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): October 21, 2009

 

 

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):

 

¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

¨ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 

Item  8.01 Other Events.

On October 21, 2009, the Company issued a press release announcing that its board of directors had declared a quarterly dividend in the amount of $0.125 per share of class A common stock (determined, in the case of class B and class C common stock, on an as-converted basis) payable on December 1, 2009, to all holders of record of the Company’s class A, class B and class C common stock as of November 16, 2009.

A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K. All information in the press release is furnished but not filed.

 

Item  9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

 

99.1   Press Release issued by Visa Inc., dated October 21, 2009.

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: October 21, 2009    
  By:  

/S/ JOSEPH W. SAUNDERS        

    Joseph W. Saunders
    Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors

EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit

Number

  

Description

99.1   Press Release issued by Visa Inc., dated October 21, 2009.