EEX CORP
8-K, 1997-12-22
ELECTRIC & OTHER SERVICES COMBINED
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                SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                         Washington, D.C.




                             FORM 8-K

                          CURRENT REPORT




              Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
                 Securities Exchange Act of 1934



         Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)
                        December 19, 1997



                         EEX CORPORATION
               (Formerly ENSERCH EXPLORATION, INC.)
      (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)



     Texas               1-12905                   75-2421863
(State or other        (Commission             (I.R.S. Employer
jurisdiction of        File Number)           Identification No.)
 incorporation)



2500 CityWest Boulevard, Suite 1400, Houston, Texas     77046   
(Address of principal executive offices)               (Zip Code)



Registrant's telephone number, including Area Code: (713)243-3100

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Item 5.  Other Events

A.   A special meeting of Shareholders was held on December 19, 1997,
at which the Shareholders approved changing the name of the Company
to "EEX Corporation".  Listed below is the result of the vote.


       Shares           Shares Voted           Shares
     Voted "For"         "Against"           "Abstaining"  
     -----------        -----------          ------------
     110,208,997         2,778,998           357,744

B.   Shareholder Proposal

     In order to be considered for inclusion in the Company's proxy
statement relating to the 1998 Annual Meeting of shareholders, a
shareholder proposal must be received by the Company no later than
January 12, 1998.  The date of the 1998 Annual Meeting of
Shareholders will be May 12, 1998.

     The Company's Bylaws provide that in addition to any other
applicable requirements, in order for a shareholder to properly
bring business before the annual meeting or nominate a person for
election to the Board, the shareholder must give timely written
notice to the Corporate Secretary and provide certain specified
information.  Details regarding the procedural requirements for
presenting a matter before a shareholders meeting are available
upon written request to the Corporate Secretary.


Item 7.   Financial Statements and Exhibits

Exhibits:

3.1   Articles of Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation as
      filed December 19, 1997, with the Texas Secretary of State.

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                            SIGNATURE

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1934,
the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its
behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

                                   EEX Corporation



Date: December 22, 1997                 By   /s/ R. E. Schmitz
                                        -------------------------
                                        R. E. Schmitz
                                        Vice President and
                                        Controller
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                                                        EXHIBIT 3.1

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                      ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT
                              TO THE
                    ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
                                OF
                    ENSERCH EXPLORATION, INC.

     Pursuant to the provisions of article 4.04 of the Texas Business
Corporation Act, the undersigned corporation adopts the following articles
of amendment to its articles of incorporation, as heretofore amended and
supplemented (the "Articles of Incorporation"):

                           ARTICLE ONE

     The name of the corporation is Enserch Exploration, Inc.

                           ARTICLE TWO

     The following amendment to the Articles of Incorporation was adopted by
the shareholders of the corporation on December 19, 1997 to change the name
of the corporation from Enserch Exploration, Inc. to EEX Corporation.
The amendment amends Article One of the Articles of Incorporation to read in
its entirety as follows:

                           "ARTICLE ONE

     The name of the corporation (the "Company") is EEX Corporation."

                          ARTICLE THREE

     The number of shares of common stock, par value $.01 per share (the
"Common Stock"), of the corporation outstanding at the time of such adoption
and entitled to vote thereon was 126,919,427.  No other class or series of
shares was outstanding and entitled to vote on the amendment as a class or
otherwise.

                           ARTICLE FOUR

     The number of shares of Common Stock voted for such amendment was
110,208,997; and the number of shares of Common Stock voted against such
amendment was 2,778,998.

     Dated December 19, 1997

                                        ENSERCH EXPLORATION, INC




                                        By:  /s/ Janice Hartrick
                                           ---------------------------
                                             Its Senior Vice President




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