UNITED
STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
_______________
FORM
11-K
_______________
ANNUAL
REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF
THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the
fiscal year ended December 31, 2008
Commission
file number: 001-33443
________________
Dynegy
Midwest Generation, Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan for Employees
Covered
Under a Collective Bargaining Agreement
(Full
title of the plan)
_________________
Dynegy
Inc.
1000
Louisiana
Suite
5800
Houston,
Texas 77002
(Name of
issuer of the securities held
pursuant
to the plan and the address
of its
principal executive office)
TABLE
OF CONTENTS
Page No.
REPORT OF
INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM 1
FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS
Statements of Net Assets Available for
Benefits
2
Statement of Changes in Net Assets
Available for
Benefits 3
NOTES TO
FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS 4
SUPPLEMENTAL
SCHEDULE
Schedule H, Line 4(i): – Schedule of
Assets (Held at End of Year) 17
Note:
Other schedules required by 29 CFR 2520.103-10 of the Department
of
Labor’s Rules and Regulations for reporting and disclosure under
ERISA
have
been omitted because they are not applicable.
SIGNATURE 18
EXHIBIT
23.1 CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED
PUBLIC
ACCOUNTING
FIRM
REPORT
OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
To the
Participants and Administrator of
the
Dynegy Midwest Generation, Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan for Employees
Covered
Under a Collective Bargaining Agreement
We have
audited the accompanying statements of net assets available for benefits of the
Dynegy Midwest Generation, Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan for Employees Covered Under
a Collective Bargaining Agreement (the “Plan”) as of December 31, 2008 and 2007,
and the related statement of changes in net assets available for benefits for
the year ended December 31, 2008. These financial statements are the
responsibility of the Plan's management. Our responsibility is to express an
opinion on these financial statements based on our audits.
We
conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company
Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan
and perform the audits to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the
financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes
examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in
the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting
principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as
evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our
audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our
opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all
material respects, the net assets available for benefits of the Plan as of
December 31, 2008 and 2007, and the changes in net assets available for benefits
for the year ended December 31, 2008 in conformity with accounting principles
generally accepted in the United States of America.
Our
audits were performed for the purpose of forming an opinion on the basic
financial statements taken as a whole. The supplemental schedule listed in the
table of contents is presented for the purpose of additional analysis and is not
a required part of the basic financial statements but is supplementary
information required by the Department of Labor's Rules and Regulations for
Reporting and Disclosure under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of
1974. This supplementary information is the responsibility of the Plan's
management. Such information has been subjected to the auditing procedures
applied in the audit of the basic financial statements and, in our opinion, is
fairly stated in all material respects in relation to the basic financial
statements taken as a whole.
/s/
McConnell & Jones LLP
Houston,
Texas
June 18,
2009
DYNEGY
MIDWEST GENERATION, INC.
401(k)
SAVINGS PLAN FOR EMPLOYEES COVERED UNDER A
COLLECTIVE
BARGAINING AGREEMENT
STATEMENTS
OF NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR BENEFITS
DECEMBER
31, 2008 AND 2007
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
ASSETS
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Investments at fair
value:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Plan interest in Dynegy Inc.
Master Trust
|
|
$ |
53,368,622 |
|
|
$ |
85,496,271 |
|
Participant loans
|
|
|
1,516,271 |
|
|
|
1,629,962 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total investments
|
|
|
54,884,893 |
|
|
|
87,126,233 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Receivables:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Employer
contributions
|
|
|
9,464 |
|
|
|
10,381 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
TOTAL ASSETS
|
|
|
54,894,357 |
|
|
|
87,136,614 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
NET
ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR BENEFITS
|
|
$ |
54,894,357 |
|
|
$ |
87,136,614 |
|
The
accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial
statements.
DYNEGY
MIDWEST GENERATION, INC.
