USG CORP (Form Type: 8-K, Filing Date: 06/21/2006)

TABLE OF CONTENTS


ITEM 1.03 Bankruptcy of Receivership
ITEM 5.03 Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year
ITEM 8.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
ITEM 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
SIGNATURE
EXHIBIT INDEX
First Amended Joint Plan of Reorganization
Order Confirming First Amended Joint Plan of Reorganization
Restated Certificate of Incorporation
Press Release
Press Release

ITEM 1.03 Bankruptcy or Receivership

On June 15, 2006, the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware (the “Bankruptcy Court”) and the United States District Court for the District of Delaware (the “District Court”) confirmed the First Amended Joint Plan of Reorganization of USG Corporation and its Debtor Subsidiaries (the “Plan”).

In June 2001, USG Corporation (“USG” or the “Company”) and ten of its U.S. subsidiaries (the “USG Debtors”) filed voluntary petitions for reorganization under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code in the Bankruptcy Court. The petitions were consolidated for purposes of joint administration as In re: USG Corporation et al. (Case No. 01-2094). The USG Debtors initiated the Chapter 11 proceedings with the goals of resolving asbestos claims in a fair and equitable manner, protecting the long-term value of the USG Debtors’ businesses and maintaining the USG Debtors’ leadership positions in their markets. Following the Chapter 11 filing, the USG Debtors continued to operate their businesses without interruption as debtors-in-possession subject to the provisions of the Bankruptcy Code.

In late January 2006, the USG Debtors, the committee representing asbestos personal injury claimants and the legal representative for future asbestos personal injury claimants reached an agreement to resolve the USG Debtors’ present and future asbestos personal injury liabilities and to cooperate in the confirmation of a plan of reorganization consistent with that resolution. As contemplated by the settlement agreement, on February 17, 2006, the USG Debtors filed a proposed Joint Plan of Reorganization and a Disclosure Statement with the Bankruptcy Court incorporating the terms of the settlement agreement and addressing the treatment of other claims and interests. The USG Debtors filed the First Amended Joint Plan and Disclosure Statement with the Bankruptcy Court on April 5, 2006. The Bankruptcy Court entered an order approving the adequacy of the information in the Disclosure Statement on April 7, 2006, and the USG Debtors distributed the Plan and Disclosure Statement, along with ballots, to asbestos personal injury claimants, the only class of creditors entitled to vote on the Plan. The Bankruptcy Court and the District Court entered an order (the “Confirmation Order”) confirming the Plan on June 16, 2006. All conditions precedent to the effectiveness of the Plan were satisfied or waived and the Plan became effective on June 20, 2006.

A copy of the Plan and a copy of the Confirmation Order, including the modifications to the Plan set forth therein, are attached as Exhibits 2.01 and 2.02, respectively, to this Current Report on Form 8-K and are incorporated herein by reference. A copy of the press release announcing the effectiveness of the Plan is furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.01.

The following is a summary of the material terms of the Plan as it was confirmed by the Bankruptcy Court and the District Court. This summary highlights only certain provisions of the Plan and is not a complete description of that document. Therefore, this summary is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Plan. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meaning set forth in the Plan.

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First Amended Plan of USG Corporation and Its Subsidiary Debtors

Pursuant to the Plan, the Debtors will establish and fund a personal injury trust under section 524(g) of the Bankruptcy Code to pay all Asbestos Personal Injury Claims, including all Asbestos Personal Injury Claims asserted against the Debtors on account of or relating to A.P. Green. All Asbestos Personal Injury Claims will be determined and paid pursuant to the terms of the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust Agreement and the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust Distribution Procedures. Pursuant to the Plan and section 524(g) of the Bankruptcy Code, the sole recourse of the holder of an Asbestos Personal Injury Claim will be to the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust, and such holder will have no right whatsoever at any time to assert its Asbestos Personal Injury Claim against any Protected Party, including the Debtors. The amount that the Reorganized Debtors must pay into the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust depends upon whether the FAIR Act is enacted and made law. The Reorganized Debtors will fund the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust as follows:

	•		On the Effective Date, the Reorganized Debtors will pay $890 million and issue a promissory note (the “Note”) in the principal amount of $10 million to the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust. The Note will be payable no later than December 31, 2006.

	•		On the Effective Date, the Reorganized Debtors also will issue the contingent payment note (the “Contingent Payment Note”) in the amount of $3.05 billion to the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust, which note will be payable in the event that the FAIR Act has not been enacted and made law on or before the Trigger Date.

	•		If the FAIR Act is enacted and made law on or before the Trigger Date, and is not subject to a constitutional challenge to its validity (a “Challenge Proceeding”) on or before 60 days after the Trigger Date, the Reorganized Debtors’ obligations under the Contingent Payment Note will not vest and the Contingent Payment Note will be fully canceled.

	•		If the FAIR Act is enacted and made law in this time period but is subject to a Challenge Proceeding as of 60 days after the Trigger Date, the Reorganized Debtors’ obligations under the Contingent Payment Note will depend upon whether the Challenge Proceeding is upheld.

To achieve the results contemplated in the Plan, the Reorganized Debtors will require a significant amount of cash to fund the obligations under the Plan if the FAIR Act is not enacted by Congress

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and made law by the Trigger Date, or is enacted and made law but is subject to a constitutional challenge as of 60 days after the Trigger Date and the FAIR Act is held to be unconstitutional on the basis set forth in the agreement between the Debtors and the Asbestos Personal Injury Committee and the Asbestos Personal Injury Futures Representative to resolve all Asbestos Personal Injury Claims against the Debtors. Financing for the Plan is expected to be provided from the Reorganized Debtors’ cash on hand, a $1.8 billion rights offering to existing stockholders backstopped by Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (the “New Investor”), tax refunds and new long term debt.

	•		Cash. The financial and operational performance of the Debtors’ businesses during the Reorganization Cases has enabled the Debtors to accumulate almost $1.6 billion in cash and marketable securities. Most of this cash will be used in funding the Plan.

	•		Rights Offering to USG Stockholders. The Reorganized Debtors expect to raise gross proceeds of $1.8 billion in new equity funding through the Rights Offering. For each share of common stock outstanding on the record date of the Rights Offering, the stockholder as of that date will receive a right to purchase one new USG common share at a price of $40.00. If all stockholders exercise their rights, the percentage ownership of each stockholder in USG will remain unchanged following the Rights Offering. The Rights Offering will be supported by a backstop equity agreement from the New Investor, USG’s largest shareholder with approximately 15 percent of USG’s shares and the Chairman of the Equity Committee. Pursuant to the terms of the backstop agreement, the New Investor committed to exercise all rights distributed to it in the Rights Offering and purchase from USG, at the same purchase price, all of the shares of common stock offered pursuant to the Rights Offering that are not issued pursuant to the exercise of rights by other stockholders, up to a total of $1.8 billion.

	•		New debt financing. If the payments under the Contingent Payment Note become necessary, the USG Debtors expect to raise approximately $2.8 billion of additional liquidity in the second half of 2006 pursuant to exit financing facilities. The Debtors have entered into a commitment letter, dated May 12, 2006, with JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. and Goldman Sachs Credit Partners L.P. that provides for total financings of $2.8 billion — consisting of a term loan of $1 billion, a bridge loan of $1.15 billion (pending receipt of tax refunds of approximately the same amount) and a revolver of $650 million.

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Tax refunds. The Reorganized Debtors’ transfers of cash to the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust, including payments of principal and interest on the Note and the Contingent Payment Note, are expected to produce tax deductions that will offset the Reorganized Debtors’ taxable income in the years in which the transfers are made and generate net operating losses in those years that may be carried back to the 10 previous taxable years. Based on the amount of taxes that the Debtors paid during the carryback period, the Reorganized Debtors expect to obtain refunds of a total of approximately $1.1 billion assuming that the Reorganized Debtors transfer a total of $3.95 billion to the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust.

The classification of Claims and Interests, the estimated aggregate amount of Claims in each Class and the amount and nature of distributions to holders of Claims or Interests in each Class are summarized in the table below. In accordance with section 1123(a)(1) of the Bankruptcy Code, Administrative Claims and Priority Tax Claims have not been classified. Pursuant to section 1129(a)(4) of the Bankruptcy Code, Section III.A.1 of the Plan provides for the payment of Allowed Administrative Claims in cash and makes all such payments subject to Bankruptcy Court approval and the standards of the Bankruptcy Code. Except as specified in Section III.A.1 of the Plan, and subject to the bar date provisions in the Plan, unless otherwise agreed by the holder of an Administrative Claim and the applicable Debtor or Reorganized Debtor, each holder of an Allowed Administrative Claim shall receive, in full satisfaction of its Administrative Claim, cash equal to the allowed amount of such Administrative Claim either (a) as soon as practicable after the Effective Date or (b) if the Administrative Claim is not allowed as of the Effective Date, 30 days after the date on which an order allowing such Administrative Claim becomes a Final Order or a Stipulation of Amount and Nature of Claim is executed by the applicable Reorganized Debtor and the holder of the Administrative Claim. Further, pursuant to section 1129(a)(9)(C) of the Bankruptcy Code, unless otherwise agreed by the holder of a Priority Tax Claim and the applicable Debtor or Reorganized Debtor, each holder of an Allowed Priority Tax Claim shall receive, in full satisfaction of its Priority Tax Claim, payment in full of the allowed amount of the Priority Tax Claim plus Postpetition Interest on the

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Summary of the Classification and Treatment under the Plan


		ESTIMATED
		AGGREGATE		ESTIMATED
		AMOUNT OF		PERCENTAGE
CLASS	TREATMENT	CLAIMS		RECOVERY
Class 1 Priority Claims	On the Effective Date, each holder of an Allowed Claim in Class 1 shall receive cash in an amount equal to the Allowed Claim plus Postpetition Interest on such Allowed Claim.	$	14,000		100	%

Class 2 Secured Claims	On the Effective Date, unless otherwise agreed by the holder of a Claim and the applicable Debtor or Reorganized Debtor, each holder of a Claim in Class 2 shall receive treatment in accordance with Option A or B below, at the option of the applicable Debtor or Reorganized Debtor. Any Allowed Deficiency Claim of a holder of an Allowed Secured Claim shall be entitled to treatment as an Allowed Class 6 Claim. Option A: Claims in Class 2 that are Allowed Claims and with respect to which the applicable Debtor or Reorganized Debtor elects Option A shall be paid in full in cash plus Postpetition Interest on such Allowed Claim by such Reorganized Debtor, unless the holder of such Claim agrees to less favorable treatment. Option B: Claims in Class 2 that are Timely Claims and with respect to which the applicable Debtor or Reorganized Debtor elects Option B shall be Reinstated.	$	2,200		100	%

Class 3 Credit Facilities Claims	Credit Facilities Claims shall be allowed in the aggregate amount (including accrued interest through the Petition Date) of $471,009,479 as of the Petition Date. On the Effective Date, each holder of an Allowed Credit Facilities Claim shall receive cash in an amount equal to a Pro Rata share of (a) $471,009,479 and (b) Postpetition Interest on such Allowed Claim. In addition, the Debtors or Reorganized Debtors, as applicable, shall pay any fees and charges arising under the applicable Credit Facilities through the Effective Date. Any letter of credit under the Credit Facilities outstanding as of the Effective Date shall be cash-collateralized, refinanced, canceled or replaced in the ordinary course on or after the Effective Date. The Debtors shall be authorized to take any action necessary or appropriate to cash-collateralize, refinance, cancel or replace any letter of credit under the Credit Facilities.	$	471,009,479		100	%

Class 4 Senior Note Claims	Senior Note Claims shall be allowed in the aggregate amount (including accrued interest through the Petition Date) of $289,250,578 as of the Petition Date. On the Effective Date, each holder of an Allowed Senior Note Claim shall receive cash in an amount equal to a Pro Rata share of (a) $289,250,578 and (b) Postpetition Interest on such Allowed Claim. In addition, on the Effective Date and in lieu of any claim for substantial contribution by or on behalf of any Senior Note Indenture Trustee, the Debtors or Reorganized Debtors, as applicable, shall pay to any Senior Note Indenture	$	289,250,578		100	%

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		ESTIMATED
		AGGREGATE		ESTIMATED
		AMOUNT OF		PERCENTAGE
CLASS	TREATMENT	CLAIMS		RECOVERY
	Trustee cash in an amount equal to the reasonable and documented fees and expenses (including reasonable legal fees) of such Senior Note Indenture Trustee to the extent payable under the applicable Senior Note Indenture. Until the Senior Note Indenture Trustee’s fees and expenses are paid in full, nothing in the Plan shall in any way impair, waive or discharge any charging lien provided by the applicable Senior Note Indenture.

Class 5 Industrial Revenue Bond Claims	Industrial Revenue Bond Claims shall be allowed as of the Petition Date in such amounts as set forth on Exhibit I.A.80 to the Plan. On the Effective Date, unless otherwise agreed by the applicable Industrial Revenue Bond Indenture Trustee and the applicable Debtor or Reorganized Debtor, each holder of a Claim in Class 5 shall receive treatment in accordance with Option A or B below as indicated and more fully described on Exhibit I.A.80 to the Plan.	See Exhibit I.A.80 to the Plan			100	%

	Option A: Claims in Class 5 that are Allowed Claims and with respect to which the applicable Debtor or Reorganized Debtor elects Option A shall be paid in full in cash (including any applicable prepayment premium) plus Postpetition Interest on such Allowed Claim by such Reorganized Debtor, unless the holder of such Claim agrees to less favorable treatment. Option B: Claims in Class 5 with respect to which the applicable Debtor or Reorganized Debtor elects Option B shall be Reinstated in accordance with the terms of the relevant Industrial Revenue Bond Indenture. In addition, on the Effective Date and in lieu of any claim for substantial contribution by or on behalf of the Industrial Revenue Bond Indenture Trustees, the Debtors or Reorganized Debtors, as applicable, shall pay to any Industrial Revenue Bond Indenture Trustee cash in an amount equal to the reasonable and documented fees and expenses (including reasonable legal fees) of such Industrial Revenue Bond Indenture Trustees to the extent payable under the applicable Industrial Revenue Bond Indenture. Until each Industrial Revenue Bond Indenture Trustee’s fees and expenses are paid in full, nothing in the Plan shall in any way impair, waive or discharge any charging lien provided by the applicable Industrial Revenue Bond Indenture and its related agreements.

Class 6 General Unsecured Claims	On the Effective Date, Claims in Class 6 (other than Litigation Claims) that are Allowed Claims shall be paid in full in cash plus Postpetition Interest on such Allowed Claim, unless the holder of such Claim agrees to less favorable treatment. To the extent any holder of a Class 6 Claim (other than Litigation Claims) believes that it is entitled to Postpetition Interest at an interest rate other than the rate described in Section I.A.99.f.i of the Plan,	$	115,000,000		100	%

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		ESTIMATED
		AGGREGATE		ESTIMATED
		AMOUNT OF		PERCENTAGE
CLASS	TREATMENT	CLAIMS		RECOVERY
	the holder of such Claim must timely File a Postpetition Interest Rate Determination Notice no later than June 26, 2006. Failure to File a timely Postpetition Interest Rate Determination Notice will be deemed an agreement to accept Postpetition Interest as described in Section I.A.99.f.i of the Plan. Section IV.P of the Plan provides the procedure for Filing Postpetition Interest Rate Determination Notices and resolving disputes relating to any Postpetition Interest Rate Determination Notice. On the Effective Date, any unliquidated or disputed Litigation Claims that are Timely Claims shall be Reinstated in accordance with Section VII.A.3 of the Plan. Litigation Claims that have been liquidated by agreement of the parties prior to the Effective Date shall be paid in cash on the Effective Date as provided in the parties’ agreement.

Class 7 Asbestos Personal Injury Claims	On the Effective Date, all Asbestos Personal Injury Claims, including Asbestos Personal Injury Indirect Claims and any Asbestos Personal Injury Claim asserted against the Debtors on account of or relating to A.P. Green, shall be channeled to the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust, which shall be funded pursuant to Section IV.G of the Plan. All Asbestos Personal Injury Claims shall be determined and paid pursuant to the terms of the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust Agreement and the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust Distribution Procedures, subject to the right of any Asbestos Personal Injury Insurance Entity to assert any PI Insurer Coverage Defense in response to a demand that such insurer handle, defend or pay any such Claim. Pursuant to section 524(g) of the Bankruptcy Code, the Plan and the Confirmation Order shall permanently and forever stay, restrain and enjoin any Entity from taking any actions against any Protected Party for the purpose of, directly or indirectly, collecting, recovering or receiving payment of, on or with respect to any Asbestos Personal Injury Claim, all of which shall be channeled to the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust for resolution as set forth in the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust Agreement and the related Asbestos Personal Injury Trust Distribution Procedures.		N/A	As determined by the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust Distribution Procedures. See Exhibit I.A.19 to the Plan.

	Without limiting the foregoing, on the Effective Date, except as set forth above, all Entities shall be permanently and forever stayed, restrained and enjoined from taking any actions against the Protected Parties for the purpose of, directly or indirectly, collecting, recovering or receiving payment of, on, or with respect to any Asbestos Personal Injury Claim.

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		ESTIMATED
		AGGREGATE	ESTIMATED
		AMOUNT OF	PERCENTAGE
CLASS	TREATMENT	CLAIMS	RECOVERY
Class 8 Asbestos Property Damage Claims	On the Effective Date, any unliquidated or disputed Asbestos Property Damage Claims that are Timely Claims shall be Reinstated in accordance with Section VII.A.3 of the Plan. Asbestos Property Damage Claims that have been liquidated by agreement of the parties prior to the Effective Date shall be paid in cash on the Effective Date as provided in the parties’ agreement.	N/A		100	%

Class 9 Environmental Claims	On the Effective Date, Environmental Claims shall be Reinstated.	N/A		100	%

Class 10 Intercompany Claims	On the Effective Date, Intercompany Claims shall be Reinstated.	N/A		100	%

Class 11 Stock Interests of Subsidiary Debtors	On the Effective Date, Stock Interests of Subsidiary Debtors shall be Reinstated.	N/A		N/A

Class 12 Stock Interests of USG	On the Effective Date, Stock Interests of USG shall be Reinstated, and the holders of Stock Interests of USG shall retain such Interests.	N/A		N/A

Conditions Precedent to the Effectiveness of the First Amended Plan of USG Corporation and Its Subsidiary Debtors

The Effective Date shall not occur and the Plan shall not be consummated unless and until each of the following conditions have been satisfied or duly waived:

	•		The Bankruptcy Court or the District Court shall have entered an order in form and substance satisfactory to the Debtors and reasonably satisfactory to the Asbestos Personal Injury Committee and the Asbestos Personal Injury Futures Representative approving and authorizing the Debtors and the Reorganized Debtors to take all actions necessary or appropriate to implement the Plan, including completion of the Restructuring Transactions and other transactions contemplated by the Plan and the implementation and consummation of contracts, instruments, releases and other agreements or documents created in connection with the Plan.

	•		The Confirmation Order has been entered by the Bankruptcy Court and the District Court and shall have become a Final Order.

	•		The Confirmation Order and the Asbestos Permanent Channeling Injunction shall be in full force and effect.

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	•		The Asbestos Personal Injury Trustees shall have been selected and shall have executed and delivered the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust Agreement.

	•		Each of the Exhibits, the Rights Offering Documents and any debt documents, shall be fully executed and delivered to the Debtors, shall be in form and substance acceptable to the Debtors and reasonably satisfactory to the Asbestos Personal Injury Committee and the Asbestos Personal Injury Futures Representative and shall be fully enforceable in accordance with their terms.

	•		The Registration Statement shall have become effective and no stop order suspending the effectiveness thereof shall have been issued or proceedings therefor been initiated or threatened in writing by the SEC and shall be in full force and effect.

	•		The Effective Date shall have occurred on or before August 1, 2006.

Waiver of Conditions to Confirmation or the Effective Date

The conditions to Confirmation set forth in Section VIII.A of the Plan and the conditions to the Effective Date set forth in Section VIII.B of the Plan may be waived in whole or part in writing by the Debtors at any time without an order of the Bankruptcy Court or the District Court; provided, however, (a) the conditions contained in Sections VIII.A.1, VIII.A.3, VIII.A.5, VIII.B.1, VIII.B.5 and VIII.B.7 of the Plan may only be waived with the consent of the Asbestos Personal Injury Committee and Asbestos Personal Injury Futures Representative, which shall not be unreasonably withheld; and (b) the conditions contained in Section VIII.A.2 of the Plan may only be waived with the consent of the New Investor.

Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases To Be Assumed

Assumption Generally

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Contract or Unexpired Lease listed therein, thus providing for its assumption pursuant to Section V.A.1 of the Plan; or (b) add any Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease to Exhibit V.C to the Plan, thus providing for its rejection pursuant to Section V.A.1 of the Plan. The Debtors shall provide notice of any amendments to Exhibit V.C to the Plan to the parties to the Executory Contracts or Unexpired Leases affected thereby and to the parties on the then-applicable service list in the Reorganization Cases. Nothing in Section V.A.1 of the Plan shall constitute an admission by a Debtor or Reorganized Debtor that any contract or lease is an Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease or that a Debtor or Reorganized Debtor has any liability thereunder.

Assumptions of Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases

Each Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease assumed under Section V.A.1 of the Plan shall include any modifications, amendments, supplements or restatements to such contract or lease.

Assignments Related to the Restructuring Transactions

As of the effective time of an applicable Restructuring Transaction, any Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease to be held by any Debtor or another surviving, resulting or acquiring corporation in an applicable Restructuring Transaction, shall be deemed assigned to the applicable Entity, pursuant to section 365 of the Bankruptcy Code.

Approval of Assumptions and Assumption Procedures

The Confirmation Order shall constitute an order of the Bankruptcy Court or the District Court approving the assumptions described in Section V.A.1 of the Plan, pursuant to section 365 of the Bankruptcy Code, as of the Effective Date. Section V.A.4 of the Plan provides the appropriate procedures for assumption of an Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease.

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Payments Relating to the Assumption of Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases

To the extent that such Claims constitute monetary defaults, the Cure Amount Claims associated with each Executory Contract and Unexpired Lease to be assumed pursuant to the Plan shall be satisfied, pursuant to section 365(b)(1) of the Bankruptcy Code, at the option of the Debtor or Reorganized Debtor assuming such contract or lease or the assignee of such Debtor or Reorganized Debtor, if any: (i) by payment of the Cure Amount Claim in cash on the Effective Date; or (ii) on such other terms as are agreed to by the parties to such Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease. Pursuant to section 365(b)(2)(D) of the Bankruptcy Code, no Cure Amount Claim shall be allowed for a penalty rate or other form of default rate of interest. If there is a dispute regarding: (i) the amount of any Cure Amount Claim; (ii) the ability of the applicable Reorganized Debtor or any assignee to provide “adequate assurance of future performance” (within the meaning of section 365 of the Bankruptcy Code) under the contract or lease to be assumed; or (iii) any other matter pertaining to assumption of such contract or lease, the payment of any Cure Amount Claim required by section 365(b)(1) of the Bankruptcy Code shall be made following the entry of a Final Order resolving the dispute and approving the assumption. For assumptions of Executory Contracts or Unexpired Leases between Debtors, the Reorganized Debtor assuming such contract may cure any monetary default (i) by treating such amount as either a direct or indirect contribution to capital or Distribution (as appropriate) or (ii) through an intercompany account balance in lieu of payment in cash.

Comprehensive Settlement of Claims and Controversies

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to any Claim, Asbestos Personal Injury Claim or Interest or any Distribution to be made pursuant to the Plan on account of any Allowed Claim, Asbestos Personal Injury Claim or Interest. The entry of the Confirmation Order shall constitute the Bankruptcy Court’s or the District Court’s approval, as of the Effective Date, of the compromise or settlement of all such claims or controversies and the Bankruptcy Court’s or the District Court’s finding that such compromise or settlement is in the best interests of the Debtors, the Reorganized Debtors and their respective property and Claim and Interest holders and is fair, equitable and reasonable.

Releases

General Releases of Debtors and Reorganized Debtors

Except as otherwise expressly set forth in the Plan, on and after the Effective Date, the Debtors are released from all Liabilities from the beginning of time.

Release by the Debtors and Reorganized Debtors

Without limiting any applicable provisions of or releases contained in the Plan, as of the Effective Date, the Debtors and the Reorganized Debtors, on behalf of themselves and their affiliates, the Estates and their respective successors, assigns and any and all Entities who may purport to claim by, through, for or because of them, shall be deemed to forever release, waive and discharge all claims, obligations, suits, judgments, damages, demands, debts, rights, causes of action and liabilities, whether liquidated or unliquidated, fixed or contingent, matured or unmatured, known or unknown, foreseen or unforeseen, then existing or thereafter arising in law, equity or otherwise, that are based in whole or in part on any act, omission, transaction or other occurrence taking place on or prior to the Effective Date in any way relating to any Debtor, the Reorganization Cases or the Plan that such Entity has, had or may have against each of the present or, to the extent they served during the Reorganization Cases, former directors or officers of the Debtors acting in such capacity.

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Without limiting any applicable provisions of or releases contained in the Plan, as of the Effective Date, the Debtors and the Reorganized Debtors, on behalf of themselves and their affiliates, the Estates and their respective successors, assigns and any and all Entities who may purport to claim by, through, for or because of them, shall be deemed to forever release, waive and discharge the New Investor and its affiliates, and their respective officers, directors, employees, subsidiaries, members, managers, agents, attorneys, representatives and advisors from all claims, obligations, suits, judgments, damages, demands, debts, rights, causes of action and liabilities, whether liquidated or unliquidated, fixed or contingent, matured or unmatured, known or unknown, foreseen or unforeseen, then existing or thereafter arising in law, equity or otherwise, that are based in whole or in part on any act, omission, transaction or other occurrence taking place on or prior to the Effective Date, arising from, or related to such parties’ participation in the Equity Committee, the Reorganization Cases, the Plan, the Rights Offering or the New Investor Documents, other than such parties’ contractual liability to the Debtors pursuant to the New Investor Documents and any exhibit or attachment thereto.

General Releases by Holders of Claims or Interests

To the maximum extent permitted by law, without limiting any other applicable provisions of, or releases contained in, the Plan or the Bankruptcy Code, as of the Effective Date, in consideration for, among other things, the obligations of the Debtors and the Reorganized Debtors under the Plan, the Note, the Contingent Payment Note, the New Investor Documents, cash and other contracts, instruments, releases, agreements or documents to be entered into or delivered in connection with the Plan, each holder of a Claim or Interest that votes in favor of the Plan shall be deemed to forever release, waive and discharge all Liabilities in any way relating to any Debtor, the Reorganization Cases or the Plan that such Entity has, had or may have against any Debtor, any Reorganized Debtor, the New Investor and each of their respective present or

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former directors, officers, employees, subsidiaries, predecessors, successors, members, attorneys, accountants, underwriters, investment bankers, financial advisors, appraisers, representatives and agents, acting in such capacity (which release shall be in addition to the discharge of Claims provided in the Plan and under the Confirmation Order and the Bankruptcy Code).

Injunction Related to Releases

As further provided in Section IX.B of the Plan, the Confirmation Order shall permanently enjoin the commencement or prosecution by any Entity, whether directly, derivatively or otherwise, of any Liabilities released pursuant to the Plan.

Discharge of Claims

Except as provided in the Plan or in the Confirmation Order, the rights afforded under the Plan and the treatment of Claims and Interests under the Plan shall be in exchange for and in complete satisfaction, discharge and release of all Claims, including any Asbestos Personal Injury Claims (other than Demands) and including any interest accrued on Claims from the Petition Date. Except as provided in the Plan or in the Confirmation Order, Confirmation shall, as of the Effective Date discharge the Debtors from all Claims or other Liabilities that arose on or before the Effective Date and all debts of the kind specified in section 502(g), 502(h) or 502(i) of the Bankruptcy Code, whether or not (a) a proof of Claim based on such debt is Filed or deemed Filed pursuant to section 501 of the Bankruptcy Code, (b) a Claim based on such debt is allowed pursuant to section 502 of the Bankruptcy Code or (c) the holder of a Claim based on such debt has accepted the Plan.

In accordance with the foregoing, except as provided in the Plan or the Confirmation Order, the Confirmation Order shall be a judicial determination, as of the Effective Date, of a discharge of all Claims, including any Asbestos Personal Injury Claims (other than Demands) and other debts and Liabilities against the Debtors, pursuant to sections 524 and 1141 of the

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Bankruptcy Code, and such discharge shall void any judgment obtained against a Debtor at any time, to the extent that such judgment relates to a discharged Claim.

Injunctions

General Injunctions

Except as provided in the Plan or the Confirmation Order, as of the Effective Date, all Entities that have held, currently hold or may hold a Claim or other debt or liability that is discharged pursuant to the terms of the Plan shall be permanently enjoined from taking any of the following actions on account of any such discharged Claims, debts or liabilities: (i) commencing or continuing in any manner any action or other proceeding against the Debtors, the Reorganized Debtors or their respective property, other than to enforce any right pursuant to the Plan to a Distribution; (ii) enforcing, attaching, collecting or recovering in any manner any judgment, award, decree or order against the Debtors, the Reorganized Debtors or their respective property, other than as permitted pursuant to (i) above; (iii) creating, perfecting or enforcing any lien or encumbrance against the Debtors, the Reorganized Debtors or their respective property; (iv) asserting a setoff, right of subrogation or recoupment of any kind against any debt, liability or obligation due to the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors; and (v) commencing or continuing any action, in any manner, in any place that does not comply with or is inconsistent with the provisions of the Plan.

As of the Effective Date, all Entities that have held, currently hold or may hold any Claims, obligations, suits, judgments, damages, demands, debts, rights, causes of action or liabilities that are released pursuant to the Plan shall be permanently enjoined from taking any of the following actions against any released Entity or its property on account of such released claims, obligations, suits, judgments, damages, demands, debts, rights, causes of action or liabilities: (i) commencing or continuing in any manner any action or other proceeding;

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(ii) enforcing, attaching, collecting or recovering in any manner any judgment, award, decree or order; (iii) creating, perfecting or enforcing any lien or encumbrance; (iv) asserting a setoff, right of subrogation or recoupment of any kind against any debt, liability or obligation due to any released Entity; and (v) commencing or continuing any action, in any manner, in any place that does not comply with or is inconsistent with the provisions of the Plan.

By accepting Distributions pursuant to the Plan, each holder of an Allowed Claim receiving Distributions pursuant to the Plan shall be deemed to have specifically consented to the injunctions set forth in Section IX.B of the Plan.

Asbestos Permanent Channeling Injunction

Pursuant to section 524(g) of the Bankruptcy Code, the Plan and the Confirmation Order shall permanently and forever stay, restrain and enjoin any Entity from taking any actions against any Protected Party for the purpose of, directly or indirectly, collecting, recovering or receiving payment of, on or with respect to any Asbestos Personal Injury Claim, all of which shall be channeled to the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust for resolution as set forth in the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust Agreement and the related Asbestos Personal Injury Trust Distribution Procedures, including:

	•		commencing, conducting or continuing in any manner, directly or indirectly, any suit, action or other proceeding (including a judicial, arbitral, administrative or other proceeding) in any forum against any Protected Party or any property or interests in property of any Protected Party;

	•		enforcing, levying, attaching (including any prejudgment attachment), collecting or otherwise recovering by any means or in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, any judgment, award, decree or other order against any Protected Party or any property or interests in property of any Protected Party;

	•		creating, perfecting or otherwise enforcing in any manner, directly or indirectly, any Encumbrance against any Protected Party or any property or interests in property of any Protected Party;

	•		setting off, seeking reimbursement of, contribution from or subrogation against, or otherwise recouping in any manner, directly or indirectly, any amount against

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			any liability owed to any Protected Party or any property or interests in property of any Protected Party; and

	•		proceeding in any manner in any place with regard to any matter that is subject to resolution pursuant to the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust, except in conformity and compliance therewith.

The Asbestos Personal Injury Trust shall protect, defend, indemnify and hold harmless, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, each Protected Party from and against any Asbestos Personal Injury Claim and any related damages.

Asbestos Personal Injury Insurance Asset Entity Injunction

Purpose and Provisions

In order to protect the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust and to preserve its assets, pursuant to the equitable jurisdiction and power of the Bankruptcy Court under section 105(a) of the Bankruptcy Code, the Bankruptcy Court shall issue the Asbestos Personal Injury Insurance Entity Injunction as described in Section IX.B.3.b of the Plan; provided, however, that, except as otherwise provided in the Confirmation Order, (a) the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust shall have the sole and exclusive authority at any time to terminate, or reduce or limit the scope of, the Asbestos Personal Injury Insurance Entity Injunction with respect to any Asbestos Personal Injury Insurance Asset upon express written notice to such Asbestos Personal Injury Insurance Asset Entity; and (b) the Asbestos Personal Injury Insurance Asset Entity Injunction is not issued for the benefit of any Asbestos Personal Injury Insurance Asset Entity, and no Asbestos Personal Injury Insurance Asset Entity is a third-party beneficiary of the Asbestos Personal Injury Insurance Entity Injunction.

