UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549
Three year period ending 2000
Form U-12 (I) - B (THREE-YEAR STATEMENT)
STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 12 (i) OF PUBLIC UTILITY HOLDING
COMPANY ACT OF 1935 BY A PERSON REGULARLY EMPLOYED OR RETAINED BY
A REGISTERED HOLDING COMPANY OR A SUBSIDIARY THEREOF AND WHOSE
EMPLOYMENT CONTEMPLATES ONLY ROUTINE EXPENSES AS SPECIFIED IN RULE
71 (b)
(To be filed in DUPLICATE. If acknowledgment is desired, file in triplicate)
1. Name and business address of person filing statement.
Wayne Thomson
GPU International, Inc.
One Upper Pond Road
Parsippany, NJ 07054
2. Names and business addresses of any persons through whom the
undersigned proposes to act in matters included within the exemption
provided by paragraph (b) of Rule U- 71.
None
3. Registered holding companies and subsidiary companies by which the
undersigned is regularly employed or retained:
GPU International, Inc., a subsidiary of GPU, Inc., a registered
holding company.
4. Position or relationship in which the undersigned is employed or
retained by each of the companies named in item 3, and brief
description of nature of services to be rendered in each such position
or relationship:
Respondent is a Director - Legal Services and Assistant Secretary of
GPU International, Inc. and devotes the major portion of his working
time to the usual duties incident to such position.
5. (a) Compensation received during the current year and estimated to be
received over the next two calendar years by the undersigned of others,
directly or indirectly, for services rendered by the undersigned, from
each of the companies designated in Item 3. (Use column (a) as
supplementary statement only.)
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Person or company
Name of Salary or other from whom received
receipient compensations To be received or to be received
(a) (b)
Wayne Thomson
1997 $107,640 GPU International, Inc.
1998 $104,489 GPU International, Inc.
1999 $104,489 GPU International, Inc.
2000 $104,489 GPU International, Inc.
.
Respondent's 1997 compensation from the companies in the GPU System was
received from GPU International, Inc. Such compensation, including
incentive compensation received in 1997, if any, amounted in the
aggregate to $107,640. Based on his present salary rate, respondent
estimates that his 1998, 1999, and 2000 compensation, each year, will
be $104,489. Respondent cannot now estimate the amount of incentive
compensation, if any, to be received in 1998, 1999, and 2000.
(b) Basis for compensation if other than salary.
6. (To be answered in supplementary statement only. See Instructions.)
Expenses incurred by the undersigned or any person named in Item 2,
above, during the calendar year in connection with the activities
described in Item 4, above, and the source or sources of reimbursement
for same.
(a) Total amount of routine expenses charged to client: $11,250
(b) Itemized list of all other expenses:
January 29, 1998 (Signed) /s/ Wayne Thomson