UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 FORM 11-K (X) ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934. For the fiscal year ended December 31, 1997 OR ( ) TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934. For the transition period from ____________ to ____________. Commission file number 2-93265 A. Full title of the plan and the address of the plan, if different from that of the issuer named below: Texas-New Mexico Power Company Thrift Plan for Employees 4100 International Plaza P.O. Box 2943 Fort Worth, Texas 76113 B. Name of issuer of the securities held pursuant to the plan and the address of its principal executive office. TNP Enterprises, Inc. 4100 International Plaza P.O. Box 2943 Fort Worth, Texas 76113 REQUIRED INFORMATION The following financial statements prepared in accordance with the financial reporting requirements of ERISA and exhibits are filed for the Texas-New Mexico Power Company Thrift Plan for Employees: Financial Statements and Schedules Report of Independent Public Accountants - Arthur Andersen LLP Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits, December 31, 1997, and 1996 Statements of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits, Years Ended December 31, 1997, and 1996 Notes to Financial Statements Item 27(a) - Schedule of Assets Held for Investment Purposes, December 31, 1997 Item 27(d) - Schedule of Reportable Transactions, Year Ended December 31, 1997 Exhibit Consent of Independent Public Accountants - Arthur Andersen LLP SIGNATURES The Plan. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the administrator and/or Thrift Plan Committee has duly caused this annual report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized. TEXAS-NEW MEXICO POWER COMPANY THRIFT PLAN FOR EMPLOYEES Date: June 26, 1998 By Dennis R. Cash \s\Dennis R. Cash DENNIS R. CASH, as Vice President of Texas-New Mexico Power Company and as a member of the Thrift Plan Committee TEXAS-NEW MEXICO POWER COMPANY THRIFT PLAN FOR EMPLOYEES Financial Statements As Of December 31, 1997 And 1996, And Supplemental Schedules, As Of December 31, 1997 Together With Report of Independent Public Accountants REPORT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS To the Trustee and Thrift Plan Committee Texas-New Mexico Power Company Thrift Plan for Employees: We have audited the accompanying statements of net assets available for benefits of Texas-New Mexico Power Company Thrift Plan for Employees (the "Plan") as of December 31, 1997 and 1996, and the related statement of changes in net assets available for benefits for the years then ended. These financial statements, and the supplemental schedules referred to below, are the responsibility of the Plan's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits. We conducted our audits in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance that the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion. In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the net assets available for benefits of the Plan as of December 31, 1997 and 1996, and the changes in its net assets available for benefits for the years then ended, in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles. Our audit was performed for the purpose of forming an opinion on the basic financial statements taken as a whole. The supplemental schedules of Assets Held for Investment Purposes and Reportable Transactions are presented for purposes of additional analysis and are not a required part of the basic financial statements but are supplementary information required by the Department of Labor's Rules and Regulations for Reporting and Disclosure under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. The fund information in the statement of net assets available for benefits and the statements of changes in net assets available for benefits is presented for purposes of additional analysis rather than to present the net assets available for plan benefits and changes in net assets available for plan benefits of each fund. The supplemental schedules and fund information have been subjected to the auditing procedures applied in the audit of the basic financial statements and, in our opinion, are fairly stated in all material respects in relation to the basic financial statements taken as a whole. ARTHUR ANDERSEN LLP Dallas, Texas, June 10, 1998 Texas-New Mexico Power Company Thrift Plan For Employees Statement of Net Assets Available for Benefits As of December 31, 1997 1996 -------------- ------------ INVESTMENTS, at fair value: TNP Enterprises, Inc. Common Stock Fund $ 41,565,228 $ 38,451,789 Vanguard Index Trust