0001193125-12-137335.txt : 20120328 0001193125-12-137335.hdr.sgml : 20120328 20120328162019 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-12-137335 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: S-3ASR PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 34 FILED AS OF DATE: 20120328 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20120328 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20120328 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: KENTUCKY UTILITIES CO CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000055387 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: ELECTRIC SERVICES [4911] IRS NUMBER: 610247570 STATE OF INCORPORATION: KY FISCAL YEAR END: 1229 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3ASR SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-180410-02 FILM NUMBER: 12720857 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE QUALITY ST CITY: LEXINGTON STATE: KY ZIP: 40507 BUSINESS PHONE: 6062552100 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: LOUISVILLE GAS & ELECTRIC CO /KY/ CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000060549 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: ELECTRIC & OTHER SERVICES COMBINED [4931] IRS NUMBER: 610264150 STATE OF INCORPORATION: KY FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3ASR SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-180410-01 FILM NUMBER: 12720856 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 220 W MAIN ST STREET 2: P O BOX 32030 CITY: LOUISVILLE STATE: KY ZIP: 40232 BUSINESS PHONE: 5026272000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 220 WEST MAIN ST CITY: LUUISVILLE STATE: KY ZIP: 40232 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: PPL ELECTRIC UTILITIES CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000317187 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: ELECTRIC SERVICES [4911] IRS NUMBER: 230959590 STATE OF INCORPORATION: PA FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3ASR SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-180410-03 FILM NUMBER: 12720858 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: TWO NORTH NINTH STREET CITY: ALLENTOWN STATE: PA ZIP: 18101-1179 BUSINESS PHONE: 610-774-5151 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: TWO NORTH NINTH STREET CITY: ALLENTOWN STATE: PA ZIP: 18101-1179 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: PP&L INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19970912 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: PP & L INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19970912 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: PPL Corp CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000922224 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: ELECTRIC SERVICES [4911] IRS NUMBER: 232758192 FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3ASR SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-180410 FILM NUMBER: 12720855 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: TWO N NINTH ST CITY: ALLENTOWN STATE: PA ZIP: 18101-1179 BUSINESS PHONE: 610-774-5151 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: TWO N NINTH ST CITY: ALLENTOWN STATE: PA ZIP: 18101-1179 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: PPL CORP DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20000214 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: PP&L RESOURCES INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19941123 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: PPL CAPITAL FUNDING INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001047459 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: ELECTRIC SERVICES [4911] IRS NUMBER: 232758192 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3ASR SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-180410-06 FILM NUMBER: 12720861 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: TWO NORTH NINTH ST CITY: ALLENTOWN STATE: PA ZIP: 18101 BUSINESS PHONE: 6107745591 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: TWO NORTH NINTH ST CITY: ALLENTOWN STATE: PA ZIP: 18101 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: PPL ENERGY SUPPLY LLC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001161976 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: ELECTRIC SERVICES [4911] IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: PA FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3ASR SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-180410-04 FILM NUMBER: 12720859 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: TWO NORTH NINTH STREET CITY: ALLENTOWN STATE: PA ZIP: 18101 BUSINESS PHONE: 610.774.5151 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: TWO NORTH NINTH STREET CITY: ALLENTOWN STATE: PA ZIP: 18101 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: LG&E & KU Energy LLC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001518339 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: ELECTRIC & OTHER SERVICES COMBINED [4931] IRS NUMBER: 200523163 STATE OF INCORPORATION: KY FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3ASR SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-180410-05 FILM NUMBER: 12720860 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 220 WEST MAIN STREET CITY: LOUISVILLE STATE: KY ZIP: 40202 BUSINESS PHONE: 502-672-2000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 220 WEST MAIN STREET CITY: LOUISVILLE STATE: KY ZIP: 40202 S-3ASR 1 d325485ds3asr.htm FORM S-3ASR Form S-3ASR
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 28, 2012

Registration Nos. 333-            , 333-            -01, 333-            -02, 333-            -03,

333-            -04, 333-            -05, 333-            -06

 

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM S-3

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 

 

 

PPL Corporation   Pennsylvania   23-2758192
PPL Capital Funding, Inc.   Delaware   23-2926644
PPL Energy Supply, LLC   Delaware   23-3074920
PPL Electric Utilities Corporation   Pennsylvania   23-0959590

(Exact name of registrant as

specified in its charter)

 

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

Two North Ninth Street

Allentown, Pennsylvania 18101-1179

(610) 774-5151

(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of each registrant’s principal executive offices)

 

 

Paul A. Farr

Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

PPL Corporation

Two North Ninth Street

Allentown, Pennsylvania 18101-1179

(610) 774-5151

(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

 

 

 

LG&E and KU Energy LLC    Kentucky    20-0523163
Louisville Gas and Electric Company    Kentucky    61-0264150

(Exact name of registrant as

specified in its charter)

  

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

  

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

220 West Main Street

Louisville, Kentucky 40202-1377

(502) 627-2000

(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of each registrant’s principal executive offices)

 

 

Gerald A. Reynolds

General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer and Corporate Secretary

LG&E and KU Energy LLC

220 West Main Street

Louisville, Kentucky 40202-1377

(502) 627-2000

(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

 

 

 

Kentucky Utilities Company   Kentucky and Virginia   61-0247570

(Exact name of registrant as

specified in its charter)

 

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

One Quality Street

Lexington, Kentucky 40507-1462

(502) 627-2000

(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of each registrant’s principal executive offices)

 

 


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Gerald A. Reynolds

General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer and Corporate Secretary

LG&E and KU Energy LLC

220 West Main Street

Louisville, Kentucky 40202-1377

(502) 627-2000

(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

 

 

Copies To:

 

Catherine C. Hood

Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP

1301 Avenue of the Americas

New York, New York 10019

(212) 259-8000

 

Vincent Pagano, Jr.

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP

425 Lexington Avenue

New York, New York 10017

(212) 455-2000

Robert W. Downes

Sullivan & Cromwell LLP

125 Broad Street

New York, New York 10004

(212) 558-4000

 

Michael Kaplan

Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP

450 Lexington Avenue

New York, New York 10017

(212) 450-4000

 

 

Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: From time to time after the registration statement becomes effective, as determined by market and other conditions.

If the only securities being registered on this Form are being offered pursuant to dividend or interest reinvestment plans, please check the following box.    ¨

If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, other than securities offered only in connection with dividend or interest reinvestment plans, check the following box.    þ

If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, please check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering.    ¨

If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering.    ¨

If this Form is a registration statement pursuant to General Instruction I.D. or a post-effective amendment thereto that shall become effective upon filing with the Commission pursuant to Rule 462(e) under the Securities Act, please check the following box.    þ

If this Form is a post-effective amendment to a registration statement filed pursuant to General Instruction I.D. filed to register additional securities or additional classes of securities pursuant to Rule 413(b) under the Securities Act, check the following box.    ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):

 

PPL Corporation:  

Large Accelerated filer    þ

Non-accelerated filer    ¨

 

Accelerated filer    ¨

Smaller reporting company    ¨

  (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
PPL Capital Funding, Inc.:  

Large Accelerated filer    ¨

Non-accelerated filer    þ

 

Accelerated filer    ¨

Smaller reporting company    ¨

  (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
PPL Energy Supply, LLC:   Large Accelerated filer    ¨   Accelerated filer    ¨
  Non-accelerated filer    þ   Smaller reporting company    ¨
  (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)


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PPL Electric Utilities Corporation:   Large Accelerated filer    ¨   Accelerated filer    ¨
  Non-accelerated filer    þ   Smaller reporting company    ¨
  (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
LG&E and KU Energy LLC:  

Large Accelerated filer    ¨

Non-accelerated filer    þ

 

Accelerated filer    ¨

Smaller reporting company    ¨

  (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
Louisville Gas and Electric Company:  

Large Accelerated filer    ¨

Non-accelerated filer    þ

 

Accelerated filer    ¨

Smaller reporting company    ¨

  (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
Kentucky Utilities Company:   Large Accelerated filer    ¨   Accelerated filer    ¨
  Non-accelerated filer    þ   Smaller reporting company    ¨
  (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)

CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

 

 

Title of Each Class of
Securities to be Registered
 

Amount To Be Registered/

Proposed Maximum Offering Price Per Unit/

Proposed Maximum Aggregate Offering Price/

Amount of Registration Fee

PPL Corporation Common Stock, par value $.01 per share

 

PPL Corporation Preferred Stock, par value $.01 per share

 

PPL Corporation Stock Purchase Contracts

 

PPL Corporation Stock Purchase Units

 

PPL Corporation Depositary Shares

 

PPL Capital Funding, Inc. Debt Securities

 

PPL Corporation Guarantees of PPL Capital Funding, Inc. Debt Securities(1)

 

PPL Capital Funding, Inc. Subordinated Debt Securities

 

PPL Corporation Subordinated Guarantees of PPL Capital Funding, Inc. Subordinated Debt Securities(1)

  (2)

PPL Energy Supply, LLC Debt Securities

 

PPL Energy Supply, LLC Subordinated Debt Securities

 

PPL Energy Supply, LLC Preferred Securities

 

PPL Electric Utilities Corporation Preferred Stock

 

PPL Electric Utilities Corporation Preference Stock

 

PPL Electric Utilities Corporation Depositary Shares

 

PPL Electric Utilities Corporation Debt Securities

 

LG&E and KU Energy LLC Debt Securities

 

Louisville Gas and Electric Company Debt Securities

 

Kentucky Utilities Company Debt Securities

 

 

 

(1) No separate consideration will be received for the PPL Guarantees or the PPL Subordinated Guarantees.
(2) There are being registered hereunder such presently indeterminate principal amount or number of (a) shares of common stock, preferred stock, stock purchase contracts, stock purchase units and depositary shares which may be sold from time to time by PPL Corporation, (b) debt securities and subordinated debt securities which may be sold from time to time by PPL Capital Funding, Inc., and which will be guaranteed as to payment by PPL Corporation, (c) debt securities, subordinated debt securities and preferred securities which may be sold from time to time by PPL Energy Supply, LLC, (d) preferred stock, preference stock, depositary shares and debt securities which may be sold from time to time by PPL Electric Utilities Corporation, (e) debt securities which may be sold from time to time by LG&E and KU Energy LLC, (f) debt securities which may be sold from time to time by Louisville Gas and Electric Company and (g) debt securities which may be sold from time to time by Kentucky Utilities Company. In addition, there are being registered hereunder an indeterminate number of shares of common stock issuable by PPL Corporation upon settlement of the stock purchase contracts or stock purchase units or upon conversion of any other Securities. In accordance with Rules 456(b) and 457(r), the Registrants are deferring payment of all of the registration fee.

 

 

 


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PROSPECTUS

PPL Corporation

PPL Capital Funding, Inc.

PPL Energy Supply, LLC

PPL Electric Utilities Corporation

Two North Ninth Street

Allentown, Pennsylvania 18101-1179

(610) 774-5151

LG&E and KU Energy LLC

Louisville Gas and Electric Company

220 West Main Street

Louisville, Kentucky 40202

(502) 627-2000

Kentucky Utilities Company

One Quality Street

Lexington, Kentucky 40507

(502) 627-2000

PPL Corporation

Common Stock, Preferred Stock,

Stock Purchase Contracts, Stock Purchase Units and Depositary Shares

PPL Capital Funding, Inc.

Debt Securities and Subordinated Debt Securities

Guaranteed by PPL Corporation as described in a supplement to this prospectus

PPL Energy Supply, LLC

Debt Securities, Subordinated Debt Securities and Preferred Securities

PPL Electric Utilities Corporation

Preferred Stock, Preference Stock, Depositary Shares and Debt Securities

LG&E and KU Energy LLC

Debt Securities

Louisville Gas and Electric Company

Debt Securities

Kentucky Utilities Company

Debt Securities

 

 

We will provide the specific terms of these securities in supplements to this prospectus. You should read this prospectus and the supplements carefully before you invest.

We may offer the securities directly or through underwriters or agents. The applicable prospectus supplement will describe the terms of any particular plan of distribution.

 

 

Investing in the securities involves certain risks. See “Risk Factors” on page 4.

PPL Corporation’s common stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange and trades under the symbol “PPL.”

These securities have not been approved or disapproved by the Securities and Exchange Commission or any state securities commission, nor has the Securities and Exchange Commission or any state securities commission determined that this prospectus is accurate or complete. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.

The date of this prospectus is March 28, 2012.


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ABOUT THIS PROSPECTUS

     3   

RISK FACTORS

     4   

FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATION

     5   

PPL CORPORATION

     7   

PPL CAPITAL FUNDING, INC.

     8   

PPL ENERGY SUPPLY, LLC

     8   

PPL ELECTRIC UTILITIES CORPORATION

     9   

LG&E AND KU ENERGY LLC

     9   

LOUISVILLE GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY

     9   

KENTUCKY UTILITIES COMPANY

     9   

USE OF PROCEEDS

     10   

RATIOS OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES AND EARNINGS TO COMBINED FIXED CHARGES AND PREFERRED STOCK DIVIDENDS

     11   

WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION

     13   

EXPERTS

     15   

VALIDITY OF THE SECURITIES AND THE PPL GUARANTEES

     16   

 

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ABOUT THIS PROSPECTUS

This prospectus is part of a registration statement that PPL Corporation, PPL Capital Funding, Inc. (“PPL Capital Funding”), PPL Energy Supply, LLC (“PPL Energy Supply”), PPL Electric Utilities Corporation (“PPL Electric”), LG&E and KU Energy LLC (“LKE”), Louisville Gas and Electric Company (“LG&E”) and Kentucky Utilities Company (“KU”) have each filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC, using the “shelf” registration process. Under this shelf process, we may, from time to time, sell combinations of the securities described in this prospectus in one or more offerings. Each time we sell securities, we will provide a prospectus supplement that will contain a description of the securities we will offer and specific information about the terms of that offering. The prospectus supplement may also add, update or change information contained in this prospectus. You should read both this prospectus and any prospectus supplement together with additional information described under “Where You Can Find More Information.”

We may use this prospectus to offer from time to time:

 

   

shares of PPL Corporation Common Stock, par value $.01 per share (“PPL Common Stock”);

 

   

shares of PPL Corporation Preferred Stock, par value $.01 per share (“PPL Preferred Stock”);

 

   

contracts or other rights to purchase shares of PPL Common Stock or PPL Preferred Stock (“PPL Stock Purchase Contracts”);

 

   

stock purchase units, each representing (1) a PPL Stock Purchase Contract and (2) debt securities or preferred trust securities of third parties (such as debt securities or subordinated debt securities of PPL Capital Funding, preferred trust securities of a subsidiary trust or United States Treasury securities) that are pledged to secure the stock purchase unit holders’ obligations to purchase PPL Common Stock or PPL Preferred Stock under the PPL Stock Purchase Contracts (“PPL Stock Purchase Units”);

 

   

PPL Corporation’s Depositary Shares, issued under a deposit agreement and representing a fractional interest in PPL Preferred Stock;

 

   

PPL Capital Funding’s unsecured and unsubordinated debt securities (“PPL Capital Funding Debt Securities”);

 

   

PPL Capital Funding’s unsecured and subordinated debt securities (“PPL Capital Funding Subordinated Debt Securities”);

 

   

PPL Energy Supply’s unsecured and unsubordinated debt securities;

 

   

PPL Energy Supply’s unsecured and subordinated debt securities;

 

   

PPL Energy Supply’s preferred limited liability company membership interests;

 

   

PPL Electric’s Series Preferred Stock (“PPL Electric Preferred Stock”);

 

   

PPL Electric’s Preference Stock (“PPL Electric Preference Stock”);

 

   

PPL Electric’s Depositary Shares, issued under a deposit agreement and representing a fractional interest in PPL Electric Preferred Stock or PPL Electric Preference Stock;

 

   

PPL Electric’s First Mortgage Bonds issued under PPL Electric’s 2001 indenture, as amended and supplemented (“PPL Electric First Mortgage Bonds”), which will be secured by the lien of the 2001 indenture on PPL Electric’s electric distribution and certain transmission properties (subject to certain exceptions to be described in a prospectus supplement);

 

   

LKE’s unsecured and unsubordinated debt securities;

 

   

LG&E’s First Mortgage Bonds issued under LG&E’s 2010 indenture, as amended and supplemented (“LG&E First Mortgage Bonds”), which will be secured by the lien of the 2010 indenture on LG&E’s

 

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Kentucky electric generation, transmission and distribution properties and natural gas distribution properties (subject to certain exceptions to be described in a prospectus supplement); and

 

   

KU’s First Mortgage Bonds issued under KU’s 2010 indenture, as amended and supplemented (“KU First Mortgage Bonds”), which will be secured by the lien of the 2010 indenture on KU’s Kentucky electric generation, transmission and distribution properties (subject to certain exceptions to be described in a prospectus supplement).

We sometimes refer to the securities listed above collectively as the “Securities.”

PPL Corporation will fully and unconditionally guarantee the payment of principal, premium and interest on the PPL Capital Funding Debt Securities and PPL Capital Funding Subordinated Debt Securities as will be described in supplements to this prospectus. We sometimes refer to PPL Corporation’s guarantees of PPL Capital Funding Debt Securities as “PPL Guarantees” and PPL Corporation’s guarantees of PPL Capital Funding Subordinated Debt Securities as the “PPL Subordinated Guarantees.”

Information contained herein relating to each registrant is filed separately by such registrant on its own behalf. No registrant makes any representation as to information relating to any other registrant or Securities or guarantees issued by any other registrant, except that information relating to PPL Capital Funding’s Securities is also attributed to PPL Corporation.

As used in this prospectus, the terms “we,” “our” and “us” generally refer to:

 

   

PPL Corporation with respect to Securities, PPL Guarantees or PPL Subordinated Guarantees issued by PPL Corporation or PPL Capital Funding;

 

   

PPL Energy Supply with respect to Securities issued by PPL Energy Supply;

 

   

PPL Electric, with respect to Securities issued by PPL Electric;

 

   

LKE, with respect to Securities issued by LKE;

 

   

LG&E, with respect to Securities issued by LG&E; and

 

   

KU, with respect to Securities issued by KU.

For more detailed information about the Securities, the PPL Guarantees and the PPL Subordinated Guarantees, you can read the exhibits to the registration statement. Those exhibits have been either filed with the registration statement or incorporated by reference to earlier SEC filings listed in the registration statement.

RISK FACTORS

Investing in the Securities involves certain risks. You are urged to read and consider the risk factors relating to an investment in the Securities described in the Annual Reports on Form 10-K of PPL Corporation, PPL Energy Supply, PPL Electric, LKE, LG&E and KU, as applicable, for the year ended December 31, 2011, and incorporated by reference in this prospectus. Before making an investment decision, you should carefully consider these risks as well as other information we include or incorporate by reference in this prospectus. The risks and uncertainties we have described are not the only ones affecting PPL Corporation, PPL Energy Supply, PPL Electric, LKE, LG&E and KU. The prospectus supplement applicable to each type or series of Securities we offer may contain a discussion of additional risks applicable to an investment in us and the particular type of Securities we are offering under that prospectus supplement.

 

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FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATION

Certain statements included or incorporated by reference in this prospectus, including statements concerning expectations, beliefs, plans, objectives, goals, strategies, future events or performance and underlying assumptions and other statements which are other than statements of historical fact are “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the federal securities laws. Although we believe that the expectations and assumptions reflected in these statements are reasonable, there can be no assurance that these expectations will prove to be correct. Forward-looking statements are subject to many risks and uncertainties, and actual results may differ materially from the results discussed in forward-looking statements. In addition to the specific factors discussed in the “Risk Factors” section in this prospectus and our reports that are incorporated by reference, the following are among the important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking statements:

 

   

fuel supply cost and availability;

 

   

continuing ability to recover fuel costs and environmental expenditures in a timely manner at LG&E and KU, and natural gas supply costs at LG&E;

 

   

weather conditions affecting generation, customer energy use and operating costs;

 

   

operation, availability and operating costs of existing generation facilities;

 

   

the length of scheduled and unscheduled outages at our generating facilities;

 

   

transmission and distribution system conditions and operating costs;

 

   

potential expansion of alternative sources of electricity generation;

 

   

potential laws or regulations to reduce emissions of “greenhouse” gases or the physical effects of climate change;

 

   

collective labor bargaining negotiations;

 

   

the outcome of litigation against us;

 

   

potential effects of threatened or actual terrorism, war or other hostilities, or natural disasters;

 

   

our commitments and liabilities;

 

   

market demand and prices for energy, capacity, transmission services, emission allowances, renewable energy credits and delivered fuel;

 

   

competition in retail and wholesale power and natural gas markets;

 

   

liquidity of wholesale power markets;

 

   

defaults by counterparties under energy, fuel or other power product contracts;

 

   

market prices of commodity inputs for ongoing capital expenditures;

 

   

capital market conditions, including the availability of capital or credit, changes in interest rates and certain economic indices, and decisions regarding capital structure;

 

   

stock price performance of PPL Corporation;

 

   

volatility in the fair value of debt and equity securities and its impact on the value of assets in PPL Susquehanna’s nuclear plant decommissioning trust funds and in defined benefit plans, and the potential cash funding requirements if fair value declines;

 

   

interest rates and their effect on pension, retiree medical, and nuclear decommissioning liabilities, and interest payable on certain debt securities;

 

   

volatility in or the impact of other changes in financial or commodity markets and economic conditions;

 

   

profitability and liquidity, including access to capital markets and credit facilities;

 

   

new accounting requirements or new interpretations or applications of existing requirements;

 

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changes in securities and credit ratings;

 

   

foreign currency exchange rates;

 

   

current and future environmental conditions, regulations and other requirements and the related costs of compliance, including environmental capital expenditures, emission allowance costs and other expenses;

 

   

legal, regulatory, political, market or other reactions to the 2011 incident at the nuclear generating facility at Fukushima, Japan, including additional Nuclear Regulatory Commission requirements;

 

   

political, regulatory or economic conditions in states, regions or countries where we conduct business;

 

   

receipt of necessary governmental permits, approvals and rate relief;

 

   

new state, federal or foreign legislation, including new tax, environmental, healthcare or pension-related legislation;

 

   

state, federal and foreign regulatory developments;

 

   

the outcome of any rate cases by our regulated utilities;

 

   

the impact of any state, federal or foreign investigations applicable to us and the energy industry;

 

   

the effect of any business or industry restructuring;

 

   

development of new projects, markets and technologies;

 

   

performance of new ventures; and

 

   

business dispositions or acquisitions and our ability to successfully operate such acquired businesses and realize expected benefits from business acquisitions.

Any such forward-looking statements should be considered in light of such important factors and in conjunction with other documents we file with the SEC.

New factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those described in forward-looking statements emerge from time to time, and it is not possible for us to predict all such factors, or the extent to which any such factor or combination of factors may cause actual results to differ from those contained in any forward-looking statement. Any forward-looking statement speaks only as of the date on which such statement is made, and, except as required by applicable law, we undertake no obligation to update the information contained in such statement to reflect subsequent developments or information.

 

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PPL CORPORATION

PPL Corporation, incorporated in 1994 and headquartered in Allentown, Pennsylvania, is an energy and utility holding company. Through its subsidiaries, PPL Corporation generates electricity from power plants in the northeastern, northwestern and southeastern United States; markets wholesale or retail energy primarily in the northeastern and northwestern portions of the United States; and delivers electricity to customers in Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Virginia, Tennessee and the United Kingdom, and natural gas to customers in Kentucky.

PPL Corporation’s principal subsidiaries are shown below:

 

LOGO

PPL Corporation conducts its operations through the following segments:

Supply

PPL Corporation, through its indirect, wholly owned subsidiaries, PPL Generation, LLC (“PPL Generation”) and PPL EnergyPlus, LLC (“PPL EnergyPlus”) owns and operates electricity generating power plants, markets and trades this electricity and other purchased power to competitive wholesale and retail markets and acquires and develops competitive domestic generation projects. Both of these subsidiaries are direct, wholly owned subsidiaries of PPL Energy Supply. See “PPL Energy Supply, LLC” below for more information.

Pennsylvania Regulated

PPL Corporation’s Pennsylvania Regulated segment includes the regulated electric delivery operations of PPL Electric. As of December 31, 2011, PPL Electric delivered electricity to approximately 1.4 million customers in eastern and central Pennsylvania. See “PPL Electric Utilities Corporation” below for more information.

Kentucky Regulated

The Kentucky Regulated segment consists of the operations of LKE, which owns and operates regulated public utilities engaged in the generation, transmission, distribution and sale of electricity and the distribution and sale of natural gas, representing primarily the activities of LG&E and KU. As of December 31, 2011, LG&E provided electric service to approximately 394,000 customers and provided natural gas service to approximately 319,000 customers in Kentucky, and KU delivered electricity to approximately 541,000 customers in Kentucky and Virginia. See “Louisville Gas and Electric Company” and “Kentucky Utilities Company,” respectively, for more information.

 

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International Regulated

The International Regulated segment consists primarily of electric distribution operations in the United Kingdom. Through its subsidiaries, as of December 31, 2011, PPL Global delivered electricity to approximately 7.8 million end-users in the United Kingdom. PPL Global is a wholly owned, indirect subsidiary of PPL Corporation.

PPL Corporation’s subsidiaries, including PPL Energy Supply, PPL Electric, LKE, LG&E and KU, are separate legal entities and are not liable for the debts of PPL Corporation, and PPL Corporation is not liable for the debts of its subsidiaries (other than under the PPL Guarantees of PPL Capital Funding Debt Securities and PPL Subordinated Guarantees of PPL Capital Funding Subordinated Debt Securities). None of PPL Energy Supply, PPL Electric, LKE, LG&E or KU will guarantee or provide other credit or funding support for the Securities to be offered by PPL Corporation pursuant to this prospectus.

PPL CAPITAL FUNDING, INC.

PPL Capital Funding is a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of PPL Corporation. PPL Capital Funding’s primary business is to provide PPL Corporation with financing for its operations. PPL Corporation will fully and unconditionally guarantee the payment of principal, premium and interest on the PPL Capital Funding Debt Securities pursuant to the PPL Guarantees and the PPL Capital Funding Subordinated Debt Securities pursuant to the PPL Subordinated Guarantees, as will be described in supplements to this prospectus.

PPL ENERGY SUPPLY, LLC

PPL Energy Supply, formed in 2000 and headquartered in Allentown, Pennsylvania, is an energy company engaged through its subsidiaries in the generation and marketing of electricity, primarily in the northeastern and northwestern power markets of the United States. PPL Energy Supply’s major operating subsidiaries are PPL Generation and PPL EnergyPlus. PPL Energy Supply is an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of PPL Corporation. See “PPL Corporation” above for more information.

PPL Generation and PPL EnergyPlus

At December 31, 2011, PPL Energy Supply owned or controlled, through its subsidiaries, 10,508 MW of electric power generation capacity and was implementing capital projects at certain of its existing generation facilities in Pennsylvania and Montana to provide 191 MW of additional generating capacity by the end of 2013. Generating capacity controlled by PPL Generation and other PPL Energy Supply subsidiaries includes power obtained through PPL EnergyPlus’ tolling or power purchase agreements.

PPL Generation owns and operates a portfolio of competitive domestic power generating assets. Its power plants are located in Pennsylvania and Montana and are fueled by coal, uranium, natural gas, oil and water. The electricity from these plants is sold to PPL EnergyPlus under FERC-jurisdictional power purchase agreements.

PPL EnergyPlus sells electricity produced by PPL Generation subsidiaries, participates in wholesale market load-following auctions, and markets various energy products and commodities such as: capacity, transmission, financial transmission rights, coal, natural gas, oil, uranium, emission allowances, renewable energy credits and other commodities in competitive wholesale and competitive retail markets, primarily in the northeastern and northwestern United States.

PPL EnergyPlus also provides energy-related products and services, such as engineering and mechanical contracting, construction and maintenance services, to commercial and industrial customers.

Neither PPL Corporation nor any of its subsidiaries or affiliates will guarantee or provide other credit or funding support for the Securities to be offered by PPL Energy Supply pursuant to this prospectus.

 

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PPL ELECTRIC UTILITIES CORPORATION

PPL Electric, incorporated in 1920 and headquartered in Allentown, Pennsylvania, is a direct subsidiary of PPL Corporation and a regulated public utility. As of December 31, 2011, PPL Electric delivered electricity to approximately 1.4 million customers in eastern and central Pennsylvania. PPL Electric also provides electricity supply as a “provider of last resort,” or “PLR,” to retail customers in that territory that do not choose an alternative electricity provider.

Neither PPL Corporation nor any of its subsidiaries or affiliates will guarantee or provide other credit or funding support for the Securities to be offered by PPL Electric pursuant to this prospectus.

LG&E AND KU ENERGY LLC

LKE, a holding company formed in 2003, is a wholly owned subsidiary of PPL Corporation. LKE’s regulated utility operations are conducted through its subsidiaries, LG&E and KU, which constitute substantially all of LKE’s assets. LG&E and KU are regulated public utilities engaged in the generation, transmission, distribution and sale of electric energy. LG&E also engages in the distribution and sale of natural gas. LG&E and KU maintain their separate identities and serve customers in Kentucky under their respective names. KU also serves customers in Virginia under the Old Dominion Power name and customers in Tennessee under the KU name.

See “Louisville Gas and Electric Company” and “Kentucky Utilities Company” below for additional information about LG&E and KU.

Neither PPL Corporation nor any of its subsidiaries or affiliates will guarantee or provide other credit or funding support for the Securities to be offered by LKE pursuant to this prospectus.

LOUISVILLE GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY

LG&E, headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky and incorporated in Kentucky in 1913, is a regulated utility engaged in the generation, transmission, distribution and sale of electricity and the distribution and sale of natural gas in Kentucky. At December 31, 2011, LG&E owned or controlled 3,352 MW of electric power generation capacity. Subject to certain regulatory approvals, LG&E is planning capital projects at certain of its existing generation facilities to provide 483 MW of additional generating capacity by 2016. LG&E also anticipates retiring 563 MW of generating capacity by the end of 2015 to meet certain environmental regulations. As of December 31, 2011, LG&E provided electric service to approximately 394,000 customers in Louisville and adjacent areas in Kentucky, covering approximately 700 square miles in nine counties. As of December 31, 2011, LG&E provided natural gas service to approximately 319,000 customers in its electric service area and seven additional counties in Kentucky.

Neither PPL Corporation nor any of its subsidiaries or affiliates will guarantee or provide other credit or funding support for the Securities to be offered by LG&E pursuant to this prospectus.

KENTUCKY UTILITIES COMPANY

KU, headquartered in Lexington, Kentucky and incorporated in Kentucky in 1912 and Virginia in 1991, is a regulated utility engaged in the generation, transmission, distribution and sale of electricity in Kentucky, Virginia and Tennessee. At December 31, 2011, KU owned or controlled 4,833 MW of electric power generation capacity. Subject to certain regulatory approvals, KU is planning capital projects at certain of its existing generation facilities to provide 652 MW of additional generating capacity by 2016. KU also anticipates retiring

 

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234 MW of generating capacity by the end of 2015 to meet certain environmental regulations. As of December 31, 2011, KU provided electric service to approximately 512,000 customers in 77 counties in central, southeastern and western Kentucky and approximately 29,000 customers in five counties in southwestern Virginia. As of December 31, 2011, KU’s service area covered approximately 4,800 non-contiguous square miles. KU also sells wholesale electric energy to 12 municipalities in Kentucky. In Virginia, KU operates under the name Old Dominion Power Company.

Neither PPL Corporation nor any of its subsidiaries or affiliates will guarantee or provide other credit or funding support for the Securities to be offered by KU pursuant to this prospectus.

 

 

The offices of PPL Corporation, PPL Capital Funding, PPL Energy Supply and PPL Electric are located at Two North Ninth Street, Allentown, Pennsylvania 18101-1179 (Telephone number (610) 774-5151).

The offices of LKE and LG&E are located at 220 West Main Street, Louisville, Kentucky 40202 (Telephone number (502) 627-2000).

The offices of Kentucky Utilities Company are located at One Quality Street, Lexington, Kentucky 40507 (Telephone number (502) 627-2000).

 

 

The information above concerning PPL Corporation, PPL Capital Funding, PPL Energy Supply, PPL Electric, LKE, LG&E and KU and, if applicable, their respective subsidiaries is only a summary and does not purport to be comprehensive. For additional information about these companies, including certain assumptions, risks and uncertainties involved in the forward-looking statements contained or incorporated by reference in this prospectus, you should refer to the information described in “Where You Can Find More Information.”

USE OF PROCEEDS

Except as otherwise described in a prospectus supplement, the net proceeds from the sale of the PPL Capital Funding Debt Securities and the PPL Capital Funding Subordinated Debt Securities will be loaned to PPL Corporation and/or its subsidiaries, and PPL Corporation and/or its subsidiaries are expected to use the proceeds of such loans, and the proceeds of the other Securities issued by PPL Corporation, for general corporate purposes, including repayment of debt. Except as otherwise described in a prospectus supplement, each of PPL Energy Supply, PPL Electric, LKE, LG&E and KU is expected to use the proceeds of the Securities it issues for general corporate purposes, including repayment of debt, and for capital expenditures related to construction costs.

 

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RATIOS OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES AND EARNINGS TO COMBINED FIXED CHARGES AND PREFERRED STOCK DIVIDENDS

PPL Corporation

The following table sets forth PPL Corporation’s ratio of earnings to fixed charges and ratio of earnings to combined fixed charges and preferred stock dividends for the periods indicated:

 

     Twelve Months
Ended December 31,
 
     2011      2010      2009      2008      2007  

Ratio of earnings to fixed charges and ratio of earnings to combined fixed charges and preferred stock dividends (a)

     3.1         2.7         1.9         3.1         2.8   

 

(a) See PPL Corporation’s reports on file with the SEC pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), as described under “Where You Can Find More Information” for more information. PPL Corporation had no preferred securities outstanding during the periods indicated; therefore, the ratio of earnings to combined fixed charges and preferred stock dividends is the same as the ratio of earnings to fixed charges.

PPL Energy Supply

The following table sets forth PPL Energy Supply’s ratio of earnings to fixed charges and ratio of earnings to combined fixed charges and preferred securities dividends for the periods indicated:

 

     Twelve Months
Ended December 31,
 
     2011      2010      2009     2008      2007  

Ratio of earnings to fixed charges and ratio of earnings to combined fixed charges and preferred securities dividends (a)

     5.5         2.7         0.6 (b)      2.2         2.3   

 

(a) See PPL Energy Supply’s reports on file with the SEC pursuant to the Exchange Act as described under “Where You Can Find More Information” for more information. PPL Energy Supply had no preferred securities outstanding during the periods indicated; therefore, the ratio of earnings to combined fixed charges and preferred securities dividends is the same as the ratio of earnings to fixed charges.
(b) Upon reflecting the reclassification of PPL Global’s operating results as Discontinued Operations, earnings were less than fixed charges for this period. See PPL Energy Supply’s reports on file with the SEC pursuant to the Exchange Act for additional information. The total amount of fixed charges for this period was approximately $364 million and the total amount of earnings was approximately $206 million. The amount of the deficiency, or the amount of fixed charges in excess of earnings, was approximately $158 million.

PPL Electric

The following table sets forth PPL Electric’s ratio of earnings to fixed charges and ratio of earnings to combined fixed charges and preferred stock dividends for the periods indicated:

 

     Twelve Months
Ended December 31,
 
     2011      2010      2009      2008      2007  

Ratio of earnings to fixed charges (a)

     3.4         2.9         2.8         3.4         2.7   

Ratio of earnings to combined fixed charges and preferred stock dividends (a)

     2.9         2.4         2.3         2.8         2.3   

 

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LKE

The following table sets forth LKE’s ratio of earnings to fixed charges and ratio of earnings to combined fixed charges for the periods indicated. The following table includes the periods before and after PPL Corporation’s acquisition of LKE on November 1, 2010, and is labeled as Predecessor or Successor.

 

     Successor      Predecessor  
     12 Months
Ended

Dec.  31,
2011
     2 Months
Ended

Dec.  31,
2010
     10 Months
Ended

Oct.  31,
2010
     Twelve Months Ended Dec. 31  
              2009      2008      2007  

Ratio of earnings to fixed charges (a)

     3.7         3.9         2.7         2.3         2.5         2.9   

 

(a) See LKE’s reports on file with the SEC pursuant to the Exchange Act as described under “Where You Can Find More Information” for more information.

LG&E

The following table sets forth LG&E’s ratio of earnings to fixed charges and ratio of earnings to combined fixed charges for the periods indicated. The following table includes the periods before and after PPL Corporation’s acquisition of LKE, LG&E’s parent, on November 1, 2010, and is labeled as Predecessor or Successor.

 

     Successor      Predecessor  
     12 Months
Ended

Dec.  31,
2011
     2 Months
Ended

Dec.  31,
2010
     10 Months
Ended

Oct.  31,
2010
     Twelve Months Ended Dec. 31  
              2009      2008      2007  

Ratio of earnings to fixed charges (a)

     5.2         4.8         4.7         3.7         3.8         4.4   

 

(a) See LG&E’s reports on file with the SEC pursuant to the Exchange Act as described under “Where You Can Find More Information” for more information.

KU

The following table sets forth KU’s ratio of earnings to fixed charges and ratio of earnings to combined fixed charges for the periods indicated. The following table includes the periods before and after PPL Corporation’s acquisition of LKE, KU’s parent, on November 1, 2010, and is labeled as Predecessor or Successor.

 

     Successor      Predecessor  
     12 Months
Ended
Dec. 31,

2011
     2 Months
Ended
Dec.  31,

2010
     10 Months
Ended
Oct.  31,

2010
     Twelve Months Ended Dec. 31  
              2009      2008      2007  

Ratio of earnings to fixed charges (a)

     4.8         6.0         4.0         3.7         3.9         5.1   

 

(a) See KU’s reports on file with the SEC pursuant to the Exchange Act as described under “Where You Can Find More Information” for more information.

 

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WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION

Available Information

PPL Corporation, PPL Energy Supply, PPL Electric, LKE, LG&E and KU each file reports and other information with the SEC. You may obtain copies of this information by mail from the Public Reference Room of the SEC, 100 F Street, N.E., Room 1580, Washington, D.C. 20549, at prescribed rates. Further information on the operation of the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, D.C. can be obtained by calling the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330.

