UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 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):
May 19, 2004
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Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter; Commission File No.:
| | Address of principal executive offices; zip code; registrant’s telephone number, including area code:
| | State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization; IRS Employer Identification No.:
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Duquesne Light Holdings, Inc. 1-10290 | | 411 Seventh Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15219 412-393-6000 | | Pennsylvania 25-1598483 |
Item 5.Other Events.
Institutional Shareholder Services (“ISS”) requested that Duquesne Light Holdings, Inc. provide ISS with additional information about tax fees that Duquesne Light Holdings reported in its proxy statement for its 2004 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. ISS further requested that Duquesne Light Holdings publish this information either in a Form 8-K filing or in a press release. The following information addresses the questions raised by ISS regarding the fees billed by Deloitte & Touche LLP for services rendered for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2003:
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Audit Fees | | $ | 497,200 |
Audit-Related Fees | | | 68,300 |
Tax Fees—Preparation and Compliance | | | 989,640 |
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Total Audit, Audit-Related and Tax Preparation and Compliance Fees | | | 1,555,140 |
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Other Non-audit Fees: | | | |
Tax Fees—Other (1) | | | 373,048 |
All Other Fees | | | |
Total—Other Fees | | | 23,105 |
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Total—Fees | | $ | 1,951,293 |
| (1) | The majority of Tax Fees-Other were incurred in connection with the Internal Revenue Services 1994-1997 audit and related dispute regarding treatment of a subsidiary’s structured lease transactions and similar investments, which was resolved through a settlement agreement in December 2003 (as discussed in the company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2003). |
SIGNATURE
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.
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| | | Duquesne Light Holdings, Inc. |
| | | (Registrant) |
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Date May 19, 2004 | | /s/ Stevan R. Schott
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| | | (Signature) |
| | | Stevan R. Schott Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
