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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-K
(Mark One)
/X/ Annual report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934
For the fiscal year ended December 31, 1993 or
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/ / Transition report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934
For the transition period from ______________ to ______________
Commission file number 1-3562
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UTILICORP UNITED INC.
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
DELAWARE 44-0541877
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(State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization) Identification No.)
3000 Commerce Tower, 911 Main, Kansas City, Missouri 64105
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(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code (816) 421-6600
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
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<CAPTION>
<S> <C>
Title of each class Name of each exchange on which registered
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Common Stock, par value $1.00 per share New York, Pacific and Toronto Stock Exchanges
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Convertible Preference Stock, no par value,
$1.775 Series New York Stock Exchange
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Preference Stock, no par value,
$2.05 Series New York Stock Exchange
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Convertible Subordinated Debentures,
6-5/8%, due July, 2011 New York Stock Exchange
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required
to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during
the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was
required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing
requirements for the past 90 days. Yes /X/ No . Indicate by check mark if
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disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulations S-K is not
contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of registrant's
knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by
reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K. [x]
The aggregate market value of the voting stock held by nonaffiliates of the
registrant is $1,222,758,766 based on the February 18, 1994, New York Stock
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Exchange closing price of $29.75.
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Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the registrant's classes of
common stock, as of the close of the latest practicable date.
Class Outstanding at March 3, 1994
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Common Stock, par value $1.00 per share 42,180,202
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The following documents, or parts thereof, are incorporated herein by reference:
Document Where Incorporated
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1993 Annual Report to Shareholders Parts I, II and IV
1994 Proxy Statement Part III
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UTILICORP UNITED INC.
FORM 10-K
For the fiscal year ended December 31, 1993
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Description Page
PART I ----------- ----
Item 1. Business I-1
Item 2. Properties I-6
Item 3. Legal Proceedings I-10
Item 4. Submission of Matters to a Vote
of Security Holders I-11
PART II
Item 5. Market for the Company's Common Stock
and Related Stockholder Matters II-1
Item 6. Selected Financial Data II-1
Item 7. Management's Discussion and Analysis of
Financial Condition and Results of
Operations II-1
Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary
Data II-2
Item 9. Changes In and Disagreements With
Accountants on Accounting and
Financial Disclosure II-2
PART III
Item 10. Directors and Executive Officers of
the Company III-1
Item 11. Executive Compensation III-1
Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial
Owners and Management III-1
Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related
Transactions III-1
PART IV
Item 14. Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules,
and Reports on Form 8-K IV-1
Index to Exhibits IV-6
Signatures IV-9
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UTILICORP UNITED INC.
PART I
ITEM 1. DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS
GENERAL DEVELOPMENT OF BUSINESS.
UtiliCorp United Inc. (the company) is an electric and natural gas utility
company with total assets of more than $2.8 billion. The company was formed in
1985 from Missouri Public Service Company. Today it operates utilities in eight
states through seven divisions, and in one Canadian province through a
subsidiary. At December 31, 1993, the company had approximately 1,158,000
utility customers and 4,700 employees.
The operating divisions of UtiliCorp are Missouri Public Service,
WestPlains Energy, Peoples Natural Gas, Michigan Gas Utilities, West Virginia
Power, Northern Minnesota Utilities and Kansas Public Service. West Kootenay
Power operates as a Canadian subsidiary. In addition to these utility
operations, the company is active in non-regulated areas of the utility industry
through two subsidiaries, Aquila Energy Corporation (Aquila) and UtilCo Group.
The company also markets natural gas in the United Kingdom through several joint
ventures and owns joint venture interests in electric distribution operations in
New Zealand.
Aquila was originally purchased as part of Peoples Natural Gas. It was
made a wholly-owned subsidiary of UtiliCorp in 1986 to take advantage of the
many marketing and transportation opportunities created by deregulation of the
natural gas industry. See page I-4 for further discussion.
Formed in 1986, UtilCo Group held ownership interests in 15 independent
power projects in six states at December 31, 1993. These projects have an
aggregate capacity of 732 MW. UtilCo Group's ownership interests range from 15%
to 50%, and its share of project assets at the end of 1993 totaled $363.1
million.
United Gas, the company's natural gas marketing venture in the United
Kingdom (U.K.), became a contributor to earnings in 1993 due to continued
efforts to further develop markets in areas of the U.K. where it supplies gas.
The company and six regional electric distribution utilities in the U.K. have
entered into joint venture agreements to supply gas to large volume customers in
the electric utilities' service areas via facilities owned by British Gas.
In July 1993, the company finalized a joint venture arrangement with the
Waikato Electricity Authority in New Zealand. Under the arrangement, UtiliCorp
agreed to purchase a 33% interest in Waikato-based WEL Energy Group Ltd. (WEL),
for approximately $21 million to be paid over time. The company paid $2.7
million at closing and will make additional investments in the future based on
the capital requirements of WEL.
The business of the company is seasonal only to the extent that weather
patterns may have an effect on revenues. The electric revenues of the company's
Missouri Public Service and WestPlains Energy divisions peak during the summer
months while the electric revenues of its West Virginia Power division and the
West Kootenay Power subsidiary peak during the winter months. The company's gas
and energy related businesses revenues peak during the winter months.
The company's strategy is to balance its services by business segment,
region, climate, and regulatory jurisdiction, and to be in the forefront of
utility deregulation. In pursuit of these goals, the company actively seeks
expansion opportunities in both the regulated and non-regulated segments of the
industry.
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Additional information related to key events in 1993 and the general
development of the company can be found under "Key Events of 1993" on page 17
and in Note 2 on page 37 of the company's 1993 Annual Report to Shareholders.
Such information is incorporated by reference herein.
FINANCIAL INFORMATION ABOUT INDUSTRY SEGMENTS.
Segment information for the three years ended December 31, 1993 appears in
Note 12 on page 47 of the company's 1993 Annual Report to Shareholders. Such
information is incorporated by reference herein.
NARRATIVE DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS.
ELECTRIC OPERATIONS
Through three of its divisions, Missouri Public Service ("MPS"), WestPlains
Energy ("WPE") and West Virginia Power ("WVP"), and one subsidiary, West
Kootenay Power, Ltd. ("WKP"), the company serves approximately 418,000 electric
customers in four states and British Columbia.
Over each of the last three years, the largest customer class has been
residential sales which have accounted for approximately 36%, 35% and 39% of
Megawatt hour ("MWH") sales during 1993, 1992 and 1991, respectively, and 43%,
42% and 46% of total electric revenues during the same period. A summary of the
company's electric revenues, MWH sales, and customers, by class is set forth
under "Electric Operations" on page 54 of the company's 1993 Annual Report to
Shareholders. Such information is incorporated by reference herein.
The electric segment has generated an average of 62% of its energy
requirements over the past three years while purchasing the remainder through
firm contracts and spot market purchases. The following table shows the overall
fuel and purchased power mix for the past three years:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Source 1993 1992 1991
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<S> <C> <C> <C>
Coal 41.0% 42.5% 46.2%
Purchased Power 40.8 40.2 32.0
Hydro 14.0 15.2 20.0
Gas & Oil 4.2 2.1 1.8
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100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
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A divisional summary of generation capability, firm purchased power contracts
and cost of energy is set forth in Exhibit 99(a) to this Annual Report on Form
10-K and is incorporated by reference herein.
As part of the acquisition of WPE in 1991, the company entered into a long-
term operating lease of an 8% interest in the Jeffrey Energy Center ("Jeffrey"),
a 2,070-megawatt coal-fired generating station. (See the related discussion
under "Commitments and Contingencies" on page 45 of the company's 1993 Annual
Report to Shareholders. Such information is incorporated by reference herein.)
The company through its MPS division also has an 8% ownership interest in
Jeffrey.
In late 1992 and early 1993, the company renegotiated its major coal supply
and rail contracts, all at favorable prices. These contracts supply a
substantial portion of the company's coal requirements. The company also
purchases coal in the spot market when market conditions dictate.
A summary of the electric operations is set forth on pages 18 and 19 of the
company's 1993 Annual Report to Shareholders. Such information is incorporated
by reference herein.
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Competition
The company believes that competition possible as a result of open
transmission legislation now being considered by Congress may benefit the
electric industry. The company is confident that its electric utilities will be
able to compete effectively with outside producers in providing electric service
to existing and new customers.
GAS OPERATIONS
The company serves approximately 740,000 customers in eight states through
its Peoples Natural Gas ("PNG"), Michigan Gas Utilities ("MGU"), Northern
Minnesota Utilities ("NMU"), Kansas Public Service ("KPS"), WVP and MPS
divisions.
Residential sales have accounted for approximately 55%, 54% and 52% of gas
revenues during 1993, 1992 and 1991, respectively, and approximately 51%, 50%
and 47% of thousand cubic feet ("MCF") tariff gas volumes sold during 1993, 1992
and 1991, respectively. Gas volumes delivered for third parties have averaged
approximately 47% of total MCF deliveries over the past three years due
primarily to the deregulation within the natural gas industry. A summary of the
company's gas revenues, MCF sales and customers, by class, for the past three
years is set forth under "Gas Operations" on page 54 of the company's 1993
Annual Report to Shareholders. Such information is incorporated by reference
herein.
In 1993, the company's gas divisions purchased approximately 71% of their
gas supply requirements through spot market purchases. A divisional summary of
information on contract and spot market purchases and gas costs is set forth in
Exhibit 99(b) to this Annual Report on Form 10-K, and is incorporated by
reference herein.
Recent Acquisition
On February 1, 1993, the company purchased the Nebraska gas distribution
system of Arkla, Inc.'s ("Arkla") Minnegasco division ("Nebraska System") for
approximately $99 million, including $21 million in working capital. The
Nebraska System serves about 124,000 gas customers in 63 eastern Nebraska
communities, including the city of Lincoln. The Nebraska System is being
operated as part of PNG.
Pending Acquisitions
On May 7, 1993, the company signed an acquisition agreement with Arkla to
purchase its Kansas gas distribution and transmission systems ("Kansas Systems")
for approximately $25 million. The Kansas Systems serve about 22,000 customers
in Wichita and several surrounding communities.
The company expects to complete the acquisition of the Kansas Systems in
the first half of 1994. The transaction is subject to the receipt of regulatory
approval. Upon completion, the Kansas Systems will be operated as part of PNG.
On February 15, 1994, the company announced the signing of a definitive
agreement for the purchase of a Missouri intrastate natural gas pipeline system
owned by Edisto Resources Corporation. The $75 million purchase price includes
the gas distribution system at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri along with a pipeline
that crosses the Mississippi river north of St. Louis. The transaction requires
regulatory approval and is expected to close later in 1994.
A summary of the gas operations is set forth on pages 20 and 21 of the
company's 1993 Annual Report to Shareholders. Such information is incorporated
by reference herein.
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Competition
The company's gas divisions are subject to competition in the industrial
sector from fuel oil, propane, coal and waste wood. The company has been able
to maintain its customer base through flexible tariff rates, attractive storage
pricing and transportation services. The company believes it can continue to
retain industrial customers through such mechanisms in the future.
Residential customer competition comes primarily from electric utility
incentives and low-cost financing offers. The company has been able to maintain
its customer base through similar programs of its own.
ENERGY RELATED BUSINESSES
Aquila formed three business units in 1989 to focus on various segments of
its operations: Aquila Energy Marketing Corporation, Aquila Energy Resources
Corporation and Aquila Gas Pipeline Corporation (formerly Aquila Gas Systems
Corporation). In October 1993, Aquila Gas Pipeline Corporation (AGP) completed
an initial public offering of 5.4 million shares of common stock, representing
about 18% of the outstanding stock of AGP.
Aquila Energy Marketing Corporation (AEM) has a marketing, supply and
transportation network consisting of relationships with more than 1,700 gas
producers and 800 local distribution companies and end-users throughout the
United States, Mexico and Canada. Through more than 350 transportation
agreements, it has over 13,000 gas receiving and delivery points available on a
network of 33 pipelines.
Aquila Energy Resources Corporation (AER) acquires proved gas and oil
reserves and operates onshore and offshore production facilities. Supplementary
information on gas and oil-producing activities appears in Note 13 on pages 48
and 49 of the company's 1993 Annual Report to Shareholders. Such information is
incorporated by reference herein.
In 1991, the company, through Aquila, purchased the remaining 51%
partnership interest in Aquila-Clajon Limited Holdings, L.P. and Aquila-Clajon
General Holdings, L.P. (collectively, the "Clajon Partnerships"). The Clajon
Partnerships were renamed Aquila Southwest which is now a primary component of
the operations of AGP.
AGP owns and operates a 2,300-mile intrastate gas transmission and
gathering network, four processing plants that extract and sell natural gas
liquids and a subsidiary that markets natural gas.
AER's net gas and oil production, average gross sales price per MCF of gas
and per barrel of oil, and average production costs of gas and oil stated on an
MCF equivalent basis are reflected below:
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<CAPTION>
Production(1) Average Gross
---------------- Sales Price
Gas Oil ------------------- Average Production
Year (MCF) (Bbls.) Per MCF Per Bbl. Costs per MCFe(2)
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
1993 23,291 1,070 $2.38 $18.12 $0.59
1992 24,110 1,444 $1.68 $19.78 $0.58
1991 28,646 1,669 $1.65 $22.54 $0.39
<FN>
(1) Production volumes are in thousands.
(2) Oil production is converted into MCF equivalents at a rate of six MCF per
barrel, representing the approximate relative energy content of oil and
natural gas.
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AEM has entered into numerous long-term gas supply contracts at fixed
prices. At December 31, 1993, AEM had minimum fixed price sales obligations of
29.0, 15.2, 15.2, 15.2 and 15.2 BCF for deliveries in the year 1994 to 1998,
respectively, at prices that range from $1.73 to $3.41 per MCF.
During 1993, Aquila continued its review of its long-term strategy which
began in mid-1992. Upon completion of this planning process, the company
recorded an after tax restructuring charge of $45 million. For additional
information regarding the operations of Aquila, the initial public offering of
AGP, the revised long-term strategy and the restructuring charge, please refer
to pages 23, 24 and 25 of the 1993 Annual Report to Shareholders and Notes 3 and
4 to the Consolidated Financial Statements included therein. Such information
is incorporated by reference herein.
In June 1992, the company and Aquila filed a lawsuit in a Houston, Texas
federal court against two former officers of AER, as well as the wife of one of
them, seeking to recover actual and punitive damages for improper payments
related to the acquisition of gas and oil reserves. The company is also
pursuing action to recover part of the loss through insurance coverage. (See
related discussion under Item 3 Legal Proceedings beginning on Page I-10.)
Competition
Aquila has various competitors for the markets it serves, including other
marketing companies, gas pipelines, distribution companies, major oil and gas
companies and alternative fuels. Aquila's ability to compete successfully and
grow in this environment is contingent upon performance, price and the stability
of the gas markets.
The competition Aquila encounters in acquiring assets typically comes from
pipeline and production companies. The primary focus of all groups is to find
strategically located reserves to support their individual markets.
REGULATION
The following table summarizes the regulatory jurisdictions under which
each of the Company's regulated businesses operates.
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<CAPTION>
Division Jurisdiction
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Kansas Public Service Kansas Corporation Commission
Michigan Gas Utilities Michigan Public Service Commission
Missouri Public Service Public Service Commission of the State of Missouri
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Northern Minnesota Utilities Minnesota Public Utilities Commission
Peoples Natural Gas Minnesota Public Utilities Commission
Iowa State Utilities Board
Kansas Corporation Commission
Public Utilities Commission of the State of Colorado
West Kootenay Power, Ltd. British Columbia Utilities Commission
West Virginia Power Public Service Commission of West Virginia
WestPlains Energy Kansas Corporation Commission
Public Utilities Commission of the State of Colorado
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
</TABLE>
There is no state regulatory body in Nebraska which has jurisdiction over
utility operations. However, in Nebraska, municipalities which are served by
PNG regulate rates and services therein.
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Certain of AGP's pipeline volumes and rates are regulated by the Texas
Railroad Commission.
Information related to recent rate related matters is set forth under
"Revenues" on pages 18, 19 and 20 of the company's 1993 Annual Report to
Shareholders. Such information is incorporated by reference herein.
ENVIRONMENTAL
The company is regulated by certain local, state and federal agencies in
the United States and by provincial and federal agencies in Canada. The company
is subject to various environmental regulations including air quality standards
and emission limitations, clean water criteria pertaining to certain facilities
and the handling and disposal of hazardous substances. Compliance with existing
regulations, and those which may be promulgated in the future, can result in
considerable capital expenditures and operation and maintenance expense. A
further discussion of environmental matters is set forth in Note 10 under
"Environmental" on pages 45 and 46 of the company's 1993 Annual Report to
Shareholders. Such information is incorporated by reference herein.
ITEM 2. PROPERTIES
The company owns, through its divisions and Canadian subsidiary, electric
production, transmission and distribution systems and gas transmission and
distribution systems throughout its service territory. The company owns,
through Aquila, proved natural gas and oil reserves and gas gathering,
processing and transportation pipeline systems.
Substantially all of the company's domestic utility plant is mortgaged
under the terms of a First Mortgage Indenture dated January 1, 1946, as
supplemented (the "Indenture"), and a General Mortgage Indenture and Deed of
Trust dated September 15, 1988, as supplemented. Substantially all of MGU's
utility plant is mortgaged under terms pursuant to an Indenture of Mortgage and
Deed of Trust dated July 1, 1951, as supplemented (the "MGU Indenture").
Substantially all of the Company's WKP subsidiary's utility plant is mortgaged
under terms pursuant to a separate indenture.
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UTILITY FACILITIES
The company's electric production facilities, as of December 31, 1993, are
as follows:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Unit
Year Capability
Unit Location Installed (KW Net) Fuel
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
MPS
Sibley #1 Sibley, Missouri 1960 52,400 Coal
Sibley #2 Sibley, Missouri 1962 52,400 Coal
Sibley #3 Sibley, Missouri 1969 387,900 Coal
Jeffrey #1 Pottawatomie County, Kansas 1978 55,800 Coal
Jeffrey #2 Pottawatomie County, Kansas 1980 53,900 Coal
Jeffrey #3 Pottawatomie County, Kansas 1983 56,000 Coal
Ralph Green #3 Pleasant Hill, Missouri 1981 60,100 Gas
Nevada #1 Nevada, Missouri 1974 18,600 Oil
Greenwood #1 Greenwood, Missouri 1975 46,100 Oil
Greenwood #2 Greenwood, Missouri 1975 44,200 Oil
Greenwood #3 Greenwood, Missouri 1977 47,200 Oil
Greenwood #4 Greenwood, Missouri 1979 45,700 Oil
KCI Platte County, Missouri 1970 23,700 Gas
WPE
Judson Large #4 Dodge City, Kansas 1969 137,000 Gas/Oil
Arthur Mullergren #3 Great Bend, Kansas 1963 92,000 Gas/Oil
Cimarron River #1 Liberal, Kansas 1963 58,000 Gas
Cimarron River #2 Liberal, Kansas 1967 14,000 Gas
Clifton #1 Clifton, Kansas 1974 71,000 Gas
Clifton #2 Clifton, Kansas 1974 2,500 Oil
Jeffrey #1 Pottawatomie County, Kansas 1978 55,800 Coal
Jeffrey #2 Pottawatomie County, Kansas 1980 53,900 Coal
Jeffrey #3 Pottawatomie County, Kansas 1983 56,000 Coal
W.N. Clark #1 Canon City, Colorado 1955 16,840 Coal
W.N. Clark #2 Canon City, Colorado 1959 23,690 Coal
Pueblo #6 Pueblo, Colorado 1949 19,000 Gas/Oil
Diesel #'s 1,2,3,4,5 Pueblo, Colorado 1964 10,000 Oil
Diesel #'s 1,2,3,4,5 Rocky Ford, Colorado 1964 10,000 Oil
WKP
No. 1 Lower Bonnington, British Columbia 1925 41,400 Hydro
No. 2 Upper Bonnington, British Columbia 1907/1916/1940 59,400 Hydro
No. 3 South Slocan, British Columbia 1928 53,200 Hydro
No. 4 Corra Linn, British Columbia 1932 51,300 Hydro
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TOTAL 1,769,030
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At December 31, 1993, the company owned substations aggregating 8,674,164
KVA, 5,934 miles of transmission line ranging from 34,500 volt to 345,000 volt,
17,648 miles of overhead distribution line and 2,291 miles of underground
distribution line.
At December 31, 1993, the company's gas operations had 21 operating natural
gas compressor stations with 11,692 aggregate total horsepower, 2,839 miles of
gas gathering and transmission pipelines and 18,625 miles of distribution mains
and services located throughout its divisional service territories.
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AQUILA ENERGY CORPORATION PROPERTIES
Supplementary information on gas and oil producing activities of Aquila and
non-regulated operations of a utility division is set forth under "Reserve
Quantity Information (Unaudited)" on pages 48 and 49 of the company's 1993
Annual Report to Shareholders. Such information is incorporated by reference
herein.
The number of productive gas and oil wells in which Aquila has an interest
at December 31, 1993 is reflected below:
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<CAPTION>
Gross Net
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<S> <C> <C>
Natural Gas 280 83
Oil 109 32
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Total 389 115
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The following table sets forth the gross and net, developed and undeveloped
acreage in which Aquila has an interest as of December 31, 1993:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Developed Undeveloped
Acreage Acreage
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Gross Net Gross Net
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Oklahoma 67,492 37,835 2,596 871
Louisiana-offshore 81,277 51,459 0 0
Louisiana-onshore 9,248 7,204 1,640 543
Texas-offshore 31,680 20,520 0 0
Texas-onshore 3,540 829 4,321 2,403
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Total 193,237 117,847 8,557 3,817
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</TABLE>
Aquila drilled 1 gross (.3 net) exploratory well during 1993. It drilled
no exploratory wells during either 1992 or 1991. The number of development
wells completed and wells acquired during 1993, 1992 and 1991 follows:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
1993 1992 1991
Gross Net Gross Net Gross Net
----- --- ----- --- ----- ----
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Wells Completed:
Natural gas 14 5.6 2 1.4 0 0.0
Oil 2 .5 6 1.5 0 0.0
Dry holes 6 2.2 0 0.0 0 0.0
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Total 22 8.3 8 2.9 0 0.0
--- --- --- --- --- ----
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Wells Acquired
(Sold), net:
Natural gas (56) .8 0 0.6 277 58.0
Oil 2 1.7 0 0.9 76 10.0
--- --- --- --- --- ----
Total (54) 2.5 0 1.5 353 68.0
--- --- --- --- --- ----
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</TABLE>
At December 31, 1993, Aquila had 7 gross (3.67 net) wells in the process of
being drilled.
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AGP has ten natural gas pipeline systems having an aggregate length of
approximately 2,371 miles and 51 compressor stations having approximately 80,414
horsepower. These pipelines do not form an interconnected system. Set forth
below is information with respect to AGP's pipeline systems as of December 31,
1993:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Daily Capacity Average Daily Gross
Gathering and Date of Initial of Gas Volume of Gas Miles of
Transmission Systems Operation Location (MCF)(1) (MCF)(1) Pipeline(1)
- -------------------- --------------- -------- -------------- -------------- -----------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Southeast Texas January 1980 Southeast Texas 310,000 298,000 1,579
Pipeline System
Elk City Gathering October 1990 Southwest 115,000 78,000 116
System Oklahoma
Mentone Pipeline April 1976 West Texas 60,000 1,000 13
System
Mooreland/Dewey November 1989 Northwest 40,000 16,000 280
Pipeline System Oklahoma
Gomez Pipeline June 1970 West Texas 40,000 1,000 11
System
Maverick County
Pipeline System January 1978 West Texas 20,000 3,000 118
Rhoda Walker Pipeline December 1977 West Texas 20,000 5,000 21
System
Panola County Pipeline May 1981 East Texas 8,000 1,000 24
System
Menard County Pipeline October 1992 West Texas 30,000 4,000 116
System
Brooks - Hidalgo Pipeline
System (2) September 1993 South Texas 75,000 3,000 93
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718,000 410,000 2,371
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Less: Fuel and Shrinkage (85,000)
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TOTAL 325,000
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<FN>
(1) All capacity, volume and mileage information is approximate. Capacity
figures are management's estimates based on existing facilities without
regard to the present availability of natural gas. Volumes presented above
are for residue gas, which is gas that has been processed for the removal
of natural gas liquids.
(2) AGP has entered into a joint venture whereby AGP receives 50% of the
earnings of the pipeline. The average daily volume of gas shown above is
AGP's 50% share.
</TABLE>
AGP owns and operates four natural gas processing and treating plants. One
is located in southwest Oklahoma and had a rated capacity and average
utilization of 115,000 MCF and 73,000 MCF, respectively, in 1993. AGP operates
three plants in southeast Texas having rated capacities of 230,000 MCF, 25,000
MCF and 3,000 MCF. Average utilization was 212,000 MCF, 26,000 MCF and 1,000
MCF, respectively, for these plants in 1993.
The availability of natural gas reserves to AGP depends on their
development in the area served by its pipelines and on AGP's ability to purchase
gas currently sold to or transported through other pipelines. The development
of additional gas reserves will be affected by many factors including the prices
of natural gas and crude oil, exploration and development costs and the presence
of natural gas reserves in the areas served by AGP's systems.
Additional information regarding Aquila's property and other non-regulated
property is set forth in Note 3 on page 38 of the company's 1993 Annual Report
to Shareholders. Such information is incorporated by reference herein.
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OTHER PROPERTIES
Information regarding the company's UtilCo Group subsidiary's generating
projects is set forth in Exhibit 99(c) to this Annual Report on Form 10-K and
incorporated by reference herein.
ITEM 3. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
On June 17, 1992, a class action suit was filed in the United States
District Court for the Western District of Missouri by a stockholder against the
Company and certain unnamed employees of the Company and/or its subsidiary,
Aquila Energy Corporation. The case caption is WILLIAM ALPERN V. UTILICORP
UNITED INC., ET AL. In this case, plaintiff alleges that the Company violated
various securities laws, including Section 10(b) of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, as amended, and Rule 10b-5 of the Securities and Exchange Commission,
both by making misrepresentations and omitting to state material facts in
connection with public disclosures. The plaintiff also alleges a claim under
Section 11 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. Among other relief,
plaintiff seeks unspecified compensatory damages. Discovery in the case is now
underway.
On June 17, 1992, UtiliCorp commenced a civil suit against Vincent Marquez
and Richard Stegall, former employees of Aquila Energy Resources Corporation,
and Mr. Stegall's former wife, Corre Stegall. Aquila Energy Resources
Corporation is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Aquila Energy Corporation which, in
turn, is a wholly-owned subsidiary of UtiliCorp. This case was filed in the
United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas in Houston,
alleging that the defendants breached their fiduciary duty, committed fraud,
embezzled plaintiffs' money and converted plaintiffs' funds for defendants' own
use or use of others. Mrs. Stegall filed an answer denying knowledge of any of
the matters alleged. Marquez and Stegall filed a joint answer and counterclaim,
admitting that funds were received by them or other third parties as alleged in
the complaint but denying any wrongdoing on their part and contending that all
such payments were done under the direction and approval of plaintiffs. In
their counterclaim, Marquez and Stegall have alleged five separate claims: (1)
fraud; (2) misrepresentation; (3) fraudulent inducement; (4) tortious
interference; and (5) libel and slander. All of these claims are premised on
the basic factual contentions that UtiliCorp and Aquila authorized and approved
the use of the brokers and the middlemen on the transactions in question,
authorized and approved the payments to the brokers and middlemen on the
transactions in question, and further authorized and approved payments to
Stegall on the transactions in question as extra bonus compensation. Marquez
and Stegall allege that their damages are undetermined, but suggest they have
been damaged in the approximate amount of $7,500,000. Marquez and Stegall have
also filed a third-party complaint against the former president of Aquila,
claiming that he personally authorized and approved all of their conduct which
is the subject matter of plaintiffs' complaint. On April 30, 1993, UtiliCorp
and Aquila amended their complaint, seeking damages of approximately $15
million, and adding 32 additional defendants, consisting of individuals and
corporations who either participated with defendants Marquez and Stegall in the
misappropriation or who received a portion of the misappropriated funds.
UtiliCorp and Aquila also sought injunctive relief against all defendants with
respect to their bank accounts containing these funds. The court granted a
temporary restraining order, but on May 7, dissolved the injunction, except as
to the Marquez Ranch, where the court appointed a Receiver. The court has
denied several motions for summary judgment filed by various defendants who were
added by the amended complaint. The court has granted one motion for summary
judgment, by defendants PK Investments and its principals, Charlene Poulos and
John Keys, but the court has refused to make such judgment final. Ten of the
defendants have all filed counterclaims, sounding in abuse of process, bad
faith, slander, libel and tortious interference, all relating to their joinder
in the lawsuit and the action taken to obtain the temporary restraining order.
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Four defendants have filed additional counterclaims for breach of contract
and fraud relating to the transactions which are the subject of the UtiliCorp
and Aquila claims and are similar to the counterclaims originally asserted by
defendants Marquez and Stegall. The case will be tried in late September or
early October 1994.
On August 13, 1992, a class action suit was filed in the United States
District Court of the Southern District of Texas, Houston Division, against the
Company, Aquila Energy Corporation, Aquila Energy Resources Corporation, Richard
C. Green, Jr., Marc L. Petersen, Richard D. Stegall and Vincent F. Marquez. The
case is captioned MARTIN AND SELMA KAPLAN V. UTILICORP UNITED INC., ET AL. In
this case plaintiffs allege that the defendants violated various securities
laws, including Section 10(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, and Rule 10b-5 of the Securities and Exchange Commission, and allege
common law fraud and deceit, alleging misrepresentations and omissions of
material facts in connection with public disclosures. Plaintiffs sought
unspecified compensatory damages. On November 10, 1992, the District Court
dismissed all counts in the KAPLAN case as to all defendants. The dismissal was
affirmed by the United States Court of Appeals to the Fifth Circuit, and no
further appeals were taken.
ITEM 4. SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS
No such matters were submitted during the fourth quarter of 1993.
EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF THE COMPANY
Richard C. Green, Jr. Chairman of the Board of Directors, President and Chief
Executive Officer. Age 39. Chairman of the Board of
Directors since February 1989 and President and Chief
Executive Officer since May 1985.
John R. Baker Vice Chairman. Age 67. Present position three years.
Prior position was Senior Vice President, Corporate
Development for six years.
Robert K. Green Managing Executive Vice President. Age 32. Present
position since May 1993. Previously Executive Vice
President for four months. Prior executive positions
at the company's Missouri Public Service division,
beginning in 1988, included two years as President.
Mr. Green was an attorney during 1987 - 1988 at the
Kansas City law firm of Blackwell Sanders Matheny Weary
& Lombardi.
Joseph J. Colosimo Managing Senior Vice President. Age 43. Present
position since May 1993. Previously Vice President,
Human Resources since 1991. Prior positions include
Corporate Director, Human Resources & Ethics, Loral
Aerospace, 1990 - 1991; Director, Personnel &
Organization, Ford Aerospace, 1988 - 1990; and Manager,
Human Resources, Western Development Laboratories, Ford
Aerospace, 1984 - 1988.
Robert L. Howell Managing Senior Vice President. Age 53. Present
position since May 1993. Previously Vice President,
Corporate Development since 1988. Mr. Howell came to
the Company from National Computer Systems where he had
been Director - New Business Development since 1985.
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Judith A. Samayoa Vice President. Age 41. Present position since
September 1993. Previously Vice President, Accounting
since 1987.
Dale J. Wolf Vice President, Treasurer and Corporate Secretary. Age
54. Present position five years. Prior position was
Vice President, Finance and Treasurer for four years.
James S. Brook Vice President. Age 43. Present position effective
November 1993. Prior position was Senior Vice
President of the Company's Missouri Public Service
division for four years. Mr. Brook also held several
positions at West Kootenay Power, including Treasurer
and Chief Financial Officer from 1980 - 1982 and Vice
President-Finance from 1982 - 1990.
Leo E. Morton Vice President. Age 48. Present position effective
February 1, 1994. Mr. Morton came to the Company from
AT&T where he was employed for 21 years in a variety of
engineering and management positions.
B. C. Burgess Vice President. Age 48. Present position effective
February 1, 1994. Mr. Burgess came to the Company from
Bell Atlantic where he was Vice President - Information
Services from May 1993. Prior position was with Sprint
in various management positions from 1985 - 1993.
Alan R. Caron Vice President. Age 42. Present position effective
February 1, 1994. Prior position was Senior Vice
President at the Company's Missouri Public Service
division since November, 1990. Mr. Caron held various
management positions with E. F. Johnson Company,
Enscan, Inc. and Minnegasco, Inc. (all subsidiaries of
Diversified Energies, Inc.) from 1985 - 1990.
Michael D. Bruhn Vice President. Age 39. Present position effective
February 1, 1994. Prior position was Director -
Corporate Development for the Company since 1991. Prior
to joining the Company, Mr. Bruhn held the position of
Senior Vice President - Corporate Finance at B.C.
Christopher Securities Co. for four years and Vice
President - Corporate Finance at George K. Baum & Co.
for over three years.
All officers are elected annually by the Board of Directors for a term of
one year. Robert K. Green is the brother of Richard C. Green, Jr., and Avis G.
Tucker, Director, is the aunt of Richard C. Green, Jr. and Robert K. Green.
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PART II
ITEM 5. MARKET FOR THE COMPANY'S COMMON STOCK AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS
The company's common stock is listed on the New York, Pacific and Toronto
stock exchanges under the symbol UCU. At December 31, 1993, the company had
33,902 common shareholders of record. Information relating to market prices of
Common Stock and cash dividends on Common Stock is set forth in Note 14 on page
50 of the company's 1993 Annual Report to Shareholders. Such information is
incorporated by reference herein.
Cash dividends on the Common Stock of the company and its predecessor have
been paid each year since 1939.
Cash dividends on and acquisition of the company's capital stock are
restricted by provisions of the company's first mortgage indentures and by the
Preference Stock provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation. Under the most
restrictive of these provisions, contained in the MGU Indenture, the company may
not declare or pay any dividend (other than a dividend payable in shares of its
capital stock), whether in cash, stock or otherwise, or make any other
distribution, on or with respect to any class of its capital stock, or purchase
or otherwise acquire any shares of, any class of its capital stock if, after
giving effect thereto, the sum of (i) the aggregate amount of all dividends
declared and all other distributions made (other than dividends declared or
distributions made in shares of its capital stock) on shares of its capital
stock, of any class, subsequent to December 31, 1984, plus (ii) the excess, if
any, of the amount applied to or set apart for the purchase or other acquisition
of any shares of its capital stock, of any class, subsequent to December 31,
1984, over such amounts as shall have been received by the company as the net
cash proceeds of sales of shares of its capital stock, of any class, subsequent
to December 31, 1984, would exceed the sum of the net income of the company
since January 1, 1985, plus $50 million. In addition, the company may not
declare such dividends unless it maintains a tangible net worth of at least $250
million and the aggregate principal amount of its outstanding indebtedness does
not exceed 70% of its capitalization. None of the company's retained earnings
was restricted as to payment of cash dividends on its capital stock as of
December 31, 1993.
ITEM 6. SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA
Information regarding the five-year selected financial data is set forth on
pages 52 and 53 of the company's 1993 Annual Report to Shareholders. Such
information is incorporated by reference herein. Information regarding the
restructuring charge and gain on sale of subsidiary stock can be found in Note 4
on page 39 of the company's 1993 Annual Report to Shareholders. Such
information is incorporated by reference herein. Information concerning utility
and energy related acquisitions and non-regulated property and investments
appears in Note 2 and Note 3, respectively, on pages 37 and 38 of the company's
1993 Annual Report to Shareholders. Such information is incorporated by
reference herein. Information related to the company's capitalization is set
forth under "Consolidated Statement of Capitalization" on page 34 of the
company's 1993 Annual Report to Shareholders. Such information is incorporated
by reference herein.
ITEM 7. MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS
OF OPERATIONS
Management's discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of
operations can be found under "Operations and Finance" on pages 17 through 30 of
the company's 1993 Annual Report to Shareholders. Such information is
incorporated by reference herein.
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ITEM 8. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA
The financial statements, together with the report thereon of Arthur
Andersen & Co. dated January 31, 1994, are set forth on pages 32 through 51 of
the company's 1993 Annual Report to Shareholders. Financial statements for the
year ended December 31, 1991, were audited by Price Waterhouse and their report
is set forth on page IV-4 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K. Such information
is incorporated by reference herein.
ITEM 9. CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND
FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE
On May 5, 1992, the company dismissed Price Waterhouse as its independent
accountants.
The report of Price Waterhouse on the financial statements for the year
ended December 31, 1991 contained no adverse opinion or disclaimer of opinion
and were not qualified or modified as to uncertainty, audit scope or accounting
principle.
The company's Audit Committee and Board of Directors approved the decision
to change independent accountants.
In connection with its audit for the year ended December 31, 1991 and
through May 5, 1992, there had been no disagreements with Price Waterhouse on
any matter of accounting principles or practices, financial statement
disclosure, or auditing scope or procedure, which disagreements if not resolved
to the satisfaction of Price Waterhouse would have caused them to make reference
thereto in their report on the financial statements for such year.
During the year ended December 31, 1991 and through May 5, 1992, there were
no reportable events (as defined in Regulation S-K Item 304(a)(v)).
The company requested that Price Waterhouse furnish it with a letter
addressed to the SEC stating whether or not it agrees with the above statements.
A copy of such letter, dated May 5, 1992, was filed as Exhibit 16 to the
company's current report on Form 8-K, dated May 5, 1992.
The company engaged Arthur Andersen & Co. as its new independent
accountants as of May 5, 1992 and since that date, there have been no
disagreements with Arthur Andersen & Co. on accounting and financial
disclosures.
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PART III
ITEMS 10, 11, 12 AND 13. DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF THE COMPANY,
EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION, SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND
MANAGEMENT, AND CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS
Information regarding these items appears in the company's definitive proxy
statement for its annual meeting of shareholders to be held May 4, 1994, and is
hereby incorporated by reference in this Form 10-K Annual Report, pursuant to
General Instruction G(3) of Form 10-K. For information with respect to the
executive officers of the company, see "Executive Officers of the Company"
following Item 4 in Part I.
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PART IV
ITEM 14. EXHIBITS, FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES, AND REPORTS ON FORM 8-K
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(a) The following documents are filed as part of this report:
(1) Financial Statements:
Consolidated Statement of Income for the
three years ended December 31, 1993 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32*
Consolidated Balance Sheet at December 31,
1993, 1992, and 1991. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33*
Consolidated Statement of Capitalization at
December 31, 1993, 1992, and 1991 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34*
Consolidated Statement of Common Share-
holders' Equity for the three years ended
December 31, 1993 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34*
Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows
for the three years ended December 31, 1993 . . . . . . . . . . . . 35*
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36-50*
Report of Arthur Andersen & Co.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51*
Report of Price Waterhouse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IV-4
(2) Financial Statement Schedules:
Report of Independent Accountants on
Financial Statement Schedules - Arthur Andersen & Co. . . IV-3
Report of Independent Accountants on
Financial Statement Schedules - Price Waterhouse. . . . . IV-5
V - Utility Plant and Property In Service for
the years 1993, 1992, and 1991. . . . . . . . . . . . . . S-1 to S-3
VI - Accumulated Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization
of Utility Plant and Property in Service for the years
1993, 1992 and 1991 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S-4 to S-6
VIII - Valuation and Qualifying Accounts for the
years 1993, 1992 and 1991 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S-7
IX - Short-Term Borrowings for the years
1993, 1992, and 1991 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S-8 to S-10
X - Supplementary Income Statement Information
for the years 1993, 1992 and 1991 . . . . . . . . . . . . S-11
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*Incorporated by reference from the indicated pages of the 1993 Annual
Report to Shareholders.
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All other schedules are omitted because they are not applicable or the
required information is shown in the financial statements or notes thereto.
(3) List of Exhibits:
Incorporated herein by reference to the Index to Exhibits.
The following exhibits relate to a management contract or compensatory plan
or arrangement:
10(a)(2) UtiliCorp United Inc. Deferred Income Plan.
10(a)(3) UtiliCorp United Inc. 1986 Stock Incentive Plan.
10(a)(4) UtiliCorp United Inc. Annual Incentive Plan.
10(a)(5) UtiliCorp United Inc. 1990 Non-Employee Director Stock Plan.
10(a)(6) Supplemental Executive Retirement Agreement dated November 10,
1988, between the company and Edward H. Muncaster.
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10(a)(7) Supplemental Executive Retirement Agreement dated October 13,
1988, between the company and Dale J. Wolf.
10(a)(8) Severance Compensation Agreement dated as of May 3, 1989, between
the company and each Executive of the Company.
10(a)(9) Executive Severance Payment Agreement
10(a)(10) Temporary Contract Employee Agreement
(b) Reports on Form 8-K.
A current report on Form 8-K dated February 4, 1993, with respect to Items
5 and 7 was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission by the
company.
A current report on Form 8-K dated February 25, 1993, with respect to
Item 7 was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission by the
company.
A current report on Form 8-K dated March 22, 1993, with respect to Item 7
was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission by the company.
A current report on Form 8-K dated September 1, 1993, with respect to
Item 7 was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission by the
company.
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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS ON
FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES
To the Board of Directors
of UtiliCorp United Inc.
We have audited in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards, the
consolidated financial statements for 1993 and 1992 described on page 51 of
UtiliCorp United Inc.'s Annual Report to the Board of Directors and Shareholders
incorporated by reference in this Form 10-K, and have issued our report thereon
dated January 31, 1994. Our audits were made for the purpose of forming an
opinion on those statements taken as a whole. The Financial Statement Schedules
listed in Item 14(a)2 are presented for the purposes of complying with the
Securities and Exchange Commission's rules and are not part of the basic
financial statements and, in our opinion, fairly state in all material respects
the financial data required to be set forth therein in relation to the basic
financial statements taken as a whole.
ARTHUR ANDERSEN & CO.
Kansas City, Missouri
January 31, 1994
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CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
As Independent Public Accountants we hereby consent to the incorporation by
reference in the Prospectuses constituting part of the Registration Statements
on Form S-3 (No. 33-49803, No. 33-47289, and No. 33-39466) and on Form S-8 (No.
33-45525, No. 33-50260, No. 33-45074 and No. 33-52094) of UtiliCorp United Inc.
of our report dated January 31, 1994 appearing on page 51 of the 1993 Annual
Report to the Board of Directors and Shareholders which is incorporated in this
Annual Report on Form 10-K. We also consent to the incorporation by reference
of our report on the Financial Statement Schedules, which appears above. It
should be noted that we have not audited any financial statements of UtiliCorp
United Inc. subsequent to December 31, 1993 or performed any audit procedures
subsequent to the date of our report.
ARTHUR ANDERSEN & CO.
Kansas City, Missouri
March 14, 1994
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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
To the Board of Directors
of UtiliCorp United Inc.
In our opinion, the consolidated balance sheet and consolidated statement of
capitalization and the related consolidated statement of income, of common
shareholders' equity and of cash flows for the year ended December 31, 1991
(appearing on pages 32 through 35 of the 1993 Annual Report to Shareholders of
UtiliCorp United Inc. which has been incorporated by reference in this Annual
Report on Form 10-K), present fairly, in all material respects, the financial
position, results of operations and cash flows of UtiliCorp United Inc. and its
subsidiaries for the year then ended in conformity with generally accepted
accounting principles. These financial statements are the responsibility of the
Company's management; our responsibility is to express an opinion on these
financial statements based on our audits. We conducted our audits of these
statements in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards which
require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about
whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit
includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and
disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles
used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall
financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a
reasonable basis for the opinion expressed above. We have not audited the
consolidated financial statements of UtiliCorp United Inc. for any period
subsequent to December 31, 1991.
In 1992, the company gave retroactive effect to a change in the method of
accounting for gas and oil properties.
PRICE WATERHOUSE
Kansas City, Missouri
February 7, 1992, except with respect to the
retroactive effect of a change in the method
of accounting for gas and oil properties, as
to which date is November 6, 1992.
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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
ON FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES
To the Board of Directors
of UtiliCorp United Inc.
Our audits of the consolidated financial statements referred to in our report,
appearing on page IV-4 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K also included an audit
of the Financial Statement Schedules for the year ended December 31, 1991 listed
in Item 14(a)(2) of this Form 10-K. In our opinion, these Financial Statement
Schedules present fairly, in all material respects, the information set forth
therein when read in conjunction with the related consolidated financial
statements.
In 1992, the company gave retroactive effect to a change in the method of
accounting for gas and oil properties.
PRICE WATERHOUSE
Kansas City, Missouri
February 7, 1992, except with respect to the
retroactive effect of a change in the method
of accounting for gas and oil properties, as
to which date is November 6, 1992.
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in the Prospectuses
constituting part of the Registration Statements on Form S-3 ( No. 33-49803,
No. 33-47289 and No. 33-39466) and on Form S-8 (No. 33-45525, No. 33-50260,
No. 33-45074 and No. 33-52094) of UtiliCorp United Inc. of our report appearing
on page IV-4 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K. We also consent to the
incorporation by reference of our report on the Financial Statement Schedules,
which appears above.
PRICE WATERHOUSE
Kansas City, Missouri
March 14, 1994
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INDEX TO EXHIBITS
*3(a)(1) Certificate of Incorporation of the Company. (Exhibit 3(a)(1) to the
Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
1991.)
*3(a)(2) Certificate of Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation of the
Company. (Exhibit 4(a)(1) to Registration Statement No. 33-16990
filed September 3, 1987.)
*3(a)(3) Certificate of Designation of the $1.775 Series Cumulative
Convertible Preference Stock, as amended. (Exhibit 4 to the
Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended
March 31, 1989.)
*3(a)(4) Certificate of Designation of the Preference Stock (Cumulative),
$2.05 Series. (Exhibit 3(a)(4) to the Company's Annual Report on
Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1991.)
*3(a)(5) By-laws of the Company as amended. (Exhibit 3 to the Company's
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 1993.)
*4(a)(1) Certificate of Incorporation of the Company. (Exhibit 4(a)(1) to the
Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
1991.)
*4(a)(2) Certificate of Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation of the
Company. (Exhibit 4(a)(1) to Registration Statement No. 33-16990
filed September 3, 1987.)
*4(a)(3) Certificate of Designation of the $1.775 Series Cumulative
Convertible Preference Stock, as amended. (Exhibit 4 to the
Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended
March 31, 1989.)
*4(a)(4) Certificate of Designation of the Preference Stock (Cumulative),
$2.05 Series. (Exhibit 4(a)(4) to the Company's Annual Report on
Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1991.)
*4(a)(5) By-laws of the Company as amended. (Exhibit 3 to the Company's
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 1993.)
*4(b)(1) Indenture, dated January 1, 1946. (Exhibit 5(a)(1) to Registration
Statement No. 2-54964, filed November 7, 1975.)
*4(b)(2) Fourteenth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of March 15, 1967.
(Exhibit 5(a)(15) to Registration Statement No. 2-60474, filed
December 14, 1977.)
*4(c)(1) Indenture, dated as of November 1, 1990, between the Company and The
First National Bank of Chicago, Trustee. (Exhibit 4(a) to the
Company's Current Report on Form 8-K, dated November 30, 1990.)
*4(c)(2) First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of November 27, 1990. (Exhibit
4(b) to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K, dated November 30,
1990.)
*4(c)(3) Second Supplemental Indenture, dated as of November 15, 1991.
(Exhibit 4(a) to UtiliCorp United Inc.'s Current Report on Form 8-K
dated December 19, 1991.)
*4(c)(4) Third Supplemental Indenture, dated as of January 15, 1992. (Exhibit
4(c)(4) to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year
ended December 31, 1991.)
*4(c)(5) Fourth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of February 24, 1993.
(Exhibit 4(c)(5) to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
year ended December 31, 1992.
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4(c)(6) Fifth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of April 1, 1993.
*4(d) Twentieth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of May 26, 1989,
Supplement to Indenture of Mortgage and Deed of Trust, dated July 1,
1951. (Exhibit 4(d) to Registration Statement No. 33-45382, filed
January 30, 1992.)
Long-Term debt instruments of the Company in amounts not exceeding 10
percent of the total assets of the Company and its subsidiaries on a
consolidated basis will be furnished to the Commission upon request.
*10(a)(1) Agreement for the Construction and Ownership of Jeffrey Energy
Center, dated as of January 13, 1975, among Missouri Public Service
Company, The Kansas Power and Light Company, Kansas Gas and Electric
Company and Central Telephone & Utilities Corporation. (Exhibit
5(e)(1) to Registration Statement No. 2-54964, filed November 7,
1975.)
*10(a)(2) UtiliCorp United Inc. Deferred Income Plan. (Exhibit 10(a)(2) to the
Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
1991.)
*10(a)(3) UtiliCorp United Inc. 1986 Stock Incentive Plan. (Exhibit 10(a)(3)
to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 1991.)
*10(a)(4) UtiliCorp United Inc. Annual Incentive Plan. (Exhibit 10(a)(4) to
the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 1991.)
*10(a)(5) UtiliCorp United Inc. 1990 Non-Employee Director Stock Plan. (Exhibit
10(a)(5) to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year
ended December 31, 1991.)
*10(a)(6) Supplemental Executive Retirement Agreement dated November 10, 1988,
between the Company and Edward H. Muncaster. (Exhibit 10(a)(16) to
the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 1988.)
*10(a)(7) Supplemental Executive Retirement Agreement dated October 13, 1988,
between the Company and Dale J. Wolf. (Exhibit 10(a)(10) to the
Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
1989.)
*10(a)(8) Severance Compensation Agreement dated as of May 3, 1989, between the
Company and each Executive of the Company. (Exhibit 10(a)(13) to the
Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
1990.)
*10(a)(9) Executive Severance Payment Agreement (Exhibit 10 to the Company's
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed for the quarter ended
September 30, 1993.)
10(a)(10) Temporary Contract Employee Agreement
*10(a)(11) Lease Agreement dated as of August 15, 1991, between Wilmington Trust
Company, as Lessor, and the Company, as Lessee. (Exhibit 10(a)(13)
to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 1991.)
10(a)(12) Credit Agreement dated as of December 13, 1993 among the Company as
Borrower, the Banks Named Therein as Banks, and Citibank, N.A., as
Agent [Three-Year Facility]
10(a)(13) Credit Agreement dated as of December 13, 1993 among the Company as
Borrower, the Banks Named Therein as Banks, and Citibank, N.A., as
Agent [360-Day Facility]
11 Statement regarding Computation of Per Share Earnings.
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13 1993 Annual Report to Shareholders.
21 Subsidiaries of the Company.
23(a) Consent of Arthur Andersen & Co. appearing on Page IV-3 of this Form
10-K.
23(b) Consent of Price Waterhouse appearing on Page IV-5 of this Form 10-K.
99(a) 1993 Utility Data - Electric Operations
99(b) 1993 Utility Data - Gas Operations
99(c) UtilCo Group Generating Projects
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*Exhibits marked with an asterisk are incorporated by reference as indicated
pursuant to Rule 12(b)-23.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, the Company has duly caused this report to be signed on
its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
UTILICORP UNITED INC.
By: /s/ Richard C. Green, Jr.
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Richard C. Green, Jr.
President and Chief Executive
Officer
Date March 14, 1994
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
this report has been signed below by the following persons, which include the
Principal Executive Officer, the Principal Financial Officer, the Principal
Accounting Officer and a majority of the Board of Directors, on behalf of the
Company and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
March 14, 1994 Chairman of the Board of
Directors, President and
Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer) /s/ Richard C. Green, Jr.
-------------------------
Richard C. Green, Jr.
March 14, 1994 Vice President - Finance
(Principal Financial Officer) /s/ Dale J. Wolf
-------------------------
Dale J. Wolf
March 14, 1994 Vice President
(Principal Accounting Officer) /s/ James S. Brook
-------------------------
James S. Brook
March 14, 1994 Managing Executive Vice
President and Director /s/ Robert K. Green
-------------------------
Robert K. Green
March 14, 1994 Director /s/ John R. Baker
-------------------------
John R. Baker
March 14, 1994 Director /s/ Avis G. Tucker
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Avis G. Tucker
March 14, 1994 Director /s/ Robert F. Jackson
-------------------------
Robert F. Jackson
March 14, 1994 Director /s/ Don R. Armacost
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Don R. Armacost
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March 14, 1994 Director /s/ L. Patton Kline
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L. Patton Kline
March 14, 1994 Director /s/ Herman Cain
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Herman Cain
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UTILICORP UNITED INC.
SCHEDULE V -- UTILITY PLANT AND PROPERTY IN SERVICE
FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1993
(in millions)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Column A Column B Column C Column D Column E Column F Column G
-------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- --------
Translation
Balance Adjustments Purchase of Balance
December 31, Additions Retirements and Other Nebraska December 31,
Classification 1992 At Cost or Sales Changes Gas System 1993
-------------- ------------ --------- ----------- ----------- ----------- ------------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
ELECTRIC
Intangibles $ 58.5 $ .2 $ - $ 3.1 $ - $ 61.8
Production 361.1 47.4 5.8 (1.8) - 400.9
Transmission 264.1 9.9 1.2 (5.1) - 267.7
Distribution 626.7 42.2 3.4 5.6 - 671.1
Other 66.7 9.4 1.0 (5.5) - 69.6
-------- ------ ----- ----- ------ --------
Total Electric 1,377.1 109.1 11.4 (3.7) - 1,471.1
GAS
Intangibles 74.5 .4 - .3 28.3 103.5
Transmission 57.4 3.2 .2 1.5 3.5 65.4
Distribution 516.1 37.8 4.4 (5.3) 74.1 618.3
Other 87.7 8.6 3.4 (3.7) 7.9 97.1
-------- ------ ----- ----- ------ --------
Total Gas 735.7 50.0 8.0 (7.2) 113.8 884.3
COMMON 56.1 8.5 2.3 (.1) - 62.2
-------- ------ ----- ----- ------ --------
Total Utility Plant in Service 2,168.9 167.6 21.7 (11.0) 113.8 2,417.6
PLANT HELD FOR FUTURE USE 5.1 .2 - - - 5.3
CONSTRUCTION WORK IN PROGRESS 46.7 (27.3)(1) - 2.9 - 22.3
-------- ------ ----- ----- ------ --------
Total Utility Plant, at Original Cost $2,220.7 $140.5 $21.7 $(8.1) $113.8 $2,445.2
-------- ------ ----- ----- ------ --------
-------- ------ ----- ----- ------ --------
AQUILA PROPERTY
Natural gas, crude oil and condensate properties $ 313.7 $ 38.0 1.2 $(13.3) - $ 337.2
Gathering and processing 346.9 55.4 .5 12.3 - 414.1
Other 4.6 1.1 - - - 5.7
-------- ------ ----- ----- ------ --------
TOTAL AQUILA PROPERTY $ 665.2 $ 94.5 $ 1.7 $(1.0) $ - $ 757.0
-------- ------ ----- ----- ------ --------
-------- ------ ----- ----- ------ --------
<FN>
(1) Construction work in progress additions are net of amounts transferred to
plant in service.
</TABLE>
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UTILICORP UNITED INC.
SCHEDULE V - UTILITY PLANT AND PROPERTY IN SERVICE
FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1992
(in millions)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Column A Column B Column C Column D Column E Column F Column G
-------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- --------
Translation
Balance Adjustments Balance
December 31, Additions Retirements and Other Purchase of December 31,
Classification 1991 At Cost or Sales Changes Division 1992
-------------- ------------ --------- ----------- ----------- ----------- ------------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
ELECTRIC
Intangibles $ 40.1 $ - $ - $18.4 (1) $ $ 58.5
Production 350.5 15.9 1.4 (3.9) - 361.1
Transmission 230.6 7.8 1.8 27.5 (2) - 264.1
Distribution 630.7 40.7 4.7 (40.0) (2) - 626.7
Other 63.6 6.2 .9 (2.2) - 66.7
-------- ------ ----- ----- ------ --------
Total Electric 1,315.5 70.6 8.8 (.2) - 1,377.1
GAS
Intangibles 74.1 .3 - .1 - 74.5
Transmission 49.1 5.0 .4 3.7 - 57.4
Distribution 486.5 34.7 4.6 (.5) - 516.1
Other 77.0 12.1 2.5 1.1 - 87.7
-------- ------ ----- ----- ------ --------
Total Gas 686.7 52.1 7.5 4.4 - 735.7
COMMON 48.6 9.4 1.7 (.2) - 56.1
-------- ------ ----- ----- ------ --------
Total Utility Plant in Service 2,050.8 132.1 18.0 4.0 - 2,168.9
PLANT HELD FOR FUTURE USE 5.1 - - - - 5.1
CONSTRUCTION WORK IN PROGRESS 31.9 17.7 (3) - (2.9) - 46.7
-------- ------ ----- ----- ------ --------
Total Utility Plant, at Original Cost $2,087.8 $149.8 $18.0 $ 1.1 $ - $2,220.7
-------- ------ ----- ----- ------ --------
-------- ------ ----- ----- ------ --------
AQUILA PROPERTY
Natural gas, crude oil and condensate properties $ 294.4 $ 17.1 $ - $ 2.2 $ - $ 313.7
Gathering and processing 319.8 29.7 - (2.6) - 346.9
Other 2.5 2.1 - - - 4.6
-------- ------ ----- ----- ------ --------
Total Aquila Property $ 616.7 $ 48.9 $ - $ (.4) $ - $ 665.2
-------- ------ ----- ----- ------ --------
-------- ------ ----- ----- ------ --------
<FN>
(1) Construction work in progress additions are net of amounts transferred to
plant in service.
(2) These amounts relate primarily to the reclassification of certain substation
property.
(3) Construction work in progress additions are net of amounts transferred to
plant in service.
</TABLE>
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UTILICORP UNITED INC.
SCHEDULE V -- UTILITY PLANT AND PROPERTY IN SERVICE
FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1991
(in millions)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Column A Column B Column C Column D Column E Column F Column G
-------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- --------
Translation Purchase of
Balance Adjustments West Plains Balance
December 31, Additions Retirements and Other Energy December 31,
Classification 1990 At Cost or Sales Changes and Clajon 1991
-------------- ------------ --------- ----------- ----------- ----------- ------------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
ELECTRIC
Intangibles $ 25.6 $ - $ - $ (.9) $ 15.4 $ 40.1
Production 278.5 8.6 .6 (.6) 64.6 350.5
Transmission 122.8 10.3 .4 .1 97.8 230.6
Distribution 434.4 31.9 2.9 2.3 165.0 630.7
Other 37.0 7.7 .3 (.6) 19.8 63.6
-------- ------ ----- ----- ------ --------
Total Electric 898.3 58.5 4.2 .3 362.6 1,315.5
GAS
Intangibles 72.2 .3 (1.2) .4 - 74.1
Transmission 47.3 3.6 - (1.8) - 49.1
Distribution 439.5 51.2 4.1 (.1) - 486.5
Other 72.5 8.0 4.0 .5 - 77.0
-------- ------ ----- ----- ------ --------
Total Gas 631.5 63.1 6.9 (1.0) - 686.7
COMMON 42.9 6.4 .4 (.3) - 48.6
-------- ------ ----- ----- ------ --------
Total Utility Plant in Service 1,572.7 128.0 11.5 (1.0) 362.6 2,050.8
PLANT HELD FOR FUTURE USE 1.2 - - - 3.9 5.1
CONSTRUCTION WORK IN PROGRESS 16.6 6.0 (1) - 1.7 7.6 31.9
-------- ------ ----- ----- ------ --------
Total Utility Plant, at Original Cost $1,590.5 $134.0 $11.5 $ .7 $374.1 $2,087.8
-------- ------ ----- ----- ------ --------
-------- ------ ----- ----- ------ --------
AQUILA PROPERTY
Natural gas, crude oil and condensate properties $ 202.9 $ 94.6 $ 3.1 $ - $ - $ 294.4
Gathering and processing 71.0 52.8 - (14.3) 210.3 319.8
Other 1.2 1.3 - - - 2.5
-------- ------ ----- ----- ------ --------
Total Aquila Property $ 275.1 $148.7 $ 3.1 $(14.3) $210.3 $ 616.7
-------- ------ ----- ------ ------ --------
-------- ------ ----- ----- ------ --------
<FN>
(1) Construction work in progress additions are net of amounts transferred to
plant in service.
