Imperial Chemical Industries Plc

Imperial Chemical Industries Plc is listed on NYSE (ICI). The following information which appears under Item 18 Financial Statements of this Annual Report on Form 20-F is incorporated herein by reference: the information set forth under the heading Notes relating to the Group accounts - Note 24 - Disposal and legacy, and restructuring provisions - Disposal and legacy provisions, which appears on pages 91 and 92 under Item 18; the information set forth under the heading Notes relating to the Group accounts - Note 29 - Acquisitions and disposals - Disposals, which appears on pages 100 and 101 under Item 18; and the information set forth in the table addressing commitments for capital expenditure under the heading Notes relating to the Group accounts - Note 32 - Commitments and contingent liabilities, which appears on pages 111 and 112 under Item 18.

Imperial Industries Inc.

Imperial Industries Inc. is listed on NASDAQ (IPII). Imperial Industries, Inc., is a Delaware corporation, which, through its predecessor corporation, has been in existence since 1968. The Company's executive offices are located at 1259 Northwest 21st Street, Pompano Beach, Florida 33069 and the telephone number at such offices is (954) 917-7665. The Company, through its subsidiaries, is engaged in the manufacture and distribution of building materials to building materials dealers and others located primarily in Florida, Mississippi, Georgia and Alabama and to a lesser extent, other states in the Southeastern part of the United States, as well as foreign countries. The Company has three manufacturing facilities for its products and ten distribution outlets through which it markets certain of its manufactured products and other purchased products directly to developers, builders, contractors, and sub-contractors.

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