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Krenicki added, “My fellow nominees have served as directors and as senior managers of leading global businesses. We strongly believe a board that is structurally divided by misaligned incentives such as Elliott’s compensation scheme creates substantial risk. In an industry like oil and gas, where most successful projects produce returns over a longer time horizon, a subset of directors specifically incentivized to pursue short-term gains would introduce a troubling level of boardroom dysfunction. Rather than provide effective oversight, this structure could impede value creation by undermining a company’s ability to attract and retain top talent as well as the confidence of current and potential partners who rely on a reliable and stable counterparty over the life of a project.”
Mr. Mullin concluded, “John Krenicki has had a distinguished career as
one of the top executives at GE where he ran
Following the annual meeting, the newly constituted Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee will outline responsibilities for the Non-Executive Chairman that are consistent with corporate governance best practices. Further, Mr. Krenicki and the Board’s new and continuing directors are committed to:
- Providing independent oversight and holding management accountable for the successful execution of Hess’ strategy;
- Directing capital allocation decisions to strike the appropriate balance between funding growth and increasing shareholder returns;
- When necessary, making changes to Hess’ strategy to ensure the Company is driving shareholder value; and,
- A Board renewal process under which the majority of the Board will be comprised of new directors by the end of 2013, in addition to the six new directors who will sit on the Hess Board following this election.
The annual meeting is less than one week away. Hess strongly recommends its shareholders to vote ‘FOR’ its world class slate of new, independent, unconflicted director nominees by promptly voting on the WHITE proxy card by telephone, by Internet, or by mail.
For information about Hess’ transformation and the 2013 Annual Meeting, please visit: www.transforminghess.com.
About
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John Krenicki, Jr. Former Vice Chairman of GE; President and Chief Executive Officer ofGE Energy
Mr. Krenicki joined private equity firmClayton, Dubilier & Rice in 2013 after 29 years in senior leadership roles at GE, one of the world’s leading energy technology companies. Under Mr. Krenicki’s leadership since 2005,GE Energy more than doubled in size and profitability to become GE’s largest business, with revenue increasing from$22 billion in 2005 to over$50 billion in 2012 and represented roughly one third of GE’s total profits. His responsibilities included oversight of GE’s Oil & Gas, Power & Water, and Energy management businesses, which employ more than 100,000 people in over 165 countries. In this role, he successfully implemented a number of key growth and operational improvement initiatives, such as significantly broadening product offerings in the oil & gas sector, driving supply chain and engineering operational excellence, and spearheading a step function expansion into emerging markets. Mr. Krenicki’s experience leading large-scale initiatives across a global energy portfolio will add important perspective to the Hess Board as the company completes its transformation to a pure play E&P company.
In his Senior Operating Partner role atClayton, Dubilier & Rice , Mr. Krenicki and the firm’s team of senior operating executives lead initiatives to help portfolio companies increase top-line growth, improve operating efficiency and build strong management teams as well as identify and evaluate new investment opportunities. Mr. Krenicki holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from theUniversity of Connecticut and an M.S. in Management fromPurdue University .
Directorship Experience:Wilsonart International , ServiceMaster. Former Director:GE Capital
About Hess’ New, World-Class Independent Directors:
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Dr.
Kevin Meyers Former Senior Vice President of E&P for theAmericas ,ConocoPhillips
Dr. Meyers ran Exploration and Production in theAmericas forConocoPhillips , where he oversaw 6,000 employees and a$6 billion annual capital program, and was responsible for reorganizing and driving business value in the Americas E&P portfolio. Dr. Meyers drove the reconfiguration of the company’s upstream portfolio inNorth America , divesting$6 billion of low growth, low margin assets and focusing capital into emerging shale plays. He spearheaded the company's development of the Eagle Ford, moving it from exploration to a twelve-rig development program in under a year, and increased investment in both thePermian Basin and the Bakken. Dr. Meyers has over 30 years of experience in exploration and production, both domestic and international. Based on this experience, Dr. Meyers will bring to the Hess Board decades of managing cost-efficient E&P operations in geographies directly relevant to Hess’ focused E&P portfolio.
Directorship Experience:Hornbeck Offshore Services ,Denbury Resources ,Bill Barrett Corporation ,Precision Drilling Corporation . Former Director:LUKOIL -
Fredric Reynolds Former Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer,CBS Corporation
Mr. Reynolds was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer ofCBS Corporation and its predecessors fromJanuary 1994 until his retirement inAugust 2009 . While atCBS , Mr. Reynolds managed the company's transformation, beginning with the acquisition by Westinghouse ofCBS in 1995, followed by the Viacom-CBS merger of 2000 and the subsequent spin-out of MTV Networks, since renamedViacom . During his tenure as CFO ofCBS , shareholders experienced substantial share appreciation and return of capital. Mr. Reynolds is also the lead independent director atAOL Inc. Mr. Reynolds will bring to the Hess Board his substantial experience as a CFO with a successful track record of financial oversight, leading a successful transformation, returning capital, and delivering long term returns.
Directorship Experience:AOL ,Mondelez International (formerlyKraft Foods ). Former Director:The Readers Digest Association ,Blockbuster , Sportsline.com -
William Schrader Former Chief Operating Officer, TNK-BP Russia
Mr. Schrader was a senior leader of many of BP's most important E&P businesses, including serving as President ofBP Azerbaijan – one of BP’s most valued assets – and most recently served as COO ofTNK-BP , which comprised 27% of BP’s reserves and 29% of BP’s production. During his tenure as President ofBP Azerbaijan , production increased from 240,000 bpd to over 950,000 bpd while operating costs were reduced from$7 /bbl to$4 /bbl. He also was responsible for all of BP’s E&P business inIndonesia including the Tangguh LNG business. Mr. Schrader is an outstanding E&P executive responsible for transforming BP’s best and most valued E&P assets, and will bring to the Board his experience as a disciplined E&P operator with expertise in production sharing structures, government relations, and delivering returns.
Directorship Experience:Ophir Energy -
Dr.
Mark Williams Former Executive Committee Member,Royal Dutch Shell
Dr. Williams worked for over 30 years at Shell, including more than 17 years in Shell’s E&P and upstream business, serving most recently as a member of the Executive Committee ofRoyal Dutch Shell , where he was of the top three operating executives collectively responsible for all strategic, capital, and operational matters. Most recently, as Downstream Director, Dr. Williams oversaw$400 billion in revenues and approximately 55,000 people, generating$5.3 billion in profit annually, and redirected a$6 billion annual investment into the higher growth markets ofChina andBrazil , while strengthening Shell’s position in key hubs in theU.S. Gulf Coast andSingapore . His experience as part of an executive group with ultimate strategic responsibilities for the overall direction of one of the world’s largest oil & gas companies will add invaluable insight to Hess’ Board. -
James H. Quigley Former Chief Executive Officer, Deloitte
Mr. Quigley, who joined Hess’ Board inMarch 2013 , led Deloitte, one of the world's largest accounting and consulting firms. During his 38 years at Deloitte, he was a trusted consultant on strategic leadership and operating matters to senior management teams of multinational companies across industries. As CEO, he was responsible for the consulting, tax, audit, and financial advisory practices of Deloitte, and as an advisor and consultant, helped guide major strategic initiatives at many companies. In 2012, Mr. Quigley was namedTrustee of the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) Foundation , the oversight body of theInternational Accounting Standards Board (IASB). He will bring to the Hess Board significant global leadership experience and knowledge of financial, tax and regulatory matters that are relevant to Hess operations.
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within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and
Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. These projections
and statements reflect the Company’s current views with respect to
future events and financial performance. No assurances can be given,
however, that these events will occur or that these projections will be
achieved, and actual results could differ materially from those
projected as a result of certain risk factors. A discussion of these
risk factors is included in the Company’s periodic reports filed with
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