</TABLE>
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UTILICORP UNITED INC.
SCHEDULE VI -- ACCUMULATED DEPRECIATION, DEPLETION AND AMORTIZATION
OF UTILITY PLANT AND PROPERTY IN SERVICE
FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1993
(in millions)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Column A Column B Column C Column D Column E Column F Column G
-------- -------- ----------------- -------- ------------ -------- --------
Additions Deductions from Reserves
----------------- -----------------------------
Translation
Balance Charged to Salvage Adjustments Purchase of Balance
December 31, Charged to Clearing Property and Removal and Other Nebraska December 31,
Classification 1992 Expense Accounts Retired Costs, Net Changes Gas System 1993
- -------------- ------------ ----------- ---------- -------- ----------- ------------ ----------- ------------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
ELECTRIC
Intangibles $ .6 $ 1.7 $ - $ - $ - $ (4.1) $ - $ 6.4
Production 151.7 12.5 - 5.8 1.2 1.1 - 156.1
Transmission 93.6 7.1 - 1.2 - - - 99.5
Distribution 205.4 21.2 - 3.3 1.2 1.4 - 220.7
Other 27.1 2.0 .8 1.0 .3 (.7) - 29.3
------- ------- ----- ------ ----- ------ ----- -------
Total Electric 478.4 44.5 .8 11.3 2.7 (2.3) - 512.0
GAS
Intangibles 14.9 3.5 - - - (1.0) .2 19.6
Transmission 23.9 1.7 - .3 - - .4 25.7
Distribution 193.5 18.9 - 4.2 .9 (.3) 32.4 240.0
Other 38.0 6.6 .1 3.4 (.7) (1.0) 2.7 45.7
------- ------- ----- ------ ----- ------ ----- -------
Total Gas 270.3 30.7 .1 7.9 .2 (2.3) 35.7 331.0
COMMON 18.5 4.4 1.3 2.3 .1 (.2) - 22.0
Total $ 767.2 $ 79.6 $ 2.2 $ 21.5 $ 3.0 $ (4.8) $35.7 $ 865.0
------- ------- ----- ------ ----- ------ ----- -------
------- ------- ----- ------ ----- ------ ----- -------
AQUILA
Natural gas, crude oil and
condensate properties $ 140.3 $ 38.7 $ - $ - $ - $ .4 $ - $ 178.6
Gathering and processing 38.9 35.9 - .5 - (4.1) - 78.4
Other 1.3 1.1 - .4 - - - 2.0
------- ------- ----- ------ ----- ------ ----- -------
TOTAL AQUILA $ 180.5 $ 75.7 $ - $ .9 $ - $ (3.7) $ - $ 259.0
------- ------- ----- ------ ----- ------ ----- -------
------- ------- ----- ------ ----- ------ ----- -------
</TABLE>
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UTILICORP UNITED INC.
SCHEDULE VI -- ACCUMULATED DEPRECIATION, DEPLETION AND AMORTIZATION
OF UTILITY PLANT AND PROPERTY IN SERVICE
FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1992
(in millions)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Column A Column B Column C Column D Column E Column F Column G
-------- -------- ----------------- -------- ------------ -------- --------
Additions Deductions from Reserves
----------------- -----------------------------
Translation
Balance Charged to Salvage Adjustments Balance
December 31, Charged to Clearing Property and Removal and Other Purchase of December 31,
Classification 1991 Expense Accounts Retired Costs, Net Changes Division 1992
- -------------- ------------ ----------- ---------- -------- ----------- ------------ ----------- ------------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
ELECTRIC
Intangibles $ (.3) $ .9 $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ .6
Production 145.3 10.2 - 1.4 2.0 .4 - 151.7
Transmission 82.0 6.6 - 1.8 .8 (7.6) - 93.6
Distribution 203.2 20.6 - 4.7 1.8 11.9 - 205.4
Other 25.0 2.0 .7 .9 (.2) (.1) - 27.1
------- ------- ----- ------ ----- ------ ----- -------
Total Electric 455.2 40.3 .7 8.8 4.4 4.6 - 478.4
GAS
Intangibles 12.4 2.3 - - - (.2) - 14.9
Transmission 22.8 1.4 - .4 - (.1) - 23.9
Distribution 181.7 17.1 - 4.6 .8 (.1) - 193.5
Other 34.2 5.8 .1 2.5 (.4) - - 38.0
------- ------- ----- ------ ----- ------ ----- -------
Total Gas 251.1 26.6 .1 7.5 .4 (.4) - 270.3
COMMON 15.5 3.8 1.0 1.7 .2 (.1) - 18.5
Total $ 721.8 $ 70.7 $ 1.8 $ 18.0 $ 5.0 $ 4.1 $ - $ 767.2
------- ------- ----- ------ ----- ------ ----- -------
------- ------- ----- ------ ----- ------ ----- -------
AQUILA
Natural gas, crude oil and
condensate properties $ 90.3 $ 51.2 $ - $ - $ - $ 1.2 $ - $ 140.3
Gathering and processing 20.9 22.6 - - - 4.6 - 38.9
Other 0.7 0.9 - - - 0.3 - 1.3
------- ------- ----- ------ ----- ------ ----- -------
TOTAL AQUILA $ 111.9 $ 74.7 $ - $ - $ - $ 6.1 $ - $ 180.5
------- ------- ----- ------ ----- ------ ----- -------
------- ------- ----- ------ ----- ------ ----- -------
</TABLE>
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UTILICORP UNITED INC.
SCHEDULE VI -- ACCUMULATED DEPRECIATION, DEPLETION AND AMORTIZATION
OF UTILITY PLANT AND PROPERTY IN SERVICE
FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1991
(in millions)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Column A Column B Column C Column D Column E Column F Column G
-------- -------- ----------------- -------- ------------ -------- --------
Additions Deductions from Reserves
----------------- -----------------------------
Translation Purchase of
Balance Charged to Salvage Adjustments West Plains Balance
December 31, Charged to Clearing Property and Removal and Other Energy December 31,
Classification 1990 Expense Accounts Retired Costs, Net Changes and Clajon 1991
- -------------- ------------ ----------- ---------- -------- ----------- ------------ ----------- ------------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
ELECTRIC
Intangibles $ (.4) $ .1 $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ (.3)
Production 86.8 8.4 - .6 1.0 .4 52.1 145.3
Transmission 37.1 3.8 - .4 .2 1.0 42.7 82.0
Distribution 126.6 15.0 - 2.9 .8 (1.5) 63.8 203.2
Other 11.2 1.6 .3 .4 (.1) (1.2) 11.0 25.0
------- ------- ----- ------ ----- ------ ----- -------
Total Electric 261.3 28.9 .3 4.3 1.9 (1.3) 169.6 455.2
GAS
Intangibles 9.5 2.3 - (1.2) - .6 - 12.4
Transmission 21.6 1.2 - - - - - 22.8
Distribution 170.2 15.7 - 4.1 .9 (.8) - 181.7
Other 32.2 5.4 .1 3.9 (.4) - - 34.2
------- ------- ----- ------ ----- ------ ----- -------
Total Gas 233.5 24.6 .1 6.8 .5 (.2) - 251.1
COMMON 11.7 3.1 .8 .4 - (.3) - 15.5
Total Utility $ 506.5 $ 56.6 $ 1.2 $ 11.5 $ 2.4 $ (1.8) $169.6 $ 721.8
------- ------- ----- ------ ----- ------ ------ -------
------- ------- ----- ------ ----- ------ ------ -------
AQUILA
Natural gas, crude oil and
condensate properties $ 50.8 $ 42.6 $ - $ 3.1 $ - $ - $ - $ 90.3
Gathering and
processing .9 8.7 - - - - 11.3 20.9
Other .4 .3 - - - - - .7
------- ------- ----- ------ ----- ------ ----- -------
TOTAL AQUILA $ 52.1 $ 51.6 $ - $ 3.1 $ - $ - $11.3 $ 111.9
------- ------- ----- ------ ----- ------ ----- -------
------- ------- ----- ------ ----- ------ ----- -------
</TABLE>
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UTILICORP UNITED INC.
SCHEDULE VIII -- VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS
FOR THE THREE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1993
(in millions)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Column A Column B Column C Column D Column E Column F
-------- -------- -------- -------- -------- --------
Deductions
Additions from Reserves
Beginning Charged For Purposes Ending
Balance Purchase of to for Which Balance
Description December 31 Division Expense Created December 31
----------- ----------- ----------- --------- ------------- -----------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
1993 Allowance for doubtful accounts $2.6 .3 3.2 4.5 $1.6
1992 Allowance for doubtful accounts $1.4 - 2.8 1.6 $2.6
1991 Allowance for doubtful accounts $2.1 .1 1.9 2.7 $1.4
</TABLE>
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UTILICORP UNITED INC.
SCHEDULE IX -- SHORT-TERM BORROWINGS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1993
(dollars in millions)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Column A Column B Column C Column D Column E Column F
-------- -------- -------- -------- -------- --------
Maximum Average Weighted
Category of Weighted amount amount average
aggregate Balance average outstanding outstanding interest rate
short-term at interest during the during the during the
borrowings December 31 rate period(a) period(a) period(a)
---------- ----------- -------- ----------- ----------- -------------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Bank Borrowings (uncommitted) $70.0 3.51% $129.5 $30.7 3.31%
Commercial Paper (b)(c) - - 135.0 21.1 4.01
Revolving Credit Facility - - 80.0 6.1 3.69
</TABLE>
The Company borrows funds for corporate purposes through the sale of commercial
paper, under two $200 million revolving credit facilities with a group of banks
and through uncommitted money market lines of credit with banks. The commercial
paper is generally sold for periods of 60 days or less, and short-term bank
borrowings generally are arranged for periods of 30 to 90 days. The two $200
million revolving credit facilities (the "Facilities") replaced a $400 million
credit Facility in December 1993. The Facilities provide back-up liquidity for
the company's commercial paper programs and allow the company additional
short-term borrowing capacity on a committed basis. The company pays a fee of
.225% on the average daily unused portion of the Facilities.
(a) Based upon daily balances outstanding.
(b) Includes domestic and European commercial paper.
(c) Does not include cost of back-up liquidity facility.
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UTILICORP UNITED INC.
SCHEDULE IX -- SHORT-TERM BORROWINGS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1992
(dollars in millions)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Column A Column B Column C Column D Column E Column F
-------- -------- -------- -------- -------- --------
Maximum Average Weighted
Category of Weighted amount amount average
aggregate Balance average outstanding outstanding interest rate
short-term at interest during the during the during the
borrowings December 31 rate period(a) period(a) period(a)
---------- ----------- -------- ----------- ----------- -------------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Bank Borrowings (uncommitted) $113.0 4.08% $118.0 $71.6 3.92%
Commercial Paper (b)(c) 117.9 4.33 139.0 81.4 4.08
Revolving Credit Facility - - - - -
</TABLE>
The Company borrows funds for corporate purposes through the sale of commercial
paper, under a $400 million revolving credit facility with a group of banks and
through uncommitted money market lines of credit with banks. The commercial
paper is generally sold for periods of 60 days or less, and short-term bank
borrowings generally are arranged for periods of 30 to 90 days. The $400
million credit facility (the "Credit") was initiated in March, 1991 and replaced
back-up lines of credit totaling $160 million. The Credit provides back-up
liquidity for the Company's commercial paper programs and allows the Company
additional short-term borrowing capacity on a committed basis. The Company pays
a fee of 1/4 of 1 percent on the average daily unused portion of the Credit.
(a) Based upon daily balances outstanding.
(b) Includes domestic and European commercial paper.
(c) Does not include cost of back-up liquidity facility.
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UTILICORP UNITED INC.
SCHEDULE IX -- SHORT-TERM BORROWINGS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1991
(dollars in millions)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Column A Column B Column C Column D Column E Column F
-------- -------- -------- -------- -------- --------
Maximum Average Weighted
Category of Weighted amount amount average
aggregate Balance average outstanding outstanding interest rate
short-term at interest during the during the during the
borrowings December 31 rate period(a) period(a) period(a)
---------- ----------- -------- ----------- ----------- -------------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Bank Borrowings (uncommitted) $41.0 5.40% $ 68.3 $22.8 6.14%
Commercial Paper(b)(c) 70.0 5.39 107.3 38.0 6.22
Revolving Credit Facility - - 230.0 30.4 8.54
</TABLE>
The Company borrows funds for corporate purposes through the sale of commercial
paper, under a $400 million revolving credit facility with a group of banks and
through uncommitted money market lines of credit with banks. The commercial
paper is generally sold for periods of 60 days or less, and short-term bank
borrowings generally are arranged for periods of 30 to 90 days. The $400
million credit facility (the "Credit") was initiated in March, 1991 and replaced
back-up lines of credit totaling $160 million. The Credit provides back-up
liquidty for the Company's commercial paper programs and allows the Company
additional short-term borrowing capacity on a committed basis. The Company pays
a fee of 1/4 of 1 percent on the average daily unused portion of the Credit.
(a) Based upon daily balances outstanding.
(b) Includes domestic and European commercial paper.
(c) Does not include cost of back-up credit facility.
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UTILICORP UNITED INC.
SCHEDULE X - SUPPLEMENTARY INCOME STATEMENT INFORMATION
FOR THE THREE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1993
(in millions)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
1993 1992 1991
---- ---- ----
<S> <C> <C> <C>
TAXES, OTHER THAN INCOME TAXES:
Property $39.2 $33.1 $26.4
City occupational and franchise 16.3 12.5 13.2
Other 16.5 15.5 12.9
----- ----- -----
Total taxes, other than income taxes $72.0 $61.1 $52.5
----- ----- -----
----- ----- -----
</TABLE>
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CONFORMED COPY
_______________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
UTILICORP UNITED INC.
and
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF CHICAGO,
as Trustee
____________________
6% Senior Notes Due 1998
____________________
FIFTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE
Dated as of April 1, 1993
____________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
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FIFTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, dated as of April 1, 1993 (herein called
the "Fifth Supplemental Indenture"), between UTILICORP UNITED INC., a
corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware
(hereinafter called the "Company"), party of the first part, and THE FIRST
NATIONAL BANK OF CHICAGO, a national banking association duly organized and
existing under the laws of the United States, as Trustee under the Original
Indenture referred to below (hereinafter called the "Trustee"), party of the
second part.
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS, the Company has heretofore executed and delivered to the
Trustee an Indenture, dated as of November 1, 1990 (hereinafter called the
"Original Indenture"), to provide for the issuance from time to time of certain
of its unsecured senior notes (hereinafter called the "Securities"), the form
and terms of which are to be established as set forth in Sections 201 and 301 of
the Original Indenture; and
WHEREAS, Section 901 of the Original Indenture provides, among other
things, that the Company and the Trustee may enter into indentures supplemental
to the Original Indenture for, among other things, the purpose of establishing
the form or terms of the Securities of any series as permitted in Sections 201
and 301 of the Original Indenture; and
WHEREAS, the Company desires to create a series of the Securities in
an aggregate principal amount of up to $70,000,000 to be designated the "6%
Senior Notes Due 1998" (the "Senior Notes"), and all action on the part of the
Company necessary to
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2
authorize the issuance of the Senior Notes under the Original Indenture and this
Fifth Supplemental Indenture has been duly taken;
WHEREAS, all acts and things necessary to make the Senior Notes when
executed by the Company and completed, authenticated and delivered by the
Trustee as in the Original Indenture and this Fifth Supplemental Indenture
provided, the valid and binding obligations of the Company and to constitute
these presents a valid and binding supplemental indenture and agreement
according to its terms, have been done and performed;
WHEREAS, Section 901 of the Original Indenture provides, among other
things, that the Company and the Trustee may enter into indentures supplemental
to the Original Indenture to, among other things, add to the covenants of the
Company for the benefit of the Holders of all or any series of Securities; and
WHEREAS, the Company desires to limit the issuance of Mortgage Bonds
under its General Mortgage (as hereinafter defined) as set forth in Section 204
of this Fifth Supplemental Indenture for the benefit of the Holders of the
Senior Notes;
NOW, THEREFORE, THIS FIFTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE WITNESSETH:
That in consideration of the premises, the Company covenants and
agrees with the Trustee, for the equal benefit of holders of the Senior Notes,
as follows:
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3
ARTICLE ONE
DEFINITIONS
The use of the terms and expressions herein is in accordance with the
definitions, uses and constructions contained in the Original Indenture and the
form of Senior Note attached hereto as Exhibit A.
ARTICLE TWO
TERMS AND ISSUANCE OF THE SENIOR NOTES
Section 201. ISSUE OF SENIOR NOTES. A series of Securities which
shall be designated the "6% Senior Notes Due 1998" shall be executed,
authenticated and delivered in accordance with the provisions of, and shall in
all respects be subject to, the terms, conditions and covenants of the Original
Indenture and this Fifth Supplemental Indenture (including the form of Senior
Note set forth as Exhibit A hereto). The aggregate principal amount of Senior
Notes of the series created hereby which may be authenticated and delivered
under the Original Indenture shall not, except as permitted by the provisions of
the Original Indenture, exceed $70,000,000.
Section 202. FORM OF SENIOR NOTES; INCORPORATION OF TERMS. The form
of the Senior Notes shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A attached
hereto. The terms of such Senior Notes are herein incorporated by reference and
are part of this Fifth Supplemental Indenture.
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4
Section 203. PLACE OF PAYMENT. The Place of Payment will be
initially the corporate trust offices of the Trustee which, at the date hereof,
are located at The First National Bank of Chicago, One First National Plaza,
Suite 0126, Chicago, Illinois 60670-0126 and The First National Bank of Chicago,
14 Wall Street, 8th Floor, New York, New York 10005.
Section 204. LIMITATION ON ISSUANCE OF MORTGAGE BONDS. The Company
will not issue any Mortgage Bonds under its General Mortgage Indenture and Deed
of Trust, dated September 15, 1988, between the Company and Commerce Bank of
Kansas City, N.A., as Trustee (the "General Mortgage"), in addition to its
Mortgage Bonds, Series 1, 9 7/8% due 1998, without making effective provision,
and the Company covenants that in any such case effective provisions will be
made, whereby the Senior Notes shall be directly secured by the General Mortgage
equally and ratably with any and all other obligations and indebtedness thereby
secured.
ARTICLE THREE
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 301. EXECUTION OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE. This Fifth
Supplemental Indenture is executed and shall be construed as an indenture
supplemental to the Original Indenture and, as provided in the Original
Indenture, this Fifth Supplemental Indenture forms a part thereof.
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Section 302. CONFLICT WITH TRUST INDENTURE ACT. If any provision
hereof limits, qualifies or conflicts with another provision hereof which is
required to be included in this Fifth Supplemental Indenture by any of the
provisions of the Trust Indenture Act, such required provision shall control.
Section 303. EFFECT OF HEADINGS. The Article and Section headings
herein are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.
Section 304. SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS. All covenants and agreements in
this Fifth Supplemental Indenture by the Company shall bind its successors and
assigns, whether so expressed or not.
Section 305. SEPARABILITY CLAUSE. In case any provision in this
Fifth Supplemental Indenture or in the Senior Notes shall be invalid, illegal or
unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining
provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.
Section 306. BENEFITS OF FIFTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE. Nothing in
this Fifth Supplemental Indenture or in the Senior Notes, express or implied,
shall give to any person, other than the parties hereto and their successors
hereunder and the holders, any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy
or claim under this Fifth Supplemental Indenture.
Section 307. GOVERNING LAW. This Fifth Supplemental Indenture and
each Senior Note shall be deemed to be a contract made under the laws of the
State of New York, and for all
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purposes shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of said
State.
Section 308. EXECUTION AND COUNTERPARTS. This Fifth Supplemental
Indenture may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be
deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute
but one and the same instrument.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Fifth
Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed, and their respective corporate seals
to be hereunto affixed and attested, all as of the day and year first above
written.
UTILICORP UNITED INC.
[Seal] By: /s/ Richard C. Green, Jr.
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Richard C. Green, Jr.
Chairman of the Board,
President and Chief
Executive Officer
Attest:
/s/ Judith A. Samayoa
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Secretary
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK
OF CHICAGO, as Trustee
[Seal] By: /s/ Steven M. Wagner
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Steven M. Wagner
Vice President
Attest:
/s/ R. Tarnas
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Assistant Vice President
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STATE OF MISSOURI )
) ss.:
COUNTY OF JACKSON )
On the 29th day of March, 1993, before me personally came Richard C.
Green, Jr., to me known, who, being by me duly sworn, did depose and say that he
is the Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer of UtiliCorp
United Inc., the corporation described in and which executed the foregoing
instrument; that he knows the seal of said corporation; that the seal affixed to
said instrument is such corporate seal; that it was so affixed by authority of
the Board of Directors of said corporation, and that he signed his name thereto
by like authority.
/s/ Jennifer D. Turner
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Notary Public,
State of Missouri
STATE OF ILLINOIS )
) ss.:
COUNTY OF COOK )
On the 26th day of March, 1993, before me personally came Steven M.
Wagner, to me known, who, being by me duly sworn, did depose and say that he is
a Vice President of The First National Bank of Chicago, the national banking
association described in and which executed the foregoing instrument; that he
knows the seal of said association; that the seal affixed to said instrument is
such association seal; that it was so affixed by authority of the Board of
Directors of said association, and that he signed his name thereto by like
authority.
/s/ Ernest L. Henley
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Notary Public,
State of Illinois
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EXHIBIT A
[FORM OF FACE OF SENIOR NOTE]
REGISTERED REGISTERED
UTILICORP UNITED INC.
6% SENIOR NOTE DUE 1998
No. $
UTILICORP UNITED INC., a corporation duly organized and existing under
the laws of Delaware (herein called the "Company", which term includes any
successor corporation under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value
received, hereby promises to pay to ____________________, or registered
assigns, the principal sum of __________________________________________ DOLLARS
on April 1, 1998, and to pay interest thereon from April 1, 1993, or from the
most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly
provided for, semi-annually on April 1 and October 1 in each year, commencing
October 1, 1993, at the rate per annum provided in the title hereof, until the
principal hereof is paid or made available for payment, and, subject to the
terms of the Indenture, at the rate per annum provided in the title hereof on
any overdue principal and premium, if any, and (to the extent that the payment
of such interest shall be legally enforceable) on any overdue instalment of
interest. The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on
any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in such Indenture, be paid to the
Holder in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is
registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest
payment, which shall be the March 15 or September 15 (whether or not a Business
Day), as the case may be, next preceding such Interest Payment Date. Any such
interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for will forthwith cease to be
payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date, and may either be paid to the
Holder in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is
registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of
such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, in which event notice
whereof shall be given to Holders of Securities of this series not less than 10
days prior to such Special Record Date, or may be paid at any time in any other
lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange
on which the Securities of this series may be listed, and upon such notice as
may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in said Indenture.
Payment of the principal of and premium, if any, and interest on this
Security will be made at the office or agency of the Trustee maintained for that
purpose in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, in such coin or
currency of the
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United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment
of public and private debts; provided, however, that at the option of the
Company payment of interest may be made by check mailed to the address of the
Holder entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register.
Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Security
set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes
have the same effect as if set forth at this place.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by
the Trustee referred to on the reverse hereof, or an Authenticating Agent, by
manual signature of one of its authorized officers, this Security shall not be
entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any
purpose.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly
executed under its corporate seal.
UTILICORP UNITED INC.
Dated: By:___________________________
Chairman of the Board
________________
Attest:
______________________________
[Seal] Corporate Secretary
TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE OF
AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Senior
Notes of the series designated
herein referred to in the
within-mentioned Indenture
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF CHICAGO,
as Trustee
By:____________________________
Authorized Officer
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[FORM OF REVERSE OF SENIOR NOTE]
UTILICORP UNITED INC.
6% SENIOR NOTE DUE 1998
This Senior Note is one of a duly authorized series of securities of
the Company (herein called the "Securities"), issued and to be issued in one or
more series under an Indenture, dated as of November 1, 1990, as amended and
supplemented (as amended and supplemented, the "Indenture"), between the Company
and The First National Bank of Chicago, as Trustee (herein called the "Trustee",
which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), to which
Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a
statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities
thereunder of the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities and the
terms upon which the Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered.
This Security is one of the series designated on the face hereof, limited in
aggregate principal amount to $70,000,000.
This Security is not subject to any sinking fund. This Security may
not be redeemed prior to maturity.
Interest payments for this Security will be computed and paid on the
basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months. If an Interest Payment Date
falls on a day that is not a Business Day, such Interest Payment Date will be
the following day that is a Business Day.
The Indenture contains provisions for defeasance of (a) the entire
indebtedness of this Security and (b) certain restrictive covenants upon
compliance by the Company with certain conditions set forth therein.
If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of this series shall
occur and be continuing, the principal of the Securities of this series may be
declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the
Indenture.
The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided,
the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the
Company and the rights of the Holders of the Securities of each series to be
affected under the Indenture at any time by the Company and the Trustee with the
consent of the Holders of not less than 66 2/3% in principal amount of the
Securities at the time Outstanding of all series to be affected (voting as a
class). The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of
specified percentages in principal amount of the Securities of each series at
the time Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all Securities of such
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series, to waive compliance by the Company with certain provisions of the
Indenture and certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences.
Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Security shall be conclusive
and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Security and of
any Security issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange
hereof or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is
made upon this Security.
No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Security
or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which
is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and premium, if any, and
interest, if any, on this Security at the times, place and rate, and in the coin
or currency, herein prescribed.
As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations
therein set forth, the transfer of this Security is registrable in the Security
Register, upon surrender of this Security for registration of transfer at the
office or agency of the Company in any place where the principal of and premium,
if any, and interest, if any, on this Security are payable, duly endorsed by, or
accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the
Company and the Security Registrar duly executed by, the Holder hereof or his
attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Securities of
this series, of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate principal
amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.
The Securities of this series are issuable only in registered form
without coupons in denominations of $1,000 and in integral multiples thereof.
As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set
forth, Securities of this series are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal
amount of Securities of this series and of like tenor of a different authorized
denomination, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.
No service charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer
or exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover
any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith.
Prior to due presentment of this Security for registration of
transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee
may treat the Holder in whose name this Security is registered as the owner
hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Security be overdue, and neither
the Company, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the
contrary.
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This Security shall be governed by and construed in accordance with
the laws of the State of New York.
All terms used in this Security which are defined in the Indenture
shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.
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Exhibit 10(a)10
TEMPORARY CONTRACT EMPLOYEE AGREEMENT
This Agreement is made and entered into as of the 28th day of September, 1993,
by and between Edward Muncaster, hereinafter referred to as "Contractor" and
UtiliCorp United Inc., hereinafter referred to as "Employer".
Employer agrees to pay Contractor, and Contractor hereby accepts agreement with
Employer, on the terms and conditions herein set forth:
1. TERM. The term of this Agreement shall commence on January 1, 1994, and
shall terminate at the sole discretion of either the Contractor or the Employer
following sixty (60) days written notice.
2. DUTIES. Contractor agrees to contribute his best judgment and efforts to
the rendering and furnishing of support services related to Corporate Relations
for Employer. Contractor understand and agrees that assignments to be performed
shall be directed by Richard C. Green, Jr. or Robert K. Green on behalf of
Employer on an as-needed basis.
3. COMPENSATION. Upon signing of this Agreement, Employer will pay Contractor
a retainer of $115,200.00, payable in monthly installments of $9,600.00, with
the work performed each month invoiced to Employer at $300.00 per hour up to
$115,200.00. All work performed by Contractor in excess of the $115,200.00
retainer (and billed at the rate of $300.00 per hour) shall be billed at a rate
of $200.00 per hour. The $115,200.00 retainer is guaranteed by Employer to
Contractor and shall not be reduced under any circumstances including the
possibility that either or both parties hereto might terminate this Agreement
during the first twelve (12) month period thereof. Contractor understands and
agrees that, as a contract employee, he is responsible for his taxes and is not
eligible for any employee benefits, except as defined in Exhibit A of his
Severance Payment Agreement.
Employer shall pay all transportation on a first-class basis and other related
expenses associated with the direct performance of work for Employer as a result
of this Agreement. Contractor will keep detailed time records of work performed
for Employer. Business mileage driven in Contractor's personal automobile shall
be reimbursed at the rate of $.28 per mile and must be properly itemized and
documented on expense forms supplied by Employer.
Employer agrees to pay Contractor $1,200.00 per month for one (1) year, separate
and apart from the retainer of $115,200.00, to lease a fully equipped and
furnished, quality office space in the Kansas City area. Contractor will pay
for his own staff and Employer will pay for all utilities, including telephone,
if not included in the lease.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the day and
year first set forth above.
UtiliCorp United Inc.
By: /s/ Richard C. Green, Jr. 09/28/93
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Employer Date
By: /s/ Edward Muncaster 09/28/93
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Contractor Date
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[EXECUTION COPY]
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U.S. $200,000,000
CREDIT AGREEMENT
Dated as of December 13, 1993
Among
UTILICORP UNITED INC.
as BORROWER
THE BANKS NAMED HEREIN
as BANKS
and
CITIBANK, N.A.
as AGENT
[Three-Year Facility]
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
SECTION PAGE
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ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING TERMS
1.01. CERTAIN DEFINED TERMS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
1.02. COMPUTATION OF TIME PERIODS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
1.03. ACCOUNTING TERMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
ARTICLE II
AMOUNTS AND TERMS OF THE ADVANCES
2.01. THE CONTRACT ADVANCES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
2.02. MAKING THE CONTRACT ADVANCES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
2.03. THE AUCTION ADVANCES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
2.04. FEES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
2.05. REDUCTION OF THE COMMITMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
2.06. REPAYMENT OF CONTRACT ADVANCES . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
2.07. INTEREST ON CONTRACT ADVANCES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
2.08. ADDITIONAL INTEREST ON CONTRACT ADVANCES . . . . . . . . 22
2.09. INTEREST RATE DETERMINATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
2.10. VOLUNTARY CONVERSION OF CONTRACT ADVANCES. . . . . . . . 24
2.11. PREPAYMENTS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
2.12. INCREASED COSTS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
2.13. ILLEGALITY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
2.14. PAYMENTS AND COMPUTATIONS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
2.15. TAXES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
2.16. SHARING OF PAYMENTS, ETC.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
2.17. EXTENSION OF TERMINATION DATE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
ARTICLE III
CONDITIONS OF LENDING
3.01. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO INITIAL ADVANCES . . . . . . . . 31
3.02. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO EACH CONTRACT BORROWING. . . . . 33
3.03. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO EACH AUCTION BORROWING . . . . . 33
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ARTICLE IV
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
4.01. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE BORROWER . . . . . . 34
ARTICLE V
COVENANTS OF THE BORROWER
5.01. AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
5.02. NEGATIVE COVENANTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
ARTICLE VI
EVENTS OF DEFAULT
6.01. EVENTS OF DEFAULT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
ARTICLE VII
THE AGENT
7.01. AUTHORIZATION AND ACTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
7.02. AGENT'S RELIANCE, ETC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
7.03. CITIBANK AND AFFILIATES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
7.04. LENDER CREDIT DECISION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
7.05. INDEMNIFICATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
7.06. SUCCESSOR AGENT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
ARTICLE VIII
MISCELLANEOUS
8.01. AMENDMENTS, ETC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
8.02. NOTICES, ETC.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
8.03. NO WAIVER; REMEDIES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
8.04. COSTS AND EXPENSES; INDEMNIFICATION. . . . . . . . . . . . 47
8.05. RIGHT OF SET-OFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
8.06. BINDING EFFECT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
8.07. ASSIGNMENTS AND PARTICIPATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
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8.08. SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
8.09. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
8.10. GOVERNING LAW. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
8.11. EXECUTION IN COUNTERPARTS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
SCHEDULES
Schedule I - LIST OF APPLICABLE LENDING OFFICES
EXHIBITS
Exhibit A-1 - FORM OF CONTRACT NOTE
Exhibit A-2 - FORM OF AUCTION NOTE
Exhibit B-1 - NOTICE OF A CONTRACT BORROWING
Exhibit B-2 - NOTICE OF AN AUCTION BORROWING
Exhibit C - ASSIGNMENT AND ACCEPTANCE
Exhibit D-1 - FORM OF OPINION OF COUNSEL FOR THE BORROWER
Exhibit D-2 - FORM OF OPINION OF REGULATORY COUNSEL FOR THE BORROWER
Exhibit E - FORM OF OPINION OF SPECIAL NEW YORK
COUNSEL TO THE AGENT
Exhibit F - FORM OF COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE
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CREDIT AGREEMENT
Dated as of December 13, 1993
UtiliCorp United Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "BORROWER"), the banks (the
"BANKS") listed on the signature pages hereof and Citibank, N.A. ("CITIBANK") as
agent (the "AGENT") for the Lenders hereunder, agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING TERMS
SECTION 1.01.01 CERTAIN DEFINED TERMS. As used in this Agreement,
the following terms shall have the following meanings (such meanings to be
equally applicable to both the singular and plural forms of the terms defined):
"ADJUSTED CD RATE" means, for any Interest Period for each Adjusted CD
Rate Advance made as part of the same Contract Borrowing, an interest rate
PER ANNUM equal to the sum of:
(a) the rate PER ANNUM obtained by dividing (i) the rate of
interest determined by the Agent to be the average (rounded upward to
the nearest whole multiple of 1/100 of 1% per annum, if such average
is not such a multiple) of the consensus bid rate determined by each
of the Reference Banks for the bid rates PER ANNUM, at 9:00 A.M. (New
York City time) (or as soon thereafter as practicable) on the first
day of such Interest Period, of New York certificate of deposit
dealers of recognized standing selected by such Reference Bank for the
purchase at face value of certificates of deposit of such Reference
Bank in an amount substantially equal to such Reference Bank's
Adjusted CD Rate Advance made as part of such Contract Borrowing and
with a maturity equal to such Interest Period, by (ii) a percentage
equal to 100% minus the Adjusted CD Rate Reserve Percentage for such
Interest Period, PLUS
(b) the Assessment Rate for such Interest Period.
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The Adjusted CD Rate for the Interest Period for each Adjusted CD Rate
Advance made as part of the same Contract Borrowing shall be determined by
the Agent on the basis of applicable rates furnished to and received by the
Agent from the Reference Banks on the first day of such Interest Period,
SUBJECT, HOWEVER, to the provisions of Section 2.09.
"ADJUSTED CD RATE ADVANCE" means a Contract Advance that bears
interest as provided in Section 2.07(b).
"ADJUSTED CD RATE RESERVE PERCENTAGE" for any Interest Period for each
Adjusted CD Rate Advance made as part of the same Contract Borrowing means
the reserve percentage applicable on the first day of such Interest Period
under regulations issued from time to time by the Board of Governors of the
Federal Reserve System (or any successor) for determining the maximum
reserve requirement (including, but not limited to, any emergency,
supplemental or other marginal reserve requirement) for a member bank of
the Federal Reserve System in New York City with deposits exceeding one
billion dollars with respect to liabilities consisting of, or including,
(among other liabilities) U.S. dollar nonpersonal time deposits in the
United States with a maturity equal to such Interest Period.
"ADVANCE" means a Contract Advance or an Auction Advance.
"AFFILIATE" means, as to any Person, any other Person that, directly
or indirectly, controls, is controlled by or is under common control with
such Person or is a director or officer of such Person.
"APPLICABLE LENDING OFFICE" means, with respect to each Lender, such
Lender's Domestic Lending Office in the case of a Base Rate Advance, such
Lender's CD Lending Office in the case of an Adjusted CD Rate Advance, and
such Lender's Eurodollar Lending Office in the case of a Eurodollar Rate
Advance and, in the case of an Auction Advance, the office of such Lender
notified by such Lender to the Agent as its Applicable Lending Office with
respect to such Auction Advance.
"APPLICABLE MARGIN" means, on any date of determination, (i) for a
Base Rate Advance, 0.00% PER ANNUM, (ii) for an Adjusted CD Rate Advance,
0.50% PER ANNUM, and (iii) for a Eurodollar Rate Advance, 0.375% PER ANNUM.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, each of the foregoing Applicable Margins
applicable to Eurodollar Rate Advances and Adjusted CD Rate Advances shall
be increased (on a non-cumulative basis) by (i) 0.125% PER ANNUM
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in the event that, and at all times during which, either the Moody's Rating
shall be lower than A3 or the S&P Rating shall be lower than A-, (ii)
0.1875% PER ANNUM in the event that, and at all times during which, either
the Moody's Rating shall be lower than Baa2 or the S&P Rating shall be
lower than BBB or (iii) 0.6875% PER ANNUM in the event that, and at all
times during which, (A) either the Moody's Rating shall be lower than Baa3
or the S&P Rating shall be lower than BBB- or (B) the Borrower's senior
unsecured indebtedness shall be unrated by both Moody's and S&P. The
Applicable Margins shall be increased or decreased in accordance with this
definition upon any change in the applicable ratings, and such increased or
decreased Applicable Margins shall be effective from the date of
announcement of such new Moody's Rating or S&P Rating, as the case may be.
The Borrower agrees to notify the Agent promptly upon each change in the
Moody's Rating or the S&P Rating.
In addition, each of the foregoing Applicable Margins applicable to
Eurodollar Rate Advances and Adjusted CD Rate Advances shall be increased
by 0.0625% PER ANNUM in the event that, and at all times during which, the
aggregate amount of Advances outstanding equals or exceeds 25% of the
aggregate amount of the Commitments.
"ASSESSMENT RATE" for the Interest Period for each Adjusted CD Rate
Advance made as part of the same Contract Borrowing means the annual
assessment rate estimated by the Agent on the first day of such Interest
Period for determining the then current annual assessment payable by
Citibank to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (or any successor)
for insuring U.S. dollar deposits of Citibank in the United States.
"ASSIGNMENT AND ACCEPTANCE" means an assignment and acceptance entered
into by a Lender and an Eligible Assignee, and accepted by the Agent, in
substantially the form of Exhibit C hereto.
"AUCTION ADVANCE" means an advance by a Lender to the Borrower as part
of an Auction Borrowing resulting from the auction bidding procedure
described in Section 2.03.
"AUCTION BORROWING" means a borrowing consisting of simultaneous
Auction Advances from each of the Lenders whose offer to make one or more
Auction Advances as part of such borrowing has been accepted by the
Borrower under the auction bidding procedure described in Section 2.03.
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"AUCTION NOTE" means a promissory note of the Borrower payable to the
order of any Lender, in substantially the form of Exhibit A-2 hereto,
evidencing the indebtedness of the Borrower to such Lender resulting from
an Auction Advance made by such Lender.
"AUCTION REDUCTION" has the meaning specified in Section 2.01.
"BASE RATE" means, for any period, a fluctuating interest rate PER
ANNUM as shall be in effect from time to time which rate PER ANNUM shall at
all times be equal to the higher of:
(a) the rate of interest announced publicly by Citibank in New
York, New York, from time to time, as Citibank's base rate; and
(b) 1/2 of 1% PER ANNUM above the Federal Funds Rate in effect
from time to time.
"BASE RATE ADVANCE" means a Contract Advance which bears interest as
provided in Section 2.07(a).
"BORROWING" means a Contract Borrowing or an Auction Borrowing.
"BUSINESS DAY" means a day of the year on which banks are not required
or authorized to close in New York City and, if the applicable Business Day
relates to any Eurodollar Rate Advances, on which dealings are carried on
in the London interbank market.
"CD LENDING OFFICE" means, with respect to any Lender, the office of
such Lender specified as its "CD Lending Office" opposite its name on
Schedule I hereto or in the Assignment and Acceptance pursuant to which it
became a Lender (or, if no such office is specified, its Domestic Lending
Office), or such other office of such Lender as such Lender may from time
to time specify to the Borrower and the Agent.
"CODE" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and the regulations
promulgated and rulings issued thereunder, each as amended, modified or
supplemented from time to time, or any successor legislation.
"COMMITMENT" has the meaning specified in Section 2.01.
"CONSOLIDATED TANGIBLE NET WORTH" means the sum of the capital stock
(excluding treasury stock and capital stock subscribed for and
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unissued) and surplus (including earned surplus, capital surplus, translation
adjustment and the balance of the current profit and loss account not
transferred to surplus) accounts of the Borrower and its subsidiaries appearing
on a consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its subsidiaries prepared as
of the date of determination in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles consistent with those applied in the preparation of financial
statements referred to in Section 4.01(e), after eliminating all intercompany
transactions and all amounts properly attributable to minority interests, if
any, in the stock and surplus of subsidiaries and excluding (i) goodwill and
other similar intangibles, (ii) deferred charges, (iii) all reserves carried and
not deducted from assets, (iv) securities that are not readily marketable,
(v) cash held in a sinking or another analogous fund established for the purpose
of redemption, retirement or prepayment of capital stock or Debt, and (vi) any
write-up in the book value of any asset resulting from a revaluation thereof
subsequent to December 31, 1990, each to be determined on a consolidated basis
for the Borrower and its subsidiaries in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles consistent with those applied in the preparation of the
financial statements referred to in Section 4.01(e) hereof.
"CONTRACT ADVANCE" means an advance by a Lender to the Borrower as
part of a Contract Borrowing and refers to an Adjusted CD Rate Advance, a
Base Rate Advance or a Eurodollar Rate Advance, each of which shall be a
"TYPE" of Contract Advance.
"CONTRACT BORROWING" means a borrowing consisting of simultaneous
Contract Advances of the same Type made by each of the Lenders pursuant to
Section 2.01 or Converted pursuant to Section 2.09 or 2.10.
"CONTRACT NOTE" means a promissory note of the Borrower payable to the
order of any Lender, in substantially the form of Exhibit A-1 hereto,
evidencing the aggregate indebtedness of the Borrower to such Lender
resulting from the Contract Advances made by such Lender.
"CONVERT", "CONVERSION" and "CONVERTED" each refers to a conversion of
Advances of one Type into Advances of another Type or the selection of a
new, or the renewal of the same, Interest Period for Eurodollar Rate
Advances or CD Rate Advances, as the case may be, pursuant to Section 2.09
or 2.10.
"DEBT" means (without duplication) all liabilities, obligations and
indebtedness (whether contingent or otherwise) of the Borrower and its
subsidiaries (i) for borrowed money or evidenced by bonds, indentures,
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notes, or other similar instruments, (ii) to pay the deferred purchase
price of property or services, (iii) as lessee under leases which shall
have been or should be, in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles, recorded as capital leases, (iv) as lessee under operating
leases for electrical generating units, aircraft, fleet vehicles or real
property or any other operating lease having aggregate lease payment
obligations of more than $1,000,000, (v) under reimbursement agreements or
similar agreements with respect to the issuance of letters of credit (other
than obligations in respect of letters of credit opened to provide for the
payment of goods or services purchased in the ordinary course of business),
(vi) to pay rent or other amounts under leveraged leases entered into in
connection with sale and leaseback transactions, (vii) under direct or
indirect guaranties in respect of, and to purchase or otherwise acquire, or
otherwise to assure a creditor against loss in respect of, liabilities,
obligations or indebtedness of others of the kinds referred to in clauses
(i) through (vi) above, and (viii) liabilities in respect of unfunded
vested benefits under plans covered by Title IV of ERISA; PROVIDED, that in
determining aggregate lease payment obligations for purposes of clause (iv)
above and in determining the aggregate amount of Debt outstanding at any
time for purposes of Section 5.01(b) (including, without limitation, the
aggregate amount of Debt included in the calculation of "Total
Capitalization"), such lease payment obligations and the liabilities,
obligations and indebtedness described in clauses (iv) and (vi) above shall
be calculated in accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board
Statement No. 13, as amended and interpreted from time to time, as though
such lease payment obligations and such liabilities, obligations and
indebtedness were recorded as arising under capital leases.
"DOMESTIC LENDING OFFICE" means, with respect to any Lender, the
office of such Lender specified as its "Domestic Lending Office" opposite
its name on Schedule I hereto or in the Assignment and Acceptance pursuant
to which it became a Lender, or such other office of such Lender as such
Lender may from time to time specify to the Borrower and the Agent.
"ELIGIBLE ASSIGNEE' means (i) a commercial bank organized under the
laws of the United States, or any State thereof; (ii) a commercial bank
organized under the laws of any other country that is a member of the OECD
or has concluded special lending arrangements with the International
Monetary Fund associated with its General Arrangements to Borrow, or a
political subdivision of any such country, provided that such bank is
acting through a branch or agency located in the United States; (iii) a
finance company, insurance company or other financial
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institution or fund (whether a corporation, partnership or other entity)
engaged generally in making, purchasing or otherwise investing in
commercial loans in the ordinary course of its business; or (iv) the
central bank of any country that is a member of the OECD; PROVIDED,
HOWEVER, that (A) any such Person shall also (x) have outstanding unsecured
indebtedness that is rated A- or better by S&P or A3 or better by Moody's
(or an equivalent rating by another nationally recognized credit rating
agency of similar standing if neither of such corporations is in the
business of rating unsecured indebtedness of entities engaged in such
businesses) or (y) have combined capital and surplus (as established in its
most recent report of condition to its primary regulator) of not less than
$100,000,000 (or its equivalent in foreign currency), and (B) any Person
described in clause (ii), (iii) or (iv) above shall, on the date on which
it is to become a Lender hereunder, be entitled to receive payments
hereunder without deduction or withholding of any United States Federal
income taxes (as contemplated by Section 2.15(d)).
"ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS" means any federal, state or local laws,
ordinances or codes, rules, orders, or regulations relating to pollution or
protection of the environment, including, without limitation, laws relating
to hazardous substances, laws relating to reclamation of land and waterways
and laws relating to emissions, discharges, releases or threatened releases
of pollutants, contaminants, chemicals, or industrial, toxic or hazardous
substances or wastes into the environment (including, without limitation,
ambient air, surface water, ground water, land surface or subsurface
strata) or otherwise relating to the manufacture, processing, distribution,
use, treatment, storage, disposal, transport or handling of pollution,
contaminants, chemicals, or industrial, toxic or hazardous substances or
wastes.
"ERISA" means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as
amended from time to time, and the regulations promulgated and rulings
issued thereunder, each as amended and modified from time to time.
"ERISA AFFILIATE" of a Person means any trade or business (whether or
not incorporated) that is a member of a group of which such Person is a
member and that is under common control with such Person within the meaning
of Section 414 of the Code.
"ERISA PLAN" means an employee benefit plan maintained for employees
of any Person or any ERISA Affiliate of such Person subject to Title IV of
ERISA.
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"ERISA TERMINATION EVENT" means (i) a Reportable Event described in
Section 4043 of ERISA and the regulations issued thereunder (other than a
Reportable Event not subject to the provision for 30-day notice to PBGC),
or (ii) the withdrawal of the Borrower or any of its ERISA Affiliates from
an ERISA Plan during a plan year in which the Borrower or any of its ERISA
Affiliates was a "substantial employer" as defined in Section 4001(a)(2) of
ERISA, or (iii) the filing of a notice of intent to terminate an ERISA Plan
or the treatment of an ERISA Plan amendment as a termination under Section
4041 of ERISA, or (iv) the institution of proceedings to terminate an ERISA
Plan by the PBGC or to appoint a trustee to administer any ERISA Plan, or
(v) any other event or condition that would constitute grounds under
Section 4042 of ERISA for the termination of, or the appointment of a
trustee to administer any ERISA Plan.
"EUROCURRENCY LIABILITIES" has the meaning assigned to that term in
Regulation D of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, as in
effect from time to time.
"EURODOLLAR LENDING OFFICE" means, with respect to any Lender, the
office of such Lender specified as its "Eurodollar Lending Office" opposite
its name on Schedule I hereto or in the Assignment and Acceptance pursuant
to which it became a Lender (or, if no such office is specified, its
Domestic Lending Office), or such other office of such Lender as such
Lender may from time to time specify to the Borrower and the Agent.
"EURODOLLAR RATE" means, for any Interest Period for each Eurodollar
Rate Advance made as part of the same Contract Borrowing, an interest rate
PER ANNUM equal to the average (rounded upward to the nearest whole
multiple of 1/16 of 1% PER ANNUM, if such average is not such a multiple)
of the rate PER ANNUM at which deposits in U.S. dollars are offered by the
principal office of each of the Reference Banks in London, England, to
prime banks in the London interbank market at 11:00 A.M. (London time) two
Business Days before the first day of such Interest Period in an amount
substantially equal to such Reference Bank's Eurodollar Rate Advance made
as part of such Contract Borrowing and for a period equal to such Interest
Period. The Eurodollar Rate for any Interest Period for each Eurodollar
Rate Advance made as part of the same Contract Borrowing shall be
determined by the Agent on the basis of applicable rates furnished to, and
received by, the Agent from the Reference Banks two Business Days before
the first day of such Interest Period, SUBJECT, HOWEVER, to the provisions
of Section 2.09.
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"EURODOLLAR RATE ADVANCE" means a Contract Advance that bears interest
as provided in Section 2.07(c).
"EURODOLLAR RATE RESERVE PERCENTAGE" of any Lender for any Interest
Period for any Eurodollar Rate Advance means the reserve percentage
applicable during such Interest Period (or if more than one such percentage
shall be so applicable, the daily average of such percentages for those
days in such Interest Period during which any such percentage shall be so
applicable) under regulations issued from time to time by the Board of
Governors of the Federal Reserve System (or any successor) for determining
the maximum reserve requirement (including, without limitation, any
emergency, supplemental or other marginal reserve requirement) for such
Lender with respect to liabilities or assets consisting of or including
Eurocurrency Liabilities having a term equal to such Interest Period.
"EVENTS OF DEFAULT" has the meaning specified in Section 6.01.
"EXCHANGE ACT" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and the
regulations promulgated thereunder, in each case as amended and in effect
from time to time.
"EXISTING FACILITY" means the Credit Agreement, dated as of March 28,
1991, among the Borrower, the lenders named therein, the co-managers named
therein and Citibank, N.A., as agent for said lenders.
"FEDERAL FUNDS RATE" means, for any period, a fluctuating interest
rate PER ANNUM equal for each day during such period to the weighted
average of the rates on overnight Federal funds transactions with members
of the Federal Reserve System arranged by Federal funds brokers, as
published for such day (or, if such day is not a Business Day, for the next
preceding Business Day) by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or, if
such rate is not so published for any day which is a Business Day, the
average of the quotations for such day on such transactions received by the
Agent from three Federal funds brokers of recognized standing selected by
it.
"INTENTION NOTICE" has the meaning specified in Section 2.05(c).
"INTEREST PERIOD" means, for each Contract Advance made as part of the
same Contract Borrowing, the period commencing on the date of such Contract
Advance or the date of the Conversion of any Contract Advance into such a
Contract Advance and ending on the last day of the period selected by the
Borrower pursuant to the provisions below and,
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thereafter, each subsequent period commencing on the last day of the
immediately preceding Interest Period and ending on the last day of the
period selected by the Borrower pursuant to the provisions below. The
duration of each such Interest Period shall be 30, 60 or 90 days in the
case of an Adjusted CD Rate Advance, and 1, 2, or 3 months in the case of a
Eurodollar Rate Advance, in each case as the Borrower may, upon notice
received by the Agent not later than 11:00 A.M. (New York City time) on the
third Business Day prior to the first day of such Interest Period, select;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that:
(i) the Borrower may not select any Interest Period that ends
after the Termination Date;
(ii) Interest Periods commencing on the same date for Contract
Advances made as part of the same Contract Borrowing shall be of the
same duration; and
(iii) whenever the last day of any Interest Period would
otherwise occur on a day other than a Business Day, the last day of
such Interest Period shall be extended to occur on the next succeeding
Business Day, PROVIDED, in the case of any Interest Period for a
Eurodollar Rate Advance, that if such extension would cause the last
day of such Interest Period to occur in the next following calendar
month, the last day of such Interest Period shall occur on the next
preceding Business Day.
"INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT" means the Investment Company Act of 1940, and
the regulations promulgated thereunder, in each case as amended and in
effect from time to time.
"LENDERS" means the Banks listed on the signature pages hereof and
each Eligible Assignee that shall become a party hereto pursuant to Section
8.07.
"MAJORITY LENDERS" means, at any time prior to the Termination Date,
Lenders having at least 66-2/3% of the Commitments (without giving effect
to any termination in whole of the Commitments pursuant to Section 2.05 or
6.01), and, at any time on or after the Termination Date, Lenders having at
least 66-2/3% of the Advances outstanding (PROVIDED that, for purposes
hereof, neither the Borrower nor any of its Affiliates, if a Lender, shall
be included in (i) the Lenders having such amount of the Commitments or the
Advances or (ii) determining the total amount of the Commitments or the
Advances).
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"MOODY'S" means Moody's Investors Service, Inc. or any successor
thereto.
"MOODY'S RATING" means, on any date of determination, the rating of
the Borrower's senior unsecured indebtedness most recently announced by
Moody's.
"MULTIEMPLOYER PLAN" means a "multiemployer plan" as defined in
Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA to which the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate is
making or accruing an obligation to make contributions, or has within any
of the preceding three plan years made or accrued an obligation to make
contributions.
"NOTE" means a Contract Note or an Auction Note.
"NOTICE OF A CONTRACT BORROWING" has the meaning specified in Section
2.02(a).
"NOTICE OF AN AUCTION BORROWING" has the meaning specified in Section
2.03(a).
"OECD" means the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
or any successor thereto.
"PBGC" means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation and any entity
succeeding to any or all of its functions under ERISA.
"PERSON" means an individual, partnership, corporation (including a
business trust), joint stock company, trust, unincorporated association,
joint venture or other entity, or a government or any political subdivision
or agency thereof.
"PROPOSAL NOTICE" has the meaning specified in Section 2.05(c).
"REFERENCE BANKS" means Citibank, The Chase Manhattan Bank, N.A. and
CIBC Inc.
"REGISTER" has the meaning specified in Section 8.07(c).
"REPORTABLE EVENT" has the meaning assigned to that term in Title IV
of ERISA.
"S&P" means Standard & Poor's Ratings Group or any successor thereto.
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"S&P RATING" means, on any date of determination, the rating of the
Borrower's senior unsecured indebtedness most recently announced by S&P.
"SIGNIFICANT SUBSIDIARY" means any direct or indirect subsidiary of
the Borrower having, on any date of determination or on any date during the
12-month period prior to such date of determination, total assets in excess
of $100,000,000 (with such determination to be made in accordance with
generally accepted accounting principles consistent with those applied in
the preparation of the financial statements referred to in Section 4.01(e)
hereof) or in excess of 10% of Total Capitalization.
"SUBSIDIARY" means, with respect to any Person, any corporation or
unincorporated entity of which more than 50% of the outstanding capital
stock (or comparable interest) having ordinary voting power (irrespective
of whether at the time capital stock (or comparable interest) of any other
class or classes of such corporation or entity shall or might have voting
power upon the occurrence of any contingency) is at the time directly or
indirectly owned by said Person (whether directly or through one or more
other subsidiaries). In the case of an unincorporated entity, a Person
shall be deemed to have more than 50% of interests having ordinary voting
power only if such Person's vote in respect of such interests comprises
more than 50% of the total voting power of all such interests in the
unincorporated entity.
"TERMINATION DATE" means the earlier to occur of (i) the third
anniversary of the date of this Agreement or such later date to which the
Termination Date is extended in accordance with Section 2.17, and (ii) the
date of termination or reduction in whole of the Commitments pursuant to
Section 2.05 or 6.01.
"TERMINATION NOTICE" has the meaning specified in Section 2.05(c).
"360-DAY CREDIT AGREEMENT" means that certain Credit Agreement, dated
as of the date hereof, among the Borrower, the Banks and the Agent,
providing a 360-day revolving credit facility for the Borrower, as the same
may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
"TOTAL CAPITALIZATION" means the sum of (i) Debt of the Borrower and
its subsidiaries, PLUS (ii) the sum of the capital stock (excluding
treasury stock and capital stock subscribed for and unissued) and surplus
(including earned surplus, capital surplus, translation adjustment and the
balance of the current profit and loss account not transferred to surplus)
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accounts of the Borrower and its subsidiaries appearing on a consolidated
balance sheet of the Borrower and its subsidiaries, in each case prepared
as of the date of determination in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles consistent with those applied in the preparation of
the financial statements referred to in Section 4.01(e), after eliminating
all intercompany transactions and all amounts properly attributable to
minority interests, if any, in the stock and surplus of subsidiaries.
"YIELD" means, for any Auction Advance, the effective rate PER ANNUM
at which interest on such Auction Advance is payable, computed on the basis
of a year of 360 days for the actual number of days (including the first
day but excluding the last day) occurring in the period for which such
interest is payable.
SECTION 1.02. COMPUTATION OF TIME PERIODS. In this Agreement in the
computation of periods of time from a specified date to a later specified date,
the word "from" means "from and including" and the words "to" and "until" each
means "to but excluding".
SECTION 1.03. ACCOUNTING TERMS. All accounting terms not
specifically defined herein shall be construed in accordance with generally
accepted accounting principles consistent with those applied in the preparation
of the financial statements referred to in Section 4.01(e) hereof.
ARTICLE II
AMOUNTS AND TERMS OF THE ADVANCES
SECTION 2.01. THE CONTRACT ADVANCES. Each Lender severally agrees,
on the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth, to make Contract Advances to
the Borrower from time to time on any Business Day during the period from the
date hereof until the Termination Date in an aggregate amount not to exceed at
any time outstanding the amount set opposite such Lender's name on the signature
pages hereof or, if such Lender has entered into any Assignment and Acceptance,
set forth for such Lender in the Register maintained by the Agent pursuant to
Section 8.07(c), as such amount may be reduced pursuant to Section 2.05 (such
Lender's "COMMITMENT"), PROVIDED that the aggregate amount of the Commitments of
the Lenders shall be deemed used from time to time to the extent of the
aggregate amount of the Auction Advances then outstanding and such deemed use of
the aggregate amount of the
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Commitments shall be applied to the Lenders ratably according to their
respective Commitments (such deemed use of the aggregate amount of the
Commitments being an "AUCTION REDUCTION"). Each Contract Borrowing shall be in
an amount not less than $1,000,000 or an integral multiple of $500,000 in excess
thereof and shall consist of Contract Advances of the same Type made or
Converted on the same day by the Lenders ratably according to their respective
Commitments. Within the limits of each Lender's Commitment, the Borrower may
from time to time borrow, prepay pursuant to Section 2.11 and reborrow under
this Section 2.01.
SECTION 2.02 MAKING THE CONTRACT ADVANCES. (a) Each Contract
Borrowing shall be made on notice, given not later than 11:00 A.M. (New York
City time) on the third Business Day prior to the date of the proposed Contract
Borrowing, by the Borrower to the Agent, which shall give to each Lender prompt
notice thereof on such Business Day. Each such notice of a Contract Borrowing
(a "NOTICE OF A CONTRACT BORROWING") shall be by telecopier, telex or cable,
confirmed immediately in writing, in substantially the form of Exhibit B-1
hereto, specifying therein the requested (i) date of such Contract Borrowing,
(ii) Type of Contract Advances to be made in connection with such Contract
Borrowing, (iii) aggregate amount of such Contract Borrowing, and (iv) in the
case of a Contract Borrowing comprising Adjusted CD Rate Advances or Eurodollar
Rate Advances, initial Interest Period for each such Contract Advance. Each
Lender shall, before 12:00 noon (New York City time) on the date of such
Contract Borrowing, make available for the account of its Applicable Lending
Office to the Agent at its address referred to in Section 8.02, in same day
funds, such Lender's ratable portion of such Contract Borrowing. After the
Agent's receipt of such funds and upon fulfillment of the applicable conditions
set forth in Article III, the Agent will make such funds available to the
Borrower at the Agent's aforesaid address.
(b) Anything in subsection (a) above to the contrary notwithstanding,
the Borrower may not select Adjusted CD Rate Advances or Eurodollar Rate
Advances for any Contract Borrowing if the Advance to be made by any Lender as
part of such Contract Borrowing is less than $1,000,000.
