Form 8-K

 

 

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) January 25, 2016

 

 

 

Commission

File Number

   Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter; State of
Incorporation; Address of  Principal Executive Offices;
and Telephone Number
   IRS Employer
Identification Number
1-16169    EXELON CORPORATION

(a Pennsylvania corporation)

10 South Dearborn Street

P.O. Box 805379

Chicago, Illinois 60680-5379

(312) 394-7398

   23-2990190

 

 

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 5 – Corporate Governance and Management

Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On January 25, 2016, Mr. John A. Canning, Jr., a director of Exelon Corporation (Exelon) informed the board of directors that he will not stand for election as a director of Exelon at the 2016 annual meeting of shareholders.

On January 26, 2016, the board of directors of Exelon elected Ms. Nancy L. Gioia as a director, effective as of February 1, 2016, to fill the vacancy resulting from the retirement on December 31, 2015 of Dr. William C. Richardson, to serve until the 2016 annual meeting of shareholders. Ms. Gioia has been appointed to serve on the Finance and Risk and Generation Oversight committees of the board of directors. Ms. Gioia will receive Exelon’s standard compensation for its directors as disclosed in its proxy statement.

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Cautionary Statements Regarding Forward-Looking Information

This report contains certain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, that are subject to risks and uncertainties. The factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking statements made by Exelon include those factors discussed herein, as well as the items discussed in (1) Exelon’s 2014 Annual Report on Form 10-K in (a) ITEM 1A. Risk Factors, (b) ITEM 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations and (c) ITEM 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data: Note 22; (2) Exelon’s Third Quarter 2015 Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q in (a) Part II, Other Information, ITEM 1A. Risk Factors; (b) Part 1, Financial Information, ITEM 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations and (c) Part I, Financial Information, ITEM 1. Financial Statements: Note 19; and (3) other factors discussed in filings with the SEC by Exelon. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which apply only as of the date of this report. Exelon does not undertake any obligation to publicly release any revision to its forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this report.

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SIGNATURES

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.

 

EXELON CORPORATION
/s/ Jonathan W. Thayer
Jonathan W. Thayer
Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Exelon Corporation

January 28, 2016