401(k)
SAVINGS PLAN FOR EMPLOYEES COVERED UNDER A
COLLECTIVE
BARGAINING AGREEMENT
STATEMENT
OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR BENEFITS
FOR
THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2008
INVESTMENT
INCOME (LOSS), NET:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Plan interest in net loss of
Dynegy Inc. Master Trust
|
|
$ |
(29,374,561 |
) |
Interest on participant
loans
|
|
|
116,691 |
|
Total investment
loss
|
|
|
(29,257,870 |
) |
CONTRIBUTIONS:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Employee
|
|
|
3,227,191 |
|
Employer
|
|
|
806,170 |
|
Total
contributions
|
|
|
4,033,361 |
|
EXPENSES:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Benefit payments
|
|
|
5,517,509 |
|
Administrative
expenses
|
|
|
42,292 |
|
Total expenses
|
|
|
5,559,801 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
NET
DECREASE BEFORE TRANSFERS
|
|
|
(30,784,310 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
PLAN-TO-PLAN
TRANSFERS
|
|
|
(1,457,947 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
NET
DECREASE
|
|
|
(32,242,257 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
NET
ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR BENEFITS
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Beginning of year
|
|
|
87,136,614 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
End of year
|
|
$ |
54,894,357 |
|
The
accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial
statements.
DYNEGY
MIDWEST GENERATION, INC.
401(k)
SAVINGS PLAN FOR EMPLOYEES COVERED UNDER A
COLLECTIVE
BARGAINING AGREEMENT
NOTES
TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR
THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2008 AND 2007
Explanatory
Note
On April
2, 2007, Dynegy Illinois Inc. (formerly Dynegy Inc.), an Illinois corporation
(“Dynegy Illinois”), consummated a transaction (the “Merger”) in which it became
a wholly owned subsidiary of a newly created entity, Dynegy Inc., a Delaware
corporation (“Dynegy”).
Following
the Merger, Dynegy replaced Dynegy Illinois as the sponsor of the Dynegy Midwest
Generation, Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan for Employee Covered Under a Collective
Bargaining Agreement (the “Plan”). In addition, all shares of Dynegy
Illinois common stock in the Dynegy Stock Fund were converted into shares of the
Class A common stock of Dynegy, par value $.01 per share (“Dynegy Class A common
stock”), based on a formula established in connection with the
Merger. As a result, future investments in the Dynegy Stock Fund will
be represented by units of Dynegy Class A common stock, rather than units of
Dynegy Illinois common stock. The Plan was amended on April 2, 2007
to reflect such changes.
The
following description of the Plan, formerly known as Illinois Power Company
Incentive Savings Plan for Employees Covered Under a Collective Bargaining
Agreement, provides only general information. Participants should
refer to the Plan documents, which are the governing documents, for a more
complete description of the Plan’s provisions.
General
The Plan
is sponsored and administered by Dynegy Inc. (the “Company”) for certain
eligible employees of Dynegy Midwest Generation, Inc. (“DMG,” or the
“Employer”). The Dynegy Inc. Benefit Plans Committee serves as the
“Plan Administrator” for the Plan. The Plan became effective as of
January 1, 1987. Assets of the Plan are held and managed by a
trustee. Effective January 1, 2002, Vanguard Fiduciary Trust Company
(“Vanguard” or the “Trustee”) became trustee and custodian. The Plan
and related trust are established and maintained for the exclusive benefit of
participating employees of the Employer. The Plan is subject to the
provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”) and the
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended
(“ERISA”).
Participation
All
employees of the Employer who are covered under a collective bargaining
agreement are eligible to participate in the Plan other than (a) certain
nonresident aliens, (b) any individual designated, compensated, or otherwise
classified or treated by the Employer as a leased employee, an independent
contractor or other non-common law employee, (c) employees who have waived
participation in the Plan and (d) individuals who are deemed to be employees
only under certain Treasury regulations. Although participation in
the Plan commences immediately upon employment as an eligible employee, a
participant’s election to make before-tax and/or after-tax contributions to the
Plan is voluntary. Active participation ceases upon termination of
employment with the Employer.
Plan Changes and
Amendments
Effective
at various dates in 2006 and 2007, the Plan was amended to incorporate various
amendments permitted and required by the final Code Section 401(k)/(m)
regulations and other Internal Revenue Service guidance, including the
following: incorporate new definition of Severance from Employment and related
requirements under new regulations; clarify timing of compensation for elective
deferrals under Code Section 401(k) and Code Section 415 regulations; reflect
ACP/ADP testing requirements, minimum required corrective contributions and
recharacterizing of catch-up contributions for testing purposes under new
regulations; incorporate safe harbor method for calculating gap period income;
add good faith compliance language for final Code Section 401(k)/(m)
regulations; add burial expenses and residential casualty losses as new hardship
events; add special hurricane relief distribution and loan provisions; and
incorporate new Plan termination requirements.
