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): March 2, 2017

The Charles Schwab Corporation

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Commission File Number: 1-9700

211 Main Street, San Francisco, CA 94105

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

(415) 667-7000

(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:

On March 2, 2017, The Charles Schwab Corporation (the “Company”) issued $650,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 3.200% Senior Notes due 2027 (the “Notes”). The Notes were issued under a Senior Indenture, dated as of June 5, 2009 (the “Senior Indenture”), between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee, as supplemented by the Eighth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of March 2, 2017 (the “Eighth Supplemental Indenture”). The offering was made pursuant to a Prospectus dated December 15, 2014 and a Prospectus Supplement dated February 27, 2017, filed pursuant to the Company’s Shelf Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-200939).

On February 27, 2017, the Company entered into an Underwriting Agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) with Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Goldman, Sachs & Co., and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, as representatives of the several underwriters named therein (collectively, “Underwriters”), pursuant to which the Company agreed to issue and sell the Notes to the Underwriters.

Copies of the Underwriting Agreement, the Eighth Supplemental Indenture and the form of 3.200% Senior Note due 2027 are attached as Exhibits 1.1, 4.38, and 4.39, respectively, to this Current Report on Form 8-K and are incorporated herein by reference. A copy of the legal opinion delivered in connection with the transactions described above is attached as Exhibit 5.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

Signature(s)

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.

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