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) March 13, 2019

 

 

 

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)

 

 

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Item 8.01.

Other Events.

On March 13, 2019, 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, $750,000,000 principal amount of 3.400% Senior Notes due 2029 and $750,000,000 principal amount of 4.250% Senior Notes due 2049 (the “Transaction”).

The Company intends to use a portion of the net proceeds of the Transaction to repay at maturity the $1.0 billion outstanding principal amount of the Company’s 5.125% Senior Notes due April 1, 2019 and the remainder of the net proceeds for general corporate purposes. Pending such use of the net proceeds, the Company may invest the proceeds in highly liquid short-term securities.

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 in order 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. 333-214056).

 

Item 9.01.

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

 

1.1		Underwriting Agreement
4.1		Form of 3.400% Senior Notes due 2029
4.2		Form of 4.250% Senior Notes due 2049
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: March 15, 2019				By:		/s/ Richard N. Peretz
						Name: Richard N. Peretz
						Title: Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer