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Mark,
Attached is the draft Broker Electronic Transaction Agreement.? In preparing the draft, I have made the following assumptions or decisions, each of which can be changed as Enron desires: 1.? There will be pre-existing relationships with the ultimate buyers/sellers, each of which I have designated a "Participant," pursuant to which the Enron-Participant relationship will be conducted (these may be very informal).? Enron will have approved Participants in advance and will know the identities and other characteristics of Participants represented by brokers.? The pre-existing agreements with Participants are "Participant Agreements." 2.? Brokers will propose trades, which I have characterized as the "selection of prices, quantities and other terms and conditions" on behalf of Participants, and have defined as "Execution." 3.? Once an Execution is confirmed by Enron, it becomes a "Transaction" with a Participant.? A Participant in a "Transaction" is a "Counterparty."? Enron and Counterparties are parties to a "Purchase Agreement," which is the binding agreement between Enron and the principal to buy or sell a commodity with respect to which a Broker has "Executed."? I think these potentially complicated definitions are necessary to maintain clear distinctions between the acts that bind the Brokers and those that bind the Participants. 4.? I think that all of the requirements, representations and agreements in the password application are now in the BETA.? I am presuming that there will be other forms or methods by which Enron will collect credit and other information about brokers. 5.? I have placed upon the Brokers the responsibility for obtaining whatever regulatory approvals they need (FERC, at least).? We may need to address whether Enron needs to establish independently that Brokers do not have characteristics that subject EnronOnline to CFTC jurisdiction, but I believe that we have sidestepped that issue by not making the brokers parties to the trades. 6.? The key provision of the BETA is paragraph 3(f), which defines the Broker's obligation to pay damages.? 7.? I have not provided a blacklined version (against the ETA) because I have changed the document extensively (and also, I don't know how to blackline from home).? We will provide that blackline later today, because there may be changes to the ETA that you want to consider based on my revisions of the basic terms of that agreement in preparing this one. Enjoy!? Talk to later. Bob -----Original Message----- From: Mark.Taylor@enron.com [mailto:Mark.Taylor@enron.com] Sent: Monday, November 20, 2000 11:25 AM To: rlawrence@milbank.com Subject: GTC's (See attached file: ECT Natgas GTC.doc) (See attached file: ENA Financial GTC.doc) This e-mail message may contain legally privileged and/or confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient(s), or the employee or agent responsible for delivery of this message to the intended recipient(s), you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please immediately notify the sender and delete this e-mail message from your computer. ? ? - BROKER ELECTRONIC TRANSACTION AGREEMENT.doc
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