Effective January 1, 2007, the Plan was amended to reflect the
deposit of the Securities Class Action Settlement proceeds into the Plan for the
benefit of specified participants, and to add related administrative
provisions. See Note 10 for information concerning this Class Action
Settlement.
Effective April 2, 2007, as of the
completion of the merger between Dynegy Illinois Inc. (formerly "Dynegy Inc."),
an Illinois corporation, and certain LS Power entities, the Plan was amended to
provide that Dynegy Inc., a Delaware corporation, became the Plan’s sponsor and
that all shares of common stock in the Stock Fund became the common stock of
Dynegy Inc., a Delaware corporation. See Note 9 for
information regarding the Dynegy Illinois Inc. merger. Further,
amendments to the Plan were also made regarding certain administrative
provisions regarding the Plan Administrator.
Effective
January 1, 2008, the Plan was amended in several respects, as
follows: (1) to allow participants to make after-tax Roth
contributions to the Plan that are eligible for Employer matching contributions
in the same manner and amount as before-tax contributions; (the combined total
before-tax contributions and after-tax Roth contributions may not exceed the IRS
elective deferral limit ($15,500 for 2008)); (2) to accept eligible Roth 401(k)
distributions as rollover contributions to the Plan; (3) to allow (in addition
to a participant and a participant’s spouse or eligible former spouse) a
non-spouse beneficiary to elect a direct rollover distribution of all or a
portion of his or her Plan benefit to an eligible retirement plan; and (4) to
add a Roth IRA account as an eligible retirement plan for direct rollover
distribution purposes.
Participant
Accounts
Each
participant’s accounts are credited with the participant’s contributions and
allocations of the Employer’s contributions and Plan earnings. For participants
with loans, a loan administrative fee is charged to their account each
year.
Contributions
Participants
may make before-tax contributions including “catch-up” contributions (if age 50
or older before the close of the particular Plan year) by payroll deduction up
to the legal dollar limit. Additionally, as of January 1, 2008, participants may
elect to have some or all of their before-tax contributions (including any
catch-up contributions) contributed to the Plan as an after-tax Roth
contribution up to the legal dollar limit. Participants may also make
after-tax contributions in cash or by payroll deduction. Note that,
unlike regular after-tax contributions, distributions of Roth contributions and
earnings generally are not taxable to a participant after a five-year period
beginning with the first Roth contributions made to the Plan by a participant,
provided that the distribution is: (1) made on or after the date the
participant attains age 59-1/2; (2) made to a beneficiary after the
participant’s death; or (3) made as a result of the participant being disabled.
Total contributions are limited to the extent required by law. A
participant may also “roll-over” into the Plan amounts distributed from another
eligible retirement plan.
Participants
have the option of investing their contributions in any or all of the investment
funds in the proportions they choose. They may change their investment options
or transfer amounts from fund to fund in accordance with the procedures
established by the Plan Administrator.
The
Employer contributes a match each pay period to the Plan equal to 50% of the
participant’s before-tax contributions (including any catch-up contributions and
Roth contributions) that are not in excess of 6% of the participant’s
“Compensation” (as defined in the Plan) for such pay period. In
addition, for each calendar year the Employer makes a “true-up” matching
contribution, if necessary, on behalf of each participant who was an eligible
employee on the last day of the year that takes into account the participant’s
before-tax contributions (including any catch-up contributions and Roth
contributions) and Compensation for the year. Employer matching contributions
are made to the Stock Fund in the Dynegy Inc. Master Trust (the “Master Trust”)
and allocated to participants as units in the Stock Fund. Dividends on stock
held in the Stock Fund are also invested in the Stock Fund. See Notes 4 and 9
for more information.
In
addition, the Employer may make a discretionary contribution for a calendar year
that is allocated based on Compensation to (a) participants who are eligible
employees on the last day of the year and (b) participants who terminated
employment during the year on or after attaining age 65 or by reason of death or
total and permanent disability. The discretionary contribution, if any, is made
to the Stock Fund and is allocated to participants as units in the Stock Fund.
Dividends earned on these shares are also invested in the Stock Fund. No
contributions were made under this arrangement for Plan years 2008 and
2007. Further, the Employer may make contributions in order to meet
nondiscrimination requirements as prescribed in the Plan document.
Vesting
Participants
have an immediate 100% vested and nonforfeitable interest in their contributions
and Employer contributions plus actual earnings thereon.
