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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 11-K

þ ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2004

OR

o TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Commission File Number 1-16169

EXELON CORPORATION EMPLOYEE SAVINGS PLAN
(Full title of the Plan)

EXELON CORPORATION

(a Pennsylvania Corporation)
10 South Dearborn Street – 37th Floor
P.O. Box 805379
Chicago, Illinois 60680-5379
(312) 394-7398

(Name of the issuer of the securities held pursuant to
the Plan and the address of its principal executive offices)

 
 

 


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INDEX TO FORM 11-K

                 
            Page No.
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm     1  
 
               
Financial Statements:        
 
               
    Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits as of December 31, 2004 and 2003     2  
 
               
    Statement of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits for the Year Ended December 31, 2004     3  
 
               
Notes to Financial Statements     4  
 
               
Supplemental Schedule:        
 
               
    Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year) as of December 31, 2004, Schedule H, Part IV, Item 4i of Form 5500     14  
 
               
 
  Note:   All other schedules of additional information required by the        
 
      Department of Labor’s Rules and Regulations for Reporting and        
 
      Disclosure under ERISA have been omitted because they are not        
 
      applicable.        
 
               
Exhibit Index     16  
 
               
Signatures     17  
 
               
Exhibits     18  
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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

To the Exelon Corporation
   Employee Savings Plan Committee

We have audited the accompanying statements of net assets available for benefits of the Exelon Corporation Employee Savings Plan (the “Plan”) as of December 31, 2004 and 2003, and the related statement of changes in net assets available for benefits for the year ended December 31, 2004. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Plan’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits.

We conducted our audits in accordance with auditing standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audits to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the net assets available for benefits of the Plan as of December 31, 2004 and 2003, and the changes in net assets available for benefits for the year ended December 31, 2004, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

Our audits were made for the purpose of forming an opinion on the basic financial statements taken as a whole. The supplemental schedule of assets (held at end of year) as of December 31, 2004, is presented for purposes of additional analysis and is not a required part of the basic financial statements but is supplementary information required by the Department of Labor’s Rules and Regulations for Reporting and Disclosure under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended. This supplemental schedule is the responsibility of the Plan’s management. The supplemental schedule has been subjected to the auditing procedures applied in the audits of the basic financial statements and, in our opinion, is fairly stated, in all material respects, in relation to the basic financial statements taken as a whole.

WASHINGTON, PITTMAN & McKEEVER, LLC

Chicago, Illinois
June 13, 2005

 


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STATEMENTS OF NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR BENEFITS

AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2004 AND 2003

                 
    2004     2003  
ASSETS
               
 
               
INVESTMENTS
               
Investments at Current Value:
               
Exelon Corporation Common Stock
  $ 221,756,009     $ 143,161,613  
Registered Investment Companies
    1,638,464,485       1,521,547,024  
Short-term and Collective Investment Trust Funds
    937,505,730       700,470,293  
Participant Loans
    65,710,949       60,979,282  
 
           
 
    2,863,437,173       2,426,158,212  
Investment Contracts at Contract Value
    3,616,223       23,071,802  
 
           
Total Investments
    2,867,053,396       2,449,230,014  
 
           
 
               
CASH
    282,926       911,785  
 
               
RECEIVABLES:
               
Accrued Dividends and Interest
    5,254       695  
Accrued Employee Contributions
    3,120,263       2,011,408  
Accrued Employer Contributions
    1,654,597       1,096,143  
Due from Broker for Securities Sold
          1,299,881  
Other Receivables
    413,112        
 
           
 
               
Total Receivables
    5,193,226       4,408,127  
 
           
 
               
TOTAL ASSETS
    2,872,529,548       2,454,549,926  
 
           
 
               
LIABILITIES
               
 
               
Due to Broker for Securities Purchased
    1,867,484        
Accrued Administrative Expenses and Other Liabilities
    1,117,792       1,166,059  
 
           
 
               
TOTAL LIABILITIES
    2,985,276       1,166,059  
 
           
 
               
NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR BENEFITS
  $ 2,869,544,272     $ 2,453,383,867  
 
           

The accompanying Notes are an integral part of the Financial Statements.

