ScanSource Reports Results

May 1, 2006
Sales increase 14 percent to $405.6 million

GREENVILLE, S.C. - ScanSource, Inc., a leading international distributor of AIDC (automatic identification and data capture), point of sale, communications and electronic security products for the reseller market, today announced financial results for its quarter ended March 31, 2006.

For the quarter ended March 31, 2006, net sales increased 14% to $405.6 million compared to $355.1 million for the quarter ended March 31, 2005.

"We believe our goals were aggressive when factoring the unique challenges facing our business units this quarter," said Mike Baur, President and CEO of ScanSource. "We saw no improved market conditions in point of sale, and we continued to experience supply issues in some areas, yet we achieved our sales goals due to excellent execution by our employees and vendors."