Ppl Energy Supply Llc - Prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)(2) (424B2)
12 Março 2008 - 7:05AM
Edgar (US Regulatory)
Filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)(2). Based upon the registration of $400 million of Senior Notes to be offered by means of
this prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus under the amended registration statement filed March 9, 2007, a filing fee of $15,720 has been calculated in accordance with Rule 457(r). This fee has been previously transmitted to the SEC.
This paragraph shall be deemed to update the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the registration statement referred to in the second sentence above.
Filed Pursuant to Rule 424(b)(2)
File Number 333-132574-01
PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT
(To Prospectus dated March 9, 2007)
$400,000,000
PPL Energy Supply, LLC
6.50% Senior Notes due 2018
PPL Energy Supply, LLC is offering its 6.50% Senior Notes due
2018 (the “Notes”). Interest on the Notes will be payable on May 1 and November 1 of each year, commencing on November 1, 2008 and at maturity, as further described in this prospectus supplement. The Notes will mature on May
1, 2018, unless redeemed on an earlier date. We may, at our option, redeem the Notes, in whole at any time or in part from time to time, as described herein. See “Description of the Notes—Redemption.”
Investing in the Notes involves certain risks. See “
Risk Factors
” beginning on page S-7 of this prospectus supplement and on page 4 of the accompanying prospectus.
These securities have not been approved or disapproved by the Securities and Exchange Commission or any state securities commission, nor has the Securities and Exchange Commission or any state securities commission
determined that this prospectus supplement or the accompanying prospectus is accurate or complete. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.
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Price to
Public(1)
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Underwriting
Discount
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Proceeds, Before
Expenses, to Us(1)
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Per Note
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99.661
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%
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.650
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%
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99.011
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%
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Total
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$
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398,644,000
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$
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2,600,000
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$
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396,044,000
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(1)
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Plus accrued interest, if any, from the date of issuance.
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The underwriters expect to deliver the Notes to the purchasers in book-entry form only through the facilities of The Depository Trust Company on or about March 14, 2008.
Joint Book-Running Managers
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Barclays Capital
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Goldman, Sachs & Co.
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RBS Greenwich Capital
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Senior Co-Managers
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KeyBanc Capital Markets
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Lehman Brothers
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Junior Co-Managers
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Toussaint Capital Partners, LLC
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The Williams Capital Group, L.P.
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The date of this prospectus supplement is March 11, 2008.
You should rely only on the information contained in or incorporated by reference in this prospectus supplement and
the accompanying prospectus. We have not authorized anyone to provide you with different information. We are not making an offer of these securities in any state where the offer is not permitted. You should not assume that the information contained
in or incorporated by reference in this prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus is accurate as of any date after the date of this prospectus supplement.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Prospectus
As used in this prospectus, the terms “we,” “our” and “us” may,
depending on the context, refer to PPL Energy Supply, LLC (“PPL Energy Supply”), or to PPL Energy Supply together with PPL Energy Supply’s consolidated subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
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ABOUT THIS PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT
This prospectus supplement is part of a registration statement that PPL
Energy Supply has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) utilizing a “shelf” registration process. Under this shelf process, we are offering to sell the Notes, using this prospectus supplement and the
accompanying prospectus. This prospectus supplement describes the specific terms of this offering. The accompanying prospectus and the information incorporated by reference therein describe our business and give more general information, some of
which may not apply to this offering. Generally, when we refer only to the “prospectus,” we are referring to both parts combined. You should read this prospectus supplement together with the accompanying prospectus before making a decision
to invest in the Notes. If the information in this prospectus supplement or the information incorporated by reference in this prospectus supplement is inconsistent with the accompanying prospectus, the information in this prospectus supplement or
the information incorporated by reference in this prospectus supplement will apply and will supersede that information in the accompanying prospectus.
Certain affiliates of PPL Energy Supply, specifically PPL Corporation, PPL Capital Funding, Inc. and PPL Electric Utilities Corporation, have also registered their securities on the “shelf” registration
statement referred to above. However, the Notes are solely obligations of PPL Energy Supply and not of PPL Corporation or any of PPL Corporation’s other subsidiaries or of any other affiliate of PPL Energy Supply. None of PPL Corporation, PPL
Capital Funding, Inc. or PPL Electric Utilities Corporation or any of PPL Energy Supply’s subsidiaries or other affiliates will guarantee or provide any credit support for the Notes.
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WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION
Available Information
PPL Energy Supply files reports and other information with the SEC. You may obtain copies of this information by mail from the Public Reference Room of
the SEC, 100 F Street, N.E., Room 1580, Washington, D.C. 20549, at prescribed rates. Further information on the operation of the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, D.C. can be obtained by calling the SEC at
1-800-SEC-0330.
Our parent, PPL Corporation, maintains an Internet Web site at www.pplweb.com. On the Investor Center page of that Web
site, PPL Corporation provides access to PPL Energy Supply’s SEC filings free of charge, as soon as reasonably practicable after filing with the SEC. The information at PPL Corporation’s Web site is not incorporated in this prospectus
supplement by reference, and you should not consider it a part of this prospectus supplement. PPL Energy Supply’s filings are also available at the SEC’s Web site (www.sec.gov).
In addition, reports and other information concerning PPL Energy Supply can be inspected at its offices at Two North Ninth Street, Allentown,
Pennsylvania 18101-1179.
Incorporation by Reference
PPL Energy Supply will “incorporate by reference” information into this prospectus supplement by disclosing important information to you by referring you to other documents that it files separately with the
SEC. The information incorporated by reference is deemed to be part of this prospectus supplement, and later information that we file with the SEC will automatically update and supersede that information. This prospectus supplement incorporates by
reference the documents set forth below that have been previously filed with the SEC. These documents contain important information about PPL Energy Supply.
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SEC Filings
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Period/Date
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Annual Report on Form 10-K
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Year ended December 31, 2007
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Current Report on Form 8-K
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Filed on January 2, 2008
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Additional documents that PPL Energy Supply files with the SEC pursuant to Sections 13(a),
13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, between the date of this prospectus supplement and the termination of the offering of the Notes are also incorporated herein by reference.
PPL Energy Supply will provide without charge to each person, including any beneficial owner, to whom a copy of this prospectus supplement has been
delivered, a copy of any and all of its filings with the SEC. You may request a copy of these filings by writing or telephoning PPL Energy Supply at:
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Two North Ninth Street
Allentown, Pennsylvania
18101-1179
Attention: Investor Services Department
Telephone: 1-800-345-3085
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SUMMARY
The following summary contains information about the offering by PPL Energy Supply of its Notes.
It does not contain all of the information that may be important to you in making a decision to purchase the Notes. For a more complete understanding of PPL Energy Supply and the offering of the Notes, we urge you to read this entire prospectus
supplement, the accompanying prospectus and the documents incorporated by reference herein carefully, including the “Risk Factors” sections and our financial statements and the notes to those statements.
The Offering
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Issuer
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PPL Energy Supply, LLC.
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Securities Offered
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$400,000,000 aggregate principal amount of PPL Energy Supply’s 6.50% Senior Notes due 2018.
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Stated Maturity Date
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May 1, 2018.
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Interest Payment Dates
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Interest on the Notes will be payable on May 1 and November 1 of each year, commencing on November 1, 2008 and at maturity or upon earlier redemption.
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Interest Rate
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6.50% per annum.
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Redemption
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The Notes may be redeemed at our option, in whole at any time or in part from time to time, at the redemption prices set forth in this prospectus supplement. The Notes will not be entitled to the benefit of
any sinking fund or other mandatory redemption and will not be repayable at the option of the holder of a Note prior to the Stated Maturity Date. See “Description of the Notes—Redemption.”
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Covenants
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Under the Indenture, we have agreed to certain restrictions on incurring secured debt and entering into certain transactions. See “Description of the Notes—Certain Covenants.”
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Listing
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We do not intend to list the Notes on any securities exchange.
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Form and Denomination
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The Notes will be initially registered in the form of one or more global securities, without coupons, in denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples in excess thereof, and deposited with the Trustee on
behalf of The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”), as depositary, and registered in the name of DTC or its nominee. See “Description of the Notes—General” and “Description of the Notes—Book-Entry Only
Issuance—The Depository Trust Company.”
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Ranking
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The Notes will be our unsecured and unsubordinated obligations and will rank equally with all of our other unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness from time to time outstanding. Because we are a holding
company, our obligations on the Notes will be effectively subordinated to existing and future liabilities of our subsidiaries. See “Risk Factors.”
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Use of Proceeds
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We expect to use the net proceeds from the sale of the Notes for general corporate purposes, including capital expenditures relating to the installation of pollution control equipment. Pending this use, such
proceeds may be loaned to other subsidiaries of PPL Corporation for working capital purposes or invested in short-term investments.
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Ratings
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Our senior unsecured debt is currently rated BBB by Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, Baa2 by Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. and BBB+ by Fitch Ratings. A credit rating reflects an
assessment by the rating agency of the creditworthiness associated with an issuer and particular securities that it issues. These ratings are not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold any securities of PPL Energy Supply. Such ratings may be subject
to revisions or withdrawal by these agencies at any time and should be evaluated independently of each other and any other rating that may be assigned to the securities.
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Reopening of the Series
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We may, without the consent of the holders of the Notes, increase the principal amount of the series and issue additional notes of such series having the same ranking, interest rate, maturity and other terms
(other than the date of initial issuance and, in some circumstances, the initial interest accrual date and the initial interest payment date) as the Notes. See “Description of the Notes—General.”