PPL Corporation’s Internet Web site is www.pplweb.com. On the Investor Center page of that Web site PPL Corporation provides access to all SEC filings of PPL Corporation, PPL Energy Supply, PPL Electric, LKE, LG&E and KU free of charge, as soon as reasonably practicable after filing with the SEC. The information at PPL Corporation’s Internet Web site is not incorporated in this prospectus by reference, and you should not consider it a part of this prospectus. Additionally, PPL Corporation’s, PPL Energy Supply’s, PPL Electric’s, LKE’s, LG&E’s and KU’s filings are available at the SEC’s Internet Web site (www.sec.gov).

In addition, reports, proxy statements and other information concerning PPL Corporation, PPL Energy Supply and PPL Electric can be inspected at their offices at Two North Ninth Street, Allentown, Pennsylvania 18101-1179; reports and other information concerning LKE and LG&E can be inspected at their offices at 220 West Main Street, Louisville, Kentucky 40202, and reports and other information concerning KU can be inspected at its office at One Quality Street, Lexington, Kentucky 40507.

Incorporation by Reference

Each of PPL Corporation, PPL Energy Supply, PPL Electric, LKE, LG&E and KU will “incorporate by reference” information into this prospectus by disclosing important information to you by referring you to another document that it files separately with the SEC. The information incorporated by reference is deemed to be part of this prospectus, and later information that we file with the SEC will automatically update and supersede that information. This prospectus incorporates by reference the documents set forth below that have been previously filed with the SEC. These documents contain important information about the registrants.

PPL Corporation

 

SEC Filings (File No. 1-11459)

  

Period/Date

Annual Report on Form 10-K   

Year ended December 31, 2011

PPL Corporation’s 2011 Notice of Annual

Meeting and Proxy Statement

  

Filed on April 6, 2011

Current Reports on Form 8-K   

Filed on January 18, 2012, January 31, 2012, February 1, 2012, February 27, 2012, February 29, 2012, March 27, 2012 and March 28, 2012

PPL Corporation’s Registration Statement on

Form 8-B

  

Filed on April 27, 1995

PPL Energy Supply

 

SEC Filings (File No. 1-32944)

  

Period/Date

Annual Report on Form 10-K   

Year ended December 31, 2011

Current Reports on Form 8-K   

Filed on February 27, 2012 and February 29, 2012

 

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PPL Electric

 

SEC Filings (File No. 1-905)

  

Period/Date

Annual Report on Form 10-K   

Year ended December 31, 2011

Current Reports on Form 8-K   

Filed on February 29, 2012

LKE

 

SEC Filings (File No. 333-173665)

  

Period/Date

Annual Report on Form 10-K   

Year ended December 31, 2011

LG&E

 

SEC Filings (File No. 1-2893)

  

Period/Date

Annual Report on Form 10-K   

Year ended December 31, 2011

KU

 

SEC Filings (File No. 1-3464)

  

Period/Date

Annual Report on Form 10-K   

Year ended December 31, 2011

Additional documents that PPL Corporation, PPL Energy Supply, PPL Electric, LKE, LG&E and KU file with the SEC pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, between the date of this prospectus and the termination of the offering of the Securities are also incorporated herein by reference. In addition, any additional documents that PPL Corporation, PPL Energy Supply, PPL Electric, LKE, LG&E or KU file with the SEC pursuant to these sections of the Exchange Act after the date of the filing of the registration statement containing this prospectus, and prior to the effectiveness of the registration statement are also incorporated herein by reference. Unless specifically stated to the contrary, none of the information that PPL Corporation, PPL Energy Supply, PPL Electric, LKE, LG&E or KU files or discloses under Items 2.02 or 7.01 of any Current Report on Form 8-K that have been furnished or may from time to time be furnished with the SEC is or will be incorporated by reference into, or otherwise included in, this prospectus.

Each of PPL Corporation, PPL Energy Supply, PPL Electric, LKE, LG&E and KU will provide without charge to each person, including any beneficial owner, to whom a copy of this prospectus has been delivered, a copy of any and all of its filings with the SEC. You may request a copy of these filings by writing or telephoning the appropriate registrant at:

For PPL Corporation, PPL Energy Supply and PPL Electric:

Two North Ninth Street

Allentown, Pennsylvania 18101-1179

Attention: Treasurer

Telephone: 1-800-345-3085

For LKE and LG&E:

220 West Main Street

Louisville, Kentucky 40202

Attention: Treasurer

Telephone: 1-800-345-3085

 

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For KU:

One Quality Street

Lexington, Kentucky 40507

Attention: Treasurer

Telephone: 1-800-345-3085

No separate financial statements of PPL Capital Funding are included herein or incorporated herein by reference. PPL Corporation and PPL Capital Funding do not consider those financial statements to be material to holders of the PPL Capital Funding Debt Securities or PPL Capital Funding Subordinated Debt Securities because (1) PPL Capital Funding is a wholly owned subsidiary that was formed for the primary purpose of providing financing for PPL Corporation and its subsidiaries, (2) PPL Capital Funding does not currently engage in any independent operations and (3) PPL Capital Funding does not currently plan to engage, in the future, in more than minimal independent operations. See “PPL Capital Funding.” PPL Capital Funding has received a “no action” letter from the Staff of the SEC stating that the Staff would not raise any objection if PPL Capital Funding does not file periodic reports under Sections 13 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act. Accordingly, PPL Corporation and PPL Capital Funding do not expect PPL Capital Funding to file those reports.

EXPERTS

The consolidated financial statements of PPL Corporation, PPL Energy Supply, LLC and PPL Electric Utilities Corporation appearing in such companies’ Annual Reports (Form 10-K) for the year ended December 31, 2011 including schedules appearing therein, and the effectiveness of PPL Corporation’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2011, have been audited by Ernst & Young LLP, independent registered public accounting firm, as set forth in its reports thereon included therein, and incorporated herein by reference which, as to the year 2010, are based in part on the report of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, independent registered public accounting firm. Such consolidated financial statements are incorporated herein by reference in reliance upon such reports given on the authority of such firm as experts in accounting and auditing.

The audited historical financial statements of Central Networks (collectively Central Networks East plc, Central Networks Limited and certain other related assets and liabilities) included in PPL Corporation’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated March 27, 2012 have been incorporated herein by reference in reliance on the report of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, independent accountants, given on the authority of said firm as experts in auditing and accounting.

The consolidated financial statements of LG&E and KU Energy LLC and the financial statements of Louisville Gas and Electric Company and Kentucky Utilities Company appearing in such companies’ Annual Reports (Form 10-K) for the year ended December 31, 2011 including schedules appearing therein have been audited by Ernst & Young LLP, independent registered public accounting firm, as set forth in its reports included therein, and incorporated herein by reference. Such financial statements are incorporated herein by reference in reliance upon such reports given on the authority of such firm as experts in accounting and auditing. The consolidated financial statements of LG&E and KU Energy LLC and the financial statements of Louisville Gas and Electric Company and Kentucky Utilities Company as of December 31, 2010 and for the periods from January 1, 2010 to October 31, 2010, and November 1, 2010 to December 1, 2010, and for the year ended December 31, 2009 incorporated herein by reference have been so incorporated in reliance on the reports of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, independent registered public accounting firm, given on the authority of said firm as experts in auditing and accounting.

 

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VALIDITY OF THE SECURITIES AND THE PPL GUARANTEES

Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP, New York, New York or Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, New York, New York and Frederick C. Paine, Esq., Senior Counsel of PPL Services Corporation will pass upon the validity of the Securities, the PPL Guarantees and the PPL Subordinated Guarantees for PPL Corporation, PPL Capital Funding, PPL Energy Supply and PPL Electric. Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP and John P. Fendig, Esq. of LG&E and KU Energy LLC will pass upon the validity of any LKE, LG&E and KU Securities for those issuers. Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, New York, New York or Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, New York, New York will pass upon the validity of the Securities, the PPL Guarantees and the PPL Subordinated Guarantees for any underwriters or agents. Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP and Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP will rely on the opinion of Mr. Paine as to matters involving the law of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and on the opinion of Mr. Fendig as to matters involving the laws of the Commonwealths of Kentucky and Virginia and the State of Tennessee.

 

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PART II.

INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS

 

Item 14. Other Expenses of Issuance and Distribution

The following is a statement of the estimated expenses (other than underwriting compensation) to be incurred by PPL Corporation and subsidiaries in connection with a distribution of the securities registered under this registration statement.

 

Securities and Exchange Commission registration fee

   $ *   

Printing expenses

     **   

Trustee fees and expenses

     **   

Legal fees and expenses

     **   

Accounting fees and expenses

     **   

Blue Sky fees and expenses

     **   

Rating Agency fees

     **   

Miscellaneous

     **   
  

 

 

 

Total

   $         **   
* To be deferred pursuant to Rule 456(b) and calculated in connection with the offering of securities under this registration statement pursuant to Rule 457(r).
** Estimated expenses not presently known.

 

Item 15. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

PPL Corporation

Section 7.01 of the Bylaws of PPL Corporation provides:

(a) Right to Indemnification. Except as prohibited by law, every director and officer of the corporation shall be entitled as of right to be indemnified by the corporation against reasonable expense and any liability paid or incurred by such person in connection with any actual or threatened claim, action, suit or proceeding, civil, criminal, administrative, investigative or other, whether brought by or in the right of the corporation or otherwise, in which he or she may be involved, as a party or otherwise, by reason of such person being or having been a director or officer of the corporation or by reason of the fact that such person is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee, fiduciary or other representative of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other entity (such claim, action, suit or proceeding hereinafter being referred to as “action”). Such indemnification shall include the right to have expenses incurred by such person in connection with an action paid in advance by the corporation prior to final disposition of such action, subject to such conditions as may be prescribed by law. Persons who are not directors or officers of the corporation may be similarly indemnified in respect of service to the corporation or to another such entity at the request of the corporation to the extent the board of directors at any time denominates such person as entitled to the benefits of this Section 7.01. As used herein, “expense” shall include fees and expenses of counsel selected by such person; and “liability” shall include amounts of judgments, excise taxes, fines and penalties, and amounts paid in settlement.

(b) Right of Claimant to Bring Suit. If a claim under paragraph (a) of this Section 7.01 is not paid in full by the corporation within thirty days after a written claim has been received by the corporation, the claimant may at any time thereafter bring suit against the corporation to recover the unpaid amount of the claim, and, if successful in whole or in part, the claimant shall also be entitled to be paid the expense of prosecuting such claim. It shall be a defense to any such action that the conduct of the claimant was such that under Pennsylvania law the corporation would be prohibited from indemnifying the claimant for the amount claimed, but the burden of proving such defense shall be on the corporation. Neither the failure of the corporation (including its board of directors, independent legal counsel and its shareholders) to have

 

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made a determination prior to the commencement of such action that indemnification of the claimant is proper in the circumstances because the conduct of the claimant was not such that indemnification would be prohibited by law, nor an actual determination by the corporation (including its board of directors, independent legal counsel or its shareholders) that the conduct of the claimant was such that indemnification would be prohibited by law, shall be a defense to the action or create a presumption that the conduct of the claimant was such that indemnification would be prohibited by law.

(c) Insurance and Funding. The corporation may purchase and maintain insurance to protect itself and any person eligible to be indemnified hereunder against any liability or expense asserted or incurred by such person in connection with any action, whether or not the corporation would have the power to indemnify such person against such liability or expense by law or under the provisions of this Section 7.01. The corporation may create a trust fund, grant a security interest, cause a letter of credit to be issued or use other means (whether or not similar to the foregoing) to ensure the payment of such sums as may become necessary to effect indemnification as provided herein.

(d) Non-Exclusivity; Nature and Extent of Rights. The right of indemnification provided for herein (1) shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights, whether now existing or hereafter created, to which those seeking indemnification hereunder may be entitled under any agreement, bylaw or charter provision, vote of shareholders or directors or otherwise, (2) shall be deemed to create contractual rights in favor of persons entitled to indemnification hereunder, (3) shall continue as to persons who have ceased to have the status pursuant to which they were entitled or were denominated as entitled to indemnification hereunder and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs and legal representatives of persons entitled to indemnification hereunder and (4) shall be applicable to actions, suits or proceedings commenced after the adoption hereof, whether arising from acts or omissions occurring before or after the adoption hereof. The right of indemnification provided for herein may not be amended, modified or repealed so as to limit in any way the indemnification provided for herein with respect to any acts or omissions occurring prior to the effective date of any such amendment, modification or repeal.

Directors and officers of PPL Corporation may also be indemnified in certain circumstances pursuant to the statutory provisions of general application contained in Pennsylvania law. Furthermore, PPL Corporation, as well as its directors and officers, may be entitled to indemnification by any underwriters named in a prospectus supplement against certain civil liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933 under agreements entered into between PPL Corporation and such underwriters.

PPL Corporation presently has insurance policies which, among other things, include liability insurance coverage for officers and directors and officers and directors of PPL Corporation’s subsidiaries, including PPL Capital Funding, Inc., under which such officers and directors are covered against any “loss” by reason of payment of damages, judgments, settlements and costs, as well as charges and expenses incurred in the defense of actions, suits or proceedings. “Loss” is specifically defined to exclude fines and penalties, as well as matters deemed uninsurable under the law pursuant to which the insurance policy shall be construed. The policies also contain other specific exclusions, including illegally obtained personal profit or advantage, and dishonesty.

PPL Capital Funding, Inc.

Article VI of the By-Laws of PPL Capital Funding, Inc. provides:

Section 6.1. Right to Indemnification. The Corporation shall indemnify and hold harmless, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law as it presently exists or may hereafter be amended, any person (an “Indemnitee”) who was or is made or is threatened to be made a party or is otherwise involved in any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (a “proceeding”), by reason of the fact that he, or a person for whom he is the legal representative, is or was a director or officer of the Corporation or, while a director or officer of the Corporation, is or was serving at the written request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or nonprofit entity, including service with respect to employee benefit plans,

 

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against all liability and loss suffered and expenses (including attorneys’ fees) reasonably incurred by such Indemnitee. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, except as otherwise provided in Section 6.3, the Corporation shall be required to indemnify an Indemnitee in connection with a proceeding (or part thereof) commenced by such Indemnitee only if the commencement of such proceeding (or part thereof) by the Indemnitee was authorized by the Board of Directors.

Section 6.2. Prepayment of Expenses. The Corporation shall pay the expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred by an Indemnitee in defending any proceeding in advance of its final disposition; provided, however, that, to the extent required by law, such payment of expenses in advance of the final disposition of the proceeding shall be made only upon receipt of an undertaking by the Indemnitee to repay all amounts advanced if it should be ultimately determined that the Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified under this Article VI or otherwise.

Section 6.3. Claims. If a claim for indemnification or payment of expenses under this Article VI is not paid in full within sixty (60) days after a written claim therefor by the Indemnitee has been received by the Corporation, the Indemnitee may file suit to recover the unpaid amount of such claim and, if successful in whole or in part, shall be entitled to be paid the expense of prosecuting such claim. In any such action the Corporation shall have the burden of providing that the Indemnitee is not entitled to the requested indemnification or payment of expenses under applicable law.

Section 6.4. Nonexclusivity of Rights. The rights conferred on any Indemnitee by this Article VI shall not be exclusive of any other rights which such Indemnitee may have or hereafter acquire under any statute, provision of the certificate of incorporation, these by-laws, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise.

Section 6.5. Other Sources. The Corporation’s obligation, if any, to indemnify or to advance expenses to any Indemnitee who was or is serving at its request as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or nonprofit entity shall be reduced by any amount such Indemnitee may collect as indemnification or advancement of expenses from such other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or non-profit enterprise.

Section 6.6. Amendment or Repeal. Any repeal or modification of the foregoing provisions of this Article VI shall not adversely affect any right or protection hereunder of any Indemnitee in respect of any act or omission occurring prior to the time of such repeal of modification.

Section 6.7. Other Indemnification and Prepayment of Expenses. This Article VI shall not limit the right of the Corporation, to the extent and in the manner permitted by law, to indemnify and to advance expenses to persons other than Indemnitees when and as authorized by appropriate corporate action.

Article 7 of the Certificate of Incorporation of PPL Capital Funding, Inc. provides:

The Corporation shall indemnify to the full extent authorized by law any person made or threatened to be made a party to an action or proceeding whether criminal, civil, administrative or investigative, by reason of the fact that he, his testator or intestate is or was a director or officer of the Corporation or serves or served any other enterprise as a director or officer at the request of the Corporation or any predecessor of the Corporation. No director of the Corporation shall be personally liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director of the Corporation, except for liability (i) for any breach of the director’s duty of loyalty to the Corporation or its stockholders; (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law; (iii) under Section 174 of the Delaware General Corporation Law; or (iv) for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit.

Directors and officers of PPL Capital Funding, Inc. may also be indemnified in certain circumstances pursuant to the statutory provisions of general application contained in Delaware law. Furthermore, PPL Capital Funding, Inc., as well as its directors and officers, may be entitled to indemnification by any underwriters named in a prospectus supplement against certain civil liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933 under agreements entered into between PPL Capital Funding, Inc. and such underwriters.

 

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PPL Capital Funding, Inc. presently has insurance policies which, among other things, include liability insurance coverage for officers and directors of PPL Capital Funding, Inc., under which such officers and directors are covered against any “loss” by reason of payment of damages, judgments, settlements and costs, as well as charges and expenses incurred in the defense of actions, suits or proceedings. “Loss” is specifically defined to exclude fines and penalties, as well as matters deemed uninsurable under the law pursuant to which the insurance policy shall be construed. The policies also contain other specific exclusions, including illegally obtained personal profit or advantage, and dishonesty.

PPL Energy Supply, LLC

Section 18-108 of the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act permits a Delaware limited liability company to indemnify and hold harmless any member, manager or other person from and against any and all claims and demands whatsoever, subject only to the standards and restrictions, if any, as may be set forth in the company’s limited liability company agreement. The registrant’s Limited Liability Company Agreement contains provisions which limit liability to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law.

Section 6.2 of the PPL Energy Supply, LLC’s Limited Liability Company Agreement provides, in part, as follows:

To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Company shall indemnify and hold harmless each Member, Manager or any officer, director, stockholder, partner, employee, representative, member, counsel or agent of any of the foregoing, or any officer, employee, representative, counsel, director, stockholder, partner or agent of the Company or any of its affiliates (each a “Covered Person”) from and against any and all losses, claims, demands, liabilities, expenses, judgments, fines, settlements and other amounts arising from any and all claims, demands, actions, suits or proceedings, civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (“Claims”), in which the Covered Person may be involved, or threatened to be involved, as a party or otherwise, by reason of its management of the affairs of the Company or which relates to or arises out of the Company or its property, business or affairs. A Covered Person shall not be entitled to indemnification under this Section 6.2 with respect to (i) any Claim with respect to which such Covered Person has engaged in fraud, willful misconduct, bad faith or gross negligence or (ii) any Claim initiated by such Covered Person unless such Claim (or part thereof) (A) was brought to enforce such Covered Person’s rights to indemnification hereunder or (B) was authorized or consented to by the Board. Expenses incurred by a Covered Person in defending any Claim shall be paid by the Company in advance of the final disposition of such Claim upon receipt by the Company of an undertaking by or on behalf of such Covered Person to repay such amount if it shall be ultimately determined that such Covered Person is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company as authorized by this Section 6.2.

Any repeal or modification of this Article VI by the Member shall not adversely affect any rights of such Covered Person pursuant to this Article VI, including the right to indemnification and to the advancement of expenses of a Covered Person existing at the time of such repeal or modification with respect to any acts or omissions occurring prior to such repeal or modification.

PPL Energy Supply, LLC, as well as its directors and officers, may be entitled to indemnification by any underwriters named in a prospectus supplement against certain civil liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933 under agreements entered into between PPL Energy Supply, LLC and such underwriters.

PPL Energy Supply, LLC presently has insurance policies which, among other things, include liability insurance coverage for officers and directors of PPL Energy Supply, LLC, under which such officers and directors are covered against any “loss” by reason of payment of damages, judgments, settlements and costs, as well as charges and expenses incurred in the defense of actions, suits or proceedings. “Loss” is specifically defined to exclude fines and penalties, as well as matters deemed uninsurable under the law pursuant to which the insurance policy shall be construed. The policies also contain other specific exclusions, including illegally obtained personal profit or advantage, and dishonesty.

 

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PPL Electric Utilities Corporation

Section 7.02 of the Bylaws of PPL Electric Utilities Corporation provides:

(a) Right To Indemnification. Except as prohibited by law, every director and officer of the Company shall be entitled as of right to be indemnified by the Company against reasonable expense and any liability paid or incurred by such person in connection with any actual or threatened claim, action, suit or proceeding, civil, criminal, administrative, investigative or other, whether brought by or in the right of the Company or otherwise, in which he or she may be involved, as a party or otherwise, by reason of such person being or having been a director or officer of the Company or by reason of the fact that such person is or was serving at the request of the Company as a director, officer, employee, fiduciary or other representative of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other entity (such claim, action, suit or proceeding hereinafter being referred to as “action”). Such indemnification shall include the right to have expenses incurred by such person in connection with an action paid in advance by the Company prior to final disposition of such action, subject to such conditions as may be prescribed by law. Persons who are not directors or officers of the Company may be similarly indemnified in respect of service to the Company or to another such entity at the request of the Company to the extent the Board of Directors at any time denominates such person as entitled to the benefits of this Section 7.02. As used herein, “expense” shall include fees and expenses of counsel selected by such person; and “liability” shall include amounts of judgments, excise taxes, fines and penalties, and amounts paid in settlement.

(b) Right Of Claimant To Bring Suit. If a claim under paragraph (a) of this Section 7.02 is not paid in full by the Company within thirty days after a written claim has been received by the Company, the claimant may at any time thereafter bring suit against the Company to recover the unpaid amount of the claim, and, if successful in whole or in part, the claimant shall also be entitled to be paid the expense of prosecuting such claim. It shall be a defense to any such action that the conduct of the claimant was such that under Pennsylvania law the Company would be prohibited from indemnifying the claimant for the amount claimed, but the burden of proving such defense shall be on the Company. Neither the failure of the Company (including its Board of Directors, independent legal counsel and its shareholders) to have made a determination prior to the commencement of such action that indemnification of the claimant is proper in the circumstances because the conduct of the claimant was not such that indemnification would be prohibited by law, nor an actual determination by the Company (including its Board of Directors, independent legal counsel or its shareholders) that the conduct of the claimant was such that indemnification would be prohibited by law, shall be a defense to the action or create a presumption that the conduct of the claimant was such that indemnification would be prohibited by law.

(c) Insurance and Funding. The Company may purchase and maintain insurance to protect itself and any person eligible to be indemnified hereunder against any liability or expense asserted or incurred by such person in connection with any action, whether or not the Company would have the power to indemnify such person against such liability or expense by law or under the provisions of this Section 7.02. The Company may create a trust fund, grant a security interest, cause a letter of credit to be issued or use other means (whether or not similar to the foregoing) to ensure the payment of such sums as may become necessary to effect indemnification as provided herein.

(d) Non-Exclusivity; Nature And Extent Of Rights. The right of indemnification provided for herein (1) shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights, whether now existing or hereafter created, to which those seeking indemnification hereunder may be entitled under any agreement, bylaw or charter provision, vote of shareholders or directors or otherwise, (2) shall be deemed to create contractual rights in favor of persons entitled to indemnification hereunder, (3) shall continue as to persons who have ceased to have the status pursuant to which they were entitled or were denominated as entitled to indemnification hereunder and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs and legal representatives of persons entitled to indemnification hereunder and (4) shall be applicable to actions, suits or proceedings commenced after the adoption hereof, whether arising from acts or omissions occurring before or after the adoption hereof. The right of indemnification provided for herein may not be amended, modified or repealed so as to limit in any

 

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way the indemnification provided for herein with respect to any acts or omissions occurring prior to the effective date of any such amendment, modification or repeal.

Directors and officers of the PPL Electric Utilities Corporation may also be indemnified in certain circumstances pursuant to the statutory provisions of general application contained in Pennsylvania law. Furthermore, PPL Electric Utilities Corporation, as well as its directors and officers, may be entitled to indemnification by any underwriters named in a prospectus supplement against certain civil liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933 under agreements entered into between PPL Electric Utilities Corporation and such underwriters.

PPL Electric Utilities Corporation presently has insurance policies which, among other things, include liability insurance coverage for officers and directors of PPL Electric Utilities Corporation, under which such officers and directors are covered against any “loss” by reason of payment of damages, judgments, settlements and costs, as well as charges and expenses incurred in the defense of actions, suits or proceedings. “Loss” is specifically defined to exclude fines and penalties, as well as matters deemed uninsurable under the law pursuant to which the insurance policy shall be construed. The policies also contain other specific exclusions, including illegally obtained personal profit or advantage, and dishonesty.

LG&E and KU Energy LLC

LG&E and KU Energy LLC is a limited liability company formed under the Kentucky Limited Liability Company Act, or the KLLCA. Its Amended and Restated Operating Agreement provides, in general, for mandatory indemnification of directors and officers by the registrant to the fullest extent permitted by law.

Section 275.180 of the KLLCA provides that a limited liability company may, through its written operating agreement, (1) eliminate or limit the personal liability of a member or manager for monetary damages for breach of any duty provided for in Section 275.170 of the KLLCA; and (2) provide for indemnification of a member or manager for judgments, settlements, penalties, fines, or expenses incurred in a proceeding to which a person is a party because the person is or was a member or manager.

LKE presently has insurance policies which, among other things, include liability insurance coverage for officers and directors of LKE, under which such officers and directors are covered against any “loss” by reason of payment of damages, judgments, settlements and costs, as well as charges and expenses incurred in the defense of actions, suits or proceedings. “Loss” is specifically defined to exclude fines and penalties, as well as matters deemed uninsurable under the law pursuant to which the insurance policy shall be construed. The policies also contain other specific exclusions, including illegally obtained personal profit or advantage, and dishonesty.

Louisville Gas and Electric Company

Louisville Gas and Electric Company is a corporation incorporated under the Kentucky Business Corporation Act, or the KBCA. LG&E’s Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation and By-laws provide, in general, for mandatory indemnification of directors and officers by the registrant to the fullest extent permitted by law.

Sections 271B.8-500 to 271B.8-580 of the KBCA provide that a corporation may indemnify an individual made a party to any threatened, pending, or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative and whether formal or informal, because he is or was a director of a corporation or an individual who, while a director, officer, employee or agent of a corporation, is or was serving at the corporation’s request as a director, officer, partner, trustee, employee or agent of another foreign or domestic corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise, against liability incurred in the proceeding if he conducted himself in good faith and he reasonably believed (a) in the case of conduct in his official capacity with the corporation that his conduct was in its best interests and (b) in all other cases, that

 

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his conduct was at least not opposed to its best interests. In the case of any criminal proceeding, he must have had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful. A corporation may not indemnify such individual (i) in connection with a proceeding by or in the right of the corporation in which such individual was adjudged liable to the corporation or (ii) in connection with any other proceeding charging improper personal benefit to him, whether or not involving action in his official capacity, in which he was adjudged liable on the basis that personal benefit was improperly received by him. Indemnification permitted in connection with a proceeding by or in the right of the corporation is limited to reasonable expenses incurred in connection with the proceeding.

Section 271B.8-520 of the KBCA provides that, unless a corporation’s articles of incorporation provide otherwise, a corporation shall indemnify an individual who was wholly successful, on the merits or otherwise, in the defense of any proceeding to which such individual was a party because he is or was a director or officer of a corporation or an individual who, while a director of a corporation, is or was serving at the corporation’s request as a director, officer, partner, trustee, employee or agent of another foreign or domestic corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise, against reasonable expenses incurred by him in connection with the proceeding.

Under Section 271B.2-020(2)(d) of the KBCA, a corporation’s articles of organization may limit the personal liability of a director to the corporation or its shareholders for monetary damages for breach of his duties as a director, provided that such provision shall not eliminate or limit the liability of a director (1) for any transaction in which the director’s personal financial interest is in conflict with the financial interests of the corporation or its shareholders, (2) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or are known to the director to be a violation of law, (3) for any vote for or assent to an unlawful distribution to shareholders as prohibited under Section 271B.8-330 or (4) for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit.

LG&E presently has insurance policies which, among other things, include liability insurance coverage for officers and directors of LG&E, under which such officers and directors are covered against any “loss” by reason of payment of damages, judgments, settlements and costs, as well as charges and expenses incurred in the defense of actions, suits or proceedings. “Loss” is specifically defined to exclude fines and penalties, as well as matters deemed uninsurable under the law pursuant to which the insurance policy shall be construed. The policies also contain other specific exclusions, including illegally obtained personal profit or advantage, and dishonesty.

Kentucky Utilities Company

Kentucky Utilities Company is a corporation incorporated under the Kentucky Business Corporation Act, or the KBCA, and the Virginia Stock Corporation Act, or VSCA. KU’s Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation and By-laws provide, in general, for mandatory indemnification of directors and officers by the registrant to the fullest extent permitted by law.

Sections 271B.8-500 to 271B.8-580 of the KBCA provide that a corporation may indemnify an individual made a party to any threatened, pending, or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative and whether formal or informal, because he is or was a director of a corporation or an individual who, while a director, officer, employee or agent of a corporation, is or was serving at the corporation’s request as a director, officer, partner, trustee, employee or agent of another foreign or domestic corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise, against liability incurred in the proceeding if he conducted himself in good faith and he reasonably believed (a) in the case of conduct in his official capacity with the corporation that his conduct was in its best interests and (b) in all other cases, that his conduct was at least not opposed to its best interests. In the case of any criminal proceeding, he must have had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful. A corporation may not indemnify such individual (i) in connection with a proceeding by or in the right of the corporation in which such individual was adjudged liable to the corporation or (ii) in connection with any other proceeding charging improper personal benefit to him, whether or not involving action in his official capacity, in which he was adjudged liable on the basis that

 

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personal benefit was improperly received by him. Indemnification permitted in connection with a proceeding by or in the right of the corporation is limited to reasonable expenses incurred in connection with the proceeding.

Section 271B.8-520 of the KBCA provides that, unless a corporation’s articles of incorporation provide otherwise, a corporation shall indemnify an individual who was wholly successful, on the merits or otherwise, in the defense of any proceeding to which such individual was a party because he is or was a director or officer of a corporation or an individual who, while a director of a corporation, is or was serving at the corporation’s request as a director, officer, partner, trustee, employee or agent of another foreign or domestic corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise, against reasonable expenses incurred by him in connection with the proceeding.

Under Section 271B.2-020(2)(d) of the KBCA, a corporation’s articles of organization may limit the personal liability of a director to the corporation or its shareholders for monetary damages for breach of his duties as a director, provided that such provision shall not eliminate or limit the liability of a director (1) for any transaction in which the director’s personal financial interest is in conflict with the financial interests of the corporation or its shareholders, (2) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or are known to the director to be a violation of law, (3) for any vote for or assent to an unlawful distribution to shareholders as prohibited under Section 271B.8-330 or (4) for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit.

The Virginia Stock Corporation Act empowers a corporation to indemnify an individual made a party to a proceeding because he is or was a director against liability incurred in the proceeding if: (1) he conducted himself in good faith; (2) he reasonably believed (i) in the case of conduct in his official capacity with the corporation, that his conduct was in its best interests and (ii) in all other cases, that his conduct was at least not opposed to its best interests; and (3) in the case of any criminal proceeding, he had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful. A corporation may not indemnify a director (1) in connection with a proceeding by or in the right of the corporation except for reasonable expenses incurred in connection with the proceeding if it is determined that the director has met the relevant standard in the preceding sentence; or (2) in connection with any other proceeding charging improper personal benefit to the director, whether or not involving action in his official capacity, in which he was adjudged liable on the basis that personal benefit was improperly received by him. Unless limited by its articles of incorporation, a corporation must indemnify a director who entirely prevails in the defense of any proceeding to which he was a party because he is or was a director of the corporation against reasonable expenses incurred by him in connection with the proceeding. Under the VSCA, a corporation may pay for or reimburse the reasonable expenses incurred by a director who is a party to a proceeding in advance of the final disposition of the proceeding if: (1) the director furnishes the corporation a written affirmation of his good faith belief that he has met the standard of conduct described in Section 13.1-697 of the VSCA; and (2) the director furnishes the corporation an undertaking, executed personally or on his behalf, to repay the advance if the director is not entitled to mandatory indemnification under Section 13.1-698 of the VSCA and it is ultimately determined that he did not meet the relevant standard of conduct. Unless a corporation’s articles of incorporation provide otherwise, the corporation may indemnify and advance expenses to an officer of the corporation to the same extent as to a director. A corporation may also purchase and maintain on behalf of a director or officer insurance against liabilities incurred in such capacities, whether or not the corporation would have the power to indemnify him against the same liability under the VSCA.

KU presently has insurance policies which, among other things, include liability insurance coverage for officers and directors of KU, under which such officers and directors are covered against any “loss” by reason of payment of damages, judgments, settlements and costs, as well as charges and expenses incurred in the defense of actions, suits or proceedings. “Loss” is specifically defined to exclude fines and penalties, as well as matters deemed uninsurable under the law pursuant to which the insurance policy shall be construed. The policies also contain other specific exclusions, including illegally obtained personal profit or advantage, and dishonesty.

 

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Item 16. Exhibits.

Reference is made to the Exhibit Index filed herewith at page II-18, such Exhibit Index being incorporated in this Item 16 by reference.

 

Item 17. Undertakings.

(a) The undersigned registrants hereby undertake:

(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:

(i) to include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;

(ii) to reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the “Calculation of Registration Fee” table in the effective Registration Statement; and

(iii) to include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material change to such information in the registration statement;

provided, however, that (i), (ii) and (iii) do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the registrants pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement, or is contained in a form of prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) that is part of the registration statement.

(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

(3) To remove from registration by means of post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.

(4) That, for the purpose of determining liability under the Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser:

(A) Each prospectus filed by the registrants pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3) shall be deemed to be part of the registration statement as of the date the filed prospectus was deemed part of and included in the registration statement; and

(B) Each prospectus required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)(2), (b)(5), or (b)(7) as part of a registration statement in reliance on Rule 430B relating to an offering made pursuant to Rule 415(a)(1)(i), (vii) or (x) for the purpose of providing the information required by Section 10(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 shall be deemed to be part of and included in the registration statement as of the earlier of the date such form of prospectus is first used after effectiveness or the date of the first contract of sale of securities in the offering described in the prospectus. As provided in Rule 430B, for liability purposes of the issuer and any person that is at that date an underwriter, such date shall be deemed to be a new effective date of the registration statement relating to the securities in the registration statement to which that prospectus relates, and the offering of such securities at that time

 

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shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. Provided, however, that no statement made in a registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement or made in a document incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference into the registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement will, as to a purchaser with a time of contract of sale prior to such effective date, supersede or modify any statement that was made in the registration statement or prospectus that was part of the registration statement or made in any such document immediately prior to such effective date.

(5) That, for the purpose of determining liability of the registrants under the Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser in the initial distribution of the securities, the undersigned registrants undertake that in a primary offering of securities of the undersigned registrants pursuant to this registration statement, regardless of the underwriting method used to sell the securities to the purchaser, if the securities are offered or sold to such purchaser by means of any of the following communications, the undersigned registrants will be sellers to the purchaser and will be considered to offer or sell such securities to such purchaser:

(i) Any preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the undersigned registrants relating to the offering required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424;

(ii) Any free writing prospectus relating to the offering prepared by or on behalf of the undersigned registrants or used or referred to by the undersigned registrants;

(iii) The portion of any other free writing prospectus relating to the offering containing material information about the undersigned registrants or their securities provided by or on behalf of the undersigned registrants; and

(iv) Any other communication that is an offer in the offering made by the undersigned registrants to the purchaser.

(b) The undersigned registrants hereby undertake that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the registrants’ annual reports pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that is incorporated by reference in this registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

(c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrants have been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrants will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, PPL Corporation certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Allentown, and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, on the 28th day of March, 2012.

 

PPL Corporation

(Registrant)

By:   /s/    WILLIAM H. SPENCE        
  William H. Spence
  President and Chief Executive Officer

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this registration statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities indicated on the 28th day of March, 2012.

 

Signature

       

Title

/s/    WILLIAM H. SPENCE        

William H. Spence, President and Chief

Executive Officer

    

Principal Executive

Officer and Director

/s/    PAUL A. FARR        

Paul A. Farr, Executive Vice President and Chief

Financial Officer

    

Principal Financial

Officer

/s/    VINCENT SORGI        

Vincent Sorgi, Vice President and Controller

    

Principal Accounting

Officer

FREDERICK M. BERNTHAL, JOHN W. CONWAY, STEVEN G. ELLIOT,

LOUISE K. GOESER, STUART E. GRAHAM, STUART HEYDT, VENKATA RAJAMANNAR MADABHUSHI, JAMES H. MILLER,

CRAIG A. ROGERSON, WILLIAM H. SPENCE, NATICA von ALTHANN AND KEITH H. WILLIAMSON

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Directors

By

  /s/    WILLIAM H. SPENCE        
  William H. Spence, As Attorney-in-Fact

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, PPL Capital Funding, Inc. certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Allentown, and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, on the 28th day of March, 2012.

 

PPL Capital Funding, Inc.

(Registrant)

By   /s/    PAUL A. FARR        
  Paul A. Farr
  President

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this registration statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities indicated on the 28th day of March, 2012.

 

Signature

 

Title

/s/    PAUL A. FARR        

Paul A. Farr, President

 

Principal Executive and Financial

Officer and Director

/s/    VINCENT SORGI        

Vincent Sorgi, Vice President and Controller

 

Principal Accounting Officer

/s/    ALEX J. TOROK        

Alex J. Torok, Assistant Treasurer

 

Director

/s/    JAMES H. MILLER        

James H. Miller

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, PPL Energy Supply, LLC certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Allentown, and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, on the 28th day of March, 2012.

