MICROAGE INC /DE/
424B3, 1997-12-09
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                                                Filed Pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3)
                                                              File No. 333-41145

PROSPECTUS

                                 808,924 Shares

                                 MicroAge, Inc.

                                  Common Stock

         This  Prospectus  relates  to the  offer  and  sale by Gary A.  Marcus,
Guo-Jing Chyn, William Eggers, Mitchell S. Martinez, and Profitmax LLC ("Selling
Stockholders") of an aggregate of 808,924 shares of the Common Stock,  $0.01 par
value per share (the "Common Stock"), of MicroAge,  Inc., a Delaware corporation
(the  "Company").  The Company will not receive any portion of the proceeds from
the sale of the Common  Stock  offered  hereby.  All  expenses  of  registration
incurred in connection  with this  offering are being borne by the Company.  The
brokerage and other expenses of sale incurred by the Selling  Stockholders  will
be borne by the Selling  Stockholders.  See "Plan of Distribution"  and "Selling
Stockholders."

         The  Company's  Common Stock is traded on the Nasdaq Stock Market under
the symbol  "MICA." On December 4, 1997,  the closing  sale price for the Common
Stock, as reported by the Nasdaq Stock Market, was $20.6875 per share.

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         SEE "RISK  FACTORS" ON PAGE 3 FOR A DISCUSSION OF CERTAIN  FACTORS THAT
SHOULD BE  CONSIDERED  BY  PROSPECTIVE  PURCHASERS  OF THE COMMON STOCK  OFFERED
HEREBY.

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         THESE   SECURITIES  HAVE  NOT  BEEN  APPROVED  OR  DISAPPROVED  BY  THE
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE  COMMISSION OR ANY STATE  SECURITIES  COMMISSION NOR HAS
THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION PASSED
UPON THE  ACCURACY OR ADEQUACY OF THIS  PROSPECTUS.  ANY  REPRESENTATION  TO THE
CONTRARY IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE.

                                December 5, 1997
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                              AVAILABLE INFORMATION

         The  Company  is  subject  to  the  informational  requirements  of the
Securities  Exchange  Act of 1934,  as amended  (the  "Exchange  Act"),  and, in
accordance  therewith,  files reports,  proxy statements,  and other information
with the Securities and Exchange  Commission  (the  "Commission").  The reports,
proxy statements, and other information filed by the Company with the Commission
may be inspected and copied at the public reference facilities maintained by the
Commission at 450 Fifth Street, N.W., Room 1024, Washington,  D.C. 20549, and at
its regional offices located at 7 World Trade Center,  13th Floor, New York, New
York 10048, and Northwestern Atrium Center, 500 West Madison Street, Suite 1400,
Chicago, Illinois 60661. Copies of such material may be obtained from the Public
Reference Section of the Commission,  450 Fifth Street, N.W.,  Washington,  D.C.
20549, at prescribed  rates.  The Commission  maintains a World Wide Web site on
the Internet  (http://www.sec.gov)  that contains reports, proxy and information
statements,  and other information regarding  registrants,  such as the Company,
that file electronically with the Commission.  In addition, the Company's Common
Stock is traded on the Nasdaq Stock Market. Reports, proxy statements, and other
information  filed by the  Company  are also  available  for  inspection  at the
offices  of the Nasdaq  Stock  Market,  Reports  Section,  1735 K Street,  N.W.,
Washington, D.C. 20006.

         This Prospectus  constitutes a part of a registration statement on Form
S-3  (the  "Registration  Statement")  that  the  Company  has  filed  with  the
Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities  Act").
As permitted by the rules and  regulations of the  Commission,  this  Prospectus
omits  certain  information  contained  in the  Registration  Statement  and the
exhibits thereto and reference is hereby made to the Registration  Statement and
related  exhibits  for further  information  with respect to the Company and the
Common Stock offered hereby.  Statements  contained in this Prospectus as to the
provisions of any document filed as an exhibit to the Registration  Statement or
otherwise  filed with the Commission are not  necessarily  complete and, in each
instance,  reference is made to the copy of such document as so filed. Each such
statement is qualified in its entirety by such reference.