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Trustee
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The Bank of New York. See “Description of the Notes—Regarding the Trustee.”
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Governing Law
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The Notes and the Indenture are governed by the laws of the State of New York, except to the extent the Trust Indenture Act shall be applicable.
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RISK FACTORS
Before making a decision to invest in the Notes, you should carefully consider the risk
factors described below, the risk factors described on page 4 of the accompanying prospectus and the risk factors set forth in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007, beginning on page 10, as well as
the other information included in this prospectus supplement, the accompanying prospectus and the documents incorporated by reference in this prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus.
Our cash flow and ability to meet debt obligations largely depend on the performance of our subsidiaries and affiliates.
We are a holding company and conduct our operations primarily through subsidiaries. Substantially all of our consolidated assets are held by such
subsidiaries. Accordingly, our cash flow and our ability to meet our obligations under the Notes are largely dependent upon the earnings of these subsidiaries and the distribution or other payment of such earnings to us in the form of dividends,
loans or advances or repayment of loans and advances from us. The subsidiaries are separate and distinct legal entities and have no obligation to pay any amounts due on the Notes or to make any funds available for such payment.
Because we are a holding company, our obligations on the Notes will be effectively subordinated to all existing and future liabilities of our
subsidiaries. Therefore, our rights and the rights of our creditors, including rights of a holder of any Note, to participate in the assets of any subsidiary in the event that such a subsidiary is liquidated or reorganized will be subject to the
prior claims of such subsidiary’s creditors. To the extent that we may be a creditor with recognized claims against any such subsidiary, our claims would still be effectively subordinated to any security interest in, or mortgages or other liens
on, the assets of the subsidiary and would be subordinated to any indebtedness or other liabilities of the subsidiary senior to that held by us. Although certain agreements to which we and our subsidiaries are parties limit the ability to incur
additional indebtedness, we and our subsidiaries retain the ability to incur substantial additional indebtedness and other liabilities.
The debt agreements of some of our subsidiaries and affiliates contain provisions that might restrict their ability to pay dividends, make distributions or otherwise transfer funds to us upon failing to meet certain financial tests or other
conditions prior to the payment of other obligations, including operating expenses, debt service and reserves. We currently believe that all of our subsidiaries and affiliates are in compliance with such tests and conditions. Further, if we elect to
receive distributions of earnings from our foreign operations, we may incur United States taxes, net of any available foreign tax credits, on such amounts. Distributions to us from our international projects are, in some countries, also subject to
withholding taxes.
An active trading market for the Notes may not develop.
The Notes are new securities and we do not intend to apply for listing of the Notes on any securities exchange. We cannot assure that an active trading
market for the Notes will develop. There can be no assurances as to the liquidity of any market that may develop for the Notes, the ability of holders to sell their Notes or the price at which the holders will be able to sell their Notes. Future
trading prices of the Notes will depend on many factors including, among other things, prevailing interest rates, our operating results and the market for similar securities.
USE OF PROCEEDS
We expect to use the net proceeds from the sale of the Notes for general corporate purposes,
including capital expenditures relating to the installation of pollution control equipment. Pending this use, such proceeds may be loaned to other subsidiaries of PPL Corporation for working capital purposes or invested in short-term investments.
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CAPITALIZATION
The following table sets forth our historical unaudited consolidated cash and cash
equivalents and capitalization as of December 31, 2007:
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on an actual basis; and
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on an as adjusted basis to give effect to the issuance of the Notes in this offering and receipt of the estimated net proceeds after expenses.
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This table should be read in conjunction with our consolidated financial statements, the notes related thereto and the
financial and operating data incorporated by reference into this prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus.
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As of December 31, 2007
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Actual
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As Adjusted
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(In millions)
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Cash and cash equivalents
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$
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355
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751
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Long-term debt, including current portion
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$
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5,070
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5,070
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Notes offered hereby
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400
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Total long-term debt
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5,070
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5,470
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Minority Interest
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19
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19
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Member’s equity
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5,205
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5,205
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Total capitalization
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$
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10,294
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10,694
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DESCRIPTION OF THE NOTES
The following summary description sets forth certain terms and provisions of the
Notes that we are offering by this prospectus supplement. Because this description is a summary, it does not describe every aspect of the Notes or the Indenture under which the Notes will be issued, as described below. The Indenture is filed as an
exhibit to the registration statement of which the accompanying prospectus is a part. The Indenture and its associated documents contain the full legal text of the matters described in this section. This summary is subject to and qualified in its
entirety by reference to all of the provisions of the Notes and the Indenture, including definitions of certain terms used in the Indenture. We also include references in parentheses to certain sections of the Indenture. Whenever we refer to
particular sections or defined terms of the Indenture in this prospectus supplement, such sections or defined terms are incorporated by reference herein. The Indenture has been qualified under the Trust Indenture Act, and you should refer to the
Trust Indenture Act for provisions that apply to the Notes.
General
We will issue the Notes as a series of debt securities under our Indenture, dated as of October 1, 2001 (as such indenture has been and may be
amended and supplemented from time to time, the “Indenture”), to The Bank of New York (as successor to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (formerly known as The Chase Manhattan Bank)), as trustee (the “Trustee”). We may issue an unlimited
amount of Notes or other debt securities under the Indenture. The Notes and all other debt securities issued previously or hereafter under the Indenture are collectively referred to herein as the “Indenture Securities.”
The Notes will be our unsecured and unsubordinated obligations.
The Notes will be issued in fully registered form only, without coupons. The Notes will be initially represented by one or more fully registered global securities (the “Global Securities”) deposited with the
Trustee, as custodian for DTC, as depositary, and registered in the name of DTC or DTC’s nominee. A beneficial interest in a Global Security will be shown on, and transfers or exchanges thereof will be effected only through, records maintained
by DTC and its participants, as described below under “—Book-Entry Only Issuance—The Depository Trust Company.” The authorized denominations of the Notes will be $1,000 and any larger amount that is an integral multiple of
$1,000. Except in limited circumstances described below, the Notes will not be exchangeable for Notes in definitive certificated form.
The
Notes are initially being offered in one series in the principal amount of $400,000,000. We may, without the consent of the holders of the Notes, increase the principal amount of the series and issue additional notes of such series having the same
ranking, interest rate, maturity and other terms (other than the date of issuance and, in some circumstances, the initial interest accrual date and initial interest payment date) as the Notes. Any such additional notes may, together with the Notes,
constitute a single series of securities under the Indenture and may be treated as a single class for all purposes under the Indenture, including, without limitation, voting waivers and amendments.
Principal and Interest
The Notes will mature on
May 1, 2018 (the “Stated Maturity Date”) and will bear interest from the date of issuance at the rate of 6.50% per annum. Interest will be payable on May 1 and November 1 of each year (each, an “Interest Payment
Date”), commencing on November 1, 2008, and at Maturity (whether at the Stated Maturity Date, upon redemption, or otherwise). Subject to certain exceptions, the Indenture provides for the payment of interest on an Interest Payment Date
only to persons in whose names the Notes are registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date, which will be the April 15 or October 15 (whether or not a Business Day), as the case may be, immediately preceding the applicable
Interest Payment Date; except that interest payable at Maturity will be paid to the person to whom principal is paid.
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Interest on the Notes will be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months, and with
respect to any period less than a full calendar month, on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed during the period.
Payment
So long as the Notes are registered in the name of DTC, as depository for the Notes as described herein under “—Book-Entry Only
Issuance—The Depository Trust Company” or DTC’s nominee, payments on the Notes will be made as described therein.
If we
default in paying interest on a Note, we will pay such defaulted interest either:
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to holders of the Notes as of a special record date between 10 and 15 days before the proposed payment; or
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in any other lawful manner of payment that is consistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Notes may be listed for trading. (See
Section 307.)
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We will pay principal of and any interest and premium, if any, on the Notes at Maturity upon
presentation of the Notes at the corporate trust office of The Bank of New York in New York, New York, as our Paying Agent. In our discretion, we may change the place of payment on the Notes, and we may remove any Paying Agent and may appoint one or
more additional Paying Agents (including us or any of our affiliates). (See Section 602.)
If any Interest Payment Date,
Redemption Date or Maturity of a Note falls on a day that is not a Business Day, the required payment of principal, premium, if any, and/or interest will be made on the next succeeding Business Day as if made on the date such payment was due,
and no interest will accrue on such payment for the period from and after such Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date or Maturity, as the case may be, to the date of such payment on the next succeeding Business Day.
“Business Day” means any day, other than a Saturday or Sunday, that is not a day on which banking institutions or trust companies in The City
of New York, New York, or other city in which a paying agent for such Note is located, are generally authorized or required by law, regulation or executive order to remain closed. (See Section 113.)
Form; Transfers; Exchanges
So long as the Notes are
registered in the name of DTC, as depository for the Notes as described herein under “—Book-Entry Only Issuance—The Depository Trust Company” or DTC’s nominee, transfers and exchanges of beneficial interest in the Notes will
be made as described therein. In the event that the book-entry only system is discontinued, and the Notes are issued in certificated form, you may transfer Notes or exchange your Notes for other Notes in authorized denominations at the corporate
trust office of the Trustee. The Trustee acts as our agent for registering Notes in the names of holders and transferring debt securities. We may appoint another agent (including one of our affiliates) or act as our own agent for this purpose. The
entity performing the role of maintaining the list of registered holders is called the “Security Registrar.” It will also perform transfers. In our discretion, we may change the place for registration of transfer of the Notes and may
remove and/or appoint one or more additional Security Registrars (including us or any of our affiliates). (See Sections 305 and 602.)
