SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549
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FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): August 12, 2002
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BLACK HILLS CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
South Dakota 1-31303 46-0458824
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(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) (Commission File Number) (IRS Employer Identification No.)
625 Ninth Street, Rapid City, South Dakota 57701
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(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code (605) 721-1700
Item 9. Regulation FD Disclosure
On August 12, 2002, each of the Principal Executive Officer,
Daniel P. Landguth, and Principal Financial Officer, Mark T. Thies, of
Black Hills Corporation, submitted to the SEC sworn statements pursuant
to Securities and Exchange Commission Order No. 4-460.
A copy of each of these statements is attached hereto as an
Exhibit (99.1 and 99.2).
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SIGNATURE
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, thereunto duly authorized.
BLACK HILLS CORPORATION
By: /s/ Roxann R. Basham
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Roxann R. Basham
Vice President and Controller
Date: August 12, 2002
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit (99.1) Statement Under Oath of Principal Executive Officer dated
August 12, 2002.
Exhibit (99.2) Statement Under Oath of Principal Financial Officer dated
August 12, 2002.
Exhibit 99.1
STATEMENT UNDER OATH OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICER REGARDING
FACTS AND CIRCUMSTANCES RELATING TO EXCHANGE ACT FILINGS
I, Daniel P. Landguth, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Black Hills
Corporation ("BHC"), state and attest that:
1. To the best of my knowledge, based upon a review of the covered reports of
BHC, and, except as corrected or supplemented in a subsequent covered
report:
o No covered report contained an untrue statement of a material
fact as of the end of the period covered by such report (or in
the case of a report on Form 8-K or definitive proxy materials,
as of the date on which it was filed); and
o No covered report omitted to state a material fact necessary to
make the statements in the covered report, in light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading as of
the end of the period covered by such report (or in the case of a
report on Form 8-K or definitive proxy materials, as of the date
on which it was filed).
2. I have reviewed the contents of this statement with BHC's Audit Committee.
3. In this statement under oath, each of the following, if filed on or before
the date of this statement is a "covered report":
o 2001 Annual Report on Form 10-K of BHC filed with the Commission;
o All forms on Form 10-Q, all reports on Form 8-K and all
definitive proxy materials of BHC filed with the Commission
subsequent to the filing of the Form 10-K identified above; and
o Any amendments to any of the foregoing.
Dated this 12th day of August, 2002.
/s/ Daniel P. Landguth
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Daniel P. Landguth
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Black Hills Corporation
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 12th day of August, 2002.
/s/ LeeAnn Steckler
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Notary Public
My Commission Expires: 10-11-04
Exhibit 99.2
STATEMENT UNDER OATH OF PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL OFFICER REGARDING
FACTS AND CIRCUMSTANCES RELATING TO EXCHANGE ACT FILINGS
I, Mark T. Thies, Sr. Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Black Hills
Corporation ("BHC"), state and attest that:
1. To the best of my knowledge, based upon a review of the covered reports of
BHC, and, except as corrected or supplemented in a subsequent covered
report:
o No covered report contained an untrue statement of a material fact as
of the end of the period covered by such report (or in the case of a
report on Form 8-K or definitive proxy materials, as of the date on
which it was filed); and
o No covered report omitted to state a material fact necessary to make
the statements in the covered report, in light of the circumstances
under which they were made, not misleading as of the end of the period
covered by such report (or in the case of a report on Form 8-K or
definitive proxy materials, as of the date on which it was filed).
2. I have reviewed the contents of this statement with BHC's Audit Committee.
3. In this statement under oath, each of the following, if filed on or before
the date of this statement is a "covered report":
o 2001 Annual Report on Form 10-K of BHC filed with the Commission;
o All forms on Form 10-Q, all reports on Form 8-K and all definitive
proxy materials of BHC filed with the Commission subsequent to the
filing of the Form 10-K identified above; and
o Any amendments to any of the foregoing.
Dated this 12th day of August, 2002.
/s/ Mark T. Thies
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Mark T. Thies
Sr. Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Black Hills Corporation
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 12th day of August, 2002.
/s/ LeeAnn Steckler
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Notary Public
My Commission Expires: 10-11-04