Item 1. Business
General
Comdisco, Inc. (with its subsidiaries, the "Company" or "Comdisco") is primarily engaged in the buying, selling and leasing of new and used computer and other high technology equipment and in providing disaster recovery services (also referred to as "business continuity services"). In addition, the Company provides technology planning and asset management services, integrating leasing and business continuity services with customized asset acquisition, asset management software tools and data center moves and/or consolidations, disposition and migration strategies. These services are designed to provide integrated, long-term, cost effective asset and technological planning to users of high technology equipment.
Note 11 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements on page 44 of the Annual Report to Stockholders for the year ended September 30, 1994 is incorporated herein by reference (said footnote contains information regarding discontinued operations).
The Company was founded in 1969 and incorporated in Delaware in 1971. The executive offices of the Company are located in the Chicago area, at 6111 North River Road, Rosemont, Illinois 60018, and its telephone number is (708) 698-3000. At September 30, 1994, the Company had approximately 2,100 full-time employees.
The Company does not own any patents, trademarks, licenses, or franchises which would be considered significant to the Company's businesses. The Company recently applied for a patent on its high speed connectivity products (see "other services" on page 5 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K). There can be no assurance that such a patent will be granted.
The Company's businesses are not seasonal, however, quarter-to-quarter results from operations can vary significantly.
The amount of backlog orders is not applicable to the Company's businesses.
The Company's operations are conducted through its principal office in the Chicago area and approximately fifty offices in the United States, Canada, Europe, and the Pacific Rim . The Company also operates in South America, however, it does not maintain local offices. Subsidiaries in Europe and Canada offer services similar to those offered in the United States, although the Company's European leasing operations are predominately in the computer marketplace. The Company's disaster recovery activities include the domestic, Canadian and European marketplaces.
See "International Operations" on page 32 of the Annual Report to Stockholders for the fiscal year ended September 30, 1994 (which is incorporated herein by reference) for a discussion of the Company's geographic results of operations in fiscal 1994, 1993 and 1992 and Note 17 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements on pages 48 and 49 of the Annual Report to Stockholders for the year ended September 30, 1994, which includes geographic segment and export sales information and is incorporated herein by reference.
Leasing
The Company believes it is the world's largest independent leasing company. In its leasing activities, the Company specializes in central processing units, desktop equipment, electronics, telecommunications equipment and, through a subsidiary, medical equipment.
The Company offers its customers alternatives in managing high technology equipment needs, including the leasing of equipment. The Company works closely with its customers to develop strategies governing when and where to acquire equipment, when to upgrade existing equipment and when to order new equipment to take advantage of current technology. The Company also has the ability to act as an outlet for the equipment being displaced.
The Company's customers include "Fortune 1000" corporations or companies of a similar size as well as smaller corporations. A substantial portion of the Company's transactions are with repeat customers. The Company's business is not dependent on any single customer or on any single source for the purchasing, selling or leasing of equipment.
Computer: Central Processing Units: The Company buys or leases, and in turn sells, leases or subleases IBM computer equipment as well as equipment manufactured by others. The Company's sale and lease transactions include the "mainframe" central processing units, midrange, and/or various peripherals, such as printers, tape and disk drives and other equipment used with a mainframe.
The mainframe industry has been characterized by rapid and continuous technological advances permitting broadened user applications. The introduction of new equipment and/or technology by IBM or other manufacturers does not cause existing equipment to become technically obsolete, but usually results in adjustments in the "price/performance ratio" (the number of computations or relative performance per dollar of cost) of the existing equipment. Users upgrade equipment as their existing equipment becomes inappropriate for their needs or as a result of changes in the required amount of data processing capacity. To the extent equipment replaced by newer models becomes available for remarketing, a secondary market in used equipment is created. Recent technological advances in mainframe technology by International Business Machines ("IBM") have focused on "parallel processing" systems. These systems include transaction processing and database server models, designed for both "legacy" and newer technologies in open systems.
The Company believes that in recent years, mainframe acquisition decisions were being delayed because of concerns about the economy. The Company also believes customers delayed making hardware decisions pending release of additional information concerning new IBM product capabilities and delivery schedules. Recent product announcements may have reduced some of the uncertainty present in the marketplace. Furthermore, leasing volume in general has been impacted by consolidations and cutbacks as companies attempt to streamline operations. Industry analysts predict a slowing decline in mainframe sales, at least in the short-term, based on reports from the major mainframe manufacturers. See "Leasing" on page 29 of the Annual Report to Stockholders for the fiscal year ended September 30, 1994 for a discussion of mainframes and client/server (which is incorporated herein by reference).
