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
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): October 17, 2013
PORTLAND GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY | ||
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) | ||
Oregon | 001-5532-99 | 93-0256820 |
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) | (Commission File Number) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
121 SW Salmon Street, Portland, Oregon 97204
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (503) 464-8000
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Item 2.03 | Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant. |
On October 17, 2013, Portland General Electric Company (PGE) and certain institutional buyers (Buyers) in the private placement market entered into a Bond Purchase Agreement (Agreement) under which PGE would sell, and the Buyers would purchase, an aggregate principal amount of $155 million of PGE’s First Mortgage Bonds (Bonds).
Pursuant to the Agreement, the Bonds are expected to be issued under PGE’s Indenture of Mortgage and Deed of Trust, dated July 1, 1945, between PGE and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association (as successor to HSBC Bank USA, National Association) in its capacity as trustee, as amended and supplemented to date, and from time-to-time, including the Company’s Sixty-eighth Supplemental Indenture dated October 15, 2013. The Bonds will be redeemable at the option of PGE at the designated “make-whole” redemption price as described in the Sixty-eighth Supplemental Indenture.
The Bonds will consist of a Series due November 15, 2042, in the amount of $105 million, that will bear interest from its issue date until maturity at an annual rate of 4.74% and a Series due December 15, 2048, in the amount of $50 million, that will bear interest from its issue date until maturity at an annual rate of 4.84%.
The 4.74% Series is expected to be issued to the Buyers and funded, under a delayed draw, on or prior to November 15, 2013. The 4.84% Series, is expected to be issued to the Buyers and funded, under a delayed draw, on or prior to December 16, 2013.
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
PORTLAND GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY | ||||
(Registrant) | ||||
Date: | October 17, 2013 | By: | /s/ James F. Lobdell | |
James F. Lobdell | ||||
Senior Vice President of Finance, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer | ||||