                      INFORMATION INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

         The  following  documents  have  been  filed  by the  Company  with the
Commission and are hereby incorporated by reference in this Prospectus:  (i) the
Annual Report of the Company on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended  November 3,
1996,  (ii) the  Quarterly  Report of the  Company  on Form 10-Q for the  fiscal
quarter ended  February 2, 1997,  (iii) the  Quarterly  Report of the Company on
Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended May 4, 1997, (iv) the Quarterly Report of
the Company on Form 10-Q for the fiscal  quarter  ended  August 3, 1997, and (v)
the  description  of  the  Company's   Common  Stock  included  in  Registration
Statements on Form 8-A dated June 12, 1987 (as amended on August 5, 1993,  March
28, 1994,  and December  30,  1994),  February 24, 1989 (as amended on March 28,
1994 and December 30,  1994),  and December 30, 1994.  All other  documents  and
reports filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Sections 13, 14, or
15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the date of this Prospectus and prior to
the  termination  of this  offering  of the Common  Stock  shall be deemed to be
incorporated  by reference in this  Prospectus and to be made a part hereof from
their respective dates of filing. 
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         Any  statement  contained  in a document  incorporated  or deemed to be
incorporated  by reference  herein shall be deemed to be modified or  superseded
for purposes of this Prospectus to the extent that a statement  contained herein
or in any other subsequently filed document that is deemed to be incorporated by
reference  herein modifies or supersedes  such statement.  Any such statement so
modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded,
to constitute a part of this Prospectus.

         The Company will cause to be furnished  without  charge to each person,
including any beneficial  owner, to whom this Prospectus is delivered,  upon the
written  or oral  request  of  such  person,  a copy  of any  and all  documents
incorporated  herein by reference (not including the exhibits to such documents,
unless such exhibits are specifically  incorporated by reference in the document
which this  Prospectus  incorporates).  Requests  should be directed to Investor
Relations,  MicroAge,  Inc.,  2400 South  MicroAge Way,  Tempe,  Arizona  85282;
telephone: (602) 366-2414.

                                  RISK FACTORS

         The purchase of the Common Stock offered  hereby  involves  substantial
risk. The following  matters,  including  those mentioned  elsewhere,  should be
considered  carefully by a prospective  investor in evaluating a purchase of the
Common Stock.

Intense Competition

         The computer reseller industry is characterized by intense competition,
based  primarily  on product  availability,  price,  speed of  delivery,  credit
availability,  ability to tailor specific  solutions to customer needs,  quality
and breadth of product  lines,  service and  post-sale  support,  and quality of
customer training. In addition, the Company faces competition in the recruitment
and retention of franchised and  non-franchised  resellers.  The Company and its
reseller  locations  compete for sales with numerous other  computer  resellers,
including  (i)  master  resellers;  (ii)  direct  resellers;  (iii)  wholesalers
(resellers  that do not sell to  end-users);  (iv) vendors that sell directly to
large  purchasers;  and (v) parties that implement other sales methods,  such as
direct mail,  computer  "superstores," and mass  merchandisers.  There can be no
assurance  that the Company will not lose market  share,  or that it will not be
forced in the  future to reduce  its prices in  response  to the  actions of its
competitors and thereby experience a reduction in its gross margins.

Narrow Margins

         The Company has  experienced  low  operating  and gross profit  margins
caused by  intense  price  competition  within its  industry.  The  Company  has
partially  offset the effect of the low margins by achieving  increased  revenue
and reduced operating expenses as a percentage of revenue; however, there can be
no  assurance  that the Company  will  maintain  or increase  revenue or further
reduce expenses (as a percentage of revenue) in the future. Future operating and
gross  profit  margins  may be  adversely  affected  by  market  pressures,  the
introduction of new Company  initiatives,  changes in revenue mix, the Company's
utilization of early payment discount opportunities, vendor pricing actions, and
other competitive and economic pressures.
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Dependence on Supplier Incentive Funds

         The Company  receives  funds from  certain  suppliers  which are earned
through  marketing  programs or meeting  purchasing,  sales, or other objectives
established by the supplier.  There can be no assurance that these programs will
be continued by the  suppliers.  A substantial  reduction in the supplier  funds
available to the Company would have a material  adverse  effect on the Company's
business, financial condition, and results of operations.

