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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM U-1/A
AMENDMENT NO. 1
TO THE
APPLICATION-DECLARATION
UNDER
THE PUBLIC UTILITY HOLDING COMPANY ACT OF 1935
(Name of companies filing this statement and address of principal executive office)
Exelon Corporation
(Name of top registered holding company)
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R. Edwin Selover |
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General Counsel |
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Public Service Enterprise |
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Group Incorporated |
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80 Park Plaza |
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Newark, New Jersey 07102 |
(Name and address of agent for service)
The Commission is requested to send copies of all notices, orders and communications in
connection with this Application-Declaration to:
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Tamara L. Linde |
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Jason A. Lewis |
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PSEG Services Corporation |
| 10 South Dearborn Street, 35 th Floor
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80 Park Plaza |
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Newark, New Jersey 07101 |
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ii
Applicants hereby amend and restate their application/declaration (“Application”) as follows:
On
July 1, 2005, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (
“FERC”) issued its
“Order
Authorizing Merger under Section 203 of the Federal Power Act”, 112 FERC ¶ 61, 011 (the
“FERC
Merger Order”), in Docket ECO5-43-000.
1 Among other things, the
authorizations granted in the FERC Merger Order included FERC acceptance of a mitigation plan (the
“Mitigation Plan”) involving
“very substantial divestiture of generation” encompassing 6,600 MW of
capacity.
On Monday,
August 8, 2005, the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (H.R. 6, 109th Cong.) was signed by the
President and became law, Pub.L. 109-58. Title XII of the Energy Policy Act is the Electricity
Modernization Act of 2005 (the
“Modernization Act”). Subtitle F of the Modernization Act, the
Public Utility Holding Company Act of 2005 (
“PUHCA 2005”) repeals the Public Utility Holding
Company Act of 1935 (the
“Act”), effective six months after the date of enactment (the
“Effective
Date”). As explained more fully herein, Applicants are asking the Commission to issue an order
granting the requested authority on or before
December 15, 2005. Applicants remain hopeful that
they will be able reach settlements in their various regulatory proceedings so as to permit a
closing by year-end and enable investors and consumers to realize the benefits associated with the
proposed transaction.
Even if Applicants are unable to close the transaction before the Effective Date, an order
approving Applicant’s plan pursuant to Section 11(e) of the Act is nonetheless critical to
establish a basis for relief under Section 1081 of the Internal Revenue Code (the “Code”) in
connection with the Generation Divestiture described herein. See section 1271(c) of the Energy
Policy Act of 2005, which expressly provides that: “Tax treatment under section 1081 of the [Code]
as a result of transactions ordered in compliance with the [Act] shall not be affected in any
manner due to the repeal of that Act and the enactment of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of
2005.” 2
Item 1. Description of Proposed Transaction
A. Introduction.
Applicants are seeking approval pursuant to Sections 6(a), 7, 8, 9, 10, 11(b)(1), 11(e), 12,
13, 32 and 33 of the Act and the rules thereunder to engage in various transactions related to the
merger of Exelon
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On August 29, 2005, the FERC issued its
“Order Granting Rehearing For Further Consideration” in respect of the FERC
Merger Order. The rehearing remains pending. |
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Consistent with the precedent, the Commission
could issue its order subject to and expressly conditioned upon receipt of all
necessary state approvals. Section 10(f) of the Act states that the Commission
shall not approve a section 10 application “unless it appears to the
satisfaction of the Commission that such State laws as may apply in respect of
such application have been complied with, except where the Commission finds
that compliance with such State laws would be detrimental to the carrying out
of the provisions of section 11”. Pursuant to Rule 24(c)(2), when an issue
under state law is raised, the Commission may approve the subject transaction
under sections 10 and 11 of the Act, subject to compliance with state law.
See, e.g., Central and Southwest Corp., Holding Company Act Rel. No. 22635
(September 16, 1982) (“If an issue under State law is raised, we may approve
the transaction under section 10, subject to compliance with state law. This
is the effect of rule 24(c)(2) promulgated under the Act”). Accord Entergy
Corporation, Holding Co. Act Release No. 25952 (Dec. 17, 1993) (Commission
approval conditioned upon issuance of final state order). The Commission can,
therefore, issue the requested order on the Application subject to the terms
and conditions prescribed in Rule 24 under the Act, specifically those under
Rule 24(c)(2) (“Every order ... shall, unless otherwise expressly ordered, be
subject to the following conditions: . . . (2) . . . That if the transaction
is proposed to be carried out in whole or in part pursuant to the express
authorization of any State commission, such transaction shall be carried out in
accordance with such authorization, and if the same be modified, revoked or
otherwise terminated, the effectiveness of the declaration or order granting
the application shall be, without further order or the taking of any action by
the Commission, revoked and terminated.”) |
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Corporation (“Exelon”) and Public Service Enterprise Group Incorporated (“PSEG”), as described
more fully herein.3
On
December 20, 2004, Exelon and PSEG, an electric and gas utility holding company that claims
exemption from registration pursuant to Rule 2 under Section 3(a)(1) of the Act, entered into an
Agreement and
Plan of Merger (the
“Merger Agreement”).