(c) Each Notice of a Contract Borrowing shall be irrevocable and
binding on the Borrower. In the case of any Contract Borrowing that the related
Notice of a Contract Borrowing specifies is to comprise Adjusted CD Rate
Advances or Eurodollar Rate Advances, the Borrower shall indemnify each Lender
against any loss, cost or expense incurred by such Lender as a result of any
failure to fulfill on or before the date specified in such Notice of a Contract
Borrowing for such Contract Borrowing the applicable conditions set forth in
Article III, including, without limitation, any loss (including loss of
anticipated profits), cost or expense incurred by reason of the liquidation or
reemployment
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of deposits or other funds acquired by such Lender to fund the Contract Advance
to be made by such Lender as part of such Contract Borrowing when such Contract
Advance, as a result of such failure, is not made on such date.
(d) Unless the Agent shall have received notice from a Lender prior
to the date of any Contract Borrowing that such Lender will not make available
to the Agent such Lender's ratable portion of such Contract Borrowing, the Agent
may assume that such Lender has made such portion available to the Agent on the
date of such Contract Borrowing in accordance with subsection (a) of this
Section 2.02 and the Agent may, in reliance upon such assumption, make available
to the Borrower on such date a corresponding amount. If and to the extent that
such Lender shall not have so made such ratable portion available to the Agent,
such Lender and the Borrower severally agree to repay to the Agent forthwith on
demand such corresponding amount together with interest thereon, for each day
from the date such amount is made available to the Borrower until the date such
amount is repaid to the Agent, at (i) in the case of the Borrower, the interest
rate applicable at the time to Contract Advances made in connection with such
Contract Borrowing and (ii) in the case of such Lender, the Federal Funds Rate.
If such Lender shall repay to the Agent such corresponding amount, such amount
so repaid shall constitute such Lender's Contract Advance as part of such
Contract Borrowing for purposes of this Agreement.
(e) The failure of any Lender to make the Contract Advance to be made
by it as part of any Contract Borrowing shall not relieve any other Lender of
its obligation, if any, hereunder to make its Contract Advance on the date of
such Contract Borrowing, but no Lender shall be responsible for the failure of
any other Lender to make the Contract Advance to be made by such other Lender on
the date of any Contract Borrowing.
(f) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, no
more than eight Contract Borrowings may be outstanding at any time.
SECTION 2.03. THE AUCTION ADVANCES. (a) Each Lender severally agrees
that the Borrower may request Auction Borrowings under this Section 2.03 from
time to time on any Business Day during the period from the date hereof until
the date occurring 30 days prior to the Termination Date in the manner set forth
below; PROVIDED that, following the making of each Auction Borrowing, the
aggregate amount of the Advances then outstanding shall not exceed the aggregate
amount of the Commitments of the Lenders (computed without regard to any Auction
Reduction).
(i) The Borrower may request an Auction Borrowing by delivering to
the Agent (A) by telecopier, telex or cable, confirmed immediately in
writing, a notice of an Auction Borrowing (a "NOTICE OF AN
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AUCTION BORROWING"), in substantially the form of Exhibit B-2 hereto,
specifying the date and aggregate amount of the proposed Auction Borrowing,
the maturity date for repayment of each Auction Advance to be made as part
of such Auction Borrowing (which maturity date may not be earlier than the
date occurring 30 days after the date of such Auction Borrowing or later
than the day prior to the Termination Date), the interest payment date or
dates relating thereto (which shall occur at least every 90 days), and any
other terms to be applicable to such Auction Borrowing, not later than
10:00 A.M. (New York City time) at least one Business Day prior to the date
of the proposed Auction Borrowing and (B) payment in full to the Agent of
the aggregate auction administration fee specified in Section 2.04(c)
hereof. The Agent shall in turn promptly notify each Lender of each
request for an Auction Borrowing received by it from the Borrower by
sending such Lender on such Business Day a copy of the related Notice of an
Auction Borrowing.
(ii) Each Lender may, if, in its sole discretion, it elects to do so,
irrevocably offer to make one or more Auction Advances to the Borrower as
part of such proposed Auction Borrowing at a rate or rates of interest
specified by such Lender in its sole discretion, by notifying the Agent
(which shall give prompt notice thereof to the Borrower), before 10:00 A.M.
(New York City time) on the date of such proposed Auction Borrowing of the
minimum amount and maximum amount of each Auction Advance that such Lender
would be willing to make as part of such proposed Auction Borrowing (which
amounts may, subject to the proviso to the first sentence of this Section
2.03(a), exceed such Lender's Commitment), the rate or rates of interest
therefor, the interest period relating thereto (which interest period may
not exceed 90 days) and such Lender's Applicable Lending Office with
respect to such Auction Advance; PROVIDED that if the Agent in its capacity
as a Lender shall, in its sole discretion, elect to make any such offer, it
shall notify the Borrower of such offer before 9:00 A.M. (New York City
time) on the date on which notice of such election is to be given to the
Agent by the other Lenders. If any Lender shall elect not to make such an
offer, such Lender shall so notify the Agent, before 10:00 A.M. (New York
City time) on the date on which notice of such election is to be given to
the Agent by the other Lenders, and such Lender shall not be obligated to,
and shall not, make any Auction Advance as part of such Auction Borrowing;
PROVIDED that the failure by any Lender to give such notice shall not cause
such Lender to be obligated to make any Auction Advance as part of such
proposed Auction Borrowing.
(iii) The Borrower shall, in turn, before 11:00 A.M. (New York
City time) on the date of such proposed Auction Borrowing, either
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(A) cancel such Auction Borrowing by giving the Agent notice to
that effect, or
(B) irrevocably accept one or more of the offers made by any
Lender or Lenders pursuant to paragraph (ii) above, in its sole
discretion, subject only to the provisions of this paragraph (iii), by
giving notice to the Agent of the amount of each Auction Advance
(which amount shall be equal to or greater than the minimum amount,
and equal to or less than the maximum amount, notified to the Borrower
by the Agent on behalf of such Lender for such Auction Advance
pursuant to paragraph (ii) above) to be made by each Lender as part of
such Auction Borrowing, and reject any remaining offers made by
Lenders pursuant to paragraph (ii) above by giving the Agent notice to
that effect; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that (x) the Borrower shall not accept
an offer made pursuant to paragraph (ii) above, at any Yield if the
Borrower shall have, or shall be deemed to have, rejected any other
offer made pursuant to paragraph (ii) above, at a lower Yield, (y) if
the Borrower declines to accept, or is otherwise restricted by the
provisions of this Agreement from accepting, the maximum aggregate
principal amount of Auction Borrowings offered at the same Yield
pursuant to paragraph (ii) above, then the Borrower shall accept a PRO
RATA portion of each offer made at such Yield, based as nearly as
possible on the ratio of the aggregate principal amount of such offers
to be accepted by the Borrower to the maximum aggregate principal
amount of such offers made pursuant to paragraph (ii) above (rounding
up or down to the next higher or lower multiple of $1,000,000), and
(z) no offer made pursuant to paragraph (ii) above shall be accepted
unless the Auction Borrowing in respect of such offer is in an
integral multiple of $1,000,000 and the aggregate amount of such
offers accepted by the Borrower is equal to at least $10,000,000.
Any offer or offers made pursuant to paragraph (ii) above not expressly
accepted or rejected by the Borrower in accordance with this paragraph
(iii) shall be deemed to have been rejected by the Borrower.
(iv) If the Borrower notifies the Agent that such Auction Borrowing is
canceled pursuant to clause (A) of paragraph (iii) above, the Agent shall
give prompt notice thereof to the Lenders and such Auction Borrowing shall
not be made.
(v) If the Borrower accepts one or more of the offers made by any
Lender or Lenders pursuant to clause (B) of paragraph (iii) above,
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the Agent shall in turn promptly notify (A) each Lender that has made an
offer as described in paragraph (ii) above, of the date and aggregate
amount of such Auction Borrowing and whether or not any offer or offers
made by such Lender pursuant to paragraph (ii) above have been accepted by
the Borrower, (B) each Lender that is to make an Auction Advance as part of
such Auction Borrowing of the amount of each Auction Advance to be made by
such Lender as part of such Auction Borrowing, and (C) each Lender that is
to make an Auction Advance as part of such Auction Borrowing, upon receipt,
that the Agent has received forms of documents appearing to fulfill the
applicable conditions set forth in Article III. Each Lender that is to
make an Auction Advance as part of such Auction Borrowing shall, before
12:00 noon (New York City time) on the date of such Auction Borrowing
specified in the notice received from the Agent pursuant to clause (A) of
the preceding sentence or any later time when such Lender shall have
received notice from the Agent pursuant to clause (C) of the preceding
sentence, make available for the account of its Applicable Lending Office
to the Agent at its address referred to in Section 8.02 such Lender's
portion of such Auction Borrowing, in same day funds. Upon fulfillment of
the applicable conditions set forth in Article III and after receipt by the
Agent of such funds, the Agent will make such funds available to the
Borrower at the Agent's aforesaid address. Promptly after each Auction
Borrowing the Agent will notify each Lender of the amount of the Auction
Borrowing, the consequent Auction Reduction and the dates upon which such
Auction Reduction commenced and will terminate.
(b) Each Auction Advance shall be in an amount not less than
$1,000,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof and,
following the making of each Auction Borrowing, the Borrower shall be in
compliance with the limitation set forth in the proviso to the first sentence of
subsection (a) above.
(c) Within the limits and on the conditions set forth in this Section
2.03, the Borrower may from time to time borrow under this Section 2.03, repay
or prepay pursuant to subsection (d) below, and reborrow under this Section
2.03, PROVIDED that an Auction Borrowing shall not be made within three Business
Days of the date of any other Auction Borrowing.
(d) The Borrower shall repay to the Agent for the account of each
Lender that has made an Auction Advance, or each other holder of an Auction
Note, on the maturity date of each Auction Advance (such maturity date being
that specified by the Borrower for repayment of such Auction Advance in the
related Notice of an Auction Borrowing delivered pursuant to subsection (a)(i)
above and provided in the Auction Note evidencing such Auction
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Advance), the then unpaid principal amount of such Auction Advance. The
Borrower shall have no right to prepay any principal amount of any Auction
Advance unless, and then only on the terms, specified by the Borrower for such
Auction Advance in the related Notice of an Auction Borrowing delivered pursuant
to subsection (a)(i) above and set forth in the Auction Note evidencing such
Auction Advance. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or
in any Auction Note, each Auction Advance shall be due and payable no later than
360 days following the date of such Auction Advance.
(e) The Borrower shall pay interest on the unpaid principal amount of
each Auction Advance from the date of such Auction Advance to the date the
principal amount of such Auction Advance is repaid in full, at the rate of
interest for such Auction Advance specified by the Lender making such Auction
Advance in its notice with respect thereto delivered pursuant to subsection
(a)(ii) above, payable on the interest payment date or dates specified by the
Borrower for such Auction Advance in the related Notice of an Auction Borrowing
delivered pursuant to subsection (a)(i) above, as provided in the Auction Note
evidencing such Auction Advance.
(f) The indebtedness of the Borrower resulting from each Auction
Advance made to the Borrower as part of an Auction Borrowing shall be evidenced
by a separate Auction Note of the Borrower payable to the order of the Lender
making such Auction Advance.
SECTION 2.04. FEES. (a) The Borrower agrees to pay to the Agent for the
account of each Lender a commitment fee on the average daily unused portion of
such Lender's Commitment (after giving effect to any Auction Reduction) from the
date hereof in the case of each Bank and from the effective date specified in
the Assignment and Acceptance pursuant to which it became a Lender in the case
of each other Lender until the earlier to occur of the Termination Date and, in
the case of the termination in whole of a Lender's Commitment pursuant to
Section 2.05, the date of such termination, payable on the last day of each
March, June, September and December during such period (commencing December 31,
1993) and on the earlier to occur of the Termination Date and, in the case of
the termination in whole of a Lender's Commitment pursuant to Section 2.05, the
date of such termination, at the rate of 0.1875% PER ANNUM; PROVIDED, HOWEVER,
that such rate shall be increased (on a non-cumulative basis) by (i) 0.0125% PER
ANNUM in the event that, and at all times during which, either the Moody's
Rating shall be lower than A3 or the S&P Rating shall be lower than A-, (ii)
0.0625% PER ANNUM in the event that, and at all times during which, either the
Moody's Rating shall be lower than Baa2 or the S&P Rating shall be lower than
BBB or (iii) 0.25% PER ANNUM in the event that, and at all times during which,
(A) either the Moody's Rating shall be lower than Baa3 or
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the S&P Rating shall be lower than BBB- or (B) the Borrower's senior unsecured
indebtedness shall be unrated by both Moody's and S&P.
(b) The Borrower agrees to pay to the Agent for the account of each
Lender an auction facility fee on the average daily aggregate principal amount
of Auction Advances outstanding during the period from the date hereof in the
case of each Bank and from the effective date specified in the Assignment and
Acceptance pursuant to which it became a Lender in the case of each other Lender
until the earlier to occur of the Termination Date and, in the case of the
termination in whole of a Lender's Commitment pursuant to Section 2.05, the date
of such termination, payable on the last day of each March, June, September and
December during such period (commencing December 31, 1993) and on the earlier to
occur of the Termination Date and, in the case of the termination in whole of a
Lender's Commitment pursuant to Section 2.05, the date of such termination, at
the rate of 0.1875% PER ANNUM.
(c) The Borrower agrees to pay to the Agent for its own account an
auction administration fee in the amount of $3,500 in respect of each Auction
Borrowing requested by the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.03(a)(i), payable on
the date of such request.
SECTION 2.05. REDUCTION OF THE COMMITMENTS. (a) AT BORROWER'S
OPTION. The Borrower shall have the right, upon at least two Business Days'
notice to the Agent, to terminate in whole or reduce ratably in part the unused
portions of the respective Commitments of the Lenders, PROVIDED that the
aggregate amount of the Commitments of the Lenders shall not be reduced to an
amount that is less than the aggregate principal amount of the Advances then
outstanding and PROVIDED, FURTHER, that each partial reduction shall be in the
aggregate amount of $1,000,000 or an integral multiple thereof.
(b) MANDATORY. The respective Commitments of the Lenders shall
automatically reduce ratably upon each disposition of assets or capital stock in
excess of the 7.5% and 51% thresholds, respectively, described in Section
5.02(c) by an amount equal, in the aggregate, to the amount of consideration (as
defined in Section 5.02(c)) received by the Borrower in respect of such assets
or capital stock, as the case may be, but only to the extent that the
disposition of such assets or capital stock, as the case may be, exceeds such
thresholds; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that no reduction in the Commitments shall occur
as a result of any such disposition if on the date thereof, and after giving
effect thereto, the total assets of the Borrower are equal to or greater than
the total assets of the Borrower as of September 30, 1993, in each case as
determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles
consistent with those applied in the preparation of the financial statements
referred to in Section 4.01(e); and PROVIDED FURTHER, HOWEVER, that each such
Commitment reduction shall be made
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PRO RATA among the Commitments hereunder and the "Commitments" under the 360-Day
Credit Agreement, if any.
(c) AT LENDER'S OPTION. The Borrower shall give the Agent and each
Lender at least twenty Business Days' notice (a "PROPOSAL NOTICE") of its
intention to use the proceeds of any Borrowing hereunder directly or indirectly
in connection with (i) the acquisition of in excess of 5% of any class of equity
security that is registered pursuant to Section 12 of the Exchange Act, (ii) any
transaction subject to the requirements of Section 13 of the Exchange Act or
(iii) any transaction subject to the requirements of Section 14 of the Exchange
Act with respect to which proxies, consents or authorizations, as the case may
be, are being sought by any person (as defined in the Exchange Act) other than
the majority of the board of directors of the issuer of the securities in
respect of which such proxies, consents or authorizations are being sought. Any
Lender may, within fifteen Business Days after receipt of such Proposal Notice
from the Borrower, give notice (a "TERMINATION NOTICE") to the Agent and the
Borrower that such Lender has made a good faith determination that the use of
proceeds described in such Proposal Notice, if funded by such Lender, would
create a conflict of interest for such Lender (based upon the existence of
commitments by such Lender to other parties in interest to such transaction,
confidential information held by such Lender relating to such transaction or any
other party in interest to such transaction or other similar circumstances that
would reasonably prevent or prohibit a commercial financial institution from
extending credit to the Borrower under such circumstances) or would otherwise
violate a commercial lending policy of such Lender because of an existing
customer relationship of such Lender or any of its Affiliates with the issuer of
any such securities, and that, accordingly, such Lender elects to terminate its
Commitment if the proceeds of such Borrowing will be used in such a manner. If
no Termination Notice is received by the Borrower within fifteen Business Days
after receipt by the Lenders of a Proposal Notice, the Borrower may apply the
proceeds of the affected Borrowing in accordance with such Proposal Notice. If
the Borrower receives a Termination Notice from any Lender within such fifteen
Business Day period, the Borrower shall promptly thereafter notify the Agent and
each of the Lenders (an "INTENTION NOTICE") whether it will use the proceeds of
the affected Borrowing for the purposes specified in such Proposal Notice, and,
if the proceeds will be used for such purposes, the Commitment of each Lender
that delivered a Termination Notice shall terminate immediately upon receipt by
such Lender of such Intention Notice. Upon such termination, the Borrower shall
(i) immediately repay all of such Lender's outstanding Base Rate Advances,
together with accrued interest thereon, (ii) repay all of such Lender's
outstanding Adjusted CD Rate Advances and Eurodollar Rate Advances, together
with accrued interest thereon, at the end of the respective Interest Periods
applicable thereto and (iii) repay all of such Lender's outstanding Auction
Advances, together with accrued interest thereon, at the respective
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maturity dates therefor. All accrued fees with respect to such Lender's
Commitment shall be payable on the date of receipt of the applicable Intention
Notice.
SECTION 2.06. REPAYMENT OF CONTRACT ADVANCES. The Borrower shall
repay the principal amount of each Contract Advance made by each Lender in
accordance with the Contract Note to the order of such Lender. Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained herein or in any Contract Note, each Contract
Advance shall be due and payable no later than 360 days following the date of
such Contract Advance.
SECTION 2.07. INTEREST ON CONTRACT ADVANCES. The Borrower shall pay
interest on the unpaid principal amount of each Contract Advance made by each
Lender from the date of such Contract Advance until such principal amount shall
be paid in full, at the following rates PER ANNUM:
(a) BASE RATE ADVANCES. If such Contract Advance is a Base Rate
Advance, a rate PER ANNUM equal at all times to the sum of the Base Rate in
effect from time to time PLUS the Applicable Margin for such Base Rate in
effect from time to time, payable quarterly on the last day of each March,
June, September and December during such periods and on the date such Base
Rate Advance shall be Converted or paid in full.
(b) ADJUSTED CD RATE ADVANCES. If such Contract Advance is an
Adjusted CD Rate Advance, a rate PER ANNUM equal at all times during each
Interest Period for such Contract Advance to the sum of the Adjusted CD
Rate for such Interest Period PLUS the Applicable Margin for such Adjusted
CD Rate in effect from time to time, payable on the last day of each
Interest Period for such Adjusted CD Rate Advance and on the date such
Adjusted CD Rate Advance shall be Converted or paid in full.
(c) EURODOLLAR RATE ADVANCES. Subject to Section 2.08, if such
Contract Advance is a Eurodollar Rate Advance, a rate PER ANNUM equal at
all times during each Interest Period for such Contract Advance to the sum
of the Eurodollar Rate for such Interest Period PLUS the Applicable Margin
for such Eurodollar Rate Advance in effect from time to time, payable on
the last day of each Interest Period for such Eurodollar Rate Advance and
on the date such Eurodollar Rate Advance shall be Converted or paid in
full.
SECTION 2.08. ADDITIONAL INTEREST ON CONTRACT ADVANCES. The Borrower
shall pay to each Lender, so long as such Lender shall be required under
regulations of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System to
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maintain reserves with respect to liabilities or assets consisting of or
including Eurocurrency Liabilities, additional interest on the unpaid principal
amount of each Eurodollar Rate Advance of such Lender, from the date of such
Contract Advance until such principal amount is paid in full, at an interest
rate PER ANNUM equal at all times to the remainder obtained by subtracting (i)
the Eurodollar Rate for the Interest Period for such Contract Advance from (ii)
the rate obtained by dividing such Eurodollar Rate by a percentage equal to 100%
minus the Eurodollar Rate Reserve Percentage of such Lender for such Interest
Period, payable on each date on which interest is payable on such Contract
Advance. Such additional interest shall be determined by such Lender and
notified to the Borrower through the Agent, and such determination shall be
conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest error.
SECTION 2.09. INTEREST RATE DETERMINATION. (a) Each Reference Bank
agrees to furnish to the Agent timely information for the purpose of determining
each Adjusted CD Rate or Eurodollar Rate, as applicable. If any one or more of
the Reference Banks shall not furnish such timely information to the Agent for
the purpose of determining any such interest rate, the Agent shall determine
such interest rate on the basis of timely information furnished by the remaining
Reference Banks.
(b) The Agent shall give prompt notice to the Borrower and the
Lenders of the applicable interest rate determined by the Agent for purposes of
Section 2.07(a), (b) or (c), and the applicable rate, if any, furnished by each
Reference Bank for the purpose of determining the applicable interest rate under
Section 2.07(b) or (c).
(c) If fewer than two Reference Banks furnish timely information to
the Agent for determining the Adjusted CD Rate for any Adjusted CD Rate
Advances, or the Eurodollar Rate for any Eurodollar Rate Advances,
(i) the Agent shall forthwith notify the Borrower and the Lenders
that the interest rate cannot be determined for such Adjusted CD Rate
Advances or Eurodollar Rate Advances, as the case may be,
(ii) each such Advance will automatically, on the last day of the then
existing Interest Period therefor, Convert into a Base Rate Advance (or if
such Advance is then a Base Rate Advance, will continue as a Base Rate
Advance), and
(iii) the obligation of the Lenders to make, or to Convert
Contract Advances into, Adjusted CD Rate Advances or Eurodollar Rate
Advances, as the case may be, shall be suspended until the Agent shall
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notify the Borrower and the Lenders that the circumstances causing such
suspension no longer exist.
(d) If, with respect to any Eurodollar Rate Advances, the Majority
Lenders notify the Agent that the Eurodollar Rate for any Interest Period for
such Advances will not adequately reflect the cost to such Majority Lenders of
making, funding or maintaining their respective Eurodollar Rate Advances for
such Interest Period, the Agent shall forthwith so notify the Borrower and the
Lenders, whereupon
(i) each Eurodollar Rate Advance will automatically, on the last day
of the then existing Interest Period therefor, Convert into a Base Rate
Advance, and
(ii) the obligation of the Lenders to make, or to Convert Contract
Advances into, Eurodollar Rate Advances shall be suspended until the Agent
shall notify the Borrower and the Lenders that the circumstances causing
such suspension no longer exist.
(e) If the Borrower shall fail to select the duration of any Interest
Period for any Adjusted CD Rate Advances or any Eurodollar Rate Advances in
accordance with the provisions contained in the definition of "Interest Period"
in Section 1.01, the Agent will forthwith so notify the Borrower and the Lenders
and such Advances will automatically, on the last day of the then existing
Interest Period therefor, Convert into Base Rate Advances.
(f) On the date on which the aggregate unpaid principal amount of
Contract Advances made in connection with any Contract Borrowing shall be
reduced, by payment or prepayment or otherwise, to less than $10,000,000, such
Contract Advances shall, if they are Advances of a Type other than Base Rate
Advances, automatically Convert into Base Rate Advances, and on and after such
date the right of the Borrower to Convert such Contract Advances into Advances
of a Type other than Base Rate Advances shall terminate; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that
if and so long as each such Contract Advance shall be of the same Type and have
the same Interest Period as Contract Advances made in connection with another
Contract Borrowing or other Contract Borrowings, and the aggregate unpaid
principal amount of all such Contract Advances shall equal or exceed
$10,000,000, the Borrower shall have the right to continue all such Contract
Advances as, or to Convert all such Contract Advances into, Advances of such
Type having such Interest Period.
SECTION 2.10. VOLUNTARY CONVERSION OF CONTRACT ADVANCES. The Borrower
may on any Business Day, upon notice given to the Agent not later than 11:00
A.M. (New York City time) on the third Business Day prior to the
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date of the proposed Conversion and subject to the provisions of Sections 2.09
and 2.13, Convert all Contract Advances of one Type made in connection with the
same Contract Borrowing into Advances of another Type; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that
any Conversion of, or with respect to, any Adjusted CD Rate Advances or
Eurodollar Rate Advances into Advances of another Type shall be made on, and
only on, the last day of an Interest Period for such Adjusted CD Rate Advances
or Eurodollar Rate Advances, unless the Borrower shall also reimburse the
Lenders in respect thereof pursuant to Section 8.04(b) on the date of such
Conversion; and PROVIDED FURTHER, HOWEVER, that if, on the date of any proposed
Conversion, any Event of Default or event that would constitute an Event of
Default but for the requirement that notice be given or time elapse or both
shall have occurred and be continuing, all Contract Advances subject to such
proposed Conversion shall, on such date, automatically Convert into, or remain
as, as the case may be, Base Rate Advances. Each such notice of a Conversion
shall, within the restrictions specified above, specify (i) the date of such
Conversion, (ii) the Contract Advances to be Converted, and (iii) if such
Conversion is into, or with respect to, Adjusted CD Rate Advances or Eurodollar
Rate Advances, the duration of the Interest Period for each such Contract
Advance.
SECTION 2.11. PREPAYMENTS. (a) OPTIONAL. The Borrower may, upon at
least two Business Days' notice to the Agent stating the proposed date and
aggregate principal amount of the prepayment, and if such notice is given the
Borrower shall, prepay the outstanding principal amounts of the Advances made as
part of the same Contract Borrowing in whole or ratably in part, together with
accrued interest to the date of such prepayment on the principal amount prepaid;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that (i) each partial prepayment shall be in an aggregate
principal amount not less than $10,000,000 and (ii) in the case of any such
prepayment of an Adjusted CD Advance or Eurodollar Rate Advance, the Borrower
shall be obligated to reimburse the Lenders in respect thereof pursuant to
Section 8.04(b) on the date of such prepayment.
(b) MANDATORY. Upon each disposition of assets or capital stock
described in Section 5.02(c), the Agent shall apply amounts received from the
Borrower pursuant to clause (B) of Section 5.02(c) to the prepayment of Advances
outstanding hereunder in the following order of priority:
FIRST, to the prepayment in whole or ratably in part of the principal
amount of all outstanding Contract Advances together with accrued interest to
the date of such prepayment on the principal amount prepaid, and
SECOND, to the prepayment in whole or ratably in part of the principal
amount of outstanding Auction Advances together with accrued interest to the
date of such prepayment on the principal amount prepaid, in the order of their
maturities.
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SECTION 2.12. INCREASED COSTS. (a) If, due to either (i) the
introduction of or any change (other than any change by way of imposition or
increase of reserve requirements, in the case of Adjusted CD Rate Advances,
included in the Adjusted CD Rate Reserve Percentage or, in the case of
Eurodollar Rate Advances, included in the Eurodollar Rate Reserve Percentage) in
or in the interpretation of any law or regulation or (ii) the compliance with
any guideline or request from any central bank or other governmental authority
(whether or not having the force of law), there shall be any increase in the
cost to any Lender of agreeing to make or making, funding or maintaining
Adjusted CD Rate Advances, Eurodollar Rate Advances or any other Advances, then
the Borrower shall from time to time, upon demand by such Lender (with a copy of
such demand to the Agent), pay to the Agent for the account of such Lender
additional amounts sufficient to compensate such Lender for such increased cost.
A certificate as to the amount of such increased cost, submitted to the Borrower
and the Agent by such Lender, shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes,
absent manifest error.
(b) If any Lender determines that compliance with any law or
regulation or any guideline or request from any central bank or other
governmental authority (whether or not having the force of law) affects or would
affect the amount of capital required or expected to be maintained by such
Lender or any corporation controlling such Lender and that the amount of such
capital is increased by or based upon the existence of such Lender's commitment
to lend hereunder and other commitments of this type or the Advances, then, upon
demand by such Lender (with a copy of such demand to the Agent), the Borrower
shall immediately pay to the Agent for the account of such Lender, from time to
time as specified by such Lender, additional amounts sufficient to compensate
such Lender or such corporation in the light of such circumstances, to the
extent that such Lender determines such increase in capital to be allocable to
the existence of such Lender's commitment to lend hereunder or the Advances made
by such Lender. A certificate as to such amounts submitted to the Borrower and
the Agent by such Lender shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes,
absent manifest error.
SECTION 2.13. ILLEGALITY. Notwithstanding any other provision of
this Agreement, if any Lender shall notify the Agent that the introduction of or
any change in or in the interpretation of any law or regulation makes it
unlawful, or any central bank or other governmental authority asserts that it is
unlawful, for any Lender or its Eurodollar Lending Office to perform its
obligations hereunder to make Eurodollar Rate Advances or to fund or maintain
Eurodollar Rate Advances hereunder, (i) the obligation of the Lenders to make,
or to Convert Contract Advances into, Eurodollar Rate Advances shall be
suspended until the Agent shall notify the Borrower and the Lenders that the
circumstances causing such suspension no longer exist and (ii) the Borrower
shall forthwith
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prepay in full all Eurodollar Rate Advances of all Lenders then outstanding,
together with interest accrued thereon, unless the Borrower, within five
Business Days of notice from the Agent, Converts all Eurodollar Rate Advances of
all Lenders then outstanding into Advances of another Type in accordance with
Section 2.10.
SECTION 2.14. PAYMENTS AND COMPUTATIONS. (a) The Borrower shall
make each payment hereunder and under the Notes not later than 11:00 A.M. (New
York City time) on the day when due in U.S. dollars to the Agent at its address
referred to in Section 8.02 in same day funds. The Agent will promptly
thereafter cause to be distributed like funds relating to the payment of
principal or interest or commitment and auction facility fees ratably (other
than amounts payable pursuant to Section 2.02(c), 2.03, 2.08, 2.12, 2.15 or
8.04(b)) to the Lenders for the account of their respective Applicable Lending
Offices, and like funds relating to the payment of any other amount payable to
any Lender to such Lender for the account of its Applicable Lending Office, in
each case to be applied in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. Upon
its acceptance of an Assignment and Acceptance and recording of the information
contained therein in the Register pursuant to Section 8.07(d), from and after
the effective date specified in such Assignment and Acceptance, the Agent shall
make all payments hereunder and under the Notes in respect of the interest
assigned thereby to the Lender assignee thereunder, and the parties to such
Assignment and Acceptance shall make all appropriate adjustments in such
payments for periods prior to such effective date directly between themselves.
(b) The Borrower hereby authorizes each Lender, if and to the extent
payment owed to such Lender is not made when due hereunder or under any Note
held by such Lender, to charge from time to time against any or all of the
Borrower's accounts with such Lender any amount so due.
(c) All computations of interest based on the Base Rate shall be made
by the Agent on the basis of a year of 365 or 366 days, as the case may be, and
all computations of interest based on the Adjusted CD Rate, the Eurodollar Rate
or the Federal Funds Rate and of commitment fees, auction facility fees and
interest payable on Auction Advances shall be made by the Agent, and all
computations of interest pursuant to Section 2.08 shall be made by a Lender, on
the basis of a year of 360 days, in each case for the actual number of days
(including the first day but excluding the last day) occurring in the period for
which such interest or commitment fees are payable. Each determination by the
Agent (or, in the case of Section 2.08, by a Lender) of an interest rate
hereunder shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest
error.
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(d) Whenever any payment hereunder or under the Notes shall be stated
to be due on a day other than a Business Day, such payment shall be made on the
next succeeding Business Day, and such extension of time shall in such case be
included in the computation of payment of interest or commitment fee, as the
case may be; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, if such extension would cause payment of
interest on or principal of Eurodollar Rate Advances to be made in the next
following calendar month, such payment shall be made on the next preceding
Business Day.
(e) Unless the Agent shall have received notice from the Borrower
prior to the date on which any payment is due to the Lenders hereunder that the
Borrower will not make such payment in full, the Agent may assume that the
Borrower has made such payment in full to the Agent on such date and the Agent
may, in reliance upon such assumption, cause to be distributed to each Lender on
such due date an amount equal to the amount then due such Lender. If and to the
extent that the Borrower shall not have so made such payment in full to the
Agent, each Lender shall repay to the Agent forthwith on demand such amount
distributed to such Lender together with interest thereon, for each day from the
date such amount is distributed to such Lender until the date such Lender repays
such amount to the Agent, at the Federal Funds Rate.
(f) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, any
amount payable by the Borrower hereunder or under any Note that is not paid when
due (whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) shall (to the
fullest extent permitted by law) bear interest from the date when due until paid
in full at a rate PER ANNUM equal at all times to the Base Rate plus 2%, payable
upon demand.
SECTION 2.15. TAXES. (a) Any and all payments by the Borrower
hereunder or under the Contract Notes shall be made, in accordance with Section
2.14, free and clear of and without deduction for any and all present or future
taxes, levies, imposts, deductions, charges or withholdings, and all liabilities
with respect thereto, EXCLUDING, in the case of each Lender and the Agent, taxes
imposed on its income, and franchise taxes imposed on it, by the jurisdiction
under the laws of which such Lender or the Agent (as the case may be) is
organized or any political subdivision thereof and, in the case of each Lender,
taxes imposed on its income, and franchise taxes imposed on it, by the
jurisdiction of such Lender's Applicable Lending Office or any political
subdivision thereof (all such non-excluded taxes, levies, imposts, deductions,
charges, withholdings and liabilities being hereinafter referred to as "TAXES").
If the Borrower shall be required by law to deduct any Taxes from or in respect
of any sum payable hereunder or under any Note to any Lender or the Agent, (i)
the sum payable shall be increased as may be necessary so that after making all
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required deductions (including deductions applicable to additional sums payable
under this Section 2.15) such Lender or the Agent (as the case may be) receives
an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such deductions been
made, (ii) the Borrower shall make such deductions and (iii) the Borrower shall
pay the full amount deducted to the relevant taxation authority or other
authority in accordance with applicable law.
(b) In addition, the Borrower agrees to pay any present or future
stamp or documentary taxes or any other excise or property taxes, charges or
similar levies which arise from any payment made hereunder or under the Notes or
from the execution, delivery or registration of, or otherwise with respect to,
this Agreement or the Notes (hereinafter referred to as "OTHER TAXES").
(c) The Borrower will indemnify each Lender and the Agent for the
full amount of Taxes or Other Taxes (including, without limitation, any Taxes or
Other Taxes imposed by any jurisdiction on amounts payable under this Section
2.15) paid by such Lender or the Agent (as the case may be) and any liability
(including penalties, interest and expenses) arising therefrom or with respect
thereto, whether or not such Taxes or Other Taxes were correctly or legally
asserted. This indemnification shall be made within 30 days from the date such
Lender or the Agent (as the case may be) makes written demand therefor.
(d) Prior to the date of the initial Borrowing in the case of each
Bank, and on the date of the Assignment and Acceptance pursuant to which it
became a Lender in the case of each other Lender, and from time to time
thereafter if requested by the Borrower or the Agent, each Lender organized
under the laws of a jurisdiction outside the United States shall provide the
Agent and the Borrower with the forms prescribed by the Internal Revenue Service
of the United States certifying that such Lender is exempt from United States
withholding taxes with respect to all payments to be made to such Lender
hereunder and under the Notes. If for any reason during the term of this
Agreement, any Lender becomes unable to submit the forms referred to above or
the information or representations contained therein are no longer accurate in
any material respect, such Lender shall notify the Agent and the Borrower in
writing to that effect. Unless the Borrower and the Agent have received forms
or other documents satisfactory to them indicating that payments hereunder or
under any Note are not subject to United States withholding tax, the Borrower or
the Agent shall withhold taxes from such payments at the applicable statutory
rate in the case of payments to or for any Lender organized under the laws of a
jurisdiction outside the United States.
(e) Any Lender claiming any additional amounts payable pursuant to
this Section 2.15 shall use its best efforts (consistent with its internal
policy and legal and regulatory restrictions) to change the jurisdiction of its
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Applicable Lending Office if the making of such a change would avoid the need
for, or reduce the amount of, any such additional amounts which may thereafter
accrue and would not, in the reasonable judgment of such Lender, be otherwise
disadvantageous to such Lender.
(f) If the Borrower makes any additional payment to any Lender
pursuant to this Section 2.15 in respect of any Taxes or Other Taxes, and such
Lender determines that it has received (i) a refund of such Taxes or Other Taxes
or (ii) a credit against or relief or remission for, or a reduction in the
amount of, any tax or other governmental charge solely as a result of any
deduction or credit for any Taxes or Other Taxes with respect to which it has
received payments under this Section 2.15, such Lender shall, to the extent that
it can do so without prejudice to the retention of such refund, credit, relief,
remission or reduction, pay to the Borrower such amount as such Lender shall
have determined to be attributable to the deduction or withholding of such Taxes
of Other Taxes. If such Lender later determines that it was not entitled to
such refund, credit, relief, remission or reduction to the full extent of any
payment made pursuant to the first sentence of this Section 2.15(f), the
Borrower shall upon demand of such Lender promptly repay the amount of such
overpayment. Any determination made by such Lender pursuant to this Section
2.15(f) shall in the absence of bad faith or manifest error be conclusive, and
nothing in this Section 2.15(f) shall be construed as requiring any Lender to
conduct its business or to arrange or alter in any respect its tax or financial
affairs so that it is entitled to receive such a refund, credit or reduction or
as allowing any Person to inspect any records, including tax returns, of any
Lender.
(g) Without prejudice to the survival of any other agreement of the
Borrower hereunder, the agreements and obligations of the Borrower contained in
this Section 2.15 shall survive the payment in full of principal and interest
hereunder and under the Notes.
SECTION 2.16. SHARING OF PAYMENTS, ETC. If any Lender shall obtain
any payment (whether voluntary, involuntary, through the exercise of any right
of set-off, or otherwise) on account of the Contract Advances made by it (other
than pursuant to Section 2.02(c), 2.08, 2.12, 2.15 or 8.04(b)) in excess of its
ratable share of payments on account of the Contract Advances obtained by all
the Lenders, such Lender shall forthwith purchase from the other Lenders such
participations in the Contract Advances made by them as shall be necessary to
cause such purchasing Lender to share the excess payment ratably with each of
them, PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that if all or any portion of such excess payment is
thereafter recovered from such purchasing Lender, such purchase from each Lender
shall be rescinded and such Lender shall repay to the purchasing Lender the
purchase price to the extent of such recovery together with an amount equal to
such Lender's ratable share (according to the proportion of (i) the amount of
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such Lender's required repayment to (ii) the total amount so recovered from the
purchasing Lender) of any interest or other amount paid or payable by the
purchasing Lender in respect of the total amount so recovered. The Borrower
agrees that any Lender so purchasing a participation from another Lender
pursuant to this Section 2.16 may, to the fullest extent permitted by law,
exercise all its rights of payment (including the right of set-off) with respect
to such participation as fully as if such Lender were the direct creditor of the
Borrower in the amount of such participation.
SECTION 2.17. EXTENSION OF TERMINATION DATE. At least 90 but not
more than 120 days prior to the then-scheduled Termination Date, the Borrower
may (on no more than two such occasions) request the Lenders, by written notice
to the Agent, to consent to a one-year extension of the Termination Date. Each
Lender shall, in its sole discretion, determine whether to consent to such
request and shall notify the Agent of its determination within 60 days of such
Lender's receipt of notice of such request. If such request shall have been
consented to by all the Lenders, the Agent shall notify the Borrower in writing
of such consent, and such extension shall become effective upon the delivery by
the Borrower to the Agent and each Lender, on or prior to the then-scheduled
Termination Date, of (i) a certificate of a duly authorized officer of the
Borrower, dated such date, as to the accuracy, both before and after giving
effect to such proposed extension, of the representations and warranties set
forth in Section 4.01 and as to the absence, both before and after giving effect
to such proposed extension, of any Event of Default or event that with the
giving of notice or the passage of time or both would constitute an Event of
Default and (ii) an opinion of counsel to the Borrower as to the extension of
the Termination Date and such other matters as any Lender, through the Agent,
may reasonably request.
ARTICLE III
CONDITIONS OF LENDING
SECTION 3.01. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO INITIAL ADVANCES. The
obligation of each Lender to make its initial Advance is subject to the
satisfaction, prior to or concurrently with the making of such initial Advance,
of each of the following conditions precedent:
(a) DOCUMENTS AND OTHER AGREEMENTS. The Agent shall have received on
or before the day of the initial Borrowing the following, each dated
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the same date, in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent and (except for
the Notes) with one copy for each Lender:
(i) The Contract Notes payable to the order of each of the Lenders,
respectively;
(ii) Certified copies of the resolutions of the Board of Directors
of the Borrower approving this Agreement and the issuance of the Notes, and
of all documents evidencing other necessary corporate action with respect
to this Agreement and the Notes;
(iii) A certificate of the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of
the Borrower certifying (A) the names and true signatures of the officers
of the Borrower authorized to sign this Agreement and the Notes and the
other documents to be delivered hereunder; (B) that attached thereto are
true and correct copies of the Certificate of Incorporation and the By-laws
of the Borrower, in each case in effect on such date; and (C) that attached
thereto are true and correct copies of all governmental and regulatory
authorizations and approvals required for the due execution, delivery and
performance of this Agreement and the Notes;
(iv) A favorable opinion of Blackwell, Sanders, Matheny, Weary &
Lombardi, counsel for the Borrower, substantially in the form of Exhibit D-
1 hereto and as to such other matters as any Lender through the Agent may
reasonably request;
(v) Favorable opinions of special regulatory counsel for the
Borrower, each substantially in the form of Exhibit D-2 hereto and as to
such other matters as any Lender through the Agent may reasonably request;
(vi) A favorable opinion of King & Spalding, counsel for the Agent,
substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto;
(vii) Federal Reserve Form U-1 provided for in Regulation U issued
by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the statements
made in which shall be such as to permit the transactions contemplated
hereby in accordance with said Regulation U; and
(viii) An irrevocable notice from the Borrower requesting
termination of the "COMMITMENTS" under the Existing Facility effective
automatically on the date hereof upon the satisfaction (or waiver) of the
other conditions precedent set forth in this Section 3.01.
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(b) PAYMENT OF FEES. The Borrower shall have paid all fees under or
referenced in Section 2.04 and any arrangement fees payable to the Agent, to the
extent then due and payable.
SECTION 3.02. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO EACH CONTRACT BORROWING. The
obligation of each Lender to make a Contract Advance on the occasion of each
Contract Borrowing (including the initial Contract Borrowing) shall be subject
to the further conditions precedent that on the date of such Contract Borrowing
(i) the following statements shall be true (and each of the giving of the
applicable Notice of a Contract Borrowing and the acceptance by the Borrower of
the proceeds of such Contract Borrowing shall constitute a representation and
warranty by the Borrower that on the date of such Contract Borrowing such
statements are true):
(A) The representations and warranties contained in Section 4.01 are
correct on and as of the date of such Contract Borrowing, before and after
giving effect to such Contract Borrowing and to the application of the
proceeds therefrom, as though made on and as of such date;
(B) No event has occurred and is continuing, or would result from
such Contract Borrowing or from the application of the proceeds therefrom,
that constitutes an Event of Default or would constitute an Event of
Default but for the requirement that notice be given or time elapse or
both;
and (ii) the Agent shall have received such other approvals, opinions or
documents as any Lender through the Agent may reasonably request.
SECTION 3.03. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO EACH AUCTION BORROWING. The
obligation of each Lender that is to make an Auction Advance on the occasion of
an Auction Borrowing (including the initial Auction Borrowing) to make such
Auction Advance as part of such Auction Borrowing is subject to the conditions
precedent that (i) the Agent shall have received the written confirmatory Notice
of an Auction Borrowing with respect thereto, (ii) on or before the date of such
Auction Borrowing, but prior to such Auction Borrowing, the Agent shall have
received an Auction Note payable to the order of such Lender for each of the
Auction Advances to be made by such Lender as part of such Auction Borrowing, in
a principal amount equal to the principal amount of the Auction Advance to be
evidenced thereby and otherwise on such terms as were agreed to for such Auction
Advance in accordance with Section 2.03, and (iii) on the date of such Auction
Borrowing the following statements shall be true (and each of the giving of the
applicable Notice of an Auction Borrowing and the acceptance by the Borrower of
the proceeds of such Auction Borrowing shall
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constitute a representation and warranty by the Borrower that on the date of
such Auction Borrowing such statements are true):
(A) The representations and warranties contained in Section 4.01 are
correct on and as of the date of such Auction Borrowing, before and after
giving effect to such Auction Borrowing and to the application of the
proceeds therefrom, as though made on and as of such date, and
(B) No event has occurred and is continuing, or would result from
such Auction Borrowing or from the application of the proceeds therefrom,
which constitutes an Event of Default or which would constitute an Event of
Default but for the requirement that notice be given or time elapse or
both.
ARTICLE IV
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
SECTION 4.01. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE BORROWER. The
Borrower represents and warrants as follows:
(a) Each of the Borrower and each of its subsidiaries is a
corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the
laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation and is duly qualified to do
business as a foreign corporation in each jurisdiction in which the nature
of the business conducted or the property owned, operated or leased by it
requires such qualification, except where failure to so qualify would not
materially adversely affect its condition (financial or otherwise),
operations, business, properties, or prospects.
(b) The execution, delivery and performance by the Borrower of this
Agreement and the Notes are within the Borrower's corporate powers, have
been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action, and do not
contravene (i) the Borrower's charter or by-laws, (ii) law or (iii) any
contractual or legal restriction binding on or affecting the Borrower or
its properties.
(c) No authorization or approval or other action by, and no notice to
or filing with, any governmental authority or regulatory body is required
for the due execution, delivery and performance by the Borrower of this
Agreement or the Notes.
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(d) This Agreement is, and the Notes when delivered hereunder will
be, legal, valid and binding obligations of the Borrower enforceable
against the Borrower in accordance with their respective terms.
(e) The balance sheet of the Borrower and its subsidiaries as at
December 31, 1992, and the related statements of income, retained earnings
and cash flows of the Borrower and its subsidiaries for the fiscal year
then ended, certified by Arthur Andersen, and the unaudited balance sheet
of the Borrower and its subsidiaries as at September 30, 1993 and the
related unaudited statements of income, retained earnings and cash flows
for the nine-month period then ended, copies of which have been furnished
to each Bank, fairly present (subject, in the case of such balance sheet
and statements of income for the nine-month period ended September 30,
1993, to year-end adjustments) the financial condition of the Borrower and
its subsidiaries as at such dates and the results of the operations of the
Borrower and its subsidiaries for the periods ended on such dates, all in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles consistently
applied, and since December 31, 1992, there has been no material adverse
change in the condition (financial or otherwise), operations, business,
properties or prospects of the Borrower or any of its subsidiaries as
reflected in such financial statements.
(f) There is no pending or threatened action or proceeding affecting
the Borrower or any of its Significant Subsidiaries before any court,
governmental agency or arbitrator that could reasonably be expected to
materially adversely affect the condition (financial or otherwise),
operations, business, properties or prospects of the Borrower or any
Significant Subsidiary or that purports to affect the legality, validity,
binding effect or enforceability of this Agreement or any Note.
(g) No proceeds of any Advance have been or will be used directly or
indirectly in connection with (i) the acquisition of in excess of 5% of any
class of equity securities that is registered pursuant to Section 12 of the
Exchange Act, (ii) any transaction subject to the requirements of Section
13 of the Exchange Act or (iii) any transaction subject to the requirements
of Section 14 of the Exchange Act, except in compliance with the provisions
of Section 2.05(c) hereof.
(h) The Borrower is not engaged in the business of extending credit
for the purpose of purchasing or carrying margin stock (within the meaning
of Regulation U issued by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System), and, except as contemplated by Section 2.05(c), no proceeds of any
Advance will be used to purchase or carry any margin
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stock or to extend credit to others for the purpose of purchasing or
carrying any margin stock. Not more than 25% of the value of the assets of
the Borrower and its subsidiaries is, on the date hereof, represented by
margin stock.
(i) The Borrower (i) is not a "public utility holding company" within
the meaning of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, as amended,
and (ii) is not an "investment company" or a company "controlled" by an
"investment company" within the meaning of the Investment Company Act, or
an "investment advisor" within the meaning of the Investment Company Act.
(j) No ERISA Termination Event has occurred, or is reasonably expect
to occur, with respect to any ERISA Plan that may materially and adversely
affect the condition (financial or otherwise), operations, business,
properties or prospects of the Borrower and its subsidiaries, taken as a
whole.
(k) No proceeds of any Advance have been or will be used directly or
indirectly for any purpose that entails a violation of, or that is
inconsistent with, the provisions of Regulation G, T, U, or X of the Board
of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
ARTICLE V
COVENANTS OF THE BORROWER
SECTION 5.01. AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS. So long as any Note or any
amount payable by the Borrower hereunder shall remain unpaid or any Lender shall
have any Commitment hereunder, the Borrower will, and, in the case of Sections
5.01(a) and 5.01(d), will cause its subsidiaries to, unless the Majority Lenders
shall otherwise consent in writing:
(a) KEEP BOOKS; CORPORATE EXISTENCE; MAINTENANCE OF PROPERTIES;
COMPLIANCE WITH LAWS; INSURANCE; TAXES.
(i) keep proper books of record and account, all in accordance with
generally accepted accounting principles;
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(ii) preserve and keep in full force and effect its existence and
preserve and keep in full force and effect its licenses, rights and
franchises to the extent necessary to carry on its business;
(iii) maintain and keep, or cause to be maintained and kept, its
properties in good repair, working order and condition, and from time to
time make or cause to be made all needful and proper repairs, renewals,
replacements and improvements, in each case to the extent such properties
are not obsolete and are necessary to carry on its business;
(iv) comply in all material respects with all applicable laws, rules,
regulations and orders, such compliance to include, without limitation,
paying before the same become delinquent all taxes, assessments and
governmental charges imposed upon it or its property, except to the extent
being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings, and compliance
with ERISA and Environmental Laws; and
(v) maintain insurance with responsible and reputable insurance
companies or associations in such amounts and covering such risks as is
usually carried by companies engaged in similar businesses and owning
similar properties in the same general areas in which it operates.
(b) DEBT TO TOTAL CAPITALIZATION RATIO. Maintain at all times a
ratio of Debt to Total Capitalization of not more than .65 to 1.0.
(c) CONSOLIDATED TANGIBLE NET WORTH. Maintain at all times
Consolidated Tangible Net Worth of not less than $400,000,000.
(d) USE OF PROCEEDS. Use the proceeds of any Borrowings hereunder
(i) exclusively for general corporate purposes, including working capital
requirements, support for its commercial paper programs and acquisitions of
energy-related assets or Persons strictly in accordance with the provisions set
forth in Sections 2.05(c) and 4.01(k) and (ii) in strict compliance with all
applicable laws and governmental and regulatory approvals.
(e) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS. Furnish to the Lenders:
(i) as soon as available and in any event within 45 days after
the end of each of the first three quarters of each fiscal year of the
Borrower, (A) consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its
subsidiaries as of the end of such quarter and (B) consolidated
statements of income, retained earnings and cash flows of the Borrower
and its subsidiaries for the period commencing at the end of the
previous fiscal year and ending with
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the end of such quarter, each certified by the chief financial officer
of the Borrower;
(ii) as soon as available and in any event within 120 days after
the end of each fiscal year of the Borrower, a copy of the annual
report for such year for the Borrower and its subsidiaries, containing
unqualified consolidated financial statements for such year, certified
by Arthur Andersen or another nationally recognized firm of
independent public accountants;
(iii) as soon as available and in any event within 45 days
after the end of each of the first three quarters of each fiscal year
of the Borrower and within 120 days after the end of the fiscal year
of the Borrower, a certificate of the chief financial officer of the
Borrower, substantially in the form of Exhibit F hereto, (A)
demonstrating, in reasonable detail and with supporting calculations,
compliance with the financial covenants set forth in Sections 5.01(b)
and (c) hereof and (B) stating that no Event of Default and no event
that, with the giving of notice or lapse of time or both, will
constitute an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, or if
an Event of Default or such event has occurred and is continuing, a
statement setting forth details of such Event of Default or event and
the action that the Borrower has taken and proposes to take with
respect thereto;
(iv) as soon as possible and in any event within five days after
the occurrence of each Event of Default and each event that, with the
giving of notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute an Event
of Default, continuing on the date of such statement, a statement of
the chief financial officer of the Borrower setting forth details of
such Event of Default or event and the actions that the Borrower has
taken and proposes to take with respect thereto;
(v) as soon as possible and in any event within five days after
the commencement of litigation against the Borrower or any of its
subsidiaries, or the receipt of a notice of default by the Borrower or
any of its subsidiaries, that could reasonably be expected to have a
material adverse effect on the Borrower or any of its subsidiaries,
notice of such litigation or notice of default describing in
reasonable detail the facts and circumstances concerning such
litigation or default and the Borrower's or such subsidiary's proposed
actions in connection therewith;
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(vi) promptly after the sending or filing thereof, copies of all
reports that the Borrower sends to any of its securities holders, and
copies of all reports and registration statements which the Borrower
or any subsidiary files with the Securities and Exchange Commission or
any national securities exchange; and
(vii) such other information respecting the condition or
operations, financial or otherwise, of the Borrower or any of its
subsidiaries as any Lender through the Agent may from time to time
reasonably request.
SECTION 5.02. NEGATIVE COVENANTS So long as any Note or any amount
payable by the Borrower hereunder shall remain unpaid or any Lender shall have
any Commitment hereunder, the Borrower will not, without the written consent of
the Majority Lenders:
(A) LIENS, ETC. Create or suffer to exist any lien, security
interest or other charge or encumbrance, or any other type of preferential
arrangement, upon or with respect to any of its properties, whether now
owned or hereafter acquired, or assign any right to receive income, in each
case to secure or provide for the payment of any Debt, other than (i) liens
securing Debt of the Borrower not in excess of $50,000,000 in the aggregate
outstanding at any time, (ii) liens created pursuant to the First Mortgage
Indenture dated January 1, 1946, as supplemented, and the General Mortgage
Indenture and Deed of Trust dated September 15, 1988, (iii) liens created
by purchase money mortgages or other security interests upon or in any
property acquired or held (including, without limitation, as lessee) by the
Borrower in the ordinary course of business to secure the purchase price of
such property or to secure indebtedness incurred solely for the purpose of
financing the acquisition or leasing of such property, (iv) liens and
security interests that may be required to be granted on accounts
receivable in connection with any sale thereof, (v) liens or security
interests existing on such property at the time of its acquisition (other
than any such lien or security interest created in contemplation of such
acquisition) and (vi) extensions and renewals of any lien or security
interest described in clauses (i) through (v) above, PROVIDED that (A) any
such extension or renewal shall be limited to the property theretofore
subject to such lien or security interest and (B) the principal amount of
the Debt secured by such lien or security interest shall not be increased.
(b) MERGERS AND CONSOLIDATIONS. Merge or consolidate with or into
any Person, or permit any of its subsidiaries to do so, except (i) any
subsidiary of the Borrower may merge or consolidate with or into any
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other subsidiary of the Borrower and (ii) any subsidiary of the Borrower
may merge with the Borrower and (iii) the Borrower or any subsidiary of the
Borrower may merge with any other Person, PROVIDED in each case that,
immediately after giving effect to such proposed transaction, (A) no Event
of Default or event that, with the giving of notice or lapse of time, or
both, would constitute an Event of Default would exist, (B) in the case of
any such transaction to which the Borrower is a party, the Borrower is the
surviving corporation, (C) the ratings assigned by S&P or Moody's to the
Borrower's senior unsecured indebtedness shall not be lower than the
ratings assigned by S&P or Moody's to the Borrower's senior unsecured
indebtedness immediately prior to giving effect to such proposed
transaction, (D) in the case of any such transaction to which any
subsidiary of the Borrower is a party, the surviving corporation is a
subsidiary of the Borrower, and (E) no Person (other than the Borrower) and
its Affiliates, collectively, shall have the ability to elect a majority of
the board of directors of the Borrower or any such subsidiary or surviving
corporation.
(c) DISPOSITION OF ASSETS. In any 12-month period, (i) sell, lease,
transfer, convey or otherwise dispose of (whether in one transaction or in
a series of transactions) in excess of 7.5% of the total assets (whether
now owned or hereafter acquired, EXCLUDING, HOWEVER, accounts receivable of
the Borrower) of the Borrower and its subsidiaries (with such determination
to be made in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles
consistent with those applied in the preparation of the financial
statements referred to in Section 4.01(e)), or permit any subsidiary to do
so, or (ii) sell or otherwise dispose of (whether in one transaction or in
a series of transactions) in excess of 51% of the shares of capital stock
of any Significant Subsidiary, or permit any Significant Subsidiary to
issue, sell or otherwise dispose of in excess of 51% of its shares of
capital stock or the capital stock of any other Significant Subsidiary,
except to the Borrower or another subsidiary, unless in either case
described in clauses (i) and (ii) above, (A) the consideration (as
hereinafter defined) received for such assets or capital stock, as the case
may be, is at least equal to the higher of the book value and the fair
value (as determined in good faith by the board of directors of the
Borrower) thereof, and (B) such consideration (to the extent that it
relates to the disposition of assets or capital stock, as the case may be,
in excess of the 7.5% and 51% thresholds, respectively) is delivered
immediately to the Agent to be applied in accordance with Section 2.11(b)
to the prepayment of Advances then outstanding, together with accrued
interest to the date of such prepayment and any other amounts payable
hereunder, with the remainder, if any, to be returned to the Borrower;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that each such prepayment shall be applied
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PRO RATA to the Advances then outstanding hereunder and the "Advances" then
outstanding under the 360-Day Credit Agreement, if any. As used in this
Section 5.02(c), the term "consideration" shall mean cash consideration or
the fair value of non-cash consideration (as determined in good faith by
the board of directors of the Borrower).
