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 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 Exhange Act of 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): March 24, 2020

 

 

Mastercard Incorporated

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   001-32877   13-4172551

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)

 

(Commission File Number)

 

(IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

2000 Purchase Street

Purchase, New York

  10577
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

 

(914) 249-2000  

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

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):

 

Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
   
Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
   
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
   
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

 

Title of each class Trading Symbol Name of each exchange on which registered
Class A Common Stock MA New York Stock Exchange
1.100% Notes due 2022 MA22 New York Stock Exchange
2.100% Notes due 2027 MA27 New York Stock Exchange
2.500% Notes due 2030 MA30 New York Stock Exchange

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

 

Emerging growth company

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.

 

 

 

 

Item 8.01 Other Events.

 

On March 26, 2020, Mastercard Incorporated (the “Company”) completed an offering of $1,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 3.300% Notes due 2027 (the “2027 Notes”), $1,500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 3.350% Notes due 2030 (the “2030 Notes”) and $1,500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 3.850% Notes due 2050 (the “2050 Notes,” and together with the 2027 Notes and the 2030 Notes, the “Notes”). The offering of the Notes was made pursuant to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-223679), which Registration Statement relates to the offer and sale on a delayed basis from time to time of an indeterminate amount of the Company’s debt securities. Further information concerning the Notes and related matters is set forth in the Company’s Prospectus Supplement dated March 24, 2020, which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 25, 2020.

 

In connection with the issuance of the Notes, the Company entered into an Underwriting Agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) with Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Barclays Capital Inc., BofA Securities, Inc., Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, HSBC Securities (USA) Inc. and MUFG Securities Americas Inc. as representatives (the “Representatives”) of the several underwriters listed in Schedule II to the Underwriting Agreement. The foregoing description of the Underwriting Agreement is qualified in its entirety by the terms of such agreement, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 1.1 and is incorporated by reference herein.

 

The Notes were issued pursuant to an Indenture with Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as trustee, dated as of March 31, 2014 (the “Indenture”), together with the officer’s certificate dated as of March 26, 2020 establishing the terms of the Notes (the “Officer’s Certificate”). The Officer’s Certificate is attached hereto as Exhibit 4.1 and is incorporated by reference herein. The forms of the 2027 Notes, 2030 Notes and 2050 Notes are attached hereto as Exhibits 4.2, 4.3 and 4.4 and are incorporated by reference herein.

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits

 

     

Exhibit

No.

 

Description

   
1.1   Underwriting Agreement, dated as of March 24, 2020, among the Company and the Representatives
   
4.1   Officer’s Certificate of the Company, dated as of March 26, 2020
   
4.2   Form of Global Note representing the Company’s 3.300% Notes due 2027 (included in Exhibit 4.1)
     
4.3   Form of Global Note representing the Company’s 3.350% Notes due 2030 (included in Exhibit 4.1)
     
4.4   Form of Global Note representing the Company’s 3.850% Notes due 2050 (included in Exhibit 4.1)
   
5.1   Opinion of Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
   
23.1   Consent of Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)
     
104   Cover Page Interactive Data File - the cover page interactive data file does not appear in the Interactive Data File because its XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document.

 

 

 

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.

 

       
  Mastercard Incorporated
     
     
  By:  

/s/ Janet McGinness

  Name:   Janet McGinness
  Title:   Corporate Secretary

 

Date: March 26, 2020

 

 

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