate $700,000.   

Foreign Currency Exchange Risk  

We use the U.S. dollar as our reporting currency.  The functional currencies of our significant foreign subsidiaries are 

generally the local currencies.  Accordingly, assets and liabilities of the subsidiaries are translated into U.S. dollars at the 
exchange rate in effect at the balance sheet dates.  Income and expense items are translated at the average exchange rate for 
each month within the year.  Translation adjustments are recorded in other comprehensive income as a separate component 
of stockholders’ equity.  Net foreign currency transaction (gains) losses, including transaction (gains) losses on 
intercompany balances that are not of a long-term investment nature, are reported as a separate component of non-operating 
(income) expense, net in our consolidated statements of operations.  We also maintain cash accounts denominated in 
currencies other than the functional currency which expose us to foreign exchange rate movements.  Remeasurement of 
these cash balances results in (gains) losses that are also reported as a separate component of non-operating (income) 
expense.  

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We monitor our foreign currency exposure and have begun to enter, selectively, into forward exchange contracts to 

mitigate risk associated with certain non-functional currency monetary assets and liabilities related to foreign 
denominated payables, receivables, and cash balances.  Transaction gains and losses resulting from non-functional 
currency assets and liabilities are offset by forward contracts in non-operating (income) and expense, net.  The Company 
does not have a significant concentration of credit risk with any single counterparty. 

The Company generally enters into forward contracts with maturities of three months or less. The derivatives 
entered into during 2008 were not designated as hedges under Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 133, 
“Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities.”  The following derivative contracts were entered into 
during the year ended December 31, 2008, and remained open and outstanding at December 31, 2008.  All U.S. dollar 
and foreign currency amounts are presented in thousands.  

Foreign Currency 
Foreign Amount 
Exchange Rate 
USD Equivalent 
Maturity Date 

Sell
GBP 
5,000 
0.6770 
$7,386 
January 7, 2009 

Buy
EURO 
7,149 
0.7149 
$10,000 
January 7, 2009 

The Company does not enter into derivative contracts for speculative or trading purposes.  The fair value of all 

forward contracts at December 31, 2008 was $228,000. 

 (9)    Leases  

  We have several non-cancelable operating leases with third parties, primarily for administrative and distribution center 
space and computer equipment.  Our facilities leases generally provide for periodic rent increases and many contain 
escalation clauses and renewal options. We recognize rent expense on a straight-line basis over the lease term.  Rental 
expense for these third-party operating leases was $16,132,000, $13,343,000 and $9,491,000 for the years ended December 
31, 2008, 2007 and 2006, respectively, and is included in selling and administrative expenses in our consolidated statements 
of operations. 

Future minimum lease payments under non-cancelable operating leases (with initial or remaining lease terms in 

excess of one year) as of December 31, 2008 are as follows (in thousands): 

Years Ending December 31, 
2009 .........................  
2010 .........................  
2011 .........................  
2012 .........................  
2013 .........................  
Thereafter.....................  
Total minimum lease payments .....................................................  

$ 

$ 

14,079 
11,340 
9,065 
6,380 
3,319 
12,241 
56,424 

(10)   Severance, Restructuring and Acquisition Integration Activities 

Severance Costs Expensed in 2008 

During the year ended December 31, 2008, North America, EMEA and APAC recorded severance expense totaling 
$4,633,000, $3,923,000 and $39,000, respectively, related to on-going restructuring efforts to reduce operating expenses 
related to support and management functions as well as certain sales functions. The following table details the changes in 
these liabilities during the year ended December 31, 2008 (in thousands): 

       North America 

     EMEA 

   APAC 

Severance costs ........................... $   
Foreign currency translation 
adjustments .................................
Cash payments ............................  
Balance at December 31, 2008 ... $   

4,633 $   

3,923 $   

(214)
(1,770)  
1,939 $   

-

(3,858)  

775 $   

82 

  Consolidated 
$   

8,595

(214)
(5,667)
2,714

$   

39 

- 
(39) 
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All remaining outstanding obligations are expected to be paid during 2009 and are therefore included in accrued 

expenses and other current liabilities. 

Severance Costs Expensed in 2007  

During the year ended December 31, 2007, North America, EMEA and APAC recorded severance expense of 
$2,960,000, $177,000 and $64,000, respectively, primarily associated with the retirement of our chief financial officer.  
Of the severance amounts expensed in 2007, EMEA paid $177,000 during 2007.  All other amounts were paid during 
2008.  

Acquisition-Related Costs Capitalized in 2006 as a Cost of Acquisition of Software Spectrum 

In 2006, we recorded $9,738,000 of employee termination benefits and $1,676,000 of facility based costs in 
connection with the integration of Software Spectrum.  These costs were accounted for under EITF Issue No. 95-3, 
“Recognition of Liabilities in Connection with Purchase Business Combinations,” and were based on the integration 
plans that were committed to by management.  Accordingly, these costs were recognized as a liability assumed in the 
purchase business combination and included in the allocation of the cost to acquire Software Spectrum.   

The employee termination benefits relate to severance payments for Software Spectrum teammates in North 

America and EMEA who were terminated in connection with integration plans.  The facilities based costs relate to future 
lease payments or lease termination costs associated with vacating Software Spectrum facilities in EMEA.   

The following table details the changes in these liabilities during the year ended December 31, 2008 (in thousands):  

       North America 

     EMEA 

Balance at December 31, 2007 ..................   $   
Foreign currency translation adjustments ..  
Adjustments ..............................................  
Cash payments ..........................................  
Balance at December 31, 2008 ..................   $   

543 
- 
- 
(202) 
341 

$   

$   

4,395 
(455) 
(785) 
(349) 
2,806 

$   

  Consolidated 
$   

4,938
(455)
(785)
(551)
3,147

In the accompanying consolidated balance sheet at December 31, 2008, $1,863,000 is expected to be paid in 2009 
and is therefore included in accrued expenses and other current liabilities, and $1,284,000 is expected to be paid after 
2009 and is therefore included in other liabilities (long-term).  In 2008 an adjustment of $785,000 was recorded as a 
reduction of the severance accrual in EMEA due to a change in estimate of the costs of the integration plan. 

Restructuring Costs Expensed in 2005  

During the year ended December 31, 2005, Insight UK moved into a new facility and recorded facilities-based 

restructuring costs of $7,458,000. 

The following table details the changes in this liability during the year ended December 31, 2008 (in thousands):  

Balance at December 31, 2007..................  $   
Adjustments .............................................. 
Cash payments .......................................... 
Balance at December 31, 2008..................  $   

2,425 
(353) 
(1,022) 
1,050 

     EMEA 

In 2007, an adjustment of $606,000 was recorded as a reduction in remaining lease obligations following a 
successful renegotiation of a portion of the lease.  The remaining accrual of $1,050,000 is expected to be paid in 2009 
and is therefore included in accrued expenses and other current liabilities in the accompanying consolidated balance 
sheet at December 31, 2008. 

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(11)  

Income Taxes  

The following table presents the U.S. and foreign components of (loss) earnings from continuing operations before 

income taxes and the related income tax (benefit) expense (in thousands): 

(Loss) earnings from continuing operations before income taxes: 

2008 

Years Ended December 31, 
2007 
As 
  Restated 
(1) 

2006 
As 
    Restated 
(1) 

U.S. ................................................................................................................  $  (282,554) 
Foreign ...........................................................................................................        (43,520) 

 $       56,728  $ 
48,563   
$  (326,074)  $      105,291  $ 

59,364
27,975 
87,339 

Income tax (benefit) expense from continuing operations: 

2008 

Years Ended December 31, 
2007 
As 
  Restated 
(1) 

2006 
As 
    Restated 
(1) 

Current: 

   $  22,956  $ 
U.S. Federal ...................................................................................................  $ 
2,170 
U.S. State and local .......................................................................................       
Foreign  ..........................................................................................................     
17,091 
                                                                                                                                  20,413             42,217 

5,379 
360 
14,674 

22,701
975 
7,809 
31,485 

Deferred: 

U.S. Federal ................................................................................................... 
U.S. State and local ....................................................................................... 
Foreign ........................................................................................................... 

     (97,126) 
     (10,254)       
  620 
  (106,760)     
$    (86,347)    $ 

(774)   
341 
  (1,098)   
(1,531)    
40,686  $ 

(3,058) 
392 
2,063 
(603) 
30,882 

(1) See Note 2 “Restatement of Consolidated Financial Statements.” 

Income tax expense relating to discontinued operations is as follows: 

2008 

Years Ended December 31, 
2007 
As 
  Restated 
(1) 

2006 

U.S. ................................................................................................................  $ 
$ 

- 
- 

$   
$   

1,719  $ 
1,719  $ 

8,451 
8,451 

(1) See Note 2 “Restatement of Consolidated Financial Statements.” 

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The following schedule reconciles the differences between the U.S. federal income taxes at the U.S. statutory rate to 

our income tax (benefit) expense (dollars in thousands): 

Expected (benefit) expense at U.S. Statutory rate of 35% ...................................  $ (114,126)  $     36,852  $ 
Change resulting from: 

2008 

Years Ended December 31, 
2007 
As 
  Restated 
(1) 

2006 
As 
    Restated 
(1) 
 30,569 

State income tax (benefit) expense, net of federal income tax benefit ........ 
Audits and adjustments, net .......................................................................... 
Change in valuation allowance ..................................................................... 

(9,227) 
2,641 
8,707 

2,323 
347 
313 

2,228
(2,519) 
          (134)

Foreign income taxed at different rates ........................................................ 
Non-deductible goodwill impairment charges ............................................. 
Other, net ....................................................................................................... 

Income tax (benefit) expense ................................................................................  $  (86,347)  $ 
Effective tax rate ................................................................................................... 

460 
25,785 
    (587) 

(834) 
(170)   
- 
- 
1,021 
1,572 
40,686  $      30,882 
         26.5%             38.6%            35.4%

(1) See Note 2 “Restatement of Consolidated Financial Statements.” 

For foreign entities not treated as branches for U.S. tax purposes, we do not provide for U.S. income taxes on the 

undistributed earnings of these subsidiaries as these earnings are reinvested and, in the opinion of management, will 
continue to be reinvested indefinitely outside of the U.S.  The undistributed earnings of foreign subsidiaries that are 
deemed to be indefinitely invested outside of the U.S. were $23,530,000 at December 31, 2008.  It is not practicable to 
determine the unrecognized deferred tax liability on those earnings. 

The significant components of deferred tax assets and liabilities are as follows (in thousands): 

Deferred tax assets: 

     December 31, 
 2008   

2007 
As 
  Restated   
(1) 

$ 

Trade credits ..................................................................................................  $  18,920 
14,096 
Net operating loss carryforwards .................................................................. 
      12,886 
  Miscellaneous accruals .................................................................................. 
8,107 
Stock compensation ....................................................................................... 
6,918 
Allowance for doubtful accounts and returns ............................................... 
9,043 
Foreign tax credit carryforwards ................................................................... 
903 
Other, net ....................................................................................................... 
3,458 
Accrued vacation and other payroll liabilities .............................................. 
1,711 
  Write-downs of inventories ........................................................................... 
1,440 
Depreciation allowance carryforwards ......................................................... 
92,116 
Amortization of goodwill and other intangibles ........................................... 
Gross deferred tax assets........................................................................ 
  169,598 
Valuation allowance ...................................................................................... 
Total deferred tax assets ........................................................................ 

  147,710 

(21,888)     

Deferred tax liabilities: 

Amortization of Goodwill and other intangibles .......................................... 
- 
Depreciation and amortization ...................................................................... 
(19,653) 
Prepaid expenses ........................................................................................... 
(516) 
(20,169) 
Total deferred tax liabilities ................................................................... 
Net deferred tax assets ...........................................................................  $ 127,541 

$ 

(1) See Note 2 “Restatement of Consolidated Financial Statements.” 

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19,802 
18,179 
10,506
10,013
5,609 
5,081
3,864 
3,297 
2,154 
1,760 
- 
80,265 
(19,975) 
60,290 

(23,970) 
(17,375) 
(515) 
(41,860) 
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The net current and non-current portions of deferred tax assets and liabilities are as follows (in thousands): 

  December 31, 

2008 

2007 
As 

  Restated 

(1) 

Net current deferred tax asset ...............................................................................  $   40,075  
87,466 
Net non-current deferred tax asset (liability) ....................................................... 
Net deferred tax asset (liability) ....................................................................  $ 127,541 

$ 

$ 

42,252
    (23,822) 
18,430 

(1) See Note 2 “Restatement of Consolidated Financial Statements.” 

As of December 31, 2008, we have U.S. state net operating loss carryforwards (“NOLs”) of $720,000 that will 
expire between 2009 and 2028.  We also have NOLs from various non-U.S. jurisdictions of $52,012,000.  While the 
majority of the non-U.S. NOLs have no expiration date, $468,000 will fully expire in 2018.   

On the basis of currently available information, we have provided valuation allowances for certain of our deferred 
tax assets where we believe it is more likely than not that the related tax benefits will not be realized.  At December 31, 
2008, our valuation allowances totaled $21,888,000, representing all of our U.S. state NOLs, a portion of our non-U.S. 
NOLs, foreign depreciation allowances, foreign tax credits, and a U.S. deferred tax asset related to Software Spectrum 
foreign branches.  In the future, if we determine that additional realization of these deferred tax assets is more likely than 
not, the reversal of the related valuation allowance will reduce income tax expense.  Upon the January 1, 2009 adoption of 
SFAS 141R, changes that occur after acquisition date in deferred tax asset valuation allowances and income tax 
uncertainties resulting from a business combination, including those associated with acquisitions that closed prior to the 
effective date of SFAS 141R, will generally affect income tax expense.  At December 31, 2007, our valuation allowances 
totaled $19,975,000, representing all of our U.S. state NOLs, a portion of our non-U.S. NOLs, foreign depreciation 
allowances, and a U.S. deferred tax asset related to Software Spectrum foreign branches.   

We believe it is more likely than not that forecasted income, including income that may be generated as a result of 
prudent and feasible tax planning strategies, together with the tax effects of deferred tax liabilities, will be sufficient to fully 
recover our remaining deferred tax assets.  In the future, if we determine that realization of the remaining deferred tax asset 
is not more likely than not, we will need to increase our valuation allowance and record additional income tax expense.  As 
a result of income generated through December 31, 2008 and near-term income forecasts, during 2008 we determined 
that we had sufficient positive evidence to recognize our deferred tax asset related to our United Kingdom, France, 
Austria, and Hong Kong net operating loss (“foreign NOL”) carryforwards.  Therefore, the valuation allowance against 
these foreign NOL deferred tax assets was released.  Since the foreign NOLs were related to activity at Software 
Spectrum prior to the acquisition, the reversal was recorded as a reduction of goodwill (see Note 5) and had no effect on 
income tax (benefit) expense during the year ended December 31, 2008. 

The following table summarizes the change in the valuation allowance (in thousands): 

Valuation allowance at beginning of year ............................................................  $  19,975 
7,000 
Increases in income tax expense ........................................................................... 
(3,459) 
Valuation allowances of Software Spectrum/MINX ........................................... 
Foreign currency translation adjustments............................................................. 
(1,628) 
Valuation allowance at end of year ......................................................................  $  21,888 

2008 

2007 
$  19,830 
251 
(1,623) 
1,517 
$  19,975 

December 31, 

A tax shortfall of $2,737,000 related to the exercise of employee stock options and other employee stock programs 

was applied to stockholders’ equity during the year ended December 31, 2008.  Tax benefits of $1,791,000 and $882,000 
related to the exercise of employee stock options and other employee stock programs were applied to stockholders’ 
equity in the years ended December 31, 2007 and 2006, respectively. 

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Various taxing jurisdictions are examining our tax returns for various tax years.  Although the outcome of tax audits 
cannot be predicted with certainty, management believes the ultimate resolution of these examinations will not result in a 
material adverse effect to our financial position or results of operations. 

FASB Interpretation No. 48, “Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes - an interpretation of FASB Statement 

No. 109” (“FIN 48”), requires that companies recognize the effect of a tax position in their consolidated financial 
statements if there is a greater likelihood than not of the position being sustained upon audit based on the technical merits 
of the position.  We adopted the provisions of FIN 48 effective January 1, 2007.  The adoption of FIN 48 resulted in no 
cumulative effect adjustment to our retained earnings.  However, in order to conform to the balance sheet presentation 
requirements of FIN 48, we classified certain unrecognized tax benefits on our balance sheet from current assets to non-
current assets.  

As of December 31, 2008 and 2007, we had approximately $4,300,000 and $13,500,000, respectively, of 

unrecognized tax benefits.  Of these amounts, approximately $400,000 and $2,600,000, respectively, relate to accrued 
interest.  A reconciliation of the beginning and ending amount of unrecognized tax benefits is as follows (in thousands): 

Balance at December 31, 2007 ...................................................... $ 
Additions for tax positions in prior periods ...................................
Additions for tax positions in current period .................................
Subtractions due to foreign currency translation ...........................
Subtractions due to audit settlements .............................................
Balance at December 31, 2008 ...................................................... $ 

10,900 
200 
2,100 
(300) 
(9,000) 
3,900 

Our policy to classify interest and penalties relating to uncertain tax positions as a component of income tax 

(benefit) expense in our consolidated statements of operations did not change as a result of implementing the provisions 
of FIN 48. 

As of December 31, 2008, if recognized, $3,700,000 of the liability associated with uncertain tax positions of 
$4,300,000 would affect our effective tax rate.  The remaining $600,000 balance arose from business combinations that, 
if recognized, ultimately would be recorded as an adjustment to an indemnification receivable with no effect on our 
effective tax rate.  We do not believe there will be any changes over the next twelve months that would have a material 
effect on our effective tax rate. 

Several of our subsidiaries are currently under audit for the 2002 through 2007 tax years.  It is reasonably possible 

that the examination phase of these audits may conclude in the next twelve months and that the related unrecognized tax 
benefits for uncertain tax positions will decrease.  However, based on the status of the examinations, an estimate of the 
range of reasonably possible outcomes cannot be made at this time. 

  We, including our subsidiaries, file income tax returns in the U.S. federal jurisdiction, and many state and local and 
non-U.S. jurisdictions.  In the U.S., federal income tax returns for 2004 through 2007 remain open to examination.  For 
U.S. state and local as well as non-U.S. jurisdictions, the statute of limitations generally varies between three and ten 
years. 

(12)   Stock Based Compensation 

On January 1, 2006, we adopted SFAS No. 123 (revised 2004), “Share Based Payment” (“SFAS 123R”), which 

requires stock-based compensation to be measured based on the fair value of the award on the date of grant and the 
corresponding expense to be recognized over the period during which an employee is required to provide service in 
exchange for the award.  In March 2005, the SEC issued SAB No. 107 “Share Based Payment” (“SAB 107”), relating to 
SFAS 123R.  We have applied the provisions of SAB 107 in our adoption of SFAS 123R.  Stock-based compensation 
expense is classified in the same line item of the consolidated statements of operations as other payroll-related expenses 
for the specific employee.     

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  We recorded the following pre-tax amounts for stock-based compensation, by operating segment, in our consolidated 
financial statements (in thousands): 

North America (2) ................................................... $ 
EMEA(2) .................................................................
APAC(2) .................................................................
Total Continuing Operations  ................................ $ 

Discontinued Operations ....................................... $ 

  2008 

Years Ended December 31, 

  2007 
As Restated 
(1) 

 2006 
As Restated 
(1) 

5,794 
1,985 
206 
7,985 

- 

$ 

$ 

$ 

11,576 
2,704 
305 
14,585 

- 

$ 

$ 

$ 

13,439 
1,594 
44 
15,077 

978 

(1)  See Note 2 “Restatement of Consolidated Financial Statements.” 
(2)  Recorded in selling and administrative expenses. 

Company Plans 

On October 1, 2007 Insight’s Board of Directors approved the 2007 Omnibus Plan (the “2007 Plan”), and the 2007 

Plan became effective when it was approved by Insight’s stockholders at the annual meeting on November 12, 2007.  On 
August 12, 2008, the 2007 Plan was amended to clarify certain provisions relating to forfeiture restrictions and grants of 
discretionary awards to non-employee directors.  The 2007 Plan is administered by the Compensation Committee of 
Insight’s Board of Directors, and except as provided below, the Compensation Committee has the exclusive authority to 
administer the 2007 Plan, including the power to determine eligibility, the types of awards to be granted, the price and 
the timing of awards.  Under the 2007 Plan, the Compensation Committee may delegate some of its authority to our 
Chief Executive Officer to grant awards to individuals other than individuals who are subject to the reporting 
requirements of Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”).  Teammates, 
officers and members of the Board of Directors are eligible for awards under the 2007 Plan, and consultants and 
independent contractors are also eligible if they provide bona fide services that are not related to capital raising or 
promoting or maintaining a market for the Company’s stock.  The 2007 Plan allows for awards of options, stock 
appreciation rights (SARs), restricted stock, RSUs, performance awards as well as grants of cash awards.  A total of 
4,250,000 shares of stock are reserved for awards issued under the 2007 Plan.  As of December 31, 2008, 3,002,635 
shares of stock were available for grant under the 2007 Plan.   

In 1997, we established the 1998 Long-Term Incentive Plan (the “1998 LTIP”) for our officers, teammates, 
directors, consultants and independent contractors.  The 1998 LTIP, as amended, authorized grants of incentive stock 
options, non-qualified stock options, stock appreciation rights, performance shares, restricted common stock and 
performance-based awards.   In 1998 and 1999, we also established the 1998 Employee Restricted Stock Plan for our 
teammates, the 1998 Officer Restricted Stock Plan for our officers and the 1999 Broad Based Employee Stock Option 
Plan for our teammates.  Upon stockholder approval of the 2007 Plan in November 2007, as discussed above, there will 
be no further grants under these plans. 

Accounting for Stock Options  

We had no grants of stock options during the year ended December 31, 2008, one grant in 2007 and no grants in 
2006.  In valuing the December 2007 award, we assumed a dividend yield of 0%, expected volatility of 36%, a risk-free 
interest rate of 3.4% and an expected life of 3.5 years.  Consistent with SFAS 123R and SAB 107, we considered the 
historical volatility of our stock price in determining our expected volatility.  The risk-free interest rate assumption is 
based upon observed interest rates appropriate for the term of the stock options.  The expected life of stock options 
represents the weighted-average period the stock options are expected to remain outstanding calculated using the 
simplified method as prescribed in SAB 107.  

For the years ended December 31, 2008, 2007 and 2006, we recorded in continuing operations stock-based 

compensation expense related to stock options, net of forfeitures, of $524,000, $3,249,000 and $8,166,000, respectively.  
In 2006, we recorded $230,000 of stock-based compensation related to stock options in discontinued operations.  As of 

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December 31, 2008, total compensation cost related to nonvested stock options not yet recognized is $842,000, which is 
expected to be recognized over the next 1.26 years on a weighted-average basis.  

Included in the amount for the year ended December 31, 2007 is $366,000 of cash payments made in May through 

August 2007 to teammates whose stock options expired during the period that registration statements for our stock plans 
were suspended as a result of the delay in the filing of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 
31, 2006 and $136,000 of cash payments made to teammates pursuant to a formal tender offer (the “Tender Offer”) 
which allowed teammates to amend certain options that had been retroactively priced.  A total of 63 teammates 
participated in the Tender Offer.  Pursuant to the Tender Offer, the exercise price per share in effect for each tendered 
option was amended to the fair market value per share of our common stock on the measurement date determined for that 
option for financial accounting purposes.  Each participant who had an option with an exercise price that was amended, 
in late 2007, also became entitled to receive, in early 2008, a cash payment with respect to that option to compensate 
them for the spread lost in the amendment.  The amount of the cash payment for each eligible option was calculated by 
multiplying (i) the amount by which the new exercise price of the option was higher than the exercise price per share 
previously in effect for that option, by (ii) the number of shares of our common stock that the holder could acquire under 
that option.  

During 2007, we also recognized non-cash stock-based compensation expense for a 90-day extension of the post 

termination exercise period for stock options related to the retirement of our former chief financial officer.  The 
modification expense of $186,000 was recorded in severance and restructuring expenses. 

The following table summarizes our stock option activity during the year ended December 31, 2008: 

Number  
  Outstanding 

Weighted Average  
  Exercise Price 

Aggregate  
 Intrinsic Value 
(in-the-money options) 

   Remaining  
Contractual  
    Life (in years)   

Weighted  
Average 

$     

Outstanding at the beginning of 
year .................................................
Granted ............................................
Exercised .........................................
Forfeited or expired  ........................
Outstanding at the end of  year .......
Exercisable at the end of year .........
Vested and expected to vest ............
Weighted average grant date fair  
  value for options granted during  
  2007 ...............................................

       3,621,130 
- 
(345,565) 
 (738,892) 
    2,536,673 
     2,402,590 
    2,513,520 

$             5.53 

19.33 
-  
14.56  $ 
20.14 
19.47  $ 
19.57  $    
19.49  $ 

1,077,542 

- 
- 
- 

                        1.14 
0.98 
1.11 

The aggregate intrinsic value in the preceding table represents the total pre-tax intrinsic value, based on our closing 
stock price of $6.90 as of December 31, 2008, which would have been received by the option holders had all option holders 
exercised options and sold the underlying shares on that date.  The aggregate intrinsic value for options exercisable during 
2007 and 2006 was $1,921,292 and $4,187,616, respectively. 

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The following table summarizes the status of outstanding stock options as of December 31, 2008: 

Options Outstanding 

Options Exercisable 

Range of 
  Exercise 

    Prices 
$13.00 - 18.53 
  18.54 - 19.72 
  19.79 - 19.90 
  20.00 - 21.25 
  21.30 – 41.00 

  Number of  
    Options  
  Outstanding   
733,716 
642,160 
516,100 
568,529 
76,168 
2,536,673 

   Weighted  
    Average 
  Remaining 
  Contractual 
Life (in years) 
1.91 
0.98 
0.87 
0.51 
1.45 
1.14 

   Weighted 
    Average   
    Exercise 
    Price Per  
    Share   
17.66 
$ 
19.22 
$ 
19.90 
$ 
20.85 
$ 
25.78 
$ 
19.47 
$ 

  Number of  
    Options  
  Exercisable   
599,633 
642,160 
516,100 
568,529 
76,168 
2,402,590 

    Weighted 
     Average   
     Exercise 
    Price Per  
        Share 
$ 
$ 
$ 
$ 
$ 
$ 

17.64 
19.22 
19.90 
20.85 
25.78 
19.57 

Accounting for Restricted Stock  

  We have issued shares of restricted common stock and RSUs as incentives to certain officers and teammates.  We 
recognize compensation expense associated with the issuance of such shares and RSUs over the vesting period for each 
respective share and RSU.  Compensation expense related to service-based RSUs is recognized on a straight-line basis 
over the requisite service period for the entire award.  Compensation expense related to performance-based RSUs is 
recognized on a straight-line basis over the requisite service period for each separately vesting portion of the award as if 
the award was, in-substance, multiple awards (i.e., a graded vesting basis).  The total compensation expense associated 
with restricted stock represents the value based upon the number of shares or RSUs awarded multiplied by the closing 
price of our common stock on the date of grant.  Recipients of restricted stock shares are entitled to receive any 
dividends declared on our common stock and have voting rights, regardless of whether such shares have vested.  
Recipients of RSUs do not have voting or dividend rights until the vesting conditions are satisfied and shares are 
released.   