Distributions
Distributions
as provided for in the Plan are made to Plan participants or their beneficiaries
upon the participant’s termination of employment, total and permanent disability
or death. Former employees can choose to liquidate their accounts or to leave
them in the Plan, except that an automatic lump sum distribution may be made
upon termination of employment if the participant’s aggregate account balance is
not in excess of $1,000. Earnings will continue to accrue on
undistributed accounts. Generally, distributions must begin by April 1st of the
calendar year following the later of the calendar year in which the participant
reaches age 70-1/2 or the calendar year in which the participant terminates
employment. All distributions are made in one lump sum in the form of cash,
except that a participant may elect to have the portion of his or her account
invested in the Stock Fund distributed in shares of Dynegy Inc. common
stock.
Forfeitures
In the
event a participant’s before-tax contributions exceed Plan and/or IRS limits,
such excess contributions are distributed and any related Employer matching
contributions are forfeited. Further, each participant is responsible
for supplying the Company with a current address. In the case of a benefit
payable on behalf of a participant, if the Plan Administrator is unable to
locate the participant or beneficiary to whom such benefit is payable, upon the
Plan Administrator’s determination thereof, such benefit shall be deemed a
forfeiture. Forfeitures are used to reduce Employer matching
contributions and/or to pay Plan administrative expenses.
The
balance of forfeitures held by the Plan as of December 31, 2008 and 2007 was
$4,392 and $21, respectively. In 2008, forfeitures were used to
reduce administrative expenses by $2,750.
Loans to
Participants
The Plan
allows participants to borrow from their Plan accounts an amount not to exceed
the lesser of (a) $50,000 (reduced by the excess of the highest outstanding
balance of loans during the one-year period before the date the loan is made
over the outstanding balance of loans on the date the loan is made) or (b) 50%
of the vested account balance (other than the portion of such account balance
that is invested under the directed brokerage investment fund option). Interest
is charged on these loans at a rate commensurate with interest rates charged by
persons in the business of lending money for similar types of loans. A loan may
not be made in an amount less than $500. Additionally, no participant
may have more than three outstanding loans at any given time, and only one of
those loans may be used to acquire any house that within a reasonable period of
time is to be used as a primary residence.
All loans
made will mature and be payable in full no later than five years from the date
of the loan. An exception exists when the loan is used by the participant to
acquire his or her principal residence. In this case, the loan will mature and
be payable in full no later than ten years from the date of the loan. Loan
repayments are made by payroll deductions authorized by the participant while
the participant remains employed by the Employer or an
affiliate. After termination of employment and before receiving a
distribution from the Plan, a participant may continue to make loan payments
directly to the Trustee. Principal and interest paid on the loan is credited to
the participant's account. The Trustee maintains a loan fund to hold the
balances of participants' loans.
Plan-to-Plan
Transfers
Amounts
are transferred to or from the Dynegy Midwest Generation, Inc. 401(k) Savings
Plan (formerly known as the Illinois Power Company Incentive Savings Plan) as
participants shift out of or into positions covered by a collective bargaining
agreement.
Plan
Termination
Subject
to certain limitations, the right to amend, modify or terminate the Plan is
reserved by the Company.
2.
|
SUMMARY
OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
|
Basis of
Accounting
The
accompanying Plan financial statements are prepared on the accrual basis of
accounting in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the
United States of America (“GAAP”).
Investments
Participant
loans included in the loan fund are valued at cost, which approximates fair
value. Purchases and sales of investments are recorded on a trade date
basis.
The
investments held in the Dynegy Inc. Master Trust (Master Trust) are stated at
fair value based on the latest quoted market values of the underlying
securities. Securities for which no quoted market value is available are
evaluated and valued by Plan management with reference to the underlying
investments, assumptions and methodologies used in arriving at fair value in
accordance with Financial
Accounting Standards Board Statement No. 157, Fair Value
Measurements (FASB
Statement No. 157) (Note 7). Plan interest in the net assets of the
Master Trust is based on the assets held by each plan on an actual basis. At
December 31, 2008 and 2007, the Plan's interest in the Master Trust was
approximately 22% and 23%, respectively.
Investment
securities are exposed to various risks, such as interest rate, market, and
credit. Due to the level of risk associated with certain investment securities
and the level of uncertainty related to changes in the value of investment
securities, it is at least reasonably possible that changes in risks in the near
term could materially affect the amounts reported in the Statement of Net Assets
Available for Benefits.
