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<p style="MARGIN-TOP: 4px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: ARIAL" size="1">Significant transactions with related
parties were:</font></p>
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<td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: ARIAL" size="1"><i>(In
Millions of Dollars)</i></font></td>
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<td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" valign="bottom" colspan="2" align="center"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: ARIAL" size="1"><b>2010</b></font></td>
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<td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" valign="bottom" colspan="2" align="center"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: ARIAL" size="1"><b>2009</b></font></td>
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<td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" valign="bottom" colspan="2" align="center"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: ARIAL" size="1"><b>2008</b></font></td>
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<p style="TEXT-INDENT: -1em; MARGIN-LEFT: 1em"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: ARIAL" size="1">Revenues (1)</font></p>
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<td valign="bottom"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: ARIAL" size="1">$</font></td>
<td valign="bottom" align="right"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: ARIAL" size="1"> 92.3</font></td>
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<td valign="bottom"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: ARIAL" size="1">$</font></td>
<td valign="bottom" align="right"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: ARIAL" size="1"> 79.4</font></td>
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<td valign="bottom"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: ARIAL" size="1">$</font></td>
<td valign="bottom" align="right"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: ARIAL" size="1"> 103.9</font></td>
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<p style="TEXT-INDENT: -1em; MARGIN-LEFT: 1em"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: ARIAL" size="1">Cost of sales (2)</font></p>
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<td valign="bottom"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: ARIAL" size="1"> </font></td>
<td valign="bottom" align="right"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: ARIAL" size="1">58.4</font></td>
<td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: ARIAL" size="1">  </font></td>
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<td valign="bottom"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: ARIAL" size="1"> </font></td>
<td valign="bottom" align="right"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: ARIAL" size="1">38.5</font></td>
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<td valign="bottom" align="right"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: ARIAL" size="1">58.1</font></td>
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<p style="TEXT-INDENT: -1em; MARGIN-LEFT: 1em"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: ARIAL" size="1">Selling and administrative expenses
(3)</font></p>
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<td valign="bottom" align="right"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: ARIAL" size="1">5.0</font></td>
<td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: ARIAL" size="1">  </font></td>
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<td valign="bottom"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: ARIAL" size="1"> </font></td>
<td valign="bottom" align="right"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: ARIAL" size="1">7.5</font></td>
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<td valign="bottom" align="right"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: ARIAL" size="1">–   </font></td>
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<p style="TEXT-INDENT: -1em; MARGIN-LEFT: 1em"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: ARIAL" size="1">Other income – net
(4)</font></p>
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<td valign="bottom" align="right"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: ARIAL" size="1">0.9</font></td>
<td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: ARIAL" size="1">  </font></td>
<td valign="bottom"><font size="1">  </font></td>
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<td valign="bottom" align="right"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: ARIAL" size="1">0.6</font></td>
<td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: ARIAL" size="1">  </font></td>
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<td valign="bottom"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: ARIAL" size="1"> </font></td>
<td valign="bottom" align="right"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: ARIAL" size="1">0.6</font></td>
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<td valign="top" width="3%" align="left"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: ARIAL" size="1">(1)</font></td>
<td valign="top" align="left"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: ARIAL" size="1">The company sells finished lubricant additives to
noncontrolling interests in its consolidated companies and equity
affiliates.</font></td>
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<td valign="top" width="3%" align="left"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: ARIAL" size="1">(2)</font></td>
<td valign="top" align="left"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: ARIAL" size="1">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.</font></td>
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<td valign="top" width="3%" align="left"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: ARIAL" size="1">(3)</font></td>
<td valign="top" align="left"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: ARIAL" size="1">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.</font></td>
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<td valign="top" width="3%" align="left"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: ARIAL" size="1">(4)</font></td>
<td valign="top" align="left"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: ARIAL" size="1">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.</font></td>
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</div>Significant transactions with related
parties were:
 
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