Terms

Subject to the provisions of Section IX.B.3.a of the Plan, all Entities (not including the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust or the Reorganized Debtors) that have held or asserted, that hold or assert or that may in the future hold or assert any Claim, Demand or cause of action (including

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any Asbestos Personal Injury Claim assumed by the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust) against any Asbestos Personal Injury Insurance Asset Entity based upon, relating to, arising out of or in any way connected with any Asbestos Personal Injury Claim or Asbestos Personal Injury Insurance Asset whenever and wherever arisen or asserted (including all Claims in the nature of or sounding in tort, or under contract, warranty or any other theory of law, equity or admiralty) shall be stayed, restrained and enjoined from taking any action for the purpose of directly or indirectly collecting, recovering or receiving payments, satisfaction or recovery with respect to any such Claim, Demand or cause of action, including:

	•		commencing, conducting or continuing, in any manner, directly or indirectly, any suit, action or other proceeding of any kind (including a judicial, arbitration, administrative or other proceeding) in any forum with respect to any such Claim, Demand, or cause of action against any Asbestos Personal Injury Insurance Asset Entity, or against the property of any Asbestos Personal Injury Insurance Asset Entity, with respect to any such Claim, Demand or cause of action;

	•		enforcing, levying, attaching (including any prejudgment attachment), collecting or otherwise recovering by any means or in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, any judgment, award, decree or other order against any Asbestos Personal Injury Insurance Asset Entity, or against the property of any Asbestos Personal Injury Insurance Asset Entity, with respect to any such Claim, Demand or cause of action;

	•		creating, perfecting or otherwise enforcing in any manner, directly or indirectly, any Encumbrance against any Asbestos Personal Injury Insurance Asset Entity, or the property of any Asbestos Personal Injury Insurance Asset Entity, with respect to any such Claim, Demand or cause of action; and

	•		setting off, seeking reimbursement of, contribution from or subrogation against, or otherwise recouping in any manner, directly or indirectly, any amount against any obligation of any Asbestos Personal Injury Insurance Asset Entity, or against the property of any Asbestos Personal Injury Insurance Asset Entity, with respect to any such Claim, Demand and or cause of action.

Reservations

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary above, the Asbestos Personal Injury Insurance Entity Injunction shall not enjoin:

•

the rights of Entities to the treatment accorded them under Articles II and III of the Plan, as applicable, including the rights of Entities with Asbestos Personal

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			Injury Claims to assert such Asbestos Personal Injury Claims against the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust, in accordance with the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust Distribution Procedures and the terms of the Plan;

	•		the rights of Entities to assert any Claim, debt, obligation or liability for payment of Asbestos Personal Injury Trust-related expenses against the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust;

	•		the rights of the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust and the Reorganized Debtors, as applicable, to prosecute any action based on or arising from Asbestos Personal Injury Insurance Asset;

	•		the rights of the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust to assert any claim, debt, obligation or liability for payment against an Asbestos Personal Injury Insurance Asset Entity based on or arising from the Asbestos Personal Injury Insurance Asset; and

	•		the rights of Entities to assert any claim, debt, right, obligation or liability that (a) arises or relates to any insurance policy or any portion of any insurance policy that is not an Asbestos Personal Injury Insurance Asset and (b) is not subject to the Asbestos Permanent Channeling Injunction.

Limitation of Liability

To the maximum extent permitted by law, the Debtors, the Reorganized Debtors, the Credit Facilities Agent, the Creditors’ Committee, the Asbestos Personal Injury Futures Representative, the Asbestos Personal Injury Committee, the Asbestos Property Damage Committee, the Equity Committee, the DIP Lender, the Indenture Trustees, the New Investor and their respective directors, officers, employees, affiliates, subsidiaries, predecessors, successors, members, attorneys, accountants, underwriters, investment bankers, financial advisors, appraisers, representatives and agents, acting in such capacity, shall neither have nor incur any liability to any Entity for any act taken or omitted to be taken in connection with, related to or arising out of the Reorganization Cases or the consideration, formulation, preparation, dissemination, implementation, Confirmation or consummation of the Plan, the Disclosure Statement or any transaction proposed in connection with the Reorganization Cases or any contract, instrument, release or other agreement or document created or entered into, or any other act taken or omitted to be taken, in connection therewith; provided, however, that the provisions

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of Section XI.B.1 of the Plan shall have no effect on: (a) the liability of any Entity that would otherwise result from the failure to perform or pay any obligation or liability under the Plan or any contract, instrument, release or other agreement or document to be entered into or delivered in connection with the Plan or (b) the liability of any Entity that would otherwise result from any such act or omission to the extent that such act or omission is determined in a Final Order to have constituted gross negligence or willful misconduct.

To the maximum extent permitted by law, notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan, no holder of a Claim or Interest, no other party in interest, none of their respective agents, employees, representatives, financial advisors, attorneys or affiliates, and no successors or assigns of the foregoing, shall have any right of action against the Debtors, the Reorganized Debtors, the Credit Facilities Agent, the Creditors’ Committee, the Asbestos Personal Injury Futures Representative, the Asbestos Personal Injury Committee, the Asbestos Property Damage Committee, the Equity Committee, the DIP Lender, the Indenture Trustees, the New Investor or their respective directors, officers, employees, affiliates, subsidiaries, predecessors, successors, members, attorneys, accountants, underwriters, investment bankers, financial advisors, appraisers, representatives and agents, acting in such capacity, for any act or omission in connection with, relating to or arising out of the Reorganization Cases or the consideration, formulation, preparation, dissemination, implementation, Confirmation or consummation of the Plan, the Disclosure Statement or any transaction or document created or entered into, or any other act taken or omitted to be taken, in connection therewith, except for: (a) the liability of any Entity that would otherwise result from the failure to perform or pay any obligation or liability under the Plan or any contract, instrument, release or other agreement or document to be entered into or delivered in connection with the Plan or (b) the liability of any Entity that would otherwise result from any such act or omission to the extent that such act or omission is determined in a Final Order to have constituted gross negligence or willful misconduct.

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ITEM 5.03 Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.

Pursuant to the Plan, on June 19, 2006, the Company filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware the Restated Certificate of Incorporation of USG Corporation (the “Restated Certificate of Incorporation”), which was amended to reference the filing of the Plan and the entry of the Confirmation Order. A copy of the Restated Certificate of Incorporation is attached hereto as Exhibit 3.01 and incorporated herein by reference.

ITEM 8.01 Other Events.

On June 20, 2006, the Company issued a press release announcing that it had set June 30, 2006 as the record date for its previously announced rights offering. Under the rights offering, each stockholder as of the record date of the rights offering will receive a right to purchase, for each share of USG common stock held on that date, one new share of USG common stock at a price of $40.00.

A copy of the press release announcing the record date for the rights offering is furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.02.

ITEM 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(c) Exhibits.


Number		Description
2.01		First Amended Joint Plan of Reorganization of USG Corporation and its Debtor Subsidiaries*

2.02		Order Confirming First Amended Joint Plan of Reorganization

3.01		Restated Certificate of Incorporation of USG Corporation

99.01		USG Corporation press release dated June 20, 2006 announcing the effectiveness of the Plan

99.02		USG Corporation press release dated June 20, 2006 announcing the record date for the rights offering


*		The USG Debtors filed with the Bankruptcy Court the following attachments to the Plan, which, as permitted by Item 601(b)(2) of Regulation S-K, have been omitted from this Current Report on Form 8-K:


		I.A.1		Schedule of A.P. Green Companies

		I.A.5		Nonexclusive Schedule of Present Affiliates

		I.A.14		Schedule of Certain Insurance Policies Included in Asbestos Personal Injury Insurance Asset

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Exhibit 2.01

UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT
DISTRICT OF DELAWARE


IN RE:	:	Jointly Administered
	:	Case No. 01-2094 (JKF)
USG Corporation,	:
a Delaware corporation, *et al*.,	:	Chapter 11
	:
Debtors.	:
	:
	:
USG Corporation	:	Case No. 01-2094 (JKF)
United States Gypsum Company	:	Case No. 01-2095 (JKF)
USG Interiors, Inc.	:	Case No. 01-2096 (JKF)
USG Interiors International, Inc.	:	Case No. 01-2097 (JKF)
L&W Supply Corporation	:	Case No. 01-2098 (JKF)
Beadex Manufacturing, LLC	:	Case No. 01-2099 (JKF)
B-R Pipeline Company	:	Case No. 01-2100 (JKF)
La Mirada Products Co., Inc.	:	Case No. 01-2101 (JKF)
USG Industries, Inc.	:	Case No. 01-2102 (JKF)
USG Pipeline Company	:	Case No. 01-2103 (JKF)
Stocking Specialists, Inc.	:	Case No. 01-2104 (JKF)
	:
	:	FIRST AMENDED JOINT PLAN
	:	OF REORGANIZATION OF
	:	USG CORPORATION AND
	:	ITS DEBTOR SUBSIDIARIES


		Daniel J. DeFranceschi (DE 2732)
		Paul N. Heath (DE 3704)
		RICHARDS, LAYTON & FINGER
		One Rodney Square
		P.O. Box 551
		Wilmington, Delaware 19899
		Telephone: (302) 651-7700

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		David G. Heiman (OH 0038271)
		Gus Kallergis (OH 0071557)
		JONES DAY
		North Point
		901 Lakeside Avenue
		Cleveland, Ohio 44114
		Telephone: (216) 586-3939

		Brad B. Erens (IL 6206864)
		Michelle M. Harner (IL 6276282)
		Mark A. Cody (IL 6236871)
		Daniel B. Prieto (IL 6272888)
		JONES DAY
		77 West Wacker
		Chicago, Illinois 60601
		Telephone: (312) 782-3939

March 27, 2006		ATTORNEYS FOR DEBTORS

TABLE OF CONTENTS
(Continued)


					Page
		4.		Class 4 Claims (Senior Note Claims)		19
		5.		Class 5 Claims (Industrial Revenue Bond Claims)		19
		6.		Class 6 Claims (General Unsecured Claims)		19
		7.		Class 7 Claims (Asbestos Personal Injury Claims)		20
		8.		Class 8 Claims (Asbestos Property Damage Claims)		20
		9.		Class 9 Claims (Environmental Claims)		20
		10.		Class 10 Claims (Intercompany Claims)		20
		11.		Class 11 Interests (Stock Interests of Subsidiary Debtors)		20
		12.		Class 12 Interests (Stock Interests of USG)		20
ARTICLE IV.			MEANS FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PLAN			21
	A.	Continued Corporate Existence and Vesting of Assets in the Reorganized Debtors				21
	B.	Restructuring Transactions				21
		1.		Restructuring Transactions Generally		21
		2.		Obligations of Any Successor Corporation in a Restructuring Transaction		21
	C.	Corporate Governance, Directors and Officers, Employment-Related Agreements and Compensation Programs and Corporate Action				22
		1.		Certificates of Incorporation and By-Laws of the Reorganized Debtors		22
		2.		Directors and Officers of the Reorganized Debtors		22
		3.		New Employment, Retirement, Indemnification and Other Related Agreements and Incentive Compensation Programs		22
		4.		Corporate Action		22
	D.	Obtaining Cash for Plan Distributions and Transfers of Funds Among the Debtors and the Reorganized Debtors				23
	E.	Creation of Asbestos Personal Injury Trust				23
	F.	Appointment of Asbestos Personal Injury Trustees				23
	G.	Transfers of Property to and Assumption of Certain Liabilities by the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust				23
		1.		Transfer of Books and Records to the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust		23
		2.		Funding the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust		24
		3.		Transfer of the Asbestos Personal Injury Insurance Asset		25
		4.		Assumption of Certain Liabilities by the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust		25
		5.		Indemnification by the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust		25
		6.		Cooperation with Respect to Insurance Matters		26
		7.		Authority of the Reorganized Debtors		26
	H.	Preservation of Rights of Action; Settlement of Claims and Releases				26
		1.		Preservation of Rights of Action by the Debtors and the Reorganized Debtors		26

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
(Continued)


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		2.		Comprehensive Settlement of Claims and Controversies			27
		3.		Releases			27
				a.	General Releases of Debtors and Reorganized Debtors		27
				b.	Release by the Debtors and Reorganized Debtors		27
				c.	General Releases by Holders of Claims or Interests		27
				d.	Injunction Related to Releases		28
	I.	Continuation of Certain Employee, Retiree and Workers’ Compensation Benefits					28
		1.		Employee Benefits			28
		2.		Retiree Benefits			28
		3.		Workers’ Compensation Benefits			28
	J.	Special Provisions Regarding Insured Claims and Insurance Policies					28
		1.		Limitations on Amounts to Be Distributed to Holders of Allowed Insured Claims			28
		2.		Reinstatement and Continuation of Insurance Policies			29
		3.		Insurance Neutrality			29
	K.	Cancellation and Surrender of Instruments, Securities and Other Documentation					29
	L.	Release of Liens					29
	M.	Effectuating the Rights Offering					30
	N.	Effectuating Documents; Further Transactions; Exemption from Certain Transfer Taxes					30
	O.	Compliance with QSF Regulations					30
	P.	Procedure for Resolution of Postpetition Interest Disputes					30
ARTICLE V.			TREATMENT OF EXECUTORY CONTRACTS AND UNEXPIRED LEASES				31
	A.	Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases to Be Assumed					31
		1.		Assumption Generally			31
		2.		Assumptions of Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases			31
		3.		Assignments Related to the Restructuring Transactions			31
		4.		Approval of Assumptions and Assumption Procedures			31
	B.	Payments Related to the Assumption of Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases					32
	C.	Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases to Be Rejected and Rejection Procedures					32
	D.	Bar Date for Rejection Damages					33
	E.	Obligations to Indemnify Directors, Officers and Employees					33
	F.	Contracts and Leases Entered Into After the Petition Date					33
ARTICLE VI.			PROVISIONS GOVERNING DISTRIBUTIONS				34
	A.	Distributions for Claims Allowed as of the Effective Date					34
	B.	Method of Distributions to Holders of Claims					34

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(Continued)


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	C.	Compensation and Reimbursement for Services Related to Distributions					34
	D.	Delivery of Distributions and Undeliverable or Unclaimed Distributions					34
		1.		Delivery of Distributions			34
		2.		Undeliverable Distributions Held by Disbursing Agents			35
				a.	Holding and Investment of Undeliverable Distributions		35
				b.	After Distributions Become Deliverable		35
				c.	Failure to Claim Undeliverable Distributions		35
	E.	Distribution Record Date					35
	F.	Means of Cash Payments					36
	G.	Timing and Calculation of Amounts to Be Distributed					36
		1.		Timing of Distributions Under the Plan			36
		2.		Distribution to the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust			36
		3.		Allowed Claims			36
		4.		Compliance with Tax Requirements			36
	H.	Surrender of Canceled Instruments or Securities					37
	I.	Setoffs					37
	J.	Allocation of Payments					37
ARTICLE VII.			PROCEDURES FOR RESOLVING DISPUTED CLAIMS				37
	A.	Prosecution of Objections to Claims					37
		1.		Objections to Claims			37
		2.		Authority to Prosecute Objections			37
		3.		Liquidation and Resolution of Litigation Claims and Asbestos Property Damage Claims			38
		4.		Authority to Amend Schedules			38
	B.	Treatment of Disputed Claims					38
	C.	Enforcement of Bar Date Order					38
	D.	Distributions on Account of Disputed Claims Once Allowed					39
	E.	Indenture Trustees as Relevant Claim Holders					39
ARTICLE VIII.			CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO CONFIRMATION AND CONSUMMATION OF THE PLAN				39
	A.	Conditions to Confirmation					39
	B.	Conditions to the Effective Date					42
	C.	Waiver of Conditions to Confirmation or the Effective Date					42
	D.	Effect of Nonoccurrence of Conditions to the Effective Date					42
ARTICLE IX.			DISCHARGE, INJUNCTION AND SUBORDINATION RIGHTS				43

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TABLE OF EXHIBITS¹


I.A.1.		Schedule of A.P. Green Companies

I.A.5.		Nonexclusive Schedule of Present Affiliates

I.A.14.		Schedule of Certain Insurance Policies Included in Asbestos Personal Injury Insurance Asset

I.A.18.		Asbestos Personal Injury Trust Agreement

I.A.19.		Asbestos Personal Injury Trust Distribution Procedures

I.A.43.		Form of the Contingent Payment Note and Related Pledge Agreement

I.A.80.		Schedule of Industrial Revenue Bonds and Allowed Amounts, Industrial Revenue Bond Indentures and Industrial Revenue Bond Indenture Trustees

I.A.90.		Form of the Long Term Incentive Plan

I.A.91.		Form of the Management Incentive Plan

I.A.94.		Form of the Note and Related Pledge Agreement

I.A.96.		Schedule of Past Affiliates and/or Predecessors in Interest

III.B.		Schedule of Certain Credit Facilities, Senior Notes and Industrial Revenue Bonds Claim Amounts

IV.C.1.a.		Forms of Certificates of Incorporation of Reorganized USG and the Reorganized Subsidiary Debtors

IV.C.1.b.		Forms of By-Laws of Reorganized USG and the Reorganized Subsidiary Debtors

IV.C.2.		Schedule of Compensation of Executives, Officers and Directors as of the Effective Date

IV.F.		Schedule of Initial Trustees of Asbestos Personal Injury Trust

IV.G.1		Form of Cooperation Agreement Between the Reorganized Debtors and the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust

IV.H.1		Nonexclusive Schedule of Preserved Rights of Action

V.C.		Schedule of Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases to Be Rejected


¹		To the extent not attached to and Filed with the Plan, Plan Exhibits shall be Filed and made available for review on the Debtors’ web site at www.usg.com no later than 10 days before the deadline to vote to accept or reject the Plan. The Debtors also will serve such Exhibits on their then current Bankruptcy Rule 2002 service list no later than 10 days before the deadline to vote to accept or reject the Plan. The Debtors reserve the right to modify, amend, supplement, restate or withdraw any of the Exhibits after they are Filed. The Debtors shall File and shall make available on their web site all modified, amended, supplemented or restated Exhibits as promptly as possible.

INTRODUCTION

USG Corporation and the other above-captioned debtors and debtors in possession (collectively, the “Debtors”) propose the following joint plan of reorganization (the “Plan”) for the resolution of the outstanding claims and demands against and equity interests in the Debtors. The Debtors are proponents of the Plan within the meaning of section 1129 of the Bankruptcy Code. The Debtors are intending to treat the Plan as a separate Plan for each of the Debtors. Reference is made to the Debtors’ disclosure statement, Filed contemporaneously with the Plan (the “Disclosure Statement”), for a discussion of the Debtors’ history, businesses, results of operations, historical financial information, projections and properties and for a summary and analysis of the Plan. Other agreements and documents supplement the Plan and have been or will be Filed with the Bankruptcy Court. These supplemental agreements and documents are referenced in the Plan or the Disclosure Statement and will be available for review.

ARTICLE I.

DEFINED TERMS, RULES OF INTERPRETATION
AND COMPUTATION OF TIME

Defined Terms

As used in the Plan, capitalized terms have the meanings set forth below. Any term that is not otherwise defined herein, but that is used in the Bankruptcy Code or the Bankruptcy Rules, shall have the meaning given to that term in the Bankruptcy Code or the Bankruptcy Rules, as applicable.

1. “A.P. Green” means, collectively, A.P. Green Industries, Inc., A.P. Green Refractories Co. or any of their affiliates or predecessors, to the extent such predecessors are listed in Exhibit I.A.1.

2. “Additional Common Stock” means the additional Common Stock to be issued and sold pursuant to the Rights Offering.

3. “Administrative Claim” means a Claim for costs and expenses of administration allowed under sections 503(b), 507(b) or 1114(e)(2) of the Bankruptcy Code, including: (a) the actual and necessary costs and expenses incurred after the Petition Date of preserving the respective Estates and operating the businesses of the Debtors (such as wages, salaries, commissions for services and payments for inventories, leased equipment and premises), including Claims under the DIP Letter of Credit Facility; (b) compensation for legal, financial advisory, accounting and other services and reimbursement of expenses awarded or allowed under sections 330(a), 331 or 503 of the Bankruptcy Code, including Fee Claims; (c) all fees and charges assessed against the Estates under chapter 123 of title 28, United States Code, 28 U.S.C. §§ 1911-1930; and (d) all Intercompany Claims accorded priority pursuant to section 364(c)(1) of the Bankruptcy Code.

4. “Administrative Trade Claim” means an Administrative Claim arising from or with respect to the sale of goods or rendition of services on or after the Petition Date in the ordinary course of the applicable Debtor’s business, including Administrative Claims of employees for ordinary course wages, expense reimbursement and health and welfare benefits.

5. “Affiliate” means an “affiliate,” as defined in section 101(2) of the Bankruptcy Code. A nonexclusive schedule of Affiliates is included in Exhibit I.A.5.

6. “Allowed Claim” means:

a. a Claim (other than an Asbestos Personal Injury Claim) that (i) has been listed by a particular Debtor on its Schedules as other than disputed, contingent or unliquidated and (ii) is not a Disputed Claim;

b. a Timely Claim (other than an Asbestos Personal Injury Claim) that is not a Disputed Claim;

c. a Timely Claim (other than an Asbestos Personal Injury Claim) that is liquidated and allowed: (i) in any Stipulation of Amount and Nature of Claim executed by the Debtors or Reorganized Debtors and Claim holder; (ii) in any contract, instrument or other agreement entered into in connection with the Plan and, if prior to the Effective Date, approved by the Bankruptcy Court; (iii) in a Final Order; or (iv) pursuant to the terms of the Plan; or

d. a Claim (other than an Asbestos Personal Injury Claim) listed by a particular Debtor on its Schedules as other than disputed, contingent or unliquidated or a Timely Claim that the Debtors or Reorganized Debtors determine prior to the Claims Objection Bar Date (i) will not be subject to an objection or to an amendment to the Schedules and (ii) will be satisfied in accordance with the terms of the Plan on or after the Effective Date.

7. “Allowed . . . Claim” means an Allowed Claim in the particular Class or category specified.

8. “Asbestos Permanent Channeling Injunction” means an order or orders of the Bankruptcy Court or the District Court and, if the Confirmation Order is entered by the Bankruptcy Court, affirmed by the District Court, in accordance with, and pursuant to, section 524(g) of the Bankruptcy Code permanently and forever staying, restraining and enjoining any Entity from taking any actions against any Protected Party for the purpose of, directly or indirectly, collecting, recovering or receiving payment of, on or with respect to any Asbestos Personal Injury Claim, all of which shall be channeled to the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust for resolution as set forth in the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust Agreement and the related Asbestos Personal Injury Trust Distribution Procedures, including:

a. commencing, conducting or continuing in any manner, directly or indirectly, any suit, action or other proceeding (including a judicial, arbitral, administrative or other proceeding) in any forum against any Protected Party or any property or interests in property of any Protected Party;

b. enforcing, levying, attaching (including any prejudgment attachment), collecting or otherwise recovering by any means or in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, any judgment, award, decree or other order against any Protected Party or any property or interests in property of any Protected Party;

c. creating, perfecting or otherwise enforcing in any manner, directly or indirectly, any Encumbrance against any Protected Party or any property or interests in property of any Protected Party;

d. setting off, seeking reimbursement of, contribution from or subrogation against, or otherwise recouping in any manner, directly or indirectly, any amount against any liability owed to any Protected Party or any property or interests in property of any Protected Party; and

e. proceeding in any manner in any place with regard to any matter that is subject to resolution pursuant to the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust, except in conformity and compliance therewith.

9. “Asbestos Personal Injury Claim” means any Claim, remedy, liability or Demand now existing or hereafter arising against any Debtor, whether or not such Claim, remedy, liability or Demand is reduced to judgment, liquidated, unliquidated, fixed, contingent, matured, unmatured, disputed, undisputed, legal, equitable, secured or unsecured, whether or not the facts of or legal bases therefor are known or unknown, under any theory of law, equity, admiralty or otherwise (including piercing the corporate veil, alter ego and similar theories), for death, bodily injury, sickness, disease, medical monitoring or other personal injuries (whether physical, emotional or otherwise) to the extent allegedly arising out of or based on, directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, the presence of or exposure to asbestos or asbestos-containing products or things that were installed, engineered, designed, manufactured, fabricated, constructed, sold, supplied, produced, specified, selected, distributed, released, marketed, serviced, maintained, repaired, purchased, owned, occupied, used, removed, replaced or disposed of by any Debtor or an Entity for whose products or operations any Debtor allegedly has liability or for which any Debtor is otherwise allegedly liable, including any Claim, remedy, liability or Demand for compensatory damages (such as loss of consortium, lost wages or other opportunities, wrongful death, medical monitoring, survivorship, proximate, consequential, general and special damages) or punitive damages related thereto, and any Asbestos Personal Injury Indirect Claim, and any Claim under any settlement entered into by or on behalf of any Debtor prior to the Petition Date of an Asbestos Personal Injury Claim. Neither an Asbestos Property Damage Claim, nor a workers’ compensation claim brought directly by a past or present employee of any Debtor under an applicable workers’ compensation statute, shall constitute an Asbestos Personal Injury Claim. Asbestos Personal Injury Claim shall include all Asbestos Personal Injury Claims asserted against the Debtors on account of or relating to (a) A.P. Green or (b) any DAP Liability.

10. “Asbestos Personal Injury Committee” means the Official Committee of Asbestos Personal Injury Claimants appointed by the U.S. Trustee in the Reorganization Cases pursuant to section 1102 of the Bankruptcy Code and any duly appointed successors, as the same may be reconstituted from time to time.

11. “Asbestos Personal Injury Committee Members’ Counsel” means, collectively, counsel for each member of the Asbestos Personal Injury Committee in its individual capacity and on behalf of such member.

12. “Asbestos Personal Injury Futures Representative” means Dean M. Trafelet, the Legal Representative for Future Claimants with respect to Asbestos Personal Injury Claims relating to Demands appointed pursuant to an order of the Bankruptcy Court dated July 14, 2002.

13. “Asbestos Personal Injury Indirect Claim” means any Claim, remedy, liability or Demand now existing or hereafter arising, for contribution, reimbursement, damages, subrogation or indemnification or any other indirect or derivative Claim, against any Debtor, whether reduced to judgment, liquidated, unliquidated, fixed, contingent, matured, unmatured, disputed, undisputed, legal, equitable, secured or unsecured, that relates, directly or indirectly, to any Asbestos Personal Injury Claim. Asbestos Personal Injury Indirect Claim includes Claims or Demands against any Debtor by the CCR or its current or former members relating, directly or indirectly, to Asbestos Personal Injury Claims and Claims by any Entity, including the CCR or its current or former members, with respect to any surety bond, letter of credit or other financial assurance issued by any Entity on account of, or with respect to, Asbestos Personal Injury Claims. An Asbestos Property Damage Indirect Claim shall not constitute an Asbestos Personal Injury Indirect Claim.

14. “Asbestos Personal Injury Insurance Asset” means all of the Debtors’ or their respective predecessors in interest’s rights arising under the DAP Asset and the insurance policies identified on Exhibit I.A.14, in each case to the extent related to Asbestos Personal Injury Claims. The foregoing includes rights under insurance policies, rights under settlement agreements made with respect to such insurance policies, rights against the estates of insolvent insurers that issued such policies or entered into such settlements and rights against state insurance guaranty associations arising out of any such insurance policies issued by insolvent insurers. The foregoing also includes the right, on behalf of the Debtors as of the Effective Date, to give a full release of the insurance rights of the Debtors as of the Effective Date under any such policy or settlement agreement.

15. “Asbestos Personal Injury Insurance Asset Entity” means any Entity, including any insurance company, insurance broker or guaranty association, that has issued insurance or that has actual or potential liability, duties or obligations relating to Asbestos Personal Injury Claims that are being affected by the transfer of the Asbestos Personal Injury Insurance Asset.

16. “Asbestos Personal Injury Insurance Asset Entity Injunction” means the injunction described in Section IX.B.3.

17. “Asbestos Personal Injury Trust” means the trust established by the Debtors in accordance with the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust Agreement to satisfy Asbestos Personal Injury Claims pursuant to the Plan, which trust shall satisfy the requirements of section 524(g) of the Bankruptcy Code and section 468B of the Internal Revenue Code and the Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder.

18. “Asbestos Personal Injury Trust Agreement” means that certain Asbestos Personal Injury Trust Agreement, executed by the Debtors and the Asbestos Personal Injury Trustees, substantially in the form of Exhibit I.A.18.

19. “Asbestos Personal Injury Trust Distribution Procedures” means the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust Distribution Procedures, to be implemented by the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Plan and the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust Agreement governing the liquidation, processing and payment of Asbestos Personal Injury Claims, substantially in the form of Exhibit I.A.19.

20. “Asbestos Personal Injury Trustees” means, collectively, the persons appointed to serve as trustees of the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust to administer Asbestos Personal Injury Claims pursuant to the terms of the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust Agreement, or as subsequently may be appointed pursuant to the terms of the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust Agreement.

21. “Asbestos Property Damage Claim” means any Claim, remedy or liability against any Debtor, whether or not such Claim, remedy or liability is reduced to judgment, liquidated, unliquidated, fixed, contingent, matured, unmatured, disputed, undisputed, legal, equitable, secured or unsecured, whether or not the facts of or legal bases therefor are known or unknown, under any theory of law, equity, admiralty or otherwise (including any theory of conspiracy or piercing the corporate veil, alter ego and similar theories), for asbestos property damage, including the cost of inspecting, maintaining, encapsulating, repairing, decontaminating, removing, replacing or disposing of asbestos or asbestos-containing products in buildings, other structures or other property arising from the installation in, presence in or removal from buildings or other structures of asbestos or asbestos-containing products that was or were installed, manufactured, sold, supplied, produced, distributed, released or marketed by any Debtor prior to the Petition Date, or for which any Debtor is allegedly liable, including any such Claims, remedies and liabilities for compensatory damages (such as proximate, consequential, general and special damages) and punitive damages, and any Asbestos Property Damage Indirect Claim. Asbestos Property Damage Claim shall include all Asbestos Property Damage Claims asserted against the Debtors on account of or relating to (a) A.P. Green or (b) any DAP Liability. Asbestos Property Damage Claims shall not include Asbestos Personal Injury Claims.

22. “Asbestos Property Damage Committee” means the Official Committee of Asbestos Property Damage Claimants of the Debtors appointed by the U.S. Trustee in the Reorganization Cases pursuant to section 1102 of the Bankruptcy Code and any duly appointed successors, as the same may be reconstituted from time to time.

23. “Asbestos Property Damage Indirect Claim” means any Claim, remedy or liability against any Debtor, whether or not such Claim, remedy or liability is reduced to judgment, liquidated, unliquidated, fixed, contingent, matured, unmatured, disputed, undisputed, legal, equitable, secured or unsecured, whether or not the facts of or legal bases therefor are known or unknown, under any theory of law, equity, admiralty or otherwise

(including any theory of conspiracy), that is (a) held by (i) any Entity (other than a director or officer entitled to indemnification pursuant to Sections IV.C.3. and V.E.) who has been, is, or may be a defendant in an action seeking damages for asbestos property damage, including the cost of inspecting, maintaining, encapsulating, repairing, decontaminating, removing, replacing or disposing of asbestos or asbestos-containing products in buildings, other structures, or other property, or (ii) any assignee or transferee of such Entity and (b) on account of alleged liability by any Debtor for reimbursement, indemnification, subrogation or contribution of any portion of any damages such Entity has paid or may pay to the plaintiff or any assignee in such action. An Asbestos Personal Injury Indirect Claim shall not constitute an Asbestos Property Damage Indirect Claim.

24. “Bankruptcy Code” means title 11 of the United States Code, as in effect on the Petition Date or thereafter amended with retroactive applicability to the Reorganization Cases.

25. “Bankruptcy Court” means the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware having jurisdiction over the Reorganization Cases.

26. “Bankruptcy Rules” means, collectively, the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure and the local rules of the Bankruptcy Court, as now in effect or hereafter amended with retroactive applicability to the Reorganization Cases.

27. “Bar Date” means the applicable bar date by which a proof of Claim or a request for payment of Administrative Claim must be or must have been Filed, as established by an order of the Bankruptcy Court, including the Bar Date Order and the Confirmation Order.

28. “Bar Date Order” means the order of the Bankruptcy Court entered on May 3, 2002, establishing certain Bar Dates for Filing proofs of Claims in the Reorganization Cases, as the same may be amended, modified or supplemented.

29. “Business Day” means any day, other than a Saturday, Sunday or “legal holiday” (as defined in Bankruptcy Rule 9006(a)).

30. “By-Laws” means the By-Laws of any Reorganized Debtor, to be amended and restated in accordance with Section IV.C.1 hereof, in substantially the form of Exhibit IV.C.1.b with such changes as may be necessary to conform to the applicable law of the state of incorporation.

31. “CCR” means The Center for Claims Resolution.

32. “Certificate of Incorporation” means the Certificate of Incorporation of any Reorganized Debtor, to be amended and restated in accordance with Section IV.C.1 hereof, in substantially the form of Exhibit IV.C.1.a with such changes as may be necessary to conform to the applicable law of the state of incorporation.

33. “Challenge Proceeding” means an action, cause of action, suit or other proceeding challenging the constitutionality and validity of the FAIR Act.

34. “Claim” means a “claim,” as defined in section 101(5) of the Bankruptcy Code, against any Debtor, including any Claim asserted against the Debtors on account of or relating to A.P. Green or any DAP Liability.