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STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR BENEFITS

FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2004

         
    2004  
ADDITIONS TO NET ASSETS ATTRIBUTABLE TO:
       
 
       
INVESTMENT INCOME:
       
Dividends on Exelon Corporation Common Stock
  $ 5,934,884  
Income from Registered Investment Companies and Collective Investment Trust Funds
    54,008,634  
Income from Participant Loans
    3,924,041  
Net Appreciation of Investments
    259,323,972  
 
     
 
       
Total Investment Income
    323,191,531  
 
     
 
       
CONTRIBUTIONS:
       
Participants
    109,589,163  
Employers
    56,369,219  
Rollovers
    3,762,292  
 
     
 
       
Total Contributions
    169,720,674  
 
     
 
       
TOTAL ADDITIONS
    492,912,205  
 
     
 
       
DEDUCTIONS FROM NET ASSETS ATTRIBUTABLE TO:
       
 
       
WITHDRAWALS BY PARTICIPANTS
    168,824,054  
DIVIDEND DISTRIBUTIONS
    5,934,884  
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES
    1,222,772  
 
     
 
       
TOTAL DEDUCTIONS
    175,981,710  
 
     
 
       
NET INCREASE BEFORE TRANSFERS
    316,930,495  
NET ASSETS TRANSFERRED FROM OTHER PLANS
    99,229,910  
 
     
NET INCREASE AFTER TRANSFERS
    416,160,405  
 
       
NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR BENEFITS:
       
 
       
BEGINNING OF YEAR
    2,453,383,867  
 
     
 
       
END OF YEAR
  $ 2,869,544,272  
 
     

The accompanying Notes are an integral part of the Financial Statements.

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(1) Description of Plan. The following description of the Exelon Corporation Employee Savings Plan (the “Plan”) is provided for general information purposes only. The official text of the Plan, as amended, should be read for more complete information.

     a. General. The Plan was established by Commonwealth Edison Company, effective March 1, 1983, to provide a systematic savings program for eligible employees and to supplement such savings with employer contributions. On March 30, 2001 the Commonwealth Edison Employee Savings and Investment Plan was combined with the PECO Energy Company Employee Savings Plan to become the Exelon Corporation Employee Savings Plan. The Plan is subject to the provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”), and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”).

     The Plan provides that any regular employee of Exelon Corporation (the “Corporation”) and any other affiliated company that adopts the Plan (the “Companies”) with the consent of the Corporation is eligible to elect to participate in the Plan. There were 25,296 and 25,805 participants in the Plan at December 31, 2004 and 2003, respectively.

     The Corporation is the sponsor of the Plan. The Corporation’s director of employee benefit plans and programs is the administrator of the Plan (“Plan Administrator”). The Plan Administrator has the responsibility for day-to-day administration of the Plan. An investment committee (“Investment Committee”) appointed by the Governance Committee of the Corporation’s board of directors is responsible for the selection and retention of the Plan’s investment options and any investment manager which may be appointed under the Exelon Corporation Employee Savings Plan trust (the “Trust’). Fidelity Management Trust Company is the Plan trustee (“Trustee”) and Fidelity Investments Institutional Operations Company, Inc. is the Plan recordkeeper.

     b. Contributions. The Plan permits salaried and non-union hourly employees to contribute between 1% and 20% of their normal base pay each pay period on a pre-tax basis, an after-tax basis or a combination of the two. For Exelon subsidiaries that have adopted the Plan on behalf of their salaried and non-union hourly employees, the Companies match contributions at a rate of 100% of the first 5% of contributions (whether pre-tax or after-tax).

     The Plan permits employees represented by IBEW Local 15 to contribute between 1% and 15% of the sum of their normal base pay plus certain overtime on a pre-tax basis and between 1% and 10% on an after-tax basis. Although the Plan permits contributions of up to 15% of base pay on a pre-tax basis and up to 10% of base pay on an after-tax basis, the combined maximum employee contributions may not exceed 20%. For subsidiaries of the Corporation that have adopted the Plan on behalf of their IBEW Local 15 employees, the Companies match contributions at a rate of 100% of the first 2% contributed, 84% of the following 1% contributed, 83% of the following 2% contributed and 25% of the following 1% contributed.

     The Plan permits employees represented by Utility Workers Local 369 (“Local 369”) to contribute between 1% and 20% of their normal base pay and scheduled overtime pay for each pay period on a pre-tax basis, after tax basis or combination of the two. For Exelon subsidiaries that have adopted the Plan, the Company match contribution for employees represented by Local 369 is 100% of the first 3% of pre-tax contributions if the employee has more than 12 months of service.

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No company match is provided during the first six months of service and the match is 50% of the first 3% of pre-tax contributions between 6 months of service and 12 months of service.

     Effective August 1, 2002, during any calendar year in which a participant attains age 50 or older, he or she may elect to make additional pre-tax contributions, called “catch-up” contributions to the Plan. In order to be eligible to make catch-up contributions, the participant must anticipate that his or her pre-tax contributions to the Plan will reach the applicable annual Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) limit on that type of contribution or be contributing at the maximum base pay level.

     c. Investment Options. The Plan investments are fully participant directed. The investment options provided under the Plan are described as follows:

     The Exelon Corporation Stock Fund is required to be invested in Exelon Corporation common stock, except for short-term investments necessary to meet the Plan’s liquidity needs. The actual amount of short-term investments on any given business day will vary with the amount of cash awaiting investment and participant activity of the fund (contributions, redemptions, exchanges and withdrawals).

