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View original ↗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
December 7, 2020
Date
of Report (Date of earliest event reported)
____________________________________________
Uber Technologies, Inc.
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
____________________________________________
Delaware
001-38902
45-2647441
(State
or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
(Commission
File Number)
(I.R.S.
Employer Identification Number)
1455 Market
Street , 4th Floor
San Francisco ,
California 94103
(Address of
principal executive offices, including zip code)
(415) 612-8582
(Registrant’s
telephone number, including area code)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended
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Securities
registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each class
Trading
Symbol(s)
Name of each exchange
on which registered
Common
Stock, par value $0.00001 per share
UBER
New
York Stock Exchange
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth
company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
Emerging growth company
o
If an emerging growth
company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any
new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. o
Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Agreement.
On December 11,
2020, Uber Technologies, Inc. (the “ Company ”) completed its previously announced private offering of
$1.0 billion aggregate principal amount of 0% Convertible Senior Notes due 2025 (the “ Notes ”), including
the exercise in full by the initial purchasers of the Notes of their option to purchase up to an additional $ 150.0 million
principal amount of the Notes. The Notes are general senior, unsecured obligations of the Company. The Notes were issued
pursuant to an indenture, dated December 11, 2020 (the “ Indenture ”), between the Company and U.S. Bank
National Association, as trustee.
The
Notes will mature on December 15, 2025, unless earlier converted, redeemed or repurchased. The Notes will not bear regular interest,
and the principal amount of the notes will not accrete. Special interest, if any, will be payable semiannually in arrears on June
15 and December 15 of each year. The Notes will be convertible at the option of the holders at any time prior to the close
of business on the business day immediately preceding September 15, 2025 only under the following circumstances: (1) during any
calendar quarter commencing after the calendar quarter ending on March 31, 2021 (and only during such calendar quarter), if the
last reported sale price of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.00001 per share (the “ Common Stock ”),
for at least 20 trading days (whether or not consecutive) during a period of 30 consecutive trading days ending on, and including,
the last trading day of the immediately preceding calendar quarter is greater than or equal to 130% of the conversion price for
the Notes on each applicable trading day; (2) during the five business day period after any 10 consecutive trading day period
(the “ measurement period ”) in which the trading price (as defined in the Indenture) per $1,000 principal
amount of the Notes for each trading day of the measurement period was less than 98% of the product of the last reported sale
price of Common Stock and the conversion rate for the Notes on each such trading day; (3) if the Company calls such Notes for
redemption, at any time prior to the close of business on the scheduled trading day immediately preceding the applicable redemption
date; or (4) upon the occurrence of specified corporate events as set forth in the Indenture. On or after September 15, 2025 until
the close of business on the second scheduled trading day immediately preceding the maturity date, holders of the Notes may convert
all or any portion of their Notes, in multiples of $1,000 principal amount, at the option of the holder regardless of the foregoing
circumstances. Upon conversion, the Company may satisfy its conversion obligation by paying and/or delivering, as the case may
be, cash, shares of Common Stock or a combination of cash and shares of Common Stock, at the Company’s election, in the
manner and subject to the terms and conditions provided in the Indenture. The conversion rate for the Notes will initially be
12.3701 shares of Common Stock per $1,000 principal amount of Notes, which is equivalent to an initial conversion price of approximately
$80.84 per share of Common Stock. The initial conversion price of the Notes represents a premium of approximately 52.5% to the
last reported sale price of the Common Stock of $53.01 per share on the New York Stock Exchange on December 8, 2020. The conversion
rate for the Notes is subject to adjustment under certain circumstances in accordance with the terms of the Indenture. In addition,
following certain corporate events that occur prior to the maturity date of the Notes or if the Company delivers a notice of redemption
in respect of the Notes, the Company will, in certain circumstances, increase the conversion rate of the Notes for a holder who
elects to convert its Notes (or any portion thereof) in connection with such a corporate event or convert its Notes called (or
deemed called) for redemption during the related redemption period, as the case may be.
