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The matters discussed or incorporated by reference
in this Summary Annual Report may contain “forward-
looking statements” within the meaning of Section
27A of the Securities Act of 1933 or Section 21E of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. All statements
other than statements of historical fact included in
this report are forward-looking statements made in
good faith by the Company and are intended to qualify
for the safe harbor from liability established by
the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.
When used in this report or in any of the Company’s
other documents or oral presentations, the words
“anticipate,” “expect,” “estimate,” “plans,” “believes,”
“objective,” “forecast,” “goal” or similar words
are intended to identify forward-looking statements.
Such forward-looking statements are subject to risks
and uncertainties that could cause actual results to
differ materially from those expressed or implied
in the statements relating to the Company’s strategy,
earnings per share projections, operations, markets,
services, rates, recovery of costs, availability of gas
supply and other factors. A discussion of these risks
and uncertainties may be found in the Company’s
Form 10-K for the year ended September 30, 2002.
Although the Company believes these forward-
looking statements to be reasonable, there can be
no assurance that they will approximate actual
experience or that the expectations derived from
them will be realized. Further, the Company
undertakes no obligation to update or revise its forward-
looking statements, whether as a result of new
information, future events or otherwise.
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FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS