SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Filed pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
November 5, 1997
Date of Earliest Event Reported
COMDISCO, INC.
(a Delaware Corporation)
6111 North River Road
Rosemont, Illinois 60018
Telephone (847) 698-3000
Commission file number 1-7725
I.R.S. Employer Identification Number 36-2687938
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Item 5 Other Events
On November 5, 1997, Comdisco, Inc. announced the appointment of Nicholas K.
Pontikes, 33, to the position of chief operating officer of the company, a newly
created position. Pontikes, who had been serving as executive vice president,
will continue to have responsibility for Comdisco's leasing, integrated
services, business continuity, and diversified technologies divisions, as well
as its internal information technology staff. He will also continue as a member
of the company's office of the president, reporting to Comdisco Chairman and
Chief Executive Officer Jack Slevin, and as a member of company's board of
directors.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant has duly caused this Current Report on Form 8-K to be signed on its
behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
COMDISCO, INC.
Date: November 5, 1997 by: /s/David J. Keenan
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David J. Keenan
Vice President
and Controller
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