3 1 d3.txt FORM 3 U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 FORM 3 OMB APPROVAL ----------------------------- OMB NUMBER: 3235-0104 Expires: December 31, 2001 Estimated average burden hours per response ...... 0.5 ----------------------------- INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 1. Name and Address of Reporting Person Dominion Resources, Inc. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Last) (First) (Middle) 120 TREDEGAR STREET POST OFFICE BOX 26532 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Street) RICHMOND VA 23261- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (City) (State) (Zip) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 9/9/2001 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. IRS or Social Security Number of Reporting Person, if an entity (Voluntary) 54-1229715 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Louis Dreyfus Natural Gas Corp. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5. Relationship of Reporting Person to Issuer: (Check all applicable) Director X 10% Owner ----- ------ Officer (give Other (Specify ----- title below) ------ below) ---------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/Year) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) X Form filed by One Reporting Person -- Form filed by More than One Reporting Person -- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Explanation of Responses: See attached page(s) **Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a). Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed. If space provided is insufficient, See Instruction 6 for procedure. Potential persons who are to respond to the collection of information contained in this form are not required to respond unless the form displays a currently valid OMB Number. /s/ Patricia A. Wilkerson 9/19/01 _______________________________ ______________ **Signature of Reporting Person Date By: Patricia A. Wilkerson, Attorney-in-fact Dominion Resources, Inc. 120 TREDEGAR STREET POST OFFICE BOX 26532 RICHMOND, VA 23261- DOMINION RESOURCES, INC.(D) 09/09/2001 Explanation of Responses: Dominion Resources, Inc. ("Dominion") and persons holding approximately 44% of the common stock of Louis Dreyfus Natural Gas Corp. ("Louis Dreyfus") have shared voting power with regard to 19,150,000 shares (the "Shares") of Louis Dreyfus common stock, pursuant to the Principal Shareholders Agreement, dated September 9, 2001, by and among Dominion, Louis Dreyfus Natural Gas Holdings Corp., Louis Dreyfus Commercial Activities Inc. and L.D. Fashions Holdings Corp. (which Agreement is filed as Exhibit 2.2 to the Form 8-K filed by Louis Dreyfus with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 12, 2001). Dominion expressly disclaims that it has any direct or indirect pecuniary interest in the Shares.

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