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Operations Agreement

 Exhibit 10.22 
  
 CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT REQUESTED UNDER 
 C.F.R.
SECTIONS 200.80(b)(4), 200.83 AND 230.406. 
  
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THAT IS THE 
 SUBJECT OF A CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT REQUEST 
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SEPARATELY WITH THE COMMISSION. 
  
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 SEPARATELY WITH THE COMMISSION. 
  
 OPERATIONS AGREEMENT 
  
 THIS OPERATIONS AGREEMENT, made as of the 18th day of June, 1998 by and between MISSION HILLS, S.A. de C.V. , a Mexican corporation (“MH”) and
Inmobiliaria Hills, S.A. de C.V., a Mexican corporation (“IH”) and RHONE-POULENC de MEXICO, S.A. de C.V., a Mexican corporation (“RP”). 
  
 RECITALS: 
  
 WHEREAS, IH and RP are parties to a Supply Agreement, being entered into contemporaneously herewith (the “Supply Agreement”; capitalized terms
not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in the Supply Agreement), pursuant to which RP agrees to manufacture and produce dicalcium phosphate (the “Product”) at a manufacturing plant (the “Plant”) within a
MH manufacturing facility located at Km 47, Carretera Querctaro - San Luis Potosi, San Jose Iturbide, Guanajuato, (the “MH Facility”) and to supply the Product to IH and IH agrees to purchase the Product from RP pursuant to the terms of
the Supply Agreement; and 
  
 WHEREAS, MH shall sublease to RP the
real property upon which the Plant is located pursuant to a Lease, dated June 18, 1998, in substantially the form of Exhibit A attached hereto (the “Lease”); and 
  
 WHEREAS, RP has requested that MH provide certain utilities and services as described herein to the Plant, and MH is willing
to provide such utilities and services in accordance with, the terms and conditions set forth herein. 
  
 WHEREAS, MH has requested that RP provide certain training and supervisory services described herein in connection with the operation of the Plant and RP
is willing to provide such services in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth, herein. 
  
 NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the promises and the mutual agreements and covenants hereinafter set forth the parties agree as follows: 

 
 1. Services to be Provided by MH. During the term of this
Agreement, MH shall provide the following services and shall invoice RP for said services as outlined in Exhibit B 
  
 (a) Utilities and General Site Services. MH shall provide to RP for use at the Plant, in connection with its operations in
accordance with the provisions hereof and the Exhibits hereto: (i) all necessary dry air, gas, electric, water (fire and process) and steam utilities, as identified, in the quantities and in accordance with the specifications set forth on
Exhibit C hereto. (the “Utilities”) and (ii) general site and other services described herein, in each case necessary for the operation of the Plant, including, without limitation, the production of Product pursuant to the Supply
Agreement. MH shall maintain all Utility lines, facilities and appurtenances which are used by RP at the Plant in connection with its receipt or use of a relevant Utility or such general site 

 
services under this Agreement. Such obligations shall include the extending of pipes, lines and rail spurs to the Plant. 
  
 (b) Waste Water Treatment, Sewage and Waste Disposal
Services and Infrastructure. MH shall provide all necessary services and infrastructure relating to waste water treatment required in connection with the Plant’s operations which shall include, without limitation, the processing of the
Plant’s sanitary waste, storm water runoff and other industrial waste and sewage and waste disposal at the Plant’s bartery limits. 
  
 (c) Labor and Supervision. MH shall provide all production labor for the Plant, including, without limitation, shift supervision,
necessary to manufacture and produce the Product in such quantities and on such terms as required by the Supply Agreement. MH shall use its best efforts to employ such labor (and any other personnel required by MH to perform services under this
Agreement) who are, within generally accepted chemical industry standards applicable in the United States, qualified to perform the jobs for which they are hired. 
  
 (d) Analytical Services. MH shall perform the necessary analyses for quality control of the
Plant’s raw materials, semi-finished and finished Products, according to written analytical methods and procedures to be established by RP and furnished to and agreed upon by MH from time to time. MH shall provide the managerial and operating
personnel necessary to perform such quality control functions. MH personnel shall be authorized to sign Certificates of Analysis related to the Products on behalf of RP, provided that such Products, in MH’s sole discretion, comply with
specification for same established by MH and agreed to by RP in the Supply Agreement. 
  
 (e) Shipping Services. MH shall arrange for rail and/or traffic services, together with the infrastructure and personnel to provide
same, both to receive all raw materials related to the production of the Product and to transport finished Product from the Plant to all Product shipping destinations. Such services and infrastructure shall include but shall not be limited to:

  

	 	(i)	personnel to handle scheduling and documentation associated with all rail and/or truck transportation to or from the Plant; and 

  

	 	(ii)	personnel and supervision associated with rail switching and/or truck services for rail cars or trucks, which shall include separating rail cars and trucks (if necessary) and
loading and weighing all incoming and outgoing rail cars or trucks (on MH’s rail or truck loading scales) 

  
 (f) Permits. MH shall cooperate with and assist RP in Mexico in obtaining all applicable Mexican governmental permits and licenses
required from time to time in connection with the operation of the Plant including, without limitation, its receipt and storage of raw materials and the manufacture, packaging, storage, sale or shipment of Products produced at the Plant. Such
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License. MH shall be responsible for maintaining all such permits and licenses during the term of this Agreement. 
  
 (g) Security. MH shall provide security services at
the Plant substantially equivalent to those provided at the MH Facility. 
  
 (h) Insurance. MH and RP individually and at their own expense, shall maintain in force for the duration of this agreement, the following types of insurances, with limits of not less than the amounts listed
below: 
  

	 	(i)	Comprehensive General Liability Insurance (CGL), including but not limited to products/completed operations coverage, contractual liability coverage, personal injury coverage, and
broad form property damage coverage, with limits of not less than US$5,000,000 combined single limit for each occurrence and in the aggregate. 

  

	 	(ii)	Comprehensive Automobile Liability Insurance covering all vehicles, whether owned, hired or nonowned, used in the business operations, with limits of not less than US$2,000,000
combined single limit. 

  

	 	(iii)	(a) Workers’Compensation Insurance and/or Longshoremen’s and Harborworkers’ Compensation Insurance as required by laws and regulations, applicable to and
covering all employees performing under this Agreement. (b) Employers’ Liability Insurance with limits of not less than US$5,000,000 Each Accident; US$5,000,000 Disease-Policy Limit; US$5,000,000 Disease-Each Employee.

  

	 	(iv)	Excess Liability Insurance with limits not less than US$5,000,000. 

  
 MH, shall maintain in force for the duration of this agreement. Pollution/Environmental Impairment Liability Insurance, with limits of not
less than US$10,000,000 any one occurrence, to which RP shall be included as an additional insured. Prior to the commencement of this agreement, MH and RP shall produce certificates of insurance, evidencing the insurance requirements listed above
and providing no less than thirty (30) days written notice of cancellation, nonrenewal or any change in limits of coverage which would effect; the above requirements. 
  
 (i) Warehousing. MH shall provide and maintain warehouse facilities (and the personnel to operate
same) at or near the Plant’s battery limits such that the raw materials and finished Products shall be stored and handled in a safe manner and properly accounted for 
  
 (j) Lease. RP shall sublease the real property upon which the Plant is located pursuant to a Lease,
dated June 18, 1998, in substantially the form of Exhibit A attached hereto 
  

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 2. Performance Standards. 
  
 (a) Plant Efficiency. The price structure set forth herein for the services to be performed by MH and paid
by RP are based upon the assumptions that the Plant shall produce Product at a rate at least equal to (****) of the time during each 12 month period following the beginning of the Term (as defined in Section 5) of this Agreement. 
  
 (b) MH shall pay RP for all services rendered and invoiced
to RP from MH pursuant to this agreement. MH shall reimburse RP for all taxes, excise or other charges that RP may be required to pay to any government (national, state municipal, or local) on or measured by the services rendered to RP. 

 
 (c) Other Performance Standards. In addition MH shall
perform all of the services described in Section 1 of this Agreement: 
  
 (i) in a manner consistent with standards generally applicable in the United States chemical manufacturing industry in connection with the production of chemical products comparable to the Product, at a minimum
consistent with those standards MH adheres to at the sulphanation plant located within the MH Facility, but in any event consistent with the operating manual applicable to the production of Product at RP’s Chicago Heights, Illinois dicalcium
phosphate production facility (the “Chicago Heights Facility”), such operating manual is attached hereto as Exhibit D (the “Operating Manual”); 
  
 (ii) in material compliance with all laws and regulations applicable to the Plant and its operations,
including, without limitation, any laws relating to health, safety or the protection of the environment as well as the standards formulated pursuant to Section 4(c)(i), and 
  
 (iii) such that the Design Standards, as defined in Section 4(a), are adhered to in all material
respects. 
  
 (d) Anything in this Agreement or
the Exhibits thereto to the contrary notwithstanding, to the extent: (i) MH’s performance under this Agreement is not consistent with the foregoing standards, (ii) the Utilities do not comply with the specifications set forth in
Exhibit C; or (iii) MH, its employees or agents have engaged in negligent conduct arising, relating, or resulting from this Agreement, any costs resulting from such performance, non-compliance or negligent conduct shall be solely for MH’s
account. Notwithstanding the foregoing, RP shall be solely responsible for the RP Supervisor (defined below). To the extent that any breach of Performance Standards results from negligent instructions issued by the RP Supervisor or any other RP
agent or employee and followed by MH, such matters shall be solely for RP’s account. 
  

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 3. Services to be Provided by RP. RP agrees to provide the following services in connection with
the operation of the Plant: 
  
 (a)
Training. RP shall provide all training for all production and maintenance labor at the Plant, based on a training program designed jointly by RP and MH, including environmental, operational and occupational health and safety training
programs that are consistent and coordinated with the training programs used at the MH Facility (“Training Program”). The Training Program is attached hereto as Exhibit E. 
  
 (b) Employee Supervision. RP shall provide one supervisor of its choice at the Plant (the “RP
Supervisor”), who shall have the right to select and/or reject employees so hired by MH. The RP Supervisor shall oversee all operations at the Plant, including but not limited to the management of all services and Utilities provided by MH
hereunder. The RP Supervisor shall be consulted prior to the taking of any action by MH with respect to any personnel at the Plant. The RP Supervisor shall have the right upon consultation with MH, to modify the permanent and/or temporary staff at
the Plant and to appropriately discipline or replace any individuals whom the RP Supervisor, in his or her reasonable discretion, believes to be performing in an unsatisfactory manner. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, MH shall not
hire or retain any third party contractors without the prior written consent of the RP Supervisor, which shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed. 
  
 (c) Specific Supervision and Safety Related Rights. Without limiting the generality of the provisions of Sections 3(a) and (b):

  
 (i) the RP Supervisor shall have the
unilateral right to shut down the Plant if the RP Supervisor reasonably believes that further operations of the Plant are likely to (x) endanger the environment or the health or safety of any of the Plant’s personnel, (y) violate any law,
regulation or Plant policy applicable to the Plant or its personnel; or (z) if the RP Supervisor reasonably believes that the Plant is being operated in a manner which is not in material compliance with the Operating Manual. Any such actions
shall be taken upon prior notice to MH, except in situations the Supervisor reasonably believes are emergencies. MH shall be notified of any action taken in response to any emergency within forty-eight (48) hours. 
  
 (ii) the RP Supervisor may reject the work product of any
services provided by MH hereunder if the RP Supervisor reasonably believes that (x) such work product does not satisfy standards generally applicable in the United States chemical manufacturing industry, or (y) such services are likely to
have the effects set forth in Section 3(c)(ii)(x) or (y); and 
  
 (iii) The RP Supervisor upon consultation with MH may suspend or stop shipment of any Product produced at the Plant if the RP Supervisor reasonably believes that such Product does not conform to the Specifications set
forth in the Supply Agreement or otherwise does not conform with the terms of the Supply Agreement. Such rights of Supervisor to stop shipment may also be exercised by MH Quality Assurance personnel, upon consultation with the RP Supervisor.

  
 (d) RP may also appoint two additional
engineers to work at the Plant. 
  

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 4. Construction Services. 
  
 (a) RP shall be responsible for building the Plant, at RP’s sole cost and expense, (****)
(collectively, the “Design Standards”) and hiring such architects, contractors and other personnel necessary to achieve that end. MH shall be responsible, for providing engineering and other personnel who shall assist and cooperate with RP
(****). It is expressly understood and agreed that the Design Standards shall be substantially equivalent to those used to design and construct the Chicago Heights Facility. 
  
 (b) MH shall be responsible for providing, all necessary utilities and general site services required in
connection with the construction of the Plant as well as during the decommissioning of the Plant pursuant to Section 3.3 of the Supply Agreement; such utilities shall conform to the specifications set forth in Exhibit C hereto. 
  
 (c) RP (****) responsible ((****) cost and expense) for the
following: 
  
 (i) insuring that the Plant design
and equipment meet the Design Standards, including but not limited to the environmental health and safety standards of each party, and all applicable quality, environmental and regulatory requirements (****); 
  
 (ii) studying the availability (****) of suitable equipment
for utilization in the Plant; 
  
 (iii) insuring
that any equipment which needs to be purchased is purchased at the lowest price; 
  
 (iv) insuring that construction of the Plant is implemented at the lowest possible total cost; and 
  
 (v) studying, and providing for, the possibility of future
Plant expansion. 
  
 (d) Each party shall
promptly report to the other any release or spill of any hazardous or regulated substance to the environment (including but not limited to any release of materials or products to air, soil, water or ground water) and any injury or illness to either
party’s employee that occurs during the construction and operation of the Plant. An Emergency Response Plan related to spills of phosphoric acid in transportation is attached hereto as Exhibit F. 
  

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 5. Term. (a) The term of this Agreement (the “Term”) shall commence on the date hereof and
shall continue until the decommissioning of the Plant as set forth in 5(b) below. 
  
 (b) Upon termination of the Lease, RP shall be both obligated and entitled to decommission the Plant. For the purposes of this Agreement,
“decommissioning” shall mean the restoration of the real estate upon which the Plant is located to its original condition including remediation of any subsurface contamination caused by the construction or operations of the Plant and
excluding any remediation unrelated to the construction or operation of the Plant, with all equipment and structures to be removed and retained by RP. 
  
 6. Force Majeure. 
  
 (a) MH shall not be responsible or liable for delay or failure in the performance of services on its part to be performed hereunder. If
such delay or failure is due to any cause beyond its control, including but not limited to strikes, fires, floods, storms, accidents, transportation embargoes, governmental regulations or orders, perils of navigation, or acts of God. 
  
 (b) In the event force majeure restricts the available
supply of any of the utilities, labor or services supplied by MH to RP under this Agreement. MH will ensure that the available supply is fairly apportioned to each of the facilities at the Plant. 
  
 (c) RP shall not be responsible for delay or failure in the
performance of services on its part to be performed hereunder, if such delay or failure is due to any cause beyond its control, including but not limited to strikes, fires, floods, storms, accidents, transportation embargoes, governmental
regulations or orders, perils of navigation, or acts of God. 
  
 (d) It is expressly understood and agreed that if any force majuere event increases the costs of the party affected related to such party’s provision of services under this Agreement, any such increase in cost
shall be for such affected party’s sole account. 
  
 (e) In the event of any failure, interruption or delay of services to be provided by MH hereunder, whether excused or unexcused in performance, MH shall (i) promptly notify RP of each such failure, interruption or delay, and
(ii) use its best efforts to restore such services as soon as may be reasonably possible. 
  
 7. Consumption of Services. MH agrees to prepare monthly reports covering in reasonable detail all Utility and other services rendered by MH hereunder. MH shall promptly furnish RP with any such reports upon
RP’s written request therefor. In addition, MH shall provide written notice to RP, as promptly as practicable, that MH is within ten percent (10%) of reaching the dollar limitations set forth in Section 1(e) or when MH reasonably believes
that the Utilities usage per metric ton of Product are likely to be exceeded. 
  
 8. Maintenance of Records; Dispute of Charges; Payments. MH shall maintain adequate records (including, without limitation, the documentation of all transactions) in sufficient detail setting forth the services
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officer, verifying the amount of such charges. Not less than one time nor more than four (4) times per year, MH shall permit such records to be audited
at any time during regular business hours by RP, including its employees or representatives, with respect to any excess charges billed to RP pursuant to this Agreement. Any such excess charges shall be payable by RP in U.S. Dollars, any costs
related to such charges incurred in Mexican Pesos shall be converted into U.S. Dollars at the exchange rate on the date such excess services were provided. 
  
 9. Metering. 
  
 (a) Meters and any other equipment necessary for determining the quantities of Utilities delivered hereunder shall be furnished,
installed, maintained, calibrated and certified at least annually, and operated by MH. 
  
 (b) Upon request, RP shall have the right to be present at the time of installing, reading, cleaning, changing, repairing, inspecting,
testing, calibrating, or certification of such meters or other equipment. 
  
 (c) Calibration records shall be maintained by MH to insure accuracy of results. If a dispute arises regarding the accuracy of the meters or other equipment, and the parties are unable to mutually resolve such dispute
within a reasonable period, then such dispute shall be referred to a mutually agreeable independent inspector whose determinations regarding accuracy of the meters or equipment, or the quantities of services delivered, shall be binding. The
challenging party shall pay the cost of such verification if the meters are found to be within the manufacturer’s specifications, and the non-challenging party shall pay the cost of verification and adjustment if the meters are found to be
outside the manufacturer’s specifications. If the meters are found to be outside the manufacturer’s specifications, an adjustment shall be made to the invoices covering deliveries during the period of error. No dispute shall entitle either
party to cease providing any service to the other, provided that all amounts shall be paid, as required by this Agreement, upon settlement of such dispute. Disputes covered by this Section 9(c) shall not be subject to the provisions of Section
15. 
  
