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): October 4, 2024

LOGO

Accenture plc

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)


Ireland	001-34448	98-0627530

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

1 Grand Canal Square

Grand Canal Harbour

Dublin 2, Ireland

(Address of principal executive offices)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (353) (1) 646-2000

Not Applicable

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

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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

Class A ordinary shares, par value $0.0000225 per share	ACN	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 October 4, 2024, Accenture Capital Inc. (“Accenture Capital”), a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of Accenture plc (“Accenture”), closed the sale of $1,100,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 3.900% notes due 2027 (the “2027 Notes”), $1,200,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 4.050% notes due 2029 (the “2029 Notes”), $1,200,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 4.250% notes due 2031 (the “2031 Notes”) and $1,500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 4.500% notes due 2034 (the “2034 Notes” and, together with the 2027 Notes, 2029 Notes and 2031 Notes, the “Notes”) pursuant to an Underwriting Agreement dated October 1, 2024 (the “Underwriting Agreement”) among Accenture Capital, as issuer, Accenture, as guarantor, and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, BofA Securities, Inc., Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and BNP Paribas Securities Corp., as managers of the several underwriters named in Schedule II thereto. The sale of the Notes was registered under Accenture and Accenture Capital’s registration statement on Form S-3 filed on September 30, 2024 (File Nos. 333-282399 and 333-282399-02) (the “Registration Statement”). The Notes are fully and unconditionally guaranteed by Accenture.

The aggregate public offering price of the Notes was $4.993 billion and the estimated net proceeds from the offering were approximately $4.974 billion, after deducting underwriting discounts from the public offering price and before deducting offering expenses. The Notes were issued pursuant to an Indenture dated as of October 4, 2024 among Accenture Capital, as issuer, Accenture plc, as guarantor, and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee (the “Indenture”), together with an officer’s certificate (the “Officer’s Certificate”).

The foregoing descriptions of the Underwriting Agreement, the Indenture, the Officer’s Certificate and the Notes are qualified in their entirety by the terms of such documents. The following exhibits are filed with this Current Report on Form 8-K and are incorporated by reference herein and in the Registration Statement: Exhibits 1.1, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5, 4.6, 5.1 and 5.2.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d) Exhibits


Exhibit No.		Description

1.1		Underwriting Agreement, dated as of October 1, 2024, among Accenture Capital Inc., Accenture plc and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, BofA Securities, Inc., Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and BNP Paribas Securities Corp., as managers of the several underwriters named in Schedule II therein

4.1		Indenture, among Accenture Capital Inc., Accenture plc and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., dated as of October 4, 2024

4.2		Officer’s Certificate of Accenture Capital Inc., dated as of October 4, 2024

4.3		Form of 3.900% Note due 2027 (included in Exhibit 4.2)

4.4		Form of 4.050% Note due 2029 (included in Exhibit 4.2)

4.5		Form of 4.250% Note due 2031 (included in Exhibit 4.2)

4.6		Form of 4.500% Note due 2034 (included in Exhibit 4.2)

5.1		Opinion of Arthur Cox LLP

5.2		Opinion of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP

23.1		Consent of Arthur Cox LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)

23.2		Consent of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP (included in Exhibit 5.2)

104		The cover page from this Current Report on Form 8-K, formatted in Inline XBRL

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.


Date: October 4, 2024	ACCENTURE PLC

	By:	/s/ Joel Unruch
	Name:	Joel Unruch

	Title:	General Counsel & Corporate Secretary