8-K

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 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 report): February 19, 2016

 

 

EVERTEC, INC.

(EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER)

 

 

 

Puerto Rico   001-35872   66-0783622

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(Commission

file number)

 

(I.R.S. employer

identification number)

Cupey Center Building, Road 176

Kilometer 1.3,

San Juan, Puerto Rico

  00926
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

(787) 759-9999

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not applicable

(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, 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:

 

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Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.

On February 22, 2016, the Company announced that its operating subsidiary, EVERTEC Group, LLC, received U.S. federal bank regulatory approval on February 19, 2016 for the acquisition of 65% of the share capital of Processa S.A.S., a Colombian payment processing company that is based in Bogotá. The transaction is subject to customary closing conditions and is anticipated to close at or about the end of the first quarter of 2016. The transaction will be completed with cash on hand.

A copy of the press release announcing the transaction discussed above is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated by reference herein.

Note: The information contained in this Item 7.01 (including Exhibit 99.1) shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, except as expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits.

 

Number

  

Exhibit

99.1    Press Release re: EVERTEC receives approval on Processa transaction.


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.

 

       

EVERTEC, Inc.

(Registrant)

Date: February 22, 2016     By:  

       /s/ Arturo Díaz-Abramo

      Name: Arturo Díaz-Abramo
      Title:   Senior Vice President & General Counsel


EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Number

  

Exhibit

99.1    Press Release re: EVERTEC receives approval on Processa transaction.