 

PPL Energy Supply, LLC

(Registrant)

By   /s/    DAVID G. DECAMPLI        
  David G. DeCampli
  President

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this registration statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities indicated on the 28th day of March, 2012.

 

Signature

  

Title

/s/    DAVID G. DECAMPLI        

David G. DeCampli, President

  

Principal Executive

Officer and Manager

/s/    PAUL A. FARR        

Paul A. Farr, Executive Vice President

  

Principal Financial

Officer and Manager

/s/    VINCENT SORGI        

Vincent Sorgi, Vice President and Controller

  

Principal Accounting

Officer

/s/    ROBERT J. GREY        

Robert J. Grey

  

Manager

/s/    JAMES H. MILLER        

James H. Miller

  

Manager

/s/    WILLIAM H. SPENCE        

William H. Spence

  

Manager

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, PPL Electric Utilities Corporation certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Allentown, and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, on the 28th day of March, 2012.

 

PPL Electric Utilities Corporation

(Registrant)

By   /s/    GREGORY N. DUDKIN        
  Gregory N. Dudkin
  President

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this registration statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities indicated on the 28th day of March, 2012.

 

Signature

  

Title

/s/    GREGORY N. DUDKIN        

Gregory N. Dudkin, President

  

Principal Executive

Officer and Director

/s/    VINCENT SORGI        

Vincent Sorgi, Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer

  

Principal Financial

Officer and Principal

Accounting Officer

/s/    DEAN A. CHRISTIANSEN        

Dean A. Christiansen

  

Director

/s/    PAUL A. FARR        

Paul A. Farr

  

Director

/s/    ROBERT J. GREY        

Robert J. Grey

  

Director

/s/    JAMES H. MILLER        

James H. Miller

  

Director

/s/    WILLIAM H. SPENCE        

William H. Spence

  

Director

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, LG&E and KU Energy LLC certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Louisville, and Commonwealth of Kentucky, on the 28th day of March, 2012.

 

LG&E and KU Energy LLC

(Registrant)

By   /s/    VICTOR A. STAFFIERI        
  Victor A. Staffieri
  Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer
and President

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this registration statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities indicated on the 28th day of March, 2012.

 

Signature

  

Title

/s/    VICTOR A. STAFFIERI        

Victor A. Staffieri, Chairman of the Board,

Chief Executive Officer and President

  

Principal Executive

Officer and Director

/s/    KENT W. BLAKE        

Kent W. Blake, Chief Financial Officer

  

Principal Financial

Officer and Principal

Accounting Officer

/s/    S. Bradford Rives        

S. Bradford Rives

  

Chief Administrative

Officer and Director

/s/    CHRIS HERMANN        

Chris Hermann

  

Senior Vice President –

Energy Delivery and

Director

/s/    Paul W. Thompson        

Paul W. Thompson

  

Senior Vice President –

Energy Services and

Director

/s/    PAUL A. FARR        

Paul A. Farr

  

Director

/s/    JOHN R. MCCALL        

John R. McCall

  

Executive Vice President

and Director

/s/    WILLIAM H. SPENCE        

William H. Spence

  

Director

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, Louisville Gas and Electric Company certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Louisville, and Commonwealth of Kentucky, on the 28th day of March, 2012.

 

Louisville Gas and Electric Company

(Registrant)

By   /s/    VICTOR A. STAFFIERI        
  Victor A. Staffieri
 

Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer

and President

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this registration statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities indicated on the 28th day of March, 2012.

 

Signature

  

Title

/s/    VICTOR A. STAFFIERI        

Victor A. Staffieri, Chairman of the Board,

Chief Executive Officer and President

  

Principal Executive

Officer and Director

/s/    KENT W. BLAKE        

Kent W. Blake, Chief Financial Officer

  

Principal Financial

Officer and Principal

Accounting Officer

/s/    S. BRADFORD RIVES        

S. Bradford Rives

  

Chief Administrative

Officer and Director

/s/    CHRIS HERMANN        

Chris Hermann

  

Senior Vice President –

Energy Delivery and

Director

/s/    PAUL W. THOMPSON        

Paul W. Thompson

  

Senior Vice President –

Energy Services and

Director

/s/    PAUL A. FARR        

Paul A. Farr

  

Director

/s/    JOHN R. MCCALL        

John R. McCall

  

Executive Vice President

and Director

/s/    WILLIAM H. SPENCE        

William H. Spence

  

Director

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, Kentucky Utilities Company certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Louisville, and Commonwealth of Kentucky, on the 28th day of March, 2012.

 

Kentucky Utilities Company

(Registrant)

By   /s/    VICTOR A. STAFFIERI        
  Victor A. Staffieri
 

Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer

and President

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this registration statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities indicated on the 28th day of March, 2012.

 

Signature

  

Title

/s/    Victor A. Staffieri        

Victor A. Staffieri, Chairman of the Board,

Chief Executive Officer and President

  

Principal Executive

Officer and Director

/s/    KENT W. BLAKE        

Kent W. Blake, Chief Financial Officer

  

Principal Financial

Officer and Principal

Accounting Officer

/s/    S. BRADFORD RIVES        

S. Bradford Rives

  

Chief Administrative

Officer and Director

/s/    CHRIS HERMANN        

Chris Hermann

  

Senior Vice President –

Energy Delivery and

Director

/s/    PAUL W. THOMPSON        

Paul W. Thompson

  

Senior Vice President –

Energy Services and

Director

/s/    PAUL A. FARR        

Paul A. Farr

  

Director

/s/    JOHN R. MCCALL        

John R. McCall

  

Executive Vice President

and Director

/s/    WILLIAM H. SPENCE        

William H. Spence

  

Director

 

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PPL CORPORATION

PPL CAPITAL FUNDING, INC.

PPL ENERGY SUPPLY, LLC

PPL ELECTRIC UTILITIES CORPORATION

LG&E AND KU ENERGY LLC

LOUISVILLE GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY

KENTUCKY UTILITIES COMPANY

REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-3

EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit
No.

  

Description

  

Method of Filing

1.1    Form of Underwriting Agreement with respect to Securities    A form of underwriting agreement with respect to any securities will be filed as an Exhibit to a report on Form 8-K, as contemplated by Item 601(b)(1) of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act.
3.1    *Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of PPL Corporation    Exhibit 3(i) to PPL Corporation Form 8-K (File No. 1-11459) dated May 21, 2008.
3.2    *Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of PPL Electric Utilities Corporation    Exhibit 3(a) to PPL Electric Utilities Corporation Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (File No. 1-905) for the quarter ended March 31, 2006.
3.3.1    *Certificate of Formation of PPL Energy Supply, LLC    Exhibit 3.1 to PPL Energy Supply, LLC Registration Statement No. 333-74794.
3.3.2    *Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Formation of PPL Energy Supply, LLC    Exhibit 3(c)-2 to PPL Energy Supply, LLC Form 10-K (File No. 1-32944) for the year ended December 31, 2011.
3.4.1    *Limited Liability Company Agreement of PPL Energy Supply, LLC    Exhibit 3.2 to PPL Energy Supply, LLC Registration Statement No. 333-74794.
3.4.2    Form of Amendment to Limited Liability Company Agreement of PPL Energy Supply, LLC    To be filed by amendment in connection with the issuance of any PPL Energy Supply, LLC Preferred Securities.
3.5.1    *Certificate of Incorporation of PPL Capital Funding, Inc.    Exhibit 3.3 to PPL Corporation and PPL Capital Funding, Inc. Registration Statement Nos. 333-38003 and 333-38003-01.
3.5.2    *Amended Certificate of Incorporation of PPL Capital Funding, Inc.    Exhibit 3.5 to PPL Corporation, PPL Capital Funding, Inc. and PPL Capital Funding Trust I Registration Statement Nos. 333-54504, 333-54504-1 and 333-54504-2.
3.6    *Articles of Organization of LG&E and KU Energy LLC    Exhibit 3(a) to LG&E and KU Energy LLC Form S-4 (File No. 333-173665) dated April 21, 2011
3.7    *Amended and Restated Operating Agreement of LG&E and KU Energy LLC    Exhibit 3(b) to LG&E and KU Energy LLC Form S-4 (File No. 333-173665) dated April 21, 2011).
3.8.1    *Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of Louisville Gas and Electric Company    Exhibit 3(a) to Louisville Gas and Electric Company Form S-4 (File No. 333-173676) dated April 22, 2011).

 

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Exhibit
No.

  

Description

  

Method of Filing

3.8.2    *Articles of Amendment to Articles of Incorporation of Louisville Gas and Electric Company    Exhibit 3(b) to Louisville Gas and Electric Company Form S-4 (File No. 333-173676) dated April 22, 2011).
3.9.1    *Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of Kentucky Utilities Company    Exhibit 3(a) to Kentucky Utilities Company Form S-4 (File No. 333-173675) dated April 22, 2011).
3.9.2    *Articles of Amendment to Articles of Incorporation of Kentucky Utilities Company    Exhibit 3(b) to Kentucky Utilities Company Form S-4 (File No. 333-173675) dated April 22, 2011).
3.10    *Amended and Restated By-Laws of PPL Corporation    Exhibit 99.1 to PPL Corporation Form 8-K (File No. 1-11459) dated May 24, 2010.
3.11    *By-Laws of PPL Electric Utilities Corporation, as amended and restated    Exhibit 3.2 to PPL Electric Utilities Corporation Form 8-K (File No. 1-905) dated March 30, 2006.
3.12    *By-Laws of PPL Capital Funding, Inc.    Exhibit 3.4 to PPL Corporation and PPL Capital Funding, Inc. Registration Statement Nos. 333-38003 and 333-38003-01.
3.13    *Bylaws of Louisville Gas and Electric Company    Exhibit 3(c) to Louisville Gas and Electric Company Form S-4 (File No. 333-173676) dated April 22, 2011).
3.14    *Bylaws of Kentucky Utilities Company    Exhibit 3(c) to Kentucky Utilities Company Form S-4 (File No. 333-173675) dated April 22, 2011).
4.1    *Form of PPL Corporation Common Stock Certificate    Exhibit 4.1 to PPL Corporation Form S-3 (File No. 333-158200) dated March 25, 2009.
4.2    *Form of Deposit Agreement with respect to the PPL Corporation depositary shares (including form of Depositary Share Certificates)    Exhibit 4.2 to PPL Corporation Form S-3 (File No. 333-158200) dated March 25, 2009.
4.3    *Form of Deposit Agreement with respect to the PPL Electric Utilities Corporation depositary shares (including form of Depositary Share Certificates)    Exhibit 4.3 to PPL Electric Utilities Corporation Form S-3 (File No. 333-158200-01) dated March 25, 2009.
4.4.1    *Indenture dated as of November 1, 1997 among PPL Corporation, PPL Capital Funding, Inc. and The Bank of New York Mellon (as successor trustee to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (formerly known as The Chase Manhattan Bank)), as Trustee    Exhibit 4.1 to PPL Corporation Form 8-K (File No. 1-11459) dated November 12, 1997.
4.4.2    *Supplemental Indenture No. 6 to said Indenture    Exhibit 4.7 to PPL Corporation, PPL Capital Funding, Inc. and PPL Capital Funding Trust II Registration Statement Nos. 333-116478, 333-116478-01 and 333-116478-02.
4.4.3    *Supplemental Indenture No. 7 to said Indenture    Exhibit 4(b) to PPL Corporation Form 8-K (File No. 1-11459) dated July 11, 2007

 

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Exhibit
No.

  

Description

  

Method of Filing

4.5    *Form of Supplemental Indenture establishing series of PPL Capital Funding, Inc. debt securities    Exhibit 4.5 to PPL Corporation and PPL Capital Funding, Inc. Form S-3 (File Nos. 333-158200 and 333-158200-03) dated March 25, 2009.
4.6    *Form of Officer’s Certificate establishing the form and terms of PPL Capital Funding, Inc. debt securities.    Exhibit 4.6 to PPL Corporation and PPL Capital Funding, Inc. Form S-3 (File Nos. 333-158200 and 333-158200-03) dated March 25, 2009.
4.7    *Form of PPL Corporation Purchase Contract Agreement    Exhibit 4.7 to PPL Corporation Form S-3 (File No. 333-158200) dated March 25, 2009.
4.8    *Form of PPL Corporation Pledge Agreement    Exhibit 4.8 to PPL Corporation Form S-3 (File No. 333-158200) dated March 25, 2009.
4.9    *Form of PPL Corporation Remarketing Agreement    Exhibit 4.9 to PPL Corporation Form S-3 (File No. 333-158200) dated March 25, 2009.
4.10.1    *Indenture, dated as of October 1, 2001 by PPL Energy Supply, LLC and The Bank of New York Mellon (as successor trustee to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (formerly known as The Chase Manhattan Bank)), as Trustee    Exhibit 4.1 to PPL Energy Supply, LLC Registration Statement No. 333-74794.
4.10.2    *Supplemental Indenture No. 2 to said Indenture    Exhibit 4(h)-4 to PPL Energy Supply, LLC Annual Report on Form 10-K (File No. 333-74794) for the year ended December 31, 2004.
4.10.3    *Supplemental Indenture No. 3 to said Indenture    Exhibit 4(a) to PPL Energy Supply, LLC Form 8-K (File No. 333-74794) dated October 28, 2005.
4.10.4    *Supplemental Indenture No. 4 to said Indenture    Exhibit 4(a) to PPL Energy Supply, LLC Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (File No. 1-32944) for the quarter ended June 30, 2006.
4.10.5    *Supplemental Indenture No. 6 to said Indenture    Exhibit 4(c) to PPL Energy Supply, LLC Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (File No. 1-32944) for the quarter ended June 30, 2006.
4.10.6    *Supplemental Indenture No. 7 to said Indenture    Exhibit 4(f)-10 to PPL Energy Supply, LLC Annual Report on Form 10-K (File No. 333-74794) for the year ended December 31, 2006.
4.10.7    *Supplemental Indenture No. 8 to said Indenture    Exhibit 4(b) to PPL Energy Supply, LLC Form 8-K (File No. 1-32944) dated December 20, 2007.
4.10.8    *Supplemental Indenture No. 9 to said Indenture    Exhibit 4(b) to PPL Energy Supply, LLC Form 8-K (File No. 1-32944) dated March 14, 2008.
4.10.9    *Supplemental Indenture No. 10 to said Indenture    Exhibit 4(b) to PPL Energy Supply, LLC Form 8-K (File No. 1-32944) dated July 21, 2008.
4.10.10    *Supplemental Indenture No. 11 to said Indenture    Exhibit 4(a) to PPL Energy Supply, LLC Form 8-K (File No. 1-32944) dated December 13, 2011.

 

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Exhibit
No.

  

Description

  

Method of Filing

4.11    *Form of Supplemental Indenture establishing series of PPL Energy Supply, LLC debt securities    Exhibit 4.11 to PPL Energy Supply, LLC Form S-3 (File No. 333-158200-02) dated March 25, 2009.
4.12    *Form of Officer’s Certificate establishing the form and terms of PPL Energy Supply, LLC debt securities    Exhibit 4.12 to PPL Energy Supply, LLC Form S-3 (File No. 333-158200-02) dated March 25, 2009.
4.13.1    *Indenture, dated as of August 1, 2001, by PPL Electric Utilities Corporation and The Bank of New York Mellon (as successor trustee to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (formerly known as The Chase Manhattan Bank)), as Trustee    Exhibit 4.1 to PPL Electric Utilities Corporation Form 8-K (File No. 1-905) dated August 21, 2001.
4.13.2    *Supplemental Indenture No. 4 to said Indenture    Exhibit 4(g)-5 to PPL Electric Utilities Corporation Annual Report on Form 10-K (File No. 1-905) for the year ended December 31, 2004.
4.13.3    *Supplemental Indenture No. 5 to said Indenture    Exhibit 4(b) to PPL Electric Utilities Corporation Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (File No. 1-905) for the quarter ended June 30, 2005.
4.13.4    *Supplemental Indenture No. 6 to said Indenture    Exhibit 4(a) to PPL Electric Utilities Corporation Form 8-K (File No. 1-905) dated December 22, 2005.
4.13.5    *Supplemental Indenture No. 7 to said Indenture    Exhibit 4(b) to PPL Electric Utilities Corporation Form 8-K (File No. 1-905) dated August 14, 2007.
4.13.6    *Supplemental Indenture No. 9 to said Indenture    Exhibit 4(c) to PPL Electric Utilities Corporation Form 8-K (File No. 1-905) dated October 31, 2008.
4.13.7    *Supplemental Indenture No. 10 to said Indenture    Exhibit 4(b) to PPL Electric Utilities Corporation Form 8-K (File No. 1-905) dated May 22, 2009.
4.13.8    *Supplemental Indenture No. 11 to said Indenture    Exhibit 4.1 to PPL Electric Utilities Corporation Form 8-K (File No. 1-905) dated July 8, 2011.
4.13.9    *Supplemental Indenture No. 12 to said Indenture    Exhibit 4(a) to PPL Electric Utilities Corporation Form 8-K (File No. 1-905) dated July 12, 2011.
4.13.10    *Supplemental Indenture No. 13 to said Indenture    Exhibit 4(a) to PPL Electric Utilities Corporation Form 8-K (File No. 1-905) dated August 18, 2011.
4.14    Form of Supplemental Indenture to said Indenture establishing series of PPL Electric Utilities Corporation debt securities    Filed herewith.
4.15    *Form of Officer’s Certificate establishing the form and terms of PPL Electric Utilities Corporation debt securities    Exhibit 4.15 to PPL Electric Utilities Corporation Form S-3 (File No. 333-158200-02) dated March 25, 2009.

 

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Exhibit
No.

  

Description

  

Method of Filing

4.16.1    *Subordinated Indenture, dated as of March 1, 2007, between PPL Capital Funding, Inc., PPL Corporation and The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee    Exhibit 4(a) to PPL Corporation Form 8-K (File No. 1-11459) dated March 20, 2007.
4.16.2    *Supplemental Indenture No. 1 to said Subordinated Indenture    Exhibit 4(b) to PPL Corporation Form 8-K (File No. 1-11459) dated March 20, 2007.
4.16.3    *Supplemental Indenture No. 2 to said Subordinated Indenture    Exhibit 4.3 to PPL Corporation Form 8-K (File No. 1-11459) dated June 28, 2010.
4.16.4    *Supplemental Indenture No. 3 to said Subordinated Indenture    Exhibit 4.3 to PPL Corporation Form 8-K (File No. 1-11459) dated April 15, 2011
4.17    *Form of Supplemental Indenture to said Subordinated Indenture establishing series of PPL Capital Funding Inc. subordinated debt securities    Exhibit 4.17 to PPL Corporation and PPL Capital Funding, Inc. Form S-3 (File Nos. 333-158200 and 333-158200-03) dated March 25, 2009.
4.18    *Form of Officers’ Certificate establishing the form and terms of PPL Capital Funding, Inc. subordinated debt securities    Exhibit 4.18 to PPL Corporation and PPL Capital Funding, Inc. Form S-3 (File Nos. 333-158200 and 333-158200-03) dated March 25, 2009.
4.19    *Form of Indenture with regard to PPL Energy Supply, LLC subordinated debt securities    Exhibit 4.19 to PPL Energy Supply, LLC Form S-3 (File No. 333-158200-02) dated March 25, 2009.
4.20    *Form of Supplemental Indenture establishing series of PPL Energy Supply, LLC subordinated debt securities    Exhibit 4.20 to PPL Energy Supply, LLC Form S-3 (File No. 333-158200-02) dated March 25, 2009.
4.21    *Form of Officer’s Certificate establishing the form and terms of PPL Energy Supply, LLC subordinated debt securities    Exhibit 4.21 to PPL Energy Supply, LLC Form S-3 (File No. 333-158200-02) dated March 25, 2009.
4.22.1    *Indenture, dated as of November 1, 2010, between LG&E and KU Energy LLC and The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee    Exhibit 4(s)-1 to PPL Corporation Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010.
4.22.2    *Supplemental Indenture No. 1, dated as of November 1, 2010, to said Indenture    Exhibit 4(s)-2 to PPL Corporation Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010.
4.22.3    *Supplemental Indenture No. 2, dated as of September 1, 2011, to said Indenture    Exhibit 4(a) to LG&E and KU Energy LLC Form 8-K (File No. 333-173665) dated September 29, 2011.
4.23    Form of Supplemental Indenture establishing series of LG&E and KU Energy LLC debt securities    Filed herewith.
4.24    Form of Officer’s Certificate establishing the form and terms of LG&E and KU Energy LLC debt securities    Filed herewith.
4.25.1    *Indenture, dated as of October 1, 2010, between Louisville Gas and Electric Company and The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee    Exhibit 4(r)-1 to PPL Corporation Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010.

 

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Exhibit
No.

  

Description

  

Method of Filing

4.25.2    *Supplemental Indenture No. 1, dated as of October 15, 2010, to said Indenture    Exhibit 4(r)-2 to PPL Corporation Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010.
4.25.3    *Supplemental Indenture No. 2, dated as of November 1, 2010, to said Indenture    Exhibit 4(r)-3 to PPL Corporation Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010.
4.26    Form of Supplemental Indenture establishing series of Louisville Gas and Electric Company debt securities    Filed herewith.
4.27    Form of Officer’s Certificate establishing the form and terms of Louisville Gas and Electric Company debt securities    Filed herewith.
4.28.1    *Indenture, dated as of October 1, 2010, between Kentucky Utilities Company and The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee    Exhibit 4(q)-1 to PPL Corporation Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010.
4.28.2    *Supplemental Indenture No. 1, dated as of October 15, 2010, to said Indenture    Exhibit 4(q)-2 to PPL Corporation Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010.
4.28.3    *Supplemental Indenture No. 2, dated as of November 1, 2010, to said Indenture    Exhibit 4(q)-3 to PPL Corporation Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010.
4.29    Form of Supplemental Indenture establishing series of Kentucky Utilities Company debt securities    Filed herewith.
4.30    Form of Officer’s Certificate establishing the form and terms of Kentucky Utilities Company debt securities    Filed herewith.
5.1    Opinion of Frederick C. Paine, Esq.    Filed herewith.
5.2    Opinion of John P. Fendig, Esq.    Filed herewith.
5.3    Opinion of Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP    Filed herewith.
5.4    Opinion of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP    Filed herewith.
12.1    *Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Combined Fixed Charges and Preferred Stock Dividends for PPL Corporation    Exhibit 12(a) to PPL Corporation Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011.
12.2    *Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges for PPL Energy Supply, LLC    Exhibit 12(b) to PPL Energy Supply, LLC Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011.
12.3    *Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Combined Fixed Charges and Preferred Stock Dividends for PPL Electric Utilities Corporation    Exhibit 12(c) to PPL Electric Utilities Corporation Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011.
12.4    *Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges for LG&E and KU Energy LLC    Exhibit 12(d) to LG&E and KU Energy LLC Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011.

 

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Exhibit
No.

  

Description

  

Method of Filing

12.5    *Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges for Louisville Gas and Electric Company    Exhibit 12(e) to Louisville Gas and Electric Company Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011.
12.6    *Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges for Kentucky Utilities Company    Exhibit 12(f) to Kentucky Utilities Company Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011.
23.1    Consent of Frederick C. Paine, Esq.    Filed herewith as part of Exhibit 5.1.
23.2    Consent of John P. Fendig, Esq.    Filed herewith as part as Exhibit 5.2
23.3    Consent of Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP    Filed herewith as part of Exhibit 5.3.
23.4    Consent of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP    Filed herewith as part of Exhibit 5.4.
23.4    Consent of Ernst & Young LLP (PPL Corporation)    Filed herewith.
23.5    Consent of Ernst & Young LLP (PPL Energy Supply, LLC)    Filed herewith.
23.6    Consent of Ernst & Young LLP (PPL Electric Utilities Corporation)    Filed herewith.
23.7    Consent of Ernst & Young LLP (LG&E and KU Energy LLC)    Filed herewith.
23.8    Consent of Ernst & Young LLP (Louisville Gas and Electric Company)    Filed herewith.
23.9    Consent of Ernst & Young LLP (Kentucky Utilities Company)    Filed herewith.
23.10    Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PPL Corporation)    Filed herewith.
23.11    Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (LG&E and KU Energy LLC)    Filed herewith.
23.12    Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (Louisville Gas and Electric Company)    Filed herewith.
23.13    Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (Kentucky Utilities Company)    Filed herewith.
24.1    Power of Attorney of Directors of PPL Corporation    Filed herewith.
25.1    Statement of Eligibility of Trustee under PPL Capital Funding, Inc. Indenture    Filed herewith.
25.2    Statement of Eligibility of Trustee under Purchase Contract Agreement (Purchase Contract Agent)    Filed herewith.
25.3    Statement of Eligibility of Trustee under PPL Energy Supply, LLC Indenture    Filed herewith.
25.4    Statement of Eligibility of Trustee under PPL Electric Utilities Corporation 2001 Indenture    Filed herewith.

 

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Exhibit
No.

  

Description

  

Method of Filing

25.5    Statement of Eligibility of Trustee under PPL Capital Funding, Inc. Subordinated Indenture    Filed herewith.
25.6    Statement of Eligibility of Trustee under PPL Energy Supply, LLC Subordinated Indenture    Filed herewith.
25.7    Statement of Eligibility of Trustee under LG&E and KU Energy LLC Indenture    Filed herewith.
25.8    Statement of Eligibility of Trustee under Louisville Gas and Electric Company Indenture    Filed herewith.
25.9    Statement of Eligibility of Trustee under Kentucky Utilities Company Indenture    Filed herewith.

 

* Previously filed as indicated and incorporated herein by reference.

 

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EX-4.14 2 d325485dex414.htm FORM OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE TO SAID INDENTURE Form of Supplemental Indenture to said Indenture

Exhibit 4.14

 

 

 

PPL ELECTRIC UTILITIES CORPORATION

TO

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON

Trustee

 

 

Supplemental Indenture No.     

Dated as of             

 

 

Supplemental to the Indenture

dated as of August 1, 2001

 

 

Establishing Terms of

First Mortgage Bonds,     % Series due             

 

 

 


SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE NO.     

SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE No.     , dated as of             , made and entered into by and between PPL ELECTRIC UTILITIES CORPORATION, a corporation of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, having its principal corporate offices at Two North Ninth Street, Allentown, Pennsylvania 18101 (hereinafter sometimes called the “Company”), and THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, a New York banking corporation, having its corporate trust office at 101 Barclay Street, 4th Floor, New York, New York 10286 (hereinafter sometimes called the “Trustee”), as Trustee under the Indenture, dated as of August 1, 2001 (hereinafter called the “Original Indenture”), this Supplemental Indenture No. being supplemental thereto. The Original Indenture and any and all indentures and instruments supplemental thereto are hereinafter sometimes collectively called the “Indenture.”

RECITALS OF THE COMPANY

The Original Indenture was authorized, executed and delivered by the Company to provide for the issuance from time to time of its Securities (such term and all other capitalized terms used herein without definition having the meanings assigned to them in the Original Indenture), to be issued in one or more series as contemplated therein, and to provide security for the payment of the principal of and premium, if any, and interest, if any, on such Securities.

The Company has heretofore executed and delivered to the Trustee Supplemental Indentures for the purposes recited therein and for the purpose of creating series of securities as set forth in Schedule A hereto.

Pursuant to Article Three of the Original Indenture, the Company wishes to establish a             series of Securities, such series of Securities to be hereinafter sometimes called “Securities of the Series.”

As contemplated in Section 301 of the Original Indenture, the Company further wishes to establish the designation and certain terms of the Securities of the             Series. The Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Supplemental Indenture No.     to establish the designation and certain terms of the Securities of the             Series and has duly authorized the issuance of such Securities; and all acts necessary to make this Supplemental Indenture No.     a valid agreement of the Company, and to make the Securities of the             Series valid obligations of the Company, have been performed.

NOW, THEREFORE, THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE NO.     WITNESSETH, that, for and in consideration of the premises and of the purchase of the Securities by the Holders thereof, it is mutually covenanted and agreed, for the equal and proportionate benefit of the Holders of the Securities of the             Series, as follows:

ARTICLE ONE

            Series of Securities

SECTION 101. There is hereby created a series of Securities designated “First Mortgage Bonds,     % Series due             ,” and the Securities of such series shall have the terms provided therefor in this Article One of this Supplemental Indenture No.     , shall be limited in aggregate principal amount (except as contemplated in Section 301(b) of the Original Indenture) to $        , and shall have such terms as are hereby established for such Securities of the             Series as contemplated in Section 301 of the Original Indenture. The form or forms and additional terms of the Securities of the             Series shall be established in an Officer’s Certificate of the Company, as contemplated by Section 201 of the Original Indenture.


SECTION 102. [Covenants. So long as any Securities of the             Series shall remain Outstanding, the following shall be an additional covenant of the Company under the Indenture: So long as any Securities of the             Series shall remain Outstanding, the Company shall not cause or permit the Release Date to be established, as contemplated in Section 1811 of the Original Indenture.]

SECTION 103. [Satisfaction and Discharge. The Company hereby agrees that, if the Company shall make any deposit of money and/or Eligible Obligations with respect to any Securities of the             Series, or any portion of the principal amount thereof, as contemplated by Section 801 of the Indenture, the Company shall not deliver an Officer’s Certificate described in clause (z) in the first paragraph of said Section 801 unless the Company shall also deliver to the Trustee, together with such Officer’s Certificate, either:

(a) an instrument wherein the Company, notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of its indebtedness in respect of such Securities, shall retain the obligation (which shall be absolute and unconditional) to irrevocably deposit with the Trustee or Paying Agent such additional sums of money, if any, or additional Eligible Obligations (meeting the requirements of Section 801), if any, or any combination thereof, at such time or times, as shall be necessary, together with the money and/or Eligible Obligations theretofore so deposited, to pay when due the principal of and premium, if any, and interest due and to become due on such Securities or portions thereof, all in accordance with and subject to the provisions of said Section 801; provided, however, that such instrument may state that the obligation of the Company to make additional deposits as aforesaid shall be subject to the delivery to the Company by the Trustee of a notice asserting the deficiency accompanied by an opinion of an independent public accountant of nationally recognized standing, selected by the Trustee, showing the calculation thereof (which opinion shall be obtained at the expense of the Company); or

(b) an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that the Holders of such Securities, or portions of the principal and amount thereof, will not recognize income, gain or loss for United States federal income tax purposes as a result of the satisfaction and discharge of the Company’s indebtedness in respect thereof and will be subject to United States federal income tax on the same amounts, at the same times and in the same manner as if such satisfaction and discharge had not been effected.]

ARTICLE TWO

Miscellaneous Provisions

SECTION 201. This Supplemental Indenture No.     is a supplement to the Original Indenture, as heretofore amended and supplemented. As supplemented by this Supplemental Indenture No     , the Original Indenture, as heretofore amended and supplemented, is in all respects ratified, approved and confirmed, and the Original Indenture, as heretofore amended and supplemented, and this Supplemental Indenture No.     shall together constitute the Indenture.

SECTION 202. The recitals contained in this Supplemental Indenture No.     shall be taken as the statements of the Company, and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for their correctness and makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Supplemental Indenture No.     .

This instrument may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which so executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Supplemental Indenture No.     to be duly executed as of the day and year first written above.

 

PPL ELECTRIC UTILITIES CORPORATION
By  

 

  Name:
  Title:

 

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THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, as Trustee
By  

 

  Name:
  Title:

 

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COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA   )      
  )    ss.:   
COUNTY OF LEHIGH   )      

On this     day of             , before me, a notary public, the undersigned, personally appeared             , who acknowledged himself to be the             of PPL ELECTRIC UTILITIES CORPORATION, a corporation of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and that he/she, as such             , being authorized to do so, executed the foregoing instrument for the purposes therein contained, by signing the name of the corporation by himself/herself as             .

In witness whereof, I hereunto set my hand and official seal.

 

 

 

 
  Notary Public  

 

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STATE OF NEW YORK    )      
   )    ss.:   
COUNTY OF NEW YORK    )      

On this     day of             , before me, a notary public, the undersigned, personally appeared             , who acknowledged himself/herself to be a             of THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, a corporation and that he/she, as             , being authorized to do so, executed the foregoing instrument for the purposes therein contained, by signing the name of the corporation by himself/herself as             .

In witness whereof, I hereunto set my hand and official seal.

 

By:  

 

 
  Notary Public  

The Bank of New York Mellon hereby certifies that its precise name and address as Trustee hereunder are:

The Bank of New York Mellon

101 Barclay Street, 4th Floor

New York, New York 10286

Attn: Global Structured Finance

 

  THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, as Trustee
  By:  

 

 

 

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SCHEDULE A

 

Supplemental
Indenture No.

  

Dated as of

  

Series

  

Series Designation

   Principal
Amount
Authorized
     Principal
Amount
Issued
     Principal
Amount
Outstanding1
 
1    August 1, 2001    First    Senior Secured Bonds,
5 7/8% Series due 2007
   $ 300,000,000       $ 300,000,000         None   
1    August 1, 2001    Second    Senior Secured bonds,
6  1/4% Series due 2009
   $ 500,000,000       $ 500,000,000         None   
2    February 1, 2003    Third    Senior Secured Bonds, 3.125% Pollution Control Series due 2008    $ 90,000,000       $ 90,000,000         None   
3    May 1, 2003    Fourth    Senior Secured Bonds, 4.30% Series due 2013    $ 100,000,000       $ 100,000,000         None   
4    February 1, 2005    Fifth    Senior Secured Bonds, 4.70% Pollution Control Series due 2029    $ 115,500,000       $ 115,500,000       $ 115,500,000   
5    May 1, 2005    Sixth    Senior Secured Bonds, 4.75% Pollution Control Series due 2027    $ 108,250,000       $ 108,250,000       $ 108,250,000   
6    December 1, 2005    Seventh    Senior Secured Bonds, 4.95% Series due 2015    $ 100,000,000       $ 100,000,000       $ 100,000,000   
6    December 1, 2005    Eighth    Senior Secured Bonds, 5.15% Series due 2020    $ 100,000,000       $ 100,000,000       $ 100,000,000   
7    August 1, 2007    Ninth    Senior Secured Bonds, 6.45% Series due 2037    $ 250,000,000       $ 250,000,000       $ 250,000,000   
8    October 1, 2008    Tenth    Senior Secured Bonds, 7.125% Series due 2013    $ 400,000,000       $ 400,000,000         None   
9    October 1, 2008    Eleventh    Senior Secured Bonds, Variable Rate Pollution Control Series 2008    $ 90,000,000       $ 90,000,000       $ 90,000,000   
10    May 1, 2009    Twelfth    First Mortgage Bonds, 6.25% Series due 2039    $ 300,000,000       $ 300,000,000       $ 300,000,000   
11    July 1, 20112            —           —           —     
12    July 1, 2011    Thirteenth    First Mortgage Bonds, 5.20% Series due 2041    $ 250,000,000       $ 250,000,000       $ 250,000,000   
13    August 1, 2011    Fourteenth    First Mortgage Bonds, 3.00% Series due 2021    $ 400,000,000       $ 400,000,000       $ 400,000,000   

 

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As of March 1, 2012.

2 

Supplemental Indenture No. 11 provided for certain amendments to the Original Indenture and did not provide for the establishment of any series of Securities.

 

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EX-4.23 3 d325485dex423.htm FORM OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE Form of Supplemental Indenture

Exhibit 4.23

 

 

 

LG&E AND KU ENERGY LLC

TO

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON,

Trustee

 

 

Supplemental Indenture No.     

Dated as of             

 

 

Supplemental to the Indenture

dated as of November 1, 2010

 

 

Establishing

Senior Notes,     % Series due     

 

 

 


SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE NO.     

SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE No.     , dated as of the      day of             ,         , made and entered into by and between LG&E AND KU ENERGY LLC, a limited liability company duly organized and existing under the laws of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, having its principal corporate offices at 200 West Main Street, Louisville, Kentucky 40202 (hereinafter sometimes called the “Company”), and THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, a New York banking corporation, having its corporate trust office at 101 Barclay Street, 4th Floor, New York, New York 10286 (hereinafter sometimes called the “Trustee”), as Trustee under the Indenture, dated as of November 1, 2010, between the Company and said Trustee (hereinafter called the “Original Indenture”), this Supplemental Indenture No.      being supplemental thereto. The Original Indenture and any and all indentures and instruments supplemental thereto are hereinafter sometimes collectively referred to herein as the “Indenture.”

Recitals of the Company

The Original Indenture was authorized, executed and delivered by the Company to provide for the issuance by the Company from time to time of its Securities (such term and all other capitalized terms used herein without definition having the meanings assigned to them in the Original Indenture), to be issued in one or more series as contemplated therein.

Pursuant to Article Three of the Original Indenture, the Company wishes to establish a              series of Securities, such series of Securities to be hereinafter sometimes called the “Securities of Series No.     .”

As contemplated in Section 301 of the Original Indenture, the Company further wishes to establish the designation and terms of the Securities of Series No.     . The Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Supplemental Indenture No.      to establish the designation and terms of the Securities of Series No.      and has duly authorized the issuance of such Securities; and all acts necessary to make this Supplemental Indenture No.      a valid agreement of the Company, and to make the Securities of Series No.      valid obligations of the Company, have been performed.

NOW, THEREFORE, THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE NO.      WITNESSETH, that, for and in consideration of the premises and of the purchase of the Securities by the Holders thereof, it is mutually covenanted and agreed as follows:

ARTICLE ONE

SECURITIES OF SERIES NO.     

Section 101.    Creation of the Securities of Series No.     

There is hereby created a series of Securities designated “Senior Notes,     % Series due             ,” and the Securities of such series shall:

(a) be issued initially in the aggregate principal amount of $          and shall be limited to such aggregate principal amount (except as contemplated in Section 301(b) of the Original Indenture); provided, however, that, as contemplated in the last paragraph of Section 301 of the Original Indenture, additional Securities of such series may be subsequently issued from time to time, without any consent of Holders of the Securities of such series, if and to the extent that, prior to each such subsequent issuance, the aggregate principal amount of the additional Securities then to be issued shall have been set forth in a Supplemental Indenture or an Officer’s Certificate, and, thereupon, the Securities of such series shall be limited to such aggregate principal amount as so increased (except as aforesaid and subject to further such increases);


(b) have such terms as are established in an Officer’s Certificate as contemplated in Section 301 of the Original Indenture; and

(c) be in substantially the form or forms established therefor in an Officer’s Certificate, as contemplated by Section 201 of the Original Indenture.

