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| EX-99.1 - EX-99.1 - GENWORTH FINANCIAL INC | d150607dex991.htm |
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
March 4, 2016
Date of Report
(Date of earliest event reported)
GENWORTH FINANCIAL, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware |
001-32195 |
80-0873306 | ||
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) |
(Commission File Number) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
| 6620 West Broad Street, Richmond, VA |
23230 | |||
| (Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) | |||
(804) 281-6000
(Registrant’s telephone 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 (see General Instruction A.2 below):
| ¨ | Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425) |
| ¨ | Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12) |
| ¨ | Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b)) |
| ¨ | Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c)) |
| Item 7.01 | Regulation FD Disclosure. |
On March 4, 2016, Genworth Holdings, Inc., a direct wholly-owned subsidiary of Genworth Financial, Inc., announced the commencement of a solicitation of consents from the holders of record of its outstanding 6.515% Senior Notes due 2018, 7.700% Senior Notes due 2020, 7.20% Senior Notes due 2021, 7.625% Senior Notes due 2021, 4.900% Senior Notes due 2023, 4.800% Senior Notes due 2024, 6.500% Senior Notes due 2034 and 6.15% Fixed-to-Floating Rate Junior Subordinated Notes due 2066 (collectively, the “Notes”) proposing amendments to the indentures governing the Notes in accordance with the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in that certain Consent Solicitation Statement dated March 4, 2016 and the accompanying Consent Form, which are being sent to the holders of record of the Notes. A copy of the Consent Solicitation Statement, which is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1, is incorporated by reference into this Item 7.01.
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The information contained in this Current Report on Form 8-K (including the exhibit) is being furnished and shall not be deemed “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that Section. The information contained in this Current Report on Form 8-K (including the exhibit) shall not be incorporated by reference into any registration statement or other document pursuant to the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in any such filing.
| Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
The following is furnished as an exhibit to this Current Report on Form 8-K:
| Exhibit |
Description of Exhibit | |
| 99.1 | Consent Solicitation Statement, dated March 4, 2016 | |
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.
| GENWORTH FINANCIAL, INC. | ||||||
| Date: March 4, 2016 | By: | /s/ Kelly L. Groh | ||||
| Kelly L. Groh | ||||||
| Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | ||||||
| (Principal Financial Officer) | ||||||