X0201 4 2004-04-05 0 0001066107 EL PASO CORP/DE EP 0001024507 BISSELL JOHN M EL PASO CORPORATION 1001 LOUISIANA STREET HOUSTON TX 77002- 1 0 0 0 Deferred Common Stock Units 0 2004-04-05 4 A 0 271 0 A Common Stock 271 51822 D The stock units were allocated to the reporting person's account at a market price of $7.065. Each stock unit represents one share of common stock and is held in the Benefits Protection Trust, a grantor trust, of which the reporting person is a beneficiary, and of which the shares are subject to the general creditors of the Company. The stock units are payable in common stock following the date the reporting person ceases to be a director. David L Siddall (POA) 2004-04-07