There will be no service charge for any transfer or exchange of the Notes, but you may be required to pay a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith. We may block the transfer or exchange
of (1) Notes during a period of 15 days prior to giving any notice of redemption or (2) any Note selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Note being redeemed in part. (See Section 305.)
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Redemption
We may, at our option, redeem the Notes, in whole at any time or in part from time to time, at a redemption price equal to the greater of:
(i) 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be so redeemed; or
(ii) as determined by the Quotation Agent, the sum of the
present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest on the Notes to be so redeemed (not including any portion of such payments of interest accrued to the date of redemption) discounted to the Redemption Date on a
semi-annual basis at the Adjusted Treasury Rate, plus 50 basis points;
plus, in either of the above cases, accrued and unpaid interest to the
Redemption Date.
The redemption price for any redemption will be calculated assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day
months.
“Adjusted Treasury Rate” means, with respect to any Redemption Date, the rate per annum equal to the semi-annual
equivalent yield to maturity of the Comparable Treasury Issue, assuming a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury Price for that Redemption Date.
“Comparable Treasury Issue” means the United States Treasury security selected by the Quotation Agent as having an actual or interpolated
maturity comparable to the remaining term of the Notes to the Stated Maturity Date that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of comparable
maturity to the remaining term of the Notes.
“Comparable Treasury Price” means, with respect to any Redemption Date:
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the average of five Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for that Redemption Date, after excluding the highest and lowest Reference Treasury Dealer
Quotations; or
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if the Quotation Agent obtains fewer than five Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of all of those quotations received.
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“Quotation Agent” means one of the Reference Treasury Dealers appointed by us.
“Reference Treasury Dealer” means:
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each of Barclays Capital Inc., Goldman, Sachs & Co. and Greenwich Capital Markets, Inc., and their respective successors, unless any of them ceases to be a
primary U.S. Government securities dealer in New York City (a “Primary Treasury Dealer”), in which case we will substitute another Primary Treasury Dealer; and
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any two other Primary Treasury Dealers selected by us.
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“Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations” means, with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer and any Redemption Date, the average, as determined by the Quotation Agent, of the bid and asked prices for
the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount), as provided to the Quotation Agent by that Reference Treasury Dealer at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the third Business Day preceding that
Redemption Date.
The Notes will not be subject to a sinking fund or other mandatory redemption provisions and will not be repayable
at the option of the holder of a Note prior to the Stated Maturity Date.
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Notes will be redeemable upon notice by mail between 30 days and 60 days prior to the
Redemption Date. If less than all of the Notes are to be redeemed, the Trustee will select the Notes to be redeemed. In the absence of any provision for selection, the Trustee will choose a method of random selection that it deems fair and
appropriate. (See Sections 403 and 404.)
Notes called for redemption will cease to bear interest on the Redemption Date. We will
pay the redemption price and any accrued interest once you surrender the Note for redemption. (See Section 405.) If only part of a Note is redeemed, the Trustee will deliver to you a new Note of the same series for the remaining portion without
charge. (See Section 406.)
We may make any redemption at our option conditional upon the receipt by the Paying Agent, on or prior to
the date fixed for redemption, of money sufficient to pay the redemption price. If the Paying Agent has not received such money by the date fixed for redemption, we will not be required to redeem such Notes. (See Section 404.)
Events of Default
An “Event of Default”
with respect to the Notes will occur if
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we do not pay any interest on any Note within 30 days of its due date;
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we do not pay principal or premium, if any, on any Note on its due date;
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we remain in breach of a covenant or warranty in the Indenture (excluding a covenant or warranty specifically dealt with elsewhere in this section or a covenant or
warranty solely applicable to one or more series of Indenture Securities other than the Notes) for 60 days after we receive a written notice of default stating we are in breach and requiring remedy of the breach; the notice must be sent by
either the Trustee or Holders of at least 25% of the principal amount of the outstanding Notes; the Trustee or such Holders can agree to extend the 60-day period and such an agreement to extend will be automatically deemed to occur if we are
diligently pursuing action to correct the default;
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a matured event of default occurs, as defined in any of our instruments under which there may be issued or evidenced any of our Debt (as defined below), that has
resulted in the acceleration of such Debt in excess of $25 million, or any default in payment of our Debt in excess of $25 million at final maturity (and after the expiration of any applicable grace or cure periods); provided that the waiver or cure
of any such default under any such instrument or Debt shall constitute a waiver and cure of the corresponding Event of Default under the Indenture and the rescission and annulment of the consequences thereof shall constitute a rescission and
annulment of the corresponding consequences under the Indenture; or
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we file for bankruptcy or certain other similar events in bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or reorganization occur.
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(See Section 801 and Supplemental Indenture No. 9.)
No Event of Default with respect to the Notes necessarily constitutes an Event of Default with respect to the Indenture Securities of any other series issued under the Indenture.
Remedies
Acceleration
Any One Series.
If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing with respect to any one series of Indenture Securities, then either the
Trustee or the Holders of 25% in principal amount of the outstanding Indenture Securities of such series may declare the principal amount of all of the Indenture Securities of such series to be due and payable immediately.
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More Than One Series.
If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing with respect to more
than one series of Indenture Securities, then either the Trustee or the Holders of 25% of the aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Indenture Securities of all such series, considered as one class, may make such declaration of acceleration.
Thus, if there is more than one series affected, the action by the Holders of 25% of the aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Indenture Securities of any particular series will not, in itself, be sufficient to make a declaration of
acceleration. (See Section 802.)
Rescission of Acceleration
After the declaration of acceleration has been made and before the Trustee has obtained a judgment or decree for payment of the money due, such
declaration and its consequences will be rescinded and annulled, if
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the principal of and premium, if any, which have become due otherwise than by such declaration of acceleration and interest thereon;
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interest on overdue interest to the extent lawful; and
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all amounts due to the Trustee under the Indenture; and
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all Events of Default, other than the nonpayment of the principal which has become due solely by such declaration of acceleration, have been cured or waived as provided in the
Indenture. (See Section 802.)
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Compliance” below.
Control by Holders; Limitations
Subject to the Indenture, if an Event of Default with respect to the Indenture Securities of any one series occurs and is continuing, the Holders of a
majority in principal amount of the outstanding Indenture Securities of that series will have the right to
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exercise any trust or power conferred on the Trustee with respect to the Indenture Securities of such series.
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If an Event of Default is continuing with respect to more than one series of Indenture Securities, the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal
amount of the outstanding Indenture Securities of all such series, considered as one class, will have the right to make such direction, and not the Holders of the Indenture Securities of any one of such series.
The rights of such Holders to make direction are subject to the following limitations:
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the Holders’ directions may not conflict with any law or the Indenture; and
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the Holders’ directions may not involve the Trustee in personal liability where the Trustee believes indemnity is not adequate.
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The Trustee may also take any other action it deems proper which is not inconsistent with the Holders’ direction. (See Sections 812 and
903.)
In addition, the Indenture provides that no Holder of any Indenture Security will have any right to institute any proceeding,
judicial or otherwise, with respect to the Indenture for the appointment of a receiver or for any other remedy thereunder unless
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the Holders of 25% in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Indenture Securities of all affected series, considered as one class, have made written request
to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of that Event of Default and have offered the Trustee reasonable indemnity against costs, expenses and liabilities incurred in complying with such request; and
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for 60 days after receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity, the Trustee has failed to institute any such proceeding and no direction inconsistent
with such request has been given to the Trustee during such 60-day period by the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of outstanding Indenture Securities of all affected series, considered as one class.
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Furthermore, no such Holder will be entitled to institute any such action if and to the extent that such action would disturb or prejudice the rights of other such
Holders. (See Sections 807 and 903.)
However, each Holder has an absolute and unconditional right to receive payment when due and to
bring a suit to enforce that right. (See Sections 807 and 808.)
Notice of Default
The Trustee is required to give the Holders of the Notes notice of any default under the Indenture to the extent required by the Trust Indenture Act,
unless such default has been cured or waived; except that in the case of an Event of Default of the character specified in the third bullet point under “Events of Default” (regarding a breach of certain covenants continuing for 60 days
after the receipt of a written notice of default), no such notice shall be given to such Holders until at least 45 days after the occurrence thereof. (See Section 902.) The Trust Indenture Act currently permits the Trustee to withhold
notices of default (except for certain payment defaults) if the Trustee in good faith determines the withholding of such notice to be in the interests of the Holders.
We will furnish the Trustee with an annual statement as to our compliance with the conditions and covenants in the Indenture. (See Section 605.)
Waiver of Default and of Compliance
The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
outstanding Notes may waive, on behalf of the Holders of all outstanding Notes, any past default under the Indenture, except a default in the payment of principal, premium, if any, or interest, or with respect to compliance with certain provisions
of the Indenture that cannot be amended without the consent of the Holder of each outstanding Note affected. (See Section 813.)
Compliance with certain covenants in the Indenture or otherwise provided with respect to Indenture Securities may be waived by the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the affected Indenture Securities, considered as one
class. (See Section 606.)
Certain Covenants
Limitation on Asset Sales.
So long as any of the Notes remain outstanding, except for the sale of assets required to be sold to conform with governmental requirements and except for a sale of our assets as
or substantially as an entirety as contemplated under “—Consolidation, Merger and Conveyance of Assets as an Entirety,” we will not, and will not permit any of our subsidiaries to, consummate any Asset Sale, if the aggregate net book
value of all such Asset Sales consummated during the four calendar quarters immediately preceding any date of determination would exceed 15% of our consolidated total assets as of the beginning of our most recently ended full fiscal quarter; except
that any such Asset Sale will be disregarded for purposes of the 15% limitation specified above:
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if the assets subject to any such Asset Sale are being transferred to one of our wholly-owned subsidiaries;
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to the extent the assets subject to any such Asset Sale involve transfers of assets of or equity interests in connection with (a) the formation of any joint
venture between us or any of our subsidiaries and any other entity, or (b) any project development and acquisition activities;
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if the proceeds from any such Asset Sale (a) are, within 12 months of such Asset Sale, invested or reinvested by us or any of our subsidiaries in a
Permitted Business, (b) are used by us or one of our subsidiaries to repay Debt of the company or such subsidiary, or (c) are retained by us or our subsidiaries; or
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if, prior to any such Asset Sale, Moody’s and S&P confirm our then current senior unsecured long-term debt rating after giving effect to any such Asset
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“Asset Sale” means any sale of any assets, including by way of the sale by us or any of our subsidiaries
of equity interests in such subsidiaries.
“Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. and its successors and
assigns, or absent a successor, or if such entity ceases to rate the Notes, such other nationally recognized statistical rating organization as we may designate.
“Permitted Business” means a business that is the same or similar to the business of PPL Energy Supply or any of our subsidiaries as of the date hereof, or any business reasonably related thereto.
“S&P” means Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. and its
successors and assigns, or absent a successor, or if such entity ceases to rate the Notes, such other nationally recognized statistical rating organization as we may designate.
(See Supplemental Indenture No. 9.)
Restrictions on Secured Debt.
So long as any of the Notes remain outstanding, PPL Energy Supply will not create, incur or assume any Lien to secure Debt (in each case, as defined below) other than Permitted Liens (as defined
below) upon any of its property, without the consent of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes. This covenant will not, however, prohibit the creation, issuance, incurrence or assumption of any Lien if
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we deliver to the Trustee bonds, notes or other evidences of indebtedness secured by the Lien which secures such Debt in an aggregate principal amount equal to the
aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes and meeting certain other requirements set forth in the Indenture.
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This covenant applies to property held directly by PPL Energy Supply and will not restrict the ability of its subsidiaries and affiliates to create, incur or assume any Lien upon their assets, either in connection with project financings or
otherwise.
As used herein:
“Debt,” with respect to any entity, means:
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indebtedness of the entity for borrowed money evidenced by a bond, debenture, note or other similar written instrument or agreement by which the entity is obligated
to repay such borrowed money; and
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any guaranty by the entity of any such indebtedness of another entity.
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“Debt” does not include, among other things:
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indebtedness of the entity under any installment sale or conditional sale agreement or any other agreement relating to indebtedness for the deferred purchase price
of property or services;
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trade obligations (including obligations under agreements relating to the purchase and sale of any commodity, including power purchase or sale agreements and any
commodity hedges or derivatives regardless of whether any such transaction is a “financial” or physical transaction) or other obligations of the entity in the ordinary course of business;
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obligations of the entity under any lease agreement (including any lease intended as security), whether or not such obligations are required to be capitalized on
the balance sheet of the entity under generally accepted accounting principles; or
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liabilities secured by any Lien on any property owned by the entity if and to the extent the entity has not assumed or otherwise become liable for the payment
thereof.
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“Lien” means any lien, mortgage, deed of trust, pledge or security interest, in each case, intended
to secure the repayment of Debt, except for any Permitted Lien.
“Material Subsidiary” means PPL Global, PPL EnergyPlus or PPL
Generation.
“Permitted Liens” means any
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vendors’ Liens, purchase money Liens and other Liens on property at the time of its acquisition by us and Liens to secure or provide for the construction or
improvement of property, provided that no such Lien shall extend to or cover any of our other property;
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Liens on cash or securities (other than limited liability company interests issued by any Material Subsidiary), including any cash or securities on hand or in banks
or other financial institutions, deposit accounts and interests in general or limited partnerships;
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Liens on property or shares of capital stock, or arising out of any Debt, of any entity existing at the time the entity is merged into or consolidated with PPL
Energy Supply;
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Liens in connection with the issuance of tax-exempt industrial development or pollution control bonds or other similar bonds issued pursuant to Section 103(b)
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, to finance all or any part of the purchase price of or the cost of constructing, equipping or improving property, provided that such Liens are limited to the property acquired or constructed or
improved and to substantially unimproved real property on which such construction or improvement is located; provided further, that PPL Energy Supply may further secure all or any part of such purchase price or the cost of construction or
improvement by an interest on additional property of PPL Energy Supply only to the extent necessary for the construction, maintenance and operation of, and access to, such property so acquired or constructed or such improvement;
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Liens on contracts, leases, and other agreements; Liens on contract rights, bills, notes and other instruments; Liens on revenues, income and earnings, accounts,
accounts receivable and unbilled revenues, claims, credits, demands and judgments; Liens on governmental and other licenses, permits, franchises, consents and allowances; and Liens on certain intellectual property rights and other general
intangibles;
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Liens securing Debt which matures less than one year from the date of issuance or incurrence thereof and is not extendible at the option of the issuer, and any
refundings, refinancings and/or replacements of any such Debt by or with similar secured Debt;
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Liens on furniture, furnishings, computers, data processing, telecommunications and other equipment and facilities used primarily for administrative or clerical
purposes;
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Liens on property which is the subject of a lease agreement designating PPL Energy Supply as lessee and all PPL Energy Supply’s right, title and interest in
and to such property and such lease agreement, whether or not such lease agreement is intended as security;
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other Liens securing Debt the principal amount of which does not exceed 10% of the total assets of PPL Energy Supply and our consolidated subsidiaries as shown on
our most recent audited balance sheet; and
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Liens granted in connection with extending, renewing, replacing or refinancing, in whole or in part, the Debt secured by liens described above (to the extent of
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Consolidation, Merger and Conveyance of Assets as an Entirety; No Financial Covenants
Subject to the provisions described below, we have agreed in the Indenture to preserve our corporate existence. (See Section 604.)
We have also agreed not to consolidate with or merge into any other entity or convey, transfer or lease our properties and assets substantially as an
entirety to any entity unless:
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the entity formed by such consolidation or into which we merge or the entity which acquires or which leases our property and assets substantially as an entirety is
a corporation or limited liability company organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America or any State thereof or the District of Columbia, and expressly assumes, by supplemental indenture, the due and punctual payment of the
principal of and premium, if any, and interest, if any, on all outstanding Indenture Securities and the performance of all of our covenants under the Indenture; and
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immediately after giving effect to such transactions, no Event of Default, and no event which after notice or lapse of time or both would become an Event of
Default, will have occurred and be continuing. (See Section 1101.)
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any consolidation or merger after the consummation of which we would be the surviving or resulting entity;
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any conveyance or other transfer or lease of any part of our properties which does not constitute the entirety, or substantially the entirety thereof; or
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our approval of, or consent to, any consolidation or merger of any direct or indirect subsidiary or affiliate or any conveyance, transfer or lease by any such
subsidiary or affiliate of any of its assets. (See Section 1103.)
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Modification of Indenture
Without Holder Consent.
Without the consent of any Holders of Indenture Securities, we and the Trustee may enter into one or more supplemental indentures for any of the following purposes:
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to add one or more covenants or other provisions for the benefit of the Holders of all or any series or tranche of Indenture Securities, or to surrender any right
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to change or eliminate any provision of the Indenture or to add any new provision to the Indenture that does not adversely affect the interests of the Holders in
any material respect;
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to provide security for the Indenture Securities of any series;
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to establish the form or terms of Indenture Securities of any series or tranche as permitted by the Indenture;
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to provide for the issuance of bearer securities;
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to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment of a separate or successor Trustee;
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to provide for the procedures required to permit the utilization of a noncertificated system of registration for any series or tranche of Indenture Securities;
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notices and demands to or upon us may be served; or
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to cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency or to make any other changes that do not adversely affect the interests of the Holders in any material respect.
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If the Trust Indenture Act is amended after the date of the Indenture so as to require changes to the Indenture or so as
to permit changes to, or the elimination of, provisions which, at the date of the Indenture or at any time thereafter, were required by the Trust Indenture Act to be contained in the Indenture, the Indenture will be deemed to have been amended so as
to conform to such amendment or to effect such changes or elimination, and we and the Trustee may, without the consent of any Holders, enter into one or more supplemental indentures to effect or evidence such amendment. (See Section 1201.)
With Holder Consent.
Except as provided above, the consent of the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount
of the Indenture Securities of all outstanding series, considered as one class, is generally required for the purpose of adding to, or changing or eliminating any of the provisions of, the Indenture pursuant to a supplemental indenture. However, if
less than all of the series of outstanding Indenture Securities are directly affected by a proposed supplemental indenture, then such proposal only requires the consent of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding
Indenture Securities of all directly affected series, considered as one class. Moreover, if the Indenture Securities of any series have been issued in more than one tranche and if the proposed supplemental indenture directly affects the rights
of the Holders of Indenture Securities of one or more, but less than all, of such tranches, then such proposal only requires the consent of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Indenture Securities of all
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change the stated maturity of the principal or interest on any Indenture Security (other than pursuant to the terms thereof), or reduce the principal amount,
interest or premium payable, or change the currency in which any Indenture Security is payable, or impair the right to bring suit to enforce any payment;
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reduce the percentages of Holders whose consent is required for any supplemental indenture or waiver of compliance with any provision of the Indenture or of any
default thereunder and its consequences, or reduce the requirements for quorum and voting under the Indenture; or
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modify certain of the provisions in the Indenture relating to supplemental indentures and waivers of certain covenants and past defaults.
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A supplemental indenture which changes or eliminates any provision of the Indenture expressly included solely for the
benefit of Holders of Indenture Securities of one or more particular series or tranches will be deemed not to affect the rights under the Indenture of the Holders of Indenture Securities of any other series or tranche. (See Section 1202.)
We will be entitled to set any day as a record date for the purpose of determining the Holders of outstanding Indenture Securities of any
series entitled to give or take any demand, direction, consent or other action under the Indenture, in the manner and subject to the limitations provided in the Indenture. In certain circumstances, the Trustee also will be entitled to set a record
date for action by Holders. If such a record date is set for any action to be taken by Holders of particular Indenture Securities, such action may be taken only by persons who are Holders of such Indenture Securities at the close of business on the
record date. (See Section 104.)
The Indenture provides that certain Indenture Securities, including those for which payment or
redemption money has been deposited or set aside in trust as described under “—Satisfaction and Discharge” below, will not be deemed to be “outstanding” in determining whether the Holders of the requisite principal amount of
the outstanding Indenture Securities have given or taken any demand, direction, consent or other action under the Indenture as of any date, or are present at a meeting of Holders for quorum purposes. (See Section 101.)
Satisfaction and Discharge
Any Notes or any portion
thereof will be deemed to have been paid for purposes of the Indenture, and at our election, our entire indebtedness with respect to those Notes will be satisfied and discharged and no longer outstanding, if there shall have been irrevocably
deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent (other than us), in trust:
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to pay when due the principal of, and any premium, and interest due and to become due on such Notes or portions thereof on and prior to the Maturity
thereof. (See Section 701.)
The Indenture will be deemed satisfied and discharged when no Indenture Securities remain outstanding and
when we have paid all other sums payable by us under the Indenture. (See Section 702.)
All moneys we pay to the Trustee or any Paying
Agent on Notes that remain unclaimed at the end of two years after payments have become due may be paid to or upon our order. Thereafter, the Holder of such Note may look only to us for payment. (See Section 603.)
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Resignation and Removal of the Trustee; Deemed Resignation
The Trustee may resign at any time by giving written notice to us.
The Trustee may also be removed by act of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Indenture Securities of any series.
No resignation or removal of the Trustee and no appointment of a successor trustee will become effective until the acceptance of appointment by a
successor trustee in accordance with the requirements of the Indenture.
Under certain circumstances, we may appoint a successor trustee
and if the successor accepts, the Trustee will be deemed to have resigned. (See Section 910.)
Notices
Notices to Holders of the Notes will be given by mail to the addresses of the Holders as they may appear in the Security Register. (See Section 106.)
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PPL Energy Supply, the Trustee,
and any agent of PPL Energy Supply or the Trustee, will treat the person or entity in whose name the Notes are registered as the absolute owner of those Notes (whether or not such Notes may be overdue) for the purpose of making payments and for all
other purposes irrespective of notice to the contrary. (See Section 308.)
Governing Law
The Indenture and the Notes will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, except to the extent the Trust
Indenture Act shall be applicable and except to the extent that the law of any other jurisdiction shall mandatorily govern. (See Section 112.)
Regarding the Trustee
The Trustee under the Indenture is The Bank of New York (“BNY”) (as successor Trustee to
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (formerly known as The Chase Manhattan Bank)). In addition to acting as Trustee, BNY also maintains various banking and trust relationships with us and some of our affiliates.
Book-Entry Only Issuance—The Depository Trust Company
DTC will act as the initial securities depository for the Notes. The Notes will be issued in fully registered form and will be evidenced by one or more global Notes registered in the name of DTC’s partnership nominee, Cede &
Co., or such other name as may be requested by an authorized representative of DTC. The global Notes will be deposited with the Trustee as custodian for DTC.
DTC is a New York limited-purpose trust company organized under the New York Banking Law, a “banking organization” within the meaning of the New York Banking Law, a member of the Federal Reserve System, a
“clearing corporation” within the meaning of the New York Uniform Commercial Code, and a “clearing agency” registered pursuant to the provisions of Section 17A of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. DTC holds
securities for its participants (“Direct Participants”) and also facilitates the post-trade settlement among Direct Participants of sales and other securities transactions in deposited securities, through electronic computerized book-entry
transfers and pledges between Direct Participants’ accounts, thereby eliminating the need for physical movement of securities certificates. Direct Participants include both U.S. and
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non-U.S. securities brokers and dealers, banks, trust companies, clearing corporations and certain other organizations. DTC is a wholly-owned subsidiary
of The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (“DTCC”). DTCC, in turn, is owned by a number of Direct Participants of DTC and Members of the National Securities Clearing Corporation, Fixed Income Clearing Corporation and Emerging
Markets Clearing Corporation (NSCC, FICC, and EMCC, also subsidiaries of DTCC), as well as by the New York Stock Exchange, Inc., the American Stock Exchange LLC, and the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. Access to the DTC system is
also available to others such as both U.S. and non-U.S. securities brokers and dealers, banks, trust companies, and clearing corporations that clear through or maintain a custodial relationship with a Direct Participant, either directly or
indirectly (“Indirect Participants”). The rules that apply to DTC and those using its system are on file with the SEC.
Purchases
of the Notes under the DTC system must be made by or through Direct Participants, which will receive a credit for the Notes on DTC’s records. The ownership interest of each actual purchaser of each Note (“Beneficial Owner”) is in turn
to be recorded on the Direct and Indirect Participants’ records. Beneficial Owners will not receive written confirmation from DTC of their purchases, but Beneficial Owners are expected to receive written confirmations providing details of the
transactions, as well as periodic statements of their holdings, from the Direct or Indirect Participant through which they purchased Notes. Transfers of ownership interests on the Notes are to be accomplished by entries made on the books of Direct
and Indirect Participants acting on behalf of Beneficial Owners. Beneficial Owners will not receive certificates representing their ownership interests in Notes, except in the event that use of the book-entry system for the Notes is discontinued.
To facilitate subsequent transfers, all Notes deposited by Direct Participants with DTC are registered in the name of DTC’s nominee,
Cede & Co., or such other name as may be requested by an authorized representative of DTC. The deposit of the Notes with DTC and their registration in the name of Cede & Co. or such other nominee do not effect any change in
beneficial ownership. DTC has no knowledge of the actual Beneficial Owners of the Notes; DTC’s records reflect only the identity of the Direct Participants to whose accounts the Notes are credited, which may or may not be the Beneficial Owners.
The Direct and Indirect Participants will remain responsible for keeping account of their holdings on behalf of their customers.
Conveyance of notices and other communications by DTC to Direct Participants, by Direct Participants to Indirect Participants, and by Direct Participants and Indirect Participants to Beneficial Owners, will be governed by arrangements among
them, subject to any statutory or regulatory requirements as may be in effect from time to time. Notices will be sent to DTC.
Neither DTC
nor Cede & Co. (nor such other DTC nominee) will consent or vote with respect to the Notes unless authorized by a Direct Participant in accordance with DTC’s procedures. Under its usual procedures, DTC mails an omnibus proxy to us as
soon as possible after the record date. The omnibus proxy assigns the voting or consenting rights of Cede & Co. to those Direct Participants to whose accounts the Notes are credited on the record date.
Payments of the principal of and interest on the Notes will be made to Cede & Co. (or such other nominee of DTC). DTC’s practice is to
credit Direct Participants’ accounts upon DTC’s receipt of funds and corresponding detail information from us or the Trustee, on payable date in accordance with their respective holdings shown on DTC’s records. Payments by
participants to Beneficial Owners will be governed by standing instructions and customary practices and will be the responsibility of each participant and not of DTC, the Trustee or us, subject to any statutory or regulatory requirements as may be
in effect from time to time. Payment of the Purchase Price, principal and interest to Cede & Co. (or such other nominee of DTC) is our responsibility. Disbursement of such payments to Direct Participants will be the responsibility of DTC,
and disbursement of such payments to the Beneficial Owners is the responsibility of Direct and Indirect Participants.
A beneficial owner
will not be entitled to receive physical delivery of the Notes. Accordingly, each beneficial owner must rely on the procedures of DTC to exercise any rights under the Notes.
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DTC may discontinue providing its services as securities depository with respect to the Notes at any time
by giving us or the Trustee reasonable notice. In the event no successor securities depository is obtained, certificates for the Notes will be printed and delivered.
In addition, we may decide to discontinue use of the system of book-entry-only transfers through DTC (or a successor securities depository). In that event, and subject to DTC’s procedures, certificates will be
printed and delivered to DTC.
The information in this section concerning DTC and DTC’s book-entry system has been obtained from
sources that we believe to be reliable, but neither we nor the underwriters take any responsibility for the accuracy of this information.
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UNDERWRITING
The Company and the underwriters for the offering named below have entered into an underwriting
agreement with respect to the Notes. Subject to certain conditions, each underwriter has severally, but not jointly, agreed to purchase the principal amount of Notes indicated in the following table:
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taken.
Notes sold by the underwriters to the public will initially be offered at the initial public offering price set forth on the cover
of this prospectus supplement. Any Notes sold by the underwriters to securities dealers may be sold at a discount from the initial public offering price of up to .40% of the principal amount of Notes. Any such securities dealers may resell any Notes
purchased from the underwriters to certain other brokers or dealers at a discount from the initial public offering price of up to .25% of the principal amount of Notes. If all the Notes are not sold at the initial offering price, the underwriters
may change the offering price and the other selling terms.
