The 10-K is a combined Form 10-K filed separately by Cleco Corporation, the parent company of Cleco Power, and Cleco Power. This Form 10-K/A is filed separately by Cleco Power and relates only to and amends only the 10-K as separately filed by Cleco Power. This amendment consists solely of the preceding cover page, this explanatory note, the information required by Item 15 of Form 10-K, a signature page, the independent registered public accounting firm's consent and certifications required to be filed as exhibits hereto. In accordance with Rule 12b-15 promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the complete text of Item 15, as amended, is included herein. However, other than the inclusion of Financial Statement Schedule II (Valuation and Qualifying Accounts of Cleco Power), no changes to any financial statements in the 10-K have been made.
| | FORM 10-K ANNUAL REPORT(1) |
| Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm | 61 |
15(a)(1) | Financial Statements of Cleco Power | |
| Cleco Power Statements of Income for the years ended December 31, 2004, 2003, and 2002 | 62 |
| Cleco Power Balance Sheets at December 31, 2004, and 2003 | 63 |
| Cleco Power Statements of Cash Flows for the years ended December 31, 2004, 2003, and 2002 | 64 |
| Cleco Power Statements of Comprehensive Income for the years ended December 31, 2004, 2003, and 2002 | 65 |
| Cleco Power Statements of Changes in Member's Equity for the years ended December 31, 2004, 2003, and 2002 | 65 |
15(a)(2) | Financial Statement Schedules | |
| Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm | 6 |
| Schedule II - Valuation and Qualifying Accounts | 7 |
| Financial Statement Schedules other than those shown in the above index are omitted because they are either not required or not applicable or the required information is shown in the Financial Statements and Notes thereto. | |
15(a)(3) | List of Exhibits | 4 |
The Exhibits designated by an asterisk were filed on March 14, 2005 with the Form 10-K to which this Form 10-K/A relates. The Exhibits not so designated have been previously filed with the SEC and are incorporated herein by reference. The Exhibits designated by two asterisks are management contracts and compensatory plans and arrangements required to be filed as Exhibits to this Report. The Exhibits designated by three asterisks are filed herewith.
| SEC FILE OR REGISTRATION NUMBER | REGISTRATION STATEMENT OR REPORT | EXHIBIT NUMBER
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2(a) | Joint Agreement of Merger of Cleco Utility Group Inc. with and into Cleco Power LLC, dated December 15, 2000 | 333-52540 | S-3/A (1/26/01) | 2 |
3(a) | Articles of Organization and Initial Report of Cleco Power LLC, dated December 11, 2000 | 533-52540 | S-3/A(1/26/01) | 3(a) |
3(b) | Operating Agreement of Cleco Power LLC amended as of April 26, 2002 | 1-15759 | 10-Q(3/30/02) | 3(b) |
4(a)(1) | Indenture of Mortgage dated as of July 1, 1950, between the Company and First National Bank of New Orleans, as Trustee | 1-5663 | 10-K(1997) | 4(a)(1) |
4(a)(2) | First Supplemental Indenture dated as of October 1, 1951, to Exhibit 4(a)(1) | 1-5663 | 10-K(1997) | 4(a)(2) |
4(a)(3) | Second Supplemental Indenture dated as of June 1, 1952, to Exhibit 4(a)(1) | 1-5663 | 10-K(1997) | 4(a)(3) |
4(a)(4) | Third Supplemental Indenture dated as of January 1, 1954, to Exhibit 4(a)(1) | 1-5663 | 10-K(1997) | 4(a)(4) |
4(a)(5) | Fourth Supplemental Indenture dated as of November 1, 1954, to Exhibit 4(a)(1) | 1-5663 | 10-K(1997) | 4(a)(5) |
4(a)(6) | Tenth Supplemental Indenture dated as of September 1, 1965, to Exhibit 4(a)(1) | 1-5663 | 10-K(1986) | 4(a)(11) |
4(a)(7) | Eleventh Supplemental Indenture dated as of April 1, 1969, to Exhibit 4(a)(1) | 1-5663 | 10-K(1998) | 4(a)(8) |
4(a)(8) | Eighteenth Supplemental Indenture dated as of December 1, 1982, to Exhibit 4(a)(1) | 1-5663 | 10-K(1993) | 4(a)(8) |
