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) June 12, 2007

PORTLAND GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Oregon

 

1-5532-99

 

93-0256820

(State or other jurisdiction of

 

Commission File Number

 

(I.R.S. Employer

incorporation or organization)

 

 

 

Identification No.)

 

121 SW Salmon Street, Portland, Oregon 97204
(Address of principal executive offices) (zip code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (503) 464-8000

 

o                     Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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Section 7 — Regulation FD

Item 7.01  Regulation FD Disclosure.

On June 13, 2007, Portland General Electric Company (“PGE” or the “Company”) issued a press release announcing that the secondary offering of 21,000,000 shares of its common stock by the Enron Disputed Claims Reserve (the “DCR”) was priced at $26.00 per share.  A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.

Section 8 - Other Events

Item 8.01  Other Events.

On June 12, 2007, PGE and the DCR entered into an underwriting agreement with Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. and Lehman Brothers Inc., as representatives of the several underwriters named therein, in connection with the public offering and sale by the DCR of 21,000,000 shares of PGE common stock at a price of $26.00 per share.  Pursuant to the terms of the underwriting agreement, the DCR also granted the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 2,658,106 shares of PGE common stock.  PGE will not receive any of the proceeds from the sale of the shares.  The shares are being offered and sold under a prospectus supplement and related prospectus filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to the Company’s automatic shelf registration statement on Form S-3ASR (No. 333-143472) (the “Registration Statement”), which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 4, 2007.  The closing of the offering is expected to occur on June 18, 2007, subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions.

The above description of the underwriting agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the underwriting agreement, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 1.1 hereto and is incorporated herein by reference.

In connection with the offering of the common stock described above, the Company is filing certain exhibits as part of this Current Report on Form 8-K (Exhibits 1.1, 5.1 and 23.1) that are to be incorporated by reference in their entirety into the Registration Statement.

Section 9 — Financial Statements and Exhibits

Item 9.01           Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)                       Exhibits

 

Exhibit

 

Description

 

 

 

 

  1.1

 

Equity Underwriting Agreement, dated June 12, 2007, among Portland General Electric Company, the Enron Disputed Claims Reserve and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. and Lehman Brothers Inc., as representatives of the several

 

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underwriters named therein

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  5.1

 

Opinion of Douglas R. Nichols, General Counsel of Portland General Electric Company, with respect to the legality of the common stock being registered

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

23.1

 

Consent of Douglas R. Nichols, General Counsel of Portland General Electric Company (included in Exhibit 5.1 hereto)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

99.1

 

Press release issued by Portland General Electric Company on June 13, 2007

 

 

 

 

 

 

Information Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

This current report includes forward-looking statements. Portland General Electric Company based these forward-looking statements on its current expectations about future events in light of its knowledge of facts as of the date of this current report and its assumptions about future circumstances.  Investors are cautioned that any such forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties and actual results may differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements. The Company assumes no obligation to update any such forward-looking statement.  Prospective investors should also review the risks and uncertainties included in the Company’s most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and the Company’s reports on Forms 10-Q and 8-K filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, including Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operation and the risks described therein from time to time.

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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.

 

PORTLAND GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY

 

 

(Registrant)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Date:

June 13, 2007

 

By:

/s/ Douglas R. Nichols

 

 

 

 

 

Douglas R. Nichols

 

 

 

 

 

Vice President,

 

 

 

 

 

General Counsel and Secretary

 

 

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