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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): November 27, 2019

 

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)

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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))

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 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

First Amendment to Merger Agreement

As previously announced, on November 12, 2019, Tech Data Corporation, a Florida corporation (the “Company”), entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Original Agreement”), by and among the Company, Tiger Midco, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Parent”), and Tiger Merger Sub Co., a Delaware corporation and a direct wholly owned subsidiary of Parent (“Merger Sub”), pursuant to which, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth therein, Merger Sub will merge with and into the Company (the “Merger”), with the Company surviving the Merger as a direct wholly owned subsidiary of Parent. Parent and Merger Sub are affiliates of certain funds (the “Apollo Funds”) managed by affiliates of Apollo Global Management, Inc.

On November 27, 2019, the Company entered into an Amendment No. 1 to the Merger Agreement (the “Amendment” and the Original Agreement, as amended by the Amendment, the “Merger Agreement”) with Parent and Merger Sub. The Amendment provides for, among other things, an increase in the merger consideration to be paid for each share of common stock, par value $0.0015 per share, of the Company (“Common Stock”) outstanding immediately prior to the effective time of the Merger (the “Effective Time”) (other than shares of Common Stock held by Parent, Merger Sub or the Company (including treasury shares) at the Effective Time) from $130.00 per share in cash to $145.00 per share in cash, in each case, without interest and subject to applicable withholding taxes. The Amendment also provides for an increase in the Parent Termination Fee (as defined in the Merger Agreement) from $283,260,000 to $315,944,000, and for an increase in the Company Termination Fee (as defined in the Merger Agreement) from $165,235,000 to $184,301,000 (or, under certain circumstances provided in the Merger Agreement, a lower amount of $89,517,000, which is an increase from $80,257,000 as provided in the Original Agreement).

The Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) has unanimously adopted the Merger Agreement and approved the execution, delivery and performance of the Merger Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby, including the Merger, determined that the Merger Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby, including the Merger, are fair to, and in the best interests of, the Company and its stockholders, approved and declared advisable the Merger Agreement and the consummation of the Merger, and, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Merger Agreement, resolved to submit the Merger Agreement for the approval of the Company’s stockholders and to recommend that the Company’s stockholders approve the Merger Agreement.

Other than as expressly modified pursuant to the Amendment, the Original Agreement, which was filed as Exhibit 2.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) by the Company on November 13, 2019 (the “Original Report”) and is incorporated by reference herein, remains in full force and effect as originally executed on November 12, 2019.

The foregoing description of the Amendment and the Merger Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Amendment, which is attached hereto as Exhibit 2.1 and is incorporated by reference herein, and the Original Agreement, which is attached as Exhibit 2.1 to the Original Report and is incorporated by reference herein.

The Merger Agreement has been included to provide investors with information regarding its terms. It is not intended to provide any other factual information about the Company, Parent, Merger Sub or their respective subsidiaries or affiliates. The representations, warranties and covenants contained in the Merger Agreement were made only for purposes of the Merger Agreement as of the specific dates therein, were solely for the benefit of the parties to the Merger Agreement, may be subject to limitations agreed upon by the contracting parties, including being qualified by confidential disclosures made for the purposes of allocating contractual risk among the parties to the Merger Agreement instead of establishing these matters as facts, and may be subject to standards of materiality applicable to the contracting parties that differ from those applicable to investors. Investors should not rely on the representations, warranties and covenants or any descriptions thereof as characterizations of the actual state of facts or condition of the parties thereto or any of their respective subsidiaries or affiliates. Moreover, information concerning the subject matter of representations and warranties may change after the date of the Merger Agreement, which subsequent information may or may not be reflected in the Company’s public disclosures. The Merger Agreement should not be read alone, but should instead be read in conjunction with the other information regarding


the Company, Parent and Merger Sub and the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement that will be contained in or attached as an annex to the Proxy Statement that the Company will file in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, as well as in the other filings that the Company will make with the SEC.

Financing

In connection with the Amendment, the Apollo Funds have increased their commitments to capitalize Parent at Closing from an aggregate equity contribution equal to $3,200,000,000 to $3,750,000,000, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in an equity commitment letter. Except as provided in the foregoing sentence, the section entitled “Financing” in the Original Report remains unchanged and is incorporated by reference herein.

Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure

On November 23, 2019, the Company received a proposal from a U.S. public company (“Company A”) to acquire 100% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (the “Company A Proposal”), and promptly notified Parent in accordance with the terms of the Merger Agreement. On November 24, 2019, the Company notified Parent that the Board, after consultation with its outside legal and financial advisors, had determined that the Company A Proposal constituted a “Company Superior Proposal” (as defined in the Merger Agreement) and that, subject to Parent’s right to negotiate with the Company during the three business day period after Parent’s receipt of such notice, the Board intended to cause the Company to terminate the Merger Agreement and enter into a definitive agreement with Company A. On November 27, 2019, the Company received a revised proposal from Parent, which included the proposed Amendment. Following review of such revised proposal from Parent, the Board determined that the Company A Proposal no longer constituted a Company Superior Proposal.

On November 27, 2019, the Company issued a press release announcing the entry into the Amendment. 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 exhibits 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.

Additional Information and Where to Find It

The Company will file with the SEC and mail to its stockholders a proxy statement in connection with the proposed Merger. The Company urges its stockholders to read the proxy statement when it becomes available because it will contain important information regarding the proposed merger. You may obtain a free copy of the proxy statement (when available) and other related documents filed by the Company with the SEC at the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. You also may obtain the proxy statement (when available) and other documents filed by the Company with the SEC relating to the proposed merger for free by accessing the Company’s website at www.techdata.com via the “SEC Filings” page, by clicking on the link for “About”, and then clicking on the link for “Investor Relations” and selecting “Financials”.

The Company and its directors and executive officers may be deemed to be participants in the solicitation of proxies from the Company’s stockholders in connection with the proposed Merger. Information regarding the interests of these directors and executive officers in the proposed Merger will be included in the proxy statement when it is filed with the SEC. You may find additional information about the Company’s directors and executive officers in the Company’s proxy statement for its 2019 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, which was filed with the SEC on April 25, 2019. You can obtain free copies of these documents from the Company using the contact information above.


Cautions Regarding Forward Looking Statements

This document includes “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Such forward-looking statements are often identified by words such as “anticipate,” “approximate,” “believe,” “commit,” “continue,” “could,” “estimate,” “expect,” “hope,” “intend,” “may,” “outlook,” “plan,” “project,” “potential,” “should,” “would,” “will,” and other similar words or expressions.

Such forward-looking statements are inherently uncertain, and stockholders and other potential investors must recognize that actual results may differ materially from the Company’s expectations as a result of a variety of factors. Such forward-looking statements are based upon management’s current expectations and include known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, many of which the Company is unable to predict or control, that may cause the Company’s actual results, performance, or plans to differ materially from any future results, performance or plans expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Risks and uncertainties related to the proposed transactions include, but are not limited to, the occurrence of any event, change or other circumstance that could give rise to the termination of the merger agreement; the failure of the parties to satisfy conditions to completion of the proposed merger, including the failure of the Company’s stockholders to approve the proposed merger or the failure of the parties to obtain required regulatory approvals; the risk that regulatory or other approvals are delayed or are subject to terms and conditions that are not anticipated; and the risks, uncertainties, and other factors detailed from time to time in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and Current Reports on Form 8-K filed or furnished with the SEC.

Many of these factors are beyond the Company’s control. The Company cautions investors that any forward-looking statements made by the Company are not guarantees of future performance. The Company disclaims any obligation to update any such factors or to announce publicly the results of any revisions to any of the forward-looking statements to reflect future events or developments.

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

         
 

  2.1

   

Amendment No. 1 to Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of November 27, 2019, by and among Tech Data Corporation, Tiger Midco, LLC and Tiger Merger Sub Co.

         
 

99.1

   

Press Release

         
 

104

   

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


SIGNATURE

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.

 

 

 

Tech Data Corporation

 

 

 

         (Registrant)

             

Date: November 27, 2019

 

 

 

/s/ Charles V. Dannewitz

 

 

 

Charles V. Dannewitz

Executive Vice President, & Chief Financial Officer

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