SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C.
FORM U-57
NOTIFICATION OF FOREIGN UTILITY COMPANY STATUS
Filed under Section 33(a) of the
Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, as amended
SEVEROCESKE TEPLARNY, A.S.
TEPLARNA LIBEREC, A.S.
PRVNI SEVEROZAPDNI TEPLARENSKA, A.S.
TEPLARNA KROMERIZ, A.S.
(Name of foreign utility company)
NATIONAL FUEL GAS COMPANY
(Name of filing company, if filed on behalf of
a foreign utility company)
Item 1:
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The name and address of each entity claiming foreign
utility company status is:
Severoceske Teplarny, a.s. ("SCT")
J. Seiferta 2179
434 01 Most
Czech Republic
Teplarna Liberec, a.s. ("Liberec")
Milday Horakove 641/34a
460 01 Liberec 4
Czech Republic
Prvni Severozapdni Teplarenska, a.s. ("PSZT")
Komorany u Mostu 434 03
Most 3
Czech Republic
Teplarna Kromeriz, a.s. ("Kromeriz")
Na Sadkach 3572
767 01 Kromeriz
Czech Republic
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Each of SCT, Liberec, PSZT and Kromeriz (i) is located
in the Czech Republic, (ii) supplies steam heat to customers in
the Czech Republic, (iii) directly or indirectly generates and
sells electric energy at wholesale to customers in the Czech
Republic, or plans to do so in the future, and (iv) own and
control, or will own and control, facilities used to produce
electric energy for sale.
The following persons own, or will own, five percent or
more of the voting securities of SCT:
Person Type of Security Ownership
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Horizon Energy
Development, B.V. ("HEDBV") Common Equity 82%82
Mesto Teplice Common Equity 5.73%
The following persons own, or will own, five percent or
more of the voting securities of Liberec:
Person Type of Security Ownership
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SCT Common Equity 70%
Mesto Liberec Common Equity 30%
The following persons own, or will own, five percent or
more of the voting securities of PSZT:
Person Type of Security Ownership
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HEDBV Common Equity 75.27%
Mesto Most Common Equity 9.67%
Penzijni Fond CP, a.s. Common Equity 5.36%
The following persons own, or will own, five percent or
more of the voting securities of Kromeriz:
Person Type of Security Ownership
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HEDBV Common Equity 100%
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Item 2:
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National Fuel Gas Distribution Corporation is a public
utility company that is a subsidiary company of National Fuel Gas
Company, a registered holding company, and an associate company
of SCT, Liberec, PSZT and Kromeriz. No portion of the purchase
price of SCT, Liberec, PSZT and Kromeriz will be paid by National
Fuel Gas Distribution Corporation. The only relationship between
National Fuel Gas Distribution Corporation on the one hand, and
SCT, Liberec, PSZT, Kromeriz and HEDBV on the other hand, is that
National Fuel Gas Company is the common ultimate parent company
of all such companies.
National Fuel Gas Company has duly caused this
statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto
duly authorized.
/s/ Jonathan W. Gottlieb
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Jonathan W. Gottlieb, Esq.
Reid & Priest LLP
701 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Suite 800
Washington, D.C. 20004
(202) 508-4341
Attorneys for, National Fuel Gas Company
May 29, 1998