ARTICLE VI
EVENTS OF DEFAULT
SECTION 6.01. EVENTS OF DEFAULT. If any of the following events
("EVENTS OF DEFAULT") shall occur and be continuing:
(a) The Borrower shall fail to pay any principal of any Advance when
the same becomes due and payable, or interest thereon or any other amount
payable under this Agreement or any of the Notes within two days after the
same becomes due and payable; or
(b) Any representation or warranty made by the Borrower herein or by
the Borrower (or any of its officers) in connection with this Agreement
shall prove to have been incorrect or misleading in any material respect
when made; or
(c) The Borrower shall fail to perform or observe (i) any term,
covenant or agreement contained in Section 5.01(b), (c) or (d) or
Section 5.02 or (ii) any other term, covenant or agreement contained in
this Agreement on its part to be performed or observed if the failure to
perform or observe such other term, covenant or agreement shall remain
unremedied for 30 days after written notice thereof shall have been given
to the Borrower by the Agent or any Lender; or
(d) The Borrower or any Significant Subsidiary shall fail to pay any
principal of or premium or interest on any Debt which is outstanding in a
principal amount in excess of $10,000,000 in the aggregate (but excluding
Debt evidenced by the Notes) of the Borrower or such Significant Subsidiary
(as the case may be) when the same becomes due and payable (whether by
scheduled maturity, required prepayment, acceleration, demand or
otherwise), and such failure shall continue after the applicable grace
period, if any, specified in the agreement or instrument relating to such
Debt; or any other event shall occur or condition shall exist under any
agreement or instrument relating to any
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such Debt and shall continue after the applicable grace period, if any,
specified in such agreement or instrument, if the effect of such event or
condition is to accelerate, or to permit the acceleration of, the maturity
of such Debt; or any such Debt shall be declared to be due and payable, or
required to be prepaid (other than by a regularly scheduled required
prepayment), prior to the stated maturity thereof; or
(e) The Borrower or any of its Significant Subsidiaries shall
generally not pay its debts as such debts become due, or shall admit in
writing its inability to pay its debts generally, or shall make a general
assignment for the benefit of creditors; or any proceeding shall be
instituted by or against the Borrower or any of its Significant
Subsidiaries seeking to adjudicate it a bankrupt or insolvent, or seeking
liquidation, winding up, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment,
protection, relief, or composition of it or its debts under any law
relating to bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization or relief of debtors,
or seeking the entry of an order for relief or the appointment of a
receiver, trustee, custodian or other similar official for it or for any
substantial part of its property and, in the case of any such proceeding
instituted against it (but not instituted by it), either such proceeding
shall remain undismissed or unstayed for a period of 30 days, or any of the
actions sought in such proceeding (including, without limitation, the entry
of an order for relief against, or the appointment of a receiver, trustee,
custodian or other similar official for, it or for any substantial part of
its property) shall occur; or the Borrower or any of its Significant
Subsidiaries shall take any corporate action to authorize or to consent to
any of the actions set forth above in this subsection (e); or
(f) Any judgment or order for the payment of money in excess of
$10,000,000 shall be rendered against the Borrower or any of its
Significant Subsidiaries and either (i) enforcement proceedings shall have
been commenced by any creditor upon such judgment or order or (ii) there
shall be any period of 10 consecutive days during which a stay of
enforcement of such judgment or order, by reason of a pending appeal or
otherwise, shall not be in effect; or
(g) (i) An ERISA Plan of the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate of the
Borrower shall fail to maintain the minimum funding standards required by
Section 412 of the Code for any plan year or a waiver of such standard is
sought or granted under Section 412(d) of the Code, or (ii) an ERISA Plan
of the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate of the Borrower is, shall have been
or will be terminated or the subject of termination proceedings under
ERISA, or (iii) the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate of the Borrower has
incurred or will incur a liability to
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or on account of an ERISA Plan under Section 4062, 4063 or 4064 of ERISA
and there shall result from such event either a liability or a material
risk of incurring a liability to the PBGC or an ERISA Plan, or (iv) any
ERISA Termination Event with respect to an ERISA Plan of the Borrower or
any ERISA Affiliate of the Borrower shall have occurred, and in the case of
any event described in clauses (i) through (iv), (A) such event (if
correctable) shall not have been corrected and (B) the then-present value
of such ERISA Plan's vested benefits exceeds the then-current value of
assets accumulated in such ERISA Plan by more than the amount of
$10,000,000 (or in the case of an ERISA Termination Event involving the
withdrawal of a "substantial employer" (as defined in Section 4001(a)(2) of
ERISA), the withdrawing employer's proportionate share of such excess shall
exceed such amount);
then, and in any such event, the Agent (i) shall at the request, or may with the
consent, of the Majority Lenders, by notice to the Borrower, declare the
obligation of each Lender to make Advances to be terminated, whereupon the same
shall forthwith terminate, and (ii) shall at the request, or may with the
consent, of the Majority Lenders, by notice to the Borrower, declare the Notes,
all interest thereon and all other amounts payable under this Agreement to be
forthwith due and payable, whereupon the Notes, all such interest and all such
amounts shall become and be forthwith due and payable, without presentment,
demand, protest or further notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly
waived by the Borrower; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that in the event of an actual or
deemed entry of an order for relief with respect to the Borrower or any of its
subsidiaries under the Federal Bankruptcy Code, (A) the obligation of each
Lender to make Advances shall automatically be terminated and (B) the Notes, all
such interest and all such amounts shall automatically become and be due and
payable, without presentment, demand, protest or any notice of any kind, all of
which are hereby expressly waived by the Borrower.
ARTICLE VII
THE AGENT
SECTION 7.01. AUTHORIZATION AND ACTION. Each Lender hereby appoints
and authorizes the Agent to take such action as agent on its behalf and to
exercise such powers under this Agreement as are delegated to the Agent by the
terms hereof, together with such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto.
As to any matters not expressly provided for by this Agreement (including,
without limitation, enforcement or collection of the Notes), the Agent shall not
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be required to exercise any discretion or take any action, but shall be required
to act or to refrain from acting (and shall be fully protected in so acting or
refraining from acting) upon the instructions of the Majority Lenders, and such
instructions shall be binding upon all Lenders and all holders of Notes;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the Agent shall not be required to take any action which
exposes the Agent to personal liability or which is contrary to this Agreement
or applicable law. The Agent agrees to give to each Lender prompt notice of
each notice given to it by the Borrower pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.
SECTION 7.02. AGENT'S RELIANCE, ETC. Neither the Agent nor any of
its directors, officers, agents or employees shall be liable for any action
taken or omitted to be taken by it or them under or in connection with this
Agreement, except for its or their own gross negligence or willful misconduct.
Without limitation of the generality of the foregoing, the Agent: (i) may treat
the payee of any Note as the holder thereof until the Agent receives and accepts
an Assignment and Acceptance entered into by the Lender which is the payee of
such Note, as assignor, and an Eligible Assignee, as assignee, as provided in
Section 8.07; (ii) may consult with legal counsel (including counsel for the
Borrower), independent public accountants and other experts selected by it and
shall not be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken in good faith by
it in accordance with the advice of such counsel, accountants or experts;
(iii) makes no warranty or representation to any Lender and shall not be
responsible to any Lender for any statements, warranties or representations
(whether written or oral) made in or in connection with this Agreement;
(iv) shall not have any duty to ascertain or to inquire as to the performance or
observance of any of the terms, covenants or conditions of this Agreement on the
part of the Borrower or to inspect the property (including the books and
records) of the Borrower; (v) shall not be responsible to any Lender for the due
execution, legality, validity, enforceability, genuineness, sufficiency or value
of this Agreement or any other instrument or document furnished pursuant hereto;
and (vi) shall incur no liability under or in respect of this Agreement by
acting upon any notice, consent, certificate or other instrument or writing
(which may be by telecopier, telegram, cable or telex) believed by it to be
genuine and signed or sent by the proper party or parties.
SECTION 7.03. CITIBANK AND AFFILIATES. With respect to its
Commitment, the Advances made by it and the Notes issued to it, Citibank shall
have the same rights and powers under this Agreement as any other Lender and may
exercise the same as though it were not the Agent; and the term "Lender" or
"Lenders" shall, unless otherwise expressly indicated, include Citibank in its
individual capacity. Citibank and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend
money to, act as trustee under indentures of, and generally engage in any kind
of business with, the Borrower, any of its subsidiaries and any Person who may
do business with or own securities of the Borrower or any such subsidiary, all
as
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if Citibank were not the Agent and without any duty to account therefor to the
Lenders.
SECTION 7.04. LENDER CREDIT DECISION. Each Lender acknowledges that
it has, independently and without reliance upon the Agent or any other Lender
and based on the financial statements referred to in Section 4.01(e) and such
other documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own
credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also
acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Agent or
any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall deem
appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit decisions in taking or
not taking action under this Agreement.
SECTION 7.05. INDEMNIFICATION. The Lenders agree to indemnify the
Agent (to the extent not reimbursed by the Borrower), ratably according to the
respective principal amounts of the Contract Notes then held by each of them (or
if no Contract Notes are at the time outstanding or if any Contract Notes are
held by Persons which are not Lenders, ratably according to the respective
amounts of their Commitments), from and against any and all liabilities,
obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs,
expenses or disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever which may be imposed
on, incurred by, or asserted against the Agent in any way relating to or arising
out of this Agreement or any action taken or omitted by the Agent under this
Agreement, PROVIDED that no Lender shall be liable for any portion of such
liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits,
costs, expenses or disbursements resulting from the Agent's gross negligence or
wilful misconduct. Without limitation of the foregoing, each Lender agrees to
reimburse the Agent promptly upon demand for its ratable share of any
out-of-pocket expenses (including reasonable counsel fees) incurred by the Agent
in connection with the preparation, execution, delivery, administration,
modification, amendment or enforcement (whether through negotiations, legal
proceedings or otherwise) of, or legal advice in respect of rights or
responsibilities under, this Agreement, to the extent that such expenses are
reimbursable by the Borrower but for which the Agent is not reimbursed by the
Borrower.
SECTION 7.06. SUCCESSOR AGENT. The Agent may resign at any time by
giving written notice thereof to the Lenders and the Borrower and may be removed
at any time with or without cause by the Majority Lenders. Upon any such
resignation or removal, the Majority Lenders shall have the right to appoint a
successor Agent. If no successor Agent shall have been so appointed by the
Majority Lenders, and shall have accepted such appointment, within 30 days after
the retiring Agent's giving of notice of resignation or the Majority Lenders'
removal of the retiring Agent, then the retiring Agent may, on behalf
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of the Lenders, appoint a successor Agent, which shall be a commercial bank
described in clause (i) or (ii) of the definition of "Eligible Assignee" and
having a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000. Upon the
acceptance of any appointment as Agent hereunder by a successor Agent, such
successor Agent shall thereupon succeed to and become vested with all the
rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Agent, and the retiring
Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations under this Agreement.
After any retiring Agent's resignation or removal hereunder as Agent, the
provisions of this Article VII shall inure to its benefit as to any actions
taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was Agent under this Agreement.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if no Event of Default, and no event that with
the giving of notice or the passage of time, or both, would constitute an Event
of Default, shall have occurred and be continuing, then no successor Agent shall
be appointed under this Section 7.06 without the prior written consent of the
Borrower, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed.
ARTICLE VIII
MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION 8.01. AMENDMENTS, ETC. No amendment or waiver of any
provision of this Agreement or the Contract Notes, nor consent to any departure
by the Borrower therefrom, shall in any event be effective unless the same shall
be in writing and signed by the Majority Lenders, and then such waiver or
consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific
purpose for which given; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that no amendment, waiver or consent
shall, unless in writing and signed by all the Lenders (other than any Lender
that is the Borrower or an Affiliate of the Borrower), do any of the following:
(a) waive any of the conditions specified in Section 3.01, 3.02 or 3.03,
(b) increase the Commitments of the Lenders or subject the Lenders to any
additional obligations, (c) reduce the principal of, or interest on, the
Contract Notes or any fees or other amounts payable hereunder, (d) postpone any
date fixed for any payment of principal of, or interest on, the Contract Notes
or any fees or other amounts payable hereunder, (e) change the percentage of the
Commitments or of the aggregate unpaid principal amount of the Contract Notes,
or the number of Lenders, which shall be required for the Lenders or any of them
to take any action hereunder or (f) amend this Section 8.01; and PROVIDED,
FURTHER, that no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and
signed by the Agent in addition to the Lenders required above to take such
action, affect the rights or duties of the Agent under this Agreement or any
Note.
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SECTION 8.02. NOTICES, ETC. All notices and other communications
provided for hereunder shall be in writing (including telecopier, telegraphic,
telex or cable communication) and mailed, telecopied, telegraphed, telexed,
cabled or delivered, if to the Borrower, at its address at 3000 Commerce Tower,
911 Main Street, Kansas City, Missouri 64105, Attention: Vice President,
Finance; if to any Bank, at its Domestic Lending Office specified opposite its
name on Schedule I hereto; if to any other Lender, at its Domestic Lending
Office specified in the Assignment and Acceptance pursuant to which it became a
Lender; and if to the Agent, at its address at 399 Park Avenue, New York, New
York 10043, Attention: Utilities Department, North American Finance Group; or,
as to each party, at such other address as shall be designated by such party in
a written notice to the other parties. All such notices and communications
shall, when mailed, telecopied, telegraphed, telexed or cabled, be effective
when deposited in the mails, telecopied, delivered to the telegraph company,
confirmed by telex answerback or delivered to the cable company, respectively,
except that notices and communications to the Agent pursuant to Article II or
VII shall not be effective until received by the Agent.
SECTION 8.03. NO WAIVER; REMEDIES. No failure on the part of any
Lender or the Agent to exercise, and no delay in exercising, any right hereunder
or under any Note shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or
partial exercise of any such right preclude any other or further exercise
thereof or the exercise of any other right. The remedies herein provided are
cumulative and not exclusive of any remedies provided by law.
SECTION 8.04. COSTS AND EXPENSES; INDEMNIFICATION. (a) Except to the
extent limited by written agreement between the Borrower and the Agent on or
prior to the date hereof, the Borrower agrees to pay on demand all reasonable
costs and expenses incurred by the Agent in connection with the preparation,
execution, delivery, syndication, administration, modification and amendment of
this Agreement, the Notes and the other documents to be delivered hereunder,
including, without limitation, the reasonable fees and out-of-pocket expenses of
counsel for the Agent with respect thereto and with respect to advising the
Agent as to its rights and responsibilities under this Agreement. The Borrower
further agrees to pay on demand all costs and expenses, if any (including,
without limitation, reasonable counsel fees and expenses of outside counsel and
of internal counsel), incurred by the Agent and the Lenders in connection with
the enforcement (whether through negotiations, legal proceedings or otherwise)
of this Agreement, the Notes and the other documents to be delivered hereunder,
including, without limitation, reasonable counsel fees and expenses in
connection with the enforcement of rights under this Section 8.04(a).
(b) If any payment of principal of, or Conversion of, any Adjusted CD
Rate Advance or Eurodollar Rate Advance is made other than on
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the last day of the Interest Period for such Contract Advance, as a result of a
payment or Conversion pursuant to Section 2.09(f), 2.10 or 2.13 or acceleration
of the maturity of the Notes pursuant to Section 6.01 or for any other reason,
or any payment of principal of any Auction Advance is made other than on the
maturity date thereto, the Borrower shall, upon demand by any Lender (with a
copy of such demand to the Agent), pay to the Agent for the account of such
Lender any amounts required to compensate such Lender for any additional losses,
costs or expenses which it may reasonably incur as a result of such payment or
Conversion, including, without limitation, any loss (including loss of
anticipated profits), cost or expense incurred by reason of the liquidation or
reemployment of deposits or other funds acquired by any Lender to fund or
maintain such Contract Advance or Auction Advance, as the case may be.
(c) The Borrower hereby agrees to indemnify and hold each Lender, the
Agent and their respective Affiliates and their respective officers, directors,
employees and professional advisors (each, an "INDEMNIFIED PERSON") harmless
from and against any and all claims, damages, losses, liabilities, costs or
expenses (including, without limitation, reasonable counsel fees and expenses of
outside counsel and of internal counsel, whether or not such Indemnified Person
is named as a party to any proceeding or is otherwise subjected to judicial or
legal process arising from any such proceeding) that any of them may incur or
which may be claimed against any of them by any Person by reason of or in
connection with the execution, delivery or performance of this Agreement, the
Notes or any transaction contemplated thereby, or the use by the Borrower or any
of its subsidiaries of the proceeds of any Advance. The Borrower's obligations
under this Section 8.04(c) shall survive the repayment of all amounts owing to
the Lenders and the Agent under this Agreement and the Notes and the termination
of the Commitments. If and to the extent that the obligations of the Borrower
under this Section 8.04(c) are unenforceable for any reason, the Borrower agrees
to make the maximum contribution to the payment and satisfaction thereof which
is permissible under applicable law.
SECTION 8.05. RIGHT OF SET-OFF. Upon (i) the occurrence and during
the continuance of any Event of Default and (ii) the making of the request or
the granting of the consent specified by Section 6.01 to authorize the Agent to
declare the Notes due and payable pursuant to the provisions of Section 6.01,
each Lender is hereby authorized at any time and from time to time, to the
fullest extent permitted by law, to set off and apply any and all deposits
(general or special, time or demand, provisional or final) at any time held and
other indebtedness at any time owing by such Lender to or for the credit or the
account of the Borrower against any and all of the obligations of the Borrower
now or hereafter existing under this Agreement and any Note held by such Lender,
whether or not such Lender shall have made any demand under this Agreement or
such Note and although such obligations may be unmatured. Each
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Lender agrees promptly to notify the Borrower after any such set-off and
application made by such Lender, PROVIDED that the failure to give such notice
shall not affect the validity of such set-off and application. The rights of
each Lender under this Section 8.05 are in addition to other rights and remedies
(including, without limitation, other rights of set-off) which such Lender may
have.
SECTION 8.06. BINDING EFFECT. This Agreement shall become effective
when it shall have been executed by the Borrower and the Agent and when the
Agent shall have been notified by each Bank that such Bank has executed it and
thereafter shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Borrower, the
Agent and each Lender and their respective successors and assigns, except that
the Borrower shall not have the right to assign its rights hereunder or any
interest herein without the prior written consent of the Lenders.
SECTION 8.07. ASSIGNMENTS AND PARTICIPATIONS. (a) Each Lender may
assign to one or more banks or other entities all or a portion of its rights and
obligations under this Agreement (including, without limitation, all or a
portion of its Commitment, the Contract Advances owing to it and the Contract
Note or Notes held by it); PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that (i) each such assignment
shall be of a constant, and not a varying, percentage of all rights and
obligations under this Agreement (other than any Auction Advances or Auction
Notes), (ii) the amount of the Commitment of the assigning Lender being assigned
pursuant to each such assignment (determined as of the date of the Assignment
and Acceptance with respect to such assignment) shall in no event be less than
$5,000,000 and shall be an integral multiple of $1,000,000, (iii) each such
assignment shall be to an Eligible Assignee, and (iv) the parties to each such
assignment shall execute and deliver to the Agent, for its acceptance and
recording in the Register, an Assignment and Acceptance, together with any
Contract Note or Notes subject to such assignment and a processing and
recordation fee of $2,500. Upon such execution, delivery, acceptance and
recording, from and after the effective date specified in each Assignment and
Acceptance, (x) the assignee thereunder shall be a party hereto and, to the
extent that rights and obligations hereunder have been assigned to it pursuant
to such Assignment and Acceptance, have the rights and obligations of a Lender
hereunder and (y) the Lender assignor thereunder shall, to the extent that
rights and obligations hereunder have been assigned by it pursuant to such
Assignment and Acceptance, relinquish its rights and be released from its
obligations under this Agreement (and, in the case of an Assignment and
Acceptance covering all or the remaining portion of an assigning Lender's rights
and obligations under this Agreement, such Lender shall cease to be a party
hereto). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement,
any Lender may at any time assign all or any portion of the Advances owing to it
to any Affiliate of such
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Lender. No such assignment, other than to an Eligible Assignee, shall release
the assigning Lender from its obligations hereunder.
(b) By executing and delivering an Assignment and Acceptance, the
Lender assignor thereunder and the assignee thereunder confirm to and agree with
each other and the other parties hereto as follows: (i) other than as provided
in such Assignment and Acceptance, such assigning Lender makes no representation
or warranty and assumes no responsibility with respect to any statements,
warranties or representations made in or in connection with this Agreement or
the execution, legality, validity, enforceability, genuineness, sufficiency or
value of this Agreement or any other instrument or document furnished pursuant
hereto; (ii) such assigning Lender makes no representation or warranty and
assumes no responsibility with respect to the financial condition of the
Borrower or the performance or observance by the Borrower of any of its
obligations under this Agreement or any other instrument or document furnished
pursuant hereto; (iii) such assignee confirms that it has received a copy of
this Agreement, together with copies of the financial statements referred to in
Section 4.01(e) and such other documents and information as it has deemed
appropriate to make its own credit analysis and decision to enter into such
Assignment and Acceptance; (iv) such assignee will, independently and without
reliance upon the Agent, such assigning Lender or any other Lender and based on
such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time,
continue to make its own credit decisions in taking or not taking action under
this Agreement; (v) such assignee confirms that it is an Eligible Assignee; (vi)
such assignee appoints and authorizes the Agent to take such action as agent on
its behalf and to exercise such powers under this Agreement as are delegated to
the Agent by the terms hereof, together with such powers as are reasonably
incidental thereto; and (vii) such assignee agrees that it will perform in
accordance with their terms all of the obligations which by the terms of this
Agreement are required to be performed by it as a Lender.
(c) The Agent shall maintain at its address referred to in Section
8.02 a copy of each Assignment and Acceptance delivered to and accepted by it
and a register for the recordation of the names and addresses of the Lenders and
the Commitment of, and principal amount of the Contract Advances owing to, each
Lender from time to time (the "REGISTER"). The entries in the Register shall be
conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest error, and the
Borrower, the Agent and the Lenders may treat each Person whose name is recorded
in the Register as a Lender hereunder for all purposes of this Agreement. The
Register shall be available for inspection by the Borrower or any Lender at any
reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice.
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(d) Upon its receipt of an Assignment and Acceptance executed by an
assigning Lender and an assignee representing that it is an Eligible Assignee,
together with any Contract Note or Contract Notes subject to such assignment,
the Agent shall, if such Assignment and Acceptance has been completed and is in
substantially the form of Exhibit C hereto, (i) accept such Assignment and
Acceptance, (ii) record the information contained therein in the Register and
(iii) give prompt notice thereof to the Borrower. Within five Business Days
after its receipt of such notice, the Borrower, at its own expense, shall
execute and deliver to the Agent in exchange for the surrendered Contract Note
or Notes a new Contract Note to the order of such Eligible Assignee in an amount
equal to the Commitment assumed by it pursuant to such Assignment and Acceptance
and, if the assigning Lender has retained a Commitment hereunder, a new Contract
Note to the order of the assigning Lender in an amount equal to the Commitment
retained by it hereunder. Such new Contract Note or Notes shall be in an
aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of such
surrendered Contract Note or Notes, shall be dated the effective date of such
Assignment and Acceptance and shall otherwise be in substantially the form of
Exhibit A-1 hereto.
(e) Each Lender may assign to one or more banks or other entities any
Auction Note or Notes held by it.
(f) Each Lender may sell participations to one or more banks or other
entities in or to all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this
Agreement (including, without limitation, all or a portion of its Commitment,
the Advances owing to it and the Note or Notes held by it); PROVIDED, HOWEVER,
that (i) such Lender's obligations under this Agreement (including, without
limitation, its Commitment to the Borrower hereunder) shall remain unchanged,
(ii) such Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for
the performance of such obligations, (iii) such Lender shall remain the holder
of any such Note for all purposes of this Agreement, and (iv) the Borrower, the
Agent and the other Lenders shall continue to deal solely and directly with such
Lender in connection with such Lender's rights and obligations under this
Agreement.
(g) Any Lender may, in connection with any assignment or
participation or proposed assignment or participation pursuant to this Section
8.07, disclose to the assignee or participant or proposed assignee or
participant, any information relating to the Borrower furnished to such Lender
by or on behalf of the Borrower; PROVIDED that, prior to any such disclosure,
the assignee or participant or proposed assignee or participant shall agree to
preserve the confidentiality of any confidential information relating to the
Borrower received by it from such Lender.
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(h) If any Lender shall make any demand for payment under Section
2.12(b), then within 30 days after any such demand (if, but only if, such
demanded payment has been made by the Borrower to such Lender), the Borrower
may, with the approval of the Agent (which approval shall not be unreasonably
withheld) and provided that no Event of Default or event that would constitute
an Event of Default but for the requirement that notice be given or time elapse
or both shall then have occurred and be continuing, demand that such Lender
assign in accordance with this Section 8.07 to one or more Eligible Assignees
designated by the Borrower all (but not less than all) of such Lender's
Commitment and the Advances owing to it within the period ending on the later to
occur of such 30th day and the last day of the longest of the then current
Interest Periods, if any, for such Advances. If any such Eligible Assignee
designated by the Borrower shall fail to consummate such assignment on terms
acceptable to such Lender, or if the Borrower shall fail to designate any such
Eligible Assignees for all or part of such Lender's Commitment or Advances, then
such demand by the Borrower shall become ineffective; it being understood for
purposes of this subsection (h) that such assignment shall be conclusively
deemed to be on terms acceptable to such Lender, and such Lender shall be
compelled to consummate such assignment to an Eligible Assignee designated by
the Borrower, if such Eligible Assignee (i) shall agree to such assignment by
entering into an Assignment and Acceptance with such Lender and (ii) shall offer
compensation to such Lender in an amount equal to all amounts then owing by the
Borrower to such Lender hereunder and under the Note made by the Borrower to
such Lender, whether for principal, interest, fees, costs or expenses (other
than the demanded payment referred to above and payable by the Borrower as a
condition to the Borrower's right to demand such assignment), or otherwise.
(i) Anything in this Section 8.07 to the contrary notwithstanding,
any Lender may assign and pledge all or any portion of its Commitment and the
Advances owing to it to any Federal Reserve Bank (and its transferees) as
collateral security pursuant to Regulation A of the Board of Governors of the
Federal Reserve System and any Operating Circular issued by such Federal Reserve
Bank. No such assignment shall release the assigning Lender from its
obligations hereunder.
SECTION 8.08. SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION Each of the Borrower, the
Lenders and the Agent (i) irrevocably submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction
of any New York State court or Federal court sitting in New York City in any
action arising out of this Agreement or the Notes, (ii) agrees that all claims
in such action may be decided in such court, (iii) waives, to the fullest
extent it may effectively do so, the defense of an inconvenient forum and (iv)
consents to the service of process by mail. A final judgment in any such action
shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions. Nothing herein
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shall affect the right of any party to serve legal process in any manner
permitted by law or affect its right to bring any action in any other court.
SECTION 8.09. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL THE BORROWER, THE AGENT AND THE
LENDERS EACH HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION,
PROCEEDING OR COUNTERCLAIM ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY
NOTE, OR ANY OTHER INSTRUMENT OR DOCUMENT DELIVERED HEREUNDER OR THEREUNDER.
SECTION 8.10. GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT AND THE NOTES SHALL BE
GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW
YORK.
SECTION 8.11. EXECUTION IN COUNTERPARTS. This Agreement may be
executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties hereto in
separate counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an
original and all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same
agreement.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to
be executed by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized, as of the
date first above written.
UTILICORP UNITED INC.
By /s/ Dale J. Wolf
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Name: Dale J. Wolf
Title: Vice President/Finance
CITIBANK, N.A.,
as Agent
By
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Name:
Vice President
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U.S. $200,000,000
CREDIT AGREEMENT
DATED AS OF DECEMBER 13, 1993
AMONG
UTILICORP UNITED INC.
AS BORROWER
THE BANKS NAMED HEREIN
AS BANKS
AND
CITIBANK, N.A.
AS AGENT
[360-DAY FACILITY]
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
SECTION PAGE
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING TERMS
1.01. CERTAIN DEFINED TERMS.............................. 1
1.02. COMPUTATION OF TIME PERIODS........................ 12
1.03. ACCOUNTING TERMS................................... 13
ARTICLE II
AMOUNTS AND TERMS OF THE ADVANCES
2.01. THE CONTRACT ADVANCES.............................. 13
2.02. MAKING THE CONTRACT ADVANCES....................... 13
2.03. THE AUCTION ADVANCES............................... 15
2.04. FEES............................................... 18
2.05. REDUCTION OF THE COMMITMENTS....................... 19
2.06. REPAYMENT OF CONTRACT ADVANCES..................... 21
2.07. INTEREST ON CONTRACT ADVANCES...................... 21
2.08. ADDITIONAL INTEREST ON CONTRACT ADVANCES........... 21
2.09. INTEREST RATE DETERMINATION........................ 22
2.10. VOLUNTARY CONVERSION OF CONTRACT ADVANCES.......... 23
2.11. PREPAYMENTS........................................ 24
2.12. INCREASED COSTS.................................... 24
2.13. ILLEGALITY......................................... 25
2.14. PAYMENTS AND COMPUTATIONS.......................... 26
2.15. TAXES.............................................. 27
2.16. SHARING OF PAYMENTS, ETC........................... 29
2.17. EXTENSION OF TERMINATION DATE...................... 29
ARTICLE III
CONDITIONS OF LENDING
3.01. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO INITIAL ADVANCES........... 30
3.02. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO EACH CONTRACT BORROWING.... 31
3.03. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO EACH AUCTION BORROWING..... 32
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ARTICLE IV
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
4.01. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE BORROWER..... 33
ARTICLE V
COVENANTS OF THE BORROWER
5.01. AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS.............................. 35
5.02. NEGATIVE COVENANTS................................. 37
ARTICLE VI
EVENTS OF DEFAULT
6.01. EVENTS OF DEFAULT.................................. 39
ARTICLE VII
THE AGENT
7.01. AUTHORIZATION AND ACTION........................... 42
7.02. AGENT'S RELIANCE, ETC.............................. 42
7.03. CITIBANK AND AFFILIATES............................ 43
7.04. LENDER CREDIT DECISION............................. 43
7.05. INDEMNIFICATION.................................... 43
7.06. SUCCESSOR AGENT.................................... 44
ARTICLE VIII
MISCELLANEOUS
8.01. AMENDMENTS, ETC.................................... 44
8.02. NOTICES, ETC....................................... 45
8.03. NO WAIVER; REMEDIES................................ 45
8.04. COSTS AND EXPENSES; INDEMNIFICATION................ 45
8.05. RIGHT OF SET-OFF................................... 46
8.06. BINDING EFFECT..................................... 47
8.07. ASSIGNMENTS AND PARTICIPATIONS..................... 47
8.08. SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION......................... 50
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8.09. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL............................... 51
8.10. GOVERNING LAW...................................... 51
8.11. EXECUTION IN COUNTERPARTS.......................... 51
SCHEDULES
Schedule I - LIST OF APPLICABLE LENDING OFFICES
EXHIBITS
Exhibit A-1 - FORM OF CONTRACT NOTE
Exhibit A-2 - FORM OF AUCTION NOTE
Exhibit B-1 - NOTICE OF A CONTRACT BORROWING
Exhibit B-2 - NOTICE OF AN AUCTION BORROWING
Exhibit C - ASSIGNMENT AND ACCEPTANCE
Exhibit D-1 - FORM OF OPINION OF COUNSEL FOR THE BORROWER
Exhibit D-2 - FORM OF OPINION OF REGULATORY COUNSEL FOR THE BORROWER
Exhibit E - FORM OF OPINION OF SPECIAL NEW YORK
COUNSEL TO THE AGENT
Exhibit F - FORM OF COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE
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CREDIT AGREEMENT
Dated as of December 13, 1993
UtiliCorp United Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "BORROWER"), the
banks (the "BANKS") listed on the signature pages hereof and Citibank,
N.A. ("CITIBANK") as agent (the "AGENT") for the Lenders hereunder,
agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING TERMS
SECTION 1.01. CERTAIN DEFINED TERMS. As used in this Agreement,
the following terms shall have the following meanings (such meanings to be
equally applicable to both the singular and plural forms of the terms defined):
"ADJUSTED CD RATE" means, for any Interest Period for each
Adjusted CD Rate Advance made as part of the same Contract Borrowing,
an interest rate PER ANNUM equal to the sum of:
a) the rate PER ANNUM obtained by dividing (i) the rate of
interest determined by the Agent to be the average (rounded
upward to the nearest whole multiple of 1/100 of 1% per annum, if
such average is not such a multiple) of the consensus bid rate
determined by each of the Reference Banks for the bid rates PER
ANNUM, at 9:00 A.M. (New York City time) (or as soon thereafter
as practicable) on the first day of such Interest Period, of New
York certificate of deposit dealers of recognized standing
selected by such Reference Bank for the purchase at face value of
certificates of deposit of such Reference Bank in an amount
substantially equal to such Reference Bank's Adjusted CD Rate
Advance made as part of such Contract Borrowing and with a
maturity equal to such Interest Period, by (ii) a percentage
equal to 100% minus the Adjusted CD Rate Reserve Percentage for
such Interest Period, PLUS
(b) the Assessment Rate for such Interest Period.
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The Adjusted CD Rate for the Interest Period for each Adjusted CD Rate Advance
made as part of the same Contract Borrowing shall be determined by the Agent on
the basis of applicable rates furnished to and received by the Agent from the
Reference Banks on the first day of such Interest Period, SUBJECT, HOWEVER, to
the provisions of Section 2.09.
"ADJUSTED CD RATE ADVANCE" means a Contract Advance that bears interest
as provided in Section 2.07(b).
"ADJUSTED CD RATE RESERVE PERCENTAGE" for any Interest Period for each
Adjusted CD Rate Advance made as part of the same Contract Borrowing means the
reserve percentage applicable on the first day of such Interest Period under
regulations issued from time to time by the Board of Governors of the Federal
Reserve System (or any successor) for determining the maximum reserve
requirement (including, but not limited to, any emergency, supplemental or other
marginal reserve requirement) for a member bank of the Federal Reserve System in
New York City with deposits exceeding one billion dollars with respect to
liabilities consisting of, or including, (among other liabilities) U.S. dollar
nonpersonal time deposits in the United States with a maturity equal to such
Interest Period.
"ADVANCE" means a Contract Advance or an Auction Advance.
"AFFILIATE" means, as to any Person, any other Person that, directly or
indirectly, controls, is controlled by or is under common control with such
Person or is a director or officer of such Person.
"APPLICABLE LENDING OFFICE" means, with respect to each Lender, such
Lender's Domestic Lending Office in the case of a Base Rate Advance, such
Lender's CD Lending Office in the case of an Adjusted CD Rate Advance, and such
Lender's Eurodollar Lending Office in the case of a Eurodollar Rate Advance and,
in the case of an Auction Advance, the office of such Lender notified by such
Lender to the Agent as its Applicable Lending Office with respect to such
Auction Advance.
"APPLICABLE MARGIN" means, on any date of determination, (i) for a Base
Rate Advance, 0.00% PER ANNUM, (ii) for an Adjusted CD Rate Advance, 0.4375% PER
ANNUM, and (iii) for a Eurodollar Rate Advance, 0.3125% PER ANNUM.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, each of the foregoing Applicable Margins
applicable to Eurodollar Rate Advances and Adjusted CD Rate Advances shall be
increased (on a non-cumulative basis) by (i) 0.125% PER ANNUM in the event that,
and at all times during which, either the Moody's Rating shall be lower than A3
or the S&P Rating shall be lower than A-,
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(ii) 0.1875% PER ANNUM in the event that, and at all times during which, either
the Moody's Rating shall be lower than Baa2 or the S&P Rating shall be lower
than BBB or (iii) 0.625% PER ANNUM in the event that, and at all times during
which, (A) either the Moody's Rating shall be lower than Baa3 or the S&P Rating
shall be lower than BBB- or (B) the Borrower's senior unsecured indebtedness
shall be unrated by both Moody's and S&P. The Applicable Margins shall be
increased or decreased in accordance with this definition upon any change in the
applicable ratings, and such increased or decreased Applicable Margins shall be
effective from the date of announcement of such new Moody's Rating or S&P
Rating, as the case may be. The Borrower agrees to notify the Agent promptly
upon each change in the Moody's Rating or the S&P Rating.
In addition, each of the foregoing Applicable Margins applicable to Eurodollar
Rate Advances and Adjusted CD Rate Advances shall be increased by 0.0625% PER
ANNUM in the event that, and at all times during which, the aggregate amount of
Advances outstanding equals or exceeds 25% of the aggregate amount of the
Commitments.
"ASSESSMENT RATE" for the Interest Period for each Adjusted CD Rate
Advance made as part of the same Contract Borrowing means the annual assessment
rate estimated by the Agent on the first day of such Interest Period for
determining the then current annual assessment payable by Citibank to the
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (or any successor) for insuring U.S.
dollar deposits of Citibank in the United States.
"ASSIGNMENT AND ACCEPTANCE" means an assignment and acceptance entered
into by a Lender and an Eligible Assignee, and accepted by the Agent, in
substantially the form of Exhibit C hereto.
"AUCTION ADVANCE" means an advance by a Lender to the Borrower as part
of an Auction Borrowing resulting from the auction bidding procedure described
in Section 2.03.
"AUCTION BORROWING" means a borrowing consisting of simultaneous
Auction Advances from each of the Lenders whose offer to make one or more
Auction Advances as part of such borrowing has been accepted by the Borrower
under the auction bidding procedure described in Section 2.03.
"AUCTION NOTE" means a promissory note of the Borrower payable to the
order of any Lender, in substantially the form of Exhibit A-2 hereto, evidencing
the indebtedness of the Borrower to such Lender resulting from an Auction
Advance made by such Lender.
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"AUCTION REDUCTION" has the meaning specified in Section 2.01.
"BASE RATE" means, for any period, a fluctuating interest rate PER
ANNUM as shall be in effect from time to time which rate PER ANNUM shall at all
times be equal to the higher of:
(a) the rate of interest announced publicly by Citibank in New
York, New York, from time to time, as Citibank's base rate; and
(b) 1/2 of 1% PER ANNUM above the Federal Funds Rate in effect
from time to time.
"BASE RATE ADVANCE" means a Contract Advance which bears interest as
provided in Section 2.07(a).
"BORROWING" means a Contract Borrowing or an Auction
Borrowing.
"BUSINESS DAY" means a day of the year on which banks are not required
or authorized to close in New York City and, if the applicable Business Day
relates to any Eurodollar Rate Advances, on which dealings are carried on in the
London interbank market.
"CD LENDING OFFICE" means, with respect to any Lender, the office of
such Lender specified as its "CD Lending Office" opposite its name on Schedule I
hereto or in the Assignment and Acceptance pursuant to which it became a Lender
(or, if no such office is specified, its Domestic Lending Office), or such other
office of such Lender as such Lender may from time to time specify to the
Borrower and the Agent.
"CODE" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and the regulations
promulgated and rulings issued thereunder, each as amended, modified or
supplemented from time to time, or any successor legislation.
"COMMITMENT" has the meaning specified in Section 2.01.
"CONSOLIDATED TANGIBLE NET WORTH" means the sum of the capital stock
(excluding treasury stock and capital stock subscribed for and unissued) and
surplus (including earned surplus, capital surplus, translation adjustment and
the balance of the current profit and loss account not transferred to surplus)
accounts of the Borrower and its subsidiaries appearing on a consolidated
balance sheet of the Borrower and its subsidiaries prepared as of the date of
determination in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles
consistent with those applied in the preparation of financial statements
referred to in
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Section 4.01(e), after eliminating all intercompany transactions and all amounts
properly attributable to minority interests, if any, in the stock and surplus of
subsidiaries and excluding (i) goodwill and other similar intangibles, (ii)
deferred charges, (iii) all reserves carried and not deducted from assets, (iv)
securities that are not readily marketable, (v) cash held in a sinking or
another analogous fund established for the purpose of redemption, retirement or
prepayment of capital stock or Debt, and (vi) any write-up in the book value of
any asset resulting from a revaluation thereof subsequent to December 31, 1990,
each to be determined on a consolidated basis for the Borrower and its
subsidiaries in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles
consistent with those applied in the preparation of the financial statements
referred to in Section 4.01(e) hereof.
"CONTRACT ADVANCE" means an advance by a Lender to the Borrower as part
of a Contract Borrowing and refers to an Adjusted CD Rate Advance, a Base Rate
Advance or a Eurodollar Rate Advance, each of which shall be a "TYPE" of
Contract Advance.
"CONTRACT BORROWING" means a borrowing consisting of simultaneous
Contract Advances of the same Type made by each of the Lenders pursuant to
Section 2.01 or Converted pursuant to Section 2.09 or 2.10.
"CONTRACT NOTE" means a promissory note of the Borrower payable to the
order of any Lender, in substantially the form of Exhibit A-1 hereto, evidencing
the aggregate indebtedness of the Borrower to such Lender resulting from the
Contract Advances made by such Lender.
"CONVERT", "CONVERSION" and "CONVERTED" each refers to a conversion of
Advances of one Type into Advances of another Type or the selection of a new, or
the renewal of the same, Interest Period for Eurodollar Rate Advances or CD Rate
Advances, as the case may be, pursuant to Section 2.09 or 2.10.
"DEBT" means (without duplication) all liabilities, obligations and
indebtedness (whether contingent or otherwise) of the Borrower and its
subsidiaries (i) for borrowed money or evidenced by bonds, indentures, notes, or
other similar instruments, (ii) to pay the deferred purchase price of property
or services, (iii) as lessee under leases which shall have been or should be, in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, recorded as capital
leases, (iv) as lessee under operating leases for electrical generating units,
aircraft, fleet vehicles or real property or any other operating lease having
aggregate lease payment obligations of more than $1,000,000, (v) under
reimbursement agreements or similar agreements with respect to the issuance of
letters of credit (other than obligations in respect of letters of credit opened
to provide for the
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payment of goods or services purchased in the ordinary course of business), (vi)
to pay rent or other amounts under leveraged leases entered into in connection
with sale and leaseback transactions, (vii) under direct or indirect guaranties
in respect of, and to purchase or otherwise acquire, or otherwise to assure a
creditor against loss in respect of, liabilities, obligations or indebtedness of
others of the kinds referred to in clauses (i) through (vi) above, and (viii)
liabilities in respect of unfunded vested benefits under plans covered by Title
IV of ERISA; PROVIDED, that in determining aggregate lease payment obligations
for purposes of clause (iv) above and in determining the aggregate amount of
Debt outstanding at any time for purposes of Section 5.01(b) (including, without
limitation, the aggregate amount of Debt included in the calculation of "Total
Capitalization"), such lease payment obligations and the liabilities,
obligations and indebtedness described in clauses (iv) and (vi) above shall be
calculated in accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board Statement No.
13, as amended and interpreted from time to time, as though such lease payment
obligations and such liabilities, obligations and indebtedness were recorded as
arising under capital leases.
"DOMESTIC LENDING OFFICE" means, with respect to any Lender, the office
of such Lender specified as its "Domestic Lending Office" opposite its name on
Schedule I hereto or in the Assignment and Acceptance pursuant to which it
became a Lender, or such other office of such Lender as such Lender may from
time to time specify to the Borrower and the Agent.
"ELIGIBLE ASSIGNEE" means (i) a commercial bank organized under the
laws of the United States, or any State thereof; (ii) a commercial bank
organized under the laws of any other country that is a member of the OECD or
has concluded special lending arrangements with the International Monetary Fund
associated with its General Arrangements to Borrow, or a political subdivision
of any such country, provided that such bank is acting through a branch or
agency located in the United States; (iii) a finance company, insurance company
or other financial institution or fund (whether a corporation, partnership or
other entity) engaged generally in making, purchasing or otherwise investing in
commercial loans in the ordinary course of its business; or (iv) the central
bank of any country that is a member of the OECD; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that (A)
any such Person shall also (x) have outstanding unsecured indebtedness that is
rated A- or better by S&P or A3 or better by Moody's (or an equivalent rating by
another nationally recognized credit rating agency of similar standing if
neither of such corporations is in the business of rating unsecured indebtedness
of entities engaged in such businesses) or (y) have combined capital and surplus
(as established in its most recent report of condition to its primary regulator)
of not less than
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$100,000,000 (or its equivalent in foreign currency), and (B) any Person
described in clause (ii), (iii) or (iv) above shall, on the date on which it is
to become a Lender hereunder, be entitled to receive payments hereunder without
deduction or withholding of any United States Federal income taxes (as
contemplated by Section 2.15(d)).
"ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS" means any federal, state or local laws, ordinances
or codes, rules, orders, or regulations relating to pollution or protection of
the environment, including, without limitation, laws relating to hazardous
substances, laws relating to reclamation of land and waterways and laws relating
to emissions, discharges, releases or threatened releases of pollutants,
contaminants, chemicals, or industrial, toxic or hazardous substances or wastes
into the environment (including, without limitation, ambient air, surface water,
ground water, land surface or subsurface strata) or otherwise relating to the
manufacture, processing, distribution, use, treatment, storage, disposal,
transport or handling of pollution, contaminants, chemicals, or industrial,
toxic or hazardous substances or wastes.
"ERISA" means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as
amended from time to time, and the regulations promulgated and rulings issued
thereunder, each as amended and modified from time to time.
"ERISA AFFILIATE" of a Person means any trade or business (whether or
not incorporated) that is a member of a group of which such Person is a member
and that is under common control with such Person within the meaning of Section
414 of the Code.
"ERISA PLAN" means an employee benefit plan maintained for employees of
any Person or any ERISA Affiliate of such Person subject to Title IV of ERISA.
"ERISA TERMINATION EVENT" means (i) a Reportable Event described in
Section 4043 of ERISA and the regulations issued thereunder (other than a
Reportable Event not subject to the provision for 30-day notice to PBGC), or
(ii) the withdrawal of the Borrower or any of its ERISA Affiliates from an ERISA
Plan during a plan year in which the Borrower or any of its ERISA Affiliates was
a "substantial employer" as defined in Section 4001(a)(2) of ERISA, or (iii) the
filing of a notice of intent to terminate an ERISA Plan or the treatment of an
ERISA Plan amendment as a termination under Section 4041 of ERISA, or (iv) the
institution of proceedings to terminate an ERISA Plan by the PBGC or to appoint
a trustee to administer any ERISA Plan, or (v) any other event or condition that
would constitute grounds under Section 4042 of ERISA
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for the termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer any ERISA
Plan.
"EUROCURRENCY LIABILITIES" has the meaning assigned to that term in
Regulation D of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, as in
effect from time to time.
"EURODOLLAR LENDING OFFICE" means, with respect to any Lender, the
office of such Lender specified as its "Eurodollar Lending Office" opposite its
name on Schedule I hereto or in the Assignment and Acceptance pursuant to which
it became a Lender (or, if no such office is specified, its Domestic Lending
Office), or such other office of such Lender as such Lender may from time to
time specify to the Borrower and the Agent.
"EURODOLLAR RATE" means, for any Interest Period for each Eurodollar
Rate Advance made as part of the same Contract Borrowing, an interest rate PER
ANNUM equal to the average (rounded upward to the nearest whole multiple of 1/16
of 1% PER ANNUM, if such average is not such a multiple) of the rate PER ANNUM
at which deposits in U.S. dollars are offered by the principal office of each of
the Reference Banks in London, England, to prime banks in the London interbank
market at 11:00 A.M. (London time) two Business Days before the first day of
such Interest Period in an amount substantially equal to such Reference Bank's
Eurodollar Rate Advance made as part of such Contract Borrowing and for a period
equal to such Interest Period. The Eurodollar Rate for the Interest Period for
each Eurodollar Rate Advance made as part of the same Contract Borrowing shall
be determined by the Agent on the basis of applicable rates furnished to, and
received by, the Agent from the Reference Banks two Business Days before the
first day of such Interest Period, SUBJECT, HOWEVER, to the provisions of
Section 2.09.
"EURODOLLAR RATE ADVANCE" means a Contract Advance that bears interest
as provided in Section 2.07(c).
"EURODOLLAR RATE RESERVE PERCENTAGE" of any Lender for any Interest
Period for any Eurodollar Rate Advance means the reserve percentage applicable
during such Interest Period (or if more than one such percentage shall be so
applicable, the daily average of such percentages for those days in such
Interest Period during which any such percentage shall be so applicable) under
regulations issued from time to time by the Board of Governors of the Federal
Reserve System (or any successor) for determining the maximum reserve
requirement (including, without limitation, any emergency, supplemental or other
marginal reserve requirement) for such Lender with respect to liabilities or
assets
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consisting of or including Eurocurrency Liabilities having a term equal to such
Interest Period.
"EVENTS OF DEFAULT" has the meaning specified in Section 6.01.
"EXCHANGE ACT" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and the
regulations promulgated thereunder, in each case as amended and in effect from
time to time.
"EXISTING FACILITY" means the Credit Agreement, dated as of March 28,
1991, among the Borrower, the lenders named therein, the co-managers named
therein and Citibank, N.A., as agent for said lenders.
"FEDERAL FUNDS RATE" means, for any period, a fluctuating interest rate
PER ANNUM equal for each day during such period to the weighted average of the
rates on overnight Federal funds transactions with members of the Federal
Reserve System arranged by Federal funds brokers, as published for such day (or,
if such day is not a Business Day, for the next preceding Business Day) by the
Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or, if such rate is not so published for any
day which is a Business Day, the average of the quotations for such day on such
transactions received by the Agent from three Federal funds brokers of
recognized standing selected by it.
"INTENTION NOTICE" has the meaning specified in Section 2.05(c).
"INTEREST PERIOD" means, for each Contract Advance made as part of the
same Contract Borrowing, the period commencing on the date of such Contract
Advance or the date of the Conversion of any Contract Advance into such a
Contract Advance and ending on the last day of the period selected by the
Borrower pursuant to the provisions below and, thereafter, each subsequent
period commencing on the last day of the immediately preceding Interest Period
and ending on the last day of the period selected by the Borrower pursuant to
the provisions below. The duration of each such Interest Period shall be 30, 60
or 90 days in the case of an Adjusted CD Rate Advance, and 1, 2, or 3 months in
the case of a Eurodollar Rate Advance, in each case as the Borrower may, upon
notice received by the Agent not later than 11:00 A.M. (New York City time) on
the third Business Day prior to the first day of such Interest Period, select;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that:
(i) the Borrower may not select any Interest Period that
ends after the Termination Date;
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(ii) Interest Periods commencing on the same date for
Contract Advances made as part of the same Contract Borrowing
shall be of the same duration; and
(iii) whenever the last day of any Interest Period would
otherwise occur on a day other than a Business Day, the last day
of such Interest Period shall be extended to occur on the next
succeeding Business Day, PROVIDED, in the case of any Interest
Period for a Eurodollar Rate Advance, that if such extension
would cause the last day of such Interest Period to occur in the
next following calendar month, the last day of such Interest
Period shall occur on the next preceding Business Day.
"INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT" means the Investment Company Act of 1940, and
the regulations promulgated thereunder, in each case as amended and in effect
from time to time.
"LENDERS" means the Banks listed on the signature pages hereof and each
Eligible Assignee that shall become a party hereto pursuant to Section 8.07.
"MAJORITY LENDERS" means, at any time prior to the Termination Date,
Lenders having at least 66-2/3% of the Commitments (without giving effect to any
termination in whole of the Commitments pursuant to Section 2.05 or 6.01), and,
at any time on or after the Termination Date, Lenders having at least 66-2/3% of
the Advances outstanding (PROVIDED that, for purposes hereof, neither the
Borrower nor any of its Affiliates, if a Lender, shall be included in (i) the
Lenders having such amount of the Commitments or the Advances or (ii)
determining the total amount of the Commitments or the Advances).
"MOODY'S" means Moody's Investors Service, Inc. or any successor
thereto.
"MOODY'S RATING" means, on any date of determination, the rating of the
Borrower's senior unsecured indebtedness most recently announced by Moody's.
"MULTIEMPLOYER PLAN" means a "multiemployer plan" as defined in Section
4001(a)(3) of ERISA to which the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate is making or
accruing an obligation to make contributions, or has within any of the preceding
three plan years made or accrued an obligation to make contributions.
"NOTE" means a Contract Note or an Auction Note.
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"NOTICE OF A CONTRACT BORROWING" has the meaning specified in Section
2.02(a).
"NOTICE OF AN AUCTION BORROWING" has the meaning specified in Section
2.03(a).
"OECD" means the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
or any successor thereto.
"PBGC" means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation and any entity
succeeding to any or all of its functions under ERISA.
"PERSON" means an individual, partnership, corporation (including a
business trust), joint stock company, trust, unincorporated association, joint
venture or other entity, or a government or any political subdivision or agency
thereof.
"PROPOSAL NOTICE" has the meaning specified in Section 2.05(c).
"REFERENCE BANKS" means Citibank, The Chase Manhattan Bank, N.A. and
CIBC Inc.
"REGISTER" has the meaning specified in Section 8.07(c).
"REPORTABLE EVENT" has the meaning assigned to that term in Title IV of
ERISA.
"S&P" means Standard & Poor's Ratings Group or any successor thereto.
"S&P RATING" means, on any date of determination, the rating of the
Borrower's senior unsecured indebtedness most recently announced by S&P.
"SIGNIFICANT SUBSIDIARY" means any direct or indirect subsidiary of the
Borrower having, on any date of determination or on any date during the 12-month
period prior to such date of determination, total assets in excess of
$100,000,000 (with such determination to be made in accordance with generally
accepted accounting principles consistent with those applied in the preparation
of the financial statements referred to in Section 4.01(e) hereof) or in excess
of 10% of Total Capitalization.
"SUBSIDIARY" means, with respect to any Person, any corporation or
unincorporated entity of which more than 50% of the outstanding capital stock
(or comparable interest) having ordinary voting power (irrespective of whether
at the time capital stock (or comparable interest) of any other
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class or classes of such corporation or entity shall or might have voting power
upon the occurrence of any contingency) is at the time directly or indirectly
owned by said Person (whether directly or through one or more other
subsidiaries). In the case of an unincorporated entity, a Person shall be deemed
to have more than 50% of interests having ordinary voting power only if such
Person's vote in respect of such interests comprises more than 50% of the total
voting power of all such interests in the unincorporated entity.
"TERMINATION DATE" means the earlier to occur of (i) December 8, 1994
or such later date to which the Termination Date is extended in accordance with
Section 2.17, and (ii) the date of termination or reduction in whole of the
Commitments pursuant to Section 2.05 or 6.01.
"TERMINATION NOTICE" has the meaning specified in Section 2.05(c).
"THREE-YEAR CREDIT AGREEMENT" means that certain Credit Agreement,
dated as of the date hereof, among the Borrower, the Banks and the Agent,
providing a three-year revolving credit facility for the Borrower, as the same
may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
"TOTAL CAPITALIZATION" means the sum of (i) Debt of the Borrower and
its subsidiaries, PLUS (ii) the sum of the capital stock (excluding treasury
stock and capital stock subscribed for and unissued) and surplus (including
earned surplus, capital surplus, translation adjustment and the balance of the
current profit and loss account not transferred to surplus) accounts of the
Borrower and its subsidiaries appearing on a consolidated balance sheet of the
Borrower and its subsidiaries, in each case prepared as of the date of
determination in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles
consistent with those applied in the preparation of the financial statements
referred to in Section 4.01(e), after eliminating all intercompany transactions
and all amounts properly attributable to minority interests, if any, in the
stock and surplus of subsidiaries.
"YIELD" means, for any Auction Advance, the effective rate PER ANNUM at
which interest on such Auction Advance is payable, computed on the basis of a
year of 360 days for the actual number of days (including the first day but
excluding the last day) occurring in the period for which such interest is
payable.
SECTION 1.02. COMPUTATION OF TIME PERIODS. In this Agreement in the
computation of periods of time from a specified date to a later specified date,
the word "from" means "from and including" and the words "to" and "until" each
means "to but excluding".
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SECTION 1.03. ACCOUNTING TERMS. All accounting terms not specifically
defined herein shall be construed in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles consistent with those applied in the preparation of the
financial statements referred to in Section 4.01(e) hereof.
ARTICLE II
AMOUNTS AND TERMS OF THE ADVANCES
SECTION 2.01. THE CONTRACT ADVANCES. Each Lender severally agrees, on
the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth, to make Contract Advances to the
Borrower from time to time on any Business Day during the period from the date
hereof until the Termination Date in an aggregate amount not to exceed at any
time outstanding the amount set opposite such Lender's name on the signature
pages hereof or, if such Lender has entered into any Assignment and Acceptance,
set forth for such Lender in the Register maintained by the Agent pursuant to
Section 8.07(c), as such amount may be reduced pursuant to Section 2.05 (such
Lender's "COMMITMENT"), PROVIDED that the aggregate amount of the Commitments of
the Lenders shall be deemed used from time to time to the extent of the
aggregate amount of the Auction Advances then outstanding and such deemed use of
the aggregate amount of the Commitments shall be applied to the Lenders ratably
according to their respective Commitments (such deemed use of the aggregate
amount of the Commitments being an "AUCTION REDUCTION"). Each Contract Borrowing
shall be in an amount not less than $1,000,000 or an integral multiple of
$500,000 in excess thereof and shall consist of Contract Advances of the same
Type made or Converted on the same day by the Lenders ratably according to their
respective Commitments. Within the limits of each Lender's Commitment, the
Borrower may from time to time borrow, prepay pursuant to Section 2.11 and
reborrow under this Section 2.01.
SECTION 2.02. MAKING THE CONTRACT ADVANCES. (a) Each Contract Borrowing
shall be made on notice, given not later than 11:00 A.M. (New York City time) on
the third Business Day prior to the date of the proposed Contract Borrowing, by
the Borrower to the Agent, which shall give to each Lender prompt notice thereof
on such Business Day. Each such notice of a Contract Borrowing (a "NOTICE OF A
CONTRACT BORROWING") shall be by telecopier, telex or cable, confirmed
immediately in writing, in substantially the form of Exhibit B-1 hereto,
specifying therein the requested (i) date of such Contract Borrowing, (ii) Type
of Contract Advances to be made in connection with such Contract Borrowing,
(iii) aggregate amount of such Contract Borrowing, and (iv) in the case of a
Contract Borrowing comprising Adjusted CD Rate Advances or Eurodollar Rate
Advances, initial Interest Period for each such Contract
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Advance. Each Lender shall, before 12:00 noon (New York City time) on the date
of such Contract Borrowing, make available for the account of its Applicable
Lending Office to the Agent at its address referred to in Section 8.02, in same
day funds, such Lender's ratable portion of such Contract Borrowing. After the
Agent's receipt of such funds and upon fulfillment of the applicable conditions
set forth in Article III, the Agent will make such funds available to the
Borrower at the Agent's aforesaid address.
(b) Anything in subsection (a) above to the contrary notwithstanding,
the Borrower may not select Adjusted CD Rate Advances or Eurodollar Rate
Advances for any Contract Borrowing if the Advance to be made by any Lender as
part of such Contract Borrowing is less than $1,000,000.
(c) Each Notice of a Contract Borrowing shall be irrevocable and
binding on the Borrower. In the case of any Contract Borrowing that the related
Notice of a Contract Borrowing specifies is to comprise Adjusted CD Rate
Advances or Eurodollar Rate Advances, the Borrower shall indemnify each Lender
against any loss, cost or expense incurred by such Lender as a result of any
failure to fulfill on or before the date specified in such Notice of a Contract
Borrowing for such Contract Borrowing the applicable conditions set forth in
Article III, including, without limitation, any loss (including loss of
anticipated profits), cost or expense incurred by reason of the liquidation or
reemployment of deposits or other funds acquired by such Lender to fund the
Contract Advance to be made by such Lender as part of such Contract Borrowing
when such Contract Advance, as a result of such failure, is not made on such
date.
(d) Unless the Agent shall have received notice from a Lender prior
to the date of any Contract Borrowing that such Lender will not make available
to the Agent such Lender's ratable portion of such Contract Borrowing, the Agent
may assume that such Lender has made such portion available to the Agent on the
date of such Contract Borrowing in accordance with subsection (a) of this
Section 2.02 and the Agent may, in reliance upon such assumption, make available
to the Borrower on such date a corresponding amount. If and to the extent that
such Lender shall not have so made such ratable portion available to the Agent,
such Lender and the Borrower severally agree to repay to the Agent forthwith on
demand such corresponding amount together with interest thereon, for each day
from the date such amount is made available to the Borrower until the date such
amount is repaid to the Agent, at (i) in the case of the Borrower, the interest
rate applicable at the time to Contract Advances made in connection with such
Contract Borrowing and (ii) in the case of such Lender, the Federal Funds Rate.
If such Lender shall repay to the Agent such corresponding amount, such amount
so repaid shall constitute such Lender's Contract Advance as part of such
Contract Borrowing for purposes of this Agreement.
(e) The failure of any Lender to make the Contract Advance to be made
by it as part of any Contract Borrowing shall not relieve any other
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Lender of its obligation, if any, hereunder to make its Contract Advance on the
date of such Contract Borrowing, but no Lender shall be responsible for the
failure of any other Lender to make the Contract Advance to be made by such
other Lender on the date of any Contract Borrowing.
(f) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, no
more than eight Contract Borrowings may be outstanding at any time.
SECTION 2.03. THE AUCTION ADVANCES. (a) Each Lender severally agrees
that the Borrower may request Auction Borrowings under this Section 2.03 from
time to time on any Business Day during the period from the date hereof until
the date occurring 30 days prior to the Termination Date in the manner set forth
below; PROVIDED that, following the making of each Auction Borrowing, the
aggregate amount of the Advances then outstanding shall not exceed the aggregate
amount of the Commitments of the Lenders (computed without regard to any Auction
Reduction).
(i) The Borrower may request an Auction Borrowing by delivering
to the Agent (A) by telecopier, telex or cable, confirmed immediately
in writing, a notice of an Auction Borrowing (a "NOTICE OF AN AUCTION
BORROWING"), in substantially the form of Exhibit B-2 hereto,
specifying the date and aggregate amount of the proposed Auction
Borrowing, the maturity date for repayment of each Auction Advance to
be made as part of such Auction Borrowing (which maturity date may not
be earlier than the date occurring 30 days after the date of such
Auction Borrowing or later than the day prior to the Termination Date),
the interest payment date or dates relating thereto (which shall occur
at least every 90 days), and any other terms to be applicable to such
Auction Borrowing, not later than 10:00 A.M. (New York City time) at
least one Business Day prior to the date of the proposed Auction
Borrowing and (B) payment in full to the Agent of the aggregate auction
administration fee specified in Section 2.04(c) hereof. The Agent shall
in turn promptly notify each Lender of each request for an Auction
Borrowing received by it from the Borrower by sending such Lender on
such Business Day a copy of the related Notice of an Auction Borrowing.
