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[handwritten:] Copies to UF, DR 08/11/03
Kronos Titan GmbH & Co. OHG
Attn: Mr. Volker Xxxx
Xxxxxxxxxxxx 0
51373 Leverkusen
Contract for services and shipments between Xxxxx XX and Kronos August 6, 2003
dated 1995-06-30
Dear Xx. Xxxx: Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
Attorney at Law
The agreement cited above was originally entered into by Xxxxx XX and Kronos
Titan GmbH/Kronos International, Inc. It is mutally agreed that since then the
Kronos Xxxxx XX Titan GmbH & Co. OHG, as the legal successor of Kronos Titan
GmbH, has assumed Bayer Business Services Kronos Titan GmbH, has assumed Kronos
Titan GmbH's rights and obligations as Law & Patents defined in that contract.
51368 Leverkusen
Germany
Both parties to the agreement envisage provisioning of Kronos on the basis of
individual contracts with the appropriate Bayer subsidiaries/Service entities. Tel. +49(214)00-0 00 00
Negotiations to that end are ongoing. Therefore, it is anticipated that both Fax +49(214)00-0 00 00
parties to the agreement will substitute relevant individual contracts in place of xxxxx.xxxxxxxxx
the existing contract prior to the expiration date mentioned in the agreement (of @XxxxxXXX.xxx
2011-12-31), thereby rescinding it. xxx.XxxxxXXX.xxx
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Without regard to the above, you wrote us on 2003-07-02 to ask that we continue Board of Directors:
provisioning on the basis of the existing contract in any event, even if the Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx,
Kronos-Titan GmbH & Co. OHG should no longer be held by NL Industries, Inc. We Chairman
propose to accede to your request by amending the terms of the agreement as Xxxxx Xxxx
follows: Xxx Oeis
Xxxxxxx Xxxx
ss. 1 number 3 of the contract for services and shipments shall be worded as
follows:
Supervisory Board Chairman
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
Corporate Headquarters:
Leverkusen
Cologne District Court
HRB 48248
[see original for filename]
"The obligations according to ss. 1 number 1 shall lapse in the event that
KRONOS undertakes the definitive shutdown of its manufacturing operations in
Leverkusen."
We are sending you two original copies of this letter. We ask you to indicate
your acceptance by signing both of them and returning one of the signed copies
to us.
Sincerely yours,
Xxxxx XX
[signature] [signature] Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxx Legal Department BIS-V Key
Account Manager
Accepted: Accepted:
Date: 08/11/03 Date: 08/11/03
[signature] [signature]
Xx. Xxxxxx Xxxxx Xx. Xxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxx Xxxx Xxxxxx Xxxx
Kronos Titan GmbH & Co. OHG Kronos International, Inc.
