EIX Edison International

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This current report should be read with Edison International's and Southern California Edison Company's ("SCE") combined Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018 and subsequent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q. Additionally, Edison International and SCE post or provide direct links to certain documents and information related to Southern California wildfires which may be of interest to investors at www.edisoninvestor.com (Southern California Wildfires) in order to publicly disseminate such information. Edison International and SCE also routinely post or provide direct links to presentations, documents and other information that may be of interest to investors at www.edisoninvestor.com (Events and Presentations) in order to publicly disseminate such information.

SCE has issued a press release announcing the settlements discussed in Item 8.01 below. A copy of the press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this report.

As previously disclosed, multiple lawsuits have been initiated against SCE and Edison International related to the "Thomas Fire" that originated on December 4, 2017 in the Anlauf Canyon area of Ventura County, the "Koenigstein Fire" that originated on December 4, 2017 near Koenigstein Road in the City of Santa Paula, and the "Woolsey Fire" that originated on November 8, 2018 in Ventura County. Some of the lawsuits related to the Thomas and Koenigstein Fires claim that SCE and Edison International also have responsibility for the damages caused by mudslides and flooding in Montecito and surrounding areas in January 2018 (the "Montecito Mudslides," and, together with the Thomas Fire, the Koenigstein Fire and the Montecito Mudslides, the "2017/2018 Wildfire/Mudslide Events").

In November 2019, SCE and Edison International reached separate settlement agreements in principle with the local public entity plaintiffs in the Thomas Fire, Koenigstein Fire and Montecito Mudslides litigation (the "Thomas Fire, Koenigstein Fire and Montecito Mudslides Settlement") and the local public entity plaintiffs in the Woolsey Fire litigation (the "Woolsey Settlement," and together with the Thomas Fire, Koenigstein Fire and Montecito Mudslides Settlement, the "Settlements").

Under the Thomas Fire, Koenigstein Fire and Montecito Mudslides Settlement, SCE and Edison International agreed to pay the local public entity plaintiffs in the Thomas Fire, Koenigstein Fire and Montecito Mudslides litigation an aggregate of $150 million and, other than as set forth below, the plaintiffs agreed to release SCE and Edison International from all claims and potential claims in the Thomas Fire, Koenigstein Fire and Montecito Mudslides litigation and/or related to or arising from the Thomas Fire, Koenigstein Fire or Montecito Mudslides. SCE and Edison International did not release their cross-claims against the public entity plaintiffs in the Montecito Mudslides litigation, and certain of the public entity plaintiffs will retain the right to pursue certain indemnity claims against SCE and Edison International.

Under the Woolsey Fire Settlement, SCE and Edison International agreed to pay the local public entity plaintiffs in the Woolsey Fire litigation an aggregate of $210 million and the public entity plaintiffs agreed to release SCE and Edison International from all claims and potential claims in the Woolsey Fire litigation and/or related to or arising from the Woolsey Fire.

The aggregate amount of $360 million to be paid to the local public entity plaintiffs under the Settlements represents a little more than one third of the amounts claimed by those plaintiffs. Those claims were higher than the amounts estimated for local public entity claims for purposes of the liability that was accrued in the fourth quarter of 2018 in connection with the 2017/2018 Wildfire/Mudslide Events. After consideration of the Settlements and other potential adjustments to estimates used in developing the liability, Edison International and SCE have not concluded that an adjustment to the overall liability is required at this time. Edison International and SCE will reassess the liability after the end of the fourth quarter of 2019, based on all of the information available at that time.