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) October 31, 2017
CONSTELLATION BRANDS, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware | 001-08495 | 16-0716709 | ||
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(IRS Employer Identification No.) |
207 High Point Drive, Building 100, Victor, NY 14564
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code (585) 678-7100
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)
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Item 8.01 Other Events.
On October 31, 2017, Constellation Brands, Inc. (the “Company”) and certain subsidiary guarantors (the “Guarantors”) entered into an underwriting agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) with Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, for themselves and as representatives of the underwriters named therein (the “Underwriters”) for the sale by the Company of $2.0 billion aggregate principal amount of Senior Notes, consisting of (i) $600.0 million of 2.000% Senior Notes due 2019 for a public offering price of 99.860% of the principal amount of such notes; (ii) $700.0 million of 2.250% Senior Notes due 2020 for a public offering price of 99.804% of the principal amount of such notes; and (iii) $700.0 million of 2.650% Senior Notes due 2022 for a public offering price of 99.582% of the principal amount of such notes (collectively, the “Notes”). The purchase of the Notes by the Underwriters is scheduled to close on November 7, 2017, subject to customary closing conditions. The Company intends to use the net proceeds from this offering to repay amounts outstanding under the Company’s European Term A loan facility.
The Company has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission a Prospectus dated May 2, 2017 and a Prospectus Supplement for the Notes dated October 31, 2017, each of which forms a part of the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-217584) (the “Registration Statement”) in connection with the public offering of the Notes. The Company is filing the item listed below as an exhibit to this Current Report on Form 8-K for the purpose of incorporating it as an exhibit to the Registration Statement.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
The following exhibit is filed as part of this Current Report on Form 8-K:
| Exhibit No. | Description | |
| 1.1 | Underwriting Agreement, dated October 31, 2017, among the Company, the guarantors named therein, and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, for themselves and as representatives of the several underwriters named therein. | |
INDEX TO EXHIBITS
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.
| Date: November 3, 2017 | CONSTELLATION BRANDS, INC. | |||||
| By: | /s/ David Klein | |||||
| David Klein | ||||||
| Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | ||||||