8-K 1 eightk01292008.htm FORM 8-K eightk01292008.htm
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 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):  January 23, 2008

 
(Commission File
Number)
 
Exact names of registrants as specified in their charters, address of principal executive offices,
 telephone number and state of incorporation
 
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)
 
 
 
1-15929
PROGRESS ENERGY, INC.
56-2155481
 
410 S. Wilmington Street
 
 
Raleigh, North Carolina 27601-1748
 
 
Telephone: (919) 546-6111
 
 
State of Incorporation: North Carolina
 



None
(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 following provisions:


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Section 7 – REGULATION FD

Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure

On January 23, 2008, Progress Energy, Inc. issued a press release setting its ongoing earnings guidance for 2008.  A copy of this release is being furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Form 8-K.

The information in this Current Report on Form 8-K, including Exhibit 99.1, shall not be deemed “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.

Section 9 – FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

(c)  
EXHIBITS

99.1 Press Release dated January 23, 2008, with respect to ongoing earnings guidance for 2008.


 
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.
 
 
 
 
PROGRESS ENERGY, INC.
 
 
 
Registrant
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
By:
/s/ Jeffrey M. Stone
 
 
 
Jeffrey M. Stone
 
 
 
Controller and Chief Accounting Officer
 
 
 
 

 
Date: January 29, 2008