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15-Mar-2013
Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Ar
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Section 8 - Other Events
Item 8.01 Other Events
On March 12, 2013, PPL Capital Funding, Inc. ("PPL Capital Funding") and PPL Corporation ("PPL") entered into an Underwriting Agreement (the "Underwriting Agreement") with Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, UBS Securities LLC and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC as representatives of the several underwriters named therein (the "Underwriters"), relating to the offering and sale by PPL Capital Funding of $450,000,000 of its 2013 Series B Junior Subordinated Notes due 2073 (the "Subordinated Notes"), which amount includes the underwriters' option to purchase up to an additional $50,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Notes. The underwriters exercised such over-allotment option on March 14, 2013. The Subordinated Notes are fully and unconditionally guaranteed as to payment of principal, premium, if any, and interest under subordinated guarantees (the "Subordinated Guarantees") of PPL. A copy of the Underwriting Agreement is attached as Exhibit 1(a) to this Current Report on Form 8-K.
The Subordinated Notes were issued on March 15, 2013, under a subordinated
indenture (the "Subordinated Indenture"), dated as of March 1, 2007, among PPL
Capital Funding, PPL and The Bank of New York Mellon (formerly known as The Bank
of New York), as trustee, as supplemented by Supplemental Indenture No. 4
thereto (the "Supplemental Indenture"), dated as of March 15, 2013, and an
Officers' Certificate of PPL Capital Funding and PPL (the "Officers'
Certificate"), dated March 15, 2013, establishing the terms of the Subordinated
Notes. Copies of the Subordinated Indenture, Supplemental Indenture and
Officers' Certificate are attached or incorporated by reference as Exhibits
4(a), 4(b) and 4(c), respectively, to this Current Report. The maturity date of
the Subordinated Notes is April 30, 2073, subject to early redemption at PPL
Capital Funding's option. PPL Capital Funding and PPL expect the net proceeds
from the sale of the Subordinated Notes to be invested in or loaned to
subsidiaries of PPL, which will use the net proceeds to fund capital
expenditures and for general corporate purposes.
The Subordinated Notes and the Subordinated Guarantees were offered and sold under PPL's and PPL Capital Funding's joint Registration Statement on Form S-3 on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (Registration Nos. 333-180410 and 333-180410-06).
(d) Exhibits
1(a) Underwriting Agreement, dated March 12, 2013, among PPL Capital Funding, Inc., PPL Corporation and Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, UBS Securities LLC and
Wells Fargo Securities, LLC as representatives of the several
underwriters named therein.
4(a) Subordinated Indenture, dated as of March 1, 2007, among PPL
Capital Funding, Inc., PPL Corporation and The Bank of New
York Mellon (formerly known as The Bank of New York), as
Trustee (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4(a) to
PPL Corporation's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on March
20, 2007, File No. 001-11459).
4(b) Supplemental Indenture No. 4, dated as of March 15, 2013,
among PPL Capital Funding, Inc., PPL Corporation and The Bank
of New York Mellon (formerly known as The Bank of New York),
as Trustee.
4(c) Officers' Certificate, dated March 15, 2013, pursuant to
Section 301 of the Indenture.
5(a) Opinion of Frederick C. Paine, Senior Counsel of PPL Services
Corporation.
5(b) Opinion of Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP.
23(a) Consent of Frederick C. Paine, Senior Counsel of PPL Services
Corporation (included as part of Exhibit 5(a)).
23(b) Consent of Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP (included as part of
Exhibit 5(b)).
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