SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
SCHEDULE 13D/A
Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(Amendment No. 6)*
NUEVO ENERGY COMPANY
(Name of Issuer)
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share
(Title of class of securities)
0067050910
(CUSIP number)
Ralph V. Whitworth
Relational Investors, LLC
11975 El Camino Real, Suite 300
San Diego, California 92130
(858) 704-3333
(Name, address and telephone number of person
authorized to receive notices and
communications)
June 23, 2000
(Date of event which requires filing of this
statement)
If the filing person has previously filed a statement on
Schedule 13G to report the acquisition which is the subject
of this Schedule 13D, and is filing this schedule because of
Rule 13d-l(b)(3) or (4), check the following box [_].
Note: Six copies of this statement, including all exhibits,
should be filed with the Commission. See Rule 13d-l(a) for
other parties to whom copies are to be sent.
*The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a
reporting person's initial filing on this form with respect
to the subject class of securities, and for any subsequent
amendment containing information which would alter
disclosures provided in a prior cover page.
The information required on the remainder of this cover page
shall not be deemed to be "filed" for the purpose of section
18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ("Act") or
otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of the
Act but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act
(however, see the Notes).
SCHEDULE 13D
CUSIP No. 0067050910
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1 NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON
Relational Investors, LLC
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2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP
(a) [X]
(b) [ ]
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3 SEC USE ONLY
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4 SOURCE OF FUNDS
00
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5 CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e) [ ]
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6 CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
Delaware
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7 SOLE VOTING POWER
1,171,100
NUMBER OF -------------------------------------
SHARES 8 SHARED VOTING POWER
BENEFICIALLY 0
OWNED BY -------------------------------------
EACH 9 SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
REPORTING 1,171,100
PERSON -------------------------------------
WITH 10 SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
0
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11 AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY REPORTING
PERSON 1,171,100
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12 CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES [ ]
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13 PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW
(11) 6.65%
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14 TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON
OO
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CUSIP No. 006705910
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1 NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON
Relational Investors, L.P.
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2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP
(a) [X]
(b) [ ]
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3 SEC USE ONLY
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4 SOURCE OF FUNDS
WC
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5 CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS
REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e)
[ ]
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6 CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
Delaware
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7 SOLE VOTING POWER
908,035
NUMBER OF -------------------------------------
SHARES 8 SHARED VOTING POWER
BENEFICIALLY 0
OWNED BY -------------------------------------
EACH 9 SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
REPORTING 908,035
PERSON -------------------------------------
WITH 10 SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
0
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11 AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY REPORTING
PERSON 908,035
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12 CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES [ ]
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13 PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW
(11) 5.16%
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14 TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON
PN
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<PAGE>
CUSIP No. 0067050910
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1 NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON
Relational Fund Partners, L.P.
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2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A
GROUP (a) [X]
(b) [ ]
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3 SEC USE ONLY
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4 SOURCE OF FUNDS
WC/OO
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5 CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS
REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e) [ ]
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6 CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
Delaware
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7 SOLE VOTING POWER
47,751
NUMBER OF ---------------------------------
SHARES 8 SHARED VOTING POWER
BENEFICIALLY 0
OWNED BY -------------------------------
EACH 9 SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
REPORTING 47,751
PERSON --------------------------------
WITH 10 SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
0
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11 AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY REPORTING
PERSON 47,751
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12 CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES [ ]
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13 PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW
(11) 0.27%
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14 TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON
PN
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<PAGE>
CUSIP No. 0067050910
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1 NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON
Relational Coast Partners, L.P.
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2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP
(a) [X]
(b) [ ]
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3 SEC USE ONLY
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4 SOURCE OF FUNDS
WC/OO
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5 CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS
REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e) [ ]
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6 CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
Delaware
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7 SOLE VOTING POWER
40,348
NUMBER OF ---------------------------------
SHARES 8 SHARED VOTING POWER
BENEFICIALLY 0
OWNED BY -------------------------------
EACH 9 SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
REPORTING 40,348
PERSON --------------------------------
WITH 10 SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
0
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11 AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY REPORTING
PERSON 40,348
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12 CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES [ ]
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13 PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW
(11) 0.23%
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14 TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON
PN
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<PAGE>
CUSIP No. 0067050910
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1 NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON
Relational Partners, L.P.