     The UBS Diversified Fund — Class A is a global balanced asset allocation collective fund. The fund is a broadly diversified portfolio of stocks, bonds, real estate and private market investments in the United States and a broad range of other countries, including a small allocation in emerging markets. The fund is invested in the Multi-Asset Portfolio offered through UBS Global Asset Management Trust Company and UBS Global Asset Management. The fund is actively managed within an asset allocation framework that encompasses the full range of market, currency and security exposures within the world capital markets.

     The Managed Income Fund is a fund that is a combination of Fidelity’s Managed Income Portfolio II (“MIP II”) and investment contracts previously purchased by the Plan. The MIP II is managed by the Trustee. The MIP II invests in investment contracts offered by major insurance companies and other approved financial institutions and in certain types of fixed income securities. A small portion of MIP II is invested in a money market fund to provide daily liquidity. Other investment contracts (“wrap contracts”) are purchased in conjunction with an investment in MIP II in fixed income securities, which may include United States treasury bonds, corporate bonds, mortgage-backed securities and bond funds.

     The Fidelity Magellan Fund is a mutual fund invested primarily in a diversified portfolio of common and preferred stocks of all types of domestic and foreign companies.

     The Fidelity Growth Company Fund is a mutual fund invested primarily in common stock of companies with earnings or gross sales that indicate the possibility for above-average growth. These may be companies of any size and may include newly established companies and less well-known companies in emerging areas of the economy.

     The Fidelity Low-Priced Stock Fund is a growth mutual fund. It seeks capital appreciation and invests mainly in U.S. and foreign low-priced stocks that may be undervalued, overlooked or out of favor. Generally, “low-priced” is considered $35 or less at time of purchase. These often are stocks of smaller, less well-known companies. This fund has a redemption fee of 1.5% on shares held less than 90 days. The fund was closed to new investors on July 30, 2004.

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     The Fidelity Dividend Growth Fund is a growth mutual fund which seeks capital growth. This fund looks for growth opportunities in companies that have the potential for increasing their dividends or for commencing dividend payouts, if none are currently paid. This fund invests mainly in common and preferred stocks and securities convertible into common stocks.

     The Fidelity Freedom Funds are asset allocation funds that invest in a collection of other Fidelity mutual funds. Each Freedom Fund invests in a combination of underlying Fidelity stock, bond and money market mutual funds. The allocation strategy among the underlying stock, bond and money market mutual funds contained in each Freedom Fund with a target retirement date is based on the number of years until a participant’s retirement. For the funds with a target retirement date, the mix of underlying funds will gradually become more conservative over time.

     The Fidelity Freedom Income Fund seeks high current income and, as a secondary objective, some capital appreciation for those already in retirement. It invests approximately 20% in Fidelity stock mutual funds, approximately 40% in Fidelity bond mutual funds and approximately 40% in Fidelity money market mutual funds.

     The Fidelity Freedom 2000 Fund seeks high total returns for those who retired around 2000. It initially invests approximately 22% in Fidelity stock mutual funds, approximately 39% in Fidelity bond mutual funds and approximately 39% in Fidelity money market mutual funds.

     The Fidelity Freedom 2010 Fund seeks high total returns for those planning to retire around 2010. It initially invests approximately 45% in Fidelity stock mutual funds, approximately 45% in Fidelity bond mutual funds and approximately 10% in Fidelity money market mutual funds.

     The Fidelity Freedom 2020 Fund seeks high total returns for those planning to retire around 2020. It initially invests approximately 69% in Fidelity stock mutual funds and approximately 31% in Fidelity bond mutual funds.

     The Fidelity Freedom 2030 Fund seeks high total returns for those planning to retire around 2030. It initially invests approximately 82% in Fidelity stock mutual funds and approximately 18% in Fidelity bond mutual funds.

     The Fidelity Freedom 2040 Fund seeks high total returns for those planning to retire around 2040. It initially invests approximately 87% in Fidelity stock mutual funds and approximately 13% in Fidelity bond mutual funds.

     The Fidelity Contrafund is a growth mutual fund that seeks to provide capital appreciation. The fund invests primarily in common stocks of domestic and foreign issuers. The fund invests in securities of companies whose value the manager believes is not fully recognized by the public.

     The Morgan Stanley Institutional Fund, Inc.-International Equity Portfolio-Class A is a growth-oriented mutual fund that invests in stocks of companies domiciled outside the U.S. It tries to increase the value of investments over the long term through growth of capital by investing primarily in equity securities of companies domiciled in developed markets outside of the United States.

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     The Legg Mason Value Trust Institutional Class Fund is a large-cap equity mutual fund which uses the value approach to investing. This fund invests in stocks that the advisor believes are undervalued and, therefore, offer above-average potential for capital appreciation.

     The PIMCO Total Return Fund (Institutional Class) is an income mutual fund with the goal to provide a high total return that exceeds general bond market indices. The fund invests in all types of bonds, including U.S. government, corporate, mortgage and foreign. While the fund maintains an average portfolio duration of three to six years (approximately equal to an average maturity of five to twelve years), investments may also include short- and long-maturity bonds.

     The T. Rowe Price Capital Appreciation Fund is a growth mutual fund that seeks to maximize long-term capital appreciation by investing primarily in equities. The fund invests primarily in common stocks and the fund may hold fixed income and other securities to help preserve principal value in uncertain declining markets. The fund invests primarily in the common stocks of established U.S. companies believed to have above-average potential for capital growth.

     The T. Rowe Price High Yield Fund is an income mutual fund with the goal to provide high current income and, secondarily, capital appreciation. The fund normally invests at least 80% of its total assets in a diversified portfolio of high-yield corporate, or “junk” bonds, income producing convertible securities and preferred stocks. The dollar-weighted average maturity generally is expected to be in the 6 to 10 year range.

     The BGI Money Market Fund Class I is a collective investment fund managed by Barclays’ Global Investors, N.A. that invests in short-term debt securities with high credit ratings known as money market instruments. These securities are issued by U.S. and foreign corporations, governments, banks and U.S. agencies such as Federal National Mortgage Association and the Student Loan Marketing Association. These investments are considered low risk due to the financial strength of the issuers and the short-term maturity of the investments.

     The BGI Extended Equity Market Fund Class K is a fund managed by Barclays’ Global Investors, N.A. that invests in small and mid-sized U.S. stocks. The fund invests in stocks that comprise the BGI Extended Market Index (“Index”). The fund will invest in these types of investments in approximately the same proportion as the Index. The Index is an unmanaged, market capitalization weighted index of approximately 6,500 U.S. equity securities. It includes most of the stocks in the Wilshire 5000 except for those included in the S&P 500.

     The BGI Equity Index Fund Class T is a growth and income commingled fund managed by Barclays’ Global Investors, N.A. The fund invests primarily in the broadly diversified common stocks of the 500 companies that make up the S&P 500. The fund holds each stock in the same proportion in which it is represented in the index, which means it is weighted by stock price times shares outstanding. Stocks are selected based on the composition of the index rather than according to subjective opinions about individual companies or industries.

     The BGI EAFE Equity Index Fund Class K is a fund managed by Barclays’ Global Investors, N.A, that invests in stocks that comprise the Morgan Stanley Capital International EAFE (Europe, Australasia, Far East) Index. The fund will invest in these types of investments in approximately the same proportion as the EAFE Index. The EAFE Index is an unmanaged index representing over 1,000 companies within 20 developed countries.

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     BGI U.S. Debt Index Fund Class K is a fund managed by Barclays’ Global Investors, N.A that invests in bonds within the U.S. The fund invests in investment-grade securities with maturities of at least one year, including U.S. Treasury and U.S. agency securities, corporate bonds, asset-backed and mortgage-backed securities. The fund will invest in these types of investments in approximately the same proportion as the Lehman Brothers Aggregate Bond Index. This index is a broad unmanaged index that measures the aggregate performance of the U.S. market for investment-grade bonds.

     A decision has been made by the Investment Committee to discontinue the BGI Money Market Fund as a plan option effective May 31, 2005. This decision has been communicated to participants of the Plan.

     A decision has been made by the Investment Committee to add two new funds, the Pennsylvania Mutual Fund and the American Beacon Large Cap Value Fund. These funds will be added to the Plan effective June 1, 2005. This decision has been communicated to participants of the Plan.

