Form 8-K

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15 (d)

OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

Date of Report: December 8, 2004

(Date of earliest event reported)

 

 

TECH DATA CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

Florida   0-14625   59-1578329
(State of Incorporation)   (Commission File Number)   (IRS employer Identification No.)

 

5350 Tech Data Drive

Clearwater, Florida, 33760

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

727-539-7429

(Registrant’s telephone number)

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

¨ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

 

On December 8, 2004, the Board of Directors of Tech Data Corporation approved the Tech Data Corporation 2005 Deferred Compensation Plan in order to comply with new regulations enacted by the American Jobs Creation Act of 2004.

 

The information in this Form 8-K, including the exhibit attached hereto, is furnished and shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section and shall not be deemed incorporated by reference into any registration statement or other document filed pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.

 

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(c) Exhibit 99.1 Tech Data Corporation 2005 Deferred Compensation Plan

SIGNATURES

 

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 thereunto duly authorized.

 

December 14, 2004  

/s/ JEFFERY P. HOWELLS

    Jeffery P. Howells
    Executive Vice President &
    Chief Financial Officer
    Tech Data Corporation