Vectren Corporation (the company) will make a presentation at the American Gas Association Financial Conference on Monday, May 7, 2012 at 2:30 PM ET. Carl Chapman, Chairman, President and CEO, and Jerry Benkert, Executive Vice President and CFO, will provide an overview of the company’s utility and nonutility businesses and key strategies for growth.
A live webcast of the company’s presentation and accompanying slides will be available on Vectren’s website, www.vectren.com. A replay of the webcast will be made available shortly following the conclusion of the webcast. The accompanying slides to be used in the webcast are attached as an exhibit to this filing as Exhibits 99.1.
Vectren Corporation is the parent company of Vectren Utility Holdings, Inc. (Utility Holdings) and Vectren Enterprises, Inc. (Enterprises). Utility Holdings is the intermediate holding company of the Company’s three operating public utilities, and Enterprises is the holding company for the company’s nonutility operations.
The results of Utility Holdings and Enterprises presented on an earnings per share basis are non-GAAP measures. Such per share amounts are based on the earnings contribution of each group included in Vectren’s consolidated results divided by Vectren’s basic average shares outstanding during the period. The earnings per share of the groups do not represent a direct legal interest in the assets and liabilities allocated to the groups, but rather represent a direct equity interest in Vectren Corporation's assets and liabilities as a whole. These non-GAAP measures are used by management to evaluate the performance of individual businesses. In addition, other items giving rise to period over period variances, such as weather, may be presented in the attached slides on an after tax and per share basis. These amounts are calculated at a statutory tax rate divided by Vectren’s basic average shares outstanding during the period. Accordingly, management believes these measures are useful to investors in understanding each business’ contribution to consolidated earnings per share and in analyzing consolidated period to period changes and the potential for earnings per share contributions in future periods. Per share amounts of Utility Holdings (the Utility Group) and Enterprises (the Nonutility Group) are reconciled to the GAAP financial measure of basic EPS by adding the two together. If there is a difference, that difference results from corporate and other operations that are generally not significant. The non-GAAP financial measures disclosed by the company should not be considered a substitute for, or superior to, financial measures calculated in accordance with GAAP, and the financial results calculated in accordance with GAAP.
In connection with the "safe harbor" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, the Company is hereby furnishing cautionary statements identifying important factors that could cause actual results of the Company and its subsidiaries, including Vectren Utility Holdings, Inc., to differ materially from those projected in forward-looking statements of the Company and its subsidiaries made by, or on behalf of, the Company and its subsidiaries. These cautionary statements are attached as Exhibit 99.2.
The information contained herein and in the attached slides shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.