A message from your attorney Allen Smith:

Thank you for choosing to affirmatively vote on the Imerys Talc America Bankruptcy Plan. I recommend that you vote to accept this Plan for the reasons stated in my  December 06, 2024, correspondence to you.

If the Imerys Plan does not receive sufficient support from holders of Talc Personal Injury Claims who submit ballots voting on the Imerys Plan, then the Imerys Plan cannot be confirmed. If the Imerys Plan is not confirmed, the Imerys Settlement, the Rio Settlement, and the Cyprus Settlement will not become effective and the settlement proceeds, consisting of hundreds of millions of dollars, will not be realized for the benefit of claimants. Furthermore, the “Trigger Date” as defined in the J&J Settlement Agreement will not occur. It is the Trigger Date that starts off the process of J&J making payments pursuant to the terms of the J&J Settlement Agreement. Without these various sources of value, it is the view of the Imerys Committee and the Imerys FCR that recoveries for holders of Talc Personal Injury Claims from these Chapter 11 Cases will be drastically reduced.