 10. Alteration of Plant. During the term of this
Agreement, MH shall not materially modify the Plant facilities or materially reduce its capacity to provide services contracted for hereunder or alter the method of operation of such facilities so as to materially increase the cost thereof, in any
case without the prior written consent of RP. MH shall give RP prompt and reasonable notice of any such expected modifications or alterations. 
  
 11. Notice of Plant Shutdown. If for any reason MH anticipates material reduction or cessation of Utilities to be provided hereunder or a shutdown
of the Plant, MH shall notify RP of any such event as early as possible. In general, RP should be notified at least three (3) months in advance of any such event so that RP can determine what actions to take to ensure the continued operation of
the Plant. 
  

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 12. Damage, Destruction or Condemnation of Facilities. 
  
 (a) In the event that the Plant or any part thereof, or any
facility generating the Utilities or other site services to be provided hereunder, is damaged or destroyed by fire, flood or other casualty, RP at its sole expense shall promptly rebuild, repair or restore such facilities to a condition which is
functionally equivalent in terms of capacity, reliability and quality to that existing prior to such damage or destruction, and all insurance proceeds shall be applied to pay the costs of same. 
  
 (b) In the event that title to, or the temporary use of, the
Plant or any part thereof, or any facility generating the Utilities or other services to be provided hereunder, shall be taken under the exercise of the power of eminent domain by any governmental body or by any person, firm or corporation acting
under governmental authority, RP shall promptly rebuild, repair or restore any portion of the Plant so taken to a condition which is functionally equivalent in terms of capacity, reliability and quality to that existing prior to such taking and all
compensation paid as a result of such taking shall be utilized to pay the costs of same; to the extent such compensation does not cover such costs, MH and RP each (as the case may be) shall each bear any such excess costs relating to the Plant or
such facilities. 
  
 13. Confidentiality. MH, for itself,
its officers, agents, consultants and employees, agree to execute the Confidentiality Disclosure Agreement attached hereto as Exhibit G. MH agrees to require, as a condition of employment, that each employee, agent or consultant of MH connected with
the services to be provided under this Agreement execute and deliver a Confidential Disclosure Agreement in the form of Exhibit G. 
  
 14. No License. Nothing contained herein constitutes a license to MH under any of RP’s confidential information; MH may only use this
confidential information in fulfilling its obligations under this Agreement. 
  
 15. Dispute Resolution. (a) Except as provided in Section 9(c) of this Agreement, the parties shall attempt in good faith to resolve any dispute arising out of or relating to this Agreement promptly
by confidential negotiations between persons who have authority to settle the controversy. For the purposes of this Agreement, the following persons shall have authority to settle disputes hereunder (each an “Authorized Person”):
(i) the RP Plant Supervisor and his MH counterpart with respect to disputes arising from services to be provided hereunder, and (ii) the chief financial officers of the parties with respect to all other disputes arising hereunder. All such
negotiations shall be treated as compromise and settlement negotiations for purposes of the relevant rules of evidence. Any party may give the other party written notice of any dispute. Within ten (10) business days after delivery of such
notice, the receiving party shall submit to the other a written response. The initial notice and the response shall include a statement of each party’s position and a summary of the arguments supporting that position. Within twenty
(20) business days after the date of the initial notice, the applicable Authorized Persons (and/or their delegates) shall meet at a mutually acceptable time and place, and thereafter as often as they reasonably deem necessary, to attempt to
resolve the dispute. All reasonable requests for information made by one party to the other shall be honored promptly. 
  
 (b) If the parties do not meet or the dispute has not been resolved by the foregoing negotiation within thirty (30) business days of the
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parties shall endeavor to settle the dispute by non binding mediation under the then current CPR Model Mediation Procedure for Business Disputes. Unless
otherwise agreed the parties shall select a mediator from the CPR Panels of Neutrals. The mediation shall take place in New York, New York and shall be concluded within seventy-five (75) days from the date of the disputing party’s initial
notice, unless the parties mutually agree to an extension. 
  
 (c) If the dispute is not settled through the foregoing mediation procedure, either party may refer the dispute to, and the dispute shall be settled by, arbitration, before three (3) independent arbitrators in
accordance with the then current CPR Non-Administered Arbitration Rules then in effect. To initiate arbitration under this subsection 15(c), no later than sixty (60) days after the conclusions of such mediation the aggrieved party shall give
the other party written notice in accordance with Article 20, describing the claim and the amount as to which it intends to initiate arbitration. Within fifteen (15) days after the receipt of such notice, each party shall select one person to
act as arbitrator, and the two so selected shall select a third arbitrator within ten (10) days of their appointment. If the arbitrators selected by the parties are unable or fail to agree upon the third arbitrator, the third arbitrator shall
be selected by the CPR. At least one of the arbitrators so selected shall be an attorney actively engaged in the practice of law for at least (10) years and familiar with agreements comparable to this Agreement. Any such arbitration shall be
conducted in New York. NY. The arbitrators shall apply New York law, regardless of its choice of law principles. The reasonable expenses of the arbitration shall be borne equally by the parties. Each party shall bear the cost of its counsel and
other experts. The parties shall agree on a schedule for conducting the arbitration, including the exchange of documents and the examination of witnesses. The award of the arbitrators shall be accompanied by a reasoned opinion. Judgment upon the
award rendered by the arbitrators may be entered in any court having jurisdiction of the parties and the subject and matter of the dispute. 
  
 16. Access to Plant. MH shall provide RP with access to the Plant at all reasonable times for inspection of the Plant property or records, and
shall cooperate in any routine inspections or audits of the Plant conducted by RP. 
  
 17. Servitudes. To the extent that any of the services to be performed hereunder shall require for the effective performance thereof the use of any property or properties of MH or others for the purpose of
(i) locating roads, gates, etc. essential to the performance of this Agreement, (ii) constructing, erecting, furnishing, laying, inspecting, maintaining, servicing, or repairing any such roads, gates, pipes, wires, drains, conduits, etc.,
or (iii) rendering or obtaining the services contemplated hereby, MH grants (or shall cause to be granted) and confers (or shall cause to be conferred) upon RP a servitude effective during the term of this Agreement with respect to the relevant
service provided to use such property or properties to the extent necessary for such purposes; provided, however, that such use shall not interfere with the use of such property or properties by MH. The parties agree to execute
appropriate documents in recordable form to evidence the foregoing rights and obligations. RP grants to MH the right of ingress and egress to the Plant to carry out the services listed herein. This right is granted to those individuals having duties
to perform in the Plant area. The servitudes and rights granted in this Section 17 shall automatically terminate upon, termination of this Agreement at the end of the termination period specified in Section 3. 
  

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 18. Future Expansion. In the event that RP desires an increase in any service to be provided
hereunder beyond MH’s capacity to provide it, or in the event MH desires to modify the Plant or any facility providing Utilities in any material respect, any such increase or modification shall be implemented, provided a prior written agreement
covering the same (including, without limitation, which party or parties shall bear the costs thereof) shall have been entered into by both parties. 
  
 19. Cooperation of the Parties. Each party shall cooperate with the other in the performance of their respective obligations hereunder, including
but not limited to taking all actions reasonably necessary to obtain and maintain all permits necessary hereunder. 
  
 20. Notices. Any notice, demand, or communication required or permitted to be given by any provision of this Agreement shall be deemed to have been
sufficiently given or served for all purposes if (a) personally delivered, (b) mailed by registered or certified first-class mail, prepaid with return receipt requested, (c) sent by a nationally recognized overnight courier service, to the
recipient at the address below indicated or (d) delivered by facsimile which is confirmed in writing by sending a copy of such facsimile to the recipient thereof pursuant to clause (a) or (c) above: 
  

			
	If to MH:	  	Mission Hills, S.A. de C.V.
		
	 	  	Carretera Federal 57 Km 47, Carretera
	 	  	Entroncal a San José Iturbide Km. 0.8, San
	 	  	José Iturbide, Gto.
	 	  	Attn.: Rafael Torres
		
	If to IH:	  	Inmobiliaria Hills, S.A. de C.V.
	 	  	Presa la Angostura 225, Col. Irrigacion,
	 	  	C.P. 11500, Mexico, D.F.
	 	  	Attn.: Stuart Burkhead
		
	If to RP:	  	Rhodia Inc.
		
	 	  	Prospect Plains Road
	 	  	Cranbury, New Jersey 08512-7500
	 	  	Attention: Herman Mihalieh,
	 	  	Executive Director Industrial Phosphates
		
	with copies to	  	Rhodia Inc.
	 	  	CN 7500
	 	  	Cranbury, New Jersey 08512-7500
	 	  	Attention: Gary Ford, Esq.
	 	  	Senior Operations Counsel
		
	or if by overnight mail to:	  	Rhone-Poulenc de Mexico, S.A. de C.V.
	 	  	Av. Vasco de Quiroga No. 3000 PISO 2
	 	  	Col Lomas de Santa Fe, 01210, Alvaro
	 	  	Obregon, Mexico, D F,
	 	  	Attention: Daniel Vidalinc
	 	  	General Manager

  

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 or to such other address as any party hereto may, from time to time designate in a written notice given in like manner or
to such other address as the person to whom notice is to be given may have previously furnished to the other in writing in the manner set forth above. 
  
 Except as otherwise provided herein, any notice under this Agreement will be deemed to have been given (x) on the date which notice is personally
delivered or delivered by facsimile, (y) four days after the date of mailing if sent by certified or registered mail or (z) the next succeeding business day after the date such notice is delivered to the overnight courier service if sent by
overnight courier; provided that in each case notices received after 4:00 p.m. (local time of the recipient) shall be deemed to have been duly given on the next business day. 
  
 21. Indemnification. Each party shall defend, indemnify and save harmless the other party, its directors, officers,
employees and agents from any and all loss, claims, actions, or suits, including costs and attorneys’ fees, for or on account of bodily or personal injury to, or death of persons (including but not limited to injury to or death of any
employees, agents or operators at the Plant), damage to or destruction of tangible property belonging to the other party or others, including but not limited to damage to the Plant (collectively, “Damages”), resulting from or arising out
of the indemnifying party’s negligent acts or omissions, or that of any agents of or any persons related to, controlled or supervised by the indemnifying party, excepting such injury or harm to the extent resulting from or arising out of the
negligence of the other party, its employees and agents. 
  
 22.
Assignment. This Agreement shall not be assignable by either party hereto without the express prior written consent of the other party, except to the successor or assignee of all or substantially all of the assignor’s business to which
the Agreement relates. When duly assigned in accordance herewith, this Agreement shall be binding on and inure to the benefit of each parties successors and assignees. 
  
 23. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed and enforced in accordance with, the laws of
the State of New York without regard to its provisions concerning conflicts or choice of law. 
  
 24. JURISDICTION. THE PARTIES HERETO AGREE THAT ANY SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING INSTITUTED AGAINST ONE OR MORE OF THE PARTIES HERETO WITH RESPECT TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY RELATED AGREEMENT MAY BE BROUGHT IN ANY
COURT OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION IN ANY FEDERAL OR STATE COURT LOCATED IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK. EACH OF THE PARTIES, BY THE EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF THIS AGREEMENT, IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY OBJECTION OR DEFENSE TO THE INSTITUTION OF 

  

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ANY ACTION IN NEW YORK BASED ON IMPROPER VENUE. THE CONVENIENCE OF THE FORUM OR THE JURISDICTION OF SUCH COURTS, OR FROM THE EXECUTION OF JUDGMENTS RESULTING
THEREFROM, AND THE PARTIES HERETO IRREVOCABLY ACCEPT AND SUBMIT TO THE JURISDICTION OF THE AFORESAID COURTS IN ANY SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING EACH OF THE PARTIES HEREBY WAIVES PERSONAL SERVICE OF PROCESS UPON IT AND CONSENTS TO THE SERVICE OF
PROCESS BY CERTIFIED MAIL TO THE ADDRESS SET FORTH IN SECTION 20. 
  
 25. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, each of which shall be an original, both of which together shall constitute one and the same agreement. 
  
 26. Non-Waiver. Failure of either party to exercise any of its rights under this Agreement upon one occasion shall
not waive the party’s right to exercise the same on another occasion. 
  
 27. Independent Business. In the performance of this Agreement, the parties are engaged in independent business, and nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to: 
  
 (a) grant either party any right to control the other party
with respect to the conduct of its business, except as expressly set forth herein; 
  
 (b) make either party a partner, joint venturer, agent or other representative of the other party; 
  
 (c) grant either party any right of authority to assume or
create any obligation on behalf of or in the name of the other party; or 
  
 (d) accept legal summons or legal process for the other party. 
  
 (e) MH , IH and RP are and for all purposes shall be deemed independent contractors and nothing in this Agreement or in the relationship
between MH and RP or their respective employees, agents, subcontractors or other representatives shall be deemed to constitute otherwise. MH and RP shall have sole control over their respective employees including, but not limited to, the
supervision and direction of the method and manner in which the work is accomplished, the method and amount of wage and benefit payments, and control of all hiring, firing or discipline of employees, as well as all policies and procedures related
hereto. In acknowledgment of such relationship, MH and RP may be required to have each of their respective employees performing services on property owned or controlled by the other to individually read and sign a separate document entitled
“Waiver of Employment” stating that he/she makes no claim for coverage by, or participation in, any benefit or right relating to the other party. If either party performs services under this Agreement on property owned or controlled by the
other, that party agrees that its employees, agents, subcontractors or other representatives will abide by the other’s safety and security requirements which are available on request.  
  

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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the day and year first above-written.

  

			
	MISSION HILLS, S.A. de C.V.
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Rafael Torres Lopez

	 Name:
	 	 RAFAEL TORRES LOPEZ

	 Title:
	 	 LEGAL REPRESENTATIVE

	
	INMOBlLLARIA HILLS, S.A. de C.V.
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Salvador Martinez-Murillo

	 Name:
	 	 SALVADOR MARTINEZ-MURILLO

	 Title:
	 	 LEGAL REPRESENTATIVE

	
	RHONE-POULENC de MEXICO, S.A. de C.V.
		
	By:	 	 
	 Name:
	 	 
	 Title:
	 	 

  

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 EXHIBIT A 
  

Lease 
  
 TRANSLATION FROM SPANISH 
  
 SUBLEASE CONTRACT ENTERED INTO BY AND BETWEEN MISSION HILLS, S.A. DE C.V., REPRESENTED HEREIN BY MR. RAFAEL TORRES LOPEZ IN HIS CAPACITY AS LEGAL REPRESENTATIVE, HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AS “THE SUBLESSOR”
AND RHONE POULENC DE MEXICO, S.A. DE C.V. REPRESENTED HEREIN BY MR. SALOMON TOBELEM, HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AS “THE SUBLESSEE”; AS PER THE FOLLOWING RECITALS AND CLAUSES: 
  
 RECITALS 
  
 FIRST.-“THE SUBLESSOR” STATES: 
  
 I.-THAT IT IS A STOCK COMPANY OF VARIABLE CAPITAL STOCK, LEGALLY ORGANIZED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE MEXICAN REPUBLIC, THROUGH PUBLIC DEED NUMBER 11,515, GRANTED
BEFORE NOTARY PUBLIC NUMBER 178 IN AND FOR THE FEDERAL DISTRICT, MR. ANDRES JIMENEZ CRUZ. 
  
 II.-THAT IT HAS THE LEGAL CAPACITY TO ASSUME OBLIGATIONS IN TERMS OF THIS CONTRACT, THROUGH ITS LEGAL REPRESENTATIVE MR. RAFAEL TORRES LOPEZ, WHO EVIDENCES HIS CAPACITY WITH A COPY OF PUBLIC DEED NUMBER 14,367,
GRANTED BEFORE NOTARY PUBLIC NUMBER 178 IN AND FOR THE FEDERAL DISTRICT, MR. ANDRES JIMENEZ CRUZ, WHICH CONTAINS A POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR ACTS OF ADMINISTRATION, WHICH HAS NOT BEEN REVOKED OR AMENDED TO HIM IN ANY MANNER UP TO THIS DATE. 

 
 III.-THAT AT PRESENT IT IS THE LESSOR OF THE LAND PLOT SUBJECT MATTER HEREOF, WHICH IS
LOCATED AT: CARRETERA FEDERAL 57 QUERETARO-SAN LUIS POTOSI, KM. 47, CARRETERA ENTRONCAL A SAN JOSE ITURBIDE, KM. 0.8, SAN JOSE ITURBIDE, GUANAJUATO. 
  
 SECOND.-“THE SUBLESSEE” STATES: 
  
 I.-THAT IT IS A STOCK COMPANY OF VARIABLE CAPITAL STOCK, LEGALLY ORGANIZED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE MEXICAN REPUBLIC, THROUGH PUBLIC DEED NUMBER 66,068 GRANTED
BEFORE NOTARY PUBLIC NUMBER 69 IN AND FOR THE FEDERAL DISTRICT, MR. JORGE H. FALOMIR. 
  
 THROUGH PUBLIC DEED NUMBER 58,585, GRANTED BEFORE NOTARY PUBLIC NUMBER 74 IN AND FOR THE FEDERAL DISTRICT, MR. F. JAVIER ARCE GARGOLLO, THE COMPANY CHANGED ITS NAME TO RHONE POULENC DE MEXICO, S.A. DE C.V. 
  
