Exhibit 3.21(a)
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
SECRETARY OF STATE
ARTICLES OF CORRECTION
TYPE OR PRINT CLEARLY IN BLACK INK.
The following information is submitted pursuant to Section 33-1-240 of the 1976 South Carolina Code of Laws, as amended:
1. The name of the corporation is South Carolina Electric & Gas Company
2. That on May 7, 2001 the corporation filed (fill out whichever is applicable):
a. x The following described document:
Articles of Amendment
b. o The attached document (attach copy of the document).
3. That this document was incorrect in the following manner:
See attached Exhibit B
4. That the incorrect matters stated in Paragraph 3 should be revised as follows:
Exhibit A to Restated Articles of Incorporation should be revised
to read as set forth on the attached Exhibit B.
Date: February 16, 2004 South Carolina Electric & Gas Company
Name of Corporation
/s/Lynn M. Williams
Signature
Lynn M. Williams, Secretary
Type or Print Name and Office
Exhibit A
In Exhibit A to Restated Articles of Incorporation, (1) the total number of shares which the corporation was authorized to issue, the total number of shares of Preferred Stock, par value $100 per share, and the number of shares of Preferred Stock, par value $100 per share, unissued and undesignated were each overstated by 1,000,000; (2) the word “unissued” in Section 2(b)(ii) should have been “issued”; and (3) the words “(Series A)” should not have been included in Section 2(b)(v).
Exhibit B
EXHIBIT A
TO
RESTATED ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
OF
SOUTH CAROLINA ELECTRIC & GAS COMPANY
Statement of Authorized Shares of Stock and of Preferred Stock
unissued and undesignated as to Series and issued
outstanding and designated as to Series
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As of the effective date of this Exhibit A:
1. Authorized Classes.
The total number of shares which the Company shall be authorized to issue is 55,432,296, of which 2,000,000 shall be Preferred Stock of the par value of $25 per share, issuable in series, 1,682,296 shall be Preferred Stock of the par value of $50 per share, issuable in series, 1,750,000 shall be Preferred Stock of the par value of $100 per share, issuable in series, and 50,000,000 shall be Common Stock of the par value of $4.50 per share.
2. Preferred Stock unissued and undesignated as to series
and issued, outstanding and designated as to series.
(a) Par Value $25 per share
(i) 2,000,000 unissued and undesignated as to series.
(b) Par Value $50 per share-entitled to one vote per share.
(i) 640,000 shares unissued and undesignated as to series.
(ii) 125,209 shares issued and outstanding designated “5% Preferred
Stock”
(iii) 9,600 shares issued and outstanding designated “4.50%
Cumulative Preferred Stock”
(iv) 16,052 shares issued and outstanding designated “4.60% (Series A)
Cumulative Preferred Stock”
(v) 67,000 shares issued and outstanding designated “5.125%
Cumulative Preferred Stock”
Exhibit B
(vi) 57,800 shares issued and outstanding designated “4.60% (Series B)
Cumulative Preferred Stock”
(vii) 66,635 shares issued and outstanding designated “6% Cumulative
Preferred Stock”
Total 982,296
(c) Par Value $50 per share-entitled
to one half of one vote per share
(i) 700,000 shares unissued and undesignated as to series
(d) Par Value $100 per share
(i) 750,000 unissued and undesignated as to series.
(ii) 1,000,000 shares issued and outstanding designated “6.52%
Cumulative Preferred Stock”
Total 1,750,000
3. Shares Outstanding
The total number of shares issued and outstanding is 41,638,443, consisting of:
(a) 40,296,147 shares of Common Stock;
(b) 0 Shares of Preferred Stock par value $25 per share;
(c) 342,296 shares of Preferred Stock par value $50 per share-entitled to one
vote per share;
(d) 0 shares of Preferred Stock par value $50 per share-entitled to one-half of
one vote per share; and
(e) 1,000,000 shares of Preferred Stock par value $100 per share.
May 3, 2001