Mr. Randall has been a director of XTO since 1997. He is co-founder of Jeffries Randall & Dewey division of Jefferies & Company, Inc., an oil and gas transactions advisory and consulting business in Houston, Texas. In January 2005, Jefferies Group, Inc. acquired Randall & Dewey Partners, LP, a business Mr. Randall co-founded in 1989. He served as president of Randall & Dewey Partners, LP from 1989 to 2004. Prior to that, he was with Amoco Production Company (1975-1989), where he was manager of acquisitions and divestitures for seven years.