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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
September 5, 2023
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)
 
Commission
File Number
  
Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter
State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization
Address of principal executive offices
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code
  
IRS Employer
Identification No.
333-90553
  
MIDAMERICAN FUNDING, LLC
(An Iowa Limited Liability Company)
666 Grand Avenue, Suite 500
Des Moines, Iowa 50309-2580
(515)
242-4300
  
47-0819200
     
333-15387
  
MIDAMERICAN ENERGY COMPANY
(An Iowa Corporation)
666 Grand Avenue, Suite 500
Des Moines, Iowa 50309-2580
(515)
242-4300
  
42-1425214
 
 
N/A
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)
 
 
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Registrant
 
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
MIDAMERICAN FUNDING, LLC   None
MIDAMERICAN ENERGY COMPANY   None
Indicate by check mark whethe
r either r
egistrant 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  
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egistrant 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 8.01.
Other Events.
On September 7, 2023, MidAmerican Energy Company (the “Company”) issued $350,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 5.350% First Mortgage Bonds due 2034 and $1,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 5.850% First Mortgage Bonds due 2054 (collectively, the “First Mortgage Bonds”). The First Mortgage Bonds were offered and sold pursuant to the provisions of an underwriting agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) among the Company, Barclays Capital Inc., Citigroup Global Markets Inc., MUFG Securities Americas Inc., Scotia Capital (USA) Inc. and U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc., as representatives for several underwriters (collectively, the “Underwriters”) dated September 5, 2023. The Underwriting Agreement contains certain customary representations, warranties and covenants concerning the Company and
 
the registration statement relating to the offering of the First Mortgage Bonds. In addition, the Company has agreed to indemnify the Underwriters against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
The First Mortgage Bonds were issued pursuant to the Indenture date
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eptember 9, 2013 (the “Indenture”), between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee, as amended by the First Supplemental Indenture date
d S
eptember 19, 2013 (the “First Supplemental Indenture”), and as supplemented by the Eleventh Supplemental Indenture date
d S
eptember 7, 2023 (the “Eleventh Supplemental Indenture”).
The First Mortgage Bonds are secured by a first mortgage lien on substantially all of the Company’s electric generating, transmission and distribution property within the State of Iowa, subject to certain exceptions and permitted encumbrances, created by a Mortgage, Security Agreement, Fixture Filing and Financing Statement date
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eptember 9, 2013, from the Company to The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as collateral trustee, as may be amended or supplemented from time to time.
The First Mortgage Bonds are secured equally and ratably with the Company’s currently outstanding senior notes as required by the terms of the indentures under which such senior notes were issued, and with all of the Company’s other first mortgage bonds from time to time outstanding. The Company intends to allocate an amount equal to the net proceeds of the First Mortgage Bonds to finance or refinance, in whole or in par
t, existing or new E
ligible Projects (as defined in the Company’s prospectus supplement date
d S
eptember 5, 2023, which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 6, 2023
)
.
The First Mortgage Bonds will be redeemable prior to maturity, under the terms and conditions set forth in the Eleventh Supplemental Indenture.
The descriptions of the Underwriting Agreement, the Indenture, the First Supplemental Indenture, the Eleventh Supplemental Indenture and the First Mortgage Bonds are qualified in their entirety by reference to the Underwriting Agreement, the Indenture, the First Supplemental Indenture, the Eleventh Supplemental Indenture and the specimen global certificates evidencing each of the First Mortgage Bonds, copies of which are filed as exhibits to this Form
8-K.
 
Item 9.01.
Financial Statements and Exhibits
(d) Exhibits
 
Exhibit
No.
  
Description
   
  1.1    Underwriting Agreement, dated September 5, 2023
   
  4.1    Indenture, dated September 9, 2013 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated September 13, 2013)
   
  4.2    First Supplemental Indenture, dated September 19, 2013 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated September 19, 2013)
   
  4.3    Eleventh Supplemental Indenture, dated September 7, 2023
   
  4.4    Specimen of the 5.350% First Mortgage Bonds due 2034 (included in Exhibit 4.3 hereto)
   
  4.5    Specimen of the 5.850% First Mortgage Bonds due 2054 (included in Exhibit 4.3 hereto)
   
  5.1    Opinion of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
   
  5.2    Opinion of Jeffery B. Erb
   
23.1    Consent of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1 hereto)
   
23.2    Consent of Jeffery B. Erb (included in Exhibit 5.2 hereto)
   
104    Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document).

SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 193
4, each r
egistrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
 
       
MIDAMERICAN FUNDING, LLC
MIDAMERICAN ENERGY COMPANY
            (Registrant)
Date: September 7, 2023            
       
           
/s/ Blake M. Groen
            Blake M. Groen
            Vice President and Controller of MidAmerican Funding, LLC and
           
Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of
MidAmerican Energy Company