(As filed July 16, 2001) File No. 70-9891 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 -------------------------------------------------------- FORM U-1/A Amendment No. 2 to APPLICATION OR DECLARATION UNDER THE PUBLIC UTILITY HOLDING COMPANY ACT OF 1935 --------------------------------------------------------- ALLIANT ENERGY CORPORATION ALLIANT ENERGY RESOURCES, INC. AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES 222 West Washington Avenue Madison, Wisconsin 53703 ALLIANT ENERGY INTEGRATED SERVICES COMPANY AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES ALLIANT ENERGY INVESTMENTS, INC. AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES ALLIANT ENERGY TRANSPORTATION, INC. AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES 200 First Street S.E. Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52401 WHITING PETROLEUM CORPORATION AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES Mile High Center, Suite 2300 1700 Broadway Denver, Colorado 80290-2300 (Names of companies filing this statement and addresses of principal executive offices) ----------------------------------------------------- ALLIANT ENERGY CORPORATION (Name of top registered holding company parent) ----------------------------------------------------- Edward M. Gleason, Vice President - Treasurer and Corporate Secretary Alliant Energy Corporation 222 West Washington Avenue Madison, Wisconsin 53703 (Name and address of agent for service) ----------------------------------------------------- The Commission is requested to send copies of all notices, orders and communications in connection with this Application or Declaration to: Barbara J. Swan, General Counsel William T. Baker, Jr., Esq. Alliant Energy Corporation Thelen Reid & Priest LLP 222 West Washington Avenue 40 West 57th Street Madison, Wisconsin 53703 New York, New York 10019 2 The Application or Declaration filed in this proceeding on May 18, 2001, as amended and restated in its entirety by Amendment No. 1, filed July 12, 2001, is hereby further amended as follows: 1. The following direct, wholly-owned, non-utility subsidiaries of AER, together with their direct and indirect subsidiaries, have been added as Applicants: Alliant Energy Integrated Services Company, Alliant Energy Investments, Inc., Alliant Energy Transportation, Inc. and Whiting Petroleum Corporation. 2. The first paragraph of Item 1.14 - Payment of Dividends Out of Capital ----------------------------------- and Unearned Surplus and Acquisition, Retirement or Redemption of Securities, is ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- amended to read as follows: "AER also proposes, on behalf of itself and each of its current and future non-exempt Non-Utility Subsidiaries that such companies be permitted to pay dividends out of capital and unearned surplus and/or acquire, retire, or redeem securities that AER or any Non-Utility Subsidiary has issued to any associate company, to the extent permitted under applicable corporate law and the terms of any applicable credit or security agreements." SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, as amended, the undersigned companies have duly caused this amended Application or Declaration filed herein to be signed on their behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized. ALLIANT ENERGY CORPORATION ALLIANT ENERGY RESOURCES, INC. By: /s/ Edward M. Gleason ----------------- Name: Edward M. Gleason Title: Vice President - Treasurer and Corporate Secretary ALLIANT ENERGY INTEGRATED SERVICES COMPANY ALLIANT ENERGY INVESTMENTS, INC. ALLIANT ENERGY TRANSPORTATION, INC. By: /s/ Edward M. Gleason ----------------- Name: Edward M. Gleason Title: Treasurer and Secretary WHITING PETROLEUM CORPORATION By: /s/ Edward M. Gleason ----------------- Name: Edward M. Gleason Title: Assistant Treasurer and Assistant Secretary Date: July 16, 2001 -2-