0001193125-11-344062.txt : 20111216 0001193125-11-344062.hdr.sgml : 20111216 20111216163901 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-11-344062 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20111216 ITEM INFORMATION: Other Events FILED AS OF DATE: 20111216 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20111216 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: 111266778 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 d270408d8k.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): December 16, 2011

 

 

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.

On December 16, 2011, Byron H. Pollitt, Jr., Chief Financial Officer of Visa Inc. (the “Company”) adopted a pre-arranged stock trading plan for the exercise of options and sale of shares of Company stock. Under the plan, Mr. Pollitt may sell up to 77,484 shares of Company stock. Mr. Pollitt’s plan is scheduled to terminate in February 2013.

The transactions under the stock trading plan will be disclosed publicly through Form 4 filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The stock trading plan was adopted in accordance with guidelines specified under Rule 10b5-1 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the Company’s insider trading policy.

Mr. Pollitt will continue to be subject to the Company’s executive stock ownership guidelines as outlined in the Company’s Proxy Statement on Form DEF14A, filed on December 14, 2011.

Except as may be required by law, the Company does not undertake to report on specific Rule 10b5-1 pre-planned stock trading plans of Company officers, nor to report modifications or terminations of the aforementioned 10b5-1 plan or the plan of any other individual.

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: December 16, 2011    
  By:  

/s/ Joseph W. Saunders

   

Joseph W. Saunders,

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer