8-K 1 d8k.htm FORM 8-K Form 8-K

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 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): August 9, 2007

 


CDW CORPORATION

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 


 

Illinois   0-21796   36-3310735

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

  (Commission File Number)  

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification Number)

 

200 N. Milwaukee Ave., Vernon Hills, Illinois   60061
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (847) 465-6000

Not Applicable

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 


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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

¨ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a – 12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a – 12)

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d – 2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d(b))

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e – 4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e – 4(c))

 



Item 8.01. Other Events.

On August 9, 2007, at a special meeting of the shareholders of CDW Corporation (“CDW”), CDW’s shareholders voted to approve the previously announced merger agreement providing for the acquisition of CDW by VH Holdings, Inc., which upon closing of the merger will be controlled by investment funds affiliated with Madison Dearborn Partners, LLC and Providence Equity Partners Inc. A copy of the press release issued by CDW announcing the approval is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits.

 

Exhibit No.  

Description

99.1   Press Release Announcing Shareholder Approval, dated August 9, 2007


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 hereunto duly authorized.

 

Date: August 9, 2007

    CDW CORPORATION
    By:  

/s/ Christine A. Leahy

     

Christine A. Leahy

Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary


EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit No.  

Description

99.1   Press Release Announcing Shareholder Approval, dated August 9, 2007