4 Pursuant to the terms of the
Merger Agreement, PSEG will merge into Exelon (the
“Merger”), thereby ending the separate corporate
existence of PSEG. Each PSEG shareholder will be entitled to receive 1.225 shares of Exelon common
stock for each PSEG share held and cash in lieu of any fraction of an Exelon share that a PSEG
shareholder would have otherwise been entitled to receive. Exelon common stock will be unaffected
by the Merger, with each issued and outstanding share remaining outstanding following the Merger as
a share in the surviving company. Upon completion of the Merger, Exelon will change its name to
Exelon Electric & Gas Corporation.
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As the surviving company in the Merger, Exelon will remain the ultimate corporate parent of
PECO Energy Company (
“PECO”) and Commonwealth Edison Company (
“ComEd”) and the other Exelon
subsidiaries and become the ultimate corporate parent of Public Service Electric and Gas Company
(
“PSE&G”), a public utility company under the Act, and the other PSEG
subsidiaries.
Exelon will continue to be a registered public utility holding company under the Act until the
Effective Date, and ComEd, PECO and PSE&G will continue to be operating franchised utility
companies. Exelon will remain headquartered in Chicago but will also have energy trading and
nuclear headquarters in southeastern Pennsylvania and generation headquarters in Newark, New
Jersey. PSE&G will remain headquartered in Newark. PECO will remain headquartered in Philadelphia
and ComEd will remain headquartered in Chicago.
The Merger is subject to a number of usual and customary conditions precedent, including
receipt by the parties of required state and federal regulatory approvals and filing of pre-merger
notification statements under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended
(“HSR Act”), and the expiration or termination of the statutory waiting period thereunder. (See
Item 4 — Regulatory Approvals.) The boards of directors of Exelon and PSEG have approved the
proposed Merger, and the shareholders of Exelon have approved the issuance of shares of common
stock by Exelon required by the Merger Agreement and the shareholders of PSEG have approved the
Merger.
In addition to the changes resulting from the Merger Agreement, the Applicants intend to
revise their corporate structure (the
“Exelon Generation Restructuring”). Although their plans are
not yet completely finalized, the Applicants currently propose to implement the following changes,
subject to approval, as required, by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
“Commission”).
After obtaining necessary approvals and third party consents, PSEG Power LLC (
“PSEG Power”) and its
direct
subsidiaries PSEG Nuclear LLC (
“PSEG Nuclear”), PSEG Fossil LLC (
“PSEG Fossil”) and PSEG
Energy Resources & Trade LLC (
“PSEG ER&T”) will all cease to exist as separate entities and will
become part of Exelon Generation Company, LLC (
“Exelon Generation”). The business functions of
each of these former PSEG entities will become a part of the respective Exelon Generation business
unit. It is anticipated that the
subsidiaries owned by these PSEG entities will be retained as
direct
subsidiaries of Exelon Generation.
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The Applicants are Exelon and its
Subsidiaries listed on the Signature Page hereto, and PSEG and its Subsidiaries
listed on the Signature Page hereto, and such other direct and indirect
subsidiary companies that Exelon may hereinafter form or acquire in accordance
with a Commission order or otherwise in accordance with the Act or a rule
promulgated thereunder. |
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A copy of the Merger Agreement was filed with
the Commission by Exelon with a Current Report on Form 8-K on December 21,
2004. The Merger Agreement is incorporated herein by reference. The
description of the Merger Agreement herein is qualified in its entirety by
reference to the full text of the Merger Agreement. |
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As appropriate in the context, the term
“Exelon” refers variously to Exelon Corporation pre-Merger and to Exelon
Electric & Gas Corporation post-Merger. |
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Also in connection with the Merger, PSE&G will become a direct subsidiary of Exelon Energy
Delivery Company, LLC (
“Delivery”).
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subsidiaries of PSE&G will
remain intact. PSEG Energy Holdings L.L.C. (
“PSEG Holdings”) will become a subsidiary of Exelon, as
the successor to PSEG. The current
subsidiaries of PSEG Holdings will remain intact. PSEG
Services Corporation (
“PSEG Services”) will sell all of its assets to Exelon Business Services
Company (
“Exelon BSC”), change its name, and remain as a non-energy subsidiary. Exelon BSC will be
the sole
“service company” of Exelon.
A summary diagram depicting Exelon’s proposed post-Merger corporate structure is filed
herewith as Exhibit G-1. Diagrams depicting the existing corporate structure of the Exelon system
as well as the PSEG system are
filed herewith as Exhibits G-2 and G-3, respectively.
Applicants’ Mitigation Plan was approved in the FERC Merger Order based on, among other
things, a proposed Mitigation Plan to mitigate any generation market concentration concerns
resulting from the Merger. One of the most significant aspect of the Mitigation Plan is the divestiture by
sale of 4000 MW of generation capacity. 7 The sale will occur within twelve
(12) months following close of the Merger. Approval of the Commission is requested for the
disposition of this generating capacity because, as a result of the Exelon Generation
Restructuring, the subject generation capacity would be owned by Exelon Generation, a public
utility company under the Act. The disposition of generation capacity owned by Exelon Generation,
as finally approved by FERC pursuant to post-Merger compliance filings required to be made by
Exelon under the FERC Merger Order (the “Post-Merger FERC Compliance Filings”), is referred to as
the Generation Divestiture.
In connection with consummation of the Generation Divestiture, subsequent to the Exelon
Generation Restructuring, the Applicants will make further revisions to their corporate structure
(the “Divestiture Generation Restructurings”) in respect of the particular electric generating
units, or interests therein, being sold. The Post-Merger FERC Compliance Filings will address the
particular facts of the Divestiture Generating Restructurings. The Divestiture Generation
Restructurings are described below at Item 1.H.4 below. The Exelon Generation Restructuring, the
Divestiture Generation Restructuring and the Generation Divestiture are collectively called the
“Generation Transactions”.
In addition to authorization of the Merger, the Exelon Generation Restructuring, the
Divestiture Generation Restructuring, and the Generation Divestiture, Applicants are requesting
certain related approvals, including:
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Authorizations related to service company and other affiliate transactions. |
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Issuance by Exelon of common stock in connection with the Merger and employee
and director compensation plans as described below. |
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Authorization to the extent required of the consolidation (or replacement in
lieu of consolidation) of existing indebtedness and obligations of PSEG and its
subsidiaries as obligations of Exelon or its subsidiaries as a result of the Merger. |
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granted by order of April 1, 2004 in Holding Company Act Release No. 27830 (the “2004
Financing Order”). |
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This will be accomplished through a
contribution of the common stock of PSE&G held by Exelon contemporaneously with
the Merger to Delivery or other appropriate corporate transaction. |
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As explained more fully herein, on July 1,
2005, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC”) accepted a Mitigation
Plan including the Generation Divestiture. |
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Approval of a Section 11(e) plan in respect of the Generation Transactions
and related approvals as necessary or appropriate in respect of the tax treatment
afforded by Section 1081 of the Code. |
Applicants request that the Commission issue a final order granting the requested authority
without an evidentiary hearing, as expeditiously as feasible, but no later than
December 15, 2005.
1. Exelon, Generally
Exelon was incorporated in Pennsylvania in February 1999. On
October 20, 2000, Exelon became
the ultimate parent corporation for PECO and ComEd, and registered pursuant to Section 5 of the
Act.
Exelon, through its
subsidiaries, operates in two business segments – Delivery and Generation
– as described below. In addition to Exelon’s two business segments, Exelon BSC, a subsidiary of
Exelon, provides Exelon and its
subsidiaries with financial, human resources, legal, information
technology, supply management and corporate governance services, as well as direction and
management of shared functions for Delivery. Exelon sold or wound down substantially all components
of Exelon Enterprises Company, LLC (Enterprises) in 2004 and 2003. As a result, as of
January 1,
2005, Enterprises is no longer reported as a segment.
Delivery. Exelon’s energy delivery business consists of the purchase and sale of
electricity and distribution and transmission services by ComEd in northern Illinois and by PECO in
southeastern Pennsylvania and the purchase and sale of natural gas and distribution services by
PECO in the Pennsylvania counties surrounding the City of Philadelphia.
Generation. Exelon’s generation business consists of the owned and contracted for
electric generating facilities and energy marketing operations of Exelon Generation, a 49.5%
interest in two power stations in Mexico, and the competitive retail sales business of Exelon
Energy Company.
Exelon indirectly owns all of the issued and outstanding membership interests of Exelon
Generation, all the issued and outstanding common stock of PECO and substantially all of the issued
and outstanding common stock of ComEd,
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outstanding common stock of Commonwealth Edison Company of Indiana, Inc. (the
“Indiana Company”)
(together, the
“Exelon Utility Subsidiaries”).
PECO is engaged principally in the purchase, transmission, distribution and sale of
electricity to residential, commercial and industrial customers in southeastern Pennsylvania and in
the purchase, distribution and sale of natural gas to residential, commercial and industrial
customers in the Pennsylvania counties surrounding the City of Philadelphia. PECO is subject to
extensive regulation by the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (“PAPUC”) as to electric and gas
rates, the issuances of certain securities and certain other aspects of PECO’s operations. PECO is
also subject to regulation by FERC as to transmission rates, gas pipelines and certain other
aspects of its business.
