---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000053456-26-000012"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0000053456"
company_name: "JERSEY CENTRAL POWER & LIGHT CO"
filed_at: "2026-05-07T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-14T22:13:22.043074+00:00"
event_type: "debt"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# JCP&L issues $350M of 4.600% Senior Notes due 2030 for refinancing and capex

## Summary
- $350M aggregate principal amount of 4.600% Senior Notes due January 15, 2030.
- Notes issued under indenture with The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company; no financial covenants.
- Proceeds to be used for refinancing short-term or long-term debt, capital expenditures, and general corporate purposes.
- Registration Rights Agreement requires exchange offer registration within 366 days of closing.
- Notes offered to QIBs and non-U.S. persons under Rule 144A and Regulation S.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000053456-26-000012
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0000053456
- company_name: JERSEY CENTRAL POWER & LIGHT CO
- filed_at: 2026-05-07T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: debt
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 2.03, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/53456/000005345626000012/0000053456-26-000012-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/53456/000005345626000012/jcpl-20260504.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000053456-26-000012
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000053456-26-000012.txt

## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: 898859f403482d714dbac32b57d80aba7b9513e0
  claim: JERSEY CENTRAL POWER & LIGHT CO incurred senior notes of $350,000,000 aggregate principal amount with The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. at 4.600% per year maturing January 15, 2030.
  evidence_excerpt: On May 6, 2026 (the “Closing Date”), Jersey Central Power & Light Company (the “Company”) completed its offering of $350,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 4.600% Senior Notes due 2030 (the “Notes”)
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/53456/000005345626000012/0000053456-26-000012-index.htm
- claim_id: 475b09e6ed74ed39f9326bf82d71c88aac5e6f75
  claim: JERSEY CENTRAL POWER & LIGHT CO entered into Registration Rights Agreement (effective 2026-05-06).
  evidence_excerpt: In connection with its offering of the Notes, the Company has entered into a Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date (the “Registration Rights Agreement”), pursuant to which the Company is obligated to file a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission with respect to an offer to exchange the Notes for a new issue of notes registered under the Securities Act and to complete such exchange offer no later than 366 days after the Closing Date.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/53456/000005345626000012/0000053456-26-000012-index.htm
- claim_id: a8003ffcee649b2841270d45b58a48a532439515
  claim: JERSEY CENTRAL POWER & LIGHT CO entered into Purchase Agreement with PNC Capital Markets LLC, Scotia Capital (USA) Inc. and Truist Securities, Inc., acting as representatives of the several initial purchasers valued at $350,000,000 (effective 2026-05-04).
  evidence_excerpt: On May 6, 2026 (the “Closing Date”), Jersey Central Power & Light Company (the “Company”) completed its offering of $350,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 4.600% Senior Notes due 2030 (the “Notes”), which were issued pursuant to a purchase agreement dated May 4, 2026 (the “Purchase Agreement”), by and among the Company and PNC Capital Markets LLC, Scotia Capital (USA) Inc. and Truist Securities, Inc., acting as representatives of the several initial purchasers named in Schedule 1 to the Purchase Agreement.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/53456/000005345626000012/0000053456-26-000012-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.