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
November 22, 2003
(Date of earliest
event reported)
Commission File Name of Registrant; State of Incorporation; Address of IRS Employer
Number Principal Executive Offices; and Telephone Number Identification Number
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1-16169 EXELON CORPORATION 23-2990190
(a Pennsylvania corporation)
10 South Dearborn Street - 37th Floor
P.O. Box 805379
Chicago, Illinois 60680-5379
(312) 394-7398
1-1839 COMMONWEALTH EDISON COMPANY 36-0938600
(an Illinois corporation)
10 South Dearborn Street - 37th Floor
P.O. Box 805379
Chicago, Illinois 60680-5379
(312) 394-4321
333-85496 EXELON GENERATION COMPANY, LLC 23-3064219
(a Pennsylvania limited liability company)
300 Exelon Way
Kennett Square, Pennsylvania 19348
(610) 765-6900
Item 5. Other Events
On November 22, 2003, Exelon Corporation (Exelon) and Dynegy Inc. (Dynegy)
announced that the Illinois General Assembly did not act in the fall legislative
session to approve the legislation necessary to facilitate Exelon's proposed
acquisition of Illinois Power. In the absence of the legislation, Dynegy and
Exelon terminated the existing agreement through which Exelon would have
acquired substantially all of the assets and liabilities of Illinois Power. A
copy of Exelon's news release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.
This combined Form 8-K is being furnished separately by Exelon, Commonwealth
Edison Company (ComEd) and Exelon Generation Company, LLC (Generation)
(Registrants). Information contained herein relating to any individual
registrant has been filed by such registrant on its own behalf. No registrant
makes any representation as to information relating to any other registrant.
Except for the historical information contained herein, certain of the matters
discussed in this Report are forward-looking statements, within the meaning of
the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, that are subject to risks
and uncertainties. The factors that could cause actual results to differ
materially from the forward-looking statements made by a registrant include
those factors discussed herein, as well as the items discussed in (a) the
Registrants' 2002 Annual Report on Form 10-K - ITEM 7. Management's Discussion
and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations--Business Outlook
and the Challenges in Managing Our Business for each of Exelon, ComEd, PECO and
Generation, (b) the Registrants' 2002 Annual Report on Form 10-K - ITEM 8.
Financial Statements and Supplementary Data: Exelon - Note 19, ComEd - Note 16,
PECO - Note 18 and Generation - Note 13 and (c) other factors discussed in
filings with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) by the
Registrants. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these
forward-looking statements, which apply only as of the date of this Report. None
of the Registrants undertakes any obligation to publicly release any revision to
its forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date
of this Report.
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 hereunto duly authorized.
EXELON CORPORATION
COMMONWEALTH EDISON COMPANY
EXELON GENERATION COMPANY, LLC
/s/ Robert S. Shapard
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Robert S. Shapard
Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
Exelon Corporation
November 24, 2003