UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
SCHEDULE 13D
(AMENDMENT NO. 1)
UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Sonat Inc.
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(Name of Issuer)
Common Stock, $1.00 par value
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(Title of Class of Securities)
835415000
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(CUSIP Number)
Gary P. Cooperstein, Esq.
Warren de Wied, Esq.
Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson
One New York Plaza
New York, New York 10004
Telephone: (212) 859-8000
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(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized to Receive
Notices and Communications)
March 23, 1999
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(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 that is the subject of this Schedule 13D, and is
filing this schedule because of Sections 240.13d-1(e), 240.13d-1(f) or
240.13(g), check the following box. [ ]
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This Amendment No. l (this "Amendment") amends the Statement on
Schedule 13D (as amended, the "Statement") previously filed by El Paso
Energy Corporation relating to the shares of Common Stock, par value $1.00
per share, of Sonat Inc., a Delaware corporation.
1. Items 2 (a) through (c) and (f) of the Statement are hereby amended
as follows:
ITEM 2. IDENTITY AND BACKGROUND
(a)-(c);(f) Schedule I to the Statement is hereby amended to read in
its entirety as set forth in the revised Schedule I attached hereto.
2. Except as specifically set forth herein, this Amendment does not
modify any of the information previously reported in the Statement.
After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I
certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete
and correct.
March 24, 1999
/s/ H. Brent Austin
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Name: H. Brent Austin
Title: Executive Vice President
and Chief Financial Officer
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Schedule I
Executive Officers and Directors of
El Paso Energy Corporation
The name, present principal occupation or employment, and the name of
any corporation or other organization in which such employment is
conducted, of each of the directors and executive officers of El Paso
Energy Corporation ("El Paso") is set forth below.
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Name and Citizenship Business Address Position/Principal Occupation
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Executive Officers &
Directors:
William A. Wise El Paso Energy Corporation Chairman of the Board,
(United States Citizen) 1001 Louisiana Street President and Chief
Houston, Texas 77002 Executive Officer
H. Brent Austin El Paso Energy Corporation Executive Vice President and
(United States Citizen) 1001 Louisiana Street Chief Financial Officer
Houston, Texas 77002
Richard Owen Baish El Paso Energy Corporation President of El Paso Natural
(United States Citizen) 1001 Louisiana Street Gas Company
Houston, Texas 77002
John D. Hushon El Paso Energy Corporation President of El Paso Energy
(United States Citizen) 1001 Louisiana Street International Company
Houston, Texas 77002
Greg G. Jenkins El Paso Energy Corporation President of El Paso Power
(United States Citizen) 1001 Louisiana Street Services Company
Houston, Texas 77002
Robert G. Phillips El Paso Energy Corporation President of El Paso Field
(United States Citizen) 1001 Louisiana Street Services Company
Houston, Texas 77002
Joel Richards III El Paso Energy Corporation Executive Vice President
(United States Citizen) 1001 Louisiana Street
Houston, Texas 77002
Mark A. Searles El Paso Energy Corporation Senior Vice President
(United States Citizen) 1001 Louisiana Street
Houston, Texas 77002
Jeffrey I. Beason El Paso Energy Corporation Vice President and Controller
(United States Citizen) 1001 Louisiana Street
Houston, Texas 77002
C. Dana Rice El Paso Energy Corporation Vice President and Treasurer
(United States Citizen) 1001 Louisiana Street
Houston, Texas 77002
John W. Somerhalder II El Paso Energy Corporation President of Tennessee Gas
(United States Citizen) 1001 Louisiana Street Pipeline Company
Houston, Texas 77002
Britton White Jr. El Paso Energy Corporation Executive Vice President and
(United States Citizen) 1001 Louisiana Street General Counsel
Houston, Texas 77002
Byron Allumbaugh Ralphs Grocery Company Director of El Paso/Retired
(United States Citizen) 610 Newport Center Drive,
Suite 210
Newport Beach, CA 92660
Juan Carlos Braniff Presidente Masaryk No. 8 Director of El Paso/Deputy CEO
(Mexican Citizen) 6th Floor Insurance & Pensions Section,
Col. Bosques de Chapultepec Grupo Financiero Bancomer
Mexico, D.F. 11588
Peter T. Flawn University of Texas Director of El Paso/
(United States Citizen) 23rd and San Jacinto President Emeritus,
Room GEO526 University of Texas at Austin
Austin, TX 78705
James F. Gibbons Stanford University Director of El Paso/Former
(United States Citizen) Paul G. Allen Center for Dean of Engineering, Stanford
Integrated Systems University
Room 201, Mail Stop 4075
Stanford, CA 94305
Ben F. Love Chase Bank of Texas Director of El Paso/Investor
(United States Citizen) 600 Travis, 18th Floor
Houston, TX 77002
Kenneth L. Smalley 5 Queensview Court Director of El Paso/Retired
(United States Citizen) Dallas, TX 75225
Malcolm Wallop Western Strategy Group Director of El Paso
(United States Citizen) 1100 Wilson Boulevard,
Suite 14
Arlington, VA 22209
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