4(a)(9) | Nineteenth Supplemental Indenture dated as of January 1, 1983, to Exhibit 4(a)(1) | 1-5663 | 10-K(1993) | 4(a)(9) |
4(a)(10) | Twenty-Sixth Supplemental Indenture dated as of March 15, 1990, to Exhibit 4(a)(1) | 1-5663 | 8-K(3/90) | 4(a)(27) |
4(b) | Indenture between the Company and Bankers Trust Company, as Trustee, dated as of October 1, 1988 | 33-24896 | S-3(10/11/88) | 4(b) |
4(b)(1) | Agreement Appointing Successor Trustee dated as of April 1, 1996, by and among Central Louisiana Electric Company, Inc., Bankers Trust Company, and The Bank of New York | 333-02895
| S-3(4/26/96)
| 4(a)(2)
|
4(c) | Agreement Under Regulation S‑K Item 601(b)(4)(iii)(A) | 333-71643-01 | 10-Q(9/99) | 4(c) |
4(d) | First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of December 1, 2000, between Cleco Utility Group Inc. and the Bank of New York | 333-52540 | S-3/A(1/26/01) | 4(a)(2) |
4(e) | Second Supplemental Indenture, dated as of January 1, 2001, between Cleco Power LLC and The Bank of New York | 333-52540 | S-3/A(1/26/01) | 4(a)(3) |
4(f) | Third Supplemental Indenture, dated as of April 26, 2001, between Cleco Power LLC and the Bank of New York | 1-5663 | 8-K(4/01) | 4(a) |
4(g) | Fourth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of February 1, 2002, between Cleco Power LLC and the Bank of New York | 1-5663 | 8-K(2/02) | 4.1 |
4(h) | Fifth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of May 1, 2002, between Cleco Power LLC and the Bank of New York | 1-5663 | 8-K(5/8/02) | 4.1 |
4(i) | Form of Sixth Supplemental Indenture providing for the issuance of $75,000,000 principal amount of 5.375% Notes due May 1, 2013 | 333-71643-01
| 10-Q(3/31/03)
| 4(a)
|
4(i)(1) | Form of $75,000,000 5.375% Notes due May 1, 2013 | 333-71643-01 | 10-Q(3/31/03) | 4(b) |
**10(a)
| 1990 Long-Term Incentive Compensation Plan
| 1-5663
| 1990 Proxy Statement (4/90) | A
|
**10(b) | Participation Agreement, Annual Incentive Compensation Plan | 1-5663 | 10-K(1999) | 10(c) |
**10(c) | Deferred Compensation Plan for Directors | 1-5663 | 10-K(1992) | 10(n) |
**10(d)(1) | Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan | 1-5663 | 10-K(1992) | 10(o)(1) |
**10(d)(2)
| Form of Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan Participation Agreement between Cleco and the following officers: Gregory L. Nesbitt, David M. Eppler, Catherine C. Powell and Mark H. Segura | 1-5663
| 10-K(1992)
| 10(o)(2)
|
**10(e)
| Form of Executive Severance Agreement between Cleco and the following officers: David M. Eppler, Catherine C. Powell and Mark H. Segura | 1-5663
| 10-K(1995)
| 10(f)
|
10(f)(1)
| Term Loan Agreement dated as of April 2, 1991, among the 401(k) Savings and Investment Plan ESOP Trust, the Company, as Guarantor, the Banks listed therein and The Bank of New York, as Agent | 1-5663
| 10-Q(3/91)
| 4(b)
|
10(f)(2)
| Assignment and Assumption Agreement, effective as of May 6, 1991, between The Bank of New York and the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, relating to Exhibit 10(f)(1) | 1-5663
| 10-Q(3/91)
| 4(c)
|
10(f)(3)
| Assignment and Assumption Agreement dated as of July 3, 1991, between The Bank of New York and Rapides Bank and Trust Company in Alexandria, relating to Exhibit 10(f)(1) | 1-5663
| 10-K(1991)
| 10(y)(3)
|
10(f)(4)
| Assignment and Assumption Agreement dated as of July 6, 1992, between The Bank of New York, CIBC, Inc. and Rapides Bank and Trust Company in Alexandria, as Assignors, the 401(k) Savings and Investment Plan ESOP Trust, as Borrower, and the Company, as Guarantor, relating to Exhibit 10(f)(1) |
1-5663
|
10-K(1992)
|
10(bb)(4)
|
10(g)
| Reimbursement Agreement (The Industrial Development Board of the Parish of Rapides, Inc. (Louisiana) Adjustable Tender Pollution Control Revenue Refunding Bonds, Series 1991) dated as of October 15, 1997, among the Company, various financial institutions, and Westdeutsche Landesbank Gironzentrale, New York Branch, as Agent |