The FASB
issued FSP AAG INV-1 and SOP 94-4-1 Reporting of Fully
Benefit-Responsive Investment Contracts Held by Certain Investment Companies
Subject to the AICPA Investment Company Guide and Defined-Contribution Health
and Welfare and Pension Plans (the FSP) which requires benefit-responsive
investment contracts held by a defined-contribution plan to be reported at fair
value. However, contract value is the relevant measurement attribute for that
portion of the net assets available for benefits of a defined-contribution plan
attributable to fully benefit-responsive investment contracts because contract
value is the amount participants would receive if they were to initiate
permitted transactions under the terms of the plan. The FSP requires the
Statement of Net Assets Available for Benefits to present the fair value of the
investment contracts as well as the adjustment of the fully benefit-responsive
investment contracts from fair value to contract value, if material (Note 5).
The Statement of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits is prepared on a
contract value basis.
Income
Net
appreciation (depreciation) of investments is comprised of realized and
unrealized gains and losses. Realized gains or losses represent the difference
between proceeds received upon sale and the average cost of the investment.
Unrealized gain or loss is the difference between market value and cost of
investments retained in the Plan (at the financial statement date). For the
purpose of allocation to participants, the Stock Fund is valued by the Plan at
its unit price (comprised of market price plus uninvested cash position) on the
date of allocation and current unit price is used at the time of distribution to
participants resulting in a realized gain or loss and is reflected in the income
from the Plan’s investment in the Master Trust.
Investment
income from the Plan’s investment in the Master Trust consists of the Plan’s
proportionate share of the Master Trust’s interest and dividend income and
investment income from net appreciation (depreciation) in fair value of
investments.
The
Trustee records dividend income as of the ex-dividend date and accrues interest
income as earned. Realized gains and losses on security sales are
computed on an average cost basis.
Expenses
Certain
expenses incurred in the administration of the Plan and the related trust are
paid by the Employer. These expenses include fees and expenses of the
consultants, auditors, and legal personnel.
Use of
Estimates
The
preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles
generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make
estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and
liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of
revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ
materially from these estimates.
Distribution of
Benefits
Distributions
of benefits are recorded when paid.
Risk and
Uncertainties
Investment
securities are exposed to various risks, such as interest rate, market, and
credit. Due to the level of risk associated with certain investment securities
and the level of uncertainty related to changes in the value of investment
securities, it is at least reasonably possible that changes in risks in the near
term could materially affect the amounts reported in the Statement of Net Assets
Available for Benefits.
The
Internal Revenue Service has determined and informed the Company by a letter
dated August 29, 2002, that the Plan and related trust are designed in
accordance with applicable sections of the Code. The Plan has been amended since
receiving the determination letter and the Plan Administrator believes that the
Plan is designed and is currently being operated in compliance with the
applicable requirements of the Code. Therefore, no provision for income taxes
has been included in the Plan’s financial statements.
Plan
investments are received, invested and held by the Trustee. Individual
investments that represent 5% or more of the Plan's net assets available for
benefits include:
|
|
December
31
|
|
Investments
at fair value as determined by quoted market price
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Plan
interest in Dynegy Inc. Master Trust * |
|
$ |
53,368,622 |
|
|
$ |
85,496,271 |
|
*Includes
both participant-directed and non-participant directed amounts. See
Note 9.
The
Plan’s interest in the Master Trust (including gains and losses on investments
bought and sold, as well as held during the year) depreciated in value by
$32,127,649 during 2008.
5.
|
FULLY
BENEFIT-RESPONSIVE INVESTMENT
CONTRACTS
|
The
Master Trust has an interest in a common collective trust that invests primarily
in a pool of investment contracts issued by insurance companies and commercial
banks and in contracts that are backed by high quality bonds, bond trusts and
bond mutual funds that are selected by the Trustee.
As
described in Note 2 above, because these contracts are fully benefit-responsive,
contract value is the relevant measurement attribute for that portion of the net
assets available for benefits attributable to the common collective trust.
Contract value represents contributions made under the contract, plus earnings,
less participant withdrawals and administrative expenses. Participants may
ordinarily direct the withdrawal or transfer of all or a portion of their
investment at contract value.
The
average yield earned by the contract for the year ended December 31, 2008 was
3.67% and the average yield earned to reflect the actual interest rate credited
to participants for the year ended December 31, 2008 was 3.38%.
