UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, DC 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): June 20, 2002 State or other jurisdiction of Address of principal incorporation Exact name of registrant as executive offices; zip or organization; specified in its charter; code; registrant's telephone IRS Employer Commission File No.: number, including area code: Identification No.: - --------------------------- ---------------------------- ------------------- DQE, Inc. 411 Seventh Avenue Pennsylvania 1-10290 Pittsburgh, PA 15219 25-1598483 412-393-6000 Items 1-4. Not applicable. Item 5. Other Events and Regulation FD Disclosure. On June 20, 2002, DQE, Inc. entered into an underwriting agreement with Lehman Brothers Inc., as Representative of the Underwriters named therein, for the sale of 15,000,000 shares of DQE, Inc. Common Stock, no par value. Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 99.1 is a Prospectus dated June 7, 2002, as supplemented by a Prospectus Supplement, dated June 20, 2002, relating to such Common Stock. Item 6. Not applicable. Item 7. Financial Statements and Exhibits. 1.2 Executed Underwriting Agreement dated June 20, 2002 between the Company and Lehman Brothers Inc., as Representative of the Underwriters named therein (Registration Nos. 333-85612 and 333-85612-01). 5.3 Opinion of David R. High, Esq. (Registration Nos. 333-85612 and 333-85612-01). 5.4 Opinion of Thelen Reid & Priest LLP (Registration Nos. 333-85612 and 333-85612-01). 99.1 Prospectus dated June 7, 2002, as supplemented by a Prospectus Supplement dated June 20, 2002 (Registration Nos. 333-85612 and 333-85612-01). Items 8-9. Not applicable. 2 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 thereunto duly authorized. DQE, INC. ------------------- (Registrant) Date June 24, 2002 /s/ Frosina C. Cordisco ------------------ ----------------------------------- (Signature) Frosina C. Cordisco Vice President and Treasurer