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| Item 8.01. | Other Events. |
On November 8, 2022, the Company entered into an Underwriting Agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”), between the Company and the underwriters named therein, for the issuance and sale by the Company of $600,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 5.400% Senior Notes due 2025 (the “2025 Notes”) and $750,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 5.600% Senior Notes due 2032 (the “2032 Notes” and together with the 2025 Notes, the “Notes”). The Notes were issued pursuant to an indenture, dated January 28, 2013, between the Company and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas (the “Base Indenture”), as supplemented by the sixth supplemental indenture (the “Sixth Supplemental Indenture” and, together with the Base Indenture, the “Indenture”) dated as of November 16, 2022, between Zoetis Inc. and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as trustee. The offering of the Notes was registered on a Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-266591).
The above description of the Underwriting Agreement, the Base Indenture and the Notes is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Underwriting Agreement, the Indenture, the Sixth Supplemental Indenture and the forms of the Notes filed as exhibits hereto, which exhibits are incorporated by reference herein.
| Item 9.01. | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
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SIGNATURES
Under the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the authorized undersigned.
| Date: November 16, 2022 | Zoetis Inc. | |
| By: | /s/ HEIDI C. CHEN | |
| Heidi C. Chen | ||
| Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary | ||