FIFTH AMENDMENT TO LEASE AGREEMENT DATED FEBRUARY 28, 2005



 Exhibit 10.56 
  
 AMENDMENT NO. 5 TO LEASE 
  
 THIS AGREEMENT made this 28th day of February, 2005, by and between EWE WAREHOUSE INVESTMENTS V, LTD., as Lessor and MERRIMACK SERVICES CORPORATION dba PC CONNECTION SERVICES, as Lessee located at 2780-2880 Old State Route 73,
Wilmington, Ohio 45177. 
  
 W  I  T  N  E  S  S  E  T  H: 
  
 WHEREAS, Lessor and Lessee entered into a Lease dated September 27, 1990 as amended June 28, 1996, July 31, 1998, June 26, 2000, and July 31, 2002 and

  
 WHEREAS, the Lessor and Lessee desire to amend the Lease of
approximately 102,400 square feet to extend the term, revise the rent. 
  
 NOW THEREFORE, the Lease is amended as follows. 
  
 1.
Article 1. TERM. shall be revised as follows. 
  
 Effective
March 1, 2005, the term of this Lease shall be extended for an additional two (2) years for a total term of sixteen (16) years, two (2) months, commencing January 1, 1991 and ending February 28, 2007, both dates inclusive. 
  
 2. Lessee warrants that Lessee has accepted and is now in possession of the
Premises and that the Lease is valid and presently in full force and effect. Lessee accepts the Premises in its present “as is” condition. 
  
 3. Article 4. RENT. shall be revised as follows. 
  
 For the two (2) year period commencing March 1, 2005 and ending February 28, 2007, Lessee shall pay to the Lessor as Annual Rent for the Leased Premises
the sum of FIVE HUNDRED FIFTY-EIGHT THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED SIXTY-FOUR AND 04/100 DOLLARS ($548,864.04) which shall be paid in equal monthly installments of FORTY-FIVE THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED THIRTY-EIGHT AND 67/100 DOLLARS ($45,738.67), due and
payable on the first day of each month, in advance, without demand. 
  
 4. Except as expressly amended herein, all other terms and conditions of the Lease remain in full force and effect. 
  
 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Lessor and Lessee have affixed their signatures to duplicates of this Amendment, this 25th day of February 2005, as to Lessee and this 28th day of February, 2005, as to Lessor. 
  
  








					
	Signed and acknowledged	 	LESSOR:	 	EWE WAREHOUSE INVESTMENTS V, LTD.
	in the presence of:	 	 	 	BY MILLER-VALENTINE REALTY, INC.
	 	 	 	 	ITS MANAGING AGENT
			
	 /s/ Barbara J. Gilmore

	 	By:	 	 /s/ Chuck McCosh


	 	 	 	 	Chuck McCosh
	 Barbara J. Gilmore

	 	Title:	 	President
	Print Name	 	 	 	 
			
	 /s/ Michelle Atkinson

	 	 	 	 
			
	 Michelle Atkinson

	 	 	 	 
	Print Name	 	 	 	 
	 	 	LESSEE:	 	MERRIMACK SERVICES CORPORATION
	 	 	 	 	dba PC CONNECTION SERVICES

  

					
	 /s/ Eileen A. Gagnon

	 	By:	 	 /s/ Robert A. Pratt


	  
 Eileen A. Gagnon

	 	Title:	 	Director of Facilities
	Print Name	 	 	 	 
			
	
	 	 	 	 
			
	
	 	 	 	 
	 Print Name
	 	 	 	 

  
 STATE OF OHIO, COUNTY OF MONTGOMERY,
SS: 
  
 The foregoing instrument was acknowledged before me this
28th day of February 2005, by Chuck McCosh, President of MILLER-VALENTINE REALTY, INC. 
  

	
	 /s/ Rita A. Hughes


	NOTARY PUBLIC


  
 STATE OF New Hampshire, COUNTY
OF Hillsborough, SS: 
  
 The foregoing instrument was
acknowledged before me this 25th day of February, 2005, by Robert A. Pratt, the Director of Facilities of MERRIMACK SERVICES CORPORATION, a corporation on behalf of said corporation. 
  

	
	 /s/ Dolores R. Collins


	NOTARY PUBLIC