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<CONFORMED-NAME>CDW CORP
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<STREET1>200 N MILWAUKEE AVE
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<STREET1>200 N MILWAUKEE AVE
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>WASHINGTON, DC 20549</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>FORM 8-K</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>CURRENT REPORT<BR>
Pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or 15(d) of the<BR>
Securities Exchange Act of 1934</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): </B><U><B>January&nbsp;25, 2006</B></U>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>CDW CORPORATION</B>
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<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>(Exact Name of Registrant Specified in Charter)</B>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Illinois<BR>
(State or Other<BR>
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Incorporation)</B>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>0-21796<BR>
(Commission File<BR>
Number)</B>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>36-3310735<BR>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>200 N. Milwaukee Ave.<BR>
Vernon Hills, Illinois<BR>
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>Registrant&#146;s telephone number, including area code: (847)&nbsp;465-6000</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;1.01 Entry Into a Material Definitive Agreement.</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">The Company&#146;s executive officers will be eligible for awards under the CDW Senior Management
Incentive Plan, as approved by shareholders, on the basis of the Company&#146;s performance in 2006
(the &#147;2006 SMIP Awards&#148;). On January&nbsp;25, 2006, the Compensation and Stock Option Committee of
the Company&#146;s Board of Directors determined that net income will be the criterion used to
determine the amount of the 2006 SMIP Awards.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly
caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
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    <TD colspan="3" align="left"><B>CDW CORPORATION</B><BR>
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    <TD align="left">Dated: January 31, 2006&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ Barbara A. Klein
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    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Barbara A. Klein&nbsp;</TD>
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