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From:paul.devries@enron.com
To:stephen.douglas@enron.com
Subject:Re: Tax Planning - Privileged Solicitor/Client Communication
Cc:mark.haedicke@enron.com, morris.clark@enron.com, peter.keohane@enron.com,rob.milnthorp@enron.com, sharon.crawford@enron.com, wes.colwell@enron.com, wys@blakes.com
Bcc:mark.haedicke@enron.com, morris.clark@enron.com, peter.keohane@enron.com,rob.milnthorp@enron.com, sharon.crawford@enron.com, wes.colwell@enron.com, wys@blakes.com
Date:Thu, 16 Nov 2000 06:08:00 -0800 (PST)

Peter, I think there was 1 option left out, which is:

Unwind the PML transaction and assume that you can do what was proposed in
#1 and continue to buy options each year to cover any incremental earnings
you get from the PML/ECC naked hedge. This would in effect allow you to
assume the full tax shield value of the unwind in earnings this year as there
would never be a tax liability in future years from the potential hedge
income.....This 1)allows ECC to mix it up a little in terms of what we are
doing to mitigate taxes and 2)lets you capture the value of the unwind now
when it is available. We may not own this asset next year, so the value of
this opportunity would go away....

Cheers, Paul D