INGRAM MICRO ENTERS ALLIANCE WITH ALLIED COMPUTING SERVICES LTD.
Alliance Will Provide Ingram Micro Resellers With Global Service Solutions

SANTA ANA, Calif., Dec. 16, 1997
Ingram Micro Inc., the world's leading wholesale distributor of technology products and services, announced today that its Ingram Services Group (ISG) has entered into an alliance with Allied Computing Services Ltd. (ACSL), an international association of computer resellers in North America, Europe and Japan. ACSL, with its vast and powerful network of members, includes authorized computer reseller partners in 16 countries, with combined resources of more than 8,800 employees in 230 locations worldwide.

Greg Hawkins, senior vice president of sales for Ingram Micro and responsible for global sales programs, said, "During the past six months, Ingram Micro has made a number of very strategic global investments and acquisitions in the United States, Europe, Latin America and Asia. We are truly a global company, and together with ACSL, Ingram Micro will be able to provide global solutions and programs to our reseller customer base anywhere in the world."

Randy Jones, Ingram Micro's vice president of services, said, "We are excited to be allied with such a world-class organization. The combination of ISG and ACSL resources serving their global customers is a compelling business proposition."

"The U.S.A. is a key market for ACSL," Patrick Vierin, ACSL president, said. "We feel confident that the ISG group, with Ingram Micro's powerful support and backup, is the best partner for ACSL. ISG and ACSL complement one another well to answer the corporate demand for a strong IT partner, capable of delivering the same high-quality service worldwide. They are both structured around top-flight dealers focused on satisfying the needs of multinational organizations."

Ingram Micro Reseller Partner Benefits
Ingram Micro's alliance with ACSL offers its reseller partners a number of strategic services on a global basis, including fulfillment of international information technology bids and purchasing agreements, a fully staffed help desk, asset-management counseling, configuration, installation and training. In addition to multivendor solutions, a critical benefit for corporate resellers will be access to ACSL's consistent worldwide terms and conditions, international project coordination and local implementation, as well as global supplier and account management.

Membership In ACSL
For the past 12 years, ACSL has consistently kept its membership criteria at the highest level of quality. To qualify as an authorized ACSL reseller, members need to rank within the top five national dealers, show stable and healthy financial results, distribute top brand names, offer a wide range of services and technical skills and be oriented toward serving large accounts.

About ACSL
ACSL was founded in 1985 by a group of dealers in six European countries. In 1996, its turnover exceeded $6 billion, and more than 1.5 million system units were sold. Today, its geographic coverage extends to 40 countries in Latin America, Asia-Pacific, Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

About Ingram Micro's ISG Organization
ISG is a sales and service organization of more than 30 independent resellers that focuses on Fortune 1000 corporations.

About Ingram Micro Inc.
Ingram Micro Inc. (NYSE: IM), headquartered in Santa Ana, Calif., is the world's largest wholesale distributor of technology products and services, and a leading provider of assembly and integration services, with 1996 sales of $12 billion. The company operates in 24 countries and distributes more than 145,000 products to more than 100,000 resellers in 120 countries.

Contacts:

Kirsten Frosh
Ingram Micro Inc.
Media Relations
(714) 566-1000, ext. 27727

Kimmerly W. Strohm
Investor Relations
Ingram Micro Inc.
(714) 566-1000 ext. 24400