SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C.
FORM U-57
NOTIFICATION OF FOREIGN UTILITY COMPANY STATUS
Filed under section 33(a) of the
Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, as amended
E.ON Zehnte Verwaltungsgesellschaft mbH and
Gelsenberg AG
(Name of foreign utility company)
E.ON Zehnte
Verwaltungsgesellschaft mbH (Name of filing
company, if filed on behalf of a foreign utility company)
Pursuant to Section 33(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of
1935, as amended (the "Act") and Rule 57, E.ON Zehnte Verwaltungsgesellschaft
mbH ("E.ON Zehnte") files this form to notify the Securities and Exchange
Commission that both E.ON Zehnte and a company that E.ON Zehnte acquired as a
direct subsidiary, Gelsenberg AG ("Gelsenberg"), are foreign utility companies
within the meaning of Section 33 of the Act.
Item 1. State the name of the entity claiming foreign utility company status,
its business address, and a description of the facilities used for the
generation, transmission and distribution of electric energy for sale or for the
distribution at retail of natural or manufactured gas. To the extent known,
identify each person that holds five percent (5%) or more of any class of voting
securities of the foreign utility company and describe the amount and nature of
the interest.
Corporate Information
E.ON AG ("E.ON") is Germany's fifth largest industrial group,
headquartered at E.ON-Platz 1, 40479 Dusseldorf, Germany. Also located at that
address, E.ON Zehnte is a direct subsidiary holding company of E.ON that was
recently formed to acquire Ruhrgas AG, the leading gas company in Germany. In
early July 2002, E.ON was granted ministerial approval for
the acquisition of a majority shareholding in Ruhrgas AG. Ruhrgas AG holds two
wholly-owned subsidiary holding companies. RGE, located at Huttropstrabe
60, 45138 Essen, Germany, holds the majority of Ruhrgas AG's stakes in energy
utilities, and Ruhrgas Industries GmbH is responsible for the industrial
affiliates.
Ruhrgas' domestic and foreign energy utilities are grouped under RGE.
RGE is involved in a total of 24 joint ventures/project companies in Germany and
another 22 in Europe, listed below with each entity's location and RGE's
percentage ownership in each entity:
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Ferngas Norbayern GmbH (Nuremberg) 53.10%
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Ferngas Salzgitter GmbH (Salzgitter) 39.00%
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FSG-Holding GmbH (Munich) 45.00%
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VNG - Verbundnetz Gas AG (Leipzig) 36.84%
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Gas-Union GmbH (Frankfurt) 25.93%
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Stadtwerke Essen AG (Essen) 20.00%
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Stadtwerke Neuss Energie und Wasser GmbH (Neuss) 15.00%
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swb AG (Breman) 10.34%
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Stadtwerke Hannover AG (Hanover) 12.00%
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GASAG Berliner Gaswerk AG (Berlin) 11.95%
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Gaswerk Philippsburg GmbH (Essen) 87.90%
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MVV Energie AG (Mannheim) 15.00%
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Sudhessische Gas und Wasser AG (Darmstadt) 7.14%
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EWR GmbH (Remscheid) 20.00%
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HEAG Versorgungs-AG (Darmstadt) 12.50%
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European Energy Exchange AG (Frankfurt) 0.50%
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Bayerngas GmbH (Munich) 22.02%
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Saar Ferngas AG (Saarbrucken) 20.00%
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Thuga Aktiengesellschaft (Munich) 10.00%
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DREWAG - Stadtwerke Dresden GmbH (Dresden) 10.00%
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Stadtwerke Chemnitz AG (Chemnitz) 15.00%
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Stadtwerke Karlsruhe GmbH (Karlsruhe) 10.00%
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Erdgasversorgungs-gesellschaft 50.00%
Thuringen-Sachsen mbH (Erfurt)
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Stadtwerke Duisburg AG (Duisburg) 20.00%
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EVI Hildesheim GmbH & Co KG (Hildesheim) 12.60%
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Gassum Oy (Helsinki, Finland) 20.00%
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AS EESTI GAAS (Tallinn, Estonia) 33.31%
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Inwestycjna Spolka Energetyczna (Warsaw, Poland) 50.00%
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Nova Naturgas AB (Stockholm, Sweden) 29.59%
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Latvijas Gaze (Rigal, Latvia) 27.09%
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Compagnie Industrielle et Commerciale du Gaz S.A. 4.00%
(Vevey, Switzerland)
