Empire District Electric Company (EDE)

Our Web Site

        We maintain a web site at www.empiredistrict.com. Our annual report on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, current reports on form 8-K and related amendments are available free of charge through our web site as soon as reasonably practicable after such reports are filed with or furnished to the SEC electronically. Our Corporate Governance Guidelines, our Code of Business Conduct and Ethics, our Code of Ethics for the Chief Executive Officer and Senior Financial Officers, the charters for our Audit Committee, Compensation Committee and Nominating/Corporate Governance Committee, our Procedures for Reporting Complaints on Accounting, Internal Accounting Controls and Auditing Matters, our Procedures for Communicating with Non-Management Directors and our Policy and Procedures with Respect to Related Person Transactions can also be found on our web site. All of these documents are available in print to any interested party who requests them. Our web site and the information contained in it and connected to it shall not be deemed incorporated by reference into this Form 10-K.

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Our Web Site

        We maintain a web site at www.empiredistrict.com. Our annual report on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, current
reports on form 8-K and related amendments are available free of charge through our web site as soon as reasonably practicable after such reports are filed with or furnished to the
SEC electronically. Our Corporate Governance Guidelines, our Code of Business Conduct and Ethics, our Code of Ethics for the Chief Executive Officer and Senior Financial Officers, the charters for our
Audit Committee, Compensation Committee and Nominating/Corporate Governance Committee, our Procedures for Reporting Complaints on Accounting, Internal Accounting Controls and Auditing Matters, our
Procedures for Communicating with Non-Management Directors and our Policy and Procedures with Respect to Related Person Transactions can also be found on our web site. All of these
documents are available in print to any interested party who requests them. Our web site and the information contained in it and connected to it shall not be deemed incorporated by reference into this
Form 10-K.

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