File No. 73-00049
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C.
FORM U-57
NOTIFICATION OF FOREIGN UTILITY COMPANY STATUS
Filed under section 33(a) of the
Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, as amended
(Name and address of foreign utility company)
Berliner Kraft-Und Licht (BEWAG)
Pushkinallee 52
D-12435
State of Berlin
Federal Republic of Germany
(Name and address of filing company)
SEI Holdings, Inc.
900 Ashwood Parkway - Suite 500
Atlanta, Georgia 30338
The Commission is requested to address communications to:
Thomas Boren, President John D. McLanahan, Esq.
SEI Holdings, Inc. Troutman Sanders LLP
900 Ashwood Parkway 600 Peachtree Street, N.E.
Suite 500 Suit 5200
Atlanta, Georgia 30338 Atlanta, Georgia 30308-2216
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1. Name of the entity(ies) on whose behalf foreign utility company status is
claimed, its (their) business address(es), and a description of the facilities
used for the generation, transmission and distribution of electric energy for
sale or for the distribution at retail of natural or manufactured gas. Identity
of each person that holds five percent (5%) or more of any class of voting
securities of the foreign utility company(ies) and description of the amount and
nature of the interest.
SEI Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation ("Holdings")1, is filing
this Notification of Foreign Utility Company Status pursuant to Section 33(a) of
the Act and Rule 57, 17 C. F. R. ss. 250.57, thereunder on behalf of Berliner
Kraft-Und Licht (BEWAG) Aktiengesellschaft ( hereinafter "Foreign Utility"),
with its principal offices at Pushkinallee 52 D-12435, State of Berlin, Federal
Republic of Germany.
The Foreign Utility is an integrated electric generation, transmission,
and distribution electric utility supplying the city of Berlin and is
interconnected to the German national high voltage transmission grid. The
Foreign Utility operates twelve electric generating stations in the Berlin area
and purchases and sells bulk power in addition to providing retail electric
power service within the State of Berlin, which includes 3.5 million
inhabitants. The Foreign Utility also owns 11.95% of the voting shares of GASAG
Berliner Gaswerke AG ("GASAG"), which provides natural gas distribution service
in the State of Berlin.
The State of Berlin owns class A and class B voting securities of the
Foreign Utility, representing 26.57% and 23.43% of the voting rights,
respectively, and 35.27% and 15.55% of the capitalization of the Foreign
Utility, respectively. PreussenElektra Aktiengesellschaft, a utility company
incorporated under the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany, owns a
combination of class A and class B stock representing 14.01% of the voting
interests and 10% of the capitalization of the Foreign Utility. A second German
utility, Bayernwerk Aktiengesellschaft, owns a combination of class A and class
B shares representing 14.01% of the voting interests and 10% of the
capitalization of the Foreign Utility. Voting shares of GASAG are held by RWE
Energie AG (11.95%), Ruhrgas AG (11.95%), and VEBA Energiebeteiligungs GmbH
(11.95%). With the exception of 1% of GASAG
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1 Holdings is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Southern Company, a registered
holding company, and a "project parent" within the meaning of HCAR No. 26096 and
HCAR No. 26338, dated July 3, 1994 and July 25, 1995, respectively ( File No.
70-8421).
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shares held by employees, the remaining shares of GASAG are held by the
State of Berlin. An act of the Berlin State Parliament requires the State of
Berlin to retain direct or indirect control of 75.1 % of the voting shares of
GASAG.
2. Name of any domestic associate public-utility company and, if applicable, its
holding company, and a description of the relationship between the foreign
utility company and such company, and the purchase price paid by any such
domestic associate public-utility company for its interest in the foreign
utility company.
The following domestic public-utility companies, each of which is a
direct or indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Southern, would be "associate
companies" of the Foreign Utility if the transaction described herein were
consummated:
Alabama Power Company
Georgia Power Company
Gulf Power Company
Mississippi Power Company
Mobile Energy Services Company, L.L.C.
Mobile Energy Services Holdings, Inc.
Savannah Electric and Power Company
Southern Electric Generating Company
None of the foregoing domestic public utility companies has made an
investment in or has any contractual relationship with the Foreign Utility, and
no such investment or contractual relationship is contemplated.
EXHIBIT A
Inapplicable
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SIGNATURE
The undersigned company has duly caused this statement to be signed on
its behalf by the undersigned duly authorized agent.
SEI HOLDINGS, INC.
By: /s/Sammuel H. Dabbs, Jr.
Samuel H. Dabbs, Jr.
Assistant Secretary
Date: September 26, 1997
