Acquisition

DCC PLC
26 August 2005


          

          DCC Expands IT Distribution Operations in Continental Europe

DCC plc, the value added sales, marketing and business support services group,
has completed the acquisition of the business of Advanced Business Computing SA
('AB Computing'), a value added distributor of IT infrastructure solutions
headquartered in Belgium.

AB Computing is a partner of Sun Microsystems, Oracle and Macromedia and
achieved turnover of €27 million in its financial year ended 30 June 2005. AB
Computing, which employs 31 staff, will be integrated with Distrilogie, DCC's
value added IT infrastructure distributor that has operations in France, Spain
and Portugal.

The acquisition was completed by way of the purchase of the trade, goodwill and
certain of the assets of Advanced Business Computing SA and AB Computers
(Luxembourg) SA for a consideration of €5.72 million, payable in cash. In
addition a further investment in working capital in the order of €2.10 million
will be required, resulting in a total investment of €7.82 million.

Jim Flavin, Chief Executive / Deputy Chairman of DCC plc said today:

'While modest, this acquisition expands DCC's IT Distribution activities into
the Benelux region. The current strength of AB Computing in its core Belgian and
Luxembourg markets allied with the experience and product portfolio of
Distrilogie is a strong combination that should deliver synergistic organic
growth opportunities in the future.'

For reference:

Jim Flavin, Chief Executive / Deputy Chairman - DCC plc
Donal Murphy, Managing Director - IT Distribution
Kieran Conlon, Investor Relations Manager

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Web: www.dcc.ie

For Editors:

DCC is a sales, marketing and business support services group focused on the
energy, IT, healthcare, food & beverage and environmental markets, operating
principally in Britain and Ireland. In its latest financial year to 31 March
2005, DCC had sales of €2.7 billion and operating profits of €131.5 million.
DCC's shares are traded on the Irish and London Stock Exchanges.

DCC's IT distribution division is a leading player in the sales and marketing 
of a broad range of enterprise and consumer technology products in Britain and
Ireland and a distributor of enterprise products in Continental Europe. The
division generated operating profits of €27.5 million on sales of €878.2 million
in the year ended 31 March 2005.

For further information please visit www.dcc.ie.


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