Starting in 2006, we have elected to primarily issue service-based and performance-based RSUs instead of stock 

options and restricted stock shares.  The number of RSUs ultimately awarded under the performance-based RSUs will 
vary based on whether we achieve certain financial results.  We will record compensation expense each period based on 
the market price of our common stock on the grant date and our estimate of the most probable number of RSUs that will 
be issued under the grants of performance-based RSUs.  Additionally, the compensation expense is adjusted for our 
estimate of forfeitures.   

For the years ended December 31, 2008, 2007 and 2006, we recorded in continuing operations stock-based 
compensation expense, net of estimated forfeitures, related to restricted stock shares and RSUs of $7,461,000, 
$10,834,000 and $6,911,000, respectively.  In 2006, we recorded $748,000 of stock-based compensation related to RSUs 
in discontinued operations.  As of December 31, 2008, total compensation cost related to nonvested restricted stock 
shares and RSUs not yet recognized is $11,308,000, which is expected to be recognized over the next 1.65 years on a 
weighted-average basis.  

  On January 23, 2008, the Compensation Committee of our Board of Directors approved a special long-term 
incentive award for the Chief Executive Officer, the President of our North America/APAC operating segments and the 
President of our EMEA operating segment.  The approved grant level targets were as follows: 

• 
• 
• 

  Richard A. Fennessy, President and Chief Executive Officer — 300,000 RSUs; 
  Mark T. McGrath, President, North America/APAC — 150,000 RSUs; and 
  Stuart A. Fenton, President, EMEA — 100,000 RSUs. 

The plan provided for the award of RSUs that were to be issued based upon achievement of specific stock price 
hurdles within specific timeframes (the 20-day average closing price of Insight stock must be at or above a stock price 
hurdle and within the defined timeframes for any tranche to be awarded).  For the year ended December 31, 2008, we 
recorded stock-based compensation expense related to these RSUs of $961,000, which is included in the stock-based 
compensation expense amount discussed above.  As of December 31, 2008, total compensation cost not yet recognized 
related to these RSUs was $5,478,000 of the $11,308,000 total discussed above.  Due to the current economic climate 

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and the decrease in Insight’s stock price, on February 19, 2009, Messrs. Fennessy, Fenton and McGrath agreed to forfeit 
the awards, resulting in the termination of the awards.  Accordingly, no shares were, or will be, issued under these 
awards.  A non-cash charge of $5,478,000 will be recognized in the first quarter of 2009 as a result of the cancellation of 
these awards.  

The following table summarizes our restricted stock activity, including restricted stock shares and RSUs, during the 

year ended December 31, 2008: 

Nonvested at the beginning of period ......  
Granted .....................................................  
Vested, including shares withheld to 

cover taxes ............................................  
Forfeited  ...................................................  
Nonvested at the end of period.................  
Expected to vest ........................................  

Number 

1,108,857 
1,029,865 

   Weighted Average  
  Grant Date Fair Value 
20.29 
$ 
10.43 
$ 

      Fair Value 

(445,396) 
$ 
(173,170)  $ 
1,520,156 
$ 
$ 
1,405,215 

$ 

20.36 
19.24 
13.71  $ 
$ 

 7,733,859(a) 

 10,489,076(b) 
9,695,984(b) 

(a)   The fair value of vested restricted stock shares and RSUs represents the total pre-tax fair value, based on the 

closing stock price on the day of vesting, which would have been received by holders of restricted stock shares 
and RSUs had all such holders sold their underlying shares on that date.  The aggregate intrinsic value for vested 
restricted stock shares and RSUs during 2007 was $5,319,942. 

(b)    The aggregate fair value of the nonvested restricted stock shares and the RSUs expected to vest represents the 
total pre-tax fair value, based on our closing stock price of $6.90 as of December 31, 2008, which would have 
been received by holders of restricted stock shares and RSUs had all such holders sold their underlying shares on 
that date.   

During the year ended December 31, 2008, the restricted stock shares and RSUs that vested for teammates in the 
United States were net-share settled such that we withheld shares with value equivalent to the teammates’ minimum 
statutory United States tax obligation for the applicable income and other employment taxes and remitted the cash to the 
appropriate taxing authorities.  The total shares withheld during the year ended December 31, 2008 of 120,492 was based 
on the value of the restricted stock shares or RSUs on their vesting dates as determined by our closing stock price on 
such dates.  For the year ended December 31, 2008, total payments for the employees’ tax obligations to the taxing 
authorities were $2,120,000 and are reflected as a financing activity within the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows.  
These net-share settlements had the effect of repurchases of our common stock as they reduced and retired the number of 
shares that would have otherwise been issued as a result of the vesting and did not represent an expense to us. 

(13)  

Benefit Plans 

We have adopted a defined contribution benefit plan (the “Defined Contribution Plan”) which complies with section 

401(k) of the Internal Revenue Code.  In 2008, we made discretionary matching contributions at the rate of 25% of the 
teammates’ pre-tax contributions up to a maximum of 6% of eligible compensation per pay period.  Contribution 
expense under this plan, including amounts recorded in discontinued operations, was $2,014,000, $1,691,000 and 
$2,230,000 for the years ended December 31, 2008, 2007 and 2006, respectively. 

In November 2007, we established the Insight Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Plan (“Deferred Compensation 

Plan”) with an effective date of January 1, 2008.  The Deferred Compensation Plan permits a select group of 
“management or highly compensated employees” as defined by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, 
as amended, to voluntarily defer receipt of compensation and earn a rate of return on their deferred amounts based on 
their selection from a variety of independently managed funds.  We do not provide a guaranteed rate of return on these 
deferred amounts nor do we make any contributions to the Deferred Compensation Plan.  All recorded amounts were 
immaterial as of and for the year ended December 31, 2008.    

 (14)  Share Repurchase Program 

On December 5, 2005, our Board of Directors authorized the repurchase of up to $50,000,000 of our common stock.  
During the year ended December 31, 2007, we purchased 1,955,646 shares of our common stock on the open market at an 
average price of $25.57 per share, which represented the full amount authorized under the repurchase program.  All shares 
repurchased were retired.    

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On November 13, 2007, our Board of Directors authorized the repurchase of up to $50,000,000 of our common stock 
through September 30, 2008. During the year ended December 31, 2008, we purchased 3,493,500 shares of our common 
stock on the open market at an average price of $14.31 per share, which represented the full amount authorized under the 
repurchase program. All shares repurchased were retired. 

(15) 

Stockholder Rights Agreement  

On December 14, 2008, the stockholder rights plan expired in accordance with its terms. 

(16)   Commitments and Contingencies 

Contractual 

We have entered into a sponsorship agreement through 2013 with the Valley of the Sun Bowl Foundation, d/b/a 
Insight Bowl, which is the not-for-profit entity that conducts the Insight Bowl post-season intercollegiate football game.  
We have committed to pay an aggregate amount of approximately $7,050,000 through 2013 for sponsorship 
arrangements, ticket purchases and miscellaneous expenses.  

We have committed to pay the Arizona Cardinals an aggregate amount of approximately $7,700,000 through 

February 2014 for advertising and marketing events at the University of Phoenix stadium.  

In July 2007, we signed a statement of work with a third party that was engaged to assist us in a company-wide 
integration of our hardware, services and software distribution operations into our IT systems.  During the quarter ended 
March 31, 2008, we renegotiated the contract to include a new scope of work, whereby we agreed to engage the third 
party on current and future IT related projects.  As a result of this renegotiation, previously reported commitments as of 
December 31, 2007 totaling $14,400,000, to be paid in 2008 and 2009, were settled with a $3,100,000 payment made in 
April 2008.  The remaining commitments at December 31, 2008 approximate $3,139,000 to be incurred over 18 to 24 
months. 

In the ordinary course of business, we issue performance bonds to secure our performance under certain contracts or 

state tax requirements. As of December 31, 2008 and December 31, 2007, we had approximately $24,623,000 and 
$794,000, respectively, of performance bonds outstanding. These bonds are issued on our behalf by a surety company on 
an unsecured basis; however, if the surety company is ever required to pay out under the bonds, we have contractually 
agreed to reimburse the surety company. 

Employment Contracts 

We have employment contracts with certain officers and management teammates under which severance payments 

would become payable and accelerated vesting of stock-based compensation would occur in the event of specified 
terminations without cause or terminations under certain circumstances after a change in control. If such persons were 
terminated without cause or under certain circumstances after a change of control, and the severance payments under the 
current employment agreements were to become payable, the severance payments would generally range from three 
months of the teammate’s salary up to two times the teammate’s annual salary and bonus. 

Guaranties 

In the ordinary course of business, we may guarantee the indebtedness of our subsidiaries to vendors and clients. We 

have not recorded specific liabilities for these guaranties in the consolidated financial statements because we have 
recorded the underlying liabilities associated with the guaranties. In the event we are required to perform under the 
related contracts, we believe the cost of such performance would not have a material adverse effect on our consolidated 
financial position or results of operations. 

Indemnifications 

From time to time, in the ordinary course of business, we enter into contractual arrangements under which we agree 
to indemnify either our clients or third-party service providers from certain losses incurred relating to services performed 
on our behalf or for losses arising from defined events, which may include litigation or claims relating to past 
performance. These arrangements include, but are not limited to, the indemnification of our landlords for certain claims 
arising from our use of leased facilities and the indemnification of the lenders that provide our credit facilities for certain 

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claims arising from their extension of credit to us. Such indemnification obligations may not be subject to maximum loss 
clauses. 

In connection with our sale of Direct Alliance in June 2006, the sale agreement contains certain indemnification 
provisions pursuant to which we are required to indemnify the buyer for a limited period of time for liabilities, losses or 
expenses arising out of breaches of covenants and certain breaches of representations and warranties relating to the 
condition of the business prior to and at the time of sale. 

Management believes that payments, if any, related to these indemnifications are not probable at December 31, 2008 
and, if incurred, would not be material. Accordingly, we have not accrued any liabilities related to such indemnifications 
in our consolidated financial statements. 

Legal Proceedings 

We are party to various legal proceedings arising in the ordinary course of business, including preference payment 
claims asserted in client bankruptcy proceedings, claims of alleged infringement of patents, trademarks, copyrights and 
other intellectual property rights, claims of alleged non-compliance with contract provisions and claims related to alleged 
violations of laws and regulations.   

In accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (“SFAS”) No. 5, “Accounting for Contingencies” 

(“SFAS 5”), we make a provision for a liability when it is both probable that a liability has been incurred and the amount 
of the loss can be reasonably estimated.  These provisions are reviewed at least quarterly and are adjusted to reflect the 
effects of negotiations, settlements, rulings, advice of legal counsel and other information and events pertaining to a 
particular claim.  Although litigation is inherently unpredictable, we believe that we have adequate provisions for any 
probable and estimable losses.  It is possible, nevertheless, that the results of our operations or cash flows could be 
materially and adversely affected in any particular period by the resolution of a legal proceeding.  Legal expenses related 
to defense, negotiations, settlements, rulings and advice of outside legal counsel are expensed as incurred. 

On March 10, 2008, TeleTech Holdings, Inc. (“Teletech”) sent us a demand for arbitration pursuant to the Stock 
Purchase Agreement (“SPA”) pursuant to which TeleTech acquired Direct Alliance Corporation (“DAC”), a former 
subsidiary of Insight, effective June 30, 2006.  TeleTech claims that it is entitled to a $5,000,000 “clawback” under the 
SPA relating to the non-renewal of an agreement between DAC and one of its clients. We disputed TeleTech’s 
allegations and are defending this matter in arbitration.  In recording the disposition of DAC on June 30, 2006, we 
deferred $5,000,000 as a contingent gain on sale related to this clawback. 

On April 1, 2008, we completed the acquisition of Calence pursuant to an agreement and plan of merger (the 
“Merger Agreement”), a related support agreement (the “Support Agreement”) and other ancillary agreements.  In 
April 2008, in connection with an investigation being conducted by the United States Department of Justice (the “DOJ”), 
Calence received a subpoena from the Office of the Inspector General of the Federal Communications Commission (the 
“FCC”) requesting documents related to the award, by the Universal Service Administration Company (“USAC”), of 
funds under the E-Rate program to a participating school district.  The E-Rate program provides schools and libraries 
with discounts to obtain affordable telecommunications and internet access.  No allegations were made against Calence, 
and we have responded to the subpoena. Pursuant to the Merger Agreement and the Support Agreement, the former 
owners of Calence have agreed to indemnify us for certain losses and damages that may arise out of or result from this 
matter, including our fees and expenses for responding to the subpoena.  

Beginning in March 2009, three purported class action lawsuits were filed in the U.S. District Court for the District 

of Arizona against us and certain of our current and former directors and officers on behalf of purchasers of our 
securities during the period April 22, 2004 to February 6, 2009 (the period specified in the first complaint is January 30, 
2007 to February 6, 2009). The complaints, which seek unspecified damages, assert claims under the federal securities 
laws relating to our February 9, 2009 announcement that we expected to restate our financial statements for the year 
ended December 31, 2007 and for the first three quarters of 2008 and that the restatement would include a material 
reduction of retained earnings. The complaints also allege that we issued false and misleading financial statements and 
issued misleading public statements about our results of operations. None of the defendants have responded to the 
complaints at this time. 

On March 19, 2009, we received a letter of informal inquiry from the Securities and Exchange Commission (the 
“SEC”) requesting certain documents and information relating to the Company’s historical accounting treatment of aged 
trade credits.  We are cooperating with the SEC.  We cannot predict the outcome of this investigation. 

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Management believes that the ultimate outcome of these legal proceedings will not have a material effect on our 

results of operations. 

Contingencies Related to Third-Party Review 

From time to time, we are subject to potential claims and assessments from third parties. We are also subject to 

various governmental, client and vendor audits. We continually assess whether or not such claims have merit and 
warrant accrual under the “probable and estimable” criteria of SFAS 5. Where appropriate, we accrue estimates of 
anticipated liabilities in the consolidated financial statements. Such estimates are subject to change and may affect our 
results of operations and our cash flows. 

 (17) 

 Supplemental Financial Information 

A summary of additions and deductions related to the allowances for doubtful accounts receivable for the years 

ended December 31, 2008, 2007 and 2006 follows (in thousands): 

Balance at 

       Beginning of  
  Year 

  Additions 

            Balance at 
Deductions  End of Year 

Allowance for doubtful accounts receivable: 

Year ended December 31, 2008 ....................... 

$  22,831 

$  3,452 

$  (6,127) 

Year ended December 31, 2007 ....................... 

$  23,211 

$  2,646 

$  (3,026) 

Year ended December 31, 2006 ....................... 

$  15,892 

$  10,238* 

$  (2,919) 

$ 

$ 

$ 

20,156 

22,831 

23,211 

* Includes $7,206,000 resulting from the Software Spectrum acquisition. 

(18)  

Segment and Geographic Information  

We operate in three reportable geographic operating segments: North America; EMEA; and APAC.  Currently, our 

offerings in North America and the United Kingdom include IT hardware, software and services.  Our offerings in the 
remainder of our EMEA segment and in APAC currently only include software and select software-related services. We 
have not disclosed net sales amounts by product or service type for the years ended December 31, 2008, 2007 and 2006, 
as it is impracticable for us to do so. 

SFAS No. 131, “Disclosure About Segments of an Enterprise and Related Information” (“SFAS 131”), requires 
disclosures of certain information regarding operating segments, products and services, geographic areas of operation 
and major clients.  The method for determining what information to report under SFAS 131 is based upon the 
“management approach,” or the way that management organizes the operating segments within a company, for which 
separate financial information is evaluated regularly by the Chief Operating Decision Maker (“CODM”) in deciding how 
to allocate resources.  Our CODM is our Chief Executive Officer. 

All intercompany transactions are eliminated upon consolidation, and there are no differences between the 

accounting policies used to measure profit and loss for our segments and on a consolidated basis.  Net sales are defined 
as net sales to external clients.  None of our clients exceeded ten percent of consolidated net sales for the year ended 
December 31, 2008.  

A portion of our operating segments’ selling and administrative expenses arise from shared services and 
infrastructure that we have historically provided to them in order to realize economies of scale and to use resources 
efficiently.  These expenses, collectively identified as corporate charges, include senior management expenses, internal 
audit, legal, tax, insurance services, treasury and other corporate infrastructure expenses.  Charges are allocated to our 
operating segments, and the allocations have been determined on a basis that we considered to be a reasonable reflection 
of the utilization of services provided to or benefits received by the operating segments.   

The tables below present information about our reportable operating segments as of and for the years ended December 

31, 2008, 2007 and 2006 (in thousands): 

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 North 
  America   
Net sales ...................................................  $ 3,362,544 
Costs of goods sold ..................................    2,913,358 
449,186 
  Gross profit ........................................   
Operating expenses: 
Selling and administrative expenses ........   
Goodwill impairment ...............................   
Severance and restructuring expenses ......   

391,629 
323,422 
4,633 
(Loss) earnings from operations ........  $   (270,498) 

Year Ended December 31, 2008 

EMEA  
 $ 1,309,365 
   1,118,692 
190,673 

  APAC 
 $  153,580 
129,856 
23,724 

152,617 
59,852 
3,923 
(25,719) 

 $ 

17,741 
13,973 
39 
(8,029) 

 $ 

Consolidated 
$  4,825,489 
  4,161,906 
663,583 

561,987 
397,247 
8,595 
$  (304,246) 

Total assets .............................................. $ 1,281,768 

 $  446,929 

 $ 

49,422 

$  1,778,119* 

Year Ended December 31, 2007 – As Restated (1) 

 North 
  America   
Net sales ...................................................  $ 3,367,998 
Costs of goods sold ..................................    2,904,835 
  Gross profit ........................................   
463,163 
Operating expenses: 
Selling and administrative expenses ........   
Severance and restructuring expenses ......   

383,390 
2,960 
Earnings from operations ...................  $   76,813 

EMEA  
 $ 1,329,682 
   1,154,916 
174,766 

  APAC 
 $  107,794 
87,097 
20,697 

143,611 
(429) 
31,584 

 $ 

15,321 
64 
5,312 

 $ 

Consolidated 
$  4,805,474 
  4,146,848 
658,626 

542,322 
2,595 
$  113,709 

Total assets .............................................. $ 2,387,773 

 $  577,190 

 $ 

52,013 

$  3,016,976* 

   North 
  America   
Net sales ...................................................  $ 2,859,678 
Costs of goods sold ..................................    2,497,197 
  Gross profit ........................................   
362,481 
Operating expenses: 
Selling and administrative expenses ........   
Severance and restructuring expenses ......   
Earnings from operations ................... $ 

289,788 
508 

72,185 

Year Ended December 31, 2006 – As Restated (1) 

EMEA  
 $  710,294 
611,489 
98,805 

  APAC 
 $ 

29,965 
25,065 
4,900 

83,111 
221 

$ 

15,473 

$ 

3,823 
- 

1,077 

Consolidated 
$  3,599,937 
  3,133,751 
466,186 

376,722 
729 

$ 

88,735 

Total assets .............................................. $ 2,107,207 

 $  461,084 

 $ 

37,809 

$  2,606,100* 

(2)  See Note 2 “Restatement of Consolidated Financial Statements.” 

* Consolidated total assets are shown net of intercompany eliminations and corporate assets of $170,479, 

$1,127,414, and $805,637 at December 31, 2008, 2007 and 2006, respectively. 

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The following is a summary of our geographic continuing operations’ net sales and long-lived assets (in thousands): 

2008 
Net sales ........................................................  
Total long-lived assets ...................................  

2007 
Net sales ........................................................  
Total long-lived assets ...................................  

2006 
Net sales ........................................................  
Total long-lived assets ...................................  

United  
States 

    Foreign   

  Total 

$  3,163,758 
296,645 
$ 

$  1,661,731 
60,587 
$ 

$  4,825,489 
$  357,232 

$  3,160,992 
384,555 
$ 

$  1,644,482 
$  174,473 

$  4,805,474 
$  559,028 

$  2,706,970 
376,625 
$ 

$  892,967 
$  175,582 

$  3,599,937 
$  552,207 

Foreign net sales and total long-lived assets summarized above for 2008, 2007 and 2006 include net sales and long-

lived assets of $653,458,000 and $21,016,000; $718,286,000 and $38,738,000 and $526,673,000 and $39,681,000, 
respectively, attributed to the United Kingdom.  Net sales by geographic area are presented by attributing net sales to 
external customers based on the domicile of the selling location. 

  We recorded the following pre-tax amounts, by operating segment, for depreciation and amortization, in the 
accompanying consolidated financial statements (in thousands): 

Years Ended December 31, 

  2008 

  2007 

 2006 

North America ....................................................... $ 
EMEA ....................................................................
APAC   ..................................................................
Total Continuing Operations ................................. $ 

33,675 
6,882 
682 
41,239 

Discontinued Operations ....................................... $ 

- 

$ 

$ 

$ 

26,992 
6,954 
717 
34,663 

- 

$ 

$ 

$ 

19,529 
3,861 
252 
23,642 

1,733 

(19)   Acquisitions 

 MINX Limited 

  On July 10, 2008, we acquired MINX, a United Kingdom-based networking services company with annual net sales 
of approximately $25,000,000, for an initial cash purchase price of approximately $1,500,000 and the assumption of 
approximately $3,900,000 of existing debt.  Up to an additional $550,000 may be due if MINX achieves certain 
performance targets over a one-year period.  Founded in 2002, MINX is a network integrator with Cisco Gold Partner 
accreditation in the United Kingdom.  We believe this acquisition will significantly enhance our capabilities in the sale, 
implementation and management of network infrastructure services and solutions in our EMEA operating segment and 
will compliment our April 1, 2008 acquisition of Calence in our North America operating segment, accelerating Insight’s 
transformation to a broad-based global technology solutions advisor and provider. 

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The following table summarizes the purchase price and the estimated fair value of the assets acquired and liabilities 

assumed at the date of acquisition (in thousands):   

Purchase price paid as: 

Cash  
Assumed debt 
Acquisition costs 

Total purchase price 
Fair value of net assets acquired: 

Current assets 
Identifiable intangible assets – see description below 
Property and equipment 
Current liabilities 
Other liabilities 
      Total fair value of net assets acquired 

Excess purchase price over fair value of net assets acquired (“goodwill”) 

$  1,497 
3,895 
141 
   5,533 

$  4,957 
2,874 
196 

   (11,602)   

- 

(3,575) 
$  9,108 

Under the purchase method of accounting, the purchase price as shown in the table above is allocated to the tangible 

and identifiable intangible assets acquired and liabilities assumed based on their estimated fair values.  The excess 
purchase price over fair value of net assets acquired was recorded as goodwill.  The purchase price was allocated using 
the information currently available, and we may adjust the purchase price allocation after obtaining more information 
regarding, among other things, asset valuations, liabilities assumed, restructuring activities and revisions of preliminary 
estimates.   

The estimated values of current assets and liabilities were based upon their historical costs on the date of acquisition 

due to their short-term nature.  Property and equipment were also estimated based upon unamortized costs as they most 
closely approximated fair value.     

Identified intangible assets acquired in the acquisition of MINX totaled $2,874,000 and consist primarily of 
customer relationships which are being amortized using the straight-line method over their estimated economic life of 
8.5 years.  Amortization expense recognized for the period from the acquisition date through December 31, 2008 was 
$215,000.  Amortization expense is estimated to be approximately $500,000 per year through 2010. 

Goodwill of $9,108,000 represents the excess of the purchase price over the estimated fair value assigned to tangible 

and identifiable intangible assets acquired and liabilities assumed from MINX.  None of the goodwill is tax deductible.  
We have consolidated the results of operations for MINX since its acquisition on July 10, 2008.  Our historical results 
would not have been materially affected by the acquisition of MINX and, accordingly, we have not presented pro forma 
information as if the acquisition had been completed at the beginning of each period presented in our statements of 
operations.  As discussed in Note 5, we recorded non-cash goodwill impairment charges during 2008, which represented 
the entire goodwill balance recorded in our EMEA operating segment, including the entire amount of the goodwill 
recorded in connection with the MINX acquisition.   

Calence, LLC 

  On April 1, 2008, we completed our acquisition of Calence for a cash purchase price of $125,000,000 plus a 
preliminary working capital adjustment of $4,032,000, offset by a final post-closing working capital adjustment of 
$383,000.  Up to an additional $35,000,000 of purchase price consideration may be due if Calence achieves certain 
performance targets over the next four years.  Founded in 1993 and headquartered in Tempe, Arizona, Calence is a 
leading provider of Cisco networking solutions in the United States, with strong regional presence in the Southwest, 
Northwest and Midwest, as well as New York, North Carolina and Texas.  We believe this acquisition significantly 
enhances Insight’s technical capabilities around networking and communications, as well as managed services and 
security, accelerating Insight’s transformation to a broad-based technology solutions advisor and provider. 

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The following table summarizes the purchase price and the estimated fair value of the assets acquired and liabilities 

assumed at the date of acquisition (in thousands):   

Purchase price paid as: 
     Cash and borrowings on senior revolving credit facility 

Assumed debt 
Acquisition costs 

Total purchase price 
Fair value of net assets acquired: 
     Current assets 
     Identifiable intangible assets – see description below 
     Property and equipment 
     Other assets 
     Current liabilities 
 Other liabilities 
      Total fair value of net assets acquired 

Excess purchase price over fair value of net assets acquired (“goodwill”) 

$ 128,649
7,311
3,679
139,639

$  64,815 
   29,190 
6,192 
946 

  (54,499)   
(714)   

45,930
$  93,709

Under the purchase method of accounting, the purchase price as shown in the table above is allocated to the tangible 

and identifiable intangible assets acquired and liabilities assumed based on their estimated fair values.  The excess 
purchase price over fair value of net assets acquired was recorded as goodwill.  During the year ended December 31, 
2008, we accrued an additional $9,830,000 of purchase price consideration and $532,000 of accrued interest thereon as a 
result of Calence achieving certain performance targets during the year.  Such amounts were recorded as additional 
goodwill (see Note 5).  

