SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C.
FORM U-6B-2
Certificate of Notification
Filed by a registered holding company or subsidiary thereof
pursuant to Rule U-20-(d) [Reg. Section 250.20, paragraph 36,652] or U-47
[Reg. Section 250.47, paragraph 36,620] adopted under the Public Utility
Holding Company Act of 1935
Certificate is filed by JERSEY CENTRAL POWER & LIGHT (the "Company")
This certificate is notice that the above named company has
issued, renewed or guaranteed the security or securities described herein
which issue, renewal or guaranty was exempted from the provisions of Section
6(a) of the Act and was neither the subject of a declaration or application on
Form U-1 nor included within the exemption provided by Rule U-48 [Reg. Section
250.48, paragraph 36,621].
1. Type of the security or securities ("draft," "promissory note"). First
Mortgage Bonds, Secured Medium-Term Notes, Series D (the "Notes")
2. Issue, renewal or guaranty (indicate nature of transaction by _______).
Issue
3. Principal amount of each security. $40,000,000
4. Rate of interest per annum of each security. 6.85%
5. Date of issue, renewal or guaranty of each security. November 26, 1996
6. If renewal of security, give date of original issue.
7. Date of maturity of each security. (In the case of demand notes,
indicate "on demand.") November 27, 2006
8. Name of the person to whom each security was issued, renewed or
guaranteed. $40,000,000 aggregate principal amount of Notes was sold to
purchasers pursuant to the terms of a Distribution Agreement dated April
15, 1993, between and among Goldman Sachs & Co. and Morgan Stanley &
Co. Incorporated.
9. Collateral given with each security, if any. The Notes were issued
pursuant to the Indenture, dated as of March 1, 1946, between the
Company and United States Trust Company of New York, as Successor
Trustee, as amended and supplemented, and are thus secured by a direct
first lien on substantially all of the Company's properties.
10. Consideration received for each security. $40,000,000
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11. Application of proceeds of each security. (Item 11 added by amendment
in Release No. 7346, issued April 10, 1947 and effective May 1, 1947.)
Repayment of outstanding short-term indebtedness.
12. Indicate by a check after the applicable statement below whether the
issue, renewal or guaranty of each security was exempt from the
provisions of Section 6(a) because of
(a) the provisions contained in the first sentence of Section 6(b),
(b) the provisions contained in the fourth sentence of Section 6(b),
(c) the provisions contained in any rule of the Commission other than
Rule U-48 X
(If reporting for more than one security insert the identifying symbol
after applicable statement.)
If the security or securities were exempt from the provisions of Section
6(a) by virtue of the first sentence of Section 6(b), give the figures
which indicate that the security or securities aggregate (together with
all other then outstanding notes and drafts of a maturity of nine months
or less, exclusive of days of grace, as to which such company is
primarily or secondarily liable) not more than 5 per centum of the
principal amount and par value(**) of the other securities of such
company then outstanding. (Demand notes, regardless of how long they
may have been outstanding, shall be considered as maturing in not more
than nine months for purposes of the exemption from Section 6(a) of the
Act granted by the first sentence of Section 6(b). N.A.
13. If the security or securities are exempt from the provisions of Section
6(a) because of the fourth sentence of Section 6(b), name the security
outstanding on January 1, 1935, pursuant to the terms of which the
security or securities herein described have been issued. N.A.
14. If the security or securities are exempt from the provisions of Section
6(a) because of any rule of the Commission other than Rule U-48 [Reg.
Section 250.48, paragraph 36,621] designate the rule under which
exemption is claimed. Rule 52
JERSEY CENTRAL POWER & LIGHT COMPANY
Date: December 4, 1996 By: /s/ T. G. Howson
T.G. Howson
Vice President & Treasurer
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** If a security had no principal amount or per value use the fair
market value as of date of issues of such security, and indicate how
determined.
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