Corporate Profile for UtiliCorp United Inc., dated Jan. 14, 2000

Business Wire, Jan 14, 2000

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Published Date:   Jan. 14, 2000

Company Name:     UtiliCorp United Inc.

Address:          20 West Ninth Street
                  Kansas City, MO  64105

Main Telephone
 Number:          816/421-6600

Internet Home
 Page Address
  (URL)           www.utilicorp.com

Chief Executive
 Officer:         Richard C. Green, Jr.

Chief Financial
 Officer:         Peter Lowe

Investor Relations
 Contact:         Ellen Fairchild
 Business number: 816/467-3506

Public Relations
 Contact:         Ethan Hirsh
 Business number: 816/467-3509

Industry:         Energy - Gas & Electric Utilities

Trading Symbol/
 Exchange:        NYSE:UCU

Company description: UtiliCorp United (NYSE:UCU) is an international, growth-oriented energy and services company based in Kansas City, Mo. Since being formed in 1985 from Missouri Public Service Company, UtiliCorp has grown through regulated and non-regulated energy acquisitions in North America totaling nearly $1.3 billion.

Over the same period, the company has spent almost $1.4 billion on energy acquisitions and investments overseas. At Sept. 30, 1999, the company had total assets of $8.5 billion and 12-month sales of $17.5 billion.

On the Fortune 500 list, UtiliCorp ranks 132nd based on 1998 sales. The company is also included in Fortune's list of America's Most Admired Companies and Forbes Magazine's Platinum 400 listing.

UtiliCorp has about 4.5 million customers across the U.S. and in Canada, Great Britain, New Zealand and Australia. Its Aquila Energy subsidiary is ranked the second-largest wholesale of electricity and third-largest wholesaler of natural gas in North America. Aquila also provides wholesale energy services in the U.K. and in 1999 established a presence in Scandinavia, Germany and Spain. At Sept. 30, 1999, UtiliCorp had $8.5 billion in assets and 12-month sales of $17.5 billion.