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In connection with the conversion of warrants
and convertible preferred stock that were outstanding prior to the 2000 merger
of Unicom Corporation with PECO Energy Corp., a small number of shares of
common stock of ComEd (about 0.1% of the total outstanding) are not owned by
Exelon but are held by third parties. See Exelon Corporation, Holding Co. Act
Release No. 27256, note 4 (Oct. 19, 2000) (the “2000 Merger Order”). |
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PECO’s retail service territory covers approximately 2,100 square miles in southeastern
Pennsylvania. PECO provides electric delivery service in an area of approximately 2,000 square
miles, with a population of approximately 3.8 million, including 1.5 million in the City of
Philadelphia. Natural gas service is supplied in an approximately 1,900 square mile area in
southeastern Pennsylvania adjacent to Philadelphia, with a population of approximately 2.3 million.
PECO delivers electricity to approximately 1.5 million customers and natural gas to approximately
460,000 customers.
ComEd is engaged principally in the purchase, transmission, distribution and sale of
electricity to a diverse base of residential, commercial, industrial and wholesale customers in
northern Illinois. ComEd is subject to extensive regulation by the Illinois Commerce Commission
(“ICC”) as to rates, the issuance of certain securities, and certain other aspects of ComEd’s
operations. ComEd is also subject to regulation by the FERC as to transmission rates and certain
other aspects of its business.
ComEd’s retail service territory has an area of approximately 11,300 square miles and an
estimated population of eight million. The service territory includes the City of Chicago, an area
of about 225 square miles with an estimated population of three million. ComEd has approximately
3.7 million customers.
Electric utility restructuring legislation was adopted in Pennsylvania in December 1996 and in
Illinois in December 1997. Both Illinois and Pennsylvania permit competition by alternative
generation suppliers for retail generation supply while transmission and distribution service
remains fully regulated. Both states, through their regulatory agencies, established a phased
approach for allowing customers to choose an alternative electric generation supplier, required
rate reductions and imposed caps on rates during a transition period, and allowed the collection of
competitive transition charges from customers to recover costs that might not otherwise be
recovered in a competitive market.
Effective as of
January 1, 2001, Exelon effected a restructuring that involved the transfer of
the electric generating assets of ComEd and PECO to Exelon Generation, a Pennsylvania limited
liability company and a public utility company engaged in the generation, sale and purchase of
electricity in Pennsylvania, Illinois and elsewhere and also engaged in the trading of other energy
and energy-related commodities and development and ownership of exempt wholesale generators
(
“EWGs”).
PJM Interconnection, L.L.C. (
“PJM”) is the independent system operator and the FERC-approved
Regional Transmission Organization (
“RTO”) for the Mid-Atlantic and a portion of the Midwest. PJM
is the transmission provider under, and the administrator of, the PJM Open Access Transmission
Tariff, operates the PJM Interchange Energy Market and Capacity Credit Markets, and conducts the
day-to-day operations of the bulk power system of the PJM region. ComEd’s and PECO’s transmission
systems are currently under the control of PJM and, by order dated
October 28, 2004 (Holding Co.
Act Release No. 27904) (the
“PJM Order”), the Commission found that the electric utility properties
of the Exelon system satisfy the interconnection requirement of Section 2(a)(29)(A) of the Act by
reason of PJM’s operational control of the transmission assets of ComEd and PECO.
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Each of ComEd and PECO is a public utility company within the meaning of the Act. ComEd is
also a holding company exempt from registration pursuant to Section 3(a)(1) of the Act, by reason
of its ownership of the Indiana Company, which is a fourth public utility company subsidiary, with
no retail operations. Delivery is an intermediate registered holding company and a first-tier
subsidiary of Exelon. Delivery owns all of the issued and outstanding common stock of PECO and
substantially all of the issued and outstanding common stock of ComEd. See Note 7.
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In the 2000 Merger Order approving the
formation of Exelon, the Commission had found that the electric utility
operations of Exelon constituted a single, integrated electric utility system,
and that the gas utility operations of Exelon constituted a single, integrated
gas utility system that was a permissible “additional” system under the
standards of Section 2(a)(11) of the Act. The findings of the 2000 Merger
Order were based in part on a certain 100 MW firm west-to-east transmission
contract path (the “Contract Path”). The PJM Order found that PJM’s
operational control of the transmission assets of ComEd and PECO obviated the
need for the Contract Path. |
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Exelon Generation is also an electric utility company within the meaning of the Act. Exelon
Generation is a wholly owned subsidiary of Exelon Ventures Company, LLC (“Ventures”), which is an
intermediate registered holding company and a first tier subsidiary of Exelon. Ventures and
Delivery are referred to herein as the “Other Registered Holding Companies.” None of the Other
Registered Holding Companies has securities outstanding in the hands of the public.
