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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * HOVDE ERIC D   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol EPLUS INC [PLUS] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) __X__ Director __X__ 10% Owner _____ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) (Last) (First) (Middle) 1826 JEFFERSON PLACE NW 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 09/25/2009 (Street) WASHINGTON, DC 20036 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line) _X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip) Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price Common Stock 09/25/2009   A   2,269 (1) A $ 0 1,285,927 (2) I See Footnotes 3 and 4 (3) (4)

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)

2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)

4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4, and 5)

6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)

9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)

10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

Code

V

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
HOVDE ERIC D 1826 JEFFERSON PLACE NW WASHINGTON, DC 20036	X	X

Signatures

Eric D. Hovde		09/29/2009
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	On September 25, 2009, Mr. Hovde, a director of ePlus, Inc. (the "Company") was granted a restricted stock award consisting of 2,269 shares of common stock of the Company (the "Restricted Shares"). The Restricted Shares were granted pursuant to the Company's 2008 Non-Employee Director Long Term Incentive Plan (the "Plan") and are subject to a Restriction Period beginning on the grant date and ending on the first anniversary of the grant for one-half of the Restricted Shares, and ending on the second anniversary of the grant for the remaining one half of the Restricted Shares (the "Restriction Period"). As more fully described in the Plan, under certain other circumstances the restrictions may lapse, or the shares may be forfeited and transferred back to the Company.
(2)	As of the date hereof, including the transaction reported herein, Eric D. Hovde ("EDH") is the beneficial owner (within the meaning of Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) of 1,285,927 shares of common stock of ePlus, Inc. (the "Shares"). The beneficial ownership of these Shares is more fully set out in the following footnotes 3 and 4.
(3)	EDH owns 38,585 Shares directly; EDH is the managing member (MM) of Hovde Capital, L.L.C., the general partner to Financial Institution Partners II, L.P., which owns 328,719 Shares; EDH is the MM of Hovde Capital Limited IV LLC, the general partner to Financial Institution Partners IV, L.P., which owns 25,511 Shares; EDH is the MM of Hovde Capital, Ltd., the general partner to Financial Institution Partners III, L.P., which owns 118,361 Shares; EDH is the MM of Hovde Capital I, LLC, the general partner to Financial Institution Partners, L.P., which owns 339,629 Shares;(continued in Footnote 4)
(4)	EDH is the MM to Hovde Capital Offshore LLC, the management company to Financial Institution Partners, Ltd., which owns 364,857 Shares; EDH is the MM of Hovde Acquisition II, L.L.C., which owns 30,000 Shares; EDH is the trustee to The Hovde Financial, Inc. Profit Sharing Plan and Trust, which owns 19,000 Shares; and EDH is the trustee to The Eric D. and Steven D. Hovde Foundation, which owns 21,265 Shares.

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