SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-K/A
ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 1993
Commission File Number 1-3751
NORAM ENERGY CORP. (formerly Arkla, Inc.)
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
(State or jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
EMPLOYER IDENTIFICATION
(I.R.S. No. 72-0120530)
1600 Smith Street, P. O. BOX 2628, HOUSTON, TX 77252-2628
(Address of principle executive office)
(713) 654-5699
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Name of Each Exchange
Title of each class on Which Registered
Common Stock, $4.62 par value New York Stock Exchange
Convertible Exchangeable Preferred New York Stock Exchange
Stock Series A, Cumulative,
$0.10 par value
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 report), and (2) has been subject to such filing
requirements for the past 90 days. Yes X No ___
Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers
pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K (Section 229.405 of this
chapter) 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 ( )
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The aggregate market value of the voting stock held by non-
affiliates: $899,451,548 Common stock, $.625 par value, based
upon the closing sales price on March 15, 1994 as reported on the
New York Stock Exchange, using beneficial ownership of stock
rules adopted pursuant to Section 13 of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934 and excluding stock owned by affiliates. Indicate
the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer's classes
of Common Stock, as of the latest practicable date: 122,369,914
shares of Common Stock, $.625 par value, as of March 15, 1994.
DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE
1. Arkla, Inc. Annual Report to Stockholders for the fiscal
year ended December 31, 1993, is incorporated by reference
in Parts I, II and IV herein.
2. Arkla, Inc. definitive Proxy Statement respecting the
Annual Meeting of Stockholders held on May 10, 1994, to be
filed pursuant to Regulation 14A under the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 (to the extent set forth in items 10,
11, 12 and 13 of Part III of this report) is incorporated
by reference.
The Exhibits included in this report are indexed on pages
25 through 26.
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NORAM ENERGY CORP.
Index to Form 10-K/A
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Exhibit 28.1 Annual Report on Form 11-K for the
NorAm Energy Corp. Employee Savings
and Investment Plan (formerly the
Thrift Plan for Employees of Arkla,
Inc.)* 1
Exhibit 28.2 Annual Report on Form 11-K for the
Entex Stockplus Plan of Arkla, Inc.* 18
Exhibit 28.3 Annual Report on Form 11-K for the
Entex Hourly Employees Stockplus Plan
of Arkla, Inc.* 37
* Paper Filing made under cover of Form SE.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly
caused this amendment to be signed on its behalf by
the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
NORAM ENERGY CORP.
(Registrant)
By: /s/Jack W. Ellis II
Vice President and
Principal Accounting
Officer
Dated June 30, 1994
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