The estimated values of current assets and liabilities were based upon their historical costs on the date of acquisition 

due to their short-term nature.  Property and equipment were also estimated based upon unamortized costs as they most 
closely approximated fair value.  The estimated value of deferred revenue, of which $3,359,000 is included in current 
liabilities and $652,000 is included in other liabilities in the table above, was based upon the guidance in EITF Issue No. 
01-03, “Accounting in a Business Combination for Deferred Revenue of an Acquiree,” and was calculated as the 
estimated cost to fulfill the contractual obligations acquired under various customer contracts plus a fair value profit 
margin.   

Identified intangible assets acquired in the acquisition of Calence totaled $29,190,000 and consist of the following 

(in thousands): 

Customer relationships ................................................................................................   $  21,800 
4,500 
Backlog – Managed services .......................................................................................  
2,600 
Backlog – Consulting...................................................................................................  
150 
Trade name ...................................................................................................................  
140 
Non-compete agreements ............................................................................................  
29,190 
Accumulated amortization ...........................................................................................  
(4,759) 
Intangible assets, net at December 31, 2008 ...............................................................   $  24,431 

Amortization is provided using the straight-line method over the following estimated economic lives of the 

intangible assets from the date of acquisition: 

  Estimated Economic Life 

Customer relationships ...............................  
Backlog – Managed services ......................  
Backlog – Consulting ..................................  
Trade name ................................................  
Non-compete agreements ...........................  

10.75 Years 
4.75 Years 
10 Months 
10 Months 
2 Years 

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Amortization expense recognized for the period from the acquisition date through December 31, 2008 was 

$4,759,000.  Future amortization expense is estimated to be as follows (in thousands): 

Years Ending December 31, 

2009  ...........................................................................................  
2010 ............................................................................................  
2011 ............................................................................................  
2012 ............................................................................................  
2013 ........................................................................................ 
         Thereafter ................................................................................ 
Total estimated amortization expense ................................  

  $ 

$ 

3,320 
2,993 
2,975 
2,975 
2,028 
10,140 
24,431 

Goodwill of $93,709,000 represents the excess of the purchase price over the estimated fair value assigned to 

tangible and identifiable intangible assets acquired and liabilities assumed from Calence.  During the year ended 
December 31, 2008, we accrued an additional $9,830,000 of purchase price consideration and $532,000 of accrued 
interest thereon as a result of Calence achieving certain performance targets during the year.  Such amounts were 
recorded as additional goodwill, and the entire amount is expected to be tax deductible.  As discussed in Note 5, we 
recorded non-cash goodwill impairment charges during 2008, which represented the entire goodwill balance recorded in 
our North America operating segment, including the entire amount of the goodwill recorded in connection with the 
Calence acquisition. 

We have consolidated the results of operations for Calence since its acquisition on April 1, 2008.  The following 
table reports pro forma information as if the acquisition of Calence had been completed at the beginning of each period 
presented (in thousands, except per share amounts): 

Net sales .......................................  As reported .......  $ 
Pro forma ..........  $ 

2008
4,825,489 
4,897,514 

2007 
$     4,805,474 
$     5,047,199 

Net (loss) earnings from 
continuing operations ...................  As reported .......  $      (239,727) 
Pro forma ..........  $      (239,520) 

$          64,605 
$          58,987 

Net (loss) earnings ........................  As reported .......  $      (239,727) 
Pro forma ..........  $      (239,520) 

$          68,756 
$          63,138 

Diluted net (loss) earnings per 
share .............................................  As reported .......  $ 
Pro forma ..........  $ 

(5.15)  
(5.14) 

$ 
$ 

  1.37 
  1.26 

(20)   Discontinued Operations  

PC Wholesale 

On March 1, 2007, we completed the sale of PC Wholesale, a division of our North America operating segment that 

sells to other resellers.  The sale of PC Wholesale is consistent with our strategic plan as we concluded that selling IT 
products to other resellers is not a core element of our strategy.  The transaction generated proceeds of $28,631,000.  In 
the fourth quarter of 2007, we resolved certain post-closing contingencies and recognized an additional gain on the sale 
of PC Wholesale of $350,000, $264,000 net of taxes.  This resolution required a cash payment of $900,000 that was 
made in 2008. 

In accordance with SFAS No. 144, “Accounting for the Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets” (“SFAS 

144”), we have reported the results of operations of PC Wholesale as a discontinued operation in the consolidated 
statements of operations for all periods presented.  We did not allocate interest, general corporate overhead expense or 
non-specific partner funding to the discontinued operation.    

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The following amounts for the years ended December 31, 2007 and 2006, respectively, represent PC Wholesale’s 
results of operations and have been segregated from continuing operations and reflected as a discontinued operation (in 
thousands):  

Years Ended December 31, 
 2007 
As 

 2006 

  Restated 

(1) 

Net sales............................................................................. $ 
Costs of goods sold ............................................................  
Gross profit .................................................................  

Operating expenses: 
  Selling and administrative expenses ..............................  
Earnings from discontinued operation ........................  
  Gain on sale....................................................................  
Earnings from discontinued operation, including 
 gain on sale, before income tax expense ...................

Income tax expense ...........................................................  

Net earnings from discontinued operation, 
 including gain on sale ................................................

$ 

30,142 
29,092 
1,050 

768 
282 
5,587 

5,869 
2,267 

$ 

223,829 
215,423 
8,406 

5,134 
3,272 
- 

3,272 
1,298 

3,602 

$ 

1,974 

(1)  See Note 2 “Restatement of Consolidated Financial Statements.” 

Direct Alliance 

On June 30, 2006, we completed the sale of 100% of the outstanding stock of Direct Alliance for a purchase price of 

$46,500,000, subject to a working capital adjustment.  In addition to payment of the purchase price, the buyer is 
obligated to make a one-time bonus payment to us if Direct Alliance achieves certain gross profit levels for the year 
ended December 31, 2006 (“Earn Out”).  Additionally, the buyer is entitled to a claw back of the purchase price of up to 
$5,000,000 if certain Direct Alliance client contracts are not renewed on terms prescribed in the sale agreement.  The 
Company is in the process of negotiating the final resolution of the Earn Out and the claw back, which may result in 
additional gain recorded on the sale.  See discussion of the related legal proceeding with Teletech in Note 16.  
Additionally, on June 30, 2006, we paid $2,696,000 to the holders of 1,997,500 exercised Direct Alliance stock options.  
If additional gain is recorded on the sale as a result of final resolution of the Earn Out and clawback, additional amounts 
will also be paid to the holders of 1,997,500 exercised Direct Alliance stock options.   

In accordance with SFAS 144, we have reported the results of operations of Direct Alliance as a discontinued 
operation in the consolidated statements of operations for all periods presented.  We did not allocate interest or general 
corporate overhead expense to the discontinued operation.    

On June 30, 2006, in connection with the sale of Direct Alliance, we entered into a lease agreement with Direct 
Alliance pursuant to which Direct Alliance will lease from us the facilities it used prior to the sale.  Lease income related 
to these buildings was $1,594,000, $1,257,000 and $870,000 for the years ended December 31, 2008, 2007 and 2006, 
respectively, and is classified as net sales.  Depreciation expense related to the buildings was $687,000, $731,000 and 
$368,000 for the years ended December 31, 2008, 2007 and 2006, respectively, and is classified as costs of goods sold. 

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued) 

The following amounts for the year ended December 31, 2006, represent Direct Alliance’s results of operations and 

have been segregated from continuing operations and reflected as a discontinued operation (in thousands):  

Net sales ............................................................................. $ 
Costs of goods sold ............................................................  
Gross profit .................................................................  

  34,095 
  27,138 
6,957 

Operating expenses: 
  Selling and administrative expenses ...............................  
  Severance and restructuring expenses ............................  
Earnings from discontinued operation ........................  
  Gain on sale ....................................................................  
Earnings from discontinued operation, including 
 gain on sale, before income tax expense ....................

Income tax expense ............................................................  

3,566 
- 
3,391 
  14,872 

  18,263 
7,153 

Net earnings from discontinued operation, 
 including gain on sale ................................................

$ 

  11,110 

A tax benefit of $548,000 was recorded in 2007 related to a reduction in state taxes in connection with sale of Direct 

Alliance. 

(21)  

Selected Quarterly Financial Information (unaudited) 

As required by Item 302 of Regulation S-K, the following tables set forth selected unaudited consolidated quarterly 

financial information for our two most recent years.  The quarters ended March 31, 2007 through September 30, 2008 
have been restated from previously reported information filed in the Company’s Form 10-Qs and Form 10-K, as a result 
of the restatement of its financial results discussed in Note 2 “Restatement of Consolidated Financial Statements” (in 
thousands, except per share data): 

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued) 

Quarters Ended 

June 30,  Mar. 31, 

Dec. 31, 
2008 
(unaudited) 

2008 
(unaudited) 
  As  
Restated 
(1) 
Net sales .................................................... $ 1,160,350  $ 1,165,056  $ 1,396,585  $ 1,103,498  $ 1,288,671  $ 1,110,048  $ 1,286,440  $ 1,120,315 
Costs of goods sold ...................................    1,003,421 
    968,126 
   1,195,643 
    152,189 
    200,942 
   156,929 

2007 
(unaudited) 
  As  
Restated 
(1) 

  2008 
(unaudited) 
  As  
Restated 
(1) 

2007 
(unaudited) 
As  
Restated 
(1) 

Gross profit .......................................  

   1,102,528 
    183,912 

    960,910 
    149,138 

   1,115,284 
    173,387 

    951,876 
    151,622 

   1,010,966 
    154,090 

Dec. 31, 
2007 
(unaudited) 
  As  
Restated 
(1) 

Sept. 30, 
    2007 
(unaudited) 
  As  
Restated 
(1) 

Sept. 30, 
2008 
(unaudited) 
  As  
Restated 
(1) 

June 30,  Mar. 31, 

Operating expenses: 

Selling and administrative expenses ......
Goodwill Impairment ............................  
Severance and restructuring 
   expenses .............................................  
Earnings(loss) from operations ..........  

Non-operating (income) expense: 

Interest income ......................................
Interest expense .....................................
Net foreign currency exchange loss 

  134,511 
  83,471 

    139,137 
- 

    152,878 
    313,776 

    135,461 
- 

    135,774 
- 

    133,167 
- 

    140,867 
- 

    132,514 
- 

3,187 
  (64,240)     

- 
14,953 

3,508 
    (269,220)    

1,900 
14,261 

(246)     

37,859 

- 
15,971 

2,841 
40,204 

- 
19,675 

(646)     
3,839 

(440)    
3,062 

(700)    
3,912 

(601)    
2,666 

(592)     
3,144 

(432)     
2,773 

(396)    
2,907 

(658)
4,028 

(gain) .................................................
Other expense, net .................................

        6,204 
320 

3,307 
297 

1,055 
171 

(937)
319 

(1,080) 
390 

849 
428 

Earnings from continuing  
  operations before income taxes .......  
Income tax expense (benefit).....................
Net earnings from continuing 
   operations .......................................
Net (loss) earnings  from a 
   discontinued operation ...................

  (73,957)     
5,465 

8,727 
2,130 

    (273,658)    
(98,583)    

12,814 
4,641 

35,997 
13,568 

12,353 
4,935 

  (79,422) 

6,597 

    (175,075)

8,173 

22,429 

7,418 

24,826 

9,932 

- 

- 

- 

- 

812 

- 

- 

3,339 

(3,002)
496 

40,199 
15,373 

(654)
217 

16,742 
6,810 

Net earnings (loss) ............................. $    (79,422)  $ 

6,597  $  (175,075) $ 

8,173  $ 

23,241  $ 

7,418  $ 

24,826  $ 

13,271 

Net earnings per share - Basic: 

Net earnings from continuing 

     operations .......................................

$   

(1.71) 

$   

0.14 

$   

(3.76) 

$   

0.17 

$   

0.46 

$   

0. 15 

$   

0. 51 

$ 

0.20 

Net (loss) earnings from a 

discontinued operation ..................
Net earnings (loss) per share  ............ $   

- 
(1.71)  $   

- 
0.14  $   

- 
(3.76)  $   

- 
0.17  $   

0.02 
0.48  $   

- 
0. 15  $   

- 
0. 51  $ 

0.07 
0. 27 

Net earnings per share - Diluted: 

Net earnings from continuing 

    operations ........................................

$   

(1.71) 

$   

0.14 

$   

(3.76) 

$   

0.17 

$   

0.45 

$   

0.15 

$   

0.50 

$ 

0.20 

Net (loss) earnings from a 

discontinued operation ....................
Net earnings (loss) per share  ............ $   

- 
(1.71)  $   

- 
0.14  $   

- 
(3.76)  $   

- 
0.17  $   

0.02 
0.47  $   

- 
0.15  $   

- 
0.50  $ 

0.07 
0.27 

(1) See Note 2 “Restatement of Consolidated Financial Statements.” 

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued) 

The following tables present the effect of the financial statement restatement adjustments on the Company’s 

previously reported consolidated statements of operations for the three months ended September 30, June 30, and March 
31, 2008, respectively, and December 31, September 30, June 30, and March 31, 2007, respectively, (in thousands, 
except per share data): 

  Three Months Ended September 30, 2008 

 As Reported  

(unaudited) 
  Adjustments   

Three Months Ended June 30, 2008 
(unaudited) 
  Adjustments  

  As Restated   
(3,860) $    1,165,056 
  1,010,966 
(3,878)  
154,090 
18 

  As Reported   
$   

1,397,722  $   
1,195,980 
201,742 

  As Restated   
1,396,585 
1,195,643 
200,942 

(1,137) $   
(337)  
(800)  

(61)  
- 

139,137 
- 

151,909 
             313,949 

152,878 
969 
(173)              313,776 

- 
79 

- 
(23)  

- 
- 

102 
218 

(116)

- 
14,953 

3,508 
(267,624)   

- 

(1,596)  

3,508 
(269,220)

(440)
3,062 

3,307 
297 

8,727 
2,130 

6,597 

- 
6,597 

(700)   
3,948 

1,055 
171 

- 
(36)  

- 
-  

(700)
3,912 

1,055 
171

(272,098)   
(97,821)   

(1,560)  
(762)  

(273,658)
(98,583)

(174,277) 

(798)

(175,075)

- 

$   

(174,277)  $   

-  
(798) $   

- 
(175,075)

- 
 6,713  $   

- 
(116) $   

Net sales .................................................. $  
Costs of goods sold .................................    
Gross profit .....................................  

1,168,916  $   
 1,014,844 
154,072 

Operating expenses: 

Selling and administrative expenses ....
Goodwill impairment……………… 
Severance and restructuring 
   Expenses ..........................................             

139,198 
- 

- 
  14,874 

Earnings (loss) from operations ......

Non-operating (income) expense: 

Interest income ....................................  
Interest expense ...................................  
Net foreign currency exchange loss 

(gain) ...............................................
Other expense, net ...............................  
Earnings (loss) from continuing  
  operations before income taxes .....  
Income tax expense (benefit) ..................          

Net earnings (loss) from 

continuing operations ..................

Net earnings  from a 
   discontinued operation .................
Net earnings (loss) .......................... $      

Net earnings (loss) per share - Basic: 
Net earnings (loss) from 

(440)  
3,085 

3,307 
297 

8,625 
1,912 

6,713 

continuing operations ..................

$   

0.15 

$   

(0.01) 

$   

0.14 

$   

(3.74) 

$   

(0.02) 

$   

(3.76) 

Net earnings from a discontinued 

operation .....................................
Net earnings (loss) per share  .......... $   

Net earnings (loss) per share - Diluted: 

Net earnings (loss) from 

- 
0.15  $   

- 
(0.01)  $   

- 
0.14 

$   

- 
(3.74)  $   

- 
(0.02)  $   

- 
(3.76) 

continuing operations ..................

$   

0.15 

$   

(0.01) 

$   

0.14 

$   

(3.74) 

$   

(0.02) 

$   

(3.76) 

Net earnings from a discontinued 

operation .......................................
Net earnings (loss) per share  .......... $   

Shares used in per share calculations: 

Basic 
Diluted 

- 
0.15  $   

- 
(0.01)  $   

- 
0.14 

$   

- 
(3.74)  $   

  - 
(0.02)  $   

- 
(3.76) 

45,569 
45,719 

- 
210 

45,569 
45,929 

46,594 
46,594 

-   
-   

46,594 
46,594 

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued) 

     Three Months Ended March 31, 2008 

 As Reported  

(unaudited) 
 Adjustments  

 As Restated   
(4,291) $    1,103,498 
951,876 
(2,758)  
151,622 
(1,533)  

  As Reported   
$   

   Three Months Ended December 31, 2007 
(unaudited) 
 Adjustments  
5,369 
5,236 
133 

  As Restated 
$    1,288,671 
  1,115,284 
173,387 

1,283,302  $   
1,110,048 
173,254 

Net sales .................................................. $  
Costs of goods sold .................................    
Gross profit .....................................  

1,107,789  $   
 954,634 
153,155 

Operating expenses: 

Selling and administrative expenses ....
Goodwill impairment……………… 
Severance and restructuring 
   Expenses...........................................              1,900 
  18,301 

Earnings (loss) from operations ......

132,954 
- 

Non-operating (income) expense: 

Interest income ....................................  
Interest expense ...................................  
Net foreign currency exchange 

(gain) loss ........................................
Other expense, net ...............................  

(601)  
2,716 

(937)
319 

Earnings from continuing  
  operations before income taxes .....  

16,804 
Income tax expense (benefit) ..................               6,284 

Net earnings (loss) from 

2,507 
- 

- 

(4,040)  

- 
(50)  

- 
- 

(3,990)  
(1,643)  

continuing operations...................

10,520 

(2,347)

Net earnings  from a 
   discontinued operation .................
Net earnings (loss) .......................... $      

- 
10,520  $   

- 
(2,347) $   

Net earnings (loss) per share - Basic: 
Net earnings (loss) from 

135,461 
- 

1,900 
14,261 

(601)  
2,666 

(937) 
319 

12,814 
4,641 

8,173 

- 
8,173 

133,490 
- 

(246)   

40,010 

(592)   
3,221 

(1,080) 
390 

38,071 
14,261 

2,284 
- 

- 
(2,151) 

- 
(77) 

- 
-  

(2,074) 
(693) 

135,774 
- 

(246)
37,859 

(592)
3,144 

(1,080)
390

35,997 
13,568 

23,810 

(1,381) 

22,429 

812 
24,622  $   

-  
(1,381)  $   

812 
23,241 

$   

continuing operations ..................

$   

0.22 

$   

(0.05) 

$   

0.17 

$   

0.49 

$             (0.03) 

$   

0.46 

Net earnings from a discontinued 

operation .....................................
Net earnings (loss) per share  .......... $   

Net earnings (loss) per share - Diluted: 

Net earnings (loss) from 

- 
0.22  $   

- 
(0.05)  $   

- 
0.17 

$   

0.02 
0.51  $   

- 
(0.03)  $   

0.02 
0.48 

continuing operations ....................

$   

0.22 

$   

(0.05) 

$   

0.17 

$   

0.48 

$   

(0.03) 

$   

0.45 

Net earnings from a discontinued 

operation .......................................
Net earnings per share  .................... $   

Shares used in per share calculations: 

Basic 
Diluted 

- 
0.22  $   

- 
(0.05)  $   

- 
0.17 

$   

0.02 
0.50  $   

- 
(0.03)  $   

0.02 
0.47 

48,540 
48,905 

- 
190 

48,540 
49,095 

48,582   
49,635   

-   
164   

48,582 
49,799 

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued) 

    Three Months Ended September 30, 2007 

   Three Months Ended June 30, 2007 

  As Reported   

(unaudited) 
  Adjustments  

  As Restated   
343  $    1,110,048 
960,910 
149,138 

1,051 
(708)  

2,347 
- 

- 

(3,055)  

133,167 
- 

- 
15,971 

Net sales .................................................. $  
Costs of goods sold .................................    
Gross profit .....................................  

1,109,705  $   

959,859 
149,846 

Operating expenses: 

Selling and administrative expenses ....
Goodwill impairment……………… 
Severance and restructuring 
   Expenses...........................................             

  130,820 
- 

- 
  19,026 

Earnings (loss) from operations ......

Non-operating (income) expense: 

Interest income ....................................  
Interest expense ...................................  
Net foreign currency exchange loss 

(432)  
2,860 

- 
(87)  

(432)  
2,773 

(gain) ...............................................
Other expense, net ...............................  
Earnings (loss) from continuing  
  operations before income taxes .....  
Income tax expense (benefit) ..................          

849 
428 

15,321 
6,225 

Net earnings (loss) from 

- 
- 

(2,968)  
(1,290)  

continuing operations...................

9,096 

(1,678)

Net earnings  from a 
   discontinued operation .................
Net earnings (loss) .......................... $      

- 
9,096  $   

- 
(1,678) $   

849 
428 

12,353 
4,935 

7,418 

- 
7,418 

Net earnings (loss) per share - Basic: 
Net earnings (loss) from 

  As Reported   
$   

1,283,449  $   
1,098,636 
184,813 

(unaudited) 
 Adjustments 
2,991 
3,892 
(901) 

138,323 
- 

2,841 
43,649 

(396)   
2,981 

(3,002) 
496 

43,570 
16,761 

2,544 
- 

- 
(3,445) 

- 
(74) 

- 
- 

(3,371) 
(1,388) 

  As Restated  
$    1,286,440 
  1,102,528 
183,912 

140,867 
- 

2,841 
40,204 

(396) 
2,907 

(3,002) 
496 

40,199 
15,373 

26,809 

(1,983) 

24,826 

- 
26,809  $   

-  
(1,983)  $   

- 
24,826 

$   

continuing operations ..................

$   

0.18 

$   

(0.03) 

$   

0.15 

$   

0.55 

$ 

(0.04) 

$   

0.51 

Net earnings from a discontinued 

operation .....................................
Net earnings (loss) per share  .......... $   

Net earnings (loss) per share - Diluted: 

Net earnings (loss) from 

- 
0.18  $   

- 
(0.03)  $   

- 
0.15 

$   

- 
0.55  $   

- 
(0.04)  $   

  - 
0.51 

continuing operations ..................

$   

0.18 

$   

(0.03) 

$   

0.15 

$   

0.54 

$   

(0.04) 

$   

0.50 

Net earnings from a discontinued 

operation .......................................
Net earnings per share  .................... $   

Shares used in per share calculations: 

Basic 
Diluted 

- 
0.18  $   

- 
(0.03)  $   

- 
0.15 

$   

- 
0.54  $   

- 
(0.04)  $   

  - 
0.50 

49,530 
50,711 

- 
323 

49,530 
51,034 

49,099 
49,402 

- 
631 

49,099 
50,033 

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INSIGHT ENTERPRISES, INC.  
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued) 

     Three Months Ended March 31, 2007 

  As Reported   

(unaudited) 
 Adjustments   

Net sales ................................................. $  
Costs of goods sold ................................    
Gross profit .....................................  

1,123,975  $   

 970,800 
153,175 

Operating expenses: 

Selling and administrative expenses ...
Goodwill impairment……………… 
Severance and restructuring 
   expenses ..........................................             

129,758 
- 

- 
  23,417 

Earnings (loss) from operations ......

Non-operating (income) expense: 

Interest income ...................................  
Interest expense ..................................  
Net foreign currency exchange 

(gain) loss .......................................
Other expense, net ..............................  

Earnings from continuing  
  operations before income taxes ....  
Income tax expense (benefit) ..................          

Net earnings (loss) from 

(658)  
4,305 

(654)
217 

20,207 
7,911 

   As Restated   
(3,660) $    1,120,315 
968,126 
(2,674)  
152,189 
(986)  

2,756 
- 

- 

(3,742)  

- 
(277)  

- 
- 

132,514 
- 

- 
19,675 

(658) 
4,028 

(654) 
217 

(3,465)  
(1,101)  

16,742 
6,810 

continuing operations ..................

12,296 

(2,364)

9,932 

Net earnings  from a 
   discontinued operation .................
Net earnings (loss) .......................... $      

4,972 

 17,268  $   

(1,633)
(3,997) $   

3,339 
13,271 

Net earnings (loss) per share - Basic: 
Net earnings (loss) from 

continuing operations .................

$   

0.25 

$   

(0.05) 

$   

Net earnings from a discontinued 

operation ....................................
Net earnings (loss) per share  ......... $   

0.10 
0.35  $   

(0.03) 
(0.08)  $   

0.20 

0.07 
0.27 

Net earnings (loss) per share - Diluted: 

Net earnings (loss) from 

continuing operations .................

$   

0.25 

$   

(0.05) 

$   

0.20 

Net earnings from a discontinued 

operation.......................................
Net earnings per share  ................... $   

0.10 
0.35  $   

(0.03) 
(0.08)  $   

0.07 
0.27 

Shares used in per share calculations: 

Basic 
Diluted 

49,010 
49,291 

- 
323 

49,010 
49,614 

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INSIGHT ENTERPRISES, INC.  
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued) 

The following table presents balance sheet information as of September 30, June 30, and March 31, 2008, 

respectively, and December 31, September 30, June 30, and March 31, 2007, respectively, as restated from previously 
reported information filed in the Company’s Form 10-Qs, as a result of the restatement of our financial results discussed 
in Note 2 “Restatement of Consolidated Financial Statements” (in thousands): 

September 30, 2008 

  As Reported 

(unaudited) 
 Adjustments 

 As Restated 

  As Reported 

June 30, 2008 
(unaudited) 
  Adjustments 

  As Restated   

ASSETS 
Current Assets: 

Cash and cash equivalents .......................... $  
Accounts receivable, net ............................   
Inventories .................................................   
Inventories not available for sale ................   
Deferred income taxes ................................   
Other current assets ....................................   
Total current assets ........................   

Property and equipment ......................................   
Buildings held for lease .......................................   
Goodwill .............................................................   
Intangible assets ..................................................   
Deferred income taxes.........................................   
Other assets .........................................................   
$ 

LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’  
  EQUITY 
Current Liabilities: 

Accounts payable ....................................... $ 
Accrued expenses and other current  
  liabilities ...................................................
  Current portion of long-term debt ..............   
Deferred revenue ........................................   
Line of credit .............................................   
Total current liabilities ....................   

Long-term debt....................................................   
Deferred income taxes.........................................   
Other liabilities....................................................   

Stockholders’ equity: 

Preferred stock ...........................................   
Common stock ...........................................   
Additional paid in capital ...........................   
Retained earnings .......................................   
Accumulated other comprehensive  
  income- foreign currency translation 
  adjustment ................................................

Total stockholders’ equity ..............   

