Report of Foreign Issuer (6-k)
December 07 2017 - 6:07AM
Edgar (US Regulatory)
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM
6-K
REPORT OF
FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
Pursuant to Rule
13a-16
or
15d-16
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
For the Month of December 2017
KOREA
ELECTRIC POWER CORPORATION
(Translation of registrants name into English)
55
Jeollyeok-ro,
Naju-si,
Jeollanam-do, 58217, Korea
(Address of principal executive offices)
Indicate by check mark whether
the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form
20-F
or Form
40-F.
Form
20-F ☒
Form
40-F ☐
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form
6-K
in paper as permitted by Regulation
S-T
Rule 101(b)(1): ☐
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form
6-K
in paper as permitted by Regulation
S-T
Rule 101(b)(7): ☐
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant by furnishing the information contained in this form is also thereby furnishing the information to the
Commission pursuant to Rule
12g3-2(b)
under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
Yes ☐
No ☒
If Yes is marked, indicate below the file number assigned to the registrant in connection with
Rule
12g3-2(b):
82- .
This Report of Foreign Private Issuer on Form
6-K
is deemed filed for all purposes under the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended, and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
On December 7, 2017, KEPCO disclosed that it was selected as the preferred bidder to acquire
shares in NuGen, which has been carrying out a nuclear power project at Moorside, United Kingdom.
NuGen, which is currently wholly-owned
by Toshiba, a Japanese corporation, has been pursuing the construction of a nuclear power plant with capacity of three gigawatts at Moorside in northwest England for target completion by 2030.
As the preferred bidder, KEPCO will be negotiating the purchase of shares in NuGen on an exclusive basis with Toshiba. Definitive acquisition
of such shares will be subject to a number of factors, including satisfactory completion of negotiation with Toshiba, favorable outcome for a preliminary feasibility study to be conducted by the Korean government, and the approval by the U.K.
government of the transaction.
SIGNATURES
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, thereunto duly authorized.
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By:
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/s/ Kim, Jong-soo
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Name:
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Kim, Jong-soo
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Title:
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Vice President
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Date: December 7, 2017
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