Filed Pursuant to Rule 433
Registration No. 333-190917-03
March 11, 2014
POTOMAC ELECTRIC
POWER COMPANY
$400,000,000
First Mortgage Bonds, 3.60% Series due March 15, 2024
Issuer: | Potomac Electric Power Company (the “Company”) |
Issue: | First Mortgage Bonds, 3.60% Series due March 15, 2024 |
Ratings:* | A2 (Stable)/A (Stable)/A- (Stable) (Moody’s/S&P/Fitch) |
Offering Size: | $400,000,000 |
Coupon: | 3.60% |
Trade Date: | March 11, 2014 |
Settlement Date: | March 18, 2014 (T+5) |
Maturity Date: | March 15, 2024 |
Price to Public: | 99.867% per Bond |
Proceeds (before expenses) to Issuer: | $396,868,000 |
Benchmark Treasury: | 2.75% due February 15, 2024 |
Benchmark Treasury Yield: | 2.766% |
Spread to Benchmark Treasury: | +85 bps |
Yield to Maturity: | 3.616% |
Optional Redemption: |
Make-whole call at any time prior to December 15, 2023, 15 bps spread over the U.S. Treasury selected by the independent investment banker. Callable on or after December 15, 2023 at par. |
Interest Payment Dates: | March 15 and September 15 of each year, commencing on September 15, 2014 |
CUSIP/ISIN Number: | 737679DG2/US737679DG22 |
Mortgage Capacity: | As discussed in the preliminary prospectus supplement under “Description of First Mortgage Bonds—General,” after giving effect to the issuance of the Bonds and the repayment at maturity of $175.0 million in aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 4.65% senior notes due April 15, 2014 (and the deemed satisfaction of a corresponding series of the Company’s first mortgage bonds), as of January 31, 2014, available property additions and refundable bonds would permit, and the net earnings test would not prohibit, the issuance of approximately $1,222.3 million in principal amount of additional bonds as long as the weighted average interest rate of the additional bonds was less than approximately 12.06%. |
Joint Book-Running Managers: |
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC RBS Securities Inc. Wells Fargo Securities, LLC Citigroup Global Markets Inc. Goldman, Sachs & Co. |
Co-Managers: |
Mischler Financial Group, Inc. Samuel A. Ramirez & Company, Inc. |
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The issuer has filed a registration statement (including a prospectus and a preliminary prospectus supplement) with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC, for the offering to which this communication relates. Before you invest, you should read the prospectus in that registration statement, the preliminary prospectus supplement and other documents the issuer has filed with the SEC for more complete information about the issuer and this offering. You may obtain these documents for free by visiting EDGAR on the SEC website at www.sec.gov. Alternatively, the issuer, any underwriter or any dealer participating in the offering will arrange to send you the prospectus if you request it by calling J.P. Morgan Securities LLC collect at 1-212-834-4533, RBS Securities Inc. toll-free at 1-866-884-2071 or Wells Fargo Securities, LLC toll-free at 1-800-326-5897.