Exelon has direct wholly owned non-utility
subsidiaries (in addition to its direct, wholly
owned registered holding company
subsidiaries, Ventures and Delivery), as follows:
Exelon BSC, a service company, provides administrative, management and technical services to
Exelon and its associate companies;
Exelon Investment Holdings, LLC, an Illinois limited liability company, is a holding company
for tax-advantaged housing transactions;
UII, LLC, an Illinois limited liability company, is engaged in a like-kind exchange
transaction pursuant to which a portion of the proceeds from the sale of ComEd’s fossil generating
stations was invested in passive generating station leases with entities unrelated to Exelon. The
generating stations were leased back to such entities as part of the transaction.10
Exelon has the following additional direct
subsidiaries: Unicom Assurance Company, Ltd., an
inactive captive insurance company, Exelon Capital Trust I, an inactive finance company, Exelon
Capital Trust II, an inactive finance company and Exelon Capital Trust III, an inactive finance
company.
4. Capitalization of Exelon
The total authorized shares of capital stock of Exelon consist of (i) 1,200,000,000 shares of
common stock, no par value and (ii) 100,000,000 shares of preferred stock, no par
value.
11 At the close of business on
December 31, 2004, 664,187,996 shares of
Exelon common stock were outstanding, and no shares of Exelon preferred stock were issued and
outstanding. In addition, at that date (i) 2,499,865 shares of common stock were held by Exelon in
its treasury, (ii) 25,205,285 shares of common stock were reserved for issuance pursuant to
outstanding options to purchase common stock granted under Exelon’s Long-Term Incentive Plan,
Exelon’s Amended and Restated Long-Term Incentive Plan, as amended, and Exelon’s 1998 Stock Option
Plan (together with Exelon’s Directors’ Stock Unit Plan, the
“Exelon Stock Incentive Plans”), (iii)
14,777,078 shares of common stock were reserved for the grant of additional awards under the Exelon
Stock Incentive Plans, (iv) 7,000,000 shares of common stock were reserved for issuance pursuant to
the Dividend Reinvestment and Stock Purchase Plan, (v) 624,495 shares of common stock were reserved
for issuance pursuant to outstanding performance shares, (vi) 216,000 shares of common stock were
reserved for issuance pursuant to outstanding units under Exelon’s Directors’ Stock Unit Plan,
(vii) 5,357,745 shares of common stock were reserved for issuance under Exelon’s Employee Stock
Purchase Plan, (viii) 1,060,053 shares of common stock were reserved for issuance pursuant to
outstanding restricted shares (shares of common stock subject to forfeiture) and (ix) 1,336,516
shares of common stock were reserved for issuance pursuant to outstanding deferred shares (shares
of common stock the issuance of which has been deferred pursuant to Exelon’s Deferred Compensation
Plan).
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Unicom Investment, Inc., an Illinois
corporation, was reorganized as an Illinois limited liability company, UII, LLC
on November 10, 2004. |
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By order dated July 12, 2005 (HCAR No.
28000) the Commission authorized Exelon to amend its Amended and Restated
Articles of Incorporation to increase its authorized common stock to
2,000,000,000 shares. |
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As of
December 31, 2004, Exelon’s capitalization on a consolidated basis was as follows:
EXELON CORPORATION
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED CAPITAL STRUCTURE
Consolidated Capitalization
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Capital Structure |
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Amount |
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Percentage |
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Common Equity (includes Retained
Earnings of $3,353) |
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$ |
9,423 |
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40.79 |
% |
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Minority Interest |
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42 |
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0.18 |
% |
Preferred and Preference Stock |
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632 |
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2.74 |
% |
Securitization Obligations |
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4,797 |
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20.76 |
% |
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Long-Term Debt |
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7,292 |
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31.56 |
% |
Current Maturities of Long-Term
Debt |
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427 |
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1.85 |
% |
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Total Long-Term Debt |
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7,719 |
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33.41 |
% |
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Short-Term Debt |
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490 |
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2.12 |
% |
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Total Capital Structure |
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$ |
23,103 |
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100.00 |
% |
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(iii)The following Current Reports on Form 8-K of Exelon (Commission File No.