72,451  $   
892,910 
89,374 
18,411 
23,344 
28,166 
1,124,656 

165,883 
- 
86,760 
100,123 
109,825 
18,346 
1,605,593  $   

-  $   

(21,002)  
19,461 
- 
19,965 
- 
18,424 

72,451   
871,908   
108,835   
18,411   
43,309  
28,166  
  1,143,080   

(2,487)  

1,268 
- 

167,151  
-   
84,273   
100,123  
112,746  
18,346  
20,126  $    1,625,719   

- 
2,921 
- 

$   

109,563  $   

  1,222,860 
98,924 
31,379 
21,905 
33,499 
  1,518,130 

166,864 
- 
91,640 
104,750 
111,319 
19,344 

$    2,012,047  $   

-  $   

(17,139)  
15,720 
- 
20,107 
- 
18,688 

109,563 
  1,205,721 
114,644 
31,379 
42,012 
33,499 
  1,536,818 

(2,794)  

1,284 
- 

168,148 
- 
88,846 
104,750 
115,081 
19,344 
20,940  $    2,032,987 

- 
3,762 
- 

517,185  $   

1,400  $   

518,585   

$   

873,551  $   

1,177  $   

874,728 

113,393 
168,374 
25,652 
- 
824,604 

162,653 
29,807 
24,988 
1,042,052 

- 
456 
368,394 
161,501 

56,283 
- 
- 
- 
57,683 

169,676
168,374   
25,652   
-   
882,287   

-  
187  
- 
57,870 

162,653  
29,994  
24,988  
  1,099,922   

114,660 
- 
54,376 
- 
  1,042,587 

339,000 
28,455 
24,259 
  1,434,301 

55,832 
- 
- 
- 
57,009 

- 
208 
- 
57,217 

170,492 
- 
54,376 
- 
  1,099,596 

339,000 
28,663 
24,259 
  1,491,518 

- 
- 
3,950 
(41,789)  

-   
456   
372,344  
119,712  

- 
456 
366,663 
154,788 

- 
- 
5,624 
(41,674)  

- 
456 
372,287 
113,114 

33,190 
563,541 

95 

(37,744)  

33,285
525,797   

55,839 
577,746 

(227)
(36,277)  

55,612 
541,469 

$ 

1,605,593 

$   

20,126 

$    1,625,719 

$    2,012,047 

$   

20,940 

$    2,032,987 

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INSIGHT ENTERPRISES, INC.  
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued) 

March 31, 2008 
(unaudited) 
  Adjustments 

  As Reported 

 As Restated 

  As Reported 

December 31, 2007 
(unaudited) 
  Adjustments 

  As Restated   

ASSETS 
Current Assets: 

Cash and cash equivalents .......................... $  
Accounts receivable, net ............................   
Inventories .................................................   
Inventories not available for sale ................   
Deferred income taxes ................................   
Other current assets ....................................   
Total current assets ........................   

Property and equipment ......................................   
Buildings held for lease .......................................   
Goodwill .............................................................   
Intangible assets ..................................................   
Deferred income taxes.........................................   
Other assets .........................................................   
$ 

LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’  
  EQUITY 
Current Liabilities: 

Accounts payable ....................................... $ 
Accrued expenses and other current  
  liabilities ...................................................
Current portion of long-term debt ..............   
Deferred revenue ........................................   
Line of credit .............................................   
Total current liabilities ....................   

Long-term debt....................................................   
Deferred income taxes.........................................   
Other liabilities....................................................   

Stockholders’ equity: 

Preferred stock ...........................................   
Common stock ...........................................   
Additional paid in capital ...........................   
Retained earnings .......................................   
Accumulated other comprehensive  
  income- foreign currency translation 
  adjustment ................................................

Total stockholders’ equity ..............   

105,696  $  
812,371 
88,869 
27,251 
21,792 
36,975 
1,092,954 

158,541 
- 
311,995 
79,329 
181 
13,189 
1,656,189  $   

-  $   

(15,901)  
14,574 
- 
20,279 
- 
18,952 

105,696  
796,470  
103,443  
27,251  
42,071  
36,975  
  1,111,906  

1,286 
- 

159,827  

-

(2,806)  

309,189  
79,329  
4,182  
13,189  
21,433  $    1,677,622  

- 
4,001 
- 

$   

56,718  $   

  1,072,612 
98,863 
21,450 
22,020 
38,916 
  1,310,579 

158,467 
- 
306,742 
80,922 
392 
10,076 

$    1,867,178  $   

-  $   

(11,433)  
10,694 
- 
20,232 
- 
19,493 

56,718 
  1,061,179 
109,557 
21,450 
42,252 
38,916 
  1,330,072 

(2,169)  

1,273 
- 

159,740 
- 
304,573 
80,922 
3,717 
10,076 
21,922  $    1,889,100 

- 
3,325 
- 

465,736  $   

489  $  

466,225  

$   

685,578  $   

428  $   

686,006 

113,057 
- 
40,004 
- 
618,797 

203,500 
31,272 
20,339 
873,908 

- 
482 
384,386 
343,086 

55,564 
- 
- 
- 
56,053 

- 
224  
- 
56,277 

168,621
-

40,004  

-

674,850  

203,500  
31,496  
20,339  
930,185  

113,891 
15,000 
42,885 
- 
857,354 

187,250 
27,305 
20,075 
  1,091,984 

54,716 
- 
- 
- 
55,144 

- 
234 
- 
55,378 

168,607 
15,000 
42,885 
- 
912,498 

187,250 
27,539 
20,075 
  1,147,362 

- 
- 
6,247 
(40,876)  

-
482  
390,633  
302,210  

- 
485 
386,139 
340,641 

- 
- 
5,241 
(38,528) 

- 
485 
391,380 
302,113 

54,327 
782,281 

(215)
(34,844)  

54,112
747,437  

47,929 
775,194 

(169)
(33,456)  

47,760 
741,738 

$ 

1,656,189 

$   

21,433 

$    1,677,622

$    1,867,178 

$   

21,922 

$    1,889,100 

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INSIGHT ENTERPRISES, INC.  
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued) 

September 30, 2007 
(unaudited) 
  Adjustments 

  As Reported 

 As Restated 

  As Reported 

June 30, 2007 
(unaudited) 
  Adjustments 

  As Restated   

ASSETS 
Current Assets: 

Cash and cash equivalents .......................... $  
Accounts receivable, net ............................   
Inventories .................................................   
Inventories not available for sale ................   
Deferred income taxes ................................   
Other current assets ....................................   
Total current assets ........................   

Property and equipment ......................................   
Buildings held for lease .......................................   
Goodwill .............................................................   
Intangible assets ..................................................   
Deferred income taxes.........................................   
Other assets .........................................................   
$ 

LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’  
  EQUITY 
Current Liabilities: 

Accounts payable ....................................... $ 
Accrued expenses and other current  
  liabilities ...................................................
Current portion of long-term debt ..............   
Deferred revenue ........................................   
Line of credit .............................................   
Total current liabilities ....................   

Long-term debt....................................................   
Deferred income taxes.........................................   
Other liabilities....................................................   

Stockholders’ equity: 

Preferred stock ...........................................   
Common stock ...........................................   
Additional paid in capital ...........................   
Retained earnings .......................................   
Accumulated other comprehensive  
  income- foreign currency translation 
  adjustment ................................................

Total stockholders’ equity ..............   

53,086  $   
814,444 
102,232 
17,414 
19,550 
20,508 
1,027,234 

156,893 
- 
305,006 
82,276 
396 
18,832 
1,590,637  $   

-  $  

(16,818)  
15,162 
- 
19,868 
- 
18,212 

53,086  
797,626  
117,394  
17,414  
39,418  
20,508  
  1,045,446  

(1,658)  

1,231 
- 

158,124  
-  
303,348  
82,276  
3,457  
18,832  
20,846  $    1,611,483  

- 
3,061 
- 

$   

46,144  $   

  1,029,215 
98,419 
20,040 
13,812 
20,923 
  1,228,553 

137,546 
16,139 
300,133 
82,834 
2,908 
18,618 

$    1,786,731  $   

-  $   

(17,068)  
15,544 
- 
18,930 
- 
17,406 

46,144 
  1,012,147 
113,963 
20,040 
32,742 
20,923 
  1,245,959 

(1,552)  

1,177 
- 

138,723 
16,139 
298,581 
82,834 
6,262 
18,618 
20,385  $    1,807,116 

- 
3,354 
- 

477,322  $   

364  $  

477,686  

$   

708,542  $   

375  $   

708,917 

93,385 
15,000 
25,697 
- 
611,404 

152,000 
26,121 
28,911 
818,436 

- 
495 
391,571 
335,219 

52,961 
- 
- 
- 
53,325 

-  
232  
- 
53,557 

146,346
15,000  
25,697  
-  
664,729  

152,000  
26,353  
28,911  
871,993  

116,797 
15,000 
27,618 
42,000 
909,957 

84,500 
17,787 
25,574 
  1,037,818 

50,638 
- 
- 
- 
51,013 

 - 
227 
- 
51,240 

167,435 
15,000 
27,618 
42,000 
960,970 

84,500 
18,014 
25,574 
  1,089,058 

- 
- 
4,609 
(37,147)  

-  
495  
396,180  
298,072  

- 
491 
371,424 
341,741 

- 
- 
4,739 
(35,469)  

- 
491 
376,163 
306,272 

44,916 
772,201 

(173)
(32,711)  

44,743
739,490  

35,257 
748,913 

(125)
(30,855)  

35,132 
718,058 

$ 

1,590,637 

$   

20,846 

$    1,611,483

$    1,786,731 

$   

20,385 

$    1,807,116 

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INSIGHT ENTERPRISES, INC.  
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued) 

March 31, 2007 
(unaudited) 
  Adjustments 

 As Restated 

  As Reported 

ASSETS 
Current Assets: 

Cash and cash equivalents .......................... $  
Accounts receivable, net.............................   
Inventories ..................................................   
Inventories not available for sale ................   
Deferred income taxes ................................   
Other current assets ....................................   
Total current assets.........................   

Property and equipment ......................................   
Buildings held for lease .......................................   
Goodwill Intangible assets ..................................   
Intangible assets ..................................................   
Deferred income taxes .........................................   
Other assets .........................................................   
$ 

LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’  
  EQUITY 
Current Liabilities: 

Accounts payable ....................................... $ 
Accrued expenses and other current  
  liabilities ...................................................
Current Portion of long-term debt ..............   
Deferred revenue ........................................   
Line of credit ..............................................   
Total current liabilities ....................   

Long-term debt ....................................................   
Deferred income taxes .........................................   
Other liabilities ....................................................   

Stockholders’ equity: 

Preferred stock ...........................................   
Common stock ...........................................   
Additional paid in capital ...........................   
Retained earnings .......................................   
Accumulated other comprehensive  
  income- foreign currency translation 
  adjustment ................................................

Total stockholders’ equity ..............   

32,160  $  
798,779 
96,439 
28,132 
15,908 
30,261 
1,001,679 

132,830 
16,326 
297,906 
84,354 
2,789 
19,079 
1,554,963  $   

-  $   

(19,615)   
18,579 
- 
18,039 
- 
17,003 

32,160 
779,164 
115,018 
28,132 
33,947 
30,261 
  1,018,682 

(1,496)   

1,134 
- 

133,964 
16,326 
296,410 
84,354 
5,944 
19,079 
19,796  $    1,574,759 

- 
3,155 
- 

456,249  $   

267  $   

456,516 

108,503 
15,000 
27,688 
8,000 
615,440 

178,500 
20,448 
21,913 
836,301 

- 
491 
367,914 
314,932 

48,511 
- 
- 
- 
48,778 

-  
225 
- 
49,003 

157,014 
15,000 
27,688 
8,000 
664,218 

178,500 
20,673 
21,913 
885,304 

- 
- 
4,374 
(33,486)    

- 
491 
372,288 
281,446 

35,325 
718,662 

(95) 

(29,207)   

35,230 
689,455 

$ 

1,554,963 

$   

19,796 

$    1,574,759 

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Item 9.  Changes in and Disagreements With Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure 

None. 

Item 9A.  Controls and Procedures  

 (a)   Management’s Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting 

Our management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting 
(as such term is defined under Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the 
“Exchange Act”)).  Our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, conducted an 
evaluation of the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2008.  In making this 
assessment, our management used the criteria established in Internal Control – Integrated Framework issued by the 
Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission.     

A material weakness is a deficiency, or a combination of deficiencies, in internal control over financial reporting, 

such that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of a company’s annual or interim financial 
statements will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis.  Management identified a material weakness in our 
internal control over financial reporting related to the proper disposition, reconciliation, monitoring and consequent 
accounting of aged trade credits. Inadequate understanding of the Company’s unclaimed property obligations and 
unsupported assumptions regarding trade credits resulted in the following control deficiencies which, when considered 
in the aggregate, resulted in a material weakness in our internal control over financial reporting: 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

Inadequate policies and procedures to timely determine the proper disposition of all overpayments and 
duplicate payments received from clients; 
Inadequate policies and procedures to timely reconcile and determine the proper disposition of all credit 
memos issued to clients in exchange for returned products, billing errors and other customer service reasons;  
Inadequate policies and procedures to timely determine the proper disposition of all goods received/accepted 
by the Company for which no invoice has been received;  
Inadequate policies and procedures to timely reconcile and determine the proper disposition of all open 
purchase orders; and 
Ineffective monitoring of the effectiveness of our policies and procedures relating to aged trade credits. 

The material weakness resulted in errors in the accounting for certain aged trade credits and in the restatement of 
our historical consolidated financial statements.  As a result of the material weakness described above, management has 
concluded that the Company did not maintain effective internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 
2008. 

The Company acquired Calence, LLC during 2008, and management excluded from its assessment of the 
effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2008, Calence, LLC’s 
internal control over financial reporting associated with total assets of $120 million and total net sales of $258 million 
included in the consolidated financial statements of the Company as of and for the year ended December 31, 2008.   

KPMG LLP, the independent registered public accounting firm that audited the Consolidated Financial Statements in 
Part II, Item 8 of this report, has issued an attestation report on the Company’s internal control over financial reporting as 
of December 31, 2008. 

(b)   Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting 

There was no change in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting (as such term is defined under 

Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) of the Exchange Act) during the quarter ended December 31, 2008 that has materially 
affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. 

Subsequent to December 31, 2008, we have begun taking steps to remediate the material weakness described in (a) 

above.  We have implemented or are in the process of implementing internal control improvements in several areas.  
Some of these improvements will require systems enhancements that will take some time to implement.  In the interim, 

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the Company intends to use improved manual controls to ensure that the aged trade credits are accounted for 
appropriately in compliance with all legal and accounting requirements.  The improvements are in the following areas: 

• 

• 

• 

Immediately discontinuing the practice of taking certain aged trade credits into the income statement as a 
reduction to costs of goods sold unless we are legally released from our obligation or it is determined to be an 
error such that no credit or other obligation in fact exists; 
Implementing and documenting policies and procedures to research and properly dispose of customer credits 
and outstanding purchase orders, including an escalation procedure if a credit remains unresolved for an 
extended period; 
Identifying and implementing  system enhancements to strengthen control procedures, reduce the volume of 
manual processes and increase the automated tools available to accounting personnel including, (i) automating 
the issuance of credit memos to clients,  (ii) automating the matching of credit memos against 
related/applicable debits, (iii) increasing communication and workflow between the operations group and the 
collections department related to returned goods and (iv) streamlining and conforming policies and procedures 
across all business units; 

•  Developing a training program to ensure appropriate personnel understand the systems enhancements and the 

• 

new policies, procedures and controls related to aged trade credits;  
Implementing a robust and comprehensive unclaimed property reporting methodology to timely and accurately 
comply with all applicable state laws; and  

•  Enhancing our monitoring controls to more promptly identify and adequately respond to changes in the 
Company’s operations and business processes resulting from systems improvements and/or upgrades, 
acquisitions or business mix. 

We believe that the foregoing actions will significantly improve our internal control over financial reporting, as well 

as our disclosure controls and procedures.  However, certain of the actions that we expect to complete will require 
additional time to be implemented fully or to take full effect.  Accordingly, the remediation of the identified material 
weakness was not complete as of the date of this report.  There can be no assurance that the material weakness described 
above will be remediated by December 31, 2009, the date as of which we will next report on management’s evaluation of 
the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting.  Prior to the remediation of our material weakness, there 
is a risk that material misstatements in our interim or annual financial statements may occur.  If the remedial measures 
described above are insufficient to address our material weakness, or any additional deficiency that may arise in the future, 
material misstatements in our interim or annual financial statements may occur in the future. 

Further, any system of controls, no matter how well designed and operated, cannot provide absolute assurance that the 
objectives of the system of controls are or will be met, and no evaluation of controls can provide absolute assurance that all 
control issues within a company have been detected or will be detected under all potential future conditions. 

(c)   Disclosure Controls and Procedures 

We maintain disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act 

of 1934, as amended) that are designed to provide reasonable assurance that information required to be disclosed in our 
reports to the SEC is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules 
and forms, and that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our principal 
executive officer and our principal financial and accounting officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding 
required disclosure. 

Our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, as of the end of the period covered by this report, evaluated 

the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures (as such term is defined under Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) of 
the Exchange Act) and determined that, as a result of the material weakness in internal control over financial reporting 
described above, as of December 31, 2008 our disclosure controls and procedures are not effective to ensure that 
information required to be disclosed by us in reports that we file or submit under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, 
summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms and that such information is 
accumulated and communicated to our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, to 
allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.    

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(d)   Inherent Limitations of Disclosure Controls and Internal Control Over Financial Reporting 

Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements.  

Projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to risks that controls may become inadequate 
because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate. 

Item 9B.  Other Information 

Item 5.02.  Departure of Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory 

Arrangements of Certain Officers.  

As previously reported by the Company on Form 8-K, filed on March 3, 2009, our Chief Accounting Officer resigned 

effective March 31, 2009.  Glynis A. Bryan, the Company’s current Chief Financial Officer, has assumed the duties of 
principal accounting officer.   

Information about Ms. Bryan’s business experience, compensation and employment agreement is set forth elsewhere 

in this Annual Report on Form 10-K and is incorporated by reference herein.   

PART III  

Item 10.  Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance  

Information Concerning Directors and Executive Officers 

Our Board currently consists of nine persons, divided into three classes serving staggered terms of three years.  The 

terms of three Class III directors will expire at the 2009 annual meeting to be held on June 23, 2009.  The terms of the 
Class I and Class II directors will expire at the 2010 and 2011 annual meetings, respectively.  The names of our 
directors and executive officers, and information about them, are set forth below.  

Timothy A. Crown 
(Age 45) 
•  Chair of the Board 
•  Class III Director 
•  Chair of the Executive 

Committee 

Bennett  Dorrance 
(Age 63) 
•  Class I Director 
•  Member of the 

Compensation and 
Nominating and 
Governance Committees 

Richard A. Fennessy  
(Age 44) 
•  President and Chief  
  Executive Officer 
•  Class II Director 
•  Member of the Executive 

Committee 

Mr. Crown has been a director since 1994 and assumed the position of Chair of the 
Board in November 2004.  Mr. Crown has been a non-employee director since 
2004.  Mr. Crown, a co-founder of the Company, stepped down from the position 
of President and Chief Executive Officer in November 2004, positions he had held 
since January 2000 and October 2003, respectively.   

Mr. Dorrance has been a director since 2004.  Mr. Dorrance has been a Managing 
Director of DMB Associates, a real estate service company based in Scottsdale, 
Arizona, since 1984.  Mr. Dorrance has served on the Board of Directors of 
Campbell Soup Company since 1989.   

Mr. Fennessy was elected President and Chief Executive Officer effective 
November 2004 and was appointed director in September 2005.  From 1987 to 
2004, Mr. Fennessy worked for International Business Machines Corporation 
(“IBM”), where he held numerous domestic and international executive positions.  
His most recent positions included:  General Manager, Worldwide, ibm.com; Vice 
President, Worldwide Marketing – Personal Computer Division; and General 
Manager, Worldwide PC Direct organization.  

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Michael M. Fisher 
(Age 63) 
•  Class I Director 
•  Chair of the Audit 

Committee 

•  Member of the Executive 

Committee 

Mr. Fisher has been a director since 2001 and is the Audit Committee’s designated 
financial expert.  Mr. Fisher served as President of Power Quality Engineering, 
Inc., a manufacturer of specialty filters, from 1995 to 2007.  Since 2007, Mr. Fisher 
has also served as a Director of Open Tech Alliance, Inc., a private company 
engaged in the development of kiosks for the self-storage industry. 

Larry A. Gunning 
(Age 65) 
•  Class II Director 
•  Member of the Nominating 
and Governance Committee 

Mr. Gunning has been a director since 1995.  Mr. Gunning has been Manager and 
Director of 3D Petroleum LLC, a petroleum company, since 2001.  From 1988 to 
2001, Mr. Gunning was President and a Director of Pasco Petroleum Corp., a 
petroleum marketing company that merged with 3D Petroleum LLC in 2001.  Mr. 
Gunning is also a member and Director of Cobblestone AutoSpa, which owns and 
operates several full-service carwashes. 

Anthony A. Ibargüen 
(Age 50) 
•  Class III Director 
•  Member of the Audit and 

Compensation Committees 

Robertson C. Jones 
(Age 64) 
•  Class II Director 
•  Chair of the Nominating and 
Governance Committee 

•  Member of the Audit 

Committee 

Kathleen S. Pushor 
(Age 51) 
•  Class III Director 
•  Member of the Audit and 

Compensation Committees 

David J. Robino 
(Age 49) 
•  Class I Director 
•  Chair of the Compensation 

Committee  

•  Member of the Nominating 
and Governance Committee  

Mr. Ibargüen was appointed a director in July 2008.  He is Chairman of the Board 
of Alliance Global Services and Alliance Life Sciences Consulting, privately-held 
IT consulting firms which were previously part of Alliance Consulting Group, 
where Mr. Ibargüen was President and CEO from 2004 to 2008.  From 2000 to 
2004, he was a Managing Director at Internet Capital Group and then (from 2002) 
Safeguard Scientifics, both publicly-held investment holding companies.  From 
1996 to 2000, Mr. Ibargüen was President, Chief Operating Officer and a director 
of Tech Data Corporation, a Fortune 500 global technology distribution company.   

Mr. Jones has been a director since 1995.  From 1992 through 2001, Mr. Jones was 
Senior Vice President and General Counsel of Del Webb Corporation, a developer 
of master-planned residential communities.   

Ms. Pushor has been a director since September 2005.  Since January 2006, Ms. 
Pushor has served as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Greater Phoenix 
Chamber of Commerce.  She has resigned that position effective June 2009.  From 
2003 to 2005, Ms. Pushor served as Chief Executive Officer of the Arizona 
Lottery.  From 1999 to 2002, Ms. Pushor operated an independent consulting 
practice in the technology distribution sector, and from 1998 to 2005 Ms. Pushor 
was a member of the Board of Directors of Zones, Inc., a direct marketer of IT 
products. 

Mr. Robino has been a director since May 2007.  Mr. Robino served as a Non-
Executive Director of Memec Group Holdings Limited, a global distributor of 
specialty semiconductors, from 2001 until the sale of that business to Avnet, Inc. in 
2005.  Mr. Robino served Gateway, Inc. first as Executive Vice President and 
Chief Administrative Officer and later as Vice Chairman from 1998 to 2001.   

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Steven R. Andrews 
(Age 56) 
•  General Counsel, Chief 

Administrative Officer and 
Secretary 

Mr. Andrews joined Insight in September 2007 as our General Counsel and was 
appointed Secretary in November 2007.  In February 2009, in conjunction with a 
corporate reorganization, Mr. Andrews was also appointed our Chief 
Administrative Officer.  Prior to joining Insight, Mr. Andrews was Senior Vice 
President, Law and Human Resources of ShopKo Stores, Inc. from 2002 to 2006.  
Prior to joining ShopKo, Mr. Andrews served as Senior Vice President, General 
Counsel and Secretary of PepsiAmericas, Inc. from 1999 through 2001.   

Glynis A. Bryan 
(Age 50) 
•  Chief Financial Officer  

Stuart A. Fenton 
(Age 40) 
•  President – EMEA/APAC 

Ms. Bryan joined Insight in December 2007 as our Chief Financial Officer.  Prior 
to joining Insight, Ms. Bryan served as Executive Vice President and Chief 
Financial Officer at Swift Transportation Co., Inc. from April 2005 to May 2007.  
Prior to joining Swift, Ms. Bryan served as Chief Financial Officer at APL 
Logistics in Oakland, Calif. and in various finance roles at Ryder System, Inc., 
including Chief Financial Officer of Ryder's largest business unit, Ryder 
Transportation Services.  Ms. Bryan is a member of the Board of Directors and the 
Governance and Compensation Committees of Pentair, Inc., a diversified industrial 
manufacturing company. 

Mr.  Fenton  joined  Insight  in  October  of  2002  as  Managing  Director  of  Insight 
Direct UK Ltd. and was promoted to President of our EMEA operating segment in 
November 2006.  In February 2009, in conjunction with a corporate reorganization, 
Mr.  Fenton  also  assumed  oversight  responsibility  for  our  Asia-Pacific  operating 
segment.    From  1995  to  2002,  Mr.  Fenton  held  various  positions  at  Micro 
Warehouse  Inc.,  serving  most  recently  as  the  General  Manager  of  Micro 
Warehouse Canada. 

Helen K. Johnson 
(Age 40) 
•  Senior Vice President – 
Treasurer and Investor 
Relations 

Ms.  Johnson  joined  Insight  in  October  2007  as  Senior  Vice  President,  Treasurer 
and Investor Relations.  Prior to joining Insight, Ms. Johnson served from 2000 to 
2007 at eFunds Corporation,  a publicly held technology  solutions provider to the 
financial institutions market, most recently as Senior Vice President, Treasurer and 
Investor Relations.   

Stephen A. Speidel 
(Age 44) 
•  Chief Operating Officer and 
Chief Information Officer  

Mr.  Speidel  has  served  as  Chief  Information  Officer  since  November  2007.    In 
February  2009,  in  conjunction  with  a  corporate  reorganization,  Mr.  Speidel  was 
also appointed our Chief Operating Officer.  From June 2004 to November 2007, 
Mr.  Speidel  served  as  Senior  Vice  President,  Operations  of  our  North  America 
segment.  Mr. Speidel has been employed in management positions with Insight or 
one  of  its  acquired  entities  since  November  1996.    Prior  to  joining  Insight,  Mr. 
Speidel spent 12 years at IBM working in IBM’s Services business. 

Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance 

Under the securities laws of the United States, our directors, executive officers, and any persons holding more than 

10% of our common stock are required to report their initial ownership of our common stock and any subsequent 
changes in that ownership to the SEC.  Specific due dates for these reports have been established, and we are required 
to disclose any known failure to file by these dates.  A total of twenty-three of seventy-four filings made during 2008 
were considered late, primarily as a result of turnover in Company personnel responsible for assisting our officers and 
directors with their filings during the first half of 2008, as follows: (i) six late filings were made on February 19, 2008 
(Ms. Eckstein, Mr. Fennessy, Mr. Fenton, Mr. Glandon, Karen McGinnis and Mr. McGrath) with respect to 
withholding of shares to satisfy tax obligations; (ii) four late filings were made on February 22, 2008 (Dave Rice) with 
respect to sales of shares; (iii) ten late filings were made on February 25, 2008 (Mr. Andrews, Ms. Bryan, Ms. Eckstein, 
Mr. Fennessy, Mr. Fenton, Mr. Glandon, Helen Johnson, Ms. McGinnis, Mr. McGrath and Steve Speidel) with respect 
to RSU grants on February 20, 2008; (iv) two late filings were made on February 4, 2008 and February 20, 2008 (both, 
Mr. Speidel) with respect to an initial report on Form 3 and to withholding of shares to satisfy tax obligations; and (v) 

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one late filing was made on May 6, 2008 (Mr. Fennessy) with respect to withholding of shares to satisfy tax obligations 
in January 2008. 

Code of Ethics 

We have adopted a Code of Ethics that applies to directors and all employees, including our Chief Executive 

Officer and our senior financial executives.  The Code of Ethics may be viewed online on our website at 
www.insight.com.  We intend to satisfy the disclosure requirement under Item 5.05 of Form 8-K regarding any 
amendments to, or waivers from, a provision of our Code of Ethics by posting such information on our website at the 
location specified above, unless otherwise required by Nasdaq Rules to disclose any such waiver on Form 8-K.  

Policy on Stockholder Recommendations of Director Nominees 

The Nominating and Governance Committee will consider and evaluate nominees recommended by stockholders.  

Stockholders may propose director candidates for consideration by sending the name of any recommended candidate, 
together with pertinent biographical information, a document indicating the candidate’s willingness to serve if elected, 
and evidence of the nominating stockholder’s ownership of our common stock to our Corporate Secretary at 6820 South 
Harl Avenue, Tempe, Arizona 85283 See further information on this process in our Proxy Statement for our annual 
meeting to be held on June 23, 2009. 

Audit Committee 

The Audit Committee consists of Mr. Fisher, Chair, Mr. Ibargüen, Mr. Jones and Ms. Pushor.  The Audit 

Committee met 13 times in 2008.  Mr. Ibargüen joined the Audit Committee upon his appointment to the Board on July 
1, 2008.  The Audit Committee assists the Board in fulfilling its responsibilities for generally overseeing our financial 
reporting processes and the audit of Insight’s consolidated financial statements, including the integrity of the 
consolidated financial statements and the system of internal control over financial reporting established by 
management, our compliance with legal and regulatory requirements, the qualifications and independence of our 
independent registered public accounting firm, the performance of our internal audit function and our independent 
registered public accounting firm, our financial risk assessment and financial risk management, and our finance and 
investment functions.  The Vice President of Internal Audit reports directly to the Chair of the Audit Committee.  In 
addition, the Audit Committee reviews and discusses with the Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Financial Officer 
the procedures undertaken in connection with their certifications included in the Company’s annual and quarterly 
reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”).  The Audit Committee has the authority to obtain 
advice and assistance from, and receive appropriate funding from us for, outside legal, accounting or other advisors as 
the Audit Committee deems necessary to carry out its duties.  The Audit Committee operates pursuant to a written 
charter, reviewed annually, adopted by the Audit Committee and approved by the Board.  The charter may be viewed 
online on our website at www.insight.com.    

The Board has determined that the responsibilities of the Audit Committee, as reflected in its charter, are in 

accordance with applicable SEC rules and NASDAQ Marketplace Rule(s) for audit committees.  Further, the 
composition and attributes of its members meets the requirements of NASDAQ Marketplace Rule(s), including, without 
limitation, the independence requirements of NASDAQ Marketplace Rule 5605(c)(2)(A).  All Audit Committee 
members possess the required level of financial literacy, at least one member of the Audit Committee meets the current 
standard of requisite financial management expertise and our Board has determined that Mr. Fisher, the Chair of the 
Audit Committee, is an “audit committee financial expert” as defined in Regulation S-K.  Our policy is to discourage 
related party transactions, and prior approval of the Audit Committee is necessary for an officer or director to enter into 
a related party transaction. 

Item 11.  Executive Compensation  

Compensation Discussion and Analysis 

The purpose of this Compensation Discussion and Analysis (“CD&A”) is to provide information about each 

material element of compensation that we pay or award to, or that is earned by, our named executive officers.  For 
2008, our named executive officers were: 

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•  Richard A. Fennessy, President and Chief Executive Officer; 
•  Glynis A. Bryan, Chief Financial Officer; 
•  Stuart A. Fenton, President, EMEA/APAC; 
•  Mark T. McGrath, President, North America/APAC (resigned effective March 1, 2009); 
•  Gary M. Glandon, Chief People Officer (resigned effective April 2, 2009); and  
•  Catherine W. Eckstein, former Chief Marketing Officer (resigned effective July 18, 2008). 

This CD&A addresses and explains the numerical and related information contained in the summary compensation 

tables and includes a discussion of actions regarding executive compensation that occurred after the end of 2008, 
including the award of bonuses related to 2008 performance, and the adoption of our 2009 compensation programs. 

Executive Compensation Philosophy and Objectives 

Our long-term success depends on our ability to attract and retain individuals who are committed to the Company’s 

strategy and core values of client service, respect and integrity.  Our general philosophy of executive compensation is 
to offer competitive base salaries and emphasize cash and equity-based incentive compensation which: 

• 
• 
• 
• 

• 

is competitive in the marketplace; 
permits us to attract and retain highly qualified executives;  
encourages extraordinary effort on behalf of the Company;  
rewards the achievement of specific financial, strategic and tactical goals by the Company and the 
individual executive that aligns the interests of management with the interests of our stockholders; 
and 
is financially sound.   

While the foregoing philosophy still guides the Committee’s actions, during 2008 the Company’s stockholders 
experienced a significant decline in the price for the Company’s common stock.  Consistent with our results and the 
above philosophy, the Company’s named executive officers, on average, earned less than 40% of their total potential 
compensation for 2008.  Moreover, the Company’s named executive officers, on average, earned less than 20% of their 
potential incentive compensation for 2008, which consists of the cash incentive plans and the equity incentive plans.  
These percentages (40% and 20%) were computed assuming 100% of target Restricted Stock Units (“RSUs”) were 
awarded as a component of the potential incentive compensation for 2008 and valuing those shares at the stock price of 
the Company’s common stock on the grant date ($18.87). 

Against the backdrop of the global recession that began in 2008, the Compensation Committee went to great 
lengths to develop an executive compensation program for 2009 that is fair and motivating to our executives, while at 
the same time being mindful of stockholder interests and expectations.  Given the unpredictable economic environment 
and the difficulty of defining appropriate performance standards at both the Company and the individual executive 
level in 2009, the 2009 compensation program described in this CD&A is based in large part on (1) expectations for the 
Company’s performance in 2009 under challenging conditions, (2) an effort to continue to align management’s 
interests with those of our stockholders, and (3) the need to attract and retain qualified individuals.  For 2009, 
substantially less reliance was placed on historical Insight and peer group results and metrics.  Instead, the 
Compensation Committee approved a compensation program that places more emphasis on individual actions and 
performance that guide or benefit the Company’s performance. 

Compensation Consultants and Benchmarking 

The Compensation Committee utilizes internal resources, including our People and Development Group, to help it 

carry out its responsibilities, consults with other members of the Board in connection with its decision making, as 
appropriate, and has consistently over time engaged independent consultants to assist it in fulfilling its responsibilities.  
The Compensation Committee has the authority to obtain advice and assistance from, and receives appropriate funding 
from the Company for, outside advisors as the Compensation Committee deems necessary to carry out its duties.  As 
was done in 2006 and 2007, in 2008 the Compensation Committee retained Towers Perrin, a global human resources 
consulting firm, as its independent compensation consultant to advise the Compensation Committee on all matters 
related to executive compensation.  In contrast to prior years, however, in 2008 Towers Perrin did not provide an 
updated competitive analysis of the compensation for the Company’s most senior executives, including its named 
executive officers.  Looking forward, the Compensation Committee plans to obtain competitive analyses at least every 

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other year. 

The Compensation Committee began its process of setting executive compensation for 2009 in August of 2008.  

While Towers Perrin advised the Compensation Committee on various issues, the Compensation Committee’s 
conclusions and actions were not made in response to or in reference to specific competitive market data because the 
Company’s past performance and the performance of its peers was deemed by the Compensation Committee to not be 
as relevant as in past years.  This determination was based in part on the significant economic events of 2008, which the 
Compensation Committee believes makes the historical results and metrics less relevant benchmarks.   

Towers Perrin’s 2007 study, which was used to set 2008 executive compensation levels, measured the 

competitiveness of the Company’s compensation relative to two groups of companies (the “comparison groups”).  The 
comparison groups were chosen by Towers Perrin and approved by the Compensation Committee based upon primary 
characteristics such as similar business focus, labor market and size.  Comparison Group One, which was considered to 
be the primary peer group, included 19 publicly-traded product and service competitors and suppliers and other 
enterprises which may compete with the Company for executive talent.  Comparison Group Two included 14 publicly-
traded technology companies, many of which are significantly larger than Insight.  Because of the large variance in size 
among the companies in Comparison Group Two, Towers Perrin adjusted the compensation data for Comparison 
Group Two to reflect the revenue size of the Company.  This size-adjusted data was used as a basis of comparison of 
compensation between Insight and the companies in Comparison Group Two.  As neither group was limited to 
companies that are merely competitors or to those that are close comparisons in terms of sales and market 
capitalization, the Company does not consider these groups to be peer groups for other purposes.  In 2007, the specific 
companies included in Comparison Group One, which represented the same peers used in the 2006 comparison, were 
as follows:  

Comparison Group One (the primary peer group) 

Affiliated Computer Services, Inc. 
Amazon.com, Inc. 
Avnet Inc. 
BearingPoint, Inc. 
Bell Microproducts, Inc. 
CACI International, Inc. 
CDW Corp. 

CGI Group, Inc.
IKON Office Solutions, Inc.
Ingram Micro, Inc.
Lexmark International, Inc.
Office Depot, Inc.
PC Connection, Inc.
Perot Systems Corp.

PetSmart, Inc. 
SYNNEX Corp. 
Tech Data Corp. 
Tellabs, Inc. 
Unisys Corp. 

In 2007, the specific companies included in Comparison Group Two, which represented the same peers used in the 

2006 comparison (except for the exclusion of Dendrite International, Inc., Electronic Data Systems Corp., HLTH 
Corp., Microsoft Corp., The Reynolds and Reynolds Co. and Sabre Holdings Corp. in the 2007 comparison because 
these six companies did not participate in Towers Perrin’s annual survey) were as follows:  

Comparison Group Two  

Apple, Inc. 
Ceridian Corp. 
Dell Inc. 
EMC Corp. (Mass) 
Hewlett-Packard Co. 

International Business Machines Corp.
IKON Office Solutions, Inc.
Intel Corp.
Lexmark International, Inc.
National Semiconductor Corp.

Seagate Technology
Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Unisys Corp. 
Xerox Corp. 

The 2007 Towers Perrin study provided the Compensation Committee with compensation data for base salary, 
annual cash incentives and long-term equity-based incentive compensation for each comparison group.  The study 
generally concluded that, with respect to total compensation, the Company was positioned below the median of each of 
the comparison groups.  With respect to total cash compensation, which includes base salaries and incentive 
compensation, the Towers Perrin study generally concluded that the Company was competitive based on comparison 
group analyses.  However, this conclusion was driven primarily by the Company’s above target performance in 2007 
and resulting above target incentive compensation, while base salaries were noted to be below market.  With respect to 
long-term equity-based incentive compensation, Towers Perrin generally concluded that the Company’s equity-based 
incentive compensation plan, including the use of performance-based RSUs and the target level of grants to each 
executive, was competitive with market practices. 

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The Compensation Committee used these past studies in addition to other relevant sources of information, such as 

existing pay levels and other publicly available information about trends in executive compensation, in setting 
compensation for executives for 2009.  Additionally, Towers Perrin advised the Compensation Committee and the 
Company regarding executive compensation programs generally and provided advice on trends in compensation.  The 
Committee anticipates that it will undertake similar competitive reviews in the future and that it will use the services of 
outside consultants for similar services in the future. 

Compensation Programs Design  

The principal components of compensation for the Company’s named executive officers are: 

• 
• 
• 

base salary and benefits; 
short-term cash incentive compensation; and 
long-term equity-based incentive compensation. 

As a result of our executive compensation philosophy, a significant percentage of total compensation is allocated 
to incentive compensation.  There is no pre-established policy or target for the allocation between either cash or equity 
or short-term or long-term incentive compensation.  Rather, the different elements of compensation are designed to 
support and encourage varying behaviors that the Compensation Committee believes will contribute favorably to 
Company performance.  

As discussed in more detail below, the performance measures for the quarterly earnings from operations (“EFO”) 

component of the 2008 cash incentive plan in the Company and in North America were not met, although they were 
met to varying degrees in the first three quarters of 2008 in EMEA.  Similarly, the performance measures for the 2008 
equity-based incentive plan were not met, and, therefore, no performance-based RSUs were earned under the plan in 
2008.  In light of the low actual performance levels compared to the performance targets set for the 2008 plan, and in 
light of the decrease in the Company’s stock price and the ongoing general economic decline, the Compensation 
Committee determined that comparisons to other companies in its peer groups were of less value with respect to 
establishing the 2009 compensation program than might normally be the case.  The Compensation Committee 
considered prior year results of the Company and worked with management and with its consultant to develop a 
compensation program suitable for the unpredictable environment facing the Company in 2009.  As a result, base 
salaries remained the same for senior executives in 2009, the value of equity awards was reduced, and the target cash 
incentive compensation for the Company’s Section 16 officers was reduced by 25%. 

Base Salary and Benefits 

Base salary and benefits are designed to attract and retain executives by providing a fixed compensation based on 
competitive market practices.  This component of compensation is designed to reward an executive’s core competency 
in his or her position relative to skills, experience and expected contributions to the Company and to provide the 
executive with a predictable and reliable component of compensation for his or her services.  

The Compensation Committee reviews base salaries annually and in 2008 and prior years generally targeted base 

pay for executive officers at or nearly at the median of the comparison groups, with adjustments, as appropriate, for 
tenure, performance and variations in actual position responsibilities from position descriptions in the comparison 
groups.  The 2007 Towers Perrin study concluded that 2007 base salary levels for the Company’s executive officers 
were generally below the median levels of both comparison groups, and, based on this finding, the Compensation 
Committee approved certain increases in executive base salaries for 2008.  Because of the difficult and continuing 
global economic conditions facing the Company, management recommended, and the Compensation Committee 
agreed, that there would be no increases in base salary for 2009 above 2008 levels.  Those levels are as follows:   

•  Richard A. Fennessy, President and Chief Executive Officer – $750,000 (2009 and 2008); 
•  Glynis A. Bryan, Chief Financial Officer – $400,000 (2009 and 2008); 
•  Stuart A. Fenton, President, EMEA/APAC – $405,0001 (2008 – $450,0002); 
•  Mark T. McGrath, President, North America/APAC – $425,000 (2009 and 2008; Resigned effective 

March 1, 2009); 

•  Gary M. Glandon, Chief People Officer – $275,000 (2009 and 2008; Resigned effective April 2, 

2009); and 

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•  Catherine Eckstein, former Chief Marketing Officer – $295,000 (2008; Resigned effective July 18, 

2008).  

1 Mr. Fenton’s 2009 salary was translated into U.S. dollars using the British Pound Sterling average exchange 
rate for the year ended December 31, 2008 of $1.80.  

2 Mr. Fenton’s 2008 salary was translated into U.S. dollars using the British Pound Sterling exchange rate in 
effect on December 18, 2007 of $2.02. 

Our named executive officers participate in benefit plans generally available to all of our teammates, including 
medical, health, life insurance and disability plans.  Our named executive officers are also eligible to participate in the 
Company’s 401(k) plan, and receive Company matching contributions, to the extent made by the Company, which are 
generally available to our teammates.  Beginning January 1, 2008, our named executive officers are also eligible to 
participate in the Company’s Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Plan, which is available to a select group of 
“management or highly compensated employees” as defined by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 
1974, as amended.  Currently, the Company does not make any contributions to the Nonqualified Deferred 
Compensation Plan.  Mr. Fenton also receives an automobile allowance, which is a benefit generally available to 
executives in the United Kingdom, where Mr. Fenton resides.  These benefits are part of our broad-based total 
compensation programs offered in the geography in which each of the executives resides. 

Short-Term Cash Incentive Compensation  

The Compensation Committee views cash incentive compensation as a means of closely tying a significant portion 

of the total potential annual cash compensation for executives to the financial and operational performance of the 
Company or the portion of the Company for which the executive has management responsibility.  Our cash incentive 
compensation plans are designed to reward individuals for the achievement of certain defined financial objectives of 
the Company, as well as annual individual or Company financial, strategic and tactical objectives.  All officers subject 
to Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act, including our named executive officers, have an annual cash incentive plan.  The 
financial objectives and performance goals are approved by the Compensation Committee and are set at the beginning 
of the year.  These objectives and goals are integrated into the management cash incentive plans throughout the 
organization to foster a team environment where the entire Company is focused on the same set of objectives and goals. 

The Compensation Committee annually reviews financial objectives, performance goals and target cash incentive 
compensation.  In 2008 and prior years, the Compensation Committee generally targeted cash incentive compensation 
for executive officers at or near the median of the comparison groups and adjusted, as appropriate, for tenure, 
performance and variations in actual position responsibilities from position descriptions in the comparison groups.  The 
2007 Towers Perrin study utilized to set 2008 cash incentive targets generally concluded that the Company’s cash 
incentive compensation was competitive based on its comparison group analysis.  For 2009, however, as described 
more fully below, the Compensation Committee developed a program that focuses on Company performance and 
individual executive performance in what the Compensation Committee believes will be an unusually unpredictable 
year. 

2008 Cash Incentive Plan  

Under the 2008 cash incentive plan, the named executive officers earned cash incentive compensation based on 

achievement of financial objectives against targeted amounts for the Company or their respective business units, with 
payouts varying with financial performance levels below and above target levels (awards were discretionary and 
outside of the plan over or below specified levels).  Annual and quarterly financial performance targets were set in 
conjunction with the 2008 annual budget process at the beginning of 2008 and were considered to be challenging but 
achievable given the tactical and strategic plans that were in place at the time.  The total target cash incentive 
compensation for 2008 was based 60% on non-GAAP EFO (defined under the plan as the actual 2008 EFO excluding 
charges for goodwill impairment and costs associated with the stock option review, if any) of the Company, or the 
executives’ respective business units.  For this 60% component, performance was measured and paid quarterly on a 
sliding scale, with a minimum payout of zero and a maximum payout of 175% of the EFO cash incentive target.  The 
quarterly EFO cash incentive was designed to pay out at 100% upon the achievement of consolidated EFO for 2008 of 
$167.7 million.  The remaining 40% of the target cash incentive compensation was based on achievement of annual 
individual performance goals, with the Compensation Committee determining the actual amounts to be paid to the 
Chief Executive Officer and the other executive officers of the Company.     

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As previously noted, none of the EFO targets were met by the Company or its North America operations in 2008.  

The EFO targets for EMEA were met to varying degrees and, accordingly, Mr. Fenton was paid quarterly bonuses in 
each of the first three quarters of 2008.  Cash incentive awards were made by the Compensation Committee under the 
annual individual performance component of the plan on February 17, 2009.  The actual 2008 cash incentive 
compensation, as compared to 2008 targets, for the named executive officers was awarded as follows: 

Name 
Richard A. Fennessy  $ 

Target 

Actual 

  Target 

Actual 

       Target 

    Actual 

900,000 

  $ 

-    $ 

600,000    $ 

450,000   $ 

1,500,000    $ 

450,000

Based on EFO  

Goals 

Based on Individual  
     Performance Goals 

Total 

Glynis A. Bryan 

Stuart A. Fenton1 

Mark T. McGrath2 

Gary M. Glandon2 

Catherine W. Eckstein2    

255,000 

174,600 

300,000 

93,000 

123,000 

-   

170,000   

170,000  

425,000   

170,000

154,787   

116,400   

99,524  

291,000   

254,311

-   

-   

-   

200,000   

100,000  

500,000   

100,000

62,000   

82,000   

58,900  

155,000   

58,900

-  

205,000   

-

1 Mr. Fenton’s 2008 target incentive compensation was translated into U.S. dollars using the British 
Pound Sterling exchange rate in effect on December 18, 2007 of $2.02, and actual incentive compensation was 
translated into U.S. dollars using the British Pound Sterling average exchange rate for the year ended 
December 31, 2008 of $1.80. 

2 Mr. McGrath, Mr. Glandon and Ms. Eckstein resigned from the Company effective March 1, 2009, April 2, 
2009 and July 18, 2008, respectively.  

The Compensation Committee also had the authority to approve discretionary awards outside of the plan; however, 
no discretionary cash bonuses were approved by the Compensation Committee for the named executive officers during 
2008.  

2009 Cash Incentive Plan  

For 2009, the Compensation Committee continued its emphasis on cash incentive compensation by setting cash 

incentive plans for executive officers so that a significant portion of total compensation will be awarded through cash 
incentives if performance measures are met, although, as previously noted, the target cash incentive levels for executive 
officers have been reduced by 25% for 2009.   

The 2009 cash incentive plan (the “2009 Plan”) provides incentive award opportunities for select employees, 
including executive officers.  The 2009 Plan was adopted pursuant to the Company’s 2007 Omnibus Plan, which was 
approved by the Company’s stockholders at the Company’s 2007 annual meeting of stockholders, and is intended to 
permit the Company to deduct annual incentive payments under Section 162(m) of the Code (“Section 162(m)”).  
Under the 2009 Plan, the Company established for each executive officer a performance goal (the “162(m) performance 
goal”) for the 2009 Plan.  The 162(m) performance goal is based on actual diluted earnings per share (“EPS”) for 2009, 
on a consolidated non-GAAP basis, with non-GAAP EPS being defined as the actual 2009 EPS from continuing 
operations excluding certain items, specified in advance and approved in advance by the Compensation Committee, 
that are not considered to be part of ongoing business, such as goodwill impairment charges.  The 162(m) performance 
goal for 2009 requires that the Company achieve a certain percentage of its budgeted 2009 EPS.  The budgeted 2009 
EPS was set in conjunction with the Company’s overall annual budget process and is considered to be challenging, but 
achievable, given the uncertain economic environment and the tactical and strategic plans that have been developed for 
2009.  In order for the 2009 Plan to be funded so that an executive can receive up to the maximum payment of his or 
her cash incentive award (200% of his or her annual cash incentive target), the Company must achieve at least 80% of 
its budgeted EPS for 2009.  If the Company achieves less than 80% but at least 50% of its budgeted 2009 EPS, the 
2009 Plan will be funded so that an executive can receive up to a maximum of 100% of his or her annual cash incentive 
target.  If the Company does not achieve at least 50% of its budgeted 2009 EPS, the 2009 Plan will not be funded and 
executive officers will not be eligible for any cash incentive payments.   

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The Compensation Committee will determine the actual bonus award paid to each executive officer by reducing or 

eliminating (but not increasing) the maximum cash incentive award based on the Compensation Committee’s 
evaluation of the executive’s performance against individual performance goals.  The individual performance goals, 
which were established by the Compensation Committee in early 2009, are based 50% on EFO performance for the 
Company or the executive officer’s operating segment(s) and 50% on a variety of qualitative/subjective performance 
goals and quantitative/objective performance goals.  The Compensation Committee reserves the right to establish the 
actual cash incentive award for each executive officer at the level it deems appropriate based on the performance of the 
Company, the performance of the executive officer’s operating segment(s), and the performance of the individual 
executive officer (but not greater than the maximum).  Although the performance goals are tailored for each executive 
officer, the goals are generally designed to reward individuals for the achievement of defined financial, strategic and 
tactical objectives, including: operational metrics, such as profitability, stockholder value, liquidity and return on 
invested capital; building stronger client relationships and differentiation within the Company’s value proposition to 
clients; establishing and maintaining effective internal controls, risk management and corporate governance; 
developing and retaining key employees and executives; and building and maintaining strong stockholder relationships. 

Given the overall economic environment in 2009, management recommended, and the Compensation Committee 
approved, a 25% reduction in the target and maximum cash incentive payments for the Company’s executive officers.  
The approved 2009 target and maximum cash incentive compensation for each of our current named executive officers1 
are as follows: 

•  Richard A. Fennessy, President and Chief Executive Officer – Target $1,125,000; Maximum 

$2,250,000; 

•  Glynis A. Bryan, Chief Financial Officer – Target $318,750; Maximum $637,500; and 
•  Stuart A. Fenton, President, EMEA/APAC – Target $196,4292; Maximum $392,8582. 

1 As discussed elsewhere, Messrs. McGrath and Glandon resigned effective March 1, 2009 and April 2, 
2009, respectively. 

2 Mr. Fenton’s 2009 target and maximum cash incentive compensation were translated into U.S. dollars at 
the British Pound Sterling average exchange rate for the year ended December 31, 2008 of $1.80. 

Long-Term Equity-Based Incentive Compensation  

The Compensation Committee views long-term equity-based compensation as a critical component of the overall 

executive compensation program.  The principal objectives for long-term equity-based compensation are to: 

• 

• 
• 
• 

enhance the link among Company performance, the creation of stockholder value and long-term 
incentive compensation; 
facilitate increased equity ownership by executives;  
encourage executive retention through use of multiple-year vesting periods; and  
provide competitive levels of total compensation to executive officers if expected levels of 
performance are achieved. 

Long-term equity-based incentives are currently issued in the form of service and performance-based RSUs.  
Performance-based RSUs are issued only if predetermined annual financial performance goals (diluted EPS for 2008 
and 2009) are achieved and are subject to a three-year vesting period.  To encourage overachievement of targets, 
significant upside potential exists related to the number of RSUs ultimately issued.  The three-year vesting period is 
designed to encourage continued employment with the Company and enhancement of stockholder investments in the 
Company.  The number of performance-based RSUs ultimately issued varies based on the achievement of threshold 
levels of financial performance, with greater numbers of shares awarded for higher levels of financial performance.  If 
the Company’s financial performance does not meet or exceed a set performance threshold, no performance-based 
RSUs are issued.  All grants of equity-based compensation are currently made under the Company’s 2007 Omnibus 
Plan, as amended. 

