Filed
Pursuant to Rule 424(b)(2)
Registration
No. 333-141899
Prospectus
Supplement
(To
Prospectus Supplement Dated August 24, 2007 and Prospectus Dated
April 5, 2007)
WESTAR
ENERGY, INC.
COMMON
STOCK
Pursuant
to a Sales Agency Financing Agreement dated as of August 24, 2007 between
Westar Energy, Inc., a Kansas corporation (the “Company”) and BNY Mellon
Capital Markets, LLC, a registered broker-dealer organized under the laws of New
York (“BNYMCM”), which has been filed as an exhibit to our report on Form 8-K
with the Securities Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on August 24, 2007, and
which is incorporated by reference herein, during the period August 24,
2007 through February 5, 2010, we sold, through BNYMCM, as our agent, an
aggregate of 3,090,078 shares of our common stock, par value $5.00 per share
(the “Common Stock”), pursuant to ordinary brokers’ transactions on the New York
Stock Exchange (the “NYSE”).
|
|
|
August 24,
2007–
February 5
2010
|
|
|
Gross
Proceeds to Company
|
|
$ |
71,921,847 |
|
|
Commission
to Agent
|
|
|
719,068 |
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Net
Proceeds to Company
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|
$ |
71,202,779 |
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On
February 5, 2010 the last reported sales price of the Common Stock on the
NYSE was $20.94.
Note: SEC
fees were not used in arriving at any of the above figures.
Neither
the SEC nor any state securities regulators or other regulatory bodies have
approved or disapproved of these securities, or determined if this prospectus
supplement is truthful or complete. Any representation to the contrary is a
criminal offense.
BNY
Mellon Capital Markets, LLC
The
date of this prospectus supplement is February 26, 2010.