1-16169):
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| Description |
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Filing Date |
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Current report, item 8.01 |
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9/14/05 |
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Current report, item 7.01 |
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9/07/05 |
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Current report, item 8.01 |
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9/06/05 |
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Current report, item 8.01 |
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8/31/05 |
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Current report, item 8.01 |
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8/31/05 |
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Current report, item 8.01 |
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8/15/05 |
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Current report, item 7.01 and 9.01 |
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8/05/05 |
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Current report, item 2.02, 7.01, and 9.01 |
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7/21/05 |
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Current report, item 8.01 and 9.01 |
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7/12/05 |
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Current report, item 8.01 and 9.01 |
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6/30/05 |
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[Amend] Current report, item 5.02 |
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6/30/05 |
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Current report, item 7.01 |
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6/28/05 |
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Current report, item 2.03 and 9.01 |
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6/10/05 |
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Current report, item 1.01 and 9.01 |
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6/07/05 |
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Current report, item 7.01 |
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5/18/05 |
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Current report, item 8.01 and 9.01 |
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5/13/05 |
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Current report, item 8.01 and 9.01 |
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5/10/05 |
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Current report, item 7.01 |
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5/09/05 |
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Current report, item 5.02 |
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4/27/05 |
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Current report, item 2.02, 7.01, and 9.01 |
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4/25/05 |
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Current report, item 7.01 |
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4/14/05 |
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Current report, item 8.01 |
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4/06/05 |
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Current report, item 1.01 and 2.03 |
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4/05/05 |
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Current report, item 7.01 |
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3/31/05 |
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Current report, item 2.03 |
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3/30/05 |
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Current report, item 7.01 |
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3/29/05 |
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Current report, items 1.01 and 2.03 |
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3/08/05 |
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Current report, item 8.01 |
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3/07/05 |
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Current report, item 5.02 |
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2/25/05 |
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(v) Definitive joint proxy statement/prospectus, filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule
424(b)(3) on
June 3, 2005 (File No.
333-122074).
1. PSEG, Generally.
PSEG was incorporated under the laws of the State of New Jersey in 1985 and is an exempt
public utility holding company. PSEG, through its
subsidiaries, operates in three business
segments — Delivery, Generation and Enterprises, as described below. In addition to PSEG’s three
business segments, PSEG Services, a subsidiary of PSEG, provides PSEG and its
subsidiaries with
financial, human resources, legal, information technology, supply management and corporate
governance services.
Delivery – PSEG’s domestic energy delivery business consists of the transmission and
distribution of electric energy and gas in New Jersey through PSE&G.
Generation – PSEG’s generation businesses consist of the owned and contracted for
electric generation facilities and energy marketing operations of the PSEG Power
subsidiaries and
the PSEG Global L.L.C. (
“PSEG Global”)
subsidiaries. PSEG Power has three principal direct wholly
owned
subsidiaries: PSEG Nuclear, PSEG Fossil and PSEG ER&T. The PSEG Power generation portfolio
consists of approximately 14,607 MW of generation in the Northeast and Midwest. PSEG Global has
equity ownership interests in approximately 2,404 MW of generation in North America. All the
generation assets in the PSEG system are held by PSEG
subsidiaries
with EWG or foreign utility company (
“FUCO”) status under
the Act or qualifying facility (
“QF”) status under the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of
1978, as amended (
“PURPA”).
Enterprises – PSEG’s enterprise businesses consist primarily of (1) investments in
energy-related financial transactions, leveraged leases, operating leases, leveraged buyout funds,
marketable securities and a demand-side management business and (2) investments in international
generation and delivery businesses qualified as EWGs and foreign utility companies through PSEG
Resources L.L.C. (“PSEG Resources”) and through PSEG Global.
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2. The PSEG Utility Subsidiary.
PSE&G is a public utility company within the meaning of the Act and is the only utility
subsidiary of PSEG. PSEG directly owns all of the issued and outstanding common stock of PSE&G.
PSE&G is an electric and gas utility company engaged principally in the transmission and
distribution of electric energy and gas in New Jersey. PSE&G is subject to extensive regulation by
the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (“NJBPU”) as to electric and gas rates, the issuance of
securities and certain other aspects of PSE&G’s operations. PSE&G is also subject to regulation by
the FERC as to electric transmission rates and certain other aspects of its business.
PSE&G’s retail service territory covers a corridor of approximately 2,600 square miles running
diagonally across New Jersey from Bergen County in the northeast to an area below the city of
Camden in the southwest with a population of approximately 5.5 million. PSE&G provides service to
approximately 2.0 million electric customers and approximately 1.6 million gas customers.
PSE&G does not own or operate any electric generation facilities. PSE&G, pursuant to an order
of the NJBPU issued under the provisions of the New Jersey Electric Discount and Energy Competition
Act (
“EDECA”), transferred all of its electric generation facilities, plant, equipment and
wholesale power trading
contracts to its affiliate PSEG ER&T in August 2000. Also, pursuant to an
NJBPU order, PSE&G transferred its gas supply business, including its inventories and supply
contracts, to PSEG ER&T in May 2002. PSE&G continues to own and operate its electric transmission
and electric and gas distribution business. PSE&G has transferred functional control over its
electric transmission facilities to PJM.