The
Company may not redeem the Notes prior to December 20, 2023. The Company may redeem for cash all or any portion of the Notes, at
its option, on or after December 20, 2023 if the last reported sale price of the Common Stock has been at least 130% of the conversion
price of the Notes then in effect for at least 20 trading days (whether or not consecutive) during any 30 consecutive trading day
period (including the last trading day of such period) ending on, and including, the trading day immediately preceding the date
on which the Company provides notice of redemption at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to
be redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid special interest, if any, to, but excluding, the redemption date. No sinking fund is provided
for the Notes.
If the Company
undergoes a fundamental change (as defined in the Indenture), then, subject to certain conditions and except as set forth in the
Indenture, holders may require the Company to repurchase for cash all or any portion of their Notes at a fundamental change repurchase
price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be repurchased, plus accrued and unpaid special interest, if any, to,
but excluding, the fundamental change repurchase date.
The Indenture includes
customary covenants and sets forth certain events of default after which the Notes may be declared immediately due and payable
and sets forth certain types of bankruptcy or insolvency events of default involving the Company after which such Notes become
automatically due and payable. The following events are considered “events of default” under the Indenture:
· default in any payment of special interest on any Note when due and
payable and the default continues for a period of 30 days;
· default in the payment of principal of any Note when due and payable
at its stated maturity, upon optional redemption, upon any required repurchase, upon declaration of acceleration or otherwise;
· failure by the Company to comply with its obligation to convert the
Notes in accordance with the Indenture upon exercise of a holder’s conversion right and such failure continues for three
business days;
· failure by the Company to give a fundamental change notice, notice
of a make-whole fundamental change or notice of a specified corporate transaction, in each case when due and such failure continues
for one business day;
· failure by the Company to comply with its obligations in respect
of any consolidation, merger or sale of assets;
· failure by the Company to comply with any of the other agreements
in the Notes or Indenture for 60 days after receipt of written notice of such failure from the trustee or the holders of at least
25% in principal amount of the Notes then outstanding;
· default by the Company or any of its significant subsidiaries (as
defined in the Indenture) with respect to any mortgage, agreement or other instrument under which there may be outstanding, or
by which there may be secured or evidenced, any indebtedness for money borrowed in excess of $250,000,000 (or its foreign currency
equivalent) in the aggregate of the Company and/or any such significant subsidiary, whether such indebtedness now exists or shall
hereafter be created (i) resulting in such indebtedness becoming or being declared due and payable prior to its stated maturity
date or (ii) constituting a failure to pay the principal of any such indebtedness when due and payable (after the expiration of
all applicable grace periods) at its stated maturity, upon required repurchase, upon declaration of acceleration or otherwise,
and in the cases of clauses (i) and (ii), such acceleration shall not have been rescinded or annulled or such failure to pay or
default shall not have been cured or waived, or such indebtedness is not paid or discharged, as the case may be, within 30 days
after written notice to the Company by the trustee or to the Company and the trustee by holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal
amount of the Notes then outstanding in accordance with the Indenture; and
· certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization of the
Company or any of the Company’s significant subsidiaries.
If certain bankruptcy
and insolvency-related events of default occur with respect to the Company, the principal of, and accrued and unpaid special interest,
if any, on, all of the then outstanding Notes shall automatically become due and payable. If an event of default with respect to
the Notes, other than certain bankruptcy and insolvency-related events of default with respect to the Company, occurs and is continuing,
the trustee by notice to the Company or the holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the outstanding Notes by notice to the
Company and the trustee, may, and the trustee at the request of such holders shall, declare 100% of the principal of, and accrued
and unpaid special interest, if any, on, all of the then-outstanding Notes to be due and payable. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
the Indenture provides that, to the extent the Company so elects, the sole remedy for an event of default relating to certain failures
by the Company to comply with certain reporting covenants in the Indenture will, for the first 365 days after such event of default,
consist exclusively of the right to receive special interest on the Notes.
The Indenture provides
that the Company shall not consolidate with or merge with or into, or sell, convey, transfer or lease all or substantially all
of the consolidated properties and assets of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to, another person (other than
any such sale, conveyance, transfer or lease to one or more of the Company’s direct or indirect wholly owned subsidiaries),
unless: (i) the resulting, surviving or transferee person (if not the Company) is a corporation organized and existing under the
laws of the United States of America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia, and such corporation (if not the Company)
expressly assumes by supplemental indenture all of the Company’s obligations under the Notes and the Indenture; and (ii)
immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no default or event of default has occurred and is continuing under the Indenture.
A copy of the Indenture
is attached as Exhibit 4.1 hereto (including the form of the Notes attached as Exhibit 4.2 hereto) and is incorporated herein by
reference (and this description is qualified in its entirety by reference to such document).
The net
proceeds from this offering were approximately $1.136 billion, after deducting the initial purchasers’ discounts and
commissions and the estimated offering expenses payable by the Company. The Company intends to use the net proceeds from this
offering for working capital or other general corporate purposes, which may include acquisitions or strategic transactions,
although the Company has not designated any specific uses at this time.
Item 2.03
Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.
The information
set forth under Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 3.02
Unregistered Sale of Equity Securities.
The information set forth
under Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated herein by reference.
The Company offered
and sold the Notes to the initial purchasers in reliance on the exemption from registration provided by Section 4(a)(2) of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “ Securities Act ”), and for resale by the initial purchasers to
qualified institutional buyers pursuant to the exemption from registration provided by Rule 144A under the Securities Act. The
Company relied on these exemptions from registration based in part on representations made by the initial purchasers in the purchase
agreement dated December 8, 2020 by and among the Company and the initial purchasers. The shares of Common Stock issuable upon
conversion of the Notes, if any, have not been registered under the Securities Act and may not be offered or sold in the United
States absent registration or an applicable exemption from registration requirements.
To the extent that
any shares of Common Stock are issued upon conversion of the Notes, they will be issued in transactions anticipated to be exempt
from registration under the Securities Act by virtue of Section 3(a)(9) thereof because no commission or other remuneration is
expected to be paid in connection with conversion of the Notes and any resulting issuance of shares of Common Stock.
Item 8.01
Other Events.
On December 7, 2020,
the Company issued a press release announcing its intention to offer $1.0 billion aggregate principal amount of the Notes in a
private placement to qualified institutional buyers pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act. A copy of the press release
is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein by reference.
On December 8, 2020,
the Company issued a press release announcing the pricing of its offering of $1.0 billion aggregate principal amount of the Notes
in a private placement to qualified institutional buyers pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act. A copy of the press release
announcing the offering is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.2 and is incorporated herein by reference.
Forward-Looking
Statements
This
Current Report on Form 8-K contains “forward-looking” statements, as that term is defined under the federal
securities laws, including but not limited to statements regarding the offering of the Notes and the Company’s expectations
regarding the expected net proceeds from the offering and use of those net proceeds. These forward-looking statements are based
on the Company’s current assumptions, expectations and beliefs and are subject to substantial risks, uncertainties, assumptions
and changes in circumstances that may cause the Company’s actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially
from those expressed or implied in any forward-looking statement. Given these uncertainties, you should not place undue reliance
on these forward-looking statements. Further information on these and other factors that could affect the forward-looking statements
in this Current Report on Form 8-K is included in the filings the Company makes with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“ SEC ”)
from time to time, particularly under the captions “Risk Factors” and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis
of Financial Condition and Results of Operations,” including the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended
September 30, 2020. Copies of these documents may be obtained from the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. These forward-looking
statements represent the Company’s estimates and assumptions only as of the date of this Current Report on Form 8-K.
The Company assumes no obligation and does not intend to update these forward-looking statements, except as required by law.
Item 9.01
Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits
Exhibit No.
Description
4.1
Indenture, dated as of December 11, 2020, by and between Uber Technologies, Inc. and U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee.
4.2
Form of Global Note, representing Uber Technologies, Inc.’s 0% Convertible Senior Notes due 2025 (included as Exhibit A to the Indenture filed as Exhibit 4.1).
99.1
Press Release dated December 7, 2020.
99.2
Press Release dated December 8, 2020.
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.
Uber Technologies, Inc.
Date:
December 11, 2020
By:
/s/
Dara Khosrowshahi
Dara Khosrowshahi
Chief Executive Officer
Filing details
- Company
- Uber Technologies, Inc
- Ticker
- UBER
- CIK
- 1543151
- Form type
- 8-K
- Filing date
- Dec 11, 2020
- Report date
- Dec 7, 2020
- Document
- e20624_uber-8k.htm
- Size
- 1.0 MB