(ii) Each Lender may, if, in its sole discretion, it elects to
do so, irrevocably offer to make one or more Auction Advances to the
Borrower as part of such proposed Auction Borrowing at a rate or rates
of interest specified by such Lender in its sole discretion, by
notifying the Agent (which shall give prompt notice thereof to the
Borrower), before 10:00 A.M. (New York City time) on the date of such
proposed Auction Borrowing of the minimum amount and maximum amount of
each Auction Advance that such Lender would be willing to make as part
of such proposed Auction Borrowing (which amounts may, subject to the
proviso to the first sentence of this Section 2.03(a), exceed such
Lender's
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Commitment), the rate or rates of interest therefor, the interest
period relating thereto (which interest period may not exceed 90 days)
and such Lender's Applicable Lending Office with respect to such
Auction Advance; PROVIDED that if the Agent in its capacity as a Lender
shall, in its sole discretion, elect to make any such offer, it shall
notify the Borrower of such offer before 9:00 A.M. (New York City time)
on the date on which notice of such election is to be given to the
Agent by the other Lenders. If any Lender shall elect not to make such
an offer, such Lender shall so notify the Agent, before 10:00 A.M. (New
York City time) on the date on which notice of such election is to be
given to the Agent by the other Lenders, and such Lender shall not be
obligated to, and shall not, make any Auction Advance as part of such
Auction Borrowing; PROVIDED that the failure by any Lender to give such
notice shall not cause such Lender to be obligated to make any Auction
Advance as part of such proposed Auction Borrowing.
(iii) The Borrower shall, in turn, before 11:00 A.M. (New York
City time) on the date of such proposed Auction Borrowing, either
(A) cancel such Auction Borrowing by giving the Agent notice
to that effect, or
(B) irrevocably accept one or more of the offers made by any
Lender or Lenders pursuant to paragraph (ii) above, in its sole
discretion, subject only to the provisions of this paragraph
(iii), by giving notice to the Agent of the amount of each
Auction Advance (which amount shall be equal to or greater than
the minimum amount, and equal to or less than the maximum amount,
notified to the Borrower by the Agent on behalf of such Lender
for such Auction Advance pursuant to paragraph (ii) above) to be
made by each Lender as part of such Auction Borrowing, and reject
any remaining offers made by Lenders pursuant to paragraph (ii)
above by giving the Agent notice to that effect; PROVIDED,
HOWEVER, that (x) the Borrower shall not accept an offer made
pursuant to paragraph (ii) above, at any Yield if the Borrower
shall have, or shall be deemed to have, rejected any other offer
made pursuant to paragraph (ii) above, at a lower Yield, (y) if
the Borrower declines to accept, or is otherwise restricted by
the provisions of this Agreement from accepting, the maximum
aggregate principal amount of Auction Borrowings offered at the
same Yield pursuant to paragraph (ii) above, then the Borrower
shall accept a PRO RATA portion of each offer made at such Yield,
based as nearly as possible on the ratio of the aggregate
principal amount of such offers to be accepted by the Borrower to
the maximum aggregate principal amount of such offers made
pursuant to paragraph (ii) above (rounding up or
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down to the next higher or lower multiple of $1,000,000), and (z)
no offer made pursuant to paragraph (ii) above shall be accepted
unless the Auction Borrowing in respect of such offer is in an
integral multiple of $1,000,000 and the aggregate amount of such
offers accepted by the Borrower is equal to at least $10,000,000.
Any offer or offers made pursuant to paragraph (ii) above not expressly
accepted or rejected by the Borrower in accordance with this paragraph
(iii) shall be deemed to have been rejected by the Borrower.
(iv) If the Borrower notifies the Agent that such Auction
Borrowing is canceled pursuant to clause (A) of paragraph (iii)
above, the Agent shall give prompt notice thereof to the Lenders
and such Auction Borrowing shall not be made.
(v) If the Borrower accepts one or more of the offers made by
any Lender or Lenders pursuant to clause (B) of paragraph (iii)
above, the Agent shall in turn promptly notify (A) each Lender
that has made an offer as described in paragraph (ii) above, of
the date and aggregate amount of such Auction Borrowing and
whether or not any offer or offers made by such Lender pursuant
to paragraph (ii) above have been accepted by the Borrower, (B)
each Lender that is to make an Auction Advance as part of such
Auction Borrowing of the amount of each Auction Advance to be
made by such Lender as part of such Auction Borrowing, and (C)
each Lender that is to make an Auction Advance as part of such
Auction Borrowing, upon receipt, that the Agent has received
forms of documents appearing to fulfill the applicable conditions
set forth in Article III. Each Lender that is to make an Auction
Advance as part of such Auction Borrowing shall, before 12:00
noon (New York City time) on the date of such Auction Borrowing
specified in the notice received from the Agent pursuant to
clause (A) of the preceding sentence or any later time when such
Lender shall have received notice from the Agent pursuant to
clause (C) of the preceding sentence, make available for the
account of its Applicable Lending Office to the Agent at its
address referred to in Section 8.02 such Lender's portion of such
Auction Borrowing, in same day funds. Upon fulfillment of the
applicable conditions set forth in Article III and after receipt
by the Agent of such funds, the Agent will make such funds
available to the Borrower at the Agent's aforesaid address.
Promptly after each Auction Borrowing the Agent will notify each
Lender of the amount of the Auction Borrowing, the consequent
Auction Reduction and the dates upon which such Auction Reduction
commenced and will terminate.
(b) Each Auction Advance shall be in an amount not less than
$1,000,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof and,
following the making of each Auction Borrowing, the Borrower shall be in
compliance with
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the limitation set forth in the proviso to the first sentence of subsection (a)
above.
(c) Within the limits and on the conditions set forth in this Section
2.03, the Borrower may from time to time borrow under this Section 2.03, repay
or prepay pursuant to subsection (d) below, and reborrow under this Section
2.03, PROVIDED that an Auction Borrowing shall not be made within three Business
Days of the date of any other Auction Borrowing.
(d) The Borrower shall repay to the Agent for the account of each
Lender that has made an Auction Advance, or each other holder of an Auction
Note, on the maturity date of each Auction Advance (such maturity date being
that specified by the Borrower for repayment of such Auction Advance in the
related Notice of an Auction Borrowing delivered pursuant to subsection (a)(i)
above and provided in the Auction Note evidencing such Auction Advance), the
then unpaid principal amount of such Auction Advance. The Borrower shall have no
right to prepay any principal amount of any Auction Advance unless, and then
only on the terms, specified by the Borrower for such Auction Advance in the
related Notice of an Auction Borrowing delivered pursuant to subsection (a)(i)
above and set forth in the Auction Note evidencing such Auction Advance.
(e) The Borrower shall pay interest on the unpaid principal amount of
each Auction Advance from the date of such Auction Advance to the date the
principal amount of such Auction Advance is repaid in full, at the rate of
interest for such Auction Advance specified by the Lender making such Auction
Advance in its notice with respect thereto delivered pursuant to subsection
(a)(ii) above, payable on the interest payment date or dates specified by the
Borrower for such Auction Advance in the related Notice of an Auction Borrowing
delivered pursuant to subsection (a)(i) above, as provided in the Auction Note
evidencing such Auction Advance.
(f) The indebtedness of the Borrower resulting from each Auction
Advance made to the Borrower as part of an Auction Borrowing shall be evidenced
by a separate Auction Note of the Borrower payable to the order of the Lender
making such Auction Advance.
SECTION 2.04. FEES. (a) The Borrower agrees to pay to the Agent for the
account of each Lender a commitment fee on the average daily unused portion of
such Lender's Commitment (after giving effect to any Auction Reduction) from the
date hereof in the case of each Bank and from the effective date specified in
the Assignment and Acceptance pursuant to which it became a Lender in the case
of each other Lender until the earlier to occur of the Termination Date and, in
the case of the termination in whole of a Lender's Commitment pursuant to
Section 2.05, the date of such termination, payable on the last day of each
March, June, September and December during such period
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(commencing December 31, 1993) and on the earlier to occur of the Termination
Date and, in the case of the termination in whole of a Lender's Commitment
pursuant to Section 2.05, the date of such termination, at the rate of 0.125%
PER ANNUM; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that such rate shall be increased (on a
non-cumulative basis) by (i) 0.025% PER ANNUM in the event that, and at all
times during which, either the Moody's Rating shall be lower than A3 or the S&P
Rating shall be lower than A-, (ii) 0.075% PER ANNUM in the event that, and at
all times during which, either the Moody's Rating shall be lower than Baa2 or
the S&P Rating shall be lower than BBB or (iii) 0.25% PER ANNUM in the event
that, and at all times during which, (A) either the Moody's Rating shall be
lower than Baa3 or the S&P Rating shall be lower than BBB- or (B) the Borrower's
senior unsecured indebtedness shall be unrated by both Moody's and S&P.
(b) The Borrower agrees to pay to the Agent for the account of each
Lender an auction facility fee on the average daily aggregate principal amount
of Auction Advances outstanding during the period from the date hereof in the
case of each Bank and from the effective date specified in the Assignment and
Acceptance pursuant to which it became a Lender in the case of each other Lender
until the earlier to occur of the Termination Date and, in the case of the
termination in whole of a Lender's Commitment pursuant to Section 2.05, the date
of such termination, payable on the last day of each March, June, September and
December during such period (commencing December 31, 1993) and on the earlier to
occur of the Termination Date and, in the case of the termination in whole of a
Lender's Commitment pursuant to Section 2.05, the date of such termination, at
the rate of 0.1875% PER ANNUM.
(c) The Borrower agrees to pay to the Agent for its own account an
auction administration fee in the amount of $3,500 in respect of each Auction
Borrowing requested by the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.03(a)(i), payable on
the date of such request.
SECTION 2.05. REDUCTION OF THE COMMITMENTS. (a) AT BORROWER'S OPTION.
The Borrower shall have the right, upon at least two Business Days' notice to
the Agent, to terminate in whole or reduce ratably in part the unused portions
of the respective Commitments of the Lenders, PROVIDED that the aggregate amount
of the Commitments of the Lenders shall not be reduced to an amount that is less
than the aggregate principal amount of the Advances then outstanding and
PROVIDED, FURTHER, that each partial reduction shall be in the aggregate amount
of $1,000,000 or an integral multiple thereof.
(b) MANDATORY. The respective Commitments of the Lenders shall
automatically reduce ratably upon each disposition of assets or capital stock in
excess of the 7.5% and 51% thresholds, respectively, described in Section
5.02(c) by an amount equal, in the aggregate, to the amount of consideration (as
defined in Section 5.02(c)) received by the Borrower in respect of such assets
or capital stock, as the case may be, but only to the extent that the
disposition of
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such assets or capital stock, as the case may be, exceeds such thresholds;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that no reduction in the Commitments shall occur as a result
of any such disposition if on the date thereof, and after giving effect thereto,
the total assets of the Borrower are equal to or greater than the total assets
of the Borrower as of September 30, 1993, in each case as determined in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles consistent with those
applied in the preparation of the financial statements referred to in Section
4.01(e); and PROVIDED FURTHER, HOWEVER, that each such Commitment reduction
shall be made PRO RATA among the Commitments hereunder and the "Commitments"
under the Three-Year Credit Agreement.
(c) AT LENDER'S OPTION. The Borrower shall give the Agent and each
Lender at least twenty Business Days' notice (a "PROPOSAL NOTICE") of its
intention to use the proceeds of any Borrowing hereunder directly or indirectly
in connection with (i) the acquisition of in excess of 5% of any class of equity
security that is registered pursuant to Section 12 of the Exchange Act, (ii) any
transaction subject to the requirements of Section 13 of the Exchange Act or
(iii) any transaction subject to the requirements of Section 14 of the Exchange
Act with respect to which proxies, consents or authorizations, as the case may
be, are being sought by any person (as defined in the Exchange Act) other than
the majority of the board of directors of the issuer of the securities in
respect of which such proxies, consents or authorizations are being sought. Any
Lender may, within fifteen Business Days after receipt of such Proposal Notice
from the Borrower, give notice (a "TERMINATION NOTICE") to the Agent and the
Borrower that such Lender has made a good faith determination that the use of
proceeds described in such Proposal Notice, if funded by such Lender, would
create a conflict of interest for such Lender (based upon the existence of
commitments by such Lender to other parties in interest to such transaction,
confidential information held by such Lender relating to such transaction or any
other party in interest to such transaction or other similar circumstances that
would reasonably prevent or prohibit a commercial financial institution from
extending credit to the Borrower under such circumstances) or would otherwise
violate a commercial lending policy of such Lender because of an existing
customer relationship of such Lender or any of its Affiliates with the issuer of
any such securities, and that, accordingly, such Lender elects to terminate its
Commitment if the proceeds of such Borrowing will be used in such a manner. If
no Termination Notice is received by the Borrower within fifteen Business Days
after receipt by the Lenders of a Proposal Notice, the Borrower may apply the
proceeds of the affected Borrowing in accordance with such Proposal Notice. If
the Borrower receives a Termination Notice from any Lender within such fifteen
Business Day period, the Borrower shall promptly thereafter notify the Agent and
each of the Lenders (an "INTENTION NOTICE") whether it will use the proceeds of
the affected Borrowing for the purposes specified in such Proposal Notice, and,
if the proceeds will be used for such purposes, the Commitment of each Lender
that delivered a Termination Notice shall terminate immediately upon receipt by
such Lender of such Intention Notice. Upon such termination, the
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Borrower shall (i) immediately repay all of such Lender's outstanding Base Rate
Advances, together with accrued interest thereon, (ii) repay all of such
Lender's outstanding Adjusted CD Rate Advances and Eurodollar Rate Advances,
together with accrued interest thereon, at the end of the respective Interest
Periods applicable thereto and (iii) repay all of such Lender's outstanding
Auction Advances, together with accrued interest thereon, at the respective
maturity dates therefor. All accrued fees with respect to such Lender's
Commitment shall be payable on the date of receipt of the applicable Intention
Notice.
SECTION 2.06. REPAYMENT OF CONTRACT ADVANCES. The Borrower shall repay
the principal amount of each Contract Advance made by each Lender in accordance
with the Contract Note to the order of such Lender.
SECTION 2.07. INTEREST ON CONTRACT ADVANCES. The Borrower shall pay
interest on the unpaid principal amount of each Contract Advance made by each
Lender from the date of such Contract Advance until such principal amount shall
be paid in full, at the following rates PER ANNUM:
(a) BASE RATE ADVANCES. If such Contract Advance is a Base Rate
Advance, a rate PER ANNUM equal at all times to the sum of the Base
Rate in effect from time to time PLUS the Applicable Margin for such
Base Rate in effect from time to time, payable quarterly on the last
day of each March, June, September and December during such periods and
on the date such Base Rate Advance shall be Converted or paid in full.
(b) ADJUSTED CD RATE ADVANCES. If such Contract Advance is an
Adjusted CD Rate Advance, a rate PER ANNUM equal at all times during
each Interest Period for such Contract Advance to the sum of the
Adjusted CD Rate for such Interest Period PLUS the Applicable Margin
for such Adjusted CD Rate in effect from time to time, payable on the
last day of each Interest Period for such Adjusted CD Rate Advance and
on the date such Adjusted CD Rate Advance shall be Converted or paid in
full.
(c) EURODOLLAR RATE ADVANCES. Subject to Section 2.08, if such
Contract Advance is a Eurodollar Rate Advance, a rate PER ANNUM equal
at all times during each Interest Period for such Contract Advance to
the sum of the Eurodollar Rate for such Interest Period PLUS the
Applicable Margin for such Eurodollar Rate Advance in effect from time
to time, payable on the last day of each Interest Period for such
Eurodollar Rate Advance and on the date such Eurodollar Rate Advance
shall be Converted or paid in full.
SECTION 2.08. ADDITIONAL INTEREST ON CONTRACT ADVANCES. The Borrower
shall pay to each Lender, so long as such Lender shall be required
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under regulations of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System to
maintain reserves with respect to liabilities or assets consisting of or
including Eurocurrency Liabilities, additional interest on the unpaid principal
amount of each Eurodollar Rate Advance of such Lender, from the date of such
Contract Advance until such principal amount is paid in full, at an interest
rate PER ANNUM equal at all times to the remainder obtained by subtracting (i)
the Eurodollar Rate for the Interest Period for such Contract Advance from (ii)
the rate obtained by dividing such Eurodollar Rate by a percentage equal to 100%
minus the Eurodollar Rate Reserve Percentage of such Lender for such Interest
Period, payable on each date on which interest is payable on such Contract
Advance. Such additional interest shall be determined by such Lender and
notified to the Borrower through the Agent, and such determination shall be
conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest error.
SECTION 2.09. INTEREST RATE DETERMINATION. (a) Each Reference Bank
agrees to furnish to the Agent timely information for the purpose of determining
each Adjusted CD Rate or Eurodollar Rate, as applicable. If any one or more of
the Reference Banks shall not furnish such timely information to the Agent for
the purpose of determining any such interest rate, the Agent shall determine
such interest rate on the basis of timely information furnished by the remaining
Reference Banks.
(b) The Agent shall give prompt notice to the Borrower and the
Lenders of the applicable interest rate determined by the Agent for purposes of
Section 2.07(a), (b) or (c), and the applicable rate, if any, furnished by each
Reference Bank for the purpose of determining the applicable interest rate under
Section 2.07(b) or (c).
(c) If fewer than two Reference Banks furnish timely information to
the Agent for determining the Adjusted CD Rate for any Adjusted CD Rate
Advances, or the Eurodollar Rate for any Eurodollar Rate Advances,
(i) the Agent shall forthwith notify the Borrower and the
Lenders that the interest rate cannot be determined for such Adjusted
CD Rate Advances or Eurodollar Rate Advances, as the case may be,
(ii) each such Advance will automatically, on the last day of
the then existing Interest Period therefor, Convert into a Base Rate
Advance (or if such Advance is then a Base Rate Advance, will continue
as a Base Rate Advance), and
(iii) the obligation of the Lenders to make, or to Convert
Contract Advances into, Adjusted CD Rate Advances or Eurodollar Rate
Advances, as the case may be, shall be suspended until the Agent shall
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notify the Borrower and the Lenders that the circumstances causing such
suspension no longer exist.
(d) If, with respect to any Eurodollar Rate Advances, the Majority
Lenders notify the Agent that the Eurodollar Rate for any Interest Period for
such Advances will not adequately reflect the cost to such Majority Lenders of
making, funding or maintaining their respective Eurodollar Rate Advances for
such Interest Period, the Agent shall forthwith so notify the Borrower and the
Lenders, whereupon
(i) each Eurodollar Rate Advance will automatically, on the
last day of the then existing Interest Period therefor, Convert into a
Base Rate Advance, and
(ii) the obligation of the Lenders to make, or to Convert
Contract Advances into, Eurodollar Rate Advances shall be suspended
until the Agent shall notify the Borrower and the Lenders that the
circumstances causing such suspension no longer exist.
(e) If the Borrower shall fail to select the duration of any Interest
Period for any Adjusted CD Rate Advances or any Eurodollar Rate Advances in
accordance with the provisions contained in the definition of "Interest Period"
in Section 1.01, the Agent will forthwith so notify the Borrower and the Lenders
and such Advances will automatically, on the last day of the then existing
Interest Period therefor, Convert into Base Rate Advances.
(f) On the date on which the aggregate unpaid principal amount of
Contract Advances made in connection with any Contract Borrowing shall be
reduced, by payment or prepayment or otherwise, to less than $10,000,000, such
Contract Advances shall, if they are Advances of a Type other than Base Rate
Advances, automatically Convert into Base Rate Advances, and on and after such
date the right of the Borrower to Convert such Contract Advances into Advances
of a Type other than Base Rate Advances shall terminate; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that
if and so long as each such Contract Advance shall be of the same Type and have
the same Interest Period as Contract Advances made in connection with another
Contract Borrowing or other Contract Borrowings, and the aggregate unpaid
principal amount of all such Contract Advances shall equal or exceed
$10,000,000, the Borrower shall have the right to continue all such Contract
Advances as, or to Convert all such Contract Advances into, Advances of such
Type having such Interest Period.
SECTION 2.10. VOLUNTARY CONVERSION OF CONTRACT ADVANCES. The Borrower
may on any Business Day, upon notice given to the Agent not later than 11:00
A.M. (New York City time) on the third Business Day prior to the date of the
proposed Conversion and subject to the provisions of Sections 2.09 and 2.13,
Convert all Contract Advances of one Type made in connection with
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the same Contract Borrowing into Advances of another Type; PROVIDED, HOWEVER,
that any Conversion of, or with respect to, any Adjusted CD Rate Advances or
Eurodollar Rate Advances into Advances of another Type shall be made on, and
only on, the last day of an Interest Period for such Adjusted CD Rate Advances
or Eurodollar Rate Advances, unless the Borrower shall also reimburse the
Lenders in respect thereof pursuant to Section 8.04(b) on the date of such
Conversion; and PROVIDED FURTHER, HOWEVER, that if, on the date of any proposed
Conversion, any Event of Default or event that would constitute an Event of
Default but for the requirement that notice be given or time elapse or both
shall have occurred and be continuing, all Contract Advances subject to such
proposed Conversion shall, on such date, automatically Convert into, or remain
as, as the case may be, Base Rate Advances. Each such notice of a Conversion
shall, within the restrictions specified above, specify (i) the date of such
Conversion, (ii) the Contract Advances to be Converted, and (iii) if such
Conversion is into, or with respect to, Adjusted CD Rate Advances or Eurodollar
Rate Advances, the duration of the Interest Period for each such Contract
Advance.
SECTION 2.11. PREPAYMENTS. (a) OPTIONAL. The Borrower may, upon at
least two Business Days' notice to the Agent stating the proposed date and
aggregate principal amount of the prepayment, and if such notice is given the
Borrower shall, prepay the outstanding principal amounts of the Advances made as
part of the same Contract Borrowing in whole or ratably in part, together with
accrued interest to the date of such prepayment on the principal amount prepaid;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that (i) each partial prepayment shall be in an aggregate
principal amount not less than $10,000,000 and (ii) in the case of any such
prepayment of an Adjusted CD Advance or Eurodollar Rate Advance, the Borrower
shall be obligated to reimburse the Lenders in respect thereof pursuant to
Section 8.04(b) on the date of such prepayment.
(b) MANDATORY. Upon each disposition of assets or capital stock
described in Section 5.02(c), the Agent shall apply amounts received from the
Borrower pursuant to clause (B) of Section 5.02(c) to the prepayment of Advances
outstanding hereunder in the following order of priority:
FIRST, to the prepayment in whole or ratably in part of the
principal amount of all outstanding Contract Advances together with accrued
interest to the date of such prepayment on the principal amount prepaid, and
SECOND, to the prepayment in whole or ratably in part of the
principal amount of outstanding Auction Advances together with accrued interest
to the date of such prepayment on the principal amount prepaid, in the order of
their maturities.
SECTION 2.12. INCREASED COSTS. (a) If, due to either (i) the
introduction of or any change (other than any change by way of imposition or
increase of reserve requirements, in the case of Adjusted CD Rate Advances,
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included in the Adjusted CD Rate Reserve Percentage or, in the case of
Eurodollar Rate Advances, included in the Eurodollar Rate Reserve Percentage) in
or in the interpretation of any law or regulation or (ii) the compliance with
any guideline or request from any central bank or other governmental authority
(whether or not having the force of law), there shall be any increase in the
cost to any Lender of agreeing to make or making, funding or maintaining
Adjusted CD Rate Advances, Eurodollar Rate Advances or any other Advances, then
the Borrower shall from time to time, upon demand by such Lender (with a copy of
such demand to the Agent), pay to the Agent for the account of such Lender
additional amounts sufficient to compensate such Lender for such increased cost.
A certificate as to the amount of such increased cost, submitted to the Borrower
and the Agent by such Lender, shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes,
absent manifest error.
(b) If any Lender determines that compliance with any law or
regulation or any guideline or request from any central bank or other
governmental authority (whether or not having the force of law) affects or would
affect the amount of capital required or expected to be maintained by such
Lender or any corporation controlling such Lender and that the amount of such
capital is increased by or based upon the existence of such Lender's commitment
to lend hereunder and other commitments of this type or the Advances, then, upon
demand by such Lender (with a copy of such demand to the Agent), the Borrower
shall immediately pay to the Agent for the account of such Lender, from time to
time as specified by such Lender, additional amounts sufficient to compensate
such Lender or such corporation in the light of such circumstances, to the
extent that such Lender determines such increase in capital to be allocable to
the existence of such Lender's commitment to lend hereunder or the Advances made
by such Lender. A certificate as to such amounts submitted to the Borrower and
the Agent by such Lender shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes,
absent manifest error.
SECTION 2.13. ILLEGALITY. Notwithstanding any other provision of
this Agreement, if any Lender shall notify the Agent that the introduction of or
any change in or in the interpretation of any law or regulation makes it
unlawful, or any central bank or other governmental authority asserts that it is
unlawful, for any Lender or its Eurodollar Lending Office to perform its
obligations hereunder to make Eurodollar Rate Advances or to fund or maintain
Eurodollar Rate Advances hereunder, (i) the obligation of the Lenders to make,
or to Convert Contract Advances into, Eurodollar Rate Advances shall be
suspended until the Agent shall notify the Borrower and the Lenders that the
circumstances causing such suspension no longer exist and (ii) the Borrower
shall forthwith prepay in full all Eurodollar Rate Advances of all Lenders then
outstanding, together with interest accrued thereon, unless the Borrower, within
five Business Days of notice from the Agent, Converts all Eurodollar Rate
Advances of all Lenders then outstanding into Advances of another Type in
accordance with Section 2.10.
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SECTION 2.14. PAYMENTS AND COMPUTATIONS. (a) The Borrower shall
make each payment hereunder and under the Notes not later than 11:00 A.M. (New
York City time) on the day when due in U.S. dollars to the Agent at its address
referred to in Section 8.02 in same day funds. The Agent will promptly
thereafter cause to be distributed like funds relating to the payment of
principal or interest or commitment and auction facility fees ratably (other
than amounts payable pursuant to Section 2.02(c), 2.03, 2.08, 2.12, 2.15 or
8.04(b)) to the Lenders for the account of their respective Applicable Lending
Offices, and like funds relating to the payment of any other amount payable to
any Lender to such Lender for the account of its Applicable Lending Office, in
each case to be applied in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. Upon its
acceptance of an Assignment and Acceptance and recording of the information
contained therein in the Register pursuant to Section 8.07(d), from and after
the effective date specified in such Assignment and Acceptance, the Agent shall
make all payments hereunder and under the Notes in respect of the interest
assigned thereby to the Lender assignee thereunder, and the parties to such
Assignment and Acceptance shall make all appropriate adjustments in such
payments for periods prior to such effective date directly between themselves.
(b) The Borrower hereby authorizes each Lender, if and to the
extent payment owed to such Lender is not made when due hereunder or under any
Note held by such Lender, to charge from time to time against any or all of the
Borrower's accounts with such Lender any amount so due.
(c) All computations of interest based on the Base Rate shall be
made by the Agent on the basis of a year of 365 or 366 days, as the case may be,
and all computations of interest based on the Adjusted CD Rate, the Eurodollar
Rate or the Federal Funds Rate and of commitment fees, auction facility fees and
interest payable on Auction Advances shall be made by the Agent, and all
computations of interest pursuant to Section 2.08 shall be made by a Lender, on
the basis of a year of 360 days, in each case for the actual number of days
(including the first day but excluding the last day) occurring in the period for
which such interest or commitment fees are payable. Each determination by the
Agent (or, in the case of Section 2.08, by a Lender) of an interest rate
hereunder shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest
error.
(d) Whenever any payment hereunder or under the Notes shall be
stated to be due on a day other than a Business Day, such payment shall be made
on the next succeeding Business Day, and such extension of time shall in such
case be included in the computation of payment of interest or commitment fee, as
the case may be; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, if such extension would cause payment of
interest on or principal of Eurodollar Rate Advances to be made in the next
following calendar month, such payment shall be made on the next preceding
Business Day.
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(e) Unless the Agent shall have received notice from the Borrower
prior to the date on which any payment is due to the Lenders hereunder that the
Borrower will not make such payment in full, the Agent may assume that the
Borrower has made such payment in full to the Agent on such date and the Agent
may, in reliance upon such assumption, cause to be distributed to each Lender on
such due date an amount equal to the amount then due such Lender. If and to the
extent that the Borrower shall not have so made such payment in full to the
Agent, each Lender shall repay to the Agent forthwith on demand such amount
distributed to such Lender together with interest thereon, for each day from the
date such amount is distributed to such Lender until the date such Lender repays
such amount to the Agent, at the Federal Funds Rate.
(f) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, any
amount payable by the Borrower hereunder or under any Note that is not paid when
due (whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) shall (to the
fullest extent permitted by law) bear interest from the date when due until paid
in full at a rate PER ANNUM equal at all times to the Base Rate plus 2%, payable
upon demand.
SECTION 2.15. TAXES. (a) Any and all payments by the Borrower
hereunder or under the Contract Notes shall be made, in accordance with Section
2.14, free and clear of and without deduction for any and all present or future
taxes, levies, imposts, deductions, charges or withholdings, and all liabilities
with respect thereto, EXCLUDING, in the case of each Lender and the Agent, taxes
imposed on its income, and franchise taxes imposed on it, by the jurisdiction
under the laws of which such Lender or the Agent (as the case may be) is
organized or any political subdivision thereof and, in the case of each Lender,
taxes imposed on its income, and franchise taxes imposed on it, by the
jurisdiction of such Lender's Applicable Lending Office or any political
subdivision thereof (all such non-excluded taxes, levies, imposts, deductions,
charges, withholdings and liabilities being hereinafter referred to as "TAXES").
If the Borrower shall be required by law to deduct any Taxes from or in respect
of any sum payable hereunder or under any Note to any Lender or the Agent, (i)
the sum payable shall be increased as may be necessary so that after making all
required deductions (including deductions applicable to additional sums payable
under this Section 2.15) such Lender or the Agent (as the case may be) receives
an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such deductions been
made, (ii) the Borrower shall make such deductions and (iii) the Borrower shall
pay the full amount deducted to the relevant taxation authority or other
authority in accordance with applicable law.
(b) In addition, the Borrower agrees to pay any present or future
stamp or documentary taxes or any other excise or property taxes, charges or
similar levies which arise from any payment made hereunder or under the
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Notes or from the execution, delivery or registration of, or otherwise with
respect to, this Agreement or the Notes (hereinafter referred to as "OTHER
TAXES").
(c) The Borrower will indemnify each Lender and the Agent for the
full amount of Taxes or Other Taxes (including, without limitation, any Taxes or
Other Taxes imposed by any jurisdiction on amounts payable under this Section
2.15) paid by such Lender or the Agent (as the case may be) and any liability
(including penalties, interest and expenses) arising therefrom or with respect
thereto, whether or not such Taxes or Other Taxes were correctly or legally
asserted. This indemnification shall be made within 30 days from the date such
Lender or the Agent (as the case may be) makes written demand therefor.
(d) Prior to the date of the initial Borrowing in the case of each
Bank, and on the date of the Assignment and Acceptance pursuant to which it
became a Lender in the case of each other Lender, and from time to time
thereafter if requested by the Borrower or the Agent, each Lender organized
under the laws of a jurisdiction outside the United States shall provide the
Agent and the Borrower with the forms prescribed by the Internal Revenue Service
of the United States certifying that such Lender is exempt from United States
withholding taxes with respect to all payments to be made to such Lender
hereunder and under the Notes. If for any reason during the term of this
Agreement, any Lender becomes unable to submit the forms referred to above or
the information or representations contained therein are no longer accurate in
any material respect, such Lender shall notify the Agent and the Borrower in
writing to that effect. Unless the Borrower and the Agent have received forms or
other documents satisfactory to them indicating that payments hereunder or under
any Note are not subject to United States withholding tax, the Borrower or the
Agent shall withhold taxes from such payments at the applicable statutory rate
in the case of payments to or for any Lender organized under the laws of a
jurisdiction outside the United States.
(e) Any Lender claiming any additional amounts payable pursuant to
this Section 2.15 shall use its best efforts (consistent with its internal
policy and legal and regulatory restrictions) to change the jurisdiction of its
Applicable Lending Office if the making of such a change would avoid the need
for, or reduce the amount of, any such additional amounts which may thereafter
accrue and would not, in the reasonable judgment of such Lender, be otherwise
disadvantageous to such Lender.
(f) If the Borrower makes any additional payment to any Lender
pursuant to this Section 2.15 in respect of any Taxes or Other Taxes, and such
Lender determines that it has received (i) a refund of such Taxes or Other Taxes
or (ii) a credit against or relief or remission for, or a reduction in the
amount of, any tax or other governmental charge solely as a result of any
deduction or credit for any Taxes or Other Taxes with respect to which it has
received payments under this Section 2.15, such Lender shall, to the extent that
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it can do so without prejudice to the retention of such refund, credit, relief,
remission or reduction, pay to the Borrower such amount as such Lender shall
have determined to be attributable to the deduction or withholding of such Taxes
of Other Taxes. If such Lender later determines that it was not entitled to such
refund, credit, relief, remission or reduction to the full extent of any payment
made pursuant to the first sentence of this Section 2.15(f), the Borrower shall
upon demand of such Lender promptly repay the amount of such overpayment. Any
determination made by such Lender pursuant to this Section 2.15(f) shall in the
absence of bad faith or manifest error be conclusive, and nothing in this
Section 2.15(f) shall be construed as requiring any Lender to conduct its
business or to arrange or alter in any respect its tax or financial affairs so
that it is entitled to receive such a refund, credit or reduction or as allowing
any Person to inspect any records, including tax returns, of any Lender.
(g) Without prejudice to the survival of any other agreement of
the Borrower hereunder, the agreements and obligations of the Borrower contained
in this Section 2.15 shall survive the payment in full of principal and interest
hereunder and under the Notes.
SECTION 2.16. SHARING OF PAYMENTS, ETC. If any Lender shall obtain
any payment (whether voluntary, involuntary, through the exercise of any right
of set-off, or otherwise) on account of the Contract Advances made by it (other
than pursuant to Section 2.02(c), 2.08, 2.12, 2.15 or 8.04(b)) in excess of its
ratable share of payments on account of the Contract Advances obtained by all
the Lenders, such Lender shall forthwith purchase from the other Lenders such
participations in the Contract Advances made by them as shall be necessary to
cause such purchasing Lender to share the excess payment ratably with each of
them, PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that if all or any portion of such excess payment is
thereafter recovered from such purchasing Lender, such purchase from each Lender
shall be rescinded and such Lender shall repay to the purchasing Lender the
purchase price to the extent of such recovery together with an amount equal to
such Lender's ratable share (according to the proportion of (i) the amount of
such Lender's required repayment to (ii) the total amount so recovered from the
purchasing Lender) of any interest or other amount paid or payable by the
purchasing Lender in respect of the total amount so recovered. The Borrower
agrees that any Lender so purchasing a participation from another Lender
pursuant to this Section 2.16 may, to the fullest extent permitted by law,
exercise all its rights of payment (including the right of set-off) with respect
to such participation as fully as if such Lender were the direct creditor of the
Borrower in the amount of such participation.
SECTION 2.17. EXTENSION OF TERMINATION DATE. At least 90 but not
more than 120 days prior to the then-scheduled Termination Date, the Borrower
may (on no more than two such occasions) request the Lenders, by written notice
to the Agent, to consent to a 360-day extension of the Termination Date. Each
Lender may, in its sole and absolute discretion, determine whether to consent to
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such request and may by a revocable notice (a "CONSENT NOTICE") to the Agent
given within 60 days after such Lender's receipt of such request (such 60-day
period being the "CONSENT PERIOD") notify the Agent of its determination.
Failure by any Lender to respond within the Consent Period shall be deemed to be
a denial of the Borrower's request by such Lender. Any Lender may revoke its
Consent Notice at any time on or prior to the day immediately preceding the
Termination Date then in effect (without giving effect to the extension
requested by the Borrower); PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that any Consent Notice not
revoked by means of a written notice of revocation delivered by such Lender to
the Agent on or prior to such day shall become irrevocable on the Termination
Date then in effect. If all of the Lenders shall have delivered Consent Notices
and such Consent Notices shall have become irrevocable in accordance with the
foregoing, then the Termination Date shall be so extended (and the Agent shall
so notify the Borrower and the Lenders), such extension to be effective as of
the Termination Date theretofore in effect upon the delivery by the Borrower to
the Agent and each Lender, on or prior to such date, of (i) a certificate of a
duly authorized officer of the Borrower, dated such date, as to the accuracy,
both before and after giving effect to such proposed extension, of the
representations and warranties set forth in Section 4.01 and as to the absence,
both before and after giving effect to such proposed extension, of any Event of
Default or event that with the giving of notice or the passage of time or both
would constitute an Event of Default and (ii) an opinion of counsel to the
Borrower as to the extension of the Termination Date and such other matters as
any Lender, through the Agent, may reasonably request.
ARTICLE III
CONDITIONS OF LENDING
SECTION 3.01. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO INITIAL ADVANCES. The
obligation of each Lender to make its initial Advance is subject to the
satisfaction, prior to or concurrently with the making of such initial Advance,
of each of the following conditions precedent:
(a) DOCUMENTS AND OTHER AGREEMENTS. The Agent shall have received
on or before the day of the initial Borrowing the following, each dated the same
date, in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent and (except for the Notes)
with one copy for each Lender:
(i) The Contract Notes payable to the order of each of the
Lenders, respectively;
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(ii) Certified copies of the resolutions of the Board of
Directors of the Borrower approving this Agreement and the issuance of
the Notes, and of all documents evidencing other necessary corporate
action with respect to this Agreement and the Notes;
(iii) A certificate of the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of
the Borrower certifying (A) the names and true signatures of the
officers of the Borrower authorized to sign this Agreement and the
Notes and the other documents to be delivered hereunder; (B) that
attached thereto are true and correct copies of the Certificate of
Incorporation and the By-laws of the Borrower, in each case in effect
on such date; and (C) that attached thereto are true and correct copies
of all governmental and regulatory authorizations and approvals
required for the due execution, delivery and performance of this
Agreement and the Notes;
(iv) A favorable opinion of Blackwell, Sanders, Matheny, Weary &
Lombardi, counsel for the Borrower, substantially in the form of
Exhibit D-1 hereto and as to such other matters as any Lender through
the Agent may reasonably request;
(v) Favorable opinions of special regulatory counsel for the
Borrower, each substantially in the form of Exhibit D-2 hereto and as
to such other matters as any Lender through the Agent may reasonably
request;
(vi) A favorable opinion of King & Spalding, counsel for the
Agent, substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto;
(vii) Federal Reserve Form U-1 provided for in Regulation U
issued by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the
statements made in which shall be such as to permit the transactions
contemplated hereby in accordance with said Regulation U; and
(viii) An irrevocable notice from the Borrower requesting
termination of the "COMMITMENTS" under the Existing Facility effective
automatically on the date hereof upon the satisfaction (or waiver) of
the other conditions precedent set forth in this Section 3.01.
(b) PAYMENT OF FEES. The Borrower shall have paid all fees under
or referenced in Section 2.04 and any arrangement fees payable to the Agent, to
the extent then due and payable.
SECTION 3.02. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO EACH CONTRACT BORROWING. The
obligation of each Lender to make a Contract Advance on the occasion of each
Contract Borrowing (including the initial Contract Borrowing) shall be subject
to the further conditions precedent that on the date of such Contract
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Borrowing (i) the following statements shall be true (and each of the giving of
the applicable Notice of a Contract Borrowing and the acceptance by the Borrower
of the proceeds of such Contract Borrowing shall constitute a representation and
warranty by the Borrower that on the date of such Contract Borrowing such
statements are true):
(A) The representations and warranties contained in Section 4.01
are correct on and as of the date of such Contract Borrowing, before
and after giving effect to such Contract Borrowing and to the
application of the proceeds therefrom, as though made on and as of
such date;
(B) No event has occurred and is continuing, or would result
from such Contract Borrowing or from the application of the proceeds
therefrom, that constitutes an Event of Default or would constitute an
Event of Default but for the requirement that notice be given or time
elapse or both;
and (ii) the Agent shall have received such other approvals, opinions or
documents as any Lender through the Agent may reasonably request.
SECTION 3.03. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO EACH AUCTION BORROWING. The
obligation of each Lender that is to make an Auction Advance on the occasion of
an Auction Borrowing (including the initial Auction Borrowing) to make such
Auction Advance as part of such Auction Borrowing is subject to the conditions
precedent that (i) the Agent shall have received the written confirmatory Notice
of an Auction Borrowing with respect thereto, (ii) on or before the date of such
Auction Borrowing, but prior to such Auction Borrowing, the Agent shall have
received an Auction Note payable to the order of such Lender for each of the
Auction Advances to be made by such Lender as part of such Auction Borrowing, in
a principal amount equal to the principal amount of the Auction Advance to be
evidenced thereby and otherwise on such terms as were agreed to for such Auction
Advance in accordance with Section 2.03, and (iii) on the date of such Auction
Borrowing the following statements shall be true (and each of the giving of the
applicable Notice of an Auction Borrowing and the acceptance by the Borrower of
the proceeds of such Auction Borrowing shall constitute a representation and
warranty by the Borrower that on the date of such Auction Borrowing such
statements are true):
(A) The representations and warranties contained in Section 4.01
are correct on and as of the date of such Auction Borrowing, before and
after giving effect to such Auction Borrowing and to the application of
the proceeds therefrom, as though made on and as of such date, and
(B) No event has occurred and is continuing, or would result
from such Auction Borrowing or from the application of the proceeds
therefrom, which constitutes an Event of Default or which would
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constitute an Event of Default but for the requirement that notice be
given or time elapse or both.
ARTICLE IV
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
SECTION 4.01. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE BORROWER.
The Borrower represents and warrants as follows:
(a) Each of the Borrower and each of its subsidiaries is a
corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under
the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation and is duly qualified
to do business as a foreign corporation in each jurisdiction in which
the nature of the business conducted or the property owned, operated or
leased by it requires such qualification, except where failure to so
qualify would not materially adversely affect its condition (financial
or otherwise), operations, business, properties, or prospects.
(b) The execution, delivery and performance by the Borrower of
this Agreement and the Notes are within the Borrower's corporate
powers, have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action,
and do not contravene (i) the Borrower's charter or by-laws, (ii) law
or (iii) any contractual or legal restriction binding on or affecting
the Borrower or its properties.
(c) No authorization or approval or other action by, and no notice
to or filing with, any governmental authority or regulatory body is
required for the due execution, delivery and performance by the
Borrower of this Agreement or the Notes.
(d) This Agreement is, and the Notes when delivered hereunder will
be, legal, valid and binding obligations of the Borrower enforceable
against the Borrower in accordance with their respective terms.
(e) The balance sheet of the Borrower and its subsidiaries as at
December 31, 1992, and the related statements of income, retained
earnings and cash flows of the Borrower and its subsidiaries for the
fiscal year then ended, certified by Arthur Andersen, and the unaudited
balance sheet of the Borrower and its subsidiaries as at September 30,
1993 and the related unaudited statements of income, retained earnings
and cash flows for the nine-month period then ended, copies of which
have been
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furnished to each Bank, fairly present (subject, in the case of such
balance sheet and statements of income for the nine-month period ended
September 30, 1993, to year-end adjustments) the financial condition of
the Borrower and its subsidiaries as at such dates and the results of
the operations of the Borrower and its subsidiaries for the periods
ended on such dates, all in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles consistently applied, and since December 31,
1992, there has been no material adverse change in the condition
(financial or otherwise), operations, business, properties or prospects
of the Borrower or any of its subsidiaries as reflected in such
financial statements.
(f) There is no pending or threatened action or proceeding
affecting the Borrower or any of its Significant Subsidiaries before
any court, governmental agency or arbitrator that could reasonably be
expected to materially adversely affect the condition (financial or
otherwise), operations, business, properties or prospects of the
Borrower or any Significant Subsidiary or that purports to affect the
legality, validity, binding effect or enforceability of this Agreement
or any Note.
(g) No proceeds of any Advance have been or will be used directly
or indirectly in connection with (i) the acquisition of in excess of 5%
of any class of equity securities that is registered pursuant to
Section 12 of the Exchange Act, (ii) any transaction subject to the
requirements of Section 13 of the Exchange Act or (iii) any transaction
subject to the requirements of Section 14 of the Exchange Act, except
in compliance with the provisions of Section 2.05(c) hereof.
(h) The Borrower is not engaged in the business of extending
credit for the purpose of purchasing or carrying margin stock (within
the meaning of Regulation U issued by the Board of Governors of the
Federal Reserve System), and, except as contemplated by Section
2.05(c), no proceeds of any Advance will be used to purchase or carry
any margin stock or to extend credit to others for the purpose of
purchasing or carrying any margin stock. Not more than 25% of the value
of the assets of the Borrower and its subsidiaries is, on the date
hereof, represented by margin stock.
(i) The Borrower (i) is not a "public utility holding company"
within the meaning of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935,
as amended, and (ii) is not an "investment company" or a company
"controlled" by an "investment company" within the meaning of the
Investment Company Act, or an "investment advisor" within the meaning
of the Investment Company Act.
(j) No ERISA Termination Event has occurred, or is reasonably
expect to occur, with respect to any ERISA Plan that may
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materially and adversely affect the condition (financial or otherwise),
operations, business, properties or prospects of the Borrower and its
subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
(k) No proceeds of any Advance have been or will be used directly
or indirectly for any purpose that entails a violation of, or that is
inconsistent with, the provisions of Regulation G, T, U, or X of the
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
ARTICLE V
COVENANTS OF THE BORROWER
SECTION 5.01. AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS. So long as any Note or any
amount payable by the Borrower hereunder shall remain unpaid or any Lender shall
have any Commitment hereunder, the Borrower will, and, in the case of Sections
5.01(a) and 5.01(d), will cause its subsidiaries to, unless the Majority Lenders
shall otherwise consent in writing:
(a) KEEP BOOKS; CORPORATE EXISTENCE; MAINTENANCE OF PROPERTIES;
COMPLIANCE WITH LAWS; INSURANCE; TAXES.
(i) keep proper books of record and account, all in accordance
with generally accepted accounting principles;
(ii) preserve and keep in full force and effect its existence and
preserve and keep in full force and effect its licenses, rights and
franchises to the extent necessary to carry on its business;
(iii) maintain and keep, or cause to be maintained and kept, its
properties in good repair, working order and condition, and from time
to time make or cause to be made all needful and proper repairs,
renewals, replacements and improvements, in each case to the extent
such properties are not obsolete and are necessary to carry on its
business;
(iv) comply in all material respects with all applicable laws,
rules, regulations and orders, such compliance to include, without
limitation, paying before the same become delinquent all taxes,
assessments and governmental charges imposed upon it or its property,
except to the extent being contested in good faith by appropriate
proceedings, and compliance with ERISA and Environmental Laws; and
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(v) maintain insurance with responsible and reputable insurance
companies or associations in such amounts and covering such risks as is
usually carried by companies engaged in similar businesses and owning
similar properties in the same general areas in which it operates.
(b) DEBT TO TOTAL CAPITALIZATION RATIO. Maintain at all times a
ratio of Debt to Total Capitalization of not more than .65 to 1.0.
(c) CONSOLIDATED TANGIBLE NET WORTH. Maintain at all times
Consolidated Tangible Net Worth of not less than $400,000,000.
(d) USE OF PROCEEDS. Use the proceeds of any Borrowings hereunder
(i) exclusively for general corporate purposes, including working capital
requirements, support for its commercial paper programs and acquisitions of
energy-related assets or Persons strictly in accordance with the provisions set
forth in Sections 2.05(c) and 4.01(k) and (ii) in strict compliance with all
applicable laws and governmental and regulatory approvals.
(e) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS. Furnish to the Lenders:
(i) as soon as available and in any event within 45 days
after the end of each of the first three quarters of each fiscal year
of the Borrower, (A) consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its
subsidiaries as of the end of such quarter and (B) consolidated
statements of income, retained earnings and cash flows of the Borrower
and its subsidiaries for the period commencing at the end of the
previous fiscal year and ending with the end of such quarter, each
certified by the chief financial officer of the Borrower;
(ii) as soon as available and in any event within 120 days
after the end of each fiscal year of the Borrower, a copy of the annual
report for such year for the Borrower and its subsidiaries, containing
unqualified consolidated financial statements for such year, certified
by Arthur Andersen or another nationally recognized firm of independent
public accountants;
(iii) as soon as available and in any event within 45 days
after the end of each of the first three quarters of each fiscal year
of the Borrower and within 120 days after the end of the fiscal year of
the Borrower, a certificate of the chief financial officer of the
Borrower, substantially in the form of Exhibit F hereto, (A)
demonstrating, in reasonable detail and with supporting calculations,
compliance with the financial covenants set forth in Sections 5.01(b)
and (c) hereof and (B) stating that no Event of Default and no event
that, with the giving of notice or lapse of
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time or both, will constitute an Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing, or if an Event of Default or such event has occurred and
is continuing, a statement setting forth details of such Event of
Default or event and the action that the Borrower has taken and
proposes to take with respect thereto;
(iv) as soon as possible and in any event within five days
after the occurrence of each Event of Default and each event that, with
the giving of notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute an
Event of Default, continuing on the date of such statement, a statement
of the chief financial officer of the Borrower setting forth details of
such Event of Default or event and the actions that the Borrower has
taken and proposes to take with respect thereto;
(v) as soon as possible and in any event within five days
after the commencement of litigation against the Borrower or any of its
subsidiaries, or the receipt of a notice of default by the Borrower or
any of its subsidiaries, that could reasonably be expected to have a
material adverse effect on the Borrower or any of its subsidiaries,
notice of such litigation or notice of default describing in reasonable
detail the facts and circumstances concerning such litigation or
default and the Borrower's or such subsidiary's proposed actions in
connection therewith;
(vi) promptly after the sending or filing thereof, copies of
all reports that the Borrower sends to any of its securities holders,
and copies of all reports and registration statements which the
Borrower or any subsidiary files with the Securities and Exchange
Commission or any national securities exchange; and
(vii) such other information respecting the condition or
operations, financial or otherwise, of the Borrower or any of its
subsidiaries as any Lender through the Agent may from time to time
reasonably request.
SECTION 5.02. NEGATIVE COVENANTS. So long as any Note or any amount
payable by the Borrower hereunder shall remain unpaid or any Lender shall have
any Commitment hereunder, the Borrower will not, without the written consent of
the Majority Lenders:
(a) LIENS, ETC. Create or suffer to exist any lien, security
interest or other charge or encumbrance, or any other type of
preferential arrangement, upon or with respect to any of its
properties, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, or assign any
right to receive income, in each case to secure or provide for the
payment of any Debt, other than
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(i) liens securing Debt of the Borrower not in excess of $50,000,000 in
the aggregate outstanding at any time, (ii) liens created pursuant to
the First Mortgage Indenture dated January 1, 1946, as supplemented, and
the General Mortgage Indenture and Deed of Trust dated September 15,
1988, (iii) liens created by purchase money mortgages or other security
interests upon or in any property acquired or held (including, without
limitation, as lessee) by the Borrower in the ordinary course of
business to secure the purchase price of such property or to secure
indebtedness incurred solely for the purpose of financing the
acquisition or leasing of such property, (iv) liens and security
interests that may be required to be granted on accounts receivable in
connection with any sale thereof, (v)liens or security interests
existing on such property at the time of its acquisition (other than any
such lien or security interest created in contemplation of such
acquisition) and (vi) extensions and renewals of any lien or security
interest described in clauses (i) through (v) above, PROVIDED that (A)
any such extension or renewal shall be limited to the property
theretofore subject to such lien or security interest and (B) the
principal amount of the Debt secured by such lien or security interest
shall not be increased.
(b) MERGERS AND CONSOLIDATIONS. Merge or consolidate with or into
any Person, or permit any of its subsidiaries to do so, except (i) any
subsidiary of the Borrower may merge or consolidate with or into any
other subsidiary of the Borrower and (ii) any subsidiary of the Borrower
may merge with the Borrower and (iii) the Borrower or any subsidiary of
the Borrower may merge with any other Person, PROVIDED in each case
that, immediately after giving effect to such proposed transaction, (A)
no Event of Default or event that, with the giving of notice or lapse of
time, or both, would constitute an Event of Default would exist, (B) in
the case of any such transaction to which the Borrower is a party, the
Borrower is the surviving corporation, (C) the ratings assigned by S&P
or Moody's to the Borrower's senior unsecured indebtedness shall not be
lower than the ratings assigned by S&P or Moody's to the Borrower's
senior unsecured indebtedness immediately prior to giving effect to such
proposed transaction, (D) in the case of any such transaction to which
any subsidiary of the Borrower is a party, the surviving corporation is
a subsidiary of the Borrower, and (E) no Person (other than the
Borrower) and its Affiliates, collectively, shall have the ability to
elect a majority of the board of directors of the Borrower or any such
subsidiary or surviving corporation.
(c) DISPOSITION OF ASSETS. In any 12-month period, (i) sell,
lease, transfer, convey or otherwise dispose of (whether in one
transaction or in a series of transactions) in excess of 7.5% of the
total assets (whether now owned or hereafter acquired, EXCLUDING,
HOWEVER, accounts receivable of the Borrower) of the Borrower and its
subsidiaries (with such
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determination to be made in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles consistent with those applied in the preparation of the
financial statements referred to in Section 4.01(e)), or permit any
subsidiary to do so, or (ii) sell or otherwise dispose of (whether in one
transaction or in a series of transactions) in excess of 51% of the
shares of capital stock of any Significant Subsidiary, or permit any
Significant Subsidiary to issue, sell or otherwise dispose of in excess
of 51% of its shares of capital stock or the capital stock of any other
Significant Subsidiary, except to the Borrower or another subsidiary,
unless in either case described in clauses (i) and (ii) above, (A) the
consideration (as hereinafter defined) received for such assets or
capital stock, as the case may be, is at least equal to the higher of the
book value and the fair value (as determined in good faith by the board
of directors of the Borrower) thereof, and (B) such consideration (to the
extent that it relates to the disposition of assets or capital stock, as
the case may be, in excess of the 7.5% and 51% thresholds, respectively)
is delivered immediately to the Agent to be applied in accordance with
Section 2.11(b) to the prepayment of Advances then outstanding, together
with accrued interest to the date of such prepayment and any other
amounts payable hereunder, with the remainder, if any, to be returned to
the Borrower; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that each such prepayment shall be
applied PRO RATA to the Advances then outstanding hereunder and the
"Advances" then outstanding under the Three-Year Credit Agreement, if
any. As used in this Section 5.02(c), the term "consideration" shall mean
cash consideration or the fair value of non-cash consideration (as
determined in good faith by the board of directors of the Borrower).
ARTICLE VI
EVENTS OF DEFAULT
SECTION 6.01. EVENTS OF DEFAULT. If any of the following events
("EVENTS OF DEFAULT") shall occur and be continuing:
(a) The Borrower shall fail to pay any principal of any Advance
when the same becomes due and payable, or interest thereon or any other
amount payable under this Agreement or any of the Notes within two days
after the same becomes due and payable; or
(b) Any representation or warranty made by the Borrower herein or
by the Borrower (or any of its officers) in connection with this
Agreement shall prove to have been incorrect or misleading in any
material respect when made; or
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(c) The Borrower shall fail to perform or observe (i) any term,
covenant or agreement contained in Section 5.01(b), (c) or (d) or Section
5.02 or (ii) any other term, covenant or agreement contained in this
Agreement on its part to be performed or observed if the failure to
perform or observe such other term, covenant or agreement shall remain
unremedied for 30 days after written notice thereof shall have been given
to the Borrower by the Agent or any Lender; or
(d) The Borrower or any Significant Subsidiary shall fail to pay
any principal of or premium or interest on any Debt which is outstanding
in a principal amount in excess of $10,000,000 in the aggregate (but
excluding Debt evidenced by the Notes) of the Borrower or such
Significant Subsidiary (as the case may be) when the same becomes due and
payable (whether by scheduled maturity, required prepayment,
acceleration, demand or otherwise), and such failure shall continue after
the applicable grace period, if any, specified in the agreement or
instrument relating to such Debt; or any other event shall occur or
condition shall exist under any agreement or instrument relating to any
such Debt and shall continue after the applicable grace period, if any,
specified in such agreement or instrument, if the effect of such event or
condition is to accelerate, or to permit the acceleration of, the
maturity of such Debt; or any such Debt shall be declared to be due and
payable, or required to be prepaid (other than by a regularly scheduled
required prepayment), prior to the stated maturity thereof; or
(e) The Borrower or any of its Significant Subsidiaries shall
generally not pay its debts as such debts become due, or shall admit in
writing its inability to pay its debts generally, or shall make a general
assignment for the benefit of creditors; or any proceeding shall be
instituted by or against the Borrower or any of its Significant
Subsidiaries seeking to adjudicate it a bankrupt or insolvent, or seeking
liquidation, winding up, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment,
protection, relief, or composition of it or its debts under any law
relating to bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization or relief of
debtors, or seeking the entry of an order for relief or the appointment
of a receiver, trustee, custodian or other similar official for it or for
any substantial part of its property and, in the case of any such
proceeding instituted against it (but not instituted by it), either such
proceeding shall remain undismissed or unstayed for a period of 30 days,
or any of the actions sought in such proceeding (including, without
limitation, the entry of an order for relief against, or the appointment
of a receiver, trustee, custodian or other similar official for, it or
for any substantial part of its property) shall occur; or the Borrower or
any of its Significant Subsidiaries shall take any corporate action to
authorize or to consent to any of the actions set forth above in this
subsection (e); or
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(f) Any judgment or order for the payment of money in excess of
$10,000,000 shall be rendered against the Borrower or any of its
Significant Subsidiaries and either (i) enforcement proceedings shall
have been commenced by any creditor upon such judgment or order or (ii)
there shall be any period of 10 consecutive days during which a stay of
enforcement of such judgment or order, by reason of a pending appeal or
otherwise, shall not be in effect; or
(g) (i) An ERISA Plan of the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate of
the Borrower shall fail to maintain the minimum funding standards
required by Section 412 of the Code for any plan year or a waiver of
such standard is sought or granted under Section 412(d) of the Code, or
(ii) an ERISA Plan of the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate of the
Borrower is, shall have been or will be terminated or the subject of
termination proceedings under ERISA, or (iii) the Borrower or any ERISA
Affiliate of the Borrower has incurred or will incur a liability to or
on account of an ERISA Plan under Section 4062, 4063 or 4064 of ERISA
and there shall result from such event either a liability or a material
risk of incurring a liability to the PBGC or an ERISA Plan, or (iv) any
ERISA Termination Event with respect to an ERISA Plan of the Borrower or
any ERISA Affiliate of the Borrower shall have occurred, and in the case
of any event described in clauses (i) through (iv), (A) such event (if
correctable) shall not have been corrected and (B) the then-present
value of such ERISA Plan's vested benefits exceeds the then-current
value of assets accumulated in such ERISA Plan by more than the amount
of $10,000,000 (or in the case of an ERISA Termination Event involving
the withdrawal of a "substantial employer" (as defined in Section
4001(a)(2) of ERISA), the withdrawing employer's proportionate share of
such excess shall exceed such amount);
then, and in any such event, the Agent (i) shall at the request, or may with the
consent, of the Majority Lenders, by notice to the Borrower, declare the
obligation of each Lender to make Advances to be terminated, whereupon the same
shall forthwith terminate, and (ii) shall at the request, or may with the
consent, of the Majority Lenders, by notice to the Borrower, declare the Notes,
all interest thereon and all other amounts payable under this Agreement to be
forthwith due and payable, whereupon the Notes, all such interest and all such
amounts shall become and be forthwith due and payable, without presentment,
demand, protest or further notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly
waived by the Borrower; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that in the event of an actual or
deemed entry of an order for relief with respect to the Borrower or any of its
subsidiaries under the Federal Bankruptcy Code, (A) the obligation of each
Lender to make Advances shall automatically be terminated and (B) the Notes, all
such interest and all such amounts shall automatically become and be due and
payable, without presentment, demand, protest or any notice of any kind, all of
which are hereby expressly waived by the Borrower.
