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29-Aug-2008
Regulation FD Disclosure, Financial Statements and Exhibits
On September 2-4, 2008, members of senior management of PPL Corporation ("PPL" or the "Company") will participate in the Lehman Brothers CEO Energy/Power Conference in New York City. During this Conference, on Wednesday, September 3, 2008, James H. Miller, chairman, president and chief executive officer of PPL, will make a Webcast presentation and discuss the Company's corporate strategy and general business outlook with investors and financial analysts. A copy of the press release announcing this Webcast is attached as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference. In addition, a copy of the slides for this presentation is attached as Exhibit 99.2 and is incorporated herein by reference. The slides also will be available for 30 days on PPL's Internet Web site: www.pplweb.com.
During this Conference, it is expected that PPL representatives will reaffirm the Company's previously announced 2008 earnings forecasts of $2.17 to $2.27 per share from ongoing operations and $2.25 to $2.35 per share from reporting earnings, reflecting special items recorded through June 30, 2008, as well as its previously announced 2010 earnings forecast of $4.00 to $4.60 per share.
In addition to this Conference, representatives of PPL will be discussing the Company's business outlook with and making presentations to financial analysts and investors throughout September 2008. Unless it publicly discloses otherwise, PPL expects that during these meetings and discussions it will reaffirm the Company's earnings forecasts.
(d) Exhibits
99.1 - August 26, 2008 press release announcing PPL's presentation at Lehman
Brothers CEO Energy/Power Conference in New York City.
99.2 - Slides to be used with the presentation by members of PPL's senior
management at the Lehman Brothers CEO Energy/Power Conference in New
York City.
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"Earnings from ongoing operations" excludes the impact of special items. Special items include charges, credits or gains that are unusual or nonrecurring. Special items also include the mark-to-market impact of energy-related, non-trading economic hedges and impairments of securities in PPL's nuclear decommissioning trust funds. The mark-to-market impact of these hedges is economically neutral to the company because the mark-to-market gains or losses on the energy hedges will reverse as the hedging contracts settle in the future. Earnings from ongoing operations should not be considered as an alternative to reported earnings, or net income, which is an indicator of operating performance determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP). PPL believes that earnings from ongoing operations, although a non-GAAP measure, is also useful and meaningful to investors because it provides them with PPL's underlying earnings performance as another criterion in making their investment decisions. PPL's management also uses earnings from ongoing operations in measuring certain corporate performance goals. Other companies may use different measures to present financial performance.
Statements contained in this Form 8-K, including statements with respect to
future earnings, energy prices, margins and sales, growth, revenues, expenses
and pension costs, marketing performance, regulation, corporate strategy, and
generating capacity and performance, are "forward-looking statements" within the
meaning of the federal securities laws. Although PPL 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: market
demand and prices for energy, capacity and fuel; weather conditions affecting
customer energy usage and operating costs; competition in power markets; the
effect of any business or industry restructuring; the profitability and
liquidity of PPL and its subsidiaries; new accounting requirements or new
interpretations or applications of existing requirements; operating performance
of plants and other facilities; environmental conditions and requirements and
the related costs of compliance, including environmental capital expenditures
and emission allowance and other expenses; system conditions and operating
costs; development of new projects, markets and technologies; performance of new
ventures; asset acquisitions and dispositions; any impact of hurricanes or other
severe weather on our business, including any impact on fuel prices; receipt of
necessary government permits, approvals and rate relief; capital market
conditions and decisions regarding capital structure; the impact of state,
federal or foreign investigations applicable to PPL and its subsidiaries; the
outcome of litigation against PPL and its subsidiaries; stock price performance;
the market prices of equity securities and the impact on pension income and
resultant cash funding requirements for defined benefit pension plans; the
securities and credit ratings of PPL and its subsidiaries; political, regulatory
or economic conditions in states, regions or countries where PPL or its
subsidiaries conduct business, including any potential effects of threatened or
actual terrorism or war or other hostilities; foreign exchange rates; new state,
federal or foreign legislation, including new tax legislation; and the
commitments and liabilities of PPL and its subsidiaries. Any such
forward-looking statements should be considered in light of such important
factors and in conjunction with PPL's Form 10-K and other reports on file with
the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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