 II.-THAT IT HAS LEGAL CAPACITY TO ASSUME OBLIGATIONS IN TERMS OF THIS CONTRACT, THROUGH ITS
LEGAL REPRESENTATIVE MR. SALOMON TOBELEM. 

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 WHO EVIDENCES HIS CAPACITY WITH A COPY OF PUBLIC DEED NUMBER 70,132 GRANTED BEFORE NOTARY PUBLIC NUMBER 74 IN AND FOR
THE FEDERAL DISTRICT, MR. F. JAVIER ARCE GARGOLLO, WHICH CONTAINS A POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR ACTS OF ADMINISTRATION, WHICH HAS NOT BEEN REVOKED OR AMENDED TO HIM IN ANY MATTER UP TO THIS DATE. 
  
 III.- THAT IT IS ITS WILL TO SUBLEASE A PORTION OF THE LAND PLOT WHICH IS LEASED AT PRESENT
BY “THE SUBLESSOR”, LOCATED WITHIN THE MISSION HILLS PLANT, IN CARRETERA FEDERAL 57 QUERETARO-SAN LUIS POTOSl, KM. 47, CARRETERA ENTRONCAL A SAN JOSE ITURBIDE, KM. 0.8, SAN JOSE ITURBIDE, GUANAJUATO 
  
 BOTH PARTIES STATE THAT IT IS THEIR WILL TO ENTER INTO THIS CONTRACT, BEING SUBJECT TO THE
FOLLOWING: 
  
 CLAUSES. 
  
 FIRST.- “THE SUBLESSOR” GIVES IN SUBLEASE TO “THE SUBLESSEE” THE
QUANTITY OF 1800 (ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED) SQUARE METERS OF THE LAND PLOT IT LEASES, LOCATED AT THE DOMICILE MENTIONED IN THE FIRST RECITAL, PARAGRAPH III HEREOF. 
  
 SECOND.- “THE SUBLESSEE” SHALL ONLY USE THE LAND PLOT FOR THE BUILDING AND OPERATION OF A PLANT WHICH SHALL EXCLUSIVELY
MANUFACTURE DICALCIUM PHOSPHATE (“THE PRODUCT”), BEING ABLE TO CARRY OUT THE RECEPTION, DISPATCH, LOAD AND UNLOAD, OF ALL KIND OF MATERIALS RELATED TO THE MANUFACTURE OF THE PRODUCT WHICH MAY BE STORED THEREIN. “ SUBLESSEE” WILL
SUPPLY PRODUCT TO A THIRD ENTITY UNDER THE TERMS OF A “SUPPLY AGREEMENT” DATED AS OF JUNE 18,1998. 
  
 THIRD.- THE TERM OF THIS CONTRACT SHALL BE COTERMINOUS WITH THE “SUPPLY AGREEMENT” REFERRED ABOVE. 
  
 FOURTH.- ON THE LAST DAY OF THE TERM HEREOF OR IN THE CORRESPONDING DATE IF THERE WERE ADVANCED TERMINATION, “THE SUBLESSEE” SHALL RETURN AND DELIVER THE
SUBLEASED LAND PLOT FOR THE USE OF “THE SUBLESSOR” WITHOUT DELAY, ORDERLY, IN GOOD CONDITION AND ADEQUATE MAINTENANCE. ALL THE SIGNS, LEGENDS AND SIMILAR INSTALLATIONS, AS WELL AS THE FURNITURE, ACCESSORIES, INSTALLED MACHINERY AND
EQUIPMENT SHALL BE REMOVED AT THE EXPIRATION DATE OF THE TERM HEREOF. 
  
 FIFTH.-
BOTH PARTIES AGREE THAT THE PRICE TO BE PAID FOR THE PORTION OF THE SUBLEASED LAND PLOT (1800 SQUARE METERS) SHALL BE THE AMOUNT OF (****). THE PAYMENT SHALL BE MADE TO” THE SUBLESSOR” OR TO WHOEVER MAY REPRESENT ITS RIGHTS, MONTHLY, BEING
PAYABLE WITHIN THE LAST FIFTEEN 

  

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 3 
  

 
DAYS OF EACH MONTH, THE PAYMENTS SHALL BE MADE AT THE DOMICILE OF “THE SUBLESSOR” WHICH IS LOCATED AT: CARRETERA FEDERAL 57, KM. 47, CARRETERA
ENTRONCAL A SAN JOSE ITURBIDE, KM. 08, SAN JOSE ITURBIDE, GUANAJUATO. REVISIONS TO THE AGREED RENTAL SHALL BE MADE ANNUALLY. 
  
 ALL RENTALS SHALL BE FULLY PAID, EVEN IF “THE SUBLESSEE” ONLY TAKES POSSESSION OF THE SUBLEASED PLACE DURING PART OP THE TERM AGREED ON IN THIS CLAUSE.

  
 SIXTH.- “THE SUBLESSEE” ASSUMES THE OBLIGATION TO: 
  
 A) USE THE SUBLEASED LAND PLOT EXCLUSIVELY IN REGARD TO THE PROVISIONS OF CLAUSE SECOND
HEREOF. 
  
 B) KEEP THE PLACE IN GOOD CONDITIONS OF USE AND CLEANLINESS.

  
 C) BY ITS OWN ACCOUNT, REPAIR ANY DAMAGE CAUSED IN THE LAND PLOT. 

 
 D) RETURN THE SUBLEASED LAND PLOT WHEN THE SUBLEASE TERMINATES, IN THE SAME CONDITION AS
IT WAS RECEIVED WITHOUT ANY PHYSICAL ALTERATION OR MODIFICATION. 
  
 SEVENTH-
“THE SUBLESSEE” MAY NOT TRANSFER NOR CONVEY THE RIGHTS GRANTED TO IT BY THIS CONTRACT, NOR SUBLEASE THE SUBLEASED LAND PLOT. 
  
 EIGHTH.- “THE SUBLESSEE” APPOINTS THE DOMICILE LOCATED AT AV. VASCO DE QUIROGA NO. 3000, SECOND FLOOR, COL. LOMAS DE SANTA FE, DELEGACION ALVARO OBREGON, C.P.
01210, MEXICO, D.F. AS CONVENTIONAL DOMICILE. 
  
 NINETH.- THE ELECTRIC POWER,
GAS, WATER AND TELEPHONE SERVICES. VIGILANCE AND CLEANLINESS, SHALL BE SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE “OPERATIONS AGREEMENT”. 
  
 TENTH.- THE VALUE ADDED TAX AND ANY OTHER TAX OR DUTY CAUSED IN REGARD HEREOF, SHALL BE PAID BY “THE SUBLESSEE”. 
  
 ELEVENTH.-”THE SUBLESSEE” AGREES TO KEEP, DEFEND AND HOLD “THE SUBLESSOR”
HARMLESS IN REGARD TO ANY RESPONSIBILITY, INCLUDING FINES AND INTERESTS, OF WHICH “THE SUBLESSOR” IS REQUIRED TO PAY, DUE TO ANY ACT OR OMISSION OF “THE SUBLESSEE”, WHICH MAY RESULT IN A DIRECT OR INDIRECT MANNER FROM SAID
RESPONSIBILITY, FINE AND/OR INTERESTS. 
  
 TWELFTH.- UNLESS OTHERWISE PROVIDED
FOR, NO AMENDMENT, EXEMPTION OR EXCEPTION MADE TO THIS CONTRACT OR EXEMPTION TO ANY OF ITS PROVISIONS, SHALL BE VALID OR MANDATORY, UNLESS IT IS MADE THROUGH A WRITTEN AGREEMENT, SIGNED BY “THE SUBLESSOR” AND “THE SUBLESSEE”. 
  

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 3 
  

 THIRTEENTH.- THIS CONTRACT SHALL BE RESCINDED DUE TO NONCOMPLIANCE OF ANY OF THE OBLIGATIONS PROVIDED FOR HEREIN, AND
IN THE OTHER EVENTS ON WHICH THE RESCISSION IS CONSIDERED AS NECESSARY OR LAWFUL, AS PROVIDED FOR BY THE LEGAL PROVISIONS. 
  
 IN REGARD TO THE INTERPRETATION OR CONTROVERSY HEREOF, THE PARTIES EXPRESSLY SUBMIT THEMSELVES TO THE “OPERATIONS AGREEMENT” PROCEDURE DEFINED THEREIN.

  
 ONCE THIS DOCUMENT WAS READ TO THE GRANTING PARTIES, WHO STATE THAT THEY ARE
AWARE OF ITS VALUE AND LEGAL FORCE, THEY RATIFY IT IN FOUR COUNTERPARTS, TWO FOR EACH ONE OF THE PARTIES, IN MEXICO CITY, ON JUNE 18, 1998. 
  

	
	             “THE
SUBLESSOR”,
 MISSION HILLS, S.A. DE C.V.

	
	 /s/ RAFAEL TORRES LOPEZ.

	 MR. RAFAEL TORRES LOPEZ.
 LEGAL REPRESENTATIVE.

	
	             “THE SUBLESSEE”,
 RHONE POULENC, S.A. DE C.V.

	
	 
	 MR. SALOMON TOBELEM,
 LEGAL REPRESENTATIVE

  

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 EXHIBIT B 
  
  
  
  
 (****) 
  
  
  
  

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 (****) 
  

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 EXHIBIT C 
  
 UTILITIES - SPECIFICATIONS 
  
 NATURAL GAS 
  

	 	•	 	Quantity: 6(six) Therms per MT product; 6 X 20,000 = 120,000 Therms, as measured by meter 

  

	 	•	 	Quality: 1,000 BTUs per 1,000 cubic feet minimum; normal 100 PSIG supply; clean, filtered non-burner plugging, and sulfur free (maximum 0.4 grains/100 cubic feet, or 0.001 weight percent) 

  

WATER 
  

	 	•	 	Quantity: 150 liters per MT product; 150 x 20.000 = 3,000.000 Liters, as measured by meter. 

  

	 	•	 	Quality: Potable; nominal 60 PSIG supply. 

  
 ELECTRICITY 
  

	 	•	 	Quantity: 350 KWH per MT product; 350 x 20,000 = 7,000.000 KWH, as measured by meter. 

  

	 	•	 	Quality: Industrial grade delivery system; 480 volt, 3 phase, 60 cycle. 

  
 STEAM 
  

	 	•	 	Quantity: 0.65 MT per MT of product; 0.65 x 20,000 = 13,000. MT, as measured by meter 

  

	 	•	 	Quality: Saturated; Treated with Food Grade compatible chemicals (if necessary) such that the steam is acceptable for use in direct contact with Food Grade materials; nominal 85 ATM
(125 PSIG supply) 

  
 All metering shall be covered by section 9 of
the Operations Agreement. All utilities shall be of the “uninterruptible” type. 
  

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 EXHIBIT D 
  

Operations Manual 
 Chicago Heights
Facility 
  
 To come 
  

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 EXHIBIT E 
  
 TRAINING OUTLINE FOR DCP-D PLANT AT MH, MEXICO 
  

	1)	Basic Operator Training (by MH) 

  

	 	•	 	Plant Rules, Policies, Procedures 

  

	 	•	 	Process Safety, Health, and Environmental Hazards and Controls 

  

	 	•	 	Chemical Process Fundamentals 

  

	 	•	 	Process Equipment Fundamentals 

  

	2)	Process Specific Training (by RH) 

  

	 	•	 	Process/Product Overview 

  

	 	•	 	Process Chemistry 

  

	 	•	 	Raw Materials Handling and Safety Procedures 

  

	 	•	 	Process Equipment and Flow 

  

	 	•	 	Operating Philosophy 

  

	 	•	 	Process Control Philosophy 

  

	 	•	 	Process Hazards and Controls 

  

	 	•	 	Quality Control Procedures and Specifications 

  

	 	•	 	Utilities Systems 

  

	3)	Job Specific Training by RH 

  
 Job Analysis and Detailed Operating Instructions for; 
  

	 	•	 	Raw Materials Unloading 

  

	 	•	 	Lime Slaking and Dilution 

  

	 	•	 	Acid Dilution and Redissolve 

  

	 	•	 	Reactor Batch Manufacture 

  

	 	•	 	Centrifuge Operation 

  

	 	•	 	Mill System Operation 

  

	 	•	 	Product Storage and Blend System 

  

	 	•	 	Packaging and Bulk Loading Systems 

  

	 	•	 	Waste System Operation 

  

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 EXHIBIT F 
  
 DRAFT 
  
 PHOSPHORIC ACID 
 TRANSPORTATION

 EMERGENCY 
 RESPONSE 
  

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 PHOSPHATES, HYDROCOLLOIDS and FOOD INGREDIENTS PLATFORM 
  
 Prospectus Plains Road 
 CN 7500 
 Cranbury, NJ
08512-7500 
 TEL.: (609) 860-4600 
 FAX: (609) 860 0356

  
 Physical Form & Appearance: 
  
 Colorless liquid. 
  
 Odor: 
  
 Odorless. 
  
 Effect with water: 
  
 Phosphoric Acid is
miscible with water. Can generate some heat of reaction. 
  
 Nature or Product:

  
 Non-flammable, slightly viscous liquid which can cause burns to skin or
eyes. May cause respiratory problems when hot. 
  
 HAZARDS

  
 FIRE 
  
 Phosphoric Acid will not burn but can react with some metals to produce flammable Hydrogen gas. Water can be used in fire fighting
activities. Extinguishing method should be suitable for surrounding fire. 
  
 EXPOSURE 
  
 Causes burns to skin and eyes. Fumes can be
irritating if material is hot. 
  
 ENVIRONMENT 
  
 Product may contaminate water. Prevent entry into water supply, storm or sanitary sewers.

  
 IN CASE OF ACCIDENT 
  
 GENERAL 
  
 Keep unnecessary people away. Isolate the area around the spill. Firelighters and emergency response personnel should wear full protective
gear including rubber boots. Self-contained breathing apparatus should be worn if Phosphoric Acid is heated by surrounding fire. Contact shipper, as soon as possible. 
  
 SPILL OR LEAK 
  
 Do not touch or walk thru spilled material. Shut off leak if possible without risk. 
  

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 Small Spill: Phosphoric Acid can be neutralized with soda ash or lime. Approximately 7 lbs of soda ash or 4 lbs of
lime will neutralize 1 gallon of 75% Phosphoric Acid. The neutralized material should be shoveled up and placed in a plastic container for proper disposal. 
  
 Large Spill: Area around the spilled material should be diked to contain for recovery or neutralization if necessary. Keep non-essential persons away from the
area. Attempt to stop any further spill if possible without risk. The spilled Phosphoric Acid can be pumped into plastic drums, stainless steel tank trucks or neutralized for further disposal. Proper personal protective equipment should be worn at
all times during the clean up operations. Area should be neutralized with soda ash or lime following any clean up. Neutralization guidelines are shown under Small spill section. The use of a pH meter or pH paper can determine the effectiveness of
the neutralization activity. 
  
 FIRE: 
  
 Move the container from the fire area if you can do so without risk. If containers cannot be
moved, cool with water from the side until well after the fire is out. Phosphoric Acid will not burn but may generate flammable Hydrogen gas when reacted with some metals. Fight fire from upwind side and avoid breathing smoke. 
  
 EXPOSURE: 
  
 Remove to fresh air. If breathing is difficult administer oxygen. Remove contaminated clothing and rinse the exposed skin areas with plenty
of water for at least 15 minutes. In case of eye contact, immediately flush eyes with water for at least 15 minutes. Seek medical attention. 
  
 DECOMPOSITION 
  
 Phosphoric Acid is stable under normal handling, storage and shipping conditions. Reactions with some metals might result in the formation of flammable gas. Under extreme
heat conditions, oxides of phosphorus could be generated. 
  
 REACTIVITY 
  
 Hazardous polymerization will not occur. Avoid
contact with common metals. 
  
 DISPOSAL 
  
 State and local regulations should be followed regarding the disposal of Phosphoric Acid or
the neutralization products resulting from any clean-up activities. 
  
 REPORTING REQUIREMENTS 
  

	Spill	reporting requirements in the United States are set at 5000 lbs. or 380 gallons of 75% Phosphoric Acid. 

  

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 EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE 
  
 Transportation emergencies should be immediately reported to: 
  

			
	SETIQ	  	91 (800) 00214
	DF y Zona Metropolitana	  	559-1588
	US CHEMTREC	  	800-424-9300
	Rhodia DART	  	800-334-7577
	
	[DISCLAIMER TO BE ADDED]

  

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 EXHIBIT G 
  
 CONFIDENTIALITY DISCLOSURE AGREEMENT 
  
 WHEREAS MISSION HILLS S.A de C.V., a Mexican corporation (hereinafter called “RECIPIENT”) is interested in
obtaining certain proprietary confidential technical manufacturing, processing, and economic information, including, but not limited to technology, formulae, procedures. designs, discoveries, ideas, specifications, product standards, schedules and
marketing plans, whether patented or unpatented (hereinafter collectively called “INFORMATION”) which has been and is being developed by RHODIA INC, a Delaware, USA corporation, having its principal office at Prosperct Plains Road,
CN-7500, Cranbury, New Jersey 08512-7500 and/or RHONE-POULENC de MEXICO, S.A. de C.V., a Mexican corporation (hereinafter collectively called “DISCLOSER”) relating to DISCLOSER’S dicalcium phosphate product or Mexican dicalcium
phosphate plant. 
  
