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PROXY
THE COASTAL CORPORATION
Proxy Solicited by the Board of Directors for the May 4, 1995 Annual
Meeting
The undersigned hereby appoints O. S. WYATT, JR., HAROLD BURROW and
DAVID A. ARLEDGE, and each of them, proxies, with power of substitution,
to vote all stock owned by the undersigned of THE COASTAL CORPORATION at
the Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be held on May 4, 1995, and at any
and all adjournments thereof, hereby revoking any proxy heretofore
given.
Please sign, date and return your Proxy promptly
in the enclosed envelope. Sign exactly as
name(s) appear(s) hereon. Joint owners should
each sign. When signing in a fiduciary capacity,
please give full title.
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Date
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Signature(s)
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PLEASE DETACH, SIGN, DATE AND MAIL YOUR PROXY
YOUR VOTE IS IMPORTANT
TO SECURE THE LARGEST POSSIBLE REPRESENTATION AT THE
ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS AND SAVE THE EXPENSE
OF A SECOND MAILING, WOULD YOU PLEASE RETURN YOUR
PROXY PROMPTLY IN THE ENCLOSED ENVELOPE WHICH
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PROXY
This Proxy will be voted as directed, but if not otherwise directed, it
will be voted FOR all nominees named below. The class of stock voted by
this proxy is indicated on the reverse side, and the shares represented
will be voted (Common Stock and Preferred Stock - one vote per share,
and Class A Common Stock - one hundred votes per share) as follows:
The Board of Directors unanimously recommends a vote FOR all
persons named below:
(1) Elect four Class III directors to terms of office
expiring at the 1998 Annual Meeting of Stockholders as follows:
Election of one director by holders of Common and Preferred Stock
voting together as a class:
James F. Cordes
Election of three directors by holders of Common, Class A Common
and Preferred Stock voting together as a class:
Roy L. Gates, Kenneth O. Johnson and Thomas R. McDade
FOR [ ] all persons named above except, WITHHOLD [ ] authority to vote
authority withheld as to the following for all persons named above.
person(s), if any.
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(2) In their discretion on such other matters as may
properly come before the meeting.
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PLEASE DETACH, SIGN AND DATE (ON REVERSE) AND MAIL YOUR PROXY
YOUR VOTE IS IMPORTANT
TO SECURE THE LARGEST POSSIBLE REPRESENTATION AT THE
ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS AND SAVE THE EXPENSE
OF A SECOND MAILING, WOULD YOU PLEASE RETURN YOUR
PROXY PROMPTLY IN THE ENCLOSED ENVELOPE WHICH
REQUIRES NO POSTAGE IF MAILED IN THE UNITED STATES.<PAGE>
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THE COASTAL CORPORATION
Voting Instructions for the May 4, 1995 Annual Meeting
The undersigned hereby instructs Texas Commerce Bank National
Association, the Plan Trustee of the securities identified below, to
vote all stock beneficially owned by the undersigned in such plan of THE
COASTAL CORPORATION at the Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be held on
May 4, 1995, and at any and all adjournments thereof, hereby revoking
any instruction heretofore given.
Please sign, date and return your
INSTRUCTIONS promptly in the
enclosed envelope. Sign exactly as
name appears hereon. When signing
in a fiduciary capacity, please
give full title.
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Date
_________________________________________________
Signature(s)
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PLEASE DETACH, SIGN, DATE AND MAIL YOUR PROXY
YOUR INSTRUCTIONS ARE IMPORTANT
TO SECURE THE LARGEST POSSIBLE REPRESENTATION AT THE
ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS AND SAVE THE EXPENSE
OF A SECOND MAILING, WOULD YOU PLEASE RETURN YOUR
INSTRUCTIONS PROMPTLY IN THE ENCLOSED ENVELOPE WHICH
REQUIRES NO POSTAGE IF MAILED IN THE UNITED STATES.
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These INSTRUCTIONS will be followed as directed, but if not otherwise
directed, the shares will be voted FOR all nominees named below, The
class of stock voted by these instructions is indicated on the reverse
side, and the shares represented will be voted (Common Stock and
Preferred Stock - one vote per share, and Class A Common Stock - one
hundred votes per share) as follows:
The Board of Directors unanimously recommends a vote FOR all
persons named below:
(1) Elect four Class lII directors to terms of office
expiring at the 1998 Annual Meeting of Stockholders as follows:
Election of one director by holders of Common and Preferred Stock
voting together as a class:
James F. Cordes
Election of three directors by holders of Common, Class A Common
and Preferred Stock voting together as a class:
Roy L. Gates, Kenneth O. Johnson and Thomas R. McDade
FOR [ ] all persons named above, WITHHOLD [ ] authority to vote
except authority withheld as to for all persons named above.
the following person(s), if any.
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(2) In their discretion on such other matters as may
properly come before the meeting.
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PLEASE DETACH, SIGN AND DATE (ON REVERSE) AND MAIL YOUR INSTRUCTIONS
YOUR INSTRUCTIONS ARE IMPORTANT
TO SECURE THE LARGEST POSSIBLE REPRESENTATION AT THE
ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS AND SAVE THE EXPENSE
OF A SECOND MAILING, WOULD YOU PLEASE RETURN YOUR
INSTRUCTIONS PROMPTLY IN THE ENCLOSED ENVELOPE WHICH
REQUIRES NO POSTAGE IF MAILED IN THE UNITED STATES.
