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IPALCO Enterprises, Inc.
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October 6, 2000
Dear Shareholder:
As of today, we have not received your vote on the Agreement
and Plan of Share Exchange between The AES Corporation and
IPALCO Enterprises, Inc. If you have not mailed your proxy
card, would you please complete and sign the enclosed proxy
card and mail it in the enclosed envelope so that your shares
can be voted at the special meeting of shareholders on
October 20, 2000.
Your board of directors has carefully reviewed and considered
the terms and conditions of the share exchange agreement, and
has determined that it is fair to and in the best interests
of IPALCO and its shareholders for IPALCO to be acquired by
AES pursuant to the terms of the share exchange agreement.
Your board of directors has unanimously approved the share
exchange agreement, and recommends a vote for approval of the
share exchange agreement.
If you have any questions concerning the proposed
transaction, please call our proxy solicitors, D.F. King &
Co., Inc., toll-free at 1-800-758-5378. Please do not send in
your stock certificates with your proxy card.
If you have mailed your proxy card, please disregard this
mailing.
Very truly yours,
/s/ Bryan G. Tabler
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Bryan G. Tabler
Vice President, Secretary and
General Counsel
This letter is first being mailed to shareholders on
October 6, 2000.