ARTICLE TWO

COVENANTS

Section 201.    [Satisfaction and Discharge.

The Company hereby agrees that, if the Company shall make any deposit of money and/or Eligible Obligations with respect to any Securities of Series No.     , or any portion of the principal amount thereof, as contemplated by Section 701 of the Indenture, the Company shall not deliver an Officer’s Certificate described in clause (z) in the first paragraph of said Section 701 unless the Company shall also deliver to the Trustee, together with such Officer’s Certificate, either:

(a) an instrument wherein the Company, notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of its indebtedness in respect of such Securities, shall retain the obligation (which shall be absolute and unconditional) to irrevocably deposit with the Trustee or Paying Agent such additional sums of money, if any, or additional Eligible Obligations (meeting the requirements of Section 701), if any, or any combination thereof, at such time or times, as shall be necessary, together with the money and/or Eligible Obligations theretofore so deposited, to pay when due the principal of and premium, if any, and interest due and to become due on such Securities or portions thereof, all in accordance with and subject to the provisions of said Section 701; provided, however, that such instrument may state that the obligation of the Company to make additional deposits as aforesaid shall be subject to the delivery to the Company by the Trustee of a notice asserting the deficiency accompanied by an opinion of an independent public accountant of nationally recognized standing, selected by the Trustee, showing the calculation thereof (which opinion shall be obtained at the expense of the Company); or

(b) an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that the Holders of such Securities, or portions of the principal and amount thereof, will not recognize income, gain or loss for United States federal income tax purposes as a result of the satisfaction and discharge of the Company’s indebtedness in respect thereof and will be subject to United States federal income tax on the same amounts, at the same times and in the same manner as if such satisfaction and discharge had not been effected.]

Section 202.    [Negative Pledge.

(a) The Company agrees that for so long as any Securities of Series No. shall remain Outstanding, without consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series, the Company shall not create, incur or assume any Lien (other than Permitted Liens) upon the common stock of Kentucky Utilities Company or Louisville Gas and Electric Company, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, in order to secure any Debt of the Company. The foregoing agreement shall not restrict the ability of Subsidiaries or Affiliates of the Company to create, incur or assume any Lien upon their properties or assets.

 

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(b) The provisions of subsection (a) above shall not prohibit the creation, issuance, incurrence or assumption of any Lien if either:

(1) the Company shall make effective provision whereby all Securities of Series No.      then Outstanding shall be secured equally and ratably with all other Debt then outstanding under such Lien; or

(2) the Company shall deliver to the Trustee bonds, notes or other evidences of indebtedness secured by the Lien which secures such Debt (hereinafter called “Secured Obligations”) (A) in an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of the Securities of Series No.      then Outstanding, (B) maturing (or being subject to mandatory redemption) on such dates and in such principal amounts that, at Stated Maturity of the Outstanding Securities of Series No.     , there shall mature (or be redeemed) Secured Obligations equal in principal amount to such Securities then to mature and (C) containing, in addition to any mandatory redemption provisions applicable to all Secured Obligations outstanding under such Lien and any mandatory redemption provisions contained therein pursuant to clause (B) above, mandatory redemption provisions correlative to the provisions, if any, for the mandatory redemption (pursuant to a sinking fund or otherwise) of the Securities of Series No.      or for the redemption thereof at the option of the Holder, as well as a provision for mandatory redemption upon an acceleration of the maturity of all Outstanding Securities of Series No.      following an Event of Default (such mandatory redemption to be rescinded upon the rescission of such acceleration); it being expressly understood that such Secured Obligations (X) may, but need not, bear interest, (Y) may, but need not, contain provisions for the redemption thereof at the option of the issuer, any such redemption to be made at a redemption price or prices not less than the principal amount thereof and (Z) shall be held by the Trustee for the benefit of the Holders of all Securities of Series No.     , as applicable, from time to time Outstanding subject to such terms and conditions relating to surrender to the Company, transfer restrictions, voting, application of payments of principal and interest and other matters as shall be set forth in an indenture supplemental hereto specifically providing for the delivery to the Trustee of such Secured Obligations.

(c) If the Company shall elect either of the alternatives described in subsection (b) above, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee:

(1) an indenture supplemental to the Original Indenture (A) together with any appropriate inter-creditor arrangements, whereby such Securities of Series No.      then Outstanding shall be secured by the Lien referred to in subsection (b) above equally and ratably with all other indebtedness secured by such Lien or (B) providing for the delivery to the Trustee of Secured Obligations;

(2) an Officer’s Certificate (A) stating that, to the knowledge of the signer, (i) no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and (ii) no event has occurred and is continuing which entitles the secured party under such Lien to accelerate the maturity of the indebtedness outstanding thereunder and (B) stating the aggregate principal amount of indebtedness issuable, and then proposed to be issued, under and secured by such Lien; and

 

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(3) an Opinion of Counsel (A) if the Securities of Series No.      then Outstanding are to be secured by such Lien, to the effect that all such Securities then Outstanding are entitled to the benefit of such Lien equally and ratably with all other indebtedness outstanding under such Lien or (B) if Secured Obligations are to be delivered to the Trustee, to the effect that such Secured Obligations constitute valid obligations and are secured by such Lien equally and ratably with all other indebtedness then secured by such Lien.

(d) For the purposes of this Section 202, except as otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) “Debt”, with respect to any Person, means (A) indebtedness of such Person for borrowed money evidenced by a bond, debenture, note or other similar written instrument or agreement by which such Person is obligated to repay such borrowed money and (B) any guaranty by such Person of any such indebtedness of another Person. “Debt” does not include, among other things, (W) indebtedness of such Person under any installment sale or conditional sale agreement or any other agreement relating to indebtedness for the deferred purchase price of property or services, (X) any trade obligations (including obligations under agreements relating to the purchase and sale of any commodity, including power purchase or sale agreements, and any commodity hedges or derivatives regardless or whether such transaction is a “financial” or physical transaction) or other obligations of such Person in the ordinary course of business, (Y) obligations of such Person under any lease agreement (including any lease intended as security), whether or not such obligations are required to be capitalized on the balance sheet of such Person under United States generally accepted accounting principles, or (Z) liabilities secured by any Lien on any property owned by such Person if and to the extent that such Person has not assumed or otherwise become liable for the payment thereof.

(2) “Lien” means any lien, mortgage, deed of trust, pledge or security interest, in each case, intended to secure the repayment of Debt, except for any Permitted Lien.

(3) “Permitted Liens” means

(A) any Liens existing at             ;

(B) any Liens securing Debt which matures less than one year from the date of issuance or incurrence thereof and is not extendible at the option of the issuer, and any refundings, refinancings and/or replacements of any such Debt by or with similar secured Debt;

(C) other Liens securing Debt the principal amount of which does not exceed 10% of the total assets of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries as shown on the Company’s most recent audited consolidated balance sheet; and

(D) any Liens granted in connection with extending, renewing, replacing or refinancing, in whole or in part, the Debt secured by liens described in the foregoing clauses (A) through (C), to the extent of such Debt so extended, renewed, replaced or refinanced.]

 

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ARTICLE THREE

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

Section 301.    Single Instrument.

This Supplemental Indenture No.      is a supplement to the Original Indenture. As supplemented by this Supplemental Indenture No.     , the Original Indenture, as heretofore amended and supplemented, is in all respects ratified, approved and confirmed, and the Original Indenture, as heretofore amended and supplemented, and this Supplemental Indenture No.      shall together constitute the Indenture.

Section 302.    Effect of Headings.

The Article and Section headings in this Supplemental Indenture No.      are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.

 

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This instrument may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which so executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Supplemental Indenture No.      to be duly executed as of the day and year first written above.

 

LG&E AND KU ENERGY LLC

 

By:

 

 

  Name:
  Title:

 

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, as Trustee

 

By:

 

 

  Name:
  Title:

 

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EX-4.24 4 d325485dex424.htm FORM OF OFFICER'S CERTIFICATE Form of Officer's Certificate

Exhibit 4.24

LG&E AND KU ENERGY LLC

OFFICER’S CERTIFICATE

(under Sections 201 and 301 of the Indenture, dated as of November 1, 2010)

Establishing the Form and Certain Terms of the Senior Notes,     % Series due             

The undersigned             , the              of LG&E AND KU ENERGY LLC (the “Company”), in accordance with Sections 201 and 301 of the Indenture, dated as of November 1, 2010, (the “Original Indenture”), as heretofore supplemented and as supplemented by Supplemental Indenture No.     , dated as of              (as so supplemented, the “Indenture”), of the Company to The Bank of New York Mellon, trustee (the “Trustee”), does hereby establish, for the Securities of Series No.     established in Supplemental Indenture No.     , the terms and characteristics set forth in this Officer’s Certificate (capitalized terms used herein and not defined herein having the meanings specified in the Original Indenture).

PART I

Set forth below in this Part I are the terms and characteristics of the aforesaid series of Securities referred to in clauses (a) through (v) in the second paragraph of Section 301 of the Indenture (the lettered clauses set forth herein corresponding to such clauses in said Section 301):

 

  (a) the title of the Securities of such series shall be “Senior Notes,     % Series due             ” (the “Notes”);

 

  (b) the aggregate principal amount of Notes which may be authenticated and delivered under the Indenture shall be limited as and to the extent set forth in Supplemental Indenture No.     [and any subsequent supplemental indenture relating thereto];

 

  (c) interest on the Notes shall be payable to the Person or Persons in whose names the Notes are registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest, except as otherwise expressly provided in the form of Note attached hereto and hereby authorized and approved;

 

  (d) the principal of the Notes shall be due and payable on             ; [and the Company shall not have the right to extend the Maturity of the Notes as contemplated in Section 301(d) of the Indenture];

 

  (e) the Notes shall bear interest at a fixed rate of     % per annum; interest on the Notes shall accrue from the date or dates specified in the form of Note attached hereto as Exhibit A; the Interest Payment Dates for the Notes shall be              and              of each year, commencing             ; the Regular Record Date for the interest payable on any Interest Payment Date with respect to the Notes shall be the              or              (whether or not a Business Day) immediately preceding such Interest Payment Date; [and the Company shall not have any right to extend any interest payment periods for the Notes as contemplated in Sections 301(e) and 312 of the Indenture];

 

  (f)

the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee in New York, New York shall be the office or agency of the Company at which the principal of and any premium and interest on the


  Notes at Maturity shall be payable, at which registration of transfers and exchanges of the Notes may be effected and at which notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Notes and the Indenture may be served; and the Trustee will initially be the Security Registrar and the Paying Agent for the Notes; provided, however, that the Company reserves the right to change, by one or more Officer’s Certificates, any such office or agency and such agent;

 

  (g) the Notes shall be redeemable, in whole or in part, at the option of the Company as and to the extent provided, and at the price or prices set forth, in Exhibit A hereto;

 

  (h) [insert provisions for other mandatory redemption or repurchase at option of the Holder];

 

  (i) the Notes shall be issuable in denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof;

 

  (j) [inapplicable];

 

  (k) [inapplicable];

 

  (l) [inapplicable];

 

  (m) [inapplicable] [see clause (e) with respect to the interest rate or rates on the Notes];

 

  (n) [inapplicable];

 

  (o) [reference is made to the provisions of Supplemental Indenture No.     for certain covenants of the Company for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes;]

 

  (p) [inapplicable];

 

  (q) the only obligations or instruments which shall be considered Eligible Obligations in respect of the Notes shall be Government Obligations; and the provisions of Section 701 of the Original Indenture and Section 201 of Supplemental Indenture No.     shall apply to the Notes;

 

  (r)

[the Notes may be issued in global form (the “Global Notes”) and the depository for the Global Notes shall initially be The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”); provided, that the Company reserves the right to provide for another depository, registered as a clearing agency under the Exchange Act, to act as depository for the Global Notes (DTC and any such successor depository, the “Depositary”); beneficial interests in Notes issued in global form may not be exchanged in whole or in part for individual certificated Notes in definitive form, and no transfer of a Global Note in whole or in part may be registered in the name of any Person other than the Depositary or its nominee except that if the Depositary (A) has notified the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as depository for the Global Notes or (B) has ceased to be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act and, in either case, a successor depository is not appointed by the Company within 90 days after such notice or cessation, the Company will execute, and the Trustee, upon receipt of a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of definitive Notes, will authenticate and deliver Notes in definitive certificated form in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the Global Note representing such Notes in exchange for such Global Note, such definitive Notes to be registered in

 

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  the names provided by the Depositary; each Global Note (i) shall represent and shall be denominated in an amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes to be represented by such Global Note, (ii) shall be registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee, (iii) shall be delivered by the Trustee to the Depositary, its nominee, any custodian for the Depositary or otherwise pursuant to the Depositary’s instruction and (iv) shall bear a legend restricting the transfer of such Global Note to any person other than the Depositary or its nominee; none of the Company, the Trustee, any Paying Agent or any Authenticating Agent will have any responsibility or liability for any aspect of the records relating to, or payments made on account of, beneficial ownership interests in a Global Note or for maintaining, supervising or reviewing any records relating to such beneficial ownership interests];

 

  (s) reference is made to clause (r) above; no service charge shall be made for the registration of transfer or exchange of the Notes; provided, however, that the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with the exchange or transfer;

 

  (t) [inapplicable];

 

  (u) [insert alternative holiday provisions, if any];

 

  (v) (i) except as otherwise determined by the proper officers of the Company and established in one or more Officer’s Certificates supplemental to this Officer’s Certificate, the Notes shall be substantially in the form of the form of Note attached hereto as Exhibit A, which form is hereby authorized and approved, and shall have such further terms as are set forth in such form; and

(ii) [other provisions, if any].

 

 

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have executed this Officer’s Certificate this     day of             ,         .

 

 

Name:
Title:

 

 

Name:
Title


EXHIBIT A

[FORM OF NOTE]

No.            

     CUSIP No.             

Principal Amount of $        

     ISIN             

LG&E AND KU ENERGY LLC

SENIOR NOTE,     % SERIES DUE            

LG&E AND KU ENERGY LLC, a limited liability company duly organized and existing under the laws of the Commonwealth of Kentucky (herein referred to as the “Company”, which term includes any successor Corporation under the Indenture referred to below), for value received, hereby promises to pay to             

or to its registered assigns, the principal sum of             

MILLION ($        ) Dollars

on              (the “Stated Maturity Date”), and to pay interest on said principal sum semi-annually in arrears on              and              of each year (each, an “Interest Payment Date”), at the rate of     % per annum until the principal hereof is paid or made available for payment. The first Interest Payment Date for the Securities of this series shall be             , and interest on the Securities of this series will accrue from and including             , to and excluding the first Interest Payment Date, and thereafter will accrue from and including the last Interest Payment Date to which interest on the Securities of this series has been paid or duly provided for. No interest will accrue on the Securities of this series with respect to the day on which the Securities are paid.

CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.

Date of Authentication:

 

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, as Trustee

By:

 

 

  Authorized Signatory

 

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The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in such Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the              or             , whether or not a Business Day (each such date, a “Regular Record Date”), immediately preceding such Interest Payment Date, except that interest payable at Maturity will be payable to the Person to whom principal shall be paid. Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for will forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date and may either be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to Holders of Securities of this series not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date, or be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Securities of this series may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in the Indenture referred to herein. Interest on this Security will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.

In the event that any Interest Payment Date is not a Business Day, then payment of interest payable on such date will be made on the next succeeding day which is a Business Day (and without any interest or other payment in respect of such delay) with the same force and effect as if made on the Interest Payment Date.

Payment of the principal of and premium, if any, and interest at Maturity on this Security shall be made upon presentation of this Security at the corporate trust office of The Bank of New York Mellon in New York, New York, or at such other office or agency as may be designated for such purpose by the Company from time to time, in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts, and payment of interest, if any, on this Security (other than interest payable at Maturity) shall be made by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register, provided that if such Person is a securities depositary, such payment may be made by such other means in lieu of check as shall be agreed upon by the Company, the Trustee and such Person.

This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the Company (herein called the “Securities”), issued and issuable in one or more series under an Indenture, dated as of November 1, 2010 (herein called the “Original Indenture” and, together with any amendments or supplements thereto and the Officer’s Certificate establishing the terms of the Securities of this series, the “Indenture,” which term shall have the meaning assigned to it in the Original Indenture), between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee (herein called the “Trustee,” which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), and reference is hereby made to the Indenture, including Supplemental Indenture No.     thereto, for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities and of the terms upon which the Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. The acceptance of this Security by the Holder hereof shall be deemed to constitute the consent and agreement by such Holder to all of the terms and provisions of the Indenture. This Security is one of the series designated on the face hereof.

[Insert provisions, if any, for redemption or purchase or other put or call provisions.]

Notice of redemption shall be given by mail to Holders of Securities, not less than 30 days nor more than 60 days prior to the date fixed for redemption, all as provided in the Indenture. As provided in the Indenture, notice of redemption at the election of the Company as aforesaid may state that such redemption shall be conditional upon the receipt by the applicable Paying Agent or Agents of money sufficient to pay the principal of and premium, if any, and interest, on this Security on or prior to the date fixed for such redemption; a notice of redemption so conditioned shall be of no force or effect if such

 

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money is not so received and, in such event, the Company shall not be required to redeem this Security. Notwithstanding Section 404 of the Indenture, any such notice of redemption need not set forth the redemption price but only the manner of calculation thereof.

In the event of redemption of this Security in part only, a new Security or Securities of this series of like tenor representing the unredeemed portion hereof shall be issued in the name of the Holder hereof upon the cancellation hereof.

If an Event of Default with respect to the Securities of this series shall occur and be continuing, the principal of this Security may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.

The Indenture contains provisions for defeasance at any time of the entire indebtedness of this Security upon compliance with certain conditions set forth in the Indenture. The Indenture contains terms, provisions and conditions relating to the consolidation or merger of the Company with or into, and the conveyance or other transfer, or lease, of assets to, another Person, to the assumption by such other Person, in certain circumstances, of all of the obligations of the Company under the Indenture and on the Securities and to the release and discharge of the Company in certain circumstances, from such obligations.

The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the Company and the Trustee to enter into one or more supplemental indentures for the purpose of adding any provisions to, or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of, the Indenture with the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of all series then Outstanding under the Indenture, considered as one class; provided, however, that if there shall be Securities of more than one series Outstanding under the Indenture and if a proposed supplemental indenture shall directly affect the rights of the Holders of Securities of one or more, but less than all, of such series, then the consent only of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of all series so directly affected, considered as one class, shall be required; and provided, further, that if the Securities of any series shall have been issued in more than one Tranche and if the proposed supplemental indenture shall directly affect the rights of the Holders of Securities of one or more, but less than all, of such Tranches, then the consent only of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of all Tranches so directly affected, considered as one class, shall be required; and provided, further, that the Indenture permits the Company and the Trustee to enter into one or more supplemental indentures for limited purposes without the consent of any Holders of Securities. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities then Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all Securities, to waive compliance by the Company with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Security and of any Security issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Security.

As provided in and subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the Holder of this Security shall not have the right to institute any proceeding with respect to the Indenture or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee or for any other remedy thereunder, unless (a) such Holder shall have previously given the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default; (b) the Holders of 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities in respect of which an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, considered as one class, shall have made written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default as Trustee and offered the Trustee reasonable indemnity; (c) the Trustee shall not have received from the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the

 

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Outstanding Securities of all series in respect of which an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, considered as one class, a direction inconsistent with such request; and (d) shall have failed to institute any such proceeding for 60 days after receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity. The foregoing shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Holder of this Security for the enforcement of any payment of principal hereof or any premium or interest hereon on or after the respective due dates expressed herein.

No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Security or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and any premium and interest on this Security at the times, place and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed.

The Securities of this series are issuable only in registered form without coupons, and in denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof.

As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Security is registrable in the Security Register, upon surrender of this Security for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Company for such purpose, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument or transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Trustee duly executed by, the Holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Securities of this series and Tranche, of authorized denominations and of like tenor and aggregate principal amount, shall be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.

As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, Securities of this series and Tranche are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Securities of the same series and Tranche of any authorized denominations, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same, and of like tenor upon surrender of the Security or Securities to be exchanged at the office or agency of the Company for such purpose.

No service charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith.

The Company shall not be required to execute and the Security Registrar shall not be required to register the transfer of or exchange of (a) Securities of this series during a period of 15 days immediately preceding the date notice is given identifying the serial numbers of the Securities of this series called for redemption or (b) any Security so selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Security being redeemed in part.

Prior to due presentment of this Security for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Security is registered as the absolute owner hereof for all purposes (subject to Sections 305 and 307 of the Indenture), whether or not this Security be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

The Indenture and this Security shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York (including, without limitation, Section 5-1401 of the New York General Obligations Law or any successor to such statute), except to the extent that the Trust Indenture Act shall be applicable and except to the extent that the law of the any other jurisdiction shall mandatorily govern.

 

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As used herein, “Business Day,” means any day, other than a Saturday or Sunday, that is not a day on which banking institutions or trust companies in The City of New York, New York, or other city in which a paying agent for this Security is located, are generally authorized or required by law, regulation or executive order to remain closed. All other terms used in this Security that are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.

As provided in the Indenture, no recourse shall be had for the payment of the principal of or premium, if any, or interest on any Securities, or any part thereof, or for any claim based thereon or otherwise in respect thereof, or of the indebtedness represented thereby, or upon any obligation, covenant or agreement under the Indenture, against, and no personal liability whatsoever shall attach to, or be incurred by, any incorporator, stockholder, member, officer or director, as such, past, present or future of the Company or of any predecessor or successor corporation (either directly or through the Company or a predecessor or successor corporation), whether by virtue of any constitutional provision, statute or rule of law, or by the enforcement of any assessment or penalty or otherwise; it being expressly agreed and understood that the Indenture and all the Securities are solely corporate obligations and that any such personal liability is hereby expressly waived and released as a condition of, and as part of the consideration for, the execution of the Indenture and the issuance of the Securities.

 

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Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee referred to herein by manual signature, this Security shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed.

Date of Security:

 

LG&E AND KU ENERGY LLC

By:

 

 

  Name:
  Title:
 

 

  Name:
  Title:

 

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ASSIGNMENT FORM

FOR VALUE RECEIVED the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto

 

 

[please insert social security or other identifying number of assignee]

 

 

[please print or typewrite name and address of assignee]

 

 

the within Security of LG&E AND KU ENERGY LLC and does hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint             , Attorney, to transfer said Security on the books of the within-mentioned Company, with full power of substitution in the premises.

Dated:                     

 

 

Notice: The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as written upon the face of the Security in every particular without alteration or enlargement or any change whatsoever.

 

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EX-4.26 5 d325485dex426.htm FORM OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE Form of Supplemental Indenture

Exhibit 4.26

 

 

 

LOUISVILLE GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY

TO

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON,

Trustee

 

 

Supplemental Indenture No.     

dated as of                     

 

 

Supplemental to the Indenture

dated as of October 1, 2010

 

 

Establishing

First Mortgage Bonds,     % Series due             

 

 

 


SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE NO.     

SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE No.    , dated as of the      day of             ,         , made and entered into by and between LOUISVILLE GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, having its principal corporate offices at 220 West Main Street, Louisville, Kentucky 40202 (hereinafter sometimes called the “Company”), and THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, a New York banking corporation, having its corporate trust office at 101 Barclay Street, 4th Floor, New York, New York 10286 and having its principal place of business at One Wall Street, New York, New York 10286 (hereinafter sometimes called the “Trustee”), as Trustee under the Indenture, dated as of October 1, 2010 (hereinafter called the “Original Indenture”), between the Company and said Trustee, as heretofore supplemented, this Supplemental Indenture No.      being supplemental thereto. The Original Indenture, as heretofore supplemented, and this Supplemental Indenture No.      are hereinafter sometimes, collectively, called the Indenture.”

Recitals of the Company

The Original Indenture was authorized, executed and delivered by the Company to provide for the issuance by the Company from time to time of its Securities (such term and all other capitalized terms used herein without definition having the meanings assigned to them in the Original Indenture), to be issued in one or more series as contemplated therein, and to provide security for the payment of the principal of and premium, if any, and interest, if any, on such Securities.

[The Company has heretofore executed and delivered Supplemental Indenture No.      for the purpose of creating the series of Securities set forth in Exhibit A hereto.]

Pursuant to Article Three of the Original Indenture, the Company wishes to establish a series of Securities, such series of Securities to be hereinafter sometimes called “Securities of Series No.      .”

As contemplated in Section 301 of the Original Indenture, the Company further wishes to establish the designation and certain terms of the Securities of Series No.      . The Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Supplemental Indenture No.      to establish the designation and certain terms the Securities of Series No.      and has duly authorized the issuance of such Securities; and all acts necessary to make this Supplemental Indenture No.      a valid agreement of the Company, and to make the Securities of Series No.      valid obligations of the Company, have been performed.

NOW, THEREFORE, THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE NO.      WITNESSETH, that, for and in consideration of the premises and of the purchase of the Securities by the Holders thereof [and in order to secure the payment of the principal of and premium, if any, and interest, if any, on all Securities from time to time Outstanding and the performance of the covenants therein and in the Indenture contained, the Company hereby grants, bargains, sells, conveys, assigns, transfers, mortgages, pledges, sets over and confirms to the Trustee, and grants to the Trustee a security interest in and lien on, the real property specifically referred to in Exhibit B attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference and all right, title and interest of the Company in and to all property personal and mixed located thereon (other than Excepted Property), as and to the extent, and subject to the terms and conditions, set forth in the Original Indenture;] and it is further mutually covenanted and agreed as follows:

ARTICLE ONE

SECURITIES OF SERIES NO.     

 

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SECTION 101.     Creation of Series No.     .

There is hereby created a series of Securities designated “First Mortgage Bonds,      % Series due              ,” and the Securities of such series shall:

(a) be issued initially in the aggregate principal amount of $          and shall be limited to such aggregate principal amount (except as contemplated in Section 301(b) of the Original Indenture); provided, however, that, as contemplated in the last paragraph of Section 301 of the Original Indenture, additional Securities of such series may be subsequently issued from time to time, without any consent of Holders of the Securities of such series, if and to the extent that, prior to each such subsequent issuance, the aggregate principal amount of the additional Securities then to be issued shall have been set forth in a Supplemental Indenture, and, thereupon, the Securities of such series shall be limited to such aggregate principal amount as so increased (except as aforesaid and subject to further such increases);

(b) be dated                      ;

(c) have a Stated Maturity of              , subject to prior redemption or purchase by the Company;

(d) have such additional terms as are established in an Officer’s Certificate as contemplated in Section 301 of the Original Indenture; and

(e) be in substantially the form or forms established therefor in an Officer’s Certificate, as contemplated by Section 201 of the Original Indenture.

ARTICLE TWO

COVENANTS

 

SECTION 201.     [Satisfaction and Discharge.

The Company hereby agrees that, if the Company shall make any deposit of money and/or Eligible Obligations with respect to any Securities of Series No.      , or any portion of the principal amount thereof, as contemplated by Section 901 of the Indenture, the Company shall not deliver an Officer’s Certificate described in clause (z) in the first paragraph of said Section 901 unless the Company shall also deliver to the Trustee, together with such Officer’s Certificate, either:

(a) an instrument wherein the Company, notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of its indebtedness in respect of such Securities, shall retain the obligation (which shall be absolute and unconditional) to irrevocably deposit with the Trustee or Paying Agent such additional sums of money, if any, or additional Eligible Obligations (meeting the requirements of Section 901), if any, or any combination thereof, at such time or times, as shall be necessary, together with the money and/or Eligible Obligations theretofore so deposited, to pay when due the principal of and premium, if any, and interest due and to become due on such Securities or portions thereof, all in accordance with and subject to the provisions of said Section 901; provided, however, that such instrument may state that the obligation of the Company to make additional deposits as aforesaid shall be subject to the delivery to the Company by the Trustee of a notice asserting the deficiency accompanied by an opinion of an independent public accountant of nationally recognized standing, selected by the Trustee, showing the calculation thereof (which opinion shall be obtained at the expense of the Company); or

 

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(b) an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that the Holders of such Securities, or portions of the principal amount thereof, will not recognize income, gain or loss for United States federal income tax purposes as a result of the satisfaction and discharge of the Company’s indebtedness in respect thereof and will be subject to United States federal income tax on the same amounts, at the same times and in the same manner as if such satisfaction and discharge had not been effected.]

ARTICLE THREE

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

 

SECTION 301.     Single Instrument.

This Supplemental Indenture No.      is a supplement to the Original Indenture as heretofore supplemented. As supplemented by this Supplemental Indenture No.      , the Original Indenture, as heretofore supplemented, is in all respects ratified, approved and confirmed, and the Original Indenture, as heretofore supplemented, and this Supplemental Indenture No.      shall together constitute the Indenture.

 

SECTION 302.     Effect of Headings.

The Article and Section headings in this Supplemental Indenture No.      are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.

 

 

This instrument may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which so executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Supplemental Indenture No.      to be duly executed as of the day and year first written above.

 

LOUISVILLE GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY
By:  

 

  Name:
  Title:

ATTEST:

 

 

Name:

Title:

 

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THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, as Trustee
By:  

 

  Name:
  Title:

 

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COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY    )   
   )    ss.:
COUNTY OF JEFFERSON    )   

On this      day of              ,          , before me, a notary public, the undersigned, personally appeared              , who acknowledged himself to be the              of LOUISVILLE GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY, a corporation of the Commonwealth of Kentucky and that he, as such              , being authorized to do so, executed the foregoing instrument for the purposes therein contained, by signing the name of the corporation by himself as             .

In witness whereof, I hereunto set my hand and official seal.

 

 

 

 

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STATE OF NEW YORK   )   
  )    ss.:
COUNTY OF NEW YORK   )   

On this      day of              ,          , before me, a notary public, the undersigned, personally appeared              , who acknowledged himself to be a              of THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, a corporation and that he, as              , being authorized to do so, executed the foregoing instrument for the purposes therein contained, by signing the name of the corporation by himself as             .

In witness whereof, I hereunto set my hand and official seal.

 

By:

 

 

The Bank of New York Mellon hereby certifies that its precise name and address as Trustee hereunder are:

The Bank of New York Mellon

Global Structured Finance

101 Barclay Street, 4th Floor

New York, New York 10286

Attn: Global Americas

 

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, as Trustee
By:  

 

  Name:
  Title:

 

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CERTIFICATE OF PREPARER

The foregoing instrument was prepared by:

 

 

 

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EXHIBIT A

LOUISVILLE GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY

 

 

BONDS ISSUED AND OUTSTANDING

under the Indenture, dated as of October 1, 2010

 

 

 

Supplemental

Indenture No.

  

Dated as of

  

Series No.

  

Series Designation

  

Date of Securities

  

Principal

Amount Issued

  

Principal

Amount
Outstanding1

1

   October 15, 2010    1    Collateral Series 2010    October 20, 2010    $574,304,000    $574,304,000

2

   November 1, 2010    2    First Mortgage Bonds, 1.625% Series due 2015    November 16, 2010    $250,000,000    $250,000,000

2

   November 1, 2010    3    First Mortgage Bonds, 5.125% Series due 2040    November 16, 2010    $285,000,000    $285,000,000

 

1 

As of March 1, 2012.

 

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EXHIBIT B

LOUISVILLE GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY

 

 

[REAL PROPERTY]

 

 

[Add Schedule of additional real property owned in fee located in the Commonwealth of Kentucky]

 

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EX-4.27 6 d325485dex427.htm FORM OF OFFICERS CERTIFICATE Form of Officers Certificate

Exhibit 4.27

LOUISVILLE GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY

OFFICER’S CERTIFICATE

(under Sections 201 and 301 of the Indenture, dated as of October 1, 2010)

Establishing the Form and Certain Terms of the First Mortgage Bonds,     % Series due             

The undersigned             , the             of LOUISVILLE GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY (the “Company”), in accordance with Sections 201 and 301 of the Indenture, dated as of October 1, 2010 (the “Original Indenture”), as supplemented by various instruments including Supplemental Indenture No.     , dated as of             (as so supplemented, the “Indenture”), of the Company to The Bank of New York Mellon, trustee (the “Trustee”), does hereby establish, for the Securities of Series No.     , established in Supplemental Indenture No.     , the terms and characteristics set forth in this Officer’s Certificate (capitalized terms used herein and not defined herein having the meanings specified in the Original Indenture).

PART I

Set forth below in this Part I are the terms and characteristics of the aforesaid series of Securities referred to in clauses (a) through (u) in the third paragraph of Section 301 of the Indenture (the lettered clauses set forth herein corresponding to such clauses in said Section 301):

 

  (a) the title of the Securities of such series shall be “First Mortgage Bonds,     % Series due             ” (the “Bonds”), and the date of the Bonds shall be ;

 

  (b) the aggregate principal amount of Bonds which may be authenticated and delivered under the Indenture shall be limited as and to the extent set forth in Supplemental Indenture No.     [and any subsequent supplemental indenture relating thereto];

 

  (c) interest on the Bonds shall be payable to the Person or Persons in whose names the Bonds are registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest, except as otherwise expressly provided in the form of Bond attached hereto and hereby authorized and approved;

 

  (d) the principal of the Bonds shall be due and payable on             ; [and the Company shall not have the right to extend the Maturity of the Bonds as contemplated in Section 301(d) of the Indenture];

 

  (e) the Bonds shall bear interest at a fixed rate of     % per annum; interest on the Bonds shall accrue from the date or dates specified in the form of Bond attached hereto as Exhibit A; the Interest Payment Dates for the Bonds shall be             and             of each year, commencing             ; the Regular Record Date for the interest payable on any Interest Payment Date with respect to the Bonds shall be the             or             (whether or not a Business Day) immediately preceding such Interest Payment Date; [and the Company shall not have any right to extend any interest payment periods for the Bonds as contemplated in Sections 301(e) and 312 of the Indenture];

 

  (f)

the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee in New York, New York shall be the office or agency of the Company at which the principal of and any premium and interest on the


  Bonds at Maturity shall be payable, at which registration of transfers and exchanges of the Bonds may be effected and at which notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Bonds and the Indenture may be served; and the Trustee will initially be the Security Registrar and the Paying Agent for the Bonds; provided, however, that the Company reserves the right to change, by one or more Officer’s Certificates, any such office or agency and such agent;

 

  (g) the Bonds shall be redeemable, in whole or in part, at the option of the Company as and to the extent provided, and at the price or prices set forth, in Exhibit A hereto;

 

  (h) [insert provisions for other mandatory redemption or repurchase at option of the Holder];

 

  (i) the Bonds shall be issuable in denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof;

 

  (j) [inapplicable];

 

  (k) [inapplicable];

 

  (l) [inapplicable];

 

  (m) [inapplicable] [see clause (e) with respect to the interest rate or rates on the Bonds];

 

  (n) [inapplicable];

 

  (o) [inapplicable];

 

  (p) the only obligations or instruments which shall be considered Eligible Obligations in respect of the Bonds shall be Government Obligations; and the provisions of Section 901 of the Original Indenture and Section 201 of Supplemental Indenture No.     shall apply to the Bonds;

 

  (q)

[the Bonds shall be initially issued in global form and the depository for the global Bonds shall initially be The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”); provided, that the Company reserves the right to provide for another depository, registered as a clearing agency under the Exchange Act, to act as depository for the global Bonds (DTC and any such successor depository, the “Depository”); beneficial interests in Bonds issued in global form may not be exchanged in whole or in part for individual certificated Bonds in definitive form, and no transfer of a global Bond in whole or in part may be registered in the name of any Person other than the Depository or its nominee except that (i) if the Depository (A) has notified the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as depository for the global Bonds or (B) has ceased to be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act and, in either case, a successor depository for such global bonds has not been appointed by the Company within 90 days of such notice or cessation, the Company will execute, and the Trustee, upon receipt of a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of definitive Bonds, will authenticate and deliver Bonds in definitive certificated form in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the global Bonds representing such Bonds in exchange for such global Bond, such definitive Bonds to be registered in the names provided by the Depository; each global Bond (i) shall represent and shall be denominated in an amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Bonds to be represented by such global Bond, (ii) shall be registered in the

 

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  name of the Depository or its nominee, (iii) shall be delivered by the Trustee to the Depository, its nominee, any custodian for the Depository or otherwise pursuant to the Depository’s instruction and (iv) shall bear a legend restricting the transfer of such global Bond to any person other than the Depository or its nominee; none of the Company, the Trustee, any Paying Agent or any Authenticating Agent will have any responsibility or liability for any aspect of the records relating to, or payments made on account of, beneficial ownership interests in a global Bond or for maintaining, supervising or reviewing any records relating to such beneficial ownership interests; the Bonds in global form will contain restrictions on transfer, substantially as described in the form set forth in Exhibit A hereto];

 

  (r) reference is made to clause (q) above; no service charge shall be made for the registration of transfer or exchange of the Bonds; provided, however, that the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with the exchange or transfer;

 

  (s) [inapplicable];

 

  (t) [insert alternative holiday provisions, if any];

 

  (u) (i) except as otherwise determined by the proper officers of the Company and established in one or more Officer’s Certificates supplemental to this Officer’s Certificate, the Bonds shall be substantially in the form of the form of Bond attached hereto as Exhibit A, which form is hereby authorized and approved, and shall have such further terms as are set forth in such form; and

(ii) [other provisions, if any].

 

 

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have executed this Officer’s Certificate this     day of             ,     .

 

   

 

    Name:
    Title:

 

   
Name:    
Title    


EXHIBIT A

[FORM OF BOND]

 

No.                CUSIP No.             
Principal Amount of $            ISIN            

LOUISVILLE GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY

FIRST MORTGAGE BOND,     % SERIES DUE

LOUISVILLE GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the Commonwealth of Kentucky (herein referred to as the “Company”, which term includes any Successor Corporation under the Indenture referred to below), for value received, hereby promises to pay to

or to its registered assigns, the principal sum of

MILLION ($        ) Dollars

on             (the “Stated Maturity Date”), and to pay interest on said principal sum semi-annually in arrears on             and             of each year (each, an “Interest Payment Date”), at the rate of     % per annum until the principal hereof is paid or made available for payment. The first Interest Payment Date for the Securities of this series shall be             , and interest on the Securities of this series will accrue from and including             , to and excluding the first Interest Payment Date, and thereafter will accrue from and including the last Interest Payment Date to which interest on the Securities of this series has been paid or duly provided for. No interest will accrue on the Securities of this series with respect to the day on which the Securities are paid.

CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.

Date of Authentication:

 

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, as Trustee
By:  

 

  Authorized Signatory

The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in such Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the             or             , whether or not a Business Day (each such date, a “Regular Record Date”), immediately preceding such Interest

 

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Payment Date, except that interest payable at Maturity will be payable to the Person to whom principal shall be paid. Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for will forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date and may either be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to Holders of Securities of this series not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date, or be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Securities of this series may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in the Indenture referred to herein. Interest on this Security will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.

In the event that any Interest Payment Date is not a Business Day, then payment of interest payable on such date will be made on the next succeeding day which is a Business Day (and without any interest or other payment in respect of such delay) with the same force and effect as if made on the Interest Payment Date.

Payment of the principal of and premium, if any, and interest at Maturity on this Security shall be made upon presentation of this Security at the corporate trust office of The Bank of New York Mellon in New York, New York, or at such other office or agency as may be designated for such purpose by the Company from time to time, in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts, and payment of interest, if any, on this Security (other than interest payable at Maturity) shall be made by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register, provided that if such Person is a securities depositary, such payment may be made by such other means in lieu of check as shall be agreed upon by the Company, the Trustee and such Person.

This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the Company (herein called the “Securities”), issued and issuable in one or more series under an Indenture, dated as of October 1, 2010 (herein called the “Original Indenture” and, together with any amendments or supplements thereto and the Officer’s Certificate establishing the terms of the Securities of this series, the “Indenture,” which term shall have the meaning assigned to it in the Original Indenture), between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee (herein called the “Trustee,” which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), and reference is hereby made to the Indenture, including Supplemental Indenture No.     thereto, for a statement of the property mortgaged, pledged and held in trust, the nature and extent of the security, the conditions upon which the lien of the Indenture may be released and the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities and of the terms upon which the Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. The acceptance of this Security by the Holder hereof shall be deemed to constitute the consent and agreement by such Holder to all of the terms and provisions of the Indenture. This Security is one of the series designated on the face hereof.

[Insert provisions, if any, for redemption or purchase or other put or call provisions.]

Notice of redemption shall be given by mail to Holders of Securities, not less than 30 days nor more than 60 days prior to the date fixed for redemption, all as provided in the Indenture. As provided in the Indenture, notice of redemption at the election of the Company as aforesaid may state that such redemption shall be conditional upon the receipt by the applicable Paying Agent or Agents of money sufficient to pay the principal of and premium, if any, and interest, on this Security on or prior to the date fixed for such redemption; a notice of redemption so conditioned shall be of no force or effect if such money is not so received and, in such event, the Company shall not be required to redeem this Security. Notwithstanding Section 504 of the Indenture, any such notice of redemption need not set forth the redemption price but only the manner of calculation thereof.

 

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In the event of redemption of this Security in part only, a new Security or Securities of this series of like tenor representing the unredeemed portion hereof shall be issued in the name of the Holder hereof upon the cancellation hereof.

If an Event of Default with respect to the Securities of this series shall occur and be continuing, the principal of this Security may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.

The Indenture contains provisions for defeasance at any time of the entire indebtedness of this Security upon compliance with certain conditions set forth in the Indenture. The Indenture contains terms, provisions and conditions relating to the consolidation or merger of the Company with or into, and the conveyance or other transfer, or lease, of assets to, another Person, to the assumption by such other Person, in certain circumstances, of all of the obligations of the Company under the Indenture and on the Securities and to the release and discharge of the Company in certain circumstances, from such obligations.

The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Company and the rights of the Holders of the Securities of each series to be affected under the Indenture at any time by the Company and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities at the time Outstanding of all series to be affected. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of specified percentages in principal amount of the Securities of all series affected at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all Securities of such series, to waive compliance by the Company with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Security and of any Security issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Security.

As provided in and subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the Holder of this Security shall not have the right to institute any proceeding with respect to the Indenture or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee or for any other remedy thereunder, unless (a) such Holder shall have previously given the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default; (b) the Holders of 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities shall have made written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default as Trustee and offered the Trustee reasonable indemnity; (c) the Trustee shall not have received from the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities a direction inconsistent with such request; and (d) shall have failed to institute any such proceeding for 60 days after receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity. The foregoing shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Holder of this Security for the enforcement of any payment of principal hereof or any premium or interest hereon on or after the respective due dates expressed herein.

No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Security or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and any premium and interest on this Security at the times, place and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed.

The Securities of this series are issuable only in registered form without coupons, and in denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof.

 

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As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Security is registrable in the Security Register, upon surrender of this Security for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Company for such purpose, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument or transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Trustee duly executed by, the Holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Securities of this series and Tranche, of authorized denominations and of like tenor and aggregate principal amount, shall be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.

As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, Securities of this series and Tranche are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Securities of the same series and Tranche of any authorized denominations, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same, and of like tenor upon surrender of the Security or Securities to be exchanged at the office or agency of the Company for such purpose.

No service charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith.

The Company shall not be required to execute and the Security Registrar shall not be required to register the transfer of or exchange of (a) Securities of this series during a period of 15 days immediately preceding the date notice is given identifying the serial numbers of the Securities of this series called for redemption or (b) any Security so selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Security being redeemed in part.

Prior to due presentment of this Security for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Security is registered as the absolute owner hereof for all purposes (subject to Sections 305 and 307 of the Indenture), whether or not this Security be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

The Indenture and this Security shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York (including, without limitation, Section 5-1401 of the New York General Obligations Law or any successor to such statute), except to the extent that the Trust Indenture Act shall be applicable and except to the extent that the law of the any other jurisdiction shall mandatorily govern.

As used herein, “Business Day,” means any day, other than a Saturday or Sunday, that is not a day on which banking institutions or trust companies in The City of New York, New York, or other city in which a paying agent for this Security is located, are generally authorized or required by law, regulation or executive order to remain closed. All other terms used in this Security that are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.

As provided in the Indenture, no recourse shall be had for the payment of the principal of or premium, if any, or interest on any Securities, or any part thereof, or for any claim based thereon or otherwise in respect thereof, or of the indebtedness represented thereby, or upon any obligation, covenant or agreement under the Indenture, against, and no personal liability whatsoever shall attach to, or be incurred by, any incorporator, stockholder, member, officer or director, as such, past, present or future of the Company or of any predecessor or successor corporation (either directly or through the Company or a predecessor or successor corporation), whether by virtue of any constitutional provision, statute or rule of law, or by the enforcement of any assessment or penalty or otherwise; it being expressly agreed and understood that the Indenture and all the Securities are solely corporate obligations and that any such personal liability is hereby expressly waived and released as a condition of, and as part of the consideration for, the execution of the Indenture and the issuance of the Securities.

 

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Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee referred to herein by manual signature, this Security shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed.

Date of Security:

 

LOUISVILLE GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY
By:  

 

  Name:
 

Title:

 

  Name:
  Title:

 

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ASSIGNMENT FORM

FOR VALUE RECEIVED the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto

 

 

[please insert social security or other identifying number of assignee]

 

 

[please print or typewrite name and address of assignee]

 

 

the within Security of LOUISVILLE GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY and does hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint             , Attorney, to transfer said Security on the books of the within-mentioned Company, with full power of substitution in the premises.

Dated:                    

 

 

Notice: The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as written upon the face of the Security in every particular without alteration or enlargement or any change whatsoever.

 

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EX-4.29 7 d325485dex429.htm FORM OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE Form of Supplemental Indenture

Exhibit 4.29

 

 

 

KENTUCKY UTILITIES COMPANY

TO

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON,

Trustee

 

 

Supplemental Indenture No.     

dated as of                     

 

 

Supplemental to the Indenture

dated as of October 1, 2010

 

 

Establishing

First Mortgage Bonds,     % Series due             

 

 

 


SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE NO.     

SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE No.     , dated as of the      day of             ,         , made and entered into by and between KENTUCKY UTILITIES COMPANY, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the Commonwealths of Kentucky and Virginia, having its principal corporate offices at One Quality Street, Lexington, Kentucky 40507 (hereinafter sometimes called the “Company”), and THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, a New York banking corporation, having its corporate trust office at 101 Barclay Street, 4th Floor, New York, New York 10286 and having its principal place of business at One Wall Street, New York, New York 10286 (hereinafter sometimes called the “Trustee”), as Trustee under the Indenture, dated as of October 1, 2010 (hereinafter called the “Original Indenture”), between the Company and said Trustee, as heretofore supplemented, this Supplemental Indenture No.     being supplemental thereto. The Original Indenture, as heretofore supplemented, and this Supplemental Indenture No.      are hereinafter sometimes, collectively, called the “Indenture.”

Recitals of the Company

The Original Indenture was authorized, executed and delivered by the Company to provide for the issuance by the Company from time to time of its Securities (such term and all other capitalized terms used herein without definition having the meanings assigned to them in the Original Indenture), to be issued in one or more series as contemplated therein, and to provide security for the payment of the principal of and premium, if any, and interest, if any, on such Securities.

The Company has heretofore executed and delivered Supplemental Indenture No.     for the purpose of creating the series of Securities set forth in Exhibit A hereto.

Pursuant to Article Three of the Original Indenture, the Company wishes to establish three series of Securities, such series of Securities to be hereinafter sometimes called, respectively, “Securities of Series No.     .”

As contemplated in Section 301 of the Original Indenture, the Company further wishes to establish the designation and certain terms of the Securities of Series No.     . The Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Supplemental Indenture No.     to establish the designation and certain terms of the Securities of Series No.     and has duly authorized the issuance of such Securities; and all acts necessary to make this Supplemental Indenture No.     a valid agreement of the Company, and to make the Securities of Series No.     valid obligations of the Company, have been performed.

NOW, THEREFORE, THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE NO.     WITNESSETH, that, for and in consideration of the premises and of the purchase of the Securities by the Holders thereof and in order to secure the payment of the principal of and premium, if any, and interest, if any, on all Securities from time to time Outstanding and the performance of the covenants therein and in the Indenture contained, the Company hereby grants, bargains, sells, conveys, assigns, transfers, mortgages, pledges, sets over and confirms to the Trustee, and grants to the Trustee a security interest in and lien on, the real property specifically referred to in Exhibit B attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference and all right, title and interest of the Company in and to all property personal and mixed located thereon (other than Excepted Property), as and to the extent, and subject to the terms and conditions, set forth in the Original Indenture; and it is further mutually covenanted and agreed as follows:

ARTICLE ONE

SECURITIES OF SERIES NO.     

 

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SECTION 101.     Creation of Series No.     .

There is hereby created a series of Securities designated “First Mortgage Bonds,     % Series due             ,” and the Securities of such series shall:

(a) be issued initially in the aggregate principal amount of $         and shall be limited to such aggregate principal amount (except as contemplated in Section 301(b) of the Original Indenture); provided, however, that, as contemplated in the last paragraph of Section 301 of the Original Indenture, additional Securities of such series may be subsequently issued from time to time, without any consent of Holders of the Securities of such series, if and to the extent that, prior to each such subsequent issuance, the aggregate principal amount of the additional Securities then to be issued shall have been set forth in a Supplemental Indenture, and, thereupon, the Securities of such series shall be limited to such aggregate principal amount as so increased (except as aforesaid and subject to further such increases);

(b) be dated                     ;

(c) have a Stated Maturity of             , subject to prior redemption or purchase by the Company;

(d) have such additional terms as are established in an Officer’s Certificate as contemplated in Section 301 of the Original Indenture; and

(e) be in substantially the form or forms established therefor in an Officer’s Certificate, as contemplated by Section 201 of the Original Indenture.

ARTICLE TWO

COVENANTS

 

SECTION 201.     [Satisfaction and Discharge.

The Company hereby agrees that, if the Company shall make any deposit of money and/or Eligible Obligations with respect to any Securities of Series No.     , or any portion of the principal amount thereof, as contemplated by Section 901 of the Indenture, the Company shall not deliver an Officer’s Certificate described in clause (z) in the first paragraph of said Section 901 unless the Company shall also deliver to the Trustee, together with such Officer’s Certificate, either:

(a) an instrument wherein the Company, notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of its indebtedness in respect of such Securities, shall retain the obligation (which shall be absolute and unconditional) to irrevocably deposit with the Trustee or Paying Agent such additional sums of money, if any, or additional Eligible Obligations (meeting the requirements of Section 901), if any, or any combination thereof, at such time or times, as shall be necessary, together with the money and/or Eligible Obligations theretofore so deposited, to pay when due the principal of and premium, if any, and interest due and to become due on such Securities or portions thereof, all in accordance with and subject to the provisions of said Section 901; provided, however, that such instrument may state that the obligation of the Company to make additional deposits as aforesaid shall be subject to the delivery to the Company by the Trustee of a notice asserting the deficiency accompanied by an opinion of an independent public accountant of nationally recognized standing, selected by the Trustee, showing the calculation thereof (which opinion shall be obtained at the expense of the Company); or

 

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(b) an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that the Holders of such Securities, or portions of the principal amount thereof, will not recognize income, gain or loss for United States federal income tax purposes as a result of the satisfaction and discharge of the Company’s indebtedness in respect thereof and will be subject to United States federal income tax on the same amounts, at the same times and in the same manner as if such satisfaction and discharge had not been effected.]

ARTICLE THREE

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

 

SECTION 301.     Single Instrument.

This Supplemental Indenture No.     is a supplement to the Original Indenture as heretofore supplemented. As supplemented by this Supplemental Indenture No.     , the Original Indenture, as heretofore supplemented, is in all respects ratified, approved and confirmed, and the Original Indenture, as heretofore supplemented, and this Supplemental Indenture No.      shall together constitute the Indenture.

 

SECTION 302.     Effect of Headings.

The Article and Section headings in this Supplemental Indenture No.     are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.

 

 

This instrument may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which so executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Supplemental Indenture No.      to be duly executed as of the day and year first written above.

 

KENTUCKY UTILITIES COMPANY

By:

 

 

  Name:
  Title:

 

ATTEST:

 

Name:
Title:

 

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THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, as Trustee

By:

 

 

  Name:
  Title:

 

5


COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY

     )     
     )      ss.:

COUNTY OF JEFFERSON

     )     

On this      day of             ,         , before me, a notary public, the undersigned, personally appeared             , who acknowledged himself to be the              of KENTUCKY UTILITIES COMPANY, a corporation of the Commonwealths of Kentucky and Virginia and that he, as such             , being authorized to do so, executed the foregoing instrument for the purposes therein contained, by signing the name of the corporation by himself as             .

In witness whereof, I hereunto set my hand and official seal.

 

 

 

 

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STATE OF NEW YORK

     )     
     )      ss.:

COUNTY OF NEW YORK

     )     

On this      day of             ,         , before me, a notary public, the undersigned, personally appeared , who acknowledged himself to be a              of THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, a corporation and that he, as             , being authorized to do so, executed the foregoing instrument for the purposes therein contained, by signing the name of the corporation by himself as             .

In witness whereof, I hereunto set my hand and official seal.

 

By:

 

 

The Bank of New York Mellon hereby certifies that its precise name and address as Trustee hereunder are:

The Bank of New York Mellon

Global Structured Finance

101 Barclay Street, 4th Floor

New York, New York 10286

Attn: Global Americas

 

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, as Trustee
By:  

 

  Name:
  Title:

 

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CERTIFICATE OF PREPARER

The foregoing instrument was prepared by:

 

 

 

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EXHIBIT A

KENTUCKY UTILITIES COMPANY

 

 

BONDS ISSUED AND OUTSTANDING

under the Indenture, dated as of October 1, 2010

 

 

 

Supplemental

Indenture No.

  

Dated as of

   Series
No.
  

Series Designation

  

Date of Securities

   Principal
Amount Issued
     Principal
Amount
Outstanding1
 

1

   October 15, 2010    1    Collateral Series 2010    October 28, 2010    $ 350,779,405       $ 350,779,405   

2

   November 1, 2010    2   

First Mortgage Bonds,

1.625% Series due 2015

   November 16, 2010    $ 250,000,000       $ 250,000,000   

2

   November 1, 2010    3   

First Mortgage Bonds,

3.250% Series due 2020

   November 16, 2010    $ 500,000,000       $ 500,000,000   

2

   November 1, 2010    4   

First Mortgage Bonds,

5.125% Series due 2040

   November 16, 2010    $ 750,000,000       $ 750,000,000   

 

1 

As of March 1, 2012.

 

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EXHIBIT B

KENTUCKY UTILITIES COMPANY

 

 

REAL PROPERTY

 

 

[Add Schedule of additional real property owned in fee located in the Commonwealth of Kentucky]

 

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EX-4.30 8 d325485dex430.htm FORM OF OFFICER'S CERTIFICATE Form of Officer's Certificate

Exhibit 4.30

KENTUCKY UTILITIES COMPANY

OFFICER’S CERTIFICATE

(under Sections 201 and 301 of the Indenture, dated as of October 1, 2010)

Establishing the Form and Certain Terms of the

First Mortgage Bonds,     % Series due             

The undersigned             , the              of KENTUCKY UTILITIES COMPANY (the “Company”), in accordance with Sections 201 and 301 of the Indenture, dated as of October 1, 2010 (the “Original Indenture”), as supplemented by various instruments including Supplemental Indenture No.     , dated as of                      (as so supplemented, the “Indenture”), of the Company to The Bank of New York Mellon, trustee (the “Trustee”), does hereby establish, for the Securities of Series No.    , established in Supplemental Indenture No.    , the terms and characteristics set forth in this Officer’s Certificate (capitalized terms used herein and not defined herein having the meanings specified in the Original Indenture).

PART I

Set forth below in this Part I are the terms and characteristics of the aforesaid series of Securities referred to in clauses (a) through (u) in the third paragraph of Section 301 of the Indenture (the lettered clauses set forth herein corresponding to such clauses in said Section 301):

 

  (a) the title of the Securities of such series shall be “First Mortgage Bonds,     % Series due              ” (the “Bonds”), and the date of the Bonds shall be             ;

 

  (b) the aggregate principal amount of Bonds which may be authenticated and delivered under the Indenture shall be limited as and to the extent set forth in Supplemental Indenture No.     [and any subsequent supplemental indenture relating thereto];

 

  (c) interest on the Bonds shall be payable to the Person or Persons in whose names the Bonds are registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest, except as otherwise expressly provided in the form of Bond attached hereto and hereby authorized and approved;

 

  (d) the principal of the Bonds shall be due and payable on             ; [and the Company shall not have the right to extend the Maturity of the Bonds as contemplated in Section 301(d) of the Indenture];

 

  (e) the Bonds shall bear interest at a fixed rate of     % per annum; interest on the Bonds shall accrue from the date or dates specified in the form of Bond attached hereto as Exhibit A; the Interest Payment Dates for the Bonds shall be              and             of each year, commencing             ; the Regular Record Date for the interest payable on any Interest Payment Date with respect to the Bonds shall be the              or              (whether or not a Business Day) immediately preceding such Interest Payment Date; [and the Company shall not have any right to extend any interest payment periods for the Bonds as contemplated in Sections 301(e) and 312 of the Indenture];

 

  (f)

the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee in New York, New York shall be the office or agency of the Company at which the principal of and any premium and interest on the

 


  Bonds at Maturity shall be payable, at which registration of transfers and exchanges of the Bonds may be effected and at which notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Bonds and the Indenture may be served; and the Trustee will initially be the Security Registrar and the Paying Agent for the Bonds; provided, however, that the Company reserves the right to change, by one or more Officer’s Certificates, any such office or agency and such agent;

 

  (g) the Bonds shall be redeemable, in whole or in part, at the option of the Company as and to the extent provided, and at the price or prices set forth, in Exhibit A hereto;

 

  (h) [insert provisions for other mandatory redemption or repurchase at option of the Holder];

 

  (i) the Bonds shall be issuable in denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof;

 

  (j) [inapplicable];

 

  (k) [inapplicable];

 

  (l) [inapplicable];

 

  (m) [inapplicable] [see clause (e) with respect to the interest rate or rates on the Bonds];

 

  (n) [inapplicable];

 

  (o) [inapplicable];

 

  (p) the only obligations or instruments which shall be considered Eligible Obligations in respect of the Bonds shall be Government Obligations; and the provisions of Section 901 of the Original Indenture and Section 201 of Supplemental Indenture No.     shall apply to the Bonds;

 

  (q)

the Bonds shall be initially issued in global form and the depository for the global Bonds shall initially be The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”); provided, that the Company reserves the right to provide for another depository, registered as a clearing agency under the Exchange Act, to act as depository for the global Bonds (DTC and any such successor depository, the “Depository”); beneficial interests in Bonds issued in global form may not be exchanged in whole or in part for individual certificated Bonds in definitive form, and no transfer of a global Bond in whole or in part may be registered in the name of any Person other than the Depository or its nominee except that (i) if the Depository (A) has notified the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as depository for the global Bonds or (B) has ceased to be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act and, in either case, a successor depository for such global bonds has not been appointed by the Company within 90 days of such notice or cessation, the Company will execute, and the Trustee, upon receipt of a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of definitive Bonds, will authenticate and deliver Bonds in definitive certificated form in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the global Bonds representing such Bonds in exchange for such global Bond, such definitive Bonds to be registered in the names provided by the Depository; each global Bond (i) shall represent and shall be denominated in an amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Bonds to be represented by such global Bond, (ii) shall be registered in the

 

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  name of the Depository or its nominee, (iii) shall be delivered by the Trustee to the Depository, its nominee, any custodian for the Depository or otherwise pursuant to the Depository’s instruction and (iv) shall bear a legend restricting the transfer of such global Bond to any person other than the Depository or its nominee; none of the Company, the Trustee, any Paying Agent or any Authenticating Agent will have any responsibility or liability for any aspect of the records relating to, or payments made on account of, beneficial ownership interests in a global Bond or for maintaining, supervising or reviewing any records relating to such beneficial ownership interests; the Bonds in global form will contain restrictions on transfer, substantially as described in the form set forth in Exhibit A hereto;

 

  (r) reference is made to clause (q) above; no service charge shall be made for the registration of transfer or exchange of the Bonds; provided, however, that the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with the exchange or transfer;

 

  (s) [inapplicable];

 

  (t) [inapplicable];

 

  (u) (i) except as otherwise determined by the proper officers of the Company and established in one or more Officer’s Certificates supplemental to this Officer’s Certificate, the Bonds shall be substantially in the form of the form of Bond attached hereto as Exhibit A, which form is hereby authorized and approved, and shall have such further terms as are set forth in such form; and

(ii) [other provisions, if any].

 

 

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have executed this Officer’s Certificate this      day of             ,         .

 

 

Name:
Title:

 

 

Name:
Title


EXHIBIT A

[FORM OF BOND]

 

No.             CUSIP No.     
Principal Amount of $               ISIN            

KENTUCKY UTILITIES COMPANY

FIRST MORTGAGE BOND,     % SERIES DUE

KENTUCKY UTILITIES COMPANY, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the Commonwealths of Kentucky and Virginia (herein referred to as the “Company”, which term includes any Successor Corporation under the Indenture referred to below), for value received, hereby promises to pay to

or to its registered assigns, the principal sum of

MILLION ($        ) Dollars

on              (the “Stated Maturity Date”), and to pay interest on said principal sum semi-annually in arrears on              and              of each year (each, an “Interest Payment Date”), at the rate of     % per annum until the principal hereof is paid or made available for payment. The first Interest Payment Date for the Securities of this series shall be             , and interest on the Securities of this series will accrue from and including             , to and excluding the first Interest Payment Date, and thereafter will accrue from and including the last Interest Payment Date to which interest on the Securities of this series has been paid or duly provided for. No interest will accrue on the Securities of this series with respect to the day on which the Securities are paid.

CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.

Date of Authentication:

 

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, as Trustee
By:  

 

Authorized Signatory

The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in such Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the              or             , whether or not a Business Day (each such date, a “Regular Record Date”), immediately preceding such Interest Payment

 

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Date, except that interest payable at Maturity will be payable to the Person to whom principal shall be paid. Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for will forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date and may either be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to Holders of Securities of this series not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date, or be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Securities of this series may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in the Indenture referred to herein. Interest on this Security will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.

In the event that any Interest Payment Date is not a Business Day, then payment of interest payable on such date will be made on the next succeeding day which is a Business Day (and without any interest or other payment in respect of such delay) with the same force and effect as if made on the Interest Payment Date.

Payment of the principal of and premium, if any, and interest at Maturity on this Security shall be made upon presentation of this Security at the corporate trust office of The Bank of New York Mellon in New York, New York, or at such other office or agency as may be designated for such purpose by the Company from time to time, in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts, and payment of interest, if any, on this Security (other than interest payable at Maturity) shall be made by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register, provided that if such Person is a securities depositary, such payment may be made by such other means in lieu of check as shall be agreed upon by the Company, the Trustee and such Person.

This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the Company (herein called the “Securities”), issued and issuable in one or more series under an Indenture, dated as of October 1, 2010 (herein called the “Original Indenture” and, together with any amendments or supplements thereto and the Officer’s Certificate establishing the terms of the Securities of this series, the “Indenture,” which term shall have the meaning assigned to it in the Original Indenture), between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee (herein called the “Trustee,” which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), and reference is hereby made to the Indenture, including Supplemental Indenture No.     thereto, for a statement of the property mortgaged, pledged and held in trust, the nature and extent of the security, the conditions upon which the lien of the Indenture may be released and the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities and of the terms upon which the Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. The acceptance of this Security by the Holder hereof shall be deemed to constitute the consent and agreement by such Holder to all of the terms and provisions of the Indenture. This Security is one of the series designated on the face hereof.

[Insert provisions, if any, for redemption or purchase or other put or call provisions.]

Notice of redemption shall be given by mail to Holders of Securities, not less than 30 days nor more than 60 days prior to the date fixed for redemption, all as provided in the Indenture. As provided in the Indenture, notice of redemption at the election of the Company as aforesaid may state that such redemption shall be conditional upon the receipt by the applicable Paying Agent or Agents of money sufficient to pay the principal of and premium, if any, and interest, on this Security on or prior to the date fixed for such redemption; a notice of redemption so conditioned shall be of no force or effect if such money is not so received and, in such event, the Company shall not be required to redeem this Security. Notwithstanding Section 504 of the Indenture, any such notice of redemption need not set forth the redemption price but only the manner of calculation thereof.

 

 

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In the event of redemption of this Security in part only, a new Security or Securities of this series of like tenor representing the unredeemed portion hereof shall be issued in the name of the Holder hereof upon the cancellation hereof.

If an Event of Default with respect to the Securities of this series shall occur and be continuing, the principal of this Security may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.

The Indenture contains provisions for defeasance at any time of the entire indebtedness of this Security upon compliance with certain conditions set forth in the Indenture. The Indenture contains terms, provisions and conditions relating to the consolidation or merger of the Company with or into, and the conveyance or other transfer, or lease, of assets to, another Person, to the assumption by such other Person, in certain circumstances, of all of the obligations of the Company under the Indenture and on the Securities and to the release and discharge of the Company in certain circumstances, from such obligations.

The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Company and the rights of the Holders of the Securities of each series to be affected under the Indenture at any time by the Company and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities at the time Outstanding of all series to be affected. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of specified percentages in principal amount of the Securities of all series affected at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all Securities of such series, to waive compliance by the Company with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Security and of any Security issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Security.

As provided in and subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the Holder of this Security shall not have the right to institute any proceeding with respect to the Indenture or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee or for any other remedy thereunder, unless (a) such Holder shall have previously given the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default; (b) the Holders of 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities shall have made written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default as Trustee and offered the Trustee reasonable indemnity; (c) the Trustee shall not have received from the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities a direction inconsistent with such request; and (d) shall have failed to institute any such proceeding for 60 days after receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity. The foregoing shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Holder of this Security for the enforcement of any payment of principal hereof or any premium or interest hereon on or after the respective due dates expressed herein.

No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Security or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and any premium and interest on this Security at the times, place and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed.

The Securities of this series are issuable only in registered form without coupons, and in denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof.

 

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As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Security is registrable in the Security Register, upon surrender of this Security for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Company for such purpose, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument or transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Trustee duly executed by, the Holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Securities of this series and Tranche, of authorized denominations and of like tenor and aggregate principal amount, shall be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.

As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, Securities of this series and Tranche are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Securities of the same series and Tranche of any authorized denominations, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same, and of like tenor upon surrender of the Security or Securities to be exchanged at the office or agency of the Company for such purpose.

No service charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith.

The Company shall not be required to execute and the Security Registrar shall not be required to register the transfer of or exchange of (a) Securities of this series during a period of 15 days immediately preceding the date notice is given identifying the serial numbers of the Securities of this series called for redemption or (b) any Security so selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Security being redeemed in part.

Prior to due presentment of this Security for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Security is registered as the absolute owner hereof for all purposes (subject to Sections 305 and 307 of the Indenture), whether or not this Security be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

The Indenture and this Security shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York (including, without limitation, Section 5-1401 of the New York General Obligations Law or any successor to such statute), except to the extent that the Trust Indenture Act shall be applicable and except to the extent that the law of the any other jurisdiction shall mandatorily govern.

As used herein, “Business Day,” means any day, other than a Saturday or Sunday, that is not a day on which banking institutions or trust companies in The City of New York, New York, or other city in which a paying agent for this Security is located, are generally authorized or required by law, regulation or executive order to remain closed. All other terms used in this Security that are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.

As provided in the Indenture, no recourse shall be had for the payment of the principal of or premium, if any, or interest on any Securities, or any part thereof, or for any claim based thereon or otherwise in respect thereof, or of the indebtedness represented thereby, or upon any obligation, covenant or agreement under the Indenture, against, and no personal liability whatsoever shall attach to, or be incurred by, any incorporator, stockholder, member, officer or director, as such, past, present or future of the Company or of any predecessor or successor corporation (either directly or through the Company or a predecessor or successor corporation), whether by virtue of any constitutional provision, statute or rule of law, or by the enforcement of any assessment or penalty or otherwise; it being expressly agreed and understood that the Indenture and all the Securities are solely corporate obligations and that any such personal liability is hereby expressly waived and released as a condition of, and as part of the consideration for, the execution of the Indenture and the issuance of the Securities.

 

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Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee referred to herein by manual signature, this Security shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed.

Date of Security:

 

KENTUCKY UTILITIES COMPANY
By:  

 

  Name:
  Title:
 

 

  Name:
  Title:

 

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ASSIGNMENT FORM

FOR VALUE RECEIVED the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto

 

 

[please insert social security or other identifying number of assignee]

 

 

[please print or typewrite name and address of assignee]

 

 

the within Security of KENTUCKY UTILITIES COMPANY and does hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint             , Attorney, to transfer said Security on the books of the within-mentioned Company, with full power of substitution in the premises.

Dated:                    

 

 

Notice: The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as written upon the face of the Security in every particular without alteration or enlargement or any change whatsoever.

 

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EX-5.1 9 d325485dex51.htm OPINION OF FREDERICK C. PAINE, ESQ. Opinion of Frederick C. Paine, Esq.

EXHIBIT 5.1

Frederick C. Paine, Esq.

Senior Counsel

PPL Services Corporation

Two North Ninth Street

Allentown, PA 18101-1179

March 28, 2012

PPL Corporation

PPL Capital Funding, Inc.

PPL Energy Supply, LLC

PPL Electric Utilities Corporation

Two North Ninth Street

Allentown, Pennsylvania 18101

Ladies and Gentlemen:

I am Senior Counsel of PPL Services Corporation, an affiliate of PPL Corporation, a Pennsylvania corporation (“PPL”), PPL Capital Funding, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“PPL Capital”), PPL Energy Supply, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“PPL Energy”) and PPL Electric Utilities Corporation, a Pennsylvania corporation (“PPL Electric” and, together with PPL, PPL Capital and PPL Energy, the “Registrants”). I have acted as counsel to the Registrants in connection with the proposed issuance and sale from time to time of a presently indeterminate aggregate amount of securities (“Securities”), including

 

  (i) shares of PPL’s Common Stock, par value $.01 per share (“PPL Common Stock”);

 

  (ii) contracts to purchase shares of PPL Common Stock (“Stock Purchase Contracts”), and/or stock purchase units, each representing either (A) a Stock Purchase Contract, or (B) a Stock Purchase Contract and debt securities or preferred trust securities of third parties that are pledged to secure the stock purchase unit holders’ obligations to purchase PPL Common Stock under the Stock Purchase Contracts (“Stock Purchase Units”);

 

  (iii) shares of PPL’s Preferred Stock, par value $.01 per share (“PPL Preferred Stock”), and/or PPL’s depositary shares (“PPL Depositary Shares”), to be issued under a deposit agreement (“PPL Deposit Agreement”) and representing a fractional interest in PPL Preferred Stock;

 

  (iv) PPL Capital’s unsecured and unsubordinated debt securities (“PPL Capital Debt Securities”), together with PPL’s guarantees (the “Guarantees”) as to payment of principal thereof and interest and premium, if any, thereon, such PPL Capital Debt Securities and the Guarantees to be issued under the Indenture dated as of November 1, 1997 of PPL Capital and PPL to The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee, as heretofore amended and supplemented and as may be further amended or supplemented by one or more supplements relating to such PPL Capital Debt Securities (the “PPL Capital Indenture”);


  (v) PPL Capital’s unsecured and subordinated debt securities of PPL Capital (“PPL Capital Subordinated Debt Securities”), together with PPL’s guarantees (the “Subordinated Guarantees”) as to payment of principal thereof and interest and premium, if any, thereon, such PPL Capital Subordinated Debt Securities and the Subordinated Guarantees to be issued under the Subordinated Indenture dated as of March 1, 2007 of PPL Capital and PPL to The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee, as heretofore amended and supplemented and as may be further amended or supplemented by one of more supplements relating to the PPL Capital Subordinated Debt Securities (the “PPL Capital Subordinated Indenture”);

 

  (vi) preferred limited liability company membership interests in PPL Energy (“PPL Energy Preferred Securities”);

 

  (vii) PPL Energy’s unsecured and unsubordinated debt securities (“PPL Energy Debt Securities”) to be issued under PL Energy’s Indenture dated as of October 1, 2001 to The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee, as heretofore amended and supplemented and as may be further amended or supplemented by one or more supplements relating to such PPL Energy Debt Securities (the “PPL Energy Indenture”);

 

  (viii) PPL Energy’s unsecured and subordinated debt securities (“PPL Energy Subordinated Debt Securities”) to be issued under a subordinated indenture, as it may be amended or supplemented by one or more supplements relating to the PPL Energy Subordinated Debt Securities (the “PPL Energy Subordinated Indenture”), of PPL Energy to The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee;

 

  (ix) shares of PPL Electric’s series preferred stock (“PPL Electric Preferred Stock”) or preference stock of PPL Electric (“PPL Electric Preference Stock”), and/or PPL Electric’s depositary shares (“PPL Electric Depositary Shares”), to be issued under a deposit agreement (“PPL Electric Deposit Agreement”) and representing a fractional interest in PPL Electric Preferred Stock or PPL Electric Preference Stock;

 

  (x) PPL Electric’s senior secured debt securities (“PPL Electric Secured Debt Securities”), to be issued under PPL Electric’s Indenture dated as of August 1, 2001 to The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee, as heretofore amended and supplemented and as to be further amended and supplemented by one or more supplemental indentures relating to such PPL Electric Secured Debt Securities (the “PPL Electric Indenture”); and

 

  (xi) certain other securities of the Registrants;

all as contemplated by the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (the “Registration Statement”) proposed to be filed by the Registrants with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“Commission”) on or about the date hereof for the registration of the Securities under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), and for the qualification under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the “Trust Indenture Act”) of the PPL Capital Indenture, the PPL Energy Indenture, the PPL Electric Indenture, the PPL Capital Subordinated Indenture and the PPL Energy Subordinated Indenture and, to the extent necessary, the purchase contract agreement to be entered into in connection with the issuance of Stock Purchase Contracts or Stock Purchase Units (the “Purchase Contract Agreement”).

 

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For purposes of this opinion letter, I have assumed that, at the time of offer, issuance and sale of any Securities (i) the Registration Statement, as it may be amended, shall have become effective under the Act and such effectiveness shall not have been terminated or withdrawn; (ii) one or more supplements to the prospectus which describe such Securities and specify certain pricing and issuance terms of such Securities shall have been filed with the Commission; (iii) the indenture pursuant to which such Securities are to be issued and, if applicable, the Purchase Contract Agreement, shall have been qualified under the Trust Indenture Act; (iv) the Board of Directors or managers of the Registrant or Registrants issuing such Securities, or a duly authorized committee thereof, and/or the proper officers of such Registrant or Registrants acting pursuant to properly delegated authority, shall have taken such action as may be necessary to authorize the issuance and sale of such Securities, and if applicable, to establish the relative rights and preferences of such Securities, or other terms of such Securities, in each case as set forth in or contemplated by the Registration Statement and any prospectus supplement relating to such Securities; (v) in the case of Securities issued by PPL Electric, one or more appropriate Securities Certificates with respect to such Securities shall have been duly registered by the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission pursuant to Section 1903 of the Pennsylvania Public Utility Code, as amended, or in the case of PPL Electric Secured Debt Securities having a maturity of less than one year from the date of execution, PPL Electric shall have received an appropriate order of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (the “FERC”) pursuant to Section 204 of the Federal Power Act authorizing such issuance (if and to the extent such an order of the FERC is required); (vi) there shall not have occurred any change in law or any authorization affecting the legality or enforceability of such Securities; and (vii) each Registrant issuing such Securities shall remain duly incorporated and validly existing under the laws of the jurisdiction of incorporation or other organization in which it is incorporated or otherwise organized on the date hereof. I have also assumed that none of the terms of any Security to be established subsequent to the date hereof, nor the issuance and delivery of such Security, nor the compliance by the Registrant issuing such Security with the terms thereof will violate any applicable law or will result in a violation of any provision of any instrument or agreement then binding upon such Registrant, or any restriction imposed by any court or governmental body having jurisdiction over such Registrant.

