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SCHEDULE OF EVENTS FOR

Monday, August 7

Tuesday, August 8

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS FOR

1:30 p.m. Nominating and Corporate Governance 8:00 a.m. Board of Directors Meeting**
Meeting* 50t° Floor Boardroom
  50M03
2:00 p.m. Compensation and Management 12:30 p.m. Estimated adjournment
Development Committee A light lunch will be served
Meeting* following the Board meeting
50M Dining 50M Dining
3:00 p.m. Finance Committee Meeting* Enron Building
50P Floor Boardroom 1400 Smith Street
Houston, Texas

4:30 p.m. Audit and Compliance Committee	Four Seasons Hotel
Meeting*	1300 Lamar Street
50'h Floor Boardroom	Houston, Texas
	Telephone (713) 650-1300
	Facsimile (713) 652-6220
6:30 p.m. Cocktails	**Vans will depart the Four Seasons beginning at 7:15 a.m. to bring Directors to the
7:00 p.m. Board of Directors Meeting	Enron Building
(Executive Session)	
Four Seasons Hotel,	
Austin Room	

*A car will bring Committee Members from the Four Seasons to the Enron Building
15 minutes prior to the start of the Committee meetings and will return Directors to
hotel upon conclusion of respective meetings

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BOARD AND COMhIITTEE NWEMGS

HOUSTON, TEXAS
August 7-8,2000

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Kenneth L. Lay, Chairman
Robert A. Belfer
Norman P. Blake, Jr.
Ronnie C. Chan
John H. Duncan
Wendy L. Gramm
Ken L. Harrison
Robert K. Jaedicke
Charles A. LeMaistre

Rebecca P. Mark
John Mendelsohn
Jerome J. Meyer
Paulo V. Ferraz Pereira
Frank Savage
Jeffrey K. Skilling
John A. Urquhart
John Wakeham
Herbert S. Winokur, Jr.

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Executive Committee
John H. Duncan, Chairman
  Robert A. Belfer
Kenneth L Lay
Charles A. LeMaistre
  Jeffrey K. Skilling
Herbert S. Winokur, Jr.

Audit Committee
Robert K. Jaedicke, Chairman
  Ronnie C. Chan
Wendy L Gramm
John Mendelsohn
Paulo V. Ferraz Pereira
John Wakeham

Finance Committee
Herbert S. Winokur Jr., Chairman
Robert A. Belfer
Norman P. Blake, Jr.
Ronnie C. Chan
Jerome J. Meyer
Paulo V. Ferraz Pereira
Frank Savage
John A. Urquhart

Compensation Committee
Charles A. LeMaistre, Chairman
  Norman P. Blake, Jr.
John H. Duncan
Robert K_ Jaedicke
  Frank Savage

Nominating Committee
John Wakeham, Chairman
  Wendy L Gramm
John Mendelsohn
Jerome J. Meyer

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