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): March 24, 2022
SEMPRA ENERGY
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| CALIFORNIA | 1-14201 | 33-0732627 | ||
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) | (Commission File Number) | (IRS Employer Identification No.) | ||
| 488 8th AVENUE, SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA | 92101 | |||
| (Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) | |||
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code (619) 696-2000
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)
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SECURITIES REGISTERED PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OF THE ACT:
Title of Each Class | Trading | Name of Each Exchange | ||
| Sempra Energy Common Stock, without par value | SRE | New York Stock Exchange | ||
| Sempra Energy 5.75% Junior Subordinated Notes Due 2079, $25 par value | SREA | New York Stock Exchange |
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (17 CFR 230.405) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (17 CFR 240.12b-2).
Emerging growth company ☐
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐
| Item 8.01 | Other Events. |
On March 24, 2022, Sempra Energy (the “Company”) closed its previously announced public offering and sale of $750,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 3.300% Notes due 2025 (the “2025 notes”) and $500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 3.700% Notes due 2029 (the “2029 notes” and, together with the 2025 notes, the “notes”). Proceeds to the Company (after deducting underwriting discounts but before deducting the Company’s other offering expenses estimated at approximately $1.7 million) from the sale of the notes were approximately $1,241.1 million. The sale of the notes was registered under the Company’s effective registration statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-239480).
The notes were issued pursuant to an Indenture dated as of February 23, 2000 (the “Indenture”), which was filed as Exhibit 4.1 to the Company’s registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-153425) filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on September 11, 2008, and an Officers’ Certificate of the Company dated as of March 24, 2022, which is filed herewith as Exhibit 4.1 and includes the form of 2025 note and the form of 2029 note. The 2025 notes will bear interest at the rate of 3.300% per year and mature on April 1, 2025. Interest on the 2025 notes will accrue from March 24, 2022 and is payable semi-annually in arrears on April 1 and October 1 of each year, beginning on October 1, 2022. The 2029 notes will bear interest at the rate of 3.700% per year and mature on April 1, 2029. Interest on the 2029 notes will accrue from March 24, 2022 and is payable semi-annually in arrears on April 1 and October 1 of each year, beginning on October 1, 2022. The 2025 notes and the 2029 notes will be redeemable prior to maturity at the applicable redemption prices described in the form of each such note, which are included in Exhibit 4.1 hereto.
The foregoing description of some of the terms of the notes is not complete and is qualified in its entirety by the form of 2025 note, the form of the 2029 note and the Officers’ Certificate of the Company, filed as an exhibit herewith, and the Indenture referred to above. Further information regarding the sale of the notes is contained in the Underwriting Agreement, dated March 21, 2022, which was filed as Exhibit 1.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on March 22, 2022.
| Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
(d) Exhibits
Exhibit Number | Description | |
| 4.1 | Officers’ Certificate of the Company, including the form of 3.300% Note due 2025 and the form of 3.700% Note due 2029. | |
| 5.1 | Opinion of Latham & Watkins LLP. | |
| 23.1 | Consent of Latham & Watkins LLP (contained in the opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1 hereto). | |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101) | |
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| SEMPRA ENERGY, | ||||||
| (Registrant) | ||||||
| Date: March 24, 2022 | By: /s/ Peter R. Wall | |||||
Peter R. Wall Senior Vice President, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer | ||||||
