-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, Bs65dH004aFC+kdFjS8dqJ8KIULD3mOwkAYSQ1WcmQpvPNHjXY6QTNhcbgj79zVb k6osXgTWfqHwOeVo+mhqlQ== 0001193125-09-204338.txt : 20091006 0001193125-09-204338.hdr.sgml : 20091006 20091006161707 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-09-204338 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20091005 ITEM INFORMATION: Other Events FILED AS OF DATE: 20091006 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20091006 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: VISA INC. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001403161 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SERVICES-BUSINESS SERVICES, NEC [7389] IRS NUMBER: 260267673 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0930 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-33977 FILM NUMBER: 091108224 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: P.O. BOX 8999 CITY: SAN FRANCISCO STATE: CA ZIP: 94128-8999 BUSINESS PHONE: (415) 932-2100 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: P.O. BOX 8999 CITY: SAN FRANCISCO STATE: CA ZIP: 94128-8999 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: Visa Inc. DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20070614 8-K 1 d8k.htm FORM 8-K Form 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): October 5, 2009

 

 

VISA INC.

(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   001-33977   26-0267673

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

   (Commission File Number)  

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

P.O. Box 8999

San Francisco, California

   94128-8999
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code: (415) 932-2100

N/A

(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 Instructions 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))

 

 

 

Item 8.01 Other Events.

As previously disclosed in a Form 8-K filed on August 31, 2009, Visa U.S.A. Inc. (“Visa U.S.A.”), a principal operating subsidiary of Visa Inc. (“Company”), entered into an agreement (the “Prepayment Agreement”) on August 31, 2009 to modify its payment obligations under a settlement agreement, dated as of June 4, 2003, with plaintiffs in a class action lawsuit challenging certain aspects of the payment card industry under U.S. federal antitrust law. On October 2, 2009, the court in the class action lawsuit entered a final order approving the Prepayment Agreement. As a result, and, consistent with previous disclosure and pursuant to the terms of the Prepayment Agreement, the Company made a prepayment of its remaining $800 million in payment obligations at a discounted amount of $682 million on October 5, 2009.

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.

 

    VISA INC.
Date: October 6, 2009      
    By:   /s/    JOSEPH W. SAUNDERS        
      Joseph W. Saunders
     

Chief Executive Officer and

Chairman of the Board of Directors

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