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, 2020
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Item 8.01 Other Events.
On March 13, 2020, L3Harris Technologies, Inc. (“L3Harris”) closed its issuance and sale of $250,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its Floating Rate Notes due March 2023 (the “Notes”). The Notes will bear interest at a floating rate, reset quarterly, equal to three-month LIBOR plus 0.750% per year, and will mature on March 10, 2023. The Notes will be unsecured and unsubordinated and will rank equally in right of payment with all other unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness of L3Harris from time to time outstanding.
The Notes were offered and sold under L3Harris’ “automatic shelf” Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-233827) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on September 18, 2019 (the “Registration Statement”). In connection with the issuance and sale of the Notes, L3Harris filed a Prospectus dated September 18, 2019, and a related Prospectus Supplement dated March 4, 2020, which relate to the issuance and sale of the Notes, and entered into an Underwriting Agreement, dated as of March 4, 2020, between L3Harris and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. and U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc., which was filed as an exhibit to L3Harris’ Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on March 4, 2020.
The Notes were issued pursuant to an Indenture, dated as of September 3, 2003 (Exhibit 4.2 to the Registration Statement), between L3Harris and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as successor to The Bank of New York, as trustee.
The following documents relating to the sale of the Notes are filed as exhibits to this Current Report on Form 8-K and are incorporated into this Item 8.01 by reference:
• | Form of Floating Rate Global Note due March 2023; and |
• | Opinion of Holland & Knight LLP as to the validity of the Notes. |
L3Harris will use the net proceeds from the sale of the Notes, together with cash on hand, to repay at maturity $250,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its Floating Rate Notes due April 2020, which mature on April 30, 2020, and for general corporate purposes.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
The following exhibit is filed herewith:
Exhibit Number | Description |
4.1 | |
5.1 | |
23.1 | |
104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File formatted in Inline XBRL |
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SIGNATURE
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.
L3HARRIS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. | ||||||
By: | /s/ Jesus Malave Jr. | |||||
Name: | Jesus Malave Jr. | |||||
Date: March 13, 2020 | Title: | Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | ||||
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