june8-k.htm
UNITED
STATES
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): July 9,
2008
Commission
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Registrant,
State of Incorporation,
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I.R.S.
Employer
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File
Number
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Address and Telephone
Number
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Identification
No.
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1-3375
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South
Carolina Electric & Gas Company
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57-0248695
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(a
South Carolina corporation)
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1426
Main Street, Columbia, South Carolina 29201
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(803)
217-9000
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(Former
name or former address, if changed since last report)
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:
¨ Written
communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR
230.425)
¨ Soliciting
material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.14a-12)
¨ Pre-commencement
communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange
Act
(17
CFR 240.14d-2(b))
¨ Pre-commencement
communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange
Act
(17
CFR 240.13e-4(c))
Item
5.03(a) AMENDMENTS TO ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OR
BYLAWS;
CHANGE
IN FISCAL YEAR.
Effective July 9,
2008, South Carolina Electric & Gas Company (SCE&G) amended its
articles of incorporation to reduce, from 60,516 to 59,516, the number
of authorized shares of SCE&G’s Cumulative Preferred Stock ($50 par
value) 5.125% Series and to reduce, from $295,321,461.50 to $295,271,461.50,
SCE&G’s stated capital. The articles of amendment were adopted to reflect
SCE&G’s acquisition of 1,000 shares of its Cumulative Preferred Stock ($50
par value) 5.125% Series that, pursuant to SCE&G’s articles of
incorporation, may not be reissued.
Item
9.01 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS.
(d) Exhibits
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3.01
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Articles
of Amendment dated July 9, 2008 (Filed
herewith)
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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.
South Carolina Electric & Gas
Company
(Registrant)
July 10,
2008
By: /s/James E.
Swan, IV
James E. Swan, IV
Controller