There are
no reserves against contract value for credit risk of the contract issuer or
otherwise. The crediting interest rate is based on a formula agreed upon with
the issuer, but it may not be less than zero percent. As of December 31, 2008
and 2007 the contract value of the interest in the common collective trust
approximates fair value and therefore no adjustment has been recorded in the
Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits.
6.
|
PARTICIPATION
IN MASTER TRUST
|
Effective
January 1, 2002, the assets of the Plan were held in the Master Trust with
assets of other qualified retirement plans sponsored by the Company, including
the Dynegy Midwest Generation, Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan, Dynegy Inc. 401(k)
Savings Plan, Dynegy Northeast Generation, Inc. Savings Incentive Plan, and
Extant, Inc. 401(k) Plan. Note that effective April 1, 2008, the Extant, Inc.
401(k) Plan was merged into the Dynegy Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan.
The
following information is presented for the Master Trust:
|
|
December
31,
|
|
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2007
|
ASSETS
|
|
|
|
|
|
Investments:
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash and temporary cash
investments
|
|
$ |
384,898 |
|
|
$ |
358,733 |
|
Investments, at fair
value:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Registered investment
companies
|
|
|
170,310,004 |
|
|
|
265,245,858 |
|
Common collective
trust
|
|
|
48,859,568 |
|
|
|
43,019,776 |
|
Common stock
|
|
|
1,687,219 |
|
|
|
3,080,980 |
|
Employer
securities
|
|
|
17,154,023 |
|
|
|
53,891,874 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total investments
|
|
|
238,395,712 |
|
|
|
365,597,221 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Receivables:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Employer
contributions
|
|
|
195,328 |
|
|
|
172,993 |
|
Due from broker for securities
sold
|
|
|
109,250 |
|
|
|
158,265 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total receivables
|
|
|
304,578 |
|
|
|
331,258 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
TOTAL
ASSETS
|
|
|
238,700,290 |
|
|
|
365,928,479 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Due to broker for securities
purchased
|
|
|
7,446 |
|
|
|
158,890 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
NET
ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR BENEFITS
|
|
$ |
238,692,844 |
|
|
$ |
365,769,589 |
|
Investment
income for the Master Trust is as follows:
|
|
Year
ended December 31, 2008
|
|
Investment
income:
|
|
|
|
Net appreciation in fair value of
investments
|
|
$ |
(139,929,240 |
) |
Dividends and
interest
|
|
|
10,059,104 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
(129,870,136 |
) |
The
Master Trust invests a significant portion of its assets in the Company’s common
stock. This investment in the Company’s common stock approximates 7% and 15% of
the Master Trust’s net assets available for benefits as of December 31, 2008 and
2007, respectively. As a result of this concentration, any
significant fluctuation in the market value of this stock could affect
individual Participant accounts and the net assets of the Plan.
7.
|
FAIR
VALUE MEASUREMENTS
|
FASB Statement No. 157 establishes a framework for
measuring fair value. That framework provides a fair value hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs to valuation
techniques used to measure fair value. The hierarchy gives the highest
priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets
or liabilities (level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to
unobservable inputs (level 3 measurements). The three levels of the fair
value hierarchy under FASB Statement No. 157 are described
below:
Level 1 - Inputs to the valuation methodology are
unadjusted quoted prices for identical assets or liabilities in active
markets that the Plan has the ability to access.
|
Level 2 - Inputs to the valuation
methodology include:
|
•
|
Quoted prices for similar assets
or liabilities in active markets;
|
•
|
Quoted prices for
identical or similar assets or liabilities in inactive markets;
|
•
|
Inputs other than quoted prices
that are observable for the asset or liability;
|
•
|
Inputs that are derived
principally from or corroborated by observable market data by
correlation or other means.
|
If the asset or liability has
a specified (contractual) term, the Level 2 input must be observable for
substantially the full term of the asset or liability.
Level 3 - Inputs to the valuation methodology are
unobservable and significant to the fair value
measurement.
The asset’s or liability’s fair value
measurement level within the fair value hierarchy is based on the lowest level
of any input that is significant to the fair
value measurement. Valuation techniques used need to maximize the use of
observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs.
The following is a description of the
valuation methodologies used for assets measured at fair value. There have been no changes in the
methodologies used at December 31, 2008 and 2007.
