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1E.ON UK Holding GmbH was formerly E.ON UK 

Verwaltungs GmbH.

2E.ON UK Ltd. was formerly E.ON UK plc.

3See E.ON AG, Holding Co. Act Release No. 

27539 (June 14, 2002) (this order also consolidated 

E.ON’s acquisition application (SEC File No. 70–

9961) and E.ON’s acquisition financing application 

(SEC File No. 70–9985) (‘‘Original Financing 

Application’’). On July 1, 2002, E.ON consummated 

the Acquisition and registered as a holding 

company under section 5 of the Act.

4LG&E Energy LLC was formerly LG&E 

Corporation. See E.ON AG, Holding Co. Act Release 

No. 27785 (December 29, 2003). Following the 

change in its corporate form and ownership 

structure, LG&E Energy ceased to rely on an 

exemption from registration under section 3(a)(1) of 

the Act and, on March 29, 2004, registered as a 

holding company pursuant to section 5 of the Act.

5By order dated December 6, 2000, the 

Commission authorized Powergen to acquire LG&E 

Energy. See Powergen plc, Holding Co. Act Release 

No. 27291 (December 6, 2000). After the issuance 

of the December 6, 2000, order, Powergen and the 

Powergen Intermediate Holding Companies 

registered under the Act. After the E.ON 

Acquisition, Powergen and the Powergen 

Intermediate Holding Companies remained 

registered pursuant to section 5 of the Act.

6Specifically, the 2002 Order reserved 

jurisdiction over E.ON’s request to transfer EUSIC 

to E.ON U.S. in exchange for cash or a note.

7See Holding Co. Act Release No. 27654 

(February 21, 2003).

8See Holding Co. Act Release No. 27745 (October 

28, 2003).

a copy on the relevant applicant(s) and/

or declarant(s) at the address(es) 

specified below. Proof of service (by 

affidavit or, in the case of an attorney at 

law, by certificate) should be filed with 

the request. Any request for hearing 

should identify specifically the issues of 

facts or law that are disputed. A person 

who so requests will be notified of any 

hearing, if ordered, and will receive a 

copy of any notice or order issued in the 

matter. After October 18, 2004, the 

application(s) and/or declaration(s), as 

filed or as amended, may be granted 

and/or permitted to become effective. 

E.ON AG, et al. (70–10196) 

E.ON AG (‘‘E.ON’’) and E.ON UK 

Holding GmbH (‘‘UK Holding’’), both 

located at E.ON–Platz 1, 40479 

Du ̈ sseldorf, Germany, and E.ON UK Ltd. 

(‘‘UK Ltd.’’) and Powergen Limited 

(formerly Powergen plc, ‘‘Powergen’’), 

both located at 53 New Broad Street, 

London EC2M 1SL, United Kingdom 

(collectively, ‘‘Applicants’’), have filed 

an application (‘‘Application’’) under 

section 5(d) of the Act. 

Applicants request the Commission to 

find and declare that UK Holding,1 an 

E.ON first tier, wholly owned 

subsidiary, UK Ltd.,2 UK Holding’s 

direct wholly owned subsidiary, and 

Powergen, UK Ltd.’s direct wholly 

owned subsidiary, are no longer holding 

companies under the Act and, further, 

to declare that, upon issuance of the 

order so finding and declaring, the 

registrations of UK Holding, UK Ltd. 

and Powergen will cease to be in effect.

E.ON is the parent holding company 

in the E.ON system of international 

utility companies. By order dated June 

14, 2002 (‘‘2002 Order’’), the 

Commission authorized E.ON’s 

acquisition of Powergen 

(‘‘Acquisition’’), the parent holding 

company in a United Kingdom (‘‘UK’’)-

based public-utility holding company 

system, and certain related 

transactions.3 E.ON, through its 

acquisition of Powergen, indirectly 

acquired LG&E Energy LLC (‘‘LG&E 

Energy’’), a registered public-utility 

holding company,4 and its public-utility 

subsidiaries, Louisville Gas and Electric 

Company (‘‘LG&E’’) and Kentucky 

Utilities Company (‘‘KU’’).

