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MEDIA CONTACTS: MEDIA CONTACTS:
Michel' J. Philipp (785) 575-1927 Phyllis Desbien (816) 556-2903
INVESTOR CONTACT: INVESTOR CONTACT:
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JOINT NEWS RELEASE
WESTERN RESOURCES, KCPL
FILE APPLICATIONS FOR APPROVAL OF MERGER
TOPEKA, Kansas, and KANSAS CITY, Missouri, June 17, 1998 --
Western Resources (NYSE:WR) and Kansas City Power & Light Company
(NYSE:KLT) today jointly filed amended applications with the
Kansas Corporation Commission (KCC) and the Missouri Public
Service Commission (MPSC) asking for approval of their
restructured merger agreement.
The merger will create a company with more than one million
electric customers in Kansas and Missouri, $8.2 billion in assets
and more than 8,000 megawatts of electric generation resources.
The boards of directors of Western Resources and KCPL
approved the restructured merger of the two companies in March.
In addition to the approval of the KCC and the MPSC, the
merger is conditioned upon the approvals of each company's
shareowners, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, the
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and other governmental approvals.
Both companies will ask shareowners to approve the
transaction July 30, 1998.
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Western Resources (NYSE:WR) is a consumer services company
with interests in monitored security and energy. The company has
total assets of more than $7 billion, including security company
holdings through ownership of Protection One (NASDAQ:ALRM), which
has more than 1 million security customers in 48 states. Its
utilities, KPL and KGE, provide electric service to approximately
614,000 customers in Kansas. Through its ownership in ONEOK Inc.
(NYSE:OKE), a Tulsa-based natural gas company, Western Resources
has a 45 percent interest in the eighth largest natural gas
distribution company in the nation, serving more than 1 million
customers. Through its other subsidiaries, Westar Capital and The
Wing Group, the company participates in energy-related
investments in the continental United States and offshore.
For more information about Western Resources and its
operating companies, visit us on the Internet at
http://www.wstnres.com.
Kansas City Power & Light Company (NYSE:KLT) provides
electric power to a growing and diversified service territory
encompassing metropolitan Kansas City, 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 nonregulated,
primarily energy-related ventures.
For more information about KCPL, visit http://www.kcpl.com.
