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TO: FROM: RE: CHEMICAL MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION Interoffice Memo December 30,1996 A. Acevedo R. Venezia Request for Invoicing Please invoice the following company as indicated (see attached commitment form): ATTN: Mark Gruenwald Borden, Inc. 180 E, Broad Street Columbus, OH 43125 $26,680.00 The invoice should read: For your company's participation in the Vinyl Chloride Health Committee 1996-1997 Research Program, Vinyl Chloride Panel, 887-10. Thanks. CMA 117132 v CHEMICAL MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION Vinyl Chloride Health Committee Commitment Form rp My company, Borden Chemical, commits 569,368 to the Vinyl Chloride Health Committee 1996-1997 research program as outlined in the attached November 14,1995 correspondence. Please invoice me for the 1996-1997 budget as indicated below. The Panel is conducted under the policies and procedures outlined in the CHEM5TAR Panel Guidelines, briefly noted on the reverse of this form. Please send an invoice for $ 42,688 Please send an invoice for $ 26,680 J in December 1996 S^njanuary 1997. While appreciating the opportunity, my company declines to participate. CMA has estimated that7% of the Jane 1,1995 - May 31,1996 fiscal year "dues and similar income* is allocable to lobbying and political expenditures to which Section 162 (e)(1) of the Interna! Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, applies. Consequently, this portion of your commitment is not deductible as an ordinary and necessary business expense for federal income tax purposes. Further, contributions to CMA are not tax deductible as charitable contributions. Name (Signed) iY)f&k ft. Name (Typed) Title Name (typed) /.P- ' Title Company S7 Address fe/) j-asr' 3/s~<? Address >4**^3 Telephone Telephone (6w) 2as~-?L3P Fax Fax Please return signed form to: Has Shah Manager, Biocides Panel 2501 M5treet, NW Washington, DC 20037 7 CMA 117133