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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 28, 2011
Registration No. 333-154892

 
 
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Post Effective Amendment No. 1 To
FORM S-3
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
WISCONSIN ENERGY CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
     
Wisconsin   39-1391525
(State or other jurisdiction of   (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization)   Identification No.)
231 West Michigan Street
P.O. Box 1331
Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201
(414) 221-2345

(Address, including zip code, and telephone number,
including area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)
Jeffrey West
Vice President & Treasurer
231 West Michigan Street
P.O. Box 1331
Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201

(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copy to:
John T. W. Mercer, Esq.
Mercer Thompson LLC
191 Peachtree Street, Suite 4410
Atlanta, Georgia 30303
(404) 577-4200
     Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: From time to time, after this Registration Statement becomes effective as the registrant shall determine, in light of market conditions and other factors.
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        (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)    
 
 

 


 

EXPLANATORY NOTE TO
POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1
     Wisconsin Energy Corporation (the “Company” or “WEC”) filed a Registration Statement on Form S-3, No. 333-154892, on October 31, 2008 (the “Registration Statement”), to register 2,000,000 shares of WEC’s common stock (the “Common Stock”), par value $.01 per share, offered for purchase under the Wisconsin Energy Corporation Stock Plus Investment Plan (the “Plan”), which Registration Statement is incorporated herein by reference.
     On January 20, 2011, the Company’s Board of Directors declared a two-for-one stock split of the Common Stock, pursuant to which one additional share of Common Stock will be distributed on March 1, 2011, for each share of Common Stock held of record on February 14, 2011 (the “Stock Split”).
     Pursuant to Rule 416(b) promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), the Company hereby amends the Registration Statement to reflect that as a result of the Stock Split, the number of shares registered for offer under the Plan increased from 2,000,000 to 4,000,000. The Registration Statement is further amended to reflect that, in accordance with Rule 416(a) of the Securities Act, the number of shares of Common Stock registered shall include such additional shares of Common Stock that may be offered from time to time under the Plan as the result of any future stock split, stock dividend or similar adjustment of the Common Stock.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 16. Exhibits.
     
Exhibit No.   Description
 
23.1
  Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP.
 
   
24.1
  Power of Attorney.*
 
* Previously filed as Exhibit 24.1 to this Registration Statement.

 


 

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 Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Milwaukee, State of Wisconsin, on this 28th day of February, 2011.
             
    Wisconsin Energy Corporation    
 
           
 
  By:   *
 
   
 
      Gale E. Klappa    
 
      Chairman of the Board, President    
 
      and Chief Executive Officer    
     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated:
Signature
         
*
 
      February 28, 2011
Gale E. Klappa, Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer and Director — Principal Executive Officer
       
 
       
*
 
      February 28, 2011
Allen L. Leverett, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer — Principal Financial Officer
       
 
       
*
 
      February 28, 2011
Stephen P. Dickson, Vice President and Controller — Principal Accounting Officer
       
 
       
*
 
      February 28, 2011
John F. Bergstrom, Director
       
 
       
*
 
      February 28, 2011
Barbara L. Bowles, Director
       
 
       
*
 
      February 28, 2011
Patricia W. Chadwick, Director
       
 
       
*
 
      February 28, 2011
Robert A. Cornog, Director
       
 
       
*
 
      February 28, 2011
Curt S. Culver, Director
       
 
       
*
 
      February 28, 2011
Thomas J. Fischer, Director
       
 
       
*
 
      February 28, 2011
Ulice Payne, Jr., Director
       
 
       
*
 
      February 28, 2011
Frederick P. Stratton, Jr., Director
       
 
         
* By
  /s/ Jeffrey West
 
   
 
  Jeffrey West    
 
  As Power of Attorney