I have examined such corporate records, certificates and other documents and have reviewed such questions of law as I have considered necessary or appropriate for purposes of the opinions expressed below.

On the basis of the foregoing assumptions and such examination and review, and subject to the limitations and qualifications stated herein, I advise you that I am of the opinion that:

 

A. PPL and PPL Capital Securities

1. The PPL Common Stock and the PPL Preferred Stock will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable when:

 

  (a) in the case of the PPL Preferred Stock, a statement with respect to the shares establishing the Preferred Stock shall have been filed with the Department of State of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in the form and manner required by law; and

 

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  (b) in the case of the PPL Common Stock and the PPL Preferred Stock, such Securities shall have been issued, sold and delivered for the consideration contemplated by, and otherwise in conformity with, the acts, proceedings and documents referred to above.

2. The Stock Purchase Contracts and Stock Purchase Units will be legally issued and binding obligations of PPL when:

 

  (a) the Purchase Contract Agreement shall have been duly executed and delivered by PPL and the purchase contract agent in accordance with the necessary corporate authorizations;

 

  (b) PPL shall have duly established the terms of such Stock Purchase Contracts or Stock Purchase Units, as the case may be, and the terms of their issuance and sale in conformity with the applicable governing documents and applicable law and such Stock Purchase Contracts or Stock Purchase Units have been duly executed and authenticated in accordance with the applicable governing documents; and

 

  (c) such Stock Purchase Contracts or Stock Purchase Units, as the case may be, shall have been issued, sold and delivered in accordance with the terms and provisions thereof and for the consideration contemplated by, and otherwise in conformity with, the acts, proceedings and documents referred to above.

3. The PPL Depositary Shares will be legally issued and will entitle holders to the rights specified therein and in the PPL Deposit Agreement when:

 

  (a) the PPL Deposit Agreement shall have been duly executed and delivered by PPL and the applicable depositary in accordance with the necessary corporate authorizations;

 

  (b) PPL shall have duly established the terms of the PPL Depositary Shares and their issuance and sale in conformity with the PPL Deposit Agreement and applicable law, and the PPL Preferred Stock represented by the PPL Depositary Shares has been duly delivered to the applicable depositaries; and

 

  (c) the depositary receipts evidencing the PPL Depositary Shares shall have been duly issued against deposit of the PPL Preferred Stock in accordance with the applicable PPL Deposit Agreement and issued, sold and delivered in accordance with the terms and provisions thereof and for the consideration contemplated by, and otherwise in conformity with the acts, proceedings and documents referred to above.

 

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4. The PPL Capital Debt Securities will be legally issued and binding obligations of PPL Capital and the Guarantees thereof will be legally issued and binding obligations of PPL when:

 

  (a) PPL Capital shall have duly established the terms of the PPL Capital Debt Securities and executed the PPL Capital Debt Securities, PPL shall have duly executed and delivered the Guarantees and the PPL Capital Indenture trustee shall have duly authenticated the PPL Capital Debt Securities and the Guarantees endorsed thereon, in each case in accordance with the applicable provisions of the PPL Capital Indenture and all necessary corporate authorizations; and

 

  (b) PPL Capital shall have issued, sold and delivered the PPL Capital Debt Securities to the purchasers thereof against payment therefor, all as contemplated by, and in conformity with, the acts, proceedings and documents referred to above.

5. The PPL Capital Subordinated Debt Securities will be legally issued and binding obligations of PPL Capital and the Subordinated Guarantees thereof will be legally issued and binding obligations of PPL when:

 

  (a) PPL Capital shall have duly established the terms of the PPL Capital Subordinated Debt Securities and executed the PPL Capital Subordinated Debt Securities, PPL shall have duly executed and delivered the Subordinated Guarantees and the PPL Capital Subordinated Indenture trustee shall have duly authenticated the PPL Capital Subordinated Debt Securities and the Subordinated Guarantees endorsed thereon, in each case in accordance with the applicable provisions of the PPL Capital Subordinated Indenture and all necessary corporate authorizations; and

 

  (b) PPL Capital shall have issued, sold and delivered the PPL Capital Subordinated Debt Securities to the purchasers thereof against payment therefor, all as contemplated by, and in conformity with, the acts, proceedings and documents referred to above.

 

B. PPL Energy Securities

1. The PPL Energy Preferred Securities will be legally issued and binding obligations of PPL Energy when:

 

  (a) PPL Energy shall have duly executed and delivered an appropriate amendment to its limited liability agreement by authorizing the establishment of such Securities;

 

  (b) PPL Energy shall have duly established the terms of the PPL Energy Preferred Securities and executed the PPL Energy Preferred Securities, in each case in accordance with the provisions of such agreement, applicable law and all necessary limited liability company authorizations; and

 

  (c) PPL Energy shall have issued, sold and delivered the PPL Energy Preferred Securities to the purchasers thereof against payment therefor, all as contemplated by, and in conformity with, the acts, proceedings and documents referred to above.

 

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2. The PPL Energy Debt Securities will be legally issued and binding obligations of PPL Energy when:

 

  (a) PPL Energy shall have duly established the terms of the PPL Energy Debt Securities and executed the PPL Energy Debt Securities, and the PPL Energy Indenture trustee shall have duly authenticated such securities, in each case in accordance with the applicable provisions of the PPL Energy Indenture and all necessary limited liability company authorizations; and

 

  (b) PPL Energy shall have issued, sold and delivered the PPL Energy Debt Securities to the purchasers thereof against payment therefor, all as contemplated by, and in conformity with, the acts, proceedings and documents referred to above.

3. The PPL Energy Subordinated Debt Securities will be legally issued and binding obligations of PPL Energy when:

 

  (a) The PPL Energy Subordinated Indenture shall have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by PPL Energy and the trustee thereunder;

 

  (b) PPL Energy shall have duly established the terms of the PPL Energy Subordinated Debt Securities and executed the PPL Energy Subordinated Debt Securities, and the PPL Energy Subordinated Indenture trustee shall have duly authenticated such securities, in each case in accordance with the applicable provisions of the PPL Energy Subordinated Indenture and all necessary limited liability company authorizations; and

 

  (c) PPL Energy shall have issued, sold and delivered the PPL Energy Subordinated Debt Securities to the purchasers thereof against payment therefor, all as contemplated by, and in conformity with, the acts, proceedings and documents referred to above.

 

C. PPL Electric Securities

1. The PPL Electric Preferred Stock and the PPL Electric Preference Stock will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable when:

 

  (a) a statement with respect to the shares establishing such Securities shall have been filed with the Department of State of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in the form and manner required by law; and

 

  (b) such Securities shall have been issued and delivered for the consideration contemplated by, and otherwise in conformity with, the acts, proceedings and documents referred to above.

 

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2. The PPL Electric Depositary Shares will be legally issued and will entitle holders to the rights specified therein and in the PPL Electric Deposit Agreement when:

 

  (a) the PPL Electric Deposit Agreement shall have been duly executed and delivered by PPL Electric and the applicable depositary in accordance with the necessary corporate and regulatory authorizations;

 

  (b) PPL Electric shall have duly established the terms of the PPL Electric Depositary Shares and their issuance and sale in conformity with the PPL Electric Deposit Agreement and applicable law, and the PPL Electric Preferred Stock represented by the PPL Electric Depositary Shares has been duly delivered to the applicable depositaries; and

 

  (c) the depositary receipts evidencing the PPL Electric Depositary Shares shall have been duly issued against deposit of the PPL Electric Preferred Stock in accordance with the applicable PPL Electric Deposit Agreement and issued, sold and delivered in accordance with the terms and provisions thereof and for the consideration contemplated by, and otherwise in conformity with, the acts, proceedings and documents referred to above.

3. The PPL Electric Secured Debt Securities will be legally issued and binding obligations of PPL Electric when:

 

  (a) PPL Electric shall have duly established the terms of the PPL Electric Securities and executed such Securities, and the PPL Electric Indenture trustee shall have duly authenticated the PPL Electric Secured Debt Securities in accordance with the applicable provisions of the PPL Electric Indenture and all necessary corporate and regulatory authorizations; and

 

  (b) PPL Electric shall have issued, sold and delivered the PPL Electric Secured Debt Securities to the purchasers thereof against payment therefor, all as contemplated by, and in conformity with, the acts, proceedings and documents referred to above.

The foregoing opinions as to the legal and binding nature of the Registrants’ obligations are subject to laws relating to or affecting generally the enforcement of creditors’ and mortgagees’ rights, including without limitation, bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization laws and general principles of equity and by requirements of reasonableness, good faith and fair dealing.

The foregoing opinions do not pass upon compliance with “blue sky” laws or similar laws relating to the sale or distribution of the Securities by any underwriters or agents.

You have informed me that you intend to issue Securities from time to time on a delayed or continuous basis, and this opinion is limited to the laws referred to above as in effect on the date hereof. I understand that prior to issuing any Securities pursuant to the Registration Statement (i) you will advise me in writing of the terms thereof and (ii) you will afford me an opportunity to (x) review the operative documents pursuant to which such Securities are to be issued or sold (including the applicable offering documents) and (y) file such supplement or amendment to this opinion (if any) as I may reasonably consider necessary or appropriate.

 

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I hereby authorize and consent to the use of this opinion as Exhibit 5.1 to the Registration Statement, and authorize and consent to the references to me under the caption “Validity of the Securities and the PPL Guarantees” in the Registration Statement and in the prospectus constituting a part thereof. In giving the foregoing consent, I do not hereby admit that I come within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Act or the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.

The opinions expressed herein are limited to the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the Delaware General Corporation Law and the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act, and the federal laws of the United States of America. As to all matters governed by the laws of the State of New York, I have relied upon and assumed without investigation the correctness of the legal conclusions set forth in the opinions of even date herewith of Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP and Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, which are being filed as Exhibits 5.3 and 5.4 to the Registration Statement.

In rendering their opinions, Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP and Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP may rely upon this opinion as to matters of Pennsylvania law addressed herein as if this opinion were addressed directly to them.

 

Very truly yours,

 

/s/ FREDERICK C. PAINE

Frederick C. Paine

 

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EX-5.2 10 d325485dex52.htm OPINION OF JOHN P. FENDIG, ESQ. Opinion of John P. Fendig, Esq.

EXHIBIT 5.2

[LETTERHEAD OF LKE]

March 28, 2012

LG&E and KU Energy LLC

Louisville Gas and Electric Company

220 West Main Street

Louisville, Kentucky 40202-1377

Kentucky Utilities Company

One Quality Street

Lexington, Kentucky 40507-1462

Ladies and Gentlemen:

I am Senior Corporate Attorney for LG&E and KU Energy LLC, a Kentucky limited liability company (“LKE”), Louisville Gas and Electric Company, a Kentucky corporation (“LG&E”) and Kentucky Utilities Company, a Kentucky and Virginia corporation (“KU” and, together with LKE and LG&E, the “Registrants”). I have acted as counsel to the Registrants in connection with the proposed issuance and sale from time to time of a presently indeterminate aggregate amount of securities (“Securities”), including

 

  (i) (vi) LKE’s unsecured and unsubordinated debt securities (“LKE Debt Securities”) to be issued under LKE’s Indenture dated as of November 1, 2010 to The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee, as heretofore amended and supplemented and as may be further amended or supplemented by one or more supplements relating to such LKE Debt Securities (the “LKE Indenture”);

 

  (ii) (vii) LG&E’s senior secured debt securities (“LG&E Secured Debt Securities”), to be issued under LG&E’s Indenture dated as of October 1, 2010 to The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee, as heretofore amended and supplemented and as to be further amended and supplemented by one or more supplemental indentures relating to such LG&E Secured Debt Securities (the “LG&E Indenture”);

 

  (iii) (viii) KU’s senior secured debt securities (“KU Secured Debt Securities”), to be issued under KU’s Indenture dated as of October 1, 2010 to The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee, as heretofore amended and supplemented and as to be further amended and supplemented by one or more supplemental indentures relating to such KU Secured Debt Securities (the “KU Indenture”); and

 

  (iv) certain other securities of the Registrants;

all as contemplated by the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (the “Registration Statement”) proposed to be filed by the Registrants with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“Commission”) on or about the date hereof for the registration of the Securities under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), and for the qualification under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the “Trust Indenture Act”) of the LKE Indenture, the LG&E Indenture and the KU Indenture (the “Purchase Contract Agreement”).


For purposes of this opinion letter, I have assumed that, at the time of offer, issuance and sale of any Securities (i) the Registration Statement, as it may be amended, shall have become effective under the Act and such effectiveness shall not have been terminated or withdrawn; (ii) one or more supplements to the prospectus which describe such Securities and specify certain pricing and issuance terms of such Securities shall have been filed with the Commission; (iii) the indenture pursuant to which such Securities are to be issued shall have been qualified under the Trust Indenture Act; (iv) the Board of Directors or managers of the Registrant or Registrants issuing such Securities, or a duly authorized committee thereof, and/or the proper officers of such Registrant or Registrants acting pursuant to properly delegated authority, shall have taken such action as may be necessary to authorize the issuance and sale of such Securities, and if applicable, to establish the relative rights and preferences of such Securities, or other terms of such Securities, in each case as set forth in or contemplated by the Registration Statement and any prospectus supplement relating to such Securities; (v) in the case of Securities issued by LG&E, an appropriate order of the Kentucky Public Service Commission pursuant to KRS 278.300, or, if such Securities to be issued by LG&E have a maturity of less than two years from the date of execution, an appropriate order of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission pursuant to Section 204 of the Federal Power Act (a “FERC Order”) authorizing such issuance (if and to the extent such a FERC Order is required); (vi) in the case of Securities issued by KU, an appropriate order of (A) the Kentucky Public Service Commission pursuant to KRS 278.300, (B) the Virginia State Corporation Commission pursuant to Chapter 3 of Title 56 of the Code of Virginia and (C) the Tennessee Regulatory Authority pursuant to Tennessee Code Annotated Section 65-4-109, or, if such Securities to be issued by KU have a maturity of less than one year from the date of execution, an appropriate FERC Order authorizing such issuance (if and to the extent such a FERC Order is required); (vii) there shall not have occurred any change in law or any authorization affecting the legality or enforceability of such Securities; and (viii) each Registrant issuing such Securities shall remain duly incorporated and validly existing under the laws of the jurisdiction or jurisdictions of incorporation or other organization in which it is incorporated or otherwise organized on the date hereof. I have also assumed that none of the terms of any Security to be established subsequent to the date hereof, nor the issuance and delivery of such Security, nor the compliance by the Registrant issuing such Security with the terms thereof will violate any applicable law or will result in a violation of any provision of any instrument or agreement then binding upon such Registrant, or any restriction imposed by any court or governmental body having jurisdiction over such Registrant.

I have examined such corporate records, certificates and other documents and have reviewed such questions of law as I have considered necessary or appropriate for purposes of the opinions expressed below.

On the basis of the foregoing assumptions and such examination and review, and subject to the limitations and qualifications stated herein, I advise you that I am of the opinion that:

 

A. LKE Debt Securities

1. The LKE Debt Securities will be legally issued and binding obligations of LKE when:

 

  (a) LKE shall have duly established the terms of the LKE Debt Securities and executed the LKE Debt Securities, and the LKE Indenture trustee shall have duly authenticated such securities, in each case in accordance with the applicable provisions of the LKE Indenture and all necessary limited liability company authorizations; and

 

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  (b) LKE shall have issued, sold and delivered the LKE Debt Securities to the purchasers thereof against payment therefor, all as contemplated by, and in conformity with, the acts, proceedings and documents referred to above.

 

B. LG&E Secured Debt Securities

1. The LG&E Secured Debt Securities will be legally issued and binding obligations of LG&E when:

 

  (a) LG&E shall have duly established the terms of the LG&E Securities and executed such Securities, and the LG&E Indenture trustee shall have duly authenticated the LG&E Secured Debt Securities in accordance with the applicable provisions of the LG&E Indenture and all necessary corporate and regulatory authorizations; and

 

  (b) LG&E shall have issued, sold and delivered the LG&E Secured Debt Securities to the purchasers thereof against payment therefor, all as contemplated by, and in conformity with, the acts, proceedings and documents referred to above.

 

C. KU Secured Debt Securities

1. The KU Secured Debt Securities will be legally issued and binding obligations of KU when:

 

  (c) KU shall have duly established the terms of the KU Securities and executed such Securities, and the KU Indenture trustee shall have duly authenticated the KU Secured Debt Securities in accordance with the applicable provisions of the KU Indenture and all necessary corporate and regulatory authorizations; and

 

  (d) KU shall have issued, sold and delivered the KU Secured Debt Securities to the purchasers thereof against payment therefor, all as contemplated by, and in conformity with, the acts, proceedings and documents referred to above.

The foregoing opinions as to the legal and binding nature of the Registrants’ obligations are subject to laws relating to or affecting generally the enforcement of creditors’ and mortgagees’ rights, including without limitation, bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization laws and general principles of equity and by requirements of reasonableness, good faith and fair dealing.

The foregoing opinions do not pass upon compliance with “blue sky” laws or similar laws relating to the sale or distribution of the Securities by any underwriters or agents.

 

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You have informed me that you intend to issue Securities from time to time on a delayed or continuous basis, and this opinion is limited to the laws referred to above as in effect on the date hereof. I understand that prior to issuing any Securities pursuant to the Registration Statement (i) you will advise me in writing of the terms thereof and (ii) you will afford me an opportunity to (x) review the operative documents pursuant to which such Securities are to be issued or sold (including the applicable offering documents) and (y) file such supplement or amendment to this opinion (if any) as I may reasonably consider necessary or appropriate.

I hereby authorize and consent to the use of this opinion as Exhibit 5.2 to the Registration Statement, and authorize and consent to the references to me under the caption “Validity of the Securities and the PPL Guarantees” in the Registration Statement and in the prospectus constituting a part thereof. In giving the foregoing consent, I do not hereby admit that I come within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Act or the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.

The opinions expressed herein are limited to the laws of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, the Commonwealth of Virginia and the State of Tennessee, and the federal laws of the United States of America. As to all matters governed by the laws of the State of New York, I have relied upon and assumed without investigation the correctness of the legal conclusions set forth in the opinion of even date herewith of Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP, which is being filed as Exhibit 5.3 to the Registration Statement.

In rendering its opinion, Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP may rely upon this opinion as to matters of Kentucky law, Virginia law and Tennessee law addressed herein as if this opinion were addressed directly to it.

 

Very truly yours,

/s/ JOHN P. FENDIG

John P. Fendig

 

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EX-5.3 11 d325485dex53.htm OPINION OF DEWEY & LEBOEUF LLP <![CDATA[Opinion of Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP]]>

Exhibit 5.3

 

LOGO

 

  

Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP

1301 Avenue of the Americas

New York, NY 10019-6092

 

T +1 212 259-8000

F +1 212 259-6333

March 28, 2012

PPL Corporation

PPL Capital Funding, Inc.

PPL Energy Supply, LLC

PPL Electric Utilities Corporation

Two North Ninth Street

Allentown, Pennsylvania 18101-1179

LG&E and KU Energy LLC

Louisville Gas and Electric Company

220 West Main Street

Louisville, Kentucky 40202-1377

Kentucky Utilities Company

One Quality Street

Lexington, Kentucky 40507-1462

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We are acting as special counsel for each of PPL Corporation, a corporation organized under the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (“PPL”), PPL Capital Funding, Inc., a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Delaware (“PPL Capital”), PPL Energy Supply, LLC, a limited liability company organized under the laws of the State of Delaware (“PPL Energy”), PPL Electric Utilities Corporation, a corporation organized under the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (“PPL Electric”), LG&E and KU Energy LLC, a limited liability company organized under the laws of the Commonwealth of Kentucky (“LKE”), Louisville Gas and Electric Company, a corporation organized under the laws of the Commonwealth of Kentucky (“LG&E”), and Kentucky Utilities Company, a corporation organized under the laws of the Commonwealth of Kentucky and the Commonwealth of Virginia (“KU” and, together with PPL, PPL Capital, PPL Energy, PPL Electric, LKE and LG&E, the “Registrants”), in connection with the proposed issuance and sale from time to time of a presently indeterminate principal amount of securities (“Securities”), including

(i) PPL Capital’s unsecured and unsubordinated debt securities (“PPL Capital Debt Securities”), together with PPL’s guarantees (the “Guarantees”) as to payment of principal thereof and interest and premium, if any, thereon, such PPL Capital Debt Securities and the Guarantees to be issued under the Indenture dated as of November 1, 1997 of PPL Capital

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March 28, 2012

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and PPL to The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee, as heretofore amended and supplemented and as may be further amended or supplemented by one or more supplements relating to such PPL Capital Debt Securities and Guarantees (the “PPL Capital Indenture”);

(ii) PPL Capital’s unsecured and subordinated debt securities (“PPL Capital Subordinated Debt Securities”), together with PPL’s guarantees (the “Subordinated Guarantees”) as to payment of principal thereof and interest and premium, if any, thereon, such PPL Capital Subordinated Debt Securities and the Subordinated Guarantees to be issued under the Subordinated Indenture dated as of March 1, 2007 of PPL Capital and PPL to The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee, as heretofore amended and supplemented and as may be amended or supplemented by one or more supplements relating to such PPL Capital Subordinated Debt Securities (the “PPL Capital Subordinated Indenture”);

(iii) PPL Energy’s unsecured and unsubordinated debt securities (“PPL Energy Debt Securities”) to be issued under PPL Energy’s Indenture dated as of October 1, 2001 to The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee, as heretofore amended and supplemented and as may be further amended or supplemented by one or more supplements relating to such PPL Energy Debt Securities (the “PPL Energy Indenture”);

(iv) PPL Energy’s unsecured and subordinated debt securities (“PPL Energy Subordinated Debt Securities”) to be issued under a subordinated indenture, as it may be amended or supplemented by one or more supplements relating to the PPL Energy Subordinated Debt Securities (the “PPL Energy Subordinated Indenture”), of PPL Energy to The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee;

(v) PPL Electric’s senior secured debt securities (“PPL Electric Secured Debt Securities”), to be issued under PPL Electric’s Indenture dated as of August 1, 2001 to The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee, as heretofore amended and supplemented and as to be further amended and supplemented by one or more supplemental indentures relating to such PPL Electric Secured Debt Securities (the “PPL Electric Indenture”);

(vi) LKE’s unsecured and unsubordinated debt securities (“LKE Debt Securities”) to be issued under LKE’s Indenture dated as of November 1, 2010 to The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee, as heretofore amended and supplemented and as may be further amended or supplemented by one or more supplements relating to such LKE Debt Securities (the “LKE Indenture”);

(vii) LG&E’s senior secured debt securities (“LG&E Secured Debt Securities”), to be issued under LG&E’s Indenture dated as of October 1, 2010 to The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee, as heretofore amended and supplemented and as to be further amended and supplemented by one or more supplemental indentures relating to such LG&E Secured Debt Securities (the “LG&E Indenture”);


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(viii) KU’s senior secured debt securities (“KU Secured Debt Securities”), to be issued under KU’s Indenture dated as of October 1, 2010 to The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee, as heretofore amended and supplemented and as to be further amended and supplemented by one or more supplemental indentures relating to such KU Secured Debt Securities (the “KU Indenture”); and

(vi) certain other securities of the Registrants;

all as contemplated by the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (the “Registration Statement”) proposed to be filed by the Registrants with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“Commission”) on or about the date hereof for the registration of the Securities under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), and for the qualification under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the “Trust Indenture Act”) of the PPL Capital Indenture, the PPL Capital Subordinated Indenture, the PPL Energy Indenture, the PPL Electric Indenture, the PPL Energy Subordinated Indenture, the LKE Indenture, the LG&E Indenture and the KU Indenture.

For purposes of this opinion letter, we have assumed that, at the time of offer, issuance and sale of any Securities (i) the Registration Statement, as it may be amended, shall have become effective under the Act and such effectiveness shall not have been terminated or withdrawn; (ii) one or more supplements to the prospectus which describe such Securities and specify certain pricing and issuance terms of such Securities shall have been filed with the Commission; (iii) the indenture pursuant to which such debt Securities are to be issued shall have been qualified under the Trust Indenture Act; (iv) the board of directors or managers of the Registrant or Registrants issuing such Securities, or a duly authorized committee thereof, and/or the proper officers of such Registrant or Registrants acting pursuant to properly delegated authority, shall have taken such action as may be necessary to authorize the indentures, the issuance and sale of such Securities and, if applicable, to establish the relative rights and preferences of such Securities, or other terms of such Securities, in each case as set forth in or contemplated by the Registration Statement and any prospectus supplement relating to such Securities; (v) there shall not have occurred any change in law or any authorization affecting the legality or enforceability of such Securities; and (vi) each Registrant issuing such Securities shall remain duly organized and validly existing under the laws of the jurisdiction or jurisdictions of incorporation or other organization in which it is incorporated or otherwise organized on the date hereof. We have also assumed that none of the terms of any Security to be established subsequent to the date hereof, nor the issuance and delivery of such Security, nor the compliance by the Registrant issuing such Security with the terms thereof will violate any applicable law or will result in a violation of any provision of any instrument or agreement then binding upon such Registrant, or any restriction imposed by any court or governmental body having jurisdiction over such Registrant.

In addition, we have examined such corporate records, certificates and other documents and have reviewed such questions of law as we have considered necessary or appropriate for purposes of the opinions expressed below.


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On the basis of the foregoing assumptions and such examination and review, and subject to the limitations and qualifications stated herein, we advise you as follows:

 

A. PPL Capital Securities

1. We are of the opinion that the PPL Capital Debt Securities will be legally issued and binding obligations of PPL Capital and that the Guarantees thereof will be legally issued and binding obligations of PPL when:

(a) PPL Capital shall have duly established the terms of the PPL Capital Debt Securities and executed the PPL Capital Debt Securities, PPL shall have duly executed and delivered the Guarantees and the PPL Capital Indenture trustee shall have duly authenticated the PPL Capital Debt Securities and the Guarantees endorsed thereon, in each case in accordance with the applicable provisions of the PPL Capital Indenture and all necessary corporate authorizations; and

(b) PPL Capital shall have issued, sold and delivered the PPL Capital Debt Securities to the purchasers thereof against payment therefor, all as contemplated by, and in conformity with, the acts, proceedings and documents referred to above.

2. We are of the opinion that the PPL Capital Subordinated Debt Securities will be legally issued and binding obligations of PPL Capital and that the Subordinated Guarantees thereof will be legally issued and binding obligations of PPL when:

(a) PPL Capital shall have duly established the terms of the PPL Capital Subordinated Debt Securities and executed the PPL Capital Subordinated Debt Securities, PPL shall have duly executed and delivered the Subordinated Guarantees and the PPL Capital Subordinated Indenture trustee shall have duly authenticated the PPL Capital Subordinated Debt Securities and the Subordinated Guarantees endorsed thereon, in each case in accordance with the applicable provisions of the PPL Capital Subordinated Indenture and all necessary corporate authorizations; and

(b) PPL Capital shall have issued, sold and delivered the PPL Capital Subordinated Debt Securities to the purchasers thereof against payment therefor, all as contemplated by, and in conformity with, the acts, proceedings and documents referred to above.

 

B. PPL Energy Securities

1. We are of the opinion that the PPL Energy Debt Securities will be legally issued and binding obligations of PPL Energy when:

(a) PPL Energy shall have duly established the terms of the PPL Energy Debt Securities and executed the PPL Energy Debt Securities, and the PPL Energy Indenture trustee shall have duly authenticated such securities, in each case in accordance with the applicable provisions of the PPL Energy Indenture and all necessary limited liability company authorizations; and


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(b) PPL Energy shall have issued, sold and delivered the PPL Energy Debt Securities to the purchasers thereof against payment therefor, all as contemplated by, and in conformity with, the acts, proceedings and documents referred to above.

2. We are of the opinion that the PPL Energy Subordinated Debt Securities will be legally issued and binding obligations of PPL Energy when:

(a) The PPL Energy Subordinated Indenture shall have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by PPL Energy and the trustee thereunder;

(b) PPL Energy shall have duly established the terms of the PPL Energy Subordinated Debt Securities and executed the PPL Energy Subordinated Debt Securities, and the PPL Energy Subordinated Indenture trustee shall have duly authenticated such securities, in each case in accordance with the applicable provisions of the PPL Energy Subordinated Indenture and all necessary limited liability company authorizations; and

(c) PPL Energy shall have issued, sold and delivered the PPL Energy Subordinated Debt Securities to the purchasers thereof against payment therefor, all as contemplated by, and in conformity with, the acts, proceedings and documents referred to above.

 

C. PPL Electric Secured Debt Securities

We are of the opinion that the PPL Electric Secured Debt Securities will be legally issued and binding obligations of PPL Electric when:

(a) One or more appropriate Securities Certificates with respect to such PPL Electric Secured Debt Securities shall have been duly registered by the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission pursuant to Section 1903 of the Pennsylvania Public Utility Code, as amended, or, if such PPL Electric Secured Debt Securities have a maturity of less than one year from the date of execution, PPL Electric shall have received an appropriate order of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (the “FERC”) pursuant to Section 204 of the Federal Power Act authorizing the issuance of such PPL Electric Secured Debt Securities (if and to the extent such an order of the FERC is required);

(b) PPL Electric shall have duly established the terms of the PPL Electric Secured Debt Securities and executed such Securities, and the PPL Electric Indenture trustee shall have duly authenticated the PPL Electric Secured Debt Securities, in each case in accordance with the applicable provisions of the PPL Electric Indenture and all necessary corporate and regulatory authorizations; and

(c) PPL Electric shall have issued, sold and delivered the PPL Electric Secured Debt Securities to the purchasers thereof against payment therefor, all as contemplated by, and in conformity with, the acts, proceedings and documents referred to above.


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D. LKE Debt Securities

We are of the opinion that the LKE Debt Securities will be legally issued and binding obligations of LKE when:

(a) LKE shall have duly established the terms of the LKE Debt Securities and executed the LKE Debt Securities, and the LKE Indenture trustee shall have duly authenticated such securities, in each case in accordance with the applicable provisions of the LKE Indenture and all necessary limited liability company authorizations; and

(b) LKE shall have issued, sold and delivered the LKE Debt Securities to the purchasers thereof against payment therefor, all as contemplated by, and in conformity with, the acts, proceedings and documents referred to above.

 

E. LG&E Secured Debt Securities

We are of the opinion that the LG&E Secured Debt Securities will be legally issued and binding obligations of LG&E when:

(a) LG&E shall have received an appropriate order of the Kentucky Public Service Commission pursuant to KRS 278.300, or if such LG&E Secured Debt Securities have a maturity of less than two years from the date of execution, LG&E shall have received an appropriate order of the FERC pursuant to Section 204 of the Federal Power Act authorizing the issuance of such LG&E Secured Debt Securities (if and to the extent such an order of the FERC is required);

(b) LG&E shall have duly established the terms of the LG&E Secured Debt Securities and executed such Securities, and the LG&E Indenture trustee shall have duly authenticated the LG&E Secured Debt Securities, in each case in accordance with the applicable provisions of the LG&E Indenture and all necessary corporate and regulatory authorizations; and

(c) LG&E shall have issued, sold and delivered the LG&E Secured Debt Securities to the purchasers thereof against payment therefor, all as contemplated by, and in conformity with, the acts, proceedings and documents referred to above.

 

F. KU Secured Debt Securities

We are of the opinion that the KU Secured Debt Securities will be legally issued and binding obligations of KU when:

(a) KU shall have received appropriate orders of (i) the Kentucky Public Service Commission pursuant to KRS 278.300, (ii) the Virginia State Corporation Commission pursuant to Chapter 3 of Title 56 of the Code of Virginia and (iii) the Tennessee Regulatory Authority pursuant to Tennessee Code Annotated Section 65-4-109, or if such KU Secured Debt Securities have a maturity of less than one year from the date of execution, KU shall


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have received an appropriate order of the FERC pursuant to Section 204 of the Federal Power Act authorizing the issuance of such KU Secured Debt Securities (if and to the extent such an order of the FERC is required);

(b) KU shall have duly established the terms of the KU Secured Debt Securities and executed such Securities, and the KU Indenture trustee shall have duly authenticated the KU Secured Debt Securities, in each case in accordance with the applicable provisions of the KU Indenture and all necessary corporate and regulatory authorizations; and

(c) KU shall have issued, sold and delivered the KU Secured Debt Securities to the purchasers thereof against payment therefor, all as contemplated by, and in conformity with, the acts, proceedings and documents referred to above.

Our opinions as to the legal and binding nature of the Registrants’ obligations are subject to laws relating to or affecting generally the enforcement of creditors’ and mortgagees’ rights, including without limitation, bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization laws and generally principles of equity and by requirements of reasonableness, good faith and fair dealing. Further, we express no opinion with respect to the lien of the PPL Electric Indenture, LG&E Indenture or KU Indenture.

In addition, we express no opinion herein as to any matters of compliance with “blue sky” laws or similar laws relating to the sale or distribution of the Securities by any underwriters or agents.

This opinion is limited to the laws of the State of New York, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the Commonwealth of Kentucky, the Commonwealth of Virginia and the State of Tennessee, the Delaware General Corporation Law and the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act, and the federal laws of the United States of America. As to all matters governed by the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, we have relied upon and assumed without investigation the correctness of the legal conclusions set forth in the opinion of even date herewith of Frederick C. Paine, Senior Counsel of PPL Services Corporation, Inc., a subsidiary of PPL, which is being filed as Exhibit 5.1 to the Registration Statement. As to all matters governed by the laws of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, the Commonwealth of Virginia or the State of Tennessee, we have relied upon and assumed without investigation the correctness of the legal conclusions set forth in the opinion of even date herewith of John P. Fendig, Senior Corporate Attorney for LKE. In rendering his opinion, each of Mr. Paine and Mr. Fendig may rely upon this opinion as to all matters of New York law addressed herein as if this opinion were addressed directly to him.

You have informed us that you intend to issue Securities from time to time on a delayed or continuous basis, and this opinion is limited to the laws referred to above as in effect on the date hereof. We understand that prior to issuing any Securities pursuant to the Registration Statement (i) you will advise us in writing of the terms thereof and (ii) you will afford us an opportunity to (x) review the operative documents pursuant to which such Securities are to be issued or sold (including the applicable offering documents) and (y) file such supplement or amendment to this opinion (if any) as we may reasonably consider necessary or appropriate.


March 28, 2012

Page 8 of 8

 

We hereby authorize and consent to the use of this opinion as Exhibit 5.3 to the Registration Statement, and authorize and consent to the reference to our firm under the caption “Validity of the Securities and the PPL Guarantees” in the Registration Statement and in the prospectus constituting a part thereof. In giving this consent, we do not hereby admit that we come within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Act or the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.

 

Very truly yours,
/s/ Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP
DEWEY & LEBOEUF LLP
EX-5.4 12 d325485dex54.htm OPINION OF SIMPSON THACHER & BARTLETT LLP <![CDATA[Opinion of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP]]>

Exhibit 5.4

[Letterhead of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP]

 

   March 28, 2012   

PPL Corporation

PPL Energy Supply, LLC

PPL Electric Utilities Corporation

Two North Ninth Street

Allentown, Pennsylvania 18101-1179

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We have acted as counsel to PPL Corporation, a Pennsylvania corporation (the “Company”), and to its subsidiaries PPL Energy Supply, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“PPL Energy”), and PPL Electric Utilities Corporation, a Pennsylvania corporation (“PPL Electric” and together with the Company and PPL Energy, the “Issuers”), in connection with the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (the “Registration Statement”) filed by the Issuers with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), relating to (i) shares of common stock of the Company par value $0.01 per share (the “PPL Common Stock”); (ii) shares of preferred stock of the Company par value $0.01 per share (the “PPL Preferred Stock”); (iii) contracts for the purchase and sale of PPL Common Stock and PPL Preferred Stock (the “PPL Purchase Contracts”); (iv) depositary shares evidenced by depositary receipts representing a fraction or a multiple of a share of PPL Preferred Stock (the “PPL Depositary Shares”); (v) units of the Company, consisting of two or more of the securities described under clauses (i) through (iv) in any combination (the “PPL Units”); (vi) shares of preferred securities of PPL Energy without par value (the “PPL Energy Preferred Securities”); (vii) shares of preferred stock of PPL Electric without par value (the “PPL Electric Preferred Stock”); (viii) shares of preference stock of PPL Electric without

 


par value (the “PPL Electric Preference Stock”) and (ix) depositary shares evidenced by depositary receipts representing a fraction or a multiple of a share of either the PPL Electric Preferred Stock or the PPL Electric Preference Stock (the “PPL Electric Depositary Shares”). The PPL Common Stock, the PPL Preferred Stock, the PPL Purchase Contracts, the PPL Depositary Shares, the PPL Units, the PPL Energy Preferred Securities, the PPL Electric Preferred Stock, the PPL Electric Preference Stock and the PPL Electric Depositary Shares are hereinafter referred to collectively as the “Securities.” The Securities may be issued and sold or delivered from time to time as set forth in the Registration Statement, any amendment thereto, the prospectus contained therein (the “Prospectus”) and supplements to the Prospectus pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act in an indeterminate amount.

The PPL Purchase Contracts will be issued pursuant to a purchase contract agreement (the “PPL Purchase Contract Agreement”) between the Company and a purchase contract agent as shall be named therein (the “PPL Purchase Contract Agent”).

The PPL Depositary Shares will be issued pursuant to a deposit agreement (the “PPL Deposit Agreement”) between the Company and a depositary as shall be named therein (the “PPL Depositary”).

The PPL Units will be issued pursuant to a unit agreement (the “PPL Unit Agreement”) between the Company and a unit agent as shall be named therein (the “PPL Unit Agent”).

The PPL Electric Depositary Shares will be issued pursuant to a deposit agreement (the “PPL Electric Deposit Agreement”) between PPL Electric and a depositary as shall be named therein (the “PPL Electric Depositary”).

