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To: chirodoc who wrote (6197)	12/29/1997 7:20:00 PM
From: Lois R	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 95453

From Patterson's DEFS14A report from Edgars (Dec. 8, 1997) Notice is hereby given that a Special Meeting of Stockholders (the "Meeting") of Patterson Energy, In etc............Tuesday, Dec. 30, 1997 10:00 A.M. local time, for the following purposes: 1) To consider and vote upon a proposal to amend Patterson's Restated Certificate of Inc. to increase its authorized Common Stock from 18,000,000 shares to 50,000,000 shares, with a significant number of the increased shares being used to effect a two-for-one stock split of the Co.'s Common Stock payable through a stock dividend........ Also of interest from the Motley Fool evening news (12/29/97): "While spot crude oil fell 2.5% today, the spot price of natural gas increased 2.5% as Mid-Atlantic states prepared for a nor'easter and heavy snowfalls expected through W. Virgina into NC. Of particular note was strengh in the 1998 gas contracts and heavy volume and a sharp upward move in the Jan 2000 gas contract." L