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SCHEDULE 14A INFORMATION
PROXY STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 14(A) OF THE SECURITIES
EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 (AMENDMENT NO. )
Filed by the Registrant /X/
Filed by a Party other than the Registrant / /
Check the appropriate box:
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/ / Preliminary Proxy Statement / / Confidential, for Use of the Commission
Only (as permitted by Rule 14a-6(e)(2))
/ / Definitive Proxy Statement
/X/ Definitive Additional Materials
/ / Soliciting Material Pursuant to sec.240.14a-11(c) or sec.240.14a-12
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SONAT INC.
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(Name of Registrant as Specified In Its Charter)
SONAT INC.
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(Name of Person(s) Filing Proxy Statement, if other than the Registrant)
Payment of Filing Fee (Check the appropriate box):
/ / $125 per Exchange Act Rules 0-11(c)(1)(ii), or 14a-6(i)(1), or 14a-6(i)(2)
or Item 22(a)(2) of Schedule 14A.
/ / $500 per each party to the controversy pursuant to Exchange Act Rule
14a-6(i)(3).
/ / Fee computed on table below per Exchange Act Rules 14a-6(i)(4) and 0-11.
(1) Title of each class of securities to which transaction applies:
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(2) Aggregate number of securities to which transaction applies:
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(3) Per unit price or other underlying value of transaction computed
pursuant to Exchange Act Rule 0-11 (Set forth the amount on which the
filing fee is calculated and state how it was determined):
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(4) Proposed maximum aggregate value of transaction:
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(5) Total fee paid:
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/X/ Fee paid previously with preliminary materials.
/ / Check box if any part of the fee is offset as provided by Exchange Act Rule
0-11(a)(2) and identify the filing for which the offsetting fee was paid
previously. Identify the previous filing by registration statement number,
or the Form or Schedule and the date of its filing.
(1) Amount Previously Paid:
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ACCT. NO. SHARES NAME
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SONAT OFFSHORE DRILLING SAVINGS PLAN
SONAT INC.
ANNUAL MEETING - APRIL 25, 1996
I hereby direct AmSouth Bank of Alabama, as Trustee of the Sonat Offshore
Drilling Savings Plan, to sign and forward a proxy in the form being solicited
by the Board of Directors and to vote as directed on the reverse side all
shares of Sonat Inc. Common Stock held with respect to my account under the
Plan at the Annual Meeting of Stockholders of Sonat Inc. to be held on
April 25, 1996 and at any adjournment thereof.
PLEASE COMPLETE, DATE AND SIGN ON THE REVERSE SIDE.
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PLEASE MARK
YOUR VOTE AS
INDICATED IN
THIS EXAMPLE / X /
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS A VOTE "FOR ALL NOMINEES"
FOR ALL WITHHOLD
NOMINEES AUTHORITY
Item 1--ELECTION OF DIRECTORS / / / /
Nominees for the Board of Directors:
William O. Bourke, Roberto C. Goizuela,
Ronald L. Kuehn, Jr., Robert J. Lanigan and
Charles Marshall
/ / FOR ALL NOMINEES (EXCEPT THOSE WHOSE NAMES ARE
INSERTED ON THE LINE BELOW)
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS A VOTE "FOR"
FOR AGAINST ABSTAIN
Item 2--ELECTION OF ERNST & / / / / / /
YOUNG LLP AS AUDITOR
(PROPOSAL NO. 1).
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In their discretion the proxies are authorized to vote upon such other matters as may properly come before the meeting, all as set
forth in the Proxy Statement for the meeting.
The undersigned's vote is to be cast as specified above. If no vote is specified, it will be voted "FOR ALL NOMINEES" in Item 1 and
"FOR" Item 2.
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Signature__________________________________________________________________________ Date ______________________________
Sign here as name appears hereon
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PLEASE SIGN, DATE AND MAIL PROMPTLY IN THE ENVELOPE PROVIDED