We have examined the Registration Statement along with a form of the share certificate for the PPL Common Stock, a form of the PPL Purchase Contract Agreement, a form of the PPL Deposit Agreement and a form of the PPL Electric Deposit Agreement, which have been filed

 

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with the Commission as exhibits to the Registration Statement. We also have examined the originals, or duplicates or certified or conformed copies, of such records, agreements, documents and other instruments and have made such other investigations as we have deemed relevant and necessary in connection with the opinions hereinafter set forth. As to questions of fact material to this opinion, we have relied upon certificates or comparable documents of public officials and of officers and representatives of the Issuers.

In rendering the opinions set forth below, we have assumed the genuineness of all signatures, the legal capacity of natural persons, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, the conformity to original documents of all documents submitted to us as duplicates or certified or conformed copies, and the authenticity of the originals of such latter documents. We also have assumed that at the time of the issuance and delivery of PPL Common Stock, PPL Preferred Stock, PPL Energy Preferred Stock, PPL Electric Preferred Stock or PPL Electric Preference Stock, the relevant Issuer has sufficient authorized but unissued shares of such stock under the terms of its charter and that such authorized but unissued shares of stock have not been reserved for issuance for other purposes.

We have further assumed that: (1) at the time of execution, issuance and delivery of the PPL Purchase Contracts, the PPL Purchase Contract Agreement will be the valid and legally binding obligation of the PPL Purchase Contract Agent; (2) at the time of execution, issuance and delivery of the PPL Depositary Shares, the PPL Deposit Agreement will be the valid and legally binding obligation of the PPL Depositary; (3) at the time of execution, issuance and delivery of the PPL Units, the PPL Unit Agreement will be the valid and legally binding obligation of the PPL Unit Agent; and (4) at the time of execution, issuance and delivery of the PPL Electric Depositary Shares, the PPL Electric Deposit Agreement will be the valid and legally binding obligation of the PPL Electric Depositary.

 

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Based upon the foregoing, and subject to the qualifications, assumptions and limitations stated herein, we are of the opinion that:

1. With respect to the PPL Common Stock, assuming (a) the taking by the Board of Directors of the Company of all necessary corporate action to authorize and approve the issuance of the PPL Common Stock and (b) due issuance and delivery of the PPL Common Stock, upon payment therefor in accordance with the applicable definitive purchase, underwriting or similar agreement approved by the Board of Directors of the Company and upon compliance with applicable regulatory requirements, the PPL Common Stock will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.

2. With respect to the PPL Preferred Stock, assuming (a) the taking by the Board of Directors of the Company of all necessary corporate action to authorize and approve the issuance of the PPL Preferred Stock, (b) due filing of the Articles of Amendment of the Company containing the designation relating to any PPL Preferred Stock and (c) due issuance and delivery of the PPL Preferred Stock, upon payment therefor in accordance with the applicable definitive purchase, underwriting or similar agreement approved by the Board of Directors of the Company and upon compliance with applicable regulatory requirements, the PPL Preferred Stock will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.

3. With respect to the PPL Purchase Contracts, assuming (a) the taking of all necessary corporate action by the Board of Directors of the Company to authorize and approve the execution and delivery of the PPL Purchase Contract Agreement, (b) the due execution and delivery of the PPL Purchase Contract Agreement and (c) the due execution, issuance and delivery of the PPL Purchase Contracts, upon payment of the consideration for such PPL Purchase Contracts provided for in the applicable definitive purchase, underwriting or similar agreement approved by the Board of Directors of the Company and otherwise in accordance with the provisions of the applicable PPL Purchase Contract Agreement and such agreement and upon compliance with applicable regulatory requirements, the PPL Purchase Contracts will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms.

4. With respect to the PPL Depositary Shares, assuming (a) the taking by the Board of Directors of the Company of all necessary corporate action to authorize and approve the issuance and terms of the PPL Depositary Shares, (b) the due execution and delivery of the PPL Deposit Agreement, (c) due issuance and delivery of the PPL Preferred Stock to the PPL Depositary under the PPL Deposit Agreement and (d) the due execution, issuance and delivery of the depositary receipts evidencing the PPL Depositary Shares against deposit of the PPL Preferred Stock in accordance with the PPL Deposit Agreement, upon payment of the consideration therefor provided for in the applicable definitive purchase, underwriting or similar agreement approved by the Board of Directors of the Company and otherwise in accordance with the provisions of the applicable PPL Deposit Agreement and such agreement and upon compliance with applicable regulatory requirements, the depositary receipts evidencing the PPL Depositary Shares will be validly issued and will entitle the holders thereof to the rights specified in the PPL Depositary Shares and the PPL Deposit Agreement.

 

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5. With respect to the PPL Units, assuming (a) the taking of all necessary corporate action by the Board of Directors of the Company to authorize and approve (1) the issuance and terms of the PPL Units, (2) the execution and delivery of the PPL Unit Agreement and the PPL Purchase Contract Agreement with respect to the PPL Purchase Contracts that are a component of the PPL Units and (3) the issuance of the PPL Common Stock or PPL Preferred Stock, as the case may be, that is a component of the PPL Units, (b) the due execution and delivery of the PPL Unit Agreement and the PPL Purchase Contract Agreement, (c) due filing of the Articles of Amendment of the Company with respect to any such PPL Preferred Stock, as the case may be, and (d) the due execution, issuance and delivery of (1) the PPL Units, (2) such PPL Purchase Contracts and (3) such PPL Common Stock or PPL Preferred Stock, as the case may be, in each case upon the payment of the consideration therefor provided for in the applicable definitive purchase, underwriting or similar agreement approved by the Board of Directors of the Company and in accordance with the provisions of the applicable PPL Purchase Contract Agreement, in the case of such PPL Purchase Contracts, and in accordance with the provisions of the applicable PPL Unit Agreement and upon compliance with applicable regulatory requirements, such PPL Units will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms.

6. With respect to the PPL Energy Preferred Securities, assuming (a) the taking by the Board of Managers of PPL Energy of all necessary action to authorize and approve the issuance of the PPL Energy Preferred Securities, (b) due filing of the Certificate of Designation of PPL Energy containing the designation relating to any PPL Energy Preferred Securities and (c) due issuance and delivery of the PPL Energy Preferred Securities, upon payment therefor in accordance with the applicable definitive purchase, underwriting or similar agreement approved by the Board of Managers of PPL Energy and upon compliance with applicable regulatory requirements, the PPL Energy Preferred Securities will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.

7. With respect to the PPL Electric Preferred Stock, assuming (a) the taking by the Board of Directors of PPL Electric of all necessary corporate action to authorize and approve the issuance of the PPL Electric Preferred Stock, (b) due filing of the Articles of Amendment of PPL Electric containing the designation relating to any PPL Electric Preferred Stock and (c) due issuance and delivery of the PPL Electric Preferred Stock, upon payment therefor in accordance with the applicable definitive purchase, underwriting or similar agreement approved by the Board of Directors of PPL Electric and upon compliance with applicable regulatory requirements, the PPL Electric Preferred Stock will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.

8. With respect to the PPL Electric Preference Stock, assuming (a) the taking by the Board of Directors of PPL Electric of all necessary corporate action to authorize and approve the issuance of the PPL Electric Preference Stock, (b) due filing of the Articles of Amendment of the PPL Electric containing the designation relating to any PPL Electric Preference Stock and (c) due issuance and delivery of the PPL Electric Preference Stock, upon payment therefor in accordance with the applicable definitive purchase, underwriting or similar agreement approved by the Board of Directors of PPL Electric and upon compliance with applicable regulatory requirements, the PPL Electric Preference Stock will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.

 

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9. With respect to the PPL Electric Depositary Shares, assuming (a) the taking by the Board of Directors of PPL Electric of all necessary corporate action to authorize and approve the issuance and terms of the PPL Electric Depositary Shares, the execution and delivery of the PPL Electric Deposit Agreement, (b) the due execution and delivery of the PPL Electric Deposit Agreement, (c) the due issuance and delivery of the PPL Electric Preferred Stock or PPL Electric Preference Stock to the PPL Electric Depositary under the PPL Electric Deposit Agreement and (d) the due execution, issuance and delivery of the depositary receipts evidencing the PPL Electric Depositary Shares against deposit of the PPL Electric Preferred Stock or PPL Electric Preference Stock in accordance with the PPL Electric Deposit Agreement, upon payment of the consideration therefor provided for in the applicable definitive purchase, underwriting or similar agreement approved by the Board of Directors of PPL Electric and otherwise in accordance with the provisions of the applicable PPL Electric Deposit Agreement and such agreement and upon compliance with applicable regulatory requirements, the depositary receipts evidencing the PPL Electric Depositary Shares will be validly issued and will entitle the holders thereof to the rights specified in the PPL Electric Depositary Shares and the PPL Electric Deposit Agreement.

Our opinions set forth in paragraphs 3, 4, 5 and 9 above are subject to the effects of (i) bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium and other similar laws relating to or affecting creditors’ rights generally, (ii) general equitable principles (whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law) and (iii) an implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing.

Insofar as the opinions expressed herein relate to or are dependent upon matters governed by the law of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, we have relied upon the opinion of Frederick C. Paine, Esq., Senior Counsel of PPL Services Corporation, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, dated the date hereof, and our opinions are subject to the assumptions, qualifications, limitations and exceptions set forth therein.

We do not express any opinion herein concerning any law other than the law of the State of New York, the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act and, to the extent set forth herein, the law of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

 

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We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion letter as Exhibit 5.3 to the Registration Statement and to the use of our name under the caption “Validity of the Securities and the PPL Guarantees” in the Prospectus included in the Registration Statement.

 

Very truly yours,
/s/ Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
SIMPSON THACHER & BARTLETT LLP

 

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EX-23.4 13 d325485dex234.htm CONSENT OF ERNST & YOUNG LLP (PPL CORPORATION) <![CDATA[Consent of Ernst & Young LLP (PPL Corporation)]]>

Exhibit 23.4

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

We consent to the reference to our firm under the caption “Experts” in this Registration Statement (Form S-3) and related Prospectus of PPL Corporation for the registration of indeterminable amounts of common stock, preferred stock, stock purchase contracts, stock purchase units, depositary shares and debt securities and to the incorporation by reference therein of our reports dated February 28, 2012, with respect to the consolidated financial statements and schedule of PPL Corporation, and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting of PPL Corporation, included in its Annual Report (Form 10-K) for the year ended December 31, 2011, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

/s/ Ernst & Young LLP
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
March 28, 2012
EX-23.5 14 d325485dex235.htm CONSENT OF ERNST & YOUNG LLP (PPL ENERGY SUPPLY, LLC) <![CDATA[Consent of Ernst & Young LLP (PPL Energy Supply, LLC)]]>

Exhibit 23.5

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

We consent to the reference to our firm under the caption “Experts” in this Registration Statement (Form S-3) and related Prospectus of PPL Energy Supply, LLC for the registration of indeterminable amounts of debt securities and preferred securities and to the incorporation by reference therein of our report dated February 28, 2012, with respect to the consolidated financial statements of PPL Energy Supply, LLC, included in its Annual Report (Form 10-K) for the year ended December 31, 2011, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

/s/ Ernst & Young LLP
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
March 28, 2012
EX-23.6 15 d325485dex236.htm CONSENT OF ERNST & YOUNG LLP (PPL ELECTRIC UTILITIES CORPORATION) <![CDATA[Consent of Ernst & Young LLP (PPL Electric Utilities Corporation)]]>

Exhibit 23.6

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

We consent to the reference to our firm under the caption “Experts” in this Registration Statement (Form S-3) and related Prospectus of PPL Electric Utilities Corporation for the registration of indeterminable amounts of preferred stock, preference stock, depositary shares, and debt securities and to the incorporation by reference therein of our report dated February 28, 2012, with respect to the consolidated financial statements of PPL Electric Utilities Corporation, included in its Annual Report (Form 10-K) for the year ended December 31, 2011, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

Ernst & Young LLP
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
March 28, 2012
EX-23.7 16 d325485dex237.htm CONSENT OF ERNST & YOUNG LLP (LG&E AND KU ENERGY LLC) <![CDATA[Consent of Ernst & Young LLP (LG&E and KU Energy LLC)]]>

Exhibit 23.7

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

We consent to the reference to our firm under the caption “Experts” in this Registration Statement (Form S-3) and related Prospectus of LG&E and KU Energy LLC for the registration of indeterminable amounts of debt securities and to the incorporation by reference therein of our report dated February 28, 2012, with respect to the consolidated financial statements and schedule of LG&E and KU Energy LLC included in its Annual Report (Form 10-K) for the year ended December 31, 2011, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

/s/ Ernst & Young LLP
Louisville, Kentucky
March 28, 2012
EX-23.8 17 d325485dex238.htm CONSENT OF ERNST & YOUNG LLP (LOUISVILLE GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY) <![CDATA[Consent of Ernst & Young LLP (Louisville Gas and Electric Company)]]>

Exhibit 23.8

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

We consent to the reference to our firm under the caption “Experts” in this Registration Statement (Form S-3) and related Prospectus of Louisville Gas and Electric Company for the registration of indeterminable amounts of debt securities and to the incorporation by reference therein of our report dated February 28, 2012, with respect to the financial statements of Louisville Gas and Electric Company included in its Annual Report (Form 10-K) for the year ended December 31, 2011, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

/s/ Ernst & Young LLP
Louisville, Kentucky
March 28, 2012
EX-23.9 18 d325485dex239.htm CONSENT OF ERNST & YOUNG LLP (KENTUCKY UTILITIES COMPANY) <![CDATA[Consent of Ernst & Young LLP (Kentucky Utilities Company)]]>

Exhibit 23.9

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

We consent to the reference to our firm under the caption “Experts” in this Registration Statement (Form S-3) and related Prospectus of Kentucky Utilities Company for the registration of indeterminable amounts of debt securities and to the incorporation by reference therein of our report dated February 28, 2012, with respect to the financial statements of Kentucky Utilities Company included in its Annual Report (Form 10-K) for the year ended December 31, 2011, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

/s/ Ernst & Young LLP
Louisville, Kentucky
March 28, 2012
EX-23.10 19 d325485dex2310.htm CONSENT OF PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP (PPL CORPORATION) Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PPL Corporation)

Exhibit 23.10

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS

We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on Form S-3 of PPL Corporation of our report dated April 8, 2011 relating to the combined financial statements of Central Networks Group, which is incorporated by reference in the Current Report on Form 8-K of PPL Corporation dated March 27, 2012.

 

/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
East Midlands, United Kingdom
March 28, 2012
EX-23.11 20 d325485dex2311.htm CONSENT OF PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP (LG&E AND KU ENERGY LLC) <![CDATA[Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (LG&E and KU Energy LLC)]]>

Exhibit 23.11

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on Form S-3 of our reports dated February 25, 2011 relating to the financial statements and financial statement and financial statement schedule, which appear in LG&E and KU Energy LLC’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011. We also consent to the reference to us under the heading “Experts” in such Registration Statement.

 

/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Louisville, Kentucky
March 28, 2012
EX-23.12 21 d325485dex2312.htm CONSENT OF PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP (LOUISVILLE GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY) Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (Louisville Gas and Electric Company)

Exhibit 23.12

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on Form S-3 of our reports dated February 25, 2011 relating to the financial statements and financial statement and financial statement schedule, which appear in Louisville Gas and Electric Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011. We also consent to the reference to us under the heading “Experts” in such Registration Statement.

 

/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Louisville, Kentucky
March 28, 2012
EX-23.13 22 d325485dex2313.htm CONSENT OF PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP (KENTUCKY UTILITIES COMPANY) Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (Kentucky Utilities Company)

Exhibit 23.13

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on Form S-3 of our reports dated February 25, 2011 relating to the financial statements and financial statement and financial statement schedule, which appear in Kentucky Utilities Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011. We also consent to the reference to us under the heading “Experts” in such Registration Statement.

 

/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Louisville, Kentucky
March 28, 2012
EX-24.1 23 d325485dex241.htm POWER OF ATTORNEY OF DIRECTORS OF PPL CORPORATION Power of Attorney of Directors of PPL Corporation

Exhibit 24.1

PPL CORPORATION

OMNIBUS SHELF REGISTRATION STATEMENT

POWER OF ATTORNEY

The undersigned directors of PPL Corporation, a Pennsylvania corporation, hereby appoint William H. Spence, Paul A. Farr and Robert J. Grey their true and lawful attorney, and each of them their true and lawful attorney, with power to act without the other and with full power of substitution and resubstitution, to execute for the undersigned directors and in their names to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C., under provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, a registration statement or registration statements for the registration under provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and any other rules, regulations or requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission in respect thereof, of various securities of PPL Corporation or its subsidiaries (without designation as to the amount of such securities), which securities may include guarantees by PPL Corporation of the securities of such subsidiaries, and any and all amendments thereto, whether said amendments add to, delete from or otherwise alter any such registration statement or registration statements, or add or withdraw any exhibits or schedules to be filed therewith and any and all instruments in connection therewith. The undersigned hereby grant to said attorneys and each of them full power and authority to do and perform in the name of and on behalf of the undersigned, and in any and all capabilities, any act and thing whatsoever required or necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully and to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might do, hereby ratifying and approving the acts of said attorneys and each of them.


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have hereunto set their hands as of the 28th day of March, 2012.

 

/s/ Frederick M. Bernthal

Frederick M. Bernthal

   

/s/ Venkata Rajamannar Madabhushi

Venkata Rajamannar Madabhushi

/s/ John W. Conway

John W. Conway

   

/s/ James H. Miller

James H. Miller

/s/ Steven G. Elliot

Steven G. Elliot

   

/s/ Craig A. Rogerson

Craig A. Rogerson

/s/ Louise K. Goeser

Louise K. Goeser

   

/s/ Natica von Althann

Natica von Althann

/s/ Stuart E. Graham

Stuart E. Graham

   

/s/ Keith H. Williamson

Keith H. Williamson

/s/ Stuart Heydt

Stuart Heydt

   

 

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EX-25.1 24 d325485dex251.htm STATEMENT OF ELIGIBILITY OF TRUSTEE Statement of Eligibility of Trustee

Exhibit 25.1

 

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM T-1

 

 

STATEMENT OF ELIGIBILITY

UNDER THE TRUST INDENTURE ACT OF 1939 OF A

CORPORATION DESIGNATED TO ACT AS TRUSTEE

CHECK IF AN APPLICATION TO DETERMINE

ELIGIBILITY OF A TRUSTEE PURSUANT TO

SECTION 305(b)(2)    ¨

 

 

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON

(Exact name of trustee as specified in its charter)

 

New York   13-5160382

(Jurisdiction of incorporation

if not a U.S. national bank)

 

(I.R.S. employer

identification no.)

One Wall Street, New York, N.Y.   10286
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip code)

 

 

PPL Capital Funding, Inc.

(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware   23-2926644

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(I.R.S. employer

identification no.)

PPL Corporation

(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)

 

Pennsylvania   23-2758192

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(I.R.S. employer

identification no.)

 

Two North Ninth Street

Allentown, Pennsylvania

 

 

18101-1179

(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip code)

 

 

Senior Debt Securities

and Guarantees of Senior Debt Securities

(Title of the indenture securities)

 

 

 


1. General information. Furnish the following information as to the Trustee:

 

  (a) Name and address of each examining or supervising authority to which it is subject.

 

Name

  

Address

Superintendent of Banks of the State of New York    One State Street, New York, N.Y. 10004-1417, and Albany, N.Y. 12223
Federal Reserve Bank of New York    33 Liberty Street, New York, N.Y. 10045
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation    Washington, D.C. 20429
New York Clearing House Association    New York, N.Y. 10005

 

  (b) Whether it is authorized to exercise corporate trust powers.

Yes.

 

2. Affiliations with Obligor.

If the obligor is an affiliate of the trustee, describe each such affiliation.

None.

 

16. List of Exhibits.

Exhibits identified in parentheses below, on file with the Commission, are incorporated herein by reference as an exhibit hereto, pursuant to Rule 7a-29 under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (the “Act”) and 17 C.F.R. 229.10(d).

 

  1. A copy of the Organization Certificate of The Bank of New York Mellon (formerly known as The Bank of New York, itself formerly Irving Trust Company) as now in effect, which contains the authority to commence business and a grant of powers to exercise corporate trust powers. (Exhibit 1 to Amendment No. 1 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 33-6215, Exhibits 1a and 1b to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 33-21672, Exhibit 1 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 33-29637, Exhibit 1 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-121195 and Exhibit 1 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-152735).

 

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  4. A copy of the existing By-laws of the Trustee. (Exhibit 4 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-154173).

 

  6. The consent of the Trustee required by Section 321(b) of the Act (Exhibit 6 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-152735).

 

  7. A copy of the latest report of condition of the Trustee published pursuant to law or to the requirements of its supervising or examining authority.

 

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SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Act, the Trustee, The Bank of New York Mellon, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of New York, has duly caused this statement of eligibility to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, all in The City of New York, and State of New York, on the 26th day of March, 2012.

 

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON
By:  

/s/    Teisha Wright

  Name: Teisha Wright
  Title:   Senior Associate

 

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Exhibit 7 to Form T-1

Consolidated Report of Condition of

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON

of One Wall Street, New York, N.Y. 10286

And Foreign and Domestic Subsidiaries,

a member of the Federal Reserve System, at the close of business December 31, 2011, published in accordance with a call made by the Federal Reserve Bank of this District pursuant to the provisions of the Federal Reserve Act.

 

     Dollar Amounts In Thousands   

ASSETS

  

Cash and balances due from depository institutions:

  

Noninterest-bearing balances and currency and coin

     3,285,000   

Interest-bearing balances

     118,033,000   

Securities:

  

Held-to-maturity securities

     3,521,000   

Available-for-sale securities

     74,417,000   

Federal funds sold and securities purchased under agreements to resell:

  

Federal funds sold in domestic offices

     23,000   

Securities purchased under agreements to resell

     603,000   

Loans and lease financing receivables:

  

Loans and leases held for sale

     10,000   

Loans and leases, net of unearned income

     27,101,000   

LESS: Allowance for loan and lease losses

     374,000   

Loans and leases, net of unearned income and allowance

     26,727,000   

Trading assets

     5,841,000   

Premises and fixed assets (including capitalized leases)

     1,208,000   

Other real estate owned

     12,000   

Investments in unconsolidated subsidiaries and associated companies

     988,000   

Direct and indirect investments in real estate ventures

     0   

 

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Intangible assets:

  

Goodwill

     6,415,000   

Other intangible assets

     1,615,000   

Other assets

     13,507,000   
  

 

 

 

Total assets

     256,205,000   
  

 

 

 

LIABILITIES

  

Deposits:

  

In domestic offices

     127,980,000   

Noninterest-bearing

     91,500,000   

Interest-bearing

     36,480,000   

In foreign offices, Edge and Agreement subsidiaries, and IBFs

     85,660,000   

Noninterest-bearing

     2,710,000   

Interest-bearing

     82,950,000   

Federal funds purchased and securities sold under agreements to repurchase:

  

Federal funds purchased in domestic offices .

     2,166,000   

Securities sold under agreements to repurchase

     1,010,000   

Trading liabilities

     7,283,000   

Other borrowed money: (includes mortgage indebtedness and obligations under capitalized leases)

     1,877,000   

Not applicable

  

Not applicable

  

Subordinated notes and debentures

     3,505,000   

Other liabilities

     8,465,000   
  

 

 

 

Total liabilities

     237,946,000   
  

 

 

 

EQUITY CAPITAL

  

Perpetual preferred stock and related surplus

     0   

Common stock

     1,135,000   

Surplus (exclude all surplus related to preferred stock)

     9,607,000   

Retained earnings

     8,450,000   

Accumulated other comprehensive income

     -1,283,000   

Other equity capital components

     0   

Total bank equity capital

     17,909,000   

Noncontrolling (minority) interests in consolidated subsidiaries

     350,000   

Total equity capital

     18,259,000   
  

 

 

 

Total liabilities and equity capital

     256,205,000   
  

 

 

 

 

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I, Thomas P. Gibbons, Chief Financial Officer of the above-named bank do hereby declare that this Report of Condition is true and correct to the best of my knowledge and belief.

Thomas P. Gibbons,                    

Chief Financial Officer                    

We, the undersigned directors, attest to the correctness of this statement of resources and liabilities. We declare that it has been examined by us, and to the best of our knowledge and belief has been prepared in conformance with the instructions and is true and correct.

 

Gerald L. Hassell

Catherine A. Rein

John P. Surma

 

            Directors     

 

 

 

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EX-25.2 25 d325485dex252.htm STATEMENT OF ELIGIBILITY OF TRUSTEE Statement of Eligibility of Trustee

Exhibit 25.2

 

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM T-1

 

 

STATEMENT OF ELIGIBILITY

UNDER THE TRUST INDENTURE ACT OF 1939 OF A

CORPORATION DESIGNATED TO ACT AS TRUSTEE

CHECK IF AN APPLICATION TO DETERMINE

ELIGIBILITY OF A TRUSTEE PURSUANT TO

SECTION 305(b)(2)      ¨

 

 

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON

(Exact name of trustee as specified in its charter)

 

New York   13-5160382

(Jurisdiction of incorporation

if not a U.S. national bank)

 

(I.R.S. employer

identification no.)

 

One Wall Street, New York, N.Y.   10286
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip code)

 

 

PPL Corporation

(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)

 

Pennsylvania   23-2758192

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(I.R.S. employer

identification no.)

 

Two North Ninth Street

Allentown, Pennsylvania

  18101-1179
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip code)

 

 

Stock Purchase Contracts

(Title of the indenture securities)

 

 

 


1. General information. Furnish the following information as to the Trustee:

 

  (a) Name and address of each examining or supervising authority to which it is subject.

 

Name

  

Address

Superintendent of Banks of the State of New York    One State Street, New York, N.Y. 10004-1417, and Albany, N.Y. 12223
Federal Reserve Bank of New York    33 Liberty Street, New York, N.Y. 10045
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation    Washington, D.C. 20429
New York Clearing House Association    New York, N.Y. 10005

 

  (b) Whether it is authorized to exercise corporate trust powers.

Yes.

 

2. Affiliations with Obligor.

If the obligor is an affiliate of the trustee, describe each such affiliation.

None.

 

16. List of Exhibits.

Exhibits identified in parentheses below, on file with the Commission, are incorporated herein by reference as an exhibit hereto, pursuant to Rule 7a-29 under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (the “Act”) and 17 C.F.R. 229.10(d).

 

  1. A copy of the Organization Certificate of The Bank of New York Mellon (formerly known as The Bank of New York, itself formerly Irving Trust Company) as now in effect, which contains the authority to commence business and a grant of powers to exercise corporate trust powers. (Exhibit 1 to Amendment No. 1 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 33-6215, Exhibits 1a and 1b to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 33-21672, Exhibit 1 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 33-29637, Exhibit 1 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-121195 and Exhibit 1 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-152735).

 

  4. A copy of the existing By-laws of the Trustee. (Exhibit 4 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-154173).

 

- 2 -


  6. The consent of the Trustee required by Section 321(b) of the Act (Exhibit 6 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-152735).

 

  7. A copy of the latest report of condition of the Trustee published pursuant to law or to the requirements of its supervising or examining authority.

 

- 3 -


SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Act, the Trustee, The Bank of New York Mellon, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of New York, has duly caused this statement of eligibility to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, all in The City of New York, and State of New York, on the 26th day of March, 2012.

 

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON
By:  

/s/    Teisha Wright

  Name: Teisha Wright
  Title: Senior Associate

 

- 4 -


 

Exhibit 7 to Form T-1

Consolidated Report of Condition of

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON

of One Wall Street, New York, N.Y. 10286

And Foreign and Domestic Subsidiaries,

a member of the Federal Reserve System, at the close of business December 31, 2011, published in accordance with a call made by the Federal Reserve Bank of this District pursuant to the provisions of the Federal Reserve Act.

 

     Dollar Amounts In Thousands  

ASSETS

  

Cash and balances due from depository institutions:

  

Noninterest-bearing balances and currency and coin

     3,285,000   

Interest-bearing balances

     118,033,000   

Securities:

  

Held-to-maturity securities

     3,521,000   

Available-for-sale securities

     74,417,000   

Federal funds sold and securities purchased under agreements to resell:

  

Federal funds sold in domestic offices

     23,000   

Securities purchased under agreements to resell

     603,000   

Loans and lease financing receivables:

  

Loans and leases held for sale

     10,000   

Loans and leases, net of unearned income

     27,101,000   

LESS: Allowance for loan and lease losses

     374,000   

Loans and leases, net of unearned income and allowance

     26,727,000   

Trading assets

     5,841,000   

Premises and fixed assets (including capitalized leases)

     1,208,000   

Other real estate owned

     12,000   

Investments in unconsolidated subsidiaries and associated companies

     988,000   

Direct and indirect investments in real estate ventures

     0   

 

- 5 -


Intangible assets:

  

Goodwill

     6,415,000   

Other intangible assets

     1,615,000   

Other assets

     13,507,000   
  

 

 

 

Total assets

     256,205,000   
  

 

 

 

LIABILITIES

  

Deposits:

  

In domestic offices

     127,980,000   

Noninterest-bearing

     91,500,000   

Interest-bearing

     36,480,000   

In foreign offices, Edge and Agreement subsidiaries, and IBFs

     85,660,000   

Noninterest-bearing

     2,710,000   

Interest-bearing

     82,950,000   

Federal funds purchased and securities sold under agreements to repurchase:

  

Federal funds purchased in domestic offices

     2,166,000   

Securities sold under agreements to repurchase

     1,010,000   

Trading liabilities

     7,283,000   

Other borrowed money: (includes mortgage indebtedness and obligations under capitalized leases)

     1,877,000   

Not applicable

  

Not applicable

  

Subordinated notes and debentures

     3,505,000   

Other liabilities

     8,465,000   
  

 

 

 

Total liabilities

     237,946,000   
  

 

 

 

EQUITY CAPITAL

  

Perpetual preferred stock and related surplus

     0   

Common stock

     1,135,000   

Surplus (exclude all surplus related to preferred stock)

     9,607,000   

Retained earnings

     8,450,000   

Accumulated other comprehensive income

     -1,283,000   

Other equity capital components

     0   

Total bank equity capital

     17,909,000   

Noncontrolling (minority) interests in consolidated subsidiaries

     350,000   

Total equity capital

     18,259,000   
  

 

 

 

Total liabilities and equity capital

     256,205,000   
  

 

 

 

 

- 6 -


I, Thomas P. Gibbons, Chief Financial Officer of the above-named bank do hereby declare that this Report of Condition is true and correct to the best of my knowledge and belief.

 

Thomas P. Gibbons,

Chief Financial Officer

 

We, the undersigned directors, attest to the correctness of this statement of resources and liabilities. We declare that it has been examined by us, and to the best of our knowledge and belief has been prepared in conformance with the instructions and is true and correct.

 

Gerald L. Hassell

Catherine A. Rein

John P. Surma

       

Directors

       

 

 

 

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EX-25.3 26 d325485dex253.htm STATEMENT OF ELIGIBILITY OF TRUSTEE Statement of Eligibility of Trustee

Exhibit 25.3

 

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM T-1

 

 

STATEMENT OF ELIGIBILITY

UNDER THE TRUST INDENTURE ACT OF 1939 OF A

CORPORATION DESIGNATED TO ACT AS TRUSTEE

CHECK IF AN APPLICATION TO DETERMINE

ELIGIBILITY OF A TRUSTEE PURSUANT TO

SECTION 305(b)(2)     ¨

 

 

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON

(Exact name of trustee as specified in its charter)

 

New York   13-5160382

(Jurisdiction of incorporation

if not a U.S. national bank)

 

(I.R.S. employer

identification no.)

One Wall Street, New York, N.Y.   10286
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip code)

 

 

PPL Energy Supply, LLC

(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware   23-3074920

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(I.R.S. employer

identification no.)

Two North Ninth Street

Allentown, Pennsylvania

  18101-1179
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip code)

 

 

Senior Debt Securities

(Title of the indenture securities)

 

 

 


1. General information. Furnish the following information as to the Trustee:

 

  (a) Name and address of each examining or supervising authority to which it is subject.

 

Name

  

Address

Superintendent of Banks of the State of New York

   One State Street, New York, N.Y. 10004-1417, and Albany, N.Y. 12223

Federal Reserve Bank of New York

   33 Liberty Street, New York, N.Y. 10045

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

   Washington, D.C. 20429

New York Clearing House Association

   New York, N.Y. 10005

 

  (b) Whether it is authorized to exercise corporate trust powers.

Yes.

 

2. Affiliations with Obligor.

If the obligor is an affiliate of the trustee, describe each such affiliation.

None.

 

16. List of Exhibits.

Exhibits identified in parentheses below, on file with the Commission, are incorporated herein by reference as an exhibit hereto, pursuant to Rule 7a-29 under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (the “Act”) and 17 C.F.R. 229.10(d).

 

  1. A copy of the Organization Certificate of The Bank of New York Mellon (formerly known as The Bank of New York, itself formerly Irving Trust Company) as now in effect, which contains the authority to commence business and a grant of powers to exercise corporate trust powers. (Exhibit 1 to Amendment No. 1 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 33-6215, Exhibits 1a and 1b to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 33-21672, Exhibit 1 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 33-29637, Exhibit 1 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-121195 and Exhibit 1 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-152735).

 

- 2 -


  4. A copy of the existing By-laws of the Trustee. (Exhibit 4 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-154173).

 

  6. The consent of the Trustee required by Section 321(b) of the Act (Exhibit 6 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-152735).

 

  7. A copy of the latest report of condition of the Trustee published pursuant to law or to the requirements of its supervising or examining authority.

 

- 3 -


SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Act, the Trustee, The Bank of New York Mellon, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of New York, has duly caused this statement of eligibility to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, all in The City of New York, and State of New York, on the 26th day of March, 2012.

 

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON
By:  

/s/     Teisha Wright

  Name: Teisha Wright
  Title: Senior Associate

 

- 4 -


 

Exhibit 7 to Form T-1

Consolidated Report of Condition of

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON

of One Wall Street, New York, N.Y. 10286

And Foreign and Domestic Subsidiaries,

a member of the Federal Reserve System, at the close of business December 31, 2011, published in accordance with a call made by the Federal Reserve Bank of this District pursuant to the provisions of the Federal Reserve Act.

 

     Dollar Amounts In Thousands  

ASSETS

  

Cash and balances due from depository institutions:

  

Noninterest-bearing balances and currency and coin

     3,285,000   

Interest-bearing balances

     118,033,000   

Securities:

  

Held-to-maturity securities

     3,521,000   

Available-for-sale securities

     74,417,000   

Federal funds sold and securities purchased under agreements to resell:

  

Federal funds sold in domestic offices

     23,000   

Securities purchased under agreements to resell

     603,000   

Loans and lease financing receivables:

  

Loans and leases held for sale

     10,000   

Loans and leases, net of unearned income

     27,101,000   

LESS: Allowance for loan and lease losses

     374,000   

Loans and leases, net of unearned income and allowance

     26,727,000   

Trading assets

     5,841,000   

Premises and fixed assets (including capitalized leases)

     1,208,000   

Other real estate owned

     12,000   

Investments in unconsolidated subsidiaries and associated companies

     988,000   

Direct and indirect investments in real estate ventures

     0   

 

- 5 -


Intangible assets:

  

Goodwill

     6,415,000   

Other intangible assets

     1,615,000   

Other assets

     13,507,000   
  

 

 

 

Total assets

     256,205,000   
  

 

 

 

LIABILITIES

  

Deposits:

  

In domestic offices

     127,980,000   

Noninterest-bearing

     91,500,000   

Interest-bearing

     36,480,000   

In foreign offices, Edge and Agreement subsidiaries, and IBFs

     85,660,000   

Noninterest-bearing

     2,710,000   

Interest-bearing

     82,950,000   

Federal funds purchased and securities sold under agreements to repurchase:

  

Federal funds purchased in domestic offices

     2,166,000   

Securities sold under agreements to repurchase

     1,010,000   

Trading liabilities

     7,283,000   

Other borrowed money: (includes mortgage indebtedness and obligations under capitalized leases)

     1,877,000   

Not applicable

  

Not applicable

  

Subordinated notes and debentures

     3,505,000   

Other liabilities

     8,465,000   
  

 

 

 

Total liabilities

     237,946,000   
  

 

 

 

EQUITY CAPITAL

  

Perpetual preferred stock and related surplus

     0   

Common stock

     1,135,000   

Surplus (exclude all surplus related to preferred stock)

     9,607,000   

Retained earnings

     8,450,000   

Accumulated other comprehensive income

     -1,283,000   

Other equity capital components

     0   

Total bank equity capital

     17,909,000   

Noncontrolling (minority) interests in consolidated subsidiaries

     350,000   

Total equity capital

     18,259,000   
  

 

 

 

Total liabilities and equity capital

     256,205,000   
  

 

 

 

 

- 6 -


I, Thomas P. Gibbons, Chief Financial Officer of the above-named bank do hereby declare that this Report of Condition is true and correct to the best of my knowledge and belief.

 

Thomas P. Gibbons,  
Chief Financial Officer  

We, the undersigned directors, attest to the correctness of this statement of resources and liabilities. We declare that it has been examined by us, and to the best of our knowledge and belief has been prepared in conformance with the instructions and is true and correct.

 

Gerald L. Hassell

         

Catherine A. Rein

          Directors

John P. Surma

         
         

 

 

 

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EX-25.4 27 d325485dex254.htm STATEMENT OF ELIGIBILITY OF TRUSTEE Statement of Eligibility of Trustee

Exhibit 25.4

 

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM T-1

 

 

STATEMENT OF ELIGIBILITY

UNDER THE TRUST INDENTURE ACT OF 1939 OF A

CORPORATION DESIGNATED TO ACT AS TRUSTEE

CHECK IF AN APPLICATION TO DETERMINE

ELIGIBILITY OF A TRUSTEE PURSUANT TO

SECTION 305(b)(2)    ¨

 

 

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON

(Exact name of trustee as specified in its charter)

 

New York   13-5160382

(Jurisdiction of incorporation

if not a U.S. national bank)

 

(I.R.S. employer

identification no.)

One Wall Street, New York, N.Y.   10286
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip code)

 

 

PPL Electric Utilities Corporation

(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)

 

Pennsylvania   23-0959590

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(I.R.S. employer

identification no.)