     A decision has been made by the Investment Committee to replace the Fidelity Freedom Funds with the Vanguard Target Retirement Funds effective May 31, 2005. This decision has been communicated to participants of the Plan.

     d. Discontinued Funds. The Fidelity Magellan Fund was discontinued as of December 31, 2004. The assets were transferred to the various funds described above.

     e. Participant Loans. A participant may, upon application, borrow from the Plan. Only one loan is permitted to a participant in any calendar year (with a maximum of five loans outstanding at any time) and the loan shall not be less than $1,000. The aggregate amount of all outstanding loans may not exceed the lesser of (i) 50% of a participant’s vested balance in the Plan or (ii) $50,000 minus the excess of the highest outstanding balance of all loans from the Plan to the participant during the previous 12-month period over the outstanding balance of all loans from the Plan to the participant on the day the loan is made. For a general purpose loan, the maximum period is five years. For a home loan the maximum term is fifteen years and the minimum is five years. The interest rate on all loans is the prime rate for commercial loans plus 1%. No lump-sum or installment distribution from the Plan will be made to a participant who has received a loan, or to a beneficiary of any such participant, until the loan, including interest, has been repaid out of the funds otherwise distributable.

     f. Vesting of Participants’ Accounts. A participant’s accounts are fully vested at all times.

     g. Withdrawals by Participants While Employed. A participant may withdraw up to the entire balance of the participant’s after-tax contributions account once each calendar year. After making such a withdrawal, the participant must wait six months before making a new election to resume contributions to the Plan. A participant may also withdraw up to an amount equal to the balance in his or her rollover account.

     A participant may make withdrawals from the participant’s before-tax contributions, but only if the participant has attained age 59 1/2 or, prior to that age, only in an amount required to alleviate financial hardship as defined in the Code and regulations there under. Financial hardship

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withdrawals from a before-tax contributions account suspend the participant’s right to make contributions to the Plan for six months.

     While any loan to the participant remains outstanding, the amount available for withdrawal shall be the balance in such account less the balance of all outstanding loans.

     h. Distributions upon Termination of Employment. Upon termination of employment, retirement, total disability or death of a participant, distribution of the balances of the participant’s after-tax contributions account, before-tax contributions account, rollover account and employer matching contributions account is made to the participant or, in the event of the participant’s death, to the participant’s designated beneficiary or beneficiaries. Such distribution will be made, as elected by the participant, in the form of either a lump-sum payment or in substantially equal annual installments over a period not exceeding the lesser of 15 years or the life expectancy of the participant or beneficiary, as the case may be. A participant may elect to defer distributions until age 70-1/2. If the value of a participant’s account is greater than $5,000 (beginning March 28, 2005, the $5,000 is reduced to $1,000), the participant can leave his or her account in the plan. Distributions will be taxed as ordinary income in the year withdrawn and may also be subject to an early withdrawal penalty if taken before age 59-1/2, unless eligible rollover distributions are rolled over to another qualified plan or an Individual Retirement Account (“IRA”). A 20% mandatory federal income tax withholding applies to withdrawals that are eligible for rollover, but which are not directly rolled over to another qualified plan or an IRA.

     i. Administrative Expenses. A participant’s account balance will be charged with a proportionate share of the general expenses of administering the Plan. The account balance will also be charged with a proportionate share of any applicable fees and expenses attributable to the investment funds in which the account is invested.

There are currently no account maintenance fees. However, participants are charged fund management fees. These fees are generally reflected as a reduction to the gross earnings of the investment options before the allocation of those earnings to the participants’ accounts in each of the funds. With respect to the Exelon Corporation Stock Fund and the UBS Diversified Fund, the fund management fees are allocated proportionately to the participant accounts that are invested in these funds and subtracted from each participant’s account rather than being reflected as a reduction to the gross earnings for these funds.

Certain other fees or expenses may be charged directly to a participant’s account based on certain Plan transactions. These fees and expenses may include: loan initiation and maintenance fees, redemption fees imposed under funds that have short-term trading limits, the expense related to a Qualified Domestic Relations Order (QDRO) and the cost of participant requested expedited mailing of loans or withdrawals.

     j. Participant Accounts. Each participant’s account is credited with the participant’s contribution and allocations of (a) the Companies’ contribution and (b) Plan earnings, and charged with an allocation of administrative expenses. Allocations are based on participant elections or account balances, as defined. The benefit to which a participant is entitled is the benefit that can be provided from the participant’s vested account.

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     k. Employee Stock Ownership Plan. If a participant invests any portion of his or her account in the Exelon Corporation Stock Fund and is eligible to receive dividend distributions from the Plan, then effective January 1, 2002, the participant is deemed to have elected to have the dividends reinvested in the Exelon Corporation Stock fund. If the participant prefers to receive any such dividends in cash, he or she can so elect by contacting the Plan recordkeeper. Dividends distributed to the participant in cash from the Plan are subject to income tax as a dividend, and affected participants will receive a IRS Form 1099DIV for the dividends in the year following receipt (Form 1099R if the participant takes a full distribution of his or her Plan account).

     l. Reclassifications. Certain 2003 amounts have been reclassified to conform to the 2004 presentation. These reclassifications have no effect on the net assets available for benefits as of December 31, 2003.

