But the merger agreement filed by CNET on Thursday contains its own surprise.
In the agreement, filed in United States District Court in Corpus Christi, Koch admitted it had vented benzene vapors into the atmosphere.
There was no mention of any easement in the deed and no agreement filed in the public records.
In the plea agreement, filed in the Federal District Court in Los Angeles, Mr. Riady said he would cooperate with the government's continuing investigation of political fund-raising abuses.
The merger agreement, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission yesterday, provides for a $675 million breakup fee to be paid by whichever company walks away from the deal, should that happen.
Mr. Sorin will forfeit $1.7 million in profit, plus $818,000 in interest, and will pay a $600,000 fine, according to an agreement filed yesterday in Federal District Court in Brooklyn.
Additional claims of $30.3 million for items like administrative expenses were cut to $15 million under the agreement, filed Wednesday in Federal Bankruptcy Court in Chicago and made public yesterday.
Under the agreement filed in bankruptcy court in San Francisco, Pacific Gas will pay the more than $267 million that it owes Calpine, based in San Jose, Calif.
The settlement agreement, filed late Friday afternoon, also says the energy commission found no evidence supporting accusations that Reliant engaged in two other types of manipulative strategies.
Under the agreement filed in bankruptcy court in San Francisco, Pacific Gas will pay the more than $267 million that it owes Calpine, the energy supplier based in San Jose, Calif.
The agreement, filed Friday in U.S. District Court in Washington, follows a 2012 ruling ordering the industry to pay for corrective statements in various advertisements.
