INGRAM MICRO APPOINTS VICE PRESIDENT AND WORLDWIDE TREASURER

SANTA ANA, Calif., Sept. 19, 1996
Ingram Micro Inc. announced today it has appointed James F. Ricketts, 49, as its vice president and worldwide treasurer, effective immediately. In this newly created position, Ricketts will be responsible for establishing Ingram Micro's global financial management strategies. He will report to Michael J. Grainger, chief financial officer of Ingram Micro.

"We are very excited that Jim has agreed to join the Ingram Micro team," said Jerre L. Stead, CEO and chairman of Ingram Micro. "Jim's extensive global finance experience will be a tremendous asset to our company."

Ricketts joins Ingram Micro from Sundstrand Corporation, a Rockford, Ill.-based leading manufacturer of systems and components for international aerospace and industrial markets. During his five-year tenure with the company, he served as vice president and treasurer.

Prior to that, Ricketts worked for 19 years for the Ford Motor Company where he was a member of the corporate finance staff in the United States, with treasury responsibilities for both Asia-Pacific and Europe. From 1977 to 1981, he lived in Australia and held a variety of positions with Ford Asia-Pacific, including treasurer and financial analysis manager for both the regional group and Ford Japan Export Operations. In 1981 Ricketts moved to Japan and became finance director of Hokkai Ford Tractor. Two years later he rejoined Ford's corporate finance department in the United States with responsibilities for Asia-Pacific and European financing.

In 1986, he was named treasurer of Ford Motor Company's operations in Mexico, and in 1988 returned to the United States to become vice president and treasurer of Ford New Holland, Inc., its agricultural and equipment division.

Ricketts is a member of the Financial Executive Institute and the National Association of Corporate Treasurers. In addition, he is a member of the Rockford Rotary Club, and serves on both the executive board and finance committee of the Boy Scouts of America, Blackhawk Area Council. He also serves on the boards of the Rockford Symphony Orchestra and the Center for Sight and Hearing Impaired.

He earned both his bachelor's and master's degrees in business administration from The Ohio State University.

Ingram Micro Inc., headquartered in Santa Ana, Calif., is the world's largest wholesale distributor of technology and microcomputer products, with 1995 sales of $8.617 billion. The company's inventory includes 36,000 products from more than 1,100 of the world's leading hardware and software companies. Affiliates in 15 countries sell to more than 100,000 resellers in 120 countries.

Contact:

Ingram Micro, Inc.
Kirsten Frosh
714-566-1000 ext. 22727
Cindy Vergets
714-566-1000 ext. 23364