Edgar Filing: NEXTERA ENERGY INC

Dated: September 14, 2015

NEXTERA ENERGY, INC.

/s/ W. Scott Seeley

Name: W. Scott Seeley

Title: Vice President, Compliance & Corporate Secretary

8-A12B

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-A

FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES

PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR (g) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

NEXTERA ENERGY, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Florida

700 Universe Boulevard

Juno Beach, Florida 33408

(561) 694-4000

59-2449419

(State of incorporation)

(Address of principal executive

offices, including zip code, and

phone number)

(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class

to be so registered

Name of each exchange on which

each class is to be registered

Corporate Units

New York Stock Exchange

If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(c) or (e), check the following box. x

If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(d) or (e), check the following box. ¨

If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities concurrently with a Regulation A offering, check the following box. ¨

Securities Act registration statement or Regulation A offering statement file numbers to which this form relates: 333-205558, 333-205558-01 and 333-205558-02.

Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None

The Commission is respectfully requested to send copies of all notices, orders and communications to:

Charles E. Sieving, Esq.

Executive Vice President and

General Counsel

NextEra Energy, Inc.

700 Universe Boulevard

Juno Beach, Florida 33408

(561) 694-4000

Thomas R. McGuigan, Esq.

Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP

1900 Phillips Point West

777 South Flagler Drive

West Palm Beach, Florida 33401

(561) 650-7200

Thomas P. Giblin, Jr., Esq.

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP

101 Park Avenue

New York, New York 10178

(212) 309-6000

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 1. Description of Registrant’s Securities to be Registered.

The class of securities to be registered hereby are Corporate Units (“Corporate Units”) of NextEra Energy, Inc., a Florida corporation (the “Company”), each consisting of (i) a purchase contract to be issued by the Company that will obligate holders of such Corporate Units to purchase the Company’s common stock, $.01 par value, by no later than September 1, 2018, and (ii) initially a 5% undivided beneficial ownership interest in a Series H Debenture due September 1, 2020 (the “Debentures”) to be issued in the principal amount of $1,000 by NextEra Energy Capital Holdings, Inc. (“NEE Capital”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, which Debentures are absolutely, irrevocably and unconditionally guaranteed by the Company.

For a description of the Corporate Units, reference is made to (i) the Company’s Prospectus Supplement dated September 11, 2015 and accompanying Prospectus dated July 8, 2015, and (ii) Registration Statement Nos. 333-205558, 333-205558-01 and 333-205558-02 (“File No. 333-205558”) on Form S-3 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, on July 8, 2015, by the Company, NEE Capital and Florida Power & Light Company, which description is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 2. Exhibits.


Exhibit		Description

1.		Form of Purchase Contract Agreement (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4(bb) to Form S-3, File No. 333-205558.

2.		Form of Pledge Agreement (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4(bc) to Form S-3, File No. 333-205558).

3.		Form of Remarketing Agreement (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 1(h) to Form S-3, File No. 333-205558).

4.		Form of Certificate of Corporate Units (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit A to Exhibit 4(bb) to Form S-3, File No. 333-205558).

5.		Indenture (For Unsecured Debt Securities), dated as of June 1, 1999, between NextEra Energy Capital Holdings, Inc. and The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee, relating to NextEra Energy Capital Holdings, Inc.’s Unsecured Debt Securities (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4(a) to Form 8-K dated July 16, 1999, File No. 1-8841).

6.		First Supplemental Indenture to Indenture (For Unsecured Debt Securities) dated as of June 1, 1999, dated as of September 21, 2012, between NextEra Energy Capital Holdings, Inc. and The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4(e) to Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2012, File No. 1-8841).



7.		Form of Officer’s Certificate relating to NextEra Energy Capital Holdings, Inc.’s Senior Debt Securities, including form of Senior Debt Securities, issued as a component of Corporate Units (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4(ad) to Form S-3, File No. 333-205558).

8.		Guarantee Agreement, dated as of June 1, 1999, between NextEra Energy, Inc. (as Guarantor) and The Bank of New York Mellon (as Guarantee Trustee) (filed as Exhibit 4(b) to Form 8-K dated July 16, 1999, File No. 1-8841).

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereto duly authorized.