---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-24-021168"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0000096271"
company_name: "TAMPA ELECTRIC CO"
filed_at: "2024-02-01T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-06T12:36:11.113818+00:00"
event_type: "debt"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Tampa Electric completes $500M issuance of 4.90% Notes due 2029

## Summary
- Issued $500M of 4.90% Notes due 2029 at 99.932% of par; net proceeds ~$495.3M.
- Notes mature March 1, 2029; interest paid semi-annually starting Sep 1, 2024.
- Unsecured, rank equally with other unsecured debt; redeemable at T+15bps before Feb 1, 2029.
- Event of default includes 30-day interest non-payment, principal non-payment, bankruptcy.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-24-021168
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0000096271
- company_name: TAMPA ELECTRIC CO
- filed_at: 2024-02-01T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: debt
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 2.03, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/96271/000119312524021168/0001193125-24-021168-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/96271/000119312524021168/d749561d8k.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-24-021168
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-24-021168.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-24-021168.txt

## Key facts
- Debt Financings
  TAMPA ELECTRIC CO incurred senior notes of $500.0 million aggregate principal amount with The Bank of New York Mellon at 4.90% per annum maturing March 1, 2029.
  - Instrument: senior notes
  - Principal: $500.0 million aggregate principal amount
  - Counterparty: The Bank of New York Mellon
  - Rate: 4.90% per annum
  - Maturity: March 1, 2029
  - Event: incurrence
  source text: On January 30, 2024, Tampa Electric Company (the “Company”) completed its previously reported offering of $500.0 million aggregate principal amount of 4.90% Notes due 2029 (the “Notes”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/96271/000119312524021168/0001193125-24-021168-index.htm
- Material Agreements
  TAMPA ELECTRIC CO entered into Eighteenth Supplemental Indenture with The Bank of New York Mellon valued at $500.0 million (effective 2024-01-30).
  - Action: entry
  - Agreement: notes offering
  - Counterparty: The Bank of New York Mellon
  - Value: $500.0 million
  - Effective: 2024-01-30
  source text: On January 30, 2024, Tampa Electric Company (the “Company”) completed its previously reported offering of $500.0 million aggregate principal amount of 4.90% Notes due 2029 (the “Notes”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/96271/000119312524021168/0001193125-24-021168-index.htm

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