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WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION Comdisco filed a registration statement on Form S-3 to register the Comdisco Ventures group stock offered by this prospectus with the SEC. This prospectus is part of the registration statement and constitutes a prospectus of Comdisco. The registration statement (including the attached exhibits and schedules) that we filed with the SEC contains additional relevant information about Comdisco. The rules and regulations of the SEC allow us to omit some of the information included in the registration statement from this prospectus. The full registration statement can be obtained from the SEC as indicated below, or from us. We also file reports, proxy statements, and other information with the SEC. You may read and copy any reports, proxy statements, and other information we file at the following locations of the SEC: Public Reference Room New York Regional Office Chicago Regional Office 450 Fifth Street, N.W. 7 World Trade Center Citicorp Center Room 1024 Suite 1300 500 West Madison Washington, D.C. 20549 Street New York, New York 10048 Suite 1400 Chicago, Illinois 60661-2511 You may also obtain copies of this information by mail from the Public Reference Section of the Commission, 450 Fifth Street, N.W., Room 1024, Washington, D.C. 20549, at prescribed rates. Further information on the operation of the Commission's Public Reference Room in Washington, D.C. can be obtained by calling the Commission at 1-800-SEC-0330. Our SEC filings are also available to the public from commercial documents retrieval services and at the Internet world wide web site maintained by the SEC at www.sec.gov. Our SEC filings are also available to the public at the Internet worldwide web site we maintain at www.comdisco.com. 129 <PAGE> Comdisco group stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange. Reports and other information concerning Comdisco can also be inspected at the office of the New York Stock Exchange, Inc., 20 Broad Street, New York, New York 10005. INCORPORATION OF INFORMATION COMDISCO FILES WITH THE SEC The SEC allows us to "incorporate by reference" the information Comdisco files with them, which means: . incorporated documents are considered part of this prospectus; . we can disclose important information to you by referring you to those documents; and . information that we file with the SEC will automatically be considered to update and supersede this prospectus. We incorporate by reference the documents listed below, which Comdisco filed with the SEC under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended: . Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended September 30, 1999 as amended by Form 10-K/A filed with the SEC on February 24, 2000; . Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2000 filed with the SEC on August 14, 2000; . Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2000 filed with the SEC on May 15, 2000; . Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended December 31, 1999, as amended by Form 10-Q/A filed with the SEC on February 29, 2000; . Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on March 9, 2000; . Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on June 14, 2000; . Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on July 27, 2000; . Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on August 10, 2000; and . the description of our Comdisco group stock and Comdisco Ventures group stock contained in Comdisco's Registration Statements on Form 8-A filed with the SEC under the Exchange Act and any amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating that description. We also incorporate by reference into this prospectus additional documents that may be filed with the SEC pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act from the date of this prospectus prior to the termination of the offering of the securities made by this prospectus. These include periodic reports, such as Annual Reports on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and Current Reports on Form 8-K, as well as prospectuses. Any statements contained in a previously filed document incorporated by reference herein is deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of the prospectus to the extent that a statement contained herein (or in a subsequently filed documents which also is incorporated by reference herein) modifies or supersedes that statement. If you are a stockholder, we may have sent you some of the documents incorporated by reference, but you can obtain any of them through us, the SEC or the SEC's Internet world wide web site as described on the preceding page under "Where You Can Find More Information." We will provide without charge upon written or oral request, a copy of any or all of the documents that are incorporated by reference into this prospectus, other than exhibits which are specifically incorporated by reference into those documents. You should direct your requests in writing or by telephone at the following address: Comdisco, Inc. 6111 North River Road Rosemont, Illinois 60018 Telephone: (847) 698-3000 Attention: Corporate Secretary |