The focus of the Company's activities with respect to particular models of computer equipment changes periodically as a result of changes in market conditions and advances in computer technology. In September, 1994, IBM began shipping its next-generation mainframes. The new parallel enterprise servers are expected to be positioned as price-competitive replacement models for pre-1990 IBM mainframes and the Company expects to include these models in its activities. Advances in technology, such as these servers, affect the market for computer products and may also have an impact on the way the Company has traditionally conducted its leasing activities.
Desktop: The Company leases PC's and workstations from most of the leading manufacturers. The company's lease transactions also include high-end servers, printers and other desktop related equipment. The Company's integrated asset management software tools let customers order, track and manage their inventory of desktop equipment. The Company has business partnerships and/or vendor leasing programs with major workstation manufacturers.
Other services: In fiscal 1994, the Company formed a systems interrogation group to address the needs of the developing open systems market, including client/server (client/server computing is a type of processing in which a client requests a service or information from a server that performs the service and/or returns the requested information to the client). The Company provides products, services and consultants to assist customers in implementing or utilizing an open systems platform. Products include high-speed connectivity systems, which provide access between mainframe and open systems data at transaction-processing speeds. Services include transitional strategies, integration planning and implementation, financing (hardware and software), and business continuity planning. The Company, together with its consultants and strategic alliances with client/server product providers, provides customers with solutions based on requirements and goals.
The Company's asset management services assists customers in: planning and implementing major data center relocations and consolidations; evaluating information technology needs and system assessment; equipment procurement strategies and timing.
Other High Technology Equipment: Medical: Through its subsidiaries, the Company leases medical and other high technology equipment to healthcare providers, including used, reconditioned medical equipment. The Company's portfolio includes angiography, MRI systems, CT scanners and nuclear imaging devices. Additionally, the Company believes that it has the largest and most comprehensive medical equipment refurbishing center in the industry and that it was the one of the first to obtain ISO 9002 certification for such a center.
Electronics: The Company leases new and used electronic manufacturing, testing and monitoring equipment, including semiconductor production equipment, automated test equipment, assembly equipment and scientific/analytical instrumentation. Additionally, the company maintains a dedicated refurbishing and sales facility in the silicon valley area.
Telecommunications: The Company buys, sells, and leases new and refurbished telecommunications equipment throughout North America. The Company also provides its customers with a market for, and a source of, used equipment. The telecommunications portfolio includes PBX systems, VSATs, voice mail, modems and bridges, routers and concentrators. The Company also reconditions and configures used systems.
Other: The Company buys, sells and leases new and used point-of-sale terminals and leases other office equipment such as fax machines and copiers, test equipment such as oscillascopes, analyzers and testers and laboratory equipment such as microscopes and centrifuges.
At September 30, 1994, cost at lease inception of other high technology equipment was approximately $3.0 billion, or approximately 46% of the Company's total equipment cost at lease inception of $6.5 billion.
The Company competes in the leasing marketplace as a lessor and as a dealer of new and used computer and selected other high technology equipment. The Company competes with different firms in each of its activities. The Company's competition includes equipment manufacturers such as IBM, Hewlett Packard, Amdahl, Hitachi Data Systems, AT&T, Rolm, Hitachi Medical Systems, Siemens Medical Systems, and General Electric, other equipment dealers, brokers and leasing companies (including captive or related leasing companies of IBM, AT&T and General Electric and others) as well as financial institutions, including commercial banks and investment banking firms. While its competitive methodologies will differ, in general, the Company competes mainly on the basis of its expertise in remarketing equipment, terms offered in its transactions, its reliability in meeting its commitments, its manufacturers' independence and its ability to develop and offer alternative solutions and options to high technology equipment users. The Company believes it is a full service lessor.
In mainframes, the Company believes that it competes primarily with the manufacturers and their captive or related leasing companies, if any, and with a few other leasing companies. The Company also believes that, aside from IBM and its captive leasing company, IBM Credit Corporation, it is one of the largest purchasers, sellers and lessors of IBM equipment. The Company does not believe that a significant amount of used IBM equipment is sold independently by owner-users of the equipment to other owner-users. The Company's continued ability to compete effectively may be affected by policies of IBM.
In desktop, medical, electronics and telecommunications, the Company believes it competes with the manufacturers and their captive leasing companies and approximately five significant leasing companies, as well as banks and other lessors and financial and lending institutions throughout the United States and Canada. In its other services, the Company competes with manufacturers and other national and regional consulting and services organizations.
Disaster Recovery Services
These services include emergency data processing backup, principally for large system users of IBM and IBM-compatible equipment, workarea recovery, voice recovery, consulting services in business continuity planning as well as other related data processing services, throughout the United States, Canada and Europe. These services are designed to help minimize the impact of a significant interruption of the operations of, or inaccessibility to, the customer's data processing facility and/or communications network. The Company also provides backup capabilities for Digital Equipment Corporation, IBM midrange processors, Unisys, Hewlett Packard, Stratus and Tandem System equipment users.
The Company believes that it competes with approximately five significant domestic companies, including IBM and SunGard Data Systems, Inc., as well as other regional firms in the domestic, Canadian and European marketplace, which provide contract disaster recovery services and that it is the one of the largest international providers of such services.
Through its network and facilities strategy entitled CDRS Net, the Company offers customers access to its North American facilities, including a range of data processing recovery services at hot sites, Customer Control Centers ("CCC") and shell sites. Hot sites are equipped computer facilities that include central processing units, peripherals and communications equipment. A CCC interfaces customers to geographically separated hot sites and provides local display terminals and printers that can be connected to any hot site by means of telecommunications lines. A shell site contains the power, environmental and support equipment necessary for the installation of replacement computer equipment by the customer. Most facilities also include workarea recovery capability. In September, 1994, the Company completed an expansion and service enhancement project that included what the Company believes was the industry's first recovery center dedicated to client/server environments. Enhanced capabilities include client/server platforms, workareas, open systems networks, midrange and mainframe computers.
Of the Company's twenty-eight locations, nine serve as regional recovery centers providing hot site and/or shell site services. These nine regional recovery centers serve major commercial centers, including New York, Chicago, Northern and Southern California, Texas, Georgia, as well as locations in Southern New Jersey that serves the Mid-Atlantic region and a center located in Toronto, Canada. Each recovery center has at least one hot site or CCC and includes telecommunications capabilities, conference rooms, office space, support areas, and appropriate on-site technical personnel.
Item 2.
Item 2. Properties
The Company owns its principal executive office building in Rosemont, Illinois that has approximately 269,000 square feet, and has pledged the property as part of a mortgage agreement. The Company leases office space for sales offices in various domestic and international locations. The Company's technical services division utilizes a 250,000 square foot building owned by the Company in Schaumburg, Illinois. This space is used primarily for refurbishing, maintenance and equipment storage. The Company's disaster recovery services division presently occupies eight recovery centers owned by the Company, including 151,000 square feet in Illinois, 34,000 square feet in Texas, 42,000 square feet in Georgia, 59,000 square feet in Toronto, Canada, two recovery centers each in New Jersey of 81,000 and 72,000 square feet, and California of 52,000 and 38,000 square feet. The Company's disaster recovery services division also leases 255,000, 14,000 and 10,000 square feet in New Jersey, Missouri, and Canada, respectively. Existing Company-owned facilities can be enlarged and expanded as required to support additional growth. The Company's disaster recovery services division also owns and leases facilities in several European countries. The Company's medical refurbishment subsidiary leases approximately 100,000 square feet in Wood Dale, Illinois. The Company's electronic group leases approximately 35,000 square feet in San Jose, California, to be used primarily for refurbishing, maintenance and equipment storage.
Item 3.
Item 3. Legal Proceedings
Note 16 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements on pages 45 and 46 of the Annual Report to Stockholders for the fiscal year ended September 30, 1993, is incorporated herein by reference (said footnote discussed contingencies of the Company arising out of three legal actions filed against Comdisco by IBM, IBM Credit Corporation and certain IBM-related limited partnerships). On August 26, 1994, all of the parties to the three lawsuits entered into a settlement agreement. Note 8 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements on page 44 of the Annual Report to Stockholders for the fiscal year ended September 30, 1994 is incorporated herein by reference (said footnote describes the IBM litigation settlement).
Item 4.
Item 4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
There were no matters submitted to a vote of security holders during the three months ended September 30, 1994.
PART II.
Item 5.
Item 5. Market for the Registrant's Common Equity and Related Stockholder Matters
PRICE RANGE OF COMMON STOCK
Price Range of Common Stock on page 32 of the Annual Report to Stockholders for the fiscal year ended September 30, 1994 is incorporated herein by reference.
COMMON STOCK REPURCHASE PROGRAM
During fiscal 1994, the Company purchased 1,995,644 shares of its outstanding common stock at an aggregate cost of $39 million. These purchases, when added to the shares purchased in prior years, bring the total number of common shares purchased to 12.5 million (1.9 million shares were distributed as a common stock dividend on March 30, 1992 - see Note 14 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements), at an aggregate cost of $197 million. No shares were purchased in fiscal 1992. On November 7, 1994, the Board of Directors authorized the Company to spend an additional $25 million under its repurchase program.
SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS PLAN
On November 18, 1987, the Board adopted a shareholders rights plan and pursuant thereto declared a dividend distribution of one Right for each outstanding share of common stock of the Company to stockholders of record at the close of business on November 27, 1987 (the "Record Date"). The shareholder rights plan was amended and restated as of November 7, 1994. Each Right entitles the registered holder under certain circumstances to purchase from the Company one share of common stock at a Purchase Price of $95.24, subject to adjustment in certain circumstances. The Purchase Price is to be paid in cash. The Rights become exercisable if (i) a person or group (other than any holder of 20% or more of the common stock on the Record Date and its successors) (an "Acquiring Person") becomes the beneficial owner of 15% or more of the outstanding common stock (and the Company does not redeem the Rights within 15 days thereafter), (ii) a person or group makes a tender or exchange offer which upon consummation would result in such person or group beneficially owning 15% or more of the common stock (and the Company does not redeem the Rights within 15 days thereafter) or (iii) the Board of Directors determines that a beneficial owner of 10% or more of the common stock is an Adverse Person (as defined in the Rights Agreement). Upon the occurrence of any such event, each Right (other than those held by an Acquiring Person or Adverse Person) will become exercisable for one share of common stock at an adjusted Purchase Price equal to 20% of the then market price of the common stock. The terms of the Rights are set forth in the amended and restated Rights Agreement, dated as of November 7, 1994 (the "Rights Agreement"), between the Company and Chemical Bank, N.A. (formerly Manufacturers Hanover Trust Company), as Rights Agent. The Rights Agreement and a related form of the rights certificate is incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.04 filed with the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on December 6, 1994, File No. 1-7725. The foregoing description of the shareholder rights plan does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to such exhibit.
DIVIDENDS
The Company has paid cash dividends quarterly since February 1979. Cash dividends paid on common stock were $13 million in fiscal 1994 and $12 million in fiscal 1993. The most recently declared quarterly common stock cash dividend, $.09 per share, was paid on December 5, 1994 to stockholders of record on November 18, 1994. Subject to the prior right of the holders of the Series A and Series B Preferred Stock, there are no restrictions on the Company's present or future ability to pay common dividends, except its agreement to maintain a debt to net worth ratio pursuant to, and certain other limitations contained in, the Company's multi-option and global revolving credit agreements, none of which have any current application. The Company expects to continue its policy of paying regular cash dividends, although there is no assurance as to future dividends because they are dependent upon the Company's profit levels and capital requirements as well as financial and other conditions existing at the time. Common stock cash dividends paid were $.35 per share in fiscal 1994 and $.29 per share in fiscal 1993.
Item 6.
Item 6. Selected Financial Data
Six Year Summary on pages 26 and 27 of the Annual Report to Stockholders for the fiscal year ended September 30, 1994 is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 7.
Item 7. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations on pages 28 through 32 of the Annual Report to Stockholders for the fiscal year ended September 30, 1994 is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 8.
Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data
Consolidated Financial Statements and the accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements on pages 33 through 49 of the Annual Report to Stockholders for the fiscal year ended September 30, 1994 is incorporated herein by reference. Quarterly Financial Data on page 48 of the Annual Report to Stockholders for the fiscal year ended September 30, 1994 is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9.
Item 9. Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure.
None.
PART III.
Item 10.
Item 10. Directors and Executive Officers of Registrant
A description of Directors and Executive Officers of Registrant contained in the Company's definitive Proxy Statement filed within one hundred twenty days of the last day of the year ended September 30, 1994 is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 11.
