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 (Date of earliest event reported) September 14, 2015
United Parcel Service, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware | 001-15451 | 58-2480149 | ||
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(IRS Employer Identification No.) | ||
55 Glenlake Parkway, N.E., Atlanta, Georgia | 30328 | |||
(Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) |
Registrants telephone number, including area code (404) 828-6000
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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Item 8.01. | Other Events. |
On September 14, 2015, United Parcel Service, Inc. (the Company) entered into an agreement (the Underwriting Agreement) with the underwriters listed on Schedule II thereto (the Underwriters), whereby the Company agreed to sell and the Underwriters agreed to purchase from the Company, subject to and upon the terms and conditions set forth in the Underwriting Agreement, $57,726,000 aggregate principal amount of Floating Rate Senior Notes due 2065 (the Transaction). The Company intends to use the net proceeds of the Transaction for general corporate purposes.
A copy of the Underwriting Agreement is attached hereto as Exhibit 1.1 and is incorporated herein by reference. The foregoing summary does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Underwriting Agreement.
The Company is filing this Current Report on Form 8-K so as to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission certain items related to the Transaction that are to be incorporated by reference into its Registration Statement on Form S-3ASR (Registration No. 333-192369).
Item 9.01. | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
(d) Exhibits.
1.1 | Underwriting Agreement | |
4.1 | Form of Floating Rate Senior Note due 2065 | |
5.1 | Opinion of King & Spalding LLP | |
23.1 | Consent of King & Spalding LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1) |
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.
UNITED PARCEL SERVICE, INC. | ||||||
Date: September 17, 2015 | By: | /s/ Teri P. McClure | ||||
Teri P. McClure | ||||||
Chief Legal Officer and Senior Vice President, Human Resources and Labor Relations |