Fund 11,201,926 8,647,430 Nations Prime Fund 8,740,600 7,698,287 Vanguard Wellesley Income Fund 5,452,034 4,989,628 Participants' Notes Receivable 3,466,055 3,784,281 AIM Constellation Fund 2,835,867 1,929,197 Templeton Foreign Fund 1,183,468 701,737 Nations Short-Intermediate Government Fund 716,685 309,914 ---------- ---------- Total investments 75,161,863 66,512,263 EMPLOYER'S CONTRIBUTION RECEIVABLE 999,471 975,897 PARTICIPANTS' CONTRIBUTION RECEIVABLE 97,227 108,369 CASH -- 112,590 ---------- ---------- NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR PLAN BENEFITS $ 76,258,561 $ 67,709,119 ========== ========== The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements. - 2 - Texas-New Mexico Power Company Thrift Plan For Employees Statement of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits With Fund Information As of December 31, 1997 TNP Enterprises, Vanguard Vanguard Participants AIM Inc. Stock Index Trust Nations Wellesley Notes Constellation Fund Fund Prime Fund Income Fund Receivable Fund ------------ ----------- ----------- ------------ ------------ ------------- Additions to net assets attributed to- Investment income- Net appreciation (depreciation) in fair value of investments $ 9,350,807 $ 2,141,351 $ -- $ 254,460 $ -- $ (14,467) Interest 147,295 58,699 360,738 38,261 -- 48,101 Dividends -- 100,228 -- 279,531 -- -- Gain (loss) on sale (714,760) 343,335 -- 39,940 -- 54,500 Other income 495 5,149 -- 165,469 -- 200,770 Contributions Participants 1,112,540 522,943 148,110 322,225 -- 375,888 Employer's 1,859,995 -- -- -- -- -- Rollovers 55,473 54,849 2,555 35,951 -- 22,554 ----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- Total Additions 11,811,845 3,226,554 511,403 1,135,837 -- 687,346 Deductions from net assets attributed to- Benefits paid to participants 3,266,630 1,205,625 1,729,642 436,457 223,296 216,439 Administrative expenses 9,847 2,277 2,048 1,598 -- 812 ----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- Total Deductions 3,276,477 1,207,902 1,731,690 438,055 223,296 217,251 Net increase (decrease) prior to interfund transfers 8,535,368 2,018,652 (1,220,287) 697,782 (223,296) 470,095 Interfund transfers (4,089,186) 735,698 2,286,835 (150,057) -- 379,384 Transfers out of the plan (1,114,732) (222,093) (45,804) (172,110) -- (72,256) Loan activity - net (218,011) 22,239 21,569 86,791 (94,930) 129,447 Increase/(decrease)in contributions receivable -- -- -- -- -- -- ----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- NET INCREASE (DECREASE) 3,113,439 2,554,496 1,042,313 462,406 (318,226) 906,670 NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR BENEFITS: Beginning of year 38,451,789 8,647,430 7,698,287 4,989,628 3,784,281 1,929,197 ----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- End of year $41,565,228 $11,201,926 $ 8,740,600 $ 5,452,034 $ 3,466,055 $ 2,835,867 =========== =========== =========== =========== =========== =========== Templeton Nations Short Foreign Intermediate Contributions Fund Government Fund Cash Receivable Total ----------- --------------- ---------- ----------- ----------- Additions to net assets attributed to- Investment income- Net appreciation (depreciation) in fair value of investments $ (94,966) $ 7,826 $ -- $ -- $11,645,011 Interest 11,359 30,350 -- -- 694,803 Dividends 32,603 -- -- -- 412,362 Gain (loss) on sale 1,054 200 -- -- (275,731) Other income 85,679 -- (12) -- 457,550 Contributions Participants 119,891 66,923 -- -- 2,668,520 Employer's -- -- -- -- 1,859,995 Rollovers 23,194 14,863 -- -- 209,439 ----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- Total Additions 178,814 120,162 (12) -- 17,671,949 Deductions from net assets attributed to- Benefits paid to participants 44,665 223,189 46,905 -- 7,392,848 Administrative expenses 165 128 -- -- 16,875 =========== =========== =========== =========== =========== Total Deductions 44,830 223,317 46,905 -- 7,409,723 Net increase (decrease) prior to interfund transfers 133,984 (103,155) (46,917) -- 10,262,226 Interfund transfers 383,788 507,289 (53,751) -- -- Transfers out of the plan (68,920) (17,406) -- -- (1,713,321) Loan activity - net 32,879 20,043 (27) -- -- Increase/(decrease)in contributions receivable -- -- (11,895) 12,432 537 ----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- NET INCREASE (DECREASE) 481,731 406,771 (112,590) 12,432 8,549,442 NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR BENEFITS: Beginning of year 701,737 309,914 112,590 1,084,266 67,709,119 ----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- End of year $ 1,183,468 $ 716,685 $ -- $ 1,096,698 $76,258,561 =========== =========== =========== =========== =========== The accompanying notes are an integral part of this financial statement. - 3 - TEXAS-NEW MEXICO POWER COMPANY THRIFT PLAN FOR EMPLOYEES STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR BENEFITS WITH FUND INFORMATION FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1996 TNP Enterprises, Vanguard Nations Vanguard Participants AIM Inc. Stock Index Trust Prime Wellesley Notes Constellation Fund Fund Fund Income Fund Receivable Fund ------------ ------------- ------------ ------------- ------------- ----------- Additions to net assets attributed to- Investment income- Net appreciation (depreciation) in fair value of investments $ 11,980,962 $ 1,221,657 $ -- $ 40,928 $ -- $ 77,683 Interest 138,355 59,993 436,333 42,803 -- 54,821 Dividends -- 157,762 -- 197,111 -- -- Gain (loss) on sale 1,996,292 160,135 -- (47,939) -- 39,243 Other income 5,020 32,369 1,408 23,293 -- 64,009 Contributions- Participants 1,168,255 536,463 152,525 355,901 -- 404,259 Employer's 1,621,210 -- -- -- -- -- Rollovers 45,442 25,041 12,756 3,271 -- 24,407 ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ Total Additions 16,955,536 2,193,420 603,022 615,368 -- 664,422 Deductions from net assets attributed to- Benefits paid to participants 3,617,876 586,664 1,569,503 387,957 -- 59,486 Administrative expenses 10,196 1,573 4,319 2,165 -- 531 Other distributions 7,785 -- 1,242 -- -- -- ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ Total Deductions 3,635,857 588,237 1,575,064 390,122 -- 60,017 Net increase (decrease) prior to interfund transfers 13,319,679 1,605,183 (972,042) 225,246 -- 604,405 Interfund transfers (2,044,929) 447,824 397,148 (78,255) -- 602,249 Loan activity - net (828,801) (61,814) (90,434) (2,310) 685,101 78,474 Increase in contributions receivable -- -- -- -- -- -- ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ NET INCREASE (DECREASE) 10,445,949 1,991,193 (665,328) 144,681 685,101 1,285,128 NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR BENEFITS: Beginning of year 28,005,840 6,656,237 8,363,615 4,844,947 3,099,180 644,069 ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ End of year $ 38,451,789 $ 8,647,430 $ 7,698,287 $ 4,989,628 $ 3,784,281 $ 1,929,179 ============ ============ ============ ============ ============ ============ Nations Short- Templeton Intermediate Foreign Government Contributions Fund Fund Cash Receivable Total ----------- ------------ ------------- ----------- ------------ Additions to net assets attributed to- Investment income- Net appreciation (depreciation) in fair value of investments $ 42,626 $ (491) $ -- $ -- $ 13,363,365 Interest 14,079 23,046 -- -- 769,430 Dividends 16,177 -- -- -- 371,050 Gain (loss) on sale 7,598 (8,212) -- -- 2,147,117 Other income 9,988 28 11 -- 136,126 Contributions- Participants 129,793 81,398 -- -- 2,828,594 Employer's -- -- -- -- 1,621,210 Rollovers 16,281 1,359 -- -- 128,557 ----------- ----------- ---------- ---------- ------------ Total Additions 236,542 97,128 11 -- 21,365,449 Deductions from net assets attributed to- Benefits paid to participants 12,422 216,159 -- -- 6,450,067 Administrative expenses 65 1,401 -- -- 20,250 Other distributions -- -- -- -- 9,027 ----------- ----------- ---------- ----------- ------------ Total Deductions 12,487 217,560 -- -- 6,479,344 Net increase (decrease) prior to interfund transfers 224,055 (120,432) 11 -- 14,886,150 Interfund transfers 301,064 274,241 100,658 -- -- Loan activity - net 9,604 9,558 -- -- (200,622) Increase in contributions receivable -- -- -- 290,900 290,900 ----------- ------------ ---------- ----------- ------------ NET INCREASE (DECREASE) 534,723 163,367 100,669 290,900 14,976,383 NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR BENEFITS: Beginning of year 167,014 146,547 11,921 793,366 52,732,736 ----------- ------------- ---------- ----------- ------------ End of year $ 701,737 309,914 $ 112,590 $ 1,084,266 $ 67,709,119 =========== ============= ========== ============ ============ The accompanying notes are an integral part of this financial statement. - 4- TEXAS-NEW MEXICO POWER COMPANY THRIFT PLAN FOR EMPLOYEES NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 1. DESCRIPTION OF PLAN: The following description of the Texas-New Mexico Power Company Thrift Plan for Employees (the "Plan") is provided for general information purposes only. Complete information regarding the Plan's provisions may be found in the plan document. General The Plan is a defined contribution retirement plan covering employees of Texas-New Mexico Power Company (the "Company"), a wholly owned subsidiary of TNP Enterprises, Inc. (TNPE), who are scheduled to work at least 1,000 hours year. The Plan is administered by NationsBank of Georgia, N. A., as trustee and is subject to the provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) and section 401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code. Contributions Each year, participants may contribute between two percent and 12 percent of their annual pretax compensation, as defined in the Plan. Participants may also contribute amounts representing distributions from other qualified defined benefit or contribution plans. The Company, at the discretion of the Company's Board of Directors, matches 50 percent of eligible employee contributions up to the first six percent of each employees conpensation. Additional amounts may be contributed at the option of the Company's Board of Directors. All employer contributions are invested in the TNPE Common Stock Fund. All employer and employee contributions are subject to limitations of section 401(k) and 401(m) of the Internal revenue Code. Effective May 1, 1995, the Company's Board of Directors voted to contribute an additional incentive amount up to three percent of eligible employee compensation based on specific Company performance goals. The Plan accrued $963,927 and $933,739 for 1997 and 1996 respectfully and paid $933,739 and $653,148 in 1997 and 1996 respectfully as a result of meeting these goals. These amounts are included in employer's contributions receivable on the statement of net assets available for benefits and in employer's contributions on the statement of changes in net assets available for benefits, respectively. Participant Accounts Each participant's account is credited with that participant's contributions, allocations of the Company's matching contributions and the pro rata share of plan earnings. All costs and expenses incurred in administering the Plan, except for costs borne by respective participants to originate and administer participant notes receivable, have been paid by the Company. Vesting Participants are immediately fully vested in all contributions, and actual earnings upon enrollment in the Plan. Investment Options Currently, participants may direct contributions in one percent increments in any of seven investment options: TNP Enterprises, Inc. Common Stock Fund - Funds are invested in a unitized fund that invests primarily in the common stock of TNPE with a portion in a money market fund for liquidity purposes. -5- Vanguard Index Trust Fund - Funds are invested in equity securities designed to replicate the performance of the S&P 500 Stock Index. Nations Prime Fund - Funds are invested in units of a registered investment company that invests primarily in commercial paper, certificates of deposit and other money market instruments, all with a maturity of less than thirteen months. Vanguard Wellesley Income Fund - Funds are invested in units of a registered investment company that invests primarily in various equity security portfolios that seek to match the performance of distinct market indices. AIM Constellation Fund - Funds are invested in common stocks with an emphasis on medium-sized and smaller emerging growth companies. Templeton Foreign Fund - Funds are invested in units of a registered investment company that seeks long-term capital growth through investments in equity securities and debt obligations of companies and governments outside the United States. Nations Short Intermediate Government Fund - Funds are invested in units of a registered investment company that invests primarily in U.S. Treasury bonds and notes, U.S. Government Agency bonds and Government mortgage-backed securities, all structured to have an average weighted maturity of less than five years. Participants may change their investment options daily. Participants' Notes Receivable Participants may borrow from their fund accounts a minimum of $1,000 up to a maximum equal to the lesser of $50,000 less the highest outstanding balance in the previous 12 months or 50 percent of their account balance. Loan transactions are treated as a transfer to (from) an investment fund from (to) the participants' notes receivable. Loan terms range from 6 to 60 months. The loans are secured by the balance in the participants' account and bear interest at a rate equal to the NationsBank prime rate on the first business day of the month in which the loan originated plus 1 percent. Interest rates range from 9.25 percent to 9.5 percent. Principal and interest is paid ratably through biweekly payroll deductions. Participants' notes receivable were $3,466,055 and $3,784,281as of December 31,1997 and 1996, respectively. Payment of Benefits Upon termination of service, a participant may receive a lump-sum amount equal to the value of the participant's account. Upon retirement or death a participant or their beneficiary receives a lump sum amount equal to the value of the participants' account or annual installments over a five-year period. 2. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES: Basis of Accounting The accompanying financial statements of the Plan are prepared on the accrual basis of accounting. Use of Estimates The preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of additions and deductions during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. -6- Investment Valuation and Income Recognition The Plan's investments are stated at fair value. Shares of registered investment companies are valued at quoted market prices, which represent the net asset value of shares held by the Plan at year-end. The TNPE Common Stock Fund is valued at its quoted market price along with the quoted market price of shares held by money market funds included in the fund. Participants' notes receivable are valued at cost, which approximates fair value. Purchases and sales of securities are recorded on a trade date basis. Interest income is recorded as earned on the accrual basis. Dividends on common stock of TNPE are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Dividends on mutual funds are recorded when declared. Payment of Benefits Benefits are recorded when paid. Administration Expenses The Company pays all administrative expenses of the Plan. Net Appreciation in Fair Value of Investments Net realized and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) is recorded in the accompanying statements of changes in net assets available for benefits, as net appreciation (depreciation) in fair value of investments. Brokerage fees are added to the acquisition costs of assets purchased and subtracted from the proceeds of assets sold. 3. RELATED-PARTY TRANSACTIONS: Certain Plan investments are shares of mutual funds managed by NationsBank Corporation affiliates. NationsBank of Georgia, N.A., a wholly owned subsidiary of NationsBank Corporation, is the trustee as defined by the Plan and, therefore, qualifies these funds as party-in-interest. 4. PLAN TERMINATION: Although it has not expressed any intent to do so, the Company has the right under the Plan to discontinue contributions at any time and to terminate the Plan subject to the provisions of ERISA. 5. RECONCILIATION OF FINANCIAL STATEMENTS TO FORM 5500: As of December 31, 1996, the Plan had $46,906 in pending distributions to participants who elected to withdraw from the Plan. These amounts are recorded as a liability in the Plan's Form 5500; however, these amounts are not recorded as a liability in the accompanying statements of net assets available for benefits in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. As of December 31, 1997, this amount was paid to withdrawing participants and as such is included as a reconciling item below. The following table reconciles net assets available for benefits per the financial statements to the Form 5500 as filed by the Company for the years ended December 31, 1997 and 1996: -7- Benefits Payable Net Assets Available to Participants Benefits Paid for Plan Benefits ------------------------------ 1997 1996 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Per financial statements $0 $7,389,958 $76,258,561 $67,709,119 1997 amounts pending distribution to participants 0 46,906 (46,906) 0 1996 amounts pending distribution to participants 46,906 (46,906) 0 46,906 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Per Form 5500 $46,906 $7,389,958 $76,305,467 $67,662,213 ============================================================================================================== Amounts allocated to withdrawing participants are recorded on the Form 5500 for benefit claims that have been processed and approved for payment prior to December 31, 1996 and 1997 but not yet paid as of that date. 6. TAX STATUS The Internal Revenue Service has determined and informed the Company by letter dated December 8,1997, that the Plan and related trust are designed in accordance with applicable sections of the Internal Revenue Code (IRC). Contributions to a participant's account and the related investment earnings are not included in a participant's taxable income until such amounts are distributed to that participant. 