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: June 7, 2005
(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
(Registrants telephone number)
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Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
On June 7, 2005, the Board of Directors of Tech Data Corporation (the Company) approved a change to the compensation for non-employee members of the Companys Board of Directors. Non-employee members of the Board of Directors will receive an annual retainer of $45,000. The Chairperson of the Audit Committee and Audit Committee members will receive annual retainers of $20,000 and $10,000, respectively. Chairpersons of all other committees will receive an annual retainer of $7,500 and committee members (other than members of the Companys Audit Committee) will receive an annual retainer of $3,500. All annual retainers will be paid in quarterly installments.
In addition, all non-employee members of the Board of Directors received a grant of 3,000 maximum-value stock -settled stock appreciation rights (MV Stock-settled SARs) pursuant to the 2000 Equity Incentive Plan of Tech Data Corporation (the 2000 Equity Incentive Plan), as amended by the Companys shareholders at the 2005 Annual Meeting of Shareholders held on June 7, 2005. The award of the MV Stock-settled SARs were priced at the last sale price as quoted on the NASDAQ Stock Market on June 7, 2005 and fully vest in one year from the date of the award.
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.
June 13, 2005 | /s/ JEFFERY P. HOWELLS | |
Jeffery P. Howells | ||
Executive Vice President & | ||
Chief Financial Officer | ||
Tech Data Corporation |