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KANSAS CITY POWER AND LIGHT COMPANY
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WESTERN RESOURCES, INC.
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WESTERN RESOURCES TRAVELING EXHIBIT WILL INFORM
KCPL SHAREHOLDERS ABOUT WESTERN RESOURCES' OFFER
AT SIX LOCATIONS IN KANSAS CITY METRO AREA
TOPEKA, Kansas, May 10, 1996 --Western Resources has organized a
multi-part traveling exhibit to inform shareholders of Kansas City Power &
Light Company about the details of Western Resources' offer to merge with
KCPL.
In letters to KCPL shareholders inviting them to visit one of the
exhibit's six Kansas City Metro area locations, John E. Hayes, Jr., chairman
and CEO of Western Resources, said, "We want to give you the opportunity to
learn about our company, our vision for the future and the offer which we
believe gives you a higher share price and much higher dividends.
"Our exhibit is composed of displays about important areas of our
company," Hayes said, "because we want KCPL shareholders to understand that
our offer of higher price and dividends is backed up by a solid company with
exciting new prospects."
The exhibit will be available for KCPL shareholder visits on six days
between Monday, May 13 and Monday, May 20. Locations, dates and times-of-day
are as follows:
Monday, May 13 Holiday Inn Crown Plaza
10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. 4445 Main Street, Kansas City , MO
Thursday, May 16 Independence Town Hall
5:00 - 8:00 p.m. 300 W. Truman Road, Independence, Mo
Tuesday, May 14 Holiday Inn
2:00 - 5:00 p.m. 7240 Shawnee Mission Pkwy, Overland Park, KS
Friday, May 17 American Legion Hall
2:00 - 5:00 p.m. 499 South 7 Highway, Blue Springs, MO
Wednesday, May 15 O.P. Fire Training Center
5:00 - 8:00 p.m. 12401 Hemlock, Overland Park, KS
Monday, May 20 Park Place Hotel
2:00 - 5:00 p.m. I-435 & Front Street, Kansas City, MO
The exhibit/meetings will have an "open house" format, and company officials
will be on hand to explain the various areas of the exhibit, as well as to
provide details of the Western Resources offer. The overall exhibit will
feature segments on:
Business Products and Services
Consumer Products and Services
Shareholder Services
Customer Action Centers
The Wing Group, developer of large international power generation projects
Environmental programs information
Western Resources (NYSE:WR) is a diversified energy company. Its utilities,
KPL and KGE, operating in Kansas and Oklahoma, provide natural gas service to
approximately 650,000 customers and electric service to approximately 600,000
customers. Through its subsidiaries, Westar Business Services, Westar Consumer
Services, Westar Capital, and The Wing Group, energy-related products and
services are developed and marketed in the continental U.S., and offshore.
For more information about Western Resources and its operating companies,
visit us on the Internet at http://www.wstnres.com.
Western Resources has filed exchange offer materials with the Securities
and Exchange Commission and intends to make its offer directly to shareholders
of KCPL as soon as its registration statement has been declared effective by
the Securities and Exchange Commission.
A registration statement relating to the Western Resources securities referred
to in these materials has been filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission but has not yet become effective. Such securities may not be sold
nor may offers to buy be accepted prior to the time the registration statement
becomes effective. These materials shall not constitute an offer to sell or
the solicitation of an offer to buy nor shall there be any sale of these
securities in any state in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be
unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of
any such state.