Filed by Public
Service Enterprise Group Incorporated
Pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act of 1933
and Deemed Filed Pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Subject Company:
Public Service Enterprise Group Incorporated
(Commission File No. 001-09120)
Merger News
Ferland reaches out to PSEG shareholders
PSEG Chairman and CEO Jim Ferland recently sent a letter to 235,000 registered and beneficial shareholders, outlining the rationale for the planned merger with Exelon. The letter details the benefits of a combined company, while stating that the companys board of directors unanimously approved the merger agreement and recommended that shareholders do the same.
E. James Ferland | Public Service Enterprise Group Incorporated | ||
Chairman of the Board | 80 Park Plaza, 4B, Newark, NJ 07102-4194 | ||
President and Chief Executive Officer |
February
23, 2005
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Dear PSEG Shareholder: |
By now you have probably read about PSEGs planned merger with Exelon Corporation. Your Board of Directors unanimously approved the merger agreement and recommended that shareholders approve it. Exelons Board did the same. Later this year you will have the opportunity to review the proxy statement describing the merger in detail and then vote on it. In the meantime, I thought it might be helpful to summarize for you why I strongly believe the merger is in shareholders' best interest. |
The combination of PSEG and Exelon presents a unique opportunity to create an industry leader. We envision a company with utilities in three major metropolitan areas and an electric generating fleet across a multi-state region. We believe the merger will result in a company with: |
| Greater diversification by geography, market and regulatory regime; |
| Better balance across its power delivery and generation businesses; |
| Expanded and improved nuclear operations; and |
| Deeper combined experience and expertise. |
As a result of the merger, we anticipate: |
| Cost savings and synergies; |
| Improved earnings, cash flow and financial stability; |
| Improved credit ratings; |
| Improved prospects for sustaining and potentially increasing dividends. |
You have already benefited from the appreciation of our stock price following the merger announcement. I am convinced the merger will strengthen our ability to continue to deliver shareholder value and sustain our longstanding commitments to customers, communities and employees. |
Please note that our Annual Shareholder Meeting, normally held in April, will be scheduled for later in the spring due to the presentation of the proposed merger with Exelon for the vote of shareholders. A tentative date of June 21st has been set. You will receive further information when the time and date have been finalized. As we move through this transition year, I can assure you that all of us at PSEG will continue striving to serve you to the best of our ability. |
Sincerely, | ||
Safe Harbor Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995
This filing contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such statements include, but are not limited to, statements about the benefits of the business combination transaction involving Public Service Enterprise Group Incorporated and Exelon Corporation, including future financial and operating results, the combined companys plans, objectives, expectations and intentions and other statements that are not historical or current facts. Such statements are based upon the current beliefs and expectations of Public Service Enterprise Group Incorporateds and Exelon Corporations management, are subject to significant risks and uncertainties and may differ materially from actual future experience involving any one or more of such matters. Actual results may differ from those set forth in the forward-looking statements. The following factors, among others, could cause actual results to differ from those set forth in the forward-looking statements: the timing of the contemplated merger and the impact of any conditions imposed by regulators in connection with their approval thereof; the failure of Public Service Enterprise Group Incorporated and Exelon Corporation stockholders to make the requisite approvals for the transaction; the risk that the businesses will not be integrated successfully; failure to quickly realize cost-savings from the transaction as a result of technical, logistical, competitive and other factors; the effects of weather; the performance of generating units and transmission systems; the availability and prices for oil, gas, coal, nuclear fuel, capacity and electricity; changes in the markets for electricity and other energy-related commodities; changes in the number of participants and the risk profile of such participants in the energy marketing and trading business; the effectiveness of our risk management and internal controls systems; the effects of regulatory decisions and changes in law; changes in competition in the markets we serve; the ability to recover regulatory assets and other potential stranded costs; the outcomes of litigation and regulatory proceedings or inquiries; the timing and success of efforts to develop domestic and international power projects; conditions of the capital markets and equity markets; advances in technology; changes in accounting standards; changes in interest rates and in financial and foreign currency markets generally; the economic and political climate and growth in the areas in which we conduct our activities; and changes in corporate strategies. While we believe that our forecasts and assumptions are reasonable, we caution that actual results may differ materially. We intend the forward-looking statements to speak only as of the time first made and we do not undertake to update or revise them as more information becomes available. Additional factors that could cause Public Service Enterprise Group Incorporateds and Exelon Corporations results to differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements can be found in the 2004 Annual Reports on Form 10-K of Public Service Enterprise Group Incorporated and Exelon Corporation, respectively, as such reports may have been amended, each filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and available at the Securities and Exchange Commissions website, www.sec.gov.
Additional Information
This communication is not a solicitation of a proxy from any security holder of Public Service Enterprise Group Incorporated or Exelon Corporation. Exelon Corporation has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission a registration statement (File No. 333-122704) that includes a preliminary joint proxy statement/prospectus. A definitive joint proxy statement/prospectus and other relevant documents are expected to be mailed by Public Service Enterprise Group Incorporated and Exelon Corporation to their respective security holders in connection with the proposed merger of Public Service Enterprise Group Incorporated and Exelon Corporation. WE URGE INVESTORS AND SECURITY HOLDERS TO READ THE DEFINITIVE JOINT PROXY STATEMENT/PROSPECTUS AND ANY OTHER RELEVANT DOCUMENTS WHEN THEY BECOME AVAILABLE, BECAUSE THEY WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISE GROUP INCORPORATED, EXELON CORPORATION AND THE PROPOSED MERGER. Investors and security holders will be able to obtain these materials (when they are available) and other documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission free of charge at the Securities and Exchange Commissions website, www.sec.gov. In addition, a copy of the definitive joint proxy statement/prospectus (when it becomes available) may be obtained free of charge from Public Service Enterprise Group Incorporated, Investor Relations, 80 Park Plaza, P.O. Box 1171, Newark, New Jersey 07101-1171, or from Exelon Corporation, Investor Relations, 10 South Dearborn Street, P.O. Box 805398, Chicago, Illinois 60680-5398.
Participants in Solicitation
Public Service Enterprise Group Incorporated, Exelon Corporation, their respective directors and executive officers and other persons may be deemed to be participants in the solicitation of proxies in respect of the proposed transaction. Information regarding Public Service Enterprise Group Incorporateds directors and executive officers is available in its proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission by Public Service Enterprise Group Incorporated on March 10, 2004, and information regarding Exelon Corporations directors and executive officers is available in its proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission by Exelon Corporation on March 12, 2004. OTHER INFORMATION REGARDING THE PARTICIPANTS IN THE PROXY SOLICITATION AND A DESCRIPTION OF THEIR DIRECT AND INDIRECT INTERESTS, BY SECURITY HOLDINGS OR OTHERWISE, WILL BE CONTAINED IN THE DEFINITIVE JOINT PROXY STATEMENT/PROSPECTUS AND OTHER RELEVANT MATERIALS TO BE FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WHEN THEY BECOME AVAILABLE.