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&lt;p style="MARGIN-TOP: 8px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: ARIAL" color="#4F4E95" size="1"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Note 19 &amp;#x2013;
RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="MARGIN-TOP: 4px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: ARIAL" size="1"&gt;Significant transactions with related
parties were:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
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Millions of Dollars)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;font size="1"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" valign="bottom" colspan="2" align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: ARIAL" size="1"&gt;&lt;b&gt;2010&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;font size="1"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" valign="bottom" colspan="2" align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: ARIAL" size="1"&gt;&lt;b&gt;2009&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;font size="1"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;font size="1"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="TEXT-INDENT: -1em; MARGIN-LEFT: 1em"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: ARIAL" size="1"&gt;Revenues (1)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: ARIAL" size="1"&gt;$&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: ARIAL" size="1"&gt;&amp;#xA0;92.3&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;font size="1"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: ARIAL" size="1"&gt;$&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: ARIAL" size="1"&gt;&amp;#xA0;79.4&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;font size="1"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: ARIAL" size="1"&gt;$&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: ARIAL" size="1"&gt;&amp;#xA0;103.9&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="TEXT-INDENT: -1em; MARGIN-LEFT: 1em"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: ARIAL" size="1"&gt;Cost of sales (2)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: ARIAL" size="1"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: ARIAL" size="1"&gt;58.4&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: ARIAL" size="1"&gt;38.5&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: ARIAL" size="1"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: ARIAL" size="1"&gt;58.1&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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(3)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;font size="1"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: ARIAL" size="1"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: ARIAL" size="1"&gt;7.5&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: ARIAL" size="1"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;font size="1"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: ARIAL" size="1"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: ARIAL" size="1"&gt;&amp;#x2013;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="TEXT-INDENT: -1em; MARGIN-LEFT: 1em"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: ARIAL" size="1"&gt;Other income &amp;#x2013; net
(4)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;font size="1"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: ARIAL" size="1"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: ARIAL" size="1"&gt;0.9&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: ARIAL" size="1"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;font size="1"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: ARIAL" size="1"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: ARIAL" size="1"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;td valign="top" align="left"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: ARIAL" size="1"&gt;The company sells finished lubricant additives to
noncontrolling interests in its consolidated companies and equity
affiliates.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;td valign="top" align="left"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: ARIAL" size="1"&gt;The company purchases base oils, electricity and other
production materials for use in the manufacturing of its lubricant
additives from noncontrolling interests in its consolidated
companies and equity affiliates.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;td valign="top" align="left"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: ARIAL" size="1"&gt;The company made contributions to The Lubrizol Foundation,
an organization that complements and supports the interests, values
and vision of the company by awarding financial support to
educational institutions and charitable organizations in
communities primarily within the United States where the company
operates major facilities.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;td valign="top" align="left"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: ARIAL" size="1"&gt;The company charges its equity affiliates a support fee
for providing technical services. In addition, the company is
charged technical and other support fees by noncontrolling
interests in its consolidated companies.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="MARGIN-TOP: 8px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: ARIAL" size="1"&gt;Receivables on the consolidated
balance sheets includes $12.5 million and $17.5 million due from
related parties at December&amp;#xA0;31, 2010 and 2009, respectively.
Accounts payable includes $3.0 million and $0.6 million due to
related parties at December&amp;#xA0;31, 2010 and 2009, respectively.
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities includes $2.5
million due to related parties at December&amp;#xA0;31,
2009.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
Significant transactions with related
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