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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):
December 5, 2025
 
 

 

Commission
File Number

 
Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter, State
of Incorporation,
Address of Principal Executive Offices and
Telephone Number

 
I.R.S. Employer
Identification
No.

001-38515

 
Evergy, Inc.

 
82-2733395

(a Missouri corporation)
 
1200 Main Street
Kansas City , Missouri 64105
( 816 ) 556-2200

NOT APPLICABLE
(Former name or former address,
if changed since last report)
 

001-03523

 
Evergy Kansas Central, Inc.

 
48-0290150

(a Kansas corporation)
818 South Kansas Avenue
Topeka , Kansas 66612
( 785 ) 575-6300

NOT APPLICABLE
(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:
 

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under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

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communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b)
under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

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communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c)
under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

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

Title of each class

 
Trading
Symbol(s)

 
Name of each exchange
on which registered

Evergy, Inc. common stock
 
EVRG
 
The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2
of the Exchange Act (§240.12b-2
of this chapter).
Emerging growth company ☐
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐
 
 
 

This combined Current Report on Form 8-K
is being filed by the following registrants: Evergy, Inc. and Evergy Kansas Central, Inc. (“Evergy Kansas Central”). Information relating to any individual registrant is filed by such registrant solely on its own behalf. Each registrant makes no representation as to information relating exclusively to the other registrant.
 

Item 8.01

Other Events

On December 5, 2025, Evergy Kansas Central issued $300,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its First Mortgage Bonds, 5.25% Series due 2035 (the “Mortgage Bonds”), pursuant to an Underwriting Agreement, dated December 1, 2025, among Evergy Kansas Central, BNY Mellon Capital Markets, LLC, Regions Securities LLC, TD Securities (USA) LLC and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, as representatives of the several underwriters named therein. The Mortgage Bonds constitute an additional issuance of Evergy Kansas Central’s First Mortgage Bonds, 5.25% Series due 2035 issued on March 13, 2025 in an aggregate principal amount of $300,000,000 (the “Existing Mortgage Bonds”), and will form a single series with the Existing Mortgage Bonds. The Mortgage Bonds were registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), pursuant to the shelf registration statement on Form S-3
(333-281614-02)

of Evergy Kansas Central (the “Registration Statement”).
In connection with the issuance and sale of the Mortgage Bonds, Evergy Kansas Central entered into several agreements and other instruments listed in Item 9.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K
and filed as exhibits hereto. These exhibits are incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement.
 

Item 9.01

Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d) Exhibits
 

Exhibit No.

  
Description

Exhibit 1.1
  
Underwriting Agreement, dated December 1, 2025, among Evergy Kansas Central, Inc., BNY Mellon Capital Markets, LLC, Regions Securities LLC, TD Securities (USA) LLC and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, as representatives of the several underwriters named therein.

Exhibit 4.1
  
Fifty-Third Supplemental Indenture, dated as of March 13, 2025, between Evergy Kansas Central, Inc. and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee, and the form of global bond included therein (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Evergy Kansas Central’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on March 13, 2025 File No. 1-03523).

Exhibit 4.2
  
Fifty-Third Supplemental (Reopening) Indenture, dated as of December 5, 2025, between Evergy Kansas Central, Inc. and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee, and the form of global bond included therein.

Exhibit 5.1
  
Opinion, dated December 5, 2025, of Heather A. Humphrey, regarding the validity of the Bonds.

Exhibit 23.1
  
Consent of Heather A. Humphrey (included in Exhibit 5.1).

Exhibit 104
  
Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document).
 

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrants have duly caused this report to be signed on their behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
 

Evergy, Inc.

/s/ Geoffrey T. Ley

Geoffrey T. Ley

Senior Vice President, Corporate Planning and Treasurer

Evergy Kansas Central, Inc.

/s/ Geoffrey T. Ley

Geoffrey T. Ley

Senior Vice President, Corporate Planning and Treasurer

Date: December 5, 2025