 For 2008 and prior years, the Compensation Committee reviewed target equity-based incentive compensation 

annually and targeted equity-based incentive compensation for executive officers at or near the median of the 

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comparison groups.  In 2008, with respect to long-term incentive compensation, Towers Perrin generally concluded 
that our equity-based incentive compensation plan, including the use of performance-based RSUs and the target level of 
grants to each executive, was competitive with market practices.  As explained above, none of the performance 
measures under the 2008 equity-based incentive compensation plan were met due to the Company’s decline in EPS in 
the difficult market we encountered in 2008.  For 2009, the Compensation Committee did not believe the performance 
of the Company’s peer groups was as important of a factor to consider for 2009. 

In order to link equity-based incentive compensation more closely to annual performance and to continue to align 
the interests of management and stockholders and, in part, in light of changing stockholder expectations, in December 
2005 the Compensation Committee adopted a practice of initiating annual grants of equity-based incentive 
compensation awards to executives early in the year (as opposed to later in the year or periodically throughout the year) 
in connection with the annual budgeting process.  Also, early in the year, the Compensation Committee will approve 
the annual RSU program grants as well as a pool of shares from which the Chief Executive Officer may make 
discretionary or new hire RSU grants throughout the year, or both, to individuals other than individuals who are subject 
to the reporting requirements of Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act.  The pool of RSUs is based on the recommendation 
of management and review of the overall equity compensation expense expected to be recorded in current and future 
years in the consolidated financial statements. 

2008 Equity-Based Incentive Plan  

For 2008, RSUs granted to executive officers were 100% performance-based.  The number of RSUs to be issued 
under these performance-based grants was designed to increase or decrease depending on whether actual EPS for the 
fiscal year ended December 31, 2008, on a consolidated non-GAAP diluted basis, with non-GAAP EPS being defined 
under the plan as the actual 2008 EPS from continuing operations excluding charges for goodwill impairment and costs 
associated with the stock option review (if any), was greater or less than target EPS.  The minimum number of RSUs 
that could be issued was zero, and the maximum number was 130% of the target award.  The annual financial 
performance targets were set in conjunction with the annual budget process and were considered to be challenging, but 
achievable, given the tactical and strategic plans that were in place at the time.  The target EPS range approved by the 
Compensation Committee for equity-based incentive compensation for 2008 was $1.70 to $2.26 with 100% of target 
RSUs awarded for actual 2008 EPS of $2.00 – $2.12.   

As previously noted, the minimum EPS goals for 2008 were not met, and none of the 2008 performance-based 

RSUs were earned by the named executive officers or by any plan participants. 

The Compensation Committee also has the ability to make discretionary awards outside of the plan; however, no 

discretionary awards were made to the named executive officers during 2008.     

2009 Equity-Based Incentive Plan 

The 2009 pool of RSUs, which are 40% service-based and 60% performance-based, was established for executive 
officers on February 20, 2009 and will vest in three equal installments beginning on February 20, 2010.  The number of 
RSUs to be issued under the performance-based grants will increase or decrease depending on the Company’s actual 
diluted EPS for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2009, on a consolidated non-GAAP diluted basis, with non-GAAP 
EPS being defined as actual 2009 EPS from continuing operations, excluding certain items not considered to be part of 
the ongoing business, such as goodwill impairment charges, as approved in advance by the Compensation Committee.  
For the performance-based RSUs: if the Company achieves less than 50% of its budgeted 2009 EPS, no RSUs will be 
issued; if the Company achieves at least 50% of its 2009 budgeted EPS, 25% of the target number of RSUs will be 
issued; if the Company achieves 68% of its 2009 budgeted EPS, 50% of the target number of RSUs will be issued; if 
the Company achieves 100% of its 2009 budgeted EPS, 100% of the target number of RSUs will be issued; and if the 
Company achieves 138% or greater of its 2009 budgeted EPS goal, 200% of the target number of RSUs will be issued 
(without duplication).  The budgeted EPS target was set in conjunction with the Company’s overall annual budget 
process and is considered to be challenging, but achievable, given the tactical and strategic plans that have been 
developed for 2009. 

In determining the amount of equity-based incentive compensation for 2009, the Compensation Committee 
considered the fact that no awards were ultimately made under the 2008 equity-based incentive plan because the 
performance measures were not met.  Moreover, the Compensation Committee considered that even though the number 
of RSUs granted to senior executives under the 2009 plan was greater than the target number granted under the 2008 
plan, the value of the award, at date of grant, was substantially lower (roughly 30% of the value of the 2008 target 

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awards) because of the significant decrease in the Company’s stock price.  One of the Compensation Committee’s 
goals in setting higher target awards for senior executives under the 2009 plan is to provide retention value for senior 
executives through stock price improvement, which the Compensation Committee believes aligns the interests of 
management and the stockholders.  The 2009 total service-based and performance-based RSUs, granted on February 
20, 2009, included the following target awards for our current named executive officers: 

•  Richard A. Fennessy, President and Chief Executive Officer – 131,004; 
•  Glynis A. Bryan, Chief Financial Officer – 89,766; and 
•  Stuart A. Fenton, President, EMEA/APAC – 74,151. 

2008 Performance-Awarded RSU Retention Plan 

In 2008, in order to provide a long-term incentive and retention mechanism for our Chief Executive Officer and the 

Presidents of our operating segments, and to provide an incentive tied to stockholder value, the Chair of the Board of 
Directors and the Chair of the Compensation Committee worked with Towers Perrin to develop an additional long-term 
incentive plan based upon specific levels of stock price improvement.   

The plan provided for the award of RSUs based upon achievement of specific stock price hurdles within specific 
timeframes over a three-year period from 2009 – 2011.  If all or some hurdles were not achieved, 33% of the remaining 
award (i.e., any shares not issued for achievement of the specific stock price hurdles in the specific timeframes) would 
have been made on February 15, 2013, assuming continued employment.  However, due to the current economic 
climate and the decrease in Insight’s stock price, on February 19, 2009, Messrs. Fennessy, Fenton and McGrath agreed 
to forfeit the awards, resulting in the termination of the plan.  Accordingly, no shares were, or will be, issued under 
these awards. 

Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Plan   

Named executive officers (as well as other eligible employees) may participate in the Insight Nonqualified 

Deferred Compensation Plan (“Deferred Compensation Plan”), a nonqualified deferred compensation plan adopted and 
approved by the Compensation Committee and ratified by the Board of Directors.  The Deferred Compensation Plan 
permits participants to voluntarily defer receipt of compensation, and participants earn a rate of return on their deferred 
amounts based on their selection from a variety of independently managed funds. The Company does not provide a 
guaranteed rate of return on these deferred amounts, and the rate of return realized depends on the participant’s fund 
selections and market performance of these funds.  The Company does not currently make any contributions to the 
Deferred Compensation Plan. 

Severance and Change in Control Plans 

Severance and change in control plans are designed to facilitate the Company’s ability to attract and retain 
executives as the Company competes for talented employees in a marketplace where such protections are commonly 
offered.  Severance benefits are designed to provide benefits to ease an executive’s transition due to an unexpected 
employment termination by the Company due to changes in the Company’s employment needs.  Change in control 
benefits are intended to encourage executives to remain focused on the Company’s business in the event of rumored or 
actual fundamental corporate changes.  See further detail under the section entitled “Employment Agreements, 
Severance and Change in Control Plans.” 

Perquisites 

We provide our executive officers with relatively limited perquisites that we believe are reasonable and in the best 

interests of the Company.  In 2008, Mr. Fenton was provided with an automobile allowance, which is a benefit 
generally available to management in the United Kingdom, where Mr. Fenton resides.  These benefits are part of our 
broad-based total compensation programs offered in the geography in which each of the executives resides.  The value 
of aggregate perquisites to named executive officers did not exceed $10,000 for any individual named officer, except 
Mr. Fenton. 

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Stock Ownership Guidelines  

On February 15, 2007, the Board, upon the recommendation of the Compensation Committee, adopted stock 

ownership guidelines that: 

• 
• 

• 

are designed to align the interests of key executives, Board members and stockholders; 
provide a five-year transition period for each new executive and each new Board member to reach 
ownership guidelines; and 
define which ownership interests will count towards the guidelines.  

The guidelines specify that, subsequent to the five-year transition period, as of each January 1, each executive and 

each Board member is expected to hold Insight shares at least equal to a specified multiple of his or her annual base 
salary or retainer.  For the President and Chief Executive Officer, two times annual base salary is required, for all other 
Executives, one times annual base salary is required, and for Board members, two times the annual base retainer is 
required.  Failure to meet or to show sustained progress toward meeting the Stock Ownership Guidelines may result in 
a reduction in future long-term incentive grants and also may result in a requirement to retain some or all stock attained 
through Company grants of equity until the Stock Ownership Guidelines are attained.   

Role of Executives in the Compensation Setting Process  

The Compensation Committee has the overall responsibility for approving the cash-based incentive compensation 

for the officers that are subject to the reporting requirements of Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act.  To facilitate this 
process, the Chief Executive Officer and People and Development Group prepare and present information and 
recommendations to the Compensation Committee for review, consideration and approval, but they do not recommend 
their own cash-based incentive compensation.      

With respect to compensation of all other teammates, the Compensation Committee functions in an oversight role 

as these decisions are considered the responsibility of management.  With respect to equity-based compensation, the 
Compensation Committee approves the annual RSU program grants as well as the pool of available shares from which 
the Chief Executive Officer may make discretionary or new hire RSU grants throughout the year, or both, to 
individuals other than individuals who are subject to the reporting requirements of Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act.  
Similar to cash-based incentive compensation, for all officers subject to the reporting requirements of Section 16(a) of 
the Exchange Act, the Chief Executive Officer and People and Development Group prepare and present information 
and recommendations to the Compensation Committee for review, consideration and approval of the equity-based 
awards by the Compensation Committee.  For all other teammates, management is responsible for recommending to the 
Compensation Committee the teammates to receive grants and the nature and size of the proposed equity-based awards.  

The Chief Executive Officer does not have the ability to call Compensation Committee meetings and does not 
attend those portions of the Compensation Committee meetings when his compensation is discussed.  During 2008, the 
Chief Executive Officer did not meet with Towers Perrin outside of Compensation Committee meetings or retain any 
other compensation consultant. 

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Chief Executive Officer Compensation  

The Compensation Committee determines compensation for the Chief Executive Officer using the same criteria it 

uses for other executives, placing relatively less emphasis on base salary and, instead, creating greater performance-
based opportunities for short-term and long-term incentive compensation (cash and equity, respectively).  The 
Compensation Committee met in executive session to evaluate the performance of the Chief Executive Officer in 2008, 
and the Compensation Committee set the compensation of the Chief Executive Officer in conjunction with the 
performance review process.   

Executive Compensation Recovery  

We have an incentive compensation recovery policy that applies to our executive officers.  Under this policy, in the 

event of a material restatement of our financial results, we may recover from an executive officer any incentive 
compensation that was based on having met or exceeded performance targets if an executive officer engaged in fraud or 
intentional misconduct that resulted in an increase in his or her incentive compensation.   

Tax and Accounting Considerations  

Deductibility of Executive Compensation  

Code Section 162(m) generally prohibits a public company from taking an income tax deduction for compensation 

over $1 million paid to the Chief Executive Officer and its four other highest paid executive officers unless certain 
conditions are met.  While the anticipated tax treatment of compensation is given some weight in making compensation 
decisions, the Compensation Committee has not adopted a policy of limiting awards of compensation to amounts that 
would be deductible under Section 162(m) because the Compensation Committee believes that awards of compensation 
which would not comply with the Section 162(m) requirements may at times further the long-term interests of the 
Company and its stockholders.  The Compensation Committee believes that it is important to maximize the corporate 
tax deductibility of executive compensation.  Therefore, to help maximize the deductibility of payments made 
beginning in 2008, the Company sought and received stockholder approval of its 2007 Omnibus Plan.   

Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation 

Effective January 1, 2006, we adopted the fair value recognition provisions of Statement of Financial Accounting 

Standards No. 123R, “Share-Based Payment” (“SFAS No. 123R”).  Under the fair value recognition provisions of 
SFAS No. 123R, we recognize stock-based compensation based on the fair value at the grant date net of an estimated 
forfeiture rate and only recognize compensation expense for those shares expected to vest over the requisite service 
period of the award.  

Compensation Committee Report 

Based on the Compensation Committee’s review of the above Compensation Discussion and Analysis and 
discussions with management, the Compensation Committee recommended to the Board that the Compensation 
Discussion and Analysis be included in this annual report. 

COMPENSATION COMMITTEE:  

David J. Robino, Chair 

Bennett Dorrance Kathleen S. Pushor 

Anthony A. Ibargüen  

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in any of our previous filings under the Securities Act of 1933, 

as amended, or the Exchange Act, as amended, that incorporate future filings, including this annual report, in whole or 
in part, the foregoing Compensation Committee Report does not constitute soliciting material and shall not be deemed 
filed or incorporated by reference into any such filings.  

Compensation Committee Interlocks and Insider Participation 

No member of the Compensation Committee was at any time during 2008 or at any other time an officer or 

employee of Insight, and no member had any relationship with Insight requiring disclosure under Item 404 of 

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Regulation S-K.  No executive officer of Insight has served on the Board or Compensation Committee of any other 
entity that has or has had one or more executive officers who served as a member of the Board or the Compensation 
Committee of Insight during 2008. 

Summary Compensation Table 

The table below sets forth the total compensation for services rendered to us by our principal executive officer, our 
principal financial officer and our four other most highly compensated executive officers.  We refer to these persons as 
named executive officers.  The amounts shown include both amounts paid and amounts deferred.  

Name and Principal  
Position 

    Year 

   Salary ($)   

  ($)(1) 

Bonus  

Stock Awards
         ($)(2)  

Option Awards
           ($)(2)  

Non-Equity  
Incentive Plan  
Compensation 
          ($)(3)  

All Other 
Compensation
          ($)(4) 

  Total ($)   

Richard A. Fennessy 
  President and   
  Chief Executive Officer 

  2008 
2007 
2006 

- 
750,000 
700,000 
   - 
695,000          150,000

1,073,931 
1,404,708 
962,790 

40,378 
988,560 
2,313,872 

450,000 
1,209,180 
1,397,553 

        - 
       - 

78,151 
     - 

369,607 
14,138   

Glynis A. Bryan (5) 

Chief Financial Officer  

Stuart A. Fenton (6) 
  President – EMEA/APAC

Mark T. McGrath (5) 
  President – North  
    America/APAC 

Gary M. Glandon (5) 
  Chief People Officer 

Catherine W. Eckstein (5) 
  Chief Marketing Officer 

  2008 
2007 

  2008 
2007 
2006 

  2008 
  2007 
2006 

  2008 
  2007 
2006 

  2008 
  2007 
2006 

400,000 
16,667 

417,318 
423,809 
370,430 

-             475,582 
        492,501 
- 
248,024 
78,341 

425,000 
375,000 
325,000 

- 
        26,250 
50,000 

          710,154 
770,287 
438,852 

275,000 
255,000 
235,000 

163,006 
285,000 
275,000 

-             204,624 
         335,889 
- 
170,171 
15,000 

- 
          - 
20,000 

217,809 
          368,625 
202,908 

22,717 
173,031 
360,340 

91,373 
349,783 
723,222 

30,579 
160,058 
340,953 

- 
66,496 
134,135 

5,639    2,319,948 
4,586    4,307,034 
4,812    5,524,027 

3,593    1,021,351 
35,620 

-   

41,072    1,211,000 
64,743    1,507,804 
55,361    1,292,376 

2,189    1,328,716 
1,482    1,912,997 
1,512    2,067,004 

              5,837    

574,940 
3,720         891,641 
928,146 
3,476   

170,000 
4,815 

254,311 
353,720 
179,880 

100,000 
390,195 
528,418 

58,900 
136,974 
163,546 

-             526,543   
177,059               30,139    
2,620   
214,805 

907,358 
927,319 
849,468 

(1)  On February 13, 2008 and February 15, 2007, the Compensation Committee approved discretionary cash bonuses for 2007 and 

2006, respectively, for the named executive officers. 

(2)  These amounts reflect the dollar amount of compensation expense recognized in accordance with SFAS No. 123R for financial 
statement purposes for the years ended December 31, 2008, 2007 and 2006, respectively.  These amounts include awards 
pursuant to the 2007 Plan and the 1998 LTIP and thus may include amounts from awards granted in and prior to the respective 
years presented.  Assumptions used in the calculations of these amounts are included in the footnotes to our audited 
consolidated financial statements for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2008, 2007 and 2006, which are included in Item 8 of 
this report.  No estimate of forfeitures is included in these amounts, nor were any actual forfeitures included in these amounts.  
The amounts for the years ended December 31, 2007 and 2006 have been adjusted as a result of the restatement of our 
consolidated financial statements included in this report.  The restatements reflect adjustments to recognize stock based 
compensation expense related to performance-based RSUs on a straight-line basis over the requisite service period for each 
separately vesting portion of the award as if the award was, in substance, multiple awards (i.e., a graded vesting basis) instead of 
on a straight-line basis over the requisite service period for the entire award.   

(3)  Non-Equity Incentive Plan Compensation represents bonuses earned by executives under the 2008 and 2007 cash incentive 

plans, respectively, as described in the Compensation Discussion and Analysis section of Part III, Item 11 of this report.  The 
incentive plan compensation for 2008 was paid to the named executive officers prior to March 15, 2009. 

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(4)  All Other Compensation represents payments to:  

•  Mr. Fennessy for matching contributions to his 401(k) and value received related to an annual sales incentive trip of $3,450 

and $2,189, respectively in 2008. 

•  Ms. Bryan for matching contributions to her 401(k) and value received related to an annual sales incentive trip of $3,450 

and $143, respectively in 2008. 

•  Mr. Fenton for auto allowances and retirement plan contribution of $34,279 and $6,793, respectively, in 2008.  We 

consider the cost of the auto allowance for Mr. Fenton a perquisite.  

•  Mr. McGrath for value received related to an annual sales incentive trip of $2,189 in 2008. 
•  Mr. Glandon for matching contributions to his 401(k), value received related to an annual sales incentive trip and health 

club dues of $3,450, $2,189 and $198, respectively in 2008. 

•  Ms. Eckstein for severance, payout of accrued vacation, matching contributions to her 401(k) and value received related to 
an annual sales incentive trip of $500,000, $21,558, $2,796 and $2,189, respectively in 2008.  Ms. Eckstein's employment 
with the Company ended on July 18, 2008, with Ms. Eckstein receiving severance equal to one year of base salary 
($295,000) and one times her annual target incentive compensation ($205,000).   

(5)  Mr. McGrath, Mr. Glandon and Ms. Eckstein resigned from the Company effective March 1, 2009, April 2, 2009 and July 18, 

2008, respectively.  Ms. Bryan was appointed Chief Financial Officer effective December 16, 2007. 

(6)  Mr. Fenton is a resident of the United Kingdom.  He is paid in British Pounds Sterling.  The 2008 amounts above were 

determined by multiplying the average quarterly exchange rates applicable at March 31, June 30, September 30, and December 
31, of 2008 by the compensation earned during the quarter.  The 2007 amounts above were determined by multiplying the 
average annual exchange rate by the compensation earned during the year. 

Except for the car allowance provided to Mr. Fenton, the cost of certain perquisites and other personal benefits are not included 
because in the aggregate they did not exceed, in the case of any named executive officer, $10,000. 

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Grants of Plan-Based Awards 

The following table sets forth information regarding grants of plan-based awards made during the year ended 

December 31, 2008 to the named executive officers.  

Estimated Future Payouts Under Non- 
  Equity Incentive Plan Awards (1) 

Estimated Future Payouts Under Equity

       Incentive Plan Awards (2) 

Grant 
      Date 

Approval 
    Date 

Threshold  
        ($) 

Target    

       ($) 

Maximum 
       ($) 

Threshold 
      (#) 

Target 

      (#) 

Maximum      
(#) 

Grant Date 
Fair Value 
of Stock 
and Option 
Awards    
($)(3) 

Name                

Richard A. Fennessy 

Glynis A. Bryan 

2/20/2008    2/13/2008 
       1/23/2008    1/23/2008 

       2/20/2008    2/13/2008 
       1/10/2008  11/12/2007 

Stuart A. Fenton (4) 

       2/20/2008    2/13/2008 
       1/23/2008    1/23/2008 

Mark T. McGrath (5) 

       2/20/2008    2/13/2008 
       1/23/2008    1/23/2008 

Gary M. Glandon (5) 

       2/20/2008    2/13/2008 

Catherine W. Eckstein (5)        2/20/2008    2/13/2008 

- 
- 

- 
- 

- 
- 

- 
- 

- 

- 

1,500,000   
-   

2,175,000 
- 

-
-

65,502  
300,000  

85,153 
300,000 

1,236,024 
3,512,064 

425,000   
-   

291,000   
-   

500,000   
-   

616,250 
- 

421,950 
- 

725,000 
- 

155,000   

224,750 

205,000   

297,250 

       -

44,883  
15,000  

58,348 
15,000 

846,942 
  240,600 

-
-

-
-

-

-

32,956  
100,000  

42,843 
100,000 

621,880 
  1,170,688 

44,883  
150,000  

58,348 
150,000 

846,942 
1,756,032 

22,284  

28,969 

420,499 

22,284  

28,969 

420,499 

(1) 

(2) 

(3) 

(4) 

(5) 

Represents awards under the 2008 cash incentive plan discussed under the heading “2008 Cash Incentive Plan” of the 
Compensation Discussion and Analysis section of Part III, Item 11 of this report.   The maximum estimated future payouts 
under non-equity incentive plan awards was computed as 175% of the target cash incentive compensation component that 
was based on non-GAAP earnings from operations goals (60%) and 100% of the target cash incentive compensation 
component that was based on individual performance goals (40%), although the Compensation Committee could award 
greater than 100% of target for individual performance goals under the plan, with no defined maximum.  Actual amounts 
are reflected in the Summary Compensation Table, and there are no future payouts related to these awards.  

Pursuant to the 2008 performance-based equity-based incentive compensation program, grants of performance-based RSUs 
to our named executive officers were made on February 20, 2008.  The number of actual RSUs ultimately awarded was 
zero, determined by non-achievement of minimum targeted consolidated non-GAAP diluted EPS of the Company for the 
fiscal year ending December 31, 2008.  Pursuant to the 2008 Performance-Awarded RSU Retention Plan, Messrs. 
Fennessy, Fenton and McGrath received an award of 300,000, 100,000 and 150,000 RSUs, respectively, to be issued based 
upon achievement of specific stock price hurdles within specific timeframes.  No shares were issued under this plan in 
2008 and on February 19, 2009, Messrs Fennessy, McGrath and Fenton forfeited these awards.  Pursuant to her 
employment agreement effective December 16, 2007, Ms Bryan received an award of 15,000 serviced-based RSUs on 
January 10, 2008. 

The grant date fair value of the stock awards granted to our named executive officers was calculated based on the closing 
price of the Company’s stock on February 20, 2008 of $18.87 multiplied by the target number of equity awards.  The grant 
date fair value of the stock award that Ms. Bryan received in connection with the commencement of her employment was 
calculated based on the closing price of the Company’s stock on January 10, 2008 of $16.04.  Because the performance-
awarded RSUs to Messrs. Fennessy, Fenton and McGrath have a market condition, a custom Monte Carlo simulation 
model was used to estimate the award’s fair value at the grant date.   

Mr. Fenton’s cash incentive threshold, target and maximum amounts for the 2008 cash incentive plan were translated into 
U.S. dollars using the average British Pound Sterling exchange rate in effect on December 18, 2007 ($2.02). 

Mr. McGrath, Mr. Glandon and Ms. Eckstein resigned from the Company effective March 1, 2009, April 2, 2009 and July 
18, 2008, respectively. 

Employment Agreements, Severance and Change in Control Plans  

Our employment agreements with executives and our incentive compensation plans reflect our compensation 

philosophy.  The employment agreements for Mr. Fennessy, Ms. Bryan, and Mr. Fenton provide for continually 

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renewing terms (two years for Mr. Fennessy and Ms. Bryan and until terminated for Mr. Fenton).  Under our 1998 
LTIP, all outstanding options and other awards become fully exercisable and all restrictions on outstanding awards 
shall lapse upon a change in control.  Under the 2007 Plan, upon a change in control: 

• 
• 

• 

any options and SARs become fully exercisable and vested to the full extent of the original grant;   
all performance shares, performance units and deferred amounts will be earned and payable in full at 
target levels and any restrictions shall lapse; and  
other conditions applicable to any other awards lapse, and such other awards become free of all 
restrictions, limitations or conditions and become fully vested and transferable to the full extent of the 
original grant.   

All other change in control benefits are “double trigger” (which means that they are triggered by two events: a 
change in control; plus a triggering termination under the change of control agreement), rather than “single trigger” 
(triggered only by a change in control). 

In 2008, the Company and its executives (other than Mr. Fenton, who resides in the United Kingdom) entered into 
Amended and Restated Employment Agreements to comply with the final regulations issued under Section 409A of the 
Code.  Certain other changes were made to provide more consistency in language in the Company’s employment 
agreements, but the economic terms of the agreements remain consistent with the previous agreements, such that there 
are not any new or materially amended arrangements for the payment of tax gross-ups.  The material terms of the 
employment agreements with our current named executive officers are as follows: 

Richard A. Fennessy   

(i) 
(ii) 

(iii) 

(iv) 

(v) 
(vi) 

effective as of January 1, 2009; 

a severance payment upon termination “without cause” or termination by Mr. Fennessy for “good reason,” 
as those terms are defined in the agreement, payable upon termination, equal to two times Mr. Fennessy’s 
annual base salary, plus two times the annual bonus during the one of the two immediately preceding 
fiscal years that would produce the higher award, plus a prorated portion of any current quarterly or annual 
bonus, plus benefits (life, disability, accident, group health and dental) continuation for 24 months; 

a severance payment following a “change in control” of the Company if Mr. Fennessy terminates his 
employment for “good reason” or the Company terminates his employment “without cause,” as those 
terms are defined in the agreement, prior to the expiration of 24 months after the change in control occurs, 
equal to two times his highest annual base salary in effect during the term of the agreement and two times 
the higher annual bonus during the one of the two immediately preceding fiscal years which would 
produce the higher award, plus a prorated portion of any current quarterly or annual bonus, plus benefits 
continuation through the earlier of 42 months following termination or eligibility for new benefits.  As 
was provided in Mr. Fennessy’s previous Employment Agreement, all payments made following a 
“change in control” are to be grossed-up for Mr. Fennessy’s excise taxes if the payment exceeds 
prescribed limits;  

in the event of Mr. Fennessy’s death, his estate will be entitled to his annual base salary due through the 
date of his death and a prorated portion of any incentive compensation to which he would have been 
entitled for the year had he not died.  Mr. Fennessy’s agreement also provides for a life insurance policy in 
an amount equal to two times his annual base salary; 

Mr. Fennessy’s agreement also provides a disability insurance benefit; and  

the agreement also provides for non-disclosure by Mr. Fennessy of our confidential information and 
includes covenants by Mr. Fennessy not to compete with the Company for a period of two years following 
termination of employment and not to solicit the employees, suppliers and customers for two years 
following termination of employment.  

