EXHIBIT G 

Order Granting Motion of Neal Batson, the Enron Examiner, with respect 

to Certain Procedural Issues in Connection with the Termination of the 

Enron Corp. Examination, In re Enron Corp., Case No. 01-16034 (AJG) 

(Bankr. S.D.N.Y. Feb. 19, 2004) 

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UNlTED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT 

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK 

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In re: Chapter 11 

ENRON CORP., ef ai., Case No. 01-] 6034 (AJG). 

Debtors. Jointly Administered 

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ORDER GRANTING MOTION OF NEAL BATSON, 

THE ENRON CORP. EXAMINER, WJTH RESPECT TO 

CERTAIN PROCEDURAL ISSUES IN CONNECTION W]TH 

THE TERMINATION OF THE ENRON CORP. EXAMINATION 

Upon the M~tion of Neal Batson, the Enron Corp. J3:.aminer, With Respect 10 

Certain Procedural Issues in Connection with the Tennination of the Eoron Corp. 

Examination (the "Motion"), and adequate and sufficient notice of the Motion having 

been provided to all parties in interest; and the Court having cond ucted hearings during 

which interested parties were given the opportunity to be heard with respect to the 

Motion; and having considered the Proposed Order submitted on behalf of the Enron 

Corp. Examiner; and having considered the Proposed Counter-Order submitted on behalf 

of the Merrill Lynch Defendants; and sufficient cause appearing therefore, it is hereby 

ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED as follows: 

1. The Motion is granted to the extent set forth in this Order; 

2. Any creditor or party in interest to these cases is hereby precluded from 

issuing or serving upon the Enron Corp. Examiner' or the Enron Corp. Examiner'S 

Professionals any fonnal or infonnal discovery requests, including but not limited to, any 

I The defined terms herein shall have the same meanings IIscribed to them in the Molion. 

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subpoenas, requests for production of documents, requests for admissions, 

interrogatories, subpoenas duces lecum, requests for testimony; letters rogatory or any 

other discovery of any kind whatsoever in any way related to the Debtors, the nondebtor 

affiliates of the Debtors, the bankruptcy cases, or the Enron Corp. Examination with 

respect to any lO1owledge or documents (as defined by Bankruptcy Rule 7034(c) or any 

other material in the possession, custody or control of the Enron Corp. Examiner or the 

Enron Corp. Examiner's Professionals; provided, however: 

(i) that in the event B party in interest affirms that it has been unable to 

obtain discovery of certain information from any other source, then 

such party in interest may request that the Court permit discovery 

of that information from the Enron Corp. Examiner and the Enron 

Corp. Examiner's Professionals in a manner that is consistent with 

this Court's orders concerning the confidentiality of Rule 2004 

materials. The Enron Corp. Examiner and the Enron Corp. 

Examiner's Professionals have the right to and may oppose any 

such request for discovery; and 

(ii) that in the event a federal district court presiding over a criminal 

proceeding in which a party in interest is a defendant issues an 

order finding that the Enron Corp. Examiner or the Enron Corp. 

Examiner's Professionals are obliged to produce documents or 

other materials to said defendant under the principles of Brady v, 

Mary/and, 373 U.S, 83, 83 S. Ct. 1 J 94 (1963), as embodied in 

subsequent case law and the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, 

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this Order shall not preclude such production as the federal district 

court may require. The Enron Corp. Examiner and the Enron 

Corp. Examiner's Professionals have the right to and may oppose 

any efforts by a party in interest to to secure such an order from a 

federal distrbt court; 

3. Except as prohibited by any existing confidentiality order, including the 

Confidentiality Order, or other confidentiality agreement executed by the Enron Corp. 

Examiner, the Enron Corp. Examiner shall deliver to counsel for the Debtors (or their 

successors), one copy of each report filed by the Bnron Corp. Examiner in the bankruptcy 

cases, all material cited in the footnotes of each report and all closing documents for the 

transactions analyzed by the Enron Corp. Examiner by March 1,2004. Counsel for the 

Debtors shall maintain the confidentiality of the material in accordance with the 

Confidentiality Order. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, any Highly 

Confidential Material comprised by the material shall be maintained as such 

notwithstanding the citation to such material or the publication of any non-highly 

confidential pOliion thereof by the Enron Corp. Examiner. Consistent with any 

provisions of any confidentiality order entered in the bankruptcy cases, the Enron Corp. 

Examiner and the Enron Corp. Examiner's Professionals shall be authorized and are 

directed to retain copies of the reports filed in the bankruptcy cases, together with copies 

of all materials cited in the footnotes of the reports, along with the transcripts of all 

examinations taken with the voluntary cooperation of a witness or pursuant to 

Bankruptcy Rule 2004. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, and 

notwithstanding any provision of any plan of reorganization that is or may be confirmed· 

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in these cases, the Enron Corp. Examiner and the Enron Corp. Examiner's Professionals 

shall n'ot be required to produce to the Debtors (or any successor to the Debtors or any 

other party) any material comprising the work product of the Enron Corp. Examiner 

andlor the Enron Corp. Examiner's Professionals and/or any material protected by the 

attorney-client privilege or other applicable privileges. The Enron Corp. Examiner and 

the Enron Corp. Examiner's Professionals shall be entitled to reimbursement for the costs 

of disposition of the material under the terms of this provision, and matters related to the 

completion of the Enron Corp. Examination (including the prosecution of all fee 

applications), and all requests for payment of fees and expenses (including professional 

fees and any expenses) shall be submitted to the Debtors for payment consistent with the 

tenns of the orders entered in these cases addressing the compensation of professionals 

and reimbursement of expenses; 

4. In the event of a conflict between this Order and any provisions of a plan 

of reorganization confirmed in these cases, this Order shall control as it pertains to the 

rights, duties and obligations of the Enron Corp. Examiner and the Enron Corp. 

Examiner's Professionals; and 

5. Except as specifically set forth herein, the balance of the relief requested 

in the Motion, including the relief sought in paragraphs 24 through 27 of the Motion, 

shall be reserved pending further order of this Court. 

DATED: New York, New York 

February 12, 2004 

sl ArlJmr J. Gonzalez 

THE HONORABLE ARTHUR J. GONZALEZ, 

UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY JUDGE 

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