CDW Holding Corporation
Proposed Ticker: - Commerce Court, Suite 700 Four Station Square
Exchange:New York Stock Exchange Pittsburgh, PA 15219
Industry:Wholesale (SIC Code 5063) (412) 454-2200

Filing Information
Type of Shares:Class A Common Shares Filing Date:12/24/97
U.S. Shares Filed:0 Filing Price: -
Non-U.S. Shares Filed:0 Offering Amount: $300,000,000
Primary Shares:0 Expenses: -
Secondary Shares:0 Shares Out After:

Primary Underwriting Group
ManagerTierPhone
Merrill Lynch & Co.Lead Manager (212) 449-4600
Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc.Co-manager (212) 272-4850
Goldman, Sachs & Co.Co-manager (212) 902-5959
Salomon Smith BarneyCo-manager (212) 723-7300

Legal Counsel, Auditor and Registrar
Issuer's Law Firm: Debevoise & Plimpton
Bank's Law Firm: Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson
Auditor: Coopers & Lybrand

Selected Financial Data

Dollar amounts in U.S. millions except for per share data
9 Month Ending Financials
Full Year
Audited
Income
Latest
Unaudited
Income
Prior
Unaudited
Income
Balance
Sheet
12/31/96 9/30/97 9/30/96 9/30/97
Revenue:$2,274.60$1,916.10$1,668.30Assets:$896.30
Net Income:$32.50$26.60$22.80Curr Assets:$724.45
EPS:$22.57$9.05$15.54Liabilities:$712.40
Prior EPS:-$6.36$5.20Curr Liabilities:$378.81
Cash Flow/Oper:$15.22$50.15$86.02Equity:$183.90
Cash Flow/Fin:$87.18-$23.14-$90.65Cash:$20.65
Cash Flow/Inv:-$110.99-$23.14Working Cap:$345.64

Business Description
WESCO is a leading full-line provider of products and related services in the electrical wholesale distribution industry with sales of $2.3 billion in 1996, an increase of more than $700 million since 1993.

Use of Proceeds
The proceeds from the proposed offering will be distributed to selling shareholders.

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