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The table below outlines the potential payments to Mr. Fennessy upon the occurrence of certain termination 

triggering events assuming a hypothetical effective date of termination of December 31, 2008:  

Triggering Event 

 Severance  

     Stock Based 
   Compensation  
         Awards(1)      

        Benefits 

           Total 

  Termination Without Cause or for Good 
Reason as defined in the employment 
agreement 

$   5,045,106

$ 

- 

 $         32,059 

$   5,077,165 

  Involuntary Termination - Change in Control 

5,045,106 

177,846 

        56,104 

5,279,056 

  Disability 

  Death 

- 

- 

450,000 

  177,846 

- 

- 

- 

627,846 

(1)  Represents the unamortized expense related to outstanding RSUs at December 31, 2008.  Assuming a hypothetical date of 
termination of December 31, 2008, the intrinsic value of the stock awards available to Mr. Fennessy is $360,636, which 
represents the value based on the closing price of the Company’s common stock on December 31, 2008 of $6.90 per share.   

Glynis A. Bryan 

(i) 
(ii) 

(iii) 

(iv) 

(v) 

(vi) 

effective as of January 1, 2009;  

a severance payment upon termination “without cause” or termination by Ms. Bryan for “good reason,” as 
those terms are defined in the agreement, payable upon termination, equal to two times Ms. Bryan’s 
annual base salary, plus one times the annual bonus during the one of the two immediately preceding 
fiscal years that would produce the higher award, plus a prorated portion of any current quarterly or annual 
bonus, plus benefits continuation for 24 months;  

a severance payment following a “change in control” of the Company if Ms. Bryan terminates her 
employment for “good reason,” or the Company terminates her employment “without cause,” as those 
terms are defined in the agreement, prior to the expiration of 24 months after the change in control occurs, 
equal to two times her highest annual base salary in effect during the term of the agreement and two times 
the higher annual bonus during the one of the two immediately preceding fiscal years which would 
produce the higher award, plus a prorated portion of any current quarterly or annual bonus, plus benefits 
continuation through the earlier of 42 months following termination or eligibility for new benefits. As with 
her previous agreement, all payments made following a “change in control” are to be grossed-up for Ms. 
Bryan’s excise taxes if the payment exceeds prescribed limits;  

in the event of Ms. Bryan’s death, her estate will be entitled to her base salary for a period of ninety days 
following the date of her death and a prorated portion of any incentive compensation earned for the 
quarter in which her death occurred, plus a prorated bonus for the year in which her death occurs for any 
incentive compensation plan with annual objectives;  

in the event of Ms. Bryan’s “Disability” as such term is defined in the Agreement, Ms. Bryan shall receive 
base salary for a period of ninety days following the date the agreement is terminated due to Disability and 
a prorated portion of any incentive compensation earned for the quarter in which the agreement is 
terminated due to Disability, plus a prorated bonus for the year in which the termination takes place for 
any incentive compensation plan with annual objectives; and 

the agreement also provides for non-disclosure by Ms. Bryan of our confidential information and includes 
covenants by Ms. Bryan not to compete with Insight or solicit its employees, suppliers or customers for a 
period of two years following termination of employment.  

The table below outlines the potential payments to Ms. Bryan upon the occurrence of certain termination triggering 

events assuming a hypothetical effective date of termination of December 31, 2008:  

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Triggering Event 

 Severance  

     Stock Based 
   Compensation  
         Awards(1)      

  Benefits(2) 

           Total 

  Termination Without Cause or for Good 
Reason as defined in the employment 
agreement 

$ 1,201,120 

$ 

- 

$       10,178 

  $          1,211,298 

  Involuntary Termination - Change in Control 

   1,201,120 

    885,504 

         52,636 

2,139,260 

  Disability 

  Death 

   270,000 

   270,000 

- 

- 

- 

              270,000 

  - 

             270,000 

(1)   Represents the unamortized expense related to outstanding options and the unamortized expense related to RSUs at 

December 31, 2008. Assuming a hypothetical date of termination of December 31, 2008, the intrinsic value of the option 
awards and stock awards available to Ms. Bryan is $0 and $103,500, respectively, which represents the value based on the 
closing price of the Company’s common stock on December 31, 2008 of $6.90 per share.   

(2)  Includes $34,825 related to a Section 280 tax gross-up in the event of an Involuntary Termination following a Change in 

Control. 

Stuart A. Fenton 

(i) 
(ii) 

(iii) 

effective date as of September 12, 2002, amended effective as of July 1, 2004; 

upon termination of employment for reasons other than those specifically defined in the agreement, a 
lump-sum payment in an amount equal to 165,000 British Pounds Sterling, less the amount paid in salary 
during the required statutory notice period; and 

the agreement also provides for non-disclosure by Mr. Fenton of our confidential information and includes 
covenants by Mr. Fenton not to compete with the Company for a period of twelve months following 
termination of employment and not to solicit the employees, suppliers and customers for a period of 
eighteen months following termination of employment. 

The table below outlines the potential payments to Mr. Fenton upon the occurrence of certain termination 

triggering events assuming a hypothetical effective date of termination of December 31, 2008: 

Triggering Event 

 Severance(1)  

           Total 

   Stock Based 
 Compensation  
        Awards(2)        

  Termination  

$    239,250 

$ 

- 

  $             239,250 

  Termination Following a Change in  
     Control 

    239,250 

   97,887 

337,137 

  Death  

- 

97,887 

                 97,887 

(1)   Severance payment translated into U.S. dollars using the British Pound Sterling exchange rate in effect on December 31, 

2008 of $1.45.   

(2)   Represents the unamortized expense related to outstanding options and the unamortized expense related to RSUs at 

December 31, 2008. Assuming a hypothetical date of termination of December 31, 2008, the intrinsic value of the option 
awards and stock awards available to Mr. Fenton is $0 and $198,258, respectively, which represents the value based upon 
the closing price of the Company’s common stock on December 31, 2008 of $6.90 per share.   

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Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End 

The following table sets forth information regarding outstanding equity awards at December 31, 2008 for the 

named executive officers. 

Option Awards 

Stock Awards 

Equity 
Incentive 
Plan 
Awards: 
Market or 
Payout 
Value of 
Unearned 
Shares, 
Units or 
Other 
Rights That 
Have Not 
Vested 
      ($)(3)  

-
-
-
-
-
-
2,070,000

-
-

-
-
-
-
-
690,000

-
-
-
-
1,035,000

-
-
-
-
-

-

Equity 
Incentive 
Plan Awards: 
Number of 
Unearned 
Shares, Units 
or Other 
Rights That 
Have Not 
Vested 
       (#)(4)    
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
300,000 

- 
- 

- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
100,000 

- 
- 
- 
- 
150,000 

- 
- 
- 
- 
- 

- 

Name 
Richard A. Fennessy 

Number 
of 
Securities 
Underlying 
Unexercised 
Options (#) 
Exercisable  
500,000   
250,000   
100,000   
- 
- 
- 
- 

Number of 
Securities 
Underlying 
Unexercised 
Options (#) 
Unexercisable 
 (1)  

- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 

Option 
Exercise Price
           ($)  

           19.90
20.36
18.53 
- 
- 
- 
- 

Option 
Expiration 
Date  
 11/15/2009  
1/3/2010 
 5/6/2010 
- 
- 
- 
- 

Glynis A. Bryan 

66,667   
- 

133,333 
- 

17.77
- 

 12/17/2012 
- 

Stuart A. Fenton 

Mark T. McGrath(5)  

Gary M. Glandon(5)  

Catherine W. 
Eckstein(5) 

20,000   
46,500 
- 
- 
- 
- 

200,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 

50,000   
60,000   
-   
-   
-   

-   

- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 

- 
- 
- 
- 
- 

- 
- 
- 
- 
 - 

- 

18.53 
           21.25 
- 
- 
- 
- 

19.72 
- 
- 
- 
- 

18.35 
18.53 
- 
- 
- 

 5/6/2010 
2/4/2009 
- 
- 
- 
- 

5/23/2010 
- 
- 
- 
- 

2/21/2010 
5/6/2010 
- 
- 
- 

Market 
Value of 
Shares or  
Units of 
Stock That 
Have Not 
Vested 
      ($)(3)  

Number of 
Shares or 
Units of Stock 
That Have Not 
Vested 
        (#)(2)  

- 
- 
- 
5,333 
9,600 
37,333 
- 

- 
15,000 

- 
- 
3,000 
5,200 
20,533 
- 

- 
4,000 
7,200 
28,000 
- 

- 
- 
2,000 
3,600 
14,000 

- 
- 
- 
36,798 
66,240 
257,598 
- 

- 
103,500 

- 
- 
20,700 
35,880 
141,678 
- 

- 
27,600 
49,680 
193,200 
- 

- 
- 
13,800 
24,840 
96,600 

- 

- 

- 

- 

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(1) 

(2) 

(3) 

(4) 

(5) 

Unvested options vest ratably over three years. 

Under various service-based equity incentive compensation programs, our named executive officers have received varying 
levels of grants of service-based RSUs and restricted stock awards that vest ratably over three years.  The awards to Ms. 
Bryan were made under the 2007 Plan.   

In addition, pursuant to the 2007 and 2006 performance-based equity incentive compensation programs, grants of RSUs to 
our named executive officers were made in February 2007 and January 2006, respectively, and the number of actual RSUs 
ultimately awarded was determined by actual achievement of consolidated non-GAAP diluted EPS of the Company for the 
fiscal years ending December 31, 2007 and 2006 against target consolidated non-GAAP diluted EPS.  On the vest date, the 
RSUs converted to service-based RSUs and one-third of the RSUs vested, with the remainder vesting ratably over the 
following two years.  All of these grants of RSUs were made under the 1998 Plan.   

Pursuant to the 2008 performance-based equity-based incentive compensation program, grants of performance-based RSUs 
to our named executive officers were made in February 2008.  The number of actual RSUs ultimately awarded was zero, 
determined by non-achievement of minimum targeted consolidated non-GAAP diluted EPS of the Company for the fiscal 
year ending December 31, 2008.   

Represents the value based upon the number of shares awarded multiplied by the closing price on December 31, 2008 
($6.90).  

Pursuant to the 2008 Performance-Awarded RSU Retention Plan, Messrs. Fennessy, Fenton and McGrath received an 
award of 300,000, 100,000 and 150,000 RSUs, respectively, to be issued based upon achievement of specific stock price 
hurdles within specific timeframes.  No shares were issued under this plan in 2008, and no shares will be issued under this 
plan or in the future. 

Mr. McGrath, Mr. Glandon and Ms. Eckstein resigned from the Company effective March 1, 2009, April 2, 2009 and July 
18, 2008, respectively. 

Option Exercises and Stock Vested Table 

The following table sets forth information with respect to shares of Insight Enterprises, Inc. common stock 

acquired through exercises of stock options and vesting of restricted shares and units and the number of shares acquired 
and value realized on exercise or vesting by the named executive officers during 2008.  

Option Awards 

Stock Awards 

Number of 
Shares 
Acquired 
on Exercise (#) 

Value Realized 
on Exercise ($) 

Number of 
Shares 
Acquired 

    on Vesting (#)(1)      

Value Realized 
      on Vesting ($)(1)  

- 

- 

- 

- 

25,000 

220,128 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

58,600  

- 

18,467 

30,200  

12,600  

14,266  

1,046,873 

- 

334,240 

517,492  

228,046  

248,504  

Name 

Richard A. Fennessy 

Glynis A. Bryan 

Stuart A. Fenton 

Mark T. McGrath 

Gary M. Glandon 

Catherine W. Eckstein 

(1)  

During 2008, the stock awards that vested for the named executive officers in the United States were net-share 
settled such that the Company withheld shares with value equivalent to the named executive officer’s minimum 
statutory United States tax obligation for the applicable income and other employment taxes and remitted the cash 
to the appropriate taxing authorities.  The amounts in the table represent the gross number of shares and value 

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realized on vesting for each of the named executive officers.  The net number of shares acquired by Mr. Fennessy, 
Mr. McGrath, Mr. Glandon and Ms. Eckstein on vesting were 38,565, 20,197, 8,262 and 9,397, respectively. 

Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Table 

Effective January 1, 2008, the Company established the Insight Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Plan 
(“Deferred Compensation Plan”) with an effective date of January 1, 2008.  The Deferred Compensation Plan is a 
nonqualified deferred compensation plan maintained primarily to provide deferred compensation benefits for “a select 
group of management or highly compensated employees” as defined by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act 
of 1974, as amended, and was designed to comply with Section 409A of the Code.  The Deferred Compensation Plan 
permits participants to voluntarily defer receipt of compensation including salary, bonuses and any other cash 
compensation, up to 90% of base salary and up to 100% for other cash compensation.  Participants earn a rate of return 
on their deferred amounts based on their selection from a variety of independently managed funds.  Employees are fully 
vested in their deferrals, but withdrawals at times other than deferral dates selected by participants are not permitted 
until retirement, termination of employment, disability or death, except in case of unforeseen emergencies.  The 
Company does not provide a guaranteed rate of return on these deferred amounts, and the rate of return realized 
depends on the participant’s fund selections and market performance of these funds. 

Name 

Richard A. Fennessy 

Gary M. Glandon 

  Executive 
Contributions  
 in Last FY  

($)(1) 

Company 
Contributions 
  in Last FY 
($)(2) 

Aggregate 
Earnings  
     in Last FY 
($)(3) 

Aggregate 
Withdrawals/ 
Distributions  
($)(4) 

Aggregate   
Balance at  
Last FYE 
($)(5) 

87,708 

12,987 

- 

- 

(19,204) 

(2,332) 

- 

- 

68,504 

10,655 

(1) 

The amounts reported in this column reflect, on a cash basis, named executive officer contributions during 2008 to our 
Deferred Compensation Plan, a non-qualified deferred compensation plan.  All of the salary and non-equity compensation 
amounts voluntarily deferred by the named executive officers are included in the salary and non-equity incentive 
compensation amounts reported for the named executive officers in the Summary Compensation Table. 

(2) 

The Company does not currently make any contributions to the Deferred Compensation Plan. 

(3) 

The amounts are deemed investment returns in 2008 on employee contributions. 

(4) 

No withdrawals or distributions were made to any named executive officers under the Deferred Compensation Plan in 2008. 

(5) 

The balances are the balances of the named executive officers’ accounts as of the end of 2008.  All of the salary and non-
equity compensation amounts voluntarily deferred by the named executive officers are included in the salary and non-equity 
incentive compensation amounts reported for the named executive officers in the Summary Compensation Table.  

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Director Compensation  

Mr. Fennessy does not receive any separate compensation for his Board service or activities.  In 2008, each non-
employee director received $20,000 per quarter for serving on the Board.  An additional $1,250 per quarter was paid to 
the director serving as Chair of a committee.  For 2009, each non-employee director will again receive $20,000 per 
quarter for serving on the Board and $2,500 per quarter for serving as Chair of a committee.  For 2008, Mr. Crown, 
Chair of the Board, was paid a retainer of $110,000 in lieu of standard compensation for directors because of his time 
commitments to the Company as Chair of the Board.  For 2009, the Compensation Committee has recommended to the 
Board for approval and the Board has approved a $110,000 retainer for Mr. Crown for service as Chair of the Board.  
We reimburse non-employee directors for their reasonable expenses incurred in connection with service as directors, and 
non-employee directors may elect to participate in the medical and dental benefit programs offered to all teammates at 
the rates paid by teammates of the Company. 

In 2008, non-employee directors received 2,000 RSUs upon joining the Board and all directors received a grant of 
RSUs equal in value to $70,000 on the date of the approval of the award, which amounted to 3,500 shares that will vest 
ratably over three years, subject to continued Board service.  For 2009, existing non-employee directors will continue to 
receive a grant of RSUs equal to $70,000, but the valuation will be calculated at the closing price of the Company’s 
shares on the date of its annual meeting, in accordance with the Company’s past practices.  Upon joining the Board, new 
non-employee directors will receive a pro-rata share of the last annual grant of RSUs to the other non-employee 
directors, based on the number of whole months the new non-employee director will serve before the next regularly 
scheduled annual meeting date.  These awards will also vest ratably over three years, subject to continued Board service. 

  The table below sets forth information concerning compensation of the Company’s directors in 2008. 

Name 

Fees Earned or 
Paid in 
Cash 
($) 

Stock Awards 

Option Awards 

          ($)(1)(3) 

            ($)(2)(3) 

Total ($) 

Timothy A. Crown 

110,000  

31,183

-  

  141,183 

Bennett Dorrance 

80,000   

31,183 

868 

  112,051 

Michael M. Fisher 

85,000   

31,183 

868 

  117,051 

Larry A. Gunning 

80,000   

31,183 

868 

  112,051 

Anthony A. Ibargüen 

40,000   

 4,024 

- 

44,024 

Robertson C. Jones 

85,000   

 31,183 

868 

  117,051 

Kathleen S. Pushor 

80,000   

31,183 

3,329 

  114,512 

(1) 

(2) 

David J. Robino 

85,000   

 44,032 

- 

  129,032 

These amounts reflect the dollar amount recognized in accordance with SFAS No. 123R for financial statement purposes for 
the year ended December 31, 2008.  These amounts include awards pursuant to the 2007 Plan and the 1998 Plan and thus 
may include amounts from awards granted in and prior to 2008.  Assumptions used in the calculations of these amounts are 
included in the footnotes to the Company’s audited consolidated financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 
2008, which are included in Item 8 of this report.  An estimate of forfeitures is not included in these amounts nor were any 
actual forfeitures included in these amounts.  On July 1, 2008, Mr. Ibargüen was granted 2,000 restricted stock units related 
to the commencement of his Board service.  The grant date fair value of these awards was $24,080 (calculated by 
multiplying the number of shares by $12.04 per share, the closing price reported by The Nasdaq Global Select Market).  On 
May 6, 2008, each continuing non-employee director was granted 3,500 restricted stock units in connection with their 
annual award.  The grant date fair value of each of these awards was $42,525 (calculated by multiplying the number of 
shares by $12.15 per share, the closing price reported by The Nasdaq Global Select Market). 

These amounts reflect the dollar amount recognized in accordance with SFAS No. 123R for financial statement purposes for 
the year ended December 31, 2008.  These amounts include awards pursuant to the 1998 Plan and the 1999 Broad Based 
Plan and thus include amounts from awards granted prior to 2008.  Assumptions used in the calculations of these amounts 
are included in footnotes to the Company’s audited consolidated financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 

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2008, which are included in Item 8 of this report.  An estimate of forfeitures is not included in these amounts nor were any 
actual forfeitures included in these amounts.  There were no option awards made to non-employee directors during 2008. 

(3) 

As of December 31, 2008, the aggregate number of stock awards and option awards outstanding for each director was as 
follows: 

Name 

Stock Awards  Option Awards 

Timothy A. Crown

Bennett Dorrance

Michael M. Fisher

Larry A. Gunning

Anthony A. Ibargüen 

Robertson C. Jones

Kathleen S. Pushor

David J. Robino

 7,000

 7,000 

7,000 

 7,000 

2,000 

7,000 

 7,000 

8,000 

186,000

10,000 

12,593 

12,593 

- 

12,593 

5,000 

- 

The cost of certain perquisites and other personal benefits are not included because in the aggregate they did not 

exceed, in the case of any director, $10,000. 

Item 12.  Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder 
Matters  

 Securities Authorized for Issuance Under Equity Compensation Plans 

The following table gives information with respect to our existing equity compensation plans as of December 31, 

2008:  

Number of 
Securities to be 
Issued upon 
Exercise of 
Outstanding 
          Options           
(a) 

Weighted 
Average 
Exercise Price 
of Outstanding 
        Options 
(b) 

Number of Securities 
Remaining Available for 
Future Issuance under 
Equity Compensation Plans 
(Excluding Securities  
Reflected in Column (a)) 

(c) 

        2,444,379(1) 

$19.36 

  3,026,135(2)

92,294(3)

$22.47 

- 

Plan Category 

Equity compensation plans approved by security 
holders ......................................................  

Equity compensation plans not approved by 

security holders ........................................  

Total 

2,536,673     

 $19.47 

3,026,135 

(1)  Consists of options that are outstanding under our 1998 Long Term Incentive Plan, our 1994 Stock Option Plan and our 2007 

Omnibus Plan (the “2007 Plan”).  

(2)  Consists of shares of common stock remaining available for issuance under the 2007 Plan. 

(3)  Consists of options that are outstanding under our 1999 Broad Based Plan.  

On October 1, 2007, Insight’s Board of Directors approved the 2007 Plan, and it became effective when it was 
approved by Insight’s stockholders at the annual meeting on November 12, 2007.  The 2007 Plan is administered by the 
Compensation Committee of Insight’s Board of Directors.  Except as provided below, the Compensation Committee has 
the exclusive authority to administer the 2007 Plan, including the power to determine eligibility, the types of awards to 

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be granted, the price and the timing of awards.  Under the 2007 Plan, the Compensation Committee may delegate some 
of its authority to our Chief Executive Officer to grant awards to individuals other than individuals who are subject to the 
reporting requirements of Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act.  Teammates, officers and members of the Board of 
Directors are eligible for awards under the 2007 Plan, and consultants and independent contractors are also eligible if 
they provide bona fide services to Insight that are not related to capital raising or promoting or maintaining a market for 
Insight’s stock.  The 2007 Plan allows for awards of options, stock appreciation rights (SARs), restricted stock, restricted 
stock units (RSUs), performance awards as well as grants of cash awards.  A total of 4,250,000 shares of stock are 
reserved for awards issued under the 2007 Plan.  As of December 31, 2008, 3,026,135 shares of stock were available for 
grant under the 2007 Plan.   

In October 1997, the Company’s stockholders approved the 1998 Long-Term Incentive Plan (the “1998 LTIP”) for 

our officers, teammates, directors, consultants and independent contractors.  The 1998 LTIP authorized grants of 
incentive stock options, non-qualified stock options, stock appreciation rights, performance shares, restricted common 
stock and performance-based awards.  In 2000, the Company’s stockholders approved an amendment to the 1998 LTIP 
increasing the number of shares eligible for awards to 6,000,000 and allowing our Board of Directors to reserve (which it 
did) additional shares such that the number of shares of common stock available for grant under the 1998 LTIP and any 
other option plans, plus the number of options to acquire shares of common stock granted but not yet exercised, or in the 
case of restricted stock, granted but not yet vested, under the 1998 LTIP and any other option plans, shall not exceed 
20% of the outstanding shares of our common stock at the time of calculation of the additional shares.  With stockholder 
approval of the 2007 Plan in November 2007, as discussed above, no more grants will be made under the 1998 LTIP. 

In September 1999, we established the 1999 Broad Based Employee Stock Option Plan (the “1999 Broad Based 
Plan”) for our teammates.  The total number of stock options initially available for grant under the 1999 Broad Based 
Plan was 1,500,000; provided, however, that no more than 20% of the shares of stock available under the 1999 Broad 
Based Plan may be awarded to the officers of the Company.  With stockholder approval of the 2007 Plan in November 
2007, as discussed above, no more grants will be made under the 1999 Broad Based Plan. 

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Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management  

The following table sets forth certain information regarding the beneficial ownership of our common stock as of 
April 30, 2009 (except as otherwise indicated) by (i) each person or entity known to us own beneficially more than 5% of 
the outstanding shares of our common stock, (ii) each of our directors, (iii) each of the named executive officers and (iv) 
all directors and executive officers as a group.   

Name 

FMR LLC 

AXA Financial, Inc. and affiliated entities 

Dimensional Fund Advisors LP 

Barclays Global Investors, N.A. and affiliated entities 

Jennison Associates LLC 

Richard A. Fennessy 

Timothy A. Crown  

Mark T. McGrath 

Glynis A. Bryan 

Gary M. Glandon 

Stuart A. Fenton  

Robertson C. Jones  

Catherine W. Eckstein 

Michael M. Fisher  

Larry A. Gunning 

Kathleen S. Pushor 

Bennett Dorrance  

Anthony A. Ibargüen 

David J. Robino 

Shares of Common Stock Beneficially 
Owned (1) 

Number of Shares 

Percent 

5,109,196(2) 

4,927,778(3) 

3,649,089(4) 

3,410,493(5) 

2,764,263(6) 

      1,033,370(7) 

      352,667(8) 

296,773(9) 

77,320(10) 

77,118(11) 

53,467(12) 

  35,094(13) 

18,331 

   15,594(14) 

   13,094(15) 

   12,701(16) 

   10,001(17) 

4,000 

3,335(18) 

11.21% 

10.80% 

8.01% 

 7.48% 

6.06% 

2.21% 

* 

* 

* 

* 

* 

* 

* 

* 

* 

* 

* 

    * 

* 

All directors and executive officers as a group (17 persons) 

  2,082,878(19) 

4.41% 

* Less than 1% 

(1)  Beneficial ownership is determined in accordance with the rules of the SEC and includes voting or investment power with respect 
to securities.  In accordance with SEC rules, a person is deemed to own beneficially any shares that such person has the right to 
acquire within 60 days of the date of determination of beneficial ownership.  Such shares, however, are not deemed outstanding 
for the purpose of computing the percentage ownership of any other person.  Except as indicated by footnote, and subject to 
community property laws where applicable, to our knowledge the persons or entities named in the table above have sole voting 
and investment power with respect to all shares of common stock shown as beneficially owned by them.  

(2)  Share data based on information in a Schedule 13G filed on March 10, 2009 with the SEC by FMR LLC.  As of February 28, 

2009, the Schedule 13G indicates that FMR LLC had sole voting power with respect to 2,600 shares, shared voting power with 
respect to 0 shares, sole dispositive power with respect to 5,109,196 shares and shared dispositive power with respect to 0 shares.  
The address of FMR LLC is 82 Devonshire Street, Boston, MA 02109. 