7. INVESTMENT BALANCES: The following investments represent investment balances that account for five percent or more of the total net assets available for benefits: 1997 1996 ----------- ----------- TNP Enterprises, Inc. Common Stock Fund $41,565,228 $38,451,789 Vanguard Index Trust Fund 11,201,926 8,647,430 Nations Prime Fund 8,740,600 7,698,287 Vanguard Wellesley Income Fund 5,452,034 4,989,628 8. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS: On April 7,1997, the Company was notified that NationsBank will terminate its trustee arrangement with the Plan effective December 31, 1997 as it intends to no longer pursue that line of business. Effective January 1,1998, the Company has made trustee arrangements with The Vanguard Group to administrate the Plan. Transfer of account information from NationsBank to The Vanguard Group was successfully completed on February 25, 1998. Effective January 1, 1997, Facility Works, Inc. (a wholly-owned subsidiary of TNPE) employees began contributing to the Facility Works Inc. Employee Thrift Plan 401(k). In March 1997, the accounts of all TNMP employees who were transferred to Facility Works Inc., the employee accounts were transfered out of the Plan and into Facility Works, Inc. Employee Thrift Plan 401(k). -8- TEXAS-NEW MEXICO POWER COMPANY THRIFT PLAN FOR EMPLOYEES ITEM 27a - SCHEDULE OF ASSETS HELD FOR INVESTMENT PURPOSES AT DECEMBER 31, 1997 PLAN NUMBER: 002 EIN: 75-0204070 (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) Description of Investment Identity of Issue, Including Maturity Date, Borrower, Lessor Rate of Interest, Collateral, Current or Similar Party Par or Maturity Value Cost Value - ----------- ------------------------------- -------------------------------- --------------- -------------- MUTUAL FUNDS: * TNP Enterprises, Inc. Common Stock Fund 1,827,316 units (no par value) $ 21,671,757 $ 41,565,228 * The Vanguard Group Vanguard Index Trust Fund 124,369 units (common stock) 7,206,164 11,201,926 * NationsBank Nations Prime Fund 8,740,600 units (money market) 8,740,600 8,740,600 The Vanguard Group Vanguard Wellesley Income Fund 249,407 units (common stock and bonds) 4,901,628 5,452,034 Participants' note receivable 9.25% to 9.50% notes receivable due various dates within 60 months - 3,466,055 AIM Management Group, Inc. AIM Constellation Fund 107,501 units 2,737,382 2,835,867 (common stock) Franklin Templeton Templeton Foreign Fund Distributors, Inc. 118,942 units (foreign stock and debt obligations) 1,247,395 1,183,468 * NationsBank Nations Short - Intermediate Government Fund 173,953 units (goverment bonds, mortgage- backed securities, and U.S. Treasury obligations) 711,467 716,685 * Column (A) indicates each person / entity known to be a party-in-interest. This supplemental schedule lists assets held for investment purposes at December 31, 1997, as required by the Department of Labor Rules and Regulations for Reporting and Disclosure. - 9 - TEXAS-NEW MEXICO POWER COMPANY THRIFT PLAN FOR EMPLOYEES ITEM 27d - SCHEDULE OF REPORTABLE TRANSACTIONS FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1997 PLAN NUMBER: 002 EIN: 75-0204070 (A) (B) (C) (D) (G) (H) (I) Identity Value Of of Asset On Party Purchase Selling Cost of Transaction Net Gain Involved Description of Asset Price Price Asset Date or (Loss) - --------------- ------------------------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ NationsBank TNP Enterprises Stock Fund - 11,393,957 7,848,998 11,393,957 3,544,959 5,871,349 - 5,871,349 5,871,349 - NationsBank Nations Prime Fund 4,590,692 - 4,590,692 4,590,692 - - 3,548,379 3,548,379 3,548,379 - Columns (E) Lease Rental and (F) Expense Incurred with Transaction are not applicable to any reportable transactions. This supplemental schedule lists individual and series of transactions in excess of 5% of the fair market value of Plan assets at the beginning of the year as required by the Department of Labor Rules and Regulations for Reporting and Disclosure. - 10 - CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS To The Board of Directors of TNP Enterprises, Inc. and The Trustee and Thrift Plan Committee of Texas-New Mexico Power Company Thrift Plan for Employees: We consent to incorporation by reference in the Registration Statements (No. 2-93265) and (No. 33-58897) on Form S-8 of TNP Enterprises, Inc. of our report dated June 10,1998, relating to the statement of net assets available for benefits of Texas-New Mexico Power Company Thrift Plan for Employees as of December 31,1997 and 1996, and the related statement of changes in net assets available for benefits for the years then ended and related supplemental schedules, which report appears in the December 31,1997, annual report on Form 11-K of TNP Enterprises, Inc. ARTHUR ANDERSEN LLP Dallas, Texas, June 26, 1998 - 11 -