8-K 1 main8_k.htm FORM 8-K, DATED AUGUST 31, 2009 main8_k.htm
 


 
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 31, 2009


Commission
  
Registrant; State of Incorporation;
  
I.R.S. Employer
File Number
 
Address; and Telephone Number
 
Identification No.
         
333-21011
  
FIRSTENERGY CORP.
  
34-1843785
   
(An Ohio Corporation)
    
   
76 South Main Street
    
   
Akron, OH  44308
    
   
Telephone (800)736-3402
    
         
         





















 








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On September 1, 2009, FirstEnergy Corp. issued a press release announcing the expiration of its previously announced cash Tender Offer for $1,200,000,000 aggregate principal amount (Tender Cap) of its 6.45% Notes, Series B, Due 2011 (Notes), as specified in the Offer to Purchase dated August 4, 2009, and amended by the press release issued by FirstEnergy on August 18, 2009.  The Tender Offer expired at 11:59 p.m., New York City time, on August 31, 2009 (Expiration Time).  According to information provided by the Tender Agent, as of the Expiration Time, the aggregate principal amount of the Notes validly tendered and not validly withdrawn pursuant to the Tender Offer was $1,256,369,000.  Because the aggregate principal amount of the Notes validly tendered and not withdrawn as of the Expiration Time is in excess of the Tender Cap, FirstEnergy Corp. will purchase all Notes accepted in the Tender Offer on a pro rata basis among the tendering holders, as described in the Offer to Purchase.  Settlement occurred on September 1, 2009.  As a result of the Tender Offer, FirstEnergy expects to recognize $136 million ($88 million after-tax, or 29 cents per share of common stock) of debt redemption costs in the third quarter of 2009.

 
A copy of FirstEnergy’s press release announcing the tender results and the amendments to the Tender Offer is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 to this report and is hereby incorporated by reference.



Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d) Exhibits.

Exhibit No.
Description
   
99.1
Press Release issued by FirstEnergy Corp., dated September 1, 2009, announcing the expiration of the Tender Offer.





 


 


 
 
 
 
 
 

 

 
 


 
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Forward-Looking Statements: This Form 8-K includes forward-looking statements based on information currently available to management. Such statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties. These statements include declarations regarding management's intents, beliefs and current expectations. These statements typically contain, but are not limited to, the terms “anticipate,” “potential,” “expect,” “believe,” “estimate” and similar words. Forward-looking statements involve estimates, assumptions, known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Actual results may differ materially due to the speed and nature of increased competition in the electric utility industry and legislative and regulatory changes affecting how generation rates will be determined following the expiration of existing rate plans in Pennsylvania, the impact of the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio’s regulatory process on the Ohio Companies associated with the distribution rate case, economic or weather conditions affecting future sales and margins, changes in markets for energy services, changing energy and commodity market prices and availability, replacement power costs being higher than anticipated or inadequately hedged, the continued ability of FirstEnergy’s regulated utilities to collect transition and other charges or to recover increased transmission costs, maintenance costs being higher than anticipated, other legislative and regulatory changes, revised environmental requirements, including possible greenhouse gas emission regulations, the potential impacts of the U.S. Court of Appeals’ July 11, 2008 decision requiring revisions to the Clean Air Interstate Rules and the scope of any laws, rules or regulations that may ultimately take their place, the uncertainty of the timing and amounts of the capital expenditures needed to, among other things, implement the Air Quality Compliance Plan (including that such amounts could be higher than anticipated or that certain generating units may need to be shut down) or levels of emission reductions related to the Consent Decree resolving the New Source Review litigation or other similar potential regulatory initiatives or actions, adverse regulatory or legal decisions and outcomes (including, but not limited to, the revocation of necessary licenses or operating permits and oversight) by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Metropolitan Edison Company’s and Pennsylvania Electric Company’s transmission service charge filings with the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission, the continuing availability of generating units and their ability to operate at or near full capacity, the ability to comply with applicable state and federal reliability standards, the ability to accomplish or realize anticipated benefits from strategic goals (including employee workforce initiatives), the ability to improve electric commodity margins and to experience growth in the distribution business, the changing market conditions that could affect the value of assets held in FirstEnergy’s nuclear decommissioning trusts, pension trusts and other trust funds, and cause it to make additional contributions sooner, or in an amount that is larger than currently anticipated, the ability to access the public securities and other capital and credit markets in accordance with FirstEnergy’s financing plan and the cost of such capital, changes in general economic conditions affecting the Registrant, the state of the capital and credit markets affecting the Registrant, interest rates and any actions taken by credit rating agencies that could negatively affect FirstEnergy’s access to financing or its costs or  increase its requirements to post additional collateral to support outstanding commodity positions, letters of credit and other financial guarantees, the continuing decline of the national and regional economy and its impact on the registrant’s major industrial and commercial customers, issues concerning the soundness of financial institutions and counterparties with which FirstEnergy does business, and the risks and other factors discussed from time to time in the Registrant’s Securities and Exchange Commission filings, and other similar factors.  The foregoing review of factors should not be construed as exhaustive.  New factors emerge from time to time, and it is not possible for management to predict all such factors, nor assess the impact of any such factor on FirstEnergy’s business or the extent to which any factor, or combination of factors, may cause results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statements. A security rating is not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold securities that may be subject to revision or withdrawal at any time by the assigning rating organization.  Each rating should be evaluated independently of any other rating.  The Registrant expressly disclaims any current intention to update any forward-looking statements contained herein as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise. 
 




 
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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 thereunto authorized.



September 1, 2009


 
 FIRSTENERGY CORP.
 
 Registrant
   
  
  
  
 By:  
  
 
Harvey L. Wagner
Vice President, Controller and
Chief Accounting Officer


 
 
 
 
 
 

 

 
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