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EX-31.1 - EXHIBIT 31.1 - CERTIFICATION - COMDISCO HOLDING CO INCex31-1.htm
 
UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
FORM 10-K/A
Amendment No. 1 to Form 10-K
 
[X]
ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 
For the Fiscal Year Ended September 30, 2009
 
OR
[  ]
TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 
For the transition period from ____________________ to ____________________
 
Commission file number 000-499-68
 
COMDISCO HOLDING COMPANY, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
Delaware
54-2066534
(State or other jurisdiction of
(I.R.S. employer
incorporation or organization)
identification no.)
5600 North River Road
 
Rosemont, Illinois
60018
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip code)
 
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:  (847) 698-3000
   
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
 
 
 
Title of Each Class
 
Name of Each Exchange on Which Registered
 
 
N/A
 
N/A
 
 
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:
Title of Each Class
 
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share
Contingent Distribution Rights

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act.       Yes [  ] No [X]
 
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act.       Yes [  ] No [X]
 
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant: (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.         
Yes [X] No [  ]
 

 
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate website, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).        Yes [  ] No [  ]
 
 
Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K (§229.405 of this chapter) is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of the registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K.  [X]
 
 
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company.  See definition of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act:

Large accelerated filer   [  ]
 
Accelerated filer [  ]
Non-accelerated filer [  ] (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
 
Smaller reporting company   [X]

 
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act).     Yes [_] No [X]
 
The aggregate market value of common stock held by non-affiliates of the registrant was approximately $5,000,000 based on its closing price per share of $7.10 on March 31, 2009. On March 31, 2009, there were 4,029,055 shares of common stock outstanding. No officer or director beneficially held shares of the Company’s Common Stock as of December 1, 2009. Shareholders who owned 5 percent or more of the outstanding common stock at that time have been excluded in that such persons may be deemed affiliates. The determination of affiliate status is not necessarily a conclusive determination for other purposes.
 
Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the registrant’s classes of common stock, as of the latest practicable date.
 
Title of Each Class
 
Number of Shares Outstanding at December 1, 2009
Common Stock, par value
$0.01 per share
 
4,029,055
 
DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE: NONE


 
EXPLANATORY NOTE

In this Amendment No. 1 to Annual Report on Form 10-K/A (“Amendment No. 1”) for the year ended September 30, 2009 as originally filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on December 11, 2009 (the “Original Filing”), references to “the Company,” “Comdisco Holding,” “we,” “us” and “our” mean Comdisco Holding Company, Inc., its consolidated subsidiaries, including Comdisco, Inc., Comdisco Ventures Fund A, LLC (formerly Comdisco Ventures, Inc.), and its predecessors, except in each case where the context indicates otherwise.
 
We are filing this Amendment No. 1 to include certain language in Exhibit 31.1 referring to internal control over financial reporting.

Except as expressly set forth in this Amendment No. 1, we are not amending any other part of the Original Filing.  This Amendment No. 1 continues to speak as of the date of the Original Filing, except as such disclosure is amended by this Amendment No. 1, and does not reflect events occurring after the filing of the Original Filing, or modify or update any related or other disclosures, including forward-looking statements, unless expressly noted otherwise.  Accordingly, this Amendment No. 1 should be read in conjunction with the Original Filing and with our other filings made with the SEC subsequent to the filing of the Original Filing.  The filing of this Amendment No. 1 shall not be deemed an admission that the Original Filing when made included any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact necessary to make a statement not misleading.

 
PART IV
 
ITEM 15. EXHIBITS, FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES
 
 
Exhibit No.
 
Description of Exhibit
       
 
31.1
 
Certification of Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer, Pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) or Rule 15d-14(a) of the Exchange Act, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (Filed herewith).
 
 

 

 
 
SIGNATURES
 
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) 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.
 

 
    COMDISCO HOLDING COMPANY, INC.
       
       
 
Dated: February 18, 2010
By:
/s/  Randolph I. Thornton
 
 
Name:
Randolph I. Thornton
   
Title:
Chief Executive Officer and President
(Principal Executive Officer)


 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities indicated on February 18, 2010.
 
 
SIGNATURE
 
DATE
       
 
 
 
February 18, 2010
  By:  /s/ Randolph I. Thornton    
 
Name: 
Randolph I. Thornton
   
 
Title:
Chief Executive Officer and President
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
Sole Director