 WHEREAS, DISCLOSER possesses INFORMATION
relating to dicalcium phosphate (hereinafter referred to as “PRODUCT”) and the manufacturing process for dicalcium phosphate. 
  
 WHEREAS, DISCLOSER has requested that RECIPIENT provide certain utility, production, and other services to DISCLOSER’S Mexican dicalcium phosphate
plant and recipient is willing to provide such utilities, production, and other services. 
  
 WHEREAS, in order for RECIPIENT to carry out such utilities, production, and other services, it will be necessary for RECIPIENT to receive from DISCLOSER selected aspects of such INFORMATION relating to
DISCLOSER’S Mexican dicalcium phosphate plant and the PRODUCT, and 
  
 WHEREAS, DISCLOSER is willing subject to the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth to disclose selected aspects of such INFORMATION to RECIPIENT for the sole purpose providing utilities, production and other services on behalf of
DISCLOSER (“PURPOSES”) 
  
 NOW, THEREFORE, in order to
induce DISCLOSER to disclose said INFORMATION relating to PRODUCTS to RECIPIENT and for other good and valuable consideration. DISCLOSER and RECIPIENT hereby agree as follows: 
  

	 	1.	 RECIPIENT shall treat all of the INFORMATION received from DISCLOSER whether transmitted orally or in writing and/or samples received from DISCLOSER with a
confidentiality notice affixed (hereinafter “SAMPLES”), as confidential 

  

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regardless of when transmitted; use such INFORMATION only for the specific purpose(s) aforesaid and for no other purpose(s); not disclose such INFORMATION to
any third parties, and limit access to such INFORMATION to those of its officers, consultants and employees reasonably requiring same for the purpose(s) of this Agreement. RECIPIENT shall advise each of the persons to whom it provides access to
INFORMATION that such persons are strictly prohibited from making any use, publishing, or otherwise disclosing to others, or permitting others to use, any of the INFORMATION. RECIPIENT will require all of its officers, consultants and employees to
whom any INFORMATION is received to first execute an acknowledgment and adoption of the terms of this instrument. 

  
 RECIPIENT agrees that if SAMPLES are received from DISCLOSER, not to analyze or cause to be analyzed any SAMPLE, agrees not to provide any third parry
with any part of a SAMPLE and agrees, upon request of DISCLOSER or upon completion of the tests by RECIPIENT, to return to DISCLOSER or destroy all unused portions of the SAMPLES. 
  
 RECIPIENT and any other persons adopting this Agreement, acknowledge that any disclosure or misappropriation of any
INFORMATION in violation of this Agreement may cause DISCLOSER irreparable harm, the amount of which may be difficult to ascertain and, therefore, DISCLOSER shall have the right to a court order restraining any further disclosure or misappropriation
and for such other relief as is appropriate. Such right of DISCLOSER is in addition to the remedies otherwise available to DISCLOSER at law or in equity. 
  
 DISCLOSER does not warrant the completeness or accuracy of the INFORMATION which may be disclosed under this Agreement. 
  

	 	2.	The obligations of paragraph 1 shall not apply with respect to any INFORMATION (A) which was known to RECIPIENT on the date of disclosure by DISCLOSER, or (B) which, through no
fault of RECIPIENT, is or becomes published or otherwise comes within the public domain, or (C) otherwise properly becomes available to RECIPIENT from a source other than DISCLOSER, or (D) which is developed by RECIPIENT in the course of its
normal activities as demonstrated by its records, without reliance on DlSCLOSER’s disclosure(s). INFORMATION shall not be deemed within the foregoing exceptions if (i) it is specific and merely embraced by more general information in the
public domain or in Recipient’s possession or if ______ results from a combination of information pieced to reconstruct the INFORMATION from multiple sources, none of which show the whole combination, its principle of operation and/or method of
use. 

  
 If RECIPIENT is required by any
governmental agency, court or other quasi-judicial or regulatory body to provide any INFORMATION received under this Agreement. RECIPIENT shall not be deemed to be in violation of this Agreement for such disclosure provided that RECIPIENT shall, as
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notice to the DISCLOSER of the requirement to provide such INFORMATION so that the DISCLOSER, in its discretion, may contest the requirement to provide such
INFORMATION. 
  

	 	3.	The burden of showing that any of the INFORMATION is not subject to the obligations of Paragraph 1 shall rest with the RECIPIENT 

  

	 	4.	This Agreement shall be effective upon the last date of execution, below, and terminate upon decommissioning of DISCLOSER’S Mexican dicalcium phosphate plant except that
RECIPIENT’s obligations of confidentiality, nonuse and nondisclosure shall survive an additional ten (10) years from the termination date of this Agreement. 

  

	 	5.	Any disclosure of INFORMATION will be in accord with all governmental regulations including regulations controlling the export of technical data from the United States Department of
Commerce. 

  

	 	6.	This Agreement is personal to RECIPIENT and may not be assigned by RECIPIENT without the prior written consent of DISCLOSER, which consent may be withheld for any reason or no
reason. 

  

	 	7.	Any invention, discovery, design or improvement which is conceived of, developed or made in the course of or as a result of a business relationship between the parties, shall be
owned by the DISCLOSER. 

  

	 	8.	RECIPIENT shall obtain no rights of any kind, other than those expressly provided herein, in any INFORMATION by reason of this Agreement. All INFORMATION remains the property of
DISCLOSER. 

  

	 	9.	RECIPIENT is not authorized to take any copies of written material transmitted by DISCLOSER. Upon termination of this Agreement and upon DISCLOSER’s request in writing,
RECIPIENT agrees to return to DISCLOSER reports, drawings, material flow sheets or other written material transmitted by DISCLOSER to RECIPIENT hereunder, any part of which contains DISCLOSER’s INFORMATION as well as any copies or parts thereof
in the possession of RECIPIENT. 

  

	 	10.	This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of each of the parties, its successors, legal representatives, and assigns. This Agreement shall be assignable by
DISCLOSER. Insofar as RECIPIENT is concerned, it may not be assigned, without the written consent of DISCLOSER. 

  

	 	11.	This Agreement contains the entire agreement of the parties in respect of the subject matter hereof and will be construed in all respects in accordance with the laws of the State of
New Jersey. 

  

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 Acceptance of the above terms shall be indicated by having this letter countersigned by an authorized
representative of RECIPIENT and returning one original to the attention of: 
  

							
	 	 	 	 	 Name:
	  	 Gary L. Ford

	 	 	 	 	 Title:
	  	 Senior Operations Counsel

	 	 	 	 	 	  	 Rhodia Inc.

	 	 	 	 	 Address:
	  	 CN 7500

	 	 	 	 	 	  	 Prospect Plains Road

	 	 	 	 	 	  	 Cranbury, New Jersey 08512

  
 Very
truly yours,  
  
 RHODIA INC.

  

							
	 	 	 	 	 By:
	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 Name:
	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 Title:
	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 Date:
	 	 

  

			
	RHONE-POULENC de MEXICO, S.A. de C.V.
		
	 By:
	 	 
	 Name:
	 	 
	 Title:
	 	 
	 Date:
	 	 
	
	 AGREED AND ACCEPTED:

	
	MISSION HILLS, S.A. de C.V.
		
	 By:
	 	/s/ Rafael Torres Lopez
	 Name:
	 	 RAFAEL TORRES LOPEZ

	 Title:
	 	 LEGAL REPRESENTATIVE

	 Date:
	 	 JUNE 18th, 1998

  

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 ADOPTION BY OFFICERS, CONSULTANTS AND EMPLOYEES OF RECIPIENT 
  
 The following persons, who are officers, consultants or employees of
RECIPIENT are persons to whom INFORMATION of DISCLOSER will be released. Each of said persons has read this Agreement in advance of receiving said INFORMATION, hereby adopts it, and agrees to be bound by its terms: 
  
  

					
	  	  	 	 	  
	Signature	  	 	 	Date
	  	  	 	 	  
	Typed or Printed Name	  	 	 	  
			
	  	  	 	 	  
	Signature	  	 	 	Date
	  	  	 	 	  
	Typed or Printed Name	  	 	 	  
			
	  	  	 	 	  
	Signature	  	 	 	Date
	  	  	 	 	  
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 36Agreement, dated as of April 20, 2004

 Exhibit 10.24 
  
 INTERIM AGREEMENT 
  
 BETWEEN 
  
 RHODIA INC. 
 NASHVILLE PLANT 
 NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE 
  
 AND 
  
 LOCAL UNION NO. 912 
 INTERNATIONAL 
 UNION OF OPERATING ENGINEERS 
 AFL-CIO

  
 It is hereby agreed by and between Rhodia Inc., for its Nashville,
Tennessee plant, and its Local Union No. 912 of the International Union of Operating Engineers, AFL-CIO, that this Agreement shall become and is effective at 3:00 p.m. on April 20, 2004. 
  

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 The Agreement between the parties expiring 3:00 p.m., April 20, 2004, shall continue in full force and effect until
4:00 p.m. April 23, 2007, except as modified and amended as follows: 
  
 Article I: Add Section 5 to read: 
  
 The word
“department” when used in this Agreement shall mean either Maintenance or Production (including Shipping). Also, the words “operating department” when used in this Agreement shall mean Production (including Shipping). In the
Production department, a “departmental unit” when used in this Agreement shall mean SALP, MCP, Catalyst, P205, Acid plant, Hypo Solution, and Shipping. 
  
 Article III, Section 1: Revise as follows: 
  

The classifications and job rates are set forth in Schedule A (attached). The first increase of 3.0% percent per hour will be effective September 20,
2004, at 7:00 a.m., reflecting a 5-month delay from the contract expiration date. Subsequent wage increases will be 2.5% percent per hour effective at 7:00 a.m. on April 18, 2005, and 2.5% percent per hour effective at 7:00 a.m. on April 17, 2006.

  
 Article III, Section 3: Modify as follows: 
  
 Paragraph c: An employee scheduled or called out to work the first
shift shall be paid shift premium of forty-five cents (45 cents) per hour for all hours worked which extend into the second shift. 
  
 Paragraph d: An employee scheduled or called out to work the second shift shall be paid shift premium of forty-five cents (45 cents) per
hour for all hours worked on that shift, and, if the employee works into the third shift, they shall be paid the third shift premium of one dollar and twenty cents ($1.20) for all hours worked on the third shift. 
  
 Paragraph e: An employee scheduled or called out to work the third
shift shall be paid a shift premium of one dollar and twenty cents ($1.20) per hour for all hours worked on that shift, and, if the employee works into the first shift, they shall not be paid shift premium for hours worked into the
first shift. 
  
 Paragraph g: delete. 
  
 Article III, Section 6: Modify as follows: 
  
 Employees will be paid bi-weekly (every other Friday) beginning in July,
2004. Current hourly employees will have the option to receive their pay via direct deposit or a pay check mailed to an address designated by the employee. Anyone hired after June 1, 2001 will be required to utilize direct deposit. 
  

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 Article IV, Section 6: Modify as follows: 
  
 The Company has the right to schedule and assign employees to work overtime. When it is necessary to work overtime, insofar
as possible, it will be worked in the classification where the vacancy occurs. Overtime work opportunity shall be divided as equally as practicable among the employees in a department on a particular job classification who are qualified and
available to perform such work. Overtime work opportunity shall be offered as follows: 
  

			
	Production Overtime
		
	First	  	[Less than 8 hours notice] to the employees whose relief fails to report, next to employees in the classification who are at work on the job in the departmental unit.
		
	Second	  	To the temporary employee who is performing the job which requires overtime to be worked at the end of the shift, will be offered the opportunity. Classified employees overlooked in this step
will not be entitled to a monetary remedy unless such overlook is called to the attention of supervision before leaving the plant.
		
	Third	  	To permanent employees in the job classification involved, the low employee on the overtime list getting the first opportunity.
		
	Fourth	  	To qualified available employees in the departmental unit.
		
	Fifth	  	To any qualified available employee in the Plant, Production department employees get the first opportunity.
		
	Sixth	  	If the vacancy remains unfilled through the above procedure, the employee(s) whose relief fails to report will be required to accept the overtime work.
	
	Maintenance Overtime
		
	First	  	To Maintenance employees who are assigned to a job during their shift, which requires overtime to be worked at the end of the shift, will be offered the first overtime work opportunity. The
right to this opportunity ends when such employees leave the plant.
		
	Second	  	To employees in the job classification involved, the low employee on the overtime list getting the first opportunity.
		
	Third	  	To the low Shift Mechanic.
		
	Fourth	  	To the low qualified employee in the maintenance department.
		
	Fifth	  	To the low temporary employee who is working in the maintenance department.
		
	Sixth	  	To any qualified employee in the plant who has signed the overtime request list.
		
	Seventh	  	If the vacancy remains unfilled through the above procedure, the employee(s) who is/are lowest on the overtime list in the job classification involved who is/are at work will be required to
accept the overtime work.

  
 Delete paragraph
beginning...Separate and apart from the maintenance overtime call-out sign-up sheet, a maintenance... 
  

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 Article IV, Section 7: Amend as follows: 
  
 Paragraph (c) ... If a holiday occurs while an employee is on vacation, the employee shall be paid holiday pay for
such holiday in addition to the employee’s vacation pay, provided the employee has worked on his/her last scheduled work day prior to the vacation. 
  
 If the holiday(s) occurs while an employee is on a full week of vacation, the employee has the option of not receiving vacation pay for such holiday(s)
occurring during that full week and using such vacation day(s) as a frag day(s) as outlined in the Guidelines for One-Day Vacation Period. 
  
 If an employee is absent from work on a holiday because of compensable injury, the employee shall be paid holiday. 
  
 Article V, Section 4: Amend as follows: 
  
 Paragraph (b): Add Stepparents and Stepchildren. 
  
 Article VI, Section 1: Amend as follows: 
  
 Paragraph (k): Employees who are entitled to more than two (2) weeks
vacation under this Agreement may take pay in lieu of the vacation time which exceeds two (2) weeks. This selection must be made before the final vacation schedule is posted. The pay may be for whole weeks or for one-day vacation days. 

 
 Paragraph (n): Add sentence: However, these vacation advances will
cease on December 31, 2006. 
  
 Article VII, Section 3: Amend as follows:

  
 Paragraph 6: The duration of the trial period will
depend on the job the employee is awarded, but in no case will exceed thirty (30) working days in duration. 
  
 Paragraph 10: Delete. 
  
 “Production & Maintenance” Heading: Delete. 
  

Paragraph 11: Any new or changed job shall be placed in either of the departments as mutually agreed between the parties. 
  
 Article XII, Amend as follows: 
  
 The Union will appoint two (2) representatives to serve on the joint Plant
Safety Committee. The representatives shall be employees of the company. The Union agrees to strive to have one representative from the Maintenance department and one representative from the Production department. 
  

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 Article XIII, Miscellaneous: Amend as follows: 
  
 Add sentence after Section 3: All new employees hired after April 20, 2004, will not be eligible to participate in
The Rhodia Hourly Retirement Plan. 
  
 Paragraph 10:
Delete last sentence. 
  
 Paragraph 11: Delete
1st sentence. 
  
 Article XV, Section 2: Amend as follows: 
  
 This Agreement shall continue in effect until 4:00 P.M., April 23, 2007, and shall be automatically renewed from year to year thereafter unless notice
terminating this Agreement is given by one (1) party to the other not less than sixty (60) days prior to April 23, 2007, or any yearly period thereafter. 
  
 Schedule A – Production 
  
 Delete the following classifications: Hypo Crystalizer Operator, Hypo Reactor Operator; Hypo Acid Operator; Hypo Helper; Flaker Catchout; 12XX
Mixer Helper; Laboratory Janitor; 
  
 Add: Hypo Solution
Operator to Group 6; SALP/V-90 Packaging Leader to Group 9  
  
 Move: P205 Catchout to Group 5 
  
 Letter of Understanding
– Guidelines for One-Day Vacation Period (delete “Trial”): 
  
 Correct typos identified and review use of “department” in Contract. 
  
 Non-Contract Language: When the new buyer establishes its replacement pension plan for new hires, this new pension plan will be offered to the Nashville Bargaining Unit Members who have been hired after April
20, 2004. 
  
 Approved this 20th day of April, 2004: 
  

			
	LOCAL UNION 912	 	 
	INTERNATIONAL UNION OF	 	 
	OPERATING ENGINEERS,	 	 
	AFL-CIO	 	RHODIA, INC.
		
	  
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 AGREEMENT 
  
 BETWEEN 
  
 RHODIA INC. 
  
