FirstEnergy and Allegheny Energy announced that both companies' boards of directors have unanimously approved a definitive agreement in which the companies would combine in a stock-for-stock transaction. Under the terms of the agreement,  Allegheny  shareholders would receive 0.667 shares of FirstEnergy common stock in exchange for each share of  Allegheny  they own. Based on the closing stock prices for both companies on  February
10, 2010,  Allegheny  shareholders would receive a value of  $27.65  per share, or  $4.7 billion  in the aggregate. FirstEnergy will also assume approximately  $3.8 billion  in  Allegheny  net debt. The price per share represents a premium of 31.6 percent to the closing stock price of  Allegheny on  February 10, 2010, and a 22.3 percent premium to the average stock price of  Allegheny  over the last 60 days ending  February 10, 2010. Following the completion of the merger, it is anticipated that FirstEnergy shareholders would own approximately 73 percent and  Allegheny  shareholders would own
approximately 27 percent of the combined company.
The transaction is anticipated to be accretive to FirstEnergy earnings in the first year following the close. The companies expect to complete the transaction within 12-14 months.
The combination creates a leading regional energy provider with approximately $16 billion in annual revenues and $1.4 billion in annual net income.
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The company, which does not own any electric generating plants, serves approximately 160,000 customers in western Pennsylvania.
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by Michael Oliveto 
FirstEnergy Corp. said today third quarter 2009 basic and diluted earnings of $0.77 per share of common stock on net income of $230 million and revenue of $3.4 billion. In the third quarter of 2008 basic earnings were $1.55 ($1.54 diluted) per share of common stock on net income of $471 million and revenue of $3.9 billion.
The company said economic downturn and mild weather in its service area held down third quarter results.
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