Conoco Calls Stockholders Meeting to Approve Merger with Phillips.Business/Energy Editors HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 7, 2002 Conoco Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :COC See chip on chip. ) will hold a special meeting of stockholders on Tuesday, March 12, to seek approval for the proposed merger of equals with Phillips Petroleum Company Phillips Petroleum Company was founded in 1917 by L.E. Phillips and Frank Phillips, of Bartlesville, Oklahoma. Their younger brother, Waite Phillips was the benefactor of Philmont Scout Ranch. Phillips Petroleum was headquartered in Bartlesville, Oklahoma. (NYSE:P). The meeting will take place at 10 a.m. at the Houston Omni Westside. Conoco and Phillips jointly filed their S-4 today with the Securities and Exchange Commission. An S-4 is a document required by the government to register securities in connection with business combinations and exchange offers. The document was filed under the name of ConocoPhillips and can be found on the Conoco and Phillips Web sites, www.conoco.com and www.phillips66.com, respectively. Formal notice of the meeting, together with a proxy statement Proxy Statement A document containing the information that a company is required by the SEC to provide to shareholders so they can make informed decisions about matters that will be brought up at an annual stockholder meeting. , will be mailed tomorrow to shareholders and to employees entitled en·ti·tle tr.v. en·ti·tled, en·ti·tling, en·ti·tles 1. To give a name or title to. 2. To furnish with a right or claim to something: to direct the voting of shares under various stock-based compensation plans. Phillips' stockholders also will vote on the transaction March 12 in a special meeting in Bartlesville, Okla. Conoco is a major, integrated energy company active in more than 40 countries. |
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