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
Energetika Chropyne, 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
David L. Wozny
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 Energetika
Chropyne, a.s., a corporation organized under the laws of the Czech
Republic, that Energetika Chropyne, a.s. is, and claims status as, a
foreign utility company ("FUCO") within the meaning of section 33 of the
Act.
Item 1. Name of entity claiming FUCO 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
FUCO and description of the amount and nature of the interest.
The name and business address of the company on whose behalf FUCO
status is claimed is Energetika Chropyne, a.s. ("Chropyne"), Komenskeho 75
768 11 Chropyne, Czech Republic.
Chropyne owns and operates approximately 2.5 megawatts of electric
generation assets in the Czech Republic. In addition, Chropyne owns and
operates electric distribution assets by which it supplies electricity
which it generates (or purchases from the regional electric distribution
company) to local industry. Chropyne's electric assets are located in and
around the town of Chropyne, Czech Republic.
Chropyne has an authorized share capital of 285,839,000 Czech crowns,
represented by one hundred twenty-five ordinary name-registered shares in
certificated form with Serial numbers 1-125. Serial Nos. 1 - 28 have a
nominal value of 10,000,000 Czech crowns. Serial Nos. 29 - 33 have a
nominal value of 1,000,000 Czech crowns. Serial Nos. 34 - 116 have a
nominal value of 10,000 Czech crowns. Serial Nos. 117 - 125 have a nominal
value of 1,000 Czech crowns. Cinergy Global Resources 1 B.V., a company
incorporated in the Netherlands and an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of
Cinergy, is the legal and beneficial owner of all of the issued share
capital of Chropyne.
Item 2. Name of any domestic associate public utility company and, if
applicable, its holding company, and description of the relationship
between the FUCO and such company, and the purchase price paid by any
domestic associate public utility company for its interest in the FUCO.
The following domestic public utility companies, each of which is a
direct or indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Cinergy, are associate
companies of Chropyne: 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 Chropyne, 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 officer, duly authorized as of the date
indicated below:
CINERGY CORP.
By: /s/William L. Sheafer
Vice President & Treasurer
Dated: July 20, 1999
