MICROAGE INC /DE/
8-K, 1999-10-25
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                       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) September 30, 1999


                                 MICROAGE, INC.
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               (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)


              DELAWARE                 File No. 0-15995          86-0321346
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    (State or Other Jurisdiction   (Commission File Number)    (IRS Employer
          of Incorporation)                                  Identification No.)


2400 South MicroAge Way, Tempe, Arizona                          85282-1896
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(Address of Principal Executive Offices)                         (Zip Code)


       Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (480) 366-2000


                                 Not Applicable
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          (Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
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Item 5. Other Events.

     On September  30, 1999,  the Board of  Directors  of  MicroAge,  Inc.  (the
"Company")  approved an extension of the Company's  Amended and Restated  Rights
Agreement from October 31, 1999 through the end of the next fiscal year, October
29, 2000.

Item 7. Exhibits.

     1.1  Amended and Restated Rights Agreement, dated as of September 28, 1994,
          between  MicroAge,  Inc.  and  First  Interstate  Bank  of  California
          (Incorporated  by  reference  to  Exhibit  1.1 to the Form  8-A  filed
          January 13, 1994)

     1.2  First  Amendment,  dated  as of  November  5,  1996,  by  and  between
          MicroAge,  Inc.  and  American  Stock  Transfer  and Trust  Company to
          Amended and Restated Rights Agreement, dated as of September 28, 1994,
          between  MicroAge,  Inc.  and  First  Interstate  Bank  of  California
          (Incorporated  by reference to Exhibit  4.2.1 to the Annual  Report on
          Form 10-K for year ended November 3, 1996)

     1.3  Second  Amendment,  dated January 28, 1999,  by and between  MicroAge,
          Inc. and  American  Stock  Transfer  and Trust  Company to Amended and
          Restated  Rights  Agreement,  dated as of September 28, 1994,  between
          MicroAge,  Inc. and First Interstate Bank of California  (Incorporated
          by reference to Exhibit  4.2.3 to the  Registration  Statement on Form
          S-8 filed March 3, 1999)

     1.4  Third  Amendment,  dated September 30, 1999, by and between  MicroAge,
          Inc. and  American  Stock  Transfer  and Trust  Company to Amended and
          Restated  Rights  Agreement,  dated as of September 28, 1994,  between
          MicroAge, Inc. and First Interstate Bank of California
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                                    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.

                                        MICROAGE, INC.


Date: October 22, 1999                  By: /s/ James H. Domaz
                                            ------------------------------------
                                            James H. Domaz
                                            Vice President, Corporate Counsel,
                                            and Assistant Secretary

            THIRD AMENDMENT TO AMENDED AND RESTATED RIGHTS AGREEMENT

     THIS AMENDMENT TO AMENDED AND RESTATED RIGHTS AGREEMENT (the  "AMENDMENT"),
dated as of this 30th day of  September,  1999,  is between  MicroAge,  Inc.,  a
Delaware  corporation  (the  "COMPANY"),  and American  Stock Transfer and Trust
Company  (the "RIGHTS  AGENT"),  and amends that certain  Rights  Agreement  (as
defined herein).

                                    RECITALS

     WHEREAS, the Board of Directors approved a Rights Amendment, dated February
23, 1989, as amended and restated as of September 28, 1994, and as amended as of
November  5, 1996 and as of  January  28,  1999 (the  "RIGHTS  AGREEMENT"),  and
declared a dividend  of one right (the  "RIGHT" or  "RIGHTS")  for each share of
common  stock  to  stockholders  of  record  of the  common  shares  issued  and
outstanding  on the 1989  Record  Date (as such term is  defined  in the  Rights
Agreement),  each Right  representing  the right to purchase  one  one-hundredth
(.01) of a share of Series C Junior Participating Preferred Stock upon the terms
and subject to the conditions set forth in the Rights Agreement; and

     WHEREAS,  the Board of Directors has authorized the amendment of the Rights
Agreement,  such that the term of such agreement is extended  through the end of
fiscal year 2000, or October 29, 2000.

     NOW THEREFORE,  in consideration of the premises and the mutual  agreements
herein set forth herein and in the Rights Agreement, the parties hereby agree as
follows:

                                    AGREEMENT

     1. AMENDMENT. Section 7(a) of the Rights Agreement is hereby amended in its
entirety as follows:

     SECTION 7. EXERCISE OF RIGHTS:  PURCHASE PRICE;  EXPIRATION DATE OF RIGHTS.
(a) The  registered  holder of any Right  Certificate  may  exercise  the Rights
evidenced  thereby (except as otherwise  provided herein) in whole or in part at
any time after the  Distribution  Date upon surrender of the Right  Certificate,
with the form of election to purchase on the reverse side thereof duly executed,
to the Rights Agent at the principal  office of the Rights Agent,  together with
payment of the Purchase Price for each one one-hundredth of a Preferred Share as
to which the Rights are exercised,  at or prior to the earliest of (i) the close
of business on October 29, 2000 (the "FINAL EXPIRATION DATE"),  (ii) the time at
which the Rights are redeemed as provided in Section 23 hereof (the  "REDEMPTION
DATE"),  or (iii) the time at which such  Rights are  exchanged  as  provided in
Section 24 hereof.
<PAGE>
     2. FULL FORCE AND EFFECT.  Except as expressly  provided in this Amendment,
the Rights Agreement will remain unchanged and in full force and effect.

     3.  COUNTERPARTS.   This  Amendment  may  be  executed  in  any  number  of
counterparts,  all of which  taken  together  will  constitute  one and the same
instrument,  and any of the parties hereto may execute this Amendment by signing
any such counterpart.

     4.  GOVERNING  LAW. It is the  intention  of the  parties  that the laws of
Delaware will govern the validity of this  Amendment,  the  construction  of its
terms, and the interpretation of the rights and duties of the parties.

     IN WITNESS  WHEREOF the parties  hereto have executed this  Amendment as of
the date first above written.


                                       MICROAGE, INC.


                                       By: /s/ Jeffrey D. McKeever
                                           ------------------------------------
                                           Name: Jeffrey D. McKeever
                                           Its: Chairman of the Board and Chief
                                                Executive Officer


                                       AMERICAN STOCK TRANSFER AND TRUST COMPANY


                                       By: /s/ Herbert J. Lemmer
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                                           Name: Herbert J. Lemmer
                                           Its: Vice President

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