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I:" . -.~t. . . , \ rLAINTIFF'S EXHIBIT ," CAM-112 THAN-95 1967 SUBJECT: We have entered into an agreement with United erra Division to again market their talc and diatomite products. " apprOXimatel~neAfter year of selling Pf er Talc products;' we have decided that it woul be to ow: best over 1 interest to again sell" United Sierra products \ Some branches ve done a commendable job in retaining and buildins tale busines this past year, while o~'1er s have not been successful~ We realize e difficulty invoLved in "first converting custom.ers~ and then -converting them. Hcweve:, considering this factor, w~~elieve at the majority of the brauches will profit greater from Ch~ new rangement. Attached is a copy of the a~eeme t with United Sierra. Note that: it becomes effective will also sell in th aJtuplyor1t.i. O\ ~IOn~ ddition Illinois t o re the sta gularly tecsovleisr:e=decblywse~. Louis and Davenport. We will 411 United Sierra label p:ooucts in LCL quantities, as well as spl t carloads providing the split is with a T-H warehouse. It is n t intended that we sell full c~~loaGS .of United Sierra label product" \to third parties. I \, Additionally the agreement.prbv~des for us to sell LCL lots u~ea= T-H label outside the territory $pecified and ca~load T-~ lsbal w~~h in the territory if mutually agr~'ed upon. All such ca..:-:oad .a~cou.;-.~s should be referred to me for han ling. Note fUrther that ~e agreement i for 5 years, can~el~Qb~e on one years notice w!lich will pro}:ect our selling efforts. United Sierra has maintained wareliouse stocks for LeL cus~c.,,:ar s i:l St. Louis, Dallas, HOllston, 01(lahc:ima City and Kansas City. ~':e :.~va agreed to take over this stock by:July 1, providing the s~oc~ is marketable in the area invo~ved. ';United Sierra wants to clos\! a:l warehouses by this tfme, sot1easl' cooperate to this e~d. ~f yv~ cannot meet this committmen , ple se let me kpow. We will ba i~ voiced for this sto~k deliv. ed t our warehouses at the. ca:lo&ci p:ica, less 51., plus' the ml.nimum ra~l f~eight. Issue your COnfl.rOll.,,.g ?o.:.:cha~~e order s after inbounding this lkQ.ck. Attached is the current United Sierra price list. Our p~ice s~a~=s have been issued. As you establish your local Let p:ice s.:::-.a".;_es I please keep in mind that price i~ not a prime sales fa~tc= o~ ~alc to many of our customer s. 'l11is has been amply deL:lonstrateci by O\:.r i:1ability to convertfdilY fran one_ product to another. P&ge 1--- NAP 70128488 SERIES -0- .ft...0",.' .. I .... A United Sierra representative will supply you with a list of t~a~= present LCL customers including the grades and quantities tr~ey a:e purchasing. They will also supply you current technicAL lic2r&t::u=a. 1 have copies of the United Sierra LCL price schedule covering l~Q=c house sales from Dallas~ Houston, Kansas City and a~laho=a City, These are being sent separately to branches previously served by these warehouses. Yours truly MKM:zip .. NAP 70128489 SERIES D" THRH 1420