ContractAmendment Agreement • May 4th, 2005 • Patina Oil & Gas Corp • Crude petroleum & natural gas • Delaware
AMENDMENT AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) dated as of May 3, 2005, to the AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER dated as of December 15, 2004 (the “Merger Agreement”), by and among Patina Oil & Gas Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), Noble Energy, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Parent”), and Noble Energy Production, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent (“Purchaser”). Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Merger Agreement.
