As Filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 15, 1998
Registration No. 333-
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Under
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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MIDAMERICAN ENERGY HOLDINGS COMPANY
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Iowa 42-1451822
(state or other jurisdiction (I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation or organization) Identification No.)
666 Grand Avenue, P.O. Box 657
Des Moines, Iowa 50303-0657
(515) 242-4300
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number,
including area code, of registrant's
principal executive offices)
MidAmerican Energy Holdings Company Sales Associate Stock Purchase Plan
(Full title of the Plan)
Paul J. Leighton
666 Grand Avenue, P. O. Box 657
Des Moines, Iowa 50303-0657
(515) 242-4300
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number,
including area code, of agent for service)
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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Proposed Proposed
Title of Each Maximum Maximum Amount of
Class of Securities Amount to be Offering Price Aggregate Registration
to be Registered Registered (1) Per Unit(2) Offering Price(2) Fee
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Common Stock,
no par value . . . . . 1,000,000 21.6875 $21,687,500 $4,338
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(1) In addition, pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act of 1933,
this Registration Statement also covers an indeterminate amount of
interests to be offered or sold pursuant to the MidAmerican Energy
Holdings Company Sales Associate Stock Purchase Plan.
(2) Estimated pursuant to Rule 457(h) of the Securities Act of 1933.
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PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference
The following documents, previously filed with the Commission pursuant to the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, ("Exchange Act"), are hereby
incorporated by reference herein and shall be deemed a part hereof:
1. The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K, as amended, for
the year ended December 31, 1997.
2. The Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period
ended March 31, 1998.
3. The Company's Current Reports on Form 8-K, as amended,
reporting events occurring on May 27, 1998, May 29, 1998, June 9, 1998
and June 16, 1998.
4. The description of the Company's common stock, no par value
("Common Stock"), which is contained in the Registration Statement on
Form 8-B filed with the Commission on November 14, 1996 under the
Exchange Act, including any subsequent amendment or any report filed
for the purpose of updating such description.
All documents, filed by or on behalf of the Company with the
Commission pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act,
and all documents filed by the MidAmerican Energy Holdings Company Sales
Associate Stock Purchase Plan ("Plan") pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange
Act, after the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a
post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement which indicates that all
securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then
remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this
Registration Statement and made a part hereof from their respective dates of
filing (such documents and the documents enumerated above being hereinafter
referred to as "Incorporated Documents"); provided, however, that the documents
enumerated above or subsequently filed by or on behalf of the Company pursuant
to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act in each year during
which the offering made by this Registration Statement is in effect prior to the
filing with the Commission of the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K covering
such year shall not be Incorporated Documents or be incorporated by reference in
this Registration Statement or be a part hereof from and after the filing of
such Annual Report on Form 10-K.
Any statement contained in an Incorporated Document shall be
deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement
to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently
filed Incorporated Document modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such
statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified
or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
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Item 4. Description of Securities
Not applicable
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
Not applicable
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers
Sections 490.850 through 490.857 of the Iowa Business
Corporation Act ("IBCA") permit corporations organized thereunder to indemnify
directors, officers and employees against liability under certain circumstances.
Each of the Restated Articles of Incorporation, as amended, and the Restated
Bylaws, as amended, of the Company provide for indemnification of directors,
officers and employees to the full extent provided by the IBCA. Each of the
Restated Articles of Incorporation, as amended, and the Restated Bylaws, as
amended, state that the indemnification provided therein shall not be deemed
exclusive. The Company may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any
person who is or was a director, officer or employee of the Company or another
corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against any
expense, liability or loss, whether or not the Company would have the power to
indemnify such person against such expense, liability or loss under the IBCA.
Pursuant to Section 490.857 of the IBCA, the Restated Articles of Incorporation,
as amended, and the Restated Bylaws, as amended, the Company maintains
directors' and officers' liability insurance coverage. The Company has also
entered into indemnification agreements with certain directors and officers, and
expects to enter into similar agreements with future directors and officers, to
further assure such persons indemnification as permitted by Iowa law.
As permitted by Section 490.832 of the IBCA, the Restated
Articles of Incorporation of the Company, as amended, provide that no director
shall be personally liable to the Company or its shareholders for monetary
damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except for liability (i) for
any breach of the director's duty of loyalty to the Company or its shareholders,
(ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional
misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii) for any transaction from which
the director derived an improper personal benefit or (iv) under Section 490.833
of the IBCA (relating to certain unlawful distributions to shareholders).
