8-K 1 form8k122904.htm FORM 8-K DATED 12/29/04




UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549





FORM 8-K




CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934



Date of earliest event reported:  
December 29, 2004


Commission
File
Number

Exact name of registrants as specified in their
charters, address of principal executive offices and
registrants' telephone number

IRS Employer
Identification
Number


1-8841

2-27612


FPL GROUP, INC.
FLORIDA POWER & LIGHT COMPANY
700 Universe Boulevard
Juno Beach, Florida 33408
(561) 694-4000


59-2449419

59-0247775




State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization:  Florida



Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrants under any of the following provisions:


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SECTION 8 - Other Events



Item 8.01  Other Events


Reference is made to Item 3. Legal Proceedings in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2003 for FPL Group, Inc. (FPL Group) and Florida Power & Light Company (FPL) and Part II, Item 1. Legal Proceedings in the Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for each of the periods ended March 31, 2004 and September 30, 2004 for FPL Group and FPL.


On November 23, 2004, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, in which the Oorbeek and Berman, Klein and Phillips shareholder derivative suits were pending, issued its Order and Final Judgment of Dismissal approving the Stipulation and Agreement of Settlement of these lawsuits.  The court's order became final on December 29, 2004.  
















SIGNATURES


Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrants have duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.


FPL GROUP, INC.
FLORIDA POWER & LIGHT COMPANY

(Registrants)

Date:  January 3, 2005

K. MICHAEL DAVIS

K. Michael Davis
Controller and Chief Accounting Officer of FPL Group, Inc.
Vice President, Accounting, Controller and
Chief Accounting Officer of Florida Power & Light Company
(Principal Accounting Officer of the Registrants)