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VERIFICATION STATE OF CONNECTICUT) : SS. : COUNTY OF FAIRFIELD ) JOHN MACDONALD being duly sworn, deposes and says: Assistant Deponent is the Secretary of Union Carbide Corpora tion, a New York corporation which is a defendant in this action; deponent has read the foregoing answer and affirmative defenses and knows the contents thereof and the same is true to deponent's own knowledge except as to the matters alleged therein upon information and belief and those matters deponent believes to be true. This verification is made by deponent because Union Carbide Corporation is a corporation and deponent is an officer thereof. The grounds of deponent's belief as to all matters is within his own knowledge and information made available to him by his attorneys. Sworn to before me this gib day of August, 1983 DIANE E. BUCKLAND SOTARY PUBLIC MY COMMISSION EXPIRES MARCH 31,1986 UCC 087629