8-K 1 form_8k.txt REPORT ON FORM 8-K DATED AUGUST 26, 2002 SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 FORM 8-K Current Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): August 26, 2002 I.R.S. Employer Commission Registrant, State of Incorporation, Identification File Number Address and Telephone Number Number 0-33207 GREAT PLAINS ENERGY INCORPORATED 43-1916803 (A Missouri Corporation) 1201 Walnut Street Kansas City, Missouri 64106 (816) 556-2200 NOT APPLICABLE (Former name or former address, if changed since last report) 1-707 KANSAS CITY POWER & LIGHT COMPANY 44-0308720 (A Missouri Corporation) 1201 Walnut Street Kansas City, Missouri 64106 (816) 556-2200 NOT APPLICABLE (Former name or former address, if changed since last report) Great Plains Energy Incorporated (Great Plains Energy) and Kansas City Power & Light Company (KCP&L) (the Registrants) are separately filing this combined Report on Form 8-K to reflect in historical December 31, 2001, 2000 and 1999 segment information the new reportable segments reported in the Registrants' combined Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended June 30, 2002. Information contained herein relating to an individual Registrant is filed by such registrant on its own behalf. Each Registrant makes representations only as to information relating to itself. The Registrants' combined 2001 Annual Report on Form 10-K, as amended by KCP&L on Form 10-K/A, is referred to in this filing as the "amended 2001 Annual Report". ITEM 5. OTHER EVENTS During the second quarter of 2002, Great Plains Energy's management revised its corporate business strategy to focus on the following three primary business segments: (1) KCP&L, an integrated electric utility which generates, transmits and distributes electricity; (2) Strategic Energy, L.L.C., which earns a management fee on the direct delivery to retail customers under long-term contracts of wholesale power purchased under long- term contracts while operating in several deregulated electricity markets; and (3) KLT Gas Inc., which acquires and develops early stage coal bed methane properties. This revision in the corporate business strategy resulted in a change in the Registrants' internal reporting. In order to reflect this revision to the Registrants' corporate business strategy, Note 9 to the December 31, 2001, 2000 and 1999 financial statements contained in the amended 2001 Annual Report has been revised to present the Registrants' reformatted segment information. Exhibit 99 to this Report on Form 8-K includes Great Plains Energy's and KCP&L's financial statements for the years ended December 31, 2001, 2000, and 1999 with the revised Note 9 "Segment and Related Information", as discussed above. There are no other required changes to the financial statements filed in the Exhibit 99 to this Report on Form 8-K. Exhibit 99 to this Report on Form 8-K also includes a glossary of terms, the Reports of Independent Accountants on Great Plains Energy and Subsidiaries' and KCP&L and Subsidiaries' financial statements for the periods presented and the Independent Auditors' Report for DTI Holdings, Inc. and subsidiaries (Debtors- in-Possession). ITEM 7. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS Great Plains Energy Incorporated and Kansas City Power & Light Company Exhibit No. ------- 99 Consolidated Financial Statements of Great Plains Energy Incorporated and Kansas City Power & Light Company Great Plains Energy Incorporated Exhibit No. ------- 23.1.a. Consent of Independent Accountants - PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP 23.1.b. Consent of Independent Accountants - Deloitte & Touche LLP 99.1.a. Certification of CEO and CFO Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, As Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 Kansas City Power & Light Company Exhibit No. ------- 23.2.a. Consent of Independent Accountants - PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP 99.2.b. Certification of CEO and CFO Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, As Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 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. GREAT PLAINS ENERGY INCORPORATED /s/Jeanie Sell Latz Jeanie Sell Latz Executive Vice President-Corporate and Shared Services and Secretary KANSAS CITY POWER & LIGHT COMPANY /s/Jeanie Sell Latz Jeanie Sell Latz Secretary Date: August 26, 2002