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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): August 15, 2019

 

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CVS HEALTH CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware

 

001-01011

 

05-0494040

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

     

One CVS Drive, Woonsocket, Rhode Island

 

02895

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (401) 765-1500

Former name or former address, if changed since last report: N/A

 

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:

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))

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class

 

Trading

Symbol(s)

 

Name of each exchange

on which registered

Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share

 

CVS

 

New York Stock Exchange

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company  

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.  

 

 


Section 8 - Other Events

Item 8.01. Other Events

On August 15, 2019, CVS Health Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), issued a press release announcing the expiration and tender results of its cash tender offers for (1) any and all of its 3.125% Senior Notes due 2020 and (2) any and all of its 4.125% Senior Notes due 2021, the 4.125% Senior Notes due 2021 issued by its wholly-owned subsidiary, Aetna Inc. (“Aetna”) and the 5.450% Senior Notes due 2021 issued by Coventry Health Care, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Aetna, in connection with the Company’s previously announced cash tender offers commenced on August 8, 2019.

On August 15, 2019, the Company issued and sold $1,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 2.625% senior notes due August 15, 2024 (the “2024 Notes”), $750,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 3.000% senior notes due August 15, 2026 (the “2026 Notes”) and $1,750,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 3.250% senior notes due August 15, 2029 (the “2029 Notes” and, together with the 2024 Notes and the 2026 Notes, the “Notes”). The Notes were offered pursuant to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-3ASR, File No. 333-217596, dated May 2, 2017 (the “Registration Statement”).

The Notes are governed by and issued pursuant to a Senior Indenture dated August 15, 2006 between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee (the “Senior Indenture”). The Company may issue additional senior debt securities from time to time pursuant to the Senior Indenture. The form of Senior Indenture was filed as Exhibit 4.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed August 15, 2006 and shall be incorporated by reference into this Current Report on Form 8-K. Forms of the Notes are filed as Exhibits 4.1, 4.2 and 4.3 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and are incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement.

A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1, which is incorporated by reference herein.

Section 9 - Financial Statements and Exhibits

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

The exhibit to this Current Report on Form 8-K is as follows:

INDEX TO EXHIBITS

 

4.1

   

Form of the 2024 Note

         
 

4.2

   

Form of the 2026 Note

         
 

4.3

   

Form of the 2029 Note

         
 

5.1

   

Opinion of Shearman & Sterling LLP

         
 

23.1

   

Consent of Shearman & Sterling LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)

         
 

99.1

   

Press Release of CVS Health Corporation dated August 15, 2019

         
 

104

   

Cover Page Interactive File (the cover page tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document).


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.

 

 

 

CVS HEALTH CORPORATION

             

Date: August 15, 2019

 

 

By:

 

/s/ Eva C. Boratto

 

 

 

Eva C. Boratto

 

 

 

Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer