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 – September 18, 2017

(Date of earliest event reported)

 

 

ALLEGION PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Ireland   001-35971   98-1108930

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

Block D

Iveagh Court

Harcourt Road

Dublin 2, Ireland

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

(353)(1) 2546200

(Registrant’s phone number, including area code)

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:

 

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

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Item 8.01 Other Events.

On September 18, 2017, Allegion US Holding Company Inc. (“Allegion US Holding”), a subsidiary of Allegion plc (“Allegion”) priced the previously announced offering (the “Offering”) of $400,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 3.200% Senior Notes due 2024 and $400,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 3.550% Senior Notes due 2027 (collectively, the “Notes”). In connection with the Offering, Allegion and Allegion US Holding entered into an underwriting agreement, dated as of September 18, 2017 (the “Underwriting Agreement”), with J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, as representatives of the several underwriters named therein.

The foregoing description is a summary of the Underwriting Agreement and does not purport to be a complete statement of the parties’ rights and obligations thereunder. The foregoing description is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Underwriting Agreement, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 1.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated by reference herein.

The Offering of the Notes was made pursuant to a shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-204424), which became effective upon filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on May 22, 2015. A prospectus supplement, dated September 18, 2017, relating to the Notes and supplementing the prospectus was filed with the SEC pursuant to Rule 424(b)(5) under the Securities Act.

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

Exhibit

No.

  

Description

  1.1    Underwriting Agreement, dated as of September 18, 2017, among Allegion US Holding Company Inc., Allegion plc and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner  & Smith Incorporated and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, as representatives of the several underwriters named therein.
12.1    Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges of Allegion plc.


SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 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.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ALLEGION PLC

(Registrant)

Date: September 22, 2017       /s/ S. Wade Sheek
           

S. Wade Sheek

Secretary