All electric and gas customers in New Jersey have the ability to choose an electric energy
and/or gas supplier. For those retail electric customers located in New Jersey who do not choose a
competitive electric supplier, New Jersey’s Electric Distribution Companies (“EDCs”), including
PSE&G, provide basic generation service (“BGS”) or provider of last resort service (“POLR”). The
EDCs satisfy their BGS obligations through a competitive state-wide annual auction. PSE&G’s
affiliate PSEG ER&T, has historically been a successful participant in these auctions and serves
several EDCs including PSE&G.
For those retail gas customers located in New Jersey who do not choose a competitive natural
gas supplier, New Jersey’s gas distribution companies, including PSE&G, provide basic gas supply
service (
“BGSS”) or POLR. PSE&G has entered into a full requirements
contract through 2007 with
PSEG ER&T to meet the supply requirements of PSE&G’s gas customers.
12 PSEG
ER&T charges PSE&G for the gas commodity costs, which PSE&G recovers from its customers. Any
difference between rates charged by PSEG ER&T under the BGSS
contract and rates charged to PSE&G’s
customers are deferred and collected or refunded through future adjustments in retail rates.
PSE&G’s natural gas facilities consist entirely of local gas distribution facilities in the
State of New Jersey and neither PSE&G nor any other PSEG company owns any interstate natural gas
facilities subject to the Natural Gas Act.
PSEG has three direct wholly owned non-utility
subsidiaries, PSEG Power, PSEG Holdings and
PSEG Services:
PSEG Power — PSEG Power has three principal direct wholly owned
subsidiaries: PSEG Nuclear,
which owns and operates nuclear generating stations; PSEG Fossil, which develops, owns and operates
domestic fossil generating stations and other non-nuclear generating stations; and PSEG ER&T, which
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The BGSS contract continues year to year
thereafter unless terminated by either party consistent with its terms. |
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markets the capacity and production of PSEG Fossil’s and PSEG Nuclear’s stations, manages the
commodity price risks and market risks related to generation and markets electricity, capacity,
ancillary services and natural gas products on a wholesale basis. PSEG Power also provides
specialized maintenance, repair and plant engineering services on energy-related electro-mechanical
equipment to its affiliates.
PSEG Nuclear is an EWG and has an ownership interest in five nuclear generating units and
operates three of them: the Salem Nuclear Generating Station, Units 1 and 2, located in New Jersey,
each owned 57.41% by PSEG Nuclear and 42.59% by Exelon Generation; and the Hope Creek Nuclear
Generating Station, located in New Jersey, which is 100% owned by PSEG Nuclear. Exelon Generation
operates the Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station Units 2 and 3, located in Pennsylvania, each of
which is 50% owned by PSEG Nuclear and 50% by Exelon Generation. PSEG Nuclear is subject to
regulation by the FERC as to its wholesale electric sales and certain other aspects of its
business. All of PSEG Nuclear’s generation assets are located in PJM. As explained below, it is
contemplated that PSEG Nuclear will be merged into Exelon Generation.
PSEG Fossil is an EWG and has direct interests in twelve generating stations in New Jersey and two
in Pennsylvania. PSEG Fossil, together with Jersey Central Power and Light Company, is a
co-licensee of the Yards Creek Pumped Storage Project, which has a FERC hydroelectric license
(Project 2309). All of PSEG Fossil’s directly owned generating assets are located in PJM. PSEG
Fossil has certain
subsidiaries, that are also EWGs, that own generating stations in Connecticut,
New York, Indiana and Ohio. PSEG Fossil is subject to regulation by the FERC as to its wholesale
electric sales and certain other aspects of its business. As explained below, it is contemplated
that PSEG Fossil will be merged into Exelon Generation and the
subsidiaries owned by PSEG Fossil
will be retained as direct
subsidiaries of Exelon Generation.
PSEG ER&T conducts energy trading operations and does not own any utility assets. PSEG ER&T
is subject to regulation by the FERC as to its wholesale electric sales and certain other aspects
of its business. As explained below, it is contemplated that PSEG ER&T will be merged into Exelon
Generation.
PSEG Holdings — PSEG Holdings has two principal
subsidiaries: PSEG Resources, which invests
primarily in energy-related, financial transactions, and PSEG Global, which invests in
international generation and delivery businesses qualified as EWGs and FUCOs and domestic
generation qualified as EWGs and QFs.
13
PSEG Resources has investments in energy-related financial transactions and assets
including leveraged leases, operating leases, leveraged buyout funds, limited partnerships and
marketable securities. PSEG Resources also engages in demand side management services in New
Jersey through its
subsidiaries.
PSEG Global, through various
subsidiaries qualified as FUCOs and EWGs, has investments in
electric generation, transmission and distribution facilities in selected international markets and
through various
subsidiaries qualified as EWGS and QFs, has investments in electric generation in
selected domestic markets. PSEG Global’s domestic generation assets are located in California,
Pennsylvania, Texas, New Hampshire and Hawaii.