Product Supply; Dependence on Key Vendors

         The computer reseller industry  continues to experience  product supply
shortages  and  customer   order  backlogs  due  to  the  inability  of  certain
manufacturers  to supply certain  products.  In addition,  certain  vendors have
initiated  new  channels  of  distribution  that  increase  competition  for the
available product supply. There can be no assurance that vendors will be able to
maintain an adequate supply of products to fulfill all of the Company's customer
orders on a timely basis. Although the Company has not historically  encountered
such conditions, the failure to obtain adequate product supplies, if competitors
were able to obtain them,  could have a material adverse effect on the Company's
business, financial condition, and results of operations.

         Three  vendors of the Company each  represented  more than 10% of total
product  sales for the fiscal  year ended  November  3, 1996.  They were  COMPAQ
Computer Corporation  ("COMPAQ"),  Hewlett-Packard Company ("Hewlett- Packard"),
and International  Business Machines  Corporation ("IBM"). In fiscal 1996, sales
of products from COMPAQ, Hewlett-Packard, and IBM represented 22%, 20%, and 14%,
respectively,  of the Company's  total product sales.  During the 39 weeks ended
August  3,  1997,  sales  of  products  from  COMPAQ,  Hewlett-Packard,  and IBM
represented  24%, 20%, and 14%,  respectively,  of the  Company's  total product
sales.  During fiscal 1996 and the 39 weeks ended August 3, 1997, sales of these
three   manufacturers'   products   represented   approximately   56%  and  58%,
respectively, of the Company's revenue from product sales.

         The  Company's  agreements  with these  vendors  generally  are renewed
periodically and permit termination by the vendor without cause,  generally upon
30 to 90 days'  notice,  depending  on the vendor.  In addition,  the  Company's
business  is  dependent  upon price and related  terms and product  availability
provided by its key vendors.  Although the Company  considers its  relationships
with COMPAQ, Hewlett-Packard, and IBM to be good, there can be no assurance that
these  relationships will continue as presently in effect or that changes by one
or more of  these  key  vendors  in their  volume  discount  schedules  or other
marketing  programs  would not  adversely  affect the  Company.  Termination  or
nonrenewal  of the Company's  agreements  with COMPAQ,  Hewlett-Packard,  or IBM
would  have a  material  adverse  effect on the  Company's  business,  financial
condition, and results of operations.
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Potential Fluctuations in Quarterly Results

         The Company's  operating results may vary significantly from quarter to
quarter depending on certain factors,  including, but not limited to, demand for
the   Company's   information   technology   products  and   services;   product
availability;  competitive conditions; new product introductions;  the amount of
supplier  incentive  funds received by the Company (see  "Dependence on Supplier
Incentive  Funds"  above);  changes in  customer  order  patterns;  and  general
economic  conditions.  In  particular,   the  Company's  operating  results  are
sensitive  to  changes  in the mix of  product  and  service  revenues,  product
margins,  inventory  adjustments,  and  interest  rates.  Although  the  Company
attempts to control its expense  levels,  these  levels are based,  in part,  on
anticipated revenues. Therefore, the Company may not be able to control spending
in a timely manner to compensate  for any  unexpected  revenue  shortfall.  As a
result,  quarterly  period-to-period  comparisons  of  the  Company's  financial
results  are not  necessarily  meaningful  and should  not be relied  upon as an
indication of future performance.  In addition, although the Company's financial
performance has not exhibited  significant  seasonality in the past, the Company
and the computer  industry in general tend to follow a sales  pattern with peaks
occurring  near the end of the calendar  year,  due primarily to special  vendor
promotions and year-end business purchases.