 AND 
  
 LOCAL UNION NO. 912 
  
 INTERNATIONAL 
  
 UNION OF OPERATING ENGINEERS 
  
 AFL-CIO 
  
 APRIL 20, 2004 

 Table of Contents 
  

			
	 DEFINITIONS
	  	2
		
	 CHECKOFF OF DUES
	  	2
		
	 WAGES
	  	4
		
	 WORK SCHEDULES AND OVERTIME
	  	5
		
	 LEAVES OF ABSENCE
	  	12
		
	 VACATIONS
	  	13
		
	 SENIORITY
	  	15
		
	 GRIEVANCE PROCEDURE
	  	20
		
	 UNION REPRESENTATIVES
	  	22
		
	 MANAGEMENT
	  	22
		
	 BULLETIN BOARDS
	  	22
		
	 SAFETY AND HEALTH
	  	22
		
	 MISCELLANEOUS
	  	23
		
	 NO DISCRIMINATION
	  	26
		
	 EFFECTIVE DATE, TERMINATION AND RENEWAL
	  	27
		
	 CLASSIFICATIONS AND JOB RATES
	  	29
		
	 APPENDIX – MEMORANDUMS OF UNDERSTANDING
	  	31

 AGREEMENT 
  

between 
  
 RHODIA INC. 
  
 and 
  
 LOCAL UNION NO. 912 
  
 INTERNATIONAL 
  
 UNION OF OPERATING ENGINEERS 
  
 AFL-CIO 
  
 THIS AGREEMENT made by RHODIA, INC. (hereinafter referred to as the “Company”) and LOCAL UNION NO. 912,
INTERNATIONAL UNION OF OPERATING ENGINEERS, AFL-CIO (hereinafter referred to as the “Union”), acting pursuant to law as the exclusive bargaining agency for all employees covered by this Agreement, WITHNESSETH, That: 
  
 WHEREAS, the National Labor Relations Board has, on September 13, 1956,
certified and the Company recognizes the Union as the sole and exclusive bargaining agent for the employees, and the Union represents that a majority of the employees are members of the Union; 

 NOW, THEREFORE, it is agreed as follows: 
  
 ARTICLE I 
  
 Section 1. The word “employees” when used in the Agreement shall mean all production and maintenance employees of the Company at its
plant at Nashville, Tennessee; including relief foremen, machine shop working foreman, leadmen, truck drivers, storeroom employees and janitors other than main office janitors; but excluding salaried employees, supervisors as defined in the Act,
laboratory analysts (salaried and hourly paid), main office janitors, main office and plant clerical employees, car drivers, dining room employees and plant guards. 
  
 Section 2. The word “employee” when used in this Agreement shall mean any one of such employees.

  
 Section 3. The word “plant” when used in this
Agreement shall mean the plant of the Company which is located in Nashville, Tennessee. 
  
 Section 4. The term “machine shop working foreman” when used in this Agreement shall mean any supervisory employee in the machine shop who regularly spends more than fifty percent (50%) of his/her
time performing work similar to that performed by other non-supervisory employees in the machine shop. 
  
 Section 5. The word “grievance” when used in this Agreement shall mean any dispute, disagreement, or misunderstanding that may arise
under this agreement. 
  
 Section 6. The word
“department” when used in this Agreement shall mean either Maintenance or Production (including Shipping). Also, the words “operating department” when used in this Agreement shall mean Production (including Shipping). In the
Production department, a “departmental unit” when used in this Agreement shall mean SALP, MCP, Catalyst, P205, Acid plant, Hypo Solution, and Shipping. 
  
 ARTICLE II 
  
 Checkoff of Dues 
  
 Section 1. The Company, on the member’s first payday in each month following the receipt of this Agreement signed by the Union, will deduct
Union monthly dues as authorized by the Local No. 912’s Business Manager, and in the amount certified by the Business Manager to the Company through a registered letter, for the pay then due employees who authorize such deduction and deliver
the authorization to the Company not less than fourteen (14) days prior to the payday on which the deduction is to be made. No such authorization shall be irrevocable for a period of more than one (1) year, or beyond the termination of the
applicable agreement, whichever occurs sooner. 
  

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 Section 2. The authorization for deduction of dues shall be in the following form:

  
 Rhodia Inc. 
 Nashville Plant 
 Nashville, Tennessee

  
 Gentlemen: 
  
 I, the undersigned, an employee of Rhodia Inc. hereby assign to Local 912,
International Union of Operating Engineers, AFL-CIO, from compensation payable to me, the amount of my Union membership dues authorized by Local No. 912’s Business Manager and so certified to the Company by the Business Manager by registered
letter and authorize and direct the Company to deduct such dues from compensation earned by me in accordance with the Agreement between the Company and the Union in force at the time. This assignment shall continue in effect unless revoked by me by
giving not less that fifteen (15) days prior written notice to the Company that it is to terminate, any full year thereafter or at the termination of the applicable Agreement between the Company and the Union, whichever occurs sooner. 
  

			
	  

	  	  

	Date	  	Signature of Employee
	 	  	  
  

	 	  	Address
	  
  

	  	 
	Witness:	  	 

  
 The authorization for the deduction of
dues form signed and in effect prior to February 7, 1974, shall remain in effect until replaced by the above deduction of dues form or until said authorization is revoked by the employee. 
  
 Section 3. On or before the seventh (7th) day after making a deduction of dues, the Company will transmit the amount of the dues so deducted to such Union official as may from time to time be
designated in writing by the Local Union. The Union will indemnify and save the Company harmless against all claims and liability arising out of the fact that monies are collected for Union dues and initiation fee from an employee’s pay and
remitted to the Union in accordance with this agreement. 
  
 Section 4. There shall be no discrimination by the Company or any of its representatives against any employee because of the employee’s membership or non-membership in the Union or because of his/her acting as an officer in any
capacity on behalf of the Union. 
  

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 Section 5. The Union, its officers, and its members will not intimidate or coerce employees into
membership into the Union. Any disciplinary action to an employee for intimidation or coercion of employees regarding membership in the Union shall be subject to the grievance procedure of this Agreement. 
  
 ARTICLE III 
  
 Wages 
  
 Section 1. The classifications and job rates are set forth in Schedule A (attached). The first increase of 3.0%
percent per hour will be effective September 20, 2004, at 7:00 a.m., reflecting a 5-month delay from the contract expiration date. Subsequent wage increases will be 2.5% percent per hour effective at 7:00 a.m. on April 18, 2005, and 2.5% percent per
hour effective at 7:00 a.m. on April 17, 2006. 
  
 Schedule A is
made a part of this Agreement and shall remain in effect for the duration of this Agreement, subject to Article XV. 
  
 Section 2. It is recognized that changes brought about by the Company in the interest of improved production, the development of new
manufacturing processes, the use of new materials and training programs for employees, improvement in job classification as well as the changes in the character of the job, may from time to time require the establishment of new jobs with new rates
or the adjustment of existing rates. 
  
 Under any of the above
circumstances, the Company shall, in accordance with the principles applied under a recognized job evaluation system, establish appropriate job rates for the new or changed jobs in relation to jobs, job classification and job rates then in effect
and will put such rates into effect and notify any employees permanently assigned to such new or changed jobs. 
  
 If any employee, permanently assigned to a new or changed job for which new or changed job rates have been established by the Company, objects to such job
rates he/she may within twenty (20) days after receipt of notice of the establishment of such rate file written objection with the Company and the objection will be treated as a grievance starting with Step 2 of the grievance procedure. 

 
 Section 3. The Company will pay shift premiums in the manner
herein provided, it being understood that there are normally three (3) shifts, as follows: 
  

					
	 (a)
	  	First or Day Shift	    	7:00 A.M. to 3:00 P.M.
	 	  	Second or Middle Shift	    	3:00 P.M. to 11:00 P.M.
	 	  	Third or Night Shift	    	11:00 P.M. to 7:00 A.M.

  

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	 	(b)	No shift premium shall be paid for any hours worked during the first shift. 

  

	 	(c)	An employee scheduled or called out to work the first shift shall be paid shift premium of forty-five cents (45 cents) per hour for all hours worked which extend into the second
shift. 

  

	 	(d)	An employee scheduled or called out to work the second shift shall be paid shift premium of forty-five cents (45 cents) per hour for all hours worked on that shift, and, if the
employee works into the third shift, they shall be paid the third shift premium of one dollar and twenty cents ($1.20) for all hours worked on the third shift. 

  

	 	(e)	An employee scheduled or called out to work the third shift shall be paid a shift premium of one dollar and twenty cents ($1.20) per hour for all hours worked on that shift, and, if
the employee works into the first shift, they shall not be paid shift premium for hours worked into the first shift. 

  

	 	(f)	Shift premium shall be added to the job rates for the purpose of computing overtime, but not for the purpose of computing Vacation Pay. Short absences due to illness, injury, or
other causes beyond the employee’s control shall not be deemed to break the continuity of the hours worked. 

  
 Section 4. When an employee receives a permanent transfer and/or promotion to a higher paid job, for which the employee must be trained, he/she
will be paid the rate of his/her previous job during the training period. When such an employee is required to perform the job without the assistance of a qualified employee, he/she will be paid the scheduled rate of the job. 
  
 Section 5. An employee who is required to work the first shift
on Monday, after having worked the last shift on Sunday, will be paid at the rate of one and one-half (1 1/2)
times the employee’s applicable rate for the hours worked on the first shift on Monday. 
  
 Section 6. Employees will be paid bi-weekly (every other Friday) beginning in July, 2004. Current hourly employees will have the option to receive
their pay via direct deposit or a pay check mailed to an address designated by the employee. Anyone hired after June 1, 2001 will be required to utilize direct deposit. 
  
 ARTICLE IV 
  
 Work Schedules and Overtime 
  
 Section 1. For payroll purposes, the work week starts at 7:00 A.M., Monday and ends at 7:00 A.M., the following Monday. The scheduled work week of
any employee may commence at such other time as may be fixed by the Company, it being agreed that fixing the starting time of the work week of any employee at an hour other than 7:00 A.M., Monday, shall not be used as a means of evading the payment
of overtime (this does not apply to a seven (7) day, four (4) shift, twenty-eight (28) day shift cycle). 
  

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 Section 2. The work day shall consist of a twenty-four (24) hour period, beginning at 7:00
A.M., and ending at 7:00 A.M., the following day. For employees having a normal scheduled starting time of 7:00 A.M., a non-paid lunch period of 30 minutes shall begin not later than five (5) hours after starting of the shift. In cases of emergency,
the lunch period of any employee shall begin not later than six (6) hours after the starting of the shift. In the case of employees scheduled to work on rotating shifts, lunch will be eaten while on duty. This defines the work week and work day only
and in no way restricts or guarantees the hours of work per day or per week or of the days of work per week. 
  
 Section 3. Overtime or premium pay shall be paid at the rate of time and one-half (1 1/2) the employee’s regular straight time hourly rate for those hours worked in excess of eight (8) straight time hours in any one (1) day or for those
hours worked in excess of forty (40) straight time hours in any work week, whichever is greater. An employee who works more than eight (8) consecutive straight time hours shall be paid at the rate of one and one-half (1 1/2) times his regular straight time hourly rate for those hours worked in excess of eight (8) straight time hours,
except for hours paid at one and one-half (1 1/2) time for Call Out situations continuing into scheduled work
periods. Overtime premium payments shall not be pyramided under any provisions of this Agreement. In cases where two (2) or more premium payments may apply, the greater premium payment shall be made. 
  
 Section 4. A shift employee scheduled to be relieved at the end of
his/her shift shall remain at work until the employee scheduled to relieve him/her reports to work, or until a suitable replacement can be obtained, or released by his/her foreman. Any such employee who is required to remain at work for one (1) hour
or more shall have the opportunity to work not less than four (4) hours. However, this shall not apply if: 
  

	 	(a)	An employee’s relief fails to report and this failure is due to the relief employee attending to Union business, or 

  

	 	(b)	If the relief employee does not give the Company at least four (4) hours notice of his/her intent not to report. It is understood that when the relief employee reports to work,
he/she shall not be allowed to start work if the employee he/she is to relieve elects to remain at work for the four (4) hour period. 

  
 Operating department employees may do minor repairs and adjustments and assist maintenance employees in major repairs and adjustments to the equipment
they operate. Past practice in regards to matters of this type will continue in effect. Future installations and arrangements will be covered in the job descriptions for the operating department classifications. 
  
 Section 5. Overtime shall be paid at the rate of one and
one-half (1 1/2) times the applicable rate for all hours worked on the sixth (6th) day worked in a work week, provided the employee has worked at least seven (7) hours in each of the preceding five (5) days
in said work week. If because of illness, compensable injury, or failure of the Company to provide work (excluding disciplinary matters), and employee works some of the time in one (1) day of the preceding five (5) days, this day shall be considered
a day worked in computing eligibility for this premium pay. 
  

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 Two (2) times the applicable rate shall be paid for all work performed on the seventh (7th) consecutive day worked in a work week, provided the employee has worked at least seven (7) hours in each of the preceding six
(6) days in said work week. If, because of illness, compensable injury, or failure of the Company to provide work (excluding disciplinary matters), an employee works some of the time in one (1) day of the preceding six (6) days, this day shall be
considered a day worked in computing eligibility for this premium pay. 
  
 Employees on vacation will not be eligible for work assignments except in emergencies. If an employee works, the employee will be paid one and one-half (1 1/2) times his/her applicable rate. 
  
 Employees are not normally required or permitted to work more than two (2) continuous shifts. If, however, an employee is required to work more than
sixteen (16) continuous hour, without a non-work period of at least six (6) continuous hours, the employee shall be paid two (2) times his/her applicable rate for all hours worked in excess of sixteen (16) until the employee has had a rest period of
at least six (6) hours. 
  
 Section 6. The Company has the
right to schedule and assign employees to work overtime. When it is necessary to work overtime, insofar as possible, it will be worked in the classification where the vacancy occurs. Overtime work opportunity shall be divided as equally as
practicable among the employees in a department on a particular job classification who are qualified and available to perform such work. Overtime work opportunity shall be offered as follows: 
  
 Production Overtime 
  

			
		
	First	  	[Less than 8 hours notice] to the employees whose relief fails to report, next to employees in the classification who are at work on the job in the departmental unit.
		
	Second	  	To the temporary employee who is performing the job which requires overtime to be worked at the end of the shift, will be offered the opportunity. Classified employees overlooked in this step
will not be entitled to a monetary remedy unless such overlook is called to the attention of supervision before leaving the plant.
		
	Third	  	To permanent employees in the job classification involved, the low employee on the overtime list getting the first opportunity.
		
	Fourth	  	To qualified available employees in the departmental unit.
		
	Fifth	  	To any qualified available employee in the Plant, Production department employees get the first opportunity.
		
	Sixth	  	If the vacancy remains unfilled through the above procedure, the employee(s) whose relief fails to report will be required to accept the overtime work.

  

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 Maintenance Overtime 
  

			
		
	First	  	To Maintenance employees who are assigned to a job during their shift, which requires overtime to be worked at the end of the shift, will be offered the first overtime work opportunity. The
right to this opportunity ends when such employees leave the plant.
		
	Second	  	To employees in the job classification involved, the low employee on the overtime list getting the first opportunity.
		
	Third	  	To the low Shift Mechanic.
		
	Fourth	  	To the low qualified employee in the maintenance department.
		
	Fifth	  	To the low temporary employee who is working in the maintenance department.
		
	Sixth	  	To any qualified employee in the plant who has signed the overtime request list.
		
	Seventh	  	If the vacancy remains unfilled through the above procedure, the employee(s) who is/are lowest on the overtime list in the job classification involved who is/are at work will be required to
accept the overtime work.

  
 Every week each
department will post on its bulletin board, a report of the overtime hours worked by the employees in the department. When it is known that an overtime opportunity will be available within a job classification, the lowest employee will be offered
first. Then, the remainder will be distributed as equitably as possible to the employees within the job classification. 
  
 With the exception of maintenance call-outs, all overtime opportunities offered within an employee’s classification shall be charged to the
employee’s overtime work record. All department and plantwide overtime opportunity offerings shall not be charged. 
  
 All overtime in the Maintenance Department will be charged as follows: call-outs will not be charged; overtime offered in classification will be charged
(worked or refused); overtime offered and worked out of classification will be charged; overtime offered and not worked out of classification will not be charged. The overtime boards will be zeroed as of 7 A.M., April 21, 1997. 
  
 When an employee assumes the duties of a permanent job, the employee shall be
charged with the average number of hours of overtime work then charged to all other employees in the particular job classification. 
  

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 In the event an available employee, who is next in line for overtime work opportunity, is overlooked in
filling an overtime assignment on the employee’s permanent job, such employee will be offered the next overtime assignment in his/her job classification, except that in such case if the overtime was worked by an employee outside the job
classification, then the overlooked employee will be paid for the overtime involved in the amount the employee would have received if he/she had worked such overtime. In cases of offering overtime to employees in a departmental unit where an
overtime opportunity occurs which cannot be filled by employees in the classification, a qualified available employee who is not given the opportunity to work such overtime and the overtime is worked by an employee from outside the departmental
unit, then the overlooked employee will be offered the next overtime opportunity for which the employee is eligible that is offered outside a job classification in the departmental unit; or the employee will be offered a miscellaneous overtime
assignment. Such offer of overtime or miscellaneous assignment will be made within a reasonable period of time not to exceed thirty (30) working days following the overlook. 
  
 Section 7. 
  

	 	(a)	New Year’s Eve, New Year’s Day, Presidents’ Day, Good Friday, National Memorial Day, Fourth of July, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, the day after Thanksgiving Day, the
day before Christmas, and Christmas Day are the holidays referred to in this agreement. When a holiday falls on Sunday, the following Monday shall be treated as the holiday. When a holiday falls on Saturday, the preceding Friday shall be treated as
the holiday. Any of the above holidays which are governed by Federal Monday Holiday laws will be observed in accordance with the laws. For continuous shift workers only, all holidays will be observed on the day on which they fall. Holiday pay means
eight (8) hours regular straight time pay, excluding shift and overtime premiums. Employees shall be paid holiday pay for each holiday on which the plant operates, regardless of whether the employee works or does not work on the holiday; provided,
however, that an employee who does not work on the holiday shall not be paid holiday pay: 

  

	 	(i)	If the employee has not worked on his/her last scheduled workday prior to and his/her first scheduled workday after the holiday, unless absent for some reason acceptable to the
management; or 

  

	 	(ii)	If the employee is scheduled to work on the holiday and fails to report for work; or 

  

	 	(iii)	If the employee is on leave of absence; or 

  

	 	(iv)	If, because of lack of work at the plant, the employee is on a layoff which began more than seven (7) days prior to the holiday; or 

  

	 	(v)	If the employee is absent because of illness or non-compensable injury which began or occurred more than seven (7) days prior to the holiday. 

