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To: Terry Berg who wrote (3473)	11/25/1997 6:37:00 PM
From: Robert Utne	Respond to of 6570

Terry, The most important item on the agenda to all ZE shareholders is the recruitment of a new CEO. Pete Willmott is active in this endeavor. If he finds (and LGE agrees to) a great CEO in the mold of Gerstner, Welch or even Dunlap, all of us are in good hands and Zenith will prosper as an independent company. Conversely, if an LGE designee is put at the helm, we're on the sure path to a Samsung-like scenario. Best for us to be prepared for any scenario. Obtaining the shareholder list is a critical start. There are approximately 12,000 ZE shareholders with about 11% held by institutions. Zenith's shareholders, certainly, are also buyers of TVs as well as Zenith advocates so why not ask Zenith to consider offering the first HDTVs to its 12,000 ZE stock owners? My read is that the DBS companies first will offer HDTV content, thus, anyone in the US will be able to receive HDTV transmissions via a satelite dish. Who better to receive the first HDTV sets than ZE shareholders? Wouldn't hurt the demand for ZE stock, either... Zenith and LGE need to perceive that we minority shareholders have much to offer to the recovery of Zenith and certainly will be no pushovers if wronged...