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 12, 2018 (December 10, 2018)

 

 

First Data Corporation

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

 

 

Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code (800) 735-3362

 

Not Applicable

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

 

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Emerging growth company o

 

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Item 5.03                                           Amendment to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.

 

On December 10, 2018, First Data Corporation (First Data) filed a Certificate of Retirement with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware to retire 74,577,965 shares of its Class B Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share (Class B Common Stock). All 74,577,965 shares of Class B Common Stock were converted into shares of Class A Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, of First Data (Class A Common Stock) during the past year, the majority of which were converted as a result of First Data’s secondary offering priced on August 13, 2018. First Data’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation requires that any shares of Class B Common Stock that are converted into shares of Class A Common Stock be retired and may not be reissued.

 

Effective upon filing, the Certificate of Retirement amended First Data’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to reduce the total number of authorized shares of capital stock of the First Data by 74,577,965 shares. The total number of authorized shares of First Data is now 2,148,269,789, shares, consisting of 1,600,000,000 shares designated Class A Common Stock, 448,269,789 shares designated Class B Common Stock, and 100,000,000 shares designated preferred stock, $0.01 par value per share. A copy of the Certificate of Retirement is attached as Exhibit 3.1 hereto.

 

Item 9.01                                           Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d)                                 The following is a list of the Exhibits filed with this report.

 

Exhibit Number		Description of Exhibit
3.1		Certificate of Retirement of 74,577,965 shares of Class B Common Stock

 

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.

 

	First Data Corporation
Date: December 12, 2018	By:	/s/ Stanley J. Andersen
		Stanley J. Andersen
		Vice President and Assistant Secretary

 

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