The Notes are a new issue of securities with no established trading market. We
have been advised by the underwriters that they presently intend to make a market in the Notes as permitted by applicable laws and regulations. The underwriters are not obligated, however, to do so and any such market making may be discontinued at
any time without notice at the sole discretion of the underwriters. Accordingly, no assurance can be given as to the liquidity of, or trading markets for, the Notes.
In connection with the offering, the underwriters may purchase and sell Notes in the open market. These transactions may include short sales, stabilizing transactions and purchases to cover positions created by short
sales. Short sales involve the sale by the underwriters of a greater number of Notes than they are required to purchase in the offering. Stabilizing transactions consist of certain bids or purchases made for the purpose of preventing or retarding a
decline in the market price of the Notes while the offering is in progress.
The underwriters also may impose a penalty bid. This occurs
when a particular underwriter repays to the underwriters a portion of the underwriting discount received by it because the representatives have repurchased Notes sold by or for the account of such underwriter in stabilizing or short covering
transactions.
These activities by the underwriters, as well as other purchases by the underwriters for their own accounts, may stabilize,
maintain or otherwise affect the market price of the Notes. As a result, the price of the Notes may be higher than the price that otherwise might exist in the open market. If these activities are commenced, they may be discontinued by the
underwriters at any time. These transactions may be effected in the over-the-counter market or otherwise.
The Company estimates that its
share of the total expenses of the offering, excluding underwriting discounts and commissions, will be approximately $300,000.
The Company
has agreed to indemnify the several underwriters against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
In the ordinary course of their business, certain of the underwriters and their affiliates have engaged and may in the future engage in investment and commercial banking transactions with PPL Energy Supply and certain of its affiliates.
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VALIDITY OF THE NOTES
Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP, New York, New York, and Michael A. McGrail, Esq.,
Associate General Counsel of PPL Services Corporation, will pass upon the validity of the Notes for PPL Energy Supply. Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, New York, New York, will pass upon the validity of the Notes for the underwriters. As to matters
involving the law of the State of New York, Mr. McGrail will rely on the opinion of Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP.
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PPL Corporation
PPL Capital Funding, Inc.
PPL Energy Supply, LLC
PPL Electric Utilities Corporation
Two North Ninth Street
Allentown, Pennsylvania 18101-1179
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Common Stock, Preferred Stock,
Stock Purchase Contracts, Stock Purchase Units
and Depositary Shares
PPL Capital Funding, Inc.
Debt Securities and Subordinated Debt Securities
Guaranteed by PPL Corporation as described
in a supplement to this prospectus
PPL Energy Supply, LLC
Debt Securities, Subordinated Debt Securities and Preferred Securities
PPL Electric Utilities Corporation
Preferred Stock, Preference Stock, Depositary Shares and Debt Securities
We will provide the
specific terms of these securities in supplements to this prospectus. You should read this prospectus and the supplements carefully before you invest.
We may offer the securities directly or through underwriters or agents. The applicable prospectus supplement will describe the terms of any particular plan of distribution.
Investing in the securities involves certain risks. See “
Risk Factors
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PPL Corporation’s common stock is listed on the New York Stock
Exchange and the Philadelphia Stock Exchange and trades under the symbol “PPL.”
These securities have not been approved or
disapproved by the Securities and Exchange Commission or any state securities commission, nor has the Securities and Exchange Commission or any state securities commission determined that this prospectus is accurate or complete. Any representation
to the contrary is a criminal offense.
The date of this prospectus is March 9, 2007.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
ABOUT THIS PROSPECTUS
This prospectus is part of a registration statement that PPL Corporation, PPL Capital
Funding, Inc. (“PPL Capital Funding”), PPL Energy Supply, LLC (“PPL Energy Supply”) and PPL Electric Utilities Corporation (“PPL Electric”) have each filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC, using the
“shelf” registration process. Under this shelf process, we may, from time to time, sell combinations of the securities described in this prospectus in one or more offerings. Each time we sell securities, we will provide a prospectus
supplement that will contain a description of the securities we will offer and specific information about the terms of that offering. The prospectus supplement may also add, update or change information contained in this prospectus. You should read
both this prospectus and any prospectus supplement together with additional information described under “Where You Can Find More Information.”
We may use this prospectus to offer from time to time:
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Debt Securities or subordinated debt securities of PPL Capital Funding, preferred trust securities of a subsidiary trust or United States Treasury securities) that are pledged to secure the stock purchase unit holders’ obligations to purchase
PPL Common Stock or PPL Preferred Stock under the PPL Stock Purchase Contracts (“PPL Stock Purchase Units”);
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which PPL Electric Secured Debt Securities may be secured by first mortgage bonds issued under PPL Electric’s 1945 first mortgage indenture (“PPL Electric 1945 Mortgage Bonds”), as well as by the lien of the 2001 indenture on PPL
Electric’s distribution and transmission properties (subject to certain exceptions to be described in a prospectus supplement).
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PPL
Corporation will fully and unconditionally guarantee the payment of principal, premium and interest on the PPL Capital Funding Debt Securities and PPL Capital Funding Subordinated Debt Securities as will be described in supplements to this
prospectus. We sometimes refer to PPL Corporation’s guarantees of PPL Capital Funding Debt Securities as “PPL Guarantees” and PPL Corporation’s guarantees of PPL Capital Funding’s Subordinated Debt Securities as the
“PPL Subordinated Guarantees.”
Information contained herein relating to each registrant is filed separately by such registrant
on its own behalf. No registrant makes any representation as to information relating to any other registrant or Securities or guarantees issued by any other registrant, except that information relating to PPL Capital Funding’s Securities is
also attributed to PPL Corporation.
As used in this prospectus, the terms “we,” “our” and “us” generally
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registration statement or incorporated by reference to earlier SEC filings listed in the registration statement.
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RISK FACTORS
Investing in the Securities involves certain risks. You are urged to read and consider the risk
factors relating to an investment in the Securities described in the Annual Reports on Form 10-K of PPL Corporation, PPL Energy Supply and PPL Electric, as applicable, for the year ended December 31, 2006, filed with the SEC on
February 28, 2007 and incorporated by reference in this prospectus. Before making an investment decision, you should carefully consider these risks as well as other information we include or incorporate by reference in this prospectus. The
risks and uncertainties we have described are not the only ones facing PPL Corporation, PPL Energy Supply and PPL Electric. The prospectus supplement applicable to each type or series of Securities we offer will contain a discussion of additional
risks applicable to an investment in us and the particular type of Securities we are offering under that prospectus supplement.
FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATION
Certain statements included or incorporated by reference in this prospectus,
including statements with respect to future earnings, energy supply and demand, costs, electric rates, subsidiary performance, growth, new technology, project development, fuel and energy prices, strategic initiatives, and generating capacity and
performance, are “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the federal securities laws. Although we believe that the expectations and assumptions reflected in these statements are reasonable, there can be no assurance that these
expectations will prove to be correct. These forward-looking statements involve a number of risks and uncertainties, and actual results may differ materially from the results discussed in the forward-looking statements. In addition to the specific
factors discussed in the “Risk Factors” section in this prospectus and our reports that are incorporated by reference, the following are among the important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from the
forward-looking statements:
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New factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those described in forward-looking statements emerge from time to time, and it is not possible for us to predict all of such factors, or the extent
to which any such factor or combination of factors may cause actual results to differ from those contained in any forward-looking statement. Any forward-looking statement speaks only as of the date on which such statement is made, and we do not
undertake any obligation to update the information contained in such statement to reflect subsequent developments or information.
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PPL CORPORATION
PPL Corporation, incorporated in 1994 and headquartered in Allentown, Pennsylvania, is an
energy and utility holding company that, through its subsidiaries, is primarily engaged in the supply and delivery of energy. Through its subsidiaries, PPL Corporation generates electricity from power plants in the northeastern and western
United States; markets wholesale or retail energy primarily in the northeastern and western portions of the United States; delivers electricity to approximately 5.1 million customers in Pennsylvania, the United Kingdom and Latin
America; and provides energy services for businesses in the mid-Atlantic and northeastern United States. PPL Corporation’s overall strategy is to achieve disciplined growth in energy supply margins while limiting volatility in both cash flows
and earnings, and to achieve stable, long-term growth in regulated delivery businesses through efficient operations and strong customer and regulatory relations.
PPL Corporation’s principal subsidiaries are shown below:
Energy Supply
PPL Corporation, through its indirect, wholly-owned subsidiaries, PPL Generation and PPL EnergyPlus, owns and operates electricity generating power plants and markets this electricity and other power purchases to deregulated wholesale and
retail markets. Both of these subsidiaries also are direct, wholly owned subsidiaries of PPL Energy Supply. As of December 31, 2006, PPL Corporation owned or controlled, through its subsidiaries, 11,556 megawatts, or MW, of electric power
generation capacity and had plans to implement capital projects at certain existing generating facilities that would provide 349 MW of additional capacity by 2011. See “PPL Energy Supply, LLC” below for more information.
PPL Corporation’s strategy for its energy supply business is to match energy supply with load, or customer demand, under agreements of varying
lengths with creditworthy counterparties
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to capture profits while effectively managing exposure to movements in energy and fuel prices and counterparty credit risk.
Energy Delivery
PPL Corporation provides energy delivery services in the mid-Atlantic regions of the
United States through its regulated public utility subsidiaries, PPL Electric and PPL Gas, and in the United Kingdom and Latin America through its subsidiary, PPL Global. PPL Electric provides electricity delivery services to approximately
1.4 million customers in eastern and central Pennsylvania. See “PPL Electric Utilities Corporation” below for
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more information. PPL Gas Utilities Corporation provides natural gas distribution and propane services to approximately 110,000 customers in portions of
various counties in Pennsylvania, as well as in small portions of Maryland and Delaware. Through its subsidiaries, PPL Global provides electricity delivery services to approximately 3.7 million customers in the United Kingdom and Latin America.
