On September 19, 2018, Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company (“Hewlett Packard Enterprise”) completed its previously announced
offering of $500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 3.500% notes due 2021 and $800,000,000 aggregate principal amount of floating rate notes due 2021 (collectively, the “Notes”). The offer and sale of the Notes was registered under
Hewlett Packard Enterprise’s registration statement on Form
S-3
filed on December 15, 2017 (File
No. 333-222102).
Hewlett Packard Enterprise intends to
use the net proceeds of the offering to fund the repayment of the $1.05 billion outstanding principal amount of its 2.850% notes due 2018, to fund the repayment of the $250 million outstanding principal amount of its floating rate notes
due 2018, and for general corporate purposes.
The Notes are Hewlett Packard Enterprise’s senior unsecured obligations and rank
equally in right of payment with all of Hewlett Packard Enterprise’s existing and future senior unsecured indebtedness.
In
connection with the issuance of the Notes, on September 19, 2018, Hewlett Packard Enterprise entered into the eleventh supplemental indenture and the twelfth supplemental indenture (collectively, the “Supplemental Indentures”) to the
indenture (the “Indenture”), dated as of October 9, 2015, between Hewlett Packard Enterprise and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee (the “Trustee”). Copies of the Indenture and the Supplemental
Indentures, each including the form of Note attached thereto are filed as Exhibits 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4 and 4.5 to this Current Report and are incorporated herein by reference. A copy of the legal opinion of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
relating to the Notes is attached hereto as Exhibit 5.1.
Forward-looking statements
This document contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform
Act of 1995. Such statements involve risks, uncertainties and assumptions. If the risks or uncertainties ever materialize or the assumptions prove incorrect, the results of Hewlett Packard Enterprise may differ materially from those expressed or
implied by such forward-looking statements and assumptions. All statements other than statements of historical fact are statements that could be deemed forward-looking statements, including any statements regarding the Notes offering, statements of
the plans, strategies and objectives of management for future operations, as well as the execution of transformation and restructuring plans and any resulting cost savings, revenue or profitability improvements; any statements concerning the
expected development, performance, market share or competitive performance relating to products or services; any statements regarding current or future macroeconomic trends or events and the impact of those trends and events on Hewlett Packard
Enterprise and its financial performance; any statements regarding pending investigations, claims or disputes; any statements of expectation or belief; and any statements of assumptions underlying any of the foregoing. Risks, uncertainties and
assumptions include the need to address the many challenges facing Hewlett Packard Enterprise’s businesses; the competitive pressures faced by Hewlett Packard Enterprise’s businesses; risks associated with executing Hewlett Packard
Enterprise’s strategy; the impact of macroeconomic and geopolitical trends and events; the need to manage third-party suppliers and the distribution of Hewlett Packard Enterprise’s products and the delivery of Hewlett Packard
Enterprise’s services effectively; the protection of Hewlett Packard Enterprise’s intellectual property assets, including intellectual property licensed from third parties and intellectual property shared with its former parent; risks
associated with Hewlett Packard Enterprise’s international operations; the development and transition of new products and services and the enhancement of existing products and services to meet customer needs and respond to emerging
technological trends; the execution and performance of contracts by Hewlett Packard Enterprise and its suppliers, customers, clients and partners; the hiring and retention of key employees; integration and other risks associated with business
combination and investment transactions; the execution, timing and results of any transformation or restructuring plans, including estimates and assumptions related to the costs and anticipated benefits of implementing the transformation and
restructuring plans; the effects of the U.S. Tax Cuts and Jobs Act and related guidance and regulations that may be implemented; the resolution of pending investigations, claims and disputes; and other risks that are described in Hewlett Packard
Enterprise’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including but not limited to the risks described in Hewlett Packard Enterprise’s Annual Report on Form
10-K
for the fiscal year ended
October 31, 2017 and Hewlett Packard Enterprise’s Quarterly Reports on Form
10-Q
for the fiscal quarters ended January 31, April 30 and July 31, 2018. Hewlett Packard Enterprise
assumes no obligation and does not intend to update these forward-looking statements.
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