Proportionate

Oil-Natural Gas Price Increase Gap Could Force Switching, Analyst Says

While prices for all of the energies have been on the rise for the past year, the price increases in natural gas and crude oil have not been proportionate, a departure from the norm, according to a new Merrill Lynch study.

August 31, 2005

Dynegy Shareholder ChevronTexaco to Purchase More Stock

Dynegy Inc. said Thursday that its major shareholder, ChevronTexaco, plans to exercise its pre-emptive right to retain a proportionate 26.5% common stock ownership interest in the Houston-based company. ChevronTexaco said it will purchase 10.4 million shares of Class B common stock, with net proceeds from the sale totaling $205 million to be used for general corporate purposes, including debt reduction.

January 18, 2002