SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
SCHEDULE 14D-1
(Amendment No. 65)
Tender Offer Statement
(Pursuant to Section 14(d)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934)
Kansas City Power & Light Company
(Name of Subject Company)
Western Resources, Inc.
(Bidder)
Common Stock, Without Par Value
(Title of Class of Securities)
48513410
(CUSIP Number of Class of Securities)
John K. Rosenberg
Executive Vice President and General Counsel
Western Resources, Inc.
818 Kansas Avenue
Topeka, Kansas 66612
Phone: (913) 575-6300
(Name, Address, including Zip Code, and Telephone
Number, including Area Code, of Agent for Service)
Copies to:
Neil T. Anderson
Sullivan & Cromwell
125 Broad Street
New York, New York 10004
(212) 558-4000
William S. Lamb
LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae, L.L.P.
125 West 55th Street
New York, New York 10019
(212) 424-8000
This Amendment No.65 amends and supplements the Tender Offer Statement on
Schedule 14D-1 (the "Schedule 14D-1"), originally filed by Western Resources,
Inc., a Kansas corporation ("Western Resources"), on July 8, 1996 relating to
the exchange offer disclosed therein to exchange all of the outstanding Shares
for shares of Western Resources Common Stock upon the terms and subject to the
conditions set forth in the Prospectus, dated July 3, 1996, and the related
Letter of Transmittal. Capitalized terms used and not defined herein shall
have the meanings set forth in the Schedule 14D-1.
Item 11. Material to be Filed as Exhibits.
Item 11 is hereby amended and supplemented by adding thereto the
following:
(a)(153) Employee update and press release issued on February 6,
1997.<PAGE>
SIGNATURE
After due inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify
that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and
correct.
WESTERN RESOURCES, INC.
Date February 6, 1997 By /s/ JERRY D. COURINGTON
Jerry D. Courington,
Controller
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(a)(153) Employee update and press release 1
issued on February 6, 1997.
Exhibit No. (a)(153)
The following employee update and press release was issued by Western
Resources, Inc. on February 6, 1997:
JOINT NEWS RELEASE
KCPL, WESTERN RESOURCES
CONTINUE NEGOTIATIONS
TENDER OFFER EXTENDED TO FEBRUARY 7
KANSAS CITY, Missouri, and TOPEKA, Kansas, February 6, 1997
(7 a.m. CST) -- Kansas City Power & Light Company (NYSE:KLT) and Western
Resources, Inc. (NYSE:WR) said today that substantive merger negotiations are
continuing between the two companies.
As a result of the positive dialogue between the companies and the
complexity of negotiations, Western Resources is extending the expiration date
of its tender offer to 5 p.m. EST February 7, 1997.
As of 5 p.m. EST February 5, 1997, 30.3 million shares of KCPL (or
approximately 49 percent of the total outstanding shares) had been tendered to
Western Resources.
This news release/employee update 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.
