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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC
FORM U-6B-2
Certificate of Notification
Filed by a registered holding company or subsidiary
thereof pursuant to Rule U-20(d) [Reg. Section 250.20, P.
36,652] or U-47 [Reg. Section 250.47, P. 36,620] adopted
under the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935.
Certificate is filed by: Kansas City Power & Light Company,
a subsidiary of Great Plains Energy Incorporated, a
registered holding company.
This certificate is notice that the above named company
has issued, renewed or guaranteed the security or securities
described herein which issue, renewal or guaranty was
exempted from the provisions of Section 6(a) of the Act and
was neither the subject of a declaration or application on
Form U-1 nor included within the exemption provided by Rule
U-48 [Reg. Section 250.48, P. 36,621].
1. Type of securities ("draft", promissory note"):
6.00% Senior Notes due 2007, Series A (the "Notes")
2. Issue, renewal or guaranty:
Issue
3. Principal amount of each security:
$225,000,000
4. Rate of interest per annum of each security:
6.00%
5. Date of issue, renewal or guaranty of each security:
March 13, 2002
6. If renewal of security, give date of original issue:
Not Applicable
7. Date of maturity of each security:
March 15, 2007
8. Name of the person to whom each security was issued,
renewed or guaranteed:
Kansas City Power & Light Company issued and sold the
Notes to Banc of America Securities LLC, BNP Paribas
Securities Corp., Banc One Capital Markets, Inc., BNY
Capital Markets, Inc. and Scotia Capital (USA) Inc.
pursuant to a Purchase Agreement, dated March 8, 2002,
among Kansas City Power & Light Company, and Banc of
America Securities LLC and BNP Paribas Securities Corp.
as representatives for the initial purchasers relating
to the issuance and sale of the Notes;
9. Collateral given with each security:
None.
10. Consideration given for each security:
$223,188,750 in cash (99.195% of the principal amount)
11. Application of proceeds of each security:
To be used for refinancing existing debt of Kansas City
Power & Light Company.
12. Indicate by a check after the applicable statement
below whether the issue, renewal or guaranty of each
security was exempt from the provisions of Section 6(a)
because of:
a) the provisions contained in the first sentence of
Section 6(b) [ ]
b) the provisions contained in the fourth sentence of
Section 6(b) [ ]
c) the provisions contained in any rule of the Commission
other than Rule U-48 [x]
13. If the security or securities were exempt from the
provisions of Section 6(a) by virtue of the first sentence
of Section 6(b), give the figures which indicate that the
security or securities aggregate (together with all other
then outstanding notes and drafts of a maturity of nine
months or less, exclusive of days of grace, as to which such
company is primarily or secondarily liable) not more than 5
percentum of the principal amount and par value of the other
securities of such company then outstanding. [Demand notes,
regardless of how long they may have been outstanding, shall
be considered as maturing in not more than nine months for
purposes of the exemption from Section 6(a) of the Act
granted by the first sentence of Section 6(b)):
Not applicable.
14. If the security or securities are exempt from the
provisions of Section 6(a) because of the fourth sentence of
Section 6(b), name the security outstanding on January 1,
1935, pursuant to the terms of which the security or
securities herein described have been issued:
Not applicable.
15. If the security or securities are exempt form the
provisions of Section 6(a) because of any rule of the
Commission other than Rule U-48, designate the rule under
which exemption is claimed.
Rule 52(a).
/s/ Andrea F. Bielsker
Andrea F. Bielsker
Vice President - Finance,
Chief Financial Officer
and Treasurer
Kansas City Power & Light
Company
Dated: March 19, 2002