-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, GirhuvL+hS/pDCg8OvXPj2nuTxmbibofO2u09XA0DHeb1JjqpC5m7ALZ7vGWygt9 G89MmQ9dhsSTXYev6itS4g== 0000922907-00-000011.txt : 20000202 0000922907-00-000011.hdr.sgml : 20000202 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000922907-00-000011 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: S-8 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20000119 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20000119 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: UTILICORP UNITED INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000066960 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: ELECTRIC & OTHER SERVICES COMBINED [4931] IRS NUMBER: 440541877 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-8 SEC ACT: SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-94955 FILM NUMBER: 509566 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 20 WEST NINTH STREET STREET 2: 911 MAIN STE 3000 CITY: KANSAS CITY STATE: MO ZIP: 64105-1711 BUSINESS PHONE: 8164216600 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: PO BOX 13287 CITY: KANSAS CITY STATE: MO ZIP: 64199-3287 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: MISSOURI PUBLIC SERVICE CO DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19850516 S-8 1 UTILICORP UNITED INC. Registration No. 333- UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ FORM S-8 REGISTRATION STATEMENT Under The Securities Act of 1933 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ UTILICORP UNITED INC. (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter) Delaware 44-0541877 (State or other jurisdiction (I.R.S. Employer of incorporation or organization) Identification No.) 20 West Ninth Street Kansas City, Missouri 64105-1711 (Address of Registrant's principal executive offices) UTILICORP UNITED INC. AMENDED AND RESTATED 1986 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN (Full title of the plan) Richard C. Green, Jr. UtiliCorp United Inc. 20 West Ninth Street Kansas City, Missouri 64105-1711 (816) 421-6600 (Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service) With a copy to: Dennis P. Wilbert, Esq. Blackwell Sanders Peper Martin LLP 2300 Main Street, Suite 1000 Kansas City, Missouri 64108 (816) 983-8000 CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE Proposed Proposed Tile of securities Amount to be maximum maximum Amount of to be registered Registered offering aggregate Registration price per offering fee share (1) price (1) - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Common Stock, par value 4,500,000 $19.0938 $85,921,875 $22,684 $1.00 per share - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (1) Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act of 1933. The maximum offering price per share is based on the average of the high and low prices of the Registrant's Common Stock as listed on the New York Stock Exchange on January 14, 2000. EXPLANATORY NOTE The purpose of this Registration Statement is to register 4,500,000 additional shares of Common Stock, par value $1.00 per share, of UtiliCorp United Inc. (the "Company"), issuable pursuant to the Company's Amended and Restated 1986 Stock Incentive Plan. In accordance with General Instruction E of Form S-8, the contents of the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (No. 33-38670) are incorporated herein by reference. Item 8: exhibits 5 Opinion of Blackwell Sanders Peper Martin LLP, counsel to the Company. 23.1 Consent of Blackwell Sanders Peper Martin LLP (included in Exhibit 5). 23.2 Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP, Kansas City, Missouri, independent public accountants. 24 Power of Attorney. SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Kansas City, State of Missouri, on January 19, 2000. UTILICORP UNITED INC. By: /s/ Dale J. Wolf Dale J. Wolf Vice President-Finance, Treasurer and Corporate Secretary Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated: SIGNATURE TITLE Richard C. Green, Jr.* Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer) /s/ Peter Lowe Peter Lowe Chief Financial Officer and Chief Accounting Officer (Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer) Richard C. Green, Jr.* ) Irvine O. Hockaday, Jr.* ) John R. Baker* ) Herman Cain* ) Robert K. Green* ) A majority of the Board of Directors Avis G. Tucker* ) Robert F. Jackson, Jr.* ) L. Patton Kline* ) Stanley O. Ikenberry* ) *By: /s/ Dale J. Wolf Dale J. Wolf As attorney-in-fact for the above-named officers and directors pursuant to powers of attorney duly executed by such persons. Exhibit 5 -------------------------------------------------- LETTERHEAD OF BLACKWELL SANDERS PEPER MARTIN LLP -------------------------------------------------- January 19, 2000 UtiliCorp United Inc. 20 West Ninth Street Kansas City, Missouri 64105-1711 Ladies and Gentlemen: We refer to the Registration Statement of UtiliCorp United Inc. (the "Registrant") on Form S-8 to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the purpose of registering under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, an additional 4,500,000 shares of the Registrant's Common Stock, $1.00 par value (the "Common Stock"), to be issued under the UtiliCorp United Inc. Amended and Restated 1986 Stock Incentive Plan (the "Plan"). We are familiar with the proceedings to date with respect to such proposed sale and have examined such documents, corporate records and other instruments as we have deemed necessary or appropriate in connection with this opinion. Based upon and subject to the foregoing, it is our opinion that the additional 4,500,000 shares of Common Stock to be issued under the Plan have been duly authorized, and, when purchased in accordance with the Plan, will be legally issued, fully paid and non-assessable. We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as Exhibit 5 to the Registration Statement. Very truly yours, /s/ Blackwell Sanders Peper Martin LLP Exhibit 23.2 --------------------------------- LETTERHEAD OF ARTHUR ANDERSEN LLP --------------------------------- CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS As independent public accountants, we hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on Form S-8, used to register 4,500,000 shares of Common Stock of UtiliCorp United Inc. of our report dated February 1, 1999, included in UtiliCorp United Inc.'s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1998, and to all references to our firm included in the Registration Statement. /s/ Arthur Andersen LLP Kansas City, Missouri January 17, 2000 Exhibit 24 POWER OF ATTORNEY We, the undersigned Directors and Officers of UtiliCorp United Inc., do hereby name, constitute and appoint Richard C. Green, Jr., Robert K. Green or Dale J. Wolf, our agent and attorney-in-fact, for each of us and in our respective behalves as Directors and/or Officers, to sign and execute a Registration Statement on Form S-8, and any amendments thereto, relating to the registration with the Securities and Exchange Commission of not more than 4,500,000 shares of Common Stock of UtiliCorp United Inc. to be issued pursuant to the UtiliCorp United Inc. 1986 Amended and Restated Stock Incentive Plan. Executed this 4th day of August, 1999. /s/ Richard C. Green, Jr. /s/ Avis G. Tucker - ------------------------------- ------------------------------ RICHARD C. GREEN, JR. AVIS G. TUCKER /s/ Irvine O. Hockaday, Jr. /s/ Robert F. Jackson, Jr. - ------------------------------- ------------------------------ IRVINE O. HOCKADAY, JR. ROBERT F. JACKSON, JR. /s/ John R. Baker /s/ L. Patton Kline - ------------------------------- ------------------------------ JOHN R. BAKER L. PATTON KLINE /s/ Herman Cain /s/ Stanley O. Ikenberry - ------------------------------- ------------------------------ HERMAN CAIN STANLEY O. IKENBERRY /s/ Robert K. Green /s/ Dale J. Wolf - ------------------------------- ------------------------------ ROBERT K. GREEN DALE J. WOLF /s/ James S. Brook - ------------------------------- JAMES S. BROOK -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----