Common stocks, corporate bonds
and U.S. government securities: Valued at the closing price
reported on the active market on which the individual securities are
traded.
Mutual
funds: Valued at the
net asset value (‘NAV”) of shares held by the plan at year
end.
Participant loans: Valued at amortized cost, which
approximates fair value.
Guaranteed investment contract: Valued at fair value by discounting
the related cash flows based on current yields of similar instruments with
comparable durations considering the credit‐worthiness of the issuer (See Note
5).
The methods described above may
produce a fair value calculation that may not be indicative of net realizable
value or reflective of future fair values.
Furthermore, while the Plan believes its valuation methods are appropriate
and consistent with other market participants, the use of different
methodologies or assumptions to determine the fair value of certain financial
instruments could result in a different fair value measurement at
the reporting date.
The following table sets forth by level,
within the fair value hierarchy, the Master Trust’s assets at fair value as of December
31, 2008 and 2007:
|
|
Assets
at Fair Value as of December 31, 2008
|
|
|
|
Level
1
|
|
|
Level
2
|
|
|
Level
3
|
|
|
Total
|
|
Cash
|
|
$ |
384,898 |
|
|
$ |
- |
|
|
$ |
- |
|
|
$ |
384,898 |
|
Employer
securities
|
|
|
17,154,023 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
17,154,023 |
|
Common
collective trust
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
48,859,568 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
48,859,568 |
|
Common
stock
|
|
|
1,789,023 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
1,789,023 |
|
Registered
investment companies
|
|
|
170,310,004 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
170,310,004 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
189,637,948 |
|
|
$ |
48,859,568 |
|
|
$ |
- |
|
|
$ |
238,497,516 |
|
|
|
Assets
at Fair Value as of December 31, 2007
|
|
|
|
Level
1
|
|
|
Level
2
|
|
|
Level
3
|
|
|
Total
|
|
Cash
|
|
$ |
358,733 |
|
|
$ |
- |
|
|
$ |
- |
|
|
$ |
358,733 |
|
Employer
securities
|
|
|
53,891,874 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
53,891,874 |
|
Common
collective trust
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
43,019,776 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
43,019,776 |
|
Common
stock
|
|
|
3,080,357 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
3,080,357 |
|
Registered
investment companies
|
|
|
265,245,858 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
265,245,858 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
322,576,822 |
|
|
$ |
43,019,776 |
|
|
$ |
- |
|
|
$ |
365,596,598 |
|
In
addition to the Plan’s interest in the master trust, it has participant loans
which are level 3 assets.
|
|
Participants
Loans
Year
Ended
December
31, 2008
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance,
beginning of year
|
|
$ |
1,629,962 |
|
Net
change
|
|
|
(113,691 |
) |
Balance,
end of year
|
|
$ |
1,516,271 |
|
8.
|
TRANSACTIONS
WITH PARTIES-IN-INTEREST
|
Certain
Plan investments are shares of mutual funds managed by Vanguard Fiduciary Trust
Company. Vanguard Fiduciary Trust Company is the trustee as defined by the Plan
and, therefore, these qualify as party-in-interest
transactions. Additionally, the Plan maintains investments in the
Company’s common stock and participant loans. Fees paid during the
year for legal, accounting, and other professional services rendered by
parties-in-interest were based on customary and reasonable rates for such
services.
9.
|
NONPARTICIPANT-DIRECTED
INVESTMENTS
|
All funds
in the Plan are participant directed, with the exception that Employer matching
and discretionary contributions are initially invested in the Stock
Fund. Participants may diversify the investment of Employer matching
and any discretionary contributions after such amounts are initially credited to
their accounts, subject to the limits contained in the Company's insider trading
policy. Information about the net assets available for benefits and the
significant components of the changes in net assets available for benefits
relating to the Stock Fund is as follows:
|
|
December
31,
|
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2007
|
|
Net
Assets:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Investments, at fair market
value:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Employer
securities
|
|
$ |
3,768,886 |
|
|
$ |
12,842,270 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Employer
contributions receivable
|
|
|
9,464 |
|
|
|
10,381 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
3,778,350 |
|
|
$ |
12,852,651 |
|
|
|
Year
ended December 31, 2008
|
|
Changes
in Net Assets:
|
|
|
|
Employer
contributions
|
|
$ |
806,170 |
|
Employee
contributions
|
|
|
220,397 |
|
Net
depreciation in fair value of investments
|
|
|
(8,443,369 |
) |
Loan
repayments
|
|
|
193,658 |
|
Benefit
payments
|
|
|
(857,986 |
) |
Loan
withdrawals
|
|
|
(105,807 |
) |
Administrative
expenses
|
|
|
(3,413 |
) |
Transfers
from participant directed investments, net
|
|
|
(171,173 |
) |
Fund-to-fund
transfers
|
|
|
(712,778 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
(9,074,301 |
) |
10.
