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                        SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D. C.  20549



                                  FORM 11-K

         (Mark One)

            [X]   ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF
                      THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934


                  For the Plan Year Ended December 31, 1999


                                      OR


            [ ]   TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF
                       THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934


           For the Transition Period from ____ to _________________


                        Commission file number 1-3523



                          A. Full title of the Plan:

                             WESTAR COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
                             401(k) PROFIT SHARING PLAN
                                    (formerly Westar Security Services, Inc.
                                    401(k) Profit Sharing Plan)

                          B. Name of issuer of the securities held
                             pursuant to the plan and the address
                             of its principal executive office:

                             WESTERN RESOURCES, INC.
                             818 Kansas Avenue
                             Topeka, Kansas  66612




                                                              EIN:  48-1123483
                                                                      PN:  001










             WESTAR COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 401(k) PROFIT SHARING PLAN
      (formerly Westar Security Services, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan)

             FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AS OF DECEMBER 31, 1999 AND 1998

             TOGETHER WITH REPORT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS




































                  Report of Independent Public Accountants



To the Investment and Benefits Committee of
Westar Communications, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan:

We have audited the accompanying statements of net assets available for
benefits of WESTAR COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 401(k) PROFIT SHARING PLAN (formerly
Westar Security Services, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan) (the Plan) as of
December 31, 1999 and 1998, and the related statements of changes in net
assets available for benefits for the years ended December 31, 1999 and 1998.
These financial statements and the schedules referred to below are the
responsibility of the Plan's management.  Our responsibility is to express an
opinion on these financial statements and schedule based on our audits.

We conducted our audits in accordance with auditing standards generally
accepted in the United States.  Those standards require that we plan and
perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether 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 audits provide
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, 1999 and 1998, and the changes in net assets available for
benefits for the years ended December 31, 1999 and 1998, in conformity with
accounting principles generally accepted in the United States.

Our audits were performed for the purpose of forming an opinion on the basic
financial statements taken as a whole.  The supplemental schedule of assets
held for investment purposes at end of year as of December 31, 1999 and
supplemental schedule of nonexempt transactions are presented for the purpose
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 supplemental schedules have been
subjected to the auditing procedures applied in the audits 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



