1 SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 FORM 8-K CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OF 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): April 20, 2001 COMMISSION FILE NUMBER REGISTRANT, STATE OF I.R.S. EMPLOYER INCORPORATION, ADDRESS AND IDENTIFICATION NUMBER TELEPHONE NUMBER 1-13895 Conectiv 51-0377417 (a Delaware Corporation) 800 King Street P.O. Box 231 Wilmington, Delaware 19899 Telephone: (302) 429-3018 2 ITEM 5. OTHER EVENTS ANNOUNCEMENT OF ANNUAL MEETING DATE; NEW DEADLINE FOR STOCKHOLDER PROPOSALS FOR CONSIDERATION AT THE ANNUAL MEETING As previously disclosed, Conectiv's 2001 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, originally intended to be held in late March, was delayed in order to allow time for definitive proxy materials related to stockholder approval for an Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of February 9, 2001, between Pepco, New RC, Inc. and Conectiv, and other matters, to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Conectiv has announced that its Board of Directors has set a date for the Annual Meeting, as set forth in the press release attached as Exhibit 99 hereto. In addition, Conectiv hereby gives notice that any stockholder who wishes to present a proposal from the floor to be considered at the Annual Meeting must submit that proposal in writing to Company, to be received at Conectiv's principal executive offices no later than April 30, 2001. 2 3 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. Conectiv By: /s/ John C. van Roden --------------------------------- John C. van Roden Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer Date: April 20, 2001 3 4 EXHIBIT INDEX EXHIBIT NO. - ----------- 99 Press release dated April 20, 2001, distributed in connection with the announcement of the date of Conectiv's 2001 Annual Meeting of Stockholders 4