35. “Claims Objection Bar Date” means, for all Claims (other than Asbestos Personal Injury Claims) the later of (a) 120 days after the Effective Date and (b) such other period of limitation as may be

specifically fixed by the Plan, the Confirmation Order, the Bankruptcy Rules or a Final Order for objecting to such Claim.

36. “Class” means a class of Claims or Interests, as described in Article II.

37. “Common Stock” means the common stock of Reorganized USG, authorized pursuant to the certificate of incorporation of Reorganized USG.

38. “Condition Precedent” means the condition precedent that the FAIR Act has not been enacted and made law on or before the Trigger Date.

39. “Confirmation” means the entry of the Confirmation Order on the docket of the District Court.

40. “Confirmation Date” means the first date as of which the Confirmation Order is signed by the District Court and entered on its docket.

41. “Confirmation Hearing” means, collectively, the hearing or hearings held by the Bankruptcy Court or the District Court on Confirmation of the Plan, as such hearing or hearings may be continued from time to time.

42. “Confirmation Order” means the order of the Bankruptcy Court or the District Court, which, if entered by the Bankruptcy Court, is affirmed by the District Court, that confirms the Plan pursuant to section 1129 of the Bankruptcy Code.

43. “Contingent Payment Note” means the contingent payment note in the amount of $3.05 billion to be issued by the Reorganized Debtors to the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust on the Effective Date, as more fully described in Section IV.G.2 and substantially in the form of Exhibit I.A.43. The Contingent Payment Note shall bear annual interest at a fixed rate equivalent to the rate of the 90-day LIBOR in effect as of the Trigger Date plus 40 basis points, which interest shall accrue from 30 days after the Trigger Date until the Contingent Payment Note is paid in full. In addition, the Reorganized Debtors shall grant to the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust a right to obtain at least 51 percent of the voting stock of Reorganized USG, exercisable upon the occurrence of a payment default and certain specified contingencies, to secure the payment of the Contingent Payment Note, as set forth therein. Each of the Reorganized Debtors shall be a co-obligor under the Contingent Payment Note and each Reorganized Debtor shall be jointly and severally liable for the obligations thereunder.

44. “Credit Facilities” means, collectively, (a) the Five Year Credit Agreement, dated as of June 30, 2000, and (b) the 364-Day Credit Agreement, dated as of June 30, 2000, each with a syndicate of financial institutions agented by the Credit Facilities Agent, as the same may have been subsequently modified, amended or supplemented, together with all instruments and agreements related thereto.

45. “Credit Facilities Agent” means JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (formerly The Chase Manhattan Bank).

46. “Credit Facilities Claim” means a Claim arising under either of the Credit Facilities.

47. “Creditors’ Committee” means the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors of the Debtors appointed by the U.S. Trustee in the Reorganization Cases pursuant to section 1102 of the Bankruptcy Code and any duly appointed successors, as the same may be reconstituted from time to time.

48. “Cure Amount Claim” means a Claim based upon a Debtor’s defaults pursuant to an Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease at the time such contract or lease is assumed by that Debtor under section 365 of the Bankruptcy Code.

49. “DAP Asset” means any rights whatsoever, whether now existing or hereafter arising, whether known or unknown, whether contingent, fixed, liquidated, unliquidated, matured or unmatured or otherwise, of any Debtor or any predecessor in interest of any Debtor for indemnification or similar rights arising under or related to that certain purchase agreement, dated as of August 17, 1987, among USG Industries, Inc., Beecham Holdings Inc. and Beecham Home Improvement Products Inc.

50. “DAP Liability” means any liabilities whatsoever (including any indemnification liabilities), whether now existing or hereafter arising, whether known or unknown, whether contingent, fixed, liquidated, unliquidated, matured or unmatured or otherwise, of any Debtor or any predecessor in interest of any Debtor arising under or related to that certain asset purchase agreement, dated as of August 23, 1991, among USG, DAP Inc., BHI International Inc., DAP Canada Inc., Wassall PLC and Wassall USA Acquisition, Inc.

51. “Debtors” means, collectively, the above-captioned debtors and debtors in possession identified on the cover page to this Plan.

52. “Deficiency Claim” means a General Unsecured Claim for the difference between (a) the aggregate amount of an Allowed Claim and (b) the value received on account of the portion of such Allowed Claim that is a Secured Claim.

53. “Demand” means a demand for payment, present or future, including any such demand asserted against the Debtors on account of or relating to A.P. Green or any DAP Liability, that (a) was not a Claim prior to the Effective Date, (b) arises out of the same or similar conduct or events that gave rise to the Claims addressed by the Asbestos Permanent Channeling Injunction and (c) pursuant to the Plan, is to be paid by the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust.

54. “DIP Lender” means LaSalle Bank National Association.

55. “DIP Letter of Credit Facility” means, collectively: (a) that Letter of Credit Facility between USG and the DIP Lender, dated as of June 13, 2003; (b) all amendments thereto and extensions thereof; and (c) all security agreements and instruments related to the documents identified in (a) and (b).

56. “Disbursing Agent” means Reorganized USG, in its capacity as a disbursing agent pursuant to Section VI.B, or any Third Party Disbursing Agent, including any Indenture Trustee or Credit Facilities Agent acting as a disbursing agent, but shall not include any disbursing agent for or with respect to the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust.

57. “Disclosure Statement” means the disclosure statement (including all exhibits and schedules thereto or referenced therein) that relates to the Plan, as approved by the Bankruptcy Court pursuant to section 1125 of the Bankruptcy Code, as the same may be amended, modified or supplemented.

58. “Disputed Claim” means (other than with respect to an Asbestos Personal Injury Claim):

a. if no proof of Claim has been Filed by the applicable Bar Date or has otherwise been deemed timely Filed under applicable law, (i) a Claim that is listed on a Debtor’s Schedules as disputed, contingent or unliquidated or (ii) a Claim that is not listed on a Debtor’s Schedules; or

b. if a Timely Claim, a Claim for which an objection, complaint or request for estimation has been Filed by the applicable Debtor, Reorganized Debtor or, prior to the Confirmation Date, any other party in interest, by the Claims Objection Bar Date, and such objection has not been withdrawn or denied by a Final Order.

59. “Distribution” means the payment or distribution under the Plan of cash, notes, interests or other property, as applicable, to the holders of Allowed Claims (other than Asbestos Personal Injury Claims) or the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust.

60. “Distribution Record Date” means the Confirmation Date.

61. “District Court” means the United States District Court for the District of Delaware having jurisdiction over these Reorganization Cases.

62. “Effective Date” means a day, as determined by the Debtors, that is a Business Day no earlier than the date on which all conditions to the effective date in Section VIII.B (other than the condition in Section VIII.B.7) have been met or waived pursuant to Section VIII.C.

63. “Encumbrance” means, with respect to any asset, any mortgage, lien, pledge, charge, security interest, assignment or encumbrance of any kind or nature in respect of such asset (including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, any security agreement, and the filing of, or agreement to give, any financing statement under the Uniform Commercial Code or comparable law of any jurisdiction).

64. “Entity” means an individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, association, joint stock company, joint venture, estate, trust, unincorporated organization or government or any political subdivision thereof, or other person or entity.

65. “Environmental Claim” means a Claim of a governmental unit against any Debtor relating to alleged violations of, or noncompliance with, any federal or state environmental laws or regulations, but shall not include any Asbestos Personal Injury Claim or Asbestos Property Damage Claim.

66. “Equity Commitment Agreement” means that certain Equity Commitment Agreement between USG and the New Investor, dated January 30, 2006, as amended by Amendment No. 1 dated February 23, 2006 (as it may be further amended or modified), which was approved by order of the Bankruptcy Court on February 23, 2006.

67. “Equity Committee” means the Statutory Committee of Equity Security Holders of the Debtors appointed by the U.S. Trustee in the Reorganization Cases pursuant to section 1102 of the Bankruptcy Code and any duly appointed successors, currently chaired by the New Investor, as the same may be reconstituted from time to time.

68. “Escrow Agreement” means the Escrow Agreement, dated as of March 2, 2006, among USG, the New Investor and the escrow agent named therein (or any successor thereto), as the same may be amended, modified or supplemented by the parties thereto.

69. “Estate” means, as to each Debtor, the estate created for that Debtor in its Reorganization Case pursuant to section 541 of the Bankruptcy Code.

70. “Executory Contract and Unexpired Lease” and “Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease” mean a contract or lease to which one or more of the Debtors is a party that is subject to assumption or rejection under section 365 of the Bankruptcy Code and the Confirmation Order.

71. “FAIR Act” means, collectively, The Fairness in Asbestos Injury Resolution Act of 2005 or any substantially similar legislation creating a national trust or similar fund.

72. “Fee Claim” means a Claim under sections 330(a), 331, 503 or 1103 of the Bankruptcy Code for compensation of a Professional or other Entity for services rendered or expenses incurred in the Reorganization Cases.

73. “Fee Order” means the Administrative Order Establishing Procedures for Interim Compensation and Reimbursement of Expenses of Professionals entered by the Bankruptcy Court on or about September 18, 2001, as modified by the Order Appointing Fee Auditor and Establishing Related Procedures Concerning the Allowance of Compensation and Reimbursement of Expenses of Professionals and Members of Official Committees and Consideration of Fee Applications entered by the Bankruptcy Court on or about November 20, 2001 (and subsequently modified by orders dated July 8, 2003 and March 22, 2004, respectively, and as otherwise modified from time to time).

74. “File,” “Filed” or “Filing” means file, filed or filing with the Bankruptcy Court, the District Court or their authorized designees in the Reorganization Cases.

75. “Final Fee Application” means an application for final allowance of the Professional’s aggregate Fee Claim as described in Section III.A.1.e.ii.A.

76. “Final Order” means an order or judgment of the Bankruptcy Court, or other court of competent jurisdiction, as entered on the docket in any Reorganization Case or the docket of any other court of competent jurisdiction, that has not been reversed, stayed, modified or amended, and as to which the time to appeal or seek certiorari or move for a new trial, reargument or rehearing has expired, and no appeal or petition for certiorari or other proceedings for a new trial, reargument or rehearing has been timely taken, or as to which any appeal that has been taken or any petition for certiorari that has been filed timely has been withdrawn or resolved by the highest court to which the order or judgment was appealed or from which certiorari was sought or the new trial, reargument or rehearing shall have been denied or resulted in no modification of such order.

77. “General Unsecured Claim” means a Deficiency Claim and any Claim that is not a Cure Amount Claim, Administrative Claim, Priority Tax Claim, Priority Claim, Secured Claim, Credit Facilities Claim, Senior Note Claim, Industrial Revenue Bond Claim, Asbestos Personal Injury Claim, Asbestos Property Damage Claim, Environmental Claim or Intercompany Claim.

78. “Indenture Trustees” means, collectively, the Senior Note Indenture Trustee and the Industrial Revenue Bond Indenture Trustees.

79. “Industrial Revenue Bond Claim” means a Claim under the Industrial Revenue Bond Indentures.

80. “Industrial Revenue Bond Indenture Trustees” means collectively, the indenture trustees for Industrial Revenue Bonds and their predecessors, successors or assigns, which indenture trustees are listed on Exhibit I.A.80.

81. “Industrial Revenue Bond Indentures” means those indentures for the Industrial Revenue Bonds listed on Exhibit I.A.80.

82. “Industrial Revenue Bonds” means those certain industrial revenue bonds governed by the Industrial Revenue Bond Indentures.

83. “Insured Claim” means any Claim (other than an Asbestos Personal Injury Claim) arising from an incident or occurrence alleged to have occurred prior to the Effective Date that is covered under an insurance policy applicable to the Debtors or their businesses.

84. “Intercompany Claim” means any Claim by USG, or any direct or indirect subsidiary of USG, against a Debtor.

85. “Interest” means the rights of any holder of the stock of any Debtor and the rights of any Entity to purchase or demand the issuance of any of the stock of any Debtor, including: (a) redemption, conversion, exchange, voting, participation and dividend rights; (b) liquidation preferences; and (c) stock options and warrants.

86. “Internal Revenue Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

87. “IRS” means the Internal Revenue Service of the United States of America.

88. “Liability” or “Liabilities” means any and all claims, obligations, suits, judgments, damages, demands, debts, rights, causes of action and liabilities, whether liquidated or unliquidated, fixed or contingent, matured or unmatured, known or unknown, foreseen or unforeseen, arising in law, equity or otherwise, that are based in whole or in part on any act, event, injury, omission, transaction, agreement, employment, exposure or other occurrence taking place on or prior to the Effective Date.

89. “Litigation Claim” means any Disputed Claim or any other Timely Claim that has not been settled, compromised or otherwise resolved, in each case that (a) is not barred or disallowed by an order of the Bankruptcy Court or any other court of competent jurisdiction and (b) is, was or could have been the subject of a formal legal cause of action, a suit or any other proceeding against any Debtor, including any Claim that: (i) arises out of allegations of personal injury, wrongful death, property damage, products liability or similar legal theories of recovery; or (ii) arises under any federal, state or local statute, rule, regulation or ordinance governing, regulating or relating to health, safety or hazardous substances; provided, however, that (x) no Asbestos Personal Injury Claim, Asbestos Property Damage Claim or Environmental Claim shall be a Litigation Claim and (y) no contract Claim shall be a Litigation Claim unless a formal legal cause action, suit or proceeding was or has been brought or threatened against the Debtors with respect to such Claim.

90. “Long Term Incentive Plan” means the long term incentive plan to be adopted by the Reorganized Debtors as of the Effective Date, as described in Exhibit I.A.90, for the benefit of certain employees of the Reorganized Debtors.

91. “Management Incentive Plan” means the management annual incentive plan to be adopted by the Reorganized Debtors as of the Effective Date, as described in Exhibit I.A.91, for the benefit of certain employees of the Debtors.

92. “New Investor” means Berkshire Hathaway Inc. For informational purposes, Berkshire Hathaway Inc. currently serves as the chairman of the Equity Committee.

93. “New Investor Documents” means the Equity Commitment Agreement, Registration Rights Agreement, Escrow Agreement and Shareholder’s Agreement and any amendments thereto.

94. “Note” means the promissory note in the principal amount of $10 million to be issued by the Reorganized Debtors to the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust on the Effective Date, substantially in the form of Exhibit I.A.94. The Reorganized Debtors will grant the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust a right to obtain at least 51 percent of the voting stock of Reorganized USG, exercisable upon the occurrence of a payment default and certain specific contingencies. The Note shall be payable on December 31, 2006. The Note shall bear annual

interest at a fixed rate equivalent to the rate of the 90-day LIBOR in effect as of the Effective Date plus 40 basis points, which interest shall accrue from the Effective Date until maturity. Each of the Reorganized Debtors shall be a co-obligor under the Note and each Reorganized Debtor shall be jointly and severally liable for the obligations thereunder.

95. “Ordinary Course Professionals Order” means the Amended and Restated Order Authorizing Debtors to Retain, Employ and Pay Certain Professionals in the Ordinary Course of Their Businesses entered by the Bankruptcy Court on August 23, 2004.

96. “Past Affiliate” means a past affiliate of any Debtor or Reorganized Debtor to the extent such past affiliate is listed on Exhibit I.A.96.

97. “Petition Date” means June 25, 2001.

98. “Plan” means this joint plan of reorganization for the Debtors, to the extent applicable to any Debtor, and all Exhibits attached hereto or referenced herein, as the same may be amended, modified or supplemented.

99. “Postpetition Interest” means with respect to: (a) Credit Facilities Claims, interest (including interest on interest compounded quarterly on the quarterly interest payment dates) accruing pursuant to the applicable Credit Facilities from the Petition Date through the Effective Date at the applicable contractual rate of interest for ABR borrowings or LIBOR borrowings (if any, until the scheduled maturity of the LIBOR borrowings, at which point they are assumed to be converted to ABR borrowings), including the default rate, taking into account changes in the applicable floating interest rate set forth in the applicable Credit Facilities through the Effective Date; (b) the Senior Note Claims, interest (including interest on interest) in each case compounded semi-annually on the interest payment dates, accruing at the contractual rate of interest under the Senior Note Indenture from the Petition Date through the Effective Date; (c) the Industrial Revenue Bond Claims, interest (including interest on interest), in each case compounded semi-annually on the interest payment dates, accruing at the contractual rate of interest under the relevant Industrial Revenue Bond Indenture from the Petition Date through the Effective Date; (d) Secured Claims, interest accruing on such claims from the Petition Date through the Effective Date at the rate set forth in the contract or other applicable document giving rise to such claims; (e) Tax Claims, interest at the non-penalty rate set forth in the applicable state or federal law governing such Claims from the Petition Date through the Effective Date; and (f) all other Claims (including Cure Amount Claims), but not including Asbestos Personal Injury Claims, Litigation Claims and Asbestos Property Damage Claims, interest at (i) the rate of 6.50% per annum compounded on each anniversary of the Petition Date on the allowed amount of such Claims from the Petition Date through the Effective Date, (ii) any other applicable interest rate required to leave such Claim unimpaired as determined by the Bankruptcy Court or (iii) such interest, if any, as otherwise agreed to by the holder of such Claim and the applicable Debtor. In the case of Postpetition Interest with respect to Senior Note Claims, any interest (including interest on interest) accruing after the respective maturity dates of the Senior Notes shall be compounded on the same dates which constituted interest payment dates with respect to such Senior Notes. No Distributions shall be made on account of Postpetition Interest on any Allowed Claim until such time as the holder of such Allowed Claim provides any required Tax information, as described in greater detail in Section VI.G.4.

100. “Postpetition Interest Rate Determination Notice” means a notice to be Filed with the Bankruptcy Court and served on the Debtors at the addresses set forth in Section XI.H no later than June 26, 2006 requesting that the Bankruptcy Court establish the applicable rate of Postpetition Interest under Section I.A.99.f.ii for the Entity Filing such notice. The Postpetition Interest Rate Determination Notice shall (a) identify the Claim and the requested rate of interest applicable to such Claim and (b) attach documentation supporting the payment of such rate of interest for each Claim. The procedures for resolving any disputes with respect to the interest requested in such notice are addressed in Section IV.P.

101. “Predecessor in Interest” means a predecessor in interest of any Debtor or Reorganized Debtor to the extent such predecessor in interest is listed on Exhibit I.A.96 to the Plan.

102. “Priority Claim” means a Claim that is entitled to priority in payment pursuant to section 507(a) of the Bankruptcy Code that is not an Administrative Claim or a Priority Tax Claim.

103. “Priority Tax Claim” means a Claim that is entitled to priority in payment pursuant to section 507(a)(8) of the Bankruptcy Code.

104. “Pro Rata” means, when used with reference to a distribution of property pursuant to Article III, proportionately so that with respect to a particular Allowed Claim, the ratio of (a)(i) the amount of property distributed on account of such Claim to (ii) the amount of such Claim, is the same as the ratio of (b)(i) the amount of property distributed on account of all Allowed Claims of the Class in which such Claim is included to (ii) the amount of all Allowed Claims in that Class.

105. “Professional” means any professional employed in the Reorganization Cases pursuant to sections 327, 328, 363, 524(g)(4)(B)(i) or 1103 of the Bankruptcy Code or any professional or other Entity seeking compensation or reimbursement of expenses in connection with the Reorganization Cases pursuant to section 503(b)(4) of the Bankruptcy Code.

106. “Protected Party” means any of the following parties:

a. any Debtor, Reorganized Debtor or any Affiliate of the foregoing;

b. any former or present director, officer or employee of any Debtor, Reorganized Debtor or any Affiliate of the foregoing but only in their capacity as such;

c. any stockholder of any Debtor but only in their capacity as such;

d. any Entity that, pursuant to the Plan or on or after the Effective Date, becomes a direct or indirect transferee of, or successor to, any assets of any Debtor, Reorganized Debtor or the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust (but only to the extent that liability is asserted to exist by reason of it becoming such a transferee or successor);

e. any Entity that, pursuant to the Plan or on or after the Effective Date, makes a loan to any Debtor, Reorganized Debtor or the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust or to a successor to, or transferee of, any assets of any Debtor, Reorganized Debtor or the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust (but only to the extent that liability is asserted to exist by reason of such Entity becoming such a lender or to the extent any pledge of assets made in connection with such a loan is sought to be upset or impaired);

f. any Entity to the extent such Entity is alleged to be directly or indirectly liable for the conduct of, Claims against or Demands on any Debtor, Reorganized Debtor or the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust to the extent that such alleged liability arises by reason of one or more of the following:

i. such Entity’s ownership of a financial interest in any Debtor, Reorganized Debtor, a Past Affiliate, a present Affiliate of any Debtor or Reorganized Debtor, or Predecessor in Interest;

ii. such Entity’s involvement in the management of any Debtor, any Reorganized Debtor or any Predecessor in Interest;

iii. such Entity’s service as an officer, director or employee of any Debtor, any Reorganized Debtor, any Past Affiliate, any present Affiliate of any Debtor or Reorganized Debtor, any Predecessor in Interest or any Entity that owns or at any time has owned a financial interest in any Debtor, any Reorganized Debtor, any Past Affiliate, any present Affiliate of any Debtor or Reorganized Debtor, or any Predecessor in Interest; or

iv. such Entity’s involvement in a transaction changing the corporate structure, or in a loan or other financial transaction affecting the financial condition, of any Debtor, any Reorganized Debtor or any Past Affiliate, any present Affiliate of any Debtor or Reorganized Debtor, any Predecessor in Interest or any Entity that owns or at any time has owned a financial interest in any Debtor, any Reorganized Debtor, any Past Affiliate, any present Affiliate of any Debtor or Reorganized Debtor, or any Predecessor in Interest, including (A) involvement in providing financing (debt or equity) or advice to an Entity involved in such a transaction or (B) acquiring or selling a financial interest in any Entity as part of such transaction; or

g. any Settling Insurer.

107. “Quarterly Distribution Date” means the last Business Day of the month following the end of each calendar quarter after the Effective Date; provided, however, that if the Effective Date is within 45 days of the end of a calendar quarter, the first Quarterly Distribution Date shall be the last Business Day of the month following the end of the first calendar quarter after the calendar quarter including the Effective Date.

108. “Reclamation Claim” means a Claim for reclamation in accordance with section 546(c) of the Bankruptcy Code and section 2-702 of the Uniform Commercial Code.

109. “Recovery Actions” means, collectively and individually, preference actions, fraudulent conveyance actions and other claims or causes of action under sections 510, 544, 547, 548, 549 and 550 of the Bankruptcy Code and other similar state law claims and causes of action.

110. “Registration Rights Agreement” means the Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of January 30, 2006, between USG and the New Investor.

111. “Registration Statement” means the registration statement on Form S-1 filed by USG with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933 on March 3, 2006 (333-132203) relating to Additional Common Stock and any other securities issued in connection with the Rights Offering, as it may be amended, modified or supplemented (including any post-effective amendments).

112. “Reinstated” or “Reinstatement” means rendering a Claim or Interest unimpaired within the meaning of section 1124 of the Bankruptcy Code. Unless the Plan specifies a particular method of Reinstatement, when the Plan provides that a Claim or Interest will be Reinstated, such Claim or Interest will be Reinstated, at the applicable Reorganized Debtor’s sole discretion, in accordance with one of the following:

a. The legal, equitable and contractual rights to which such Claim or Interest entitles the holder will be unaltered; or

b. Notwithstanding any contractual provision or applicable law that entitles the holder of such Claim or Interest to demand or receive accelerated payment of such Claim or Interest after the occurrence of a default:

i. any such default that occurred before or after the commencement of the applicable Reorganization Case, other than a default of a kind specified in section 365(b)(2) of the Bankruptcy Code, will be cured;

ii. the maturity of such Claim or Interest as such maturity existed before such default will be reinstated;

iii. the holder of such Claim or Interest will be compensated for any damages incurred as a result of any reasonable reliance by such holder on such contractual provision or such applicable law; and

iv. the legal, equitable or contractual rights to which such Claim or Interest entitles the holder of such Claim or Interest will not otherwise be altered.

113. “Reorganization Case” means: (a) when used with reference to a particular Debtor, the chapter 11 case pending for that Debtor in the Bankruptcy Court; and (b) when used with reference to all Debtors, the chapter 11 cases pending for the Debtors in the Bankruptcy Court.

114. “Reorganized . . .” means, when used in reference to a particular Debtor, such Debtor on and after the Effective Date.

115. “Restructuring Transactions” means, collectively, those mergers, consolidations, restructurings, dispositions, liquidations or dissolutions that the Debtors or Reorganized Debtors determine to be necessary or appropriate to effect a corporate restructuring of their respective businesses or otherwise to simplify the overall corporate structure of the Reorganized Debtors.

116. “Rights Offering” means: (a) the offer and sale of Additional Common Stock pursuant to a rights offering whereby each holder of Common Stock outstanding on the record date for such rights offering will receive the right to purchase one share of Additional Common Stock at a price of $40.00 for each share of Common Stock held on such record date, as described in the Equity Commitment Agreement; or (b) if USG shall have determined in accordance with the terms of the Equity Commitment Agreement not to proceed with a rights offering as described in (a), such alternate offer and sale of Additional Common Stock pursuant to a rights offering, if any, that USG has determined to pursue.

117. “Rights Offering Documents” means, collectively, the documents necessary for effectuating the Rights Offering.

118. “Schedules” means the schedules of assets and liabilities and the statements of financial affairs Filed by the Debtors on or about October 23, 2001 and October 24, 2001, as required by section 521 of the Bankruptcy Code, as the same may have been or may be amended, restated, modified or supplemented.

119. “Secured Claim” means a Claim (other than an Asbestos Personal Injury Claim) that is secured by a lien on property in which an Estate has an interest or that is subject to setoff under section 553 of the Bankruptcy Code, to the extent of the value of the Claim holder’s interest in the applicable Estate’s interest in such property or to the extent of the amount subject to setoff, as applicable, as determined pursuant to sections 506(a) and, if applicable, 1129(b) of the Bankruptcy Code.

120. “Senior Note Claim” means a Claim arising under the Senior Note Indenture.

121. “Senior Note Indenture” means that certain Indenture dated as of October 1, 1986, among USG and the Senior Note Indenture Trustee, as amended or modified from time to time.

122. “Senior Note Indenture Trustee” means Harris Trust and Savings Bank, and its successors and assigns.

123. “Senior Notes” mean, collectively, the notes governed by the Senior Note Indenture.

124. “Settling Insurer” means each Asbestos Personal Injury Insurance Asset Entity listed on Exhibit I.A.14 (as the same may be amended, modified, or supplemented) that enters into a settlement prior to the conclusion of the Confirmation Hearing that is: (a) sufficiently comprehensive in the determination of the Debtors, the Asbestos Personal Injury Committee and the Asbestos Personal Injury Futures Representative to warrant treatment of such Asbestos Personal Injury Asset Entity as a Protected Party under section 524(g) of the Bankruptcy Code as to all or certain of the Asbestos Personal Injury Claims which are channeled to the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust; and (b) approved by the Bankruptcy Court.

125. “Shareholder’s Agreement” means the Shareholder’s Agreement, dated as of January 30, 2006, between USG and the New Investor.

126. “Stock Interests of . . .” means, when used with reference to a particular Debtor or Debtors, the common stock, preferred stock, membership interests or partnership interests or similar ownership interests, including options, warrants or rights to acquire or convert any such interests, issued by such Debtor or Debtors.

127. “Stipulation of Amount and Nature of Claim” means a stipulation or other agreement between the applicable Debtor or Reorganized Debtor and a holder of a Claim (other than an Asbestos Personal Injury Claim) or Interest establishing the allowed amount or nature of such Claim or Interest that is (a) entered into in accordance with any Claim settlement procedures established in these Reorganization Cases, (b) permitted or contemplated by the Plan or (c) approved by order of the Bankruptcy Court.

128. “Subsidiary Debtors” means all of the Debtors other than USG.

129. “Tax” means (a) any net income, alternative or add-on minimum, gross income, gross receipts, sales, use, ad valorem, value added, transfer, franchise, profits, license, property, environmental or other tax, assessment or charge of any kind whatsoever (together in each instance with any interest, penalty, addition to tax or additional amount) imposed by any federal, state, local or foreign taxing authority; or (b) any liability for payment of any amounts of the foregoing types as a result of being a member of an affiliated, consolidated, combined or unitary group, or being a party to any agreement or arrangement whereby liability for payment of any such amounts is determined by reference to the liability of any other Entity.

130. “Third Party Disbursing Agent” means an Entity designated by Reorganized USG to act as a Disbursing Agent pursuant to Section VI.B.

131. “Timely Claim” means a Claim (other than an Asbestos Personal Injury Claim) for which a proof of Claim or request for payment of Administrative Claim was Filed by the applicable Bar Date or is otherwise determined to be timely Filed by a Final Order of the Bankruptcy Court.

132. “Trigger Date” means the date that is 10 days (excluding Sundays) after final adjournment sine die of the 109th Congress of the United States.

133. “U.S. Trustee” means the United States Trustee for the District of Delaware.

134. “U.S. Gypsum” means Debtor United States Gypsum Company, a Delaware corporation.

135. “USG” means Debtor USG Corporation, a Delaware corporation.

B. Rules of Interpretation and Computation of Time

1. Rules of Interpretation

For purposes of the Plan, unless otherwise provided herein: (a) whenever from the context it is appropriate, each term, whether stated in the singular or the plural, shall include both the singular and the plural; (b) unless otherwise provided in the Plan, any reference in the Plan to a contract, instrument, release or other agreement or document being in a particular form or on particular terms and conditions means that such document will be substantially in such form or substantially on such terms and conditions; (c) any reference in the Plan to an existing document or Exhibit Filed or to be Filed means such document or Exhibit, as it may have been or may be amended, modified or supplemented pursuant to the Plan or Confirmation Order; (d) any reference to an Entity as a holder of a Claim or Interest includes that Entity’s successors, assigns and affiliates; (e) all references in the Plan to Sections, Articles and Exhibits are references to Sections, Articles and Exhibits of or to the Plan; (f) the words “herein,” “hereunder” and “hereto” refer to the Plan in its entirety rather than to a particular portion of the Plan; (g) the words “includes” or “including” are not limiting; (h) captions and headings to Articles and Sections are inserted for convenience of reference only and are not intended to be a part of or to affect the interpretation of the Plan; (i) subject to the provisions of any contract, certificates of incorporation, by-laws, similar constituent documents, instrument, release or other agreement or document entered into or delivered in connection with the Plan, the rights and obligations arising under the Plan will be governed by, and construed and enforced in accordance with, federal law, including the Bankruptcy Code and the Bankruptcy Rules; and (j) the rules of construction set forth in section 102 of the Bankruptcy Code shall apply.

2. Computation of Time

In computing any period of time prescribed or allowed by the Plan, the provisions of Bankruptcy Rule 9006(a) shall apply.

ARTICLE II.

CLASSES OF CLAIMS AND INTERESTS

All Claims and Interests, except Administrative Claims and Priority Tax Claims, are placed in the following Classes. In accordance with section 1123(a)(1) of the Bankruptcy Code, Administrative Claims and Priority Tax Claims, as described in Section III.A, have not been classified and thus are excluded from the following Classes. A Claim or Interest is classified in a particular Class only to the extent that the Claim or Interest qualifies within the description of that Class and is classified in other Classes to the extent that any remainder of the Claim or Interest qualifies within the description of such other Classes.

1. Class 1: Unsecured Priority Claims. Priority Claims against any Debtor.

2. Class 2: Secured Claims. Secured Claims against any Debtor.

3. Class 3: Credit Facilities Claims. Credit Facilities Claims against USG.

4. Class 4: Senior Note Claims. Senior Note Claims against USG.

5. Class 5: Industrial Revenue Bond Claims. Industrial Revenue Bond Claims against USG or U.S. Gypsum.

6. Class 6: General Unsecured Claims. General Unsecured Claims against any Debtor.

7. Class 7: Asbestos Personal Injury Claims. Asbestos Personal Injury Claims against any Debtor.

8. Class 8: Asbestos Property Damage Claims. Asbestos Property Damage Claims against any Debtor.

9. Class 9: Environmental Claims. Environmental Claims against any Debtor.

10. Class 10: Intercompany Claims. Intercompany Claims against any Debtor.

11. Class 11: Subsidiary Debtor Stock Interests. Interests on account of the stock of any Subsidiary Debtor.

12. Class 12: USG Stock Interests. Interests on account of the stock of USG.

ARTICLE III.

