AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER Among OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION, OCCIDENTAL TRANSACTION 1, LLC and VINTAGE PETROLEUM, INC. Dated as of October 13, 2005Agreement and Plan of Merger • October 18th, 2005 • Vintage Petroleum Inc • Crude petroleum & natural gas • Delaware
AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER (hereinafter called this “Agreement”), dated as of October 13, 2005, among Vintage Petroleum, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), Occidental Petroleum Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“Parent”), and Occidental Transaction 1, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent (“Merger Sub”; the Company and Merger Sub sometimes being hereinafter collectively referred to as the “Constituent Entities”).
