UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM8-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): November 28, 2017 (November 28, 2017)
Vantiv, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware | 001-35462 | 26-4532998 | ||
| (State of incorporation) | (Commission File Number) | (IRS Employer Identification No.) |
8500 Governor’s Hill Drive
Symmes Township, Ohio 45249
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)
(513)900-5250
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
| ☐ | Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425) |
| ☒ | Soliciting material pursuant to Rule14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR240.14a-12) |
| ☐ | Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR240.14d-2(b)) |
| ☐ | Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR240.13e-4(c)) |
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| Item 8.01 | Other Events. |
Certain Communications
On November 28, 2017, Vantiv, Inc. (“Vantiv”) released in the UK and uploaded to its website an announcement (the “Announcement”) made by Vantiv and Worldpay Group plc, a public limited company registered in England and Wales (“Worldpay”), relating to Vantiv’s proposed acquisition of Worldpay (the “Acquisition”). As set forth in the Announcement, it is expected that the Acquisition will be completed on January 16, 2018, subject to, among other things, the necessary shareholder approvals of Vantiv and Worldpay having been received. Both the Vantiv stockholder meeting and the Worldpay shareholder meeting are scheduled to be held on January 8, 2018. A copy of the Announcement is filed as Exhibit 99.1 to this current report and is incorporated herein by reference.
Additional Information
This announcement is being made in respect of a potential transaction involving Worldpay, Vantiv and Bidco. In connection with such transaction, Vantiv has filed the Definitive Proxy Statement and other documents regarding such transaction with the SEC.Before making any voting or investment decision, investors are urged to carefully read the entire Definitive Proxy Statement and any other relevant documents filed by Vantiv with the SEC, as well as any amendments or supplements to those documents, because they will contain important information about Vantiv, Worldpay and the transaction. Investors and security holders are also urged to carefully review and consider Vantiv’s public filings with the SEC, including but not limited to its Annual Reports on Form10-K, its proxy statements, its Current Reports on Form8-K and its Quarterly Reports on Form10-Q. Copies of the DefinitiveProxy Statement will be mailed to the respective stockholders of Vantiv. A copy of the DefinitiveProxy Statement also may be obtained free of charge at the SEC’s web site athttp://www.sec.gov.
Participants in the Solicitation
Vantiv and its directors, officers and employees may be considered participants in the solicitation of proxies from Vantiv’s stockholders in respect of the potential transaction involving Worldpay and Vantiv. Information regarding the persons who may, under the rules of the SEC, be deemed participants in the solicitation of Vantiv’s stockholders in connection with such transaction, including names, affiliations and a description of their direct or indirect interests, by security holdings or otherwise, is set forth in the Definitive Proxy Statement and other relevant materials which have been filed with the SEC. Information concerning the interests of Vantiv’s participants in the solicitation, which may, in some cases, be different than those of Vantiv’s stockholders generally, is set forth in the materials filed by Vantiv with the SEC, including in the proxy statement for Vantiv’s 2017 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, which was filed with the SEC on 15 March 2017, as supplemented by other Vantiv filings with the SEC, and is also set forth in the Definitive Proxy Statement.
No Offer or Solicitation
This communication is not intended to and shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any securities or a solicitation of any vote of approval, nor shall there be any sale of securities in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such jurisdiction.
| Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
Exhibit No. | Description | |
| 99.1 | Announcement dated November 28, 2017 | |
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit No. | Description | |
| 99.1 | Announcement dated November 28, 2017 | |
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.
| VANTIV, INC. | ||||||
| Dated: November 28, 2017 | By: | /s/ NELSON F. GREENE | ||||
| Name: | Nelson F. Greene | |||||
| Title: | Chief Legal and Corporate Services Officer and Secretary | |||||