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2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP
(a) [X]
(b) [ ]
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3 SEC USE ONLY
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4 SOURCE OF FUNDS
WC/OO
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5 CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS
REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e) [ ]
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6 CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
Delaware
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7 SOLE VOTING POWER
144,262
NUMBER OF ---------------------------------
SHARES 8 SHARED VOTING POWER
BENEFICIALLY 0
OWNED BY -------------------------------
EACH 9 SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
REPORTING 144,262
PERSON --------------------------------
WITH 10 SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
0
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11 AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY REPORTING
PERSON 144,262
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12 CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES [ ]
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13 PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW
(11) 0.82%
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14 TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON
PN
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<PAGE>
CUSIP No. 0067050910
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1 NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON
Ralph V. Whitworth
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2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP
(a) [X]
(b) [ ]
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3 SEC USE ONLY
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4 SOURCE OF FUNDS
NA
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5 CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS
REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e) [ ]
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6 CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
United States
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7 SOLE VOTING POWER
0
NUMBER OF ---------------------------------
SHARES 8 SHARED VOTING POWER
BENEFICIALLY 1,171,100
OWNED BY -------------------------------
EACH 9 SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
REPORTING 0
PERSON --------------------------------
WITH 10 SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
1,171,100
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11 AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY REPORTING
PERSON 1,171,100
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12 CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES [ ]
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13 PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW
(11) 6.65%
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14 TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON
IN
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CUSIP No. 0067050910
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1 NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON
David H. Batchelder
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2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP
(a) [X]
(b) [ ]
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3 SEC USE ONLY
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4 SOURCE OF FUNDS
NA
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5 CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS
REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e) [ ]
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6 CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
United States
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7 SOLE VOTING POWER
0
NUMBER OF ---------------------------------
SHARES 8 SHARED VOTING POWER
BENEFICIALLY 1,171,100
OWNED BY -------------------------------
EACH 9 SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
REPORTING 0
PERSON --------------------------------
WITH 10 SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
1,171,100
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11 AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY REPORTING
PERSON 1,171,100
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12 CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES [ ]
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13 PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW
(11) 6.65%
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14 TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON
IN
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CUSIP No. 0067050910
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1 NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON
Joel L. Reed
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2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP
(a) [X]
(b) [ ]
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3 SEC USE ONLY
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4 SOURCE OF FUNDS
NA
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5 CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS
REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e) [ ]
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6 CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
United States
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7 SOLE VOTING POWER
0
NUMBER OF ---------------------------------
SHARES 8 SHARED VOTING POWER
BENEFICIALLY 1,171,1000
OWNED BY -------------------------------
EACH 9 SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
REPORTING 0
PERSON --------------------------------
WITH 10 SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
1,171,100
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11 AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY REPORTING
PERSON 1,171,100
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12 CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES [ ]
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13 PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW
(11) 6.65%
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14 TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON
IN
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This Amendment No. 6 to Schedule 13D (this
"Statement") is being filed by and on behalf of Relational
Investors, L.P. ("RILP"), Relational Fund Partners, L.P.
("RFP"), Relational Coast Partners, L.P. ("RCP"), and
Relational Partners, L.P. ("RP"). Each of RILP, RFP, RCP
and RP is a Delaware limited partnership. The principal
business of each of RILP, RFP, RCP and RP is investing in
securities.
This Statement is also being filed by and on
behalf of Relational Investors, LLC ("RILLC"), a Delaware
limited liability company. The principal business of RILLC
is being the sole general partner of RILP, RFP, RCP and RP.
RILP, RFP, RCP, RP and an account managed by RILLC are the
beneficial owners of the securities covered by this
Statement. Pursuant to the Limited Partnership Agreement of
each of RILP, RFP, RCP and RP, and the investment management
agreement for the account managed by RILLC, RILLC has sole
investment discretion and voting authority with respect to
the securities covered by this Statement.
This Statement is also being filed by and on
behalf of Ralph V. Whitworth, David H. Batchelder and Joel
L. Reed. Messrs. Whitworth, Batchelder and Reed are the
Managing Members of RILLC, in which capacity they share
voting control and dispositive power over the securities
covered by this Statement. Messrs. Whitworth, Batchelder
and Reed, therefore, may be deemed to have shared indirect
beneficial ownership of such securities. The present
principal occupation of each of Messrs. Whitworth and
Batchelder is serving as a Managing Member of RILLC.
