STATE STREET CORP — Capital/Financing Update 2021

Mar 3, 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

Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported): February 26, 2021

STATE STREET CORPORATION

(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

Massachusetts	001-07511	04-2456637
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

One Lincoln Street — Boston
(Address of principal executive offices, and Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (617) 786-3000

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered
Common stock, $1 par value per share	STT	New York Stock Exchange
Depositary Shares, each representing a 1/4,000th ownership interest in a share of
Fixed-to-Floating Rate Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series D, without par value per share	STT.PRD	New York Stock Exchange
Depositary Shares, each representing a 1/4,000th ownership interest in a share of
Fixed-to-Floating Rate Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series G, without par value per share	STT.PRG	New York Stock Exchange

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).

Emerging growth company ☐

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. ☐

Item 8.01. Other Events

On March 3, 2021, State Street Corporation (“State Street”) issued $850,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 2.200% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2031 (the “Notes”) in a public offering pursuant to a registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-238861) and a related prospectus supplement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”). The Notes were issued pursuant to an Indenture dated as of October 31, 2014 (the “Base Indenture”), as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture dated as of November 2, 2017 (the “Supplemental Indenture” and, together with the Base Indenture, the “Indenture”), between State Street and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, a national banking association organized under the laws of the United States, as trustee. The form of Note is filed as Exhibit 4.1 hereto. The Base Indenture has been included as Exhibit 4.3 to State Street’s Registration Statement on Form S-3, filed with the SEC on November 18, 2014. The Supplemental Indenture has been included as Exhibit 4.5 to State Street’s Registration Statement on Form S-3, filed with the SEC on November 2, 2017.

The sale of the Notes was made pursuant to the terms of an underwriting agreement dated February 26, 2021 (the “Underwriting Agreement”), entered into among State Street and BofA Securities, Inc., CastleOak Securities, L.P., Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC and Siebert Williams Shank & Co., LLC, as representatives of the underwriters named therein. The above description of the Underwriting Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Underwriting Agreement, which is filed as Exhibit 1.1 hereto and is incorporated herein by reference.

State Street expects to receive net proceeds from the offering of the Notes of approximately $842.4 million, after deducting estimated expenses and underwriting discounts and commissions.

Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, counsel to State Street, has issued an opinion to State Street, dated March 3, 2021, regarding the legality of the Notes to be issued and sold in the offering upon issuance and sale thereof. A copy of the opinion as to legality is filed as Exhibit 5.1 to this current report on Form 8-K.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d) Exhibits

Exhibit No.	Description
1.1	Underwriting Agreement, dated February 26, 2021, by and among State Street Corporation and BofA Securities, Inc., CastleOak Securities, L.P., Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC and Siebert Williams Shank & Co., LLC, as representatives of the several underwriters named therein
4.1	Form of 2.200% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2031
5.1	Opinion of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, dated March 3, 2021
23.1	Consent of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP (included as part of Exhibit 5.1)
*104	Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL)

• Submitted electronically herewith

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.

STATE STREET CORPORATION
By:	/s/ Ian W. Appleyard
Name:	Ian W. Appleyard
Title:	Executive Vice President, Global Controller and Chief Accounting Officer

Date: March 3, 2021