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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): March 26, 1996 
 
 
                            TECH DATA CORPORATION 
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) 
 
 
Florida                             0-14625                       59-1578329  
(State or other              (Commission File Number)       (I.R.S. Employer 
jurisdiction of                                        Identification No.)     
incorporation) 
 
               5350 Tech Data Drive, Clearwater, Florida  34620 
                  (Address of principal executive offices) 
 
 
     Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (813) 539-7429 
 
 
                                Not applicable 
      (Former name or former address, if changed since last report.) 
 
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Item 5.  Other Events. 
 
In connection with the "safe harbor" provisions of the Private Securities  
Litigation Reform Act of 1995, Tech Data Corporation (the "Company") is hereby  
filing cautionary statements identifying important factors that could cause  
the Company's actual results to differ materially from those projected in  
forward-looking statements of the Company made by, or on behalf of, the  
Company.  
 
Item 7.  Financial Statements and Exhibits. 
 
The following is filed as an Exhibit to this Report. 
 
Exhibit Number 99 
 
Description 
 
Cautionary Statement for Purposes of the "Safe Harbor" Provisions of the  
Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. 
 
 
 
 
                           
                                SIGNATURES 
 
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 thereunto duly authorized. 
 
	                               				TECH DATA CORPORATION 
  
Dated:  March 26, 1996              By: /s/ Jeffery P. Howells 
                                        Jeffery P. Howells 
                                        Senior Vice President of Finance 
                                        and Chief Financial Officer 
 
 
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                             EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit
Number            Description
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 99               Cautionary Statement For Purposes of the "Safe Harbor"
                   Provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform
                   Act of 1995