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
Teplarna Svit a.s.
(Name of foreign utility company)
Cinergy Corp.
(Name of filing company, if filed on behalf of a foreign utility company)
The Commission is requested to mail copies of all communications relating
to this Notification to:
Cheryl M. Foley
Lisa Gamblin
Cinergy Corp.
139 East Fourth Street
Cincinnati, Ohio 45202
Cinergy Corp. ("Cinergy"), a Delaware corporation and a registered
holding company under the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, as
amended (the "Act"), hereby notifies the Commission on behalf of Teplarna
Svit a.s., a corporation organized under the laws of the Czech Republic,
that Teplarna Svit a.s. is, and claims status as, a foreign utility company
within the meaning of section 33 of the Act.
Item 1. Name of entity claiming foreign utility company status, its
business address, and a description of the facilities used for the
generation, transmission and distribution of electric energy for sale or
for the distribution at retail of natural or manufactured gas.
Identification, to the extent known, of each person holding 5% or more of
any class of voting securities of the foreign utility company and
description of the amount and nature of the interest.
The name and business address of the company on whose behalf foreign
utility company status is claimed is Teplarna Svit a.s. ("TS"), tr. T. Bati
1970, 762 02, Zlin, Czech Republic.
TS owns and operates 36 MW of coal-fired, electric generation and
associated distribution assets in the Czech Republic. TS's electric assets
are located in and around Zlin in the Czech Republic, and supply
electricity to local industry and Jihomoravska energetika, the regional
electric distribution utility.
TS has an authorized share capital of 229,463,000 million Czech crown
("CZK"), of which 10 ordinary shares with a nominal value of CZK 20,000,000
each and 1 ordinary share with nominal value of CZK 29,463,000, are issued
and outstanding. Midlands Power Europe B.V., a company incorporated in The
Netherlands and an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Cinergy Corp., is
the legal and beneficial owner of 100% of the issued share capital of TS.
Item 2. Name of any domestic associate public utility company and, if
applicable, its holding company, and description of the relationship
between the foreign utility company and such company, and the purchase
price paid by any domestic associate public utility company for its
interest in the foreign utility company.
The following domestic public utility companies, each of which is a
direct or indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Cinergy, are associate
companies of TS: The Cincinnati Gas & Electric Company ("CG&E"), PSI
Energy, Inc., The Union Light, Heat and Power Company ("Union"),
Lawrenceburg Gas Company ("Lawrenceburg"), The West Harrison Gas and
Electric Company ("West Harrison") and Miami Power Corporation ("Miami").
Union, Lawrenceburg, West Harrison and Miami are all direct wholly-owned
subsidiaries of CG&E.
None of the foregoing domestic public utility companies has made an
investment in or has any contractual relationship with TS, nor is any such
investment or contractual relationship contemplated.
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SIGNATURE
The undersigned company has duly caused this statement to be signed on
its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized as of the date
indicated below.
CINERGY CORP.
By: /s/ William L. Sheafer
Vice President & Treasurer
Dated: July 1, 1998
