Pending Merger with Exelon Corporation

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2011

Pending Merger with Exelon Corporation

Pending Merger with Exelon Corporation

Pending Merger with Exelon Corporation

On April 28, 2011, Constellation Energy entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger with Exelon Corporation (Exelon). At closing, each issued and outstanding share of common stock of Constellation Energy will be cancelled and converted into the right to receive 0.93 shares of common stock of Exelon, and Constellation Energy will become a wholly owned subsidiary of Exelon.

        The merger agreement contains certain termination rights for both Constellation Energy and Exelon. Under specified circumstances Constellation Energy may be required to pay Exelon a termination fee of $200 million and Exelon may be required to pay Constellation Energy a termination fee of $800 million.

        In connection with the proposed merger, Exelon and Constellation Energy announced several commitments, each of which is contingent upon completion of the merger, that they included in their filing for approval of the merger with the Maryland Public Service Commission (Maryland PSC). The estimated value of the commitments, including a proposed distribution rate credit of $100 per residential BGE customer, is approximately $250 million.

        The merger agreement has been approved by both companies' boards of directors, but completion of the merger is contingent upon, among other things, the approval of the transaction by stockholders of both companies and receipt of required regulatory approvals, including the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the Maryland PSC and several other state and federal regulatory bodies. The parties are working to complete the merger early in 2012.

        During the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2011, we incurred $8.3 million and $40.1 million pre-tax, respectively, in costs related to our pending merger with Exelon.