Risk of Declines in Inventory Value

         The  Company's  business  is  subject to the risk that the value of its
inventory  will be  adversely  affected by price  reductions  by suppliers or by
technological  changes  affecting the usefulness or desirability of the products
comprising  the  inventory.  It is the policy of most suppliers of the Company's
products to protect distributors such as the Company, who purchase directly from
such suppliers,  from the loss in value of inventory due to technological change
or the  supplier's  price  reductions.  Under the terms of many of the Company's
distribution agreements,  suppliers will credit the Company for inventory losses
resulting  from the  supplier's  price  reductions if the Company  complies with
certain conditions.  In addition,  under many of the Company's  agreements,  the
Company  has the right to return for  credit or  exchange  for other  products a
portion of the inventory items  purchased,  within a designated  period of time.
Since the Company can return only a portion of its inventory,  the Company could
be  forced  to  liquidate  nonreturnable  aged  inventory  at  prices  below the
Company's cost. A supplier who elects to terminate a distribution  agreement may
repurchase  from  the  distributor  the  supplier's   products  carried  in  the
distributor's  inventory.  The industry practices  discussed above are sometimes
not embodied in written  agreements  and do not protect the Company in all cases
from declines in inventory  value. No assurance can be given that such practices
will  continue,  that  unforeseen new product  developments  will not materially
adversely  affect the Company,  or that the Company will be able to successfully
manage its existing and future inventories. The Company establishes reserves for
estimated  losses due to obsolete  inventory  in the normal  course of business.
Historically,  the Company has not experienced  losses due to obsolete inventory
materially in excess of established  inventory  reserves.  However,  significant
declines in inventory  value in excess of established  inventory  reserves could
have a material adverse affect on the Company's business,  financial  condition,
or results of operations.
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No Assurance of Successful Acquisitions or Investments

         The  Company has  acquired  or  invested  in, and intends to acquire or
invest in, local or regional resellers to expand the Company's service offerings
and its reach  into  certain  geographic  areas.  As a result,  the  Company  is
continually evaluating potential acquisition and investment opportunities, which
may be  material  in size and scope.  Any  acquisitions  or  investments  by the
Company may result in potentially  dilutive issuances of equity securities,  the
incurrence of additional  debt, and amortization of expenses related to goodwill
and  intangible  assets,  all of which  could  adversely  effect  the  Company's
profitability. Acquisitions involve numerous risks, such as the diversion of the
attention of the Company's management from other business concerns, the entrance
of the Company into  markets in which it has had no or only limited  experience,
the integration of the acquired companies'  management  information systems with
those of the Company,  and the  potential  loss of key employees of the acquired
companies,  all of which could have a material  adverse  effect on the Company's
business, financial condition, or results of operations.

Capital Intensive Nature of Business

         The  Company's  business  requires  significant  levels of  capital  to
finance accounts  receivable and product inventory that is not financed by trade
creditors.  The Company has financed its growth and cash needs to date primarily
through working capital financing  facilities,  bank credit lines,  common stock
offerings,  and cash  generated from  operations.  The primary uses of cash have
been to fund  increases in  inventory  and accounts  receivable  resulting  from
increased  sales.  If the Company is successful in achieving  continued  revenue
growth, its working capital requirements will continue to increase.

         The  Company   maintains  three  primary   financing   agreements  (the
"Financing  Agreements") with an aggregate  borrowing  capacity of $675 million.
The  Financing  Agreements  expire  in  August  2000,  but any of the  Financing
Agreements  may be  terminated  90 days after either party gives the other party
notice of  termination.  At August 3, 1997, the Company had  approximately  $380
million  outstanding  under the  Financing  Agreements.  Of the $675  million of
borrowing  capacity  represented by the Financing  Agreements,  $295 million was
unused as of August 3, 1997. Utilization of the unused $295 million is dependent
upon, among other things, the Company's collateral  availability at the time the
funds would be needed.

         Borrowings under the Financing  Agreements are secured by substantially
all of the  Company's  assets,  and the  Financing  Agreements  contain  certain
restrictive  covenants,   including  working  capital  and  tangible  net  worth
requirements  and ratios of debt to  tangible  net worth and  current  assets to
current liabilities. At August 3, 1997, the Company was in compliance with these
covenants.

         The  unavailability  of a  significant  portion of, or the loss of, the
Financing  Agreements or trade credit from vendors would have a material adverse
effect  on  the  Company's  business,   financial  condition,   and  results  of
operations.  There can be no  assurance  that the Company will be able to borrow
adequate amounts on terms acceptable to the Company.
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Dependence on Information Systems

         The  Company  depends  on a  variety  of  information  systems  for its
operations,  particularly its centralized  information  processing  system which
supports, among other things, inventory management, order processing,  shipping,
receiving, and accounting.  Although the Company has not in the past experienced
significant  failures  or down time of its  centralized  information  processing
system or any of its other information  systems, any such failure or significant
down time could  prevent  the  Company  from taking  customer  orders,  printing
product  pick-lists,  and/or shipping  product and could prevent  customers from
accessing price and product  availability  information from the Company. In such
event, the Company could be at a severe disadvantage in determining  appropriate
product  pricing or the adequacy of  inventory  levels or in reacting to rapidly
changing market conditions. A failure of the Company's information systems which
impacts  any of these  functions  could  have a material  adverse  effect on the
Company's business,  financial condition, or results of operations. In addition,
the inability of the Company to attract and retain the highly-skilled  personnel
required  to  implement,  maintain,  and  operate  its  centralized  information
processing  system and the  Company's  other  information  systems  could have a
material  adverse  effect on the Company's  business,  financial  condition,  or
results of  operations.  In order to react to changing  market  conditions,  the
Company  must  continuously  expand  and  improve  its  centralized  information
processing system and its other information  systems.  There can be no assurance
that the Company's  information  systems will not fail, that the Company will be
able to attract and retain  qualified  personnel  necessary for the operation of
such  systems,  or that the  Company  will be able to  expand  and  improve  its
information systems.

Dependence on Independent Shipping Companies

         The Company relies almost  entirely on  arrangements  with  independent
shipping  companies for the delivery of its products.  Products are shipped from
suppliers  to the  Company  through a variety of  independent  common  carriers.
Currently,  United Parcel Service  ("UPS")  delivers a majority of the Company's
products  to  its  reseller   customers.   The   termination  of  the  Company's
arrangements with UPS or other independent shipping companies, or the failure or
inability  of one or more of these  independent  shipping  companies  to deliver
products  from  suppliers  to the Company,  or products  from the Company to its
reseller  customers or their end-user  customers  could have a material  adverse
effect on the Company's business, financial condition, or results of operations.
For  instance,  an employee  work  stoppage or slow-down at one or more of these
independent  shipping  companies could materially impair that shipping company's
ability to perform the services required by the Company. The Company anticipates
that  the  recent  UPS  strike  could  impact  its  fourth quarter   results  by
approximately  $.03 to $.05  per  share.  There  can be no  assurance  that  the
services of any of these  independent  shipping  companies  will  continue to be
available to the Company on terms as favorable as those  currently  available or
that these  companies will choose or be able to perform their required  shipping
services for the Company.
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Rapid Technological Change

         The Company's  industry is subject to rapid  technological  change, new
and  enhanced  product   specification   requirements,   and  evolving  industry
standards.  These changes may cause inventory and stock to decline substantially
in value or to become  obsolete.  In  addition,  suppliers  may give the Company
limited or no access to new  products  being  introduced.  Although  the Company
believes that it has adequate price protection and other  arrangements  with its
suppliers to avoid bearing the costs associated with these changes, no assurance
can be given that future technological or other changes will not have a material
adverse effect on the Company's  business,  financial  condition,  or results of
operations. See "Risk of Declines in Inventory Value."

Possible Volatility of Stock Price

         The  market  price  of the  Common  Stock  could  be  subject  to  wide
fluctuations  in response to quarterly  variations in the  Company's  results of
operations,  changes in earnings estimates by research  analysts,  conditions in
the computer  industry,  or general market or economic  conditions,  among other
factors.  In  addition,  in  recent  years  the  stock  market  has  experienced
significant  price  and  volume  fluctuations.  These  fluctuations  have  had a
substantial  effect on the market  prices of many  technology  companies,  often
unrelated to the operating  performance of the specific  companies.  Such market
fluctuations  could materially  adversely affect the market price for the Common
Stock.

Disclosure Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

         Certain  statements   contained  in  this  Prospectus,   including  all
documents  incorporated herein by reference,  may be forward-looking  statements
within the  meaning of The  Private  Securities  Litigation  Reform Act of 1995.
These  forward-looking  statements  may include  projections  of revenue and net
income and issues that may affect revenue or net income;  projections of capital
expenditures;  plans for  future  operations;  financing  needs or plans;  plans
relating to the Company's products and services; and assumptions relating to the
foregoing.  Forward-looking  statements  are  inherently  subject  to risks  and
uncertainties,  some of which cannot be predicted or  quantified.  Future events
and actual results could differ materially from those set forth in, contemplated
by, or underlying the forward-looking statements. Statements in this Prospectus,
including  those set forth above,  describe  factors,  among others,  that could
contribute to or cause such differences.