  

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	 	(b)	An employee entitled to be paid holiday pay, and who works on the holiday, shall be paid only at the rate of two and one-half (2 1/2) times the employee’s applicable rate (including shift premium) which shall be inclusive of holiday pay for the number of hours so worked.

  
 If a holiday falls on a day on which an
employee is scheduled to work, but due to the observance of such holiday, he/she is instructed by the Company not to report to work, and then is called in to work outside of his/her regularly scheduled shift on the holiday; the employee shall be
paid at the rate of two and one-half (2 1/2) times his/her applicable rate for all hours worked which shall be exclusive of holiday pay. 
  

	 	(c)	Hours not worked on a holiday shall not be counted in computing overtime; provided, however, that if a holiday falls on an employee’s regular scheduled work day and the
employee does not work on the holiday, but meets the requirements for holiday pay set forth above, the employee shall be credited with a day worked for the purpose of Section 5 of this Article IV. 

  
 If a holiday occurs while an employee is on vacation, the employee shall be
paid holiday pay for such holiday in addition to the employee’s vacation pay, provided the employee has worked on his/her last scheduled work day prior to the vacation. If the holiday(s) occurs while an employee is on a full week of vacation,
the employee has the option of not receiving vacation pay for such holiday(s) occurring during that full week and using such vacation day(s) as a frag day(s) as outlined in the Guidelines for One-Day Vacation Period. 
  
 If an employee is absent from work on a holiday because of compensable
injury, the employee shall be paid holiday. 
  

	 	(d)	Employees scheduled to work a holiday will be allowed to take off said holiday without losing holiday pay, providing coverage can be obtained with no additional cost to the Company.

  
 Section 8. An employee who is called out,
unless the employee is on the plant premises, and reports for work at any time other than his/her regular scheduled shift (regardless of whether the employee works into his/her regular shift or not) shall be paid: 
  

	 	(a)	Four (4) hours’ pay at the employee’s job rate; plus 

  

	 	(b)	One-half (1/2) times the employee’s applicable rate for the first four (4) hours worked outside the employee’s regular scheduled hours; plus 

  

	 	(c)	One and one-half (1 1/2) times the
employee’s applicable rate for hours worked in excess of four (4) outside the employee’s regular scheduled hours; plus 

  

	 	(d)	Applicable shift premium for all hours worked. 

  

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 An employee called out on account of a breakdown or other emergency, shall be required to work only until
the job for which the employee was called out for is completed, even though the employee has worked less than four (4) hours; provided no other breakdown or emergency occurs while the employee is still in the plant on such call-out. To be eligible
for call-out pay, an employee who is called out and reports to work must have been given less than eight (8) hours notice to do so. 
  
 On Monday beginning at 12:00 noon each week, employees who desire to volunteer for call-outs in the Maintenance Department for the following week may do
so. The Sign Up list will be closed at 12:00 noon on Friday of that week. Maintenance employees who volunteer will be ranked in accordance with the overtime distribution list and will have first priority for call-outs during the following week (i.e.
7:00 A.M., the following Monday to 7:00 A.M., the subsequent Monday). Call-outs during the week that the call-out voluntary list prevails will be made in rotation order as follows: 
  

			
	First.	  	to the permanent employee(s) with the least number of overtime hours in the craft where the overtime opportunity occurs who signed the list.
		
	Second.	  	to the qualified Shift Mechanic(s) with the least number of overtime hours who sign the list.
		
	Third.	  	to the qualified Maintenance Department employee(s) with the least number of overtime hours who signed the list.
		
	Fourth.	  	to any qualified Operating Department employee(s) who signed the Maintenance Register requesting a temporary transfer.

  
 Those employees
working call-outs through this procedure will receive their normal rate or the “A” Maintenance rate, whichever is greater. 
  
 This priority will exist regardless of an employee’s relative position on the overtime distribution list, and any hours worked on call-outs will not
be added to the overtime distribution list. 
  
 Section 9.
Unless notified by the Company not less than two (2) hours before the start of the employee’s regularly scheduled shift that the employee is not to report for work, an employee reporting and available for work as scheduled shall be
permitted to work if there are jobs to which the employee may be assigned and for which the employee is qualified. If the employee is not given an opportunity to work, the employee shall be paid a minimum of four (4) hours pay at the employee’s
job rate, except that at any time when there is a cessation of operations of the plant or any portion thereof, due to (1) strikes, stoppages of or interferences with work in connection with labor disputes; (2) catastrophes; (3) acts of the public
enemy; or (4) failure of public utilities to provide services; the Company shall not be required to pay wages to any employee during such times. 
  

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 Section 10. When an employee is laid off during his/her work shift, he/she will not be expected to
return later to complete the shift. If, however, after having been laid off during the employee’s shift, the Company requests an employee to return to complete his/her shift, the employee shall be paid at his/her job rate for the time during
the period of layoff. 
  
 Section 11. No employee shall be
laid off during his/her scheduled work day to avoid the payment of overtime. 
  
 ARTICLE V 
  
 Leaves of
Absence 
  
 Section 1. When the requirements of the
plant will permit, an employee shall, on his/her written request, be granted a leave of absence without pay for a period or periods, the total of which will not exceed thirty (30) days in a calendar year. If an employee is away on such leave and
finds that he/she can return to work before the expiration of the employee’s leave, he/she may be allowed to do so, provided the Company has work for the employee without the layoff of another employee. 
  
 Section 2. An employee who, while on leave of absence, engages
in other employment without the consent of the Company, or fails to report to work on or before the expiration of his/her leave, will be considered as having quit without notice. 
  
 Section 3. Leave of absence may be granted at the request of the Union with the consent of the Company for the
purpose of conducting legitimate Union activities for stated periods. Such employees will be returned to work at the end of such leave of absence without loss of seniority. 
  
 Section 4. Funeral Leave. Employees who have completed their Probationary Period with the Company, who are excused
from work because of death in their immediate family, shall be paid their rate of pay which would have been applicable had they worked their regularly scheduled hours, provided that such payment shall not exceed three (3) normal consecutive
days’ pay starting within the period from two (2) days preceding to two (2) days following the funeral. The Company must be notified as soon as possible prior to the leave. 
  

	 	(a)	Hours paid for funeral leave shall not be considered as hours worked for the purpose of computing overtime payable pursuant to any provision of this agreement.

  

	 	(b)	For the purpose of administering this benefit, the immediate family will be identified as death of Father or Mother, Husband or Wife, Brother or Sister, Son or Daughter,
Father-in-law or Mother-in-law, Grandparents or Grandchildren, Stepparent or Stepchildren. 

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	 	(c)	No leave or pay allowance will be granted in any case where, because of distance or any other reason, the employee does not attend the funeral of the deceased.

  

	 	(d)	Upon request of the Company, the employee will, as a condition of receipt of any payment hereunder, furnish the Company with satisfactory proof of death. 

 

	 	(e)	Subject to the foregoing provisions, an employee will be allowed one (1) day off with pay to attend the funeral of their Brother-in-law or Sister-in-law as legally defined.

  
 Section 5. If an employee is
required to serve on jury duty, the Company shall pay such employee the difference between the amount the employee would have received at his/her straight-time hourly rate had the employee worked his/her regularly scheduled hours of work on such
days of jury duty, and the amount received from the Court for such jury duty. 
  
 Employees who report for jury selection shall be reimbursed for hours lost from their normal work schedule less any payment by the Court, if applicable. Employees will return to work on the day of jury selection in
the event the employee is not paid that day by the Court for jury duty. 
  
 As a condition to the receipt of any such pay, the employee shall produce proper evidence as to the period of time which he/she served on the jury and the pay the employee received therefore. If a weekly statement is submitted to the
Payroll Department each Monday before noon, the employee will receive his/her make-up pay weekly. 
  
 Employees receiving notice of jury selection and/or jury duty shall notify his/her supervisor promptly so proper relief may be scheduled. 
  
 When an employee is advised he/she will be excused by the Court the following
day, the employee will be permitted to work provided the employee gives the Company prompt notice of his/her availability to work. The employee will be assigned to a job for which the employee is qualified and on a shift which will not conflict with
the employee’s jury obligation. 
  
 ARTICLE VI

  
 Vacations 
  
 Section 1. The Company shall provide annual vacations for all
employees in accordance with the following plan: 
  

	 	(a)	If the employee has been in the continuous service of the Company for one (1) year, the employee shall receive fourteen (14) consecutive days vacation with eighty (80) hours
vacation pay. 

  

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	 	(b)	If the employee has been in the continuous service of the Company five (5) years or more, but less than ten (10) years, the employee shall receive twenty-one (21) consecutive days
vacation with one hundred and twenty (120) hours of vacation pay. 

  

	 	(c)	If the employee has been in the continuous service of the Company ten (10) years or more, but less than twenty (20) years, the employee shall receive twenty-eight (28) consecutive
days vacation with one hundred and sixty (160) Hours of vacation pay. 

  

	 	(d)	If the employee has been in the continuous service of the Company twenty (20) years or more, the employee shall receive thirty-five (35) consecutive days vacation with two hundred
(200) days hours of vacation pay. 

  

	 	(e)	An employee entitled to more than seven (7) consecutive days vacation, may, with the consent of the Company, take his/her vacation in periods of seven (7) consecutive days each.

  

	 	(f)	In computing the time an employee has been in continuous service there shall be included the time the employee has been in continuously employed by the Company, whether at the plant
or any other plant of the Company. 

  

	 	(g)	No employee shall be entitled to full vacation unless they have worked a minimum of twelve hundred (1200) hours during the previous calendar year. Less than full vacation
eligibility will be determined by this schedule. 

  

							
	 Maximum
 Weeks Of
 Vacation
 Eligible

	  	Hours
Required

	  	Maximum
Weeks Of
Vacation
Eligible

	  	Hours
Required

	5	  	1200	  	4	  	1200
	4	  	960	  	3	  	900
	3	  	720	  	2	  	600
	2	  	480	  	1	  	300
	1	  	240	  	 	  	 

  

							
	 Maximum
 Weeks Of
 Vacation
 Eligible

	  	Hours
Required

	  	Maximum
Weeks Of
Vacation
Eligible

	  	Hours
Required

	3	  	1200	  	2	  	1200
	2	  	800	  	1	  	600

  
 In computing hours
worked in the previous calendar year, there shall be counted as time worked any absent time made necessary by injury incurred in the course of his/her employment or illness certified by a reputable physician; provided, however, that such absent time
shall be counted only during the first twelve (12) months after such injury was incurred or such illness commenced. 
  

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	 	(h)	The vacation period shall be January 1 through December 31. All vacations shall start on Monday. Vacation date preference shall be accorded to employees in their respective
departmental units in accordance with their plant seniority whenever practical. Should two (2) or more employees select the same vacation period, the one with the greater seniority shall be given the preference. 

  

	 	(i)	Vacation shall be taken and completed at such time during that period as the Company finds most suitable for the efficient operation of the plant, giving due consideration to the
wishes of the employees. Once the vacation schedule has been posted, the Company will use every reasonable means to give the employee his/her vacation on the posted date. 

  

	 	(j)	Providing the other provisions of the Agreement are met in regard to vacations, an employee shall not lose earned vacation because the employee’s vacation week crosses into the
next calendar year. 

  

	 	(k)	Employees who are entitled to more than two (2) weeks vacation under this Agreement may take pay in lieu of the vacation time which exceeds two (2) weeks. This selection must be
made before the final vacation schedule is posted. The pay may be for whole weeks or for one-day vacation days. 

  

	 	(l)	An employee retiring shall receive vacation pay accrual on the basis of one-twelfth (1/12) of the vacation allowance due for each full month of service in the current year.

  

	 	(m)	Vacation pay and holiday pay shall be computed at the employee’s weighted average job rate for the one (1) week period immediately preceding the week before the employee’s
vacation, excluding overtime and shift premiums. 

  

	 	(n)	Payment of vacation money shall be made on the payday before the employee leaves for his/her vacation. However, these vacation advances will cease on December 31, 2006.

  

	 	(o)	An employee who enters military service, quits, is discharged or laid off after becoming eligible for a vacation under this plan, and who has not taken his/her vacation, shall
receive vacation pay as above provided. 

  
 ARTICLE VII 
  
 Seniority 
  
 Section 1. Seniority shall consist of the total time worked for the
Company at the Plant. The merit and ability of an employee shall be determined by such factors as ability, dependability, efficiency and skill. 
  

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 Section 2. All rehirings and layoffs and all permanent transfers, promotions and demotions
within the bargaining unit shall be made on the basis of seniority, merit and ability. In cases in which the merit and ability of two (2) or more employees are substantially equal, the employee having the greater seniority shall be given preference.

  
 In the event of a permanent reduction in force, an employee
affected by the reduction shall be transferred back to the job the employee last held, provided that job is then held by a junior employee. If the job the employee last held is occupied by a more senior employee or is no longer in existence, the
employee shall continue to transfer to other jobs in accordance with the above procedure until the employee is placed on a job. In the event an employee cannot be placed on a job as herein provided, the employee shall displace the least senior
employee in the plant provided the employee can qualify for this job after a training period of two (2) weeks or less. 
  
 In the event it becomes necessary to permanently lay off an employee as a result of a reduction in force, the employee with the least plant seniority or
who fails to qualify on a job his/her seniority entitled him/her to, shall be laid off. 
  
 Employees under the provisions of this ARTICLE VII who are laid off shall be recalled in the order of their seniority. 
  
 If a temporary layoff is to continue for at least five (5) or more working days, the Company will transfer the employee who is being laid off to an equal
or lower paid job in his/her department or in another department within the bargaining unit for which the employee is qualified and which is then held by a junior employee. In cases where the employee to be laid off is not qualified for any such job
and the layoff is to continue beyond five (5) working days, the employee will be trained for the job. In case of layoff because of breakdown for one (1) day or more, but less than five (5) days when the employee’s work schedule can be changed,
the Company will attempt to assign the work available to the senior employees in the department involved. In case of misassignment, the error will be corrected if practicable when called to the Company’s attention. 
  
 Under these circumstances, the Company will not be penalized for
misassignment. 
  
 The Company will continue to maintain the
current seniority list of all employees and will furnish a copy of the list to the Union each six (6) month period. 
  
 Section 3. Bidding and Posting. An open job is a job to which no other employee is assigned. A job is not an open job if the employee
regularly assigned to it is absent because of illness, vacation, or other reason recognized by the Company as proper. Transfers for a period of two (2) weeks or less, transfers to jobs that are not open, shall be treated as temporary. 
  
 When a job becomes an open job, notice will be placed on departmental
bulletin boards so employees will have an opportunity to bid for the open job within five (5) working days from the date of posting. An employee who is on vacation when a job is placed for bid shall have two (2) days from the days of his/her return
to request that he/she be considered a bidder. 
  

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 Bid sheets showing the rate of pay, shift and department involved of the open job will be posted on the
lunchroom bulletin board. The official posting will be maintained in a notebook located in the mailroom adjacent to the plant entrance. Employees who bid on a posted job will visit the job site during the five (5) working days that an open job is
posted. Job site visitation will not be conducted for employees bidding on open jobs that they are familiar with, or on jobs that they have previously performed, or on jobs within their own production unit. Employees must secure permission from
their immediate supervisor prior to making a job site visit. Once an employee is awarded the bid, the employee is expected to satisfactorily perform on the job. Employees may not voluntarily disqualify themselves after an award is made by the
Company. 
  
 The successful bidder will be determined under the
following terms and provisions: 
  
 Employees in the department
where the vacancy occurs will be given the first preference in accordance with this ARTICLE VII, Section 2. If the job is not awarded on this basis, then employees who bid from any department will be considered in accordance with
ARTICLE VII, Section 2. 
  
 If there are no successful
bidders, the Company may transfer any qualified employee to the job; all such transfers shall be made with mutual agreement between the Company and employee. If there are no bidders, the Company may require any employee in the production trainee
classification to accept the job or the Company may hire a new employee for the job. 
  
 When an employee is awarded a posted job, and subsequently fails to perform the work satisfactorily after a fair trial period, the employee shall be returned to his/her former job. The duration of the trial period
will depend on the job the employee is awarded, but will in no case exceed thirty (30) working days in duration. The employee shall be paid the rate of the awarded job in accordance with ARTICLE III, Section 4. 
  
 The announcement of the successful bidder shall be posted as soon as
possible, but in no event later than seven (7) calendar days after bidding is closed. Time may be extended by mutual agreement. 
  
 A successful bidder shall be transferred to an awarded job as soon as practicable. In the event it becomes necessary to delay such transfer of a qualified
employee beyond fifteen (15) calendar days following the award then this employee will be paid the rate of the awarded job beginning the sixteenth (16th) calendar day. If the employee is not qualified he/she will be trained for the job as soon as practicable. If such training is not begun or started and stopped, the employee will be paid the rate of
the awarded job beginning the 29th calendar day following the award. 
  
 Employees may bid on a job of lesser rate than their permanent job rate.
However, an employee may bid on a job of equal or lower rate no more than one (1) time in a six (6) month period. An employee is prohibited from bidding back to the vacancy the employee created. The provision, however, does not apply to maintenance
trainee jobs. 
  

