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 | |||||||||||
August 16, 2022 | |||||||||||
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) |
Commission File Number | Name of Registrant; State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation; Address of Principal Executive Offices; and Telephone Number | IRS Employer Identification Number | ||||||||||||
001-41137 | CONSTELLATION ENERGY CORPORATION | 87-1210716 | ||||||||||||
(a Pennsylvania corporation) 1310 Point Street Baltimore, Maryland 21231 (610) 765-5959 | ||||||||||||||
333-85496 | CONSTELLATION ENERGY GENERATION, LLC | 23-3064219 | ||||||||||||
(a Pennsylvania limited liability company) 200 Exelon Way Kennett Square, Pennsylvania 19348-2473 (610) 765-5959 |
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: | ||||||||||||||
Title of each class | Trading Symbol(s) | Name of each exchange on which registered | ||||||||||||
CONSTELLATION ENERGY CORPORATION: | ||||||||||||||
Common Stock, without par value | CEG | The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC | ||||||||||||
Indicate by check mark whether any of the registrants are emerging growth companies as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter). Emerging growth company ☐ |
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if any of the registrants have 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. ☐ |
Section 1 – Registrant’s Business and Operations
Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
The disclosure set forth in Item 2.03 below is incorporated by reference in this Item 1.01.
Section 2 – Financial Information
Item 2.03. Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.
On August 16, 2022, wholly owned subsidiaries of Constellation Energy Generation, LLC (“Constellation”), Constellation NewEnergy, Inc. (“CNE”), as servicer, and NewEnergy Receivables LLC (“NER”), a bankruptcy-remote, special purpose entity wholly owned by CNE, as seller, entered into Amendment No. 3 to Receivables Purchase Agreement (the “Amendment”) with MUFG Bank, LTD., as Agent, the Conduits party thereto (the “Conduits”), the financial institutions party thereto (together with the Conduits, the “Purchasers”) and the Purchaser Agents party thereto, as purchasing agents. The parties entered into the original facility on April 8, 2020.
The Amendment, among other things, extends the term of the facility through August 15, 2025, unless further extended as set forth therein, and increases the maximum funding limit of the facility from $900 million to $1.1 billion. No additional funds were drawn in connection with the Amendment.
The facility is subject to reserve requirements and termination events that are customary for transactions of this type.
The foregoing summary of the Amendment does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Amendment, which is attached as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.
Section 9 - Financial Statements and Exhibits
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits
(d) Exhibits.
Exhibit No. | Description | ||||
101 | Cover Page Interactive Data File - the cover page XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document. | ||||
104 | The cover page from the Current Report on Form 8-K, formatted as Inline XBRL. |
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This combined Current Report on Form 8-K is being furnished separately by Constellation Energy Corporation and Constellation (collectively, the “Registrants”). Information contained herein relating to any individual Registrant has been furnished by such Registrant on its own behalf. Neither Registrant makes any representation as to information relating to the other Registrant.
This report contains certain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 that are subject to risks and uncertainties. Words such as “could,” “may,” “expects,” “anticipates,” “will,” “targets,” “goals,” “projects,” “intends,” “plans,” “believes,” “seeks,” “estimates,” “predicts,” and variations on such words, and similar expressions that reflect our current views with respect to future events and operational, economic, and financial performance, are intended to identify such forward-looking statements.
The factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking statements made by the Registrants include those factors discussed herein, as well as the items discussed in (1) the Registrants' 2021 Annual Report on Form 10-K in (a) Part I, ITEM 1A. Risk Factors, (b) Part II, ITEM 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations, and (c) Part II, ITEM 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data: Note 19, Commitments and Contingencies; (2) the Registrants' Second Quarter 2022 Quarterly Report on Form
10-Q in (a) Part II, ITEM 1A. Risk Factors, (b) Part I, ITEM 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations, and (c) Part I, ITEM 1. Financial Statements: Note 15, Commitments and Contingencies; and (3) other factors discussed in filings with the SEC by the Registrants.
Investors are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, whether written or oral, which apply only as of the date of this Current Report on Form 8-K. Neither of the Registrants undertakes any obligation to publicly release any revision to its forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this Current Report on Form 8-K.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, each Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
CONSTELLATION ENERGY CORPORATION | |||||
/s/ Daniel L. Eggers | |||||
Daniel L. Eggers | |||||
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | |||||
Constellation Energy Corporation | |||||
CONSTELLATION ENERGY GENERATION, LLC | |||||
/s/ Daniel L. Eggers | |||||
Daniel L. Eggers | |||||
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | |||||
Constellation Energy Generation, LLC | |||||
August 18, 2022
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit No. | Description | |||||||
101 | Cover Page Interactive Data File - the cover page XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document. | |||||||
104 | The cover page from this Current Report on Form 8-K, formatted as Inline XBRL. |