SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
FORM
6-K
Report of
Foreign Private Issuer
Pursuant
to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16 of
the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
For the
month of February 2010
Commission
File No. 1-31690
TransCanada
Corporation
(Translation
of Registrant's Name into English)
450
– 1 Street S.W., Calgary, Alberta, T2P 5H1, Canada
(Address
of Principal Executive Offices)
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by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under
cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F:
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S-T Rule 101(b)(1): ¨
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Exhibit
99.1 to this report, furnished on Form 6-K, is furnished, not filed, and will
not be incorporated by reference into any registration statement filed by the
registrant under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has
duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized.
Date:
February 25, 2010
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TRANSCANADA
CORPORATION
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By:
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/s/
G. Glenn Menuz
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G.
Glenn Menuz
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Vice-President
and Controller
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EXHIBIT
INDEX
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99.1
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A
copy of the registrant’s News Release dated February 25,
2010.
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Exhibit
99.1
NewsRelease
TransCanada
releases 2009 Annual Report to Shareholders
Disclosure
documents now available online
CALGARY,
Alberta – February
25, 2010 – TransCanada Corporation (TSX, NYSE: TRP) (TransCanada) today
announced that its 2009 Annual Report to shareholders, which contains the
Consolidated Financial Statements and accompanying notes for the year ended
December 31, 2009, as well as the related Management’s Discussion and Analysis
(MD&A), is now available online at www.transcanada.com.
TransCanada’s Annual Information Form and Form 40-F are also available on the
TransCanada website.
All of
the documents (other than the Form 40-F) have been filed with the relevant
securities regulators on the Canadian Securities Administrators’ website at
www.sedar.com
(SEDAR); the Form 40-F is posted on the EDGAR section of the U.S. Securities and
Exchange Commission’s website at www.sec.gov. Copies
of these documents are available in the Investor Centre section of the
TransCanada website at www.transcanada.com.
Any shareholder wishing to receive a paper copy of the Consolidated Financial
Statements may obtain one free of charge upon request by contacting
TransCanada’s Corporate Secretary at 1.800.661.3805.
Summary
year-end disclosure was provided on February 23, 2010 in the fourth quarter and
year-end news release.
The
Notice of Annual and Special Meeting of Shareholders and Management Proxy
Circular will be available on the TransCanada website and filed on SEDAR in
early March and will be mailed with the 2009 Annual Report to TransCanada’s
common shareholders beginning in late March, as
required. TransCanada’s Annual and Special Meeting of Shareholders
will be held at 10:00 a.m. (MDT) on April 30, 2010 at the BMO Centre (formerly
Roundup Centre), Calgary, Alberta.
TransCanada’s
wholly owned subsidiary, TransCanada PipeLines Limited (TCPL), intends to file
its annual disclosure documents with securities regulators in Canada and the
United States and post its documents online at www.transcanada.com
on Friday, February 26, 2010. The print version of TCPL’s
Consolidated Financial Statements and MD&A will be mailed to TCPL’s
preferred shareholders in late March, as required.
With more than 50 years’
experience, TransCanada is a leader in the responsible development and reliable
operation of North American energy infrastructure including natural gas and oil
pipelines, power generation and gas storage facilities. TransCanada’s network of
wholly owned natural gas pipelines extends more than 60,000 kilometres (37,000
miles), tapping into virtually all major gas supply basins in North America.
TransCanada is one of the continent’s largest providers of gas storage and
related services with approximately 380 billion cubic feet of storage capacity.
A growing independent power producer, TransCanada owns, or has interests in,
over 11,700 megawatts of power generation in Canada and the United States.
TransCanada is developing one of North America’s largest oil delivery systems.
TransCanada’s common shares trade on the Toronto and New York stock exchanges
under the symbol TRP. For more information visit: www.transcanada.com
Forward-Looking
Information
This news
release may contain certain information that is forward-looking and is subject
to important risks and uncertainties. The words "anticipate", "expect",
"believe", "may", "should", "estimate", "project", "outlook", "forecast" or
other similar words are used to identify such forward looking information.
Forward-looking statements in this document are intended to provide TransCanada
securityholders and potential investors with information regarding TransCanada
and its subsidiaries, including management’s assessment of TransCanada’s and its
subsidiaries’ future financial and operational plans and outlook.
Forward-looking statements in this document may include, among others,
statements regarding the anticipated business prospects and financial
performance of TransCanada and its subsidiaries, expectations or projections
about the future, strategies and goals for growth and expansion, expected and
future cash flows, costs, schedules, operating and financial results and
expected impact of future commitments and contingent liabilities. All
forward-looking statements reflect TransCanada's beliefs and assumptions based
on information available at the time the statements were made. Actual results or
events may differ from those predicted in these forward looking statements.
Factors that could cause actual results or events to differ materially from
current expectations include, among others, the ability of TransCanada to
successfully implement its strategic initiatives and whether such strategic
initiatives will yield the expected benefits, the operating performance of the
Company's pipeline and energy assets, the availability and price of energy
commodities, capacity payments, regulatory processes and decisions, changes in
environmental and other laws and regulations, competitive factors in the
pipeline and energy sectors, construction and completion of capital projects,
labour, equipment and material costs, access to capital markets, interest and
currency exchange rates, technological developments and economic conditions in
North America. By its nature, forward-looking information is subject to various
risks and uncertainties, which could cause TransCanada's actual results and
experience to differ materially from the anticipated results or expectations
expressed. Additional information on these and other factors is available in the
reports filed by TransCanada with Canadian securities regulators and with the
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Readers are cautioned to not
place undue reliance on this forward-looking information, which is given as of
the date it is expressed in this news release or otherwise, and to not use
future-oriented information or financial outlooks for anything other than their
intended purpose. TransCanada undertakes no obligation to update publicly or
revise any forward-looking information, whether as a result of new information,
future events or otherwise, except as required by law.
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