Item 7. Exemption from Registration
Not applicable
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Item 8. Exhibits
4(1) Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Company, as
amended (filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the Company's Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
1996, Commission File No. 1-12459)*
4(2) Restated Bylaws of the Company, as amended (filed as
Exhibit 3.2 to the Company's Annual Report on Form
10-K for the year ended December 31, 1996, Commission
File No. 1-12459 )*
4(3) MidAmerican Energy Holdings Company Sales Associate
Stock Purchase Plan
5 Opinion of John A. Rasmussen, Jr., Esq.
23(1) Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (to be filed by
amendment)
23(2) Consent of John A. Rasmussen, Jr. (included in Exhibit
5)
24 Powers of Attorney
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* Incorporated herein by reference, as indicated.
Item 9. Undertakings
The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are
being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement: (i) To
include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of
1933; (ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the
effective date of the Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective
amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a
fundamental change in the information set forth in the Registration Statement;
(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of
distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any
material change to such information in the Registration Statement; Provided,
however, that the registrant need not file a post-effective amendment to include
the information required to be included by subsection (i) or (ii) if such
information is contained in periodic reports filed by the registrant pursuant to
Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, which are
incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement.
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(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under
the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed
to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein,
and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the
initial bona fide offering thereof.
(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective
amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the
termination of the offering.
(4) That, for purposes of determining any liability under the
Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the registrant's annual report pursuant
to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and
each filing of the Plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and each filing of an employee benefit plan's
annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
that is incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement shall be deemed
to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered herein,
and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the
initial bona fide offering thereof.
(5) That, insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising
under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and
controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or
otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities
and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as
expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the
event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the
payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or
controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action,
suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person
in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless
in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling
precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether
such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the
Securities Act of 1933 and will be governed by the final adjudication of such
issue.
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SIGNATURES
The Registrant. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the
registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all
of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration
statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the City of Des Moines, and State of Iowa on this 15th day of
July, 1998.
MIDAMERICAN ENERGY HOLDINGS COMPANY
By Stanley J. Bright*
Stanley J. Bright, Chairman,
President and Chief Executive
Officer
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
registration statement has been signed below by the following persons in the
capacities and on the date indicated.
Signature Title
Stanley J. Bright* Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer,
Stanley J. Bright and Director (Principal Executive Officer)
Alan L. Wells*___ Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Alan L. Wells (Principal Financial Officer and Principal
Accounting Officer)
John W. Aalfs* Director
John W. Aalfs
Ross D. Christensen* Director
Ross D. Christensen
Russell E. Christiansen* Director
Russell E. Christiansen
John W. Colloton* Director
John W. Colloton
Frank S. Cottrell* Director
Frank S. Cottrell
Jack W. Eugster* Director
Jack W. Eugster
Nolden Gentry* Director
Nolden Gentry
Richard L. Lawson* Director
Richard L. Lawson
Robert L. Peterson* Director
Robert L. Peterson
Nancy L. Seifert* Director
Nancy L. Seifert
W. Scott Tinsman* Director
W. Scott Tinsman
Leonard L. Woodruff* Director
Leonard L. Woodruff
*By Paul J. Leighton
Paul J. Leighton
Attorney-in-fact
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The Plan. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the
MidAmerican Energy Holdings Company Sales Associate Stock Purchase Plan has duly
caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Des Moines, State of
Iowa, on July 15, 1998.
MIDAMERICAN ENERGY HOLDINGS COMPANY
SALES ASSOCIATE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN
By: /s/ Alan L. Wells
Name: Alan L. Wells
Title: Senior Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
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EXHIBIT LIST
Exhibit
No Description
4(1) Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Company, as amended (filed as
Exhibit 3.1 to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year
ended December 31, 1996, Commission File No. 1-12459)*
4(2) Restated Bylaws of the Company, as amended (filed as Exhibit 3.2 to the
Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
1996, Commission File No. 1-12459 )*
4(3) MidAmerican Energy Holdings Company Sales Associate Stock Purchase Plan
5 Opinion of John A. Rasmussen, Jr., Esq.
23(1) Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (to be filed by amendment)
23(2) Consent of John A. Rasmussen, Jr. (included in Exhibit 5)
24 Powers of Attorney
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* Incorporated herein by reference, as indicated.
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Exhibit 4(3)
MIDAMERICAN ENERGY HOLDINGS COMPANY
Sales Associate Stock Purchase Plan
1. Purpose. The purpose of this MidAmerican Energy Holdings Company Sales
Associate Stock Purchase Plan ("Plan") is to advance the interests of
MidAmerican Energy Holdings Company ("Company") and its shareholders by
providing real estate sales associates of MidAmerican Realty Services Company
("MidAmerican Realty") and each entity which is a subsidiary thereof
("Subsidiary Company") with added incentive to continue in the service of such
companies and to encourage increased efforts to promote the best interests of
such companies by permitting eligible sales associates to purchase shares of the
common stock of the Company ("Common Stock") at prices less than the then
current market prices through deductions from commission payments. MidAmerican
Realty and its Subsidiary Companies are sometimes hereinafter called
collectively the "Participating Companies." The Plan will not qualify as an
employee stock purchase plan under Section 423 of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986, as amended ("Code").