PPL Global also is a wholly-owned subsidiary of PPL Energy Supply, LLC. See “PPL Energy Supply, LLC” below for more information.
In March, 2007 PPL Corporation announced that it intends to sell its regulated electricity delivery operations in Latin America through an auction process that it expects to take several months to complete.
PPL Corporation’s strategy for its energy delivery businesses is to operate these businesses at the most efficient cost while maintaining high
levels of customer service and reliability.
PPL Corporation’s subsidiaries, including PPL Energy Supply and PPL Electric, are
separate legal entities, and are not liable for the debts of PPL Corporation, and PPL Corporation is not liable for the debts of its subsidiaries (other than under the PPL Guarantees and the PPL Subordinated Guarantees). Neither PPL Energy Supply
nor PPL Electric will guarantee or provide other credit or funding support for the Securities to be offered by PPL Corporation pursuant to this prospectus.
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PPL CAPITAL FUNDING, INC.
PPL Capital Funding is a Delaware corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of PPL
Corporation. PPL Capital Funding’s primary business is to provide PPL Corporation with financing for its operations. PPL Corporation will fully and unconditionally guarantee the payment of principal, premium and interest on the PPL Capital
Funding Debt Securities pursuant to the PPL Guarantees and the PPL Capital Funding Subordinated Debt Securities pursuant to the PPL Subordinated Guarantees, as will be described in supplements to this prospectus.
PPL ENERGY SUPPLY, LLC
PPL Energy Supply, formed in 2000 and headquartered in Allentown, Pennsylvania, is an
energy company engaged, through its subsidiaries, in the generation and marketing of electricity in the northeastern and western power markets of the United States and in the delivery of electricity in the United Kingdom and Latin America. PPL
Energy Supply’s major operating subsidiaries are PPL Generation, PPL EnergyPlus and PPL Global. PPL Energy Supply is an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of PPL Corporation. See “PPL Corporation” above for more information.
Energy Supply: PPL Generation and PPL EnergyPlus
As of December 31, 2006, PPL Energy Supply owned or controlled, through its PPL Generation subsidiary, 11,556 MW of electric power generation capacity, with power plants in Pennsylvania (9,229 MW),
Montana (1,289 MW), Illinois (540 MW), Connecticut (243 MW), New York (159 MW) and Maine (96 MW). PPL Generation also has current plans to implement capital projects at certain of its existing generation facilities
in Pennsylvania and Montana that would provide 349 MW of additional generation capacity by 2011. PPL Generation’s plants are fueled by nuclear fuel, coal, gas, oil and water. The electricity from these plants is sold to PPL EnergyPlus
under FERC-jurisdictional power purchase agreements.
PPL EnergyPlus markets or brokers the electricity produced by PPL Generation’s
subsidiaries, along with purchased power, natural gas and oil, in competitive wholesale and deregulated retail markets, primarily in the northeastern and western portions of the United States. PPL EnergyPlus also provides energy-related products and
services, such as engineering and mechanical contracting, construction and maintenance services, to commercial and industrial customers.
At December 31, 2006, PPL Energy Supply estimated that, on average, approximately 89% of its expected annual generation output for the period 2007 through 2010 would be used to meet:
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as a “provider of last resort,” or “PLR,” through 2009 under fixed-price tariffs pursuant to the Pennsylvania Electricity Generation Customer Choice and Competition Act, or Customer Choice Act (See “PPL Electric Utilities
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has already entered into commitments for a portion of the output of its facilities for the years 2010 and later. PPL’s strategy for 2007 is to obtain commitments for 30 to 50 percent of its 2010 baseload generation output in the PJM
Interconnection region. PPL has already obtained commitments at the lower end of this range. Based on the way in which the wholesale markets have developed over the last several years, PPL Energy Supply expects that these new agreements are likely
to continue to be of a shorter duration than the current PLR agreements, which at inception had terms of approximately nine years.
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International Energy Delivery: PPL Global
PPL Energy Supply provides electricity delivery services in the United Kingdom and Latin America through its PPL Global subsidiary, which currently owns
and operates electricity delivery businesses serving approximately 3.7 million customers. PPL Global owns Western Power Distribution Holdings Limited and WPD Investment Holdings Limited, which together we refer to as WPD. WPD operates two
electric distribution companies in the U.K., which together serve approximately 2.6 million end-users. PPL Global’s Latin American subsidiaries in Chile, El Salvador and Bolivia serve an aggregate of approximately 1.1 million
end-users.
As discussed above, in March, 2007 PPL Corporation announced that it intends to sell its regulated electricity delivery
operations in Latin America.
PPL Energy Supply’s strategy for its international electricity delivery businesses is to operate these
businesses at the most efficient cost while maintaining high levels of customer service and reliability.
Neither PPL Corporation nor any
of its other subsidiaries or affiliates will guarantee or provide other credit or funding support for the securities to be offered by PPL Energy Supply pursuant to this prospectus.
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PPL ELECTRIC UTILITIES CORPORATION
PPL Electric, incorporated in 1920 and headquartered in Allentown,
Pennsylvania, is a direct subsidiary of PPL Corporation and a regulated public utility. PPL Electric provides electricity delivery services to approximately 1.4 million customers in eastern and central Pennsylvania. PPL Electric also provides
electricity supply to retail customers in that territory as a PLR under the Customer Choice Act.
Provider of Last Resort.
Pursuant
to a 1998 order issued by the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission, or PUC, PPL Electric agreed to provide electricity supply as a PLR to retail customers in its service territory not selecting an alternate electric energy supplier at
predetermined capped rates through 2009. In order to meet this obligation, PPL Electric entered into full-requirements energy supply agreements with another subsidiary of PPL Corporation, PPL EnergyPlus, designed to provide PPL Electric with
sufficient supply to satisfy its PLR obligation through the end of 2009. PPL Electric’s PLR obligation after 2009 will be determined by the PUC pursuant to rules that have not yet been promulgated. While regulations governing PLR obligations
after 2009 have been proposed for comment by the PUC, at this time, PPL Electric cannot predict the content of these regulations, including whether this will include requirements for the pricing and other terms of PLR contracts, or when the
regulations will be finalized. PPL Electric also cannot predict the extent to which it will purchase power from PPL EnergyPlus after 2009.
Strategic Initiative.
In 2001, PPL Electric completed a strategic initiative designed to reduce its business and financial risk profile by, among other things, limiting its business activities to the transmission and distribution of
electricity and businesses related to or arising out of the electric transmission and distribution businesses and reduce its exposure to volatility in energy prices associated with its PLR obligation. Obtaining long-term electric supply agreements
with PPL EnergyPlus to meet its PLR obligations through 2009 at prices generally equal to the predetermined capped rates it was allowed to charge PLR customers was a key component of this initiative. Other key components of the initiative involved
actions to confirm PPL Electric’s legal separation from PPL Corporation and PPL Corporation’s other subsidiaries. In connection with the initiative PPL Electric:
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and corporate separateness from PPL Corporation and its other affiliated companies and providing for PPL Electric to limit its businesses to electric transmission and distribution and related activities;
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appointed an independent director to its Board of Directors and required the unanimous approval of the Board of Directors, including the consent of the independent
director, to amendments to these corporate governance and operating provisions or to the commencement of any insolvency proceedings, including any filing of a voluntary petition in bankruptcy or other similar actions; and
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in connection with the issuance of certain senior secured bonds, agreed to appoint an independent compliance administrator to review, on a semi-annual basis, its
compliance with the corporate governance and operating requirements contained in its Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws. When such bonds are no longer outstanding, and in certain other circumstances, PPL Electric will not be required to maintain
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Board of Directors to adopt additional amendments to the Bylaws, including amendments that revise or eliminate provisions that are designed to reinforce PPL Electric’s legal separateness from its affiliates. However, any such amendment must be
approved unanimously by PPL Electric’s Board of Directors, including the independent director.
The enhancements to PPL
Electric’s legal separation from its affiliates were intended to minimize the risk that a court would order PPL Electric’s assets and liabilities to be substantively consolidated with those of PPL Corporation or another affiliate of PPL
Corporation in the event that PPL Corporation or another PPL Corporation affiliate were to become a debtor in a bankruptcy case. However, if PPL Corporation or another PPL
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Corporation affiliate were to become a debtor in a bankruptcy case, there can be no assurance that a court would not order PPL Electric’s assets and
liabilities to be consolidated with those of PPL Corporation or such other PPL Corporation affiliate. Any such substantive consolidation could result in delays or reductions in payments on PPL Electric’s Securities.
Neither PPL Corporation nor any of PPL Corporation’s subsidiaries or affiliates will guarantee or provide other credit or funding support for the
securities to be offered by PPL Electric pursuant to this prospectus.
The offices of PPL Corporation,
PPL Capital Funding, PPL Energy Supply and PPL Electric are located at Two North Ninth Street, Allentown, Pennsylvania 18101-1179 and they can be contacted through telephone number (610) 774-5151.
The information above concerning PPL Corporation, PPL Capital Funding, PPL Energy Supply and PPL Electric and, if applicable, their respective
subsidiaries is only a summary and does not purport to be comprehensive. For additional information about these companies, including certain assumptions, risks and uncertainties involved in the forward-looking statements contained or incorporated by
reference in this prospectus, you should refer to the information described in “Where You Can Find More Information.”
