Equitable Holdings, Inc. — Capital/Financing Update 2019

Dec 6, 2019

8-K 1 d716808d8k.htm 8-K 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 (Date of earliest event reported): December 6, 2019

AXA Equitable Holdings, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware	001-38469	90-0226248
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)	(Commission File Number)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
1290 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York		10104
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

(212) 554-1234

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable

(Former name or address, if changed since last report)

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Title of each class	Trading Symbol	Name of Exchange on which registered
Common Stock	EQH	New York Stock Exchange
Depositary Shares representing a 1/1,000th Interest in a share of Fixed Rate Noncumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series A	EQH PR A	New York Stock Exchange

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.405) or Rule 12b-2 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.12b-2).

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Item 8.01 Other Events

As previously disclosed by AXA Equitable Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”) in the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on November 21, 2019, pursuant to an Underwriting Agreement, dated November 20, 2019 (the “Underwriting Agreement”), with Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, BofA Securities, Inc., Wells Fargo Securities, LLC and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, as representatives of the several underwriters named therein (the “Underwriters”), the Company granted the Underwriters the option (the “Option”) to purchase up to an additional 4,350,000 depositary shares (the “Depositary Shares”), each representing a 1/1,000th interest in a share of the Fixed Rate Noncumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series A, par value $1.00 per share and liquidation preference of $25,000 per share (the “Preferred Stock”) of the Company, to cover over-allotments. On December 4, 2019, the Underwriters exercised the Option to purchase from the Company an additional 3,000,000 Depositary Shares and such Depositary Shares were issued on December 6, 2019.

The validity opinion and consent of Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP with respect to the Depositary Shares and the Preferred Stock is being filed with this Current Report on Form 8-K.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

Exhibit No.	Description of Exhibit
5.1	Opinion of Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP with respect to the Depositary Shares and the Preferred Stock.
23.1	Consent of Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1 above).

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.

AXA EQUITABLE HOLDINGS, INC. — By:	/s/ Dave S. Hattem
Name:	Dave S. Hattem
Title:	Senior Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary