MITCHELL ENERGY & DEVELOPMENT CORP
10-K405/A, 1997-06-03
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                                 UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                                  FORM 10-K/A
                                Amendment No. 1

        [X]      ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
                        SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

                   FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED JANUARY 31, 1997
                                       OR
        [ ]    TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
                        SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

                         COMMISSION FILE NUMBER 1-6959

                      MITCHELL ENERGY & DEVELOPMENT CORP.
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)



         TEXAS                                        74-1032912
  (State of Incorporation)                 (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
                                                        
                                                        
        2001 TIMBERLOCH PLACE                           
        THE WOODLANDS, TEXAS                                            77380
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)                              (Zip Code)


       Registrant's telephone number including area code: (713) 377-5500

          SECURITIES REGISTERED PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OF THE ACT:



                                                         Name of each exchange
  Title of each class                                    on which registered  
  -------------------                                    ---------------------
Class A Common Stock, $.10 Par Value                     New York and Pacific 
Class B Common Stock, $.10 Par Value                     New York and Pacific 


       SECURITIES REGISTERED PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(g) OF THE ACT:  NONE

    Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports
                 required to be filed by Section 13 or Section
 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months,
                    and (2) has been subject to such filing
             requirements for the past 90 days.  Yes X    No
                                                    ---      ---

 Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405
                      of Regulation S-K is not contained
 herein, and will not be contained, to the best of registrant's knowledge, in
                  definitive proxy or information statements
  incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to
                             this Form 10-K.  [X]

    The aggregate market value of voting stock held by nonaffiliates of the
                      registrant at February 28, 1997 was
                          approximately $173,869,000.

            Shares of common stock outstanding at February 28, 1997:
                              Class A - 23,055,659
                              Class B - 28,787,047

                      DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE
  Portions of the following documents are incorporated by reference into the
                        indicated parts of this report:
  Annual Report to Stockholders for the fiscal year ended January 31, 1997 -
                                Parts I and II.
Definitive Proxy Statement to be filed within 120 days after January 31, 1997 -
                                   Part III.

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                                  FORM 10-K/A
                                AMENDMENT NO. 1


         The undersigned registrant hereby amends Exhibits No.s 99(a) and 99(b)
to its annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended January 31, 1997 as set
forth in the pages attached hereto:

         Exhibit 99(a) - Form 11-K for the year ended January 31, 1997 for the
           Mitchell Energy & Development Corp.  Thrift and Savings Plan is
           hereby amended to include the financial statements and schedules
           required by that form and the related Report of Independent Public
           Accountants on such statements and schedules together with their
           consent to incorporate such report into previously filed Form S-8
           registration statements.

         Exhibit 99(b) - Form 11-K for the year ended January 31, 1997 for the
           MND Hospitality, Inc. Thrift and Savings Plan is hereby amended to
           include the financial statements and schedules required by that form
           and the related Report of Independent Public Accountants on such
           statements and schedules together with their consent to incorporate
           such report into previously filed Form S-8 registration statements.

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities and Exchange Act of
1934, the registrant has duly caused this amendment to be signed on its behalf
by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

                                 Mitchell Energy & Development Corp.
                                 -----------------------------------
                                           (Registrant)


                                 By:            /s/ Philip S. Smith             
                                    -------------------------------------------
                                     Philip S. Smith
                                     Senior Vice President - Administration
                                     Chief Financial Officer and
                                     Principal Accounting Officer


   
Date:  June 2, 1997
    
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                                 EXHIBIT INDEX

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
EXHIBIT 
NUMBER                           DESCRIPTION
- -------                          -----------
<S>        <C>         
99(a) -    Form 11-K for the year ended January 31, 1997 for the Mitchell
           Energy & Development Corp. Thrift and Savings Plan is hereby 
           amended to include the financial statements and schedules required
           by that form and the related Report of Independent Public
           Accountants on such statements and schedules together with their
           consent to incorporate such report into previously filed Form S-8
           registration statements.
        
99(b) -    Form 11-K for the year ended January 31, 1997 for the MND
           Hospitality, Inc. Thrift and Savings Plan is hereby amended to 
           include the financial statements and schedules required by that form
           and the related Report of Independent Public Accountants on such
           statements and schedules together with their consent to incorporate
           such report into previously filed Form S-8 registration statements.
</TABLE>



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                                                                  Exhibit 99(a)




                                 UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549


                                   FORM 11-K

             [X]   ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE
                        SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934


                   FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED JANUARY 31, 1997

                                       OR

             [ ] TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE
                        SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934


                         Commission file number 1-6959


                                ---------------


                      MITCHELL ENERGY & DEVELOPMENT CORP.
                            THRIFT AND SAVINGS PLAN


                                ---------------


                      MITCHELL ENERGY & DEVELOPMENT CORP.
            (Name of issuer of securities held pursuant to the Plan)

                P. O. Box 4000, The Woodlands, Texas 77387-4000
           (Address of Plan and principal executive office of issuer)








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          Mitchell Energy & Development Corp. Thrift and Savings Plan
                  INDEX TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SCHEDULES


<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                  Page
                                                                                  ----
<S>                                                                                <C>
      Report of Independent Public Accountants ................................... 2

      Statement of Net Assets Available for Plan Benefits with Fund Information
        January 31, 1997..... .................................................... 3
        January 31, 1996..... .................................................... 4

      Statement of Changes in Net Assets Available for
        Plan Benefits with Fund Information for the Year Ended
          January 31, 1997... .................................................... 5
          January 31, 1996... .................................................... 6

      Notes to Financial Statements--January 31, 1997 and 1996 ................... 7

      Schedule I--Schedule of Assets Held for
          Investment Purposes at January 31, 1997......... .......................10

      Schedule II--Schedule of Reportable Transactions
          for the Year Ended January 31, 1997............. .......................11
</TABLE>






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                    REPORT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS



To the Administrative Committee of the Mitchell
 Energy & Development Corp. Thrift and Savings Plan:


      We have audited the accompanying statements of net assets available for
plan benefits of the Mitchell Energy & Development Corp. Thrift and Savings
Plan as of January 31, 1997 and 1996, and the related statements of changes in
net assets available for plan benefits for the years then ended. These
financial statements and the schedules referred to below are the responsibility
of Mitchell Energy & Development Corp.'s management. Our responsibility is to
express an opinion on these financial statements and schedules based on our
audits.

      We conducted our audits in accordance with generally accepted auditing
standards. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain
reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of
material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence
supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit
also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant
estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial
statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis
for our opinion.

      In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present
fairly, in all material respects, the net assets available for plan benefits of
the Mitchell Energy & Development Corp. Thrift and Savings Plan at January 31,
1997 and 1996, and the changes in net assets available for plan benefits for
the years then ended, in conformity with generally accepted accounting
principles.

      Our audits were made for the purpose of forming an opinion on the basic
financial statements taken as a whole. The supplemental schedules of assets
held for investment purposes as of January 31, 1997 and reportable transactions
for the year then ended are presented for purposes of additional analysis and
are not a required part of the basic financial statements but are supplementary
information required by the Department of Labor's Rules and Regulations for
Reporting and Disclosure under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of
1974. The fund information in the statement of net assets available for
benefits and the statement of changes in net assets available for benefits is
presented for purposes of additional analysis rather than to present the net
assets available for plan benefits and changes in net assets available for plan
benefits of each fund. The supplemental schedules and fund information have
been subjected to the auditing procedures applied in the audit of the basic
financial statements and, in our opinion, are fairly stated, in all material
respects, in relation to the basic financial statements taken as a whole.





Houston, Texas
April 25, 1997



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          Mitchell Energy & Development Corp. Thrift and Savings Plan
   STATEMENT OF NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR PLAN BENEFITS WITH FUND INFORMATION
                              AT JANUARY 31, 1997




<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                      Mutual Funds
                                                           Merrill      -----------------------------------------------------------
                                              MEDC          Lynch                          Davis                          John     
                                             Common       Retirement                        New                          Hancock   
                                              Stock       Preservation      AIM            York         Franklin        Emerging   
                                              Fund            Trust         Value         Venture        Income          Growth    
                                           ------------   ------------   ------------   ------------   ------------   ------------ 
<S>                                        <C>            <C>            <C>            <C>            <C>            <C>          
Assets                                                                                                                             
Investments (at current values)                                                                                                    
   MEDC Common Stock                                                                                                               
     Class A ............................  $ 10,590,796   $       --     $       --     $       --     $       --     $       --   
     Class B ............................    10,431,616           --             --             --             --             --   
                                                                                                                                   
   Merrill Lynch Retirement                                                                                                        
     Preservation Trust .................          --       51,963,637           --             --             --             --   
                                                                                                                                   
   Mutual funds .........................          --             --        5,230,020      5,171,304      1,229,982      2,755,250 
                                                                                                                                   
   Participants' loans...................          --             --             --             --             --             --   
                                           ------------   ------------   ------------   ------------   ------------   ------------ 
                                             21,022,412     51,963,637      5,230,020      5,171,304      1,229,982      2,755,250 
Other ...................................         2,460        178,208          1,108            675            203            369 
                                           ------------   ------------   ------------   ------------   ------------   ------------ 
Net assets available for plan benefits...  $ 21,024,872   $ 52,141,845   $  5,231,128   $  5,171,979   $  1,230,185   $  2,755,619 
                                           ============   ============   ============   ============   ============   ============ 


<CAPTION>
                                                                           Mutual Funds
                                           ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                             Merrill                       Merrill       Merrill      Oppenheimer
                                              Lynch         Merrill         Lynch         Lynch       Main Street      Tem-
                                              Basic          Lynch       Equity Index     Global       Income and      pleton      
                                              Value         Capital        Trust I       Allocation      Growth        Foreign     
                                           ------------   ------------   ------------   ------------   ------------   ------------ 
<S>                                        <C>            <C>             <C>             <C>            <C>            <C>       
Assets                                                                                                                             
Investments (at current values)                                                                                                    
   MEDC Common Stock                                                                                                               
     Class A ............................  $       --     $       --             --     $       --     $       --     $       --   
     Class B ............................          --             --             --             --             --             --   
                                                                                                                                   
   Merrill Lynch Retirement                                                                                                        
     Preservation Trust .................          --             --             --             --             --             --   
                                                                                                                                   
   Mutual funds .........................    10,979,510     10,569,529        640,492      3,192,550      6,097,082      2,268,405 
                                                                                                                                   
   Participants' loans...................          --             --             --             --             --             --
                                           ------------   ------------   ------------   ------------   ------------   ------------ 
                                             10,979,510     10,569,529        640,492      3,192,550      6,097,082      2,268,405
Other ...................................         1,419          1,610            111            542            886            350 
                                           ------------   ------------   ------------   ------------   ------------   ------------ 
Net assets available for plan benefits...  $ 10,980,929   $ 10,571,139        640,603   $  3,193,092   $  6,097,968   $  2,268,755 
                                           ============   ============   ============   ============   ============   ============ 


<CAPTION>
                                             Loan
                                             Fund            Total
                                          ------------   ------------ 
<S>                                        <C>            <C>
Assets                                   
Investments (at current values)          
   MEDC Common Stock                     
     Class A ............................  $       --     $  10,590,796
     Class B ............................          --        10,431,616
                                                                       
   Merrill Lynch Retirement                                            
     Preservation Trust .................          --        51,963,637
                                                                       
   Mutual funds .........................          --        48,134,124
                                         
   Participants' loans...................     5,796,126       5,796,126 
                                           ------------   -------------
                                              5,796,126     126,916,299
Other ...................................          --           187,941
                                           ------------   -------------
Net assets available for plan benefits...  $  5,796,126   $ 127,104,240
                                           ============   =============
</TABLE>                                  


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The accompanying notes are an integral part of this statement.






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          Mitchell Energy & Development Corp. Thrift and Savings Plan
   STATEMENT OF NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR PLAN BENEFITS WITH FUND INFORMATION
                              AT JANUARY 31, 1996




<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                                 Mutual Funds
                                                              Merrill     ---------------------------------------------------------
                                               MEDC            Lynch                        Davis                         John     
                                              Common        Retirement                       New                         Hancock   
                                               Stock        Preservation      AIM           York         Franklin        Emerging  
                                               Fund            Trust         Value         Venture        Income          Growth  
                                            ------------   ------------   ------------   ------------   ------------   ------------
<S>                                         <C>            <C>            <C>            <C>            <C>            <C>
Investments (at current values)
   MEDC Common Stock
     Class A ............................   $ 10,877,506   $       --     $       --     $       --     $       --     $       --  
     Class B ............................     11,417,656           --             --             --             --             --  

   Merrill Lynch Retirement
     Preservation Trust .................           --       47,076,818           --             --             --             --  

   Mutual funds .........................           --             --        4,542,418      2,964,141        843,910      1,114,208

   Participants' loans...................           --             --             --             --             --             --  
                                            ------------   ------------   ------------   ------------   ------------   ------------
                                              22,295,162     47,076,818      4,542,418      2,964,141        843,910      1,114,208
Other ...................................         37,174        156,166            765            411           --              738
                                            ------------   ------------   ------------   ------------   ------------   ------------

Net assets available for plan benefits...   $ 22,332,336   $ 47,232,984   $  4,543,183   $  2,964,552   $    843,910   $  1,114,946
                                            ============   ============   ============   ============   ============   ============

<CAPTION>
                                                                                        Mutual Funds
                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                 Merrill                       Merrill      Oppenheimer
                                                  Lynch         Merrill         Lynch       Main Street      Tem-         
                                                  Basic          Lynch          Global       Income and      pleton      
                                                  Value         Capital       Allocation       Growth        Foreign     
                                               ------------   ------------   ------------   ------------   ------------  
<S>                                            <C>            <C>            <C>            <C>            <C>
Investments (at current values)
   MEDC Common Stock
     Class A ............................      $       --     $       --     $       --     $       --     $       --    
     Class B ............................              --             --             --             --             --    
                                            
   Merrill Lynch Retirement                 
     Preservation Trust .................              --             --             --             --             --    
                                            
   Mutual funds .........................         8,627,609      9,924,639      2,320,195      3,705,045      1,612,221  
                                            
   Participants' loans...................              --             --             --             --             --    
                                               ------------   ------------   ------------   ------------   ------------  
                                                  8,627,609      9,924,639      2,320,195      3,705,045      1,612,221  
Other ...................................             5,831          6,111          4,280            765           --    
                                               ------------   ------------   ------------   ------------   ------------  
                                            
Net assets available for plan benefits...      $  8,633,440   $  9,930,750   $  2,324,475   $  3,705,810   $  1,612,221  
                                               ============   ============   ============   ============   ============  

<CAPTION>
                                               Loan
                                               Fund           Total
                                            ------------   ------------ 
<S>                                         <C>            <C>
Investments (at current values)
   MEDC Common Stock
     Class A ............................   $       --     $ 10,877,506
     Class B ............................           --       11,417,656
                                            
   Merrill Lynch Retirement                 
     Preservation Trust .................           --       47,076,818
                                            
   Mutual funds .........................           --       35,654,386
                                            
   Participants' loans...................      5,397,061      5,397,061
                                            ------------   ------------
                                               5,397,061    110,423,427
Other ...................................           --          212,241
                                            ------------   ------------
                                            
Net assets available for plan benefits...   $  5,397,061   $110,635,668
                                            ============   ============
</TABLE>


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The accompanying notes are an integral part of this statement.





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          Mitchell Energy & Development Corp. Thrift and Savings Plan
   STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR PLAN BENEFITS WITH FUND
               INFORMATION FOR THE YEAR ENDED JANUARY 31, 1997



<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                               Mutual Funds
                                                            Merrill      -------------------------------------------------
                                             MEDC            Lynch                           Davis                        
                                            Common        Retirement                          New                         
                                             Stock        Preservation        AIM             York             Franklin     
                                             Fund            Trust            Value           Venture           Income      
                                         -------------    -------------    -------------    -------------    -------------  
<S>                                      <C>              <C>              <C>              <C>              <C>            
Earnings on investments
   Interest income ...................   $        --      $   3,049,188    $        --      $        --      $        --    
   Mutual fund distributions .........            --               --            250,174          213,037           90,795  
   Cash dividends ....................         538,939             --               --               --               --    
   Realized and unrealized
     appreciation of investments .....       4,992,262             --            575,071          821,114           22,461  

Contributions
   Members ...........................         585,269        1,765,286          289,431          173,229           56,545  
   Company ...........................         451,817        1,245,497          215,783          131,556           39,483  

Participants' loans
   New loans made ....................        (434,542)      (1,609,586)        (132,756)         (84,440)         (27,014) 
   Principal payments received .......         382,468        1,211,235           85,878           68,373           20,769  
   Loan administration fees...........          (1,053)          (4,603)            (264)            (241)             (50) 

Distributions to
   withdrawing members ...............      (1,355,002)      (3,561,507)        (118,633)        (161,849)         (42,116) 

Transfers from (to) MND Hospitality,
   Inc. Thrift and Savings Plan ......             516           (9,276)            --               --               --    

Interfund transfers...................      (6,468,138)       2,822,627         (476,739)       1,046,648          225,402  
                                         -------------    -------------    -------------    -------------    -------------  

Increase (decrease) in net assets ....      (1,307,464)       4,908,861          687,945        2,207,427          386,275  

Net assets available for plan
   benefits, beginning of year .......      22,332,336       47,232,984        4,543,183        2,964,552          843,910  
                                         -------------    -------------    -------------    -------------    -------------  

Net assets available for plan
   benefits, end of year .............   $  21,024,872    $  52,141,845    $   5,231,128    $   5,171,979    $   1,230,185  
                                         =============    =============    =============    =============    =============  

<CAPTION>
                                                     Mutual Funds
                                         ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                              John           Merrill                          Merrill            Merrill     
                                            Hancock           Lynch           Merrill           Lynch             Lynch      
                                             Emerging         Basic            Lynch         Equity Index         Global     
                                             Growth            Value           Capital          Trust I         Allocation    
                                           -------------    -------------    -------------    -------------    -------------  
<S>                                        <C>              <C>              <C>              <C>              <C>            
Earnings on investments                  
   Interest income ...................     $        --      $        --      $        --      $        --      $        --    
   Mutual fund distributions .........            51,460          684,767        1,031,159               66          298,234  
   Cash dividends ....................              --               --               --               --               --    
   Realized and unrealized               
     appreciation of investments .....           236,149        1,015,693          215,842           53,944          107,487  
                                         
Contributions                            
   Members ...........................            96,410          349,289          378,127            9,771          144,149  
   Company ...........................            71,899          276,478          313,715            8,857          105,578  
                                         
Participants' loans                      
   New loans made ....................           (33,987)        (259,699)        (287,683)            --            (69,994) 
   Principal payments received .......            37,478          157,464          216,789            8,253           62,480  
   Loan administration fees...........              (159)            (501)            (640)            --               (170) 
                                         
Distributions to                         
   withdrawing members ...............           (20,576)        (377,897)        (545,375)             (11)         (53,294) 
                                         
Transfers from (to) MND Hospitality,     
   Inc. Thrift and Savings Plan ......              --               --                630             --               --    
                                         
Interfund transfers...................         1,201,999          501,895         (682,175)         559,723          274,147  
                                           -------------    -------------    -------------    -------------    -------------  
                                         
