PPL completes offering of 23 million equity units with 7.00% annual distributions
PPL Corporation completed an offering of 23,000,000 equity units on February 26, 2026, including the full exercise of the underwriters' over-allotment option. Each unit has a $50 stated amount and combines a stock purchase contract with a beneficial interest in remarketable senior notes issued by PPL Capital Funding, Inc. and guaranteed by PPL, so the offering can add future common stock issuance for holders who settle the contracts.
Key points
- Offering covered 20,000,000 units plus 3,000,000 over-allotment units, for 23,000,000 units in total, completed February 26, 2026.
- Each unit has a $50 stated amount and total annual distributions of 7.00%, made up of 2.98% contract adjustment payments and 4.02% note interest.
- Stock purchase contracts require holders to buy common stock for $50 in cash no later than February 15, 2029.
- Underwriters for the offering were J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, BofA Securities, Inc., Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC and RBC Capital Markets, LLC.
The filing
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