The present principal occupation of Mr. Reed is serving
as President of Batchelder & Partners, Inc. (Messrs.
Whitworth, Batchelder and Reed, together with RILP, RFP,
RCP, RP and RILLC, shall hereinafter be referred to as
the "Reporting Persons").
This Statement hereby amends the Schedule 13D
filed on April 20, 1998, as amended by the Schedule 13D/A
filed on May 26, 1998, the Schedule 13D/A filed on July 16,
1998, the Schedule 13D/A filed on September 23, 1998, the
Schedule 13D/A filed on December 14, 1998, and the Schedule
13D/A filed on March 2, 1999, as follows:
ITEM 4. PURPOSE OF TRANSACTION.
Item 4 is hereby amended in its entirety by
substituting the following:
As of the date of this Statement, except as
set forth below, none of the Reporting Persons has any
present plan or intention which would result in or relate
to any of the actions described in subparagraphs (a)
through (j) of Item 4 of Schedule 13D.
On March 1, 1999, the Reporting Persons entered
into a letter agreement (the "Agreement") with Nuevo Energy
Company (the "Company"), a copy of which was filed as
Exhibit 5 to the Schedule 13D/A filed on March 2, 1999.
Pursuant to the Agreement, David H. Batchelder was elected
to the Company's board of directors and RILLC agreed not to
take certain actions with respect to the Company. Although
Mr. Batchelder will continue to serve as a director, the
Company's board voted to terminate the Agreement on
March 29, 2000. The letter agreement terminating the
Agreement is attached hereto as Exhibit 6.
The Reporting Persons continue to closely monitor
the Company's performance. Consistent with Mr. Batchelder's
fiduciary duties as a member of the Company's board of
directors, the Reporting Persons and their representatives
and advisers intend to continue from time to time to discuss
the Company and its business and management with members of
the board of directors and management of the Company and
communicate with other shareholders concerning the Company.
The Reporting Persons may modify their plans in the future.
The Reporting Persons may, from time to time, (i)
acquire additional shares of Company common stock, par value
$0.01 per share (the "Shares") (subject to availability at
prices deemed favorable) in the open market, in privately
negotiated transactions, or otherwise, or (ii) dispose of
Shares (at prices deemed favorable) in the open market, in
privately negotiated transactions or otherwise.
ITEM 5. INTEREST IN SECURITIES OF THE ISSUER.
Item 5 is hereby amended in its entirety by
substituting the following:
(a) As of the date of this Statement, the
Reporting Persons beneficially owned in the aggregate
1,171,100 Shares constituting 6.65% of the outstanding
Shares (based upon 17,600,635 Shares outstanding on
May 10, 2000 as set forth in the Company's Form 10-Q
for the quarter ended March 31, 2000). The Reporting
Persons may be deemed to have direct beneficial
ownership of Shares as follows:
NAME NUMBER OF PERCENT OF OUTSTANDING
SHARES SHARES
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RILLC 30,704 0.17%
RILP 908,035 5.16%
RFP 47,751 0.27%
RCP 40,348 0.23%
RP 144,262 0.82%
RILLC, in its capacity as an investment management
consultant, may be deemed to possess direct beneficial
ownership of the 24,704 Shares that are owned by an account
it manages, 2,500 Shares granted to Mr. Batchelder as a
board member and 3,500 options to purchase Shares granted to
Mr. Batchelder, which are exercisable within 60 days of the
date of this Amendment. Additionally, RILLC, as the sole
general partner of each of RILP, RFP, RCP and RP, may be
deemed to possess indirect beneficial ownership (as that
term is defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended) of the Shares of which any of RILP,
RFP, RCP and RP may be deemed to possess direct beneficial
ownership. Each of Messrs. Whitworth, Batchelder and Reed,
as Managing Members of RILLC, may be deemed to share beneficial
ownership of the Shares which RILLC may beneficially own.
Each of Messrs. Whitworth, Batchelder and Reed disclaims
beneficial ownership of such Shares for all other purposes.
To the best knowledge of each of the Reporting
Persons, other than as set forth above, none of the persons
named in Item 2 is the beneficial owner of any Shares.
(b) RILP has the sole power to vote or direct the
vote of 908,035 Shares and the sole power to dispose or direct
the disposition of such Shares.
RFP has the sole power to vote or direct the vote
of 47,751 Shares and the sole power to dispose or direct the
disposition of such Shares.
RCP has the sole power to vote or direct the vote
of 40,348 Shares and the sole power to dispose or direct the
disposition of such Shares.
RP has the sole power to vote or direct the vote of
144,262 Shares and the sole power to dispose or direct the
disposition of such Shares.
RILLC has the sole power to vote or direct the vote
of 24,704 Shares held by an account it manages, and the sole
power to dispose or direct the disposition of such Shares.
In addition, RILLC, as sole General Partner of RILP, RFP, RCP
and RP, may be deemed to have the sole power to vote or direct
the vote of 1,140,396 Shares held by such Reporting Persons,
and the sole power to dispose or direct the disposition of
such Shares. Messrs. Batchelder, Whitworth and Reed, as the
Managing Members of RILLC, may be deemed to share the power to
vote or to direct the vote and to dispose or to direct the
disposition of such Shares.
(c) The Reporting Persons engaged in the following
transactions in Shares during the past 60 days. All transactions
involved sales of shares on the New York Stock Exchange, unless
marked with an asterisk (*), which indicates a sale in the
third market:
Reporting Date of Number of Price per
Person Sale Shares Share
--------- ------- --------- ---------
RFP 6/1/00 7,000 $19.7768
RFP 6/6/00 57,200 $20.0400
RILP 6/23/00 3,845 $18.0015
RP 6/23/00 611 $18.0015
RFP 6/23/00 268 $18.0015
RCP 6/23/00 171 $18.0015
RILLC 6/23/00 105 $18.0015
RILP 6/23/00* 438,360 $18.0015
RP 6/23/00* 69,643 $18.0015
RFP 6/23/00* 30,593 $18.0015
RCP 6/23/00* 19,478 $18.0015
RILLC 6/23/00* 11,926 $18.0015
RILP 6/26/00 24,940 $18.0637
RP 6/26/00 3,962 $18.0637
RFP 6/26/00 1,311 $18.0637
RCP 6/26/00 1,108 $18.0637
RILLC 6/26/00 679 $18.0637
RILP 6/26/00* 60,790 $18.0637
RP 6/26/00* 9,658 $18.0637
RFP 6/26/00* 3,197 $18.0637
RCP 6/26/00* 2,701 $18.0637
RILLC 6/26/00* 1,654 $18.0637
(d) No other person is known to have the right to
receive or the power to direct the receipt of dividends from,
or the proceeds from the sale of, the Shares covered by this
Statement, except that dividends from, and proceeds from the
sale of, the Shares held by the account managed by RILLC may
be delivered to such account.
(e) Not applicable.
ITEM 7. MATERIAL TO BE FILED AS EXHIBITS.
The following Exhibit 6 filed herewith is hereby
added as an Exhibit:
6. Letter agreement between Nuevo Energy
Company and Relational Investors, LLC,
dated March 29, 2000.
SIGNATURES
After reasonable inquiry and to the best of their
knowledge and belief, the undersigned certify that the
information contained in this Amendment No. 6 to Schedule
13D is true, complete and correct.
Dated: June 27, 2000
RELATIONAL INVESTORS, L.P.
RELATIONAL FUND PARTNERS, L.P.
RELATIONAL COAST PARTNERS, L.P.
RELATIONAL PARTNERS, L.P.
By: Relational Investors, LLC
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as general partner to each
By: /s/ Ralph V. Whitworth
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Ralph V. Whitworth
Managing Member
RELATIONAL INVESTORS, LLC
By: /s/ Ralph V. Whitworth
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Ralph V. Whitworth
Managing Member
/s/ Ralph V. Whitworth
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Ralph V. Whitworth
/s/ David H. Batchelder
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David H. Batchelder
/s/ Joel L. Reed
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Joel L. Reed
EXHIBIT INDEX
Page No. Exhibit No. Description
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6. Letter agreement between Nuevo Energy
Company and Relational Investors, LLC,
dated March 29, 2000.
