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5-Jan-2009
Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance She
On December 30, 2008, Heartland Wind, LLC (Heartland Wind), an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of FPL Energy, LLC (FPL Energy), amended its $322.5 million limited-recourse senior secured variable rate term loan agreement to increase it by $50 million to $372.5 million and, on December 31, 2008, borrowed an additional $50 million under the agreement, bringing the total amount borrowed to $372.5 million. FPL Energy is an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of FPL Group, Inc (FPL Group). Interest on the loan is payable quarterly and the principal is partially amortizing with a balloon payment on the total $372.5 million of approximately $123.7 million at maturity, which is in December 2016. The proceeds of the loan will be used to reimburse, in part, capital contributions made by FPL Energy to develop and construct wind generation facilities totaling 309 megawatts and associated transmission facilities located in North Dakota and Iowa. The total amount borrowed under the loan agreement is secured by liens on those wind generation assets and associated transmission facilities, and certain other assets of, and the ownership interest in, Heartland Wind. The loan agreement contains default and related acceleration provisions relating to the failure to make required payments, certain events in bankruptcy and other covenants applicable to Heartland Wind.
On December 30, 2008, FPL Group Capital Inc (FPL Group Capital), a wholly-owned subsidiary of FPL Group, sold an additional $50 million principal amount of its 7 7/8% Debentures, Series due December 15, 2015. The Debentures are fully and unconditionally guaranteed by FPL Group. The Debentures were sold pursuant to a Prospectus Supplement dated December 22, 2008 to a Prospectus dated May 3, 2007 and pursuant to Registration Statement Nos. 333-137120, 333-137120-01, 333-137120-02, 333-137120-03, 333-137120-04, 333-137120-05, 333-137120-06, 333-137120-07 and 333-137120-08, as amended. This Current Report on Form 8-K is being filed to report as exhibits certain documents in connection with this offering.
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5(a) Opinion and Consent, dated December 30, 2008, of
Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P., counsel to FPL
Group, Inc. and FPL Group Capital Inc, with respect
to the $50 million aggregate principal amount of
7 7/8% Debentures, Series due December 15, 2015
5(b) Opinion and Consent, dated December 30, 2008, of
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, counsel to FPL Group,
Inc. and FPL Group Capital Inc, with respect to the
$50 million aggregate principal amount of 7 7/8%
Debentures, Series due December 15, 2015
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