ÿþ<html> <head> <title>Financial Budgeting Overview (FOB Workshop)</title> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <link REL="stylesheet" TYPE="text/css" HREF="../../Stylesheets/StyleSheet1.css"> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" leftmargin="0" topmargin="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0"> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" > <tr> <td width="10%">&nbsp;</td> <td width="85%" colspan=6 align=left valign=top><IMG src="./images/PcrBack.jpg"></td> <td width="10%">&nbsp;</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan=8>&nbsp;</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="10%">&nbsp;</td> <td colspan=6 valign=top> <p align="justify" class="TextInvitation"> DeWitt & Company announces its 1st Annual Forecast Budgeting & Outlook Workshop. During these volatile times, DeWitt has decided to provide our client base with a half-day workshop to assist companies in their planning and budgeting activities. The FBO Workshop will be an intensive outlook at the coming year examining and highlighting vital elements of the petrochemical markets. Projected growth, capacity schedules, shutdown schedules, directional business outlooks will be forecast and discussed. Given that so many companies have decided to restrict or ban travel during these troubled times, DeWitt will bring its workshop and our views/vision to you in two ways. <br /> <br /> For those who can join us, we will present and discuss our views directly in conference. For those who can not travel, we will adopt the technology of the Internet to present our PowerPoint Presentations along with our verbal discussions of critical issues through streaming FLASH technology. For both we will offer a web access ticket and a download via our Petrochemical portal. Sign up today at our website www.dewittworld.com for a complete and thorough update and receive your web access ticket in your mailbox by October 12th. You will also gain an exclusive view of our new DeWitt Portal. Attendees may also view the flash presentation one week in advance of the Workshop to better prepare for discussion either in the conference or face-to-face privately during the reception or electronically before. <br /> <br /> <span style="font-weight:bold;"> ALL DEWITT CLIENTS ARE INVITED TO THE COCKTAIL RECEPTION ON OCTOBER 19TH FROM 6:00-8:00 PM.<br /> </span> <!-- <span style="font-weight:bold; color:red;"> (Monday Night Football Viewing Included!) </span> --> </p> </td> <td width="10%">&nbsp;</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan=8 style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt" >&nbsp;</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="10%">&nbsp;</td> <td colspan="6" style="padding-left: 0.75in; FONT-SIZE: 13px; color: #000080" > <span style=" font-weight: bold;">North American Energy</span> - <span style=" font-weight: normal;">Recovering Demand, More Competitive Costs and Increased Supply</span><br /> <span style=" font-weight: bold;">Olefins/Polymers</span> - <span style=" font-weight: normal;">Regional Stability, Shifting Trade and New Competitive Balances</span><br /> <span style=" font-weight: bold;">Propylene</span> - <span style=" font-weight: normal;">Searching for New Supply and Price Equilibrium</span><br /> <span style=" font-weight: bold;">Butadiene</span> - <span style=" font-weight: normal;">Light Feeds Create Shortage as Demand (Automotive) Rebounds</span><br /> <span style=" font-weight: bold;">Benzene and Derivatives</span> - <span style=" font-weight: normal;">Unlikely Derivative Demand Faces Off Volatile Pricing</span><br /> <span style=" font-weight: bold;">Toluene and Xylenes Chain</span> - <span style=" font-weight: normal;">Downstream Recovery Battles Changing Gasoline Basis</span> </td> <td width="10%">&nbsp;</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan=8 style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt" >&nbsp;</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="10%">&nbsp;</td> <td colspan=6 align=left valign=top> <p align="justify" class="TextInvitation"> The Global Economy looks now to be recovering from the financial crisis and recessionary uncertainty that plagued most of 2009. This year saw depressed/flattened growth due to uncertain prospects and throttled back industrial production. New hurdles await the petrochemical markets with pending regulations on energy trading that could effect the foundation of spot pricing and liquidity-basis in the US Gulf Coast. Historically competitive Natural Gas pricing has left several Olefin and Aromatic sectors more competitive than previous consensus. All of these factors, including a changed refining basis will factor into the 2010 petrochemical margin chain. DeWitt will present its opinion on these factors and provide guidance in these numerous areas to meet your planning needs. </p> </td> <td width="10%">&nbsp;</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan=8 style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt" >&nbsp;</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan=8 style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt" >&nbsp;</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="10%">&nbsp;</td> <td colspan="6" style="padding-left: 0.75in; FONT-SIZE: 14px; font-weight: bold; color: red" >A G E N D A</td> <td width="10%">&nbsp;</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan=8 style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt" >&nbsp;</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="10%">&nbsp;</td> <td colspan="6" style="padding-left: 0.75in; FONT-SIZE: 13px; font-weight: bold; color: #000080" > Monday, October 19th, 2009 </td> <td width="10%">&nbsp;</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan=8 style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt" >&nbsp;</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="10%">&nbsp;</td> <td colspan=6 align=left valign=top> <ul> <li class="Pcr2009List">06:00 PM - 08:00 PM - Registration Cocktails and Discussion in Conspiracy Room </li> </ul> </td> <td width="10%">&nbsp;</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan=8 style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt" >&nbsp;</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="10%">&nbsp;</td> <td colspan="6" style="padding-left: 0.75in; FONT-SIZE: 13px; font-weight: bold; color: #000080" > Tuesday, October 20th, 2009 </td> <td width="10%">&nbsp;</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan=8 style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt" >&nbsp;</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="10%">&nbsp;</td> <td colspan=6 align=left valign=top> <ul> <li class="Pcr2009List">07:00 AM - Continental Breakfast and Registration </li> <li class="Pcr2009List">08:00 AM - Opening Remarks</li> <li class="Pcr2009List">08:15 AM - Energy Economy and Feedstocks  <span style="font-weight: bold;">Earl Armstrong</span></li> <li class="Pcr2009List">08:30 AM - Ethylene and Derivatives-Outlook: Managing Capacity Cycles - <span style="font-weight: bold;">Earl Armstrong</span></li> <li class="Pcr2009List">09:00 AM - Propylene Outlook: Supply and Volatility? - <span style="font-weight: bold;">Mike Smith</span></li> <li class="Pcr2009List">09:45 AM - Butadiene: A Supply Crisis? - <span style="font-weight: bold;">Paul Brisson</span></li> <li class="Pcr2009List">10:30 AM - Benzene Operations and Outlook: Recovery & Volatility - <span style="font-weight: bold;">Chuck Venezia</span></li> <li class="Pcr2009List">11:15 AM - Toluene & Xylenes Chain Outlook: Growth and Margin Squeeze - <span style="font-weight: bold;">Edgar Acosta</span></li> <li class="Pcr2009List">12:15 PM - Buffet Lunch</li> </ul> </td> <td width="10%">&nbsp;</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan=8 style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt" >&nbsp;</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan=8 style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt" >&nbsp;</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="85%" colspan="8" style="VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; 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