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 2, 2013

 

 

CVS CAREMARK CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in 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)

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

 

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

 

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Item 8.01. Other Events.

On December 2, 2013, CVS Caremark Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), entered into an Underwriting Agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) with Barclays Capital Inc., and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, as representatives of the several underwriters named in Schedule I thereto (the “Underwriters”), pursuant to which the Company agreed to issue and sell to the Underwriters $750,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 1.20% senior notes due December 5, 2016 ( the “2016 Notes”), $1,250,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 2.25% senior notes due December 5, 2018 ( the “2018 Notes”), $1,250,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 4.00% senior notes due December 5, 2023 ( the “2023 Notes”) and $750,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 5.30% senior notes due December 5, 2043 ( the “2043 Notes”), collectively (the “Notes”). The Notes were offered pursuant to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-3, File No. 333-187440, dated March 21, 2013.

From time to time, certain of the Underwriters and/or their respective affiliates have directly and indirectly engaged, and may engage in the future, in investment and/or commercial banking transactions with the Company for which they have received, or may receive, customary compensation, fees and expense reimbursement. Barclays Capital Inc. is acting as the Company’s financial advisor in connection with the Coram acquisition. An affiliate of one of the underwriters, BNY Mellon Capital Markets, LLC, is the trustee, registrar and paying agent for the notes. Additionally, a member of the Company’s board of directors is an officer of Bank of America Corporation, an affiliate of the underwriters.

The closing of the sale of the Notes will occur on December 5, 2013. The net proceeds to the Company from the sale of the Notes, after deducting the Underwriters’ discounts and the estimated offering expenses payable by the Company, are approximately $3,961,645,300. A copy of the Underwriting Agreement is filed as Exhibit 1.1 to this report on Form 8-K and is incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement.

The Notes will be 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 report on Form 8-K. Forms of the Notes are filed as Exhibit 4.1, 4.2, 4.3 and 4.4 to this report on Form 8-K and are incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d) Exhibits

 

Exhibit
No.
   Description
  1.1    Underwriting Agreement dated December 2, 2013 between CVS Caremark Corporation and Barclays Capital Inc. and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, as representatives of the several underwriters named in Schedule I thereto.
  4.1    Form of the 2016 Note
  4.2    Form of the 2018 Note
  4.3    Form of the 2023 Note
  4.4    Form of the 2043 Note
  5.1    Opinion of Shearman & Sterling LLP
23.1    Consent of Shearman & Sterling LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)


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 CAREMARK CORPORATION
Date:  

December 5, 2013

    By:  

/s/ David M. Denton

        Name:   David M. Denton
        Title:   Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer