As Filed With The Securities and Exchange Commission On July 31, 2003
Registration No. 333-______
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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FORM S-3
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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VECTREN CORPORATION
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
Indiana 35-2086905
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation (I.R.S. Employer
or Organization) Identification Number)
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20 N.W. Fourth Street
Evansville, Indiana 47708
(812) 491-4000
(Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number,
Including Area Code, of Registrant's Principal Executive Offices)
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Ronald E. Christian
Executive Vice President, General Counsel
and Secretary
20 N.W. Fourth Street
Evansville, Indiana 47708
(812) 491-4000
(Name, Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number,
Including Area Code, of Agent For Service)
COPIES TO:
Catherine L. Bridge Edward F. Petrosky
Barnes & Thornburg Sidley Austin Brown & Wood LLP
11 South Meridian Street 787 Seventh Avenue
Indianapolis, Indiana 46204 New York, New York 10019
(317) 236-1313 (212) 839-5300
APPROXIMATE DATE OF COMMENCEMENT OF PROPOSED SALE TO THE PUBLIC: As soon as
practicable after the effective date of this Registration Statement.
If the only securities being registered on this Form are being offered
pursuant to dividend or interest reinvestment plans, please check the following
box. / /
If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on
a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of
1933, please check the following box. / /
If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering
pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, check the following box and
list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective
registration statement for the same offering. /x/ 333-104186
If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c)
under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act
registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement
for the same offering. / /
If delivery of the prospectus is expected to be made pursuant to Rule 434,
please check the following box. / /
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CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed maximum Proposed maximum
Title of each class of Amount to be offering price per aggregate offering Amount of
securities to be registered registered (1) unit (2) price registration fee
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Common stock, no par value, and
common stock purchase rights (3) $30,000,000 100% $30,000,000 $2,427.00
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(1) Pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the
amount of securities being registered hereunder represents no more than 20%
of the $150,000,000 of registered securities not previously sold by Vectren
Corporation under Registration Statement No. 333-104186.
(2) We have estimated the proposed maximum aggregate offering price solely to
calculate the amount of registration fee under Rule 457(o) of the
Securities Act. In no event will the aggregate initial offering price of
all securities issued from time to time hereunder exceed $30,000,000.
(3) No additional consideration will be paid for the common stock purchase
rights.
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EXPLANATORY NOTE AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
This Registration Statement is being filed with respect to the registration
of an additional $30,000,000 aggregate maximum principal amount of common stock
of Vectren Corporation, an Indiana corporation (the "Company"), pursuant to Rule
462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
The Company hereby incorporates by reference into this Registration
Statement on Form S-3 in its entirety the Registration Statement on Form S-3
(File No. 333-104186) declared effective on June 27, 2003 by the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the "Commission"), including each of the documents filed by
the Company with the Commission and incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by
reference therein and all exhibits thereto.
The required opinions and consents are listed on an Exhibit Index attached
hereto and filed herewith.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this registration
statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the City of Evansville, State of Indiana, on July 31, 2003.
VECTREN CORPORATION
By: /s/ Ronald E. Christian
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Ronald E. Christian, Executive Vice
President, General Counsel and Secretary
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature Title Date
(1) Principal Executive Officer
/s/ Niel C. Ellerbrook Chairman, President and July 31, 2003
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Niel C. Ellerbrook Chief Executive Officer
(2) Principal Financial Officer
/s/ Jerome A. Benkert Executive Vice President July 31, 2003
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Jerome A. Benkert and Chief Financial
Officer
(3) Principal Accounting Officer
/s/ M. Susan Hardwick Vice President and July 31, 2003
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M. Susan Hardwick Controller
(4) A Majority of the Board of Directors
/s/ John M. Dunn Director
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John M. Dunn
/s/ Niel C. Ellerbrook Director
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Niel C. Ellerbrook
/s/ John D. Engelbrecht Director
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John D. Engelbrecht
/s/ Lawrence A. Ferger Director
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Lawrence A. Ferger
/s/ Anton H. George Director
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Anton H. George
/s/ Andrew E. Goebel Director July 31, 2003
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Andrew E. Goebel
/s/ Robert L. Koch II Director
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Robert L. Koch II
/s/ William G. Mays Director
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William G. Mays
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J. Timothy McGinley
/s/ Donald A. Rausch Director
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Donald A. Rausch
/s/ Richard P. Rechter Director
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Richard P. Rechter
/s/ Ronald G. Reherman Director
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Ronald G. Reherman
/s/ James C. Shook Director
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James C. Shook
/s/ Richard W. Shymanski Director
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Richard W. Shymanski
/s/ James S. Vinson Director
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James S. Vinson
/s/ Jean L. Wojtowicz Director
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Jean L. Wojtowicz
EXHIBIT INDEX
Number Description
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5 Opinion of Barnes and Thornburg
23.1 Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP
23.2 Consent of Barnes and Thornburg (included in Exhibit 5.1)
24 Power of Attorney