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 7, 2008

 

DUKE ENERGY CAROLINAS, LLC

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

 

North Carolina   001-04928   56-0205520

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

   (Commission File Number)  

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

526 South Church Street, Charlotte, North Carolina 28202-1904

(Address of Principal Executive Offices, including Zip code)

(704) 594-6200

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

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 7, 2008, Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC (the “Company”) entered into an underwriting agreement, dated as of January 7, 2008, with J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. and Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC, as representatives of the several underwriters named therein (the “Underwriters”), pursuant to which the Company agreed to issue and sell to the Underwriters $400,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company’s First and Refunding Mortgage Bonds, 5.25% Series due 2018 (the “2018 Mortgage Bonds” ) and $500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company’s First and Refunding Mortgage Bonds, 6.00% Series due 2038 (together with the 2018 Mortgage Bonds, the “Mortgage Bonds”). The Mortgage Bonds were sold to the Underwriters at a discount to their principal amount. The Mortgage Bonds will be issued under the First and Refunding Mortgage, dated as of December 1, 1927, as amended by the Eighty-Fifth Supplemental Indenture (the “Supplemental Indenture”), dated as of January 10, 2008, between the Company and The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee. The disclosure in this Item 8.01 is qualified in its entirety by the provisions of the Supplemental Indenture, which is attached hereto as Exhibit 4.1, and the Underwriting Agreement, which is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1. Such exhibits are incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

  (d) Exhibits.

 

  4.1   Eighty-Fifth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of January 10, 2008, between Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC and The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee.
99.1   Underwriting Agreement, dated as of January 7, 2008, with J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. and Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC, as representatives of the several underwriters named therein, in connection with Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC’s issuance and sale of $400,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its First and Refunding Mortgage Bonds, 5.25% Series due 2018, and $500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its First and Refunding Mortgage Bonds, 6.00% Series due 2038.

 

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SIGNATURE

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

 

    DUKE ENERGY CAROLINAS, LLC
Date: January 11, 2008   By:  

/s/ Robert T. Lucas III

  Name:   Robert T. Lucas III
  Title:   Assistant Secretary

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit   

Description

  4.1    Eighty-Fifth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of January 10, 2008, between Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC and The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee.
99.1    Underwriting Agreement, dated as of January 7, 2008, with J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. and Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC, as representatives of the several underwriters named therein, in connection with Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC’s issuance and sale of $400,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its First and Refunding Mortgage Bonds, 5.25% Series due 2018, and $500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its First and Refunding Mortgage Bonds, 6.00% Series due 2038.

 

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