1-5663
|
10-K(1997)
|
10(I)
|
10(h)
| Selling Agency Agreement between the Company and Salomon Brothers Inc., Merrill Lynch & Co., Smith Barney Inc. and First Chicago Capital Markets, Inc. dated as of December 12, 1996 | 333-02895
| S-3(12/10/96)
| 1
|
10(i)
| 401(k) Savings and Investment Plan ESOP Trust Agreement dated as of August 1, 1997, between UMB Bank, N.A. and the Company | 1-5663
| 10-K(1997)
| 10(m)
|
10(i)(1)
| First Amendment to 401(k) Savings and Investment Plan ESOP Trust Agreement dated as of October 1, 1997, between UMB Bank, N.A. and the Company | 1-5663
| 10-K(1997)
| 10(m)(1)
|
10(i)(2) | 401(k) Savings and Investment Plan as amended and restated effective January 1, 2004 | 1-5663 | 10-Q(3/31/04) | 10(a) |
10(i)(3) | 401(k) Savings and Investment Plan, Stock Trust Agreement, Amendment Number 2, Effective January 1, 2004 | 1-5663 | 10-Q(6/30/04) | 10(b) |
10(j) | 2000 Long-Term Incentive Compensation Plan | | Form 10(11/15/00) | 10(j) |
**10(k) | Cleco Corporation 2000 Long-Term Incentive Compensation Plan, Amendment Number 1, Effective as of December 12, 2003 | 333-59692 | S-8(4/27/01) | 4.3 |
**10(l)(1) | 2000 Long-Term Incentive Compensation Plan, Amendment Number 2 effective as of July 23, 2004 | 1-5663 | 10-Q(9/30/04) | 10(b) |
10(m)
| 364-Day Credit Agreement dated as of April 30, 2004 among Cleco Power LLC, the Bank of New York, as Administrative Agent, and the lenders and other parties thereto | 1-5663
| 10-Q(6/30/04)
| 10(d)
|
*12(b) | Computation of Ratios of Earnings to Fixed Charges | | | |
*23(b) | Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm | | | |
***23(b)(1) | Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm | | | |
*24(b) | Power of Attorney from each Manager of Cleco Power | | | |
| SEC FILE OR REGISTRATION NUMBER | REGISTRATION STATEMENT OR REPORT | EXHIBIT NUMBER
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*31(b) | CEO and CFO Certification in accordance with section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 | | | |
***31(b)(1) | CEO and CFO Certification in accordance with section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 | | | |
*32(b)
| CEO Certification pursuant to section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 CFO Certification pursuant to section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 | | | |
***32(b)(1)
| CEO Certification pursuant to section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 CFO Certification pursuant to section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 | | | |
Our audits of the financial statements referred to in our report dated March 14, 2005 appearing in the Annual Report on Form 10-K of Cleco Power LLC for the year ended December 31, 2004 also included an audit of the financial statement schedule of Cleco Power LLC listed in Item 15(a)(2) of this Form 10-K/A (Amendment No. 1). In our opinion, this financial statement schedule presents fairly, in all material respects, the information set forth therein when read in conjunction with the related financial statements.
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this Amendment to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this Amendment has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the Registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature | Title | Date |
| | |
/s/ Michael H. Madison | Chief Executive Officer and Manager | June 28, 2005 |
(Michael H. Madison)
| (Principal Executive Officer)
| |
/s/ Kathleen F. Nolen | Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | June 28, 2005 |
(Kathleen F. Nolen)
| (Principal Financial Officer)
| |
/s/ R. Russell Davis | Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer | June 28, 2005 |
(R. Russell Davis) | (Principal Accounting Officer) | |