Corporate Profile for DPL Inc., dated Sept. 8.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The following Corporate Profile is available for inclusion in your files. News releases for this client are distributed by Business Wire and also become part of the leading databases and information services See Information Systems. . These include Dow Jones Dow Jones the best known of several U.S. indexes of movements in price on Wall Street. [Am. Hist.: Payton, 202] See : Finance News/Retrieval, Bloomberg Financial Markets, Reuter Company Newsyear, Reuter Business Briefing, DataTimes, Nexis, Dialog, NewsNet, America OnLine See AOL. , CompuServe, Delphi, Individual's HeadsUp and First!, Desktop Data's NewsEdge, UMI UMI University Microfilms International UMI United States Minor Outlying Islands (ISO Country code) UMI University of Miami UMI Universal Management Infrastructure (IBM) Data Courier, NewsBank, Information Access Company and many others. -0- Published date: Sept. 8, 1995 Company name: DPL Inc.
Address: Courthouse Plaza Southwest
Dayton, OH 45402
Telephone No.: 513/224-6000 Chief Executive Officer: Peter H. Forster Chief Financial Officer: Thomas M. Jenkins Investor Relations Contact: Arthur G. Meyer Business number: 513/259-7140 Home number: Trading symbol: DPL Industry: Utility - Electric Company description: DPL (Digital PowerLine) An earlier technology for transmitting a 1 Mbps data signal over electric power lines from Nortel Networks. It was developed in the late 1990s, but later abandoned due to implementation difficulties. See broadband over power lines. Inc. was formed in 1986 as a holding company. Its principal subsidiary is The Dayton Power and Light Co. (``DP&L''). DP&L sells electricity and natural gas to residential, commercial, industrial and governmental customers in a 6,000 square mile area of West Central Ohio, and employs over 3,000 people. Electricity for DP&L's 24 county service area is generated at eight power plants and is distributed to 470,000 retail customers. On a wholesale basis, electric energy is supplied to 12 municipalities. Natural gas service is provided to 290,000 customers in 16 counties. DP&L also provides steam service to 200 customers in Downtown Dayton for heating and industrial processing. In 1994, DPL Inc. earned $1.54 per share, compared to $1.42 per share in 1993. Total operating revenue operating revenue Revenue from any regular source. Revenue from sales is adjusted for discounts and returns when calculating operating revenue. Compare other revenue. was $1,204.5 million, with net income of $154.9 million. Return on shareholders' equity Shareholders' Equity A firms' total assets minus its total liabilities. Equivalently, it is share capital plus retained earnings minus treasury shares. Shareholders' equity is the amount by which a company is financed through common and preferred shares. was 14.1 percent. DPL Inc. has provided total return to shareholders that ranks near the top of the industry over the past five years. The five year average annual return through 1994 was 16.0 percent vs. 1.1 percent for the industry. Since 1990, DPL Inc. has declared two three-for-two common stock splits. Dividends per share Dividends per share Dividend paid for the past 12 months divided by the number of common shares outstanding, as reported by a company. The number of shares often is determined by a weighted average of shares outstanding over the reporting term. , which have increased eight out of the last nine years, are $1.24 per year, including the most recent 5.1 percent increase declared in January of this year. CONTACT: DPL Inc. |
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