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ARTICLE VII
THE AGENT
SECTION 7.01. AUTHORIZATION AND ACTION. Each Lender hereby
appoints and authorizes the Agent to take such action as agent on its behalf and
to exercise such powers under this Agreement as are delegated to the Agent by
the terms hereof, together with such powers as are reasonably incidental
thereto. As to any matters not expressly provided for by this Agreement
(including, without limitation, enforcement or collection of the Notes), the
Agent shall not be required to exercise any discretion or take any action, but
shall be required to act or to refrain from acting (and shall be fully protected
in so acting or refraining from acting) upon the instructions of the Majority
Lenders, and such instructions shall be binding upon all Lenders and all holders
of Notes; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the Agent shall not be required to take any
action which exposes the Agent to personal liability or which is contrary to
this Agreement or applicable law. The Agent agrees to give to each Lender prompt
notice of each notice given to it by the Borrower pursuant to the terms of this
Agreement.
SECTION 7.02. AGENT'S RELIANCE, ETC. Neither the Agent nor any of
its directors, officers, agents or employees shall be liable for any action
taken or omitted to be taken by it or them under or in connection with this
Agreement, except for its or their own gross negligence or willful misconduct.
Without limitation of the generality of the foregoing, the Agent: (i) may treat
the payee of any Note as the holder thereof until the Agent receives and accepts
an Assignment and Acceptance entered into by the Lender which is the payee of
such Note, as assignor, and an Eligible Assignee, as assignee, as provided in
Section 8.07; (ii) may consult with legal counsel (including counsel for the
Borrower), independent public accountants and other experts selected by it and
shall not be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken in good faith by
it in accordance with the advice of such counsel, accountants or experts; (iii)
makes no warranty or representation to any Lender and shall not be responsible
to any Lender for any statements, warranties or representations (whether written
or oral) made in or in connection with this Agreement; (iv) shall not have any
duty to ascertain or to inquire as to the performance or observance of any of
the terms, covenants or conditions of this Agreement on the part of the Borrower
or to inspect the property (including the books and records) of the Borrower;
(v) shall not be responsible to any Lender for the due execution, legality,
validity, enforceability, genuineness, sufficiency or value of this Agreement or
any other instrument or document furnished pursuant hereto; and (vi)shall incur
no liability under or in respect of this Agreement by acting upon any notice,
consent, certificate or other instrument or writing (which may be by
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telecopier, telegram, cable or telex) believed by it to be genuine and signed or
sent by the proper party or parties.
SECTION 7.03. CITIBANK AND AFFILIATES. With respect to its
Commitment, the Advances made by it and the Notes issued to it, Citibank shall
have the same rights and powers under this Agreement as any other Lender and may
exercise the same as though it were not the Agent; and the term "Lender" or
"Lenders" shall, unless otherwise expressly indicated, include Citibank in its
individual capacity. Citibank and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend
money to, act as trustee under indentures of, and generally engage in any kind
of business with, the Borrower, any of its subsidiaries and any Person who may
do business with or own securities of the Borrower or any such subsidiary, all
as if Citibank were not the Agent and without any duty to account therefor to
the Lenders.
SECTION 7.04. LENDER CREDIT DECISION. Each Lender acknowledges
that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Agent or any other
Lender and based on the financial statements referred to in Section 4.01(e) and
such other documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own
credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also
acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Agent or
any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall deem
appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit decisions in taking or
not taking action under this Agreement.
SECTION 7.05. INDEMNIFICATION. The Lenders agree to indemnify the
Agent (to the extent not reimbursed by the Borrower), ratably according to the
respective principal amounts of the Contract Notes then held by each of them (or
if no Contract Notes are at the time outstanding or if any Contract Notes are
held by Persons which are not Lenders, ratably according to the respective
amounts of their Commitments), from and against any and all liabilities,
obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs,
expenses or disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever which may be imposed
on, incurred by, or asserted against the Agent in any way relating to or arising
out of this Agreement or any action taken or omitted by the Agent under this
Agreement, PROVIDED that no Lender shall be liable for any portion of such
liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits,
costs, expenses or disbursements resulting from the Agent's gross negligence or
wilful misconduct. Without limitation of the foregoing, each Lender agrees to
reimburse the Agent promptly upon demand for its ratable share of any
out-of-pocket expenses (including reasonable counsel fees) incurred by the Agent
in connection with the preparation, execution, delivery, administration,
modification, amendment or enforcement (whether through negotiations, legal
proceedings or otherwise) of, or legal advice in respect of rights or
responsibilities under, this Agreement, to the extent that such expenses are
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reimbursable by the Borrower but for which the Agent is not reimbursed by the
Borrower.
SECTION 7.06. SUCCESSOR AGENT. The Agent may resign at any time by
giving written notice thereof to the Lenders and the Borrower and may be removed
at any time with or without cause by the Majority Lenders. Upon any such
resignation or removal, the Majority Lenders shall have the right to appoint a
successor Agent. If no successor Agent shall have been so appointed by the
Majority Lenders, and shall have accepted such appointment, within 30 days after
the retiring Agent's giving of notice of resignation or the Majority Lenders'
removal of the retiring Agent, then the retiring Agent may, on behalf of the
Lenders, appoint a successor Agent, which shall be a commercial bank described
in clause (i) or (ii) of the definition of "Eligible Assignee" and having a
combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000. Upon the acceptance of any
appointment as Agent hereunder by a successor Agent, such successor Agent shall
thereupon succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges
and duties of the retiring Agent, and the retiring Agent shall be discharged
from its duties and obligations under this Agreement. After any retiring Agent's
resignation or removal hereunder as Agent, the provisions of this Article VII
shall inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it
while it was Agent under this Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if no
Event of Default, and no event that with the giving of notice or the passage of
time, or both, would constitute an Event of Default, shall have occurred and be
continuing, then no successor Agent shall be appointed under this Section 7.06
without the prior written consent of the Borrower, which consent shall not be
unreasonably withheld or delayed.
ARTICLE VIII
MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION 8.01. AMENDMENTS, ETC. No amendment or waiver of any
provision of this Agreement or the Contract Notes, nor consent to any departure
by the Borrower therefrom, shall in any event be effective unless the same shall
be in writing and signed by the Majority Lenders, and then such waiver or
consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific
purpose for which given; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that no amendment, waiver or consent
shall, unless in writing and signed by all the Lenders (other than any Lender
that is the Borrower or an Affiliate of the Borrower), do any of the following:
(a) waive any of the conditions specified in Section 3.01, 3.02 or 3.03, (b)
increase the Commitments of the Lenders or subject the Lenders to any additional
obligations, (c) reduce the principal of, or interest on, the Contract Notes or
any fees or other amounts payable hereunder, (d) postpone any date
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fixed for any payment of principal of, or interest on, the Contract Notes or any
fees or other amounts payable hereunder, (e) change the percentage of the
Commitments or of the aggregate unpaid principal amount of the Contract Notes,
or the number of Lenders, which shall be required for the Lenders or any of them
to take any action hereunder or (f) amend this Section 8.01; and PROVIDED,
FURTHER, that no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and
signed by the Agent in addition to the Lenders required above to take such
action, affect the rights or duties of the Agent under this Agreement or any
Note.
SECTION 8.02. NOTICES, ETC. All notices and other communications
provided for hereunder shall be in writing (including telecopier, telegraphic,
telex or cable communication) and mailed, telecopied, telegraphed, telexed,
cabled or delivered, if to the Borrower, at its address at 3000 Commerce Tower,
911 Main Street, Kansas City, Missouri 64105, Attention: Vice President,
Finance; if to any Bank, at its Domestic Lending Office specified opposite its
name on Schedule I hereto; if to any other Lender, at its Domestic Lending
Office specified in the Assignment and Acceptance pursuant to which it became a
Lender; and if to the Agent, at its address at 399 Park Avenue, New York, New
York 10043, Attention: Utilities Department, North American Finance Group; or,
as to each party, at such other address as shall be designated by such party in
a written notice to the other parties. All such notices and communications
shall, when mailed, telecopied, telegraphed, telexed or cabled, be effective
when deposited in the mails, telecopied, delivered to the telegraph company,
confirmed by telex answerback or delivered to the cable company, respectively,
except that notices and communications to the Agent pursuant to Article II or
VII shall not be effective until received by the Agent.
SECTION 8.03. NO WAIVER; REMEDIES. No failure on the part of any
Lender or the Agent to exercise, and no delay in exercising, any right hereunder
or under any Note shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or
partial exercise of any such right preclude any other or further exercise
thereof or the exercise of any other right. The remedies herein provided are
cumulative and not exclusive of any remedies provided by law.
SECTION 8.04. COSTS AND EXPENSES; INDEMNIFICATION. (a) Except to
the extent limited by written agreement between the Borrower and the Agent on or
prior to the date hereof, the Borrower agrees to pay on demand all reasonable
costs and expenses incurred by the Agent in connection with the preparation,
execution, delivery, syndication, administration, modification and amendment of
this Agreement, the Notes and the other documents to be delivered hereunder,
including, without limitation, the reasonable fees and out-of-pocket expenses of
counsel for the Agent with respect thereto and with respect to advising the
Agent as to its rights and responsibilities under this Agreement. The Borrower
further agrees to pay on demand all costs and expenses, if any (including,
without limitation, reasonable counsel fees and expenses of outside counsel and
of
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internal counsel), incurred by the Agent and the Lenders in connection with the
enforcement (whether through negotiations, legal proceedings or otherwise) of
this Agreement, the Notes and the other documents to be delivered hereunder,
including, without limitation, reasonable counsel fees and expenses in
connection with the enforcement of rights under this Section 8.04(a).
(b) If any payment of principal of, or Conversion of, any Adjusted
CD Rate Advance or Eurodollar Rate Advance is made other than on the last day of
the Interest Period for such Contract Advance, as a result of a payment or
Conversion pursuant to Section 2.09(f), 2.10 or 2.13 or acceleration of the
maturity of the Notes pursuant to Section 6.01 or for any other reason, or any
payment of principal of any Auction Advance is made other than on the maturity
date thereof, the Borrower shall, upon demand by any Lender (with a copy of such
demand to the Agent), pay to the Agent for the account of such Lender any
amounts required to compensate such Lender for any additional losses, costs or
expenses which it may reasonably incur as a result of such payment or
Conversion, including, without limitation, any loss (including loss of
anticipated profits), cost or expense incurred by reason of the liquidation or
reemployment of deposits or other funds acquired by any Lender to fund or
maintain such Contract Advance or Auction Advance, as the case may be.
(c) The Borrower hereby agrees to indemnify and hold each Lender,
the Agent and their respective Affiliates and their respective officers,
directors, employees and professional advisors (each, an "INDEMNIFIED PERSON")
harmless from and against any and all claims, damages, losses, liabilities,
costs or expenses (including, without limitation, reasonable counsel fees and
expenses of outside counsel and of internal counsel, whether or not such
Indemnified Person is named as a party to any proceeding or is otherwise
subjected to judicial or legal process arising from any such proceeding) that
any of them may incur or which may be claimed against any of them by any Person
by reason of or in connection with the execution, delivery or performance of
this Agreement, the Notes or any transaction contemplated thereby, or the use by
the Borrower or any of its subsidiaries of the proceeds of any Advance. The
Borrower's obligations under this Section 8.04(c) shall survive the repayment of
all amounts owing to the Lenders and the Agent under this Agreement and the
Notes and the termination of the Commitments. If and to the extent that the
obligations of the Borrower under this Section 8.04(c) are unenforceable for any
reason, the Borrower agrees to make the maximum contribution to the payment and
satisfaction thereof which is permissible under applicable law.
SECTION 8.05. RIGHT OF SET-OFF. Upon (i) the occurrence and during
the continuance of any Event of Default and (ii) the making of the request or
the granting of the consent specified by Section 6.01 to authorize the Agent to
declare the Notes due and payable pursuant to the provisions of Section 6.01,
each Lender is hereby authorized at any time and from time to time, to the
fullest extent permitted by law, to set off and apply any and all deposits
(general
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or special, time or demand, provisional or final) at any time held and other
indebtedness at any time owing by such Lender to or for the credit or the
account of the Borrower against any and all of the obligations of the Borrower
now or hereafter existing under this Agreement and any Note held by such Lender,
whether or not such Lender shall have made any demand under this Agreement or
such Note and although such obligations may be unmatured. Each Lender agrees
promptly to notify the Borrower after any such set-off and application made by
such Lender, PROVIDED that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the
validity of such set-off and application. The rights of each Lender under this
Section 8.05 are in addition to other rights and remedies (including, without
limitation, other rights of set-off) which such Lender may have.
SECTION 8.06. BINDING EFFECT. This Agreement shall become
effective when it shall have been executed by the Borrower and the Agent and
when the Agent shall have been notified by each Bank that such Bank has executed
it and thereafter shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the
Borrower, the Agent and each Lender and their respective successors and assigns,
except that the Borrower shall not have the right to assign its rights hereunder
or any interest herein without the prior written consent of the Lenders.
SECTION 8.07. ASSIGNMENTS AND PARTICIPATIONS. (a) Each Lender may
assign to one or more banks or other entities all or a portion of its rights and
obligations under this Agreement (including, without limitation, all or a
portion of its Commitment, the Contract Advances owing to it and the Contract
Note or Notes held by it); PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that (i) each such assignment
shall be of a constant, and not a varying, percentage of all rights and
obligations under this Agreement (other than any Auction Advances or Auction
Notes), (ii) the amount of the Commitment of the assigning Lender being assigned
pursuant to each such assignment (determined as of the date of the Assignment
and Acceptance with respect to such assignment) shall in no event be less than
$5,000,000 and shall be an integral multiple of $1,000,000, (iii) each such
assignment shall be to an Eligible Assignee, and (iv) the parties to each such
assignment shall execute and deliver to the Agent, for its acceptance and
recording in the Register, an Assignment and Acceptance, together with any
Contract Note or Notes subject to such assignment and a processing and
recordation fee of $2,500. Upon such execution, delivery, acceptance and
recording, from and after the effective date specified in each Assignment and
Acceptance, (x) the assignee thereunder shall be a party hereto and, to the
extent that rights and obligations hereunder have been assigned to it pursuant
to such Assignment and Acceptance, have the rights and obligations of a Lender
hereunder and (y) the Lender assignor thereunder shall, to the extent that
rights and obligations hereunder have been assigned by it pursuant to such
Assignment and Acceptance, relinquish its rights and be released from its
obligations under this Agreement (and, in the case of an Assignment and
Acceptance covering all or the remaining portion of an assigning Lender's rights
and obligations under
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this Agreement, such Lender shall cease to be a party hereto). Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, any Lender may at any time
assign all or any portion of the Advances owing to it to any Affiliate of such
Lender. No such assignment, other than to an Eligible Assignee, shall release
the assigning Lender from its obligations hereunder.
(b) By executing and delivering an Assignment and Acceptance, the
Lender assignor thereunder and the assignee thereunder confirm to and agree with
each other and the other parties hereto as follows: (i) other than as provided
in such Assignment and Acceptance, such assigning Lender makes no representation
or warranty and assumes no responsibility with respect to any statements,
warranties or representations made in or in connection with this Agreement or
the execution, legality, validity, enforceability, genuineness, sufficiency or
value of this Agreement or any other instrument or document furnished pursuant
hereto; (ii) such assigning Lender makes no representation or warranty and
assumes no responsibility with respect to the financial condition of the
Borrower or the performance or observance by the Borrower of any of its
obligations under this Agreement or any other instrument or document furnished
pursuant hereto; (iii) such assignee confirms that it has received a copy of
this Agreement, together with copies of the financial statements referred to in
Section 4.01(e) and such other documents and information as it has deemed
appropriate to make its own credit analysis and decision to enter into such
Assignment and Acceptance; (iv) such assignee will, independently and without
reliance upon the Agent, such assigning Lender or any other Lender and based on
such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time,
continue to make its own credit decisions in taking or not taking action under
this Agreement; (v) such assignee confirms that it is an Eligible Assignee; (vi)
such assignee appoints and authorizes the Agent to take such action as agent on
its behalf and to exercise such powers under this Agreement as are delegated to
the Agent by the terms hereof, together with such powers as are reasonably
incidental thereto; and (vii) such assignee agrees that it will perform in
accordance with their terms all of the obligations which by the terms of this
Agreement are required to be performed by it as a Lender.
(c) The Agent shall maintain at its address referred to in Section
8.02 a copy of each Assignment and Acceptance delivered to and accepted by it
and a register for the recordation of the names and addresses of the Lenders and
the Commitment of, and principal amount of the Contract Advances owing to, each
Lender from time to time (the "REGISTER"). The entries in the Register shall be
conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest error, and the
Borrower, the Agent and the Lenders may treat each Person whose name is recorded
in the Register as a Lender hereunder for all purposes of this Agreement. The
Register shall be available for inspection by the Borrower or any Lender at any
reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice.
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(d) Upon its receipt of an Assignment and Acceptance executed by
an assigning Lender and an assignee representing that it is an Eligible
Assignee, together with any Contract Note or Contract Notes subject to such
assignment, the Agent shall, if such Assignment and Acceptance has been
completed and is in substantially the form of Exhibit C hereto, (i) accept such
Assignment and Acceptance, (ii) record the information contained therein in the
Register and (iii) give prompt notice thereof to the Borrower. Within five
Business Days after its receipt of such notice, the Borrower, at its own
expense, shall execute and deliver to the Agent in exchange for the surrendered
Contract Note or Notes a new Contract Note to the order of such Eligible
Assignee in an amount equal to the Commitment assumed by it pursuant to such
Assignment and Acceptance and, if the assigning Lender has retained a Commitment
hereunder, a new Contract Note to the order of the assigning Lender in an amount
equal to the Commitment retained by it hereunder. Such new Contract Note or
Notes shall be in an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate principal
amount of such surrendered Contract Note or Notes, shall be dated the effective
date of such Assignment and Acceptance and shall otherwise be in substantially
the form of Exhibit A-1 hereto.
(e) Each Lender may assign to one or more banks or other entities
any Auction Note or Notes held by it.
(f) Each Lender may sell participations to one or more banks or
other entities in or to all or a portion of its rights and obligations under
this Agreement (including, without limitation, all or a portion of its
Commitment, the Advances owing to it and the Note or Notes held by it);
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that (i) such Lender's obligations under this Agreement
(including, without limitation, its Commitment to the Borrower hereunder) shall
remain unchanged, (ii) such Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other
parties hereto for the performance of such obligations, (iii) such Lender shall
remain the holder of any such Note for all purposes of this Agreement, and (iv)
the Borrower, the Agent and the other Lenders shall continue to deal solely and
directly with such Lender in connection with such Lender's rights and
obligations under this Agreement.
(g) Any Lender may, in connection with any assignment or
participation or proposed assignment or participation pursuant to this Section
8.07, disclose to the assignee or participant or proposed assignee or
participant, any information relating to the Borrower furnished to such Lender
by or on behalf of the Borrower; PROVIDED that, prior to any such disclosure,
the assignee or participant or proposed assignee or participant shall agree to
preserve the confidentiality of any confidential information relating to the
Borrower received by it from such Lender.
(h) If any Lender shall make any demand for payment under Section
2.12(b), then within 30 days after any such demand (if, but only if, such
demanded payment has been made by the Borrower to such Lender), the
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Borrower may, with the approval of the Agent (which approval shall not be
unreasonably withheld) and provided that no Event of Default or event that would
constitute an Event of Default but for the requirement that notice be given or
time elapse or both shall then have occurred and be continuing, demand that such
Lender assign in accordance with this Section 8.07 to one or more Eligible
Assignees designated by the Borrower all (but not less than all) of such
Lender's Commitment and the Advances owing to it within the period ending on the
later to occur of such 30th day and the last day of the longest of the then
current Interest Periods, if any, for such Advances. If any such Eligible
Assignee designated by the Borrower shall fail to consummate such assignment on
terms acceptable to such Lender, or if the Borrower shall fail to designate any
such Eligible Assignees for all or part of such Lender's Commitment or Advances,
then such demand by the Borrower shall become ineffective; it being understood
for purposes of this subsection (h) that such assignment shall be conclusively
deemed to be on terms acceptable to such Lender, and such Lender shall be
compelled to consummate such assignment to an Eligible Assignee designated by
the Borrower, if such Eligible Assignee (i) shall agree to such assignment by
entering into an Assignment and Acceptance with such Lender and (ii) shall offer
compensation to such Lender in an amount equal to all amounts then owing by the
Borrower to such Lender hereunder and under the Note made by the Borrower to
such Lender, whether for principal, interest, fees, costs or expenses (other
than the demanded payment referred to above and payable by the Borrower as a
condition to the Borrower's right to demand such assignment), or otherwise.
(i) Anything in this Section 8.07 to the contrary notwithstanding,
any Lender may assign and pledge all or any portion of its Commitment and the
Advances owing to it to any Federal Reserve Bank (and its transferees) as
collateral security pursuant to Regulation A of the Board of Governors of the
Federal Reserve System and any Operating Circular issued by such Federal Reserve
Bank. No such assignment shall release the assigning Lender from its obligations
hereunder.
SECTION 8.08. SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION. Each of the Borrower,
the Lenders and the Agent (i) irrevocably submits to the non-exclusive
jurisdiction of any New York State court or Federal court sitting in New York
City in any action arising out of this Agreement or the Notes, (ii) agrees that
all claims in such action may be decided in such court, (iii) waives, to the
fullest extent it may effectively do so, the defense of an inconvenient forum
and (iv) consents to the service of process by mail. A final judgment in any
such action shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions.
Nothing herein shall affect the right of any party to serve legal process in any
manner permitted by law or affect its right to bring any action in any other
court.
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SECTION 8.09. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. THE BORROWER, THE AGENT AND
THE LENDERS EACH HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY
ACTION, PROCEEDING OR COUNTERCLAIM ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT
OR ANY NOTE, OR ANY OTHER INSTRUMENT OR DOCUMENT DELIVERED HEREUNDER OR
THEREUNDER.
SECTION 8.10. GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT AND THE NOTES SHALL BE
GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW
YORK.
SECTION 8.11. EXECUTION IN COUNTERPARTS. This Agreement may be
executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties hereto in
separate counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an
original and all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same
agreement.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to
be executed by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized, as of the
date first above written.
UTILICORP UNITED INC.
By
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Name: Dale J. Wolf
Title: Vice President/Finance
CITIBANK, N.A.,
as Agent
By
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Name:
Vice President
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Exhibit 11
UTILICORP UNITED INC.
COMPUTATION OF EARNINGS PER SHARE
(in millions except per share amounts)
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Year Ended December 31,
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No. 1993 1992 1991
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<S> <C> <C> <C>
EARNINGS AVAILABLE FOR COMMON SHARES:
1 Earnings available for common shares as reported $ 79.5 $ 46.0 $ 69.8
Elimination of interest on convertible subordinated
2 debentures, net of tax 0.6 0.8 1.5
Elimination of dividends on cumulative convertible
3 preference stock 4.9 -- (a) 5.4
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4 Fully Diluted Earnings Available $ 85.0 $ 46.8 $ 76.7
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WEIGHTED AVERAGE COMMON SHARES OUTSTANDING:
5 Primary weighted average shares outstanding as reported 40.74 34.93 29.39
Assumed conversion of convertible subordinated
6 debentures 0.66 0.82 1.50
Assumed conversion of cumulative convertible
7 preference shares 2.87 -- (a) 2.92
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8 Fully Diluted Weighted Average Shares Outstanding 44.27 35.75 33.81
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EARNINGS PER COMMON SHARE:
Primary (1/5) $ 1.95 $ 1.32 $ 2.37
Fully Diluted (4/8) 1.92 1.31 2.27
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(a) The effect of this item was determined to be anti-dilutive. Accordingly,
it was excluded from the fully diluted earnings per share computation.
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Exhibit 13
UTILICORP UNITED
1993 ANNUAL REPORT
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. Letter to Shareholders
7. Maps of Operations
8. Company Overview
10. Financial Highlights
11. Common Stock Performance
12. Questions and Answers
14. Dynamics of Change
17. Key Events of 1993
17. Operations and Finance
32. Consolidated Financial Statements
36. Notes to Financial Statements
51. Report of Management
51. Report of Independent Accountants
52. Eleven-Year Data
56. Corporate Information
57. Directors and Management
THRIVING ON CHANGE
For most of a decade, UtiliCorp has been at the forefront of change in the
utility industry. As a result, today the company is uniquely positioned to
succeed in a deregulated energy market. UtiliCorp has launched a variety of
service businesses since the early 1980s. It has been active in acquisitions and
mergers since 1984. The company has run major, non-regulated power and energy
businesses since 1986, and has operated internationally since 1987. The
experience and flexibility gained through these early starts will be invaluable
as the rate of change in the industry continues to accelerate.
The illustrations in this annual report, painted by Brian Cronin, capture a
few of the ways that UtiliCorp adapts to the forces of change that are
constantly reshaping its business environment.
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DEAR FELLOW SHAREHOLDER:
A year ago I said in the annual report, "I expect UtiliCorp's financial
performance to show marked improvement in 1993." Your company's performance DID
improve.
Earnings for the year were $1.95 per common share, up from $1.32 the year
before. We would have earned $2.05 per share if the Budget Reconciliation Act of
1993 had not raised our tax rate. The higher taxes cost us $.10 per share.
Most of our businesses performed very well. Revenues were up 21 percent.
Income from operations before non-recurring charges increased 19 percent.
We had our first income from a Nebraska gas distribution system that we
acquired in early 1993. Electric and gas rate increases also helped earnings.
Rates were raised $16.7 million per year in 1992, and another $10.6 million per
year in 1993. Even with the increases, our utilities remain very competitive in
their markets.
DIVIDEND INCREASE. In recognition of the improved results, your board of
directors increased the common dividend rate by 5 percent in the 1993 fourth
quarter. The annualized dividend is now $1.68 per share, up from the $1.60 rate
set two years earlier. Since 1985 the annualized rate has doubled, ranking
UtiliCorp among the leaders of our industry in cash dividend growth.
REALIZING STRATEGIC VALUE. In October 1993, we achieved a higher market
valuation for our energy related businesses segment. This was done through an
initial public offering of common shares in Aquila Gas Pipeline Corporation, a
unit of UtiliCorp's Aquila Energy subsidiary. Aquila Gas Pipeline owns and
operates gas gathering and intrastate pipelines and natural gas processing
plants. It is now a separate company owned 82 percent by Aquila Energy and 18
percent by the public.
The book value of that 18 percent was $28 million, but its recognized
market value through the offering was nearly $76 million, a gain of $48 million.
At the end of 1993,
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[PHOTO]
[Caption]
EMBRACING NEW MARKETS
MEANS MOVING WITH SPEED TO KEEP A COMPETIVITE EDGE WHILE BRINGING OUT
WELL CONCEIVED, TIMELY AND THOROUGHLY RESEARCHED PRODUCTS AND SERVICES.
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the market-to-book-value ratio of Aquila Gas Pipeline was 2.67, compared to 1.57
for UtiliCorp. This confirms the benefit of listing the pipeline company's
shares separately so that its assets can be valued more fully in the
marketplace.
The gain from the offering provided an opportunity to implement a new
strategic plan at Aquila Energy without adversely affecting 1993 earnings. As
part of this strategic redirection, we elected to take steps that resulted in a
$45 million after-tax charge for non-strategic gas marketing contracts and the
writedown of certain pipeline assets and other investments. The net effect of
the gain from the stock offering and the charge for restructuring added about $3
million to net income.
CHANGES AT AQUILA. By taking a series of strong steps, we have set a new course
for Aquila Energy. It is now a very different company, with a new management
team, revised strategy and restructured financial base. These changes were
prompted in part by the challenges we faced at Aquila in 1992. Apparent improper
payments at an Aquila subsidiary resulted in after-tax charges in 1992 totaling
$11.3 million. Our lawsuit seeking damages from two former officers of that unit
is expected to go to trial in federal court later in 1994.
Aquila is now poised to move ahead profitably. The new strategy is designed
to reduce its business risk and potential volatility while preserving its
strengths. Aquila's net income of $10.7 million in 1993 was a major improvement
over its $10.2 million net loss in 1992. Aquila Gas Pipeline had record earnings
as a result of increasing sales volumes and relatively stable prices for natural
gas and gas liquids. The revised strategy and restructuring helped Aquila's gas
marketing business show a profit in the fourth quarter of 1993. It is positioned
for further improvement in 1994. The gas and oil resources business was not
profitable in 1993 because of production delays and high depletion rates.
Working on improving its performance in 1994, we are encouraged by opportunities
to invest profitably in reserves and by improving gas prices. Although Aquila
has greatly reduced the volatility of its earnings caused by gas and oil price
fluctuations, the movement of natural gas liquids prices will continue to affect
results.
INTERNATIONAL GROWTH. About 7 percent of UtiliCorp's 1993 net income came from
international activities. This includes the results of West Kootenay Power, a
Canadian subsidiary since 1987. We expect that our foreign interests will
increase over time as privatizing and consolidating of utilities continues in
many countries.
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Our joint ventures to market natural gas in the United Kingdom contributed
their first, modest earnings in 1993. They are positioned to make a greater
contribution this year. The British government has asked that the U.K.
residential gas market be opened to competition. Upon approval by Parliament,
this step will add considerably to our future delivery volumes.
In July 1993, UtiliCorp acquired a 33 percent interest in the WEL Energy
Group Ltd., a joint venture with New Zealand's Waikato Electricity Authority,
for $20.8 million. The company has paid an initial $2.7 million and will pay the
remainder over time as needed by WEL Energy for specific utility investments.
THE NEW ENVIRONMENT. Major deregulation of the U.S. natural gas industry was
completed in late 1993. Gas companies have been learning a new way of life
operating under Order 636 of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. Order 636
has shifted more of the risk and responsibility for the supply of natural gas
from pipeline companies to distribution utilities like the divisions of
UtiliCorp.
In response, we have created a gas supply center in Omaha to serve all our
gas utilities in eight states. Bringing together our experts from several parts
of the country combines extensive knowledge of this market, strategic location
providing broad access to pipeline systems, and the clout of more than half a
billion dollars in annual gas purchasing. This helps us remain a competitive,
low cost energy supplier.
The electric side of our industry is only part way down the road to
deregulation. Our experience dealing with changes in the gas business has
prepared us well for what is likely to come in the market for electricity. The
open access provision of the National Energy Policy Act of 1992 is gradually
turning the nation's transmission grid into a competitive common carrier system
that will operate much like interstate gas pipelines do. It also is becoming a
reality that electric and gas customers, large or small, will get to choose
their suppliers of energy. Their choices will be based on both cost and service.
The electric generation business has also changed. Independent producers
have achieved a permanent niche in this market. Our UtilCo Group subsidiary
holds interests in 15 power projects and contributed $3.2 million to net income
in 1993.
THE VALUE OF SERVICE. Building on our relationships with customers is becoming
more and more important as we challenge competing sources of energy and
introduce a
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range of new services. Our goal is to become a total energy supply and services
provider offering the best possible solutions to each customer's energy needs.
The employee-shareholders of your company are already demonstrating they
can do this successfully. They are proposing innovative ways to serve our
customers and helping to reduce our operating costs. They are also starting up
new UtiliCorp businesses like coal brokering and customized industrial and
commercial gas services. The resulting array of new enterprises are enhancing
our ability to provide energy solutions.
Independent research shows that our utilities consistently rank among the
best in the country in customer satisfaction. Again, the commitment of our
employee-owners is making a difference. More than 90 percent of our employees
own UtiliCorp common stock and as a group they are the largest bloc among our
retail holders. The caring attitude fostered by ownership is evident as our
people take up new challenges and responsibilities with enthusiasm.
MANAGEMENT CHANGES. In 1993 we formed a managing council of senior officers to
guide the further evolution of UtiliCorp's strategy. Those joining me on the
council are managing executive vice president Bob Green and managing senior vice
presidents Joe Colosimo and Bob Howell.
Other officer level changes shifted some responsibilities and added depth
to our corporate staff, particularly in the areas of marketing, strategic
planning and gas supply. Two vice presidents are new to the company. We welcome
their knowledge of the deregulation process gained through many years in the
telecommunications industry. Leo Morton, formerly a vice president of AT&T
Microelectronics, directs performance measurement and process improvement. Bill
Burgess, who was a vice president at Bell Atlantic, is developing a new
company-wide marketing strategy.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS. Bob Green was named to the board of directors in November
1993, increasing its membership to nine. Bob oversees all of the company's
utility operations. He maintains a keen focus on our goals of continually
improving customer service and being a low cost, competitive provider of energy
solutions.
THE ROAD AHEAD. I have never been more excited about UtiliCorp's future than I
am today. Faced with the challenge of a rapidly changing industry, we must
update our strategy more often, adapt to changing markets more quickly, and
impart our vision of
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the future with greater clarity. We expect to improve earnings further as we add
utility customers and gain new markets. One of the ways we are meeting the
challenge of increased competition is to reduce operating costs. We are
achieving annualized savings of about $20 million, primarily by lowering costs
for fuel used in generation and for purchased power capacity.
We are capable of again doubling the size of your company as suitable
opportunities arise to merge or acquire. We will not expand just to be bigger.
To be worthwhile, our future growth must help us be of greater service to our
customers. It must also enable us to become more efficient, more competitive and
more profitable.
The changes taking place in our industry are in many ways similar to those
experienced earlier in transportation, telecommunications
and financial services. The companies that thrive and
create value in those industries today combine size with
agility. They find ways to use emerging technologies to
[PHOTO] their advantage in both operations and marketing. They
know the art of entering and seizing new markets. They
are able to compete on cost. And they build strong
relationships with customers by providing a broad range
of valuable services that extends far beyond their basic
product lines.
UtiliCorp has become that kind of company because to succeed, the new model
of utility must do all of those things.
Over the past ten years, our shareholders have earned an average total
return of more than 20 percent a year. That is a record we want to maintain.
Your role in making UtiliCorp's past and future progress possible is greatly
appreciated.
Richard C. Green, Jr.
Chairman and President
February 15, 1994
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COMPANY OVERVIEW
UTILICORP UNITED
BUSINESS
Parent corporation headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri, formed from Missouri
Public Service Company in 1985 to pursue a growth strategy designed to build
financial strength and spread basic business risks.
MARKETS
Common stock traded on the New York, Pacific and Toronto stock exchanges under
the symbol UCU; 85,000 shareholders with 42 million common shares outstanding at
the end of 1993.
ENVIRONMENT
UtiliCorp has extensive experience in managing both regulated and non-regulated
operations. Currently competition is increasing in all of the company's
businesses.
ELECTRIC OPERATIONS
BUSINESS
Generation and mostly retail distribution of electricity by three divisions and
one Canadian subsidiary. Generation in the U.S. is primarily from coal, and in
Canada is all from hydroelectric facilities.
MARKETS
Approximately 418,000 electric utility customers in Missouri, Kansas, Colorado,
West Virginia and British Columbia. Areas served range in density from suburbs
of Kansas City to mostly rural regions.
ENVIRONMENT
State and provincial regulatory commissions establish the rates paid by retail
customers. Changes in federal regulation could allow heightened competition from
non-regulated power providers and from other utilities.
GAS OPERATIONS
BUSINESS
Supply and distribution of natural gas by six divisions. Operations include
transportation of gas for certain large-volume customers.
MARKETS
Approximately 740,000 gas utility customers in Missouri, Kansas, Colorado,
Nebraska, Iowa, Minnesota, Michigan and West Virginia. Areas served range in
density from the capital city of Lincoln, Nebraska to mostly rural regions.
ENVIRONMENT
State regulatory commissions set retail rates, except in Nebraska where rates
are set by communities. Federal regulation has changed to allow open competition
for many types of customers.
ENERGY RELATED BUSINESSES
BUSINESS
Gathering, transporting, processing and marketing of natural gas and natural gas
liquids, and acquisition and production of gas and oil reserves, through units
of the Aquila Energy subsidiary.
MARKETS
Gathering and processing facilities in Texas and Oklahoma serve producers of
natural gas and gas liquids and users of gas feedstocks. Gas marketing serves
large volume users of natural gas throughout most of North America.
ENVIRONMENT
All businesses of Aquila Energy operate in a highly competitive environment. The
gathering and processing activities are centered in very active gas producing
regions.
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INDEPENDENT POWER PRODUCTION
BUSINESS
Ownership interests in 15 power and cogeneration projects in six states through
the UtilCo Group subsidiary. Six of the projects are fueled by natural gas,
three by coal and six by hydro power.
MARKETS
Plants in Maine, New York, Pennsylvania, Florida, California and Washington sell
power wholesale to local utilities under long-term contracts and provide
electric and thermal energy to industrial facilities.
ENVIRONMENT
Under the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978, utility-owned
independent power producers are exempt from certain rate-setting and siting
regulations, and utilities are obligated to buy their excess power output.
U.K. GAS MARKETING JOINT VENTURES
BUSINESS
Joint ventures with six British regional electric companies to market natural
gas in the United Kingdom. Gas deliveries are made through existing distribution
systems owned by British Gas.
MARKETS
New industrial and commercial gas markets in the United Kingdom; expected to
expand to residential market by 1997.
ENVIRONMENT
Opportunities continue to be created by deregulation of the British natural gas
industry. The retail distribution of natural gas is scheduled to be opened to
greater competition in the future.
NEW ZEALAND JOINT VENTURE
BUSINESS
Investments in New Zealand electric utility operations of WEL Energy Group Ltd.
through a joint venture arrangement with the Waikato Electricity Authority.
MARKETS
Electric distribution customers in the Waikato region of New Zealand; potential
new markets throughout New Zealand under industry deregulation.
ENVIRONMENT
Opportunities created by the start of privatization and restructuring of New
Zealand's electric utility industry; deregulation takes effect in April 1994.
OTHER NON-REGULATED BUSINESSES
BUSINESS
Water and wastewater management; billing-related services for utilities;
appliance repair and maintenance; propane distribution; coal brokering; various
other utility and energy services.
MARKETS
Residential utility customers; other municipal and investor-owned utilities;
industrial end-users.
ENVIRONMENT
All are competitive, non-regulated businesses.
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FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
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Revenues $1,571.6 $1,298.9 21.0%
Income from operations before charges (a) 222.0 186.7 18.9
Income from operations 152.2 169.0 (9.9)
Net income 86.4 52.9 63.3
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Primary earnings per common share $01.95 $01.32 47.7%
Cash dividends per common share 1.62 1.60 1.3
Book value per common share 20.27 18.66 8.6
Primary average common shares outstanding 40.74 34.93 16.6
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Total assets $2,850.5 $2,552.8 11.7%
Total capitalization and short-term debt (b) 2,017.1 1,883.8 7.1
Common equity/capitalization and short-term debt 42.2% 35.1% 20.2
Return on average common equity 9.84% 6.93% 42.0
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(a) RESTRUCTURING CHARGE OF $69.8 MILLION IN 1993 AND UNUSUAL LOSS PROVISION OF
$17.7 MILLION IN 1992.
(b) INCLUDES CURRENT MATURITIES OF LONG-TERM DEBT. SHORT-TERM DEBT DOES NOT
REPRESENT PERMANENT CAPITAL, AND WILL BE FINANCED WITH DEBT AND EQUITY
SECURITIES CONSIDERING FINANCIAL MARKET CONDITIONS.
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REVENUES
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93 92 91
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1,571.6 1,298.9 1,075.2
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TOTAL CAPITALIZATION AND SHORT-TERM DEBT
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93 92 91
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2,017.1 1,883.8 1,800.4
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INCOME FROM OPERATIONS BEFORE CHARGES*
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93 92 91
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222.0 186.7 196.0
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RETURN ON AVERAGE COMMON EQUITY
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93 92 91
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9.84 6.93 13.32
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NET INCOME
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93 92 91
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86.4 52.9 77.6
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AVERAGE DAILY TRADING VOLUME
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93 92 91
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72.3 73.3 56.3
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EARNINGS PER SHARE VS.
DIVIDENDS PAID
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93 92 91
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Earnings Per Share 1.95 1.32 2.37
Dividends Paid 1.62 1.60 1.54
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MARKET VS.
BOOK VALUE PER SHARE
(DOLLARS)
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93 92 91
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Market 31.75 27.63 28.50
Book Value Per Share 20.27 18.66 19.18
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IMPORTANT 1994 DATES FOR SHAREHOLDERS
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1ST QUARTER 2ND QUARTER 3RD QUARTER 4TH QUARTER
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DIVIDENDS (a)
DECLARATION DATES
Dividends are declared by the board of directors on: Feb. 2 May 3 Aug. 3 Nov. 2
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RECORD DATES
To qualify for a dividend, shares must be recorded by: Feb. 18 May 19 Aug. 19 Nov. 18
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PAYMENT DATES (b)
Preference dividend checks should be received on: March 1 June 1 Sept. 1 Dec. 1
Common dividend checks should be received on: March 12 June 12 Sept. 12 Dec. 12
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DIVIDEND REINVESTMENT (c)
COMMON DIVIDENDS REINVESTED
Dividends for Plan participants are reinvested by
the company with a 5% discount on: March 12 June 12 Sept. 12 Dec. 12
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OPTIONAL CASH PAYMENTS (c)
For the purchase made on the 12th of each month, Jan. 11 April 11 July 11 Oct. 11
First Chicago Trust Company of New York Feb. 11 May 11 Aug. 11 Nov. 11
must receive optional cash payment by: March 11 June 10 Sept. 9 Dec. 9
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QUARTERLY STATEMENT OF ACCOUNT
Statements for Plan participants are mailed: Late March Late June Late Sept. Late Dec.
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ANNUAL MEETING
Convenes at 10:00 a.m. at Bartle Hall's Grand Hall,
301 West 13th Street, Kansas City, Missouri, on: May 4
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(a) DECLARATION OF DIVIDENDS, DIVIDEND RATES AND THE DATES SHOWN ARE SUBJECT TO
THE DISCRETION OF DIRECTORS OF UTILICORP UNITED. DATES PROVIDED HAVE BEEN
PREPARED ASSUMING PAST PATTERNS WILL CONTINUE. HOWEVER, THE COMPANY DOES
NOT AND CANNOT MAKE ANY ASSURANCES THAT ANY OR ALL OF THE EVENTS LISTED
WILL OCCUR ON DATES SHOWN, IF AT ALL. UTILICORP RESERVES THE RIGHT TO
AMEND, SUSPEND OR TERMINATE THE DIVIDEND REINVESTMENT AND STOCK PURCHASE
PLAN AT ANY TIME. PLAN PARTICIPANTS WILL BE NOTIFIED OF ANY CHANGES IN
WRITING.
(b) IF YOU DON'T RECEIVE YOUR DIVIDEND CHECK ON THE PAYMENT DATE, PLEASE ALLOW
REASONABLE TIME FOR POSTAL DELAYS BEFORE INQUIRING.
(c) PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST PROSPECTUS OF THE DIVIDEND REINVESTMENT AND
STOCK PURCHASE PLAN DATED MAY 7, 1992. TO REQUEST A PROSPECTUS AND AN
ENROLLMENT CARD, CALL TOLL-FREE IN THE U.S. AND CANADA: (800) 487-6661.
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
WITH THE INDUSTRY FACING INCREASED COMPETITION, CREDIT RATING AGENCIES AND SOME
INDUSTRY ANALYSTS HAVE VOICED PESSIMISM ABOUT THE OUTLOOK FOR UTILITIES. DO YOU
FEEL THAT VIEW IS WARRANTED?
We are very optimistic, not pessimistic, about the future. We believe that
deregulation will produce a lot more opportunities than risks, at least for
UtiliCorp.
In the future, we will increasingly be selling services, particularly those
related to the acquisition, transportation and management of energy. If the
company remains solely a provider of gas and electricity as commodities, margins
will get smaller as competition increases. Being a comprehensive energy and
services provider holds the greatest promise for continued profitability and
growth.
HOW WILL COMPETITION AFFECT YOUR PLANS TO SEEK ELECTRIC AND GAS RATE INCREASES
IN THE FUTURE?
Competition will very definitely influence the tactics and strategy employed in
seeking future rate increases.
In late 1993, our West Kootenay Power subsidiary in Canada filed a request
for rate increases in 1994 and 1995 totaling approximately $11 million. But
first, West Kootenay Power took several steps to cut its operating costs. These
included refinancing several million dollars in high coupon debt and preference
stock, and the sale-leaseback of a new headquarters.
Last year, our Missouri Public Service division received approval for a new
rate tariff that allows higher rates during the summer when demand is highest
and higher-cost generating facilities must be used. Lower rates are applied
during the remainder of the year when lower-cost generation is used. This
approach helped us hold down the overall increase in rates.
In the future, we also plan to ask regulators to approve higher authorized
returns on equity. We believe that higher returns are justified over the long
term because of the increased competitive risks faced by utilities today.
DO YOU FORESEE A RECURRENCE OF THE SUPPLY PROBLEMS THAT HURT THE NATURAL GAS
INDUSTRY IN THE 1970S?
While supply and demand for natural gas are coming into balance, we do not
believe there will be a recurrence of the gas shortages that hurt the industry
in the 1970s.
Although the average prices of natural gas increased during the 1993-94
heating season, we had no difficulty in securing supplies for any of the
customers in our eight-state service area. Some of the required volume is
actually purchased on a day-to-day basis while some is purchased under contracts
of several months' duration.
We believe the trend of higher prices this year reflects a closer balance of
supply and demand. For many years, the gas industry has dealt with a prolonged
period of oversupply, commonly known as the "gas bubble." This situation kept
natural gas prices very low. High demand brought on by periods of extremely cold
weather this winter in the Upper Midwest, Northeast and East and a general
increase in demand from new markets have contributed to the increased prices
brought on by a balance of supply with demand.
WHAT ARE YOU DOING ABOUT THE ISSUE OF ELECTRIC AND MAGNETIC FIELDS AND THEIR
POSSIBLE EFFECT ON PEOPLE?
Some of our customers have expressed concerns about the presence of electric and
magnetic fields (EMF) in their homes or workplaces. In those instances,
representatives from our electric utilities offer to measure the strengths of
magnetic fields in those areas that may be of concern. We also distribute
information to customers about the latest findings in ongoing EMF research.
In an effort to help speed the progress of that research, UtiliCorp has made
a $900,000 commitment over three years to fund construction of an EMF human
exposure test facility at Kansas City-based Midwest Research Institute. That
organization is conducting EMF research in cooperation with the U.S. Department
of Energy, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the New York
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State Department of Health and the utility industry's Electric Power Research
Institute.
WHY HAVE YOU CHOSEN TO HAVE ONLY MINORITY INTERESTS IN YOUR VENTURES IN THE
UNITED KINGDOM AND NEW ZEALAND?
The partnership arrangements are part of our strategy of taking measured steps
in entering foreign markets. This approach enables us to earn attractive market
returns without incurring inappropriate political or currency risks.
The strategy is proving successful. Although we don't have majority ownership
in our New Zealand or U.K. ventures, we have established business relationships
with our partners that allow us to spread our risks across many investments and
reap appropriate returns.
In the U.K., our partners are six regional electric utilities with
substantial service territories. Their name recognition has enabled the gas
marketing ventures to achieve rapid growth in the business of selling gas to
large volume users. Our partner relationships will continue to be important as
competition is opened in other sectors of the U.K. natural gas market.
In New Zealand, we expect to have additional investment opportunities as a
result of our 33 percent ownership of WEL Energy Group Ltd.
HOW DOES UTILICORP INTEND TO CAPITALIZE ON TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE IN THE UTILITY
INDUSTRY?
UtiliCorp has made a modest investment in research and development of advanced
energy technologies that will give us access to leading edge knowledge and
products. We have invested $3.1 million in a venture capital fund that provides
start-up funding and management expertise for more than 40 companies that are
developing and marketing technologies and services with potential applications
in the utility industry.
Utech Venture Capital Funds holds a portfolio of companies that specialize in
technologies like photovoltaics, fuel cells, superconductors and artificial
intelligence. Other companies supported by Utech specialize in services like
demand-side management and automation of utility operations such as maintenance
of overhead electric distribution and transmission lines.
Our partnership with Utech gives us a close-up view of how some of these
technologies will transform our business and also provides us opportunities to
participate in the testing of some of these products and processes. We also have
the opportunity to take a direct ownership position in any company that we
believe would complement our core business.
WAS UTILICORP ABLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF LOW INTEREST RATES DURING THE PAST YEAR?
During 1993 we refinanced approximately $96.5 million in high coupon debt,
replacing it with lower interest debt. This resulted in an annualized savings in
interest expense of approximately $3.5 million. These refinancings will increase
primary earnings per common share by $.05 per share based on shares outstanding
at December 31, 1993.
WHY DID YOU RECENTLY CALL THE ENTIRE SERIES OF UTILICORP'S $1.775 CONVERTIBLE
PREFERENCE STOCK FOR REDEMPTION?
Redemption of this series of relatively high coupon preference stock in May 1994
will result in an annual savings of at least $5.1 million in preference dividend
payments. However, we expect that most of the holders of Preference Series
$1.775 will exercise their option to convert their shares to UtiliCorp common
stock. After considering the additional common shares that are expected to be
issued, primary earnings per common share would not be significantly affected.
UtiliCorp presently has about 2.8 million shares of Series $1.775 Preference
Stock outstanding. On February 2, 1994, the UtiliCorp Board of Directors
approved a resolution authorizing the company to redeem all of those shares on
May 26, 1994 at a price of $21.60 per share plus accrued dividends. Those who
choose the conversion option will receive .9682 shares of common for each share
of $1.775 preference.
HOW SOON WILL IT BECOME NECESSARY FOR YOUR ELECTRIC UTILITIES TO BUILD ANY NEW
POWER PLANTS?
We expect that new peaking and intermediate-load generating plants will need to
be in service before the year 2000 at Missouri Public Service and WestPlains
Energy.
At WestPlains, we are planning to build a new 125-megawatt power facility to
serve the division's Colorado customers. Under present conditions, a gas-fired,
combined-cycle plant is the lowest-cost option for new capacity in the
southeastern Colorado energy market.
At Missouri Public Service, about 400 megawatts of new and repowered capacity
is likely to be needed by the end of the decade. That would meet growing demand
in the division's service area and offset the expiration of existing, long-term
power purchase agreements with other utilities. The Missouri Public Service
resource plan also includes various energy conservation or demand-side
management programs and other purchased power agreements.
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DYNAMICS
OF CHANGE
SUCCESSFUL UTILITIES OF THE FUTURE WILL BE THOSE THAT ADAPT TO
THE DYNAMICS OF CHANGE AND SERVE THEIR CUSTOMERS BETTER THAN ANY COMPETITORS.
BUT WHAT ARE THE CUSTOMERS' REAL NEEDS? HOW DO WE GO ABOUT MEETING THEM BETTER
THAN ANYONE ELSE?
AT UTILICORP, WE BELIEVE THAT GETTING THE RIGHT ANSWERS TO THOSE QUESTIONS
REQUIRES PARTNERSHIPS WITH OUR CUSTOMERS. WE MUST PROVIDE EXTRAORDINARY SERVICE
FOCUSED ON HELPING OUR CUSTOMERS ACHIEVE THEIR GOALS AND ULTIMATE SUCCESS.
HERE ARE TWO EXAMPLES OF HOW WE ARE DOING JUST THAT.
GAS SUPPLY - THE NEW BATTLE ZONE
It's 2 p.m. and Trent Cozad has a dilemma.
Cozad, a gas buyer for UtiliCorp Gas Supply Services, is agonizing over
whether he should lock in a price of $2.05 per thousand cubic feet (MCF) for a
quantity of gas destined for a large volume customer. Normally he would wait
until the next day before making this commitment.
But worrisome pricing signals are occurring. It's late January and natural
gas prices for February on the futures market of the New York Mercantile
Exchange (NYMEX) have shot up to a high of $2.55 per MCF.
"It would appear that today the NYMEX reflects market conditions in the East
and Northeast and ignores what's happening in the Midwest," observes Dan
Warnock, team leader for the Omaha-based gas supply group. "Adequate supplies
are available."
Nevertheless, that $2.05 price is looking very attractive. The revised
weather forecast predicts colder weather in the service territory and the cash
market is likely to begin trending up. After consulting with colleagues in the
Gas Supply Services trading room and reviewing alternatives with the customer,
Cozad finally places an order.
"Timing is everything," Warnock says. "It's hard on the nerves to be buying
gas at $2.05 when we were getting it at $1.90 or less a month ago. But from
numerous conversations with suppliers throughout the U.S. and Canada, it's clear
that the market is trending up."
Such is the world of gas supply today. It's a world ruled by the law of
supply and demand.
Dozens of natural gas producers vie with each other to sell their commodity.
Meanwhile, utilities, marketers, and even large industrial users are perfecting
strategies to buy their gas at the most economical costs possible.
These competitive forces were effectively unleashed in November 1993 upon
implementation of Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Order 636. The
order was the last of several by the FERC that have deregulated the natural gas
industry.
The widespread geography of UtiliCorp's service area is proving to be a
critical strategic advantage in this increasingly dynamic marketplace.
In mid-January 1994, when bitterly cold temperatures settled in for an
extended stay across the Upper Midwest, UtiliCorp's Michigan Gas Utilities
division experienced a record surge in demand from its 132,000 customers. The
options were not favorable. The division could pay steep financial charges for
the additional gas needed during the period of peak demand. Or, it could curtail
service to some of its largest volume users.
UtiliCorp's geographic diversity provided a third alternative.
The Gas Supply Services team made arrangements to move supplies to Michigan
Gas from the storage account of UtiliCorp's Northern Minnesota Utilities
division. The gas was being stored on a pipeline system that had access to the
northern reaches of the interstate system serving Michigan Gas. Due to differing
weather conditions, the gas was not needed by Northern Minnesota Utilities.
The maneuver allowed Michigan Gas to avoid potential financial charges
ranging up to $300,000 and to keep its customers on line.
During an earlier cold snap in December 1993, a similar innovative maneuver
allowed Peoples Natural Gas to avoid customer service interruptions or financial
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ties. Peoples had received notice from its main interstate pipeline transporter
that some large interruptible customers in Dubuque, Iowa would have to be
curtailed because the pipeline's capacity would be fully utilized by its firm
customers.
The Gas Supply team stepped forward with a plan to swap gas that had been
bought and stored by Michigan Gas Utilities for gas on the interstate pipeline
system. The arrangement enabled the pipeline to deliver all the gas needed by
Peoples' Dubuque customers in exchange for storage gas delivered to a pipeline
receiving point beyond the constrained area.
Success in a competitive environment will depend on actions such as these.
Managing energy costs for customers, as well as keeping the customers on line,
will be a springboard for building a base of new business.
"There are tremendous opportunities to increase our market share," says Jon
Empson, UtiliCorp vice president responsible for gas supply. "It all hinges on
building a successful track record in the markets we serve."
PARTNERING, NOT JUST MARKETING
It was a problem most small business owners love to have. A boom in demand for
the multi-layer circuit boards produced by Colt Technology Corporation, based in
Lenexa, Kansas, was creating a critical need for more manufacturing space.
Bob Lynn, owner of privately-held Colt Technology, early in 1992 began
searching for a site for another manufacturing plant. Not surprisingly, the
company was inundated with proposals.
One of them came from Missouri Public Service. UtiliCorp's largest electric
utility submitted a proposal that included the sale to Colt of a company-owned
site in Lee's Summit, Missouri and a comprehensive package of design and
engineering services for construction of the new facility.
"We essentially proposed to become a partner with them in all phases of their
project," says Randy Lennan, Director, Major Accounts for Missouri Public
Service.
The partnership approach worked. Colt purchased the Missouri Public Service
site in Lee's Summit, a growing community of about 50,000 located on the eastern
edge of metropolitan Kansas City.
The strength of the partnership was quickly tested. The company's small size
created difficulties in obtaining the financing necessary to begin construction
of the 140,000-square-foot manufacturing plant. Missouri Public Service and the
city of Lee's Summit stepped forward with a package of financial and tax
incentives that helped persuade lenders that the project was viable.
Then, another hurdle loomed. The company needed a cost-effective, high
efficiency heating and cooling system to keep temperature and humidity inside
the manufacturing facility within a narrow band year-round. A controlled
environment was critical if the company hoped to maintain its reputation for
manufacturing high quality components for computers and telecommunications
equipment.
Missouri Public Service stepped forward again with a design for a closed-loop
electric heat pump system. The design uses a high efficiency water loop heat
pump to move the heat produced by equipment in manufacturing areas to exterior
walls of the building while maintaining improved levels of comfort. Installation
and ongoing energy and maintenance costs of this computer-controlled,
all-electric system are lower than comparable natural gas systems.
When assistance was needed in soliciting and evaluating bids from suppliers
of heating, cooling and lighting equipment for the new facility, Missouri Public
Service again stepped forward. Lennan evaluated bid specifications, sent out
requests for proposals, tabulated results and finally delivered his
recommendations.
"In evaluating the customer's needs, we felt that the all-electric system
represented the best option for keeping their business as competitive as
possible with the best technology available," Lennan says. "We demonstrated that
the electric system we designed for them would be the most cost-effective and
efficient energy system option.
"If we hadn't been able to do that, we would have recommended they go with a
gas system. We want them to be our customers for a long time to come."
Over the next five years, the new Colt Technology facility is expected to
result in $1 million in electric sales. The company expects to employ about 200
people at the new facility when it is fully operational.
"This was a huge step for them. They were tripling the size of their
business, which is not an easy jump for any company," Lennan says. "We knew that
if they were going to be successful, we had to be as committed to their success
as they were."
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RESPONDING TO CHANGE
TODAY REQUIRES ALERTNESS AND VISION, AND ALSO BECOMES MORE CHALLENGING
AND MORE URGENT AS THE SPEED OF CHANGE CONTINUES TO ACCELERATE.
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OPERATIONS
AND FINANCE
KEY EVENTS OF 1993
- - Consolidated net income in 1993 was $86.4 million, or $1.95 per common share,
a major improvement over 1992 results of $52.9 million net income or $1.32 per
share.
- - In November 1993, the board of directors increased the quarterly common
dividend rate by 5%, to $.42 per share. The annualized dividend rate is now
$1.68.
- - The Nebraska gas distribution system acquired in February 1993 contributed
revenues of $97.9 million for the year and made a significant contribution to
the company's improved financial results.
- - UtiliCorp realized a gain of $47.8 million in October from an initial public
offering of 18% of the common shares of Aquila Gas Pipeline Corporation, a unit
of the company's Aquila Energy subsidiary.
- - Also in the fourth quarter, the company recorded a restructuring charge of
$69.8 million ($45 million after tax) related to a revised strategy for Aquila
Energy. The net effect of the gain from the stock offering and the charge for
restructuring added about $3 million to net income.
- - Earnings reflected the full-year effect of electric and gas rate increases
totaling $16.7 million per year implemented during 1992 as well as increases
totaling $10.6 million per year implemented in 1993.
- - Higher tax rates resulting from the Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993 reduced
earnings by $.10 per share.
- - In response to further deregulation of the natural gas industry brought about
by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's Order 636, UtiliCorp established a
gas supply center in Omaha to serve all the company's gas utility operations in
eight states.
- - In early 1993, UtiliCorp issued 5.3 million new common shares in a public
offering. The net proceeds of $144.7 million were used to reduce short-term debt
incurred for construction and acquisitions and for general corporate purposes.
OVERVIEW
EXCEPT WHERE NOTED, THE FOLLOWING DISCUSSION REFERS TO THE CONSOLIDATED ENTITY,
UTILICORP UNITED INC., INCLUDING ITS THREE OPERATING SEGMENTS: ELECTRIC
OPERATIONS, GAS OPERATIONS AND ENERGY RELATED BUSINESSES. THE LATTER INCLUDES
THE CONSOLIDATED OPERATIONS OF AQUILA ENERGY CORPORATION (AQUILA), A
WHOLLY-OWNED SUBSIDIARY. SIGNIFICANT EVENTS AND TRENDS ARE PRESENTED WHICH HAVE
HAD AN EFFECT ON THE OPERATIONS OF THE COMPANY DURING THE THREE-YEAR PERIOD
ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1993. ALSO PRESENTED ARE FACTORS WHICH MAY AFFECT FUTURE
OPERATING RESULTS, FINANCIAL POSITION AND LIQUIDITY. THIS DISCUSSION SHOULD BE
READ IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE COMPANY'S CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND
ACCOMPANYING NOTES.
