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 (Date of earliest event reported): May 20, 2020 (May 19, 2020)

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:

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class

Trading

symbol

Name of each exchange

which registered

Common stock, par value $.0015 per share

TECD

NASDAQ

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Item 7.01

Regulation FD Disclosure.

On May 19, 2020, Tiger Merger Sub Co., an affiliate of certain investment funds managed by affiliates of Apollo Global Management, Inc. (“Apollo”), announced that it has extended its offer to purchase for cash any and all of Tech Data Corporation’s outstanding 3.700% Senior Notes due 2022 and 4.950% Senior Notes due 2027. As a result of the extension, the offer to purchase will now expire at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on June 2, 2020 (unless further extended or earlier terminated).

On May 19, 2020, Apollo issued a press release announcing the extension. A copy of the press release is being furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated in this Item 7.01 by reference herein.

This information that is furnished shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Exchange Act, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that Section. The information and exhibit in this Current Report on Form 8-K shall not be deemed incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

Item 9.01

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

The following materials are attached as exhibits to this Current Report on Form 8-K:


Exhibit Number		Description

	99.1	Press Release, dated May 19, 2020, issued by Apollo Global Management, Inc.

	104	Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


		Tech Data Corporation
		(Registrant)

Date: May 20, 2020		/s/ Charles V. Dannewitz
		Charles V. Dannewitz Executive Vice President, & Chief Financial Officer

TECH DATA CORP 8-K