Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
Exhibit 99.01
OGE Energy Names Linda Petree Lambert to Board of Directors
Board also Declares Quarterly Dividend
OKLAHOMA CITY – OGE Energy Corp. (NYSE: OGE) today announced that Linda Petree Lambert, president of Lasso Corporation, has been elected to serve on the OGE Energy Board of Directors. Lasso is an Oklahoma City-based diversified oil and gas investment company.
Lambert was elected to a term expiring at the company’s annual shareowner’s meeting May 19, at which time she will be nominated for approval by the company’s shareowners.
“We’re excited to welcome Linda Lambert to our Board of Directors,” said Steven E. Moore, chairman, president and CEO of OGE Energy. “Her experience in the energy business, committed community leadership and entrepreneurial spirit will serve our company well.”
In addition to serving as president of Lasso, which she founded in 1991, Lambert serves as a partner in Petree Valley Farms and President of Enertree, L.L.C., also an oil and gas investment company.
As an assistant vice president at Bank of Oklahoma, she worked in commercial real estate lending, government securities and municipal bond sales, and was the executive coordinator of the bank’s marketing division.
In addition, Lambert is actively involved with the Oklahoma City National Memorial Foundation, is Vice-chair of the Oklahoma City Public Schools Trust, Chair of the Board of Trustees at Mercy Health Center, serves on the boards of the Oklahoma City Chamber of Commerce, United Way, the Kirkpatrick Foundation, International Longevity Center USA, International Women’s Forum, the Oklahoma United Methodist Foundation and is founding chair ofPossibilities:Neighbors in Action.
Lambert attended Mills College in Oakland, Calif. and the University of Oklahoma.
The OGE Energy Board of Directors today declared a first-quarter dividend of $0.3325 per common share of stock, to be paid Jan. 28, 2005, to shareowners of record on Jan. 7, 2005. The dividend level remained unchanged from the previous quarter.
CLASS OF STOCK: | | OGE Energy Corp. Common |
QUARTERLY DIVIDEND PER SHARE: RECORD DATE: PAYMENT DATE: | | $0.3325 01/07/05 01/28/05 |
OGE Energy is the parent company of Oklahoma Gas and Electric Company (OG&E), a regulated electric utility serving approximately 733,000 customers in a service territory spanning 30,000 square miles in Oklahoma and western Arkansas, and of Enogex Inc., a natural gas pipeline business with principal operations in Oklahoma and Arkansas.