UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549

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Form 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 OR 15(d) of the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934

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Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): June 23, 2017

Accenture Holdings plc

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)



Ireland	000-55501	98-1254718
(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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Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure

On June 23, 2017, Accenture plc (“Accenture”), the controlling shareholder of Accenture Holdings plc (the “Company”), issued a news release announcing that it had completed the termination of its U.S. Pension Plan (the “Plan”), which was previously announced in March 2016, by entering into agreements with American General Life Insurance Company (a subsidiary of American International Group, Inc.) and Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co. Under these agreements, the Plan has transferred pension assets to AGL and MassMutual to settle approximately $1.0 billion of outstanding pension obligations.

A copy of the news release is furnished as Exhibit 99 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

The information in this Current Report on Form 8-K, including Exhibit 99 attached hereto, shall not be deemed to be “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing made by the Company under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d) Exhibits



99			News Release of Accenture, dated June 23, 2017

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: June 23, 2017	ACCENTURE HOLDINGS PLC

	By:	/s/ Joel Unruch
	Name:	Joel Unruch
	Title:	Assistant Secretary

EXHIBIT INDEX



Exhibit No.	Description
99	News Release of Accenture, dated June 23, 2017

Accenture Holdings plc 8-K