Increase (decrease) in net assets ....         1,640,673        2,347,489          640,389          640,603          868,617  
                                         
Net assets available for plan            
   benefits, beginning of year .......         1,114,946        8,633,440        9,930,750             --          2,324,475  
                                           -------------    -------------    -------------    -------------    -------------  
Net assets available for plan            
   benefits, end of year .............     $   2,755,619    $  10,980,929    $  10,571,139          640,603    $   3,193,092  
                                           =============    =============    =============    =============    =============  


<CAPTION>
                                               Mutual Funds
                                         ------------------------------ 
                                          Oppenheimer 
                                          Main Street          Tem-
                                           Income and         pleton          Loan
                                           Growth            Foreign          Fund             Total
                                         -------------    -------------    -------------    -------------   
<S>                                      <C>              <C>              <C>              <C>
Earnings on investments                  
   Interest income ...................   $        --      $        --        $   536,445    $   3,585,633  
   Mutual fund distributions .........         406,051           94,467             --          3,120,210
   Cash dividends ....................            --               --               --            538,939
   Realized and unrealized               
     appreciation of investments .....         484,665          205,628             --          8,730,316
                                         
Contributions                            
   Members ...........................         238,004           93,872             --          4,179,382
   Company ...........................         172,721           68,259             --          3,101,643
                                         
Participants' loans                      
   New loans made ....................        (111,084)         (52,855)       3,103,640             --
   Principal payments received .......          84,935           43,751       (2,379,873)            --
   Loan administration fees...........            (311)            (204)            --             (8,196)
                                         
Distributions to                         
   withdrawing members ...............        (176,408)         (33,855)        (324,702)      (6,771,225)
                                         
Transfers from (to) MND Hospitality,     
   Inc. Thrift and Savings Plan ......            --               --               --             (8,130)
                                         
Interfund transfers...................       1,293,585          237,471         (536,445)            --
                                         -------------    -------------    -------------    ------------- 
                                         
Increase (decrease) in net assets ....       2,392,158          656,534          399,065       16,468,572
                                         
Net assets available for plan            
   benefits, beginning of year .......       3,705,810        1,612,221        5,397,061      110,635,668
                                         -------------    -------------    -------------    -------------    
                                         
Net assets available for plan            
   benefits, end of year .............   $   6,097,968    $   2,268,755    $   5,796,126    $ 127,104,240    
                                         =============    =============    =============    =============    
</TABLE>


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The accompanying notes are an integral part of this statement.




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          Mitchell Energy & Development Corp. Thrift and Savings Plan
    STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR PLAN BENEFITS WITH FUND
                INFORMATION FOR THE YEAR ENDED JANUARY 31, 1996



<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                   Mutual Funds
                                                            Merrill      -------------------------------
                                             MEDC            Lynch                           Davis      
                                            Common        Retirement                          New       
                                             Stock        Preservation        AIM             York      
                                             Fund            Trust           Value           Venture    
                                        -------------    -------------    -------------    -------------
<S>                                     <C>              <C>              <C>              <C>
Earnings on investments               
   Interest income ..................   $       2,316    $   2,952,205    $        --      $        --   
   Mutual fund distributions ........            --               --            247,660          185,449
   Cash dividends ...................         666,079             --               --               --   
   Realized and unrealized            
     appreciation of investments ....       1,968,016             --            591,891          471,739
                                      
Contributions                         
   Members ..........................         766,565        2,133,481          257,764          152,380
   Company ..........................         636,831        1,470,936          153,679           86,693
                                      
Participants' loans                   
   New loans made ...................        (471,960)      (1,370,313)         (46,842)         (34,447)
   Principal payments received ......         385,944        1,114,048           55,701           46,636
   Loan administration fees .........          (1,145)          (3,721)            (127)             (82)
                                      
Distributions to                      
   withdrawing members ..............      (1,780,506)      (7,189,140)        (199,729)        (167,989)
                                      
Transfers to MND Hospitality, Inc. .. 
   Thrift and Savings Plan ..........         (42,553)         (68,887)         (13,677)          (7,360)
                                      
Interfund transfers..................      (2,730,395)         851,252        1,138,958          789,025
                                        -------------    -------------    -------------    -------------
                                      
Increase (decrease) in net assets....        (600,808)        (110,139)       2,185,278        1,522,044
                                      
Net assets available for plan         
   benefits, beginning of year ......      22,933,144       47,343,123        2,357,905        1,442,508
                                        -------------    -------------    -------------    -------------
                                      
Net assets available for plan         
   benefits, end of year ............   $  22,332,336    $  47,232,984    $   4,543,183    $   2,964,552
                                        =============    =============    =============    =============

<CAPTION>
                                                            Mutual Funds
                                        ----------------------------------------------------------------
                                                            John            Merrill                    
                                                           Hancock           Lynch           Merrill    
                                          Franklin         Emerging          Basic            Lynch     
                                           Income           Growth           Value           Capital   
                                        -------------    -------------    -------------    -------------
<S>                                     <C>              <C>              <C>              <C>
Earnings on investments                                                                                  
   Interest income ..................   $        --      $        --      $        --      $        --   
   Mutual fund distributions ........          71,335              110          382,489          992,805 
   Cash dividends ...................            --               --               --               --   
   Realized and unrealized                                                                               
     appreciation of investments ....          92,664          157,971        1,968,161        1,475,928 
                                                                                                         
Contributions                                                                                            
   Members ..........................          51,727           45,799          388,142          444,315 
   Company ..........................          32,425           28,118          269,365          301,226 
                                                                                                         
Participants' loans                                                                                      
   New loans made ...................          (3,828)          (5,687)        (187,821)        (260,417)
   Principal payments received ......          23,057           10,626          169,219          205,028 
   Loan administration fees .........             (19)             (17)            (383)            (458)
                                                                                                         
Distributions to                                                                                         
   withdrawing members ..............         (32,465)         (25,099)      (1,192,290)        (871,535)
                                                                                                         
Transfers to MND Hospitality, Inc. ..                                                                    
   Thrift and Savings Plan ..........          (5,619)            --            (15,069)         (15,371)
                                                                                                         
Interfund transfers..................        (132,701)         582,886          (33,572)         (28,889)
                                        -------------    -------------    -------------    ------------- 
                                                                                                         
Increase (decrease) in net assets....          96,576          794,707        1,748,241        2,242,632 
                                                                                                         
Net assets available for plan                                                                            
   benefits, beginning of year ......         747,334          320,239        6,885,199        7,688,118 
                                        -------------    -------------    -------------    ------------- 
                                                                                                         
Net assets available for plan                                                                            
   benefits, end of year ............   $     843,910    $   1,114,946    $   8,633,440    $   9,930,750 
                                        =============    =============    =============    ============= 

<CAPTION>
                                                        Mutual Funds
                                       ------------------------------------------------
                                          Merrill         Oppenheimer
                                           Lynch           Main Street        Tem-
                                          Global           Income and        pleton           Loan
                                         Allocation          Growth          Foreign          Fund              Total
                                        -------------    -------------    -------------    -------------    ------------- 
<S>                                     <C>              <C>              <C>              <C>              <C>
Earnings on investments                                                                                                   
   Interest income ..................   $        --      $        --      $        --      $     473,777    $   3,428,298 
   Mutual fund distributions ........         196,016           48,760           95,143             --          2,219,767 
   Cash dividends ...................            --               --               --               --            666,079 
   Realized and unrealized                                                                                                
     appreciation of investments ....         300,064          700,739          122,164             --          7,849,337 
                                                                                                                          
Contributions                                                                                                             
   Members ..........................         162,393          224,053          130,817             --          4,757,436 
   Company ..........................         115,497          128,116           62,781             --          3,285,667 
                                                                                                                          
Participants' loans                                                                                                       
   New loans made ...................         (54,013)         (46,077)         (30,198)       2,511,603             --   
   Principal payments received ......          65,621           49,860           25,570       (2,151,310)            --   
   Loan administration fees .........             (74)            (115)             (59)            --             (6,200)
                                                                                                                          
Distributions to                                                                                                          
   withdrawing members ..............        (100,521)         (80,625)         (71,552)        (444,675)     (12,156,126)
                                      
Transfers to MND Hospitality, Inc.                                                                                        
   Thrift and Savings Plan ..........         (14,398)          (5,266)          (6,575)          (6,054)        (200,829)
                                      
Interfund transfers..................        (356,861)         390,902            3,172         (473,777)            --   
                                        -------------    -------------    -------------    -------------    ------------- 
Increase (decrease) in net assets....         313,724        1,410,347          331,263          (90,436)       9,843,429 
                                      
Net assets available for plan         
   benefits, beginning of year ......       2,010,751        2,295,463        1,280,958        5,487,497      100,792,239 
                                        -------------    -------------    -------------    -------------    ------------- 
Net assets available for plan         
   benefits, end of year ............   $   2,324,475    $   3,705,810    $   1,612,221    $   5,397,061    $ 110,635,668 
                                        =============    =============    =============    =============    ============= 
</TABLE>

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The accompanying notes are an integral part of this statement.


                                      -6-
<PAGE>   8

          Mitchell Energy & Development Corp. Thrift and Savings Plan
                         NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
                           JANUARY 31, 1997 AND 1996



    (1)  SUMMARY OF THE PLAN

         GENERAL

      The Mitchell Energy & Development Corp. Thrift and Savings Plan (the
    Plan) was adopted by Mitchell Energy & Development Corp. (MEDC) and certain
    of its subsidiaries (collectively the Company) to encourage their employees
    to provide additional security for their retirement. Full-time employees of
    the Company are eligible to become members of the Plan on the first of the
    month following their completion of a one-month eligibility period. Other
    employees are eligible to become members after completing one year of
    participation service as defined in the Plan's provisions. Members should
    refer to the Plan document for a complete description of the Plan's
    provisions.

