-----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, T26pVgabVi6S1sDmwPjgkzeceWJiUpy363x9wg18B+FLVarUGWQjkMQ7+VomY/Gd gBzbCAM69wX1YmgquqID0w== 0001096385-02-000076.txt : 20021121 0001096385-02-000076.hdr.sgml : 20021121 20021121151515 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001096385-02-000076 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 3 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20021121 ITEM INFORMATION: Other events FILED AS OF DATE: 20021121 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: VECTREN CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001096385 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: GAS & OTHER SERVICES COMBINED [4932] IRS NUMBER: 352086905 STATE OF INCORPORATION: IN FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-15467 FILM NUMBER: 02836049 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 20 NW FOURTH ST CITY: EVANSVILLE STATE: IN ZIP: 47708 BUSINESS PHONE: 8124914000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 20 NW FOURTH ST CITY: EVANSVILLE STATE: IN ZIP: 47708 8-K 1 vvc-8k_webcast.txt VECTREN 8-K REPORTING ANALYST MEETING SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, DC 20549 FORM 8-K CURRENT REPORT Pursuant to Section 13 of 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) November 21, 2002 VECTREN CORPORATION (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) Indiana 1-15467 35-2086905 ------- ------- ---------- (State of Incorporation) (Commission File Number) (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) 20 N.W. Fourth Street Evansville, Indiana 47708 ------------------- ----- (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code) Registrant's telephone number, including area code (812)491-4000 N/A (Former name or address, if changed since last report.) Item 5. Other Events Vectren Corporation (the Company), an energy holding and applied technology company, will hold an analyst meeting in New York City Thursday, November 21 where Niel Ellerbrook, Chairman and CEO; Jerry Benkert, Executive Vice President and CFO; and Carl Chapman, Executive Vice President and President of Vectren Enterprises, Inc. will discuss the Company's current financial and operating results and plans for the future. Interested parties can listen to the webcast and view the slide presentation, which will begin at 8:30 A.M. Eastern Standard Time on the Company's website, www.vectren.com. For those unable to participate during the live webcast, the call will be archived on the Company's website until December 31, 2002. In connection with the "safe harbor" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, the Company is hereby filing cautionary statements identifying important factors that could cause actual results of the Company and its subsidiaries, including Vectren Utility Holdings, Inc., Indiana Gas Company, Inc. and Southern Indiana Gas and Electric Company, to differ materially from those projected in forward-looking statements of the Company and its subsidiaries made by, or on behalf of, the Company and its subsidiaries. Item 7. Exhibits 99-1 Press Release - Vectren's Annual Analyst Seminar to be Webcast 99-2 Cautionary Statement for Purposes of the "Safe Harbor" Provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized. VECTREN CORPORATION November 21, 2002 By: /s/ M. Susan Hardwick M. Susan Hardwick Vice President and Controller EX-99.1 PRESS RELEAS 3 vvc99-1press_release.txt PRESS RELEASE Exhibit 99-1 Vectren Corporation P.O. Box 209 Evansville, IN 47702-0209 November 20, 2002 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Vectren's Annual Analyst Seminar to be Webcast EVANSVILLE, Indiana - Vectren Corporation (NYSE: VVC) will Webcast its annual analyst seminar to be held on Thursday, November 21, 2002 from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. EST in New York City. Leadership will discuss in-depth the Company's corporate strategies, as well as financial and operating results. Interested parties may listen to the webcast live and in replay, as well as view accompanying slide presentations via the Analyst Seminar Webcast link on Vectren's website at www.vectren.com. Included in the presentation will be a discussion of 2002 expected results of $1.70 to $1.75 and Vectren's long-term growth strategy in the range of 5 to 7 percent. For those unable to participate during the live webcast, the call will be archived on the company's website until December 31, 2002. Vectren Corporation is a well-positioned Midwest utility headquartered in Evansville, Indiana. Vectren's energy delivery subsidiaries provide gas and/or electricity to over one million customers in adjoining service territories that cover nearly two-thirds of Indiana and west central Ohio. Vectren's non-regulated subsidiaries and affiliates currently offer energy-related products and services to customers throughout the surrounding region. These include gas marketing and related services; coal production and sales; utility infrastructure services; and broadband communication services. To learn more about Vectren, visit www.vectren.com. Investor Contact: Steven M. Schein, VP/Investor Relations (812) 491-4209 sschein@vectren.com Media Contact: Jeffrey W. Whiteside, VP/Corporate Communications (812) 491-4205 jwhiteside@vectren.com EX-99.2 SAFE HARBOR 4 vvc99-2safe_harbor.txt SAFE HARBOR STATEMENTS Exhibit 99-2 Cautionary Statement for Purposes of the "Safe Harbor" Provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. A "safe harbor" for forwarding-looking statements is provided by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (Reform Act of 1995). The Reform Act of 1995 was adopted to encourage such forward-looking statements without the threat of litigation, provided those statements are identified as forward-looking and are accompanied by meaningful cautionary statements identifying important factors that could cause the actual results to differ materially from those projected in the statement. Forwardlooking statements have been and will be made in written documents and oral presentations of Vectren Corporation and its subsidiaries. Such statements are based on management's beliefs, as well as assumptions made by and information currently available to management. When used in Vectren Corporation and its subsidiaries' documents or oral presentations, the words "believe," "anticipate," "endeavor," "estimate," "expect," "objective," "projection," "forecast," "goal," and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. In addition to any assumptions and other factors referred to specifically in connection with such forward-looking statements, factors that could cause Vectren Corporation and its subsidiaries' actual results to differ materially from those contemplated in any forward-looking statements included, among others, the following: Factors affecting utility operations such as unusual weather conditions; catastrophic weather-related damage; unusual maintenance or repairs; unanticipated changes to fossil fuel costs; unanticipated changes to gas supply costs, or availability due to higher demand, shortages, transportation problems or other developments; environmental or pipeline incidents; transmission or distribution incidents; unanticipated changes to electric energy supply costs, or availability due to demand, shortages, transmission problems or other developments; or electric transmission or gas pipeline system constraints. Increased competition in the energy environment including effects of industry restructuring and unbundling. Regulatory factors such as unanticipated changes in ratesetting policies or procedures, recovery of investments and costs made under traditional regulation, and the frequency and timing of rate increases. Financial or regulatory accounting principles or policies imposed by the Financial Accounting Standards Board, the Securities and Exchange Commission (Commission), the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, state public utility commissions, state entities which regulate natural gas transmission, gathering and processing, and similar entities with regulatory oversight. Economic conditions including inflation rates and monetary fluctuations. Changing market conditions and a variety of other factors associated with physical energy and financial trading activities including, but not limited to, price, basis, credit, liquidity, volatility, capacity, interest rate, and warranty risks. Availability or cost of capital, resulting from changes in Vectren Corporation and its subsidiaries, interest rates, and securities ratings or market perceptions of the utility industry and energy-related industries. Employee workforce factors including changes in key executives, collective bargaining agreements with union employees, or work stoppages. Legal and regulatory delays and other obstacles associated with mergers, acquisitions, and investments in joint ventures. Costs and other effects of legal and administrative proceedings, settlements, investigations, claims, and other matters, including, but not limited to, those described in periodic filings made with the Commission by Vectren Corporation and its subsidiaries, Vectren Utility Holdings, Inc., Indiana Gas Company, Inc. and Southern Indiana Gas and Electric Company. Changes in federal, state or local legislature requirements, such as changes in tax laws or rates, environmental laws and regulations. Vectren Corporation and its subsidiaries undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of changes in actual results, changes in assumptions, other factors affecting such statements. -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----