The company is proud to offer personalized service to our individual shareholders through our Shareholder Services department. We are the transfer agent for Western Resources common and preferred stock. Shareholder Services provides information and assistance to shareholders, including:

Dividend Payments

• Paid on the first business day of January, April, July and October

Direct Deposit of Dividends

Transfer of Shares

Lost Stock Certificates

Direct Stock Purchase Plan

• Become a shareholder by making an initial payment of $250 or more.
  
• Reinvest all or part of your dividends.
  
• Buy additional shares by making optional cash payments by check or monthly electronic withdrawal from your bank account.
  
• Deposit your stock certificates into the plan for safekeeping.
  
• Sell shares.

Please contact us in writing to request elimination of duplicate mailings because of stock registered in more than one way. Mailing of annual reports can be eliminated by marking your proxy card to consent to accessing reports electronically on the Internet.

Please visit our website at www.wr.com. Registered shareholders can easily access their account information online by going to Financial Info and clicking on My Shareholder Information.

CONTACTING
SHAREHOLDER SERVICES:

Telephone:
Toll-free number:
(800) 527-2495

In the Topeka area:
(785) 575-6394

Fax:
(785) 575-1796

Address:
Western Resources, Inc.
Shareholder Services
P.O. Box 750320
Topeka, KS 66675-0320

E-mail Address:
sharsvcs@wr.com

Please include a daytime telephone number in all correspondence.

CO-TRANSFER AGENT

Continental Stock Transfer
& Trust Company
2 Broadway, 19th Floor
New York, NY 10004

CONTACTING
INVESTOR RELATIONS:

Telephone: (785) 575-8424
Fax: (785) 575-1774

Address:
Carl A. Ricketts
Vice President, Investor Relations
P.O. Box 889
Topeka, KS 66601-0889

E-mail Address:
investrel@wr.com

Copies of the Form 10-K Annual Report to the Securities and Exchange Commission and other published reports can be obtained without charge by contacting Investor Relations at the above address or by accessing the company’s home page on the Internet at www.wr.com.

TRUSTEE FOR BONDS

Principal Trustee, Paying Agent and Registrar

Harris Trust and Savings Bank
c/o BNY Midwest Trust Company
2 North LaSalle Street, Suite 1020
Chicago, IL 60602
(800) 548-5075

CORPORATE INFORMATION

Corporate Addresses

Western Resources, Inc.
818 South Kansas Avenue
Topeka, KS 66612-1203
(785) 575-6300
www.wr.com

Protection One, Inc.
818 South Kansas Avenue
Topeka, KS 66612-1203
(785) 575-6300
www.protectionone.com

ONEOK, Inc.
100 West 5th Street
P.O. Box 871
Tulsa, OK 74102-0871
www.oneok.com

Common Stock Listing

Ticker Symbol
(NYSE): WR

Daily Stock Table Listing:
WstnRes