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<P style="margin:0px; font-size:16pt" align=center><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B></P>
<P style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt" align=center><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B></P>
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<P style="margin:0px; font-size:18pt" align=center><B>FORM 8-K</B></P>
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<P style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt" align=center><B>CURRENT REPORT</B></P>
<P style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt" align=center><B>Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934</B></P>
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<P style="margin:0px; font-size:16pt" align=center><B>August 27, 2010</B></P>
<P style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt" align=center>Date of report <I>(date of earliest event reported)</I></P>
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</TD><TD style="margin-top:0px; padding-left:9.6px; padding-top:0px; padding-right:9.6px; padding-bottom:0px; border-top:1px solid #000000" valign=top width=23.867><P style="margin:0px; padding-left:9.6px; padding-right:9.6px">&nbsp;</P></TD><TD style="margin-top:0px; padding-left:9.6px; padding-top:0px; padding-right:9.6px; padding-bottom:0px; border-top:1px solid #000000; border-bottom:1px solid #000000" valign=top width=361.267><P style="margin:0px; padding-left:5.8px; padding-right:-2.533px" align=center><B>Name of Registrant, State of Incorporation, Address</B></P>
<P style="margin:0px; padding-left:17.8px; padding-right:3.467px" align=center><B>of Principal Executive Offices, and Telephone No.</B></P>
</TD><TD style="margin-top:0px; padding-left:9.6px; padding-top:0px; padding-right:9.6px; padding-bottom:0px; border-top:1px solid #000000" valign=top width=18.533><P style="margin:0px; padding-left:9.6px; padding-right:9.6px">&nbsp;</P></TD><TD style="margin-top:0px; padding-left:9.6px; padding-top:0px; padding-right:9.6px; padding-bottom:0px; border-top:1px solid #000000; border-bottom:1px solid #000000" valign=top width=139.067><P style="margin:0px; padding-left:-2px" align=center><B>IRS Employer</B></P>
<P style="margin:0px; padding-left:4px" align=center><B>Identification No.</B></P>
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<TR><TD style="margin-top:0px; padding-left:9.6px; padding-top:0px; padding-right:9.6px; padding-bottom:0px; border-bottom:1px solid #000000" valign=top width=100.267><P style="margin:0px; font-size:11pt" align=center>000-1125</P>
</TD><TD style="margin-top:0px; padding-left:9.6px; padding-top:0px; padding-right:9.6px; padding-bottom:0px; border-bottom:1px solid #000000" valign=top width=23.867><P style="margin:0px; padding-left:9.6px; padding-right:9.6px; font-size:11pt">&nbsp;</P></TD><TD style="margin-top:0px; padding-left:9.6px; padding-top:0px; padding-right:9.6px; padding-bottom:0px; border-bottom:1px solid #000000" valign=top width=361.267><P style="margin:0px; font-size:16pt" align=center><B>Madison Gas and Electric Company</B></P>
<P style="margin:0px; font-size:11pt" align=center><I>(a Wisconsin Corporation)</I></P>
<P style="margin:0px; font-size:11pt" align=center>133&nbsp;South Blair Street</P>
<P style="margin:0px; font-size:11pt" align=center>Madison, Wisconsin 53703</P>
<P style="margin:0px; font-size:11pt" align=center>(608) 252-7000</P>
<P style="margin:0px; font-size:11pt" align=center>www.mge.com</P>
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<P style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt">Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:</P>
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<P style="margin:0px; padding-left:24px; text-indent:-2px; font-size:12pt">Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)</P>
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<P style="margin:0px; padding-left:24px; text-indent:-2px; font-size:12pt">Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)</P>
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<P style="margin:0px; padding-left:24px; text-indent:-2px; font-size:12pt">Pre commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act&nbsp;(17&nbsp;CFR 240.14d-2(b))</P>
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<P style="margin:0px; padding-left:24px; text-indent:-2px; font-size:12pt">Pre commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act&nbsp;(17&nbsp;CFR 240.13e-4(c))</P>
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<P style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt; page-break-before:always"><B>Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.</B></P>
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<P style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt">On August 27, 2010, Madison Gas and Electric Company (MGE) entered into an amendment to its existing credit agreement dated as of July 30, 2010, with various financial institutions and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent. The existing credit agreement provides MGE with a $75&nbsp;million revolving credit facility. See Footnote 18 in Item&nbsp;1 - Financial Statements of MGE's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June&nbsp;30, 2010, for additional information regarding the existing credit agreement.</P>
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<P style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt">The principal purpose of the amendment was to provide that the credit agreement will expire on July&nbsp;30, 2013. The amendment added a provision that requires MGE to have a period of at least one day, during any 364-day period, on which the principal amount of all outstanding loans thereunder shall be zero. As a result of that provision, the credit agreement does not require approval by the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin, and the amendment removes language that suggested otherwise. A copy of the amendment is filed as an exhibit to this Current Report on Form 8-K.</P>
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<P style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt" align=center>* * * * *</P>
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<P style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt"><U>Forward-Looking Statements</U></P>
