**IBM**

Office of the Vice President & Assistant General Counsel

14 South Broadway
White Plains, NY 10601

(914) 288-4040

April 12, 2000

Mr. Peter G. Wallace
Senior Consultant
Marsh USA Inc.
One World Trade Center, 100th Floor
New York, New York 10048-9302

Re: Manuela Batista, et al. v. International Business Machines Corporation, et al.

Dear Peter:

Enclosed herewith is a new "chemical litigation" complaint, filed in the Superior Court of California, Santa Clara County.

Please notify and tender this case to IBM's insurance carriers.

Please call me or Michael Covino if you have any questions.

Thank you.

Very truly yours,

Marcy A. Siskind

MAS:jfs
Enclosure

cc: A. Michael Covino, Esq. (w/o encls.)

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