-----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, WCGzSHrHLb4lceClU0UntWRyCz99SEugp5lWVUd8aeMFO9eR1BE0fa9/FpBxzu9V gZpDZtqxCyRNGKh8GUlf3Q== 0001104659-04-000348.txt : 20040108 0001104659-04-000348.hdr.sgml : 20040108 20040108061226 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001104659-04-000348 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20040107 ITEM INFORMATION: Other events FILED AS OF DATE: 20040108 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: EDISON MISSION ENERGY CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000930835 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: COGENERATION SERVICES & SMALL POWER PRODUCERS [4991] IRS NUMBER: 954031807 STATE OF INCORPORATION: CA FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-24890 FILM NUMBER: 04514328 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 18101 VON KARMAN AVE STREET 2: STE 1700 CITY: IRVINE STATE: CA ZIP: 92612 BUSINESS PHONE: 9497525588 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 18101 VON KARMAN AVE STREET 2: STE 1700 CITY: IRVINE STATE: CA ZIP: 92612 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: MISSION ENERGY CO DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19941003 8-K 1 a04-1105_18k.htm 8-K

 

UNITED STATES
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):  January 7, 2004

 

 

EDISON MISSION ENERGY

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

DELAWARE

 

000-24890

 

95-4031807

(State or other jurisdiction of

 

(Commission file

 

(I.R.S. employer

incorporation or organization)

 

number)

 

identification no.)

 

 

 

 

 

18101 Von Karman Avenue

Irvine, California  92612

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

 

 

 

 

 

949-752-5588

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

 

 

Items 1 through 4 and 6 through 12 are not included because they are inapplicable.

 

This current report includes forward-looking statements. Edison Mission Energy has based these forward-looking statements on its current expectations and projections about future events based upon knowledge of facts as of the date of this current report and its assumptions about future events. These forward-looking statements are subject to various risks and uncertainties that may be outside Edison Mission Energy’s control. Edison Mission Energy has no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. This current report should be read in conjunction with Edison Mission Energy’s 2002 Annual Report on Form 10-K and Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the first three quarters of 2003. Capitalized terms used in this current report which are not specifically defined have the meanings set forth in the other reports.

 

Item 5.  Other Events

 

On January 7, 2004, a subsidiary of Edison Mission Energy sold 100% of the stock of Edison Mission Energy Oil & Gas, which in turn holds interests in Four Star Oil & Gas Company, to Medicine Bow Energy Corporation.  Four Star Oil & Gas owns oil and gas reserves in the San Juan Basin, the Hugoton Basin, the Permian Basin and offshore Gulf Coast and Alabama.  Proceeds from the sale were approximately $100 million. Edison Mission Energy expects to record a pre-tax gain on the sale of this oil and gas investment of approximately $44 million during the first quarter of 2004.

 

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SIGNATURE

 

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 thereunto duly authorized.

 

 

Edison Mission Energy
(Registrant)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Date:

January 7, 2004

 

/s/ Kevin M. Smith

 

 

 

KEVIN M. SMITH
Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

 

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