Item 11. Executive Compensation
A description of Executive Compensation contained in the Company's definitive Proxy Statement filed within one hundred twenty days of the last day of the year ended September 30, 1994 is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 12.
Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management
A description of Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management contained in the Company's definitive Proxy Statement filed within one hundred twenty days of the last day of the year ended September 30, 1994 is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 13.
Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions
A description of Certain Relationships and Related Transactions contained in the Company's definitive Proxy Statement filed within one hundred twenty days of the last day of the year ended September 30, 1994 is incorporated herein by reference.
Additional information is provided in Schedule II filed as part of this Form 10-K on pages 13 and 14.
PART IV.
Item 14.
Item 14. Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules, and Reports on Form 8-K
(a)(1) and (a)(2) Certain Documents Filed as Part of the Form 10-K: The financial statements, including supporting schedules, listed in the Index to Financial Statements and Financial Statement Schedules are filed as part of this Form 10-K on page 12.
(a)(3) Exhibits: See Index to Exhibits filed as part of this Form 10-K on pages 20 through 23.
(b) Reports on Form 8-K:
On December 6, 1994, the Company filed a current report on Form 8-K, dated December 13, 1994, reporting Item 5. Other Events and Item 7. Financial Statements and Exhibits. The filing was for the Rights Agreement.
(c) Exhibits: Included in Item (a)(3) above.
(d) Financial Statement Schedules Required by Regulation S-X: Included in Item (a)(1) and (a)(2) above.
The Registrant hereby undertakes to furnish to the Commission any instrument with respect to long-term debt of the Registrant which does not exceed 10 percent of the total assets of the Registrant and its subsidiaries.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
COMDISCO, INC.
DATE: December 20, 1994 By: /s/ David J. Keenan David J. Keenan Vice President and Corporate Controller
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the Registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
/s/ John F. Slevin - - - ---------------------------- John F. Slevin Chief Executive Officer /s/ Philip A. Hewes -------------------------------- (Principal Executive Officer), Philip A. Hewes President and Director Director
/s/ John J. Vosicky /s/ Alan J. Andreini - - - ------------------------------- -------------------------------- John J. Vosicky Alan J. Andreini Chief Financial Officer (Principal Director Financial Officer), Treasurer and Director
/s/ David J. Keenan /s/ William N. Pontikes - - - -------------------------------- -------------------------------- David J. Keenan William N. Pontikes Vice President (Principal Accounting Officer) Director and Corporate Controller
/s/ Nicholas K. Pontikes - - - ---------------------------------- ---------------------------- Robert A. Bardagy Nicholas K. Pontikes Director Director
/s/ Edward H. Fiedler, Jr. /s/ Rick Kash - - - ----------------------------------- -------------------------------- Edward H. Fiedler, Jr. Rick Kash Director Director
/s/ C. Keith Hartley /s/ Basil R. Twist, Jr. - - - ------------------------------------- -------------------------------- C. Keith Hartley Basil R. Twist, Jr. Director Director
/s/ Thomas H. Patrick - - - ------------------------------------- Thomas H. Patrick Director Each of the above signatures is affixed as of December 20, 1994
Comdisco, Inc. and Subsidiaries
INDEX TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES
The following consolidated financial statements and notes to consolidated financial statements of Comdisco, Inc. and Subsidiaries and related Independent Auditors' Report, included in the Registrant's Annual Report to Stockholders for the fiscal year ended September 30, 1994, are incorporated by reference in Item 8:
Annual Report Page Number -------------
Consolidated Statements of Earnings -- Years Ended September 30, 1994, 1993 and 1992 . . . . . . . . 33
Consolidated Balance Sheets -- September 30, 1994 and 1993 . 34
Consolidated Statements of Stockholders' Equity -- Years Ended September 30, 1994, 1993 and 1992 . . . . . . 35
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows -- Years Ended September 30, 1994, 1993 and 1992 . . . . . . 36-37
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements . . . . . . . . . 38-49
Independent Auditors' Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
The following consolidated financial statement schedules of Comdisco, Inc. and Subsidiaries are included in Item 14(d): Form 10-K Page Number Schedule II -- Amounts Receivable From Related Parties and Underwriters, Promoters, and Employees Other Than Related Parties . . . . . . . . . 14-15
Schedule V -- Property, Plant and Equipment . . . . . . . . 16
Schedule VI -- Accumulated Depreciation and Amortization of Property, Plant and Equipment . . . . . . 17
Schedule VIII -- Valuation and Qualifying Accounts . . . . . . 18
Schedule IX -- Short-Term Borrowings . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
All other schedules for which provision is made in the applicable accounting regulation of the Securities and Exchange Commission are not required under the related instructions or are inapplicable and, therefore, have been omitted.
Independent Auditors' Report
The Board of Directors and Stockholders Comdisco, Inc.:
Under date of November 7, 1994, we reported on the consolidated balance sheets of Comdisco, Inc. and subsidiaries as of September 30, 1994 and 1993, and the related consolidated statements of earnings, stockholders' equity, and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended September 30, 1994, as contained in the 1994 annual report to stockholders. These consolidated financial statements and our report thereon are incorporated by reference in the annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended September 30, 1994. In connection with our audits of the aforementioned consolidated financial statements, we also have audited the related consolidated financial statement schedules as listed in the accompanying index. These financial statement schedules are the responsibility of the Company's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statement schedules based on our audits.
In our opinion, such financial statement schedules, when considered in relation to the basic consolidated financial statements taken as a whole, present fairly, in all material respects, the information set forth therein.
/s/KPMG PEAT MARWICK LLP
Chicago, Illinois November 7, 1994
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Comdisco, Inc. and Subsidiaries INDEX TO EXHIBITS
Exhibit No. Description of Exhibit
3.01 Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Registrant dated February 12, 1988
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 filed with the Company's Registration Statement on Forms S-8 and S-3, File No. 33-20715, filed March 8, 1988.
3.02 Certificate of Designations with respect to the Company's 8 3/4% Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series A, as filed with the Secretary of State of Delaware on September 18, 1992
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 filed with the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated September 17, 1992, as filed with the Commission October 9, 1992, File No. 1-7725.
3.03 Certificate of Designations with respect to the Company's 8 3/4% Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series B, as filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on July 2, 1993
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 filed with the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated June 30, 1993, as filed with the Commission July 21, 1993, File No. 1-7725.
3.04 By-Laws of Registrant as amended through November 18, 1987
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.5 filed with the Company's Annual Report for the year ended September 30, 1987 on Form 10-K, File No. 1-7725.
4.01 Indenture Agreement between Registrant and Citibank, N.A., as Trustee dated as of June 15, 1992
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 filed with the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated September 1, 1992, as filed with the Commission on September 2, 1992, File No. 1-7725, the copy of Indenture, dated as of June 15, 1992, between Registrant and Citibank, N.A., as Trustee (said Indenture defines certain rights of security holders).
4.02 Indenture Agreement between Registrant and Chemical Bank, N.A., as Trustee, dated as of April 1, 1988
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.5 filed with the Company's Form 8 dated February 21, 1991, File No. 1-7725, the copy of Indenture dated as of April 1, 1988, between Registrant and Manufacturers Hanover Trust Company (said Indenture defines certain rights of security holders).
4.03 First Supplemental Indenture between Registrant and Chemical Bank, N.A., as Trustee, dated as of January 1, 1990
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.8 filed with the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended December 31, 1990, File No. 1-7725, the copy of the First Supplemental Indenture dated as of January 1, 1990, between Registrant and Manufacturers Hanover Trust Company, as Trustee (said Indenture defines certain rights of security holders).
Exhibit No. Description of Exhibit
4.04 Shareholder Rights Agreement, dated as of November 18, 1987, as amended and restated as of November 7, 1994, between Comdisco, Inc. and Chemical Bank, as Rights Agent, which includes as Exhibit A thereto the Form of Rights Certificate.
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 filed with the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on December 6, 1994, File No. 1-7725.
10.01 Employment Agreement with John F. Slevin dated October 20, 1994.
10.02 1979 Stock Option Plan of the Registrant
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 filed with the Company's Annual Report for the year ended September 30, 1982 on Form 10-K, File No. 1-7725.
10.03 1981 Stock Option Plan of the Registrant
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 filed with the Company's Annual Report for the year ended September 30, 1982 on Form 10-K, File No. 1-7725.
10.04 Amendment to 1979 and 1981 Stock Option Plans of the Registrant dated December 15, 1986
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.6 filed with the Company's Annual Report for the year ended September 30, 1987 on Form 10-K, File No. 1-7725.
10.05 1987 Stock Option Plan of the Registrant
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.7 filed with the Company's Annual Report for the year ended September 30, 1988 on Form 10-K, File No. 1-7725.
