Tech Data Again Named to FORTUNE Most Admired Companies List

    Business Editors/Technology Writers

    CLEARWATER, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 1, 2005--Tech Data Corporation (NASDAQ:TECD), a leading global provider of IT products, logistics management and other value-added services, was named to FORTUNE magazine's Most Admired Companies list for the seventh consecutive year.
    Appearing in the March 7 issue of the magazine, the rankings are compiled from a survey of 10,000 executives, directors and securities analysts. Each is asked to rate companies using eight attributes: innovation, use of corporate assets, employee talent, management quality, long-term investment value, social responsibility, financial soundness and quality of products and services.
    Other recent honors Tech Data has received include being named distributor of the year by Fujitsu Imaging Products Group and Enterasys Networks.

    Tech Data's Broadline/Specialized Advantage

    Through its Specialized Business Units (SBUs), Tech Data offers IT resellers the dedicated expertise of a specialty distributor combined with the infrastructure and economies of scale that only a broadline global market leader can deliver. Tech Data's SBUs focus on the specific needs of resellers serving markets such as components, digital environments, document imaging, POS/data capture, supplies and accessories, and telephony. By tailoring technical training, logistics management and product offerings for particular market segments, each SBU enables resellers, manufacturers and publishers to capitalize on incremental business opportunities.

    About Tech Data

    Tech Data Corporation (NASDAQ:TECD), founded in 1974, is a leading global provider of IT products, logistics management and other value-added services. Ranked 111th on the FORTUNE 500, the company and its subsidiaries serve more than 90,000 technology resellers in the United States, Canada, the Caribbean, Latin America, Europe and the Middle East. Tech Data's extensive service offering includes pre- and post-sale training and technical support, financing options and configuration services as well as a full range of electronic commerce solutions. The company generated sales of $19.1 billion for the last four quarters reported, which ended October 31, 2004.

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CONTACT: Tech Data Corporation, Clearwater Jarred LeFebvre, 727539-7429, ext. 86261 jarred.lefebvre@techdata.com

KEYWORD: FLORIDA INDUSTRY KEYWORD: HARDWARE SOFTWARE NETWORKING INTERNET E-COMMERCE SOURCE: Tech Data Corporation

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