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): October 11, 2012

 

ATLANTIC POWER CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

British Columbia, Canada
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)

 

001-34691
(Commission File
Number)

 

55-0886410
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

 

One Federal Street, Floor 30
Boston, MA
(Address of principal executive offices)

 

02110
(Zip code)

 

(617) 977-2400

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

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:

 

o            Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

o            Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

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

 

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

 

 

 


 

Item 7.01.                                          Regulation FD Disclosure.

 

On October 11, 2012, Atlantic Power Corporation, (the “Company”) posted to its website materials for a presentation by Barry E. Welch, the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer, to be made at the Deutsche Bank 2012 Leveraged Finance Conference on October 11, 2012 in Scottsdale, Arizona, which materials are attached to this Form 8-K as Exhibit 99.1.

 

Information on the Company’s website is not incorporated by reference in this Form 8-K.  The information in this Form 8-K and the exhibit attached shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that Section, nor shall they be deemed incorporated by reference in any registration statement or other filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), or the Exchange Act, unless the Company expressly states that such information is to be considered “filed” under the Exchange Act or incorporates such information by specific reference in a Securities Act or Exchange Act filing.

 

Item 9.01.                                          Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits

 

Exhibit

 

 

Number

 

Description

99.1

 

Atlantic Power Corporation Presentation Materials for Deutsche Bank 2012 Leveraged Finance Conference dated October 11, 2012

 

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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 hereunto duly authorized.

 

 

 

Atlantic Power Corporation

 

 

 

 

Dated: October 11, 2012

By:

/S/ Barry E. Welch

 

 

Name:

Barry E. Welch

 

 

Title:

President and Chief Executive Officer

 

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