      ADMINISTRATION

      The Plan is administered by an administrative committee appointed by
    MEDC's Board of Directors. The committee has broad responsibilities
    regarding the supervision and administration of the Plan. Members of the
    administrative committee receive no compensation from the Plan for their
    services. Except for loan processing fees charged to members who have more
    than one loan outstanding, administrative expenses have been paid by the
    Company. Should the Company choose not to pay such expenses in the future,
    however, they would be paid by the Plan and charged to the members'
    accounts.

      TRUSTEE

      Plan investments are held by Merrill Lynch Trust Company of Somerset, New
    Jersey (Trustee), as trustee of the Plan. The Trustee receives
    contributions, makes payments to members in accordance with the terms of
    the Plan and has investment management authority where investment
    discretion is placed with the Trustee.

      BASIS OF ACCOUNTING

      The records of the Plan are maintained on the accrual basis of accounting
    for financial reporting purposes. Purchases and sales of securities are
    recorded on a trade-date basis. For financial statement purposes, Plan
    investments other than the Merrill Lynch Retirement Preservation Trust and
    participant loans are carried at market values which are determined based
    upon published market quotations supplied by the Trustee. The Merrill Lynch
    Retirement Preservation Trust, which is a common collective trust, is
    valued at a unit value of $1 per unit while participant loans are valued at
    their principal amounts which approximate market.

      USE OF ESTIMATES. The preparation of financial statements in conformity
    with generally accepted accounting principles requires the use of estimates
    and assumptions that affect the accompanying financial statements and
    disclosures. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

      CONTRIBUTIONS AND INVESTMENT OPTIONS

      Members may elect, with certain limitations, to reduce their compensation
    by instructing the Company to contribute from 1% to 14% of their base
    salary to the Plan on a pretax basis. Amounts so deferred, as limited by
    applicable Federal income tax regulations, are not included in a member's
    adjusted gross income for Federal income tax purposes in the year the
    income is deferred and contributed to the Plan. Members may also make
    after-tax contributions to the Plan. After-tax contributions are included
    in the member's adjusted gross income for Federal income tax purposes in
    the year the income is earned and contributed to the Plan. The total of a
    member's pretax and after-tax contributions may not exceed 14% of base
    salary.




                                      -7-

<PAGE>   9



      The Company makes contributions to the Plan of an amount equal to 100% of
    a member's contributions, up to 6% of base salary.

      Each participant's account is credited with his or her contributions and
    the applicable matching contributions and an allocation of the Plan's
    earnings. Allocations of earnings are based on the proportion that each
    participant's account balance bears to the total of all participant account
    balances.

      Members may direct the Trustee to invest their contributions in one or
    more of the investment funds listed below. The investment objectives of the
    various funds are as follows:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
            Fund                                       Investment Objective(s)
            ----                                       -----------------------
<S>                                            <C>
      MEDC Common Stock Fund                   Invest in Class A and Class B Common
                                               Stock of MEDC.

      Merrill Lynch Retirement                 Income, invests in U.S. Government 
        Preservation Trust                     Agency securities, bank and insurance
                                               company guaranteed investment contracts 
                                               and money market instruments.  Effective
                                               yields approximated 6.4% and 6.5% for the
                                               years ended January 31, 1997 and 1996.
                                               Investments are recorded at contract
                                               values, which approximate market values.
                                               
       Mutual Funds
          AIM Value Fund                       Capital appreciation, invests primarily
                                               in equity securities.

          Davis New York                       Capital appreciation, invests in equity 
            Venture Fund, Inc.                 and convertible securities.

          Franklin Income Fund                 Income, invests in equity and 
                                               debt securities and cash 
                                               equivalents.

          John Hancock Emerging                Capital appreciation, invests in equity
              Growth Fund                      securities of rapidly 
                                               growing small and medium
                                               sized companies.

          Merrill Lynch Basic                  Capital appreciation, invests 
              Value Fund, Inc.                 primarily in equity securities.

          Merrill Lynch                        Income and capital appreciation, invests 
              Capital Fund, Inc.               in equity, debt and convertible securities.

          Merrill Lynch Equity                 Capital appreciation, invests primarily in
              Index Trust I Fund               equity securities.

          Merrill Lynch Global                 Income and capital appreciation, 
              Allocation Fund, Inc.            invests in United States and foreign 
                                               equity, debt and money market securities.

          Oppenheimer Main Street              Income and capital appreciation, invests in
          Income and Growth Fund               equity and debt securities.

          Templeton                            Capital appreciataion and
          Foreign Fund                         debt securities of companies
                                               outside the United States.
</TABLE>

      VESTING

      A member becomes vested in the Company's matching contributions upon
    completing five years of vesting service. A year of vesting service is
    defined as the performance of 1,000 hours of service in a Plan year.



                                      -8-

<PAGE>   10
      FORFEITURES

      When a member who has not yet vested terminates employment, the value of
his/her share of Company contributions is forfeited and used to reduce future
Company contributions. During the Plan years ended January 31, 1997 and 1996,
forfeitures of $44,366 and $95,041 occurred, and forfeitures of $91,335 and
$91,361 were used to reduce the Company's contributions. At January 31, 1997,
an additional $16,486 was available to reduce the Company's future
contributions. For members reemployed before completing a break in service, as
defined by the Plan, Company contributions are reinstated upon the member's
reinvestment of applicable amounts in the Plan.

      DISTRIBUTIONS, WITHDRAWALS AND LOANS

      A withdrawing member is entitled to receive the value of his/her
contributions and, upon retirement, death, permanent disability or termination
after having completed five years of vesting service, is also entitled to
receive 100% of the value of applicable Company contributions.

      Distributions of member account balances invested in the MEDC Common
Stock Fund are made in kind with fractional shares paid in cash. Distributions
from all other investment funds are paid in cash. Members may request that
distributions from the MEDC Common Stock Fund be in cash (rather than stock),
subject to procedures established by the administrative committee.

      Withdrawals of members' pretax contributions are limited by Section
1.401(k)-1 of the Internal Revenue Code to instances of a member's death,
retirement, disability, separation from service, attainment of age 59-1/2 or
conditions of severe hardship. One withdrawal may be made during a twelve-month
period. Fund balances arising from a member's rollover of balances from other
plans may be withdrawn at any time.

      Members are eligible to borrow up to the lesser of 50% of the vested
value of their total Plan investments or $50,000. Such loans are evidenced by
promissory notes, which are secured by the member's account and bear interest
at a quoted prime rate plus two percent. Participant loans are reported as
assets of the Loan Fund and payments received, including interest, are
transferred to the investment funds based on members' current contribution
elections. Account balances pledged to secure loans may not be withdrawn from
the Plan.

      TERMINATION

      The Plan may be terminated, amended or modified by MEDC's Board of
Directors at its option. If the Plan is terminated, and after all expenses are
paid, any unallocated contributions, forfeitures, income and expenses will be
allocated among the members' accounts. All members would then be fully vested
and would be entitled to receive all of their then-existing account balances.

(2)   FEDERAL INCOME TAX STATUS

      The Plan is designed to operate as a non-tax-paying entity, and income
taxes have not been provided in its financial statements. The Plan obtained its
latest determination letter on December 29, 1995, in which the Internal Revenue
Service stated that the Plan, as then designed, was in compliance with the
applicable requirements of the Internal Revenue Code (the Code). Although the
Plan has been amended since receiving the determination letter, the
administrative committee believes that it continues to operate in compliance
with the applicable requirements of the Code.




                                      -9-

<PAGE>   11
                                                                     SCHEDULE I

          Mitchell Energy & Development Corp. Thrift and Savings Plan
                SCHEDULE OF ASSETS HELD FOR INVESTMENT PURPOSES
                              AT JANUARY 31, 1997




<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                            Current
                     Identity of Issue/Description                            Cost           Value
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------   ------------   ------------
<S>                                                                      <C>                   <C>           
Mitchell Energy & Development Corp. (a)
     Class A Common Stock (450,672 shares)..............................   $  7,879,178   $ 10,590,796
     Class B Common Stock (461,066 shares)..............................      7,991,756     10,431,616
                                                                           ------------   ------------
                                                                             15,870,934     21,022,412
                                                                           ------------   ------------

Merrill Lynch Retirement Preservation Trust (a)(b)(c)...................     51,963,637     51,963,637
                                                                           ------------   ------------

Mutual Funds
     AIM Value Fund (173,755 units).....................................      4,454,407      5,230,020
     Davis New York Venture Fund, Inc. (278,177 units)..................      4,171,313      5,171,304
     Franklin Income Fund (516,799 units)...............................      1,181,919      1,229,982
     John Hancock Emerging Growth Fund (64,031 units)...................      2,432,220      2,755,250
     Merrill Lynch Basic Value Fund, Inc. (337,520 units)...............      8,159,177     10,979,510
     Merrill Lynch Capital Fund, Inc. (332,689 units)...................      9,251,046     10,569,529
     Merrill Lynch Equity Index Trust I Fund (12,264 units) ............        587,127        640,492
     Merrill Lynch Global Allocation Fund, Inc. (215,567 units).........      2,987,922      3,192,550
     Oppenheimer Main Street Income and Growth Fund (200,694 units).....      5,229,953      6,097,082
     Templeton Foreign Fund (216,039 units).............................      2,082,666      2,268,405
                                                                           ------------   ------------
                                                                             40,537,750     48,134,124
                                                                           ------------   ------------

Participants' loans, at interest rates ranging from 10.25% to 10.5%.....           --        5,796,126
                                                                           ------------   ------------
                                                                           $108,372,321   $126,916,299
                                                                           ============   ============
</TABLE>





- --------------------------------------------------
(a) Party-in-interest to the Plan.
(b) Unit value of $1.00.
(c) The average yield for this trust was approximately
             6.4% for the year ended January 31, 1997.



                                     -10-
<PAGE>   12
                                                                    SCHEDULE II

          Mitchell Energy & Development Corp. Thrift and Savings Plan
                      SCHEDULE OF REPORTABLE TRANSACTIONS
                      FOR THE YEAR ENDED JANUARY 31, 1997




<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                       Purchases                              Sales
                                             -----------------------    -----------------------------------------------------
                                              Number         Total       Number        Total         Total Cost
                                             of Trans-     Purchase     of Trans-     Selling         of Assets       Net
 Identity of Party Involved/Description      actions       Price (a)    actions      Price (a)        Sold (b)        Gain
- ------------------------------------------   --------- -------------    ----------   ------------  -------------   ----------
<S>                                              <C>   <C>                     <C>   <C>            <C>            <C>         
Mitchell Energy & Development Corp. .
     Class A Common Stock............            425   $  1,787,030            331   $  4,697,363   $  4,391,039   $  306,324
     Class B Common Stock............            437      2,275,295            331      5,629,974      5,251,300      378,674
                                                                                                                     
Merrill Lynch Retirement                                                                                             
     Preservation Trust..............            733     19,408,088            464     14,521,269     14,521,269         --
</TABLE>






- ------------------------------------------
(a) Purchase and selling prices were equal to current market values on the
    dates of the transactions and included (were net of) applicable expenses 
    incurred in connection with the transactions.

(b) Weighted average historical cost was used to determine the cost of assets
    sold.







                                     -11-
<PAGE>   13

                                                                        Exhibit


                   CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS



      As independent public accountants, we hereby consent to the incorporation
of our report dated April 25, 1997, on the financial statements of the Mitchell
Energy & Development Corp. Thrift and Savings Plan included in this Form
10-K/A, Amendment No. 1 (which relates to such Plan's Form 11-K for the year
ended January 31, 1997) into the previously filed Form S-8 Registration
Statement Nos. 33-26276, 2-86550 and 333-24335.




                                                 ARTHUR ANDERSEN LLP

Houston, Texas   
   
June 2, 1997
    


<PAGE>   1
                                                                  Exhibit 99(b)




                                 UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549


                                   FORM 11-K

             [X]   ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE
                        SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934


                   FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED JANUARY 31, 1997

                                       OR

             [ ] TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE
                        SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934


                         Commission file number 1-6959


                                ---------------


                             MND HOSPITALITY, INC.
                            THRIFT AND SAVINGS PLAN


                                ---------------


                      MITCHELL ENERGY & DEVELOPMENT CORP.
            (Name of issuer of securities held pursuant to the Plan)


                P. O. Box 4000, The Woodlands, Texas 77387-4000
           (Address of Plan and principal executive office of issuer)

<PAGE>   2

                 MND Hospitality, Inc. Thrift and Savings Plan
                  INDEX TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SCHEDULES


<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                                      Page
<S>                                                                                                      <C>
      Report of Independent Public Accountants ....................................................      2

      Statement of Net Assets Available for Plan Benefits with Fund Information
         January 31, 1997 .........................................................................      3
         January 31, 1996 .........................................................................      4

      Statement of Changes in Net Assets Available for
         Plan Benefits with Fund Information for the Year Ended
          January 31, 1997 .........................................................................     5
          January 31, 1996 .........................................................................     6

      Notes to Financial Statements--January 31, 1997 and 1996......................................     7

      Schedule I--Schedule of Assets Held for 
         Investment Purposes at January 31, 1997 ...................................................    10

      Schedule II--Schedule of Reportable Transactions
         for the Year Ended January 31, 1997 .......................................................    11

</TABLE>




                                      -1-

<PAGE>   3



                    REPORT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS



To the Administrative Committee of the
 MND Hospitality, Inc. Thrift and Savings Plan:


     We have audited the accompanying statements of net assets available for
plan benefits of the MND Hospitality, Inc. Thrift and Savings Plan as of
January 31, 1997 and 1996, and the related statements of changes in net assets
available for plan benefits for the years then ended. These financial
statements and the schedules referred to below are the responsibility of
Mitchell Energy & Development Corp.'s management. Our responsibility is to
express an opinion on these financial statements and schedules based on our
audits.

     We conducted our audits in accordance with generally accepted auditing
standards. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain
reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of
material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence
supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit
also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant
estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial
statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis
for our opinion.

     In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly,
in all material respects, the net assets available for plan benefits of the MND
Hospitality, Inc. Thrift and Savings Plan at January 31,1997 and 1996, and the
changes in net assets available for plan benefits for the years then ended, in
conformity with generally accepted accounting principles.

     Our audits were made for the purpose of forming an opinion on the basic
financial statements taken as a whole. The supplemental schedules of assets
held for investment purposes as of January 31, 1997 and reportable transactions
for the year then ended are presented for purposes of additional analysis and
are not a required part of the basic financial statements but are supplementary
information required by the Department of Labor's Rules and Regulations for
Reporting and Disclosure under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of
1974. The fund information in the statement of net assets available for
benefits and the statement of changes in net assets available for benefits is
presented for purposes of additional analysis rather than to present the net
assets available for plan benefits and changes in net assets available for plan
benefits of each fund. The supplemental schedules and fund information have
been subjected to the auditing procedures applied in the audit of the basic
financial statements and, in our opinion, are fairly stated, in all material
respects, in relation to the basic financial statements taken as a whole.






Houston, Texas
April 25, 1997


                                      -2-

<PAGE>   4
                 MND Hospitality, Inc. Thrift and Savings Plan
   STATEMENT OF NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR PLAN BENEFITS WITH FUND INFORMATION
                              AT JANUARY 31, 1997




<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                    Mutual Funds
                                                             Merrill       ----------------------------------
                                                MEDC          Lynch                      Davis               
                                               Common       Retirement                    New                
                                               Stock       Preservation      AIM         York       Franklin 
                                                Fund          Trust         Value       Venture      Income  
                                           ------------  --------------  ----------   ---------   ----------  
<S>                                        <C>           <C>             <C>          <C>         <C>        
Investments (at current value)                                                                               
   MEDC Common Stock                                                                                         
     Class A ...........................   $    317,606  $            -  $        -   $       -   $        - 
     Class B ...........................        281,916               -           -           -            - 
                                                                                                             
   Merrill Lynch Retirement                                                                                  
     Preservation Trust ................              -       2,356,694           -           -            - 
                                                                                                             
   Mutual funds ........................              -               -     125,423     100,854       60,172 
                                                                                                             
   Participants' loans .................              -               -           -           -            - 
                                           ------------  --------------  ----------   ---------   ----------  
                                                599,522       2,356,694     125,423     100,854       60,172 
Cash ...................................          2,095           7,220         636         483          448 
                                           ------------  --------------  ----------   ---------   ----------  
Net assets available for plan benefits..   $    601,617  $    2,363,914  $  126,059   $ 101,337   $   60,620 
                                           ============  ==============  ==========   =========   ==========
</TABLE>                                 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                   Mutual Funds
                                          ----------------------------------------------------------------
                                             John          Merrill                           Merrill         
                                             Hancock        Lynch           Merrill           Lynch          
                                             Emerging       Basic            Lynch         Equity Index      
                                              Growth        Value           Capital           Trust I        
                                          ------------  ------------  -----------------    ---------------
<S>                                       <C>           <C>           <C>                 <C>                
Investments (at current value)                                                                               
   MEDC Common Stock                                                                                         
     Class A ...........................  $          -  $          -  $               -   $              -   
     Class B ...........................             -             -                  -                  -   
                                                                                                             
   Merrill Lynch Retirement                                                                                  
     Preservation Trust ................             -             -                  -                  -   
                                                                                                             
   Mutual funds ........................        80,597       391,139            485,369             32,091   
                                                                                                             
   Participants' loans .................             -             -                  -                  -   
                                          ------------  ------------  -----------------    ---------------
                                                80,597       391,139            485,369             32,091   
Cash ...................................           332         1,214              1,597                 15   
                                          ------------  ------------  -----------------    ---------------
Net assets available for plan benefits..  $     80,929  $    392,353  $         486,966    $        32,106   
                                          ============  ============  =================    ===============
</TABLE>                                 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                             Mutual Funds
                                            ---------------------------------------------
                                               Merrill        Oppenheimer 
                                               Lynch          Main Street       Tem-
                                               Global         Income and       pleton        Loan
                                             Allocation         Growth          Foreign      Fund         Total
                                            ------------    ---------------    ---------  ----------   ------------
<S>                                        <C>             <C>                <C>         <C>          <C>        
Investments (at current value)           
   MEDC Common Stock                     
     Class A ...........................   $           -   $              -   $        -  $        -   $   317,606
     Class B ...........................               -                  -            -           -       281,916
                                         
   Merrill Lynch Retirement              
     Preservation Trust ................               -                  -            -           -     2,356,694
                                         
   Mutual funds ........................          97,878            190,879       51,220           -     1,615,622
                                         
   Participants' loans .................               -                  -            -     359,599       359,599
                                            ------------    ---------------    ---------  ----------   ------------
                                                  97,878            190,879       51,220     359,599     4,931,437
Cash ...................................             680                841          328           -        15,889
                                            ------------    ---------------    ---------  ----------   -----------
Net assets available for plan benefits..    $     98,558    $       191,720    $  51,548  $  359,599   $ 4,947,326
                                            ============    ===============    =========  ==========   ===========
</TABLE>                                 


                                           
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of this statement.