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 Any new or changed job shall be placed in either of the departments as mutually agreed between the
parties. 
  
 Section 4. New employees of the Company shall
be considered probationary employees until they have completed a trial period of sixty (60) days worked, during which time the Company will judge the employee’s merit and efficiency. At the end of this sixty (60) day period, if the employee is
retained, his/her name shall be added to the seniority list as of the date he/she started to work for the Company. 
  
 New employees, if not hired to fill an open job, will be placed in the production trainee classification. Employees in the production trainee
classification will be required to accept and shift or job assignment throughout the plant without regard to their date of hire. The production trainee classification is not a bid job. 
  
 Section 5. Seniority and employment relationship shall be broken and terminated when an employee: 

 

	 	(a)	Voluntarily quits, or 

  

	 	(b)	Is discharged for proper cause, or 

  

	 	(c)	Is absent from work for two (2) consecutive days or longer without having secured a leave of absence as provided in Section 1 of ARTICLE V; however, the Company may waive this
provision in cases in which the employee has been prevented from asking for a leave of absence by causes beyond his/her control, or 

  

	 	(d)	Fails to return to work at the end of a leave of absence, or 

  

	 	(e)	Is laid off for: 

  

	 	(i)	One (1) year or more having established seniority of one (1) year or less after his probationary period, or 

  

	 	(ii)	A period equivalent to the length of his established seniority if he has established less than two (2) years’ seniority, or 

  

	 	(iii)	Two (2) years or more if he has established two or more years’ seniority, or 

  

	 	(f)	Having been laid off, fails to report for work or fails to notify the Company of his/her intention to return to work within forty-eight (48) hours after being notified by personal
contact, registered letter or telegram at his/her last known address, or fails, after notifying the Company, to report for work within five (5) days after receipt of the notice to return to work, or 

  

	 	(g)	Is off for two (2) years or more due to personal illness or injury, or 

  

	 	(h)	Is off for three (3) years or more due to occupational injury. 

  

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 Section 6. Any employee who has or hereafter shall enter upon active military, naval or merchant
marine service of the United States shall be entitled to return to work with the Company upon the terms and conditions set forth in the applicable Federal Statutes and valid regulations issued thereunder. 
  
 Section 7. Normally, employees are assigned work within their
classification. However, to fill vacancies or under abnormal conditions, employees may be temporarily transferred from one (1) job to another. If the transfer is to a higher paid job and for one-half (1/2) hour or more, the employee shall have the
rate for the higher paid job while working at that job. If the transfer is to a lower paid job, the employee shall be paid his/her regular job rate except in the cases of permanent transfers. 
  
 Whenever it becomes necessary to temporarily transfer employees under the
above circumstances, such transfers, when practicable, shall be granted to qualified, available employees in accordance with their seniority, who have expressed a desire for the transfer assignment. If no employee has expressed a desire for the
temporary transfer, then the least senior qualified available employee may be assigned the temporary transfer. The above procedure shall apply on a plant-wide basis for vacancies that are of one (1) week duration or longer. Temporary transfers of
less than one (1) work week may be filled on the shift involved. 
  
 If a misassignment is made and the employee calls it to management’s attention on the day shift following the posting of the schedule, whenever practicable a sincere effort will be made to correct the error. 
  
 Section 8. Experimental jobs which result from the use of
research or experimental equipment or from the use of research or experimental processes which have not been classified. When such a job is taken over by the operating department, it will be classified as an operating job. Transfers to experimental
jobs and transfers to jobs that are not open shall be treated as temporary. 
  
 Section 9. Employees transferred outside the bargaining unit shall retain the seniority they have accumulated before such transfer, but shall not accumulate seniority during their time outside the unit. If it
becomes necessary for such an employee to return to the bargaining unit, he/she shall be placed on a job in accordance with Section 2 of this ARTICLE VII. 
  
 In the event of a permanent reduction in force, the Company will be give the Union and the employee affected as much advance
notice as practicable, but in no event less than twenty-four (24) hours notice. 
  
 Section 10. The Union and the Company agree that employees who are handicapped by physical impairment in a manner or degree which restricts their opportunities for employment as determined by the Company
physician, should receive special consideration under the seniority provisions of this Agreement. Accordingly, upon mutual agreement, the seniority provisions hereof shall be waived with respect to such employees. It is agreed that disagreements in
regard to this Section are not subject to the grievance and arbitration procedure of the contract. 
  

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 ARTICLE VIII 
  
 Grievance Procedure 
  
 Section 1. Any employee shall have the right at any time within twenty (20) days after the incident out of which a grievance arises to present it
to the Company. Any such grievance shall be handled in accordance with the following procedures: 
  

			
	 Step 1
	  	The grievance shall be discussed by the aggrieved employee and their Foreman. If the employee so desires, he may have his departmental Steward, or the Chief Steward in his absence, present.
An answer shall be given within seventy-two (72) hours.
		
	 	  	Failing satisfactory adjustment in this step the grievance shall be reduced to writing by the Departmental Steward and presented to the Company on a printed form furnished by the Company. The
Business Manager of the Union shall receive a copy of the grievance.
		
	 Step 2
	  	The grievance may be referred to the Chief Steward, who with the Committee Chairman and Departmental Steward, may take the grievance up with the Departmental Superintendent, the Department
Foreman and those he/she chooses to assist him/her. An answer shall be given in writing by the Departmental Superintendent to the Chief Steward within five (5) days.
		
	 Step 3
	  	Failing satisfactory adjustment in Step 2 the grievance may then be heard by the Chief Steward and Committee Chairman and others of the Committee as needed, with the Plant Manager and those
he/she chooses to assist him/her. An answer shall be given in writing within five (5) days of the meeting. A meeting will be scheduled within thirty (30) working days.
		
	 Step 4
	  	The grievance may be referred to a Business Representative of the Union, who with a Committee not to exceed three (3) Stewards, may take the grievance up with an Employee Relations
Representative of the Company along with the Plant Manager and others whom the Plant Manager chooses to attend. An answer shall be given in writing within ten (10) days of the meeting. A meeting will be scheduled within thirty (30) working
days.
		
	 Step 5
	  	If the representatives of the Company and the Union fail to settle the grievance, they shall request the Director of Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service to furnish a list of seven (7)
arbitrators. The parties will strike alternately, the first to strike to be determined by the flip of a coin, until there is one name left on the list. That individual shall be the arbitrator.

  

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 Section 2. Any grievance referred to arbitration shall be decided promptly. The arbitrator
shall make every effort to render a decision on an arbitration case within thirty (30) days after the post hearing briefs are received. The arbitrator shall make such award as he/she deems proper under the circumstances, but shall have no power to
change the terms of this Agreement. A decision by the arbitrator shall be stated in writing to the Company and to the Union, and shall be final and binding upon the parties to this Agreement and any employee(s) involved in the dispute. 

 
 Section 3. Time limits as spelled out in this article shall
be adhered to by both parties. The answer given on any grievance in any of the first three (3) steps shall be considered satisfactory settlement of the grievance unless within ten (10) days after the answer has been given, the grievance is carried
to the next step. Grievance not appealed to arbitration within twenty (20) days of receipt of the Company’s response to the fourth (4th) step of the grievance procedure will be considered settled on the basis of the Company’s response. In computing the periods of time provided by this Article VIII, Saturdays, Sundays and holidays shall be excluded. Any
such periods of time may only be extended by mutual agreement and by written request. 
  
 Within thirty (30) calendar days after receipt of an arbitrator panel, an Arbitrator shall be selected. This time limit may be extended up to fifteen (15) additional days upon written request of either party. If
either party fails to meet the time limits for selecting an Arbitrator, the other party will select the Arbitrator, and the parties will proceed to arbitration. 
  

Section 4. The investigation and settlement under the first three (3) steps shall be done during working hours whenever possible and the
employee shall be paid for his/her time provided the employee is on his/her regular shift at the time the conference is held. However, should the conference extend beyond the employee’s regular quitting time, the employee, shall not be paid for
time beyond his/her regular quitting time. Any time spent by the employee after the third step shall be on the employee’s own time. 
  
 Section 5. Each party shall pay half of the expense of the arbitrator. Any other expenses incurred in such arbitration proceeding which are
approved by the parties shall be borne equally by the Company and the Union. 
  
 Section 6. All grievances shall be settled in accordance with the procedure above outlined and there shall be no lockout, strike, interruption of work, slow-down or other interference with production during the
life of this Agreement. 
  
 Section 7. A shop
steward shall obtain permission from his/her foreman before leaving his/her job to discuss or investigate a grievance or to take part in other Union business. 
  

Section 8. If an employee is discharged and claims that the discharge is not for proper cause or justifiable, the Union may submit a written
grievance. It shall be taken up in Step 3 of the grievance procedure. 
  
 Section 9. For each grievance submitted to arbitration, a separate request for an arbitration panel will be required. Deviation from this procedure must be at the request of both parties in writing prior to the request for an
arbitrator. 
  

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 ARTICLE IX 
  

Union Representatives 
  
 The International or Business Representative of the Union shall, when necessary, have the use of an office at the plant during working hours for the
purpose of investigating grievances. He/she shall obtain from the Company specific authorization for each visit. 
  
 ARTICLE X 
  
 Management 
  
 The Company shall continue to have
the right to manage the plant and direct the working forces; including the right to plan, direct, control plant production and operation methods, to hire, promote, demote or suspend or discharge employees for proper cause, and to lay off employees
because of lack of work or for other legitimate reasons; provided, however, that in the exercise of its right the Company will not violate the provisions of this Agreement. 
  
 ARTICLE XI 
  
 Bulletin Boards 
  
 The Company shall furnish the Union a bulletin board at the gate house or at such other place as may be mutually agreed upon between the Union and the
Company. This bulletin board may be used by the Union only for the purpose of exhibiting official announcements of the Union, provided that no material of a political, religious or derogatory nature shall be placed on the bulletin board. 

 
 ARTICLE XII 
  
 Safety and Health 
  
 The Company shall continue to make reasonable provisions for the safety and
health of its employees at the plant during the hours of their employment. Protective devises and other equipment necessary to properly protect employees from injury shall be provided by the Company in accordance with Federal laws and the laws of
the State of Tennessee and in accordance with present practices. 
  
 In the interest of making reasonable provisions for the safety and health of its employees, the Company will provide periodic physical examinations and from time to time may require specific medical testing(s) and the employees agree to
take such examinations as a condition of employment. These programs will not be used to harass individual employees. The results of such tests will be made available to employee’s personal physician upon written request. 
  

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 If the employee disputes the findings and/or recommendations resulting from such medical examinations the
employee may, at his own expense, obtain a medical opinion from a second physician and submit it to the Company physician for his review and consideration. 
  
 If an employee is displaced from his job as a result of such examinations and/or tests, the Company and the Union will attempt to place the employee on
another job for which he is medically qualified and able to perform with training as provided in Article VII, Section 3, in accordance with the following procedure: 
  

	 	(1)	Transfer the employee to a vacant job in his department; 

  

	 	(2)	If a vacant job is not available in his department, the Company will displace a less senior employee in the department; 

  

	 	(3)	Transfer the employee to a vacant job in the plant; 

  

	 	(4)	If a vacant job is not available in the plant, the Company will displace a less senior employee in the plant; 

  

	 	(5)	If the Company is unable to place the employee under the above, such employee may be laid off with normal recall rights or avail himself/herself of any other benefits to which he is
entitled. 

  
 Failure to follow the above procedure
as outlined, unless mutually agreed, shall be subject to the grievance and arbitration procedure of the Contract. 
  
 A Joint Plant Safety Committee of the Union and the Company will be formed to promote accident prevention and shall meet monthly at a time designated by
the Company to either participate in good housekeeping and safety inspections or the plant safety program. The Union and the Company will cooperate with such safety committees. 
  
 The Union will appoint two (2) representatives to serve on the joint Plant Safety Committee. The representatives shall be
employees of the company. The Union agrees to strive to have one representative from the Maintenance department and one representative from the Production department. 
  
 ARTICLE XIII 
  
 Miscellaneous 
  
 Section 1. Employees called out for emergency work or required to work overtime will be furnished transportation home by the Company provided no
other transportation is reasonable available. 
  

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 Section 2. Employees who are requested and go to another plant belonging to the Company to do work
shall be paid necessary expenses and transportation connected with such work. 
  
 Section 3. The Rhodia Retirement Plan for hourly employees covered by this Agreement shall remain in effect during the life of the Agreement with the following except for the Retiree Disability Pension Plan.
The basic retirement formula will be based on 1.35% of the final five (5) year average compensation times the years and months of credited benefit service. Early retirement will result in a reduced lifetime allowance if you are between ages
fifty-five (55) and sixty-five (65) years of age with at least one (1) year of service. The monthly allowance will be reduced by five (5) percent for each year before age sixty-five (65) that you retire. All new employees hired after April 20, 2004,
will not be eligible to participate in The Rhodia Hourly Retirement Plan. 
  
 Retiree Medical Insurance – Eligibility 
  
 Employees
eligible for these Pre-Medicare Medical and Pre-65 Dental plans must be at least fifty-five (55) years of age with ten (10) years of service acquired after age forty-five (45). Employees must have been previously covered by medical and/or dental
insurance prior to retirement. 
  
 Retiree Medical Insurance – Cost
Sharing 
  
 Eligible employees retiring before age sixty (60) will pay the
full cost of the premiums for Pre-Medicare Medical, Pre-65 Dental, and post-Medicare Medical. 
  
 Employees must be at least sixty (60) years of age and have ten (10) years of service acquired after age fifty (50) to be eligible for Pre-Medicare Medical and Dental benefit allowances. Employees retiring before they
reach the age of sixty (60) with ten (10) years of service will not become eligible for these benefit allowances at any point in the future. 
  
 Effective May 1, 2001, the Company will provide a Pre-Medicare Medical Benefit allowance equal to 50% of Medical Option 04 (subject to a Company cap of $3,200/year for
Retiree only; $6,400/year for Retiree plus one (1); $8,800/year for Retiree plus two (2) or more) to be eligible employees who retire before age sixty-five (65). 
  
 Effective May 1, 2001, the Company will provide a Pre-65 Dental Benefit Allowance of 50% of Dental Option 02 (subject to a Company cap of
$260/year for Retiree only; $520/year for Retiree plus one (1); $780/year for Retiree plus two (2) or more) to be eligible employees who retire prior to age sixty-five (65). 
  
 Post Medicare Retiree Healthcare 
  
 Retirees that met eligibility requirements for Pre-Medicare Benefit Allowances, who are enrolled in a Company group medical insurance plan at the time they become
eligible for a Post-Medicare Medical Benefit Allowance of $500 for single coverage and $1,000 for Retiree plus spouse. Post-65 Dental coverage is not available. 
  

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 Eligible employees retiring after the age of sixty-five or higher, who are enrolled in a Company group medical insurance
plan immediately prior to retirement, will be eligible for a post-Medicare Medical Benefit Allowance of $500 for single coverage and $1,000 for retiree plus spouse. Post Medicare Dental coverage is not available. 
  
 For benefit plan purposes, normal retirement age shall be age 65. Coverage of
an employee under the Health and Welfare Plan will be continued after the employee reaches age 65. 
  
 The bargaining unit employees of the Nashville Plant will be eligible to participate in the same FlexOption Plan that is provided to the salaried
employees, at the same cost per program or option. It is understood that the employee cost will vary depending on the options the employee selects, the age of the employee, and the number of dependents the employee is covering. It is understood that
the Company reserves the right to alter, modify and/or change the FlexOption Plans and price tags during the term of the contract. However, the Company agrees that the employee contribution to the premium for Managed Choice or the HMO will be capped
at 16% in 2002; at 18% in 2003; and at 20% in 2004. 
  
 The
FlexOption Plan includes: 
  
 Medical Plan 
 Dental Plan 
 Vision and Hearing Plan

 Life Insurance (Basic, Supplemental, Dependent Life, and Personal Accident) 
 Long Term Disability 
 Long Term Care

 Flexible Spending Account 
  
 Effective May 1, 2001 all hourly employees will be covered with Short Term Disability as described in the Rhodia Disability Plan and subject to the
following provisions. The Short Term Disability plan is not part of FlexOptions and covers only full days of absence. Employees will be covered at 80% of base wages. The STD plan will provide first day coverage if the absence is the result of an
accident, hospital admission, outpatient surgery or the Company Doctor not allowing the employee to work. Other coverage will begin on the eight (8th) day of absence due to illness, and will require a doctor’s statement which certifies that the employee is disabled and estimates the length of time needed to recover. 
  
 Section 4. Any Executive order by the President of the United States
hereafter issued, or the enactment of any law by Congress that is in conflict with any clause in this Agreement shall automatically amend such clause without giving either party the right to reopen this agreement. Changes in this Agreement which are
necessary in order to comply with Federal or State laws or executive order shall not be deemed to be violations of this Agreement. 
  

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 Section 5. The Company will provide a meal, the cost of which shall not exceed six dollars ($6.00)
for any employee required to work more than two (2) hours beyond their scheduled quitting time, providing that the employee was not so scheduled before reporting to work. 
  
 An additional meal will be furnished at each four (4) hour interval while the employee is working. 
  
 The Company agrees that if an employee does not accept a meal, the employee
will be paid six dollars ($6.00) in lieu thereof. 
  
 Section
6. A foreman or other supervisor shall not perform any work or operation normally performed by employees except for the purpose of training or instructing employees, or in case of emergency, or to protect property, products or processes.