2. Eligibility. Participation in the Plan shall be open to all active sales
associates of the Participating Companies whether a natural person or a legal
entity that meet applicable participation requirements as established by each
Participating Company from time to time. No right to purchase Common Stock shall
accrue under the Plan in favor of any person or entity that is not an eligible
sales associate, and no eligible sales associate shall acquire such right to
purchase Common Stock (i) if, immediately after receiving such right, such sales
associate would own 5% or more of the total combined voting power or value of
all classes of stock of the Company or of any Subsidiary Company, taking into
account in determining stock ownership, any stock attributable to such sales
associate under Section 424(d) of the Code and any stock the sales associate may
purchase under outstanding options, (ii) which would permit such sales
associate's rights to purchase stock under all stock purchase plans from time to
time in effect of any Participating Company (or any predecessor thereto) to
accrue at a rate which exceeds $25,000 of fair market value of such stock for
any calendar year, (iii) if such sales associate is eligible to participate in
an employee stock purchase plan, as defined in Section 423 of the Code,
maintained by the Company, or (iv) in the event such sales associate owes
advance money to a Participating Company.
3. Effective Date of Plan; Monthly Investment Periods. The Plan shall
become effective on such date as may be specified by the Board of Directors
("Board") of the Company.
The first monthly investment period under the Plan shall commence on the
first day of such calendar month as shall be determined by the Board and shall
end on the last business day thereof. So long as the Plan remains in effect, a
new investment period shall commence on the first day of each calendar month and
end on the last business day thereof.
4. Basis of Participation. Each eligible sales associate shall be entitled
to enroll in the Plan as of the first day of any monthly investment period. To
enroll in the Plan, an eligible sales associate shall execute and deliver to the
sales associate's Participating Company, on such date (as determined from time
to time by the Company) prior to the first day of the first monthly investment
period for such sales associate, a deduction from commission payment
authorization/change form ("Authorization") which shall become effective on the
first day of such first monthly investment period. Each Authorization shall
direct deductions of a percentage of total commissions from commission payments
to be made by the Participating Company with which such sales associate is
affiliated for each such payment beginning while such sales associate is a
participant in the Plan. An Authorization shall become effective no later than
30 days after its receipt. The percentage of each deduction from a commission
payment specified in the Authorization of a participant for each such payment
shall be no more than 15% of any commission payment, and the aggregate annual
amount of such deductions (together with any such deductions under any other
stock purchase plan maintained by any Participating Company or any predecessor
thereto) shall not exceed $21,250. Deductions shall be made for each participant
until such participant terminates participation in the Plan, such Authorization
is revised or the Plan terminates, all as hereinafter provided.
A participant may change the amount of deductions at any time, but not more
often than twice during any calendar year, provided, however, that a participant
who has made two such changes during a calendar year may nevertheless reduce
such deductions to zero. Any such change shall become effective no later than 30
days after such participant delivers a revised Authorization to the
Participating Company with which such participant is affiliated. A participant
also may elect to terminate participation in the Plan as provided in Section 7
below. No other changes shall be permitted. All permitted changes must be
effected by a participant's filing a new Authorization with the Participating
Company with which such participant is affiliated at such time before the
desired effective date of the change as the Company shall, from time to time,
determine.
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Deductions from commission payments shall be credited to a purchase account
established on behalf of each participant. As of the last calendar day of each
monthly investment period, the amount in each participant's account will be
applied to the purchase of the number of whole and fractional shares of Common
Stock determined by dividing such amount by the Purchase Price (as defined in
Section 5) for such period.
A participant may request to sell shares held in the participant's account
that meet the six month holding period requirement.
5. Purchase Price. The purchase price ("Purchase Price") per share of
Common Stock hereunder for any monthly investment period shall be 85% of the
fair market value of a share of Common Stock on the last business day of such
period. The fair market value of a share of Common Stock on the last business
day of a monthly investment period shall be deemed to be the average of the high
and low price per share of the Common Stock on the New York Stock Exchange
Composite Transactions on such day or, if there shall be no such sale of Common
Stock on such day, then on the next preceding day on which there shall have been
such a sale. In no event, however, shall the Purchase Price be less than the par
value, if any, of the Common Stock.
6. Issuance of Stock. The shares of Common Stock purchased by each
participant shall be considered to be issued and outstanding and credited to
such participant as of the close of business on the first business day
subsequent to the monthly investment period during which such shares were
purchased. The total number of shares of Common Stock purchased by all
participants during each monthly investment period shall be issued, as of the
next business day thereafter , to a nominee for the benefit of the participants.
