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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 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) September 11, 2017

 

 

Virginia Electric and Power Company

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

 

 

Virginia   000-55337   54-0418825

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

120 Tredegar Street

Richmond, Virginia

  23219
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code (804) 819-2000

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

  Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant 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  ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant 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 11, 2017, Virginia Electric and Power Company (the Company) entered into an underwriting agreement (the Underwriting Agreement) with SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc., RBC Capital Markets, LLC, Scotia Capital (USA) Inc. and U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc., as Representatives for the underwriters named in the Underwriting Agreement, for the sale of (i) $550,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 2017 Series B 3.80% Senior Notes due 2047 (the Series B Senior Notes) and (ii) $200,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 2013 Series C 2.75% Senior Notes due 2023 (the Series C Senior Notes). The Series B Senior Notes and Series C Senior Notes are Senior Debt Securities that were registered by the Company under Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, pursuant to a registration statement on Form S-3, which became effective on June 30, 2017 (File No. 333-219085) and was amended by a post-effective amendment filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, which became effective on September 11, 2017. A copy of the Underwriting Agreement, including exhibits thereto, is filed as Exhibit 1.1 to this Form 8-K.

The Series B Senior Notes will be issued under the First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of September 1, 2017 (the First Supplemental Indenture), to the Company’s September 1, 2017 Senior Indenture (the 2017 Senior Indenture). The 2017 Senior Indenture and the First Supplemental Indenture are filed as Exhibits 4.1 and 4.2, respectively, to this Form 8-K. The Series C Senior Notes will be issued under the Twenty-Fifth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of March 1, 2013 to the Company’s June 1, 1998 Senior Indenture, as amended by the Nineteenth Supplemental and Amending Indenture dated as of November 1, 2008 (the 1998 Senior Indenture).

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

Exhibits     
1.1    Underwriting Agreement, dated September  11, 2017, among the Company and SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc., RBC Capital Markets, LLC, Scotia Capital (USA) Inc. and U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc., as Representatives for the underwriters named in the Underwriting Agreement.*
4.1    Senior Indenture, dated as of September 1, 2017, among the Company and U.S. Bank National Association.*
4.2    First Supplemental Indenture to the 2017 Senior Indenture pursuant to which the 2017 Series B 3.80% Senior Notes due 2047 will be issued. The form of the 2017 Series B 3.80% Senior Notes due 2047 is included as Exhibit A to the First Supplemental Indenture.*
4.3    Form of Senior Indenture, dated June  1, 1998, between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon (successor to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (formerly known as The Chase Manhattan Bank)), as Trustee (the Original Trustee) (Exhibit 4(ii), Form S-3, Registration Statement, File No. 333-47119, as filed on February 27, 1998, incorporated by reference).
4.4    Form of Nineteenth Supplemental and Amending Indenture to the 1998 Senior Indenture dated November  1, 2008 by and among the Company, the Original Trustee and U.S. Bank National Association, as Series Trustee (Exhibit 4.2, Form 8-K, File No.  001-02255, as filed on November 5, 2008, incorporated by reference).
4.5    Twenty-Fifth Supplemental Indenture to the 1998 Senior Indenture pursuant to which the 2013 Series C 2.75% Senior Notes due 2023 will be issued. The form of the 2013 Series C 2.75% Senior Notes due 2023 is included as Exhibit A to the Twenty-Fifth Supplemental Indenture (Exhibit 4.3, Form 8-K, File No. 001-02255, as filed on March 14, 2013, incorporated by reference).
5.1    Opinion of McGuireWoods LLP.*

 

* Filed herewith.


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 hereunto duly authorized.

 

VIRGINIA ELECTRIC AND POWER COMPANY
Registrant

        /s/ James R. Chapman

Name:   James R. Chapman
Title:   Senior Vice President – Mergers & Acquisitions and Treasurer

Date: September 13, 2017