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): March 1, 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)
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| Item 7.01 | Regulation FD Disclosure. |
Today EVERTEC, Inc. announced that its operating subsidiary, EVERTEC Group, LLC, closed on the acquisition of 65% of the share capital of Processa S.A.S., a Colombian payment processing company that is based in Bogotá. Caja de Compensación Familiar, the second largest social funds administrator in Colombia, has retained a 35% ownership in Processa.
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 completes 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: March 1, 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 completes Processa transaction | |