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): August 2, 2011

 

 

VISA INC.

(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   001-33977   26-0267673

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

  

(Commission

File Number)

  

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

P.O. Box 8999

San Francisco, California

   94128-8999
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code: (415) 932-2100

N/A

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 

 

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 (see General Instructions A.2. below):

 

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Item 8.01 Other Events.

On August 2, 2011, Joseph W. Saunders, the Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Visa Inc. (the “Company”) adopted a pre-arranged stock trading plan to sell shares of Company stock. Under the plan, Mr. Saunders may sell up to 62,100 shares of Company stock. Mr. Saunders’ plan is scheduled to terminate in October 2012.

In addition, Joshua R. Floum, the Company’s General Counsel, adopted a pre-arranged stock trading plan providing for the exercise of options and sale of shares of Company stock. Under the plan, Mr. Floum may sell up to 61,000 shares of Company stock. Mr. Floum’s plan is scheduled to terminate in September 2012.

The transactions under the stock trading plans will be disclosed publicly through Form 4 filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The stock trading plans were adopted in accordance with guidelines specified under Rule 10b5-1 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the Company’s insider trading policy.

Mr. Saunders and Mr. Floum will continue to be subject to the Company’s executive stock ownership guidelines as outlined in the Company’s Proxy Statement on Form DEF14A, filed on December 12, 2010.

Except as may be required by law, the Company does not undertake to report on specific Rule 10b5-1 pre-planned stock trading plans of Company officers, nor to report modifications or terminations of the aforementioned 10b5-1 Plans or the plan of any other individual.

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.

 

  VISA INC.
Date: August 3, 2011  
  By:  

/s/ Byron H. Pollitt

    Byron H. Pollitt,
    Chief Financial Officer