Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co — Capital/Financing Update 2021

Aug 23, 2021

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
August 23, 2021
Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported)
HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE COMPANY
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware	001-37483	47-3298624
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

11445 COMPAQ CENTER WEST DRIVE,	77070
(Address of principal executive offices)	(Zip code)

(650)
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act: — Title of each class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered
Common stock, par value $0.01 per share	HPE	NYSE

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Item 8.01 Other Events.

On August 23, 2021, Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company (“Hewlett Packard Enterprise”) announced that it will redeem all $500 million aggregate principal amount of its outstanding 3.500% Notes due 2021, CUSIP Number: 42824C BC2, and all $800 million aggregate principal amount of its outstanding Floating Rate Notes due 2021, CUSIP Number: 42824C BB4 (collectively, the “Notes”), on September 7, 2021 (the “Redemption Date”). The Notes of each series will be redeemed at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes of such series to be redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but excluding, the Redemption Date.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise has instructed The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as the trustee for the Notes, to distribute a notice of redemption to all registered holders of the Notes of each series on August 23, 2021. Copies of such notice of redemption and additional information relating to the procedure for redemption of the Notes may be obtained from The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A.

SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
	HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE COMPANY
DATE: August 23, 2021	By:	/s/ RISHI VARMA
	Name:	Rishi Varma
	Title:	Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary