File No. 70-8979
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO
FORM U-1 APPLICATION-DECLARATION
UNDER THE
PUBLIC UTILITY HOLDING COMPANY ACT OF 1935
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CENTRAL AND SOUTH WEST CORPORATION
1616 Woodall Rodgers Freeway
Dallas, TX 75202
CENTRAL POWER AND LIGHT COMPANY
539 North Carancahua Street
Corpus Christi, Texas 78401-2802
PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY OF OKLAHOMA
212 East Sixth Street
Tulsa, Oklahoma 74119-1212
SOUTHWESTERN ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY
428 Travis Street
Shreveport, Louisiana 71156-0001
WEST TEXAS UTILITIES COMPANY
301 Cypress Street
Abilene, Texas 79601-5820
(Name of company or companies filing this statement and addresses
of principal executive offices)
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CENTRAL AND SOUTH WEST CORPORATION
(Name of top registered holding company parent)
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Wendy G. Hargus, Treasurer
Central and South West Corporation
1616 Woodall Rodgers Freeway
Dallas, Texas 75202
Joris M. Hogan, Esq.
Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy
1 Chase Manhattan Plaza
New York, New York 10005
(Names and addresses of agents for service)
Central and South West Corporation ("CSW"), a Delaware corporation
and a registered holding company under the Public Utility Holding Company Act
of 1935, as amended, and its subsidiary companies Central Power and Light
Company , Public Service Company of Oklahoma , Southwestern Electric Power
Company, and West Texas Utilities Company, collectively referred to as the
"Operating Subsidiaries", hereby amends its Form U-1 Application-Declaration
in File No. 70-8979 in the following respects. In all other respects, the
Application-Declaration as previously filed will remain the same.
Item 1. Description of Proposed Transactions.
The fourth paragraph in Item 1 is hereby amended to read as follows:
CSW and the Operating Subsidiaries request that the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the "Commission") issue a public notice of the proposed
transactions by not later than February 12, 1997. Applicants further request
that as soon as practicable, but not later than March 7, 1997, the
Commission issue an order authorizing: (i) the Proposed Amendments and
the proposed acquisition of any and all shares of the Operating Subsidiaries'
preferred stock pursuant to the Offer; (ii) the reacquisition, retirement and
cancellation by the Operating Subsidiaries of shares tendered to CSW pursuant
to the Offer; and (iii) the use by CSW of its general funds and/or funds
borrowed through its commercial paper program previously authorized by order
dated March 21, 1995 (HCAR No. 26254), on an interim basis, to finance its
purchase of shares tendered, accepted for payment and paid for pursuant to the
Offer, until such time as such shares are reacquired by the Operating
Subsidiaries.
Item 5. Procedure.
The first paragraph under Item 5 is hereby amended to read as follows:
As stated in Item 1, CSW and the Operating Subsidiaries respectfully
request that the Commission issue and publish no later than February 12, 1997,
the requisite notice under Rule 23 with respect to the filing of this
Application-Declaration, such notice to specify a date not later than March 6,
1997, as the date after which an order granting and permitting this
Application-Declaration to become effective may be entered by the Commission
and the Commission enter not later than March 7, 1997, an appropriate order
granting and permitting this Application-Declaration to become effective.
S I G N A T U R E
Pursuant to the requirements of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of
1935, as amended, the undersigned company has duly caused this document
to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
Dated: February 7, 1997
CENTRAL AND SOUTH WEST CORPORATION
By: /s/ Wendy G. Hargus
Wendy G. Hargus
Treasurer
CENTRAL POWER AND LIGHT COMPANY
By: /s/ Wendy G. Hargus
Wendy G. Hargus
Treasurer
PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY OF OKLAHOMA
By: /s/ Wendy G. Hargus
Wendy G. Hargus
Treasurer
SOUTHWESTERN ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY
By: /s/ Wendy G. Hargus
Wendy G. Hargus
Treasurer
WEST TEXAS UTILITIES COMPANY
By: /s/ Wendy G. Hargus
Wendy G. Hargus
Treasurer
