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Except for the historical and present factual information contained
herein, the matters set forth in this filing, including statements as to the
expected benefits of the merger such as efficiencies, cost savings, market
profile and financial strength, and the competitive ability and position of the
combined company, and other statements identified by words such as "expects,"
"projects," "plans," and similar expressions are forward-looking statements
within the meaning of the "safe harbor" provisions of the Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements are subject to
risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially,
including the possibility that the anticipated benefits from the merger cannot
be fully realized, the possibility that costs or difficulties related to the
integration of our businesses will be greater than expected, the impact of
competition and other risk factors relating to our industry as detailed from
time to time in each of Chevron's and Texaco's reports filed with the SEC.
Chevron and Texaco disclaim any responsibility to update these forward-looking
statements.
Chevron and Texaco will file a proxy statement/prospectus and other
relevant documents concerning the proposed merger transaction with the SEC.
Investors are urged to read the proxy statement/prospectus when it becomes
available and any other relevant documents filed with the SEC because they will
contain important information. You will be able to obtain the documents free of
charge at the website maintained by the SEC at www.sec.gov. In addition, you may
obtain documents filed with the SEC by Chevron free of charge by requesting them
in writing from Chevron Corporation, 575 Market Street, San Francisco, CA 94105,
Attention: Corporate Secretary, or by telephone at (415) 894-7700. You may
obtain documents filed with the SEC by Texaco free of charge by requesting them
in writing from Texaco Inc., 2000 Westchester Avenue, White Plains, New York
10650, Attention: Secretary, or by telephone at (914) 253-4000.
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officers, may be deemed to be participants in the solicitation of proxies from
the stockholders of Chevron and Texaco in connection with the merger.
Information about the directors and executive officers of Chevron and their
ownership of Chevron stock is set forth in the proxy statement for Chevron's
2000 annual meeting of stockholders. Information about the directors and
executive officers of Texaco and their ownership of Texaco stock is set forth in
the proxy statement for Texaco's 2000 annual meeting of stockholders. Investors
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by reading the proxy statement/prospectus when it becomes available.
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[Letter to all Texaco Employees dated November 21, 2000]
To All Texaco Employees:
On a number of transition fronts we have been making considerable progress, and
I wanted to update you on some recent developments.
First, in regard to communications, I am pleased to announce that we have added
a special section to our internal website, @Texaco, which will include merger-
and transition-related information, and will enable you to directly address your
merger-, transition- and human resource-related questions in a confidential
manner. This site is now live, and the attached link will take you there.
[Texaco Intranet hyperlink appears here]
Future information related to the merger and the transition will be located on
this site. In addition, we will continue to advise you of developments by
e-mails and letters such as this, and via a new section of our weekly
E-Bulletin. For those employees without direct web access, we will arrange for
paper copies of this information to be distributed on a timely basis.
On the matter of the transition, the first joint integration team leader
meetings -- including representatives from Texaco, Chevron and Caltex -- were
held last week in San Ramon, California. As you know, the objective of the
integration teams is to make recommendations that will enable us to create an
organization to compete with the best in the industry and, at the same time, to
quickly achieve our $1.2 billion synergy goal. By any measure, our initial
progress is encouraging.
In the two weeks since we launched the transition process, we have:
o Set up an Integration Management Office (IMO) and a project management
structure;
o Outlined a process that will enable us to make recommendations and decisions
during the transition period;
o Launched the new team referenced in my previous letter: the People
Integration Team, headed by Janet Stoner, Texaco Vice President - Human
Resources, and her Chevron counterpart, Greg Matiuk;
o Started the process of developing data requirements to assess merger synergy
opportunities;
o Established team charters, outlining the roles and responsibilities for each
integration team; and
o Held meetings with senior executives of all three companies to discuss
post-merger business direction and high-level organizational issues for the
upstream, downstream, power, midstream, advanced energy and human resources
areas.
As Chevron Chairman and CEO Dave O'Reilly noted in his comments to the
transition team leaders last week, the objectives and schedule we have set forth
are aggressive for two very important reasons. First, we want to minimize the
period of uncertainty for employees of Texaco, Chevron and Caltex. Second, we
want to be sure that the integration planning will be completed by the time the
U.S. Federal Trade Commission completes its regulatory review process.
In the meantime, we need to maintain the high performance of our ongoing
business during the transition period. Staying focused on our current strategies
and on achieving our financial performance goals is critical to our success now
and in the future. It is also important to keep in mind that Texaco and Chevron
remain competitors pending completion of the merger. Contact with Chevron should
be restricted to normal business dealings and authorized merger integration
activities, which are being conducted in a way to ensure compliance with
antitrust laws.
I'd like to thank you for the comments, ideas and questions you have offered in
the weeks since the merger announcement. I look forward to providing further
updates as we move forward.
P J Lynch