UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
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Item 8.01 – Other Events.
On January 8, 2020, Campbell Soup Company issued a press release announcing it has commenced offers to purchase for cash (the “Tender Offers”) up to $1.0 billion combined aggregate principal amount of its outstanding 3.30% Senior Notes due 2021, 3.80% Senior Notes due 2042, 3.65% Senior Notes due 2023, 3.95% Senior Notes due 2025, 3.30% Senior Notes due 2025 and 4.15% Senior Notes due 2028. The Tender Offers are being made pursuant to, and are subject to the satisfaction or waiver of the terms and conditions set forth in, the Offer to Purchase dated January 8, 2020. A copy of the press release announcing the Tender Offers is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein by reference.
The information contained in this Current Report on Form 8-K shall not constitute an offer to sell, or a solicitation of an offer to purchase, any securities in any jurisdiction in which such an offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful.
Item 9.01 – Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits
| 99.1 | Press Release dated January 8, 2020. | |
| 104 | The cover page from this Current Report on Form 8-K is formatted in Inline XBRL. |
| EXHIBIT INDEX | |
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| 99.1 | Press release issued by Campbell Soup Company on January 8, 2020.
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| 104 | The cover page from this Current Report on Form 8-K is formatted in Inline XBRL. |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| CAMPBELL SOUP COMPANY | |||
| Date: January 8, 2020 | By: | /s/ Mick Beekhuizen | |
| Mick Beekhuizen | |||
| Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | |||