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): April 3, 2018
MARRIOTT INTERNATIONAL, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware | 1-13881 | 52-2055918 | ||
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(IRS Employer Identification No.) |
| 10400 Fernwood Road, Bethesda, Maryland | 20817 | |||
| (Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) | |||
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (301) 380-3000
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| ITEM 8.01 | Other Events. |
On April 3, 2018, Marriott International, Inc. (“we” or “us”) entered into a Terms Agreement with Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Wells Fargo Securities, LLC and the other Underwriters listed on Schedule I thereto (the “Terms Agreement,” which incorporates by reference the Underwriting Agreement General Terms and Provisions, dated June 9, 2006 (the “Underwriting Agreement”) (which we previously filed on June 14, 2006 as Exhibit 1.1 to our Current Report on Form 8-K)) to issue $450 million aggregate principal amount of our 4.000% Series X Notes due 2028 (the “Notes”). On April 6, 2018, we received net proceeds of approximately $443 million from the offering of the Notes, after deducting the underwriting discount and estimated expenses of the offering. We expect to use these proceeds for general corporate purposes, which may include working capital, capital expenditures, acquisitions, stock repurchases or repayment of outstanding commercial paper or other borrowings.
We will pay interest on the Notes on April 15 and October 15 of each year, commencing on October 15, 2018. The Notes will mature on April 15, 2028, and we may redeem them, in whole or in part, at our option, under the terms provided in the Form of Note.
We issued the Notes under an indenture dated as of November 16, 1998 with The Bank of New York Mellon, as successor to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., formerly known as The Chase Manhattan Bank, as trustee (the “Indenture”) (which we previously filed as Exhibit 4.1 to our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January 1, 1999).
In connection with the public offering of the Notes, we filed a Prospectus dated February 15, 2018 and a Prospectus Supplement dated April 3, 2018 (the “Prospectus Supplement”) with the Securities and Exchange Commission, each of which forms a part of our Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-223058) (the “Registration Statement”). We are filing the Terms Agreement, the Indenture Officer’s Certificate pursuant to Section 301 of the Indenture, the Form of Note, and a legal opinion of our counsel, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, on the Notes as exhibits to this report for the purpose of incorporating them as exhibits to the Registration Statement.
| ITEM 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
| (d) | Exhibits. We are filing the following exhibits with this report: |
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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.
| MARRIOTT INTERNATIONAL, INC. | ||||||
| Date: April 6, 2018 | ||||||
| By: | /s/ Bao Giang Val Bauduin | |||||
| Bao Giang Val Bauduin | ||||||
| Controller and Chief Accounting Officer | ||||||