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[LightLines Special Edition, for Friday, June 28, 1996,
distribution]
MAXIM ENERGIES, INC.,
CHOSEN AS NAME FOR COMBINED COMPANY
KCPL and UtiliCorp have chosen Maxim Energies as the name for the
new company to be created by their proposed merger.
"We wanted a name that clearly conveys our commitment to
delivering the highest levels of value and service, as well as
our leadership role in redefining our industry in the newly
competitive energy marketplace," UCU Chairman Rick Green said.
"We believe Maxim Energies captures that commitment, as well as
our vision to be a vigorous participant in the global energy
marketplace."
"Maxim Energies is a new company for the new era in energy,"
KCPL President Drue Jennings added. "The name signifies both
scale and scope, and sets a high standard of achievement through
maximum effort, commitment and innovation."
While "Maxim" denotes the scale and scope of the new
company, "Energies" represents the company's broad range of
electric, gas and energy-related products and services in both
regulated and unregulated energy businesses. It also captures the
energies of employees from both companies working together to
provide comprehensive and innovative energy solutions.
In fact, the name itself was one of hundreds suggested this
spring by KCPL and UCU employees.
Watch the Merger Report and LightLines for additional
information about how the name will appear graphically and the
timing for implementation.
Kansas City Power & Light Company provides electric power to a
growing and diversified service territory encompassing
metropolitan Kansas City and parts of eastern Kansas and western
Missouri. KCPL is a low-cost producer and leader in fuel
procurement and plant technology. KLT Inc., a wholly owned
subsidiary of KCPL, pursues opportunities in non-regulated,
primarily energy-related ventures.
The participants in this solicitation include Kansas City Power &
Light Company ("KCPL") and the following directors of KCPL:
David L. Bodde, William H. Clark, Robert J. Dineen, Arthur J.
Doyle, W. Thomas Grant II, A. Drue Jennings, George E. Nettels,
Jr., Linda Hood Talbott and Robert H. West. KCPL's employee
participants include A. Drue Jennings (Chairman of the Board,
Chief Executive Officer and President), Marcus Jackson (Senior
Vice President - Power Supply), J. Turner White (Senior Vice
President - Retail Services), John DeStefano (Senior Vice
President - Finance, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer),
Jeanie S. Latz (Senior Vice President - Corporate Services,
Corporate Secretary and Chief Legal Officer), Mark Sholander
(General Counsel), Frank Branca (Vice President - Wholesale and
Transmission Services), Steve W. Cattron (Vice President -
Marketing and Regulatory Affairs), Charles R. Cole (Vice
President - Customer Services and Purchasing), Doug M. Morgan
(Vice President - Information Technology), Richard A. Spring
(Vice President - Production), Bailus M. Tate, Jr. (Vice
President - Human Resources) and Neil Roadman (Controller). KCPL
will enter into an employment agreement with Mr. Jennings which
will become effective at the effective time (the "Effective
Time") of the mergers (the "Mergers") contemplated by the Amended
and Restated Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of January
19, 1996, as amended and restated on May 20, 1996, by and among
KCPL, KC Merger Sub Inc., UtiliCorp United Inc. ("UtiliCorp") and
KC United Corp. Under severance arrangements entered into by
KCPL and certain of its executive officers, certain payments may
become payable in connection with the Mergers with respect to Mr.
Jennings and such officers of KCPL. To the extent, if any, not
provided by an existing right of indemnification or other
agreement or policy, during the period commencing at the
Effective Time and continuing for not less than six years
thereafter, KCPL shall, to the fullest extent not prohibited by
applicable law, have certain indemnification obligations to the
participants with respect to matters arising at or prior to the
Effective Time in connection with the transactions contemplated
by the Mergers. At the Effective Time, the size of KCPL's Board
of Directors will increase from 9 to 18 directors and all of the
then present directors of KCPL, including, it is expected, Mr.
Jennings, will remain on the KCPL Board. Additional employees
who may be participants: David Myers, Andrea Bielsker, Carol
Sullivan-Myers, Sally Barber, Patti Tribble, Colleen Conroy,
Teresa Cook, Sue Johnson-Kimbel, Randy Hamann, Julie Winningham,
Bill Bailey, Becky Peck, Leslie Boatright, Pam Levetzow, Susan
Cunningham and Phyllis Desbien. No participant individually owns
more than 1% of the outstanding shares of KCPL's common stock or
more than 1% of the outstanding shares of UtiliCorp's common
stock.