                                 USE OF PROCEEDS

         All 808,924  shares of Common Stock offered hereby are being offered by
the Selling  Stockholders.  The Company will not receive any  proceeds  from the
sale of Common Stock by the Selling Stockholders. 
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                              SELLING STOCKHOLDERS

         On November 14, 1997, a subsidiary of the Company  merged with and into
Gaines Computer Service,  Inc.  ("Gaines")  pursuant to an Agreement and Plan of
Reorganization,  dated November 12, 1997 (the "Agreement"). Prior to the merger,
Gaines was one of the Company's  resellers and purchased the Company's  products
for resale to its customers. At the time of the merger, Gary A. Marcus, Guo-Jing
Chyn,   William   Eggers,   and  Mitchell  S.  Martinez  (the  "Gaines   Selling
Stockholders")  owned all of the issued and  outstanding  shares of the  capital
stock of  Gaines.  As a  result  of the  merger,  Gaines  became a  wholly-owned
subsidiary of the Company and the Gaines Selling  Stockholders' shares of Gaines
common stock were  automatically  canceled and  extinguished  and were converted
into 601,724  shares of the Company's  Common Stock.  Under the  Agreement,  the
Company is  required to register  for public sale those  shares of Common  Stock
issued to the Gaines  Selling  Stockholders.  This  Prospectus  is a part of the
Registration   Statement   filed  by  the  Company  in  order  to  satisfy  this
requirement.  In addition, in connection with the Agreement, the Company entered
into  Employment  Agreements with Gary A. Marcus,  William  Eggers,  Mitchell S.
Martinez, and Guo-Jing Chyn.

         On November 17, 1997,  the Company  purchased all remaining  issued and
outstanding  shares of capital  stock of  Advanced  Information  Services,  Inc.
("AIS") pursuant to a Common Stock Purchase  Agreement,  dated November 17, 1997
between the Company, Profitmax LLC ("Profitmax"), Jon R. Peacock, and Timothy P.
Fargo (the "Agreement"). Profitmax was owned and managed by its two members, Jon
R. Peacock and Timothy P. Fargo.  At the time of the Agreement,  Profitmax owned
eighty  percent (80%) and the Company  owned twenty  percent (20%) of the issued
and outstanding shares of the capital stock of AIS. AIS was one of the Company's
resellers and purchased the Company's products for resale to its customers. As a
result of the  Agreement,  AIS became a  wholly-owned  subsidiary of the Company
through the Company's  acquisition of Profitmax's  AIS shares for 207,200 shares
of the Company's Common Stock.  Under the Agreement,  the Company is required to
register for public sale those shares of Common Stock issued to Profitmax.  This
Prospectus is a part of the Registration Statement filed by the Company in order
to satisfy this requirement.  In addition, in connection with the Agreement, the
Company  entered into  Employment  Agreements with Jon R. Peacock and Timothy P.
Fargo.

         The following table provides  certain  information  with respect to the
Common Stock owned by the Selling Stockholders as of the date hereof.
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                           No. of Shares  
                             of Common         Percentage of                  No. of Shares of  Percentage of 
                            Stock Owned        Common Stock   No. of Shares     Common Stock     Common Stock 
                            Prior to the       Owned Pior to    of Common       Owned After    Owned After the
Selling Stockholder           Offering          Offering (1)  Stock Offered    the Offering(2)   Offering (2)
- -------------------           --------          ------------  -------------    ---------------   ------------
<S>                           <C>                 <C>         <C>                    <C>               <C>
Gary A. Marcus                257,237             1.3%        257,237                0                 0%
Guo-Jing Chyn                 257,237             1.3%        257,237                0                 0%
William Eggers                 57,164              .3%         57,164                0                 0%
Mitchell S. Martinez           30,086              .2%         30,086                0                 0%
Profitmax LLC                 207,200             1.1%        207,200                0                 0%
                              -------             ----        -------               ---               ---
                              808,924             4.2%        808,924                0                 0%
</TABLE>
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(1)      Includes all shares of Common  Stock beneficially  owned by the Selling
         Stockholders as  a percentage of the 19,422,308 shares of  Common Stock
         outstanding at December 4, 1997.
(2)      Assumes that Selling  Stockholders  dispose of all the shares of Common
         Stock  covered by this  Prospectus  and do not acquire  any  additional
         shares of Common Stock.