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<P style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt">Except for the historical information contained herein, certain of the matters discussed in this report are forward-looking statements, within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, which are subject to risks and uncertainties. The factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking statements made by MGE include those factors discussed herein, as well as the items discussed in MGE's 2009 Annual Report on Form 10-K, Item 1A - Risk Factors, and other factors discussed in filings made by MGE with the SEC. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which apply only as of the date of this report. MGE does not undertake any obligation to publicly release any revision to its forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this report.</P>
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<P style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt"><B>Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.</B></P>
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<P style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:-2px; width:36px; font-size:12pt; float:left">(a)</P>
<P style="margin:0px; text-indent:-2px; font-size:12pt">Financial statements of businesses acquired: Not applicable.</P>
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<P style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:-2px; width:36px; font-size:12pt; float:left">(b)</P>
<P style="margin:0px; text-indent:-2px; font-size:12pt">Pro forma financial information: Not applicable.</P>
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<P style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:-2px; width:36px; font-size:12pt; float:left">(c)</P>
<P style="margin:0px; text-indent:-2px; font-size:12pt">Shell company transactions: Not applicable.</P>
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<P style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:-2px; width:36px; font-size:12pt; float:left">(d)</P>
<P style="margin:0px; text-indent:-2px; font-size:12pt">Exhibits.</P>
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<P style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt" align=center>Exhibit No.</P>
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<P style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt" align=justify>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 hereunto duly authorized.</P>
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<P style="margin:0px; padding-left:24px; font-size:12pt" align=center><B>Exhibit Index to Form 8-K</B></P>
<P style="margin:0px; padding-left:24px; font-size:12pt" align=center><B>Dated August 27, 2010</B></P>
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United States
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
August 27, 2010
Date of report
(date of earliest event reported)
Commission
File No.
Name of Registrant, State of Incorporation, Address
of Principal Executive Offices, and Telephone No.
IRS Employer
Identification No.
000-1125
Madison Gas and Electric Company
(a Wisconsin Corporation)
133 South Blair Street
Madison, Wisconsin 53703
(608) 252-7000
www.mge.com
39-0444025
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Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
On August 27, 2010, Madison Gas and Electric Company (MGE) entered into an amendment to its existing credit agreement dated as of July 30, 2010, with various financial institutions and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent. The existing credit agreement provides MGE with a $75 million revolving credit facility. See Footnote 18 in Item 1 - Financial Statements of MGE's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2010, for additional information regarding the existing credit agreement.
The principal purpose of the amendment was to provide that the credit agreement will expire on July 30, 2013. The amendment added a provision that requires MGE to have a period of at least one day, during any 364-day period, on which the principal amount of all outstanding loans thereunder shall be zero. As a result of that provision, the credit agreement does not require approval by the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin, and the amendment removes language that suggested otherwise. A copy of the amendment is filed as an exhibit to this Current Report on Form 8-K.
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Forward-Looking Statements
Except for the historical information contained herein, certain of the matters discussed in this report are forward-looking statements, within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, which are subject to risks and uncertainties. The factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking statements made by MGE include those factors discussed herein, as well as the items discussed in MGE's 2009 Annual Report on Form 10-K, Item 1A - Risk Factors, and other factors discussed in filings made by MGE with the SEC. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which apply only as of the date of this report. MGE does not undertake any obligation to publicly release any revision to its forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this report.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(a)
Financial statements of businesses acquired: Not applicable.
(b)
Pro forma financial information: Not applicable.
(c)
Shell company transactions: Not applicable.
(d)
Exhibits.
8-K
Exhibit No.
Description
10.1
First Amendment dated as of August 27, 2010, to Credit Agreement dated as of July 30, 2010, among Madison Gas and Electric Company, as Borrower, various financial institutions, and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent.
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SIGNATURES
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 hereunto duly authorized.
Madison Gas and Electric Company
(Registrant)
Date: August 31, 2010
/s/ Jeffrey C. Newman
Jeffrey C. Newman
Vice President, Chief Financial Officer,
Secretary and Treasurer
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Madison Gas and Electric Company
Exhibit Index to Form 8-K
Dated August 27, 2010
8-K
Exhibit No.
Description
10.1
First Amendment dated as of August 27, 2010, to Credit Agreement dated as of July 30, 2010, among Madison Gas and Electric Company, as Borrower, various financial institutions, and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent.
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