A participant may, from time to time (but not more frequently than once per
calendar month), request delivery to such participant of a certificate
representing whole shares of Common Stock held by such nominee on behalf of such
participant, but not until such shares have been credited to such participant
for at least six months. In addition, a participant shall receive a certificate
representing whole shares of Common Stock and any cash in lieu of fractional
shares as soon as is practicable after the end of the calendar month next
following the month during which (a) such participant terminates participation
in the Plan, or (b) the Plan is terminated, as the case may be.
No interest shall at any time accrue with respect to any amount in a
purchase account of a participant. Participants who engage in a purchase or sale
of stock during a calendar month will receive an account statement for the
applicable month. The statement will show the entries made to the purchase
account of such participant, the number of shares of Common Stock purchased
and/or sold for such participant during such month, and the applicable Purchase
Price of such shares.
7. Termination of Participation. A participant may at any time elect to
terminate participation in the Plan without charge by giving written notice
thereof and requesting the withdrawal of all shares held under the Plan on
behalf of the participant, except that no such termination shall be effective as
to any monthly investment period unless written notice of such termination is
received by the Participating Company with which such participant is affiliated,
at such time prior to the last business day of such period as the Company shall,
from time to time, determine. Upon any such termination or request, the
Participating Company with which such participant is affiliated shall promptly
deposit in safe keeping all whole shares held in the participant's account
unless the participant requests that a certificate be issued, in which case the
Company will issue certificate(s) for the whole shares of Common Stock held in
the Plan for such participant and cash in lieu of fractional shares, provided,
however, that no such certificates (or cash in lieu of fractional shares) shall
be issued until the shares of Common Stock represented thereby have been held
under the Plan for six months. Termination of participation in the Plan pursuant
to this paragraph shall be treated as a change in the participant's
Authorization for purposes of the second paragraph of Section 4 hereof, and the
rules of such paragraph shall be applicable for purposes of determining when the
participant becomes eligible to again participate in the Plan.
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If any person who is a participant shall die, terminate affiliation with
the Participating Companies for any reason or otherwise cease to be eligible to
participate in the Plan, participation of such person in the Plan shall
terminate as of the end of the investment period in which such event occurs, and
the Participating Company with which such participant is affiliated shall
promptly deposit in safe keeping all whole shares held in the participant's
account unless the participant requests that a certificate be issued, in which
case the Company will issue certificate(s) for the whole shares ofCommon Stock
held in the Plan for such participant and cash in lieu of fractional shares, to
such person or the legal representative of such person.
8. Termination or Amendment of the Plan. The Company, by action of the
Board, may terminate the Plan effective as of the beginning of any monthly
investment period. Notice of such termination shall be given to all
participants, but any failure to give such notice shall not impair the
effectiveness of such termination.
Without any action being required, the Plan will terminate in any event
when the maximum number of shares of Common Stock to be sold under the Plan (as
provided in Section 12) have been purchased, but such termination shall not
impair any rights which under the Plan shall have vested on or prior to the date
of such termination. If at any time the number of shares of Common Stock
remaining available for purchase under the Plan are not sufficient to satisfy
all then outstanding purchase rights, the Board may determine an equitable basis
of apportioning such shares among all participants.
The Board may amend the Plan from time to time in any respect in order to
meet changes in legal requirements or for any other reason; provided, however,
that no such amendment shall (a) materially adversely affect any purchase rights
outstanding under the Plan during the monthly investment period in which such
amendment is to be effected, (b) increase the maximum number of shares of Common
Stock which may be purchased under the Plan, or (c) decrease the Purchase Price
of the Common Stock for any monthly investment period below 85% of the fair
market value thereof on the last day of such period.
Upon termination of the Plan, the respective cash balances to the credit of
the participants in their purchase accounts, together with certificates for the
whole shares of Common Stock held in the Plan for their benefit plus cash in
lieu of fractional shares, shall be delivered to them promptly.
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9. Non-Transferability. Rights acquired under the Plan are not transfer-
able and may be exercised only by a participant.
10. Shareholders' Rights. No eligible sales associate or participant shall
by reason of the Plan have any rights of a shareholder of the Company until and
to the extent Common Stock shall have been purchased for such sales associate or
participant as herein provided.
11. Administration of the Plan. The Board, from time to time, may approve
the forms of any documents or writings provided for in the Plan, may adopt,
amend and rescind rules and regulations not inconsistent with the Plan for
carrying out the Plan, and may construe and interpret the Plan. The Board may
delegate the responsibility for maintaining all or a portion of the records
pertaining to participants' accounts to persons not affiliated with the
Participating Companies. All expenses of administering the Plan shall be paid by
the Participating Companies.
12. Maximum Number of Shares of Stock. The maximum number of shares of
Common Stock which may be purchased under the Plan is 1,000,000, subject,
however, to adjustment as hereinafter set forth. Common Stock purchased
hereunder may be shares owned by Participating Companies, or, subject to
obtaining any necessary regulatory approval, authorized and unissued shares, or
a combination thereof, and by adopting the Plan, the Participating Companies are
authorized to purchase shares of Common Stock on the open market to provide
shares necessary to satisfy the obligation to deliver shares of Common stock
pursuant to the Plan. If the Company at any time after the effective date of the
Plan changes its issued Common Stock into (a) an increased number of shares,
with or without par value, through a stock dividend or a split-up of shares, or
(b) a decreased number of shares, with or without par value, through a
combination of shares, then, effective with the record date for such change, the
maximum number of shares of Common Stock which thereafter may be purchased under
the Plan shall be the maximum number of shares which, immediately prior to such
record date, remained available for purchase under the Plan proportionately
increased, in case of such stock dividend or split-up, or proportionately
decreased, in case of such combination of shares.
13. Miscellaneous. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, any
Authorization, election, notice or document under the Plan from an eligible
sales associate or participant shall be delivered to the Participating Company
with which such sales associate or participant is affiliated and, subject to any
limitations specified in the Plan, shall be effective when so delivered.
The term "Business Day" shall mean any day other than Saturday, Sunday or
legal holiday.
The Plan, and the Company's obligation to sell and deliver shares of Common
Stock hereunder, shall be subject to all applicable federal, state and foreign
laws, rules and regulations, and to such approval by any regulatory or
governmental agency as may, in the opinion of counsel for the Company, be
required. All rights granted pursuant to the Plan shall be construed and shall
take effect in accordance with the laws of the State of Iowa.
If the Company is merged into or consolidated with one or more corporations
during the term of the Plan, appropriate adjustments will be made to give effect
thereunto on an equitable basis in terms of issuance of shares of the
corporation surviving the merger or of the consolidated corporation, as the case
may be.
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EXHIBIT 5
666 Grand Avenue
P. O. Box 9244
Des Moines, Iowa 50306-9244
July 15, 1998
MidAmerican Energy Holdings Company
666 Grand Avenue
P.O. Box 657
Des Moines, Iowa 50303-0657
Ladies and Gentlemen:
I refer to the proposed issuance and sale by you ("Company") of 1,000,000 shares
of authorized but unissued shares of your common stock, without par value
("Shares"), pursuant to the MidAmerican Energy Holdings Company Sales Associate
Stock Purchase Plan.
I have examined such documents and satisfied myself as to such matters of
procedure, law and fact as I deem relevant for the purposes hereof, and based
upon the foregoing, I advise you that, in my opinion, all requisite action will
have been taken by and before all bodies, including directors and regulatory
authorities, that is necessary to make valid the offering, issuance and sale of
the Shares when the following additional steps shall have been taken:
(1) The proposed offering, issuance and sale of the Shares shall have
been authorized by your Board of Directors;
(2) Your proposed registration statement on Form S-8 relating to the
Shares being filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("Commission")
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, ("Act"), and any required
amendments and post-effective amendments thereto shall have become effective;
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MidAmerican Energy Holdings Company
July 15, 1998
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(3) The Shares shall have been issued and sold on the terms
contemplated by your registration statement and in accordance with the
authorizations of the Board of Directors of the Company and the applicable
provisions of the Iowa Business Corporation Act; and
(4) All statutory fees imposed upon or by reason of the issuance of the
Shares shall have been paid.
I am further of the opinion that no action of any state or federal regulatory
authority, other than the Commission under the Act and the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended, is required with respect to the proposed offering,
issuance and sale of the Shares, and that when the additional steps set forth
above shall have been taken the Shares will be legally issued, fully paid and
nonassessable.
I do not find it necessary for the purposes of this opinion, and accordingly I
do not purport herein, to cover the application of blue sky or securities laws
of various states relating to sales of the Shares.
I consent that copies of this opinion letter may be filed with the Commission in
connection with your registration statement on Form S-8 with respect to the
Shares, and to the references to my name under the caption "Legal Matters" in
such registration statement being filed with the Commission on the date hereof.
Sincerely,
John A. Rasmussen, Jr.
John A. Rasmussen, Jr., Esq.
Counsel for MidAmerican Energy Holdings Company
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Exhibit 24
POWER OF ATTORNEY
The undersigned does hereby appoint Patrick A. Kirchner, Paul J. Leighton,
John A. Rasmussen, Jr. and Alan L. Wells, and each of them severally, his true
and lawful attorneys, with full power of substitution in his name, place and
stead, to execute on his behalf a registration statement on Form S-8 to be filed
pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, in connection with the
registration of common stock, no par value, of MidAmerican Energy Holdings
Company and any and all amendments thereto, and other documents relating
thereto, including exhibits, and to file the same with the Securities and
Exchange Commission. Each of such attorneys shall have full power and authority
to do and perform each and every act with or without the others.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have duly executed this instrument as
of July 15, 1998.
MIDAMERICAN ENERGY HOLDINGS COMPANY
By: /s/ Alan L. Wells
Alan L. Wells
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Accounting Officer and Principal
Financial Officer)
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The undersigned hereby appoints Patrick A. Kirchner, Paul J. Leighton, John
A. Rasmussen, Jr. and Alan L. Wells, and each of them severally, as the under-
signed's true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of sub-
stitution and resubstitution for and in the undersigned's name, place and stead,
in any and all capacities to sign a registration statement or registration
statements on Form S-8 for the registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, of the Common Stock and interests in the MidAmerican Energy Holdings
Company Sales Associate Stock Purchase Plan, and any and all amendments
including post-effective amendments) to such registration statement(s), and to
file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and any documents
relating to the qualification or registration under state Blue Sky or securities
laws of such states, granting unto such attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each
of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and
thing requisite or necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully
to all intents and purposes the undersigned might or could do in person,
ratifying and confirming all that such attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of
them, or their or any individual attorney-in-fact and agent's substitute or
substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has duly executed this instrument as
of this 15th day of July, 1998.
/s/ John W. Aalfs
John W. Aalfs
<PAGE>
The undersigned hereby appoints Patrick A. Kirchner, Paul J. Leighton, John
A. Rasmussen, Jr. and Alan L. Wells, and each of them severally, as the under-
signed's true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of sub-
stitution and resubstitution for and in the undersigned's name, place and stead,
in any and all capacities to sign a registration statement or registration
statements on Form S-8 for the registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, of the Common Stock and interests in the MidAmerican Energy Holdings
Company Sales Associate Stock Purchase Plan, and any and all amendments
including post-effective amendments) to such registration statement(s), and to
file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and any documents
relating to the qualification or registration under state Blue Sky or securities
laws of such states, granting unto such attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each
of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and
thing requisite or necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully
to all intents and purposes the undersigned might or could do in person,
ratifying and confirming all that such attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of
them, or their or any individual attorney-in-fact and agent's substitute or
substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has duly executed this instrument as
of this 15th day of July, 1998.
/s/ Ros D. Christensen
Ross D. Christensen
<PAGE>
The undersigned hereby appoints Patrick A. Kirchner, Paul J. Leighton, John
A. Rasmussen, Jr. and Alan L. Wells, and each of them severally, as the under-
signed's true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of sub-
stitution and resubstitution for and in the undersigned's name, place and stead,
in any and all capacities to sign a registration statement or registration
statements on Form S-8 for the registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, of the Common Stock and interests in the MidAmerican Energy Holdings
Company Sales Associate Stock Purchase Plan, and any and all amendments
including post-effective amendments) to such registration statement(s), and to
file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and any documents
relating to the qualification or registration under state Blue Sky or securities
laws of such states, granting unto such attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each
of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and
thing requisite or necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully
to all intents and purposes the undersigned might or could do in person,
ratifying and confirming all that such attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of
them, or their or any individual attorney-in-fact and agent's substitute or
substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has duly executed this instrument as
of this 15th day of July, 1998.
/s/ Russell E. Christiansen
Russell E. Christiansen
<PAGE>
The undersigned hereby appoints Patrick A. Kirchner, Paul J. Leighton, John
A. Rasmussen, Jr. and Alan L. Wells, and each of them severally, as the under-
signed's true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of sub-
stitution and resubstitution for and in the undersigned's name, place and stead,
in any and all capacities to sign a registration statement or registration
statements on Form S-8 for the registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, of the Common Stock and interests in the MidAmerican Energy Holdings
Company Sales Associate Stock Purchase Plan, and any and all amendments
including post-effective amendments) to such registration statement(s), and to
file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and any documents
relating to the qualification or registration under state Blue Sky or securities
laws of such states, granting unto such attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each
of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and
thing requisite or necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully
to all intents and purposes the undersigned might or could do in person,
ratifying and confirming all that such attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of
them, or their or any individual attorney-in-fact and agent's substitute or
substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has duly executed this instrument as
of this 15th day of July, 1998.
