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<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="5"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="3"><B>WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P><center>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="3"><B>CURRENT REPORT </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="3"><B>PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="3"><B>OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
</B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="3"><B>Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) August&nbsp;22, 2013 </B></FONT></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="6"><B>AMERICAN EXPRESS RECEIVABLES </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="6"><B>FINANCING CORPORATION VIII LLC </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>on behalf of </B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="6"><B>AMERICAN EXPRESS ISSUANCE TRUST II </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>(as Depositor of the American Express Issuance Trust II) </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>(Exact Name of
registrant as Specified in Charter) </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P><center>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Delaware</B></FONT></TD>
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STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>333-185503-01</B></FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>46-0795019</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>(State or Other Jurisdiction of</B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>Incorporation or Organization)</B></FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>(Commission</B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>File Number)</B></FONT></P></TD>
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STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>Identification Number)</B></FONT></P></TD></TR>
</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>200 Vesey Street </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>31st Floor, Room 507C </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>New York, New York 10285 </B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>(212) 640-2000 </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>(Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Registrant&#146;s Principal Executive Offices) </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>N/A </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the
following provisions. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED IN THE REPORT </B></FONT></P>
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<TD WIDTH="10%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Item&nbsp;8.01.</B></FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Other Events. </B></FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">On
August&nbsp;22, 2013, the Receivables Purchase Agreement, dated as of October&nbsp;24, 2012, between American Express Centurion Bank and American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc. (&#147;TRS&#148;) and relating to American Express
Issuance Trust II (the &#147;Trust&#148;) was amended by the First Amendment to Receivables Purchase Agreement, dated as of August&nbsp;22, 2013 (the &#147;Amendment to Centurion RPA&#148;). The Amendment to Centurion RPA is attached hereto as
Exhibit 4.1. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">On August&nbsp;22, 2013, the Receivables Purchase Agreement, dated as of October&nbsp;24, 2012, between American
Express Bank, FSB and TRS and relating to the Trust was amended by the First Amendment to Receivables Purchase Agreement, dated as of August&nbsp;22, 2013 (the &#147;Amendment to FSB RPA&#148;). The Amendment to FSB RPA is attached hereto as Exhibit
4.2. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">On August&nbsp;22, 2013, the Receivables Purchase Agreement, dated as of October&nbsp;24, 2012, between TRS and American
Express Receivables Financing Corporation VIII LLC and relating to the Trust was amended by the First Amendment to Receivables Purchase Agreement, dated as of August&nbsp;22, 2013 (the &#147;Amendment to TRS RPA&#148;). The Amendment to TRS RPA is
attached hereto as Exhibit 4.3. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">On August&nbsp;22, 2013, the Amended and Restated Indenture, dated as of March&nbsp;12, 2013,
between the Trust and The Bank of New York Mellon, as indenture trustee and securities intermediary, and relating to the Trust was amended by the First Amendment to Amended and Restated Indenture, dated as of August&nbsp;22, 2013 (the
&#147;Amendment to Indenture&#148;). The Amendment to Indenture is attached hereto as Exhibit 4.4. </FONT></P>

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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Exhibits. </B></FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The following are filed as
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Exhibit&nbsp;4.1</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">First Amendment to Receivables Purchase Agreement, dated as of August&nbsp;22, 2013, between American Express Centurion Bank and American Express Travel Related Services Company,
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">First Amendment to Receivables Purchase Agreement, dated as of August 22, 2013, between American Express Bank, FSB and American Express Travel Related Services Company,
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Exhibit&nbsp;4.3</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">First Amendment to Receivables Purchase Agreement, dated as of August 22, 2013, between American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc. and American Express Receivables
Financing Corporation VIII LLC.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">First Amendment to Amended and Restated Indenture, dated as of August&nbsp;22, 2013, between American Express Issuance Trust II and The Bank of New York Mellon, as indenture trustee
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STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrants have duly caused this report to be signed on their behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">as originator of the Trust and Co-Registrant and as Transferor on behalf of the Trust as Co-Registrant</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #000000"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">/s/ Anderson Y. Lee</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Anderson Y. Lee</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Vice President and Treasurer</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Exhibit&nbsp;4.1</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">First Amendment to Receivables Purchase Agreement, dated as of August 22, 2013, between American Express Centurion Bank and American Express Travel Related Services Company,
Inc.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Exhibit&nbsp;4.2</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">First Amendment to Receivables Purchase Agreement, dated as of August 22, 2013, between American Express Bank, FSB and American Express Travel Related Services Company,
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">First Amendment to Receivables Purchase Agreement, dated as of August 22, 2013, between American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc. and American Express Receivables
Financing Corporation VIII LLC.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">First Amendment to Amended and Restated Indenture, dated as of August 22, 2013, between American Express Issuance Trust II and The Bank of New York Mellon, as indenture trustee and
securities intermediary.</FONT></TD></TR>
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Form 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) August 22, 2013
AMERICAN EXPRESS RECEIVABLES
FINANCING CORPORATION VIII LLC
on behalf of
AMERICAN EXPRESS ISSUANCE TRUST II
(as Depositor of the American Express Issuance Trust II)
(Exact Name of
registrant as Specified in Charter)
Delaware
333-185503
333-185503-01
46-0795019
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or Organization)
(Commission
File Number)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)
200 Vesey Street
31st Floor, Room 507C
New York, New York 10285
(212) 640-2000
(Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Registrant's Principal Executive Offices)
N/A
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the
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INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED IN THE REPORT
Item 8.01.
