UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
Current Report
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Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): December 17, 2004
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| Commission File Number | | | Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter and principal office address and telephone number | | | State of Incorporation | | | I.R.S. Employer I.D. Number | |
| 1-16163 | | | WGL Holdings, Inc. 101 Constitution Ave., N.W. Washington, D.C. 20080 (703) 750-2000 | | | Virginia | | | 52-2210912 | |
| 0-49807 | | | Washington Gas Light Company 101 Constitution Ave., N.W. Washington, D.C. 20080 (703) 750-4440
| | | District of Columbia and Virginia | | | 53-0162882 | |
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Former name or former address, if changed since last report:None
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
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o | Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425) |
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o | Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12) |
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o | Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b)) |
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o | Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c)) |
ITEM 5.02 DEPARTURE OF DIRECTORS OR PRINCIPAL OFFICERS; ELECTION OF DIRECTORS; APPOINTMENT OF PRINCIPAL OFFICERS
The Boards of Directors of WGL Holdings, Inc. and Washington Gas Light Company have policies that do not enable directors to stand for re-election to the Boards of Directors after their seventy-second birthday. Daniel J. Callahan, III, currently a director of WGL Holdings, Inc. and Washington Gas Light Company, is seventy-two years old. Accordingly, Mr. Callahan will not stand for re-election to the companies’ Boards of Directors at the next annual meeting on February 23, 2005, and his tenure on the boards will cease on February 23, 2005.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrants have duly caused this report to be signed on their behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
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| | | | WGL Holdings, Inc. and Washington Gas Light Company (Registrants) |
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Date:December 20, 2004 | | | | /s/ Frederic M. Kline Frederic M. Kline Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
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