Form 8-K

 

 

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): August 5, 2013

 

 

WESTINGHOUSE AIR BRAKE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   1-13782   25-1615902

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

  

(Commission

File Number)

  

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

1001 Airbrake Avenue, Wilmerding, Pennsylvania   15148
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (412) 825-1000

 

 

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 Instruction A.2.):

 

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Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

On August 5, 2013, Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation (the “Company”) executed and delivered an Underwriting Agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”), by and among the Company and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, as representatives of the underwriters named therein (the “Underwriters”), relating to the issuance and sale of $250.0 million aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 4.375% Senior Notes due 2023 (the “Senior Notes”). Under the terms of the Underwriting Agreement, the Company has agreed to indemnify the Underwriters against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), or to contribute payments that the Underwriters may be required to make because of any of those liabilities. A copy of the Underwriting Agreement is filed herewith as Exhibit 1.1.

 

Item 8.01. Other Events.

On August 5, 2013, the Company announced the pricing of its offering of senior notes. The Company’s press release announcing the pricing of its offering of senior notes is set forth in its entirety and filed as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

  (d) Exhibits

 

1.1    Underwriting Agreement dated August 5, 2013, by and among Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, as representatives of the several underwriters named therein.
99.1    Press Release dated August 5, 2013.

SIGNATURE

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.

 

WESTINGHOUSE AIR BRAKE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
By:  

/s/ Alvaro Garcia-Tunon

  Alvaro Garcia-Tunon
  Executive President and Chief Financial Officer

Dated: August 6, 2013