TREATMENT OF CLAIMS AND INTERESTS

A. Unclassified Claims

1. Payment of Administrative Claims

a. Administrative Claims in General

Except as specified in this Section III.A.1, and subject to the bar date provisions herein, unless otherwise agreed by the holder of an Administrative Claim and the applicable Debtor or Reorganized Debtor, each holder of an Allowed Administrative Claim shall receive, in full satisfaction of its Administrative Claim, cash equal to the allowed amount of such Administrative Claim either (i) as soon as practicable after the Effective Date or (ii) if the Administrative Claim is not allowed as of the Effective Date, 30 days after the date on which an order allowing such Administrative Claim becomes a Final Order or a Stipulation of Amount and Nature of Claim is executed by the applicable Reorganized Debtor and the holder of the Administrative Claim.

b. Statutory Fees

On or before the Effective Date, Administrative Claims for fees payable pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1930, as determined at the Confirmation Hearing by the Bankruptcy Court or the District Court, as applicable, shall be paid in cash equal to the amount of such Administrative Claims. All fees payable pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1930 shall be paid by the Reorganized Debtors in accordance therewith until the closing of the Reorganization Cases pursuant to section 350(a) of the Bankruptcy Code.

c. Ordinary Course Liabilities

Administrative Claims based on liabilities incurred by a Debtor in the ordinary course of its business, including Administrative Trade Claims, any Intercompany Claims that are Administrative Claims, Administrative Claims of governmental units for Taxes (including Tax audit Claims related to Tax years or portions thereof commencing after the Petition Date) and Administrative Claims arising from those contracts and leases of the kind

described in Section V.F, shall be satisfied by the applicable Reorganized Debtor pursuant to the terms and conditions of the particular transaction giving rise to such Administrative Claims, without any further action by the holders of such Administrative Claims or further approval of the Bankruptcy Court.

d. Claims Under the DIP Letter of Credit Facility

On the Effective Date or such later time as agreed to by the applicable Debtor and the DIP Lender, (i) any allowed Administrative Claims under or evidenced by the DIP Letter of Credit Facility shall be paid in full by the applicable Debtor and (ii) the DIP Lender shall (A) receive cancellation without draw of all outstanding letters of credit issued under the DIP Letter of Credit Facility or (B) have such letters of credit extended, refinanced or replaced in the ordinary course of business on or after the Effective Date. The Debtors shall be authorized to take any action necessary or appropriate to cancel, extend, refinance or replace the DIP Letter of Credit Facility.

e. Bar Dates for Administrative Claims

i. General Bar Date Provisions

Except as otherwise provided in Section III.A.1.e.ii, unless previously Filed, requests for payment of Administrative Claims must be Filed and served on the Reorganized Debtors, pursuant to the procedures specified in the Confirmation Order and the notice of entry of the Confirmation Order, no later than 60 days after the Effective Date. Holders of Administrative Claims that are required to File and serve a request for payment of such Administrative Claims and that do not File and serve such a request by the applicable Bar Date shall be forever barred from asserting such Administrative Claims against the Debtors, the Reorganized Debtors or their respective property and such Administrative Claims shall be deemed discharged as of the Effective Date. Objections to such requests must be Filed and served on the requesting party by 120 days after the Effective Date.

ii. Bar Dates for Certain Administrative Claims

A. Professional Compensation

B. Ordinary Course Liabilities

Holders of Administrative Claims based on liabilities incurred by a Debtor in the ordinary course of its business, including Administrative Trade Claims, any Intercompany Claims that are Administrative Claims, Administrative Claims of governmental units for Taxes (including Tax audit Claims relating to Tax years or portions

thereof commencing after the Petition Date) and Administrative Claims arising from those contracts and leases of the kind described in Section V.F, shall not be required to File or serve any request for payment of such Administrative Claims. Such Administrative Claims shall be satisfied pursuant to Section III.A.1.c.

C. Claims Under the DIP Letter of Credit Facility

Holders of Administrative Claims under or evidenced by the DIP Letter of Credit Facility shall not be required to File or serve any request for payment of such Claims. Such Administrative Claims are allowed in the amount agreed upon between the Debtors and the DIP Lender and shall be satisfied pursuant to Section III.A.1.d.

2. Payment of Priority Tax Claims

a. Priority Tax Claims

Pursuant to section 1129(a)(9)(C) of the Bankruptcy Code, unless otherwise agreed by the holder of a Priority Tax Claim and the applicable Debtor or Reorganized Debtor, each holder of an Allowed Priority Tax Claim shall receive, in full satisfaction of its Priority Tax Claim, payment in full of the allowed amount of the Priority Tax Claim plus Postpetition Interest on the later of the Effective Date or as soon as practicable after the date when such Claim becomes an Allowed Claim.

b. Other Provisions Concerning Treatment of Priority Tax Claims

Notwithstanding the provisions of Section III.A.2.a, any Claim on account of any penalty arising with respect to or in connection with an Allowed Priority Tax Claim that does not compensate the holder for actual pecuniary loss shall be treated as a Class 6 Claim, and the holder (other than as the holder of a Class 6 Claim) may not assess or attempt to collect such penalty from the Reorganized Debtors or their respective property.

3. Disallowance of Reclamation Claims

All Reclamation Claims shall be disallowed on the Effective Date, any related adversary proceedings shall be dismissed on the Effective Date and any Allowed Claims relating to the provision of goods to the Debtors prior to the Petition Date shall be treated and paid as Class 6 Claims.

B. Classified Claims

1. Class 1 Claims (Priority Claims) are unimpaired. On the Effective Date, each holder of an Allowed Claim in Class 1 shall receive cash in an amount equal to the Allowed Claim plus Postpetition Interest on such Allowed Claim.

2. Class 2 Claims (Secured Claims) are unimpaired. On the Effective Date, unless otherwise agreed by the holder of a Claim and the applicable Debtor or Reorganized Debtor, each holder of a Claim in Class 2 shall receive treatment in accordance with Option A or B below, at the option of the applicable Debtor or Reorganized Debtor. Any Allowed Deficiency Claim of a holder of an Allowed Secured Claim shall be entitled to treatment as an Allowed Class 6 Claim.

Option A: Claims in Class 2 that are Allowed Claims and with respect to which the applicable Debtor or Reorganized Debtor elects Option A shall be paid in full in cash plus Postpetition Interest on such Allowed Claim by such Reorganized Debtor, unless the holder of such Claim agrees to less favorable treatment.

Option B: Claims in Class 2 that are Timely Claims and with respect to which the applicable Debtor or Reorganized Debtor elects Option B shall be Reinstated.

3. Class 3 Claims (Credit Facilities Claims) are unimpaired. Credit Facilities Claims shall be allowed in the aggregate amount (including accrued interest through the Petition Date) of $471,009,479 as of the Petition Date. On the Effective Date, each holder of an Allowed Credit Facilities Claim shall receive cash in an amount equal to a Pro Rata share of (a) $471,009,479 and (b) Postpetition Interest on such Allowed Claim. In addition, the Debtors or Reorganized Debtors, as applicable, shall pay any fees and charges arising under the applicable Credit Facilities, including any agent fees, applicable letter of credit fees and reasonable legal fees, through the Effective Date. Any letter of credit under the Credit Facilities outstanding as of the Effective Date shall be cash-collateralized, refinanced, canceled or replaced in the ordinary course on or after the Effective Date. The Debtors shall be authorized to take any action necessary or appropriate to cash-collateralize, refinance, cancel or replace any letter of credit under the Credit Facilities. Exhibit III.B contains a breakdown of certain components of the Credit Facilities Claims, including the principal, accrued interest through the Petition Date and accrued interest through March 31, 2006.

4. Class 4 Claims (Senior Note Claims) are unimpaired. Senior Note Claims shall be allowed in the aggregate amount (including accrued interest through the Petition Date) of $289,250,578 as of the Petition Date. On the Effective Date, each holder of an Allowed Senior Note Claim shall receive cash in an amount equal to a Pro Rata share of (a) $289,250,578 and (b) Postpetition Interest on such Allowed Claim. In addition, on the Effective Date and in lieu of any claim for substantial contribution by or on behalf of any Senior Note Indenture Trustee, the Debtors or Reorganized Debtors, as applicable, shall pay to any Senior Note Indenture Trustee cash in an amount equal to the reasonable and documented fees and expenses (including reasonable legal fees) of such Senior Note Indenture Trustee to the extent payable under the applicable Senior Note Indenture. Until the Senior Note Indenture Trustee’s fees and expenses are paid in full, nothing in this Plan shall in any way impair, waive or discharge any charging lien provided by the applicable Senior Note Indenture. Exhibit III.B contains a breakdown of certain components of the Senior Note Claims, including the principal, accrued interest through the Petition Date and accrued interest through March 31, 2006.

5. Class 5 Claims (Industrial Revenue Bond Claims) are unimpaired. Industrial Revenue Bond Claims shall be allowed as of the Petition Date in such amounts as set forth on Exhibit I.A.80. On the Effective Date, unless otherwise agreed by the applicable Industrial Revenue Bond Indenture Trustee and the applicable Debtor or Reorganized Debtor, each holder of a Claim in Class 5 shall receive treatment in accordance with Option A or B below as indicated and more fully described on Exhibit I.A.80.

Option A: Claims in Class 5 that are Allowed Claims and with respect to which the applicable Debtor or Reorganized Debtor elects Option A shall be paid in full in cash (including any applicable prepayment premium) plus Postpetition Interest on such Allowed Claim by such Reorganized Debtor, unless the holder of such Claim agrees to less favorable treatment.

Option B: Claims in Class 5 with respect to which the applicable Debtor or Reorganized Debtor elects Option B shall be Reinstated in accordance with the terms of the relevant Industrial Revenue Bond Indenture.

In addition, on the Effective Date and in lieu of any claim for substantial contribution by or on behalf of the Industrial Revenue Bond Indenture Trustees, the Debtors or Reorganized Debtors, as applicable, shall pay to any Industrial Revenue Bond Indenture Trustee cash in an amount equal to the reasonable and documented fees and expenses (including reasonable legal fees) of such Industrial Revenue Bond Indenture Trustees to the extent payable under the applicable Industrial Revenue Bond Indentures. Until each Industrial Revenue Bond Indenture Trustee’s fees and expenses are paid in full, nothing in this Plan shall in any way impair, waive or discharge any charging lien provided by the applicable Industrial Revenue Bond Indenture and its related agreements. Exhibit III.B contains a

breakdown of certain components of the Industrial Revenue Bond Claims, including the principal, accrued interest through the Petition Date, accrued interest through March 31, 2006 and, if applicable, any prepayment premium.

6. Class 6 Claims (General Unsecured Claims) are unimpaired. On the Effective Date, Claims in Class 6 (other than Litigation Claims) that are Allowed Claims shall be paid in full in cash plus Postpetition Interest on such Allowed Claim, unless the holder of such Claim agrees to less favorable treatment. To the extent any holder of a Class 6 Claim (other than Litigation Claims) believes that it is entitled to Postpetition Interest at an interest rate other than the rate described in Section I.A.99.f.i, the holder of such Claim must timely File a Postpetition Interest Rate Determination Notice no later than June 26, 2006. Failure to File a timely Postpetition Interest Rate Determination Notice will be deemed an agreement to accept Postpetition Interest as described in Section I.A.99.f.i. Section IV.P provides the procedure for Filing Postpetition Interest Rate Determination Notices and resolving disputes relating to any Postpetition Interest Rate Determination Notice. On the Effective Date, any unliquidated or disputed Litigation Claims that are Timely Claims shall be Reinstated in accordance with Section VII.A.3. Litigation Claims that have been liquidated by agreement of the parties prior to the Effective Date shall be paid in cash on the Effective Date as provided in the parties’ agreement.

7. Class 7 Claims (Asbestos Personal Injury Claims) are impaired. On the Effective Date, all Asbestos Personal Injury Claims shall be channeled to the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust, which shall be funded pursuant to Section IV.G. All Asbestos Personal Injury Claims shall be determined and paid pursuant to the terms of the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust Agreement and the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust Distribution Procedures. Pursuant to section 524(g) of the Bankruptcy Code, the Plan and the Confirmation Order shall permanently and forever stay, restrain and enjoin any Entity from taking any actions against any Protected Party for the purpose of, directly or indirectly, collecting, recovering or receiving payment of, on or with respect to any Asbestos Personal Injury Claim, all of which shall be channeled to the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust for resolution as set forth in the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust Agreement and the related Asbestos Personal Injury Trust Distribution Procedures, including:

c. creating, perfecting or otherwise enforcing in any manner, directly or indirectly, any Encumbrance against any Protected Party or any property or interests in property of any Protected Party;

e. proceeding in any manner in any place with regard to any matter that is subject to resolution pursuant to the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust, except in conformity and compliance therewith.

Nothing contained herein shall constitute or be deemed a waiver of any claim, right or cause of action that any Debtor, Reorganized Debtor or the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust may have against any Entity in connection with or arising out of an Asbestos Personal Injury Claim, and the injunction shall not apply to the assertion of any such claim, right or cause of action by any Debtor, Reorganized Debtor or the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust.

8. Class 8 Claims (Asbestos Property Damage Claims) are unimpaired. On the Effective Date, any unliquidated or disputed Asbestos Property Damage Claims that are Timely Claims shall be Reinstated in accordance with Section VII.A.3. Asbestos Property Damage Claims that have been liquidated by agreement of the parties prior to the Effective Date shall be paid in cash on the Effective Date as provided in the parties’ agreement.

9. Class 9 Claims (Environmental Claims) are unimpaired. On the Effective Date, Environmental Claims shall be Reinstated.

10. Class 10 Claims (Intercompany Claims) are unimpaired. On the Effective Date, Intercompany Claims shall be Reinstated.

11. Class 11 Interests (Stock Interests of Subsidiary Debtors) are unimpaired. On the Effective Date, Stock Interests of Subsidiary Debtors shall be Reinstated.

12. Class 12 Interests (Stock Interests of USG) are unimpaired. On the Effective Date, Stock Interests of USG shall be Reinstated, and the holders of Stock Interests of USG shall retain such Interests.

ARTICLE IV.

MEANS FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PLAN

A. Continued Corporate Existence and Vesting of Assets in the Reorganized Debtors

Except as otherwise provided herein (and subject to the Restructuring Transaction provisions of Section IV.B), each Debtor will, as a Reorganized Debtor, continue to exist after the Effective Date as a separate corporate Entity, with all the powers of a corporation under applicable law and without prejudice to any right to alter or terminate such existence (whether by merger, dissolution or otherwise) under applicable state law. Except as otherwise provided herein, as of the Effective Date, all property of the respective Estates of the Debtors, and any property acquired by a Debtor or Reorganized Debtor under the Plan, will vest in the applicable Reorganized Debtor, free and clear of all Claims, liens, charges, other encumbrances and Interests. On and after the Effective Date, each Reorganized Debtor may operate its businesses and may use, acquire and dispose of property and compromise or settle any Claims without supervision or approval by the Bankruptcy Court and free of any restrictions of the Bankruptcy Code or Bankruptcy Rules, other than those restrictions expressly imposed by the Plan or the Confirmation Order. Without limiting the foregoing, each Reorganized Debtor may pay the charges that it incurs on or after the Effective Date for Professionals’ fees, disbursements, expenses or related support services (including fees relating to the preparation of Final Fee Applications) without application to the Bankruptcy Court.

B. Restructuring Transactions

1. Restructuring Transactions Generally

On or after the Confirmation Date, the applicable Debtors or Reorganized Debtors may enter into such Restructuring Transactions and may take such actions as the Debtors or Reorganized Debtors may determine to be necessary or appropriate to effect a corporate restructuring of their respective businesses or simplify the overall corporate structure of the Reorganized Debtors, all to the extent not inconsistent with any other terms of the Plan. Such Restructuring Transactions may include one or more mergers, consolidations, restructurings, dispositions, liquidations or dissolutions, as may be determined by the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors to be necessary or appropriate. The actions to effect these transactions may include: (a) the execution and delivery of appropriate agreements or other documents of merger, consolidation, restructuring, disposition, liquidation or dissolution containing terms that are consistent with the terms of the Plan and that satisfy the applicable requirements of applicable state law and such other terms to which the applicable Entities may agree; (b) the execution and delivery

of appropriate instruments of transfer, assignment, assumption or delegation of any asset, property, right, liability, duty or obligation on terms consistent with the terms of the Plan and having such other terms to which the applicable Entities may agree; (c) the filing of appropriate certificates or articles of merger, consolidation, dissolution or change in corporate form pursuant to applicable state law; and (d) the taking of all other actions that the applicable Entities determine to be necessary or appropriate, including making filings or recordings that may be required by applicable state law in connection with such transactions.

2. Obligations of Any Successor Corporation in a Restructuring Transaction

The Restructuring Transactions may include one or more mergers, consolidations, restructurings, dispositions, liquidations or dissolutions, as may be determined by the Debtors or Reorganized Debtors to be necessary or appropriate to result in substantially all of the respective assets, properties, rights, liabilities, duties and obligations of certain of the Reorganized Debtors vesting in one or more surviving, resulting or acquiring corporations. In each case in which the surviving, resulting or acquiring corporation in any such transaction is a successor to a Reorganized Debtor, such surviving, resulting or acquiring corporation will perform the obligations of the applicable Reorganized Debtor pursuant to the Plan to pay or otherwise satisfy the Allowed Claims against such Reorganized Debtor, except as provided in any contract, instrument or other agreement or document effecting a disposition to such surviving, resulting or acquiring corporation, which may provide that another Reorganized Debtor will perform such obligations.

Corporate Governance, Directors and Officers, Employment-Related Agreements and Compensation Programs and Corporate Action

1. Certificates of Incorporation and By-Laws of the Reorganized Debtors

As of the Effective Date, the certificates of incorporation and the by-laws (or comparable constituent documents) of Reorganized USG and the Reorganized Subsidiary Debtors will be substantially in the forms of Exhibits IV.C.1.a and IV.C.1.b, respectively, with such changes as may be necessary to conform to the applicable law of the state of incorporation. The initial certificates of incorporation and by-laws or similar constituent documents of each Reorganized Debtor, among other things, will prohibit the issuance of nonvoting equity securities to the extent required by section 1123(a) of the Bankruptcy Code. After the Effective Date or the effective time of any applicable Restructuring Transaction, each such Entity may amend and restate its certificates of incorporation or by-laws (or comparable constituent documents) as permitted by applicable state law, subject to the terms and conditions of such constituent documents.

2. Directors and Officers of the Reorganized Debtors

Subject to any requirement of Bankruptcy Court approval pursuant to section 1129(a)(5) of the Bankruptcy Code, the initial board of directors and the officers of each of the Reorganized Debtors will consist of the directors and the officers of such Debtor immediately prior to the Effective Date. Each such director and officer will serve from and after the Effective Date until his or her successor is duly elected or appointed and qualified or until his or her earlier death, resignation or removal in accordance with the terms of the certificate of incorporation and bylaws (or comparable constituent documents) of the respective Reorganized Debtor and state law. A schedule of the annual compensation to be paid to persons serving as executives, officers and directors as of the Effective Date is set forth on Exhibit IV.C.2.

New Employment, Retirement, Indemnification and Other Related Agreements and Incentive Compensation Programs

As of the Effective Date, the Reorganized Debtors shall have authority, as determined by Reorganized USG’s board of directors, to: (a) maintain, amend or revise existing employment, retirement, welfare, incentive,

severance, indemnification and other agreements with their active and retired directors, officers and employees, subject to the terms and conditions of any such agreement; (b) enter into new employment, retirement, welfare, incentive, severance, indemnification and other agreements for active and retired employees; and (c) enter into and implement the Long Term Incentive Plan and the Management Incentive Plan.

4. Corporate Action

Pursuant to section 1142 of the Bankruptcy Code and section 303 of the Delaware General Corporation Law and any comparable provisions of the business corporation law of any other state, the following (which will occur and be deemed effective as of the date specified in the documents effectuating the same or, if no date is so specified, the Effective Date) shall be authorized and approved in all respects and for all purposes without any requirement of further action by stockholders or directors of any of the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors or any other person or entity: the Restructuring Transactions; the adoption of new or amended and restated certificates of incorporation and by-laws or similar constituent documents for the Reorganized Debtors; the initial selection of directors and officers for the Reorganized Debtors; the Distribution of cash pursuant to the Plan; the issuance and Distribution of the Note and the Contingent Payment Note pursuant to the Plan; the entry into and performance under the Rights Offering Documents; the performance under the New Investor Documents; the issuance and sale of Additional Common Stock pursuant to the Rights Offering; the filing of the Registration Statement; the adoption, execution, delivery and implementation of all contracts, leases, instruments, releases and other agreements or documents related to any of the foregoing; the adoption, execution and implementation of employment, retirement and indemnification agreements, incentive compensation programs, retirement income plans, welfare benefit plans and other employee plans and related agreements, including the Long Term Incentive Plan and the Management Incentive Plan; and other matters involving the corporate structure of any Debtor or Reorganized Debtor or corporate action to be taken by or required of any Debtor or Reorganized Debtor.

Obtaining Cash for Plan Distributions and Transfers of Funds Among the Debtors and the Reorganized Debtors

The Debtors or Reorganized Debtors, as applicable, are authorized to execute and deliver any documents necessary or appropriate to obtain cash for funding the Plan and the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust. All cash necessary for the Reorganized Debtors to make payments pursuant to the Plan and fund the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust will be obtained through a combination of one or more of the following: (1) the Reorganized Debtors’ and certain nondebtors’ cash balances and operations; (2) the Rights Offering to be commenced on or shortly after the Effective Date; (3) the proceeds of tax refunds; (4) one or more debt offerings; or (5) any other means of financing or funding that the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors determine is necessary or appropriate. Cash payments to be made pursuant to the Plan will be made by Reorganized USG; provided, however, that the Debtors and the Reorganized Debtors will be entitled to transfer funds between and among themselves as they determine to be necessary or appropriate to enable Reorganized USG to satisfy the Reorganized Debtors’ obligations under the Plan. Any Intercompany Claims resulting from such transfers will be accounted for and settled in accordance with the Debtors’ historical intercompany account settlement practices.

E. Creation of Asbestos Personal Injury Trust

As of the Effective Date, the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust shall be created. The Asbestos Personal Injury Trust is intended to be a “qualified settlement fund” within the meaning of the Treasury Regulations issued under section 468B of the Internal Revenue Code. The purpose of the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust shall be to, among other things: (1) direct the processing, liquidation and payment of all Asbestos Personal Injury Claims in accordance with the Plan, the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust Distribution Procedures and the Confirmation Order; (2) preserve, hold, manage and maximize the assets of the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust for use in paying and satisfying Asbestos Personal Injury Claims; and (3) qualify at all times as a qualified settlement fund.

F. Appointment of Asbestos Personal Injury Trustees

On the Confirmation Date, effective as of the Effective Date, in accordance with the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust Agreement and the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust Distribution Procedures, the individuals selected jointly by the Asbestos Personal Injury Committee and the Asbestos Personal Injury Futures Representative (as identified in Exhibit IV.F), after consultation with the Debtors, shall be appointed to serve as the Asbestos Personal Injury Trustees for the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust.

Transfers of Property to and Assumption of Certain Liabilities by the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust.

1. Transfer of Books and Records to the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust

On the Effective Date or as soon thereafter as is reasonably practicable, at the sole cost and expense of the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust and in accordance with written instructions provided to the Reorganized Debtors by the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust, the Reorganized Debtors shall transfer and assign, or cause to be transferred and assigned, to the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust copies of those books and records agreed upon by the parties that pertain directly to Asbestos Personal Injury Claims that have been asserted against any Debtor. In furtherance of this Section IV.G.1, the Reorganized Debtors and the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust may enter into the Cooperation Agreement in the form of Exhibit IV.G.1. Pursuant to the Plan and the Confirmation Order, to the extent the Debtors provide any privileged books and records, such transfer shall not result in the destruction or waiver of any applicable privileges pertaining to such books and records. If the preservation of privilege pertaining to such books and records is challenged or disapproved by the Bankruptcy Court or the District Court and if the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust determines that it needs access to such information, the Reorganized Debtors will, at the sole cost and expense of the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust, retain the books and records and enter into arrangements to permit the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust to have access to such books and records, to the extent such access does not result in the destruction or waiver of any applicable privileges. If the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust does not issue written instructions for the transfer or retention of such books and records within 180 days after the Effective Date, or if the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust so requests, the Reorganized Debtors may (and shall, if the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust so requests, but at the sole cost and expense of the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust), destroy any such books and records, and the order of the Bankruptcy Court or the District Court entered during the Reorganization Cases with respect to the retention of books and records shall be deemed superseded by this section of the Plan.

2. Funding the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust

a. On the Effective Date, the Reorganized Debtors (i) will pay $890 million in cash to the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust and (ii) issue the Note, the terms and provisions of which shall be reasonably acceptable to the Debtors, the Asbestos Personal Injury Committee, the Asbestos Personal Injury Committee Members’ Counsel and the Asbestos Personal Injury Futures Representative.

b. On the Effective Date, the Reorganized Debtors will provide the Contingent Payment Note, the terms and provisions of which shall be reasonably acceptable to the Debtors, the Asbestos Personal Injury Committee, the Asbestos Personal Injury Committee Members’ Counsel and the Asbestos Personal Injury Futures Representative and the payment of which shall only be subject to the Condition Precedent; provided, however, that:

i. If the FAIR Act is not enacted and made law on or before the Trigger Date, the obligations under the Contingent Payment Note shall vest and the Reorganized Debtors shall satisfy the Contingent Payment Note as set forth in Section IV.G.2.c below.

ii. If the FAIR Act is enacted and made law on or before the Trigger Date, and is not subject to a Challenge Proceeding on or before 60 days after the Trigger Date, the obligations under the Contingent Payment Note shall not vest and the Contingent Payment Note will be fully canceled.

iii. If the FAIR Act is enacted and made law on or before the Trigger Date, but is subject to a Challenge Proceeding as of 60 days after the Trigger Date, the obligations under the Contingent Payment Note shall not vest, subject to the resolution of the Challenge Proceeding by a Final Order as follows:

(a) If the Challenge Proceeding is resolved by a Final Order such that the FAIR Act is unconstitutional in its entirety or as applied to debtors in chapter 11 cases whose plans of reorganization have not yet been confirmed and become substantially consummated (i.e., debtors that are then similarly situated to the Debtors as of February 1, 2006 (in a chapter 11 case with a plan of reorganization that has not yet been confirmed)), so that such debtors will not be subject to the FAIR Act, then the obligations under the Contingent Payment Note shall vest and the Reorganized Debtors shall satisfy the Contingent Payment Note, with the first payment of $1.9 billion being due within 30 days after such Final Order and the second payment of $1.15 billion being due within 180 days after such Final Order.

(b) If the Challenge Proceeding is resolved by a Final Order in a manner other than as contemplated by the immediately preceding clause (a), then the obligations under the Contingent Payment Note shall not vest and the Contingent Payment Note will be fully canceled.

c. If the Condition Precedent is met, subject to Section IV.G.2.b.iii, then $1.9 billion of the Contingent Payment Note will be payable within 30 days after the Trigger Date, with the remaining $1.15 billion of the Contingent Payment Note payable within 180 days after the Trigger Date.

d. Until such time as the Contingent Payment Note is either paid in full or canceled, Reorganized USG will not declare any dividend to the holders of its stock or repurchase its stock in an amount that exceeds $150 million.

e. As set forth in more detail in the Contingent Payment Note, until such time as the Contingent Payment Note is either paid in full or canceled, the amount of the Reorganized Debtors’ indebtedness that is senior to the Contingent Payment Note (through any combination of the granting of security or subordination) will be limited to:

i. an exit financing facility in an amount not to exceed $750 million;

ii. amounts necessary to fund any Plan Distributions, after taking into account available cash, including payments to the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust (including payments on the Note and the Contingent Payment Note), payments to unsecured creditors and payments to holders of Asbestos Property Damage Claims;

iii. amounts necessary to fund the operations, capital expenditures and working capital of the Reorganized Debtors;

iv. other customary items such as leases, hedging, interest rate protection, taxes and similar items;

v. $125 million general basket; and

vi. any refinancing of the above.

3. Transfer of the Asbestos Personal Injury Insurance Asset

On the Effective Date, the Reorganized Debtors shall transfer to the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust the Asbestos Personal Injury Insurance Asset.

4. Assumption of Certain Liabilities by the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust

In consideration for the property transferred to the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust pursuant to Section IV.G.2 hereof and in furtherance of the purposes of the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust and the Plan, the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust shall assume all Liabilities and responsibility for all Asbestos Personal Injury Claims, and the Reorganized Debtors shall have no further financial or other responsibility or liability therefor. The Asbestos Personal Injury Trust also shall assume all liability for premiums, deductibles, retrospective premium adjustments, security or collateral arrangements, or any other charges, costs, fees or expenses (if any) that become due to any insurer in connection with the Asbestos Personal Injury Insurance Asset as a result of Asbestos Personal Injury Claims against Entities insured under policies included in the Asbestos Personal Injury Insurance Asset by reason of vendor’s endorsements, or under the indemnity provisions of settlement agreements that any Debtor made with various insurers prior to the Petition Date to the extent that those indemnity provisions relate to Asbestos Personal Injury Claims, and the Reorganized Debtors shall have no further financial or other responsibility or liability for any of the foregoing. Except as otherwise provided in the Plan, the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust Agreement and the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust Distribution Procedures, the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust shall have all defenses, cross-claims, offsets and recoupments, as well as rights of indemnification, contribution, subrogation and similar rights, regarding such Asbestos Personal Injury Claims that the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors have or would have had under applicable law.

5. Indemnification by the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust

6. Cooperation with Respect to Insurance Matters

The Reorganized Debtors shall cooperate with the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust and use commercially reasonable efforts to take or cause to be taken all appropriate actions and to do or cause to be done all things necessary or appropriate to effectuate the transfer of the Asbestos Personal Injury Insurance Asset to the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust. By way of enumeration and not of limitation, the Reorganized Debtors shall be obligated: (a) to provide the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust with copies of insurance policies, other coverage agreements and settlement agreements included within or relating to the Asbestos Personal Injury Insurance Asset; (b) to provide the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust with information necessary or helpful to the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust in connection with its efforts to obtain insurance and other coverage for Asbestos Personal Injury Claims; and (c) to execute further assignments or allow the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust to pursue claims relating to the Asbestos Personal Injury Insurance Asset in its name (subject to appropriate disclosure of the fact that the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust is doing so and the reasons why it is doing so), including by means of arbitration, alternative dispute resolution proceedings or litigation, to the extent necessary or helpful to the efforts of the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust to obtain insurance and other coverage under the Asbestos Personal Injury Insurance Asset for Asbestos Personal Injury Claims. To the extent that the transfer of the Asbestos Personal Injury Insurance Asset to the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust is determined to be invalid, ineffective or in violation of the Asbestos Personal Injury

Insurance Asset by a court or arbitrator of competent jurisdiction, upon the request of the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust, the Reorganized Debtors shall (a) pursue any rights to the Asbestos Personal Injury Insurance Asset for the benefit of, and to the fullest extent required by, the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust and (b) immediately transfer any amounts recovered under or on account of the Asbestos Personal Injury Insurance Asset to the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust. The Asbestos Personal Injury Trust shall be obligated to compensate the Reorganized Debtors for costs reasonably incurred in connection with providing assistance to the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust or in pursuing recovery for the benefit of the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust pursuant to this Section IV.G.6, including out-of-pocket costs and expenses, consultant fees and attorneys’ fees.

7. Authority of the Reorganized Debtors

Effective on the Confirmation Date, the Reorganized Debtors shall be empowered and authorized to take or cause to be taken, prior to the Effective Date, all actions necessary or appropriate to enable them to implement effectively the provisions of the Plan and the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust Agreement.

H. Preservation of Rights of Action; Settlement of Claims and Releases

1. Preservation of Rights of Action by the Debtors and the Reorganized Debtors

Except as provided in the Plan or in any contract, instrument, release or other agreement entered into or delivered in connection with the Plan, in accordance with section 1123(b) of the Bankruptcy Code and to the fullest extent possible under applicable law, the Reorganized Debtors shall retain and may enforce, and shall have the sole right to enforce, any claims, demands, rights and causes of action that any Debtor or Estate may hold against any Entity, including any Recovery Actions. The Reorganized Debtors or their successors may pursue such retained claims, demands, rights or causes of action, as appropriate, in accordance with the best interests of the Reorganized Debtors or their successors holding such claims, demands, rights or causes of action. Further, the Reorganized Debtors retain their right to File and pursue, and shall have the sole right to File and pursue, any adversary proceedings against any trade creditor or vendor related to debit balances or deposits owed to any Debtor. Notwithstanding the foregoing, on the Effective Date, the Reorganized Debtors shall be deemed to waive and release any Recovery Actions arising under section 547 of the Bankruptcy Code relating to preferential transfers held by any Debtor or its Estate or any Reorganized Debtor against any Entity, and any adversary proceeding Filed on account of such Recovery Actions arising under section 547 of the Bankruptcy Code shall be dismissed. A nonexclusive schedule of currently pending actions and claims brought by one or more of the Debtors is attached as Exhibit IV.H.1. In accordance with and subject to any applicable law, the Debtors’ inclusion or failure to include any right of action or claim on Exhibit IV.H.1 shall not be deemed an admission, denial or waiver of any claims, demands, rights or causes of action that any Debtor or Estate may hold against any Entity.

2. Comprehensive Settlement of Claims and Controversies

Pursuant to Bankruptcy Rule 9019 and in consideration for the Distributions and other benefits provided under the Plan, the provisions of the Plan, including the releases set forth in Section IV.H.3, shall constitute a good faith compromise and settlement of all claims or controversies relating to the rights that a holder of a Claim or Interest may have with respect to any Claim, Asbestos Personal Injury Claim or Interest or any Distribution to be made pursuant to the Plan on account of any Allowed Claim, Asbestos Personal Injury Claim or Interest. The entry of the Confirmation Order shall constitute the Bankruptcy Court’s approval, as of the Effective Date, of the compromise or settlement of all such claims or controversies and the Bankruptcy Court’s finding that such compromise or settlement is in the best interests of the Debtors, the Reorganized Debtors and their respective property and Claim and Interest holders and is fair, equitable and reasonable.