Two North Ninth Street

Allentown, Pennsylvania

  18101-1179
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip code)

 

 

Debt Securities

(Title of the indenture securities)

 

 

 


1. General information. Furnish the following information as to the Trustee:

 

  (a) Name and address of each examining or supervising authority to which it is subject.

 

Name

  

Address

Superintendent of Banks of the State of New York

   One State Street, New York, N.Y. 10004-1417, and Albany, N.Y. 12223

Federal Reserve Bank of New York

   33 Liberty Street, New York, N.Y. 10045

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

   Washington, D.C. 20429

New York Clearing House Association

   New York, N.Y. 10005

 

  (b) Whether it is authorized to exercise corporate trust powers.

Yes.

 

2. Affiliations with Obligor.

If the obligor is an affiliate of the trustee, describe each such affiliation.

None.

 

16. List of Exhibits.

Exhibits identified in parentheses below, on file with the Commission, are incorporated herein by reference as an exhibit hereto, pursuant to Rule 7a-29 under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (the “Act”) and 17 C.F.R. 229.10(d).

 

  1. A copy of the Organization Certificate of The Bank of New York Mellon (formerly known as The Bank of New York, itself formerly Irving Trust Company) as now in effect, which contains the authority to commence business and a grant of powers to exercise corporate trust powers. (Exhibit 1 to Amendment No. 1 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 33-6215, Exhibits 1a and 1b to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 33-21672, Exhibit 1 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 33-29637, Exhibit 1 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-121195 and Exhibit 1 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-152735).

 

- 2 -


  4. A copy of the existing By-laws of the Trustee. (Exhibit 4 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-154173).

 

  6. The consent of the Trustee required by Section 321(b) of the Act (Exhibit 6 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-152735).

 

  7. A copy of the latest report of condition of the Trustee published pursuant to law or to the requirements of its supervising or examining authority.

 

- 3 -


SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Act, the Trustee, The Bank of New York Mellon, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of New York, has duly caused this statement of eligibility to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, all in The City of New York, and State of New York, on the 26th day of March, 2012.

 

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON
By:  

/s/     Teisha Wright

  Name:   Teisha Wright
  Title:   Senior Associate

 

- 4 -


 

Exhibit 7 to Form T-1

Consolidated Report of Condition of

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON

of One Wall Street, New York, N.Y. 10286

And Foreign and Domestic Subsidiaries,

a member of the Federal Reserve System, at the close of business December 31, 2011, published in accordance with a call made by the Federal Reserve Bank of this District pursuant to the provisions of the Federal Reserve Act.

 

     Dollar Amounts In Thousands  

ASSETS

  

Cash and balances due from depository institutions:

  

Noninterest-bearing balances and currency and coin

     3,285,000   

Interest-bearing balances

     118,033,000   

Securities:

  

Held-to-maturity securities

     3,521,000   

Available-for-sale securities

     74,417,000   

Federal funds sold and securities purchased under agreements to resell:

  

Federal funds sold in domestic offices

     23,000   

Securities purchased under agreements to resell

     603,000   

Loans and lease financing receivables:

  

Loans and leases held for sale

     10,000   

Loans and leases, net of unearned income

     27,101,000   

LESS: Allowance for loan and lease losses

     374,000   

Loans and leases, net of unearned income and allowance

     26,727,000   

Trading assets

     5,841,000   

Premises and fixed assets (including capitalized leases)

     1,208,000   

Other real estate owned

     12,000   

Investments in unconsolidated subsidiaries and associated companies

     988,000   

Direct and indirect investments in real estate ventures

     0   

 

- 5 -


Intangible assets:

  

Goodwill

     6,415,000   

Other intangible assets

     1,615,000   

Other assets

     13,507,000   
  

 

 

 

Total assets

     256,205,000   
  

 

 

 

LIABILITIES

  

Deposits:

  

In domestic offices

     127,980,000   

Noninterest-bearing

     91,500,000   

Interest-bearing

     36,480,000   

In foreign offices, Edge and Agreement subsidiaries, and IBFs

     85,660,000   

Noninterest-bearing

     2,710,000   

Interest-bearing

     82,950,000   

Federal funds purchased and securities sold under agreements to repurchase:

  

Federal funds purchased in domestic offices

     2,166,000   

Securities sold under agreements to repurchase

     1,010,000   

Trading liabilities

     7,283,000   

Other borrowed money: (includes mortgage indebtedness and obligations under capitalized leases)

     1,877,000   

Not applicable

  

Not applicable

  

Subordinated notes and debentures

     3,505,000   

Other liabilities

     8,465,000   
  

 

 

 

Total liabilities

     237,946,000   
  

 

 

 

EQUITY CAPITAL

  

Perpetual preferred stock and related surplus

     0   

Common stock

     1,135,000   

Surplus (exclude all surplus related to preferred stock)

     9,607,000   

Retained earnings

     8,450,000   

Accumulated other comprehensive income

     -1,283,000   

Other equity capital components

     0   

Total bank equity capital

     17,909,000   

Noncontrolling (minority) interests in consolidated subsidiaries

     350,000   

Total equity capital

     18,259,000   
  

 

 

 

Total liabilities and equity capital

     256,205,000   
  

 

 

 

 

- 6 -


I, Thomas P. Gibbons, Chief Financial Officer of the above-named bank do hereby declare that this Report of Condition is true and correct to the best of my knowledge and belief.

 

Thomas P. Gibbons,

Chief Financial Officer

 

We, the undersigned directors, attest to the correctness of this statement of resources and liabilities. We declare that it has been examined by us, and to the best of our knowledge and belief has been prepared in conformance with the instructions and is true and correct.

 

Gerald L. Hassell

Catherine A. Rein

John P. Surma

          Directors
         

 

 

 

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EX-25.5 28 d325485dex255.htm STATEMENT OF ELIGIBILITY OF TRUSTEE Statement of Eligibility of Trustee

Exhibit 25.5

 

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM T-1

 

 

STATEMENT OF ELIGIBILITY

UNDER THE TRUST INDENTURE ACT OF 1939 OF A

CORPORATION DESIGNATED TO ACT AS TRUSTEE

CHECK IF AN APPLICATION TO DETERMINE

ELIGIBILITY OF A TRUSTEE PURSUANT TO

SECTION 305(b)(2)      ¨

 

 

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON

(Exact name of trustee as specified in its charter)

 

New York   13-5160382

(Jurisdiction of incorporation

if not a U.S. national bank)

 

(I.R.S. employer

identification no.)

One Wall Street, New York, N.Y.   10286
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip code)

 

 

PPL Capital Funding, Inc.

(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware   23-2926644

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(I.R.S. employer

identification no.)

PPL Corporation

(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)

 

Pennsylvania   23-2758192

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(I.R.S. employer

identification no.)

 

Two North Ninth Street

Allentown, Pennsylvania

  18101-1179
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip code)

 

 

Subordinated Debt Securities

and Guarantees of Subordinated Debt Securities

(Title of the indenture securities)

 

 

 


1. General information. Furnish the following information as to the Trustee:

 

  (a) Name and address of each examining or supervising authority to which it is subject.

 

Name

  

Address

Superintendent of Banks of the State of New York    One State Street, New York, N.Y. 10004-1417, and Albany, N.Y. 12223
Federal Reserve Bank of New York    33 Liberty Street, New York, N.Y. 10045
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation    Washington, D.C. 20429
New York Clearing House Association    New York, N.Y. 10005

 

  (b) Whether it is authorized to exercise corporate trust powers.

Yes.

 

2. Affiliations with Obligor.

If the obligor is an affiliate of the trustee, describe each such affiliation.

None.

 

16. List of Exhibits.

Exhibits identified in parentheses below, on file with the Commission, are incorporated herein by reference as an exhibit hereto, pursuant to Rule 7a-29 under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (the “Act”) and 17 C.F.R. 229.10(d).

 

  1. A copy of the Organization Certificate of The Bank of New York Mellon (formerly known as The Bank of New York, itself formerly Irving Trust Company) as now in effect, which contains the authority to commence business and a grant of powers to exercise corporate trust powers. (Exhibit 1 to Amendment No. 1 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 33-6215, Exhibits 1a and 1b to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 33-21672, Exhibit 1 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 33-29637, Exhibit 1 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-121195 and Exhibit 1 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-152735).

 

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  4. A copy of the existing By-laws of the Trustee. (Exhibit 4 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-154173).

 

  6. The consent of the Trustee required by Section 321(b) of the Act (Exhibit 6 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-152735).

 

  7. A copy of the latest report of condition of the Trustee published pursuant to law or to the requirements of its supervising or examining authority.

 

- 3 -


SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Act, the Trustee, The Bank of New York Mellon, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of New York, has duly caused this statement of eligibility to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, all in The City of New York, and State of New York, on the 26th day of March, 2012.

 

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON
By:  

/s/    Teisha Wright

  Name: Teisha Wright
  Title: Senior Associate

 

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Exhibit 7 to Form T-1

Consolidated Report of Condition of

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON

of One Wall Street, New York, N.Y. 10286

And Foreign and Domestic Subsidiaries,

a member of the Federal Reserve System, at the close of business December 31, 2011, published in accordance with a call made by the Federal Reserve Bank of this District pursuant to the provisions of the Federal Reserve Act.

 

     Dollar Amounts In Thousands  

ASSETS

  

Cash and balances due from depository institutions:

  

Noninterest-bearing balances and currency and coin

     3,285,000   

Interest-bearing balances

     118,033,000   

Securities:

  

Held-to-maturity securities

     3,521,000   

Available-for-sale securities

     74,417,000   

Federal funds sold and securities purchased under agreements to resell:

  

Federal funds sold in domestic offices

     23,000   

Securities purchased under agreements to resell

     603,000   

Loans and lease financing receivables:

  

Loans and leases held for sale

     10,000   

Loans and leases, net of unearned income

     27,101,000   

LESS: Allowance for loan and lease losses

     374,000   

Loans and leases, net of unearned income and allowance

     26,727,000   

Trading assets

     5,841,000   

Premises and fixed assets (including capitalized leases)

     1,208,000   

Other real estate owned

     12,000   

Investments in unconsolidated subsidiaries and associated companies

     988,000   

Direct and indirect investments in real estate ventures

     0   

 

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Intangible assets:

  

Goodwill

     6,415,000   

Other intangible assets

     1,615,000   

Other assets

     13,507,000   
  

 

 

 

Total assets

     256,205,000   
  

 

 

 

LIABILITIES

  

Deposits:

  

In domestic offices

     127,980,000   

Noninterest-bearing

     91,500,000   

Interest-bearing

     36,480,000   

In foreign offices, Edge and Agreement subsidiaries, and IBFs

     85,660,000   

Noninterest-bearing

     2,710,000   

Interest-bearing

     82,950,000   

Federal funds purchased and securities sold under agreements to repurchase:

  

Federal funds purchased in domestic offices

     2,166,000   

Securities sold under agreements to repurchase

     1,010,000   

Trading liabilities

     7,283,000   

Other borrowed money: (includes mortgage indebtedness and obligations under capitalized leases)

     1,877,000   

Not applicable

  

Not applicable

  

Subordinated notes and debentures

     3,505,000   

Other liabilities

     8,465,000   
  

 

 

 

Total liabilities

     237,946,000   
  

 

 

 

EQUITY CAPITAL

  

Perpetual preferred stock and related surplus

     0   

Common stock

     1,135,000   

Surplus (exclude all surplus related to preferred stock)

     9,607,000   

Retained earnings

     8,450,000   

Accumulated other comprehensive income

     -1,283,000   

Other equity capital components

     0   

Total bank equity capital

     17,909,000   

Noncontrolling (minority) interests in consolidated subsidiaries

     350,000   

Total equity capital

     18,259,000   
  

 

 

 

Total liabilities and equity capital

     256,205,000   
  

 

 

 

 

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I, Thomas P. Gibbons, Chief Financial Officer of the above-named bank do hereby declare that this Report of Condition is true and correct to the best of my knowledge and belief.

 

Thomas P. Gibbons,  
Chief Financial Officer  

We, the undersigned directors, attest to the correctness of this statement of resources and liabilities. We declare that it has been examined by us, and to the best of our knowledge and belief has been prepared in conformance with the instructions and is true and correct.

 

Gerald L. Hassell           
Catherine A. Rein         Directors   
John P. Surma           

 

 

 

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EX-25.6 29 d325485dex256.htm STATEMENT OF ELIGIBILITY OF TRUSTEE Statement of Eligibility of Trustee

Exhibit 25.6

 

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM T-1

 

 

STATEMENT OF ELIGIBILITY

UNDER THE TRUST INDENTURE ACT OF 1939 OF A

CORPORATION DESIGNATED TO ACT AS TRUSTEE

CHECK IF AN APPLICATION TO DETERMINE

ELIGIBILITY OF A TRUSTEE PURSUANT TO

SECTION 305(b)(2)     ¨

 

 

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON

(Exact name of trustee as specified in its charter)

 

New York   13-5160382

(Jurisdiction of incorporation

if not a U.S. national bank)

 

(I.R.S. employer

identification no.)

 

One Wall Street,

New York, N.Y.

  10286
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip code)

 

 

PPL Energy Supply, LLC

(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware   23-3074920

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(I.R.S. employer

identification no.)

 

Two North Ninth Street

Allentown, Pennsylvania

  18101-1179
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip code)

 

 

Subordinated Debt Securities

(Title of the indenture securities)

 

 

 

 


1. General information. Furnish the following information as to the Trustee:

 

  (a) Name and address of each examining or supervising authority to which it is subject.

 

Name

  

Address

Superintendent of Banks of the State of New York    One State Street, New York, N.Y. 10004-1417, and Albany, N.Y. 12223
Federal Reserve Bank of New York    33 Liberty Street, New York, N.Y. 10045
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation    Washington, D.C. 20429
New York Clearing House Association    New York, N.Y. 10005

 

  (b) Whether it is authorized to exercise corporate trust powers.

Yes.

 

2. Affiliations with Obligor.

If the obligor is an affiliate of the trustee, describe each such affiliation.

None.

 

16. List of Exhibits.

Exhibits identified in parentheses below, on file with the Commission, are incorporated herein by reference as an exhibit hereto, pursuant to Rule 7a-29 under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (the “Act”) and 17 C.F.R. 229.10(d).

 

  1. A copy of the Organization Certificate of The Bank of New York Mellon (formerly known as The Bank of New York, itself formerly Irving Trust Company) as now in effect, which contains the authority to commence business and a grant of powers to exercise corporate trust powers. (Exhibit 1 to Amendment No. 1 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 33-6215, Exhibits 1a and 1b to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 33-21672, Exhibit 1 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 33-29637, Exhibit 1 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-121195 and Exhibit 1 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-152735).

 

- 2 -


  4. A copy of the existing By-laws of the Trustee. (Exhibit 4 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-154173).

 

  6. The consent of the Trustee required by Section 321(b) of the Act (Exhibit 6 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-152735).

 

  7. A copy of the latest report of condition of the Trustee published pursuant to law or to the requirements of its supervising or examining authority.

 

- 3 -


SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Act, the Trustee, The Bank of New York Mellon, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of New York, has duly caused this statement of eligibility to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, all in The City of New York, and State of New York, on the 26th day of March, 2012.

 

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON
By:  

/s/     Teisha Wright

  Name: Teisha Wright
  Title: Senior Associate

 

- 4 -


 

Exhibit 7 to Form T-1

Consolidated Report of Condition of

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON

of One Wall Street, New York, N.Y. 10286

And Foreign and Domestic Subsidiaries,

a member of the Federal Reserve System, at the close of business December 31, 2011, published in accordance with a call made by the Federal Reserve Bank of this District pursuant to the provisions of the Federal Reserve Act.

 

     Dollar Amounts In Thousands  

ASSETS

  

Cash and balances due from depository institutions:

  

Noninterest-bearing balances and currency and coin

     3,285,000   

Interest-bearing balances

     118,033,000   

Securities:

  

Held-to-maturity securities

     3,521,000   

Available-for-sale securities

     74,417,000   

Federal funds sold and securities purchased under agreements to resell:

  

Federal funds sold in domestic offices

     23,000   

Securities purchased under agreements to resell

     603,000   

Loans and lease financing receivables:

  

Loans and leases held for sale

     10,000   

Loans and leases, net of unearned income

     27,101,000   

LESS: Allowance for loan and lease losses

     374,000   

Loans and leases, net of unearned income and allowance

     26,727,000   

Trading assets

     5,841,000   

Premises and fixed assets (including capitalized leases)

     1,208,000   

Other real estate owned

     12,000   

Investments in unconsolidated subsidiaries and associated companies

     988,000   

Direct and indirect investments in real estate ventures

     0   

 

- 5 -


Intangible assets:

  

Goodwill

     6,415,000   

Other intangible assets

     1,615,000   

Other assets

     13,507,000   
  

 

 

 

Total assets

     256,205,000   
  

 

 

 

LIABILITIES

  

Deposits:

  

In domestic offices

     127,980,000   

Noninterest-bearing

     91,500,000   

Interest-bearing

     36,480,000   

In foreign offices, Edge and Agreement subsidiaries, and IBFs

     85,660,000   

Noninterest-bearing

     2,710,000   

Interest-bearing

     82,950,000   

Federal funds purchased and securities sold under agreements to repurchase:

  

Federal funds purchased in domestic offices

     2,166,000   

Securities sold under agreements to repurchase

     1,010,000   

Trading liabilities

     7,283,000   

Other borrowed money: (includes mortgage indebtedness and obligations under capitalized leases)

     1,877,000   

Not applicable

  

Not applicable

  

Subordinated notes and debentures

     3,505,000   

Other liabilities

     8,465,000   
  

 

 

 

Total liabilities

     237,946,000   
  

 

 

 

EQUITY CAPITAL

  

Perpetual preferred stock and related surplus

     0   

Common stock

     1,135,000   

Surplus (exclude all surplus related to preferred stock)

     9,607,000   

Retained earnings

     8,450,000   

Accumulated other comprehensive income

     -1,283,000   

Other equity capital components

     0   

Total bank equity capital

     17,909,000   

Noncontrolling (minority) interests in consolidated subsidiaries

     350,000   

Total equity capital

     18,259,000   
  

 

 

 

Total liabilities and equity capital

     256,205,000   
  

 

 

 

 

- 6 -


I, Thomas P. Gibbons, Chief Financial Officer of the above-named bank do hereby declare that this Report of Condition is true and correct to the best of my knowledge and belief.

 

Thomas P. Gibbons,

Chief Financial Officer

 

We, the undersigned directors, attest to the correctness of this statement of resources and liabilities. We declare that it has been examined by us, and to the best of our knowledge and belief has been prepared in conformance with the instructions and is true and correct.

 

Gerald L. Hassell

Catherine A. Rein

John P. Surma

 

         Directors

 

 

 

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EX-25.7 30 d325485dex257.htm STATEMENT OF ELIGIBILITY OF TRUSTEE Statement of Eligibility of Trustee

Exhibit 25.7

 

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM T-1

 

 

STATEMENT OF ELIGIBILITY

UNDER THE TRUST INDENTURE ACT OF 1939 OF A

CORPORATION DESIGNATED TO ACT AS TRUSTEE

CHECK IF AN APPLICATION TO DETERMINE

ELIGIBILITY OF A TRUSTEE PURSUANT TO

SECTION 305(b)(2)    ¨

 

 

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON

(Exact name of trustee as specified in its charter)

 

New York   13-5160382

(Jurisdiction of incorporation

if not a U.S. national bank)

 

(I.R.S. employer

identification no.)

One Wall Street, New York, N.Y.   10286
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip code)

 

 

LG&E and KU Energy LLC

(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)

 

Kentucky   20-0523163

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(I.R.S. employer

identification no.)

220 West Main Street

Louisville, Kentucky

  40202-1377
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip code)

 

 

Debt Securities

(Title of the indenture securities)

 

 

 

 


1. General information. Furnish the following information as to the Trustee:

 

  (a) Name and address of each examining or supervising authority to which it is subject.

 

Name

  

Address

Superintendent of Banks of the State of New York

   One State Street, New York, N.Y. 10004-1417, and Albany, N.Y. 12223

Federal Reserve Bank of New York

   33 Liberty Street, New York, N.Y. 10045

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

   Washington, D.C. 20429

New York Clearing House Association

   New York, N.Y. 10005

 

  (b) Whether it is authorized to exercise corporate trust powers.

Yes.

 

2. Affiliations with Obligor.

If the obligor is an affiliate of the trustee, describe each such affiliation.

None.

 

16. List of Exhibits.

Exhibits identified in parentheses below, on file with the Commission, are incorporated herein by reference as an exhibit hereto, pursuant to Rule 7a-29 under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (the “Act”) and 17 C.F.R. 229.10(d).

 

  1. A copy of the Organization Certificate of The Bank of New York Mellon (formerly known as The Bank of New York, itself formerly Irving Trust Company) as now in effect, which contains the authority to commence business and a grant of powers to exercise corporate trust powers. (Exhibit 1 to Amendment No. 1 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 33-6215, Exhibits 1a and 1b to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 33-21672, Exhibit 1 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 33-29637, Exhibit 1 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-121195 and Exhibit 1 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-152735).

 

- 2 -


  4. A copy of the existing By-laws of the Trustee. (Exhibit 4 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-154173).

 

  6. The consent of the Trustee required by Section 321(b) of the Act (Exhibit 6 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-152735).

 

  7. A copy of the latest report of condition of the Trustee published pursuant to law or to the requirements of its supervising or examining authority.

 

- 3 -


SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Act, the Trustee, The Bank of New York Mellon, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of New York, has duly caused this statement of eligibility to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, all in The City of New York, and State of New York, on the 26th day of March, 2012.

 

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON
By:  

/s/     Teisha Wright

  Name: Teisha Wright
  Title: Senior Associate

 

- 4 -


 

Exhibit 7 to Form T-1

Consolidated Report of Condition of

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON

of One Wall Street, New York, N.Y. 10286

And Foreign and Domestic Subsidiaries,

a member of the Federal Reserve System, at the close of business December 31, 2011, published in accordance with a call made by the Federal Reserve Bank of this District pursuant to the provisions of the Federal Reserve Act.

 

     Dollar Amounts In Thousands  

ASSETS

  

Cash and balances due from depository institutions:

  

Noninterest-bearing balances and currency and coin

     3,285,000   

Interest-bearing balances

     118,033,000   

Securities:

  

Held-to-maturity securities

     3,521,000   

Available-for-sale securities

     74,417,000   

Federal funds sold and securities purchased under agreements to resell:

  

Federal funds sold in domestic offices

     23,000   

Securities purchased under agreements to resell

     603,000   

Loans and lease financing receivables:

  

Loans and leases held for sale

     10,000   

Loans and leases, net of unearned income

     27,101,000   

LESS: Allowance for loan and lease losses

     374,000   

Loans and leases, net of unearned income and allowance

     26,727,000   

Trading assets

     5,841,000   

Premises and fixed assets (including capitalized leases)

     1,208,000   

Other real estate owned

     12,000   

Investments in unconsolidated subsidiaries and associated companies

     988,000   

Direct and indirect investments in real estate ventures

     0   

 

- 5 -


Intangible assets:

  

Goodwill

     6,415,000   

Other intangible assets

     1,615,000   

Other assets

     13,507,000   
  

 

 

 

Total assets

     256,205,000   
  

 

 

 

LIABILITIES

  

Deposits:

  

In domestic offices

     127,980,000   

Noninterest-bearing

     91,500,000   

Interest-bearing

     36,480,000   

In foreign offices, Edge and Agreement subsidiaries, and IBFs

     85,660,000   

Noninterest-bearing

     2,710,000   

Interest-bearing

     82,950,000   

Federal funds purchased and securities sold under agreements to repurchase:

  

Federal funds purchased in domestic offices

     2,166,000   

Securities sold under agreements to repurchase

     1,010,000   

Trading liabilities

     7,283,000   

Other borrowed money: (includes mortgage indebtedness and obligations under capitalized leases)

     1,877,000   

Not applicable

  

Not applicable

  

Subordinated notes and debentures

     3,505,000   

Other liabilities

     8,465,000   
  

 

 

 

Total liabilities

     237,946,000   
  

 

 

 

EQUITY CAPITAL

  

Perpetual preferred stock and related surplus

     0   

Common stock

     1,135,000   

Surplus (exclude all surplus related to preferred stock)

     9,607,000   

Retained earnings

     8,450,000   

Accumulated other comprehensive income

     -1,283,000   

Other equity capital components

     0   

Total bank equity capital

     17,909,000   

Noncontrolling (minority) interests in consolidated subsidiaries

     350,000   

Total equity capital

     18,259,000   
  

 

 

 

Total liabilities and equity capital

     256,205,000   
  

 

 

 

 

- 6 -


I, Thomas P. Gibbons, Chief Financial Officer of the above-named bank do hereby declare that this Report of Condition is true and correct to the best of my knowledge and belief.

 

Thomas P. Gibbons,  
Chief Financial Officer  

We, the undersigned directors, attest to the correctness of this statement of resources and liabilities. We declare that it has been examined by us, and to the best of our knowledge and belief has been prepared in conformance with the instructions and is true and correct.

 

Gerald L. Hassell

           Directors

Catherine A. Rein

          

John P. Surma

          

 

 

 

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EX-25.8 31 d325485dex258.htm STATEMENT OF ELIGIBILITY OF TRUSTEE Statement of Eligibility of Trustee

Exhibit 25.8

 

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM T-1

 

 

STATEMENT OF ELIGIBILITY

UNDER THE TRUST INDENTURE ACT OF 1939 OF A

CORPORATION DESIGNATED TO ACT AS TRUSTEE

CHECK IF AN APPLICATION TO DETERMINE

ELIGIBILITY OF A TRUSTEE PURSUANT TO

SECTION 305(b)(2)    ¨

 

 

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON

(Exact name of trustee as specified in its charter)

 

New York   13-5160382

(Jurisdiction of incorporation

if not a U.S. national bank)

 

(I.R.S. employer

identification no.)

 

One Wall Street, New York, N.Y.   10286
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip code)

 

 

Louisville Gas and Electric Company

(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)

 

Kentucky   61-0264150

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(I.R.S. employer

identification no.)

 

220 West Main Street

Louisville, Kentucky

 

 

40202-1377

(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip code)

 

 

Debt Securities

(Title of the indenture securities)

 

 

 


1. General information. Furnish the following information as to the Trustee:

 

  (a) Name and address of each examining or supervising authority to which it is subject.

 

Name

  

Address

Superintendent of Banks of the State of New York    One State Street, New York, N.Y. 10004-1417, and Albany, N.Y. 12223
Federal Reserve Bank of New York    33 Liberty Street, New York, N.Y. 10045
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation    Washington, D.C. 20429
New York Clearing House Association    New York, N.Y. 10005

 

  (b) Whether it is authorized to exercise corporate trust powers.

Yes.

 

2. Affiliations with Obligor.

If the obligor is an affiliate of the trustee, describe each such affiliation.

None.

 

16. List of Exhibits.

Exhibits identified in parentheses below, on file with the Commission, are incorporated herein by reference as an exhibit hereto, pursuant to Rule 7a-29 under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (the “Act”) and 17 C.F.R. 229.10(d).

 

  1. A copy of the Organization Certificate of The Bank of New York Mellon (formerly known as The Bank of New York, itself formerly Irving Trust Company) as now in effect, which contains the authority to commence business and a grant of powers to exercise corporate trust powers. (Exhibit 1 to Amendment No. 1 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 33-6215, Exhibits 1a and 1b to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 33-21672, Exhibit 1 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 33-29637, Exhibit 1 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-121195 and Exhibit 1 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-152735).

 

- 2 -


  4. A copy of the existing By-laws of the Trustee. (Exhibit 4 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-154173).

 

  6. The consent of the Trustee required by Section 321(b) of the Act (Exhibit 6 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-152735).

 

  7. A copy of the latest report of condition of the Trustee published pursuant to law or to the requirements of its supervising or examining authority.

 

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SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Act, the Trustee, The Bank of New York Mellon, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of New York, has duly caused this statement of eligibility to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, all in The City of New York, and State of New York, on the 26th day of March, 2012.

 

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON

By:

 

/s/    Teisha Wright

  Name: Teisha Wright
  Title:   Senior Associate

 

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Exhibit 7 to Form T-1

Consolidated Report of Condition of

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON

of One Wall Street, New York, N.Y. 10286

And Foreign and Domestic Subsidiaries,

a member of the Federal Reserve System, at the close of business December 31, 2011, published in accordance with a call made by the Federal Reserve Bank of this District pursuant to the provisions of the Federal Reserve Act.

 

     Dollar Amounts In Thousands  

ASSETS

  

Cash and balances due from depository institutions:

  

Noninterest-bearing balances and currency and coin

     3,285,000   

Interest-bearing balances

     118,033,000   

Securities:

  

Held-to-maturity securities

     3,521,000   

Available-for-sale securities

     74,417,000   

Federal funds sold and securities purchased under agreements to resell:

  

Federal funds sold in domestic offices

     23,000   

Securities purchased under agreements to resell

     603,000   

Loans and lease financing receivables:

  

Loans and leases held for sale

     10,000   

Loans and leases, net of unearned income

     27,101,000   

LESS: Allowance for loan and lease losses

     374,000   

Loans and leases, net of unearned income and allowance

     26,727,000   

Trading assets

     5,841,000   

Premises and fixed assets (including capitalized leases)

     1,208,000   

Other real estate owned

     12,000   

Investments in unconsolidated subsidiaries and associated companies

     988,000   

Direct and indirect investments in real estate ventures

     0   

 

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Intangible assets:

  

Goodwill

     6,415,000   

Other intangible assets

     1,615,000   

Other assets

     13,507,000   
  

 

 

 

Total assets

     256,205,000   
  

 

 

 

LIABILITIES

  

Deposits:

  

In domestic offices

     127,980,000   

Noninterest-bearing

     91,500,000   

Interest-bearing

     36,480,000   

In foreign offices, Edge and Agreement subsidiaries, and IBFs

     85,660,000   

Noninterest-bearing

     2,710,000   

Interest-bearing

     82,950,000   

Federal funds purchased and securities sold under agreements to repurchase:

  

Federal funds purchased in domestic offices

     2,166,000   

Securities sold under agreements to repurchase

     1,010,000   

Trading liabilities

     7,283,000   

Other borrowed money: (includes mortgage indebtedness and obligations under capitalized leases)

     1,877,000   

Not applicable

  

Not applicable

  

Subordinated notes and debentures

     3,505,000   

Other liabilities

     8,465,000   
  

 

 

 

Total liabilities

     237,946,000   
  

 

 

 

EQUITY CAPITAL

  

Perpetual preferred stock and related surplus

     0   

Common stock

     1,135,000   

Surplus (exclude all surplus related to preferred stock)

     9,607,000   

Retained earnings

     8,450,000   

Accumulated other comprehensive income

     -1,283,000   

Other equity capital components

     0   

Total bank equity capital

     17,909,000   

Noncontrolling (minority) interests in consolidated subsidiaries

     350,000   

Total equity capital

     18,259,000   
  

 

 

 

Total liabilities and equity capital

     256,205,000   
  

 

 

 

 

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I, Thomas P. Gibbons, Chief Financial Officer of the above-named bank do hereby declare that this Report of Condition is true and correct to the best of my knowledge and belief.

 

Thomas P. Gibbons,

Chief Financial Officer

 

We, the undersigned directors, attest to the correctness of this statement of resources and liabilities. We declare that it has been examined by us, and to the best of our knowledge and belief has been prepared in conformance with the instructions and is true and correct.

 

Gerald L. Hassell

Catherine A. Rein

John P. Surma

 

         Directors

 

 

 

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EX-25.9 32 d325485dex259.htm STATEMENT OF ELIGIBILITY OF TRUSTEE Statement of Eligibility of Trustee

Exhibit 25.9

 

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM T-1

 

 

STATEMENT OF ELIGIBILITY

UNDER THE TRUST INDENTURE ACT OF 1939 OF A

CORPORATION DESIGNATED TO ACT AS TRUSTEE

CHECK IF AN APPLICATION TO DETERMINE

ELIGIBILITY OF A TRUSTEE PURSUANT TO

SECTION 305(b)(2)     ¨

 

 

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON

(Exact name of trustee as specified in its charter)

 

New York   13-5160382

(Jurisdiction of incorporation

if not a U.S. national bank)

 

(I.R.S. employer

identification no.)

 

One Wall Street, New York, N.Y.   10286
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip code)

 

 

Kentucky Utilities Company

(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)

 

Kentucky and Virginia   61-0247570

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(I.R.S. employer

identification no.)

 

One Quality Street

Lexington, Kentucky

  40507-1462
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip code)

 

 

Debt Securities

(Title of the indenture securities)

 

 

 


1. General information. Furnish the following information as to the Trustee:

 

  (a) Name and address of each examining or supervising authority to which it is subject.

 

Name

  

Address

Superintendent of Banks of the State of New York    One State Street, New York, N.Y. 10004-1417, and Albany, N.Y. 12223
Federal Reserve Bank of New York    33 Liberty Street, New York, N.Y. 10045
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation    Washington, D.C. 20429
New York Clearing House Association    New York, N.Y. 10005

 

  (b) Whether it is authorized to exercise corporate trust powers.

Yes.

 

2. Affiliations with Obligor.

If the obligor is an affiliate of the trustee, describe each such affiliation.

None.

 

16. List of Exhibits.

Exhibits identified in parentheses below, on file with the Commission, are incorporated herein by reference as an exhibit hereto, pursuant to Rule 7a-29 under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (the “Act”) and 17 C.F.R. 229.10(d).

 

  1. A copy of the Organization Certificate of The Bank of New York Mellon (formerly known as The Bank of New York, itself formerly Irving Trust Company) as now in effect, which contains the authority to commence business and a grant of powers to exercise corporate trust powers. (Exhibit 1 to Amendment No. 1 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 33-6215, Exhibits 1a and 1b to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 33-21672, Exhibit 1 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 33-29637, Exhibit 1 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-121195 and Exhibit 1 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-152735).

 

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  4. A copy of the existing By-laws of the Trustee. (Exhibit 4 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-154173).

 

  6. The consent of the Trustee required by Section 321(b) of the Act (Exhibit 6 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-152735).

 

  7. A copy of the latest report of condition of the Trustee published pursuant to law or to the requirements of its supervising or examining authority.

 

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SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Act, the Trustee, The Bank of New York Mellon, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of New York, has duly caused this statement of eligibility to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, all in The City of New York, and State of New York, on the 26th day of March, 2012.

 

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON
By:  

/s/     Teisha Wright

  Name: Teisha Wright
  Title: Senior Associate

 

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Exhibit 7 to Form T-1

Consolidated Report of Condition of

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON

of One Wall Street, New York, N.Y. 10286

And Foreign and Domestic Subsidiaries,

a member of the Federal Reserve System, at the close of business December 31, 2011, published in accordance with a call made by the Federal Reserve Bank of this District pursuant to the provisions of the Federal Reserve Act.

 

     Dollar Amounts In Thousands  

ASSETS

  

Cash and balances due from depository institutions:

  

Noninterest-bearing balances and currency and coin

     3,285,000   

Interest-bearing balances

     118,033,000   

Securities:

  

Held-to-maturity securities

     3,521,000   

Available-for-sale securities

     74,417,000   

Federal funds sold and securities purchased under agreements to resell:

  

Federal funds sold in domestic offices

     23,000   

Securities purchased under agreements to resell

     603,000   

Loans and lease financing receivables:

  

Loans and leases held for sale

     10,000   

Loans and leases, net of unearned income

     27,101,000   

LESS: Allowance for loan and lease losses

     374,000   

Loans and leases, net of unearned income and allowance

     26,727,000   

Trading assets

     5,841,000   

Premises and fixed assets (including capitalized leases)

     1,208,000   

Other real estate owned

     12,000   

Investments in unconsolidated subsidiaries and associated companies

     988,000   

Direct and indirect investments in real estate ventures

     0   

 

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Intangible assets:

  

Goodwill

     6,415,000   

Other intangible assets

     1,615,000   

Other assets

     13,507,000   
  

 

 

 

Total assets

     256,205,000   
  

 

 

 

LIABILITIES

  

Deposits:

  

In domestic offices

     127,980,000   

Noninterest-bearing

     91,500,000   

Interest-bearing

     36,480,000   

In foreign offices, Edge and Agreement subsidiaries, and IBFs

     85,660,000   

Noninterest-bearing

     2,710,000   

Interest-bearing

     82,950,000   

Federal funds purchased and securities sold under agreements to repurchase:

  

Federal funds purchased in domestic offices

     2,166,000   

Securities sold under agreements to repurchase

     1,010,000   

Trading liabilities

     7,283,000   

Other borrowed money: (includes mortgage indebtedness and obligations under capitalized leases)

     1,877,000   

Not applicable

  

Not applicable

  

Subordinated notes and debentures

     3,505,000   

Other liabilities

     8,465,000   
  

 

 

 

Total liabilities

     237,946,000   
  

 

 

 

EQUITY CAPITAL

  

Perpetual preferred stock and related surplus

     0   

Common stock

     1,135,000   

Surplus (exclude all surplus related to preferred stock)

     9,607,000   

Retained earnings

     8,450,000   

Accumulated other comprehensive income

     -1,283,000   

Other equity capital components

     0   

Total bank equity capital

     17,909,000   

Noncontrolling (minority) interests in consolidated subsidiaries

     350,000   

Total equity capital

     18,259,000   
  

 

 

 

Total liabilities and equity capital

     256,205,000   
  

 

 

 

 

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I, Thomas P. Gibbons, Chief Financial Officer of the above-named bank do hereby declare that this Report of Condition is true and correct to the best of my knowledge and belief.

 

Thomas P. Gibbons,

Chief Financial Officer

 

We, the undersigned directors, attest to the correctness of this statement of resources and liabilities. We declare that it has been examined by us, and to the best of our knowledge and belief has been prepared in conformance with the instructions and is true and correct.

 

Gerald L. Hassell

Catherine A. Rein

John P. Surma

 

         Directors

 

 

 

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