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Shareholder Information
Notice of Annual Meeting
Progress Energy’s 2005 annual meeting of shareholders
will be held on May 11, 2005, at 10 a.m. at the Hilton
St. Petersburg, in St. Petersburg, Fla. A formal notice of
the meeting with a proxy statement will be mailed to
shareholders in early April.
Transfer Agent and Registrar Mailing Address
Progress Energy, Inc.
c/o EquiServe Trust Company
250 Royall Street
Canton, MA 02021
Toll-free phone number: 1.866.290.4388
Shareholder Information and Inquiries
Obtain information on your account 24 hours a day,
seven days a week by calling our stock transfer agent’s
shareholder information line. This automated system
features Progress Energy’s common stock closing price,
dividend information, stock transfer information and
the option to speak with a shareholder services
representative. Call toll-free 1.866.290.4388.
You may direct other questions concerning stock
ownership to Progress Energy’s Shareholder Relations
via e-mail at shareholder[email protected] or by
writing to the following address:
Progress Energy, Inc.
Shareholder Relations
P.O. Box 1551
Raleigh, NC 27602-1551
Stock Listings
Progress Energy’s common stock is listed and traded
under the symbol PGN on the New York Stock Exchange
in addition to regional stock exchanges across the
United States.
Shareholder Programs
Progress Energy offers the Progress Energy Investor Plus
Plan, a direct stock purchase and dividend reinvestment
plan, and direct deposit of cash dividends to bank
accounts for the convenience of shareholders. For
information on these programs, contact our transfer
agent at the above address or call them toll-free at
1.866.290.4388.
Proxy material, including the annual report, can be
electronically delivered to shareholders. Electronic
delivery provides immediate access to proxy material
and allows Internet voting while saving printing and
mailing costs. To take advantage of electronic delivery of
proxy material, go to econsent.com/pgn and follow
the instructions.
We also offer online access to shareholder accounts. To
obtain online access to your shareholder account, go to
equiserve.com. If you have access to Progress Energy’s
annual report at your address, and do not want to receive
a copy for your shareholder account, please call our
transfer agent, EquiServe, toll-free at 1.866.290.4388 to
discontinue receiving annual reports by mail.
Securities Analyst Inquiries
Securities analysts, portfolio managers and representatives
of financial institutions seeking information about
Progress Energy should contact Robert F. Drennan Jr.,
manager, Investor Relations, at the corporate
headquarters’ address or 919.546.7474.
Additional Information
Progress Energy files periodic reports with the Securities
and Exchange Commission that contain additional
information about the company. Copies are available to
shareholders upon written request to the company’s
treasurer at the corporate headquarters’ address.
This annual report is submitted for shareholders’
information. It is not intended for use in connection with
any sale or purchase of, or any offer or solicitation of
offers to buy or sell, securities.
NYSE Certifications
Because Progress Energy’s common stock is listed on
the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”), our chief
executive officer is required to make, and he has made,
an annual certification to the NYSE stating that he was
not aware of any violation by us of the corporate
governance listing standards of the NYSE. Our chief
executive officer made his annual certification to that
effect to the NYSE as of June 10, 2004. In addition, we
have filed, as exhibits to the Annual Report on Form 10-K,
the certifications of our principal executive officer and
principal financial officer required under Section 302 of
the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 to be filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission regarding the
quality of our public disclosure.
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