(2) Summary of Significant Accounting Policies. The significant accounting policies followed by the Plan are as follows:

     a. General. The Plan follows the accrual method of accounting for recording contributions from participants and employers, income from investments, purchases and sales of investments, and administrative expenses. Benefits are recorded when paid.

     b. Use of Estimates. The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires the plan administrator to make estimates and assumptions that affect certain reported amounts and disclosures. Accordingly, actual results may differ from those estimates.

     c. Investment Valuation and Income Recognition. The Plan presents in the statement of changes in net assets available for benefits the net appreciation in the fair value of its investments which consists of the realized gain (loss) on the sale of securities and the unrealized appreciation (depreciation) in the fair value of investments.

     Guaranteed investment contracts are fully benefit responsive and are reported at contract value, which is cost plus accrued interest; for synthetic investment contracts, contract value is equal to the fair value of the collateral plus the benefit responsive wrap value.

     Investments in Exelon Corporation Common Stock are valued at the closing sales price as reported on New York Stock Exchange.

     Short-term investments held by various institutional funds of the UBS Global Asset Management Trust Company are stated at cost which approximates current value. Investments in certain of the various funds that make up the UBS Multi-Asset Portfolio are valued at the latest reported sale price on the valuation date used for securities traded on United States and foreign stock exchanges. Investments valued in foreign currencies are converted into U.S. dollars based on quoted foreign exchange rates on that date and are valued at the latest quoted bid price or at estimated current value as determined by the fund trustee.

     Investments of registered securities are valued at the last sale price or, if no sale price is available, at the closing bid price. Short-term securities maturing within sixty days of their purchase date are valued at amortized cost or original cost plus accrued interest, both of which approximate current value.

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     Participant loans are valued at cost, which approximates fair value.

     Purchase and sales of securities are recorded on a trade-date basis. Interest income is recorded on the accrual basis. Dividends are recorded on the ex-dividend date.

(3) Net Appreciation of Investments. During 2004, the Plan’s investments (including gains and losses on investments bought and sold, as well as held during the year) appreciated in value as follows:

         
    2004  
Exelon Corporation Common Stock
  $ 57,493,220  
Registered Investment Companies
    157,824,777  
Collective Investment Trust Funds
    44,005,975  
 
     
 
       
 
  $ 259,323,972  
 
     

(4) Investments. The current values of the Plan’s investments at December 31, 2004 and 2003, which represent 5% or more of the Plan’s net assets, are summarized as follows:

                 
    2004     2003  
Fidelity Managed Income Portfolio II
  $ 335,647,237     $ 300,752,415  
UBS Diversified Fund — Class A
    218,240,288       194,981,484  
Exelon Corporation Common Stock
    221,756,009       143,161,613  
Fidelity Magellan Fund
          183,297,372  
Fidelity Growth Company Fund
    299,469,869       276,686,964  
BGI Equity Index T Fund
    297,486,075       142,983,724  
Fidelity Dividend Growth Fund
    148,144,490       141,585,850  
Legg Mason Value Trust Institutional Class
    326,043,925       289,137,889  
Fidelity Contrafund
    226,468,240       167,393,817  
Fidelity Low Price Stock Fund*
    183,043,220       108,001,548  
 
*-   The Fidelity Low Price Stock Fund asset balance as of December 31, 2003 was less than 5% of the Plan assets; however it is included in this table because the December 31, 2004 balance is greater than 5% of Plan assets as of December 31, 2004.

(5) Investment Contracts. Prior to 2004, the Plan entered into several benefit-responsive investment contracts with various insurance companies and other financial institutions. The contract providers maintain the contributions in a general account. Some investment contracts are purchased in conjunction with the investment by the Plan in fixed-income securities. Investment contracts provide for the payment of a specified rate of interest. The account is credited with earnings at the specified rate and charged for participant withdrawals and administrative expenses.

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EXELON CORPORATION EMPLOYEE SAVINGS PLAN

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)

The contracts are included in the financial statements at contract value, as reported to the Plan by the contract providers. Contract value represents contributions made under the contract, plus earnings, less participant withdrawals and administrative expenses. Plan participants may ordinarily direct the withdrawal or transfer of all or a portion of their investment at contract value.

     There are no reserves against contract value for credit risk of the contract issuer. The weighted average yield for all such contracts were approximately 4.1 percent and 5.0 percent for 2004 and 2003, respectively. The crediting interest rate generally cannot be less than the contract rate. The fair market value of the investment contracts as of December 31, 2004 was $3,670,856 and $23,603,928 as of December 31, 2003.