PSEG Services is a non-utility service company. As explained below, it is contemplated that
PSEG Services will sell all of its assets to Exelon BSC, change its name, and remain as a
subsidiary.
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Neither PSEG Holdings nor any of its
subsidiaries is a public utility company for purposes of the 1935 Act. PSEG
Holdings and its subsidiaries are more fully described in Exhibit G-7. |
10
4. Capitalization of PSEG.
PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISE GROUP INCORPORATED
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED CAPITAL STRUCTURE
Consolidated Capitalization
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|
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Capital Structure |
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Amount |
|
|
Percentage |
|
Common Equity (includes Retained
Earnings of $2,425) |
|
$ |
5,739 |
|
|
|
29.03 |
% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Preferred and Preference Stock |
|
|
1,281 |
|
|
|
6.48 |
% |
Securitization Obligations |
|
|
2,085 |
|
|
|
10.55 |
% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Long-Term Debt |
|
|
9,785 |
|
|
|
49.50 |
% |
Current Maturities of Long-Term
Debt |
|
|
240 |
|
|
|
1.21 |
% |
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Total Long-Term Debt |
|
|
10,025 |
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|
|
50.71 |
% |
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|
|
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Short-Term Debt |
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|
638 |
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|
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3.23 |
% |
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|
|
|
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Total Capital Structure |
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$ |
19,768 |
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|
|
100.00 |
% |
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* * * * *
(i) Annual Report on Form 10-K of PSEG (Commission File No.
001-09120), PSE&G (Commission File No.
001-00973), PSEG Power (Commission File No. 001-49614), PSEG Holdings (Commission File No.
000-32503) for the fiscal year ended
December 31, 2004, filed with the Commission on
March 1, 2005;
(iii)The following Current Reports on Form 8-K of PSEG (Commission File No.
001-09120):
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| Description |
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Filing Date |
|
Current report, item 8.01 |
|
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9/14/05 |
|
Current report, item 7.01 |
|
|
9/07/05 |
|
Current report, item 8.01 |
|
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9/06/05 |
|
Current report, item 8.01 |
|
|
8/31/05 |
|
Current report, item 8.01 |
|
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8/31/05 |
|
Current report, item 8.01 |
|
|
8/15/05 |
|
Current report, item 7.01 and 9.01 |
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8/05/05 |
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Current report, item 2.02, 7.01, and 9.01 |
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7/21/05 |
|
Current report, item 8.01 and 9.01 |
|
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7/12/05 |
|
Current report, item 8.01 and 9.01 |
|
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6/30/05 |
|
[Amend] Current report, item 5.02 |
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|
6/30/05 |
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Current report, item 7.01 |
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6/28/05 |
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Current report, item 2.03 and 9.01 |
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6/10/05 |
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Current report, item 1.01 and 9.01 |
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6/07/05 |
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Current report, item 7.01 |
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5/18/05 |
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Current report, item 8.01 and 9.01 |
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5/13/05 |
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Current report, item 8.01 and 9.01 |
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5/10/05 |
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Current report, item 7.01 |
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5/09/05 |
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Current report, item 5.02 |
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4/27/05 |
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Current report, item 2.02, 7.01, and 9.01 |
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4/25/05 |
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Current report, item 7.01 |
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4/14/05 |
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Current report, item 8.01 |
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4/06/05 |
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Current report, item 1.01 and 2.03 |
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4/05/05 |
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Current report, item 7.01 |
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3/31/05 |
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Current report, item 2.03 |
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3/30/05 |
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Current report, item 7.01 |
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3/29/05 |
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Current report, items 1.01 and 2.03 |
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3/08/05 |
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Current report, item 7.01 |
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9/07/05 |
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Current report, item 8.01 |
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9/06/05 |
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Current report, item 8.01 |
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8/31/05 |
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Current report, item 8.01 |
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8/31/05 |
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Current report, item 8.01 |
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8/15/05 |
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Current report, item 7.01 and 9.01 |
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8/05/05 |
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Current report, item 2.02, 7.01, and 9.01 |
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7/21/05 |
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Current report, item 8.01 and 9.01 |
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7/12/05 |
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Current report, item 8.01 and 9.01 |
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6/30/05 |
|
[Amend] Current report, item 5.02 |
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6/30/05 |
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Current report, item 7.01 |
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6/28/05 |
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Current report, item 2.03 and 9.01 |
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6/10/05 |
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Current report, item 1.01 and 9.01 |
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6/07/05 |
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Current report, item 7.01 |
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5/18/05 |
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Current report, item 8.01 and 9.01 |
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5/13/05 |
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Current report, item 8.01 and 9.01 |
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5/10/05 |
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Current report, item 7.01 |
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5/09/05 |
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Current report, item 5.02 |
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4/27/05 |
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Current report, item 2.02, 7.01, and 9.01 |
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4/25/05 |
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