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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): February 22, 2024
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PORTLAND GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY |
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) |
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Oregon | 001-5532-99 | 93-0256820 |
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) | (Commission File Number) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
121 SW Salmon Street, Portland, Oregon 97204
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (503) 464-8000
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
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(Title of class) | (Trading Symbol) | (Name of exchange on which registered) |
Common Stock, no par value | POR | New York Stock Exchange |
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
Emerging growth company ☐
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. [ ]
Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Agreement.
On February 22, 2024, Portland General Electric Company (“PGE” or the “Company”) entered into a Bond Purchase Agreement (the “Agreement”) with certain institutional buyers (the “Buyers”) in the private placement market, related to the sale by the Company of $450 million aggregate principal amount of the Company's First Mortgage Bonds (the “Bonds”). The Bonds consist of:
•a series, due in 2029, in the amount of $100 million that will bear interest from its issuance date at an annual rate of 5.15%;
•a series, due in 2034, in the amount of $100 million that will bear interest from its issuance date at an annual rate of 5.36%; and
•a series, due in 2054, in the amount of $250 million that will bear interest from its issuance date at an annual rate of 5.73%.
Proceeds of the sale of the Bonds will be used to refinance existing debt, for general corporate purposes, and for capital expenditures.
The Bonds were issued and funded in full on February 22, 2024.
Pursuant to the Agreement, the Bonds were issued under PGE’s Indenture of Mortgage and Deed of Trust, dated July 1, 1945, by and between PGE and Computershare Trust Company, National Association (as successor to Wells Fargo Bank, National Association) in its capacity as trustee, as amended and supplemented to date and from time-to-time, including the Eighty-Second Supplemental Indenture, dated as of February 15, 2024. The Bonds are redeemable at the option of PGE at the designated redemption price as described in the Eighty-Second Supplemental Indenture.
The foregoing description of the Bonds does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the complete text of the Eighty-Second Supplemental Indenture, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 4.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 2.03 Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.
The information set forth in Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
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(d) | | Exhibits. | |
4.1 | | | |
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104 | | Cover page information from Portland General Electric Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed February 23, 2024, formatted in iXBRL (Inline Extensible Business Reporting Language). | |
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
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| | | | PORTLAND GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY |
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Date: | February 23, 2024 | | By: | /s/ Joseph R. Trpik |
| | | | Joseph R. Trpik |
| | | | Senior Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer |