8-K

 

 

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) June 15, 2016

 

 

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)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code (404) 828-6000

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):

 

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Item 8.01. Other Events.

On June 6, 2016, 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, $73,505,000 aggregate principal amount of Floating Rate Senior Notes due 2066 (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 2066
  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: June 15, 2016     By:  

/s/ Richard N. Peretz

    Name:   Richard N. Peretz
    Title:   Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer