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EX-24
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JOINT FILING AGREEMENT
EXHIBIT A
JOINT FILING AGREEMENT
Each of the undersigned hereby agrees that the Schedule 13G filed
herewith is filed jointly, pursuant to Rule 13d-1(f)(1) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended on behalf of each of them.
Dated: February 29, 2000
Signed on behalf of each of:
AXA Financial, Inc.
AXA Assurances I.A.R.D. Mutuelle; AXA Assurances Vie Mutuelle; AXA Conseil
Vie Assurance Mutuelle; AXA Courtage Assurance Mutuelle, as a group, and
Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette, Inc.
By: /s/ Alvin H. Fenichel
Alvin H. Fenichel
Senior Vice President and Controller
DLJ CAPITAL INVESTORS, INC.
By: /s/ Ivy Dodes
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Ivy Dodes
Vice President
DLJ LBO PLANS MANAGEMENT CORPORATION
By: /s/ Ivy Dodes
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Ivy Dodes
Vice President
DLJ FUND INVESTMENT PARTNERS II L.P.
By: DLJ LBO PLANS MANAGEMENT CORPORATION
By: /s/ Ivy Dodes
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Ivy Dodes
Vice President
Pel-Tex LLC
By: DLJ FUND INVESTMENT PARTNERS II, L.P.
By: DLJ LBO PLANS MANAGEMENT CORPORATION
By: /s/ Townes G. Pressler, Jr.
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Townes G. Pressler, Jr.
By: /s/ Alvin H. Fenichel
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Alvin H. Fenichel
Attorney-in-Fact
(Executed pursuant to Powers of Attorney)
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
Know all by these presents, that each of the undersigned hereby constitutes
and appoints each of Ivy Dodes and Townes G. Pressler, Jr., signing singly,
each of the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:
(1) execute for and on behalf of each of the undersigned, all Schedules 13D
or 13G (including any amendments thereto) that each of the undersigned may be
required to file as a result of each of the undersigned's beneficial
ownership or transactions in the securities of 3TEC Energy Corporation (the
"Company") in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 and the rules thereunder;
(2) do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of each of the
undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any
such Schedules 13D or 13G and timely file such form with the United States
Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar
authority; and
(3) take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the
foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit
to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, each of the undersigned,
it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on
behalf of each of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be
in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such
attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion.
Each of the undersigned hereby grant to each such attorney-in-fact full power
and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever
requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the
rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as
each of the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full
power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that
such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes,
shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and
the rights and powers herein granted. Each of the undersigned acknowledge
that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the
request of each of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company
assuming, any of each of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with
Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until each of
the undersigned is no longer required to file Schedules 13D or 13G with
respect to each of the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in
securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by each of the
undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney
to be executed as of this 29th day of February, 2000.
Pel-Tex Partners LLC
By: /s/ Townes G. Pressler, Jr.
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Townes G. Pressler, Jr., Manager
By Townes G. Pressler, Jr., in his capacity as
Manager of Pel-Tex Partners LLC
By: DLJ LBO Plans Management
Corporation, Manager
By: /s/ Ivy Dodes
Name: Ivy Dodes
Title: Vice President
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DLJ Fund Investment Partners II L.P.
By: /s/ Ivy Dodes
Name: Ivy Dodes
Title: Vice President
DLJ LBO Plans Management Corporation,
in its capacity as Manager of Pel-Tex
Partners
By: /s/ Ivy Dodes
Name: Ivy Dodes
Title: Vice President
