DOMINION RESOURCES INC /VA/
8-K, 2000-09-11
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                        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:  September 6, 2000
                       (Date of earliest event reported)

                            Dominion Resources, Inc.
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)



          Virginia                       001-08489               54-1229715
(State or other jurisdiction            (Commission           (I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation or organization)       File Number)         Identification No.)



                               120 Tredegar Street
                          Richmond, Virginia 23219-3932
                                 (804) 819-2000
   (Address including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of
                    registrant's principal executive offices)



         (Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)
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ITEM 5.  OTHER EVENTS

        On September 6, 2000, Dominion Resources, Inc. (the Company) entered
into an underwriting agreement (the Underwriting Agreement) with Banc of America
Securities LLC and Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated, as Representatives of the
Underwriters named in the Underwriting Agreement, for the sale of $200, million
aggregate principal amount of the Company's 7.40% Series D Remarketable Notes
due 2012, $250, million aggregate principal amount of the Company's 7.82% Series
E Remarketable Notes due 2014 and $250, million aggregate principal amount of
the Company's Floating Rate Series F Remarketable Notes due 2012. Such
Remarketable Notes, which are designated the 7.40% Series D Remarketable Notes
due 2012, 7.82% Series E Remarketable Notes due 2014 and the Floating Rate
Series F Remarketable Notes due 2012, are a portion of the $4.5 billion
aggregate principal amount of securities that were registered by the Company
pursuant to a registration statement on Form S-3 under Rule 415 under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, which registration statement was declared
effective on January 6, 2000 (Registration No. 333-93187). A copy of the
Underwriting Agreement including exhibits thereto, is filed as Exhibit 1 to this
Form 8-K.

        Copies of a form of fixed rate remarketable note supplemental indenture,
pursuant to which the 7.40% Series D Remarketable Notes Due 2012 and 7.82%
Series E Remarketable Notes Due 2014 will be issued, and a form of floating rate
remarketable note supplemental indenture, pursuant to which the Floating Rate
Series F Remarketable Notes Due 2012 will be issued, are filed as Exhibits 4.2
and 4.3, respectively, to this Form 8-K.

ITEM 7.  FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS

Exhibits

1    Underwriting Agreement, dated September 6, 2000, between the Company and
     Banc of America Securities LLC and Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated., as
     Representatives of the Underwriters named in the Underwriting Agreement
     (filed herewith).

4.1  Form of Senior Indenture, dated as of June 1, 2000, between the Company and
     The Chase Manhattan Bank, as Trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit
     4(iii) to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Registration
     No. 333-93187).

4.2  Form of fixed rate remarketable note supplemental indenture to the Senior
     Indenture pursuant to which the 7.40% Series D Remarketable Notes Due 2012
     and 7.82% Series E Remarketable Notes Due 2014 will be issued. The form of
     fixed rate remarketable note for the 7.40% Series D Remarketable Notes Due
     2012 and 7.82% Series E Remarketable Notes Due 2014 is included as Exhibit
     A to the form of fixed rate remarketable note supplemental indenture (filed
     herewith).

4.3  Form of floating rate remarketable note supplemental indenture to the
     Senior Indenture pursuant to which the Floating Rate Series F Remarketable
     Notes Due 2012 will be issued. The form of floating rate remarketable note
     for the Floating Rate Series F Remarketable Notes Due 2012 is included as
     Exhibit A to the form of floating rate remarketable note supplemental
     indenture (filed herewith).
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8    Tax opinion of McGuireWoods LLP (filed herewith).

12   Computation  of  Ratio  of  Earnings  to  Fixed  Charges  (incorporated  by
     reference to Exhibit 12 to the Company's  Current Report on Form 8-K, dated
     July 10, 2000 (File No. 001-08489)).

23   Consent of McGuireWoods LLP is included in the tax opinion filed as Exhibit
     8.
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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 thereunto duly authorized.



                                      DOMINION RESOURCES, INC.
                                      Registrant


                                        /s/ James P. Carney
                                        ---------------------------------
                                              James P. Carney
                                              Assistant Treasurer



Date: September 8, 2000
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                                  EXHIBIT LIST


1    Underwriting  Agreement,  dated September 6, 2000,  between the Company and
     Banc of America Securities LLC and Morgan Stanley & Co.  Incorporated.,  as
     Representatives  of the Underwriters  named in the  Underwriting  Agreement
     (filed herewith).

4.1  Form of Senior Indenture, dated as of June 1, 2000, between the Company and
     The Chase Manhattan Bank, as Trustee  (incorporated by reference to Exhibit
     4(iii) to the Company's  Registration  Statement on Form S-3  (Registration
     No. 333-93187).

4.2  Form of fixed rate remarketable  note supplemental  indenture to the Senior
     Indenture  pursuant to which the 7.40% Series D Remarketable Notes Due 2012
     and 7.82% Series E Remarketable  Notes Due 2014 will be issued. The form of
     fixed rate remarketable note for the 7.40% Series D Remarketable  Notes Due
     2012 and 7.82% Series E Remarketable  Notes Due 2014 is included as Exhibit
     A to the form of fixed rate remarketable note supplemental indenture (filed
     herewith).

4.3  Form of floating  rate  remarketable  note  supplemental  indenture  to the
     Senior Indenture  pursuant to which the Floating Rate Series F Remarketable
     Notes Due 2012 will be issued.  The form of floating rate remarketable note
     for the Floating Rate Series F  Remarketable  Notes Due 2012 is included as
     Exhibit  A to the form of  floating  rate  remarketable  note  supplemental
     indenture (filed herewith).

8    Tax opinion of McGuireWoods LLP (filed herewith).

12   Computation  of  Ratio  of  Earnings  to  Fixed  Charges  (incorporated  by
     reference to Exhibit 12 to the Company's  Current Report on Form 8-K, dated
     July 10, 2000 (File No. 001-08489)).

23   Consent of McGuireWoods LLP is included in the tax opinion filed as Exhibit
     8.


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