Other Events.
On
August 22, 2013, the Receivables Purchase Agreement, dated as of October 24, 2012, between American Express Centurion Bank and American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc. ("TRS") and relating to American Express
Issuance Trust II (the "Trust") was amended by the First Amendment to Receivables Purchase Agreement, dated as of August 22, 2013 (the "Amendment to Centurion RPA"). The Amendment to Centurion RPA is attached hereto as
Exhibit 4.1.
On August 22, 2013, the Receivables Purchase Agreement, dated as of October 24, 2012, between American
Express Bank, FSB and TRS and relating to the Trust was amended by the First Amendment to Receivables Purchase Agreement, dated as of August 22, 2013 (the "Amendment to FSB RPA"). The Amendment to FSB RPA is attached hereto as Exhibit
4.2.
On August 22, 2013, the Receivables Purchase Agreement, dated as of October 24, 2012, between TRS and American
Express Receivables Financing Corporation VIII LLC and relating to the Trust was amended by the First Amendment to Receivables Purchase Agreement, dated as of August 22, 2013 (the "Amendment to TRS RPA"). The Amendment to TRS RPA is
attached hereto as Exhibit 4.3.
On August 22, 2013, the Amended and Restated Indenture, dated as of March 12, 2013,
between the Trust and The Bank of New York Mellon, as indenture trustee and securities intermediary, and relating to the Trust was amended by the First Amendment to Amended and Restated Indenture, dated as of August 22, 2013 (the
"Amendment to Indenture"). The Amendment to Indenture is attached hereto as Exhibit 4.4.
Item 9.01.
Exhibits.
The following are filed as
Exhibits to this Report under Exhibit 4.
Exhibit 4.1
First Amendment to Receivables Purchase Agreement, dated as of August 22, 2013, between American Express Centurion Bank and American Express Travel Related Services Company,
Inc.
Exhibit 4.2
First Amendment to Receivables Purchase Agreement, dated as of August 22, 2013, between American Express Bank, FSB and American Express Travel Related Services Company,
Inc.
Exhibit 4.3
First Amendment to Receivables Purchase Agreement, dated as of August 22, 2013, between American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc. and American Express Receivables
Financing Corporation VIII LLC.
Exhibit 4.4
First Amendment to Amended and Restated Indenture, dated as of August 22, 2013, between American Express Issuance Trust II and The Bank of New York Mellon, as indenture trustee
and securities intermediary.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrants have duly caused this report to be signed on their behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
American Express Receivables Financing Corporation VIII LLC,
as originator of the Trust and Co-Registrant and as Transferor on behalf of the Trust as Co-Registrant
By:
/s/ Anderson Y. Lee
Name:
Anderson Y. Lee
Title:
Vice President and Treasurer
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
Description
Exhibit 4.1
First Amendment to Receivables Purchase Agreement, dated as of August 22, 2013, between American Express Centurion Bank and American Express Travel Related Services Company,
Inc.
Exhibit 4.2
First Amendment to Receivables Purchase Agreement, dated as of August 22, 2013, between American Express Bank, FSB and American Express Travel Related Services Company,
Inc.
Exhibit 4.3
First Amendment to Receivables Purchase Agreement, dated as of August 22, 2013, between American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc. and American Express Receivables
Financing Corporation VIII LLC.
Exhibit 4.4
First Amendment to Amended and Restated Indenture, dated as of August 22, 2013, between American Express Issuance Trust II and The Bank of New York Mellon, as indenture trustee and
securities intermediary.