Company: POR
Filing Date: 2025-07-25
Form Type: 424B5
Source: 0001140361-25-027364
Chunk: 4

Company: PORTLAND GENERAL ELECTRIC CO /OR/
Filing Date: 2025-07-25
Form: 424B5
Chunk 4
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 to HSBC Bank USA, National Association), so long as any of our first mortgage bonds are outstanding, we may not pay or declare dividends (other than stock dividends) on common stock or purchase or retire for a consideration (other than in exchange for other shares of our capital stock or the proceeds from the sale of other shares of our capital stock) any shares of capital stock of any class, if the aggregate amount distributed or expended after December 31, 1944 would exceed the aggregate amount of our net income, as adjusted, available for dividends on our common stock accumulated after December 31, 1944. As of December 31, 2024, approximately $402 million of accumulated net income was available for payment of dividends under this provision.

Further, under Oregon law, our board of directors may not declare and pay dividends on shares of our common stock or any series of preferred stock we may issue unless after giving effect to such dividend, in the judgment of our board of directors: (a) we would be able to pay our debts as they become due in the usual course of business; and (b) our total assets would at least equal the sum of our total liabilities plus the amount that would be needed if we were to be dissolved at the time of the distribution, to satisfy the preferential rights upon dissolution of shareholders whose preferential rights are superior to those receiving the distribution. Further, even if we are permitted under our contractual obligations and Oregon law to declare and pay cash dividends on the shares of common stock and any series of preferred stock we may issue, we may not have sufficient cash to declare and pay dividends in cash on the outstanding shares of our common stock and any series of preferred stock we may issue.

Provisions of Oregon law and anti-takeover provisions in our organizational documents might discourage, delay or prevent changes in control of our company and may result in an entrenchment of management and diminish the value of our common stock.

We are incorporated under the laws of the State of Oregon. The Oregon Business Combination Act imposes some restrictions on mergers and other business combinations between us and holders of 15% or more of our outstanding common stock. In addition, we are subject to the anti-takeover provisions of the Oregon Control Share Act, which would prohibit an acquirer, under certain circumstances, from voting shares of our stock after crossing specific threshold ownership percentages, unless the acquirer obtains the approval of our shareholders or we amend our articles of incorporation or bylaws to opt-out of the Oregon Control Share Act.

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