Edgar Filing: VISA INC.

Date: May 22, 2012

/s/ Joseph W. Saunders

Joseph W. Saunders,
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

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): May 21, 2012

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):

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Item 8.01

Other Events.

On May 21, 2012, Joshua R. Floum, the General Counsel of Visa Inc. (the “Company”) adopted a pre-arranged stock trading plan for the exercise of options and sale of shares of Company stock. Under the plan, Mr. Floum may sell up to 67,797 shares of Company stock. Mr. Floum’s plan is scheduled to terminate no later than June 2013.

The transactions under the stock trading plan will be disclosed publicly through Form 4 filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The stock trading plan was adopted in accordance with guidelines specified under Rule 10b5-1 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the Company’s insider trading policy.

Mr. Floum continues to meet the Company’s executive stock ownership guidelines as outlined in the Company’s Proxy Statement on Form DEF14A, filed on December 14, 2011.

Except as may be required by law, the Company does not undertake to report on specific Rule 10b5-1 pre-planned stock trading plans of Company officers, nor to report modifications or terminations of the aforementioned 10b5-1 plan or the plan of any other individual.

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.