Elliott Mgmt Announces Slate of Execs for Hess Board of Directors

Elliott Management Corporation (“Elliott”) today sent a letter to shareholders of Hess Corporation HES urging them to elect at the Company's 2013 Annual Meeting the following slate of five independent directors to the Board: Rodney F. Chase - Former Deputy Chief Executive, BP plc Harvey Golub - Former Chief Executive Officer, American Express Company Karl F. Kurz - Former Chief Operating Officer, Anadarko Petroleum Corporation David McManus - Former Executive Vice President, Pioneer Natural Resources Company Marshall D. Smith - Chief Financial Officer, Ultra Petroleum Corporation Alternate board nominees are: William Berry - Former Executive Vice President, ConocoPhillips Company Jonathan R. Macey - Sam Harris Professor of Corporate Law, Corporate Finance, and Securities Law, Yale Law School