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 4, 1998
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 4, 1998, Comdisco, Inc. announced the appointment of Nicholas K.
Pontikes, 34, to the position of president and chief operating officer of the
company. Pontikes, who had been serving as chief operating officer since
November, 1997, will continue to have executive management responsibility for
the majority of the company's operations, including its Financial Management
Division, Technology Services Division, (which includes desktop management,
business continuity and managed network services), and Diversified Technologies
Group, (which includes electronics, healthcare and laboratory and scientific
groups). He will also continue as a member of the company's office of the
president and its board of directors. He has added responsibility for the
company's sales force and European operations, and will continue to be
responsible for its internal information technology group.
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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: December 11, 1998 by: /s/David J. Keenan
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David J. Keenan
Senior Vice President
and Controller
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