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South Transdanuiba Gas Company (Pecs, Hungary) 41.38%
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SOTEG - Societe de Transport de Gaz S.A. 20.00%
(Luxembourg)
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EUROPGAS a.s. (Prague, Czech Republic) 50.00%
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Stredoceska plynarenska 14.27%
a.s. (Prague, Czech Republic)
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Jihomoravska plynarenska a.s. 1.49%
(Prague, Czech Republic)
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Severomoravska plynarenska a.s. 9.57%
(Ostrava, Czech Republic)
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Vychodoceska plynarenska a.s. 16.52%
(Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic)
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AB Lietuvos Dujos (Vilnius, Lithuania) 0.90%
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COLONIA-CLUJ-NAPOCA-ENERGIE S.R.L. (Cluj, Romania) 33.33%
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Prazska plynarenska Holding a.s. 24.00%
(Prague, Czech Republic)
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RGE Hungaria Kft. (Budapest, Hungary) 100.00%
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Gasnor ASA (Avaldnes, Karmoy, Norway) 15.00%
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Naturgass Vest AS (Bergen, Norway) 14.04%
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S.C. Congaz, S.a. (Konstanza, Romania) 28.57%
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Ekopur d.o.o. (Ljubljana, Slovenia) 100.00%
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therminvest Sp. z.o.o. (Gdansk, Poland) 75.00%
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The industrial affiliates, which are not only based in Europe but also
in countries like the US and China, are under the umbrella of Ruhrgas Industries
GmbH. Its activities concentrate on gas measurement and control and the
manufacture of industrial furnaces. In addition, together with 14 other gas
companies, Ruhrgas is involved in GasLine Telekommunikationsnetz-gesellschaft
deutscher Gasversorgungsunternehmen mbH & Co. (which markets fibre-optic cable
systems along gas pipeline routes and small businesses), provides water utility
services, and engages in other energy-related businesses.
Gelsenberg, also located at E.ON-Platz 1, 40479 Dusseldorf, Germany,
is wholly-owned by E.ON Zehnte. It has no significant business activities
besides holding voting rights in Rurhgas AG and Bergemann GmbH.
The Gas Distribution Facilities
E.ON Zehnte owns no distribution facilities. Ruhrgas and its joint
ventures/project companies own a total 10,837 km of gas pipelines. A map
depicting the Ruhrgas Pipeline System (including joint, leased, and
joint-venture facilities) is attached hereto as Exhibit I.
The Shareholders
E.ON Zehnte is wholly-owned by E.ON AG. E.ON AG is publicly held, and
only a single investor owns more than five percent of its outstanding shares:
Allianz Aktiengesellschaft currently holds 7.59% of E.ON AG's voting rights.
Gelsenberg is wholly-owned by E.ON Zehnte. Gelsenberg has no
significant business activities besides holding 25.47% of Ruhrgas AG's voting
rights and 0.15% of Bergemann GmbH's voting rights.
The shareholders of Ruhrgas AG are private-sector companies of the
mining industry, gas producers operating in Germany and utilities. Its shares
are not quoted on the German stock exchange. The shareholders' voting rights are
allocated as follows:
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Bergemann GmbH 34.76%
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Gelsenberg AG 25.47%
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BEB Erdgas und Erdol GmbH 26.76%
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Schubert Beteiligungs GmbH 10.04%
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Schubert KG 2.73%
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Other Companies 0.24%
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Bergemann GmbH is owned by (1) RAG Beteiligungs GmbH (51.9%), (2) E.ON Zehnte
(37.2%), (3) RWE - DEA AG (10.1%) and (4) other companies (0.8%). BEB Erdgas und
Erdol GmbH is owned by ESSO Deutschland GmbH and Deutsche Shell GmbH. Schubert
KG is owned by BEB Erdgas und Erdol GmbH. Schubert Beteiligungs- GmbH is owned
by ESSO Deutschland GmbH and Preussag Energie GmbH.
Item 2. State the name of any domestic associate public-utility company and, if
applicable, its holding company, and a description of the relationship between
the foreign utility company and such company, and the purchase price paid by any
such domestic associate public-utility company for its interest in the foreign
utility company.
At this time, neither E.ON Zehnte Verwaltungsgesellschaft mbH nor
Gelsenberg AG has any domestic associate public utility companies.
SIGNATURE
The undersigned company has duly caused this statement to be signed on
its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
E.ON Zehnte Verwaltungsgesellschaft mbH
By: //s//
Date: July 11, 2002
Name: Michael C. Wilhelm
Title: Managing Director
By: //s//
Name: Harry Schmitz
Title: Authorized Representative
Exhibit i
MAP