UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of ~~report~~Report (Date of earliest event reported): August 1419, 2025

Commission File Number 1-9052

DPL LLC

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Ohio	31-1163136
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
1065 Woodman Drive
Dayton, Ohio	45432
(Address of principal executive offices)	(Zip Code)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code:	(937) 259-7215

Commission File Number 1-2385

THE DAYTON POWER AND LIGHT COMPANY

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Ohio	31-0258470
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
1065 Woodman Drive
Dayton, Ohio	45432
(Address of principal executive offices)	(Zip Code)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code:	(937) 259-7215

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 (see General~~ ~~Instruction A.2. below)~~provisions:

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

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Trading Symbol(s)

Name of Each Exchange on Which Registered

N/A

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§ 230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§ 240.12b-2 of this chapter). ☐

IfEmerging ~~an emerging~~ growth company, ~~indicate~~DPL byLLC ~~check mark~~☐ ifThe ~~the~~Dayton ~~registrant~~Power ~~has~~and ~~elected~~Light ~~not~~Company ~~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.~~ ☐

~~Item~~If ~~8.01~~an ~~Other~~emerging ~~Events~~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.

OnDPL ~~August~~LLC ~~14,~~☐ ~~2025,~~ The Dayton Power and Light Company, a subsidiary of DPL LLC and The AES Corporation and which does business as AES Ohio, announced and priced an offering of $375 million aggregate principal amount of a new series of 4.550% First Mortgage Bonds due 2030 to be issued under its first and refunding mortgage (the “AES Ohio Offering”), which has the benefit of a mortgage lien on substantially all of its property. AES Ohio intends to use the net proceeds from the AES Ohio Offering to repay amounts outstanding under its $150 million term loan agreement and revolving credit agreement and for general corporate purposes.☐

Item 91.01 ~~Financial~~Entry ~~Statements~~into ~~and~~a ~~Exhibits~~Material Definitive Agreement.

On August 19, 2025, The Dayton Power and Light Company, the principal subsidiary of DPL LLC and a subsidiary of The AES Corporation and which does business as AES Ohio, completed its previously announced sale of $375 million aggregate principal amount of 4.550% First Mortgage Bonds due 2030 (dthe “Bonds”), ~~Exhibits~~pursuant to Rule 144A and Regulation S under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). The Bonds were issued pursuant to the First and Refunding Mortgage dated as of October 1, 1935 between AES Ohio and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as successor in interest to the Irving Trust Company, as trustee (the “Trustee”), as heretofore amended and supplemented, and as further amended and supplemented by the Fifty-Sixth Supplemental Indenture dated as of August 19, 2025 (the “Supplemental Indenture”) between AES Ohio and the Trustee.

~~Exhibit~~The Bonds ~~104~~are ~~The~~secured ~~cover~~by ~~page~~the ~~from~~lien ~~this~~of ~~Current~~the ~~Report~~mortgage onwhich ~~Form~~constitutes ~~8-K~~a valid, ~~formatted~~direct first mortgage lien upon AES Ohio’s interest in substantially ~~Inline~~all ~~XBRL~~the property now owned by it and specifically described in the mortgage as subject to the lien of the mortgage which has not been released by the Trustee or otherwise retired pursuant to the terms of the mortgage, subject to certain exceptions.

~~SIGNATURES~~Payments of interest on the Bonds are payable on February 15 and August 15 of each year, commencing February 15, 2026. Principal on the Bonds is payable on the maturity date, which is August 15, 2030.

~~Pursuant~~AES Ohio intends to use the ~~requirements of~~net proceeds from the ~~Securities~~Bonds ~~Exchange~~to ~~Act~~repay ofamounts ~~1934,~~outstanding ~~the~~under ~~Registrant~~its ~~has~~$150 ~~duly~~million ~~caused~~term ~~this~~loan ~~report~~agreement toand berevolving credit ~~signed~~agreement. onAny ~~its~~remaining ~~behalf~~net byproceeds ~~the~~will ~~undersigned~~be ~~hereunto duly~~used ~~authorized~~for general corporate purposes.

	DPL LLC
Date: August 14, 2025	By:	/s/ Brian Hylander
	Name:	Brian Hylander
	Title:	Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

The foregoing descriptions of the Bonds and the Supplemental Indenture do not purport to be complete and are qualified in their entirety by reference to the Supplemental Indenture, which is filed as Exhibit 4.1 hereto, and is incorporated herein by reference.

	The Dayton Power and Light Company d/b/a AES Ohio
Date: August 14, 2025	By:	/s/ Brian Hylander
	Name:	Brian Hylander
	Title:	Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

Item 2.03 Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.

The information set forth above in response to Item 1.01 with respect to the Bonds and the Supplemental Indenture is incorporated by reference into this Item 2.03.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d) Exhibits

Exhibit 4.1	Fifty-Sixth Supplemental Indenture between AES Ohio and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee, dated August 19, 2025, relating to the 4.550% First Mortgage Bonds due 2030 (including the form of Bond attached as an exhibit thereto)
Exhibit 104	The cover page from this Current Report on Form 8-K, formatted in Inline XBRL.

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.

	DPL LLC


Date: August 19, 2025	By:	/s/ Brian Hylander
	Name:	Brian Hylander
	Title:	Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

	The Dayton Power and Light Company d/b/a AES Ohio


Date: August 19, 2025	By:	/s/ Brian Hylander
	Name:	Brian Hylander
	Title:	Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

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