  
 Section 7. During the term of this Agreement,
the Company will reimburse no more than six (6) employees for the time they spend during their regularly scheduled working hours while acting as duly appointed representatives of the Union in meetings with the Company regarding matters open to
negotiations. 
  
 Section 8. Military Clause. A military
bonus will be paid employees inducted or who otherwise volunteer in the Armed Services for a period of one (1) year or more as follows: 
  

	 	1.	Two (2) weeks, eighty (80) hours, regular straight time earnings to those having completed one (1) year or less than two (2) years of continuous service with the Company.

  

	 	2.	Four (4) weeks, one hundred sixty (160) hours, regular straight time earnings, to those having completed two (2) or more years of continuous service with the Company.

  
 Section 9. The “Rhodia Inc. Savings
Plus Plan”, as described in the Plan booklet shall be made available to employees covered by this Agreement. The Company reserves the right to alter, modify and/or discontinue the Savings Plan at any time. 
  
 ARTICLE XIV 
  
 No Discrimination 
  
 It is the continuing policy for the Company and the Union that the provisions
of this Agreement shall be applied to all employees without regard to race, color, religion, age, national origin, or sex, so long as such application is consistent with State and/or Federal laws. 
  
 All references to “employee”, “employees”,
“he”, “his” in this Agreement cover both male and female employees. The terms are used for the purpose of brevity and understanding only. 
  

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 ARTICLE XV 
  

Effective Date, Termination and Renewal 
  
 Section 1. This Agreement shall become effective upon its approval by the Union and by the Company and shall supersede and cancel all Agreements
previously made between parties. 
  
 Section 2. This
Agreement shall continue in effect until 4:00 P.M., April 23, 2007, and shall be automatically renewed from year to year thereafter unless notice terminating this Agreement is given by one (1) party to the other not less than sixty (60) days prior
to April 23, 2007, or any yearly period thereafter. 
  
 Section
3. Any notice required under this Article XV given by the Union, to be effective, shall be signed by the Business Manager of the Local Union or his/her designated representative, and shall be sent by certified mail to the Company at
Nashville, Tennessee 
  
 Section 4. Any notice required
under this Article XV to be given by the Company to be effective shall be signed by the Plant Manager or his designated representative and shall be sent by certified mail to Local Union 912, International Union of Operating Engineers, Nashville
Highway, Columbia, Tennessee. 
  
 Section 5. This Agreement
is executed in ten (10) counterparts, each of which shall, for all purposes, be deemed to be an original. 
  

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 Approved this      day of June, 2004 
  

					
	 LOCAL UNION NO. 912
 INTERNATIONAL UNION OF
OPERATING
 ENGINEERS, AFL-CIO
	 	 	 	 
	  

	 	 	 	 
	  

	 	 	 	 
	  

	 	 	 	 
	  

	 	 	 	 
	  

	 	 	 	 
	  

	 	 	 	 
	  

	 	 	 	 

  
 Approved this
     day of June, 2004 
  
  

					
	RHODIA, INC.	 	 	 	 
	  

	 	 	 	 
	  

	 	 	 	 
	  

	 	 	 	 
	  

	 	 	 	 
	  

	 	 	 	 

  

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 SCHEDULE A 
  

CLASSIFICATIONS and JOB RATES 
  

										
	 Production

	  	 Effective
 7:00 A.M.
September 20, 2004
Monday

	  	Effective
7:00 A.M.
April 18, 2005
Monday

	  	Effective
7:00 A.M.
April 17, 2006
Monday

	 Group No. 9
 Acid Plant Operator
 P2O5 Operator
 SALP Operator
 SALP/V-90 Packaging
Operator Leader
 Acid Treater
 Catalyst Operator
	  	$	18.97	  	$	19.45	  	$	19.94
	 Group No. 8
 Monocalcium Operator
 V-90 Operator
 SALP/V-90 Packaging Operator
	  	$	18.05	  	$	18.51	  	$	18.98
	 Group No. 7
 Catalyst Mixer
 Catalyst Extruder
	  	$	17.59	  	$	18.03	  	$	18.49
	 Group No.6
 Checker
 12XX Mixer Leader
 Monocalcium Assistant Operator
 Hypo
Solution Operator
	  	$	17.14	  	$	17.57	  	$	18.01
	 Group No. 5
 P205 Catchout
 Truck Driver & Utility
	  	$	16.68	  	$	17.10	  	$	17.53
	 Group No. 4
 Catalyst Catchout
	  	$	16.25	  	$	16.66	  	$	17.08
	 Group No. 3
 Shipper
	  	$	16.01	  	$	16.42	  	$	16.84
	 Group No. 2
 12XX Bag Stacker
 Floor Person
 V-90 Floor Person
	  	$	15.74	  	$	16.14	  	$	16.55
	 Group No. 1 - Grandfathered
 Plant Janitor
 Yard Laborer
 Production Trainee
	  	$	15.56	  	$	15.95	  	$	16.35
	 Group No. 1 - Non-Grandfathered
	  	$	14.14	  	$	14.50	  	$	14.87

  
 Relief Operator shall be paid the rate
of the highest job relieved, providing they relieve three (3) or more days a week. 
  
 Relief Foreman shall be paid a rate ten percent (10%) higher than the rate of the highest employee supervised. 
  

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 SCHEDULE A 
  

CLASSIFICATIONS and JOB RATES 
  

										
	 Maintenance

	  	 Effective
 7:00 A.M.
September 20, 2004

	  	Effective
7:00 A.M.
April 18, 2005

	  	Effective
7:00 A.M.
April 17, 2006

	 Machinist Leader
	  	$	20.51	  	$	21.03	  	$	21.56
	 Maintenance Mechanic - Leader
	  	$	20.51	  	$	21.03	  	$	21.56
	 Electrician - Leader
	  	$	20.51	  	$	21.03	  	$	21.56
	 Pipefitter - Leader
	  	$	20.51	  	$	21.03	  	$	21.56
	 Welding - Leader
	  	$	20.51	  	$	21.03	  	$	21.56
	 Shift Mechanic
	  	$	20.27	  	$	20.78	  	$	21.30
	 “A” Maintenance Mechanic
	  	$	19.88	  	$	20.38	  	$	20.89
	 “A” Electrician
	  	$	19.88	  	$	20.38	  	$	20.89
	 “A” Pipefitter
	  	$	19.88	  	$	20.38	  	$	20.89
	 “A” Welder
	  	$	19.88	  	$	20.38	  	$	20.89
	 “A” Machinist
	  	$	19.88	  	$	20.38	  	$	20.89
	 “B” Maintenance Mechanic
	  	$	18.79	  	$	19.26	  	$	19.75
	 “B” Electrician
	  	$	18.79	  	$	19.26	  	$	19.75
	 “B” Pipefitter
	  	$	18.79	  	$	19.26	  	$	19.75
	 “B” Welder
	  	$	18.79	  	$	19.26	  	$	19.75
	 “B” Machinist
	  	$	18.79	  	$	19.26	  	$	19.75
	 “A” Maintenance Helper
	  	$	17.85	  	$	18.30	  	$	18.76
	 “A” Electrician Helper
	  	$	17.85	  	$	18.30	  	$	18.76
	 Fireman - Leadman
	  	$	19.24	  	$	19.73	  	$	20.23
	 Machine Shop Working Foreman
	  	$	21.85	  	$	22.40	  	$	22.96

  

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 MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING 
  
 MAINTENANCE JOB DESCRIPTIONS MODIFICATION 
  
 Modify the present job descriptions of Welders, Pipefitters, and Maintenance Mechanics to include the following: 
  
 Perform a variety of duties as required in the maintenance of plant
mechanical equipment and all plant buildings. Diagnose troubles and perform the necessary dismantling, repair and assembly work consistent with abilities. 
  
 May be required to do any type of maintenance work which he is capable of doing. It is recognized that before satisfactory performance in other than the
basic craft is attained training and experience may be necessary. 
  
 Company
agrees to provide all necessary training on the job in conjunction with a craftsman or a job assignment. No correspondence courses or outside training will be required. 
  
 Company agrees that no discipline will be initiated due to a refusal to accept specific skills training or a lack of ability to perform
required job duties outside of the employee’s classification. 
  
 Company
agrees that no employees will be laid off or disqualified as a result of these modifications. 
  
 February 28, 1974 
  

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 MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING 
  
 Create a Shift Pipefitter classification the following: 
  
 Performs a variety of duties as required in the maintenance of plant mechanical equipment and all plant buildings. Diagnoses troubles and
performs the necessary dismantling, repair and assembly work consistent with his abilities. 
  
 Must be skilled in one craft, Welder, Pipefitter, or Mechanic, and be able to satisfactorily perform in other crafts. Must be able to use a variety of hand tools and be familiar with terminology used by the mechanics.

  
 Work is done under general supervision. May direct one or small group of
others if additional help is needed to complete repairs. 
  
 He may be required to
do any type of maintenance work which is capable of doing. It is recognized that training and experience will be required before satisfactory performance in other than the basic craft is attained. 
  
 Physical activities involve working in any plant area at various levels. Must do strenuous
work and heavy lifting on some jobs. 
  
 Necessary personal protective equipment
is furnished. 
  
 Must exercise care in work to prevent injury to others.

  
 Clothing spoilage approximately 50% greater than average shop wear.

  

	1.	Overtime will be offered by classification (Shift Pipefitter). If the crafts (Maintenance Mechanics, Pipefitter, etc.) are exhausted, these Shift Pipefitters can be used to
supplement the craft needed. 

  

	2.	The 5th Shift Pipefitter who is normally on the
day shift will fill the sixth (6th) split day (usually Thursday) and work 7 A.M. to 3 P.M. If the 5th Shift Pipefitter is on shift, no relief will be provided for this sixth day. 

  

	3.	New hires (“A” Craftsman) will not be rolled into this Shift Pipefitter job classification until they have been employed six (6) months. When a trainee qualifies as an
“A” craftsman he can be rolled to the Shift Pipefitter job by a senior Shift Pipefitter. The Shift Pipefitter will return to the last job he held. 

  

	4.	The wording “A” Craftsman and Trainee, in No. 3 above will mean craftsman and trainees in any of the three (3) classifications – Pipefitter, Welder, Mechanic.

  

	5.	Five (5) openings will be posted. If there is not a sufficient number of qualified bidders, remaining openings will be filled by the junior “A” craftsman in the three (3)
classifications. 

  
 March 27, 1974 
  

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 MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING 
  
 MANNING ROTATING AND RELIEF OPERATING JOBS 
  
 Specific shift jobs at the Nashville Plant are normally filled with four persons who rotate on a regular schedule. Many of these regular
rotating shift jobs are manned with an extra person or persons and are classified as relief operators. These relief persons are employed to cover vacations, illnesses and miscellaneous other assignments in the particular operating area involved.

  
 When a job opening occurs in a specific classification (which has rotating
shift and relief persons) the bid sheet will describe the opening as either a rotating shift or relief operator. Then the open job will be filled by the following the normal practice established in Article VII, Section 3, Bidding and Posting, page
20, of the Contract. 
  
 April 23, 1982 
  

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 LETTER OF UNDERSTANDING 
  
 RHODIA, INC. 
  
 And 
  
 INTERNATIONAL UNION OF OPERATING ENGINEERS 
  
 Local No. 912 
  
 GUIDELINES FOR ONE-DAY VACATION PERIOD 
  
 Employees may designate two-weeks of vacation to be taken one day at a time. This designation must be made at the time vacation date preference is selected. 
  
 Only scheduled workdays will be considered for one day vacations. Requests
for one day vacations must be made to the employee’s supervisor no later than Noon, Thursday of the week previous to the week of the requested vacation. See exception below relating to short notice single day vacation. 
  
 The granting of a request for a one day vacation will be solely at the
discretion of management and may be affected by the needs of the plant. One day vacations will only be granted during those weeks when there is an open vacation allotment in that department. 
  
 Unused one day vacations will either be paid for or scheduled off at the
discretion of management during December. 
  
 A one day vacation
will not be considered as a day worked for the purpose of overtime premium determination pertaining to the 6th or
7th day. 
  
 Two short notice single vacation days per employee per year may be scheduled providing that all of the above requirements are met and notice is given by
9:00 AM the day before. Request for a short notice vacation day for Saturday or Sunday must be made by the end of the day Thursday. 
  
 April 19, 2001 
  

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 Notes 
  

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 RHODIA - NASHVILLE PLANT 
  
 HOURLY SENIORITY LISTING - as of April 20, 2004 
  

			
	 Name

	  	Hire Date

	 Clyman Smith
	  	10/04/65
	 *Gary Smith
	  	01/24/68
	 Mike Stiles
	  	04/17/68
	 Robert Woodley
	  	09/10/68
	 Hobert Suggs
	  	01/22/69
	 Eddie Anderson
	  	01/20/71
	 Walter Ellison
	  	06/12/72
	 Mike Summers
	  	08/21/72
	 Jerry White
	  	09/25/72
	 Ricky Porter
	  	01/22/73
	 Wiley Ray
	  	03/13/73
	 Robbie Raines
	  	05/30/73
	 Charlie Mills
	  	10/30/73
	 Ronnie Wilson
	  	12/10/73
	 Harry McCrary
	  	04/29/74
	 Dexter Craddock
	  	06/05/74
	 Kirk Butler
	  	06/10/74
	 Curtis Gregory
	  	07/22/74
	 James Roberson
	  	11/11/74
	 Philip Stanfield
	  	10/23/75
	 Dale Spain
	  	01/05/76
	 Doug Hanscomb
	  	01/04/77
	 Mitch Arrington
	  	10/03/77
	 Tim Smith
	  	04/03/78
	 Camille Powell
	  	04/03/78
	 Dee Viriyapong
	  	04/03/78
	 Bobby Cabknor
	  	07/13/78
	 Wanda Puckett
	  	07/13/78
	 David Martin
	  	10/16/78
	 Billy Moses
	  	10/16/78
	 Frank Howell
	  	10/16/78
	 Jerry Willis
	  	11/28/78
	 Laverne Upchurch
	  	02/22/79
	 Billy Samples
	  	02/22/79
	 Bruce Howell (Mil)
	  	02/22/79
	 Joe Demonbreun
	  	05/21/79
	 Steve Cordle
	  	05/21/79
	 Steve Johnson
	  	05/21/79
	 Chester Birdwell
	  	09/10/79
	Paul Biggs	  	10/01/79
	David Petersen	  	03/13/82
	Thomas Norman	  	10/24/83
	Larry Johnson	  	10/24/83
	Steve Lewis	  	03/05/84
	Randy Duke	  	03/05/84
	Sarah McFarland	  	03/05/84
	Jeff Phelps	  	10/15/84
	Mike Lynch	  	11/12/84
	Randy Oatsvall	  	11/12/84
	Gary Lyttle	  	07/21/86
	Darrin Allred	  	08/31/87
	James Ledford	  	08/31/87
	Roger Neal	  	11/03/87
	Shana Nelson	  	11/03/87
	David Malcom	  	11/03/87
	Jon Bain	  	09/12/88
	Russell Lyttle	  	09/12/88
	Jerry Taylor	  	06/05/89
	Alan King	  	06/08/89
	Tony Smith	  	10/30/89
	Daniel Love	  	10/30/89
	*Dana Urban	  	10/30/89
	Ernest Arnell	  	10/30/89
	Billy Hicks	  	05/21/90
	Todd Jackson	  	07/05/90
	James Richmond	  	07/05/90
	Jeff Coen	  	07/05/90
	*Walt Johnson	  	07/05/90
	William Dawson	  	06/12/91
	Thomas Farris	  	06/12/91
	Charlie Arms	  	06/12/91
	Dwayne Cathey	  	08/01/91
	Herschel Staggs	  	01/20/92
	Mike Lindsey	  	02/20/92
	Mike Fazekas	  	02/20/92
	Mike Harlow	  	07/09/92
	John Russell	  	07/09/92
	Milton Knowles	  	07/09/92
	Paul Petersen	  	11/28/94
	Mike Davis	  	11/28/94
	Ken Thomas	  	11/28/94
	Glen Gagnon	  	01/16/95
	Ken Morris	  	01/16/95
	Ben Lewis	  	01/16/95
	*Era Wood	  	01/16/95
	Jerry Black	  	05/30/95
	Robbin Perry	  	05/30/95
	Steve Faenza	  	05/30/95
	Randy Schneider	  	10/16/95
	Randy Baker	  	10/16/95
	Mike Sharp	  	10/16/95
	Derrick West	  	10/16/95
	James Ingram	  	10/16/95
	Jesse Greer	  	10/16/95
	*Frank Sajovic	  	10/16/95
	Brian Withrow	  	10/16/95
	Charlie Frierson	  	10/16/95
	Randy Johnson	  	12/11/95
	Kevin Neff	  	12/11/95
	Chris Brown	  	05/20/96
	T. Montgomery	  	05/20/96
	Wayne Frierson	  	07/14/97
	Joey Allen	  	07/14/97
	Gregory Claude	  	07/14/97
	Garnet Withrow	  	10/13/97
	Scott Reeves	  	03/16/98
	Walt Robertson	  	03/16/98
	Billy Hampton	  	03/16/98
	Paul Bergfalk	  	01/25/99
	Johnny Shyes	  	01/25/99
	Tracey Staggs	  	01/25/99
	Daniel Lee	  	01/25/99
	John Williams	  	08/30/99

	*	Long Term Disability 

  

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