EX-99.1 9 d576159dex991.htm EX-99.1

Exhibit 99.1

PRELIMINARY COPY - SUBJECT TO COMPLETION

HESS CORPORATION

1185 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS

NEW YORK, NY 10036

VOTE BY INTERNET

Before The Meeting - Go to www.proxyvote.com or scan the QR Barcode above

Use the Internet to transmit your voting instructions and for electronic delivery of information. Vote by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on [ ] for shares held directly and by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on [ ] for shares held in the Hess Corporation Savings Plan. Have your proxy card in hand when you access the website and follow the instructions to obtain your records and to create an electronic voting instruction form.

During The Meeting - Go to www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/[ ]

You may attend the meeting via the Internet and vote during the meeting. Have the information that is printed in the box marked by the arrow available and follow the instructions.

VOTE BY PHONE - 1-800-690-6903

Use any touch-tone telephone to transmit your voting instructions. Vote by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on [ ] for shares held directly and by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on [ ] for shares held in the Hess Corporation Savings Plan. Have your proxy card in hand when you call and then follow the instructions.

VOTE BY MAIL

Mark, sign and date your proxy card and return it in the postage-paid envelope we have provided or return it to Vote Processing, c/o Broadridge, 51 Mercedes Way, Edgewood, NY 11717.

TO VOTE, MARK BLOCKS BELOW IN BLUE OR BLACK INK AS FOLLOWS:

V26178-TBD |  | KEEP THIS PORTION FOR YOUR RECORDS
THIS PROXY CARD IS VALID ONLY WHEN SIGNED AND DATED. |  | DETACH AND RETURN THIS PORTION ONLY

HESS CORPORATION

The Board of Directors recommends a vote FOR proposals 1 through 3. |  | For |  | Against |  | Abstain
1. |  | To adopt the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of October 22, 2023 (as may be amended from time to time, the “merger agreement”), by and among Chevron Corporation, Yankee Merger Sub Inc. and Hess Corporation (“Hess”). |  | ☐ |  | ☐ |  | ☐
2. |  | To approve, on an advisory (non-binding) basis, the compensation that may be paid or become payable to Hess’ named executive officers that is based on or otherwise related to the merger. |  | ☐ |  | ☐ |  | ☐
3. |  | To approve the adjournment of the special meeting, if necessary or appropriate, to solicit additional proxies if there are not sufficient votes to adopt the merger agreement. |  | ☐ |  | ☐ |  | ☐
NOTE: In their discretion, the proxies are authorized to vote upon such other business as may properly come before the meeting and at any and all adjournments or postponements thereof. |  |  |  |  |  |
Please sign exactly as your name(s) appear(s) hereon. When signing as attorney, executor, administrator, or other fiduciary, please give full title as such. Joint owners should each sign personally. All holders must sign. If a corporation or partnership, please sign in full corporate or partnership name by authorized officer. |  |  |  |  |  |
Signature [PLEASE SIGN WITHIN BOX]        Date                 Signature (Joint Owners)              Date |  |  |  |  |  |

Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the Special Meeting:

The Notice and Proxy Statement is available at www.proxyvote.com.

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HESS CORPORATION

THIS PROXY IS SOLICITED ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

SPECIAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS

The stockholder(s) hereby appoint(s) John B. Hess, Gregory P. Hill and Timothy B. Goodell, or any of them, as proxies, each with the power of substitution, and hereby authorize(s) him to represent and to vote, as designated on the reverse side of this ballot, all of the shares of common stock of HESS CORPORATION that the stockholder(s) is/are entitled to vote at the Virtual Special Meeting of Stockholders to be held at [ ] a.m., Eastern Time on [ ], at www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/[ ], and any adjournment or postponement thereof.

THIS PROXY, WHEN PROPERLY EXECUTED, WILL BE VOTED AS DIRECTED BY THE UNDERSIGNED. IF NO SUCH DIRECTIONS ARE MADE, THIS PROXY WILL BE VOTED “FOR” EACH OF THE PROPOSALS AS RECOMMENDED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. BY EXECUTING THIS PROXY, THE UNDERSIGNED STOCKHOLDER(S) AUTHORIZE(S) THE PROXIES TO VOTE IN THEIR DISCRETION ON ANY OTHER MATTERS AS MAY PROPERLY COME BEFORE THE SPECIAL MEETING AND ANY ADJOURNMENT OR POSTPONEMENT THEREOF.

PLEASE MARK, SIGN, DATE AND RETURN THE PROXY CARD PROMPTLY USING THE ENCLOSED REPLY ENVELOPE.

Additional instructions for Hess Corporation Savings Plan Participants: Participants and Beneficiaries who do not vote the stock in the Company Stock Fund attributable to their accounts shall be deemed to have directed Fidelity Management Trust Company as Trustee to vote such stock on each proposal in the same proportion as the other participants in the plan vote.

Continued and to be signed on reverse side