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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
 
 
FORM
8-K
 
 
CURRENT REP​​​​​​​ORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): 
September 6, 2019
 
 
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
1-905
 
PPL Electric Utilities Corporation
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
(Pennsylvania)
Two North Ninth Street
Allentown, PA 18101-1179
(610)
774-5151
 
23-0959590
 
 
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:
Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
Soliciting material pursuant to Rule
14a-12
under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.14a-12)
Pre-commencement
communications pursuant to Rule
14d-2(b)
under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.14d-2(b))
Pre-commencement
communications pursuant to Rule
13e-4(c)
under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.13e-4(c))
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each class
 
Trading
Symbol(s)
 
Name of each exchange
on which registered
Common Stock of PPL Corporation
 
PPL
 
New York Stock Exchange
Junior Subordinated Notes of PPL Capital Funding, Inc.
2007 Series A due 2067
 
PPL/67
 
New York Stock Exchange
2013 Series B due 2073
 
PPX
 
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 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule
12b-2
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§
240.12b-2
of this chapter). 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.
  PPL Corporation
  PPL Electric Utilities Corporation 
     
 
 
Section 2 – Financial Information
Item 2.03 Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an
Off-Balance
Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant
and
Section 8 – Other Events
Item 8.01 Other Events
On September 3, 2019, PPL Electric Utilities Corporation (“PPL Electric”) entered into an underwriting agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) with Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, as representatives of the several underwriters (the “Underwriters”), relating to the offering and sale by PPL Electric of $400 million of 3.00% First Mortgage Bonds due 2049 (the “Bonds”).
The Bonds were issued on September 6, 2019, under PPL Electric’s Indenture (the “2001 Indenture”), dated as of August 1, 2001, to The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee, as previously supplemented and as supplemented by Supplemental Indenture No. 21 thereto (the “Supplemental Indenture”), dated as of September 1, 2019 (collectively, the “Indenture”). The Bonds will be secured by the lien of the Indenture, which creates a lien on substantially all of PPL Electric’s distribution properties and certain of its transmission properties, subject to certain exceptions and exclusions, as described therein.
The Bonds are due October 1, 2049, subject to early redemption. PPL Electric will use the net proceeds from the sale of the Bonds to repay short term indebtedness and for general corporate purposes.
The Bonds were offered and sold under PPL Electric’s Registration Statement on Form
S-3
on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (Registration No.
 333-223142-04).
A copy of the Underwriting Agreement is attached as Exhibit 1(a) to this report and incorporated herein by reference. The Supplemental Indenture and Officer’s Certificate are filed with this report as Exhibits 4(a) and 4(b), respectively.
Section 9 – Financial Statements and Exhibits
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
(d) Exhibits
Exhibit 
No.
   
Description
         
 
1(a)
   
         
 
4(a)
   
         
 
4(b)
   
         
 
5(a)
   
         
 
5(b)
   
         
 
23(a)
   
         
 
23(b)
   
         
 
104
   
Cover Page Interactive Data File (the Cover Page Interactive Data File is embedded within the Inline XBRL document).
 
 
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, each Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
PPL CORPORATION
     
By:
 
/s/ Marlene C. Beers
 
Marlene C. Beers
 
Vice President and Controller
PPL ELECTRIC UTILITIES CORPORATION
     
By:
 
/s/ Stephen K. Breininger
 
Stephen K. Breininger
 
Vice President–Finance and Regulatory
Affairs and Controller
Dated: September 6, 2019