Kansas City, Missouri,
June 16, 2000


                                                              EIN:  48-1123483
                                                                      PN:  001
WESTAR COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 401(k) PROFIT SHARING PLAN (formerly Westar Security Services, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan) STATEMENTS OF NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR BENEFITS DECEMBER 31, 1999 AND 1998 1999 1998 ASSETS INVESTMENTS (See Note 3) $339,618 $561,654 CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVABLE 1,339 - DIVIDENDS RECEIVABLE 1,846 1,564 Total Assets 342,803 563,218 LIABILITIES ACCOUNTS PAYABLE 1,151 - NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR BENEFITS $341,652 $563,218 The accompanying notes to financial statements are an integral part of these statements.
EIN: 48-1123483 PN: 001
WESTAR COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 401(k) PROFIT SHARING PLAN (formerly Westar Security Services, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan) STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR BENEFITS FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1999 AND 1998 1999 1998 ADDITIONS: INVESTMENT INCOME- Net Appreciation (Depreciation)in Fair Value of Investments $ (9,209) $ 1,834 Interest & Dividends 29,331 28,351 Total Investment Income 20,122 30,185 CONTRIBUTIONS Participant 43,622 37,108 Employer 3,823 - Rollover - 153,918 Total Contributions 47,445 191,026 Total Additions 67,567 221,211 DEDUCTIONS: Other 1,318 - Benefits Paid 3,526 9,381 Total Deductions 4,844 9,381 ROLLOVER TO OTHER PLANS (284,289) - NET INCREASE (DECREASE) (221,566) 211,830 NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR BENEFITS: Beginning of year 563,218 351,388 End of period $341,652 $563,218 The accompanying notes to financial statements are an integral part of these statements.
WESTAR COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 401(k) PROFIT SHARING PLAN (formerly Westar Security Services, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan) NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS DECEMBER 31, 1999 AND 1998 (1) PLAN DESCRIPTION: The following brief description of the Westar Communications, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan (formerly Westar Security Services, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan)(the Plan) is provided for general information purposes only. Participants should refer to the plan document for more complete information. (a) General--In 1995, Western Resources, Inc. (WRI) acquired two security service providers, Mobilfone Security of Topeka and Communications & Signaling, Inc. (CSI), which together formed the WRI subsidiary, Westar Security Services, Inc. (the Company). Westar Communications was previously part of the Westar Security Services subsidiary, but was retained as a wholly-owned operation of Western Resources when security assets were combined with Protection One. This defined contribution plan was established for employees of the Company effective February 1, 1996. All employees are eligible to participate in the Plan after ninety days of service. The Plan is subject to the provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), as amended. (b) Contributions--Participants are allowed to make elective deferral contributions of between 1 percent and 14 percent of taxable wages subject to certain Internal Revenue Code limits. These contributions effectively reduce a participant's taxable wages because they are withheld from earnings on a pre-tax basis. An employee may transfer a qualifying rollover distribution to the trustee under the Plan subject to terms and conditions of the Plan. The Company may make qualified nonelective employer contributions or regular employer contributions at its discretion. In order to share in either employer contribution, the eligible employee must be an employee of the Company on the last day of the plan year and must have completed 1,000 hours of service during the plan year. Participants are fully vested in elective deferral contributions, qualified nonelective employer contributions, and amounts representing qualifying rollover distributions. Participants vest in regular employer contributions on a five-year graded schedule. Upon retirement, death, disability or termination of employment, all vested balances are paid to the participant or his beneficiaries in accordance with plan terms. (c) Loans to Participants--In accordance with plan provisions, participants are permitted to borrow a specified portion of the vested balances in their individual accounts. Loans are evidenced by promissory notes payable to the Plan. (d) Tax Status--The Plan obtained a determination letter on March 27, 1998, in which the Internal Revenue Service stated the Plan, as then designed, was in compliance with the applicable requirements of the Internal Revenue Code. The plan administrator believes the Plan is currently designed and being operated in compliance with the applicable requirements of the Internal Revenue Code and, therefore, no provision for income taxes has been included in these financial statements. (e) Plan Termination--Although it has not expressed an intent to do so, the Company is free to terminate the Plan at any time subject to the provisions of ERISA. Upon termination, all participant accounts remain fully vested. (2) SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES: (a) Basis of Accounting--The Plan's financial statements are maintained on the accrual basis. Employee contributions are accrued as the employees' salaries are earned. (b) Use of Estimates--The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States 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 revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. (c) Participant Accounts--A separate account is maintained for each participant. Allocations to participant accounts for employee contributions are made when the contributions are received by the trustee. Allocations to participant accounts for the net of interest dividends, realized