S-3MEF 1 ds3mef.htm FORM S-3 Form S-3

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 14, 2005

 

Registration No. 333–

 


SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 


 

FORM S-3

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 

WISCONSIN GAS LLC

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

Wisconsin    39-1391525

(State or Other Jurisdiction of

Incorporation or Organization)

  

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

231 West Michigan Street

P.O. Box 2046

Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201

(414) 221-2345

(Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Registrant’s Principal Executive Offices)

 

Jeffrey West, Vice President and Treasurer

Wisconsin Gas LLC

231 West Michigan Street

P.O. Box 2046

Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201

(414) 221-2345

(Name, Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)

 


 

Copies to:

 

John T. W. Mercer

Troutman Sanders LLP

600 Peachtree Street, Suite 5200

Atlanta, Georgia 30308

(404) 885-3000

 

Geoffrey E. Liebmann

Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP

80 Pine Street

New York, New York 10005

(212) 701-3000

 


 

Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to public: As soon as practicable after the effective date of this Registration Statement.

 

If the only securities being registered on this Form are being offered pursuant to dividend or interest reinvestment plans, please check the following box.  ¨

 

If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, other than securities offered only in connection with dividend or interest reinvestment plans, check the following box.  x

 

If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, please check the following box and list the Securities Act registration number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering.  x 333-107694

 

If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under the Securities Act, please check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering.  ¨

 

If delivery of the prospectus is expected to be made pursuant to Rule 434, check the following box.  ¨

CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

Title of Each Class of

Securities To Be Registered

  

Amount to

Be Registered

   Proposed Maximum
Offering Price Per Unit
   Proposed Maximum
Aggregate Offering
Price
  

Amount of

Registration
Fee

Debt Securities

   (1)(2)    (1)    $15,000,000    $1,766(3)

(1) Not applicable pursuant to the note following the Calculation of Registration Fee Table in Form S-3, which provides that only the maximum aggregate offering price for the class of securities to be registered need be specified.
(2) Such amount in U.S. dollars or the equivalent thereof in foreign currencies or foreign currency units as shall result in an aggregate initial offering price for all securities not to exceed $15,000,000, exclusive of any accrued interest.
(3) Calculated pursuant to Rule 457(o) at the statutory rate of $117.70 per million in effect at the time of filing.

 

This Registration Statement shall become effective upon filing with the Commission in accordance with Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933.

 



Incorporation of Certain Information By Reference

 

This Registration Statement is being filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, solely to register an additional $15,000,000 aggregate offering price of Debt Securities of Wisconsin Gas LLC, a Wisconsin limited liability company (the “Company”). The contents of the Registration Statement on Form S-3, Reg. No. 333-107694, filed by the Company (under the name “Wisconsin Gas Company”) with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 6, 2003, including the exhibits thereto and each of the documents incorporated by reference therein, are incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement. As a matter of information, in July 2004, the Company converted its form of business organization from a Wisconsin corporation to a Wisconsin limited liability company and, accordingly, changed its name from Wisconsin Gas Company to Wisconsin Gas LLC.


SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Milwaukee, State of Wisconsin, on November 14, 2005.

 

WISCONSIN GAS LLC

/s/ Gale E. Klappa

Gale E. Klappa

Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

Signature


  

Title


   Date

/s/ Gale E. Klappa


Gale E. Klappa

  

Chairman of the Board, President,

Chief Executive Officer and

Director -

Principal Executive Officer

   November 14, 2005

/s/ Allen L. Leverett


Allen L. Leverett

  

Executive Vice President and Chief

Financial Officer -

Principal Financial Officer

   November 14, 2005

/s/ Stephen P. Dickson


Stephen P. Dickson

  

Vice President and Controller -

Principal Accounting Officer

   November 14, 2005

/s/ John F. Ahearne


John F. Ahearne

  

Director

   November 14, 2005

/s/ John F. Bergstrom


John F. Bergstrom

  

Director

   November 14, 2005

/s/ Barbara L. Bowles


Barbara L. Bowles

  

Director

   November 14, 2005

/s/ Robert A. Cornog


Robert A. Cornog

  

Director

   November 14, 2005

/s/ Curt S. Culver


Curt S. Culver

  

Director

   November 14, 2005
     


Signature


  

Title


   Date

/s/ Thomas J. Fischer


Thomas J. Fischer

  

Director

   November 14, 2005

/s/ Ulice Payne, Jr.


Ulice Payne, Jr.

  

Director

   November 14, 2005

/s/ Frederick P. Stratton, Jr.


Frederick P. Stratton, Jr.

  

Director

   November 14, 2005

/s/ George E. Wardeberg


George E. Wardeberg

  

Director

   November 14, 2005


WISCONSIN GAS LLC

 

(Commission File No. 001-07530)

 

EXHIBIT INDEX

TO

FORM S-3 REGISTRATION STATEMENT

 

Exhibit Number

 

Document Description


5.1   Opinion of Sally R. Bentley, as to the legality of the Debt Securities being registered
23.1   Consent of Sally R. Bentley (included in Exhibit 5.1)
23.2   Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP