DPL Reviews Growth Plan, Successful Year At Annual Meeting.Business Editors DAYTON, Ohio--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 11, 2001 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. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :DPL), the parent company of The Dayton Power and Light Company (DP&L), reviewed the highlights of its successful 2000, including record earnings per share and return on equity, as well as its merchant generation growth plan at today's annual meeting of shareholders. In addition, shareholders elected four members to the Board of Directors. Re-elected were Directors Mr. Thomas J. Danis, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, The Danis Companies; Mr. Allen M. Hill, President and Chief Executive Officer, DPL Inc. and DP&L; Mr. W August Hillenbrand, Director, Hillenbrand Industries Hillenbrand Industries, Inc., is a holding company. It has two subsidiaries. Hill-Rom makes hospital beds, furniture, and other equipment. Batesville Casket Company makes caskets and cremation urns. ; and Mr. Scott M. Stuart, Member, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co (commonly referred to as KKR) is a New York City-based private equity firm that focuses primarily on late-stage leveraged buyouts. It was founded in 1976 by Jerome Kohlberg, Jr., and cousins Henry Kravis and George R. & Company. All returning Directors will serve a three-year term expiring in 2004. DPL held this year's annual meeting at Edison Community College in Piqua, Ohio Piqua is a city in Miami County, Ohio, United States. The population was 20,738 at the 2000 census. Piqua was one of the cities that experienced severe flooding during the Great Dayton Flood of 1913. , continuing the tradition of meeting in communities throughout DP&L's 6,000 square mile service area. At the conclusion of the meeting, Peter H. Forster, DPL Chairman, presented the college with a contribution of $20,000 in appreciation of their ongoing commitment to the community. DPL Inc. is a diversified regional merchant energy company. DPL's principal subsidiaries include DPL Energy and DP&L. DPL Energy operates 3,500 megawatts of generation capacity and markets wholesale energy throughout the eastern half of the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . DP&L provides electric services to 500,000 retail customers in West Central Ohio. DPL Inc., through its subsidiaries, has ranked among the top ten energy companies in generation efficiency and productivity for the last ten years. Further information on DPL Inc. can be found at www.dplinc.com. |
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