1993 FOCUS. The company in 1993 focused on its growth strategy and the
improvement of earnings. Successful electric and gas rate cases and more normal
winter and summer weather allowed the company to achieve the expected
improvements. Additionally, the company changed the strategic direction of its
Aquila subsidiary. This action included an initial public offering of common
shares of an Aquila subsidiary and the recording of a restructuring charge,
which together resulted in a one-time net gain of about $3 million, net of tax.
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ELECTRIC OPERATIONS
THE COMPANY'S ELECTRIC SEGMENT INCLUDES THE ELECTRIC OPERATIONS OF
MISSOURI PUBLIC SERVICE, WEST KOOTENAY POWER, WEST VIRGINIA POWER AND WESTPLAINS
ENERGY
(ACQUIRED IN SEPTEMBER 1991).
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REVENUES $546.9 $507.8 $379.4
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EXPENSES:
Fuel and purchased power 197.3 191.4 125.8
Other operations and maintenance 184.3 165.3 125.5
Depreciation and amortization 45.9 41.7 31.5
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TOTAL EXPENSES 427.5 398.4 282.8
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INCOME FROM OPERATIONS $119.4 $109.4 $ 96.6
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Identifiable assets $1,162.0 $1,055.2 $1,026.0
Capital expenditures 87.4 98.1 65.6
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Electric sales (MWH 000's) 9,924 9,091 7,072
Number of customers 417,884 410,826 402,135
Number of employees 1,948 1,906 1,900
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</TABLE>
SEGMENT HIGHLIGHTS
With the acquisition of WestPlains Energy in September 1991, electric revenues
and income from operations have increased 44% and 24%, respectively, over the
past three years. In 1993 electric revenues increased 8% compared to 1992 and
income from operations increased 9%.
REVENUES
Electric revenues are based on rates authorized by various regulatory
jurisdictions which result in differing rate designs and margins. Electric
revenues have increased most significantly during the past three years as a
result of the acquisition of WestPlains Energy. This division contributed
revenues of $45.1 million in the fourth quarter of 1991, $176.3 million in 1992
and $180.5 in 1993.
Total electric revenues increased each year due to the growth in the number
of customers and rate increases implemented during the three-year period.
Favorable weather affected revenues positively in 1991, while unseasonably cool
summer weather reduced electric revenues in 1992. Summer weather returned to
near normal in 1993.
In June 1993 a rate increase of $4.9 million per year and a new rate design
became effective at Missouri Public Service. The rate increase primarily
reflects the investment in a conversion to low-sulfur coal to meet clean air
standards and the final costs of renovating the Sibley Generating Station. The
new rate design increased rates during the summer when demand is highest and
lowered rates in the winter.
West Kootenay Power received annual rate increases of $2.9 million per year
effective in January 1991 and $5.6 million effective in June 1993. The latter
increase replaces interim rate changes of $3.2 million and $3.7 million which
had been in effect since January 1992 and January 1993, respectively. These
increases were needed primarily to recover higher costs associated with facility
improvements, costs of purchased power and inflation. West Kootenay Power
anticipates modest rate relief during the next five years, primarily to recover
costs related to purchased power and ongoing improvements and additions to
facilities.
Under settlement agreements related to its acquisition, WestPlains Energy was
precluded from requesting an increase in Kansas retail rates for implementation
prior to October 1, 1993. Similarly, it will not request an increase in Colorado
retail or wholesale rates to be effective before October 1, 1994. Recovery of
fuel and purchased power
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cost will continue to be permitted through mechanisms in place prior to the
acquisition.
EXPENSES
Since 1991, operating expenditures for fuel and purchased power have increased
primarily as a result of the WestPlains Energy acquisition and growth in the
number of customers unrelated to acquisitions. During this period, fuel prices
were relatively stable and purchased power was available at a reasonable cost.
In 1991 the increase in these costs was partially offset by purchasing spot
market coal and renegotiating coal supply and rail contracts, both at favorable
prices. These savings continued into 1992 and 1993. In 1993 significant
additional savings were achieved by renegotiating another major coal supply
contract.
Other segment expenses have increased over the three-year period reflecting
primarily the WestPlains acquisition, inflation and greater depreciation expense
due to additional plant placed in service during the period.
CAPITAL EXPENDITURES
The company's largest capital project over the past several years has been
rebuilding the 491-megawatt (MW) Sibley Generating Station. Begun in 1986, the
$70 million project was completed in 1992, adding another 20 years to the
economic life of the facility. The renovation cost only about 7% of what it
would have cost to construct a new coal-fired plant of similar capacity. During
1993, the company completed its three-year, $45 million project converting the
Sibley plant to low-sulfur coal.
The 1994 capital budget provides $90 million for electric operations.
Electric construction expenditures through 1998 are expected to average $109
million per year.
ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS
Completion of the Sibley coal conversion project has enabled the company to
comply with all environmental standards established by the Clean Air Act
Amendments of 1990 without installing costly scrubbers. The company has secured
multiple contracts of varying lengths for low-sulfur western coal and related
transportation. Successful test burns of low-sulfur coal were conducted during
early 1993, and the conversion was completed later in the year. The change in
coal supply has not increased Sibley's fuel costs.
OUTLOOK
The open access provision of the National Energy Policy Act of 1992 is gradually
increasing competition in the supply of electricity. While such change brings
uncertainty, it also brings opportunity. In order to take advantage of this a
utility must maintain high levels of customer service and be competitive in
terms of cost. The company's electric divisions have ranked high in customer
satisfaction surveys and its efforts to increase the efficiency of its electric
operations are ongoing.
The company expects the current level of growth in the number of electric
customers and demand for power to continue over the next few years. Additional
generating capacity is likely to be needed toward the end of this decade.
Long-term capacity plans, including a combination of purchased power,
conservation and load management, and construction of additional capacity, are
frequently updated. These combined alternatives are expected to be adequate to
meet future capacity requirements. West Kootenay Power is currently considering
several hydroelectric developments to meet future load growth.
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
REVENUES: ELECTRIC
($ MILLIONS)
- --------------------------------------------------
93 92 91
<S> <C> <C>
546.9 507.8 379.4
</TABLE>
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
INCOME FROM OPERATIONS: ELECTRIC
($ MILLIONS)
- --------------------------------------------------
93 92 91
<S> <C> <C>
119.4 109.4 96.6
</TABLE>
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
HISTORICAL CAPITAL EXPENDITURES: ELECTRIC
($ MILLIONS)
- --------------------------------------------------
93 92 91
<S> <C> <C> <C>
SIBLEY REBUILDING 0 3.4 8.8
COAL CONVERSION 16.6 23.9 2.1
OTHER 70.8 70.8 54.7
---- ---- ----
TOTAL 87.4 98.1 65.6
</TABLE>
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
ESTIMATED CAPITAL EXPENDITURES: ELECTRIC
($ MILLIONS)
- --------------------------------------------------
98 97 96 95 94
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
116 113 122 104 90
</TABLE>
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GAS OPERATIONS
THE COMPANY'S GAS SEGMENT INCLUDES GAS OPERATIONS OF
MISSOURI PUBLIC SERVICE, KANSAS PUBLIC SERVICE, PEOPLES NATURAL GAS,
NORTHERN MINNESOTA UTILITIES, MICHIGAN GAS UTILITIES AND WEST VIRGINIA POWER.
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
THREE-YEAR REVIEW-Gas Operations YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31,
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<S> <C> <C> <C>
DOLLARS IN MILLIONS 1993 1992 1991
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REVENUES $686.1 $515.7 $496.0
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EXPENSES:
Gas purchased for resale 443.4 331.3 318.8
Other operations and maintenance 148.4 118.4 112.6
Depreciation and amortization 28.6 24.4 22.4
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TOTAL EXPENSE 620.4 474.1 453.8
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INCOME FROM OPERATIONS $ 65.7 $ 41.6 $ 42.2
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Identifiable assets $716.9 $579.3 $530.1
Capital expenditures 53.1 51.7 68.4
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Gas sales and transportation (BCF) 261 230 228
Number of customer 740,354 599,316 581,653
Number of employees 2,280 1,997 1,930
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</TABLE>
SEGMENT HIGHLIGHTS
Largely reflecting the acquisition of the Nebraska gas system of Arkla, Inc.
during the first quarter of 1993, gas revenues increased 38% and income from
operations increased 56% over the past three years. In 1993 gas revenues
increased 33% compared to 1992 and income from operations increased 58% during
the same period.
REVENUES
Gas revenues are based on rates authorized by various regulatory jurisdictions,
which result in differing rate designs and margins. The Nebraska acquisition,
now operated as a part of Peoples Natural Gas, contributed revenues of $97.9
million in 1993. Rate increases at a number of the company's gas divisions
during the last three years and customer growth unrelated to acquisitions also
increased revenues. Customer usage and revenues are also affected by
year-to-year changes in weather. Both 1991 and 1992 had mild winters. Winter
weather throughout the company's service territory returned to near normal
during 1993. The loss of a large industrial customer and reduced irrigation
sales due to wet weather lowered revenues in both 1992 and 1993.
Revenues are affected by variations in the cost of purchased gas and are
reduced by customers switching from tariff sales to transportation sales.
However, these factors have had no significant effect on income from operations.
The amounts and effective dates of annual rate increases that have been
granted are as follows: Missouri Public Service, $1.9 million in September 1993;
Michigan Gas Utilities, $2.4 million in May 1991 and $1.1 million in December
1992; West Virginia Power, $1.4 million in November 1991; Kansas Public Service,
$1.1 million in January 1991 and $.6 million in June 1992; and Peoples Natural
Gas, in Nebraska, $1.0 million in October 1991; in Kansas, $2.9 million in
November 1992; in Iowa, $3.3 million in August 1992; in Minnesota, $5.1 million
in June 1992; and in Colorado, $.8 million in October 1992.
The new rates were requested primarily to recover the cost of ongoing
pipeline replacement programs, extension of service to new areas and increases
in other operating costs. Additional rate requests are likely as these programs
and other facility improvements continue.
EXPENSES
The segment's principal operating expense is gas purchased for resale.
Variations in this expense result from the same factors that affect gas
revenues, discussed previously. Other gas segment expenses have increased since
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1991, reflecting primarily the 1993 Nebraska acquisition and the increase in
depreciation expense due to additional gas plant placed in service over the
three-year period.
CAPITAL EXPENDITURES
In the past five years, the company has spent about $38 million to replace older
pipe. This program to improve system safety and reliability will continue
through the 1990s. The expenditures are expected to be recoverable through
rates.
During the last three years, the company has spent approximately $24 million
to install piping and extend service to several towns in Iowa, Minnesota,
Missouri and Kansas. The company will continue to extend service to new
locations as economic opportunities arise.
The 1994 capital budget provides $50 million for gas operations, including
pipe replacement and system extensions. Construction expenditures through 1998
are expected to average $45 million per year.
ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS
The company is in the process of investigating and testing various manufactured
gas sites either currently or previously owned by the company. These are
discussed in Note 10 to the Consolidated Financial Statements.
OUTLOOK
A new era of increased competition for the purchase and sale of natural gas
began in late 1993 with implementation of Order 636 of the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission. This order has shifted a significant portion of the risk
and responsibility for the supply of gas from pipeline companies to distribution
utilities like the divisions of UtiliCorp.
To respond to this increase in competition, the company has created a gas
supply center based in Omaha to consolidate its natural gas procurement. This
strategy provides broader access to pipeline systems and takes advantage of
economies of scale in the company's purchase of natural gas. While the full
impact of Order 636 cannot yet be gauged, the company believes that it is well
positioned to maintain access to a competitive supply of gas and would recover
in rates any additional costs charged by its pipeline suppliers in implementing
Order 636.
UtiliCorp's gas utilities will continue programs to upgrade their systems and
increase the overall efficiencies of their operations. These programs benefit
customers and enable gas operations to grow in a competitive environment.
In May 1993, the company signed an agreement to purchase Arkla's Kansas gas
distribution and transmission systems for approximately $25 million. This
transaction is expected to close in the first half of 1994. The systems serve
about 22,000 customers in Wichita and several surrounding communities. Their
annual gas distribution revenues are about $15 million. Plans call for this
system to be operated as part of the Peoples Natural Gas division.
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
REVENUES: GAS
($ MILLIONS)
- --------------------------------------------------
93 92 91
<S> <C> <C>
686.1 515.7 496.0
</TABLE>
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
INCOME FROM OPERATIONS: GAS
($ MILLIONS)
- --------------------------------------------------
93 92 91
<S> <C> <C>
65.7 41.6 42.2
</TABLE>
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
HISTORICAL CAPITAL EXPENDITURES: GAS
($ MILLIONS)
- --------------------------------------------------
93 92 91
<S> <C> <C> <C>
NEW TOWN PIPING 1.6 7.0 15.0
PIPE REPLACEMENT 9.2 9.2 7.5
OTHER 42.3 35.5 45.9
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TOTAL 53.1 51.7 68.4
</TABLE>
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
ESTIMATED CAPITAL EXPENDITURES: GAS
($ MILLIONS)
- --------------------------------------------------
98 97 96 95 94
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
PIPE REPLACEMENT 9 9 10 10 10
OTHER 33 33 34 36 40
-- -- -- -- --
TOTAL 42 42 44 46 50
</TABLE>
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[Graphics]
[Caption]
FOCUSING ON SERVICE
WITH THE EYE OF THE CUSTOMER LEADS TO NEW APPROACHES
IN THE DELIVERY OF ENERGY AND AN EVER WIDER
RANGE OF CUSTOMIZED SOLUTIONS AVAILABLE TO THE USER.
<PAGE>
ENERGY RELATED BUSINESSES
THE ENERGY RELATED BUSINESSES SEGMENT INCLUDES THE CONSOLIDATED OPERATIONS OF
THE COMPANY'S AQUILA ENERGY SUBSIDIARY. AQUILA IS INVOLVED IN THE GATHERING,
PROCESSING AND MARKETING OF NATURAL GAS, ACQUISITION AND PRODUCTION OF GAS AND
OIL RESERVES AND EXTRACTION AND SALE OF NATURAL GAS LIQUIDS.
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
THREE-YEAR REVIEW-Energy Related Businesses YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31,
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<S> <C> <C> <C>
DOLLARS IN MILLIONS 1993 1992 1991
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REVENUES:
Gas and oil production and marketing $ 73.7 $ 71.0 $104.4
Gas sales, transmission and processing 264.9 204.4 89.4
Income from gathering system investment - - 6.0
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TOTAL REVENUES 338.6 275.4 199.8
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EXPENSES:
Depreciation, depletion and amortization 60.8 57.0 51.6
Gas purchases 177.1 123.7 52.8
Operations and maintenance 63.8 59.0 38.2
Restructuring charge (a) 69.8 - -
Unusual loss provision - 17.7 -
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TOTAL EXPENSES 371.5 257.4 142.6
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INCOME (LOSS) FROM OPERATIONS $(32.9) $ 18.0 $057.2
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Gain on sale of subsidiary stock $047.8 $ - $ -
Identifiable assets 604.2 662.0 643.1
Capital expenditures and investments 94.5 48.9 148.7
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Proven reserves (BCF) (b) 119 156 239
Marketing volumes (BCF) 453 543 376
Production volumes (BCF) (b) 30 33 39
Number of employees 407 358 329
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<FN>
(a) INCLUDES WRITE-OFF OF $3.7 MILLION RELATED TO CERTAIN ASSETS OWNED BY THE
COMPANY ON BEHALF OF AQUILA.
(b) INCLUDES BARRELS OF OIL EXPRESSED AS GAS EQUIVALENT, ASSUMING 6,000 CUBIC
FEET OF GAS PER BARREL OF OIL.
</TABLE>
SEGMENT HIGHLIGHTS
In 1993, Aquila reported net income of $10.7 million. Aquila's net income (loss)
was $(10.2) million in 1992 and $19.5 million in 1991. The 1992 amount includes
after-tax charges of $11.3 million related to apparent improper payments by
former employees of an Aquila subsidiary, Aquila Energy Resources.
Earnings are based on an assigned debt/equity ratio of about 80/20 for
reserve assets and about 60/40 for pipeline assets. In 1993, this segment
contributed 21% of consolidated revenues. In October 1993, Aquila Gas Pipeline
Corporation (AGP), an Aquila subsidiary, completed an initial public offering of
5.4 million shares of common stock, representing approximately 18% of the stock
of AGP. This resulted in a $47.8 million gain.
REVENUES
In September 1991, Aquila exercised its option to purchase the remaining 51%
partnership interest in Aquila Southwest Energy for approximately $39 million
and began to consolidate its operations for financial reporting purposes. Prior
to September 1991, Aquila used the equity method of accounting for its initial
49% ownership in Aquila Southwest. The operations of this subsidiary are now a
primary component of the operations of AGP. AGP owns gas processing plants and
over 2,300 miles of pipeline in Texas and Oklahoma.
During 1993, AGP throughput was 120 BCF, compared with 104 BCF in 1992 and 87
BCF in 1991. Natural gas liquids (NGLs) of 491 million gallons were extracted in
1993, up from 368 and 230 million gallons
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in 1992 and 1991, respectively. The volume increases in 1993 are due primarily
to third-party drilling and subsequent well connections to AGP's pipelines. NGL
prices remained relatively stable through the summer of 1993. In the fall of
1993, prices began to decline but this was more than offset by the increased
volumes of NGLs processed during 1993. A portion of AGP's revenues are subject
to price risk because of the absence of financial instruments for certain NGL
products.
In 1992 gas marketing volumes increased compared to 1991. However, marketing
revenues were reduced due to lower margins on spot market transactions and
significant margin reductions on fixed price supply contracts when gas prices
rose sharply. Marketing margins again declined in 1993, primarily due to fixed
price supply contracts. As a result, Aquila has revised its business strategy as
discussed more fully under the Outlook section. Gas and oil production volumes
decreased during 1993 to 30 BCF, compared to 33 BCF in 1992. This decrease was
more than offset by an increase in the average sales price of gas during the
year.
EXPENSES
Depreciation, depletion and amortization increased during the last three years
because of the expansion of the AGP pipeline systems and the higher depletion
rates of gas and oil reserves. Gas purchases and operations and maintenance
expenses have increased annually due to the growth in Aquila's businesses,
primarily the expansion of AGP.
In December 1993, the company announced the completion of a revised business
strategy at Aquila. In connection with this revised business strategy a pretax
restructuring charge of $69.8 million was recorded. The charge reflects
estimated costs of $43.0 million attributable to the anticipated disposition of
certain non-strategic long-term sales and firm transportation contracts. The
fixed price sales contracts extend from 1994 to 2008 and obligate Aquila to sell
approximately 67 BCF of gas over that period. In order to minimize further
losses, the company entered into various hedging transactions, resulting in
embedded contract losses. The company is negotiating the sale of these
contracts. Also recorded was a $16.6 million impairment reserve for
non-strategic offshore pipeline assets, which were previously being depreciated
over a four year period. Another $6.5 million charge relates to the cost of
implementing other programs made necessary by the strategy revision.
Additionally, certain investments owned by the company on behalf of Aquila,
totaling $3.7 million, were deemed to be non-strategic and were included as part
of the total restructuring recognized by the company. These charges will result
in a future cash outlay of approximately $45 million during 1994 and 1995 which
will be funded from operations and other working capital sources.
The $17.7 million loss provision shown as an unusual item in 1992 relates to
apparent improper payments by former employees of Aquila Energy Resources
Corporation, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Aquila. Recovery is being vigorously
pursued through litigation and insurance. See Note 10 to the Consolidated
Financial Statements for further information.
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
REVENUES: ENERGY RELATED
($ MILLIONS)
- --------------------------------------------------
93 92 91
<S> <C> <C>
338.6 275.4 199.8
</TABLE>
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
MARKETING VOLUMES
(BCF)
- --------------------------------------------------
93 92 91
<S> <C> <C>
453 543 376
</TABLE>
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
INCOMES FROM OPERATIONS: ENERGY RELATED
BEFORE CHARGES* ($ MILLIONS)
- --------------------------------------------------
93 92 91
<S> <C> <C>
36.9 35.7 57.2
<FN>
* RESTRUCTURING CHARGES OF $69.8 MILLION IN
IN 1993 AND UNUSUAL LOSS PROVISION OF $17.7
MILLION IN 1992.
</TABLE>
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
PROVEN RESERVES
(BCF EQUIVALENTS)
- --------------------------------------------------
93 92 91
<S> <C> <C>
119 156 239
</TABLE>
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ACQUISITIONS AND INVESTMENTS
Since 1989 Aquila has invested $420 million in acquiring and expanding its
pipeline and gathering systems. This amount includes the acquisition of Aquila
Southwest in 1991. Since 1987 Aquila has invested a total of $368 million in
acquiring and developing gas and oil reserves.
OUTLOOK
Aquila's new strategy began taking shape in early 1993 with the arrival of
Aquila's new president and other new members of his management team. Aquila is
now focusing on three distinct business activities-gas marketing, gas and oil
development and production, and gas gathering and processing. The gathering and
processing activities are managed by San Antonio-based AGP.
The company will now rely more heavily on long-term sales contracts and less
on the spot market for profits in its gas marketing activities. More emphasis
will be given to serving customers in the Upper Midwest and Eastern Seaboard
regions. Aquila can readily serve those areas with supplies from producing
basins in Oklahoma and the Gulf Coast. Natural gas sales and purchase
commitments are frequently based upon fixed prices. Aquila's results can be
affected by natural gas market price volatility if fixed price commitments are
not fully balanced. To mitigate the natural gas pricing risk on fixed price
commitments, Aquila uses various hedging techniques to balance its portfolio.
Management believes the company has sufficient proved reserves and access to
markets to meet contractual volumes.
Aquila's gas and oil production is dedicated to supporting the marketing
strategy. At year end, Aquila's gas reserves totaled 104 BCF. Emphasis will be
given to exploratory and development drilling of owned reserves. Acquisitions of
additional reserves will be pursued. AGP will work to increase the volume of gas
it gathers and processes at facilities connected to pipeline systems in Texas
and Oklahoma. AGP has achieved success in connecting a significant percentage of
new wells in the commercially active Giddings Field. It also will seek to
acquire strategically placed pipelines and processing facilities in proven gas
and oil basins.
UTILCO GROUP
THE RESULTS OF OPERATIONS OF UTILCO GROUP,
WHICH OWNS AND OPERATES INDEPENDENT POWER PROJECTS,
ARE REPORTED AS OTHER INCOME.
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
UTILCO GROUP POWER PROJECTS
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DOLLARS IN MILLIONS DECEMBER 31, 1993
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Number Aggregate Ownership UtilCo Group's Share
Fuel Type of Projects Capacity Range of Project Assets
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Gas 6 538 MW 15% - 50% $195.4
Coal 3 154 24% - 50% 119.7
Hydro 6 40 50% 48.0
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total 15 732 MW $363.1
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
</TABLE>
UtilCo Group contributed net income of $3.2 million in 1993. It reported net
income of $5.3 million in 1992 and $1.8 million in 1991. These results are based
on an assigned debt/equity ratio of 75/25. The improvement in 1992 reflected an
increased number of projects and the higher operating performance normally
achieved after each plant's two-year start-up phase. The reduction in net income
for 1993 was due primarily to the effect of the increase in the corporate tax
rate included in the Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993.
Since 1986 UtilCo Group has acquired ownership interests in 15 independent
power projects, all of which are in commercial operation. Investments in
additional projects are expected to be made over the next five years.
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Consistent with UtiliCorp's strategy of spreading risks, UtilCo Group has
invested in generating projects located in six states. Each project uses
traditional fuels and proven technologies, and is a competitive, low-cost
producer of wholesale power. The projects sell their electric output under
long-term contracts with terms ranging from 15 to 40 years.
UtilCo Group acquired interests in two additional projects in 1992. In March
1992, it became a 15% limited partner in a 168.8 MW gas-fired power plant near
Buffalo, New York that began commercial operations in December 1992. In
September 1992, UtilCo Group acquired a 50% ownership interest in a 120 MW
gas-fired cogeneration facility in Orlando, Florida. Commercial operations began
in September 1993.
At the end of 1993, UtilCo Group's projects had a total capacity of 732 MW.
UtilCo Group's ownership interests range from 15% to 50%, and its share of
project assets at the end of 1993 totaled $363.1 million. No new investments
were made in 1993. UtilCo Group's share of project assets at year end was $346.5
million in 1992 and $280.3 million in 1991.
UtiliCorp's balance sheet at December 31, 1993 includes $110.9 million in
non-regulated property, representing UtilCo Group's investments in partnerships
and leveraged leases.
OTHER INCOME
Several of the company's utilities have undertaken various non-regulated
businesses in recent years. These are also reported as other income. Most of
these businesses have required minimal capital investment. The activities
include consumer appliance protection programs, gas and coal brokering, propane
distribution, meter reading and billing services, and water and wastewater
management for municipalities and other utilities in or near the company's
service areas.
FINANCE
UtiliCorp United was formed from Missouri Public Service Company in 1985 to
pursue a focused strategy to broaden the company's business base within the
energy industry. The benefits of implementing this strategy have included the
spreading of inherent business risks, reduced cost of capital, improved
operating efficiencies and economies of scale.
DIVIDENDS
Since formation of the company in May 1985, the cash dividend rate on common
stock has doubled to an annualized rate of $1.68. Based upon the improved
earnings results experienced in 1993, in November 1993 the company's board of
directors increased the common dividend by 5% to the current $1.68 level. Future
dividend action will continue to reflect the board of directors' assessment of
financial results, including the outlook for future earnings.
ASSET GROWTH
Utility acquisitions, non-regulated investments and ongoing facility
improvements are the primary components to the company's growth strategy. During
1993, the company completed a utility acquisition totaling $99 million,
including $21 million in working capital. Additionally, $140.5 million in
construction expenditures was invested to improve existing facilities and expand
utility service territories.
Aquila's investments during 1993 in gas and oil producing, gathering and
transmission properties totaled $94.5 million.
The company plans to continue making acquisitions and investments that
further its strategy.
LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES
During the past three years, UtiliCorp's most significant capital requirements
have been a direct result of its growth strategy. Acquisitions and investments
have been initially financed with short-term debt, and permanently funded with
various long-term securities when financial markets were favorable. The company
intends to maintain its strong balance sheet by using both debt and equity to
finance future growth.
During the three years ended December 31, 1993, $545 million in net long-term
capital was secured: $329 million through various issues of stock and $216
million through long-term debt. Common shareholders' equity at the end of 1993
increased to about 44% of total permanent capitalization while the level of
short-term indebtedness has declined. Short-term indebtedness will fluctuate to
accommodate the interim financing of acquisitions and other investments.
The company has commercial paper programs aggregating $200 million. To
support these programs, the company has two revolving credit agreements
(Agreements) with a consortium of banks aggregating $400 million.
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[Graphics]
[Caption]
LEARNING THE LANDSCAPE
OF FOREIGN MARKETS CAREFULLY AND OVER TIME REVEALS
SIMILARITIES TO OUR OWN AS GLOBAL
TRENDS RESHAPE MARKETS AND CREATE OPPORTUNITIES.
<PAGE>
The Agreements, which expire in December 1994 and December 1996, also allow the
issuance of notes which bear interest at rates based on the prime rate or
various money market rates. As of December 31, 1993, there were no outstanding
borrowings under these Agreements. The company also has accounts receivable sale
programs. The level of funding available from these programs varies depending on
the level of eligible accounts receivable, which fluctuates seasonally. Under
these programs up to $175 million is available to reduce short-term debt. At
December 31, 1993, $139.1 million was sold under these programs.
CASH REQUIREMENTS
Cash requirements include utility plant additions, dividends, and required
redemptions of long-term securities.
Taken as a whole, cash provided from operating activities funded all of the
company's cash requirements during the three years ended December 31, 1993.
External financing was required during that period to fund acquisitions and
investments.
Over the next five years cash provided from operating activities is expected
to meet anticipated cash requirements for that period, excluding acquisitions
and debt retirements scheduled for 1995.
In February and April 1993, the company issued 4.8 million and .5 million
shares of common stock, respectively. The combined net proceeds of $144.7
million were used to reduce short-term debt incurred for construction and
acquisitions and for general corporate purposes.
In March 1993, the company issued $125 million of 8.0% Senior Notes due in
2023. Net proceeds of $123.3 million were used to reduce short-term debt
incurred for construction and acquisitions, and for general corporate purposes.
In April 1993, the company issued $70 million of 6.0% Senior Notes due in
1998. The company used the majority of the proceeds to fund a trust that assumed
$63.5 million of 9.875% General Mortgage Bonds. In October 1993, the General
Mortgage Bonds were redeemed by the trust.
In mid-1993, the company purchased and retired approximately $33.0 million of
First Mortgage Bonds. These bonds were purchased at a premium and replaced with
short-term debt.
During 1993, West Kootenay Power issued 8.8% secured debentures having a face
value of approximately $18.8 million. The proceeds were used to reduce
short-term debt and redeem preference stock, and for other general purposes.
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REVENUE
($ MILLIONS)
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93 92 91
<S> <C> <C> <C>
ELECTRIC 546.9 507.8 379.4
GAS 686.1 515.7 496.0
ENERGY RELATED 338.6 275.4 199.8
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TOTAL 1,571.6 1,298.9 1,075.2
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<CAPTION>
UTILITY PLANT ADDITIONS
($ MILLIONS)
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93 92 91
<S> <C> <C>
140.5 149.8 134.0
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<CAPTION>
INCOME FROM OPERATIONS BEFORE CHARGES*
($ MILLIONS)
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93 92 91
<S> <C> <C> <C>
ELECTRIC 119.4 109.4 96.6
GAS 65.7 41.6 42.2
ENERGY RELATED 36.9 35.7 57.2
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TOTAL 222.0 186.7 196.0
* RESTRUCTURING CHARGE OF $69.8 MILLION IN 1993
AND UNUSUAL LOSS PROVISION OF $17.7 MILLION IN
1992.
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<CAPTION>
CASH FROM OPERATIONS
($ MILLIONS)
- ------------------------------------
93 92 91
<S> <C> <C>
289.3 175.8 215.8
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ACQUISITIONS AND INVESTMENTS
On September 30, 1991, the company purchased the electric utility properties of
Centel Corporation and renamed them WestPlains Energy. The company paid $209.2
million in cash, assumed liabilities of $26.0 million and executed a long-term
operating lease with a third party for an 8% undivided ownership interest in the
Jeffrey Energy Center.
On February 1, 1993, the company completed its $99 million acquisition of a
Nebraska gas distribution system from Arkla, Inc. The Nebraska system serves
about 124,000 gas customers in 63 eastern Nebraska communities, including the
city of Lincoln. Gas revenues in 1993 for the Nebraska system, operated as a
part of the Peoples Natural Gas division, were approximately $97.9 million.
On May 7, 1993, the company signed an agreement to purchase Arkla's Kansas
gas distribution and transmission systems for $25 million. The Kansas systems
serve about 22,000 customers in Wichita and several surrounding communities. Gas
distribution revenues for the Kansas system during 1993 were approximately $15
million. This transaction is expected to close in the first half of 1994. The
system will be operated as a part of Peoples Natural Gas.
On February 14, 1994, the company signed a definitive agreement to purchase a
218-mile, Missouri intrastate natural gas pipeline system from Edisto Resources
Corporation. The $75 million sales price includes the gas distribution system at
Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri and a pipeline that crosses the Mississippi River
north of St. Louis. The transaction requires regulatory approval and is expected
to close later in 1994.
The company believes it is well positioned to take advantage of the
opportunities presented by domestic deregulation of the gas and electric
businesses. Additionally, the company has found ways to enter international
markets where privatization of utilities is starting to take place.
UtiliCorp U.K., Inc. owns a 75% interest in United Gas, the company's natural
gas marketing venture in the United Kingdom (U.K.). United Gas became a
contributor to earnings in 1993 due to continued efforts to develop new markets
in areas of the U.K. where it supplies gas. UtiliCorp U.K., Inc. and six
regional electric distribution utilities in the U.K. have entered into joint
venture agreements to supply gas to large volume customers in the electric
utilities' service areas via facilities owned by British Gas. The results of
operations of the U.K. ventures are reported as other income.
In July 1993, the company finalized a joint venture arrangement with the
Waikato Electricity Authority in New Zealand. Under the arrangement, UtiliCorp
agreed to purchase a 33% interest in Waikato-based WEL Energy Group Ltd. (WEL)
for approximately $21 million to be paid over time. The company paid $2.7
million at closing and will make additional investments in the future based on
the capital requirements of WEL.
INCOME TAXES
The level of income tax expense during the three-year period fluctuated
generally with the level of pretax accounting income. The effective tax rate for
1993 is substantially less than the statutory rate due to the $47.8 million gain
from the sale of subsidiary stock, which is not taxable according to U.S. tax
law.
In August 1993, the Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993 was enacted. An
adjustment was made in the third quarter to retroactively reflect the increase
in the corporate tax rate from 34% to 35%, effective January 1, 1993. The rise
in the tax rate increased 1993 income tax expense approximately $4.0 million, or
$.10 per average common share. This included $2.7 million related to a non-cash
adjustment to increase deferred income tax liabilities of non-regulated
operations as of January 1, 1993. Deferred income tax liabilities of regulated
operations were also increased. However, because these additional taxes are
expected to be recovered through rates, a regulatory asset was established and
included in Deferred Charges and Other Assets in the accompanying balance sheet.
See Note 8 to the Consolidated Financial Statements for further discussion.
REGULATED RETURNS
The company strives to earn optimal returns in all regulatory jurisdictions.
Recent years have been especially challenging because of the statutory lag
required to achieve rate relief and a general trend by regulatory commissions
toward reduced rates of return as a result of lower interest rates.
Rate relief was obtained in several jurisdictions during 1992. In 1993, the
most significant activity was
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at Missouri Public Service (electric and gas) and West Kootenay Power
(electric). The company intends to be the low cost provider of energy in its
service territories. However, as new capital is invested in facilities, some
further rate filings may become necessary over the next five years to provide an
opportunity to earn fair returns.
EFFECTS OF INFLATION
In the next few years, the company anticipates that the level of inflation, if
moderate, will not have a significant effect on operations or acquisition
activity.
SOURCES OF REVENUES - 1993
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/ / ELECTRIC 35%
/ / GAS 44%
/ / ENERGY RELATED 21%
SOURCES OF INCOME FROM OPERATIONS BEFORE CHARGE* - 1993
- -------------------------------------------------------
/ / ELECTRIC 54%
/ / GAS 29%
/ / ENERGY RELATED 17%
* RESTRUCTURING CHARGE OF $69.8 MILLION
NEW ACCOUNTING STANDARDS
Notes 8 and 9 to the Consolidated Financial Statements discuss the new
accounting standards relating to income taxes and post-retirement benefits other
than pensions.
In November 1992, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued Statement
of Financial Accounting Standard No. 112 (SFAS No. 112), "Employers' Accounting
for Post-Employment Benefits." The company does not expect the adoption of SFAS
No. 112 to have a material effect on its consolidated financial position or
results of operations.
ELECTRIC SALES VOLUMES BY TYPE - 1993
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/ / RESIDENTIAL 36%
/ / COMMERCIAL 25%
/ / INDUSTRIAL 19%
/ / OTHER 20%
GAS SALES AND TRANSPORTATION VOLUME BY TYPE - 1993
/ / RESIDENTIAL 29%
/ / COMMERCIAL 15%
/ / INDUSTRIAL & TRANSPORTATION 55%
/ / OTHER 1%
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[Graphics]
[Caption]
ATTAINING CRITICAL MASS
THROUGH BOTH ACQUIRING AND ACTIVATING NEW BUSINESSES ENLARGES THE SCALE OF
FUTURE GROWTH BY CONTINUALLY ADDING RESOURCES, KNOWLEDGE AND FINANCIAL STRENGTH.
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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF INCOME
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YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31,
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IN MILLIONS EXCEPT PER SHARE 1993 1992 1991
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<S> <C> <C> <C>
REVENUES:
Electric operations $ 546.9 $ 507.8 $ 379.4
Gas operations 686.1 515.7 496.0
Energy related businesses 338.6 275.4 199.8
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TOTAL REVENUES 1,571.6 1,298.9 1,075.2
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EXPENSES:
Fuel used for generation 72.9 73.5 61.1
Power purchased 124.4 117.9 64.7
Gas purchased for resale 443.4 331.3 318.8
Other operating 213.5 182.1 148.5
Maintenance 47.2 40.5 37.1
Depreciation and amortization 74.5 66.1 53.9
Taxes, other than income taxes 72.0 61.1 52.5
Energy related businesses-
Depreciation, depletion and amortization 60.8 57.0 51.6
Gas purchases 177.1 123.7 52.8
Operations and maintenance 63.8 59.0 38.2
Restructuring charge 69.8 - -
Unusual loss provision - 17.7 -
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TOTAL EXPENSES 1,419.4 1,129.9 879.2
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INCOME FROM OPERATIONS 152.2 169.0 196.0
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INTEREST CHARGES AND OTHER:
Long-term debt 89.2 88.9 65.1
Short-term debt and other interest 10.9 10.2 17.4
Gain on sale of subsidiary stock (47.8) - -
Minority interests .8 - -
Other income, net (16.8) (14.6) (7.7)
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Total interest charges and other 36.3 84.5 74.8
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Income before income taxes 115.9 84.5 121.2
Income taxes 29.5 31.6 43.6
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Net income 86.4 52.9 77.6
Preference Dividends 6.9 6.9 7.8
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EARNINGS AVAILABLE FOR COMMON SHARES $ 79.5 $ 46.0 $ 69.8
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WEIGHTED AVERAGE COMMON SHARES OUTSTANDING:
Primary 40.74 34.93 29.39
Fully diluted 44.27 35.75 33.81
EARNINGS PER COMMON SHARE:
Primary $1.95 $1.32 $2.37
Fully diluted 1.92 1.31 2.27
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CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET
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<CAPTION>
DECEMBER 31,
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DOLLARS IN MILLIONS 1993 1992 1991
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<S> <C> <C> <C>
UTILITY PLANT AND OTHER ASSETS
UTILITY PLANT IN SERVICE:
Electric $1,526.6 $1,428.0 $1,360.5
Gas 896.3 746.0 695.4
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2,422.9 2,174.0 2,055.9
Less-accumulated depreciation 865.0 767.2 721.8
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Net utility plant in service 1,557.9 1,406.8 1,334.1
Construction work in progress 22.3 46.7 31.9
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TOTAL UTILITY PLANT, NET 1,580.2 1,453.5 1,366.0
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NON-REGULATED PROPERTY, NET:
Energy related 498.0 484.7 502.3
Non-regulated generating assets and other 183.6 164.4 132.0
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Total non-regulated property, net 681.6 649.1 634.3
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CURRENT ASSETS:
Cash and cash equivalents 70.3 18.7 30.1
Accounts receivable, net 158.0 177.9 145.1
Accrued utility revenues 76.6 66.3 56.1
Fuel inventory, at average cost 63.1 55.0 50.4
Materials and supplies, at average cost 38.7 38.2 34.9
Prepayments and other 31.4 30.5 25.6
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TOTAL CURRENT ASSETS 438.1 386.6 342.2
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DEFERRED CHARGES AND OTHER ASSETS 150.6 63.6 44.8
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TOTAL UTILITY PLANT AND OTHER ASSETS $2,850.5 $2,552.8 $2,387.3
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CAPITALIZATION AND LIABILITIES
CAPITALIZATION:
Common shareholders' equity $ 851.7 $ 661.1 $ 660.7
Preference stock, not mandatorily redeemable 25.0 25.0 25.0
Preference stock, convertible and mandatorily
redeemable 58.5 60.7 61.7
Preferred stock of subsidiary, retractable .4 9.4 10.4
Long-term debt 1,009.7 890.8 928.1
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TOTAL CAPITALIZATION 1,945.3 1,647.0 1,685.9
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CURRENT LIABILITIES:
Current maturities of long-term debt 1.8 5.9 3.5
Short-term debt 70.0 230.9 111.0
Accounts payable 392.5 329.2 274.1
Accrued taxes 9.3 15.3 19.1
Accrued interest 20.1 16.1 21.1
Other 52.1 61.4 51.4
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TOTAL CURRENT LIABILITIES 545.8 658.8 480.2
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DEFERRED CREDITS AND OTHER LIABILITIES:
Deferred income taxes 231.9 159.6 148.0
Investment tax credits 22.1 23.3 24.4
Minority interests 27.2 - -
Other 78.2 64.1 48.8
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TOTAL DEFERRED CREDITS AND OTHER LIABILITIES 359.4 247.0 221.2
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TOTAL CAPITALIZATION AND LIABILITIES $2,850.5 $2,552.8 $2,387.3
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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CAPITALIZATION
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<CAPTION>
DECEMBER 31,
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DOLLARS IN MILLIONS EXCEPT PER SHARE 1993 1992 1991
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<S> <C> <C> <C>
COMMON SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY:
Common stock, par value $1 per share, outstanding
42,021,160 shares (35,421,598 at December 31, 1992
and 34,455,914 at December 31, 1991) $ 42.0 $ 35.4 $ 34.5
Premium on capital stock 722.4 545.7 526.2
Retained earnings 93.4 81.5 91.8
Currency translation adjustment (6.1) (1.5) 8.2
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TOTAL COMMON SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY 851.7 661.1 660.7
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PREFERENCE STOCK, NOT MANDATORILY REDEEMABLE:
$2.05 series, 1,000,000 shares 25.0 25.0 -
$2.4375 series, 600,000 shares - - 15.0
$2.6125 series, 400,000 shares - - 10.0
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TOTAL PREFERENCE STOCK, NOT MANDATORILY REDEEMABLE 25.0 25.0 25.0
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PREFERENCE STOCK, CONVERTIBLE AND MANDATORILY REDEEMABLE:
$1.775 series, outstanding 2,885,000 shares (2,976,116 at
December 31, 1992 and 2,988,511 at December 31, 1991) 58.5 60.7 61.7
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PREFERRED STOCK OF SUBSIDIARY, RETRACTABLE .4 9.4 10.4
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LONG-TERM DEBT 1,009.7 890.8 928.1
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TOTAL CAPITALIZATION $1,945.3 $1,647.0 $1,685.9
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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF COMMON SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY
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YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31,
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IN MILLIONS EXCEPT PER SHARE 1993 1992 1991
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<S> <C> <C> <C>
COMMON STOCK:
Balance beginning of year $ 35.4 $ 34.5 $ 28.1
Issuance of common stock 6.6 .9 6.4
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BALANCE END OF YEAR 42.0 35.4 34.5
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PREMIUM ON CAPITAL STOCK:
Balance beginning of year 545.7 526.2 373.6
Issuance of common stock 177.1 19.2 151.2
Other (.4) .3 1.4
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BALANCE END OF YEAR 722.4 545.7 526.2
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RETAINED EARNINGS:
Balance beginning of year 81.5 91.8 67.6
Net income 86.4 52.9 77.6
Dividends on preference stock (6.9) (6.9) (7.8)
Dividends on common stock-$1.62 per share
in 1993, $1.60 in 1992, and $1.54 in 1991 (67.1) (55.7) (45.6)
Reissuance of common stock (.5) (.6) -
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BALANCE END OF YEAR 93.4 81.5 91.8
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CURRENCY TRANSLATION ADJUSTMENT (6.1) (1.5) 8.2
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TOTAL COMMON SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY $851.7 $661.1 $660.7
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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS
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<CAPTION>
Year Ended DECEMBER 31,
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DOLLARS IN MILLIONS 1993 1992 1991
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<S> <C> <C> <C>
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:
Net income $ 86.4 $ 52.9 $ 77.6
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided:
Depreciation and amortization 146.0 131.1 111.0
Gain on sale of subsidiary stock (47.8) - -
Restructuring charge 69.8 - -
Unusual loss provision - 17.7 -
Deferred taxes and investment tax credits 4.2 14.8 20.9
Changes in certain current assets and liabilities,
net of effects of acquisitions and restructuring-
Accounts receivable and accrued revenues 46.8 (54.5) (7.9)
Accounts receivable sold (10.9) 10.0 33.2
Fuel and materials (7.6) (8.3) (10.6)
Accounts payable 13.9 56.2 (10.6)
Accrued taxes (9.0) (21.9) 1.2
Other 11.4 (13.7) 5.6
Changes in other assets and liabilities, net (13.9) (8.5) (4.6)
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CASH PROVIDED FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES 289.3 175.8 215.8
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CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:
Additions to utility plant (140.5) (149.8) (134.0)
Purchase of utility operations (99.0) - (209.2)
Sale of subsidiary stock 74.6 - -
Investments in non-regulated generating assets (28.8) (14.8) (21.1)
Investments in energy related properties (94.5) (48.9) (148.7)
Other (1.6) (15.8) (7.6)
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CASH USED FOR INVESTING ACTIVITIES (289.8) (229.3) (520.6)
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CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
Issuance of common stock 178.8 20.0 139.3
Issuance of preference stock - 25.0 -
Retirement of preference stock (9.0) (25.0) -
Issuance of long-term debt, net of premium paid 217.4 230.3 152.7
Retirement of long-term debt (99.8) (265.5) (19.2)
Short-term borrowings (repayments), net (160.9) 119.9 62.3
Cash dividends paid (74.4) (62.6) (53.4)
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CASH PROVIDED FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES 52.1 42.1 281.7
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INCREASE (DECREASE) IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS 51.6 (11.4) (23.1)
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS AT BEGINNING OF YEAR 18.7 30.1 53.2
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CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS AT END OF YEAR $ 70.3 $ 18.7 $ 30.1
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SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURE OF CASH FLOW INFORMATION:
Cash paid during the year for-
Interest, net of amount capitalized $ 94.5 $104.2 $ 76.2
Income taxes 24.5 26.7 21.9
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Liabilities assumed in acquisitions-
Fair value of assets acquired $106.3 - $438.8
Cash paid for acquisitions 99.0 - 248.3
Liabilities assumed $ 7.3 - $190.5
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
NOTE 1:
SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
The consolidated financial statements of UtiliCorp United Inc. (the company)
include all operating divisions and all majority-owned subsidiaries. All
significant intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated. The
energy related businesses segment reflects the operations of Aquila Energy
Corporation (Aquila). The results of operations of UtilCo Group Inc. (UtilCo
Group), UtiliCorp U.K., Inc. and the non-regulated activities of utility
divisions are included in Other income, net, in the Consolidated Statement of
Income.
MINORITY INTERESTS. Minority interests represent the minority stockholders'
proportionate share of the stockholders' equity and net income of Aquila Gas
Pipeline Corporation (AGP), a subsidiary of Aquila, and United Gas Company
Limited (United Gas), an indirect subsidiary of the company. Following the
initial public offering of a portion of AGP stock, Aquila held an approximately
82% interest in AGP at December 31, 1993 (see Note 4). The company owns a 75%
interest in United Gas, a gas marketing company in the United Kingdom.
REGULATION. The company's utility operations are subject to regulation by
various regulatory authorities. While there are rate proceedings pending, there
are no material amounts of revenues being collected subject to refund.
UTILITY PLANT AND DEPRECIATION. Utility plant is stated at original cost. Costs
of repair and maintenance of utility plant are charged to income as incurred.
When property is replaced, removed, or abandoned, its cost, together with the
costs of removal less salvage, is charged to accumulated depreciation.
For financial statement purposes, depreciation is provided on a straight-line
basis over the estimated lives of depreciable property by applying composite
average annual rates, ranging from 3.0% to 4.6%, as approved by regulatory
authorities.
GAS AND OIL PROPERTIES. Gas and oil properties are accounted for using the full
cost method. Under the full cost method, all costs associated with gas and oil
property acquisition, exploration and development, including non-productive
costs, are capitalized. No gains or losses are recognized on the sale or
disposition of gas and oil properties, except for significant transactions. The
provision for depreciation, depletion and amortization is determined using the
units of production method over the estimated lives of the producing properties
based on estimated quantities of proved reserves. Amortization per MCF
equivalent averaged $1.28, $1.18 and $1.10 in 1993, 1992 and 1991, respectively.
The unamortized cost of gas and oil properties may not exceed the future value
of recoverable gas and oil reserves at current or contractual prices, discounted
at 10%.
Gathering, processing and other energy related property is depreciated using
a composite average annual rate of 4%.
REVENUE RECOGNITION. Utility revenues are recognized when services are
delivered. Gas marketing revenues are recorded based on the margin differential
between the amount billed to the customer, the related transportation cost and
the price paid to the gas supplier on gas volumes purchased and delivered during
the period.
Aquila uses various gas and oil hedging techniques to mitigate the effects of
changes in market prices. Settlements related to these transactions designated
as hedges are included in revenues in the period the products are produced and
sold to customers.
PURCHASED GAS ADJUSTMENT AND ENERGY ADJUSTMENT CLAUSES. The majority of the
company's revenues are subject to adjustment clauses. Changes in the cost of
purchased gas, fuel used for generation and purchased power to be recovered are
charged to expense during the period in which the recovery of costs is included
in revenues.
INCOME TAXES. The company accounts for income taxes using the liability method.
Under this method, deferred tax assets and liabilities are determined by
applying tax regulations existing at the end of a reporting period to the
cumulative temporary differences between the tax bases of assets and liabilities
and their reported amounts in the financial statements.
Investment tax credits have been deferred and are being amortized over the
lives of the related properties.
No provision is made for U.S. income taxes on undistributed earnings of a
wholly-owned Canadian subsidiary ($42.2 million at December 31, 1993) because it
is management's intention to reinvest such earnings in Canadian operations.
Consolidated income before income taxes for
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the years ended December 31, 1993, 1992, and 1991 included $10.7, $13.8 and
$14.2 million, respectively, from Canadian operations.
CASH EQUIVALENTS. Cash equivalents are defined as temporary cash investments
with an original maturity of three months or less.
EARNINGS PER COMMON SHARE. Primary earnings per common share are computed on the
basis of the weighted average number of common shares outstanding.
Fully diluted earnings per common share assume conversion of convertible
subordinated debentures and convertible preference stock for the periods they
were outstanding and dilutive.
CURRENCY TRANSLATION ADJUSTMENT. Financial statements of foreign operations have
been translated into U.S. dollars using applicable exchange rates. Resulting
translation adjustments increase or decrease common shareholders' equity.
NOTE 2:
ACQUISITIONS
UTILITY. The excess of total acquisition costs over the aggregate regulated
value of net assets acquired to date is included in Utility Plant ($134.4
million, net of $21.1 million in accumulated amortization at December 31, 1993)
and is being amortized on a straight-line basis over periods ranging from 15 to
35 years. The results of operations of acquired entities have been included in
the accompanying consolidated financial statements for the periods subsequent to
their acquisition.
On February 1, 1993, the company paid $99 million to acquire a Nebraska gas
distribution system from Arkla, Inc., including $21 million in working capital.
The Nebraska system serves 124,000 customers and is now operated as a part of
the Peoples Natural Gas division.
On May 7, 1993, the company signed an acquisition agreement to purchase
Arkla's Kansas gas distribution and transmission systems for approximately $25
million. This transaction is subject to regulatory approval and is anticipated
to be completed in the first half of 1994.
On September 30, 1991, the company purchased the electric utility properties
of Centel Corporation and renamed them WestPlains Energy. The company paid
$209.2 million in cash, assumed liabilities of $26.0 million and executed a
long-term operating lease with a third party for an 8% undivided ownership
interest in the Jeffrey Energy Center (see Note 10).
ENERGY RELATED. In September 1991, the company purchased the remaining 51%
partnership interest in Aquila Southwest Energy (Aquila Southwest) for
approximately $39 million. This transaction increased the company's ownership to
100% and resulted in the consolidation of Aquila Southwest for financial
reporting purposes.
PRO FORMA RESULTS. Pro forma unaudited results of operations assuming the
acquisitions of WestPlains Energy and Aquila Southwest had occurred as of
January 1, 1991 are as follows:
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<CAPTION>
YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31,
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IN MILLIONS EXCEPT PER SHARE 1991
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<S> <C>
Revenues $1,297.0
Net income 87.1
Earnings available for
common shares 79.3
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Earnings per common share:
Primary $2.35
Fully diluted 2.26
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NOTE 3:
NON-REGULATED PROPERTY
ENERGY RELATED. Aquila is involved in the gathering, processing and marketing of
natural gas, the acquisition and development of proved gas and oil reserves, and
the extraction and sale of natural gas liquids. Aquila's investment in
properties is summarized below:
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<CAPTION>
DECEMBER 31,
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DOLLARS IN MILLIONS 1993 1992 1991
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<S> <C> <C> <C>
PROPERTY AND INVESTMENTS:
Gas and oil properties $337.2 $313.7 $294.4
Gathering, processing and other 419.8 351.5 319.8
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757.0 665.2 614.2
Less-depreciation, depletion and amortization 259.0 180.5 111.9
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NET PROPERTY AND INVESTMENTS $498.0 $484.7 $502.3
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</TABLE>
UTILCO GROUP. UtilCo Group is involved in the ownership and operation of
facilities in the independent and wholesale power generation market.
Non-Regulated Property, as reflected in the Consolidated Balance Sheet at
December 31, 1993, includes $110.9 million related to UtilCo Group's investments
in partnerships and leveraged leases. UtilCo Group partnership investments are
summarized below:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
INVESTMENT DECEMBER 31, SHARE OF PRETAX EARNINGS
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DOLLARS IN MILLIONS Ownership 1993 1992 1991 1993 1992 1991
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
UtilCo Group partnerships* 15% - 50% $100.2 $102.2 $76.3 $14.6 $14.4 $7.1
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<FN>
* INVESTMENT EXCEEDS UTILCO GROUP'S INTEREST IN THE UNDERLYING PARTNERSHIP NET
ASSETS. ACQUISITION AND TRANSACTION COSTS INCLUDED IN THE INVESTMENT BALANCES
ARE BEING AMORTIZED ON A STRAIGHT-LINE BASIS OVER THE REMAINING LIVES OF THE
RELATED FACILITIES.
</TABLE>
Summarized combined financial information of unconsolidated partnership
investees of UtilCo Group and unconsolidated foreign joint ventures is presented
below:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
DECEMBER 31,
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DOLLARS IN MILLIONS 1993 1992 1991
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<S> <C> <C> <C>
ASSETS
Current assets $ 141.9 $ 89.5 $ 69.0
Non-current assets 881.3 858.9 609.6
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Total assets $1,023.2 $948.4 $678.6
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LIABILITIES AND CAPITAL
Current liabilities $ 118.4 $264.7 $ 51.3
Non-current liabilities* 738.0 563.8 542.9
Partnership capital 166.8 119.9 84.4
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Total liabilities
and capital $1,023.2 $948.4 $678.6
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<FN>
* ALL NON-RECOURSE TO UTILICORP.
</TABLE>
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31,
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DOLLARS IN MILLIONS 1993 1992 1991
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<S> <C> <C> <C>
Operating results
Revenues $521.3 $238.3 $207.1
Costs and expenses 473.5 199.2 182.9
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Partnership income $ 47.8 $ 39.1 $ 24.2
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</TABLE>
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NOTE 4:
AQUILA STRATEGY REVISION
In October 1993, AGP completed an initial public offering and sale of 5.4
million shares of common stock, representing approximately 18% of the stock of
AGP. Net proceeds of the $15 per share offering were approximately $74.6 million
and were used to reduce short-term debt incurred for working capital purposes.
This transaction resulted in a gain of $47.8 million, recorded as non-operating
income in the Consolidated Statement of Income. Consistent with U.S. tax laws,
no income tax expense was recorded related to this transaction.
The gain was partially offset by a restructuring charge of $69.8 million ($45
million after tax) related to the completion of a revised business strategy at
Aquila. The restructuring charge, after tax, includes an estimated $27 million
for disposition of certain unfavorably priced gas sales contracts, approximately
$14 million to provide an impairment reserve for certain offshore assets and
investments determined to be inconsistent with Aquila's revised strategy, and
$4 million for other programs made necessary by the strategy revision.
NOTE 5:
SHORT-TERM DEBT
At December 31, 1993, $70 million of short-term debt was outstanding, comprised
of notes issued under bank lines. Such borrowings had a weighted average
interest rate of 3.51%.
The company has commercial paper programs aggregating $200 million. To
support these programs and to provide for additional short-term borrowing
capacity, the company has two revolving credit agreements (Agreements) with a
consortium of banks aggregating $400 million. The Agreements, which expire in
December 1994 and December 1996, also allow the issuance of notes which bear
interest at rates based on the prime rate or various money market rates. The
Agreements contain certain restrictive covenants and the company pays an
average annual commitment fee of .225% on the unused portion of the Agreements.
As of December 31, 1993, there were no outstanding borrowings under these
Agreements.
NOTE 6:
LONG-TERM DEBT
The amount of long-term debt maturing in each of the next five years, including
sinking fund provisions, is as follows (in millions): 1994-$1.8; 1995-$139.2;
1996-$14.5; 1997-$22.4; and 1998-$84.6.
In March 1993, the company issued $125 million of 8.0% Senior Notes due in
2023. Net proceeds from this offering were $123.3 million and were used to
reduce short-term debt incurred for construction and acquisitions, and for
general corporate purposes. In April 1993, the company issued $70 million of
6.0% Senior Notes due in 1998. The company used the majority of the proceeds to
fund a trust that assumed $63.5 million of 9.875% General Mortgage Bonds. In
October 1993, the General Mortgage Bonds were redeemed by the trust.
In 1993, the company purchased and retired approximately $33.0 million of
First Mortgage Bonds. These bonds were purchased at a premium and replaced
with short-term debt.
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The company's long-term debt is summarized below:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
DECEMBER 31,
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DOLLARS IN MILLIONS 1993 1992 1991
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<S> <C> <C> <C>
FIRST MORTGAGE BONDS:
Various, 8.49%*, due 1994-2008 $ 36.1 $ 70.6 $180.6
MORTGAGE BONDS:
Series 1, 9.875%, retired during 1993 - 63.5 75.0
SENIOR NOTES:
9.30% Series, due December 1, 1995 125.0 125.0 125.0
6.0% Series, due October 15, 1998 70.0 - -
9.21% Series, due October 11, 1999 50.0 50.0 50.0
Aquila Southwest Energy 8.29% Series,
due September 15, 2002 100.0 100.0 -
8.2% Series, due January 15, 2007 130.0 130.0 -
10.5% Series, due December 1, 2020 125.0 125.0 125.0
9.0% Series, due November 15, 2021 150.0 150.0 150.0
8.0% Series, due March 1, 2023 125.0 - -
SECURED DEBENTURES OF WEST KOOTENAY POWER:
10.39%*, due 1994-2023 57.9 41.2 41.2
SUBORDINATED DEBENTURES:
Various, 9.88%*, due 1994-2011 23.9 27.5 168.3
OTHER NOTES AND OBLIGATIONS 18.6 13.9 16.5
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TOTAL LONG-TERM DEBT (INCLUDING CURRENT MATURITIES) $1,011.5 $896.7 $931.6
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<FN>
* WEIGHTED AVERAGE INTEREST RATE.
</TABLE>
During 1993, West Kootenay Power issued 8.8% secured debentures having a
face value of approximately $18.8 million. The proceeds from this offering were
used to reduce short-term debt, redeem preference stock and for other general
purposes.
Substantially all of the domestic utility plant owned by the company is
subject to the lien of various mortgage indentures. The company cannot issue
additional mortgage bonds as long as any of its 9.0%, 8.2%, 8.0% or 6.0% senior
notes are outstanding.
The company executed an Indenture in 1990 (Indenture), for the issuance of
senior notes. Notes issued pursuant to the Indenture will be unsecured
obligations of the company and will rank on a parity with all other unsecured
and unsubordinated indebtedness of the company. The Indenture does not limit the
aggregate principal amount of senior notes which may be issued under it.
At December 31, 1993, 6.625% convertible subordinated debentures totaling
$14.3 million remained outstanding. The debentures can be converted into
approximately 600,000 shares of common stock, based on a conversion price of
$23.68, subject to an annual maximum limitation. The debentures are subordinate
to the prior payment, when due, of the principal and premium, if any, and
interest on all the company's debt outstanding, except debt that by its terms is
not senior in right of payment to the debentures.
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NOTE 7:
CAPITAL STOCK
In 1992, the company's stockholders approved an amendment to the company's
Certificate of Incorporation to increase the number of authorized shares of
common stock from 50 million to 100 million shares. As of December 31, 1993, the
company was not restricted as to payment of cash dividends.
