content: 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 26, 2002
  
                                   COMDISCO, INC.
                               (Debtor-In-Possession)
           DELAWARE                   1-7725                     36-2687938
                   6111 NORTH RIVER ROAD, ROSEMONT, ILLINOIS 60018
                                   (847) 698-3000
  
  
  
  
  
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  Item 5.           Other Events.
  
  On April 26, 2002,  Comdisco,  Inc.  announced that it and fifty of its domestic
  subsidiaries  and  affiliates,  debtors and  debtors-in-possession,  had filed a
  proposed Joint Plan of Reorganization (the "Plan") and Disclosure Statement with
  the United  States  Bankruptcy  Court for the  Northern  District  of  Illinois,
  Eastern Division.  Certain provisions of the Plan, and thus the descriptions and
  summaries  contained therein,  are the subject of continuing  negotiations among
  the Debtors and various  parties,  have not been finally agreed upon, and may be
  modified.  Such modifications,  however,  will not have a material effect on the
  distributions  contemplated by the Plan. A true and correct copy of the Plan, is
  attached hereto as Exhibit 99.3, and is incorporated herein by reference.
  
  On April 26, 2002, Comdisco, Inc. announced that Ronald C. Mishler, who had been
  serving as Chief Financial Officer, had been appointed President and Chief
  Operating Officer.
  
  
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  Item 7.  Financial Statements and Exhibits.
  
       (c) Exhibits
  
           Exhibit No.      Description
  
           99.1             Press Release of Comdisco, Inc., dated April 26, 2002
           99.2             Disclosure Statement of Comdisco, Inc.
           99.3             Joint Plan of Reorganization of Comdisco, Inc.
  
  
  
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                                     SIGNATURES
  
  Pursuant to the  requirements  of the  Securities  and Exchange Act of 1934, the
  Registrant  has duly  caused  this  report  to be  signed  on its  behalf by the
  undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
  
  
                                 COMDISCO, INC.
  
                                      By:     /s/ Ronald C. Mishler
                                              ---------------------------
                                              Name:    Ronald C. Mishler
                                              Title:   President and Chief
                                                       Operating Officer
  
  Dated:   May 1, 2002
  
  
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                                    EXHIBIT INDEX
  
  
           Exhibit No.       Description
  
           99.1              Press Release of Comdisco, Inc., dated April 26, 2002
           99.2              Disclosure Statment of Comdisco, Inc.
           99.3              Plan of Reorganziation of Comdisco, Inc.
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text: 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 26, 2002
  
                                   COMDISCO, INC.
                               (Debtor-In-Possession)
           DELAWARE                   1-7725                     36-2687938
                   6111 NORTH RIVER ROAD, ROSEMONT, ILLINOIS 60018
                                   (847) 698-3000
  Item 5.           Other Events.
  
  On April 26, 2002,  Comdisco,  Inc.  announced that it and fifty of its domestic
  subsidiaries  and  affiliates,  debtors and  debtors-in-possession,  had filed a
  proposed Joint Plan of Reorganization (the "Plan") and Disclosure Statement with
  the United  States  Bankruptcy  Court for the  Northern  District  of  Illinois,
  Eastern Division.  Certain provisions of the Plan, and thus the descriptions and
  summaries  contained therein,  are the subject of continuing  negotiations among
  the Debtors and various  parties,  have not been finally agreed upon, and may be
  modified.  Such modifications,  however,  will not have a material effect on the
  distributions  contemplated by the Plan. A true and correct copy of the Plan, is
  attached hereto as Exhibit 99.3, and is incorporated herein by reference.
  
  On April 26, 2002, Comdisco, Inc. announced that Ronald C. Mishler, who had been
  serving as Chief Financial Officer, had been appointed President and Chief
  Operating Officer.
  Item 7.  Financial Statements and Exhibits.
  
       (c) Exhibits
  
           Exhibit No.      Description
  
           99.1             Press Release of Comdisco, Inc., dated April 26, 2002
           99.2             Disclosure Statement of Comdisco, Inc.
           99.3             Joint Plan of Reorganization of Comdisco, Inc.
  SIGNATURES
  
  Pursuant to the  requirements  of the  Securities  and Exchange Act of 1934, the
  Registrant  has duly  caused  this  report  to be  signed  on its  behalf by the
  undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
  
                                 COMDISCO, INC.
  
                                      By:     /s/ Ronald C. Mishler
                                              ---------------------------
                                              Name:    Ronald C. Mishler
                                              Title:   President and Chief
                                                       Operating Officer
  
  Dated:   May 1, 2002
  EXHIBIT INDEX
  
           Exhibit No.       Description
  
           99.1              Press Release of Comdisco, Inc., dated April 26, 2002
           99.2              Disclosure Statment of Comdisco, Inc.
           99.3              Plan of Reorganziation of Comdisco, Inc.