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USE OF PROCEEDS
Except as otherwise described in a prospectus supplement, the net proceeds from the sale of
the PPL Capital Funding Debt Securities and the PPL Capital Funding Subordinated Debt Securities will be loaned to PPL Corporation and/or its subsidiaries. PPL Corporation and/or its subsidiaries are expected to use the proceeds of such loans, and
the proceeds of the other Securities issued by PPL Corporation, for general corporate purposes, including repayment of debt. Except as otherwise described in a prospectus supplement, each of PPL Energy Supply and PPL Electric is expected to use the
proceeds of the Securities it issues for general corporate purposes, including repayment of debt.
RATIOS OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES AND EARNINGS TO COMBINED FIXED CHARGES
AND PREFERRED STOCK DIVIDENDS
PPL Corporation
The following table
sets forth PPL Corporation’s ratio of earnings to fixed charges and ratio of earnings to combined fixed charges and preferred stock dividends for the periods indicated:
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Twelve Months
Ended December 31,
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2006
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2005
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2004
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2003
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2002
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Ratio of earnings to fixed charges and ratio of earnings to combined fixed charges and preferred stock dividends (a)
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3.0
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2.6
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2.7
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2.6
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1.9
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(a)
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In calculating the earnings component, net income excludes minority interest, loss from discontinued operations and the cumulative effects of changes in accounting principles. See
PPL Corporation’s reports on file with the SEC pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), as described under “Where You Can Find More Information” for more information. PPL Corporation
had no preferred securities outstanding during the periods indicated; therefore, the ratio of earnings to combined fixed charges and preferred stock dividends is the same as the ratio of earnings to fixed charges.
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PPL Energy Supply
The following table sets forth PPL
Energy Supply’s ratio of earnings to fixed charges and ratio of earnings to combined fixed charges and preferred dividends for the periods indicated:
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Twelve Months Ended
December 31,
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2006
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2005
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2004
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2003
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2002
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Ratio of earnings to fixed charges and ratio of earnings to combined fixed charges and preferred securities dividends (a)
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3.8
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3.3
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4.1
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4.8
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3.9
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(a)
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In calculating the earnings component, net income excludes minority interest, loss from discontinued operations and the cumulative effects of changes in accounting principles. See
PPL Energy Supply’s reports on file with the SEC pursuant to the Exchange Act as described under “Where You Can Find More Information” for more information. PPL Energy Supply had no preferred securities outstanding during the periods
indicated; therefore, the ratio of earnings to combined fixed charges and preferred securities dividends is the same as the ratio of earnings to fixed charges.
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The following table sets forth PPL
Electric’s ratio of earnings to fixed charges and ratio of earnings to combined fixed charges and preferred stock dividends for the periods indicated:
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Twelve Months
Ended December 31,
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2006
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2005
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2004
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2003
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2002
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Ratio of earnings to fixed charges (a)
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2.9
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2.1
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1.4
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1.2
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1.2
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Ratio of earnings to combined fixed charges and preferred stock dividends (a)
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2.5
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2.1
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1.4
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1.2
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1.2
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(a)
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See PPL Electric’s reports on file with the SEC pursuant to the Exchange Act as described under “Where You Can Find More Information” for more information.
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WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION
Available Information
PPL Corporation, PPL Energy Supply and PPL Electric each file reports and other information with the SEC. You may obtain copies of this information by
mail from the Public Reference Room of the SEC, 100 F Street, N.E., Room 1580, Washington, D.C. 20549, at prescribed rates. Further information on the operation of the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, D.C. can be
obtained by calling the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330.
PPL Corporation’s Internet Web site is www.pplweb.com. On the Investor Center page of
that Web site PPL Corporation provides access to all SEC filings of PPL Corporation, PPL Energy Supply and PPL Electric free of charge, as soon as reasonably practicable after filing with the SEC. The information at PPL Corporation’s Internet
Web site is not incorporated in this prospectus by reference, and you should not consider it a part of this prospectus. Additionally, PPL Corporation’s, PPL Energy Supply’s and PPL Electric’s filings are available at the SEC’s
Internet Web site (www.sec.gov).
PPL Corporation Common Stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) and the
Philadelphia Stock Exchange (symbol: PPL), and reports, proxy statements and other information concerning PPL Corporation can also be inspected at the offices of the NYSE at 20 Broad Street, New York, New York 10005 and the Philadelphia Stock
Exchange, 1900 Market Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103.
Certain securities of PPL Energy Supply and PPL Electric are also listed
on the NYSE
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and certain information concerning PPL Energy Supply and PPL Electric may be inspected at the NYSE offices in New York.
In addition, reports, proxy statements and other information concerning PPL Corporation, PPL Energy Supply and PPL Electric can be inspected at their offices at Two North Ninth Street, Allentown, Pennsylvania 18101-1179.
Incorporation by Reference
Each of PPL Corporation,
PPL Energy Supply and PPL Electric will “incorporate by reference” information into this prospectus by disclosing important information to you by referring you to another document that it files separately with the SEC. The information
incorporated by reference is deemed to be part of this prospectus, and later information that we file with the SEC will automatically update and supersede that information. This prospectus incorporates by reference the documents set forth below that
have been previously filed with the SEC. These documents contain important information about the registrants.
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PPL Corporation
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SEC Filings (File No. 1-11459)
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Period/Date
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Annual Report on Form 10-K
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Year ended December 31, 2006
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Current Reports on Form 8-K
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Filed on January 3, 2007, January 31, 2007 and March 6, 2007
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PPL Corporation’s Registration Statement on Form 8-B
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Filed on April 27, 1995
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PPL Corporation’s 2006 Notice of Annual Meeting and Proxy Statement
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Filed on March 20, 2006
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PPL Energy Supply
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SEC Filings (File No. 333-74794)
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Period/Date
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Annual Report on Form 10-K
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Year ended December 31, 2006
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Current Report on Form 8-K
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Filed on March 6, 2007
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PPL Electric
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SEC Filings (File No. 1-905)
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Period/Date
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Annual Report on Form 10-K
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Year ended December 31, 2006
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Current Reports on Form 8-K
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Filed on January 31, 2007
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Additional documents that PPL Corporation, PPL Energy Supply and PPL Electric file with the SEC
pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, between the date of this prospectus and the termination of the offering of the Securities are also incorporated herein by reference. In addition, any additional documents that
PPL Corporation, PPL Energy Supply or PPL Electric file with the SEC pursuant to these sections of the Exchange Act after the date of the filing of the registration statement containing this prospectus, and prior to the effectiveness of the
registration statement are also incorporated herein by reference.
Each of PPL Corporation, PPL Energy Supply and PPL Electric will provide
without charge to each person, including any beneficial owner, to whom a copy of this prospectus has been delivered, a copy of any and all of its filings with the SEC. You may request a copy of these filings by writing or telephoning the appropriate
registrant at:
Two North Ninth Street
Allentown, Pennsylvania 18101-1179
Attention: Investor Services Department
Telephone: 1-800-345-3085
No separate
financial statements of PPL Capital Funding are included herein or incorporated herein by reference. PPL Corporation and PPL Capital Funding do not consider those financial statements to be material to holders of the PPL Capital Funding Debt
Securities or PPL Capital Funding Subordinated Debt Securities because (1) PPL Capital Funding is a wholly-owned subsidiary that was formed for the primary purpose of providing financing for PPL Corporation and its subsidiaries, (2) PPL
Capital Funding does not currently engage in any independent operations and (3) PPL Capital Funding does not currently plan to engage, in the future, in more than minimal independent operations. See “PPL Capital Funding.” PPL Capital
Funding has received a “no action” letter from the Staff of the SEC stating that the Staff would not raise any objection if PPL Capital Funding does not file periodic reports under Sections 13 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act.
Accordingly, PPL Corporation and PPL Capital Funding do not expect PPL Capital Funding to file those reports.
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EXPERTS
The financial statements and schedule and management’s assessment of the effectiveness of
internal control over financial reporting (which is included in Management’s Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting) of PPL Corporation audited by Ernst & Young LLP, incorporated in this Prospectus by reference to the
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2006, have been so incorporated in reliance on their reports, given on their authority as experts in auditing and accounting.
The financial statements and schedules of PPL Energy Supply, LLC and PPL Electric Utilities Corporation audited by Ernst & Young, LLP
incorporated in this Prospectus by reference to the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2006, have been so incorporated in reliance on their reports, given on their authority as experts in auditing and accounting.
The financial statements as of December 31, 2005 and for the years ended December 31, 2005 and 2004, of PPL Corporation, PPL
Energy Supply, LLC and PPL Electric Utilities Corporation incorporated in this Prospectus by reference to the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2006 have been so incorporated in reliance on the reports of
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, given on the authority of said firm as experts in auditing and accounting.
VALIDITY OF THE SECURITIES AND THE PPL GUARANTEES
Dewey Ballantine LLP, New York, New York or Simpson
Thacher & Bartlett LLP, New York, New York and Michael A. McGrail, Esq., Associate General Counsel of PPL Services Corporation, will pass upon the validity of the Securities, the PPL Guarantees and the PPL Subordinated Guarantees for
PPL Corporation, PPL Capital Funding, PPL Energy Supply and PPL Electric. Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, New York, New York, will pass upon the validity of the Securities, the PPL Guarantees and the PPL Subordinated Guarantees for any
underwriters or agents. Dewey Ballantine LLP, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP and Sullivan & Cromwell LLP will rely on the opinion of Mr. McGrail as to matters involving the law of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As to
matters involving the law of the State of New York, Mr. McGrail will rely on the opinion of Dewey Ballantine LLP or Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, as applicable.
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