3. Releases

a. General Releases of Debtors and Reorganized Debtors

Except as otherwise expressly set forth in the Plan, on and after the Effective Date, the Debtors are released from all Liabilities from the beginning of time.

b. Release by the Debtors and Reorganized Debtors

i. Without limiting any applicable provisions of or releases contained in the Plan, as of the Effective Date, the Debtors and the Reorganized Debtors, on behalf of themselves and their affiliates, the Estates and their respective successors, assigns and any and all Entities who may purport to claim by, through, for or because of them, shall be deemed to forever release, waive and discharge all claims, obligations, suits, judgments, damages, demands, debts, rights, causes of action and liabilities, whether liquidated or unliquidated, fixed or contingent, matured or unmatured, known or unknown, foreseen or unforeseen, then existing or thereafter arising in law, equity or otherwise, that are based in whole or in part on any act, omission, transaction or other occurrence taking place on or prior to the Effective Date in any way relating to any Debtor, the Reorganization Cases or the Plan that such Entity has, had or may have against each of the present or former directors or officers of the Debtors acting in such capacity.

ii. Without limiting any applicable provisions of or releases contained in the Plan, as of the Effective Date, the Debtors and the Reorganized Debtors, on behalf of themselves and their affiliates, the Estates and their respective successors, assigns and any and all Entities who may purport to claim by, through, for or because of them, shall be deemed to forever release, waive and discharge the New Investor and its affiliates, and their respective officers, directors, employees, subsidiaries, members, managers, agents, attorneys, representatives and advisors from all claims, obligations, suits, judgments, damages, demands, debts, rights, causes of action and liabilities, whether liquidated or unliquidated, fixed or contingent, matured or unmatured, known or unknown, foreseen or unforeseen, then existing or thereafter arising in law, equity or otherwise, that are based in whole or in part on any act, omission, transaction or other occurrence taking place on or prior to the Effective Date, arising from, or related to such parties’ participation in the Equity Committee, the Reorganization Cases, the Plan, the Rights Offering or the New Investor Documents, other than such parties’ contractual liability to the Debtors pursuant to the New Investor Documents and any exhibit or attachment thereto.

c. General Releases by Holders of Claims or Interests

Without limiting any other applicable provisions of, or releases contained in, the Plan or the Bankruptcy Code, as of the Effective Date, in consideration for, among other things, the obligations of the Debtors and the Reorganized Debtors under the Plan, the Note, the Contingent Payment Note, the New Investor Documents, cash and other contracts, instruments, releases, agreements or documents to be entered into or delivered in connection with the Plan, each holder of a Claim or Interest that votes in favor of the Plan shall be deemed to forever release, waive and discharge all Liabilities in any way relating to any Debtor, the Reorganization Cases or the Plan that such Entity has, had or may have against any Debtor, any Reorganized Debtor, the New Investor and each of their respective present or former directors, officers, employees, subsidiaries, predecessors, successors, members, attorneys, accountants, underwriters, investment bankers, financial advisors, appraisers, representatives and agents, acting in such capacity (which release shall be in

addition to the discharge of Claims provided herein and under the Confirmation Order and the Bankruptcy Code).

d. Injunction Related to Releases

As further provided in Section IX.B, the Confirmation Order shall permanently enjoin the commencement or prosecution by any Entity, whether directly, derivatively or otherwise, of any Liabilities released pursuant to the Plan.

I. Continuation of Certain Employee, Retiree and Workers’ Compensation Benefits

1. Employee Benefits

From and after the Effective Date, the Reorganized Debtors intend to continue (or continue as modified or replaced) their existing employee benefit policies, plans and agreements, including: (a) medical, dental, life, travel accident and accidental death and dismemberment insurance; (b) sick pay, short-term disability pay and long-term disability insurance; (c) vacation and holiday pay; (d) bonus and severance programs; (e) tuition assistance policies; and (f) qualified deferred compensation plans.

2. Retiree Benefits

From and after the Effective Date, the Reorganized Debtors shall be obligated to pay retiree benefits (as defined in section 1114(a) of the Bankruptcy Code) and any similar health, disability or death benefits in accordance with the terms of the retiree benefit plans or other agreements governing the payment of such benefits, subject to any rights to amend, modify or terminate such benefits under the terms of the applicable retiree benefits plan, other agreement or applicable nonbankruptcy law.

3. Workers’ Compensation Benefits

From and after the Effective Date, the Reorganized Debtors, in their sole discretion, may continue to pay valid Claims arising before the Petition Date under the Debtors’ workers’ compensation programs.

J. Special Provisions Regarding Insured Claims and Insurance Policies

1. Limitations on Amounts to Be Distributed to Holders of Allowed Insured Claims

Distributions under the Plan to each holder of an Allowed Insured Claim shall be in accordance with the treatment provided under the Plan for the Class in which such Allowed Insured Claim is classified, but solely to the extent that such Allowed Insured Claim is not satisfied from proceeds payable to the holder thereof under any pertinent insurance policies and applicable law. Nothing in this Section IV.J.1 shall constitute a waiver of any claims, obligations, suits, judgments, damages, demands, debts, rights, causes of action or liabilities that any Entity may hold against any other Entity, including the Debtors’ insurance carriers.

2. Reinstatement and Continuation of Insurance Policies

From and after the Effective Date, each of the Debtors’ insurance policies in existence as of the Effective Date shall be reinstated and continued in accordance with its terms and, to the extent applicable, shall be deemed assumed by the applicable Reorganized Debtor pursuant to section 365 of the Bankruptcy Code and Section V.A.

3. Insurance Neutrality

b. Nothing in the Plan, including the injunction and release provisions of Sections IV.H.3, IX.A and IX.B, or in the Confirmation Order (other than the Asbestos Personal Injury Insurance Asset Entity Injunction) shall preclude any Entity from asserting in any proceeding any and all claims, defenses, rights or causes of action that it has or may have under or in connection with any insurance policy or any insurance settlement agreement. Nothing in the Plan or the Confirmation Order (other than the Asbestos Personal Injury Insurance Asset Entity Injunction) shall be deemed to waive any claims, defenses, rights or causes of action that any Entity has or may have under the provisions, terms, conditions, defenses or exclusions contained in such insurance policy or insurance settlement agreements, including any and all such claims, defenses, rights or causes of action based upon or arising out of Asbestos Personal Injury Claims that are liquidated, resolved, discharged, channeled or paid in connection with the Plan.

K. Cancellation and Surrender of Instruments, Securities and Other Documentation

Except as otherwise provided in the Plan (including with respect to those Industrial Revenue Bonds that are Reinstated pursuant to Section III.B.5) or in any contract, instrument or other agreement or document entered into or delivered in connection with the Plan, on the Effective Date and concurrently with the applicable Distributions made pursuant to Article III, the Credit Facilities, the Senior Note Indenture, the Senior Notes and the Industrial Revenue Bond Indentures that are not Reinstated shall be canceled and of no further force and effect, without any further action on the part of any Debtor or Reorganized Debtor, and the obligations of the Debtors and the Indenture Trustees, if applicable, under such agreements, contracts, instruments and other documents shall be discharged; provided, however, that the Senior Notes, the Industrial Revenue Bonds and the relevant indentures shall continue in effect solely for the purpose of (1) allowing the relevant holders of notes to receive their Distributions hereunder and (2) allowing the Indenture Trustees to make the Distributions, if any, to be made on account of the Senior Note Claims and the Industrial Revenue Bonds Claims. The holders of or parties to such canceled instruments, securities and other documentation shall have no rights arising from or relating to such instruments, securities and other documentation or the cancellation thereof, except the rights provided pursuant to the Plan; provided, however, that no Distribution under the Plan shall be made to or on behalf of any holder of an Allowed Claim evidenced by such canceled instruments or securities unless and until such instruments or securities are received by the applicable Disbursing Agent to the extent required in Section VI.H. Notwithstanding any provision contained in this Plan to the contrary, the distribution provisions contained in the Senior Note Indenture and the Industrial Revenue Bond Indentures, as applicable, shall continue in effect to the extent necessary to authorize the Indenture Trustees to receive and distribute to the holders of Allowed Senior Note Claims and Industrial Revenue Bond Claims any Distributions made pursuant to the Plan on account of such Allowed Claims and shall terminate completely upon completion of all such Distributions.

L. Release of Liens

such mortgages, deeds of trust, liens or other security interests, including any rights to any collateral thereunder, shall revert to the applicable Reorganized Debtor and its successors and assigns.

M. Effectuating the Rights Offering

As of the Confirmation Date, the Debtors may enter into and effectuate any Rights Offering Documents, if applicable, perform under the New Investor Documents and take any actions appropriate or necessary to consummate the Rights Offering.

N. Effectuating Documents; Further Transactions; Exemption from Certain Transfer Taxes

The Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer, President, Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Chief Operating Officer, Senior Vice President or any Vice President of each Debtor or Reorganized Debtor shall be authorized to execute, deliver, file or record such contracts, instruments, releases and other agreements or documents and take such actions as may be necessary or appropriate to effectuate and implement the provisions of the Plan. The Secretary or any Assistant Secretary of each Debtor or Reorganized Debtor shall be authorized to certify or attest to any of the foregoing actions. Pursuant to section 1146(c) of the Bankruptcy Code, the following shall not be subject to any stamp tax or similar tax: (1) the issuance, transfer or exchange of the Additional Common Stock, the Note or the Contingent Payment Note; (2) the creation of any mortgage, deed of trust, lien or other security interest; (3) the making or assignment of any lease or sublease; (4) any Restructuring Transaction; or (5) the making or delivery of any deed or other instrument of transfer under, in furtherance of or in connection with the Plan, including any merger agreements, agreements of consolidation, restructuring, disposition, liquidation or dissolution, deeds, bills of sale or assignments executed in connection with any Restructuring Transaction pursuant to the Plan.

O. Compliance with QSF Regulations

Reorganized USG and the Asbestos Personal Injury Trustees shall take all actions required of them as “transferor” and “administrator,” respectively, pursuant to Treasury Regulations promulgated under section 468B of the Internal Revenue Code.

P. Procedure for Resolution of Postpetition Interest Disputes

1. To the extent any holder of a Class 6 Claim believes that it is entitled to Postpetition Interest at an interest rate other than the rate described in Section I.A.99.f.i, the holder of such Claim must timely File and serve on the Debtors at the addresses set forth in Section XI.H. a Postpetition Interest Rate Determination Notice no later than June 26, 2006. The Debtors or Reorganized Debtors, as applicable, will have the opportunity to review and dispute the Postpetition Interest Rate Determination Notice and shall File any objection to the Postpetition Interest Rate Determination Notice no later than 60 days after the Effective Date. In objecting to the Postpetition Interest Rate Determination Notice, the Debtors or Reorganized Debtors, as applicable, may assert that the holder of the Claim that Filed the Postpetition Interest Rate Determination Notice is entitled to no Postpetition Interest under applicable law, and the Bankruptcy Court may find that no Postpetition Interest is required and order that none shall be paid on account of such Claim. To the extent the Postpetition Interest Rate Determination Notice does not relate to a Disputed Claim, the Debtors may pay the principal amount of the Allowed Claim on the Effective Date, in accordance with the applicable provisions of the Plan; provided, however, that no payment of Postpetition Interest will be made until the Postpetition Interest Rate Determination Notice is resolved in accordance with this Section IV.P.

2. If the Debtors or Reorganized Debtors, as applicable, determine that the interest rate asserted in the Postpetition Interest Rate Determination Notice is appropriate, the Debtors may File a certificate of no objection at any time with respect to such notice and pay Postpetition Interest at the rate requested in the Postpetition Interest

Rate Determination Notice. No hearing is required by the Bankruptcy Court with respect to any Postpetition Interest Rate Determination Notice for which a certificate of no objection is Filed or for which the Debtors or Reorganized Debtors, as applicable, do not File a timely objection.

3. If the Debtors or Reorganized Debtors, as applicable, File an objection to the Postpetition Interest Rate Determination and no stipulation or agreement is reached with respect to the appropriate rate of Postpetition Interest for such Claim, the Debtors or Reorganized Debtors, as applicable, may ask the Bankruptcy Court to schedule a hearing on the particular Postpetition Interest Rate Determination Notice and the related objection at an appropriate time.

4. The Debtors or Reorganized Debtors, as applicable, and the holder of the Claim that Filed the Postpetition Interest Rate Determination Notice at any time may enter into a stipulation or agreement as to the appropriate rate of Postpetition Interest with respect to such Claim, without further action of the Bankruptcy Court.

ARTICLE V.

TREATMENT OF EXECUTORY

CONTRACTS AND UNEXPIRED LEASES

A. Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases to Be Assumed

1. Assumption Generally

Except as otherwise provided in the Plan or in any contract, instrument, release or other agreement or document entered into in connection with the Plan, on the Effective Date, pursuant to section 365 of the Bankruptcy Code, the applicable Debtor or Reorganized Debtor shall assume each of its respective Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases other than those listed on Exhibit V.C; provided, however, that the Debtors reserve the right, at any time prior to the Effective Date, to amend Exhibit V.C to: (a) delete any Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease listed therein, thus providing for its assumption pursuant hereto; or (b) add any Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease to Exhibit V.C, thus providing for its rejection pursuant to this Section V.A.1. The Debtors shall provide notice of any amendments to Exhibit V.C to the parties to the Executory Contracts or Unexpired Leases affected thereby and to the parties on the then-applicable service list in the Reorganization Cases. Nothing herein shall constitute an admission by a Debtor or Reorganized Debtor that any contract or lease is an Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease or that a Debtor or Reorganized Debtor has any liability thereunder.

2. Assumptions of Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases

Each Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease assumed under Section V.A.1 shall include any modifications, amendments, supplements or restatements to such contract or lease.

3. Assignments Related to the Restructuring Transactions

4. Approval of Assumptions and Assumption Procedures

The Confirmation Order shall constitute an order of the Bankruptcy Court approving the assumptions described in Section V.A.1, pursuant to section 365 of the Bankruptcy Code, as of the Effective Date. The appropriate procedures for assumption of an Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease are as follows:

a. After the entry of the Confirmation Order, the Debtors shall serve upon each party to an Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease being assumed pursuant to the Plan notice of: (i) the contract or lease being assumed or assumed and assigned; (ii) the Cure Amount Claim, if any, that the applicable Debtor believes it would be obligated to pay in connection with such assumption; and (iii) the procedures for such party to object to the assumption or assumption and assignment of the applicable contract or lease or the amount of the proposed Cure Amount Claim.

b. Any entity wishing to object to (i) the proposed assumption of an Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease under the Plan or (ii) the proposed amount of the related Cure Amount Claim must File and serve on counsel to the Debtors a written objection setting forth the basis for the objection within 20 days of service of the notice described in Section V.A.4.a.

c. If no objection to the proposed assumption or Cure Amount Claim is properly Filed and served prior to the objection deadline with respect to an Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease: (i) the proposed assumption of the Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease shall be approved in accordance with the Plan and the Confirmation Order, effective as of the Effective Date, without further action of the Bankruptcy Court; and (ii) the Cure Amount Claim identified by the Debtors in the notice shall be fixed and shall be paid in accordance with the Plan on or after the Effective Date, without further action of the Bankruptcy Court, to the appropriate contract or lease party identified on the notice.

d. If an objection to the proposed assumption or Cure Amount Claim is properly Filed and served prior to the objection deadline with respect to an Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease, the Debtors or Reorganized Debtors, as applicable, and the objecting party may resolve such objection by stipulation, without further action of the Bankruptcy Court.

e. If an objection to the proposed assumption or Cure Amount Claim is properly Filed and served prior to the objection deadline with respect to an Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease and the parties are unable to resolve such objection: (i) the Debtors or Reorganized Debtors may File a reply to such objection no later than 30 days after the Filing and service of such objection and ask the Bankruptcy Court to schedule a hearing on the particular objection and the related reply at an appropriate time; or (ii) the Debtors or Reorganized Debtors, as applicable, may designate the Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease underlying such objection for rejection pursuant to Section V.C and amend Exhibit V.C accordingly.

B. Payments Related to the Assumption of Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases

payment of any Cure Amount Claim required by section 365(b)(1) of the Bankruptcy Code shall be made following the entry of a Final Order resolving the dispute and approving the assumption. For assumptions of Executory Contracts or Unexpired Leases between Debtors, the Reorganized Debtor assuming such contract may cure any monetary default (1) by treating such amount as either a direct or indirect contribution to capital or Distribution (as appropriate) or (2) through an intercompany account balance in lieu of payment in cash.

C. Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases to Be Rejected and Rejection Procedures

On the Effective Date, each Executory Contract and Unexpired Lease listed on Exhibit V.C shall be rejected pursuant to section 365 of the Bankruptcy Code. Each contract and lease listed on Exhibit V.C shall be rejected only to the extent that any such contract or lease constitutes an Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease. Listing a contract or lease on Exhibit V.C shall not constitute an admission by a Debtor or Reorganized Debtor that such contract or lease is an Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease or that a Debtor or Reorganized Debtor has any liability thereunder. The Confirmation Order shall constitute an order of the Bankruptcy Court approving such rejections, pursuant to section 365 of the Bankruptcy Code, as of the Effective Date. The appropriate procedures for rejection of an Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease are as follows:

1. After the entry of the Confirmation Order, the Debtors shall serve upon each party to an Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease being rejected pursuant to the Plan notice of such proposed rejection.

2. Any entity wishing to object to the proposed rejection of an Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease under the Plan must File and serve on counsel to the Debtors a written objection setting forth the basis for the objection within 20 days of service of the notice described in Section V.C.1.

3. If no objection to the proposed rejection is properly Filed and served prior to the objection deadline with respect to an Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease, the proposed rejection of the applicable Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease shall be approved in accordance with the Plan and the Confirmation Order, effective as of the Effective Date, without further action of the Bankruptcy Court.

4. If an objection to the proposed rejection is properly Filed and served prior to the objection deadline with respect to an Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease, the Debtors or Reorganized Debtors, as applicable, and the objecting party may resolve such objection by stipulation, without further action of the Bankruptcy Court.

5. If an objection to the proposed rejection is properly Filed and served prior to the objection deadline with respect to an Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease and the parties are unable to resolve such objection the Debtors or Reorganized Debtors, as applicable, may File a reply to such objection no later than 30 days after the Filing and service of such objection and ask the Court to schedule a hearing on the particular objection and the related reply at an appropriate time.

D. Bar Date for Rejection Damages

Notwithstanding anything in the Bar Date Order to the contrary, if the rejection of an Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease gives rise to a Claim by the other party or parties to such contract or lease, such Claim shall be forever barred and shall not be enforceable against the Debtors, the Reorganized Debtors, their respective successors or their respective properties unless a proof of Claim is Filed and served on the Reorganized Debtors, pursuant to the procedures specified in the Confirmation Order and the notice of the entry of the Confirmation Order or another order of the Bankruptcy Court, on the later to occur of (1) 60 days after the Effective Date or (2) 30 days after the date of entry of an Order rejecting such Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease.

E. Obligations to Indemnify Directors, Officers and Employees

The obligations of each Debtor or Reorganized Debtor to indemnify any person serving as one of its directors, officers or employees prior to or following the Petition Date by reason of such person’s prior or future service in such a capacity or as a director, officer or employee of any Debtor or any other corporation, partnership or other legal Entity, to the extent provided in the applicable certificates of incorporation, by-laws or similar constituent documents, by statutory law or by written agreement, policies or procedures of or with such Debtor, shall be deemed and treated as executory contracts that are assumed by the applicable Debtor or Reorganized Debtor pursuant to the Plan and section 365 of the Bankruptcy Code as of the Effective Date. Accordingly, such indemnification obligations shall survive and be unaffected by entry of the Confirmation Order, irrespective of whether such indemnification is owed for an act or event occurring before or after the Petition Date.

F. Contracts and Leases Entered Into After the Petition Date

Notwithstanding any other provisions of the Plan, contracts and leases entered into after the Petition Date by any Debtor, including any Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases assumed by such Debtor, shall be performed by the Debtor or Reorganized Debtor liable thereunder in accordance with the terms and conditions of such contracts and leases in the ordinary course of its business. Accordingly, such contracts and leases and other obligations (including any assumed Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases) shall survive and remain unaffected by entry of the Confirmation Order.

ARTICLE VI.

PROVISIONS GOVERNING DISTRIBUTIONS

A. Distributions for Claims Allowed as of the Effective Date

Except as otherwise provided in the Plan (including with respect to Asbestos Personal Injury Claims), Distributions to be made on the Effective Date to holders of Claims that are Allowed Claims as of the Effective Date shall be deemed made on the Effective Date if made on the Effective Date or as promptly thereafter as practicable, but in any event no later than: (1) 60 days after the Effective Date or (2) such later date when the applicable conditions of Section V.B (regarding cure payments for Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases being assumed), Section VI.D.2.a (regarding undeliverable Distributions), Section VI.G.4 (regarding compliance with Tax requirements) or Section VI.H (regarding surrender of canceled instruments or securities) are satisfied. Distributions on account of Claims that become Allowed Claims after the Effective Date shall be made pursuant to Section VI.G.3. Any Claim that is disallowed by order of the Bankruptcy Court (or the District Court) prior to the Effective Date shall be deemed expunged (to the extent not already expunged) as of the Effective Date without the necessity for further Bankruptcy Court approval and the holder of any such Claim shall not be entitled to any Distributions under the Plan.

B. Method of Distributions to Holders of Claims

Reorganized USG or such Third Party Disbursing Agents as Reorganized USG may employ in its sole discretion shall make all Distributions of cash, the Note, the Contingent Payment Note and other instruments or documents required under the Plan. Each Disbursing Agent shall serve without bond, and any Disbursing Agent may employ or contract with other Entities to assist in or make the Distributions required by the Plan. The Debtors intend that the Indenture Trustees and the Credit Facilities Agent will serve as Third Party Disbursing Agents and will receive Distributions for the benefit of, and make Distributions to, holders of Allowed Industrial Revenue Bond Claims, Allowed Senior Note Claims and Credit Facilities Claims, as applicable.

C. Compensation and Reimbursement for Services Related to Distributions

Each Third Party Disbursing Agent providing services related to Distributions pursuant to the Plan shall receive from Reorganized USG, without further Bankruptcy Court approval, reasonable compensation for such services and reimbursement of reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with such services. These payments shall be made on terms agreed to with Reorganized USG and shall not be deducted from Distributions to be made pursuant to the Plan to holders of Allowed Claims receiving Distributions from a Third Party Disbursing Agent.

D. Delivery of Distributions and Undeliverable or Unclaimed Distributions

1. Delivery of Distributions

Except for Asbestos Personal Injury Claims, Distributions to holders of Allowed Claims shall be made by a Disbursing Agent (a) at the addresses set forth on the respective proofs of Claim Filed by holders of such Claims; (b) at the addresses set forth in any written certification of address change delivered to the Disbursing Agent (including pursuant to a letter of transmittal delivered to a Disbursing Agent) after the date of Filing of any related proof of Claim; or (c) at the addresses reflected in the applicable Debtor’s Schedules if no proof of Claim has been Filed and the Disbursing Agent has not received a written notice of a change of address.

2. Undeliverable Distributions Held by Disbursing Agents

a. Holding and Investment of Undeliverable Distributions

If any Distribution to a holder of an Allowed Claim is returned to a Disbursing Agent as undeliverable, no further Distributions shall be made to such holder unless and until the applicable Disbursing Agent is notified by written certification of such holder’s then-current address. Undeliverable Distributions shall remain in the possession of the applicable Disbursing Agent pursuant to this Section VI.D.2.a until such time as a Distribution becomes deliverable. Undeliverable cash shall be held in segregated bank accounts in the name of the applicable Disbursing Agent for the benefit of the potential claimants of such funds. Any Disbursing Agent holding undeliverable cash shall invest such cash in a manner consistent with the Reorganized Debtors’ investment and deposit guidelines.

b. After Distributions Become Deliverable

On each Quarterly Distribution Date, the applicable Disbursing Agents shall make all Distributions that become deliverable to holders of Allowed Claims (other than Asbestos Personal Injury Claims) during the preceding calendar quarter, to the extent not distributed earlier at the discretion of the applicable Disbursing Agent.

c. Failure to Claim Undeliverable Distributions

Any holder of an Allowed Claim that does not assert a claim pursuant to the Plan for an undeliverable Distribution to be made by a Disbursing Agent within one year after the later of (i) the Effective Date and (ii) the last date on which a Distribution was attempted to be made to such holder shall have its claim for such undeliverable Distribution discharged and shall be forever barred from asserting any such claim against the Reorganized Debtors or their respective property. Unclaimed Distributions shall become property of Reorganized USG, free of any restrictions thereon, and any such Distributions held by a Third Party Disbursing Agent shall be returned to Reorganized USG. Nothing contained in the Plan shall require any Debtor, Reorganized Debtor or Disbursing Agent to attempt to locate any holder of an Allowed Claim.

E. Distribution Record Date

1. A Disbursing Agent shall have no obligation to recognize the transfer of, or the sale of any participation in, any Claim that occurs after the close of business on the Distribution Record Date and shall be entitled for all purposes herein to recognize and make Distributions only to those holders of Allowed Claims that are holders of such Claims, or participants therein, as of the close of business on the Distribution Record Date.

2. As of the close of business on the Distribution Record Date, the respective transfer or Claims registers for the Credit Facilities Claims, Senior Note Claims and Industrial Revenue Bond Claims, as maintained by the Debtors or the Credit Facilities Agent, Senior Note Indenture Trustee or Industrial Revenue Bond Indenture Trustees, as applicable, shall be closed and any transfer of any Claim or interest therein shall be prohibited. The applicable Disbursing Agent shall have no obligation to recognize the transfer or sale of any Credit Facilities Claim, Senior Note Claim or Industrial Revenue Bond Claim that occurs after the close of business on the Distribution Record Date and shall be entitled for all purposes herein to recognize and make Distributions only to those holders of Credit Facilities Claims, Senior Note Claims or Industrial Revenue Bond Claims who are holders of such Claims as of the close of business on the Distribution Record Date.

3. Except as otherwise provided in a Final Order of the Bankruptcy Court, the transferees of Claims that are transferred pursuant to Bankruptcy Rule 3001 on or prior to the Distribution Record Date shall be treated as the holders of such Claims for all purposes, notwithstanding that any period provided by Bankruptcy Rule 3001 for objecting to such transfer has not expired by the Distribution Record Date.

F. Means of Cash Payments

Except as otherwise specified herein, cash payments made pursuant to the Plan to holders of Claims shall be in U.S. currency by checks drawn on a domestic bank selected by Reorganized USG or, at the option of Reorganized USG, by wire transfer from a domestic bank; provided, however, that cash payments to foreign holders of Allowed Claims may be made, at the option of Reorganized USG, in such funds and by such means as are necessary or customary in a particular foreign jurisdiction.

G. Timing and Calculation of Amounts to Be Distributed

1. Timing of Distributions Under the Plan

Any Distribution to be made by any Debtor or Reorganized Debtor pursuant to the Plan shall be deemed to have been timely made if made within 60 days after the time therefore specified in the Plan. Except as otherwise provided in the Plan, no interest shall accrue or be paid with respect to any Distribution as a consequence of such Distribution not having been made on the Effective Date.

2. Distribution to the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust

The Distribution to the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust shall be made on the Effective Date.

3. Allowed Claims

On the Effective Date, each holder of an Allowed Claim (other than an Asbestos Personal Injury Claim) shall receive the full amount of the Distributions that the Plan provides for Allowed Claims in the applicable Class. On each Quarterly Distribution Date, Distributions also shall be made pursuant to Section VII.D to holders of Disputed Claims in any such Class that were allowed during the preceding calendar quarter, to the extent not distributed earlier at the discretion of the applicable Disbursing Agent. Such quarterly Distributions also shall be in the full amount that the Plan provides for Allowed Claims in the applicable Class.

4. Compliance with Tax Requirements

a. In connection with the Plan and as described in greater detail in Sections XII.D and XII.E of the Disclosure Statement, to the extent applicable, each Disbursing Agent shall comply with all Tax withholding and reporting requirements imposed on it by any governmental unit, and all Distributions pursuant to the Plan shall be subject to such withholding and reporting requirements. Each Disbursing Agent shall be authorized to take any actions that may be necessary or appropriate to comply with such withholding and reporting requirements.

b. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, in accordance with the Internal Revenue Code’s backup withholding rules, a holder of a Claim may be subject to backup withholding with respect to Distributions made pursuant to the Plan, unless the holder (i) comes within certain exempt categories (which generally include corporations) and, when required, demonstrates this fact or (ii) provides at the applicable Disbursing Agent’s request a completed IRS Form W-9 (or substitute therefore) on which the holder includes a correct taxpayer identification number and certifies under penalty of perjury that the taxpayer identification number is correct and that the taxpayer is not subject to backup withholding because of a failure to report all dividend and interest income. Among other things, to receive any Postpetition Interest, if requested by a Disbursing Agent, a holder of an Allowed Claim shall be required to establish an exemption from backup withholding or to make arrangements with respect to the payment of backup withholding. Non-U.S. holders may be required by the applicable Disbursing Agent to provide a completed IRS Form W-8 to establish an exemption from or a treaty-reduced rate of withholding on interest distributed pursuant to the Plan. No Distributions on account of Postpetition Interest shall be made to a holder of an Allowed Claim until such time as the holder of such Claim establishes exemption from withholding or provides the relevant IRS Form W-8 or W-9, as applicable.

c. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan, each Entity receiving a Distribution of cash, the Note or the Contingent Payment Note pursuant to the Plan shall have sole and exclusive responsibility for the satisfaction and payment of any Tax obligations imposed on it by any governmental unit on account of such Distribution, including income, withholding and other Tax obligations.

H. Surrender of Canceled Instruments or Securities

As a condition precedent to receiving any Distribution pursuant to the Plan on account of an Allowed Claim evidenced by the notes, instruments, securities or other documentation canceled pursuant to Section IV.K, the holder of such Claim must tender, as specified in this Section VI.H, the applicable notes (other than any notes that may have been issued under the Credit Facilities), instruments, securities or other documentation evidencing such Claim to the applicable Disbursing Agent, together with any letter of transmittal required by such Disbursing Agent. Pending such surrender, any Distributions pursuant to the Plan on account of any such Claim shall be treated as an undeliverable Distribution pursuant to Section VI.D.2.a.

I. Setoffs

Except with respect to claims of a Debtor or Reorganized Debtor released pursuant to the Plan or any contract, instrument, release or other agreement or document entered into or delivered in connection with the Plan, the Reorganized Debtors or, as instructed by the applicable Reorganized Debtor, a Third Party Disbursing Agent may, pursuant to section 553 of the Bankruptcy Code or applicable nonbankruptcy law, set off against any Allowed Claim and the Distributions to be made pursuant to the Plan on account of such Claim (before any Distribution is made on account of such Claim) the claims, rights and causes of action of any nature that the applicable Debtor or Reorganized Debtor may hold against the holder of such Allowed Claim; provided, however, that neither the failure to effect a setoff nor the allowance of any Claim hereunder shall constitute a waiver or release by the applicable

Debtor or Reorganized Debtor of any claims, rights and causes of action that the Debtor or Reorganized Debtor may possess against such a Claim holder.

J. Allocation of Payments

Amounts paid to holders of Claims in satisfaction thereof shall be allocated first to the principal amounts of such Claims, with any excess being allocated to interest that has accrued on such Claims but remains unpaid.

ARTICLE VII.

PROCEDURES FOR RESOLVING DISPUTED CLAIMS

A. Prosecution of Objections to Claims

1. Objections to Claims

Objections to Claims (other than Asbestos Personal Injury Claims) must be Filed and served on the holders of such Claims by the Claims Objection Bar Date, and, if Filed prior to the Effective Date, such objections shall be served on the parties on the then-applicable service list in the Reorganization Cases. If an objection has not been Filed to a proof of Claim or an amendment has not been made to the Schedules with respect to a scheduled Claim by the Claims Objection Bar Date, the Claim to which the proof of Claim or Schedules relates shall be treated as an Allowed Claim if such Claim has not been allowed earlier.

2. Authority to Prosecute Objections

After the Effective Date, the Reorganized Debtors shall have the authority to File (if applicable), settle, compromise, withdraw or litigate to judgment objections to all Claims (other than Asbestos Personal Injury Claims), including pursuant to any alternative dispute resolution or similar procedures approved by the Bankruptcy Court. After the Effective Date, the Reorganized Debtors may settle, compromise or otherwise resolve any Disputed Claim or any objection or controversy relating to any Claim without approval of the Bankruptcy Court.

