Form 8-K

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF

THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): January 20, 2009

 

 

PUGET SOUND ENERGY, INC.

A Washington Corporation

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

1-4393  

10885 - N.E. 4th Street,

Suite 1200

Bellevue, Washington 98004-5591

   91-0374630
(Commission
File Number)		  

(State of incorporation,

address of principal executive offices)

  

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification Number)

(425) 454-6363

(Telephone)

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

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

 

¨ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 

Item 8.01. Other Events

On January 20, 2009, Puget Sound Energy, Inc. entered into a purchase agreement with Barclays Capital Inc., Scotia Capital (USA) Inc. and Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC (the “Purchase Agreement”), in connection with the public offering by Puget Sound Energy of $250,000,000 principal amount of 6.75% Senior Notes due January 15, 2016 (the “Senior Notes”). The Senior Notes are to be issued under an Indenture dated as of December 1, 1997, as supplemented by a Fourth Supplemental Indenture thereto, dated as of May 1, 2003, between the Company and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee. Puget Sound Energy intends to use the proceeds from the issuance to repay outstanding short-term debt.

The Senior Notes were registered pursuant to an automatic shelf registration statement (Registration No. 333-132497-01) on Form S-3 under the Securities Act of 1933 that Puget Sound Energy filed on March 16, 2006, as amended pursuant to a post-effective amendment filed on June 22, 2006 (the “Registration Statement”). The Registration Statement was supplemented by a Prospectus Supplement setting forth the terms of the Senior Notes that Puget Sound Energy filed with the Commission on January 21, 2009.

Initially, the Senior Notes will be secured by a series of Puget Sound Energy’s electric utility first mortgage bonds, referred to as “Pledged First Mortgage Bonds,” which are secured by the Company’s electric utility property. The Pledged First Mortgage Bonds will be issued under the Company’s First Mortgage, dated as of June 2, 1924, as supplemented by an Eighty-Fourth Supplemental Indenture thereto, dated as of September 1, 2006 (the “Eighty-Fourth Supplemental Indenture”), between the Company and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee.

This Current Report on Form 8-K is being filed for the purpose of filing exhibits to the Registration Statement relating to the public offering of the Senior Notes, and all such exhibits are hereby incorporated into the Registration Statement by reference. A copy of the Purchase Agreement is filed as Exhibit 1.1 and certain information relating to Item 14 – “Other expenses of issuance and distribution relating to the Registration Statement” is filed as Exhibit 99.1 to this Form 8-K.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d) Exhibits

 

Exhibit Number

   

Description

  1.1    Purchase Agreement, dated January 20, 2009, among Puget Sound Energy, Inc., Barclays Capital Inc., Scotia Capital (USA) Inc. and Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC.
99.1    Information relating to Item 14 – Other Expenses of Issuance and Distribution, relating to the Registration Statement.

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

    PUGET SOUND ENERGY, INC.
Dated: January 21, 2009    
    By:   /s/ Donald E. Gaines
      Donald E. Gaines
      Vice President Finance and Treasurer

INDEX TO EXHIBITS

 

Exhibit Number

   

Description

  1.1    Purchase Agreement, dated January 20, 2009, among Puget Sound Energy, Inc., Barclays Capital Inc., Scotia Capital (USA) Inc. and Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC.
99.1    Information relating to Item 14 – Other Expenses of Issuance and Distribution, relating to the Registration Statement.