|
COMMITMENTS
AND CONTINGENCIES
|
Securities Class Action
Settlement
Members of the “Settlement Class” in the
lawsuit identified as In re Dynegy Inc.
Securities Litigation,
Master File No. H-02-1571, have a Securities Class Action Settlement Account in
the Plan for receipt of settlement proceeds that was established in January
2007. In general, with certain exceptions, the
Settlement Class consists of participants in the Plan at any time from June 21,
2001, through July 22, 2002, who held Dynegy Illinois common stock in their Plan
Account during that period and who were not defendants in the
litigation.
Class action
suit
Lively et al. v. Dynegy Inc., et al.
In
January 2005, three DMG union employees who are participants in the Plan,
purporting to represent all DMG and IP employees who held Dynegy Inc. common
stock through the Plan during the period from February 2000 through the present,
filed a lawsuit in federal court in the Southern District of Illinois against
the Company, IP, DMG and several individual defendants. The complaint alleges
violations of ERISA in connection with the Plan, including claims that certain
former officers of the Company (who are past members of the Benefit Plans
Committee) breached their fiduciary duties to Plan participants and
beneficiaries in connection with the Plan’s investment in Dynegy Inc. common
stock—in particular with respect to the Company’s financial statements, Project
Alpha, round trip trades and gas price index reporting.
On
January 17, 2008, the parties executed a Class Action Settlement Agreement for
$17.9 million. On September 30, 2008, the Court granted final
approval of the Settlement Agreement. The funds were distributed to
individual plan participants in early 2009.
DOL
investigation
On July
24, 2002, the Plan Administrator received notification from the US Department of
Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration, of an investigation of the
Plan under ERISA Section 504. The investigation relates to the Plan
year ended December 31, 1998, and subsequent years, and to the recent class
action litigation involving the Plan. On January 9, 2009, the DOL
closed its investigation.
Auto-Enrollment
Effective
January 1, 2009, the Plan was amended to provide that, for eligible employees
hired on or after January 1, 2009, enrollment in the Plan is automatic after a
60-day opt-out period. If such an employee does not opt-out of
participation and does not make investment elections, the eligible employee will
be enrolled in the Vanguard Target Retirement Fund closest to his or her
expected retirement year (assuming a retirement age of 65) at a contribution
rate of 6% of eligible earnings per pay period effective the first
administratively feasible pay period after the 60-day opt-out
period. These contributions are made on a pre-tax basis; that is
before federal (and state, if applicable) income taxes are deducted from the
individual’s pay.
SUPPLEMENTAL
SCHEDULE
DYNEGY
MIDWEST GENERATION, INC.
401(k)
SAVINGS PLAN FOR EMPLOYEES
COVERED
UNDER A COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT
EIN:
74-2928353 PN:
006
Schedule
H, Line 4(i): - Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year)
As of
December 31, 2008
|
[a |
] |
|
|
[b |
] |
|
|
[c |
] |
|
|
[d |
] |
|
|
[e |
] |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Party-in-interest
|
|
|
Identity
of Issuer, Borrower, Lessor or Similar Party
|
|
|
Description
of Investment including Maturity Date, Rate of Interest, Collateral, Par
or Maturity Value
|
|
|
Cost
|
|
|
Current
Value
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
* |
|
|
Participant
Loans
|
|
|
Various
maturities and interest rates ranging from 5% - 9.5%
|
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
1,516,271 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
1,516,271 |
|
* A
party-in-interest to the Plan
SIGNATURE
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the trustee (or
other persons who administer the employee benefit plan) have duly caused this
annual report to be signed on its behalf of the undersigned hereunto duly
authorized.
Dynegy
Midwest Generation, Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan for Employees Covered Under a
Collective Bargaining Agreement
Date: June
22,
2009 By: /s/ JULIUS
COX
Julius
Cox
Designated
Member – Dynegy Inc.
Benefit
Plans Committee