3. Liquidation and Resolution of Litigation Claims and Asbestos Property Damage Claims

Any unliquidated or disputed Litigation Claim or Asbestos Property Damage Claim that is a Timely Claim shall be liquidated, in accordance with applicable law, in: (a) the Bankruptcy Court (or the District Court) or (b)(i) the court in which it is pending on the Effective Date or (ii) if no action was pending on the Effective Date, any court of appropriate jurisdiction. This Section VII.A.3 is without prejudice to any party’s ability to request liquidation of a Claim in any applicable forum. If a Claim is to be liquidated in a court other than the Bankruptcy Court (or the District Court), upon the entry of an order of the Bankruptcy Court (or the District Court) or the execution of a written agreement by the Reorganized Debtors and the particular claimant, the injunction provided under Section IX.B.1 shall be deemed modified solely to the extent necessary to allow the parties to liquidate the Litigation Claim or the Asbestos Property Damage Claim in the applicable court. Notwithstanding the foregoing, at all times prior to or after the Effective Date, the Bankruptcy Court shall retain jurisdiction relating to Litigation Claims and Asbestos Property Damage Claims, including the Debtors’ right to have such Claims liquidated in the Bankruptcy Court (or the District Court) pursuant to section 157(b)(2)(B) of title 28 of the United States Code, as may be applicable. Any Litigation Claim or Asbestos Property Damage Claim liquidated pursuant to a judgment obtained in accordance with this Section VII.A.3 and applicable nonbankruptcy law that is no longer appealable or subject to review shall be deemed an Allowed Claim in Class 6 or Class 8, as applicable, against the applicable Debtor in such liquidated amount upon the agreement of the parties or order of the Bankruptcy Court. The holder of any Litigation Claim or Asbestos Property Damage Claim allowed in accordance with the procedures in this Section VII.A.3 shall be entitled to any interest on such Allowed Claim required by applicable law and awarded by a

Final Order. In the event a Litigation Claim or Asbestos Property Damage Claim is resolved pursuant to a judgment or order that (a) is obtained in accordance with this Section VII.A.3, (b) is no longer appealable or subject to review and (c) provides for no recovery against the applicable Reorganized Debtor, such Litigation Claim or Asbestos Property Damage Claim shall be deemed expunged without the necessity for further Bankruptcy Court approval upon the applicable Reorganized Debtor’s service of a copy of such judgment or order upon the holder of such Litigation Claim or Asbestos Property Damage Claim. Nothing contained in this Section VII.A.3 shall constitute or be deemed a waiver of any claim, right or cause of action that a Debtor or Reorganized Debtor may have against any person or entity in connection with or arising out of any Litigation Claim or Asbestos Property Damage Claim.

4. Authority to Amend Schedules

The Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors shall have the authority to amend the Schedules with respect to any Claim and to make Distributions based on such amended Schedules without approval of the Bankruptcy Court. If any such amendment to the Schedules reduces the amount of a Claim or changes the nature or priority of a Claim, the Debtor or Reorganized Debtor shall provide the holder of such Claim with notice of such amendment and such holder shall have 20 days to File an objection to such amendment with the Bankruptcy Court. If no such objection is Filed, the Debtor or Reorganized Debtor may proceed with Distributions based on such amended Schedules without approval of the Bankruptcy Court.

B. Treatment of Disputed Claims

Notwithstanding any other provisions of the Plan, no payments or Distributions shall be made on account of a Disputed Claim until such Claim becomes an Allowed Claim.

C. Enforcement of Bar Date Order

In accordance with the Bar Date Order and section 502(b)(9) of the Bankruptcy Code, any Entity that failed to File a proof of Claim by the applicable Bar Date or was not otherwise permitted to File a proof of Claim after the applicable Bar Date by a Final Order of the Bankruptcy Court is and shall be barred, estopped and enjoined from asserting any Claim against the Debtors (1) in an amount that exceeds the amount, if any, that is identified in the Schedules on behalf of such Entity as undisputed, noncontingent and liquidated; or (2) of a different nature or a different classification than any Claim identified in the Schedules on behalf of such Entity. All Claims Filed after the applicable Bar Date and for which no Final Order has been entered by the Bankruptcy Court determining that such Claims were timely Filed shall be disallowed and expunged. Any Distribution on account of such Claims shall be limited to the amount, if any, listed in the applicable Schedules as undisputed, noncontingent and liquidated.

D. Distributions on Account of Disputed Claims Once Allowed

On each Quarterly Distribution Date, the applicable Disbursing Agent shall make all Distributions on account of any Disputed Claim that has become an Allowed Claim during the preceding calendar quarter, to the extent not distributed earlier at the discretion of the applicable Disbursing Agent. Such Distributions shall be made pursuant to the provisions of the Plan governing the applicable Class.

E. Indenture Trustees as Relevant Claim Holders

Consistent with Bankruptcy Rule 3003(c), the Debtors or Reorganized Debtors, as applicable, shall recognize a Proof of Claim filed by the Senior Note Indenture Trustee with respect to any Senior Note Claim or the relevant Industrial Revenue Bond Indenture Trustee with respect to the applicable Industrial Revenue Bond Claim; provided, however, such recognition in no way waives any of the Debtors’ or Reorganized Debtors’ rights against or defenses to such Claim. Accordingly, any Claim, proof of which is filed by the registered or beneficial holder of a

Claim, shall be disallowed as duplicative of the Claim of the pertinent Indenture Trustee, without further action by the Debtors or Reorganized Debtors and without further order from the Bankruptcy Court.

ARTICLE VIII.

CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO CONFIRMATION

AND CONSUMMATION OF THE PLAN

A. Conditions to Confirmation

The following shall be conditions to Confirmation unless such conditions shall have been duly waived pursuant to Section VIII.C:

1. The Confirmation Order shall have been entered by the Bankruptcy Court or the District Court (and, if the Confirmation Order is entered by the Bankruptcy Court, shall have been fully affirmed by the District Court), shall be acceptable in form and substance to the Debtors and shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Asbestos Personal Injury Committee and the Asbestos Personal Injury Futures Representative.

2. The Plan and Confirmation Order, as entered, shall ratify and approve the New Investor Documents without any change or modification.

3. All Exhibits to the Plan are in form and substance satisfactory to the Debtors and reasonably satisfactory to the Asbestos Personal Injury Committee and the Asbestos Personal Injury Futures Representative.

4. The Bankruptcy Court or the District Court makes the following findings, each of which shall be contained in the Confirmation Order and each of which, if the Confirmation Order is entered by the Bankruptcy Court, shall be fully affirmed by the District Court:

a. The Asbestos Permanent Channeling Injunction is to be implemented in connection with the Plan and the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust.

b. The Asbestos Personal Injury Trust, as of the Effective Date, shall assume the liabilities of each of the Protected Parties with respect to all Asbestos Personal Injury Claims, and, upon such assumption, no Protected Party shall have any liability for any Asbestos Personal Injury Claim.

c. Each Debtor had been named as a defendant in a personal injury, wrongful death or property damage action seeking recovery for damages allegedly caused by the presence of, or exposure to, asbestos or asbestos-containing products.

d. The Asbestos Personal Injury Trust is to be funded in whole or in part by securities of one or more of the Reorganized Debtors and by the obligation of such Reorganized Debtor or Reorganized Debtors to make future payments, including dividends.

e. The Asbestos Personal Injury Trust is to own, or by the exercise of rights granted under the Plan would be entitled to own if specified contingencies occur, a majority of the voting shares of each such Reorganized Debtor, the parent corporation of each such Reorganized Debtor or a subsidiary of each such Reorganized Debtor that is also a Reorganized Debtor.

f. The Asbestos Personal Injury Trust shall use its assets or income to pay Asbestos Personal Injury Claims, including Demands.

g. Each of the Debtors is likely to be subject to substantial future Demands for payment arising out of the same or similar conduct or events that gave rise to the Claims that are addressed by the Asbestos Permanent Channeling Injunction.

h. The actual amounts, numbers and timing of such future Demands cannot be determined.

i. Pursuit of such Demands outside the procedures prescribed by the Plan is likely to threaten the Plan’s purpose to deal equitably with Claims and future Demands.

j. The terms of the Asbestos Permanent Channeling Injunction, including any provisions barring actions against third parties pursuant to section 524(g)(4)(A) of the Bankruptcy Code, are set out in the Plan and in the Disclosure Statement.

k. The Plan establishes, in Class 7 (Asbestos Personal Injury Claims), a separate class of the claimants whose Claims are to be addressed by the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust.

l. Class 7 (Asbestos Personal Injury Claims) has voted, by at least 75 percent of those voting, in favor of the Plan.

m. Pursuant to court orders or otherwise, the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust shall operate through mechanisms such as structured, periodic or supplemental payments, pro rata distributions, matrices or periodic review of estimates of the numbers and values of Asbestos Personal Injury Claims or other comparable mechanisms, that provide reasonable assurance that the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust shall value and be in a financial position to pay, Asbestos Personal Injury Claims, including Demands, that involve similar Claims in substantially the same manner.

n. Each Protected Party is identifiable from the terms of the Asbestos Permanent Channeling Injunction by name or as part of an identifiable group, and each Protected Party is or may be alleged to be directly or indirectly liable for the conduct of, Claims against or Demands on a Debtor to the extent that such alleged liability arises by reason of one or more of the following:

i. such Entity’s ownership of a financial interest in any Debtor, Reorganized Debtor, a Past Affiliate, a present Affiliate of any Debtor or Reorganized Debtor, or Predecessor in Interest;

ii. such Entity’s involvement in the management of any Debtor, any Reorganized Debtor or any Predecessor in Interest;

providing financing (debt or equity) or advice to an Entity involved in such a transaction or (B) acquiring or selling a financial interest in any Entity as part of such transaction.

o. The Asbestos Personal Injury Futures Representative was appointed as part of the proceedings leading to issuance of the Asbestos Permanent Channeling Injunction for the purpose of protecting the rights of all persons, whether known or unknown, that might subsequently assert, directly or indirectly against any Debtor, an Asbestos Personal Injury Claim that is a Demand that is addressed in the Asbestos Permanent Channeling Injunction and transferred to the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust, regardless of the nature or theory of such Demand.

p. Identifying each Protected Party (by name or as part of identifiable group, as applicable) in the Asbestos Permanent Channeling Injunction is fair and equitable with respect to persons that might subsequently assert Demands against each such Protected Party, in light of the benefits provided, or to be provided, to the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust, on behalf of any such Protected Party.

q. The Plan and the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust (and related documents) comply with section 524(g) of the Bankruptcy Code.

r. The Plan and its Exhibits are a fair, equitable and reasonable resolution of the liabilities of the Debtors for the Asbestos Personal Injury Claims.

s. The Asbestos Personal Injury Futures Representative has adequately and completely fulfilled his duties, responsibilities and obligations as the representative for the persons set forth in finding Section VIII.A.4.o above in accordance with section 524(g) of the Bankruptcy Code.

t. Adequate and sufficient notice of the Disclosure Statement, the Plan and the Confirmation Hearing, along with all deadlines for voting on or objecting to the Plan has been given to (i) all known creditors and holders of Interests, (ii) parties that requested notice in accordance with Bankruptcy Rule 2002 (including the Asbestos Personal Injury Committee, Asbestos Personal Injury Futures Representative, Asbestos Property Damage Committee, the Equity Committee and the Creditors’ Committee), (iii) all parties to Unexpired Leases and Executory Contracts with the Debtors and (iv) all taxing authorities listed on the Debtors’ Schedules or in the Debtors’ Claims database, in each case, (A) in accordance with the solicitation procedures governing such service and (B) in substantial compliance with Bankruptcy Rules 2002(b), 3017 and 3020(b). Such transmittal and service were adequate and sufficient to bind, among other parties, any holder of an Asbestos Personal Injury Claim, and no other or further notice is or shall be required.

5. The Bankruptcy Court and the District Court, as required, shall have entered the Asbestos Permanent Channeling Injunction (which may be included in the Confirmation Order), which shall contain terms satisfactory to the Debtors and reasonably satisfactory to the Asbestos Personal Injury Committee and the Asbestos Personal Injury Futures Representative.

B. Conditions to the Effective Date

The Effective Date shall not occur and the Plan shall not be consummated unless and until each of the following conditions have been satisfied or duly waived pursuant to Section VIII.C:

1. The Bankruptcy Court or the District Court shall have entered an order (contemplated to be part of the Confirmation Order) in form and substance satisfactory to the Debtors and reasonably satisfactory to the Asbestos Personal Injury Committee and the Asbestos Personal Injury Futures Representative approving and authorizing the Debtors and the Reorganized Debtors to take all actions necessary or appropriate to implement the

Plan, including completion of the Restructuring Transactions and other transactions contemplated by the Plan and the implementation and consummation of contracts, instruments, releases and other agreements or documents created in connection with the Plan.

2. The Confirmation Order has been entered by the Bankruptcy Court or the District Court (and, if the Confirmation Order is entered by the Bankruptcy Court, has been fully affirmed by the District Court) and shall have become a Final Order.

3. The Confirmation Order and the Asbestos Permanent Channeling Injunction shall be in full force and effect.

4. The Asbestos Personal Injury Trustees shall have been selected and shall have executed and delivered the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust Agreement.

5. Each of the Exhibits, the Rights Offering Documents and any debt documents shall be fully executed and delivered to the Debtors, shall be in form and substance acceptable to the Debtors and reasonably satisfactory to the Asbestos Personal Injury Committee and the Asbestos Personal Injury Futures Representative and shall be fully enforceable in accordance with their terms.

6. The Registration Statement shall have become effective and no stop order suspending the effectiveness thereof shall have been issued or proceedings therefor been initiated or threatened in writing by the Securities and Exchange Commission and shall be in full force and effect.

7. The Effective Date shall have occurred on or before August 1, 2006.

C. Waiver of Conditions to Confirmation or the Effective Date

The conditions to Confirmation set forth in Section VIII.A and the conditions to the Effective Date set forth in Section VIII.B may be waived in whole or part in writing by the Debtors at any time without an order of the Bankruptcy Court or the District Court; provided, however, (1) the conditions contained in Sections VIII.A.1, VIII.A.3, VIII.A.5, VIII.B.1, VIII.B.5 and VIII.B.7 may only be waived with the consent of the Asbestos Personal Injury Committee and Asbestos Personal Injury Futures Representative, which shall not be unreasonably withheld; and (2) the conditions contained in Section VIII.A.2 may only be waived with the consent of the New Investor.

D. Effect of Nonoccurrence of Conditions to the Effective Date

If each of the conditions to the Effective Date is not satisfied or duly waived in accordance with Section VIII.C, then upon motion by the Debtors made before the time that each of such conditions has been satisfied or duly waived and upon notice to such parties in interest as the Bankruptcy Court may direct, the Confirmation Order shall be vacated by the Bankruptcy Court; provided, however, that, notwithstanding the Filing of such motion, the Confirmation Order may not be vacated if each of the conditions to the Effective Date is either satisfied or duly waived before the Bankruptcy Court enters an order granting such motion. If the Confirmation Order is vacated pursuant to this Section VIII.D, (1) the Plan shall be null and void in all respects, including with respect to the discharge of Claims; and (2) nothing contained in the Plan shall (a) constitute a waiver or release of any claims by or against, or any Interest in, the Debtors or (b) prejudice in any manner the rights of the Debtors or any other party in interest.

ARTICLE IX.

DISCHARGE, INJUNCTION

AND SUBORDINATION RIGHTS

A. Discharge of Claims

1. Except as provided in the Plan or in the Confirmation Order, the rights afforded under the Plan and the treatment of Claims and Interests under the Plan shall be in exchange for and in complete satisfaction, discharge and release of all Claims, including any Asbestos Personal Injury Claims (other than Demands) and including any interest accrued on Claims from the Petition Date. Except as provided in the Plan or in the Confirmation Order, Confirmation shall, as of the Effective Date discharge the Debtors from all Claims or other Liabilities that arose on or before the Effective Date and all debts of the kind specified in section 502(g), 502(h) or 502(i) of the Bankruptcy Code, whether or not (a) a proof of Claim based on such debt is Filed or deemed Filed pursuant to section 501 of the Bankruptcy Code, (b) a Claim based on such debt is allowed pursuant to section 502 of the Bankruptcy Code or (c) the holder of a Claim based on such debt has accepted the Plan.

2. In accordance with the foregoing, except as provided in the Plan or the Confirmation Order, the Confirmation Order shall be a judicial determination, as of the Effective Date, of a discharge of all Claims, including any Asbestos Personal Injury Claims (other than Demands) and other debts and Liabilities against the Debtors, pursuant to sections 524 and 1141 of the Bankruptcy Code, and such discharge shall void any judgment obtained against a Debtor at any time, to the extent that such judgment relates to a discharged Claim.

B. Injunctions

1. General Injunctions

a. Except as provided in the Plan or the Confirmation Order, as of the Effective Date, all Entities that have held, currently hold or may hold a Claim or other debt or liability that is discharged pursuant to the terms of the Plan shall be permanently enjoined from taking any of the following actions on account of any such discharged Claims, debts or liabilities: (i) commencing or continuing in any manner any action or other proceeding against the Debtors, the Reorganized Debtors or their respective property, other than to enforce any right pursuant to the Plan to a Distribution; (ii) enforcing, attaching, collecting or recovering in any manner any judgment, award, decree or order against the Debtors, the Reorganized Debtors or their respective property, other than as permitted pursuant to (i) above; (iii) creating, perfecting or enforcing any lien or encumbrance against the Debtors, the Reorganized Debtors or their respective property; (iv) asserting a setoff, right of subrogation or recoupment of any kind against any debt, liability or obligation due to the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors; and (v) commencing or continuing any action, in any manner, in any place that does not comply with or is inconsistent with the provisions of the Plan.

b. As of the Effective Date, all Entities that have held, currently hold or may hold any Claims, obligations, suits, judgments, damages, demands, debts, rights, causes of action or liabilities that are released pursuant to the Plan shall be permanently enjoined from taking any of the following actions against any released Entity or its property on account of such released claims, obligations, suits, judgments, damages, demands, debts, rights, causes of action or liabilities: (i) commencing or continuing in any manner any action or other proceeding; (ii) enforcing, attaching, collecting or recovering in any manner any judgment, award, decree or order; (iii) creating, perfecting or enforcing any lien or encumbrance; (iv) asserting a setoff, right of subrogation or recoupment of any kind against any debt, liability or obligation due to any released

Entity; and (v) commencing or continuing any action, in any manner, in any place that does not comply with or is inconsistent with the provisions of the Plan.

c. By accepting Distributions pursuant to the Plan, each holder of an Allowed Claim receiving Distributions pursuant to the Plan shall be deemed to have specifically consented to the injunctions set forth in this Section IX.B.

2. Asbestos Permanent Channeling Injunction

Pursuant to section 524(g) of the Bankruptcy Code, the Plan and the Confirmation Order shall permanently and forever stay, restrain and enjoin any Entity from taking any actions against any Protected Party for the purpose of, directly or indirectly, collecting, recovering or receiving payment of, on or with respect to any Asbestos Personal Injury Claim, all of which shall be channeled to the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust for resolution as set forth in the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust Agreement and the related Asbestos Personal Injury Trust Distribution Procedures, including:

c. creating, perfecting or otherwise enforcing in any manner, directly or indirectly, any Encumbrance against any Protected Party or any property or interests in property of any Protected Party;

e. proceeding in any manner in any place with regard to any matter that is subject to resolution pursuant to the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust, except in conformity and compliance therewith.

3. Asbestos Personal Injury Insurance Asset Entity Injunction

a. Purpose and Provisions

Injury Insurance Entity Injunction with respect to any Asbestos Personal Injury Insurance Asset upon express written notice to such Asbestos Personal Injury Insurance Asset Entity; and (ii) the Asbestos Personal Injury Insurance Asset Entity Injunction is not issued for the benefit of any Asbestos Personal Injury Insurance Asset Entity, and no Asbestos Personal Injury Insurance Asset Entity is a third-party beneficiary of the Asbestos Personal Injury Insurance Entity Injunction.

b. Terms

Subject to the provisions of Section IX.B.3.a, all Entities (not including the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust or the Reorganized Debtors) that have held or asserted, that hold or assert or that may in the future hold or assert any Claim, Demand or cause of action (including any Asbestos Personal Injury Claim assumed by the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust) against any Asbestos Personal Injury Insurance Asset Entity based upon, relating to, arising out of or in any way connected with any Asbestos Personal Injury Claim or Asbestos Personal Injury Insurance Asset whenever and wherever arisen or asserted (including all Claims in the nature of or sounding in tort, or under contract, warranty or any other theory of law, equity or admiralty) shall be stayed, restrained and enjoined from taking any action for the purpose of directly or indirectly collecting, recovering or receiving payments, satisfaction or recovery with respect to any such Claim, Demand or cause of action, including:

i. commencing, conducting or continuing, in any manner, directly or indirectly, any suit, action or other proceeding of any kind (including a judicial, arbitration, administrative or other proceeding) in any forum with respect to any such Claim, Demand, or cause of action against any Asbestos Personal Injury Insurance Asset Entity, or against the property of any Asbestos Personal Injury Insurance Asset Entity, with respect to any such Claim, Demand or cause of action;

ii. enforcing, levying, attaching (including any prejudgment attachment), collecting or otherwise recovering by any means or in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, any judgment, award, decree or other order against any Asbestos Personal Injury Insurance Asset Entity, or against the property of any Asbestos Personal Injury Insurance Asset Entity, with respect to any such Claim, Demand or cause of action;

iii. creating, perfecting or otherwise enforcing in any manner, directly or indirectly, any Encumbrance against any Asbestos Personal Injury Insurance Asset Entity, or the property of any Asbestos Personal Injury Insurance Asset Entity, with respect to any such Claim, Demand or cause of action; and

iv. setting off, seeking reimbursement of, contribution from or subrogation against, or otherwise recouping in any manner, directly or indirectly, any amount against any obligation of any Asbestos Personal Injury Insurance Asset Entity, or against the property of any Asbestos Personal Injury Insurance Asset Entity, with respect to any such Claim, Demand and or cause of action.

c. Reservations

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary above, this Asbestos Personal Injury Insurance Entity Injunction shall not enjoin:

i. the rights of Entities to the treatment accorded them under Articles II and III of this Plan, as applicable, including the rights of Entities with Asbestos Personal Injury Claims to assert such Asbestos Personal Injury Claims against the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust, in accordance with the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust Distribution Procedures and the terms of this Plan;

ii. the rights of Entities to assert any Claim, debt, obligation or liability for payment of Asbestos Personal Injury Trust-related expenses against the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust;

iii. the rights of the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust and the Reorganized Debtors, as applicable, to prosecute any action based on or arising from Asbestos Personal Injury Insurance Asset;

iv. the rights of the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust to assert any claim, debt, obligation or liability for payment against an Asbestos Personal Injury Insurance Asset Entity based on or arising from the Asbestos Personal Injury Insurance Asset; and

v. the rights of Entities to assert any claim, debt, right, obligation or liability that (A) arises or relates to any insurance policy or any portion of any insurance policy that is not an Asbestos Personal Injury Insurance Asset and (B) is not subject to the Asbestos Permanent Channeling Injunction.

C. Subordination Rights

The classification and manner of satisfying Claims and Interests under the Plan does not take into consideration subordination rights, and nothing in the Plan or Confirmation Order shall affect any subordination rights that a holder of a Claim may have with respect to any Distribution to be made pursuant to the Plan, whether arising under general principles of equitable subordination, contract, section 510(c) of the Bankruptcy Code or otherwise.

ARTICLE X.

RETENTION OF JURISDICTION

A. Retention of Exclusive Jurisdiction by the Bankruptcy Court

Notwithstanding the entry of the Confirmation Order and the occurrence of the Effective Date, but subject to Section X.B, the Bankruptcy Court shall retain such exclusive jurisdiction over the Reorganization Cases and any matter related to the Reorganization Cases after the Effective Date as is legally permissible, including exclusive jurisdiction to:

1. Other than with respect to Asbestos Personal Injury Claims, allow, disallow, determine, liquidate, classify, estimate or establish the priority or secured or unsecured status of any Claim or Interest, including the resolution of any request for payment of any Administrative Claim or the resolution of any objections to the allowance, priority or classification of Claims or Interests;

2. Grant or deny any applications for allowance of compensation or reimbursement of expenses authorized pursuant to the Bankruptcy Code or the Plan for periods ending on or before the Effective Date;

3. Resolve any matters, related to the assumption, assumption and assignment or rejection of any Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease to which any Debtor is a party or with respect to which any Debtor or Reorganized Debtor may be liable and to hear, determine and, if necessary, liquidate any Claims arising therefrom, including any Cure Amount Claims;

4. Ensure that Distributions to holders of Allowed Claims are accomplished pursuant to the provisions of the Plan;

5. Decide or resolve any motions, adversary proceedings, contested or litigated matters and any other matters and grant or deny any applications involving the Debtors that may be pending on the Effective Date or brought thereafter;

6. Enter such orders as may be necessary or appropriate to implement or consummate the provisions of the Plan and all contracts, instruments, releases and other agreements or documents entered into or delivered in connection with the Plan, the Disclosure Statement or the Confirmation Order;

7. Resolve any cases, controversies, suits or disputes that may arise in connection with the consummation, interpretation or enforcement of the Plan or any contract, instrument, release or other agreement or document that is entered into or delivered pursuant to the Plan or any Entity’s rights arising from or obligations incurred in connection with the Plan or such documents;

8. Modify the Plan before or after the Effective Date pursuant to section 1127 of the Bankruptcy Code; modify the Disclosure Statement, the Confirmation Order or any contract, instrument, release or other agreement or document entered into or delivered in connection with the Plan, the Disclosure Statement or the Confirmation Order; or remedy any defect or omission or reconcile any inconsistency in any Bankruptcy Court order, the Plan, the Disclosure Statement, the Confirmation Order or any contract, instrument, release or other agreement or document entered into, delivered or created in connection with the Plan, the Disclosure Statement or the Confirmation Order, in such manner as may be necessary or appropriate to consummate the Plan;

9. Issue injunctions, enforce the injunctions contained in the Plan and the Confirmation Order, enter and implement other orders or take such other actions as may be necessary or appropriate to restrain interference by any Entity with consummation, implementation or enforcement of the Plan or the Confirmation Order;

10. Enter and implement such orders as are necessary or appropriate if the Confirmation Order is for any reason or in any respect modified, stayed, reversed, revoked or vacated or Distributions pursuant to the Plan are enjoined or stayed;

11. Determine such other matters that may arise in connection with or relate to the Plan, the Disclosure Statement, the Confirmation Order or any contract, instrument, release or other agreement or document entered into or delivered in connection with the Plan, the Disclosure Statement or the Confirmation Order;

12. Determine matters concerning state, local and federal Taxes in accordance with sections 346, 505 and 1146 of the Bankruptcy Code, including any Disputed Claims for Taxes; and

13. Enter a final decree closing the Reorganization Cases.

To the extent that it is not legally permissible for the Bankruptcy Court to have exclusive jurisdiction over any of the foregoing matters, the Bankruptcy Court shall have nonexclusive jurisdiction over such matters to the extent legally permissible.

B. Exclusive Jurisdiction of the District Court

Notwithstanding the entry of the Confirmation Order, the occurrence of the Effective Date and anything to the contrary in Section X.A, the District Court shall retain exclusive jurisdiction over matters relating to section 524(g) of the Bankruptcy Code and the Asbestos Permanent Channeling Injunction, including exclusive jurisdiction to determine matters that may be set forth in the Asbestos Permanent Channeling Injunction, or that may arise in connection with the Asbestos Permanent Channeling Injunction.

C. Jurisdiction Relating to Asbestos Personal Injury Claims

Notwithstanding anything in this Article X to the contrary, the resolution of Asbestos Personal Injury Claims and the forum in which such resolution shall be determined shall be governed by and in accordance with the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust Distribution Procedures and the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust Agreement.

ARTICLE XI.

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

A. Dissolution of the Committee and Discharge of Asbestos Personal Injury Futures Representative

On the Effective Date, each of the Creditors’ Committee, Asbestos Personal Injury Committee, Asbestos Property Damage Committee and Equity Committee shall dissolve and the members of such committees shall be released and discharged from all duties and obligations arising from or related to the Reorganization Cases. Similarly, on the Effective Date, the Asbestos Personal Injury Futures Representative shall be deemed released and discharged from all duties and obligations from or related to the Reorganization Cases; provided, however, that the Asbestos Personal Injury Futures Representative may continue to serve or have obligations under the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust Agreement and be paid solely from the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust. The Professionals retained by such committees and the members thereof or by the Asbestos Personal Injury Futures Representative shall not be entitled to assert any Fee Claim for any services rendered or expenses incurred after the Effective Date, except for services rendered and expenses incurred in connection with any applications for allowance of compensation and reimbursement of expenses pending on the Effective Date or Filed and served after the Effective Date pursuant to Section III.A.1.e.ii.A and in connection with any appeal of the Confirmation Order.

B. Limitation of Liability

1. The Debtors, the Reorganized Debtors, the Credit Facilities Agent, the Creditors’ Committee, the Asbestos Personal Injury Futures Representative, the Asbestos Personal Injury Committee, the Equity Committee, the DIP Lender, the Indenture Trustees, the New Investor and their respective directors, officers, employees, affiliates, subsidiaries, predecessors, successors, members, attorneys, accountants, underwriters, investment bankers, financial advisors, appraisers, representatives and agents, acting in such capacity, shall neither have nor incur any liability to any Entity for any act taken or omitted to be taken in connection with, related to or arising out of the Reorganization Cases or the consideration, formulation, preparation, dissemination, implementation, Confirmation or consummation of the Plan, the Disclosure Statement or any transaction proposed in connection with the Reorganization Cases or any contract, instrument, release or other agreement or document created or entered into, or any other act taken or omitted to be taken, in connection therewith; provided, however, that the foregoing provisions of this Section XI.B.1 shall have no effect on: (a) the liability of any Entity that would otherwise result from the failure to perform or pay any obligation or liability under the Plan or any contract, instrument, release or other agreement or document to be entered into or delivered in connection with the Plan or (b) the liability of any Entity that would otherwise result from any such act or omission to the extent that such act or omission is determined in a Final Order to have constituted gross negligence or willful misconduct.

2. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Plan, no holder of a Claim or Interest, no other party in interest, none of their respective agents, employees, representatives, financial advisors, attorneys or affiliates, and no successors or assigns of the foregoing, shall have any right of action against the Debtors, the Reorganized Debtors, the Credit Facilities Agent, the Creditors’ Committee, the Asbestos Personal Injury Futures Representative, the Asbestos Personal Injury Committee, the Equity Committee, the DIP Lender, the Indenture Trustees, the New Investor or their respective directors, officers, employees, affiliates, subsidiaries, predecessors, successors, members, attorneys, accountants, underwriters, investment bankers, financial

advisors, appraisers, representatives and agents, acting in such capacity, for any act or omission in connection with, relating to or arising out of the Reorganization Cases or the consideration, formulation, preparation, dissemination, implementation, Confirmation or consummation of the Plan, the Disclosure Statement or any transaction or document created or entered into, or any other act taken or omitted to be taken, in connection therewith, except for: (a) the liability of any Entity that would otherwise result from the failure to perform or pay any obligation or liability under the Plan or any contract, instrument, release or other agreement or document to be entered into or delivered in connection with the Plan or (b) the liability of any Entity that would otherwise result from any such act or omission to the extent that such act or omission is determined in a Final Order to have constituted gross negligence or willful misconduct.

C. Modification of the Plan and Exhibits

Subject to the restrictions on modifications set forth in section 1127 of the Bankruptcy Code, the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors, as applicable, reserve the right to alter, amend or modify the Plan and the Exhibits to the Plan at any time before its substantial consummation. In addition, any modification or amendment to the Plan or the Exhibits that affects the treatment of Asbestos Personal Injury Claims shall require the consent of the Asbestos Personal Injury Committee and the Asbestos Personal Injury Futures Representative, which shall not be unreasonably withheld.

D. Revocation of the Plan

The Debtors reserve the right to revoke or withdraw the Plan as to any or all of the Debtors prior to the Confirmation Date. If the Debtors revoke or withdraw the Plan as to any or all of the Debtors, or if Confirmation as to any or all of the Debtors does not occur, then, with respect to such Debtors, the Plan shall be null and void in all respects, and nothing contained in the Plan shall: (1) constitute a waiver or release of any claims by or against, or any Interests in, such Debtors or (2) prejudice in any manner the rights of any Debtors or any other party.

E. Headings

The headings used in the Plan are inserted for convenience only and neither constitute a portion of the Plan nor in any manner affect the construction of the provisions of the Plan.

F. Successors and Assigns

The rights, benefits and obligations of any Entity named or referred to in the Plan shall be binding on, and shall inure to the benefit of, any heir, executor, administrator, successor or assign of such Entity.

G. Service of Certain Plan Exhibits and Disclosure Statement Exhibits

Certain Exhibits are not being Filed or served with copies of the Plan and the Disclosure Statement. The Debtors shall File such Exhibits no later than 10 days before the deadline to vote to accept or reject the Plan. Once Filed, the Debtors shall make available for review the relevant Exhibits on their web site at www.usg.com.