/s/ John W. Colloton
John W. Colloton
<PAGE>
The undersigned hereby appoints Patrick A. Kirchner, Paul J. Leighton, John
A. Rasmussen, Jr. and Alan L. Wells, and each of them severally, as the under-
signed's true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of sub-
stitution and resubstitution for and in the undersigned's name, place and stead,
in any and all capacities to sign a registration statement or registration
statements on Form S-8 for the registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, of the Common Stock and interests in the MidAmerican Energy Holdings
Company Sales Associate Stock Purchase Plan, and any and all amendments
including post-effective amendments) to such registration statement(s), and to
file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and any documents
relating to the qualification or registration under state Blue Sky or securities
laws of such states, granting unto such attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each
of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and
thing requisite or necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully
to all intents and purposes the undersigned might or could do in person,
ratifying and confirming all that such attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of
them, or their or any individual attorney-in-fact and agent's substitute or
substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has duly executed this instrument as
of this 15th day of July, 1998.
/s/ Frank S. Cottrell
Frank S. Cottrell
<PAGE>
The undersigned hereby appoints Patrick A. Kirchner, Paul J. Leighton, John
A. Rasmussen, Jr. and Alan L. Wells, and each of them severally, as the under-
signed's true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of sub-
stitution and resubstitution for and in the undersigned's name, place and stead,
in any and all capacities to sign a registration statement or registration
statements on Form S-8 for the registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, of the Common Stock and interests in the MidAmerican Energy Holdings
Company Sales Associate Stock Purchase Plan, and any and all amendments
including post-effective amendments) to such registration statement(s), and to
file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and any documents
relating to the qualification or registration under state Blue Sky or securities
laws of such states, granting unto such attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each
of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and
thing requisite or necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully
to all intents and purposes the undersigned might or could do in person,
ratifying and confirming all that such attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of
them, or their or any individual attorney-in-fact and agent's substitute or
substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has duly executed this instrument as
of this 15th day of July, 1998.
/s/ Jack W. Eugster
Jack W. Eugster
<PAGE>
The undersigned hereby appoints Patrick A. Kirchner, Paul J. Leighton, John
A. Rasmussen, Jr. and Alan L. Wells, and each of them severally, as the under-
signed's true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of sub-
stitution and resubstitution for and in the undersigned's name, place and stead,
in any and all capacities to sign a registration statement or registration
statements on Form S-8 for the registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, of the Common Stock and interests in the MidAmerican Energy Holdings
Company Sales Associate Stock Purchase Plan, and any and all amendments
including post-effective amendments) to such registration statement(s), and to
file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and any documents
relating to the qualification or registration under state Blue Sky or securities
laws of such states, granting unto such attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each
of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and
thing requisite or necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully
to all intents and purposes the undersigned might or could do in person,
ratifying and confirming all that such attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of
them, or their or any individual attorney-in-fact and agent's substitute or
substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has duly executed this instrument as
of this 15th day of July, 1998.
/s/ Nolden Gentry
Nolden Gentry
<PAGE>
The undersigned hereby appoints Patrick A. Kirchner, Paul J. Leighton, John
A. Rasmussen, Jr. and Alan L. Wells, and each of them severally, as the under-
signed's true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of sub-
stitution and resubstitution for and in the undersigned's name, place and stead,
in any and all capacities to sign a registration statement or registration
statements on Form S-8 for the registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, of the Common Stock and interests in the MidAmerican Energy Holdings
Company Sales Associate Stock Purchase Plan, and any and all amendments
including post-effective amendments) to such registration statement(s), and to
file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and any documents
relating to the qualification or registration under state Blue Sky or securities
laws of such states, granting unto such attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each
of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and
thing requisite or necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully
to all intents and purposes the undersigned might or could do in person,
ratifying and confirming all that such attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of
them, or their or any individual attorney-in-fact and agent's substitute or
substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has duly executed this instrument as
of this 15th day of July, 1998.
/s/ Richard L. Lawson
Richard L. Lawson
<PAGE>
The undersigned hereby appoints Patrick A. Kirchner, Paul J. Leighton, John
A. Rasmussen, Jr. and Alan L. Wells, and each of them severally, as the under-
signed's true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of sub-
stitution and resubstitution for and in the undersigned's name, place and stead,
in any and all capacities to sign a registration statement or registration
statements on Form S-8 for the registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, of the Common Stock and interests in the MidAmerican Energy Holdings
Company Sales Associate Stock Purchase Plan, and any and all amendments
including post-effective amendments) to such registration statement(s), and to
file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and any documents
relating to the qualification or registration under state Blue Sky or securities
laws of such states, granting unto such attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each
of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and
thing requisite or necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully
to all intents and purposes the undersigned might or could do in person,
ratifying and confirming all that such attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of
them, or their or any individual attorney-in-fact and agent's substitute or
substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has duly executed this instrument as
of this 15th day of July, 1998.
/s/ Robert L. Peterson
Robert L. Peterson
<PAGE>
The undersigned hereby appoints Patrick A. Kirchner, Paul J. Leighton, John
A. Rasmussen, Jr. and Alan L. Wells, and each of them severally, as the under-
signed's true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of sub-
stitution and resubstitution for and in the undersigned's name, place and stead,
in any and all capacities to sign a registration statement or registration
statements on Form S-8 for the registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, of the Common Stock and interests in the MidAmerican Energy Holdings
Company Sales Associate Stock Purchase Plan, and any and all amendments
including post-effective amendments) to such registration statement(s), and to
file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and any documents
relating to the qualification or registration under state Blue Sky or securities
laws of such states, granting unto such attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each
of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and
thing requisite or necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully
to all intents and purposes the undersigned might or could do in person,
ratifying and confirming all that such attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of
them, or their or any individual attorney-in-fact and agent's substitute or
substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has duly executed this instrument as
of this 15th day of July, 1998.
/s/ Nancy L. Seifert
Nancy L. Seifert
<PAGE>
The undersigned hereby appoints Patrick A. Kirchner, Paul J. Leighton, John
A. Rasmussen, Jr. and Alan L. Wells, and each of them severally, as the under-
signed's true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of sub-
stitution and resubstitution for and in the undersigned's name, place and stead,
in any and all capacities to sign a registration statement or registration
statements on Form S-8 for the registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, of the Common Stock and interests in the MidAmerican Energy Holdings
Company Sales Associate Stock Purchase Plan, and any and all amendments
including post-effective amendments) to such registration statement(s), and to
file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and any documents
relating to the qualification or registration under state Blue Sky or securities
laws of such states, granting unto such attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each
of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and
thing requisite or necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully
to all intents and purposes the undersigned might or could do in person,
ratifying and confirming all that such attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of
them, or their or any individual attorney-in-fact and agent's substitute or
substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has duly executed this instrument as
of this 15th day of July, 1998.
/s/ Stanley J. Bright
Stanley J. Bright
<PAGE>
The undersigned hereby appoints Patrick A. Kirchner, Paul J. Leighton, John
A. Rasmussen, Jr. and Alan L. Wells, and each of them severally, as the under-
signed's true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of sub-
stitution and resubstitution for and in the undersigned's name, place and stead,
in any and all capacities to sign a registration statement or registration
statements on Form S-8 for the registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, of the Common Stock and interests in the MidAmerican Energy Holdings
Company Sales Associate Stock Purchase Plan, and any and all amendments
including post-effective amendments) to such registration statement(s), and to
file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and any documents
relating to the qualification or registration under state Blue Sky or securities
laws of such states, granting unto such attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each
of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and
thing requisite or necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully
to all intents and purposes the undersigned might or could do in person,
ratifying and confirming all that such attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of
them, or their or any individual attorney-in-fact and agent's substitute or
substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has duly executed this instrument as
of this 15th day of July, 1998.
/s/ W. Scott Tinsman
W. Scott Tinsman
<PAGE>
The undersigned hereby appoints Patrick A. Kirchner, Paul J. Leighton, John
A. Rasmussen, Jr. and Alan L. Wells, and each of them severally, as the under-
signed's true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of sub-
stitution and resubstitution for and in the undersigned's name, place and stead,
in any and all capacities to sign a registration statement or registration
statements on Form S-8 for the registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, of the Common Stock and interests in the MidAmerican Energy Holdings
Company Sales Associate Stock Purchase Plan, and any and all amendments
including post-effective amendments) to such registration statement(s), and to
file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and any documents
relating to the qualification or registration under state Blue Sky or securities
laws of such states, granting unto such attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each
of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and
thing requisite or necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully
to all intents and purposes the undersigned might or could do in person,
ratifying and confirming all that such attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of
them, or their or any individual attorney-in-fact and agent's substitute or
substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has duly executed this instrument as
of this 15th day of July, 1998.
/s/ Leonard L. Woodruff
Leonard L. Woodruff
<PAGE>
July 15, 1998
Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Re: MidAmerican Energy Holdings Company
Form S-8 Registration Statement
Dear Commission:
Pursuant to Regulation S-T, MidAmerican Energy Holdings Company ("MidAmerican"),
hereby files electronically via EDGAR its Registration Statement on Form S-8 of
the Company for registration pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
of 1,000,000 shares of MidAmerican's Common Stock. The registration fee of
$4,338 has been transferred by wire to the lockbox maintained by the Commission
at Mellon Bank in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
If you have any questions or need additional information, please do not hesitate
to call me at 515/281-2428.
Sincerely,
Patrick Kirchner
Attorney
