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 Earliest Event reported): August 17, 2018 (August 13, 2018)

FIRST DATA CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code: (800) 735-3362

Not Applicable

(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:

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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If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

On August 13, 2018, First Data Corporation (the “Company”) entered into an Underwriting Agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) by and among the Company, New Omaha Holdings L.P. (the “Selling Stockholder”), and Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, as representatives of the several underwriters named therein (the “Underwriters”), relating to an underwritten offering of 64,000,000 shares (the “Shares”) of the Company’s Class A common stock, par value $0.01 per share (“Common Stock”), pursuant to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-226802), filed on August 13, 2018. All of the Shares are being sold by the Selling Stockholder. Pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement, the Underwriters agreed to purchase the Shares at a price of $23.215625 and were granted a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 9,600,000 shares of Common Stock from the Selling Stockholder.

The description of the Underwriting Agreement is qualified in its entirety by the terms of such agreement, which is incorporated herein by reference and attached to this report as Exhibit 1.1.

On August 14, 2018, the Underwriters exercised in full their 30-day option to purchase an additional 9,600,000 shares of Common Stock. The offering of 73,600,000 shares of Common Stock (including the additional 9,600,000 shares of Common Stock pursuant to the Underwriters’ 30-day option) settled on August 16, 2018.

The Selling Stockholder received all of the net proceeds from this offering. No shares of Common Stock were sold by the Company. After the consummation of the offering of the shares of Common Stock (including the sale of additional 9,600,000 shares of Common Stock pursuant to the Underwriters’ 30-day option), investment funds or entities associated with or designated by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P. hold approximately 60% of the economic interests in New Omaha Holdings L.P. and certain other co-investors hold approximately 40% of the economic interests in New Omaha Holdings L.P. Of the shares of Common Stock sold in this offering, approximately 29.2 million were held on behalf of KKR 2006 Fund L.P. and approximately 9.8 million were held on behalf of a subsidiary of KKR & Co. Inc.

(d) The following is a list of the Exhibits filed with this report.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.