                                      -3-
<PAGE>   5
                 MND Hospitality, Inc. Thrift and Savings Plan
   STATEMENT OF NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR PLAN BENEFITS WITH FUND INFORMATION
                              AT JANUARY 31, 1996




<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                            Mutual Funds          
                                                                   Merrill       ---------------------------------
                                                    MEDC            Lynch                     Davis               
                                                   Common        Retirement                    New                
                                                    Stock        Preservation      AIM         York      Franklin 
                                                    Fund            Trust         Value      Venture      Income  
                                               -------------   -------------   ---------   ----------  -----------
<S>                                            <C>             <C>             <C>         <C>         <C>        
Investments (at current value)                                                                                    
   MEDC Common Stock                                                                                              
     Class A ...........................       $     255,765   $           -   $       -   $        -  $        - 
     Class B ...........................             238,971               -           -            -           - 
                                                                                                                  
   Merrill Lynch Retirement                                                                                       
     Preservation Trust ................                   -       2,091,335           -            -           - 
                                                                                                                  
   Mutual funds ........................                   -               -     106,253       59,642      26,865 
                                                                                                                  
   Participants' loans .................                   -               -           -            -           - 
                                               -------------   -------------   ---------   ----------  -----------
                                                     494,736       2,091,335     106,253       59,642      26,865 
Other ..................................               9,837          14,221           -          299           - 
                                               -------------   -------------   ---------   ----------  -----------
Net assets available for plan benefits..                                                                          
                                               $     504,573   $   2,105,556   $ 106,253   $   59,941  $   26,865 
                                               =============   =============   =========   ==========  ==========
</TABLE>

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                     Mutual Funds
                                               --------------------------------------------------------
                                                 John          Merrill                         Merrill  
                                                 Hancock        Lynch         Merrill           Lynch    
                                                 Emerging       Basic          Lynch            Global   
                                                  Growth        Value         Capital        Allocation  
                                               ----------   -----------   -------------   ------------- 
<S>                                            <C>          <C>           <C>             <C>          
Investments (at current value)                                                                           
   MEDC Common Stock                                                                                     
     Class A ...........................       $        -   $         -   $           -   $           -  
     Class B ...........................                -             -               -               -  
                                                                                                         
   Merrill Lynch Retirement                                                                              
     Preservation Trust ................                -             -               -               -  
                                                                                                         
   Mutual funds ........................           36,412       349,485         453,991          72,382  
                                                                                                         
   Participants' loans .................                -             -               -               -  
                                               ----------   -----------   -------------   -------------  
                                                   36,412       349,485         453,991          72,382  
Other ..................................                -           287             243             234  
                                               ----------   -----------   -------------   -------------  
Net assets available for plan benefits..                                                                 
                                               $   36,412   $   349,772   $     454,234   $      72,616  
                                               ==========   ===========   =============   =============
</TABLE>
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>                                      
                                                          Mutual Funds
                                                  ------------------------------
                                                    Oppenheimer
                                                    Main Street      Tem-
                                                    Income and      pleton        Loan
                                                      Growth       Foreign        Fund          Total
                                                  --------------  ----------  ------------   -----------  
<S>                                                  <C>          <C>           <C>          <C>                                 
Investments (at current value)                      
   MEDC Common Stock                                
     Class A ...........................          $            -  $        -    $        -   $   255,765                         
     Class B ...........................                       -           -             -       238,971
                                                    
   Merrill Lynch Retirement                         
     Preservation Trust ................                       -           -             -     2,091,335
                                                    
   Mutual funds ........................                  97,341      37,947             -     1,240,318
                                                    
   Participants' loans .................                       -           -       339,215       339,215
                                                  --------------  ----------  ------------   -----------  
                                                          97,341      37,947       339,215     4,165,604
Other ..................................                       -         197             -        25,318
                                                  --------------  ----------  ------------   -----------  
Net assets available for plan benefits..            
                                                  $       97,341  $   38,144  $    339,215   $ 4,190,922                     
                                                  ==============  ==========  ============   ===========
</TABLE>
                                              
                                              
                                              
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<PAGE>   6

                 MND Hospitality, Inc. Thrift and Savings Plan
             STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR PLAN
                         BENEFITS WITH FUND INFORMATION
                      FOR THE YEAR ENDED JANUARY 31, 1997


<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                    Mutual Funds
                                                                         ----------------------------------
                                                              Merrill
                                                  MEDC         Lynch                     Davis               
                                                 Common      Retirement                   New                
                                                 Stock       Preservation    AIM         York       Franklin 
                                                  Fund         Trust        Value       Venture      Income  
                                             ------------   -----------  ----------   ---------   -----------
<S>                                          <C>           <C>           <C>          <C>         <C>        
Earnings on investments                                                                                      
   Interest income ......................    $          -  $    133,457  $        -   $       -   $        - 
   Mutual fund distributions ............               -             -       5,738       4,471        3,059 
   Cash dividends .......................          14,016             -           -           -            - 
   Realized and unrealized                                                                                   
     appreciation of investments ........         139,051             -      11,145      17,455        1,127 
                                                                                                             
Contributions                                                                                                
   Members ..............................          46,218       171,084      18,809      15,068       14,257 
   The Employer .........................          32,094       110,611       9,751       7,404        6,870 
                                                                                                             
Participants' loans                                                                                          
   New loans made .......................         (31,626)     (124,690)     (3,448)     (4,275)      (1,950)
   Principal payments received ..........          12,698        81,319       5,169       5,452        5,197 
   Loan administration fees .............            (129)       (1,111)        (17)        (48)         (28)
                                                                                                             
Distributions to withdrawing members ....         (30,913)     (225,754)     (6,150)     (7,547)      (1,815)
                                                                                                             
Transfers from (to) Mitchell Energy & Devel-                                                                 
   opment Corp. Thrift and Savings Plan .            (516)        9,276           -           -            - 
                                                                                                             
Interfund transfers .....................         (83,849)      104,166     (21,191)      3,416        7,038 
                                             ------------   -----------  ----------   ---------   -----------
                                                                                                             
Increase in net assets ..................          97,044       258,358      19,806      41,396       33,755 
                                                                                                             
Net assets available for plan                                                                                
   benefits, beginning of year ..........         504,573     2,105,556     106,253      59,941       26,865 
                                             ------------   -----------  ----------   ---------   ----------
                                                                                                             
Net assets available for plan                                                                                
   benefits, end of year ................    $    601,617   $ 2,363,914  $  126,059   $ 101,337   $   60,620 
                                             ============   ===========  ==========   =========   ==========
</TABLE>                                     
<TABLE>                                      
<CAPTION>                                    
                                                                Mutual Funds                               
                                             -------------------------------------------------------------
                                               John        Merrill                 Merrill      Merrill    
                                               Hancock      Lynch       Merrill     Lynch        Lynch     
                                               Emerging     Basic        Lynch   Equity Index    Global    
                                                Growth      Value       Capital    Trust I      Allocation 
                                             ----------  ----------   ---------    ---------   -----------
<S>                                          <C>         <C>          <C>          <C>                     
Earnings on investments                                                                                    
   Interest income ......................    $        -  $        -   $       -    $       -           -   
   Mutual fund distributions ............         1,515      23,555      44,642            -       9,075   
   Cash dividends .......................             -           -           -            -           -   
   Realized and unrealized                                                                                 
     appreciation of investments ........         9,121      35,863       7,921        1,257       2,496   
                                                                                                           
Contributions                                                                                              
   Members ..............................        11,311      37,639      46,230          519      21,775   
   The Employer .........................         5,081      18,599      24,475          225      10,413   
                                                                                                           
Participants' loans                                                                                        
   New loans made .......................        (1,254)    (17,795)    (36,692)           -      (8,058)  
   Principal payments received ..........         4,654      10,944      16,210          398      10,204   
   Loan administration fees .............           (28)        (57)       (199)           -         (83)  
                                                                                                           
Distributions to withdrawing members ....        (2,796)    (32,981)    (57,636)           -     (11,531)  
                                                                                                           
Transfers from (to) Mitchell Energy & Devel-                                                               
   opment Corp. Thrift and Savings Plan .             -           -        (630)           -           -   
                                                                                                           
Interfund transfers .....................        16,913     (33,186)    (11,589)      29,707      (8,349)  
                                             ----------  ----------   ---------    ---------   ----------  
                                                                                                           
Increase in net assets ..................        44,517      42,581      32,732       32,106      25,942   
                                                                                                           
Net assets available for plan                                                                              
   benefits, beginning of year ..........        36,412     349,772     454,234            -      72,616   
                                             ----------  ----------   ---------    ---------   ---------
                                                                                                           
Net assets available for plan                                                                              
   benefits, end of year ................    $   80,929  $  392,353   $ 486,966    $  32,106      98,558   
                                             ==========  ==========   =========    =========   =========  
</TABLE>                                                                     
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                    Mutual Funds
                                              ------------------------
                                               Oppenheimer
                                               Main Street     Tem-
                                               Income and     pleton        Loan
                                                 Growth       Foreign       Fund          Total
                                               ----------    --------   -----------   -------------
<S>                                            <C>           <C>        <C>           <C>                                       
Earnings on investments                      
   Interest income ......................      $        -    $      -   $    32,824   $    166,281                              
   Mutual fund distributions ............          13,483       1,914             -        107,452
   Cash dividends .......................               -           -             -         14,016
   Realized and unrealized                   
     appreciation of investments ........          14,101       4,189             -        243,726
                                             
Contributions                                
   Members ..............................          25,768       9,224             -        417,902
   The Employer .........................          12,891       5,028             -        243,442
                                             
Participants' loans                          
   New loans made .......................         (11,670)     (1,068)      242,526              -
   Principal payments received ..........          11,093       2,671      (166,009)             -
   Loan administration fees .............            (144)         (6)            -         (1,850)
                                             
Distributions to withdrawing members ....          (8,872)       (567)      (56,133)      (442,695)
                                             
Transfers from (to) Mitchell Energy & Devel- 
   opment Corp. Thrift and Savings Plan .               -           -             -          8,130
                                             
