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(1) Amount Previously Paid: (2) Form, Schedule or Registration Statement No.: (3) Filing Party: (4) Date Filed: [ENERGY EAST LOGO] 89 East Avenue Rochester, NY 14649 Energy East Management Corporation July 5, 2007 Re: Energy East Corporation Stock Option Plan To: Stock Option Plan Participant For your convenience, an Employee Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) document is included regarding questions you may have about your stock options in light of Energy East's recent announcement that it will be acquired by IBERDROLA. Please contact me at 585-771-4334 or Amy Fleischman at 585-771-6248 if you have any questions regarding the Stock Option Plan. Sincerely, /s/ Paul T. Karakantas Paul T. Karakantas Employee Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) - Stock Option Plan -------------------------------------------------------------- 1. What happens to the stock options that I have been granted in light of the Company's recent announcement that it will be acquired by IBERDROLA? Once all of the necessary approvals are obtained regarding the sale of Energy East and the sale closes, all of your stock options will become vested and you will be entitled to a payment for the full amount of shares remaining subject to the option. The transaction is expected to close in 2008. 2. At the time the transaction closes, will I have to submit the standard exercise forms to exercise my options? No. Upon the closing of the transaction your stock options will be automatically converted into the right to receive cash that will be forwarded to you. 3. What will the exercise price be for my stock options? The stock options will be exercised at $28.50 each in accordance with the terms of the merger agreement. You will receive a cash payment of $28.50 less the price at which the stock options were granted to you and less all applicable withholding taxes. 4. What happens to my stock options that have not vested as of the closing date of the transaction? Once all of the necessary approvals are obtained regarding the sale of Energy East and the sale closes, all of your stock options will vest and you will be entitled to payment shortly after the date the transaction closes. 5. What will happen to my stock options in the period prior to the closing of the transaction? Until the transaction is completed, the Stock Option Plan will continue to operate under the terms and conditions defined in your Stock Option Award Agreement and in the Plan. 6. What will happen to my stock options if the transaction does not close? If the transaction fails to close, the Stock Option Plan will continue to operate under the terms and conditions defined in your Stock Option Award Agreement and the Plan. Additional Information and Where to Find It In connection with the proposed transaction, the Company will file a proxy statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Before making any voting or investment decision, investors and security holders of the Company are urged to carefully read the entire proxy statement, when it becomes available, and any other relevant documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, as well as any amendments or supplements to those documents, because they will contain important information about the proposed transaction. A definitive proxy statement will be sent to the stockholders of the Company in connection with the proposed transaction. Investors and security holders may obtain a free copy of the proxy statement (when available) and other documents filed by the Company at the Securities and Exchange Commission's Web site at http://www.sec.gov. The proxy statement and such other documents may also be obtained for free from the Company by directing such request to the Company, 52 Farm View Drive, New Gloucester, ME 04260, Attention: Marc Siwak, Director Investor Relations. Participants in the Solicitation The Company, its directors, executive officers and other members of its management, employees, and certain other persons may be deemed to be participants in the solicitation of proxies from the Company stockholders in connection with the proposed transaction. Information about the interests of the Company's participants in the solicitation is set forth in the Company's proxy statements and Annual Reports on Form 10-K, previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and in the proxy statement relating to the transaction when it becomes available.