-----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, U5B6JYozsytP76HkMn5IAr9vW/oFvidrrPm6jfvz5ZmxwVMNA+RhhvKRvYQ4Yp5s +E4utmxrfHshHjLFAZxbmw== 0000950124-98-003564.txt : 19980625 0000950124-98-003564.hdr.sgml : 19980625 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000950124-98-003564 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 19980623 ITEM INFORMATION: ITEM INFORMATION: FILED AS OF DATE: 19980624 SROS: NYSE FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: CMS ENERGY CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000811156 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: ELECTRIC & OTHER SERVICES COMBINED [4931] IRS NUMBER: 382726431 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MI FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-09513 FILM NUMBER: 98652874 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: FAIRLANE PLZ SOUTH STE 1100 STREET 2: 330 TOWN CENTER DR CITY: DEARBORN STATE: MI ZIP: 48126 BUSINESS PHONE: 3134369200 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: FAIRLANE PLAZA SOUTH, SUITE 1100 STREET 2: 330 TOWN CENTER DRIVE CITY: DEARBORN STATE: MI ZIP: 48126 8-K 1 FORM 8-K 1 FORM 8-K CURRENT REPORT SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) June 23, 1998 Commission Registrant; State of Incorporation; IRS Employer File Number Address; and Telephone Number Identification No - ----------- ----------------------------- ----------------- 1-9513 CMS ENERGY CORPORATION 38-2726431 (A Michigan Corporation) Fairlane Plaza South, Suite 1100 330 Town Center Drive Dearborn, Michigan 48126 (313) 436-9261 2 ITEM 5. OTHER EVENTS. On June 23, 1998, CMS Energy Corporation issued a press release announcing that its oil and gas exploration and production subsidiary, CMS NOMECO Oil & Gas Company, has elected to change from full cost accounting to the successful efforts method. As a result of the change, CMS Energy Corporation will record a one-time, non-cash reduction of shareholders' equity on the balance sheet of about $175 million, after tax. A copy of the press release is included as an exhibit to this report. The press release may include "forward-looking statements" as defined by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Any matters that are not historical facts are forward-looking and, accordingly, involve assumptions, estimates and uncertainties which could cause actual results or outcomes to differ materially from those expressed in the forward-looking statements. Some important factors that could cause such material differences are disclosed under the heading "Forward-Looking Information" in the Management's Discussion and Analysis section of the CMS Energy Corporation Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 31, 1998 on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission. ITEM 7. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS (99) Press Release of CMS Energy Corporation dated June 23, 1998 3 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. CMS ENERGY CORPORATION Dated: June 23, 1998 By: /s/ A. M. Wright ------------------------------- Alan M. Wright Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer 4 EXHIBIT INDEX EXHIBIT NUMBER - ------- (99) Press Release of CMS Energy Corporation dated June 23, 1998 EX-99 2 EXHIBIT 99 1 EXHIBIT 99 DEARBORN, Mich., June 23, 1998-- CMS Energy Corporation (NYSE:CMS) today announced that its oil and gas exploration and production subsidiary, CMS NOMECO Oil & Gas Company, has elected to change from full cost accounting to the more conservative successful efforts method, effective January 1, 1998. The change will conform CMS NOMECO's accounting practices to those of most comparable companies in the industry and the method preferred by the Securities and Exchange Commission and Financial Accounting Standards. As a result of the change, CMS Energy Corporation will record a one-time non-cash reduction of Shareholders' equity on the balance sheet of about $175 million, after tax. The change is expected to have a positive impact on the company's 1998 earnings. This change will help reduce the variability of CMS NOMECO's future earnings caused by temporary downward swings in oil markets by eliminating potential future "ceiling test" write-downs and will materially reduce CMS NOMECO's depreciation, depletion and amortization expense in future periods. This change will also improve quality of earnings and present a balance sheet which more accurately reflects the value of CMS NOMECO's reserves. As a result of the change, CMS Energy Corporation financial statements for prior years will be retroactively restated as if CMS NOMECO had always used the successful efforts method, which requires that costs associated with unsuccessful exploratory drilling efforts be expensed as incurred, rather than capitalized. The $175 million one-time reduction in equity represents the sum of changes to prior years' earnings. CMS Energy Corporation is a $5 billion (sales), $10 billion (assets) international energy company operating throughout the U.S. and in 18 countries around the world with businesses in electric and natural gas utility operations; independent power production; natural gas pipelines and storage; oil and gas exploration and production; and energy marketing, services and trading. CMS 2 Energy Corporation's principal subsidiary is Consumers Energy, Michigan's largest utility and America's fourth largest combination gas and electric utility. # # # Information on CMS Energy is accessible on the Internet through the World Wide Web at the following address: http://www.cmsenergy.com/ -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----