(6) Investments in Derivative Financial Instruments. The UBS Multi-Asset Portfolio Fund and some of the funds in which it invests participate in various equity index futures contracts and foreign currency contracts. The assets of this fund are invested as follows: 51% equities, 22% bonds, 10% real estate, 11% derivatives and 6% venture capital. A futures contract is an agreement involving the delivery of a particular asset on a specified future date at an agreed upon price. Risks of entering into futures contracts include the possibility that there may be an illiquid market and that changes in the value of the contracts may not correlate with changes in the value of the underlying securities. Open futures contracts are valued at the settlement price established each day on the exchange on which they are traded. These contracts are marked to market daily with the resulting gain or loss included in the net realized gain or loss from futures contracts.

     A forward foreign exchange contract is a commitment to purchase or sell a foreign currency at a future date at a negotiated forward rate. Risks associated with such contracts include movement in the value of the foreign currency relative to the U.S. dollar and the ability of the counterparty to perform. The contracts are valued at foreign exchange rates and the changes in value of open contracts are recognized as unrealized appreciation/depreciation. The realized gain or loss on forward currency contracts represents the difference between the value of the original contracts and the closing value of such contracts.

     Similarly, some or all of the Fidelity funds, the Morgan Stanley International Equity Portfolio and the BGI EAFE Equity Index Fund-Class K may use (1) foreign currency contracts to facilitate transactions in foreign securities and to manage the fund’s currency exposure and (2) futures and options contracts to manage its exposure to the stock and bond markets and to fluctuations in the interest rates and currency values. Such funds also may invest in indexed securities whose values are linked either directly or inversely to changes in foreign currencies, interest rates, commodities, indices, or other underlying instruments.

(7) Risks and Uncertainties. The Plan provides for various investment options in several investment securities and instruments, including common stock of Exelon Corporation. Investment securities are exposed to various risks, such as interest, market and credit risk. Due to the level of risks associated with certain investment securities and the level of uncertainty related to changes in the value of investment securities, it is at least reasonably possible that changes in risks and values in the near term would materially affect participants’ account balances and the amounts reported in the statement of net assets available for benefits and the statement of changes in net assets available for benefits. No collateral or other security is required by the Trustee to collateralize these financial statements.

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EXELON CORPORATION EMPLOYEE SAVINGS PLAN

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONCLUDED)

(8) Income Tax Status. The Plan obtained its latest determination letter on June 1, 2004 in which the Internal Revenue Service stated that the Plan, as then designed, was in compliance with the applicable requirements of the Internal Revenue Code. The Plan is qualified under Section 401(a) and 401(k) of the Code. The Plan has been amended since receiving the determination letter. However, the Plan Administrator and the Plan’s tax counsel believe that the Plan is currently designed and being operated in compliance with the applicable requirements of the Internal Revenue Code. Therefore, they believe that the Plan was qualified and the related trust was tax-exempt as of the financial statement date.

(9) Plan Termination. The Plan may be amended, modified or terminated by the Corporation at any time, subject to certain rights of participants under the Plan. The Plan may also be terminated if the Plan is disqualified by the IRS. Termination of the Plan with respect to a participating employer may occur if there is no successor employer in the event of dissolution, merger, consolidation or reorganization of such employer company. In the event of full or partial termination of the Plan, assets of affected participants of the terminating employer or employers shall remain 100% vested and distributable at fair market value in the form of cash, securities or annuity contracts, in accordance with the provisions of the Plan. The Corporation has no current intentions of terminating the Plan.

(10) Related Party Transactions. Investment options in the Plan include mutual funds managed by the Trustee. Also, the Plan holds shares of Exelon Corporation common stock. These transactions qualify as exempt party-in-interest transactions. There have been no known prohibited transactions with a party-in-interest.

(11) Plan Mergers. Effective February 25, 2004, the net assets ($97,922,283) of the AmerGen Employee Savings Plan for TMI and Oyster Creek Non-Bargaining Employees and the AmerGen Employee Savings Plan for Clinton Non-Bargaining Employees were merged into the Plan. Effective November 2, 2004, the net assets ($1,307,627) of the Exelon New England Union Retirement 401(k) Plan were merged in the Plan.

(12) Subsequent Events. Effective January 24, 2005, the Risk Oversight Committee of the Exelon board of directors was substituted for the Governance Committee as the party that appoints the Plan’s investment committee.

Effective March 28, 2005, terminated participants whose account balances are greater than $1,000 may leave their accounts in the Plan.

