UNITED STATES

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: April 16, 2018

(Date of earliest event reported)

TECH DATA CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

5350 Tech Data Drive

Clearwater, Florida, 33760

(Address of principal executive offices)

727-539-7429

(Registrant’s telephone number)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter). ¨

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ¨

On April 16, 2018, at a regularly-scheduled meeting of Tech Data Corporation’s (the “Company”) Board of Directors (the “Board”), the Board approved the implementation of a leadership succession plan pursuant to which, effective June 6, 2018, Richard T. Hume, the Company’s Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer, will be appointed Chief Executive Officer and Robert M. Dutkowsky, the Company’s Chairman of the Board and current Chief Executive Officer, will transition to the role of Executive Chairman of the Board. In addition, the Board nominated Mr. Hume to stand for election to the Company’s Board at the next Annual Meeting of Shareholders and expanded the Board from nine to ten directors.

Richard T. Hume, 58, joined the Company in March 2016 as Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer. Prior to his appointment at the Company, Mr. Hume was employed for more than thirty years at IBM. Most recently, from January 2015 to February 2016, Mr. Hume served as General Manager and Chief Operating Officer, Global Technology Services. Prior to that position, from January 2012 to January 2015, Mr. Hume served as General Manager, Europe where he led IBM’s multi-brand European organization. From 2008 to 2011, Mr. Hume served as General Manager, Global Business Partners, directing the growth and channel development initiatives for IBM’s Business Partner Channel. Mr. Hume holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from Pennsylvania State University.

(d) Exhibits.

The following materials are attached as exhibits to this Current Report on Form 8-K:

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.