The Board of Directors of the company (the Board) is authorized to approve
the issuance of up to 20 million shares of Class A common stock, $1.00 par
value. No shares of Class A common stock are issued or outstanding.
In February 1993 and in April 1993, the company issued 4.8 million and .5
million shares of common stock, respectively. The combined net proceeds were
$144.7 million and were used to reduce short-term debt incurred for construction
and an acquisition and for general corporate purposes.
At December 31, 1993, there were 4,428,990 shares reserved for issuance under
a Dividend Reinvestment and Stock Purchase Plan, a Non-Employee Director Plan,
and various employee benefit and other plans.
STOCK AWARDS AND STOCK OPTIONS. The company's Stock Incentive Plan provides for
the granting of common shares to employees of the company as restricted stock
awards and as stock options.
Shares issued as restricted stock awards are held by the company until
certain restrictions lapse, generally on the third award anniversary. The market
value of the stock, when awarded, is amortized to compensation expense over the
three-year period.
Stock options granted under the Plan allow the purchase of common shares at a
price not less than fair market value at the date of grant. Options are
generally exercisable commencing with the first anniversary of the grant and
expire after 10 years from the date of grant.
The Board approved the establishment of an Employee Stock Option Plan in
1991. This Plan provides for the granting of up to 1 million stock options to
full-time employees other than those eligible to receive options under the Stock
Incentive Plan. Stock options granted under the Employee Stock Option Plan carry
the same provisions as those issued under the Stock Incentive Plan. During 1992,
options for 742,900 shares were granted to company employees. The exercise price
of these options is $27.3125. No options were issued under this Plan in 1993.
Restricted stock awards and stock options become exercisable for the purchase
or transfer of 249,983 shares in 1994; 31,169 in 1995 and 16,610 in 1996.
Stock option and restricted stock awards are summarized below:
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SHARES 1993 1992 1991
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Beginning balance 1,193,437 345,284 239,528
Granted 239,091 983,404 232,238
Exercised (128,564) (112,575) (123,087)
Cancelled (19,131) (22,676) (3,395)
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Ending balance 1,284,833 1,193,437 345,284
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Option price $21.50 $17.40 $17.40
range at to to to
December 31 $28.69 $28.69 $21.88
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MANDATORILY REDEEMABLE CONVERTIBLE PREFERENCE STOCK.
The Board is authorized to approve the issuance of up to 4.1 million shares of
$1.775 Series Convertible Preference Stock. The shares outstanding at December
31, 1993, are convertible into approximately 2.8 million shares of common stock,
based on a conversion price of $20.6569. In February 1994, the Board authorized
the redemption of all outstanding shares of the $1.775 stock on May 26, 1994 at
a price of $21.60 per share plus accrued dividends.
PREFERRED STOCK OF SUBSIDIARY. In December 1993, West Kootenay Power redeemed
all outstanding shares of 7.9% Cumulative Redeemable Retractable Preferred
Shares, Series 2 for $21.55 per share, plus accrued dividends.
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NOTE 8:
INCOME TAXES
Income tax expense consists of the following components:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31,
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DOLLARS IN MILLIONS 1993 1992 1991
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CURRENTLY PAYABLE:
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Federal $22.6 $ 9.7 $16.2
Foreign 4.9 6.3 5.9
State (2.2) .8 .6
DEFERRED:
Federal
Accelerated depreciation 27.0 26.6 26.4
Alternative minimum tax (23.2) (15.0) (12.5)
Restructuring charge (23.7) - -
Intangible drilling costs 10.0 - 3.4
Purchased gas adjustment clauses 1.9 (1.4) 1.9
Federal tax rate increase 2.7 - -
Leveraged lease income - - (1.8)
Other 5.1 2.0 1.0
State 5.7 3.7 4.0
INVESTMENT TAX CREDIT AMORTIZATION (1.3) (1.1) (1.5)
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TOTAL INCOME TAX EXPENSE $29.5 $31.6 $43.6
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</TABLE>
In the first quarter of 1993, the company adopted Statement of Financial
Accounting Standards No. 109 (SFAS No. 109), "Accounting for Income Taxes." SFAS
No. 109 requires that deferred tax liabilities be established for income tax
benefits associated with temporary differences including those previously passed
through to ratepayers. Since such deferred tax liabilities will be collected in
rates from customers, a regulatory asset was established. The company's net SFAS
No. 109 regulatory assets were approximately $66 million at December 31, 1993.
In August 1993, passage of the Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993 (the Act)
increased the statutory federal income tax rate from 34% to 35%. This tax rate
change increased income tax expense by approximately $4.0 million, of which $2.7
million represented a non-cash adjustment to increase deferred tax liabilities
as of January 1, 1993.
The principal components of the company's deferred tax liability consist of
the following:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
DECEMBER 31,
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DOLLARS IN MILLIONS 1993
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<S> <C>
Accelerated depreciation and other
plant differences-
Regulated $155.5
Non-regulated 128.4
Regulatory assets 25.8
Unamortized investment tax credits (7.7)
Alternative minimum tax credit
carryforward (73.0)
Other-net 2.9
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DEFERRED TAX LIABILITY $231.9
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</TABLE>
The company has an alternative minimum tax credit carryforward of
approximately $73 million at December 31, 1993. Alternative minimum tax
credits can be carried forward indefinitely. The company also has a tax
net operating loss carryforward of approximately $50 million which can
be utilized until 2007.
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The company's effective income tax rates differed from the statutory federal
income tax rates primarily due to the following:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31,
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1993 1992 1991
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<S> <C> <C> <C>
STATUTORY FEDERAL INCOME TAX RATE 35.0% 34.0% 34.0%
Tax effect of:
Temporary differences passed through,
primarily removal costs (.8) (1.0) (.7)
Investment tax credit amortization (1.1) (1.2) (1.2)
Gain on sale of subsidiary stock (14.4) - -
State income taxes, net of federal benefit 2.4 3.4 2.6
Federal tax rate increase 2.3 - -
Difference in tax rate of foreign subsidiaries .8 1.9 1.0
Other 1.3 .3 .3
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EFFECTIVE INCOME TAX RATE 25.5% 37.4% 36.0%
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</TABLE>
NOTE 9:
EMPLOYEE BENEFITS
PENSIONS. The following table represents the funded status of the pension plans
and the amounts included in the Consolidated Balance Sheet and Statement of
Income:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31,
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DOLLARS IN MILLIONS 1993 1992 1991
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<S> <C> <C> <C>
Actuarial present value of benefit obligations:
Vested benefit obligation $113.5 $83.6 $77.4
Accumulated benefit obligation 116.5 86.3 79.8
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Projected benefit obligation $144.6 $108.1 $ 98.7
Plan assets at fair value (primarily publicly traded
common stocks and bonds)* 168.3 134.6 132.4
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Excess of plan assets over the projected benefit
obligation 23.7 26.5 33.7
Unrecognized net (gain) loss from past experience
different from that assumed 7.2 2.0 (4.6)
Unrecognized net asset being recognized over 16 years (15.6) (16.8) (18.0)
Unrecognized prior service cost .1 .6 (2.4)
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Pension asset included in prepayments $ 15.4 $ 12.3 $ 8.7
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Net pension expense included the following components:
Service cost $ 5.3 $ 4.5 $ 3.4
Interest cost on projected benefit obligation 10.4 8.0 6.3
Actual return on plan assets (16.9) (6.6) (17.7)
Regulatory adjustment .3 - -
Net amortization and deferral 2.2 (6.2) 8.6
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Net pension expense (credit) $ 1.3 $ (.3) $ .6
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Discount rate assumed 7.89% 8.21% 8.21%
Assumed rate of return on future compensation levels 5.0 - 5.5% 5.0 - 6.0% 5.0 - 6.0%
Assumed long-term rate of return on assets 8.5 - 9.0% 9.0% 9.0%
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<FN>
* INCLUDES $1.1 MILLION OF THE COMPANY'S CONVERTIBLE PREFERENCE STOCK AT
DECEMBER 31, 1993.
</TABLE>
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The company has pension plans covering substantially all qualified union and
non-union employees. The benefit formulas vary and are based either on years of
service multiplied by a percentage of salary, or a flat benefit based upon years
of service.
The company's policy is to fund, at a minimum, an amount sufficient to meet
all ERISA funding requirements. In certain of its jurisdictions, the company has
recorded pension expense equal to its funding contribution, consistent with the
rate treatment allowed for this cost.
OTHER POST-RETIREMENT BENEFITS. The company provides post-retirement health care
and life insurance benefits to certain employees. A majority of such retirees
pay a portion of the cost of these benefits.
Effective January 1, 1993, the company adopted SFAS No. 106, "Employers'
Accounting for Post-Retirement Benefits Other Than Pensions," for its U.S.
operations, which requires accrual of post-retirement benefits during the years
employees provide services. The company has elected to amortize the estimated
unfunded accumulated obligation at January 1, 1993, approximately $43 million,
over 20 years. Additionally, during 1993 expense of approximately $.6 million
was recognized for the service cost of benefits accrued and $3.4 million for
interest accrued on the accumulated projected benefit obligation. Prior to 1993,
the company expensed these benefits as they were paid. In 1991 and 1992 these
costs were not significant.
The following table summarizes the status of the company's post-retirement
plans for financial statement purposes and the related amount included in the
Consolidated Balance Sheet at December 31, 1993:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
DECEMBER 31,
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DOLLARS IN MILLIONS 1993
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<S> <C>
Actuarial present value of post-retirement
benefit obligations:
Retirees $29.5
Other fully eligible participants 9.0
Other active participants 6.8
Unrecognized transition obligation (41.0)
Unrecognized net loss (1.8)
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Accrued liability $ 2.5
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</TABLE>
For measurement purposes, an annual health care cost growth rate of 14.0% was
assumed for 1994, decreasing to 8.25% by 1997 and 6% thereafter. The rate of
change in health care cost has a significant effect on the projected benefit
obligation. Increasing the rate by 1% each year would have increased the present
value of the accumulated projected benefit obligation by $2.4 million and the
aggregate of the service and interest cost components by $.3 million in 1993.
The accumulated post-retirement benefit obligation was discounted at a weighted
average rate of 7.75%.
Pursuant to regulatory orders or precedents, certain regulated divisions of
the company have deferred as a regulatory asset the incremental costs associated
with SFAS No. 106. At December 31, 1993, the amount deferred was not
significant.
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NOTE 10:
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
COMMITMENTS. The company is engaged in utility construction programs that are
expected to require estimated capital expenditures of $770 million over the next
five years. Estimated utility expenditures for 1994 and 1995 total $139 and $150
million, respectively.
In 1991, concurrent with the WestPlains acquisition, the company entered into
an operating lease of an 8% interest in the Jeffrey Energy Center (JEC) for an
initial term of 27 years. JEC consists of three coal-fired, 680-megawatt (MW)
generating units which are operated by a third party. Lease and other operating
expenses related to this interest are included in the Consolidated Statement of
Income. The lease includes certain fixed price and fair market value purchase
and renewal options. The company's Missouri Public Service (MPS) division also
owns an 8% interest in JEC. The MPS interest is included in electric utility
plant and its portion of operating expenses are also included in the
Consolidated Statement of Income.
Future minimum lease payments under long-term non-cancelable leases,
primarily related to the JEC interest, peaking turbines, coal cars, and office
space, are (in millions): 1994-$25.6; 1995-$24.9; 1996-$23.1; 1997-$19.9;
1998-$20.3; and thereafter-$242.1. Annual rent expense for the years 1993, 1992
and 1991 was (in millions): $25.7, $24.7, and $14.5 respectively.
The company has contractual commitments to purchase power for its electric
operating divisions through 2017. For 1994 through 1998, these commitments are
scheduled to provide 718; 699; 707; 702; and 677 MW, respectively. Aggregate
minimum annual costs for these commitments are expected to approximate (in
millions): $51.2, $54.4, $56.2, $54.4 and $51.7 during the five years ending
1998. One of these contracts is scheduled to provide approximately 7% of the
company's system requirements through 1998.
At December 31, 1993, Aquila had minimum fixed price sales obligations of
29.0, 15.2, 15.2, 15.2 and 15.2 BCF for deliveries in the year 1994 to 1998,
respectively, at prices that range from $1.73 to $3.41 per MCF.
During 1993, the company finalized a joint venture agreement with the Waikato
Electricity Authority in New Zealand for the purchase of a one-third interest in
WEL Energy Group Ltd. (WEL). The company paid $2.7 million at closing and has
agreed to pay approximately $21 million over time, as needed for specific
investments, upon call of the WEL Board of Directors.
The company has agreements with financial institutions to sell, on a
continuing basis, up to $175 million of eligible accounts receivable on a
limited recourse basis. At December 31, 1993, 1992, and 1991, the amounts of
receivables sold under these agreements were $139.1 million, $150.0 million and
$140.0 million, respectively. Fees associated with these sales were
approximately (in millions) $5.4 in 1993, $5.7 in 1992 and $6.9 in 1991.
ENVIRONMENTAL. The company is subject to various environmental laws, including
regulations governing air and water quality and the storage and disposal of
hazardous or toxic wastes.
The company owns or previously operated 28 former manufactured gas plants
(MGPs) which may, or may not, require some form of environmental remediation.
The company has contacted appropriate federal and state agencies and is in the
process of determining what, if any, specific cleanup activities may be needed
at these sites.
In 1993, the company spent approximately $100,000 investigating an MGP site,
and in 1994 plans to spend about $100,000 to remediate this site after which the
state regulatory agency is expected to order no further remediation. Through
1993, the company spent $1.1 million investigating another MGP site, and it
estimates it will spend an additional $2.3 million for its 30% share of
remediation costs. The company estimates that at least $5.4 million of costs
will be incurred over the next several years at its remaining MGP sites. These
amounts could change materially based upon further investigations and the
actions of environmental agencies. Based on prior experience, available facts
and existing law, the company has recorded an obligation for the minimum amount
of environmental costs currently expected to be incurred.
The estimated environmental obligation and substantially all costs incurred
to date have been recorded as a regulatory asset. The company has received
favorable rate orders for recovery of its environmental cleanup costs in several
of its jurisdictions. In other jurisdictions, favorable regulatory precedent
exists for the recovery of these costs. The company is also pursuing recovery
from insurance carriers and other potentially responsible parties.
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It is management's opinion that the ultimate resolution of these
environmental matters will not have a material adverse impact upon the financial
position or results of operations of the company.
AQUILA-UNUSUAL LOSS PROVISION. In 1992, the company recognized a $17.7 million
pretax charge against earnings ($11.3 million after tax). This charge related to
apparent improper payments by former employees of Aquila Energy Resources, a
wholly-owned subsidiary of Aquila, during the course of transactions to acquire
certain natural gas and oil properties.
The company has filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Houston seeking
recovery of damages and is also pursuing action to recover part of the loss
through insurance coverage. Several of the defendants have filed counterclaims.
The company believes that the counterclaims are without merit.
Two class action suits seeking unspecified damages were filed against the
company by stockholders alleging violations of various securities laws following
the charge related to apparent improper payments at Aquila Energy Resources. One
of these cases was dismissed by the U.S. District Court in Houston, and the
dismissal was affirmed by the appellate court. The other suit is now pending in
the U.S. District Court in Kansas City. Management denies the allegations in the
suit and is vigorously defending the action. Management does not believe the
ultimate resolution of the suit will have a material adverse effect on the
consolidated financial position or results of operations of the company.
OTHER. The company is subject to various legal proceedings and claims which
arise in the ordinary course of business operations. In the opinion of
management, the amount of liability, if any, with respect to these actions would
not materially affect the consolidated financial position of the company or its
results of operations.
NOTE 11:
FAIR VALUE OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS
Cash and cash equivalents and short-term debt are carried at cost which
approximates fair value. The fair value of long-term debt and redeemable
preference stock is estimated based on quoted market prices for the same or
similar issues or on the current rates offered for instruments of the same
remaining maturities.
The estimated fair value of the company's financial instruments at December
31, 1993 and 1992 is shown below. Because a substantial portion of the company's
operations are regulated, the company believes that any gains or losses related
to the retirement of debt or redemption of preference stock would not have a
material effect on the company's financial position or results of operations.
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
CARRYING AMOUNT FAIR VALUE
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DOLLARS IN MILLIONS 1993 1992 1993 1992
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Long-term debt, including current maturities $1,011.5 $896.7 $1,127.9 $977.9
Redeemable preference stock 58.5 60.7 88.7 80.0
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</TABLE>
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
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NOTE 12:
SEGMENT INFORMATION
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
DECEMBER 31,
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DOLLARS IN MILLIONS 1993 1992 1991
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<S> <C> <C> <C>
REVENUES:
Electric operations-
Domestic $ 459.5 $ 426.6 $ 303.8
Canadian 87.4 81.2 75.6
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Total electric operations 546.9 507.8 379.4
Gas operations 686.1 515.7 496.0
Energy related businesses 338.6 275.4 199.8
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TOTAL REVENUES $1,571.6 $1,298.9 $1,075.2
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DEPRECIATION, DEPLETION, AND AMORTIZATION:
Electric operations $ 45.9 $ 41.7 $ 31.5
Gas operations 28.6 24.4 22.4
Energy related businesses 60.8 57.0 51.6
Other 10.7 8.0 5.5
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TOTAL DEPRECIATION, DEPLETION AND AMORTIZATION $146.0 $131.1 $111.0
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INCOME (LOSS) FROM OPERATIONS:
Electric operations-
Domestic $101.3 $ 87.6 $ 74.0
Canadian 18.1 21.8 22.6
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Total electric operations 119.4 109.4 96.6
Gas operations 65.7 41.6 42.2
Energy related businesses (32.9) 18.0 57.2
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TOTAL INCOME FROM OPERATIONS $152.2 $169.0 $196.0
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IDENTIFIABLE ASSETS:
Electric operations-
Domestic $ 927.1 $ 861.5 $ 810.8
Canadian 234.9 193.7 215.2
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Total electric operations 1,162.0 1,055.2 1,026.0
Gas operations 716.9 579.3 530.1
Energy related businesses 604.2 662.0 643.1
Other* 367.4 256.3 188.1
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TOTAL ASSETS $2,850.5 $2,552.8 $2,387.3
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CAPITAL EXPENDITURES:
Electric operations $ 87.4 $ 98.1 $ 65.6
Gas operations 53.1 51.7 68.4
Energy related businesses 94.5 48.9 148.7
Other* 28.8 14.8 21.1
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TOTAL CAPITAL EXPENDITURES $263.8 $213.5 $303.8
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<FN>
* INCLUDES UTILCO GROUP AND OTHER CORPORATE ASSETS.
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NOTE 13:
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION ON GAS AND OIL PRODUCING ACTIVITIES
The following supplementary information is presented in accordance with
Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 69 and related SEC accounting
rules. Gas and oil producing activities include the applicable operations of
Aquila and non-regulated operations of a utility division.
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
CAPITALIZED COSTS-PROVED PROPERTIES* DECEMBER 31,
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DOLLARS IN MILLIONS 1993 1992 1991
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<S> <C> <C> <C>
Capitalized costs $347.1 $314.8 $298.2
Less-accumulated depreciation, depletion
and amortization 179.8 141.0 90.6
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NET CAPITALIZED COSTS $167.3 $173.8 $207.6
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</TABLE>
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
COSTS INCURRED-PROVED PROPERTIES* YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31,
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DOLLARS IN MILLIONS 1993 1992 1991
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<S> <C> <C> <C>
Acquisition costs $ 2.2 $ 4.9 $74.5
Development costs 37.5 16.0 20.9
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TOTAL $39.7 $20.9 $95.4
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<FN>
* THE COMPANY HAD NO SIGNIFICANT UNPROVED PROPERTIES FOR THE YEARS PRESENTED.
THE 1992 AND 1991 AMOUNTS HAVE BEEN RESTATED TO EXCLUDE GAS PROCESSING
PLANTS.
</TABLE>
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Results of Operations YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31,
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DOLLARS IN MILLIONS 1993 1992 1991
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<S> <C> <C> <C>
Revenues:
Gas $58.0 $42.9 $48.6
Oil 20.2 29.3 37.9
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TOTAL REVENUES 78.2 72.2 86.5
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Expenses:
Production costs 18.9 19.7 15.9
Depreciation, depletion and amortization 39.6 39.7 43.0
Unusual item-loss provision - 10.7 -
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TOTAL EXPENSES 58.5 70.1 58.9
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Results before income taxes 19.7 2.1 27.6
Income taxes 6.9 .8 9.3
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Results of Operations $12.8 $ 1.3 $18.3
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</TABLE>
RESERVE QUANTITY INFORMATION (UNAUDITED). The following reserve quantity
estimates (all located in the United States) as well as information regarding
future production and cash flows were based primarily on reserve studies
prepared by Netherland, Sewell and Associates, Inc. for 1993 and 1992 and on
internal estimates made by the company for 1991. Such estimates are inherently
imprecise and may be subject to revision.
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<CAPTION>
Natural Gas Crude Oil and Condensate
(BILLION CUBIC FEET) (THOUSAND BARRELS)
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DECEMBER 31, 1993 1992 1991 1993 1992 1991
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
PROVED DEVELOPED AND UNDEVELOPED RESERVES:
Beginning of year 142.5 208.8 99.5 5,851 8,016 6,656
Purchases of reserves in place 1.8 1.7 127.3 6 771 2,925
Revision of previous estimates (15.9) (43.2) 10.4 (1,325) (1,539) 40
Production (24.4) (25.0) (28.9) (1,133) (1,489) (1,683)
Extensions 8.8 .2 .5 145 92 78
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END OF YEAR 112.8 142.5 208.8 3,544 5,851 8,016
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Proved developed reserves:
Beginning of year 97.4 168.6 84.6 4,050 6,337 4,222
End of Year 73.3 97.4 168.6 3,058 4,050 6,337
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STANDARDIZED MEASURE OF DISCOUNTED FUTURE NET CASH FLOWS AND CHANGES THEREIN
(UNAUDITED). Future pretax net cash flows have been estimated by applying prices
and costs in effect at the end of the years indicated, except where contractual
arrangements exist, to the estimated future production of proved reserves.
Aquila has assigned approximately 64% of the company's future gas production
through 2008 to certain of its long-term fixed price contracts through a
contractual swap arrangement at prices ranging from $2.83 to $7.29 per MCF.
Future income tax expenses were computed by applying statutory tax rates
adjusted for permanent differences and tax credits to estimated net future
pretax cash flows.
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
STANDARDIZED MEASURE DECEMBER 31,
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DOLLARS IN MILLIONS 1993 1992 1991
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<S> <C> <C> <C>
Future cash inflows $418.7 $513.7 $533.8
Future production costs (112.5) (122.8) (130.7)
Future development costs (38.0) (49.4) (11.9)
Future income tax expenses (44.3) (76.0) (66.9)
Future net cash flows 223.9 265.5 324.3
10% annual discount (75.6) (88.8) (106.1)
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STANDARDIZED MEASURE OF DISCOUNTED FUTURE NET CASH FLOWS $148.3 $176.7 $218.2
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</TABLE>
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
CHANGES IN STANDARDIZED MEASURE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31,
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DOLLARS IN MILLIONS 1993 1992 1991
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<S> <C> <C> <C>
Sales and transfers of gas and oil produced, net of
production costs $(59.3) $(52.5) $(70.6)
Net changes in prices and production costs related to
future production (1.0) 80.3 (61.0)
Development costs incurred during the period 27.1 14.7 21.9
Extensions 15.5 1.5 1.6
Changes in estimated future development costs (5.8) (34.4) 6.6
Revisions of previous quantity estimates (32.7) (73.9) 14.8
Purchases of reserves in place 2.5 8.6 111.3
Accretion of discount 22.6 26.9 22.1
Net change in income taxes 20.6 (.6) (4.5)
Changes in production rates and other (17.9) (12.1) (8.2)
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NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN DISCOUNTED FUTURE NET CASH FLOWS (28.4) (41.5) 34.0
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BEGINNING OF YEAR 176.7 218.2 184.2
END OF YEAR $148.3 $176.7 $218.2
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NOTE 14:
QUARTERLY FINANCIAL DATA (UNAUDITED)
Due to the timing of acquisitions, the effect of weather on sales, and other
factors characteristic of utility operations and energy related businesses,
financial results for interim periods are not necessarily indicative of trends
for any 12-month period.
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
1993 QUARTERS 1992 QUARTERS
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IN MILLIONS EXCEPT PER SHARE First Second Third Fourth (a) First Second Third Fourth
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Revenues $480.9 $329.4 $330.1 $431.2 $366.0 $253.6 $274.6 $404.7
Income (loss) from operations 78.6 34.6 49.0 (10.0) 64.1 14.7 32.0 58.2
Net income (loss) 34.8 7.3 11.0 33.3 28.6 (6.2) 4.9 25.6
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Earnings (loss) per common share:
Primary (b) $.87 $.13 $.22 $.76 $.77 $(.23) $.10 $.68
Fully diluted (c) .83 .13 .22 .72 .73 (.23) .10 .65
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Cash dividend per common share $.40 $.40 $.40 $.42 $.40 $(.40 $.40 $.40
Market price per common share:
High $28.63 $29.63 $34.00 $33.50 $29.00 $28.75 $27.88 $28.25
Low 27.13 27.75 28.88 30.13 26.25 22.13 23.63 26.75
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<FN>
(a) SEE NOTE 4 FOR DISCUSSION OF RESTRUCTURING CHARGE AND GAIN ON SALE OF
SUBSIDIARY STOCK.
(b) THE SUM OF THE QUARTERLY PRIMARY EARNINGS PER SHARE AMOUNTS DIFFERS FROM
THAT REFLECTED IN THE CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF INCOME DUE TO THE WEIGHTING
OF COMMON SHARES OUTSTANDING DURING EACH OF THE RESPECTIVE PERIODS.
(c) THE SUM OF THE QUARTERLY FULLY DILUTED EARNINGS PER SHARE AMOUNTS DIFFERS
FROM THAT REFLECTED IN THE CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF INCOME BECAUSE THE
COMPANY'S CONVERTIBLE SECURITIES WERE ANTI-DILUTIVE IN CERTAIN QUARTERLY
CALCULATIONS.
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REPORT OF MANAGEMENT
The management of UtiliCorp United Inc. is responsible for the information that
appears in this annual report, including its accuracy. The accompanying
consolidated financial statements were prepared in accordance with generally
accepted accounting principles. In addition to selecting appropriate accounting
principles, management is responsible for the manner of presentation and for the
reliability of the information. In fulfilling this responsibility, it is
necessary for management to make estimates based on currently available
information and judgments of current conditions and circumstances.
Through well-developed systems of internal control, management seeks to assure
the integrity and objectivity of the consolidated financial information
contained herein. These systems of internal control are designed to provide
reasonable assurance that the assets of the company are safeguarded and that the
transactions are executed to management's authorizations, and are recorded in
accordance with the appropriate accounting principles.
The Board of Directors participates in the financial information reporting
process through its Audit Committee, which selects the independent accountants
and reviews, along with management, the company's financial reporting and
internal accounting controls, policies, and practices.
Richard C. Green, Jr.
Chairman of the Board, President
and Chief Executive Officer
REPORT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND SHAREHOLDERS OF UTILICORP UNITED INC.
We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets and statements of
capitalization of UtiliCorp United Inc. and subsidiaries at December 31, 1993
and 1992, and the related consolidated statements of income, common
shareholders' equity, and cash flows for the years then ended. These financial
statements are the responsibility of the company's management. Our
responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on
our audits. The consolidated financial statements of UtiliCorp United Inc. and
subsidiaries for the year ended December 31, 1991 were audited by other auditors
whose report dated February 7, 1992 (except with respect to the change in
accounting for gas and oil properties, as to which date is November 6, 1992),
expressed an unqualified opinion on those statements and included an explanatory
paragraph that described the retroactive change in accounting for gas and oil
properties.
We conducted our audits in accordance with generally accepted auditing
standards. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain
reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material
misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting
the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes
assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by
management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation.
We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our opinion, the 1993 and 1992 financial statements referred to above
present fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position of
UtiliCorp United Inc. and subsidiaries at December 31, 1993 and 1992, and the
consolidated results of their operations and their cash flows for the years then
ended in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles.
As explained in Notes 8 and 9 to the consolidated financial statements,
effective January 1, 1993 the company changed its methods of accounting for
income taxes and post-retirement benefits other than pensions.
Arthur Andersen & Co.
Kansas City, Missouri
January 31, 1994
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SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA
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<CAPTION>
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DOLLARS IN MILLIONS EXCEPT PER SHARE 1993 1992 1991 1990
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
STATEMENT OF INCOME
Revenues:
Electric operations $ 546.9 $ 507.8 $ 379.4 $303.7
Gas operations 686.1 515.7 496.0 503.9
Energy related businesses 338.6 275.4 199.8 75.9
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Total revenues 1,571.6 1,298.9 1,075.2 883.5
Total expenses 1,419.4 1,129.9 879.2 748.9
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Income from operations (a) 152.2 169.0 196.0 134.6
Total interest charges and other 36.3 84.5 74.8 59.5
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Income before income taxes 115.9 84.5 121.2 75.1
Income taxes 29.5 31.6 43.6 24.7
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Net income (b) 86.4 52.9 77.6 50.4
Preference and preferred dividends 6.9 6.9 7.8 7.9
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EARNINGS AVAILABLE FOR COMMON SHARES $ 79.5 $ 46.0 $ 69.8 $ 42.5
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COMMON STOCK DATA
Primary earnings per common share (b) $1.95 $1.32 $2.37 $1.77
Return on average common equity (b) 9.84% 6.93% 13.32% 10.69%
Cash dividends paid per common share $ 1.62 $ 1.60 $ 1.54 $01.46
Book value per common share 20.27 18.66 19.18 17.00
Market price of common stock at year end 31.75 27.63 28.50 20.38
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IDENTIFIABLE ASSETS
Electric $1,162.0 $1,055.2 $1,026.0 $0,759.6
Gas 716.9 579.3 530.1 509.3
Energy related 604.2 662.0 643.1 377.4
Other 367.4 256.3 188.1 176.9
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TOTAL ASSETS $2,850.5 $2,552.8 $2,387.3 $1,823.2
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Utility construction expenditures $140.5 $149.8 $134.0 $118.9
Non-regulated investment expenditures (c) 123.3 63.7 169.8 244.5
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CAPITALIZATION
Common shareholders' equity $ 851.7 $ 661.1 $ 660.7 $ 477.5
Preference and preferred stock 83.9 95.1 97.1 97.2
Long-term debt (d) 1,011.5 896.7 931.6 679.3
Short-term debt (e) 70.0 230.9 111.0 48.7
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TOTAL CAPITALIZATION AND SHORT-TERM DEBT (d) $2,017.1 $1,883.8 $1,800.4 $1,302.7
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Capitalization ratios
Common shareholders' equity 42.2% 35.1% 36.7% 36.7%
Preference and preferred stock 4.2 5.0 5.4 7.5
Long-term debt (d) 50.1 47.6 51.7 52.1
Short-term debt (e) 3.5 12.3 6.2 3.7
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TOTAL 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
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<FN>
(a) AFTER RESTRUCTURING CHARGE OF $69.8 MILLION IN 1993 AND UNUSUAL LOSS
PROVISION OF $17.7 MILLION IN 1992.
(b) INCLUDES CUMULATIVE EFFECT ON PRIOR YEARS OF ACCOUNTING CHANGES OF ($2.7),
OR ($.16) PER SHARE, IN 1987.
(c) INVESTMENTS IN NON-REGULATED GENERATING ASSETS AND ENERGY RELATED
PROPERTIES.
(d) INCLUDES CURRENT MATURITIES.
(e) DOES NOT REPRESENT PERMANENT CAPITAL. WILL BE FINANCED WITH DEBT AND EQUITY
SECURITIES CONSIDERING FINANCIAL MARKET CONDITIONS.
</TABLE>
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SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA
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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
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DOLLARS IN MILLIONS EXCEPT PER SHARE 1989 1988 1987 1986 1985 1984 1983
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
STATEMENT OF INCOME
Revenues:
Electric operations $285.9 $275.8 $227.2 $192.6 $185.8 $178.2 $172.3
Gas operations 446.1 397.0 367.7 403.2 57.4 56.1 60.0
Energy related businesses 40.4 13.1 4.5 2.4 - - -
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Total revenues 772.4 685.9 599.4 598.2 243.2 234.3 232.3
Total expenses 658.3 587.7 517.0 530.2 180.3 173.1 175.2
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Income from operations (a) 114.1 98.2 82.4 68.0 62.9 61.2 57.1
Total interest charges and other 49.0 38.2 29.8 28.6 13.3 14.0 15.8
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Income before income taxes 65.1 60.0 52.6 39.4 49.6 47.2 41.3
Income taxes 21.0 20.0 19.4 9.7 22.7 21.4 17.
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Net income (b) 44.1 40.0 30.5 29.7 26.9 25.8 23.7
Preference and preferred dividends 5.7 2.5 3.1 4.0 4.4 4.3 4.4
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EARNINGS AVAILABLE FOR COMMON SHARES $ 38.4 $ 37.5 $ 27.4 $ 25.7 $ 22.5 $ 21.5 $ 19.3
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COMMON STOCK DATA
Primary earnings per common share (b) $1.84 $1.93 $1.64 $1.69 $1.80 $1.74 $1.58
Return on average common equity (b) 11.62% 12.85% 11.85% 13.40% 16.24% 17.54% 17.78%
Cash dividends paid per common share $ 1.42 $ 1.04 $ .93 $ .87 $ .77 $ .64 $ .59
Book value per common share 16.36 15.49 14.20 13.31 11.79 10.56 9.46
Market price of common stock at year end 22.00 18.88 14.14 19.28 13.10 11.05 9.42
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IDENTIFIABLE ASSETS
Electric $ 700.6 $ 642.1 $594.2 $420.3 $408.8 $390.3 $384.8
Gas 464.7 283.2 275.2 285.2 297.7 34.9 33.5
Energy related 179.4 88.6 31.4 33.4 - - -
Other 114.1 109.6 65.3 26.8 24.3 6.3 5.7
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TOTAL ASSETS $1,458.8 $1,123.5 $966.1 $765.7 $730.8 $431.5 $424.0
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Utility construction expenditures $98.3 $78.7 $56.7 $47.0 $31.7 $24.2 $27.6
Non-regulated investment expenditures (c) 78.7 73.2 21.4 12.9 - - -
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CAPITALIZATION
Common shareholders' equity $372.3 $321.1 $264.4 $211.7 $165.7 $131.1 $116.0
Preference and preferred stock 97.4 35.1 25.0 33.0 41.8 42.8 43.3
Long-term debt (d) 442.6 386.0 320.1 283.6 234.9 140.0 165.7
Short-term debt (e) 86.2 53.0 69.9 32.0 138.3 14.0 3.7
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TOTAL CAPITALIZATION AND SHORT-TERM DEBT $998.5 $795.2 $679.4 $560.3 $580.7 $327.9 $328.7
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Capitalization ratios
Common shareholders' equity 37.3% 40.4% 38.9% 37.8% 28.5% 40.0% 35.3%
Preference and preferred stock 9.8 4.4 3.7 5.9 7.2 13.0 13.2
Long-term debt (d) 44.3 48.5 47.1 50.6 40.5 42.7 50.4
Short-term debt (e) 8.6 6.7 10.3 5.7 23.8 4.3 1.1
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TOTAL 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
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<FN>
(a) AFTER RESTRUCTURING CHARGE OF $69.8 MILLION IN 1993 AND UNUSUAL LOSS
PROVISION OF $17.7 MILLION IN 1992.
(b) INCLUDES CUMULATIVE EFFECT ON PRIOR YEARS OF ACCOUNTING CHANGES OF ($2.7),
OR ($.16) PER SHARE, IN 1987.
(c) INVESTMENTS IN NON-REGULATED GENERATING ASSETS AND ENERGY RELATED
PROPERTIES.
(d) INCLUDES CURRENT MATURITIES.
(e) DOES NOT REPRESENT PERMANENT CAPITAL. WILL BE FINANCED WITH DEBT AND EQUITY
SECURITIES CONSIDERING FINANCIAL MARKET CONDITIONS.
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ELECTRIC AND GAS STATISTICS
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<CAPTION>
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DOLLARS IN MILLIONS 1993 1992 1991 1990
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
ELECTRIC OPERATIONS
Revenues:
Residential $236.8 43.3% $212.5 $173.6 $143.6
Commercial 156.2 28.6 148.3 102.0 79.2
Industrial 76.0 13.9 73.3 46.4 36.1
Other 77.9 14.2 73.7 57.4 44.8
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TOTAL REVENUES $546.9 100.0% $507.8 $379.4 $303.7
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MWH sales (000's):
Residential 3,536 35.6% 3,176 2,735 2,379
Commercial 2,528 25.5 2,367 1,672 1,367
Industrial 1,921 19.4 1,800 1,197 1,022
Other 1,939 19.5 1,748 1,468 1,308
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TOTAL SALES 9,924 100.0% 9,091 7,072 6,076
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Communities served 369 364 364 209
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Customers at year end:
Residential 360,429 86.2% 354,086 346,434 226,223
Commercial 53,475 12.8 52,748 51,765 27,866
Industrial 302 .1 301 302 180
Other 3,678 .9 3,691 3,634 3,021
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TOTAL CUSTOMERS 417,884 100.0% 410,826 402,135 257,290
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Generation mix:
Coal 69.3% 71.1% 67.9% 66.4%
Natural gas and oil 7.1 3.5 2.7 .4
Hydro 23.6 25.4 29.4 33.2
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TOTAL 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
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Generating capability (MW):
Coal 864 48.8% 863 858 652
Natural gas and oil 700 39.6 716 723 295
Hydro 205 11.6 206 206 206
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Total generating capability 1,769 100.0% 1,785 1,787 1,153
Firm purchased power 840 820 694 520
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TOTAL SYSTEM CAPABILITY 2,609 2,605 2,481 1,673
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GAS OPERATIONS
Revenues:
Residential $380.2 55.4% $276.0 $257.6 $261.1
Commercial 177.5 25.9 130.0 118.8 121.8
Industrial 89.8 13.1 76.4 90.9 90.5
Other 38.6 5.6 33.3 28.7 30.5
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TOTAL REVENUES $686.1 100.0% $515.7 $496.0 $503.9
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MCF sales (000's):
Residential 74,421 51.3% 58,095 56,383 53,279
Commercial 40,232 27.7 32,239 30,861 29,950
Industrial 26,868 18.5 23,841 30,908 28,320
Other 3,672 2.5 2,683 1,928 1,875
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Total Sales 145,193 100.0% 116,858 120,080 113,424
Gas transportation 115,877 112,831 108,044 105,222
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TOTAL SALES AND TRANSPORTATION 261,070 229,689 228,124 218,646
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Communities served 774 708 666 637
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Customers at year end:
Residential 661,930 89.4% 535,058 519,149 509,249
Commercial 73,365 9.9 60,054 58,299 57,360
Industrial 3,874 .5 3,622 3,666 3,636
Other 1,185 .2 582 539 569
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TOTAL CUSTOMERS 740,354 100.0% 599,316 581,653 570,814
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<CAPTION>
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DOLLARS IN MILLIONS 1989 1988 1987 1986 1985 1984 1983
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
ELECTRIC OPERATIONS
Revenues:
Residential $131.0 $129.2 $111.0 $ 92.0 $ 87.2 $ 85.4 $084.1
Commercial 75.7 71.7 60.3 51.0 49.3 46.8 44.3
Industrial 35.1 34.5 28.5 27.1 26.7 24.4 22.4
Other 44.1 40.4 27.4 22.5 22.6 21.6 20.6
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TOTAL REVENUES $285.9 $275.8 $227.2 $192.6 $185.8 $178.2 $171.4
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MWH sales (000's):
Residential 2,300 2,232 1,565 1,140 1,044 1,042 1,031
Commercial 1,333 1,279 1,034 743 699 671 639
Industrial 1,027 1,014 708 572 547 502 458
Other 1,189 1,211 666 412 412 431 449
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TOTAL SALES 5,849 5,736 3,973 2,867 2,702 2,646 2,577
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Communities served 209 209 209 122 122 122 122
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Customers at year end:
Residential 221,482 215,360 211,169 131,048 126,880 123,402 120,921
Commercial 27,536 26,690 25,778 15,882 15,364 14,897 14,779
Industrial 174 176 172 143 139 145 143
Other 2,976 3,850 2,902 2,389 2,293 2,269 2,177
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TOTAL CUSTOMERS 252,168 246,076 240,021 149,462 144,676 140,713 138,020
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Generation mix:
Coal 63.2% 64.9% 85.4% 99.6% 99.9% 99.6% 99.5%
Natural gas and oil .5 .5 .5 .4 .1 .4 .5
Hydro 36.3 34.6 14.1 - - - -
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TOTAL 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
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Generating capability (MW):
Coal 652 629 622 622 620 616 618
Natural gas and oil 295 295 295 295 296 296 296
Hydro 206 206 206 - - - -
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Total generating capability 1,153 1,130 1,123 917 916 912 914
Firm purchased power 444 374 299 - - - -
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TOTAL SYSTEM CAPABILITY 1,597 1,504 1,422 917 916 912 914
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GAS OPERATIONS
Revenues:
Residential $223.0 $188.8 $162.0 $166.9 $28.5 $29.3 $30.4
Commercial 110.5 95.8 80.8 87.5 13.2 12.4 12.7
Industrial 93.1 96.2 115.1 144.2 12.6 11.5 13.9
Other 19.5 16.2 9.8 4.6 3.1 2.9 3.0
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TOTAL REVENUES $446.1 $397.0 $367.7 $403.2 $57.4 $56.1 $60.0
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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MCF SALES (000'S):
Residential 48,128 39,517 35,223 34,083 6,070 5,942 5,177
Commercial 28,373 24,121 21,323 21,423 3,184 2,685 2,356
Industrial 32,219 35,386 46,371 46,115 3,588 2,948 2,945
Other 1,563 1,623 1,394 1,420 625 593 524
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Total Sales 110,283 100,647 104,311 103,041 13,467 12,168 11,002
Gas transportation 84,783 66,138 35,836 13,800 - - -
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TOTAL SALES AND TRANSPORTATION 195,066 166,785 140,147 116,841 13,467 12,168 11,002
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Communities served 503 361 360 359 313 27 27
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Customers at year end:
Residential 476,296 360,413 346,516 338,006 317,073 53,659 53,284
Commercial 54,438 43,217 42,538 42,481 38,872 5,401 5,234
Industrial 3,621 3,159 3,082 3,234 3,260 120 128
Other 512 387 390 378 390 359 347
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TOTAL CUSTOMERS 534,867 407,176 392,526 384,099 359,595 59,539 58,993
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</TABLE>
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CORPORATE INFORMATION
ANNUAL MEETING
The 1994 annual meeting of shareholders will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday,
May 4 in Bartle Hall's Grand Hall, Kansas City Convention Center, 301 West 13th
Street, Kansas City, Missouri. Parking will be provided in the Civic Center
garage. A videotape will be available for shareholders unable to attend.
The company will again beam its annual meeting live via satellite to cities
in several states with a large number of UtiliCorp shareholders-Colorado, Iowa,
Kansas, Nebraska, Minnesota and Michigan. Invitations will be mailed in April to
holders in those states.
STOCK LISTINGS
The common and preference shares of UtiliCorp United Inc. are listed on the New
York Stock Exchange. The common shares are also listed on the Pacific and
Toronto stock exchanges. The company's trading symbol is UCU.
At the end of 1993, UtiliCorp had approximately 85,000 common shareholders
with 42 million outstanding shares. There was also a total of about 3.9 million
shares held in two series of preference stock.
The common shares of Aquila Gas Pipeline Corporation began trading on the New
York Stock Exchange in October 1993. The trading symbol is AQP. As a result of
this initial public offering of 5.4 million shares, approximately 18 percent of
Aquila Gas Pipeline is held by the public. UtiliCorp's wholly-owned Aquila
Energy subsidiary holds the remaining 82 percent.
DIVIDEND REINVESTMENT
Under UtiliCorp's Dividend Reinvestment and Stock Purchase Plan, direct
shareholders can instruct the company to automatically buy more shares with
their dividend proceeds. Shares are purchased under the program at 5% less than
the market rate with no brokerage commissions.
Plan participants may also make cash purchases of shares, up to $10,000 per
quarter, at market price without commission and with no minimum purchase
requirement.
DIRECT DEPOSIT SERVICE
In December 1993 UtiliCorp introduced direct deposit of dividends for its direct
shareholders. If you choose this service, quarterly dividend payments are
electronically credited to your checking or savings account. The dividend
deposit occurs on the normal dividend payment date, providing immediate access
to the funds deposited. Direct deposit eliminates the need to deposit dividend
checks as well as the possibility of mail delays and lost or stolen dividend
checks. There is no charge for this service.
SHAREHOLDER INQUIRIES
Questions about your account, including dividend payments, the Dividend
Reinvestment and Stock Purchase Plan, direct deposit service or the transfer of
shares, are handled by utility specialists at the company's transfer agent,
First Chicago Trust Company of New York. They can be reached at a toll-free
number for UtiliCorp shareholders: (800) UTILICO, or 884-5426.
Your calls also are always welcome at UtiliCorp. You may contact Shareholder
Relations toll-free at (800) 487-6661, or at (816) 421-6600. However, calls
regarding the transfer of shares or direct deposit service are normally referred
to the transfer agent.
Address mail inquiries to Shareholder Relations, UtiliCorp United, P.O. Box
13287, Kansas City, MO 64199-3287. Mail regarding the transfer of shares should
be addressed to the following:
TRANSFER AGENT. First Chicago Trust Company of New York, Stock Transfer
Department, P.O. Box 2506, Jersey City, NJ 07303-2506. Documents may also be
delivered to 14 Wall Street, Suite 4680, New York,
NY 10005.
CO-TRANSFER AGENT. United Missouri Bank, N.A., 10th and Grand, 13th Floor, P.O.
Box 410064, Kansas City, MO 64141; (816) 860-7786.
PUBLICATIONS
The following publications are available upon request:
FORM 10-K. The company's 1993 Annual Report to the Securities and Exchange
Commission.
CORPORATE PROFILE. A fact book for the investment community containing division
and subsidiary operating data, a profile of management, historical and projected
financial data, and regulatory information.
ISSUES REPORTS. UtiliCorp's position statements on the following subjects:
electric and magnetic fields; open access to electric transmission lines;
national energy strategy; least-cost utility planning; gas industry
deregulation; reform of the Public Utility Holding Company Act; utility mergers
and acquisitions; utility privatization; and FERC Order 636.
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DIRECTORS AND MANAGEMENT
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Richard C. Green, Jr. (1982)*
CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD; PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
John R. Baker (1971)
VICE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD
Don R. Armacost (1983)
CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF PETERSON MANUFACTURING COMPANY, GRANDVIEW, MISSOURI (A
MANUFACTURER OF AUTOMOTIVE LIGHTING EQUIPMENT)
Herman Cain (1992)
PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF GODFATHER'S PIZZA, INC., OMAHA,
NEBRASKA
Robert K. Green (1993)
MANAGING EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT
Stanley O. Ikenberry, PH.D. (1993)
PRESIDENT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS, URBANA, ILLINOIS
Robert F. Jackson, Jr. (1981)
PRESIDENT (RETIRED) OF CHARTERCORP OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI (A BANK HOLDING
COMPANY)
L. Patton Kline (1986)
VICE CHAIRMAN (RETIRED) OF MARSH & MCLENNAN, INCORPORATED, NEW YORK, NEW YORK
(AN INTERNATIONAL INSURANCE BROKERAGE COMPANY)
Avis Green Tucker (1973)
EDITOR AND PUBLISHER, THE DAILY STAR-JOURNAL, WARRENSBURG, MISSOURI
(A DAILY NEWSPAPER)
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
R. C. Green,+ Baker, Jackson
AUDIT COMMITTEE
Ikenberry,+ Armacost, Jackson
COMPENSATION COMMITTEE
Kline,+ Cain, Jackson
NOMINATING COMMITTEE
Kline,+ Cain, Ikenberry, Tucker
PENSION COMMITTEE
Tucker,+ Armacost, Baker, R.K. Green
* DATES INDICATE YEAR OF FIRST ELECTION TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
+ COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN.
SENIOR MANAGEMENT TEAM
UTILICORP UNITED
MANAGING COUNCIL
Richard C. Green, Jr.
CHAIRMAN, PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
Robert K. Green
MANAGING EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT
Joseph J. Colosimo
MANAGING SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT
Robert L. Howell
MANAGING SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT
CORPORATE VICE PRESIDENTS
James S. Brook
VICE PRESIDENT
Michael D. Bruhn
VICE PRESIDENT
B. C. Burgess
VICE PRESIDENT
Alan R. Caron
VICE PRESIDENT
Jon R. Empson
VICE PRESIDENT
Leo E. Morton
VICE PRESIDENT
Louis C. Rephlo
VICE PRESIDENT
Judith A. Samayoa
VICE PRESIDENT
Dale J. Wolf
VICE PRESIDENT AND CORPORATE
SECRETARY
BUSINESS UNITS
Donald G. Bacon
PRESIDENT, WEST KOOTENAY POWER
Peter J. Bryant
DEPUTY CHAIRMAN, UNITED GAS
COMPANY LTD.
Albert J. Budney, Jr.
PRESIDENT, MISSOURI PUBLIC SERVICE
Donald K. Claar
PRESIDENT, UTILCO GROUP
Charles K. Dempster
PRESIDENT, AQUILA ENERGY
George B. Kitchens
PRESIDENT, WEST VIRGINIA POWER
John E. Manczak
PRESIDENT, MICHIGAN GAS UTILITIES
James M. McClymond
PRESIDENT, PEOPLES NATURAL GAS
James G. Miller
PRESIDENT, WESTPLAINS ENERGY
William C. Salome III
PRESIDENT, KANSAS PUBLIC SERVICE
Craig F. Strehl
PRESIDENT, AQUILA GAS PIPELINE
CORPORATION
Kenneth P. Theisen
PRESIDENT, NORTHERN MINNESOTA
UTILITIES
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APPENDIX TO ANNUAL REPORT
- - The "photo" on page 2 is an illustration of a bird in a forest.
- - The photo on page 6 is a picture of Richard C. Green, Jr. Chairman of the
Board, President and Chief Executive Officer.
- - The first "graphic" on page 7 is a map of the company's regulated operations
service territory. The company's electric-only service territory includes
portions of southeast British Columbia; south-central Colorado; central
Kansas; north-central and western Missouri; and southeast West Virginia. The
company's gas-only service territory includes portions of central and eastern
Colorado; northwest, southwest and northeast Kansas; eastern Nebraska;
northern and southern Minnesota; Iowa; central Missouri; southern and
southwest Michigan; and central West Virginia. The company's service
territory for a combination of gas and electric service includes portions of
central Colorado; southern Kansas; and central and western Missouri.
- - The second "graphic" on page 7 is a map of the company's non-regulated
operations service territory. The company's Aquila Energy subsidiary markets
natural gas throughout all of the 48 states in the contiguous United States
with the exception of Oregon, Idaho and Vermont. It also markets gas in
Ontario. Aquila has onshore natural gas and oil production in portions of
northwest and central Oklahoma; western and central Texas; and south-central
Louisiana. Aquila has offshore natural gas and oil production in the Gulf of
Mexico off Texas and Louisiana. Aquila has pipelines in central Oklahoma;
western, southern and eastern Texas; and in the Gulf of Mexico. Aquila also
has two significant gas processing plants, one in Oklahoma and one in
southeast Texas. The company's UtilCo Group subsidiary has an ownership
interest in independent power projects at eleven different sites across the
United States. The sites are shown on the graphic as follows: one in
Washington, six in California, one in Florida, one in Pennsylvania, one in
New York and two in Maine.
- - The third "graphic" on page 7 is a map of the company's United Gas Company
Ltd. subsidiary's marketing area within the United Kingdom.
- - The fourth "graphic" on page 7 is a map of the company's WEL Energy Group
Ltd. subsidiary's marketing area within a western portion of New Zealand's
North Island.
- - The "graph" on page 11 is a chart showing the relative performance of the
company's common stock during the course of the year in terms of market
value versus the S&P Utilities, the S&P 500 and the DJ Utilities. The twelve
month performance data shows the company's common stock up 14.9% for the
year, the S&P Utilities up 8.9%, the S&P 500 up 7.1% and the DJ Utilities up
3.7%.
- - The "graphics" on page 16 is an illustration of a bird soaring above a
forest.
- - The "graphics" on page 22 is an illustration of a bird perched on a man's
shoulder.
- - The "graphics" on page 27 is an illustration of a bird soaring above a
building.
- - The "graphics" on page 31 is an illustration of a bird in flight near a tree.
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Exhibit 21
UtiliCorp United Inc.
Subsidiaries
1993 Annual Report on Form 10-K
Jurisdiction of
Subsidiary Incorporation
---------- ---------------
West Kootenay Power Ltd. Province of British Columbia
UtilCo Group Inc. Delaware
Aquila Energy Corporation Delaware
<PAGE>
Exhibit 99(a)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
1993 UTILITY DATA - ELECTRIC OPERATIONS YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1993
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S> <C>
MISSOURI PUBLIC SERVICE
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Generating capability (MW):
Coal-fired 658
Gas and oil-fired 286
Firm purchased power(MW):*
Associated Electric (through 5/2001) 180
Union Electric (through 5/2001) 115
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Total System Capability 1,239
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Peak load (MW) 995
Load factor 45.4%
Cooling degree-days 1,221
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Source of energy (MWH-000's):
Coal 3,123
Gas and oil 39
Purchased power 933
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Total 4,095
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Average cost of energy (cents/KWH):
Generated 1.33 CENTS
Purchased (including capacity) 3.04 CENTS
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Total Average Cost of Energy 1.72 CENTS
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
WESTPLAINS ENERGY
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Generating capability (MW):
Coal-fired 206
Gas and oil-fired 414
Firm purchased power (MW):*
Public Service Company of Colorado
(through 7/2017) 100
Public Service Company of Colorado
(through 6/2002) 75
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Total System Capability 795
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Peak load (MW):
Kansas 409
Colorado 219
Load factor:
Kansas 52.1%
Colorado 67.2%
Cooling degree-days 1,985
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Source of energy (MWH-000's):
Coal 1,362
Gas and oil 424
Purchased power 1,651
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Total 3,437
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Average cost of energy (cents/KWH):
Generated 1.73 CENTS
Purchased (including capacity) 3.09 CENTS
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Total Average Cost of Energy 2.39 CENTS
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WEST KOOTENAY POWER
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Generating capability (MW) - Hydro 205
Firm purchased power (MW):*
B.C. Hydro (through 9/2013) 160
Cominco (through 9/2005) 120
Cominco (through 12/99) 48
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Total System Capability 533
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Peak load (MW) 641
Load factor 54.0%
Heating degree-days 3,599
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Source of energy (MWH-000's):
Hydro 1,530
Purchased power 1,490
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Total 3,020
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Average cost of energy (cents/KWH):
Generated .81 CENTS
Purchased (including capacity) 2.06 CENTS
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Total Average Cost of Energy 1.43 CENTS
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WEST VIRGINIA POWER
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Firm purchased power (MW):*
Appalachian Power (through 9/97) 42
Peak load (MW) 81
Load factor 54.1%
Heating degree-days 5,342
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Source of Energy (MWH-000's)
Purchased power 395
Average cost of energy purchased
(including capacity) (cents/KWH) 3.62 CENTS
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</TABLE>
ELECTRIC TARIFF SALES VOLUMES
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
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Residential Commercial Industrial Other
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Missouri Public Service 41% 28% 15% 16%
WestPlains Energy 27 31 27 15
West Kootenay Power 35 15 18 32
West Virginia Power 55 31 9 5
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<FN>
*Purchased power contract commitments in future years may vary from the
December 31, 1993 amount.
</TABLE>
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Exhibit 99(b)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
1993 UTILITY DATA - GAS OPERATIONS YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1993
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<S> <C>
MISSOURI PUBLIC SERVICE
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Average cost of purchased gas ($/MCF) $2.74
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Supply mix:
Contract 36.3%
Spot 63.7%
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Major supplier:
Aquila Energy
Williams Natural Gas
Panhandle Trading Co.
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Peak day sendout (MCF) 65,876
Heating degree-days 5,864
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Gas storage capacity (BCF):
Leased 1.6
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PEOPLES NATURAL GAS
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Average cost of purchased gas ($/MCF) $3.13
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Supply mix:
Contract 20.4%
Spot 79.6%
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Major Supplier: Northern Natural Gas
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Peak day sendout (MCF) 860,241
Heating degree-days 7,331
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Gas storage capacity (BCF):
Leased 5.7
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MICHIGAN GAS UTILITIES
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Average cost of purchased gas ($/MCF) $2.85
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Supply mix:
Contract 10.7%
Spot 89.3%
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Major suppliers:
ANR Pipeline
Michigan Consolidated Gas Company
Panhandle Eastern Pipeline
Trunkline Gas Company
Consumers Power
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Peak day sendout (MCF) 239,996
Heating degree-days 6,894
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Gas storage capacity (BCF):
Owned 3.3
Leased 4.6
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Total Storage Capacity 7.9
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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WEST VIRGINIA POWER
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Average cost of purchased gas ($/MCF) $2.76
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Supply mix:
Contract 79.7%
Spot 20.3%
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Major suppliers:
West Virginia Independent Producers
Cabot Oil and Gas Marketing
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Peak day sendout 32,000
Heating degree-days 5,342
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- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
NORTHERN MINNESOTA UTILITIES
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Average cost of purchased gas ($/MCF) $3.20
Supply mix:
Contract 78.9%
Spot 21.1%
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Major suppliers:
Western Gas Marketing
Centra Gas Pipelines
Viking Gas Transmission
Northern Natural Gas
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Peak day sendout 77,000
Heating degree-days 9,869
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Gas storage capacity (BCF)
Leased .9
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
KANSAS PUBLIC SERVICE
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Average cost of purchased gas ($/MCF) $2.70
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Supply mix:
Contract 82.0%
Spot 18.0%
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Major Suppliers:
Williams Natural Gas
Williams Gas Marketing
Aquila Energy
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Peak day sendout (MCF) 26,533
Heating degree-days 5,390
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Gas storage capacity (BCF)
Leased .7
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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GAS TARIFF SALES VOLUMES
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
</TABLE>
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
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Residential Commercial Industrial Other
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Missouri Public Service 64% 24% 6% 6%
Peoples Natural Gas 53 30 15 2
Michigan Gas Utilities 59 25 16 -
Northern Minnesota
Utilities 20 21 59 -
West Virginia Power 43 15 2 40
Kansas Public Service 65 35 - -
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</TABLE>
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Exhibit 99(c)
UTILCO GROUP GENERATING PROJECTS
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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Percent Capacity(a)
Project Type of Investment Owned (Megawatts) Fuel Date in Service
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Mega Renewables G.P. General partnership 49.75% 12.2 Hydro Spring 1987(b)
(California - 4 projects)
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Topsham Hydro Partners Leveraged lease 50% 13.9 Hydro October 1987
(Maine)
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Stockton CoGen Company General partnership 50% 49.9 Coal March 1988(c)
(California)
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Westwood Energy Properties Limited partnership 38% 29.25 Waste coal July 1988
L.P. (Pennsylvania)
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BAF Energy L.P. (California) Limited partnership 23.1% 111 Natural Gas May 1989
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Rumford Cogeneration Limited partnership 24.3% 75 Coal and May 1990
Company L.P. (Maine) waste wood
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Koma Kulshan Associates Limited partnership 49.75% 13.7 Hydro October 1990
(Washington)
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Badger Power Associates Limited partnership 49.75% 46.6 Natural gas April 1991
(California)
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McKittrick Power Associates Limited partnership 49.75% 45.4 Natural gas October 1991
(California)
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Live Oak Limited (California) Limited partnership 50% 45.8 Natural gas April 1992
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Lockport Energy Associates, Limited partnership 15.13% 168.8 Natural gas December 1992
L.P. (New York)
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Orlando Cogen Limited, L.P. Limited partnership 50% 120 Natural gas September 1993
(Florida)
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<FN>
(a) Total capacity, net of power consumed in generation.
(b) Interest acquired by UtilCo Group in June 1989.
(c) Interest acquired by UtilCo Group in December 1988.
</TABLE>
