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 reported): February 17, 2017
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)
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| Item 7.01 | Regulation FD Disclosure. |
On February 17, 2017, the Company’s Board of Directors declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.10 per share on the Company’s outstanding shares of common stock. The Board anticipates declaring this dividend in future quarters on a regular basis; however future declarations of dividends are subject to board of director approval and may be adjusted as business needs or market conditions change. The cash dividend of $0.10 per share will be paid on March 20, 2017 to stockholders of record as of the close of business on March 1, 2017.
A copy of the press release announcing the dividend 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 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: quarterly dividend issued by EVERTEC, Inc. dated February 17, 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.
EVERTEC, Inc. (Registrant) | ||||||||||
| Date: February 17, 2017 | By: | /s/ Peter J.S. Smith | ||||||||
| Name: | Peter J.S. Smith | |||||||||
| Title: | Chief Financial Officer | |||||||||
EXHIBIT INDEX
Number | Exhibit | |
| 99.1 | Press Release re: quarterly dividend issued by EVERTEC, Inc. dated February 17, 2017. | |