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KANSAS CITY POWER AND LIGHT COMPANY
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WESTERN RESOURCES, INC.
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The following advertisement will be used in newspapers:
ATTENTION KCPL SHAREOWNERS:
WESTERN RESOURCES:
72 YEARS OF
KEEPING PROMISES.
If you want to know how a company will handle its future, look at its past.
Western Resources has a strong history of providing shareholder value.
Paid dividends every year since 1924.
Increased dividends every year for the last 20 years.
Five year total cumulative return of 121%.
The 1992 Western Resources/KGE merger delivered:
$32 million in promised customer rebates.
Millions of dollars in promised savings.
No layoffs.
WHAT ABOUT THE FUTURE?
WESTERN RESOURCES' OFFER**
Dividend per KCPL share: $2.00 - $2.35
Price per KCPL share: $31.00
THE CHOICE IS CLEAR. CHOOSE VALUE. CHOOSE WESTERN RESOURCES.
Vote AGAINST the Proposed Merger with
UtiliCorp on The GOLD Proxy Card.
Western Resources
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON OUR OFFER, CALL GEORGESON & COMPANY, ASSISTING US
AT 1-800-223-2064, OR ACCESS OUR WEB SITE AT http://www.wstnres.com.
*Based on dividends paid and stock price appreciation, December 31, 1990 -
December 31 1995.
**Dividend per KCPL share is based upon Western Resources' projected post-
merger 1998 annual dividend rate of $2.14 per share of Western Resources
common stock and the exchange ratio in Western Resources' offer. Price per
KCPL share (payable in Western Resources common stock) assumes that Western
Resources' average share price is between $28.18 and $33.23 at the time of
closing.
This advertisement is neither an offer to exchange nor a solicitation of an
offer to exchange shares of common stock of KCPL. Such offer is made solely
by the Prospectus dated July 3, 1996, and the related Letter of Transmittal,
and is not being made to, nor will tenders be accepted from or on behalf of,
holders of shares of common stock of KCPL in any jurisdiction in which the
making of such offer or the acceptance thereof would not be in compliance with
the laws of such jurisdiction. In any jurisdictions where securities, blue
sky or other laws require such offer to be made by a licensed broker or
dealer, such offer shall be deemed to be made on behalf of Western Resources,
Inc. By Salomon Brothers Inc or one or more registered brokers or dealers
licensed under the laws of such jurisdiction.
