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                                  SCHEDULE 14A

                            SCHEDULE 14A INFORMATION

                   PROXY STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 14(A)
                     OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
                                (AMENDMENT NO. )

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 Filed by a Party other than the Registrant [   ]

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 [  ] Preliminary Proxy Statement
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      Rule 14a-6(e)(2))
 [  ] Definitive Proxy Statement
 [  ] Definitive Additional Materials
 [X ] Soliciting Material Pursuant to ss.240.14a-12


                                   EGL, INC.
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                (Name of Registrant as Specified In Its Charter)


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    (Name of Person(s) Filing Proxy Statement, if other than the Registrant)

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      (2) Aggregate number of securities to which transaction applies:
      (3) Per unit price or other underlying value of transaction computed
          pursuant to Exchange Act Rule 0-11 (set forth the amount on which
          the filing fee is calculated and state how it was determined):
      (4) Proposed maximum aggregate value of transactions:
      (5) Total fee paid.

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     Rule 0-11(a)(2) and identify the filing for which the offsetting fee was
     paid previously. Identify the previous filing by registration statement
     number, or the Form or Schedule and the date of its filing.
     (1)  Amount Previously Paid:
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EGL, Inc. ("EGL") and certain other persons named below may be deemed to be
participants in the solicitation of proxies in respect of the proposed merger
(the "Merger") of EGL Delaware I, Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly owned
subsidiary of EGL ("Merger Sub"), with and into Circle International Group,
Inc. ("Circle"), and the issuance of shares of common stock, par value $.001
per share, of EGL, in connection therewith, pursuant to the Agreement and Plan
of Merger, dated as of July 2, 2000, by and among EGL, Merger Sub and Circle.
The participants in this solicitation may include the directors of EGL (James
R. Crane (Chairman), Frank J. Hevrdejs, Neil E. Kelley, Norwood W.
Knight-Richardson, Rebecca A. McDonald, William P. O'Connell, and Elijio V.
Serrano); and the following officers and employees of EGL: James R. Crane
(President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors);
Ronald E. Talley (Chief Operating Officer), John C. McVaney (Executive Vice
President), Elijio V. Serrano (Executive Vice President and Chief Financial
Officer), and Michael Slaughter (Vice President Investor Relations). As of the
date of this communication, other than Mr. Crane, who beneficially owns
approximately 39% of EGL's common stock, none of the foregoing participants
beneficially own individually in excess of 1% of EGL's common stock. Not
including Mr. Crane, the participants, in the aggregate, beneficially own
approximately 2% of EGL's common stock.