10.06 Amendment to 1979, 1981 and 1987 Stock Option Plans of the Registrant dated November 4, 1987
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.9 filed with the Company's Annual Report for the year ended September 30, 1987 on Form 10-K, File No. 1-7725.
10.07 1989 Non-Employee Director Stock Option Plan.
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.11 filed with the Company's Annual Report for the year ended September 30, 1990 on Form 10-K, File No. 1-7725
10.08 1991 Stock Option Plan
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.08 filed with the Company's Annual Report for the year ended September 30, 1992 on Form 10-K, File No. 1-7725.
Exhibit No. Description of Exhibit
10.09 1992 Long-Term Stock Ownership Incentive Plan
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.09 filed with the Company's Annual Report for the year ended September 30, 1992 on Form 10-K, File No. 1-7725
10.10 Comdisco, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 15 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed on March 19, 1982 and Post-Effective Amendment filed December 21, 1982, File No. 2-76569.
10.11 Management Compensation Arrangements and Plans
10.12 Purchase/Sale Agreement - Riverway Project
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 filed with the Company's Form 10-Q dated March 31, 1988, File No. 1-7725.
10.13 Financing Agreement - Riverway Project
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.18 filed with the Company's Annual Report for the year ended September 30, 1988 on Form 10-K, File No. 1-7725.
10.14 Multi-option Facility Agreement dated June 4, 1991, as amended by Supplement Agreement dated August 27, 1991, US$ 375,000,000 for Comdisco, Inc., arranged by National Westminster Bank PLC.
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.18 filed with the Company's Annual Report for the year ended September 30, 1991 on Form 10-K, File No. 1-7725.
10.15 Second Supplemental Agreement to Multi-Option Facility Agreement dated April 20, 1992
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 filed with the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q dated March 31, 1992, File No. 1-7725.
10.16 Third Supplemental Agreement to Multi-Option Facility Agreement dated September 21, 1992
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.22 filed with the Company's Annual Report for the year ended September 30, 1992 on Form 10-K, File No. 1-7725.
10.17 Fourth Supplemental Agreement to Multi-Option Facility Agreement dated April 23, 1993
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10-1 filed with the Company's Form 10-Q dated March 31, 1993, File No. 1-7725.
10.18 Fifth Supplemental Agreement to Multi-Option Facility Agreement dated May 9, 1994
Exhibit No. Description of Exhibit
10.19 Sixth Supplemental Agreement to Multi-Option Facility Agreement dated August 12, 1994
10.20 Note Agreement dated as May 31, 1991
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.23 filed with the Company's Annual Report for the year ended September 30, 1992 on Form 10-K, file No. 1-7725.
10.21 $50 Million Promissory Note between Comdisco, Inc. and Continental Bank, N.A. dated June 15, 1994
10.22 Second Amended and Restated Global Credit Agreement by and among Comdisco, Inc., Citibank, N.A. and Nationsbank of North Carolina, N.A. as Co-agents and Co-arrangers and the Financial Institutions Party thereto dated as of September 30, 1993
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.20 filed with the Company's Annual Report for the year ended September 30, 1993 on Form 10-K, File No. 1-7725.
10.23 Notice of Reduction in Tranche Commitments on the Second Amended and Restated Global Credit Agreement
10.24 Agreement and Plan of Dissolution of NBB Oil & Gas Partners (U.S.A.) among Comdisco, Inc. and Comdisco Exploration, Inc. and Comdisco Resources, Inc. and NBB Energy Partners I, L.P.
10.25 Exchange Agreement among NBB Oil & Gs Partners (USA)
11.00 Computation of Earnings Per Share
12.00 Ratio of Earnings to Combined Fixed Charges and Preferred Stock Dividends
13.00 Annual Report to Security Holders
Six Year Summary, Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations, and the Consolidated Financial Statements on pages 26 through 49 and the Quarterly Financial Data on page 48 and the Independent Auditors' Report on page 50 of the Annual Report to security holders for the fiscal year ended September 30, 1994 have been incorporated by reference as part of this Form 10-K. In accordance with instructions for electronic filers, such portions of the 1994 Annual Report have been filed as part of this Form 10-K.
21.00 Subsidiaries of Registrant
23.00 Consent of KPMG Peat Marwick LLP dated December 20, 1994
27.00 Financial Data Schedule