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): November 21, 2002 PPL CORPORATION -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) Pennsylvania 1-11459 23-2758192 ------------ ------- ---------- (State or Other Jurisdiction of (Commission File Number) (IRS Employer Incorporation) Identification No.) Two North Ninth Street, Allentown, Pennsylvania 18101-1179 ------------------------------------------------ ---------- (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code) Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (610) 774-5151 Item 5. Other Events. On November 21, 2002, in connection with a proposed issuance and sale of common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the "Common Stock"), of PPL Corporation (the "Company") from time to time pursuant to a Sales Agency Agreement, the Company filed a prospectus supplement to the prospectus included in its Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File Nos. 333-85716, 333-85716-01 and 333-85716-02) filed by the Company and certain of its subsidiaries under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and which was declared effective on July 22, 2002. The issuance and sales program continues a prior program pursuant to which the Company had issued and sold shares of Common Stock from time to time under a sales agency agreement with another agent. Attached as an exhibit hereto is a Sales Agency Agreement between the Company and Salomon Smith Barney Inc. Item 7. Financial Statements and Exhibits. (c) Exhibits. 1 Sales Agency Agreement, dated as of November 21, 2002, between PPL Corporation and Salomon Smith Barney Inc. 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. PPL CORPORATION DATED: November 21, 2002 By: /s/ James E. Abel ------------------------------- Name: James E. Abel Title: Vice President - Finance and Treasurer Exhibit Index Exhibit Description ------- ---------- 1 Sales Agency Agreement, dated as of November 21, 2002, between PPL Corporation and Salomon Smith Barney Inc.