State Street Corporation

Item 8.01. Other Events . On October 20, 2026, State Street Corporation (“State Street”) issued $750,000,000 aggregate principal amount of Fixed-to-Floating Rate Senior Notes due 2037 (the “Fixed-to-Floating Rate Senior Notes”) in a public offering pursuant to a registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-288196) and a related prospectus supplement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”). The Fixed-to-Floating Rate Senior Notes were issued pursuant to an Indenture dated as of October 31, 2014 (the “Base Indenture”) as amended and supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture dated as of May 8, 2017 (the “First Supplemental Indenture”) and the Second Supplemental Indenture dated as of March 30, 2020 (the “Second Supplemental Indenture” and, together with the Base Indenture and the First Supplemental Indenture, the “Indenture”), between State Street and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as successor in interest to U.S. Bank National Association, a national banking association organized under the laws of the United States, as trustee. The form of Fixed-to-Floating Rate Senior Note is filed as Exhibit 4.1 hereto. The Base Indenture has been included as Exhibit 4.2 to State Street’s Registration Statement on Form S-3, filed with the SEC on November 18, 2014. The First Supplemental Indenture has been included as Exhibit 4.1 to State Street’s current report on Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on May 8, 2017. The Second Supplemental Indenture has been included as Exhibit 4.1 to State Street’s current report on Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on March 30, 2020. The sale of the Fixed-to-Floating Rate Senior Notes was made pursuant to the terms of an underwriting agreement dated October 15, 2026 (the “Underwriting Agreement”), entered into among State Street and Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, Scotia Capital (USA) Inc. and TD Securities (USA) 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 Fixed-to-Floating Rate Senior Notes of approximately $745.6 million, after deducting the underwriting discount and estimated offering expenses. Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, counsel to State Street, has issued an opinion to State Street, dated October 20, 2026, regarding the legality of the Fixed-to-Floating Rate Senior 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. Also on October 20, 2026, State Street Bank and Trust Company, a Massachusetts trust company (“State Street Bank”) and a direct, wholly-owned subsidiary of State Street, issued $500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of Floating Rate Senior Notes due 2028 and $750,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 5.147% Senior Notes due 2028 (together, the “Bank Notes”), in an offering exempt from registration under Section 3(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. In connection with the issuance of the Bank Notes, on October 20, 2026, State Street Bank entered into a fiscal agency agreement (the “Fiscal Agency Agreement”) with U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, a national banking association organized under the laws of the United States, as fiscal agent for the Bank Notes. The above descriptions of the Bank Notes and the Fiscal Agency Agreement are qualified in their entirety by reference to the Fiscal Agency Agreement (including the forms of the Bank Notes included therein), which is filed as Exhibit 4.2 hereto and incorporated herein by reference. The sale of the Bank Notes was made pursuant to the terms of a purchase agreement dated October 15, 2026 (the “Purchase Agreement”), entered into by and among State Street Bank and Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, Scotia Capital (USA) Inc. and TD Securities (USA) LLC, as representatives of the initial purchasers named therein. State Street Bank expects to receive net proceeds from the offering of the Bank Notes of approximately $1.246 billion, after deducting the initial purchaser discounts and estimated offering expenses.