Interfund transfers .....................          37,729      (7,981)      (32,824)             -
                                               ----------    --------   -----------   -------------
                                             
Increase in net assets ..................          94,379      13,404        20,384        756,404
                                             
Net assets available for plan                
   benefits, beginning of year ..........          97,341      38,144       339,215      4,190,922
                                               ----------    --------   -----------   -------------
                                             
Net assets available for plan                
   benefits, end of year ................      $  191,720    $ 51,548   $   359,599   $  4,947,326                              
                                               ==========    ========   ===========   ============
</TABLE>



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<PAGE>   7
                 MND Hospitality, Inc. Thrift and Savings Plan
             STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR PLAN
                         BENEFITS WITH FUND INFORMATION
                      FOR THE YEAR ENDED JANUARY 31, 1996


<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                      Mutual Funds
                                                              Merrill    ------------------------------------
                                                   MEDC        Lynch                     Davis               
                                                  Common     Retirement                   New                
                                                  Stock      Preservation    AIM         York       Franklin 
                                                   Fund        Trust        Value       Venture      Income  
                                               ----------  ------------  ----------   ---------   -----------
<S>                                            <C>         <C>           <C>          <C>         <C>        
Earnings on investments                                                                                      
   Interest income ........................    $      147  $    129,458  $        -   $       -   $        - 
   Mutual fund distributions ..............             -             -       4,317       2,688        1,919 
   Cash dividends .........................        14,158             -           -           -            - 
   Realized and unrealized                                                                                   
     appreciation of investments ..........        34,838             -       8,556       4,149        1,516 
                                                                                                             
Contributions                                                                                                
   Members ................................        60,761       197,373      19,556       9,800        3,979 
   The Employer ...........................        26,858       141,952       9,077       2,957        1,540 
                                                                                                             
Participants' loans                                                                                          
   New loans made .........................       (26,593)     (165,973)     (1,792)     (1,603)     (11,175)
   Principal payments received ............        17,332        75,041       1,479         902          159 
   Loan administration fees ...............          (187)         (755)        (12)         (5)           - 
                                                                                                             
Distributions to withdrawing members ......       (41,993)     (186,463)     (1,334)     (1,550)         (28)
                                                                                                             
Transfers from Mitchell Energy & Develop-                                                                    
   ment Corp. Thrift and Savings Plan .....        42,553        68,887      13,677       7,360        5,619 
                                                                                                             
Interfund transfers .......................       (55,049)      (78,531)     38,261      30,879       21,726 
                                               ----------  ------------  ----------   ---------   -----------
                                                                                                             
Increase in net assets ....................        72,825       180,989      91,785      55,577       25,255 
                                                                                                             
Net assets available for plan                                                                                
   benefits, beginning of year ............       431,748     1,924,567      14,468       4,364        1,610 
                                               ----------  ------------  ----------   ---------   ----------
                                                                                                             
Net assets available for plan                                                                                
   benefits, end of year ..................    $  504,573  $  2,105,556  $  106,253   $  59,941   $   26,865 
                                               ==========  ============  ==========   =========   ==========
</TABLE>
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                 Mutual Funds
                                                ------------------------------------------------
                                                   John        Merrill                  Merrill   
                                                  Hancock      Lynch       Merrill       Lynch     
                                                  Emerging     Basic        Lynch        Global    
                                                   Growth      Value       Capital    Allocation   
                                                ----------  ----------   ---------   -----------
<S>                                             <C>         <C>          <C>         <C>           
Earnings on investments                                                                            
   Interest income ........................     $        -  $        -   $       -   $        -    
   Mutual fund distributions ..............             10      15,320      47,086        5,612    
   Cash dividends .........................              -           -           -            -    
   Realized and unrealized                                                                         
     appreciation of investments ..........          4,849      76,795      68,802        6,550    
                                                                                                   
Contributions                                                                                      
   Members ................................          5,024      35,958      36,270       18,120    
   The Employer ...........................          1,687      15,923      18,663        6,532    
                                                                                                   
Participants' loans                                                                                
   New loans made .........................         (2,554)    (22,677)    (30,958)      (4,391)   
   Principal payments received ............            939      10,081      13,765        3,607    
   Loan administration fees ...............            (15)       (138)        (75)         (58)   
                                                                                                   
Distributions to withdrawing members ......            (25)    (29,867)    (34,806)      (7,973)   
                                                                                                   
Transfers from Mitchell Energy & Develop-                                                          
   ment Corp. Thrift and Savings Plan .....              -      15,069      15,371       14,398    
                                                                                                   
Interfund transfers .......................         18,673      (5,339)    (15,981)         509    
                                                ----------  ----------   ---------   -----------   
                                                                                                   
Increase in net assets ....................         28,588     111,125     118,137       42,906    
                                                                                                   
Net assets available for plan                                                                      
   benefits, beginning of year ............          7,824     238,647     336,097       29,710    
                                                ----------  ----------   ---------   -----------   
                                                                                                   
Net assets available for plan                                                                      
   benefits, end of year ..................     $   36,412  $  349,772   $ 454,234   $   72,616    
                                                ==========  ==========   =========   ==========   
</TABLE>
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                              Mutual Funds
                                              ----------------------
                                                 Oppenheimer 
                                                Main Street    Tem-
                                                Income and    pleton        Loan
                                                 Growth       Foreign       Fund          Total
                                                --------    --------   -----------   ------------
<S>                                               <C>       <C>        <C>           <C>
Earnings on investments                       
   Interest income ........................     $      -   $       -   $    23,648   $   153,253       
   Mutual fund distributions ..............        1,021       2,223             -        80,196
   Cash dividends .........................            -           -             -        14,158
   Realized and unrealized                    
     appreciation of investments ..........       10,683       1,357             -       218,095
                                              
Contributions                                 
   Members ................................       11,074       6,677             -       404,592
   The Employer ...........................        5,220       2,389             -       232,798
                                              
Participants' loans                           
   New loans made .........................      (12,512)       (714)      280,942             -
   Principal payments received ............        2,163       1,310      (126,778)            -
   Loan administration fees ...............           (5)          -             -        (1,250)
                                              
Distributions to withdrawing members ......         (388)     (1,886)      (28,639)     (334,952)
                                              
Transfers from Mitchell Energy & Develop-     
   ment Corp. Thrift and Savings Plan .....        5,266       6,575         6,054       200,829
                                              
Interfund transfers .......................       61,979       6,521       (23,648)            -
                                                --------    --------   -----------   ------------
                                              
Increase in net assets ....................       84,501      24,452       131,579       967,719
                                              
Net assets available for plan                 
   benefits, beginning of year ............       12,840      13,692       207,636     3,223,203
                                                --------    --------   -----------   ------------
                                              
Net assets available for plan                 
   benefits, end of year ..................     $ 97,341   $  38,144   $   339,215   $ 4,190,922                               
                                                ========    ========   ===========   ===========
</TABLE>                                      



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                                      -6-

<PAGE>   8




                 MND Hospitality, Inc. Thrift and Savings Plan
                         NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
                           JANUARY 31, 1997 AND 1996



(1)  SUMMARY OF THE PLAN

     GENERAL

     Mitchell Energy & Development Corp. (the Company or MEDC), a large
independent oil and gas company in the United States and a leading real estate
developer in the Houston area, also engages in certain hospitality industry
activities. The Company's hospitality industry employees are employed by a
separate subsidiary, MND Hospitality, Inc. The MND Hospitality, Inc. Thrift and
Savings Plan (the Plan) was adopted to encourage hospitality industry employees
to provide additional security for their retirement. Full-time employees of MND
Hospitality, Inc. (the Employer) are eligible to become members of the Plan on
the first of the month following their completion of a one-month eligibility
period. Other employees are eligible to become members after completing one
year of participation service as defined in the Plan's provisions. Members
should refer to the Plan document for a complete description of the Plan's
provisions.

     ADMINISTRATION
     
     The Plan is administered by an administrative committee appointed by
MEDC's Board of Directors. The committee has broad responsibilities regarding
the supervision and administration of the Plan. Members of the administrative
committee receive no compensation from the Plan for their services. Except for
loan processing fees charged to members who have more than one loan
outstanding, administrative expenses have been paid by the Company. Should the
Company choose not to pay such expenses in the future, however, they would be
paid by the Plan and charged to the members' accounts.

     TRUSTEE

     Plan investments are held by Merrill Lynch Trust Company of Somerset, New
Jersey (Trustee), as trustee of the Plan. The Trustee receives contributions,
makes payments to members in accordance with the terms of the Plan and has
investment management authority where investment discretion is placed with the
Trustee.

     BASIS OF ACCOUNTING

     The records of the Plan are maintained on the accrual basis of accounting
for financial reporting purposes. Purchases and sales of securities are
recorded on a trade-date basis. For financial statement purposes, Plan
investments other than the Merrill Lynch Retirement Preservation Trust and
participant loans are carried at market values which are determined based upon
published market quotations supplied by the Trustee. The Merrill Lynch
Retirement Preservation Trust, which is a common collective trust, is valued at
a unit value of $1 per unit while participant loans are valued at their
principal amounts which approximate market.

     USE OF ESTIMATES. The preparation of financial statements in conformity
with generally accepted accounting principles requires the use of estimates and
assumptions that affect the accompanying financial statements and disclosures.
Actual results could differ from those estimates.

     CONTRIBUTIONS AND INVESTMENT OPTIONS

     Members may elect, with certain limitations, to reduce their compensation
by instructing the Employer to contribute from 1% to 14% of their base salary
to the Plan on a pretax basis. Amounts so deferred, as limited by applicable
Federal income tax regulations, are not included in a member's adjusted gross
income for Federal income tax purposes in the year the income is deferred and
contributed to the Plan. Members may also make after-tax contributions to the
Plan. After-tax contributions are included in the member's adjusted gross
income for Federal income tax purposes in the year the income is earned and
contributed to the Plan. The total of a member's pretax and after-tax
contributions may not exceed 14% of base salary.