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(3)  Share data based on information in an amendment to a Schedule 13G filed on February 13, 2009 with the SEC by AXA Financial, 
Inc., AXA, The Mutuelles AXA and certain of their affiliated entities.  As of December 31, 2008, the Schedule 13G indicates that 
AXA Rosenberg Investment Management LLC, AllianceBernstein and AXA Equitable Life Insurance had sole voting power as to 
1,136,652 shares, 2,492,338 shares and 2,900 shares, respectively, and sole dispositive power as to 2,122,195 shares, 2,802,683 
shares and 2,900 shares, respectively.   The address for AXA Financial, Inc. is 1290 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New 
York 10104, the address for AXA is 25, avenue Matignon, 75008 Paris, France and the address for The Mutuelles AXA is 26, rue 
Drouot, 75009 Paris, France. 

(4)  Share data based on information in an amendment to a Schedule 13G filed on February 9, 2009 with the SEC by Dimensional 
Fund Advisors LP.  As of December 31, 2008, the Schedule 13G indicates that Dimensional Fund Advisors LP had sole voting 
power with respect to 3,536,434 shares and sole dispositive power with respect to 3,649,089 shares.  The address of Dimensional 
Fund Advisors LP is Palisades West, Building One. 6300 Bee Cave Road, Austin, TX 78746. 

(5)  Share data based on information in a Schedule 13G filed on February 5, 2009 with the SEC by Barclays Global Investors, NA 

(“Barclays Investors”), Barclays Global Fund Advisors (“Barclays Fund Advisors”), Barclays Global Investors, LTD (“Barclays 
Investors Ltd.”), Barclays Global Investors Japan Limited (“Barclays Japan Limited”), Barclays Global Investors Canada Limited 
(“Barclays Canada Limited”), Barclays Global Investors Australia Limited (“Barclays Australia Limited”) and Barclays Global 
Investors (Deutschland) AG (“Barclays Global Investors AG”).  As of December 31, 2008, the Schedule 13G indicates that 
Barclays Investors has sole voting power as to 1,130,409 shares and sole dispositive power as to 1,322,211 shares, Barclays Fund 
Advisors has sole voting power as to 1,538,275 shares and sole dispositive power as to 2,057,203 shares, Barclays Investors Ltd. 
has sole dispositive power as to 1,670 shares and sole dispositive power as to 31,079 shares.  The address for Barclays Investors 
and Barclays Fund Advisors is 400 Howard Street, San Francisco, CA 94105, the address for Barclays Investors Ltd. is Murray 
House, 1 Royal Mint Court, London, United Kingdom EC3N 4HH, the address for Barclays Japan Limited is Ebisu Prime Square 
Tower 8th Floor, 1-1-39 Hiroo Shibuya-Ku, Tokyo 150-8402 Japan.  The address for Barclays Canada Limited is Brookfield Place 
161 Bay Street, Suite 2500, PO Box 614, Toronto, Canada, Ontario M5J 2S1.  The address for Barclays Australia Limited is Level 
43, Grosvenor Place, 225 George Street, PO Box N43, Sydney, Australia, NSW 1220.  The address for Barclays Global Investors 
AG is Apianstrasse 6, D-85774, Unterfohring, Germany.  

(6)  Share data based on information in a Schedule 13G filed on February 17, 2009 with the SEC by Jennison Associates LLC.  As of 

December 31, 2008, the Schedule 13G indicates that Jennison Associates LLC had sole voting power with respect to 2,713,363 
shares and shared dispositive power with respect to 2,764,263 shares.  The address of Jennison Associates LLC is 466 Lexington 
Avenue, New York, NY 10017. 

(7)  Includes 850,000 shares subject to options exercisable within 60 days of April 30, 2009.  

(8)  Includes 1,500 shares subject to restricted stock that will vest within 60 days of April 30, 2009.  

(9)  Includes 200,000 shares subject to options exercisable within 60 days of April 30, 2009. 

(10) Includes 66,667 shares subject to options exercisable within 60 days of April 30, 2009. 

(11) Includes 60,000 shares subject to options exercisable within 60 days of April 30, 2009. 

(12) Includes 20,000 shares subject to options exercisable within 60 days of April 30, 2009. 

(13) Includes 11,593 shares subject to options exercisable or restricted stock that will vest within 60 days of April 30, 2009. 

(14) Includes 11,593 shares subject to options exercisable or restricted stock that will vest within 60 days of April 30, 2009. 

(15) Includes 11,593 shares subject to options exercisable or restricted stock that will vest within 60 days of April 30, 2009. 

(16) Includes 6,500 shares subject to options exercisable or restricted stock that will vest within 60 days of April 30, 2009. 

(17) Includes 4,000 shares subject to options exercisable or restricted stock that will vest within 60 days of April 30, 2009. 

(18) Includes 1,834 shares subject to restricted stock that will vest within 60 days of April 30, 2009. 

(19) Includes 1,294,030 shares subject to options exercisable or restricted stock that will vest within 60 days of April 30, 2009. 

Item 13.  Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence  

      Transactions with Related Persons, Promoters and Certain Control Persons  

Our written policy provides that any transaction with respect to a director or executive officer who is subject to the 
reporting requirements of Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act must be reviewed and approved, in advance, by the Audit 

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Committee.  Any such related party transactions will only be approved if the Audit Committee determines that such 
transaction will not impair the involved person’s service to, and exercise of judgment on behalf of, the Company, or 
otherwise create a conflict of interest that would be detrimental to the Company.  

Director Independence 

The Board has determined that all of our directors, except for Mr. Fennessy, our President and Chief Executive 
Officer, meet the independence requirements of the Marketplace Rules of the NASDAQ Stock Market.  The independent 
directors hold executive sessions without management present on a quarterly basis and more often as they determine 
appropriate. 

Item 14.  Principal Accountant Fees and Services  

Our independent registered public accounting firm during the year ended December 31, 2008 was KPMG.  KPMG 

has audited our consolidated financial statements since 1988. 

Fees and Independence 

Audit Fees.  KPMG billed us an aggregate of $4,109,000 and $4,372,000 for professional services rendered for the 
audit of our consolidated financial statements, reviews of our consolidated financial statements included in our quarterly 
reports on Form 10-Q and statutory audits for foreign subsidiaries for the years ended December 31, 2008 and 2007, 
respectively.  

Audit-Related Fees.  Audit-related fees billed by KPMG for the year ended December 31, 2008 were $104,000 and 

included an audit in accordance with Statement on Auditing Standards No. 70 and a compliance audit of a United 
Kingdom contract.  No audit related fees were paid to KPMG for the year ended December 31, 2007.   

Tax Fees.  Tax fees billed by KPMG for the years ended December 31, 2008 and 2007 of $104,000 and $84,000, 

respectively, include fees for services relating to tax compliance, expatriates and tax planning and advice, including 
assistance with tax audits.  

All Other Fees.  There were no other fees paid to KPMG for the years ended December 31, 2008 and 2007.   

The Audit Committee has determined that the provision of services by KPMG described in the preceding paragraphs 

is compatible with maintaining KPMG’s independence.  All permissible non-audit services provided by KPMG in 2008 
were pre-approved by the Audit Committee.  In addition, no audit engagement hours were spent by people other than 
KPMG’s full-time, permanent employees. 

Pursuant to Section 202 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, our Audit Committee has approved all auditing and 

non-audit services performed to date and currently planned to be provided related to the fiscal year 2008 by our 
independent registered public accounting firm, KPMG.  The services include the annual audit, quarterly reviews, 
statutory audits for foreign subsidiaries, issuances of consents related to SEC filings and certain tax compliance services.  

The Audit Committee has adopted procedures for pre-approving all audit and permissible non-audit services 
provided by KPMG.  For each non-audit service, as defined in the policy, performed by KPMG, an engagement letter 
confirming the scope and terms of the work to be performed is submitted to the Audit Committee for pre-approval.  Any 
modification to an executed engagement letter must also be pre-approved by the Audit Committee.  As permitted by 
Section 10A(i)(3) of the Exchange Act, the Audit Committee has delegated pre-approval authority to the Chair of the 
Audit Committee for all engagements under $100,000.  The Chair of the Audit Committee must report any pre-approval 
decisions to the Audit Committee at its next regular quarterly meeting.   All non-audit services provided by KPMG were 
pre-approved by the Audit Committee during 2008. 

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PART IV 

Item 15.  Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules 

(a) Financial Statements and Schedules 

The Consolidated Financial Statements of Insight Enterprises, Inc. and subsidiaries and the related Reports of 

Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm are filed herein as set forth under Part II, Item 8 of this report. 

Financial statement schedules have been omitted since they are either not required, not applicable, or the 

information is otherwise included in the Consolidated Financial Statements or notes thereto. 

(b) Exhibits 

The exhibits list in the Index to Exhibits immediately following the signature page is incorporated herein by 

reference as the list of exhibits required as part of this report. 

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SIGNATURES 

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly 

caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized. 

INSIGHT ENTERPRISES, INC. 

By /s/ Richard A. Fennessy 
Richard A. Fennessy 
Chief Executive Officer  

Dated: May 11, 2009 

 Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the 

following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated. 

Signature 

Title

Date 

/s/ Richard A. Fennessy 
Richard A. Fennessy 

President, Chief Executive Officer and  May 11, 2009
Director

/s/ Glynis A. Bryan 
Glynis A. Bryan 

/s/ Timothy A. Crown* 
Timothy A. Crown 

/s/ Bennett Dorrance* 
Bennett Dorrance 

/s/ Michael M. Fisher* 
Michael M. Fisher 

/s/ Larry A. Gunning* 
Larry A. Gunning 

/s/ Robertson C. Jones* 
Robertson C. Jones 

/s/ Kathleen S. Pushor* 
Kathleen S. Pushor 

/s/ David J. Robino* 
David J. Robino 

/s/ Anthony A. Ibargüen* 
Anthony Ibargüen 

*  By:   /s/ Steven R. Andrews 

Steven R. Andrews, Attorney in Fact

Chief Financial Officer 
(principal financial officer and principal 
accounting officer)

May 11, 2009

Chairman of the Board 

May 11, 2009

May 11, 2009

May 11, 2009

May 11, 2009

May 11, 2009

May 11, 2009 

May 11, 2009

May 11, 2009

Director

Director

Director

Director

Director 

Director

Director

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EXHIBITS TO FORM 10-K 
YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2008 
Commission File No. 0-25092 

(Unless otherwise noted, exhibits are filed herewith.)  

(1) 

(2) 

(2) 

(2) 

(2) 

(2) 

Exhibit  
No. 

  3.1 

  3.2 

  3.3 

  4.1 

10.1 

10.2 

10.3 

10.4 

10.5 

10.6 

10.7 

10.8 

10.9 

Description 
—  Composite Certificate of Incorporation of Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of 

our annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005).  

—  Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of our 

current report on Form 8-K filed on January 14, 2008).

—  Form of Certificate of Designation of Series A Preferred Stock (incorporated by reference to 

Exhibit 5 of our Registration Statement on Form 8-A (no. 00-25092) filed on March 17, 1999).

—  Specimen Common Stock Certificate (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 of our 

Registration Statement on Form S-1 (No. 33-86142) declared effective January 24, 1995).
—  Form of Indemnification Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of our annual 

report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2006). 

—  1998 Long-Term Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.1 of our Registration 

Statement on Form S-8 (No. 333-110915) declared effective December 4, 2004).

—  1998 Employee Restricted Stock Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.3 of our Form S-

8 (No. 333-69113) filed on December 17, 1998).

—  1998 Officer Restricted Stock Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.2 of our Form S-8 

(No. 333-69113) filed on December 17, 1998).

—  1999 Broad Based Employee Stock Option Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.14 of 

our annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1999). 

—  Executive Service Agreement between Insight Direct UK Limited and Stuart Fenton dated 

September 12, 2002 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.31 of our annual report on Form 
10-K for the year ended December 31, 2002).

—  Receivables Purchase Agreement dated as of December 31, 2002 among Insight Receivables, 

LLC, Insight Enterprises, Inc., Jupiter Securitization Corporation, Bank One NA (main office – 
Chicago), and the entities party thereto from time to time as financial institutions (incorporated 
by reference to Exhibit 10.38 of our annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 
31, 2002). 

—  Amended and Restated Receivables Sale Agreement dated as of September 3, 2003 by and 

among Insight Direct USA, Inc. and Insight Public Sector, Inc. as originators, and Insight 
Receivables, LLC, as buyer (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of our quarterly report on 
Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2003). 

—  Amendment No. 1 to Receivables Purchase Agreement dated as of September 3, 2003 among 

Insight Receivables, LLC, Insight Enterprises, Inc. and Jupiter Securitization Corporation, Bank 
One NA (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 of our quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the 
quarter ended September 30, 2003). 

10.10 

—  Amendment No. 2 to Receivables Purchase Agreement dated as of December 23, 2003 among 

Insight Receivables, LLC, Insight Enterprises, Inc. and Jupiter Securitization Corporation, Bank 
One NA (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.42 of our annual report on Form 10-K for the 
year ended December 31, 2003).

10.11 

(2) 

—  Employment Agreement between Insight Enterprises, Inc. and Karen K. McGinnis dated as of 

and effective October 15, 2004 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 of our quarterly report 
on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2004).

10.12 

(2) 

—  Employment Agreement between Insight Enterprises, Inc. and Richard A. Fennessy dated as of 

10.13 

(2) 

October 24, 2004, effective November 15, 2004 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.1 of our 
current report on Form 8-K filed on October 28, 2004).

—  First Amendment to Employment Agreement between Insight Enterprises, Inc. and Timothy A. 
Crown dated as of March 4, 2005 and effective March 1, 2005 (incorporated by reference to 
Items 1.01 and 1.02 of our current report on Form 8-K filed on March 10, 2005).

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EXHIBITS TO FORM 10-K (continued) 
YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2008 
Commission File No. 0-25092 

Exhibit 
No. 
10.14 

(2)  

Description 
—  Amendment to Executive Service Agreement between Insight Direct (UK) and Stuart Fenton 

dated as of March 1, 2005 and effective July 1, 2004 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.25 
of our annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2004).

10.15 

(2) 

—  First Amendment to Employment Agreement between Insight Enterprises, Inc. and Karen K. 

10.16 

10.17 

(2) 

10.18 

10.19 

10.20 

10.21 

McGinnis dated as of April 26, 2005 and effective January 1, 2005 (incorporated by reference to 
Exhibit 10.3 of our quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2005). 
—  Amendment No. 5 to Receivables Purchase Agreement dated as of March 25, 2005 among 

Insight Receivables, LLC (the “Seller”), Insight Enterprises, Inc. (the “Servicer”), JP Morgan 
Chase Bank N.A. (successor by merger to Bank One, NA (Main Office Chicago)), as a Financial 
Institution and as Agent (in its capacity as Agent, the “Agent”), and Jupiter Securitization 
Corporation (“Jupiter”) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 of our quarterly report on 
Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2005).

—  Employment Agreement between Insight Direct USA, Inc. and Mark McGrath dated as of May 
15, 2005 to be effective May 23, 2005 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of our current 
report on Form 8-K filed on May 19, 2005). 

—  Amendment No. 6 to Receivables Purchase Agreement dated as of December 19, 2005 among 
Insight Receivables, LLC (the “Seller”), Insight Enterprises, Inc. (the “Servicer”), JP Morgan 
Chase Bank N.A. (successor by merger to Bank One, NA (Main Office Chicago)), as a Financial 
Institution and as Agent (in its capacity as Agent, the “Agent”), and Jupiter Securitization 
Corporation (“Jupiter”) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of our current report on Form 
8-K filed on December 22, 2005).

—  Stock Purchase Agreement, dated as of June 14, 2006, by and among Teletech Holdings, Inc., 
Insight Enterprises, Inc. and Direct Alliance Corporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 
10.1 of our current report on Form 8-K filed on June 15, 2006). 

—  Stock Purchase Agreement, dated as of July 20, 2006, by and among Insight Enterprises, Inc., 
Level 3 Communications, Inc. and Technology Spectrum Inc. (incorporated by reference to 
Exhibit 10.1 of our current report on Form 8-K filed on July 21, 2006). 

—  Amendment No. 7 to Receivables Purchase Agreement, dated as of September 7, 2006, among 
Insight Receivables, LLC, Insight Enterprises, Inc., JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (successor by 
merger to Bank One, NA (Main Office Chicago)), as a Financial Institution and as Agent, and 
Jupiter Securitization Company LLC (formerly Jupiter Securitization Corporation) 
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 of our current report on Form 8-K filed on September 
8, 2006). 

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INSIGHT ENTERPRISES, INC. 
EXHIBITS TO FORM 10-K (continued) 
YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2008 
Commission File No. 0-25092 

Exhibit 
No. 
10.22 

(2) 

Description 
—  Stanley Laybourne Retirement/Termination Program - Summary of Key Terms. (incorporated by 
reference to Exhibit 10.30 of our annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 
2006). 

10.23 

(2) 

—  Employment Agreement between Insight Enterprises, Inc. and Steven R. Andrews dated 

10.24 

(2) 

September 12, 2007 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of our quarterly report on Form 
10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2007).

—  Employment Agreement between Insight Enterprises, Inc. and Glynis A. Bryan dated December 
16, 2007 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of our current report on Form 8-K filed on 
November 21, 2007).

10.24.1 

(2) 

—  Offer letter between Insight Enterprises, Inc. and Glynis A. Bryan dated November 16, 2007 

10.25 

(2) 

(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 of our current report on Form 8-K filed on November 
21, 2007). 

—  2007 Omnibus Plan (incorporated by reference to Annex A of our Proxy Statement filed on 

10.26 

10.27 

10.28 

10.29 

10.30 

10.31 

10.32 

10.33 

10.34 

10.35 

October 9, 2007).

—  Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of January 24, 2008, by and among Insight Enterprises, 
Inc., Insight Networking Services, LLC, and Calence, LLC (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 
10.1 of our current report on Form 8-K filed on January 28, 2008). 

—  Support Agreement, dated January 24, 2008 among Insight Enterprises, Inc., Avnet, Inc., 

Calence Holdings, Inc., Michael F. Fong, Timothy J. Porthouse, Richard J. Lesniak, Jr., Mary 
Donna Rives Lesniak, The Richard J. Lesniak Revocable Trust and the Mary Donna Lesniak 
Irrevocable Trust (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 of our current report on Form 8-K 
filed on January 28, 2008).

—  Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of April 1, 2008, among Insight 
Enterprises, Inc., the European Borrowers from time to time party thereto, the Lenders party 
thereto, J.P. Morgan Europe Limited, as European Agent, Wells Fargo Bank, National 
Association and U.S. Bank, National Association, as Co-Syndication Agents, and JPMorgan 
Chase Bank, National Association, as Administrative Agent (incorporated by reference to 
Exhibit 10.1 of our current report on Form 8-K filed on April 4, 2008). 

—  Amendment No. 1 to Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of September 
17, 2008 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 of our current report on Form 8-K filed on 
September 23, 2008).

—  Separation and General Release Agreement by and between Insight Enterprises, Inc. and Stanley 
Laybourne dated as of May 1, 2007 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of our quarterly 
report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2008).

—  Employment Agreement between Insight Enterprises, Inc. and Catherine Eckstein, effective as 
of January 12, 2007 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 of our quarterly report on Form 
10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2008).

—  Release and Severance Agreement between Insight Enterprises, Inc. and Catherine Eckstein 

(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 of our quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter 
ended June 30, 2008).

—  Employment Agreement between Insight Enterprises, Inc. and Gary Glandon, effective as of 

January 12, 2007 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 of our quarterly report on Form 10-
Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2008).

—  Credit Agreement among Castle Pines Capital LLC, as an Administrative Agent, Wells Fargo 
Foothill, LLC as an Administrative Agent, as Syndication Agent and as Collateral Agent and 
Castle Pines Capital LLC and the other lenders party thereto and Calence, LLC, Insight Direct 
USA, Inc. as Resellers (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of our current report on Form 
8-K filed on September 23, 2008).

—  Amendment No. 9 to Receivables Purchase Agreement dated as of September 17, 2008 among 
Insight Receivables, LLC, Insight Enterprises, Inc., JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. as Agent and 
JS Siloed Trust as assignee of Jupiter Securitization Company LLC (incorporated by reference to 
Exhibit 10.3 of our current report on Form 8-K filed on September 23, 2008).

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EXHIBITS TO FORM 10-K (continued) 
YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2008 
Commission File No. 0-25092 

Description 
—  First Amendment to 2007 Omnibus Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 of our 

quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2008). 

—  Executive Management Separation Plan effective as of January 1, 2008 (incorporated by 

reference to Exhibit 10.5 for our current report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 
30, 2008). 

—  Amended and Restated Employment Agreement between Insight Enterprises, Inc. and Richard 
A. Fennessy dated as of January 1, 2009 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of our 
current report on Form 8-K filed on January 7, 2009).

—  Amended and Restated Employment Agreement between Insight Enterprises, Inc. and Mark T. 
McGrath dated as of January 1, 2009 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 of our current 
report on Form 8-K filed on January 7, 2009).

—  Amended and Restated Employment Agreement between Insight Enterprises, Inc. and Glynis A. 
Bryan dated as of January 1, 2009 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 of our current 
report on Form 8-K filed January 7, 2009).

—  Amended and Restated Employment Agreement between Insight Enterprises, Inc. and Steven R. 
Andrews dated as of January 1, 2009 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 of our current 
report on Form 8-K filed on January 7, 2009).

—  Amended and Restated Employment Agreement between Insight Enterprises, Inc. and Gary M. 
Glandon dated as of January 1, 2009 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.5 of our current 
report on Form 8-K filed on January 7, 2009).

—  Amended and Restated Employment Agreement between Insight Enterprises, Inc. and Karen K. 
McGinnis dated as of January 1, 2009 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.6 of our current 
report on Form 8-K filed on January 7, 2009).

—  Amended and Restated Employment Agreement between Insight Enterprises, Inc. and Stephen 
A. Speidel dated as of January 1, 2009 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.7 of our current 
report on Form 8-K filed on January 7, 2009).

—  Subsidiaries of the Registrant.
—  Consent of KPMG LLP.
—  Power of Attorney for Timothy A. Crown dated May 4, 2009. 
—  Power of Attorney for Bennett Dorrance dated May 4, 2009. 
—  Power of Attorney for Michael M. Fisher dated May 4, 2009. 
—  Power of Attorney for Larry A. Gunning dated May 4, 2009. 
—  Power of Attorney for Anthony A. Ibargüen dated May 4, 2009. 
—  Power of Attorney for Robertson C. Jones dated May 4, 2009. 
—  Power of Attorney for Kathleen S. Pushor dated May 4, 2009. 
—  Power of Attorney for David J. Robino dated May 4, 2009.
—  Certification of Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to Securities and Exchange Act Rule 13a-14, 

as Adopted Pursuant to Section 302 of Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. 

—  Certification of Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to Securities and Exchange Act Rule 13a-14, as 

Adopted Pursuant to Section 302 of Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. 

—  Certification of Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 
Section 1350, As Adopted Pursuant To Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. 

Exhibit 
No. 
10.36 

10.37 

10.38 

10.39 

10.40 

10.41 

10.42 

10.43 

10.44 

21  
23.1 
24.1 
24.2 
24.3 
24.4 
24.5 
24.6 
24.7 
24.8 
31.1 

31.2 

32.1 

(1)  We have entered into a separate indemnification agreement with each of the following directors and executive 
officers that differ only in names and dates: Steven R. Andrews, Glynis A. Bryan, Timothy A. Crown, Bennett 
Dorrance, Richard A. Fennessy, Michael M. Fisher, Larry A. Gunning, Anthony A. Ibargüen, Helen K. 
Johnson, Robertson C. Jones, Kathleen S. Pushor, David J. Robino and Stephen A. Speidel.  Pursuant to the 
instructions accompanying Item 601 of Regulation S-K, the Registrant is filing the form of such indemnification 
agreement. 

(2)  Management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement. 

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INSIGHT ENTERPRISES, INC. 

CERTIFICATION 

Exhibit 31.1 

I, Richard A. Fennessy, certify that:  

1. 

I have reviewed this Annual Report on Form 10-K of Insight Enterprises, Inc.;  

2.  Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a 

material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements 
were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;  

3.  Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly 
present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as 
of, and for, the periods presented in this report;  

4.  The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure 

controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over 
financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:  

a.  Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures 
to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, 
including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly 
during the period in which this report is being prepared;  

b.  Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial 

reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the 
reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in 
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles; 

c.  Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this 
report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end 
of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and 

d.  Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that 

occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the 
case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the 
registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and  

5.  The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal 

control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of 
directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):  

a.  All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over 
financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, 
process, summarize and report financial information; and  

b.  Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a 

significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.  

Date:  May 11, 2009 

By:  /s/ Richard A Fennessy 

Richard A. Fennessy 
Chief Executive Officer 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
  
INSIGHT ENTERPRISES, INC. 

CERTIFICATION 

Exhibit 31.2 

I, Glynis A. Bryan, certify that:  

1. 

I have reviewed this Annual Report on Form 10-K of Insight Enterprises, Inc.;  

2.  Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a 

material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements 
were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;  

3.  Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly 

present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as 
of, and for, the periods presented in this report;  

4.  The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure 

controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over 
financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:  

a.  Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures 
to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, 
including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly 
during the period in which this report is being prepared;  

b.  Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial 

reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the 
reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in 
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles; 

c.  Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this 
report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end 
of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and 

d.  Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that 

occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the 
case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the 
registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and  

5  The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal 

control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of 
directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):  

a.  All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over 
financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, 
process, summarize and report financial information; and  

b.  Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a 

significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.  

Date:  May 11, 2009 

By:  /s/ Glynis A. Bryan 

Glynis A. Bryan 
Chief Financial Officer

 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
  
INSIGHT ENTERPRISES, INC. 

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO  
18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,  
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO  
SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002 

Exhibit 32.1 

In connection with the Annual Report of Insight Enterprises, Inc. (the “Company”) on Form 10-K for the period 
ended December 31, 2008 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), 
we, Richard A. Fennessy, Chief Executive Officer of the Company, and Glynis A. Bryan, Chief Financial Officer of 
the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. §1350, as adopted pursuant to §906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, 
that to the best of our knowledge: 

(1) The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 

1934; and 

 (2) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and 

results of operations of the Company. 

By:  /s/ Richard A. Fennessy 
Richard A. Fennessy 
Chief Executive Officer 
May 11, 2009 

By:  /s/ Glynis A. Bryan 

Glynis A. Bryan 
Chief Financial Officer 
May 11, 2009 

A signed original of this written statement required by Section 906, or other document authenticating, acknowledging, or 
otherwise adopting the signatures that appear in typed form within the electronic version of this written statement 
required by Section 906, has been provided to Insight Enterprises, Inc. and will be retained by Insight Enterprises, Inc. 
and furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff upon request. 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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