                              PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION

         This  Prospectus  relates to the sale of 808,924 shares of Common Stock
by the  Selling  Stockholders.  The  Company  has been  advised by each  Selling
Stockholder  that each  Selling  Stockholder  expects to offer his or its Common
Stock to or through  brokers and dealers and  underwriters to be selected by the
Selling  Stockholder  from time to time.  In  addition,  the Common Stock may be
offered for sale through the Nasdaq Stock Market, through a market maker, in one
or more private  transactions,  or a  combination  of such  methods of sale,  at
prices and on terms then  prevailing,  at prices  related to such prices,  or at
negotiated prices.  Each Selling  Stockholder may pledge all or a portion of the
Common Stock owned by him or it as collateral in loan transactions. Upon default
by any such Selling Stockholder, the pledgee in such loan transaction would have
the same rights of sale as such Selling Stockholder under this Prospectus.  Each
Selling   Stockholder   also  may  enter  into  exchange  traded  listed  option
transactions  which  require the delivery of the Common Stock listed  hereunder.
Each Selling  Stockholder  may also transfer  Common Stock owned by him or it in
other ways not involving market makers or established trading markets, including
directly by gift,  distribution,  or other transfer without  consideration,  and
upon any such transfer the transferee would have the same rights of sale as such
Selling Stockholder under this Prospectus.  In addition,  any securities covered
by this Prospectus which qualify for sale pursuant to Rule 144 of the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended (the "1933 Act"), may be sold under Rule 144 rather than
pursuant to this Prospectus.  Finally,  each Selling Stockholder and any brokers
and dealers  through whom sales of the Common Stock are made may be deemed to be
"underwriters"  within  the  meaning  of the 1933 Act,  and the  commissions  or
discounts  and  other  compensation  paid to such  persons  may be  regarded  as
underwriters' compensation. 
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         The Company will pay all of the expenses  incident to the  registration
of the Common Stock offered hereby,  other than commissions and selling expenses
with respect to the Common Stock being sold by the Selling Stockholders.

                                  LEGAL MATTERS

         The validity of the Common Stock offered hereby will be passed upon for
the Company by Snell & Wilmer  L.L.P.,  One  Arizona  Center,  Phoenix,  Arizona
85004.

                                     EXPERTS

         The consolidated  financial statements  incorporated in this Prospectus
by  reference  to the  Annual  Report on Form  10-K for the  fiscal  year  ended
November 3, 1996,  have been so  incorporated in reliance on the report of Price
Waterhouse LLP, independent accountants,  given on the authority of said firm as
experts in auditing and accounting. 
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         No  dealer,   salesperson,  or                                         
other  person  has been  authorized  in                                         
connection  with this  offering to give                                         
any   information   or  to   make   any                                         
representations    other   than   those               MicroAge, Inc             
contained  in this  Prospectus  and, if                                         
given  or  made,  such  information  or                                         
representations must not be relied upon                                         
as  having  been   authorized   by  the                  808,924
Company.  Neither the  delivery of this                                         
Prospectus  nor any sale made hereunder                                         
shall, under any circumstances,  create                   Shares                
any implication  that there has been no                                         
change in the  affairs  of the  Company                     of                  
since  the  date  hereof  or  that  the                                         
information contained herein is correct                Common Stock             
as of any date  subsequent  to the date                                         
hereof.   This   Prospectus   does  not                                         
constitute  an offer of the  securities                                         
offered   hereby   by   anyone  in  any                                         
jurisdiction in which it is unlawful to                                         
make such offer of solicitation.                                                
                                                                                
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Available Information......................2  
Information Incorporated by Reference......2  
Risk Factors...............................3  
Use of Proceeds............................8  
Selling Stockholders.......................9  
Plan of Distribution.......................9  
Legal Matters.............................10  
Experts...................................10  
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