Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) January 18, 2005
PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISE
GROUP INCORPORATED
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| New Jersey (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) |
001-09120 (Commission File Number) |
22-2625848 (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
| 80 Park Plaza, P.O. Box 1171 Newark, New Jersey 07101-1171 (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code) | ||
973-430-7000 (Registrant's telephone number, including area code) http://www.pseg.com | ||
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1) On January 18, 2005, the Board of Directors of Public Service Enterprise Group Incorporated (PSEG) approved the following rates of compensation for PSEG’s outside directors for the calendar year 2005:
| Ÿ | Annual Retainer: $50,000 (payable 50% in cash and 50% in shares of PSEG common stock); |
| Ÿ | Meeting Attendance Fee: $1,500; |
| Ÿ | Additional Annual Retainer for Audit Committee Members: Audit Committee Chair - $10,000 and each other member - $5,000; and |
| Ÿ | Additional Annual Retainer for Chairs of Other Board Committees: $5,000. |
2) Also on January 18, 2005, the PSEG Board of Directors authorized, effective January 1, 2005, an increase to 1,000 in the number of shares of restricted common stock of PSEG to be awarded on an annual basis to outside directors under the Public Service Enterprise Group Incorporated Stock Plan for Outside Directors for service as a member of the PSEG Board of Directors.
3) On January 18, 2005, PSEG approved an amendment to the Limited Supplemental Benefits Plan for Certain Employees of Public Service Enterprise Group Incorporated and Its Subsidiaries to make a correction in the provisions of the plan dealing with participants’ eligibility for supplemental retirement benefits thereunder. The amended plan is being filed as Exhibit 10 to this report.
| (c) | Exhibits | |
| 10 | Limited Supplemental Benefits Plan for Certain Employees of Public Service Enterprise Group Incorporated and Its Subsidiaries as Amended and Restated as of June 19, 2001 and corrected January 18, 2005 |
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISE GROUP INCORPORATED
(Registrant)
By: /s/ Patricia A. Rado
Patricia A. Rado
Vice President and Controller
(Principal Accounting Officer)
Date: January 24, 2005
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