0001193125-04-021449 Sample Contracts

AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER By and Among PLAINS EXPLORATION & PRODUCTION COMPANY, PXP CALIFORNIA INC. and NUEVO ENERGY COMPANY Dated February 12, 2004

Agreement and Plan of Merger • February 12th, 2004 • Plains Exploration & Production Co • Crude petroleum & natural gas • Delaware

• Contract Type
  Agreement and Plan of Merger
• Filed
  February 12th, 2004
• Company
  Plains Exploration & Production Co
• Industry
  Crude petroleum & natural gas
• Jurisdiction
  Delaware

This Agreement and Plan of Merger (this “Agreement”) dated February 12, 2004, by and among Plains Exploration & Production Company, a Delaware corporation (“Parent”), PXP California Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent (“Merger Sub,” and, together with Parent, the “Parent Parties”) and Nuevo Energy Company, a Delaware corporation (“Target”).