E.ON owned Powergen through 

several tiers of intermediate holding 

companies. Powergen owned LG&E 

Energy through several tiers of 

intermediate holding companies, as 

well, with Powergen U.S. Investment 

Corp. (now E.ON U.S. Investment Corp.) 

(‘‘EUSIC’’) being LG&E Energy’s 

immediate parent and a United States 

(‘‘US’’)-based intermediate registered 

holding company.5 Powergen owned 

EUSIC through the following other 

Powergen intermediate holding 

companies: Powergen U.S. Holdings 

Limited, Powergen U.S. Investments, 

Powergen Luxembourg Holdings sarl 

and Powergen Luxembourg sarl 

(‘‘Powergen Intermediate Holding 

Companies’’).

In the Original Financing Application 

(which resulted in the 2002 Order), 

E.ON proposed, among other things, to 

simplify its corporate structure by 

transferring EUSIC from the UK-based 

Powergen chain of companies to E.ON 

U.S. Holding GmbH (‘‘E.ON US’’), a 

direct subsidiary of E.ON and a Germanorganized registered holding company. 

The 2002 Order reserved jurisdiction 

over E.ON’s proposal to change the 

corporate structure, which E.ON 

proposed to effect in several steps over 

a period of time.6

In February 2003, the Commission 

released jurisdiction over and approved 

the transfer of EUSIC, the immediate 

parent company of LG&E Energy, from 

the E.ON system’s UK-based Powergen 

chain of companies to E.ON US.7 With 

the transfer of EUSIC’s stock to E.ON 

US, the Powergen Intermediate Holding 

Companies ceased to hold voting 

interests, directly or indirectly, in, or to 

exercise any controlling influence over, 

LG&E Energy and, thus, ceased to be 

holding companies within the meaning 

of section 2(a)(7) of the Act. Thereafter, 

under section 5(d) of the Act, the 

Powergen Intermediate Holding 

Companies sought, and the 

Commission, by order dated October 28, 

2003, found and declared that the 

Powergen Intermediate Holding 

Companies were no longer holding 

companies and, further, declared the 

registrations of these four companies to 

be no longer in effect.8

Powergen itself, although it no longer 

owned LG&E Energy, remained a 

registered holding company in October 

2003, due to its continuing role in the 

management of LG&E Energy and LG&E 

and KU. Applicants state that, at this 

time, UK Holding, UK Ltd. and 

Powergen no longer have any 

responsibilities for, and exercise no 

controlling influence over, LG&E 

Energy.

For the Commission, by the Division of 

Investment Management, pursuant to 

delegated authority.

Margaret H. McFarland, 

Deputy Secretary.

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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE 

COMMISSION 

[File No. 500–1] 

In the Matter of The Village Green 

Bookstore, Inc.; Order of Suspension 

of Trading 

September 23, 2004. 

It appears to the Securities and 

Exchange Commission that there is a 

lack of current and accurate information 

concerning the securities of The Village 

Green Bookstore, Inc. because it has 

been delinquent in its periodic filing 

obligations under Section 13(a) of the 

Securities Exchange Act of 1934 since 

August 1997. 

The Commission is of the opinion that 

the public interest and the protection of 

investors require a suspension of trading 

in the securities of the above-listed 

companies. 

Therefore, it is ordered, pursuant to 

Section 12(k) of the Securities Exchange 

Act of 1934, that trading in the abovelisted company is suspended for the 

period from 9:30 a.m. e.d.t. on 

September 23, 2004, through 11:59 p.m. 

e.d.t. on October 6, 2004.

By the Commission. 

Jonathan G. Katz, 

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 04–21684 Filed 9–23–04; 1:27 pm] 

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