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Simon:
Sorry about the delay. I know we subscribe to various information services from Bloomberg and Reuters, but I am not aware of any relationship we have with Thomson Financial - then again that's not too surprising. I suggest you talk to the people in investor relations and maybe the Info Central people who may have subscribed to such services. The only way I would have heard about them would be if they were to be used for EnronOnline or in the highly unlikely event that they had consulted me on the subscription contracts. Please feel free to call if I can be of any other help. Mark (x37459) Simon Duff 07/12/2000 07:39 AM To: Mark Taylor/HOU/ECT@ECT cc: Tomas Valnek/LON/ECT@ECT, Maria Raftery/LON/ECT@ECT, Richard J Black/LON/ECT@ECT Subject: FirstCall Information Service Mark I understand that you oversee the legal issues/contracts relating to our financial trading activities and consequently was hoping you might be able to assist us in regard to the following query that relates to sourcing data from external financial information providers. I work in EnronCredit.com as a Telecommunication analyst and am interested in accessing the above information source which is provided by Thomson Financial. FYI, "FirstCall" allows online realtime access to a wide variety of debt and equity focused investment house/broker reports. We originally had access via a trial that was apparently initiated by a "C. Weber" who was based out of Houston but who has subsequently left the company. Unfortunately, access to this service has been withdrawn by Thomson Financial here in London on the basis that we are a "corporate" and not a "financial" or "fund manager". Thomson Financial are now offering us a reduced time-delayed service ("Investex") which is not sufficient for our needs and consequently we would like to reestablish the FirstCall service or a service providing similar or superior functionality. Prior to meeting with Thomson, I would very grateful if you could enlighten us on any of the following: - Whether Enron has any relationship and/or agreements in place with Thomson Financial in the US; - If the latter is the case, which services we receive from this data supplier; - If this is not the case, which alternative but similar data services we do receive. I believe that if we can establish that we already receive the FirstCall service in the US it would greatly strengthen our case for receiving it here in the UK. Alternatively, if we do not receive this service in the US it would be extremely valuable for us to know what alternative, but similar, sources of information are available, in order that we might have another option should Thomson Financial prove to be inflexible on the issue of supplying FristCall. Should you have any queries in relation to any of the above, please do not hesitate to contact me either by return or on the direct number below. Thanks for your help with this. Regards Simon Duff (## 44 20 7783 4585)
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