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SCHEDULE OF ASSETS (HELD AT END OF YEAR)
AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2004
Schedule H, Part IV, Item 4i of Form 5500
Employer Identification Number 23-2990190, Plan Number 003
                             
    No of Shares or           Current  
    No. of Units   Description   Cost **   Value  
 
              COMMON STOCKS            
 
                           
*
    6,707,311     shares   Exelon Corporation Common Stock       $ 221,756,009  
 
                         
 
                           
 
              SHORT-TERM AND COLLECTIVE INVESTMENT TRUST FUNDS            
 
                           
 
              Money Market Funds            
 
                           
*
    4,696,620     units   FMTC Institutional Cash Portfolio         4,696,620  
 
                         
 
                        4,696,620  
 
                         
 
              Collective Investment Trust Funds            
 
                           
 
    133,979     units   UBS Diversified Fund - Class A         218,240,288  
 
    8,220,118     units   BGI Equity Index Fund Class T         297,486,075  
 
    340,611     units   BGI EAFE Equity Index Fund Class K         5,834,662  
 
    49,277,878     shares   BGI Money Market Fund Class I         49,277,878  
 
    634,232     shares   BGI Extended Equity Market Fund Class K         20,130,520  
 
    306,254     shares   BGI U.S. Debt Index Fund Class K         6,192,450  
*
    335,647,237     units   Fidelity Managed Income Portfolio II         335,647,237  
 
                         
 
                        932,809,110  
 
                         
 
              Total Short-term and Collective Investments         937,505,730  
 
                         
 
                           
 
              REGISTERED INVESTMENT COMPANIES            
 
                           
*
    3,991,333     shares   Fidelity Contrafund         226,468,240  
*
    5,341,000     shares   Fidelity Growth Company Fund         299,469,869  
*
    4,547,658     shares   Fidelity Low-Priced Stock Fund         183,043,220  
*
    5,199,877     shares   Fidelity Dividend Growth Fund         148,144,490  
*
    437,027     shares   Fidelity Freedom Income Fund         4,925,301  
*
    472,258     shares   Fidelity Freedom 2000 Fund         5,704,881  
*
    2,169,450     shares   Fidelity Freedom 2010 Fund         29,547,913  
*
    2,996,165     shares   Fidelity Freedom 2020 Fund         41,826,463  
*
    1,494,761     shares   Fidelity Freedom 2030 Fund         21,046,230  
*
    475,187     shares   Fidelity Freedom 2040 Fund         3,929,796  
 
    9,910,965     shares   PIMCO Total Return Fund (Institutional Class)         105,749,995  
 
    6,838,152     shares   T. Rowe Price Capital Appreciation Fund         133,275,585  
 
    3,168,472     shares   T. Rowe Price High Yield Fund         22,812,997  
 
    4,119,847     shares   Morgan Stanley International Fund, Inc.-International Equity Portfolio-Class A         86,475,580  
 
    4,585,064     shares   Legg Mason Value Trust Institutional Class Fund         326,043,925  
 
                         
 
                        1,638,464,485  
 
                         
 
                           
 
              INVESTMENT CONTRACTS            
 
                           
 
              AIG Financial Products            
 
                 Synthetic Investment Contracts (Asset Backed)            
 
    1,541,362     units         MSC 1999-CAM1 A2 7.47%, Matures 11-17-2008         1,541,362  
 
                           
 
              Morgan Guaranty            
 
                 Synthetic Investment Contracts (Asset Backed)            
 
    418,439     units         CIT Marine 99-A A3, 5.89, Matures 07-15-2005         418,439  
 
    244,386     units         FHR 1601 PH 5.68%, Matures 01-18-2005         244,387  

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EXELON CORPORATION EMPLOYEE SAVINGS PLAN
SCHEDULE OF ASSETS (HELD AT END OF YEAR)
AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2004
Schedule H, Part IV, Item 4i of Form 5500
Employer Identification Number 23-2990190, Plan Number 003

                             
    No of Shares or           Current  
    No. of Units   Description   Cost **   Value  
 
              INVESTMENT CONTRACTS (CONTINUED)            
 
                           
 
              Rabo Bank            
 
                 Synthetic Investment Contracts (Asset Backed)            
 
    1,412,035     units          FH 1798 A 5.67%, Matures 06-15-2007         1,412,035  
 
                         
 
                        3,616,223  
 
                         
 
                           
 
              LOANS            
 
                           
 
              Participant Loans (6.25% - 9.50%)         65,710,949  
 
                         
 
                           
 
              Total Investments       $ 2,867,053,396  
 
                         
 
*   A party-in-interest to the Plan.
 
**   Cost has been omitted as investments are participant directed

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EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit filed with Form 11-K for the year ended December 31, 2004:

     
Exhibit Number   Description of Exhibit
23
  Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

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SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the trustees (or other persons who administer the employee benefit plan) have duly caused this annual report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

         
 
  Exelon Corporation Employee    
Date: June 23, 2005
  Savings Plan    
 
       
 
  /s/ William Bergman    
 
       
 
  William Bergman    
 
  Plan Administrator    

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