AUGUST 3, 2017

Dear Governor Abbott:

We write today to add our voices to the growing number of businesses that
have contacted you to oppose discriminatory legislation and to ask you to keep
the Texas economy healthy, growing, and world-leading.

We are keenly aware of the unanimous consensus from Texas law enforcement
leaders that there is no public safety basis for regulating bathrooms, and that
such regulation will be impossible to police and will actually divert finite police
resources away from where theyre needed.

We are also aware that more than a dozen Texas educational organizations have
stated that regulating bathrooms in a way that directly impacts transgender
children could cause more bullying and harm, not less. Additionally, numerous
faith leaders have stood against harmful legislation that targets vulnerable
people for imagined threats to public safety.

These seem like reasons enough not to pursue this unnecessary type of
regulation. But we also have ample evidence of the long-term economic harm
that these so-called bathroom bills will cause. The fact is that no industry will
remain untouched by the unnecessary harm that discriminatory laws will do to
our competitiveness, to our ability to attract talent, and to our employees and
their families.

We support all efforts to maintain a world-class state brand and a strong state
economy. We know that when Texas thrives economically, our public schools
can thrive, our infrastructure can be strengthened, and millions of Texas families
can see a brighter future for themselves right here in the Lone Star State.

We ask for your leadership in keeping Texas open and welcoming to all.

Respectfully,
 CHUCK WHITTEN KAREN KATZ VIVEK SANKARAN
Managing Partner CEO President & Chief Operating Officer
Bain and Company Neiman Marcus Frito-Lay North AmericaPepsiCo, Inc.

JIM COULTER & JON WINKELRIED GENE AUSTIN CURT NONOMAQUE

Co-CEO | Co-CEO CEO President & CEO
TPG Holdings Bazaarvoice Vizient, Inc.

RACHEL HOLT
LORENZO SIMONELLI Regional General Manager LOGAN GREEN
PRESIDENT & CEO of North American Operations CEO
Baker Hughes, a GE company Uber Lyft

ANNE MOTSENBOCKER
Managing Director & Segment Head, FRANZ PAASCHE
South Middle Market SVP, Corporate Affairs
JPMorgan Chase & Co. PayPal