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March 18, 1996Dear Shareholder:
The Board of Trustees joins me in inviting you to attend Eastern's Annual Meeting at 10:00 a.m. on Thursday, April 25, 1996 in the Auditorium of the Bank of Boston, 100 Federal Street, Boston, Massachusetts.
The accompanying Annual Report to Shareholders reports on the Company's operations and outlook. The Notice of Annual Meeting and Proxy Statement contain a description of the formal business to be acted upon by the shareholders. At the meeting, we intend to continue our practice of discussing Eastern's operating businesses and their prospects. Trustees, officers and other executives, as well as representatives of Eastern's independent accountants, will be available to answer any questions you may have.
A proxy card and a postage-paid envelope are enclosed. Your vote, regardless of the number of shares you own, is important. Whether or not you plan to attend the meeting, I urge you to register your vote now by signing, dating and returning the enclosed proxy card as soon as possible in the envelope provided.
I look forward to greeting personally as many shareholders as possible at the meeting.
Sincerely,
J. Atwood Ives
Chairman and Chief
Executive Officer
NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS April 25, 1996
To the Holders of Common Stock of Eastern Enterprises:
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual Meeting of Shareholders of Eastern Enterprises (the "Association") will be held in the Auditorium of the Bank of Boston, 100 Federal Street, Boston, Massachusetts, at 10 o'clock in the morning on Thursday, April 25, 1996 for the following purposes:
Shareholders of record at the close of business on March 4, 1996 are the shareholders entitled to receive notice of and to vote at such meeting.
- To elect two Trustees to serve until the 1999 Annual Meeting of Shareholders and until their successors are elected and qualified;
- To approve the Association's 1996 Non-Employee Trustees' Stock Option Plan as set forth in the attached Proxy Statement; and
- To consider and act upon any other matters that may properly come before the meeting or any adjournment thereof.
Shareholders who wish their stock to be voted by proxy are requested to date and sign the enclosed form of proxy and to return it in the enclosed envelope. A resolution adopted by the Trustees of the Association provides that shares voted by proxy shall be counted only if the proxy form has been presented for validation to the Secretary prior to the meeting or, if the meeting is adjourned to another day, prior to such adjourned session.
By order of the Board of Trustees
L. William Law, Jr.
SecretaryMarch 18, 1996