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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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Amendment No. 7 to
SCHEDULE 14D-9
Solicitation/Recommendation Statement Pursuant to
Section 14(d)(4) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
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KANSAS CITY POWER & LIGHT COMPANY
(Name of Subject Company)
KANSAS CITY POWER & LIGHT COMPANY
(Name of Person Filing Statement)
Common Stock, no par value
(Title of Class of Securities)
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485134100
(CUSIP Number of Class of Securities)
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Jeanie Sell Latz, Esq.
Senior Vice President-Corporate Services
Kansas City Power & Light Company
1201 Walnut
Kansas City, Missouri 64106-2124
(816) 556-2200
(Name, address and telephone number of person authorized
to receive notice and communications on behalf
of the person filing statement)
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Copy to:
Nancy A. Lieberman, Esq.
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
919 Third Avenue
New York, New York 10022
(212) 735-3000
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This statement amends and supplements the
Solicitation/Recommendation Statement on Schedule 14D-9 of Kansas
City Power & Light Company, a Missouri corporation ("KCPL"),
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"Commission") on July 9, 1996, as amended, (the "Schedule 14D-
9"), with respect to the exchange offer made by Western
Resources, Inc., a Kansas corporation ("Western Resources"), to
exchange Western Resources common stock, par value $5.00 per
share, for all of the outstanding shares of KCPL common stock, no
par value ("KCPL Common Stock"), on the terms and conditions set
forth in the prospectus of Western Resources dated July 3, 1996
and the related Letter of Transmittal.
Capitalized terms used and not defined herein shall have the
meanings assigned to such terms in the Schedule 14D-9.
Item 9. Material to be Filed as Exhibits.
The following Exhibits are filed herewith:
Exhibit 50 Other solicitation materials.
Exhibit 51 Kansas City Power & Light Company's and
Counterclaim Defendants' Motion For Partial
Summary Judgment (dated July 15, 1996, C.A.
No. 96-552-CV-W-5, U.S. District Court for
the Western District of Missouri, Western
Division).
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SIGNATURE
After reasonable inquiry and to the best of her knowledge
and belief, the undersigned certifies that the information set
forth in this Statement is true, complete and correct.
KANSAS CITY POWER & LIGHT COMPANY
By: /s/Jeanie Sell Latz
Jeanie Sell Latz
Senior Vice President-Corporate Services
Dated: July 17, 1996
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit No. Description Page
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Exhibit 50 Other solicitation materials
Exhibit 51 Kansas City Power & Light Company's and Counterclaim
Defendants' Motion For Partial Summary Judgment
(dated July 15, 1996, C.A. No. 96-552-CV-W-5, U.S.
District Court for the Western District of Missouri,
Western Division)
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Exhibit 50
[Signs/posters distributed commencing July 17, 1996]
BETTER
TOGETHER
[KCPL Logo] [UtiliCorp United
EnergyOne Logo]
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Exhibit 51
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI
KANSAS CITY POWER & LIGHT )
COMPANY, )
)
Plaintiff, )
)
v. ) Civil Action No. 96-552-CV-W-5
)
WESTERN RESOURCES, INC. and )
ROBERT L. RIVES, )
)
Defendant. )
__________________________________ )
)
JACK R. MANSON, )
individually and on behalf of )
all individual and/or )
entities similarly situated, )
)
Intervenor Defendant and )
Counterclaim Plaintiff, )
)
v. )
)
A. DRUE JENNINGS, et al., )
)
Counterclaim Defendants. )
__________________________________ )
)
UTILICORP UNITED, INC., )
)
Intervenor and Counter- )
claim Defendant. )
KANSAS CITY POWER & LIGHT COMPANY'S
AND COUNTERCLAIM DEFENDANTS'
MOTION FOR PARTIAL SUMMARY JUDGMENT
Plaintiff Kansas City Power & Light Co. ("KCPL") and the Counterclaim
Defendants A. Drue Jennings, et al., hereby move for partial summary judgment
on Count II of KCPL's Complaint and Count I of the Counterclaims of Western
Resources, Inc. and Robert L. Rives, insofar as such claims for relief
implicate strictly the legal issue of whether the structure of KCPL's
Revised Merger Agreement with Utilicorp United, Inc. is legal (and not ultra
vires or illegal) under applicable statutory law, and respectfully request
that the Court enter a partial declaratory judgment that the form of
business combination contemplated by the Revised Merger Agreement may
accordingly be consummated without (i) first being approved by a vote of two-
thirds of KCPL's outstanding shares and (ii) providing KCPL's shareholders
with dissenters' rights. The grounds for this motion are set forth in the
accompanying suggestions.
Respectfully submitted,
/s/David F. Oliver
John M. Edgar MO #20524
David F. Oliver MO #28065
BRYAN CAVE LLP
3500 One Kansas City Place
1200 Main
Kansas City, Missouri 64105
Telephone: (816) 374-3200
Facsimile: (816) 374 3300
Steven J. Rothschild
R. Michael Lindsey
SKADDEN, ARPS, SLATE, MEAGHER & FLOM
One Rodney Square
P.O. Box 636
Wilmington, Delaware 19899
Telephone: (302) 651-3000
Facsimile: (302) 651-3001
Attorneys for Plaintiff and
Counterclaim Defendants
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Certificate of Service
I hereby certify that a copy of the foregoing was transmitted via
facsimile and mailed, postage prepaid, on this 15th day of July, 1996, to:
Lawrence M. Berkowitz, Esq.
Kurt D. Williams, Esq.
STINSON, MAG & FIZZELL, P.C.
1201 Walnut Street
Kansas City, MO 64106
and
John L. Hardiman, Esq.
Tariq Mundiya, Esq.
SULLIVAN & CROMWELL
125 Broad Street
New York, NY 10004
ATTORNEYS FOR DEFENDANTS WESTERN
RESOURCES, INC. and ROBERT L. RIVES
Michael E. Waldeck, Esq.
William J. DeBauche, Esq.
Angela K. Green, Esq.
Michael E. Griffin, Esq.
NIEWALD, WALDECK & BROWN
1200 Main Street, Suite 4100
Kansas City, MO 64105
and
OF COUNSEL:
David Harrison, Esq.
LOWEY, DANNENBERG, BEMPEROD &
SELINGER, P.C.
747 Third Avenue, 30th Floor
New York, NY 10017
ATTORNEYS FOR INTERVENOR
William H. Sanders, Sr., Esq.
Michael Thompson, Esq.
BLACKWELL SANDERS MATHENY WEARY &
LOMBARDI, L.C.
2300 Main Street, Suite 1100
P.O. Box 419777
Kansas City, MO 64141
ATTORNEYS FOR UTILICORP UNITED INC.
/s/David F. Oliver
Attorney for Plaintiff