                                      -7-
<PAGE>   9
     For members who have completed less than five years of vesting service,
the Employer contributes an amount equal to 50% of a member's contributions, up
to 6% of base salary. For members with five or more years of vesting service,
Employer contributions are equal to 100% of a member's contributions, up to 6%
of base salary.

     Each participant's account is credited with his or her contributions and
the applicable matching contributions and an allocation of the Plan's earnings.
Allocations of earnings are based on the proportion that each participant's
account balance bears to the total of all participant account balances.

     Members may direct the Trustee to invest their contributions in one or
more of the investment funds listed below. The investment objectives of the
various funds are as follows:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
              Fund                                     Investment Objective(s)
      ------------------------                 ---------------------------------------
<S>                                            <C>
      MEDC Common Stock Fund                   Invest in Class A and Class B Common
                                               Stock of MEDC.

      Merrill Lynch Retirement                 Income, invests in U.S. Government 
        Preservation Trust                     Agency securities, bank and insurance
                                               company guaranteed investment contracts 
                                               and money market instruments. 
                                               Effective yields approximated 6.4% and
                                               6.5% for the years ended January 31, 
                                               1997 and 1996. Investments are
                                               recorded at contract values, which
                                               approximate market values.

       Mutual Funds
          AIM Value Fund                       Capital appreciation, invests primarily
                                               in equity securities.

          Davis New York                       Capital appreciation, invests in equity 
            Venture Fund, Inc.                 and convertible securities.

          Franklin Income Fund                 Income, invests in equity and 
                                               debt securities and cash 
                                               equivalents.

          John Hancock Emerging                Capital appreciation, invests in equity
            Growth Fund                        securities of rapidly growing small and
                                               medium sized companies.

          Merrill Lynch Basic                  Capital appreciation, invests 
            Value Fund, Inc.                   primarily in equity securities.

          Merrill Lynch                        Income and capital appreciation, invests 
            Capital Fund, Inc.                 in equity, debt and convertible securities.

          Merrill Lynch Equity                 Capital appreciation, invests primarily in
            Index Trust I Fund                 equity securities.

          Merrill Lynch Global                 Income and capital appreciation, 
            Allocation Fund, Inc.              invests in United States and foreign 
                                               equity, debt and money market securities.

          Oppenheimer Main Street              Income and capital appreciation, invests in
            Income and Growth Fund             equity and debt securities.

          Templeton Foreign Fund               Capital appreciation, invests in stock
                                               and debt securities of companies
                                               outside the United States.
</TABLE>

     VESTING

     A member becomes vested in the Employer's matching contributions upon
completing five years of vesting service. A year of vesting service is defined
as the performance of 1,000 hours of service in a Plan year.






                                      -8-
<PAGE>   10



     FORFEITURES

     When a member who has not yet vested terminates employment, the value of
his/her share of Employer contributions is forfeited and used to reduce future
Employer contributions. During the plan years ended January 31, 1997 and 1996,
forfeitures of $10,429 and $36,550 occurred, and forfeitures of $18,331 and
$20,882 were used to reduce contributions of the Employer. At January 31, 1997,
an additional $15,889 was available to reduce such future contributions. For
members re-employed before completing a break in service, as defined by the
Plan, the Employer's contributions are reinstated upon the member's
reinvestment of applicable amounts in the Plan.

     DISTRIBUTIONS, WITHDRAWALS AND LOANS

     A withdrawing member is entitled to receive the value of his/her
contributions and, upon retirement, death, permanent disability or termination
after having completed five years of vesting service, is also entitled to
receive 100% of the value of applicable contributions of the Employer.

     Distributions of member account balances invested in the MEDC Common Stock
Fund are made in kind with fractional shares paid in cash. Distributions from
all other investment funds are paid in cash. Members may request that
distributions from the MEDC Common Stock Fund be in cash (rather than stock),
subject to procedures established by the administrative committee.

     Withdrawals of members' pretax contributions are limited by Section
1.401(k)-1 of the Internal Revenue Code to instances of a member's death,
retirement, disability, separation from service, attainment of age 59-1/2 or
conditions of severe hardship. One withdrawal may be made during a twelve-month
period. Fund balances arising from a member's rollover of balances from other
plans may be withdrawn at any time.

     Members are eligible to borrow up to the lesser of 50% of the vested value
of their total Plan investments or $50,000. Such loans are evidenced by
promissory notes, which are secured by the member's account and bear interest
at a quoted prime rate plus two percent. Participant loans are reported as
assets of the Loan Fund and payments received, including interest, are
transferred to the investment funds based on members' current contribution
elections. Member account balances pledged to secure loans may not be withdrawn
from the Plan.

     TERMINATION
     
     The Employer can terminate, amend or modify the Plan at its option. If the
Plan is terminated, and after all expenses are paid, any unallocated
contributions, forfeitures, income and expenses will be allocated among the
members' accounts. All members would then be fully vested and would be entitled
to receive all of their then-existing account balances.


     (2) FEDERAL INCOME TAX STATUS

     The Plan is designed to operate as a non-tax-paying entity, and income
taxes have not been provided in its financial statements. The Plan obtained its
latest determination letter on December 14, 1995, in which the Internal Revenue
Service stated that the Plan, as then designed, was in compliance with the
applicable requirements of the Internal Revenue Code (the Code). Although the
Plan has been amended since receiving that determination letter, the
administrative committee believes that it continues to operate in compliance
with the applicable requirements of the Code.






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<PAGE>   11
                                                                     SCHEDULE I

                 MND Hospitality, Inc. Thrift and Savings Plan
                SCHEDULE OF ASSETS HELD FOR INVESTMENT PURPOSES
                              AT JANUARY 31, 1997




<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                              Current
                     Identity of Issue/Description                            Cost             Value
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------  --------------   -------------
<S>                                                                       <C>             <C>          
Mitchell Energy & Development Corp. (a)
     Class A Common Stock (13,515 shares) .............................   $     248,715   $     317,606
     Class B Common Stock (12,460 shares) .............................         225,888         281,916
                                                                          -------------   -------------
                                                                                474,603         599,522
                                                                          -------------   -------------

Merrill Lynch Retirement Preservation Trust (a)(b)(c) .................       2,356,694       2,356,694
                                                                          -------------   -------------


Mutual Funds
     AIM Value Fund (4,167 units) .....................................         111,522         125,423
     Davis New York Venture Fund, Inc. (5,425 units) ..................          82,891         100,854
     Franklin Income Fund (25,282 units) ..............................          57,980          60,172
     John Hancock Emerging Growth Fund (1,873 units) ..................          67,527          80,597
     Merrill Lynch Basic Value Fund, Inc. (12,024 units) ..............         295,366         391,139
     Merrill Lynch Capital Fund, Inc. (15,278 units) ..................         430,265         485,369
     Merrill Lynch Equity Index Trust I Fund (614 units) ..............          30,834          32,091
     Merrill Lynch Global Allocation Fund, Inc. (6,609 units) .........          93,335          97,878
     Oppenheimer Main Street Income and Growth Fund (6,283 units) .....         169,653         190,879
     Templeton Foreign Fund (4,878 units) .............................          47,210          51,220
                                                                          -------------   -------------
                                                                              1,386,583       1,615,622
                                                                          -------------   -------------


Participants' loans, at interest rates ranging from 10.25% to 10.5% ...            --           359,599
                                                                          -------------   -------------

                                                                          $   4,217,880   $   4,931,437
                                                                          =============   =============
</TABLE>



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(a) Party-in-interest to the Plan.
(b) Unit value of $1.00.
(c) The average yield for this trust was approximately
     6.4% for the year ended January 31, 1997.



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                                                                    SCHEDULE II

                 MND Hospitality, Inc. Thrift and Savings Plan
                      SCHEDULE OF REPORTABLE TRANSACTIONS
                      FOR THE YEAR ENDED JANUARY 31, 1997




<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                    Purchases                        Sales
                                               -------------------  -------------------------------------------
                                               Number       Total    Number      Total     Total Cost
                                               of Trans-  Purchase   of Trans-  Selling    of Assets     Net
  Identity of Party Involved/Description       actions    Price (a)  actions   Price (a)    Sold (b)     Gain
- --------------------------------------------   -------    ---------  -------   ---------   ----------  --------
<S>                                              <C>      <C>           <C>    <C>          <C>        <C>      
Mitchell Energy & Development Corp...........                                                        
     Class A Common Stock ...................    97       $ 57,483      80     $ 72,328     $ 65,376   $  6,952
     Class B Common Stock ...................    99         49,581      72       69,001       61,134      7,867
                                                                                                     
Merrill Lynch Retirement                                                                             
     Preservation Trust .....................   176        714,305     109      448,946      448,946        --
                                                                                                     
Merrill Lynch Capital Fund, Inc. ............   124        147,094      61      123,637      112,942     10,695

</TABLE>




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(a)  Purchase and selling prices were equal to current market values on the
     dates of the transaction and included (were net of) applicable expenses
     incurred in connection with the transactions.
(b)  Weighted average historical cost was used to determine the cost of assets
     sold.







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                                                                        Exhibit


                   CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS



     As independent public accountants, we hereby consent to the incorporation
of our report dated April 25, 1997, on the financial statements of the MND
Hospitality, Inc. Thrift and Savings Plan included in this Form 10-K/A,
Amendment No. 1 (which relates to such Plan's Form 11-K for the year ended
January 31, 1997) into the previously filed Form S-8 Registration Statement
Nos. 33-2716 and 333-24335.




                                          ARTHUR ANDERSEN LLP

Houston, Texas
   
June 2, 1997
    


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