and unrealized changes in investment market value and plan expenses are made when such amounts are earned or incurred. Forfeitures arise when participants leave the Plan before any discretionary regular employer contributions become fully vested. Forfeitures are reallocated to the accounts of all participants entitled to share in the employer contribution. (d) Administrative Expenses--All administrative expenses of the Plan are paid by the Company with the exception of loan administrative charges which will be paid by the participants. The Company has no continuing obligation to pay these expenses. (e) Investment Valuation--the Plan's investments are stated at fair value. Quoted market prices are used to value investments. Shares of mutual funds are valued at the net asset value of shares held by the Plan at year end. (3) INVESTMENTS: The following investments represent over 5% of net assets available for benefits at December 31: 1999 1998 Vanguard Windsor Fund $49,782 $114,278 Western Resources, Inc. Common Stock Fund 57,391 97,675 Fidelity Magellan Fund 43,132 97,381 Vanguard PRIMECAP Fund 63,682 105,159 Vanguard 500 Index Fund 13,014 49,921 Vanguard Wellington Fund 32,927 31,325 Vanguard International Growth Fund 18,290 20,968 Loan Fund 43,052 16,962 The net change in realized and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) in fair value of investments included in the statement of changes in net assets available for plan benefits for the year ended December 31, 1999, consisted of the following: Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund $ (102) Fidelity Magellan Fund 9,122 Vanguard Index 500 Fund 5,432 Vanguard Windsor Fund 5,299 Vanguard Wellington Fund (155) Vanguard PRIMECAP Fund 17,351 Vanguard International Growth Fund 4,449 Western Resources, Inc. Common Stock Fund (50,604) $(9,209) (4) ASSET TRANSFERS: The accounts of participants who change employment status and new employees with assets in previous employers' qualified plans are transferred into the Plan in accordance with plan provisions. Such changes are reflected as rollovers into and out of the Plan in the accompanying Statement of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits. (5) PARTICIPANT-DIRECTED FUND INVESTMENTS: The Accounting Standards Executive Committee issued Statement of Position 99-3 "Accounting For and Reporting of Certain Defined Contribution Plan Investments and Other Disclosure Matters" (SOP) which eliminates the requirement for a defined contribution plan to disclose participant-directed investment programs. The SOP was adopted for the 1999 financial statements and as such, the 1998 financial statements have been reclassified to eliminate participant directed fund investment program disclosures. (6) NONEXEMPT TRANSACTIONS: The Company remitted to the plan on January 29, 1999 certain contributions in the amount of approximately $1,580 with respect to December 1998 contributions. This remittance was later than the maximum allowable time for transmitting participant contributions under regulations of the U.S. Department of Labor and may have constituted a prohibited transaction under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, and Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. The Employer is collecting data and is considering what further steps should be taken, if any. EIN: 48-1123483 PN: 001
WESTAR COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 401(k) PROFIT SHARING PLAN (formerly Westar Security Services, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan) Part IV-Line 4i- SCHEDULE OF ASSETS HELD FOR INVESTMENT PURPOSES DECEMBER 31, 1999 Current Description Value Vanguard Windsor Fund $ 49,782 Vanguard Prime Money Market Fund 14,253 Vanguard Wellington Fund 32,927 Vanguard 500 Index Fund 13,014 Vanguard PRIMECAP Fund 63,682 Fidelity Magellan Fund 43,132 Vanguard International Growth Fund 18,290 Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund 1,324 Vanguard Investment Contract Trust 2,771 *Western Resources, Inc. Common Stock Fund 57,391 * Participant Loans, at interest rates of 7.75% to 8.5% 43,052 Total investments $339,618 *Investment with party-in-interest to the Plan.
EIN: 48-1123483 PN: 001 WESTAR COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 401(k) PROFIT SHARING PLAN (formerly Westar Security Services, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan) SUPPLEMENTAL SCHEDULE OF NONEXEMPT TRANSACTIONS FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1999 Identity of Amount of Amount of Party Involved Description of Transaction Loan Interest Westar Deemed loan to the Company $1,580 $2 Communications, dated January 25, 1999, Inc. maturity January 29, 1999, interest rate 8% SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Investment and Benefits Committee for the Westar Communications, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan (formerly Westar Security Services, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan) has duly caused this annual report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized. WESTAR COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 401(k) PROFIT SHARING PLAN By: Signature Title Date William B. Moore Chairman June 28, 2000 Bruce A. Akin Member June 28, 2000 Carl M. Koupal, Jr. Member June 28, 2000 Richard D. Terrill Member June 28, 2000 EXHIBIT INDEX Exhibit Number Description of Documents Page 23 Consent of Independent Public Accountants (filed electronically)
                                                              Exhibit 23


                CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS


As independent public accountants, we hereby consent to the incorporation by
reference of our report dated June 16, 2000, included in the Form 11-K for the
Westar Communications, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan (formerly Westar
Security Services, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan), into the Western
Resources, Inc. previously filed Registration Statements File Nos. 333-06887
of Western Resources, Inc. on Form S-8.

Arthur Andersen

Kansas City, Missouri,
June 28, 2000