-----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, O1DW5V1kiDzTrWzQHV952NgRQs5YSqEeBq2byA2+hg0Osvx+QgnRCkLr6Eu+qMrM MpgTiRHRw1u4C5TGrEinZA== 0000950134-96-003495.txt : 19960715 0000950134-96-003495.hdr.sgml : 19960715 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000950134-96-003495 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: S-8 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 3 FILED AS OF DATE: 19960712 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 19960731 SROS: NYSE FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: K N ENERGY INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000054502 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: NATURAL GAS TRANSMISSION & DISTRIBUTION [4923] IRS NUMBER: 480290000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: KS FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-8 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-08059 FILM NUMBER: 96594199 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 370 VAN GORDON ST STREET 2: PO BOX 281304 CITY: LAKEWOOD STATE: CO ZIP: 80228-8304 BUSINESS PHONE: 3039891740 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: KN ENERGY INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920430 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: KANSAS NEBRASKA NATURAL GAS CO INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19830403 S-8 1 FORM S-8 1 SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 ---------------------------------- FORM S-8 REGISTRATION STATEMENT Under THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 ---------------------------------- K N Energy, Inc. (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) KANSAS 48-0290000 (State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer incorporation or organization) Identification No.) 370 Van Gordon Street Martha B. Wyrsch P.O. Box 281304 Vice President, Deputy General Counsel & Secretary Lakewood, Colorado 80228-8304 370 Van Gordon Street, P.O. Box 281304 (303) 989-1740 Lakewood, Colorado 80228-8304 (303) 989-1740 (Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
K N ENERGY, INC. 1992 STOCK OPTION PLAN FOR NONEMPLOYEE DIRECTORS (Full Title of Plan)
========================================================================================================================= Proposed Proposed maximum maximum Title of each class of Amount to offering price aggregate Amount of securities to be registered be registered per unit (1) offering price (1) registration fee - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Common Stock, par value 200,000 $32.75 $6,550,000 $1,310 $5.00 per share - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(1) Pursuant to Rule 457(f), the registration fee was computed on the basis of the average of the high and low prices of a share of Common Stock of K N reported on the New York Stock Exchange Composite Tape on July 8, 1996. ---------------------------------- This registration statement is being filed, in accordance with General Instruction E to Form S-8, to register additional shares of Common Stock available for issuance under the 1992 Stock Option Plan for Nonemployee Directors. The contents of the registrant's Form S-8 Registrant Statement (No. 33-46999) relating to the same employee benefit plan are incorporated by reference in this registration statement. 2 INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS The following documents are filed as part of this registration statement, in accordance with General Instruction E to Form S-8: Exhibit Number Description - ------ ----------- 5.1 Opinion of Martha B. Wyrsch, Vice President, Deputy General Counsel and Secretary of K N Energy, Inc. 23.1 Consent of Martha B. Wyrsch (included in Exhibit 5.1) 23.2 Consent of Arthur Andersen & Co. 2 3 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 Lakewood, State of Colorado on the 9th day of July, 1996. K N ENERGY, INC. By: /s/ Clyde E. McKenzie ------------------------------------------------ Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on July 9, 1996.
Signature Title --------- ----- (i) Principal executive officer: /s/ Larry D. Hall Chairman of the Board, President and - --------------------------------------------------- Chief Executive Officer (Larry D. Hall) (ii) Principal financial officer: /s/ Clyde E. McKenzie Vice President and Chief Financial Officer - --------------------------------------------------- (Clyde E. McKenzie) (iii) Directors: /s/ Edward H. Austin, Jr. - --------------------------------------------------- (Edward H. Austin, Jr.) /s/ Charles W. Battey - ------------------------------------------- (Charles W. Battey) /s/ Stewart A. Bliss - ------------------------------------------- (Stewart A. Bliss) /s/ David W. Burkholder - ------------------------------------------- (David W. Burkholder) /s/ David M. Carmichael - ------------------------------------------- (David M. Carmichael) /s/ Robert H. Chitwood - ------------------------------------------- (Robert H. Chitwood)
3 4 /s/ Howard Coghlan - ------------------------------------------- (Howard Coghlan) /s/ Robert B. Daugherty - ------------------------------------------- (Robert B. Daughterty) /s/ Jordan L. Haines - ------------------------------------------- (Jordan L. Haines) /s/ William J. Hybl - ------------------------------------------- (William J. Hybl) /s/ Ed Randall, III - ------------------------------------------- (Ed Randall, III) /s/ James C. Taylor - ------------------------------------------- (James C. Taylor) /s/ H.A. True, III - ------------------------------------------- (H.A. True, III)
4 5 INDEX TO EXHIBITS
Exhibit Page - ------- ---- 5.1 Opinion of Martha B. Wyrsch regarding the legality 6 of the securities. 23.1 Consent of Martha B. Wyrsch (included in 6 Exhibit 5.1 hereof) 23.2 Consent of Arthur Andersen & Co. 7
5 EX-5.1 2 OPINION OF MARTHA WYRSCH 1 EXHIBIT 5.1 AND EXHIBIT 23.1 July 9, 1996 K N Energy, Inc. 370 Van Gordon Street P.O. Box 281304 Lakewood, Colorado 80228-8304 Ladies and Gentlemen: I am Vice President, Deputy General Counsel and Secretary of K N Energy, Inc., a Kansas corporation (the "Company"), and I have advised the Company in connection with the registration, pursuant to a Registration Statement on Form S-8 being filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Registration Statement") under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"), of 200,000 shares of the Company's Common Stock, par value $5.00 per share (the "Common Stock") for use under the Company's 1992 Stock Option Plan for Nonemployee Directors. In connection herewith, I have examined the Restated Articles of Incorporation and the By-laws of the Company, the records of corporate proceedings which have occurred prior to the date hereof with respect to such offering, the Registration Statement, and such other certificates, instruments, documents and records of the Company as I have deemed necessary, and I have reviewed such questions of law as I have considered necessary or appropriate for the purposes of this opinion. Based upon the foregoing, I am of the opinion that the shares of Common Stock being registered pursuant to such Registration Statement will be, when issued, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable. I hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement. In giving this consent, I do not thereby admit that I am within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Act and the rules and regulations thereunder. Very Truly Yours, /s/ MARTHA B. WYRSCH Martha B. Wyrsch Vice President, Deputy General Counsel and Secretary 6 EX-23.2 3 CONSENT OF AURTHUR ANDERSON 1 EXHIBIT 23.2 CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS As independent public accountants, we hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement of our report dated February 14, 1996, included in K N Energy, Inc.'s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1995 and to all references to our firm included in this Registration Statement. /s/ ARTHUR ANDERSEN & CO. Arthur Andersen & Co. Denver, Colorado July 10, 1996 7 -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----