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) February 3, 2003
Commission File Number | Registrant, State of Incorporation, | I.R.S. Employer Number | ||
1-8788 | SIERRA PACIFIC RESOURCES P.O. Box 10100 (6100 Neil Road) Reno, Nevada 89520-0400 (89511) (775) 834-4011 | 88-0198358 |
None
(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report)
Item 5. Other Events
Sierra Pacific Resources (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing that it has reached agreements to exchange 30% of its Premium Income Equity Securities (“PIES”) for shares of its common stock, par value $1.00 per share. Under the terms of the privately negotiated agreements reached with a limited number of investors, the Company will issue approximately 13.66 million shares of common stock in exchange for a total of 2,095,650 PIES. The exchanges are expected to settle February 5, 2003. The Company has no plans to retire additional outstanding securities through the issuance of common stock.
A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 hereto.
Item 7. Financial Statements and Exhibits
(a) | Financial Statements of Businesses Acquired |
Not required
(b) | Pro forma financial information |
Not required
(c) | Exhibits |
99.1 Press Release issued February 3, 2003
Signatures
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.
Sierra Pacific Resources (Registrant) | ||||||
Date: February 3, 2003 | By: | /s/ RICHARD K. ATKINSON | ||||
Richard K. Atkinson Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
Exhibit Index
Sierra Pacific Resources
Exhibit 99.1 – Press Release issued February 3, 2003