-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, OSCWUUGUx9ir0wheHj07oBvGI4ydDtxAQBs7fpfaaJ09qYqAV0q6CC36vK6Fp+0h dF70Fbtzsx66JgIjRvitHA== 0000950129-99-001902.txt : 19990503 0000950129-99-001902.hdr.sgml : 19990503 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000950129-99-001902 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: SC 13D/A PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 19990430 SUBJECT COMPANY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: SONAT INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000092236 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: NATURAL GAS TRANSMISSION [4922] IRS NUMBER: 630647939 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13D/A SEC ACT: SEC FILE NUMBER: 005-35867 FILM NUMBER: 99607936 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1900 FIFTH AVENUE NORTH STREET 2: AMSOUTH SONAT TOWER CITY: BIRMINGHAM STATE: AL ZIP: 35203 BUSINESS PHONE: 2053253800 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: PO BOX 2563 CITY: BIRMINGHAM STATE: AL ZIP: 35202 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: SOUTHERN NATURAL RESOURCES INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19820305 FILED BY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: EL PASO ENERGY CORP/DE CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001066107 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: NATURAL GAS TRANSMISSION [4922] IRS NUMBER: 760568816 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13D/A BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1001 LOUISIANA ST CITY: HOUSTON STATE: TX ZIP: 77002 BUSINESS PHONE: 7134202131 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1001 LOUISIANA ST CITY: HOUSTON STATE: TX ZIP: 77002 SC 13D/A 1 EL PASO ENERGY CORPORATION FOR SONAT, INC. 1 SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 ----------------- SCHEDULE 13D/A (Amendment No. 2) Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 SONAT INC. - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Name of Issuer) Common Stock, par value $1.00 per share - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Title of Class of Securities) 835415000 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CUSIP Number) Britton White Jr. El Paso Energy Corporation El Paso Energy Building 1001 Louisiana Street Houston, Texas 77002 (713) 420-2131 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications) With a copy to: Gary P. Cooperstein, Esq. Warren de Wied, Esq. Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson One New York Plaza New York, New York 10004 (212) 859-8000 April 30, 1999 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (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-1(e), 13d-1(f) or 13d-1(g), check the following box: [ ] 2 SCHEDULE 13D - ---------- ----------------- CUSIP NO. 835415000 Page 2 of 6 Pages - ---------- ----------------- - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Name of Reporting Person S.S. or I.R.S. Identification No. of Above Person El Paso Energy Corporation, I.R.S. Identification No. 76-0568816 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group (See Instructions) (a) [ ] (b) [ ] - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 SEC Use Only - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4 Sources of Funds (See Instructions) OO - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5 Check Box if Disclosure of Legal Proceedings is Required Pursuant to Item 2(d) or 2(e) [ ] - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6 Citizenship or Place of Organization Delaware - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7 Sole Voting Power Number of 21,899,515 Shares ----------------------------------------------------------------- Beneficially 8 Shared Voting Power Owned By -0- Each ----------------------------------------------------------------- Reporting 9 Sole Dispositive Power Person 21,899,515 With ----------------------------------------------------------------- 10 Shared Dispositive Power -0- - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11 Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person 21,899,515 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12 Check Box if the Aggregate Amount in Row (11) Excludes Certain Shares (See Instructions) [ ] - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 13 Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row (11) 16.6% - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 14 Type of Reporting Person (See Instructions) CO - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 This Amendment No. 2 to the Statement on Schedule 13D filed by El Paso Energy Corporation ("El Paso") on March 23, 1999 (the "Schedule 13D"), as amended by Amendment No. 1, dated March 24, 1999, relating to the Common Stock, par value $1.00 per share (the "Sonat Common Stock"), of Sonat Inc., a Delaware corporation ("Sonat"). Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Schedule 13D. ITEM 4. PURPOSE OF TRANSACTION. The following is added to the response to Item 4: On April 30, 1999, Sonat and El Paso entered into the Second Amended and Restated Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of March 13, 1999 (the "Second Amended Merger Agreement"), which amends and restates in its entirety the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of March 13, 1999, between Sonat and El Paso (as previously amended and restated by the First Amended and Restated Agreement and Plan of Merger (the "Merger Agreement")). The Second Amended Merger Agreement amends the Merger Agreement to provide that as of the Effective Time the Board of Directors of El Paso will be comprised of 12 members, seven of whom will be designated by El Paso, and five of whom will be designated by Sonat. The foregoing description of the Second Amended Merger Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Second Amended Merger Agreement, a copy of which is an exhibit hereto and is incorporated by reference herein. ITEM 5. INTEREST IN SECURITIES OF ISSUER. The following is added to the response to Item 5(c): (c) No transactions in Sonat Common Stock were effected by El Paso or, to the best knowledge of El Paso, any of the persons listed on Schedule I to Amendment No. 1 to Schedule 13D, since the filing of the Schedule 13D. ITEM 6. CONTRACTS, ARRANGEMENTS, UNDERSTANDINGS OR RELATIONSHIPS WITH RESPECT TO SECURITIES OF THE ISSUER. Item 6 is amended and restated in its entirety by the following: Except as described in the Schedule 13D, as amended, or as provided in the Second Amended Merger Agreement, the Voting Agreements and the Stock Option Agreements, neither El Paso nor, to the knowledge of El Paso, any executive officer or director of El Paso, has any contract, arrangement, understanding or relationship with any person with respect to any securities of Sonat, including but not limited to, transfer or voting of any such securities, finder's fees, joint ventures, loan or option arrangements, puts or calls, guarantees of profits, division of profits or loss, or the giving or withholding of proxies. Page 3 of 6 4 ITEM 7. MATERIAL TO BE FILED AS EXHIBITS. The following exhibits are filed as part of this Amendment No. 1: Exhibit 1 -- Second Amended and Restated Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of March 13, 1999, by and between Sonat Inc. and El Paso Energy Corporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to Amendment No. 2 to El Paso Energy Corporation's Registration Statement on Form S-4 of El Paso Energy Corporation (Registration No. 333-75781) filed April 30, 1999). Page 4 of 6 5 SIGNATURE After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, the undersigned certifies that the information set forth in this Statement is true, complete and correct. Dated: April 30, 1999 EL PASO ENERGY CORPORATION By: /s/ H. BRENT AUSTIN ------------------------------- Name: H. Brent Austin Title: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Page 5 of 6 6 EXHIBIT INDEX EXHIBIT NUMBER DESCRIPTION - ------- ----------- Exhibit 1 -- Second Amended and Restated Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of March 13, 1999, by and between Sonat Inc. and El Paso Energy Corporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 of Amendment No. 2 to the Registration Statement on Form S-4 of El Paso Energy Corporation (Registration No. 333-75781) filed April 30, 1999). Page 6 of 6 -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----