ITEM 8.01. OTHER EVENTS.
On May 12, 2021, Amazon.com, Inc. (the “Company”) closed the sale of $1,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 0.250% notes due 2023 (the “2023 Notes” or the “Sustainability Notes”), $2,500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 0.450% notes due 2024 (the “2024 Notes”), $2,750,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 1.000% notes due 2026 (the “2026 Notes”), $2,250,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 1.650% notes due 2028 (the “2028 Notes”), $3,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 2.100% notes due 2031 (the “2031 Notes”), $2,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 2.875% notes due 2041 (the “2041 Notes”), $3,250,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 3.100% notes due 2051 (the “2051 Notes”), and $1,750,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 3.250% notes due 2061 (the “2061 Notes” and, together with the 2023 Notes, 2024 Notes, 2026 Notes, 2028 Notes, 2031 Notes, 2041 Notes, and 2051 Notes, the “Notes”) pursuant to an underwriting agreement dated May 10, 2021 (the “Underwriting Agreement”) among the Company and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, as managers of the several underwriters named in Schedule II therein. The sale of the Notes was registered under the Company’s registration statement on Form S-3 filed on June 1, 2020 (File No. 333-238831). As noted below, an affiliate of Wells Fargo Securities, LLC acts as the trustee under the Company’s Indenture (as defined below).
The aggregate public offering price of the Notes was $18.437 billion and the estimated net proceeds from the offering were approximately $18.395 billion, after deducting underwriting discounts from the public offering price and before deducting offering expenses payable by us. The Notes were issued pursuant to an indenture dated as of November 29, 2012 (the “Indenture”) between the Company and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”), together with the officers’ certificate dated as of May 12, 2021 issued pursuant thereto establishing the terms of each series of the Notes (the “Officers’ Certificate”).
The Company intends to allocate an amount equal to the net proceeds from the sale of the Sustainability Notes to finance or refinance, in whole or in part, green or social Eligible Projects (as defined in the Company’s prospectus supplement dated as of May 10, 2021, which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 12, 2021).
The foregoing descriptions of the Underwriting Agreement and the Officers’ Certificate are qualified in their entirety by the terms of such agreements, which are filed as Exhibit 1.1 and Exhibit 4.1, respectively, and incorporated herein by reference. The foregoing description of the Notes is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the form of 2023 Note, form of 2024 Note, form of 2026 Note, form of 2028 Note, form of 2031 Note, form of 2041 Note, form of 2051 Note, and form of 2061 Note, which are filed hereto as Exhibit 4.2, Exhibit 4.3, Exhibit 4.4, Exhibit 4.5, Exhibit 4.6, Exhibit 4.7, Exhibit 4.8, and Exhibit 4.9, respectively, and incorporated herein by reference.
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