-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, Cbyf9hNl4xHaBb+F4N1DN8a8wErKoEZt54iPfYu3iB0A0rzeoM/IgACmI69EOVPb 5/OymXZ27gPNaQzYgtf37Q== 0000922224-07-000105.txt : 20070912 0000922224-07-000105.hdr.sgml : 20070912 20070912154305 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000922224-07-000105 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20070912 ITEM INFORMATION: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement ITEM INFORMATION: Other Events ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20070912 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20070912 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: PPL CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000922224 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: ELECTRIC SERVICES [4911] IRS NUMBER: 232758192 STATE OF INCORPORATION: PA FISCAL YEAR END: 0330 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-11459 FILM NUMBER: 071113280 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: TWO N NINTH ST CITY: ALLENTOWN STATE: PA ZIP: 181011179 BUSINESS PHONE: 6107745151 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: TWO N NINTH ST CITY: ALLENTOWN STATE: PA ZIP: 18101-1179 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: PP&L RESOURCES INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19941123 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: PPL ENERGY SUPPLY LLC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001161976 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: ELECTRIC SERVICES [4911] IRS NUMBER: 000000000 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-32944 FILM NUMBER: 071113281 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: TWO NORTH NINETH STREET CITY: ALLENTOWN STATE: PA ZIP: 18101 BUSINESS PHONE: 6107745151 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: TWO NORTH NINTH STREET CITY: ALLENTOWN STATE: PA ZIP: 18101 8-K 1 ppl8k.htm PPL CORPORATION FORM 8-K ppl8k.htm
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C.  20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):  September 12, 2007

Commission File
Number
Registrant; State of Incorporation;
Address and Telephone Number
IRS Employer
Identification No.
     
1-11459
PPL Corporation
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
(Pennsylvania)
Two North Ninth Street
Allentown, PA  18101-1179
(610) 774-5151
23-2758192
     
333-74794
PPL Energy Supply, LLC
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
(Delaware)
Two North Ninth Street
Allentown, PA  18101-1179
(610) 774-5151
23-3074920
     
     
     

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

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Section 1 –  Registrants’ Business and Operations

Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement

Section 8 - Other Events

Item 8.01 Other Events

On September 12, 2007, PPL Corporation (“PPL”) issued a press release announcing that it has entered into an agreement to sell its 95.4% equity ownership in Empresas Emel S.A., its Chilean electricity delivery business, to Compañía General de Electricidad, S.A. for $660 million.  Completion of the sale, which will occur following a tender offer for all shares as required under Chilean law, is subject to customary closing conditions and is expected to occur in the fourth quarter of 2007.  PPL announced that it expects to record a special after-tax earnings gain on the sale of $205 million to $225 million, or 53 to 58 cents per share, in the fourth quarter. A copy of the press release announcing the sale is attached as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.



Section 9 - Financial Statements and Exhibits

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

 
(d)
 
Exhibits
 
         
     
99.1 -
Press release, dated September 12, 2007, announcing that PPL has agreed to sell its Chilean operations.
         



SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrants have duly caused this report to be signed on their behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


 
PPL CORPORATION
       
 
By:
/s/ J. Matt Simmons, Jr.
 
   
J. Matt Simmons, Jr.
Vice President and Controller
 


 
PPL ENERGY SUPPLY, LLC
       
 
By:
/s/ J. Matt Simmons, Jr.
 
   
J. Matt Simmons, Jr.
Vice President and Controller
 






Dated:  September 12, 2007
EX-99.1 2 ppl8kexhibit99-1.htm EXHIBIT 99.1 ppl8kexhibit99-1.htm
Exhibit 99.1

www.pplnewsroom.com


Contact:
George Biechler, 610-774-5997
 
PPL Corporation
 
Two North Ninth St.
 
Allentown, PA 18101
 
Fax 610-774-5281


PPL Reaches Agreement to Sell Chilean Company

ALLENTOWN, Pa. (Sept. 12, 2007) – PPL Corporation (NYSE: PPL) announced Wednesday (9/12) that it has agreed to sell its controlling interest in a Chilean electricity delivery business to Compañía General de Electricidad S.A. (CGE).
CGE has agreed to acquire PPL’s 95.4 percent interest in Empresas Emel S.A. (Emel) for $660 million. The transaction is expected to close by mid-November 2007, following a public tender process for the total shares issued by Emel.
Emel, headquartered in Santiago, has 575,000 electricity delivery customers in central and northern Chile.
As a result of the sale, PPL said it expects to record a fourth-quarter special after-tax earnings gain in the range of $205 million to $225 million, or 53 to 58 cents per share, subject to final accounting and tax calculations.
“There was robust interest in the Chilean operations, interest that resulted in the process moving even more quickly than we had anticipated,” said Rick L. Klingensmith, president of PPL Global, the company’s international subsidiary. He noted that the Chilean operations have shown significant improvement in profitability, customer service, reliability and safety -- improvements that make Emel one of the top service companies in Chile.
PPL announced its intention to sell its Latin American operations in March, saying that, since it did not intend to significantly grow its interests in the region, it was acting to take advantage of attractive market valuations for solidly performing operations in the region. The company completed sales of its electricity delivery companies in El Salvador and Bolivia in May and July, respectively.
PPL Global companies continue to provide electricity delivery services to 2.5 million customers in the United Kingdom. PPL has said it has no plans to sell the U.K. businesses, which accounted for about 25 percent of PPL’s annual earnings in 2006.
The company has said that one of the options for proceeds from the Latin American sales would be to invest in growth opportunities in its core business of generating, marketing and delivering electricity. Other options include repurchase of a portion of the company’s debt and common stock.
J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. advised PPL on the sales process.
CGE is one of the largest electricity companies in Chile and has operations focused in electricity distribution, transmission and generation. The company delivers electricity to more than 1.5 million customers in central and southern Chile and more than 700,000 customers in Argentina. CGE also has operations in the liquefied petroleum gas market in Chile, and in natural gas markets in Chile and Argentina.
PPL Corporation, headquartered in Allentown, Pa., controls more than 11,000 megawatts of generating capacity in the United States, sells energy in key U.S. markets and delivers electricity to about 4 million customers in Pennsylvania and the United Kingdom.
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Note to Editors: Visit PPL’s media Web site at www.pplnewsroom.com for additional news and background about the corporation and its subsidiaries.

Certain statements contained in this news release, including statements with respect to future earnings impacts and business disposition, are "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the federal securities laws. Although PPL Corporation believes that the expectations and assumptions reflected in these forward-looking statements are reasonable, these statements involve a number of risks and uncertainties, and actual results may differ materially from the results discussed in the statements. The following are among the important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking statements: political, regulatory or economic developments and conditions in foreign countries; capital markets; disposition proceeds; and foreign exchange rates. Any such forward-looking statements should be considered in light of such factors and in conjunction with PPL Corporation's Form 10-K and other reports on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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