H. Service of Documents

Any pleading, notice or other document required by the Plan or Confirmation Order to be served on or delivered to the Debtors, the Reorganized Debtors, the Creditors’ Committee, the Asbestos Personal Injury Futures Representative, the Asbestos Personal Injury Committee, the Asbestos Property Damage Committee, the Equity Committee or the U.S. Trustee must be sent by overnight delivery service, facsimile transmission, courier service or messenger to:

TABLE OF CONTENTS


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I.	GENERAL PROVISIONS REGARDING CONFIRMATION OF THE PLAN AND APPROVAL OF PLAN-RELATED DOCUMENTS		5
	A. MODIFICATIONS TO THE PLAN		5
	B. CONFIRMATION OF THE PLAN		5
	C. CONDITIONS TO CONFIRMATION AND CONSUMMATION OF THE PLAN		5
	D. EFFECTS OF CONFIRMATION		6
	E. APPROVAL, MODIFICATION AND EXECUTION OF PLAN-RELATED DOCUMENTS		6
II.	CLAIMS BAR DATES AND OTHER CLAIMS MATTERS		7
	A. GENERAL BAR DATE PROVISIONS FOR ADMINISTRATIVE CLAIMS		7
	B. BAR DATE FOR PROFESSIONAL FEE CLAIMS		8
	C. BAR DATE FOR REJECTION DAMAGES CLAIMS		9
	D. RESOLUTION OF POSTPETITION INTEREST DISPUTES		9
	E. REINSTATEMENT OF CERTAIN CONTINGENT CLAIMS		10
	F. ENFORCEMENT OF BAR DATE ORDER		10
III.	APPROVAL OF EXECUTORY CONTRACT AND UNEXPIRED LEASE PROVISIONS AND RELATED PROCEDURES		11
IV.	MATTERS RELATING TO IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PLAN		11
	A. ACTIONS IN FURTHERANCE OF THE PLAN		11
	B. APPROVAL OF NEW INVESTOR DOCUMENTS AND RIGHTS OFFERING		13
	C. CREATION OF ASBESTOS PERSONAL INJURY TRUST		13
	D. TRANSFERS OF PROPERTY TO AND ASSUMPTION OF CERTAIN LIABILITIES BY THE ASBESTOS PERSONAL INJURY TRUST		14
	1. Transfer of Books and Records to the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust		14
	2. Funding the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust		14
	3. Transfer of the Asbestos Personal Injury Insurance Asset		15
	4. Assumption of Certain Liabilities by the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust		15
	5. Indemnification by the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust		16

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INTRODUCTION

WHEREAS, USG Corporation, United States Gypsum Company, USG Interiors, Inc., USG Interiors International, Inc., L&W Supply Corporation, Beadex Manufacturing, LLC, B-R Pipeline Company, La Mirada Products Co., Inc., USG Industries, Inc., USG Pipeline Company and Stocking Specialists, Inc., the above-captioned debtors (collectively, the “Debtors” and, as reorganized entities after emergence, the “Reorganized Debtors”), proposed the First Amended Joint Plan of Reorganization of USG Corporation and Its Debtor Subsidiaries, dated March 27, 2006, as modified by the modifications set forth in Exhibit B attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference (as it may be further modified, the “Plan”);²

WHEREAS, the Bankruptcy Court, on April 7, 2006, entered its Order Approving (A) Disclosure Statement, (B) Notice of Disclosure Statement Hearing, (C) Contents of Plan Solicitation Packages, (D) Procedures for the Distribution of Solicitation Packages and the Solicitation and Tabulation of Votes to Accept or Reject Proposed Joint Plan of Reorganization and (E) Certain Related Relief (D.I. 10847) (the “Disclosure Statement Order”), by which the Bankruptcy Court, among other things, approved the Debtors’ proposed disclosure statement (the “Disclosure Statement”), established procedures for the solicitation and tabulation of votes to accept or reject the Plan and scheduled a hearing to consider Confirmation of the Plan for June 15, 2006 at 9:00 a.m., to be continued on June 16, 2006 if necessary (the “Confirmation Hearing”);


²		Capitalized terms and phrases used herein have the meanings given to them in the Plan. The rules of interpretation set forth in Section I.B.1 of the Plan apply to the Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law (the “Findings and Conclusions”), which are being entered concurrently herewith, and to this Order (this “Confirmation Order”). In addition, in accordance with Section I.A of the Plan, any term used in the Plan or this Confirmation Order that is not defined in the Pl an or this Confirmation Order, but that is used in the Bankruptcy Code or the Bankruptcy Rules, has the meaning given to that term in the Bankruptcy Code or the Bankruptcy Rules, as applicable.

		A copy of the Plan (without the exhibits thereto) is attached hereto as Exhibit A and incorporated herein by reference.

WHEREAS, affidavits of service were executed by Kathleen M. Logan with respect to the mailing of notice of the Confirmation Hearing and solicitation materials in respect of the Plan in accordance with the Disclosure Statement Order (collectively, the “Affidavits of Service”) and were filed with the Bankruptcy Court on May 31, 2006 (D.I. 11487), May 31, 2006 (D.I. 11488), May 31, 2006 (D.I. 11489); May 31, 2006 (D.I. 11490) and June 1, 2006 (D.I. 11523);

WHEREAS, the Affidavit of Katherine Kinsella Outlining Implementation of the Notice of (A) Deadline for Casting Votes to Accept or Reject Proposed Joint Plan of Reorganization, (B) Hearing to Consider Confirmation of Proposed Joint Plan of Reorganization and (C) Related Matters (D.I. 11338) (the “Publication Affidavit”) was filed with the Bankruptcy Court on May 16, 2006, regarding the publication of the Notice of (A) Deadline for Casting Votes to Accept or Reject Proposed Joint Plan of Reorganization, (B) Hearing to Consider Confirmation of Proposed Joint Plan of Reorganization and (C) Related Matters and/or the other form of publication notice approved by the Bankruptcy Court in certain magazines and newspapers as set forth in the Disclosure Statement Order;

WHEREAS, Logan & Company, Inc., the Bankruptcy Court-appointed solicitation and tabulation agent in respect of the Plan, filed the Declaration of Kathleen M. Logan Certifying the Methodology for Tabulating Votes on, and the Results of Voting with Respect to, the First Amended Joint Plan of Reorganization of USG Corporation and Its Debtor Subsidiaries (D.I. 11650) (the “Voting Declaration”) on June, 14, 2006, attesting to the results of the tabulation of the properly executed and timely received Ballots for the Plan as follows:

Class 7 Claimants. The Debtors received 252,469 acceptances out of 253,136 votes from holders of Claims under Class 7 (Asbestos Personal Injury Claims), with Class 7

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claimants who voted in favor of the Plan holding Claims in the amount of $3,002,987,928 for voting purposes, such acceptances being 99.74 percent in number and 99.68 percent in amount of all ballots received from holders of Class 7 Claims (Voting Declaration ¶¶ 18-19);

WHEREAS, objections to Confirmation of the Plan (collectively, the “Objections”) were filed by: the Nevada Department of Taxation (D.I. 11427); the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance (not listed on docket); New Jersey Self-Insurers Guaranty Association (D.I. 11447); Wilmington Trust Company (D.I. 11452); United States Trustee (D.I. 11455); and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. (D.I. 11456);

WHEREAS, the Debtors filed modifications to the Plan (D.I. 11602, which are set forth in Exhibit B attached hereto (collectively, the “Modifications”);

WHEREAS, the Debtors filed a memorandum of law in support of Confirmation of the Plan and in response to certain of the Objections (D.I. 11603) (the “Memorandum of Law);

WHEREAS, the declarations of Matthew R. Rosenberg (D.I. 11599), Richard H. Fleming (D.I. 11600), Stanley L. Ferguson (D.I. 11601), Dean M. Trafelet (D.I. 11598) and Mark A. Peterson (D.I. 11597) were submitted in support of the Plan (collectively, the “Declarations”);

WHEREAS the expert report of Mark A. Peterson, which was included as Exhibit 2 to the Peterson Declaration, was submitted in support of the Plan (the “Peterson Report”) and was uncontradicted at the Confirmation Hearing;

WHEREAS, the Bankruptcy Court and the District Court have reviewed the Plan, the Disclosure Statement, the Disclosure Statement Order, the Voting Declaration, the Affidavits of Service, the Publication Affidavit, the Objections, the Memorandum of Law, the Declarations

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and the other papers before the Bankruptcy Court and the District Court in connection with the Confirmation of the Plan;

WHEREAS, the Bankruptcy Court and the District Court, sitting jointly together for purposes of the Confirmation Hearing, (1) heard the statements of counsel and the testimony of Stanley L. Ferguson in support of Confirmation and (2) considered the Declarations submitted into evidence, all as reflected in the record made at the Confirmation Hearing;

WHEREAS, the Bankruptcy Court and the District Court have considered all evidence presented at the Confirmation Hearing;

WHEREAS, the Bankruptcy Court and the District Court have taken judicial notice of the papers and pleadings on file in these chapter 11 cases;

WHEREAS, the Bankruptcy Court has separately entered the Findings and Conclusions, including the findings that (i) the Bankruptcy Court and the District Court have jurisdiction over this matter pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 157 and 1334, (ii) this is a core proceeding pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 157(b)(2), (iii) the Debtors were and are qualified to be debtors under section 109 of the Bankruptcy Code and (iv) venue of the Reorganization Cases in the United States Court for the District of Delaware was proper as of the Petition Date, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1408, and continues to be proper; and

WHEREAS, the Findings and Conclusions establish just cause for the relief granted herein;

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THE BANKRUPTCY COURT AND THE DISTRICT COURT HEREBY ORDER THAT:

GENERAL PROVISIONS REGARDING CONFIRMATION OF THE PLAN AND APPROVAL OF PLAN-RELATED DOCUMENTS.

MODIFICATIONS TO THE PLAN.

The Modifications to the Plan are approved in all respects. Accordingly, the Debtors are authorized to make the Modifications to the Plan.

CONFIRMATION OF THE PLAN.

The Plan and each of its provisions (whether or not specifically approved herein) and all exhibits thereto are CONFIRMED in each and every respect, pursuant to section 1129 of the Bankruptcy Code; provided, however, that if there is any direct conflict between the terms of the Plan or any exhibit thereto and the terms of this Confirmation Order, the terms of the Plan shall control. The record of the Confirmation Hearing is closed.

CONDITIONS TO CONFIRMATION AND CONSUMMATION OF THE PLAN.

Nothing in this Confirmation Order or in the Findings and Conclusions shall in any way affect the provisions of Article VIII of the Plan, which includes provisions regarding (1) the conditions precedent to Confirmation of the Plan and to the Effective Date of the Plan, (2) the waiver of any such conditions and (3) the effect that the nonoccurrence of such conditions may have with regard to the Plan and this Confirmation Order. Upon the satisfaction or waiver of the conditions contained in Section VIII.B of the Plan and the occurrence of the Effective Date, substantial consummation of the Plan, within the meaning of section 1127 of the Bankruptcy Code, is deemed to occur.

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EFFECTS OF CONFIRMATION.

Subject to Section I.C of this Confirmation Order, notwithstanding any otherwise applicable law, immediately upon the entry of this Confirmation Order, the terms of the Plan and this Confirmation Order shall be binding upon all Entities, including the Debtors, the Reorganized Debtors, any and all holders of Claims, Demands or Interests (irrespective of whether such Claims or Interests are impaired under the Plan or whether the holders of such Claims or Interests accepted, rejected or are deemed to have accepted or rejected the Plan), any and all nondebtor parties to Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases with any of the Debtors and any and all Entities who are parties to or are subject to the settlements, compromises, releases, waivers, discharges and injunctions described herein and in the Findings and Conclusions and the respective heirs, executors, administrators, trustees, affiliates, officers, directors, agents, representatives, attorneys, beneficiaries, guardians, successors or assigns, if any, of any of the foregoing.

APPROVAL, MODIFICATION AND EXECUTION OF PLAN-RELATED DOCUMENTS.

1. The Plan and all exhibits thereto, substantially in the form as they exist at the time of the entry of this Confirmation Order, including the documents relating to the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust, are approved in all respects.

2. All relevant parties, including the Debtors and the Asbestos Personal Injury Trustees, shall be authorized, without further action by the Bankruptcy Court, to execute the applicable Plan-Related Documents (as such capitalized term is defined in Section IV.A of this Confirmation Order) and make modifications to such documents in accordance with the Plan’s terms, including Section XI.C of the Plan, and the terms of the Plan-Related Documents, if

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applicable, between the time of entry of this Confirmation Order and the Effective Date of the Plan.

3. The Debtors are hereby authorized to amend or modify the Plan at any time prior to the substantial consummation of the Plan, but only in accordance with section 1127 of the Bankruptcy Code and Section XI.C of the Plan. In addition, without the need for a further order or authorization of the Bankruptcy Court or further notice to any Entities, but subject to the express provisions of this Confirmation Order and Section XI.C of the Plan, the Debtors shall be authorized and empowered to make modifications to the documents Filed with the Bankruptcy Court, including exhibits to the Plan or documents forming part of the evidentiary record at the Confirmation Hearing, consistent with the terms of such documents in their reasonable business judgment as may be necessary.

II. CLAIMS BAR DATES AND OTHER CLAIMS MATTERS.

GENERAL BAR DATE PROVISIONS FOR ADMINISTRATIVE CLAIMS.

Except as otherwise provided in Section III.A.1.e.ii of the Plan and Sections II.B and II.C below, unless previously Filed, requests for payment of Administrative Claims must be Filed and served on the Reorganized Debtors at the addresses set forth in Section XI.H of the Plan no later than 60 days after the Effective Date. Holders of Administrative Claims that are required to File and serve a request for payment of such Administrative Claims and that do not File and serve such a request by the applicable Bar Date shall be forever barred from asserting such Administrative Claims against the Debtors, the Reorganized Debtors or their respective property and such Administrative Claims shall be deemed discharged as of the Effective Date. Objections to such requests must be Filed and served on the requesting party by 120 days after the Effective Date.

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BAR DATE FOR PROFESSIONAL FEE CLAIMS.

Professionals or other Entities asserting a Fee Claim for services rendered before the Effective Date must File and serve on the Reorganized Debtors and such other Entities who are designated by the Bankruptcy Rules, the Confirmation Order, the Fee Order or other order of the Bankruptcy Court a Final Fee Application no later than the last business day of the month following the month in which the Effective Date occurs; provided, however, that any professional who may receive compensation or reimbursement of expenses pursuant to the Ordinary Course Professionals Order may continue to receive such compensation and reimbursement of expenses for services rendered before the Effective Date, without further Bankruptcy Court review or approval, pursuant to the Ordinary Course Professionals Order. A Professional may include any outstanding, non-Filed monthly or interim request for payment of a Fee Claim pursuant to the Fee Order in its Final Fee Application. Objections to any Final Fee Application must be Filed and served on the Reorganized Debtors and the requesting party no later than 30 days after the deadline for Filing Final Fee Applications. The fee auditor in these Reorganization Cases (the “Fee Auditor”) shall provide initial reports (“Initial Reports”) to all Final Fee Applications no later than 30 days after the deadline for Filing Final Fee Applications, and any response to an Initial Report shall be provided within 30 days of the Filing of the applicable Initial Report. If a Professional or other Entity fails to respond timely to an Initial Report, the Fee Auditor is authorized to File a final report (“Final Report”) immediately with respect to such Final Fee Application. Regardless of whether a Professional provides a response to an Initial Report, the Fee Auditor shall File all Final Reports regarding Final Fee Applications no later than 90 days after the deadline for Filing Final Fee Applications. Any replies to the Fee Auditor’s Final Report shall be Filed within seven days of the Filing of the applicable Final

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Report. The December 18, 2006 omnibus hearing shall be the final hearing on all Final Fee Applications. To the extent necessary, this Confirmation Order shall amend and supersede any previously entered order of the Bankruptcy Court, including the Fee Order, regarding the payment of Fee Claims. Any pending, Filed interim requests for a Fee Claim pursuant to the Fee Order shall be resolved in the ordinary course in accordance with the Fee Order or, if sooner, in connection with the particular Professional’s Final Fee Application.

BAR DATE FOR REJECTION DAMAGES CLAIMS.

Notwithstanding anything in the Bar Date Order to the contrary, if the rejection of an Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease pursuant to Section V.C of the Plan gives rise to a Claim by the other party or parties to such contract or lease, such Claim shall be forever barred and shall not be enforceable against the Debtors, the Reorganized Debtors, their respective successors or their respective properties unless a proof of Claim is Filed and served on the Reorganized Debtors at the addresses set forth in Section XI.H of the Plan, on the later to occur of (1) 60 days after the Effective Date or (2) 30 days after the date of entry of an Order rejecting such Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease.

RESOLUTION OF POSTPETITION INTEREST DISPUTES.

To the extent any holder of a Class 6 Claim believes that it is entitled to Postpetition Interest at an interest rate other than the rate described in Section I.A.99.f.i of the Plan, the holder of such Claim must timely File and serve on the Debtors at the addresses set forth in Section XI.H of the Plan a Postpetition Interest Rate Determination Notice no later than June 26, 2006. Any disputes relating to a Postpetition Interest Rate Determination Notice shall be resolved in accordance with Section IV.P of the Plan.

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REINSTATEMENT OF CERTAIN CONTINGENT CLAIMS.

1. Timely Claims (other than Asbestos Personal Injury Claims, Asbestos Property Damage Claims or Litigation Claims) (a) that remain contingent Claims as of the Effective Date (including, any liability or Claim for withdrawal liability under 29 U.S.C. §§ 1383 and/or 1385 of the Debtors or any third-party) and (b) that have not been objected to or disallowed under section 502(e)(1)(b) of the Bankruptcy Code or otherwise on or before the Claims Objection Bar Date shall be Reinstated and left unimpaired under the Plan.

2. Such treatment as referenced in Section II.D.1 above includes any such Claim or liability of the Debtors or any third-party to Central States, Southeast and Southwest Area Pension Fund (“Central States”), a multi-employer plan as that term is defined by 29 U.S.C. § 1301(a)(3) (the “Central States Plan”), which Claim shall be left unimpaired, shall not be discharged and shall continue unaltered as if the Reorganization Cases had not been commenced. No third-party shall be released from any liability or Claim that Central States may have against that third-party as a result of the Debtors’ participation in the Central States Plan.

ENFORCEMENT OF BAR DATE ORDER.

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the Bankruptcy Court determining that such Claims were timely Filed shall be disallowed and expunged. Any Distribution on account of such Claims shall be limited to the amount, if any, listed in the applicable Schedules as undisputed, noncontingent and liquidated.

III.

APPROVAL OF EXECUTORY CONTRACT AND UNEXPIRED LEASE PROVISIONS AND RELATED PROCEDURES.

A. The Executory Contract and Unexpired Lease provisions of Article V of the Plan are specifically approved.

B. This Confirmation Order shall constitute an order of the Bankruptcy Court approving the assumptions, assumptions and assignments and rejections described in Sections V.A and V.C of the Plan, pursuant to section 365 of the Bankruptcy Code, as of the Effective Date.

IV.

MATTERS RELATING TO IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PLAN.

ACTIONS IN FURTHERANCE OF THE PLAN.

1. Pursuant to section 1142 of the Bankruptcy Code, section 303 of the Delaware General Corporation Law and any comparable provisions of the business corporation law of any other state (collectively, the “Reorganization Effectuation Statutes”), without further action by the Bankruptcy Court or the stockholders, members, managers or board of directors of any Debtor or Reorganized Debtor, the Debtors, the Reorganized Debtors, as well as the Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer, President, Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Chief Operating Officer, Executive Vice President, Senior Vice President or any Vice President (collectively, the “Responsible Officers”) of the appropriate Debtor or Reorganized Debtor, are authorized to: (a) take any and all actions necessary or appropriate to implement, effectuate and consummate the Plan, this Confirmation Order or the transactions contemplated thereby or hereby, including those transactions identified in Article IV of the Plan;

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and (b) execute and deliver, adopt or amend, as the case may be, any contracts, instruments, releases, agreements and documents necessary to implement, effectuate and consummate the Plan (collectively, the “Plan-Related Documents”), including those contracts, instruments, releases, agreements and documents identified in Article IV of the Plan.

2. To the extent that, under applicable non-bankruptcy law, any of the foregoing actions would otherwise require the consent or approval of the stockholders or directors of any of the Debtors or Reorganized Debtors, this Confirmation Order shall, pursuant to section 1142 of the Bankruptcy Code and the Reorganization Effectuation Statutes, constitute such consent or approval, and such actions are deemed to have been taken by unanimous action of the directors and stockholders of the appropriate Debtor or Reorganized Debtor.

3. The approvals and authorizations specifically set forth in this Confirmation Order are nonexclusive and are not intended to limit the authority of any Debtor or Reorganized Debtor or any officer thereof to take any and all actions necessary or appropriate to implement, effectuate and consummate the Plan, this Confirmation Order or the transactions contemplated thereby or hereby. In addition to the authority to execute and deliver, adopt or amend, as the case may be, the contracts, instruments, releases and other agreements specifically granted in this Confirmation Order, each of the Debtors and the Reorganized Debtors is authorized and empowered, without further action in the Bankruptcy Court or its directors, managers, trustees, members or stockholders, to take any and all such actions as any of its Responsible Officers may determine are necessary or appropriate to implement, effectuate and consummate the Plan, this Confirmation Order or the transactions contemplated thereby or hereby.

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APPROVAL OF NEW INVESTOR DOCUMENTS AND RIGHTS OFFERING.

1. The New Investor Documents are ratified and approved in all respects.

2. As of the Confirmation Date, the Debtors may enter into and effectuate any Rights Offering Documents, if applicable, perform under the New Investor Documents and take any actions appropriate or necessary to consummate the Rights Offering.

CREATION OF ASBESTOS PERSONAL INJURY TRUST.

1. On the Effective Date, the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust shall be created in accordance with the Plan and the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust Agreement. The Asbestos Personal Injury Trust and the Asbestos Personal Injury Trustees are authorized and empowered to receive the property to be transferred to the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust pursuant to Section IV.G of the Plan.

2. Pursuant to the Reorganization Effectuation Statutes, as applicable, and other appropriate provisions of applicable state laws governing corporations or other legal Entities and section 1142(b) of the Bankruptcy Code, without further action by the Bankruptcy Court or the directors, managers, trustees, partners, members or stockholders of any Reorganized Debtor, the Reorganized Debtors are authorized and directed to execute, deliver and perform their obligations under the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust Agreement and to execute, deliver, file and record all such other contracts, instruments, agreements or documents and take all such other actions as any of the Responsible Officers of the Reorganized Debtors may determine are necessary, appropriate or desirable in connection therewith. The Asbestos Personal Injury Trust Agreement, as in effect on the Effective Date, shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit I.A.18 to the Plan. The Asbestos Personal Injury Trust Distribution Procedures shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit I.A.19; provided, however, that any holder of an Asbestos Personal Injury

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Claim in Class 7 submitting a ballot to accept or reject the Plan after June 2, 2006 but on or before June 13, 2006 shall not be disqualified from being considered a “PI Trust Voting Claim” for purposes of the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust Distribution Procedures on account of such holder’s submission of a ballot after the June 2, 2006 voting deadline.

TRANSFERS OF PROPERTY TO AND ASSUMPTION OF CERTAIN LIABILITIES BY THE ASBESTOS PERSONAL INJURY TRUST.

Transfer of Books and Records to the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust.

a. As described in Section IV.G.1 of the Plan, on the Effective Date or as soon thereafter as is reasonably practicable, on the terms of the Cooperation Agreement and in accordance with written instructions provided to the Reorganized Debtors by the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust, the Reorganized Debtors shall transfer and assign, or cause to be transferred and assigned, to the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust copies of those books and records agreed upon by the parties that pertain directly to Asbestos Personal Injury Claims that have been asserted against any Debtor.

b. In furtherance of Section IV.G.1 of the Plan, the Cooperation Agreement, in substantially the form of Exhibit IV.G.1 to the Plan, is approved and the Reorganized Debtors are authorized to enter into and perform under such agreement.

c. Pursuant to the Plan and this Confirmation Order, to the extent the Debtors or Reorganized Debtors provide any privileged books and records under Section IV.G.1 of the Plan, such transfer shall not result in the destruction or waiver of any applicable privileges pertaining to such books and records.

	2.		Funding the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust.

	The Reorganized Debtors shall fund the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust in accordance with Section IV.G.2 of the Plan.

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Transfer of the Asbestos Personal Injury Insurance Asset.

On the Effective Date, the Reorganized Debtors shall transfer to the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust the Asbestos Personal Injury Insurance Asset.

Assumption of Certain Liabilities by the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust.

On the Effective Date, upon creation of the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust, the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust, in consideration for the property transferred to the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust pursuant to Sections IV.G.2 and IV.G.3 of the Plan and in furtherance of the purposes of the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust and the Plan, shall, automatically and without further act or deed, assume all Liabilities and responsibility for all Asbestos Personal Injury Claims, and the Reorganized Debtors shall have no further financial or other responsibility or liability therefor. The Asbestos Personal Injury Trust also shall, automatically and without further act or deed, assume all liability for premiums, deductibles, retrospective premium adjustments, security or collateral arrangements, or any other charges, costs, fees or expenses (if any) that become due to any insurer in connection with the Asbestos Personal Injury Insurance Asset as a result of Asbestos Personal Injury Claims against Entities insured under policies included in the Asbestos Personal Injury Insurance Asset by reason of vendor’s endorsements, or under the indemnity provisions of settlement agreements that any Debtor made with various insurers prior to the Petition Date to the extent that those indemnity provisions relate to Asbestos Personal Injury Claims, and the Reorganized Debtors shall have no further financial or other responsibility or liability for any of the foregoing. Except as otherwise provided in the Plan, the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust Agreement and the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust Distribution Procedures, the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust shall have all defenses, cross-claims, offsets and recoupments, as well as rights of indemnification, contribution, subrogation and similar rights,

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regarding such Asbestos Personal Injury Claims that the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors have or would have had under applicable law.

Indemnification by the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust.

RELEASE OF LIENS.

Except as otherwise provided in the Plan (including with respect to those Industrial Revenue Bonds that are Reinstated pursuant to Section III.B.5 of the Plan) or in any contract, instrument, release or other agreement or document entered into or delivered in connection with the Plan, on the Effective Date and concurrently with the applicable Distributions made pursuant to Article III of the Plan, all mortgages, deeds of trust, liens or other security interests against the property of any Estate shall be fully released and discharged, and all of the right, title and interest of any holder of such mortgages, deeds of trust, liens or other security interests, including any rights to any collateral thereunder, shall revert to the applicable Reorganized Debtor and its successors and assigns and the former holder thereof will, upon request of any Debtor, execute such documents evidencing such release and discharge as such Debtor may reasonably request.

EXEMPTIONS FROM TAXATION.

Pursuant to section 1146(a) (formerly 1146(c)) of the Bankruptcy Code, (1) the following shall not be subject to any stamp tax or similar tax: (a) the issuance, transfer or exchange of the Additional Common Stock, the Note or the Contingent Payment Note; (b) the creation of any mortgage, deed of trust, lien or other security interest; (c) the making or

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assignment of any lease or sublease; (d) any Restructuring Transaction; or (e) the making or delivery of any deed or other instrument of transfer under, in furtherance of or in connection with the Plan, including any merger agreements, agreements of consolidation, restructuring, disposition, liquidation or dissolution, deeds, bills of sale or assignments executed in connection with any Restructuring Transaction pursuant to the Plan; and (2) the appropriate state or local governmental officials or agents are hereby directed to forego the collection of any such tax and to accept for filing and recordation any of the foregoing instruments or other documents without the payment of any such tax.

RELEASES AND EXCULPATION PROVISIONS.

The Plan release, exculpation and injunction provisions as set forth in, among others, Sections IV.H.3 and XI.B of the Plan are approved in all respects, are incorporated herein in their entirety, are so ordered and shall be immediately effective on the Effective Date of the Plan without further action by the Bankruptcy Court, any of the parties to such releases or any other party.

VI.

OBJECTIONS TO CONFIRMATION.

RESOLUTION OF CERTAIN OBJECTIONS TO CONFIRMATION.

Certain of the Objections to Confirmation, whether informal or filed, to the extent not satisfied by the Plan Modifications or by a separate agreement, are hereby resolved on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth below. The compromises and settlements contemplated by each resolution to an Objection are fair, equitable and reasonable, are in the best interests of the Debtors and their respective Estates and creditors and are expressly approved pursuant to Bankruptcy Rule 9019.

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1. Informal Objections of Safeco Insurance Company of America. Nothing in the Plan or this Confirmation Order shall alter the rights of Safeco Insurance Company of America (“Safeco”) under the Collateral Pledge Agreement (the “CPA”) executed by USG on January 24, 2001 and the letter of credit issued in connection therewith, and the issuer of the letter of credit referenced in that agreement shall not be discharged from its obligations under such letter of credit. Moreover, to the extent that any such letter of credit issued for the benefit of Safeco is drawn in full, any remaining Claim of Safeco for attorneys’ fees that relate to the “Bond(s)” referenced in the CPA or which are otherwise payable under the CPA will be satisfied by the Reorganized Debtors in the ordinary course of business.

2. Informal Objections of the IRS. The Plan shall not be deemed to extinguish, waive or otherwise prejudice the rights of the IRS under section 553 of the Bankruptcy Code in respect of prepetition indebtedness owed by the IRS to the Debtors. With respect to any Priority Tax Claim of the IRS, Postpetition Interest will be paid up through the date of payment.

3. Filed Objection of the Nevada Department of Taxation. The Nevada Department of Taxation’s two proofs of claim — (a) proof of claim number 1213, consisting of a Priority Tax Claim in the amount of $1,474.89 and a General Unsecured Claim in the amount of $50.00, and (b) proof of claim number 1345, consisting of a Priority Tax Claim in the amount of $7,551.63 — shall be Allowed Claims and shall be paid, in accordance with Plan, with applicable Postpetition Interest.

4. Agreement with Federal Insurance Company. Subject to the satisfaction of Federal Insurance Company’s obligations under the Settlement Agreement and Mutual Release with Federal Insurance Company (the “Federal Settlement”) and the entry of an order

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approving the Federal Settlement, the Federal Parties (as defined in the Federal Settlement) shall be “Settling Insurers” and “Protected Parties” under the Plan and entitled to receive the benefits and protections of the Asbestos Permanent Channeling Injunction.

OVERRULING OF CERTAIN OBJECTIONS TO CONFIRMATION.

All Objections not otherwise addressed herein or previously withdrawn are hereby overruled for the reasons set forth on the record at the Confirmation Hearing and in Section II.G of the Findings and Conclusions.

VII.

DISCHARGE AND INJUNCTIONS.

DISCHARGE OF CLAIMS.

1. The Plan discharge provisions as set forth in Section IX.A of the Plan are approved in all respects, are incorporated herein in their entirety, are so ordered and shall be immediately effective on the Effective Date of the Plan without further action by the Bankruptcy Court or any other party.

2. Except as specifically set forth in Section IX.A of the Plan, as of the Effective Date, pursuant to sections 524 and 1141 of the Bankruptcy Code, the Reorganized Debtors shall be discharged of all Claims and other debts and Liabilities, in accordance with Section IX.A of the Plan.

INJUNCTIONS.

Issuance of the Asbestos Permanent Channeling Injunction and the Asbestos Personal Injury Insurance Asset Entity Injunction.

In connection with the creation of the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust, the Asbestos Permanent Channeling Injunction shall be, and hereby is, issued as of the Effective Date, pursuant to section 524(g) of the Bankruptcy Code. In connection with the creation of the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust and to supplement the injunctive relief of a discharge under

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section 524 of the Bankruptcy Code, the Asbestos Personal Injury Insurance Asset Entity Injunction shall be, and hereby is, issued as of the Effective Date, pursuant to section 105(a) of the Bankruptcy Code.

Protected Parties Under the Asbestos Permanent Channeling Injunction.

In connection with the Asbestos Permanent Channeling Injunction set forth below, “Protected Party” means any of the following parties:

a. any Debtor, Reorganized Debtor or any Affiliate of the foregoing;

b. any former or present director, officer or employee of any Debtor, Reorganized Debtor or any Affiliate of the foregoing but only in their capacity as such;

c. any stockholder of any Debtor but only in their capacity as such;

f. any Entity to the extent such Entity is alleged to be directly or indirectly liable for the conduct of, Claims against or Demands on any Debtor,

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Reorganized Debtor or the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust to the extent that such alleged liability arises by reason of one or more of the following:

	(i)		such Entity’s ownership of a financial interest in any Debtor, Reorganized Debtor, a Past Affiliate, a present Affiliate of any Debtor or Reorganized Debtor, or Predecessor in Interest;

	(ii)		such Entity’s involvement in the management of any Debtor, any Reorganized Debtor or any Predecessor in Interest;

	(iii)		such Entity’s service as an officer, director or employee of any Debtor, any Reorganized Debtor, any Past Affiliate, any present Affiliate of any Debtor or Reorganized Debtor, any Predecessor in Interest or any Entity that owns or at any time has owned a financial interest in any Debtor, any Reorganized Debtor, any Past Affiliate, any present Affiliate of any Debtor or Reorganized Debtor, or any Predecessor in Interest; or

	(iv)		such Entity’s involvement in a transaction changing the corporate structure, or in a loan or other financial transaction affecting the financial condition, of any Debtor, any Reorganized Debtor or any Past Affiliate, any present Affiliate of any Debtor or Reorganized Debtor, any Predecessor in Interest or any Entity that owns or at any time has owned a financial interest in any Debtor, any Reorganized Debtor, any Past Affiliate, any present Affiliate of any Debtor or Reorganized Debtor, or any Predecessor in Interest, including (A) involvement in providing financing (debt or equity) or advice to an Entity involved in such a transaction or (B) acquiring or selling a financial interest in any Entity as part of such transaction; or

any Settling Insurer.

Asbestos Permanent Channeling Injunction.

Pursuant to section 524(g) of the Bankruptcy Code, all Entities shall be permanently and forever stayed, restrained and enjoined from taking any actions against any Protected Party for the purpose of, directly or indirectly, collecting, recovering or receiving

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payment of, on or with respect to any Asbestos Personal Injury Claim, all of which shall be channeled to the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust for resolution as set forth in the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust Agreement and the related Asbestos Personal Injury Trust Distribution Procedures, including:

c. creating, perfecting or otherwise enforcing in any manner, directly or indirectly, any Encumbrance against any Protected Party or any property or interests in property of any Protected Party;

e. proceeding in any manner in any place with regard to any matter that is subject to resolution pursuant to the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust, except in conformity and compliance therewith.

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Asbestos Personal Injury Insurance Asset Entity Injunction.

a. Subject to the provisions of Section IX.B.3.a of the Plan, all Entities (not including the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust or the Reorganized Debtors) that have held or asserted, that hold or assert or that may in the future hold or assert any Claim, Demand or cause of action (including any Asbestos Personal Injury Claim assumed by the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust) against any Asbestos Personal Injury Insurance Asset Entity based upon, relating to, arising out of or in any way connected with any Asbestos Personal Injury Claim or Asbestos Personal Injury Insurance Asset whenever and wherever arisen or asserted (including all Claims in the nature of or sounding in tort, or under contract, warranty or any other theory of law, equity or admiralty) shall be stayed, restrained and enjoined from taking any action for the purpose of directly or indirectly collecting, recovering or receiving payments, satisfaction or recovery with respect to any such Claim, Demand or cause of action, including:

	(i)		commencing, conducting or continuing, in any manner, directly or indirectly, any suit, action or other proceeding of any kind (including a judicial, arbitration, administrative or other proceeding) in any forum with respect to any such Claim, Demand, or cause of action against any Asbestos Personal Injury Insurance Asset Entity, or against the property of any Asbestos Personal Injury Insurance Asset Entity, with respect to any such Claim, Demand or cause of action;

	(ii)		enforcing, levying, attaching (including any prejudgment attachment), collecting or otherwise recovering by any means or in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, any judgment, award, decree or other order against any Asbestos Personal Injury Insurance Asset Entity, or against the property of any Asbestos Personal Injury Insurance Asset Entity, with respect to any such Claim, Demand or cause of action;

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	(iii)		creating, perfecting or otherwise enforcing in any manner, directly or indirectly, any Encumbrance against any Asbestos Personal Injury Insurance Asset Entity, or the property of any Asbestos Personal Injury Insurance Asset Entity, with respect to any such Claim, Demand or cause of action; and

	(iv)		setting off, seeking reimbursement of, contribution from or subrogation against, or otherwise recouping in any manner, directly or indirectly, any amount against any obligation of any Asbestos Personal Injury Insurance Asset Entity, or against the property of any Asbestos Personal Injury Insurance Asset Entity, with respect to any such Claim, Demand and or cause of action.

b. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary above, the Asbestos Personal Injury Insurance Entity Injunction shall not enjoin:

	(i)		the rights of Entities to the treatment accorded them under Articles II and III of the Plan, as applicable, including the rights of Entities with Asbestos Personal Injury Claims to assert such Asbestos Personal Injury Claims against the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust, in accordance with the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust Distribution Procedures and the terms of the Plan;

	(ii)		the rights of Entities to assert any Claim, debt, obligation or liability for payment of Asbestos Personal Injury Trust-related expenses against the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust;

	(iii)		the rights of the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust and the Reorganized Debtors, as applicable, to prosecute any action based on or arising from Asbestos Personal Injury Insurance Asset;

	(iv)		the rights of the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust to assert any claim, debt, obligation or liability for payment against an Asbestos Personal Injury Insurance Asset Entity based on or arising from the Asbestos Personal Injury Insurance Asset; and

	(v)		the rights of Entities to assert any claim, debt, right, obligation or liability that (A) arises or relates to any insurance policy or any portion of any insurance policy that

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is not an Asbestos Personal Injury Insurance Asset and (B) is not subject to the Asbestos Permanent Channeling Injunction.

General Injunctions Related to Discharge or Releases Granted Pursuant to the Plan.

a. In addition to the Asbestos Permanent Injunction and Asbestos Personal Injury Insurance Asset Entity Injunction set forth above, except as provided in the Plan or this Confirmation Order, as of the Effective Date, all Entities that have held, currently hold or may hold a Claim or other debt or liability that is discharged pursuant to the terms of the Plan shall be permanently enjoined from taking any of the following actions on account of any such discharged Claims, debts or liabilities: (i) commencing or continuing in any manner any action or other proceeding against the Debtors, the Reorganized Debtors or their respective property, other than to enforce any right pursuant to the Plan to a Distribution; (ii) enforcing, attaching, collecting or recovering in any manner any judgment, award, decree or order against the Debtors, the Reorganized Debtors or their respective property, other than as permitted pursuant to (i) above; (iii) creating, perfecting or enforcing any lien or encumbrance against the Debtors, the Reorganized Debtors or their respective property; (iv) asserting a setoff, right of subrogation or recoupment of any kind against any debt, liability or obligation due to the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors; and (v) commencing or continuing any action, in any manner, in any place that does not comply with or is inconsistent with the provisions of the Plan.

b. In addition to the Asbestos Permanent Injunction and Asbestos Personal Injury Insurance Asset Entity Injunction set forth above, except as provided in the Plan or this Confirmation Order, as of the Effective Date, all Entities that have held,

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currently hold or may hold any Claims, obligations, suits, judgments, damages, demands, debts, rights, causes of action or liabilities that are released pursuant to the Plan shall be permanently enjoined from taking any of the following actions against any released Entity or its property on account of such released claims, obligations, suits, judgments, damages, demands, debts, rights, causes of action or liabilities: (i) commencing or continuing in any manner any action or other proceeding; (ii) enforcing, attaching, collecting or recovering in any manner any judgment, award, decree or order; (iii) creating, perfecting or enforcing any lien or encumbrance; (iv) asserting a setoff, right of subrogation or recoupment of any kind against any debt, liability or obligation due to any released Entity; and (v) commencing or continuing any action, in any manner, in any place that does not comply with or is inconsistent with the provisions of the Plan.

VIII.

DISSOLUTION OF THE COMMITTEES AND DISCHARGE OF THE ASBESTOS PERSONAL INJURY FUTURES REPRESENTATIVE.

In accordance with Section XI.A of the Plan, on the Effective Date, each of the Creditors’ Committee, Asbestos Personal Injury Committee, Asbestos Property Damage Committee and Equity Committee shall dissolve and the members of such committees shall be released and discharged from all duties and obligations arising from or related to the Reorganization Cases. Similarly, on the Effective Date, the Asbestos Personal Injury Futures Representative shall be deemed released and discharged from all duties and obligations from or related to the Reorganization Cases; provided, however, that the Asbestos Personal Injury Futures Representative may continue to serve or have obligations under the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust Agreement and be paid solely from the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust. As of the Effective Date, the Reorganized Debtors’ obligations to indemnify or provide liability insurance for the Asbestos Personal Injury Futures Representative shall terminate. The Professionals

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retained by such committees and the members thereof or by the Asbestos Personal Injury Futures Representative shall not be entitled to assert any Fee Claim for any services rendered or expenses incurred after the Effective Date, except for services rendered and expenses incurred in connection with any applications for allowance of compensation and reimbursement of expenses pending on the Effective Date or Filed and served after the Effective Date pursuant to Section III.A.1.e.ii.A of the Plan and in connection with any appeal of the Confirmation Order.

IX.

RETENTION OF JURISDICTION BY THE BANKRUPTCY COURT AND THE DISTRICT.

RETENTION OF EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION BY THE BANKRUPTCY COURT.

Notwithstanding the entry of this Confirmation Order and the occurrence of the Effective Date, pursuant to Section X.A of the Plan and subject to Section X.B of the Plan, the Bankruptcy Court shall retain such exclusive jurisdiction over the Reorganization Cases and any matter related to the Reorganization Cases after the Effective Date as is legally permissible, including exclusive jurisdiction over the matters described in Sections X.A.1 through X.A.13 of the Plan. To the extent that it is not legally permissible for the Bankruptcy Court to have exclusive jurisdiction over any of the matters described in Section X.A of the Plan, the Bankruptcy Court shall have nonexclusive jurisdiction over such matters to the extent legally permissible.

EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THE DISTRICT COURT.

Notwithstanding the entry of this Confirmation Order, the occurrence of the Effective Date and anything to the contrary in Section X.A of the Plan, the District Court shall retain exclusive jurisdiction over matters relating to section 524(g) of the Bankruptcy Code and the Asbestos Permanent Channeling Injunction, including exclusive jurisdiction to determine

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matters that may be set forth in the Asbestos Permanent Channeling Injunction, or that may arise in connection with the Asbestos Permanent Channeling Injunction.

JURISDICTION RELATING TO ASBESTOS PERSONAL INJURY CLAIMS.

Notwithstanding anything in this Section IX or Article X of the Plan to the contrary, the resolution of Asbestos Personal Injury Claims and the forum in which such resolution shall be determined shall be governed by and in accordance with the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust Distribution Procedures and the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust Agreement.

WAIVER OF THE STAY OF BANKRUPTCY RULE 3020(e).

Pursuant to Bankruptcy Rule 3020(e), this Confirmation Order shall not be stayed and shall be immediately effective upon entry on the docket of the Bankruptcy Court and the District Court.

XI.

NOTICE OF ENTRY OF CONFIRMATION ORDER.

A. Pursuant to Bankruptcy Rules 2002(f)(7) and 3020(c), the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors are directed to serve, within 10 days after the occurrence of the Effective Date, a notice of the entry of this Confirmation Order, which shall include notice of the bar dates established by the Plan and this Confirmation Order and notice of the Effective Date, substantially in the form of Exhibit C attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference (the “Confirmation Notice”), on all parties that received notice of the Confirmation Hearing; provided, however, that, with respect to Asbestos Personal Injury Claims, the Reorganized Debtors shall be obligated to serve the Confirmation Notice only to counsel to holders of Asbestos Personal Injury Claims, to the extent that the holders of such claims are represented by known counsel, unless such counsel requests otherwise in writing within 10 days of service of the Confirmation Notice.

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UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT
DISTRICT OF DELAWARE


In re:		:
		:	Chapter 11
USG CORPORATION,		:
a Delaware corporation, et al.,¹		:	Jointly Administered
		:	Case No. 01-2094 (JKF)
	Debtors.	:
		:
		:
		:

MODIFICATIONS TO FIRST AMENDED JOINT PLAN OF
REORGANIZATION OF USG CORPORATION AND ITS DEBTOR SUBSIDIARIES

The above-captioned debtors (collectively, the “Debtors”) hereby propose the following additions and modifications to the First Amended Joint Plan of Reorganization of USG Corporation and Its Debtor Subsidiaries, dated March 27, 2006 (as included in the solicitation packages, the “Plan”), pursuant to section 1127 of the Bankruptcy Code, 11 U.S.C. §§ 101-1532, and Section XI.C of the Plan:

1. Section I.A.42 of the Plan is modified and restated as follows:²

42. “Confirmation Order” means the order, including the findings of facts and conclusions of law, of the Bankruptcy Court or the District Court, which, if entered only by the Bankruptcy Court, is affirmed by the District Court, that confirms the Plan pursuant to section 1129 of the Bankruptcy Code.

2. Section I.A.60 of the Plan is modified and restated as follows:

60. “Distribution Record Date” means the first day of the Confirmation ~~Date~~Hearing.


¹		The Debtors are the following 11 entities: USG Corporation, United States Gypsum Company, USG Interiors, Inc., USG Interiors International, Inc., L&W Supply Corporation, Beadex Manufacturing, LLC, B-R Pipeline Company, La Mirada Products Co., Inc., USG Industries, Inc., USG Pipeline Company and Stocking Specialists, Inc.

²		All modified and restated Plan provisions are marked to reflect the modifications thereto.

3. Section I.A.97a is added to the Plan as follows:

97a. “PI Insurer Coverage Defenses” means all defenses at law or in equity that any Asbestos Personal Injury Insurance Asset Entity may have under applicable law to provide insurance coverage to or for any Claim, Demand, or any other claim for coverage, payment or reimbursement of any kind.

4. Section III.A.1.e.ii.A of the Plan is modified and restated as follows:

A. Professional Compensation

Professionals or other Entities asserting a Fee Claim for services rendered before the Effective Date must File and serve on the Reorganized Debtors and such other Entities who are designated by the Bankruptcy Rules, the Confirmation Order, the Fee Order or other order of the Bankruptcy Court a Final Fee Application no later than ~~90 days after~~the last business day of the month following the month in which the Effective Date occurs; provided, however, that any professional who may receive compensation or reimbursement of expenses pursuant to the Ordinary Course Professionals Order may continue to receive such compensation and reimbursement of expenses for services rendered before the Effective Date, without further Bankruptcy Court review or approval, pursuant to the Ordinary Course Professionals Order. A Professional may include any outstanding, non-Filed monthly or interim request for payment of a Fee Claim pursuant to the Fee Order in its Final Fee Application. Objections to any Final Fee Application must be Filed and served on the Reorganized Debtors and the requesting party ~~by the~~no later ~~of (1) 120 days after the Effective Date or (2) 30 days after the Filing of the applicable Final Fee Application~~than 30 days after the deadline for Filing Final Fee Applications. The fee auditor in these Reorganization Cases (the “Fee Auditor”) shall provide initial reports (“Initial Reports”) to all Final Fee Applications no later than 30 days after the deadline for Filing Final Fee Applications, and any response to an Initial Report shall be provided within 30 days of the Filing of the applicable Initial Report. If a Professional or other Entity fails to respond timely to an Initial Report, the Fee Auditor is authorized to File a final report (“Final Report”) immediately with respect to such Final Fee Application. Regardless of whether a Professional provides a response to an Initial Report, the Fee Auditor shall File all Final Reports regarding Final Fee Applications no later than 90 days after the deadline for Filing Final Fee Applications. Any replies to the Fee Auditor’s Final Report shall be Filed within seven days of the Filing of the applicable Final Report. The December 18, 2006 omnibus hearing shall be the final hearing on all Final Fee Applications. To the extent necessary, the Confirmation Order shall amend and supersede any previously entered order of the Bankruptcy Court, including the Fee Order, regarding the payment of Fee Claims. Any pending, Filed interim requests for a Fee Claim pursuant to the Fee Order shall be resolved in the ordinary course in accordance with the Fee Order or, if sooner, in connection with the particular Professional’s Final Fee Application.

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5. Section III.A.2.a of the Plan is modified and restated as follows:

a. Priority Tax Claims

Pursuant to section 1129(a)(9)(C) of the Bankruptcy Code, unless otherwise agreed by the holder of a Priority Tax Claim and the applicable Debtor or Reorganized Debtor, each holder of an Allowed Priority Tax Claim shall receive, in full satisfaction of its Priority Tax Claim, payment in full of the allowed amount of the Priority Tax Claim plus Postpetition Interest on the later of the Effective Date or ~~as soon as practicable~~90 days after the date when such Claim becomes an Allowed Claim.

6. Section III.B.7 of the Plan is modified to include the additional language shown below:

7. Class 7 Claims (Asbestos Personal Injury Claims) are impaired. On the Effective Date, all Asbestos Personal Injury Claims shall be channeled to the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust, which shall be funded pursuant to Section IV.G. All Asbestos Personal Injury Claims shall be determined and paid pursuant to the terms of the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust Agreement and the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust Distribution Procedures, subject to the right of any Asbestos Personal Injury Insurance Asset Entity to assert any PI Insurer Coverage Defense in response to a demand that such insurer handle, defend or pay any such Claim. Pursuant to section 524(g) of the Bankruptcy Code, the Plan and the Confirmation Order shall permanently and forever stay, restrain and enjoin any Entity from taking any actions against any Protected Party for the purpose of, directly or indirectly, collecting, recovering or receiving payment of, on or with respect to any Asbestos Personal Injury Claim, all of which shall be channeled to the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust for resolution as set forth in the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust Agreement and the related Asbestos Personal Injury Trust Distribution Procedures, including:

7. Section IV.H.2 of the Plan is modified and restated as follows:

2. Comprehensive Settlement of Claims and Controversies

Pursuant to Bankruptcy Rule 9019 and in consideration for the Distributions and other benefits provided under the Plan, the provisions of the Plan, including the releases set forth in Section IV.H.3, shall constitute a good faith compromise and settlement of all claims or controversies relating to the rights that a holder of a Claim or Interest may have with respect to any Claim, Asbestos Personal Injury Claim or Interest or any Distribution to be made pursuant to the Plan on account of any Allowed Claim, Asbestos Personal Injury Claim or Interest. The entry of the Confirmation Order shall constitute the Bankruptcy Court’s or the District Court’s approval, as of the Effective Date, of the compromise or settlement of all such claims or controversies and the Bankruptcy Court’s or the District Court’s finding that such compromise or settlement is in the best interests of the Debtors, the Reorganized Debtors

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and their respective property and Claim and Interest holders and is fair, equitable and reasonable.

8. Section IV.H.3.b.i of the Plan is modified and restated as follows:

b. Release by the Debtors and Reorganized Debtors

9. Section IV.H.3.c is modified and restated as follows:

c. General Releases by Holders of Claims or Interests

~~Without~~To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, without limiting any other applicable provisions of, or releases contained in, the Plan or the Bankruptcy Code, as of the Effective Date, in consideration for, among other things, the obligations of the Debtors and the Reorganized Debtors under the Plan, the Note, the Contingent Payment Note, the New Investor Documents, cash and other contracts, instruments, releases, agreements or documents to be entered into or delivered in connection with the Plan, each holder of a Claim or Interest that votes in favor of the Plan shall be deemed to forever release, waive and discharge all Liabilities in any way relating to any Debtor, the Reorganization Cases or the Plan that such Entity has, had or may have against any Debtor, any Reorganized Debtor, the New Investor and each of their respective present or former directors, officers, employees, subsidiaries, predecessors, successors, members, attorneys, accountants, underwriters, investment bankers, financial advisors, appraisers, representatives and agents, acting in such capacity (which release shall be in addition to the discharge of Claims provided herein and under the Confirmation Order and the Bankruptcy Code).

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10. Section IV.I.3 of the Plan is modified and restated as follows:

3. Workers’ Compensation Benefits

From and after the Effective Date, the Reorganized Debtors, ~~in their sole discretion, may~~ shall continue to pay ~~valid~~in the ordinary course compensable Claims arising before the Petition Date under the Debtors’ workers’ compensation programs.

11. Section IV.J.3.a of the Plan is modified and restated as follows:

3. Insurance Neutrality

a. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Plan or the Confirmation Order, nothing in the Plan or the Confirmation Order (including any other provision that purports to be preemptory or supervening), shall in any way operate to, or have the effect of, impairing the insurers’ legal, equitable or contractual rights, if any, in respect of any Claims, any Exhibit to the Plan, the Confirmation Order or any finding of fact and/or conclusion of law with respect to the Confirmation of the Plan, shall limit the right of any Asbestos Personal Injury Insurance Asset Entity to assert any PI Insurer Coverage Defense. The rights of insurers shall be determined under the relevant insurance policies or insurance settlements, as applicable, and under applicable law.

12. Section IV.J.4 is added to the Plan as follows:

4. Collateral Effects of Confirmation

a. The Plan and the Confirmation Order shall be binding on the Debtors, the Reorganized Debtors, the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust and the beneficiaries of the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust. While the obligations, if any, of the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust to pay holders of Asbestos Personal Injury Claims shall be determined pursuant to the Plan and the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust Distribution Procedures, neither the Bankruptcy Court’s or District Court’s approval of the Plan and the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust Distribution Procedures, nor the Confirmation Order shall, with respect to any Asbestos Personal Injury Insurance Asset Entity (including on the basis of the decisions in UNR Industries, Inc. v. Continental Casualty Co., 942 F.2d 1101 (7th Cir. 1991) or Fuller-Austin Insulation Co. v. Fireman’s Fund Inc. Co., et al., Case No. BC 116835, 2002 WL 31005090 (Cal. Superior Ct. Aug. 6, 2002)), constitute a trial or hearing on the merits, an adjudication or judgment, or be used as evidence to prove:

i. that any of the Debtors, the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust or any Asbestos Personal Injury Insurance Asset Entity is liable for, or otherwise obligated to pay with respect to, any individual Asbestos Personal Injury Claim;

ii. that the procedures established by the Plan, including the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust Distribution Procedures, for evaluating and paying

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channeled Asbestos Personal Injury Claims are reasonable and/or consistent with any procedures that were used to evaluate or settle channeled Asbestos Personal Injury Claims against the Debtors before the Petition Date;

iii. that the settlement of, or the value assigned to, any individual channeled Asbestos Personal Injury Claim pursuant to the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust Distribution Procedures was reasonable and/or otherwise appropriate;

iv. that any of the Asbestos Personal Injury Insurance Asset Entities participated in and/or consented to the negotiation of the Plan or the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust Distribution Procedures;

v. that any of the Debtors or the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust Distribution Procedures have suffered an insured loss with respect to any channeled Asbestos Personal Injury Claim; or

vi. as to the liability, or amount thereof on an aggregate basis or for any individual claim, of the Debtors or any of the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust for Asbestos Personal Injury Claims.

b. Notwithstanding anything in Sections IV.J.3 or IV.J.4 to the contrary, nothing in Sections IV.J.3 or IV.J.4 shall affect or limit or be construed as affecting or limiting the protection afforded to any Settling Insurer by the Asbestos Permanent Channeling Injunction and/or the Asbestos Personal Injury Insurance Asset Entity Injunction.

c. Nothing in Sections IV.J.3 or IV.J.4 is intended or shall be construed to preclude otherwise applicable principles of res judicata or collateral estoppel from being applied against any Asbestos Personal Injury Insurance Asset Entity with respect to any issue that is actually litigated by such Asbestos Personal Injury Insurance Asset Entity as part of its objections, if any, to Confirmation of the Plan or as part of any contested matter or adversary proceeding filed by such Asbestos Personal Injury Insurance Asset Entity in conjunction with or related to Confirmation of the Plan.

d. Nothing in the Plan, the Confirmation Order or any findings of fact and/or conclusions of law with respect to the Confirmation or consummation of the Plan shall limit the right, if any, of (i) any Asbestos Personal Injury Insurance Asset Entity to assert any PI Insurer Coverage Defense including by presenting evidence and/or argument with respect to any of the matters specified in clauses Section IV.J.4.a.i through Section IV.J.4.a.vi above or (ii) any other party in any such insurance coverage action to assert any appropriate position. Except as provided in Section IV.J.4.c above, none of the matters specified in Section IV.J.4.a.i through Section IV.J.4.a.vi above shall have any res judicata or collateral estoppel effect against any Asbestos Personal Injury Insurance Asset Entity.

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13. Section IV.J.5 is added to the Plan as follows:

5. Contribution Claims

If a non-settling Asbestos Personal Injury Insurance Asset Entity asserts that it has rights of contribution, indemnity, reimbursement, subrogation or other similar claims (collectively, for purposes of this Section IV.J.5, “Contribution Claims”) against a Settling Insurer, (a) such Contribution Claims may be asserted as a defense or counterclaim against the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust or the Reorganized Debtors (as applicable) in any action including such non-settling Asbestos Personal Injury Insurance Asset Entity, and the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust or the Reorganized Debtors (as applicable) may assert the legal or equitable rights, if any, of the Settling Insurer, and (b) to the extent such Contribution Claims are determined to be valid, the liability (if any) of such non-settling Asbestos Personal Injury Insurance Asset Entity to the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust or the Reorganized Debtors (as applicable) shall be reduced by the amount of such Contribution Claims.

14. Section V.A. 4 of the Plan is modified to include the additional language shown below:

4. Approval of Assumptions and Assumption Procedures

The Confirmation Order shall constitute an order of the Bankruptcy Court or the District Court approving the assumptions described in Section V.A.1, pursuant to section 365 of the Bankruptcy Code, as of the Effective Date. The appropriate procedures for assumption of an Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease are as follows:

15. Section V.C of the Plan is modified to include the additional language shown below:

Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases to Be Rejected and Rejection Procedures

On the Effective Date, each Executory Contract and Unexpired Lease listed on Exhibit V.C shall be rejected pursuant to section 365 of the Bankruptcy Code. Each contract and lease listed on Exhibit V.C shall be rejected only to the extent that any such contract or lease constitutes an Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease. Listing a contract or lease on Exhibit V.C shall not constitute an admission by a Debtor or Reorganized Debtor that such contract or lease is an Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease or that a Debtor or Reorganized Debtor has any liability thereunder. The Confirmation Order shall constitute an order of the Bankruptcy Court or the District Court approving such rejections, pursuant to section 365 of the Bankruptcy Code, as of the Effective Date. The appropriate procedures for rejection of an Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease are as follows:

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16. Section VIII.A.1 of the Plan is modified and restated as follows:

1. The Confirmation Order shall have been entered by the Bankruptcy Court ~~or the District Court (and, if the Confirmation Order is entered by the Bankruptcy Court, shall have been fully affirmed by~~and the District Court), shall be acceptable in form and substance to the Debtors and shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Asbestos Personal Injury Committee and the Asbestos Personal Injury Futures Representative.

17. Section VIII.B.2 of the Plan is modified and restated as follows:

2. The Confirmation Order has been entered by the Bankruptcy Court ~~or the District Court (and, if the Confirmation Order is entered by the Bankruptcy Court, has been fully affirmed by~~and the District Court) and shall have become a Final Order.

18. Section VIII.D of the Plan is modified and restated as follows:

Effect of Nonoccurrence of Conditions to the Effective Date

If each of the conditions to the Effective Date is not satisfied or duly waived in accordance with Section VIII.C, then upon motion by the Debtors made before the time that each of such conditions has been satisfied or duly waived and upon notice to such parties in interest as the Bankruptcy Court may direct, the Confirmation Order shall be vacated by the Bankruptcy Court or the District Court; provided, however, that, notwithstanding the Filing of such motion, the Confirmation Order may not be vacated if each of the conditions to the Effective Date is either satisfied or duly waived before the Bankruptcy Court or the District Court enters an order granting such motion. If the Confirmation Order is vacated pursuant to this Section VIII.D, (1) the Plan shall be null and void in all respects, including with respect to the discharge of Claims; and (2) nothing contained in the Plan shall (a) constitute a waiver or release of any claims by or against, or any Interest in, the Debtors or (b) prejudice in any manner the rights of the Debtors or any other party in interest.

19. Section XI.B of the Plan is modified and restated as follows:

Limitation of Liability

1. ~~The~~To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, the Debtors, the Reorganized Debtors, the Credit Facilities Agent, the Creditors’ Committee, the Asbestos Personal Injury Futures Representative, the Asbestos Personal Injury Committee, the Asbestos Property Damage Committee, the Equity Committee, the DIP Lender, the Indenture Trustees, the New Investor and their respective directors, officers, employees, affiliates, subsidiaries, predecessors, successors, members, attorneys, accountants, underwriters, investment bankers, financial advisors, appraisers, representatives and agents, acting in such capacity, shall neither have nor incur any liability to any Entity for any act taken or omitted to be taken in connection with, related to or arising out of the Reorganization Cases or the consideration, formulation,

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preparation, dissemination, implementation, Confirmation or consummation of the Plan, the Disclosure Statement or any transaction proposed in connection with the Reorganization Cases or any contract, instrument, release or other agreement or document created or entered into, or any other act taken or omitted to be taken, in connection therewith; provided, however, that the foregoing provisions of this Section XI.B.1 shall have no effect on: (a) the liability of any Entity that would otherwise result from the failure to perform or pay any obligation or liability under the Plan or any contract, instrument, release or other agreement or document to be entered into or delivered in connection with the Plan or (b) the liability of any Entity that would otherwise result from any such act or omission to the extent that such act or omission is determined in a Final Order to have constituted gross negligence or willful misconduct.

2. ~~Notwithstanding~~To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, notwithstanding any other provision of this Plan, no holder of a Claim or Interest, no other party in interest, none of their respective agents, employees, representatives, financial advisors, attorneys or affiliates, and no successors or assigns of the foregoing, shall have any right of action against the Debtors, the Reorganized Debtors, the Credit Facilities Agent, the Creditors’ Committee, the Asbestos Personal Injury Futures Representative, the Asbestos Personal Injury Committee, the Asbestos Property Damage Committee, the Equity Committee, the DIP Lender, the Indenture Trustees, the New Investor or their respective directors, officers, employees, affiliates, subsidiaries, predecessors, successors, members, attorneys, accountants, underwriters, investment bankers, financial advisors, appraisers, representatives and agents, acting in such capacity, for any act or omission in connection with, relating to or arising out of the Reorganization Cases or the consideration, formulation, preparation, dissemination, implementation, Confirmation or consummation of the Plan, the Disclosure Statement or any transaction or document created or entered into, or any other act taken or omitted to be taken, in connection therewith, except for: (a) the liability of any Entity that would otherwise result from the failure to perform or pay any obligation or liability under the Plan or any contract, instrument, release or other agreement or document to be entered into or delivered in connection with the Plan or (b) the liability of any Entity that would otherwise result from any such act or omission to the extent that such act or omission is determined in a Final Order to have constituted gross negligence or willful misconduct.

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Exhibit 3.01

RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
OF
USG CORPORATION

(Originally incorporated October 22, 1984)

(Pursuant to Section 303 of the
Delaware General Corporation Law)

USG Corporation (the “corporation”), a corporation organized and existing under and by virtue of the Delaware General Corporation Law, does hereby certify:

FIRST: That the corporation filed a plan of reorganization (the “Plan”) which, pursuant to chapter 11 of Title 11 the United States Code, was confirmed by an order dated June 16, 2006 of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware, a Court having jurisdiction of a proceeding under the United States Bankruptcy Code (the “Order”), and that such Order provides for the making and filing of this Restated Certificate of Incorporation.

SECOND: That this Restated Certificate of Incorporation has been duly adopted and executed in accordance with Sections 303, 242 and 245 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, as authorized by the Order, it being necessary to put into effect and carry out the Plan by amending, restating and integrating the corporation’s Restated Certificate of Incorporation as set forth herein, and that this Restated Certificate of Incorporation shall become effective at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on June 19, 2006.

THIRD: That, pursuant to the Order, the provisions of the corporation’s Restated Certificate of Incorporation to be effected thereunder and hereunder are as follows:

ARTICLE FIRST

The name of the corporation is USG Corporation.

ARTICLE SECOND

The corporation’s registered office in the State of Delaware is located at Corporation Trust Center, 1209 Orange Street in the City of Wilmington, County of New Castle. The name of its registered agent is The Corporation Trust Company.

ARTICLE THIRD

The purpose of the corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.

ARTICLE FOURTH

The total number of shares which the corporation shall have authority to issue is 236,000,000, of which 36,000,000 shares of the par value of one dollar each shall be preferred stock and 200,000,000 shares of the par value of $0.10 each shall be common stock.

Shares of the stock of any class of the corporation may be issued by the corporation from time to time for such consideration as may be fixed from time to time by the board of directors thereof, and any and all such shares so issued the full consideration for which shall have been paid or delivered, shall be deemed fully paid and nonassessable stock and not liable to any further call or assessment thereon.

Notwithstanding any other provision of this article FOURTH, (i) the corporation will not issue any nonvoting equity securities, within the meaning of §1123(a)(6) of the United States Bankruptcy Code, 11 U.S.C., or any successor statute thereto and (ii) in the event that the corporation issues any class of equity securities having a preference over another class of equity securities with respect to dividends, the terms of such class of equity securities will include adequate provisions for the election of directors representing such preferred class in the event of default in the payment of such dividends, within the meaning of §l123(a)(6) of the United States Bankruptcy Code, 11 U.S.C., or any successor statute thereto.

A description of the different classes of stock of the corporation and a statement of the designations and the powers, preferences and rights and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, in respect of each class of said stock are as follows:

Section 1. Provisions Applicable to Preferred Stock

(a) The board of directors is expressly authorized at any time and from time to time to provide for the issuance of shares of preferred stock in one or more series with such voting powers full or limited or, subject to the other provisions of this article FOURTH, without voting powers and with such designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights, and qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof as shall be stated and expressed in the resolution or resolutions providing for the issue thereof adopted by the board of directors and as are not stated and expressed in the Restated Certificate of Incorporation including (but without limiting the generality thereof) the following:

(i) The designation of such series.

(ii) The dividend rate of such series, the conditions and dates upon which such dividends shall be payable, the relation which such dividends shall bear to the dividends payable on any other class or classes of stock and whether such dividends shall be cumulative or non-cumulative.

(iii) Whether the shares of such series shall be subject to redemption by the corporation and, if made subject to such redemption, the time, prices and other terms and conditions of such redemption.

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(iv) The terms and amount of any sinking fund provided for the purchase or redemption of the shares of such series.

(v) Whether or not the shares of such series shall be convertible into or exchangeable for shares of any other class or classes or of any other series of any class or classes of stock of the corporation, and if provision be made for conversion or exchange, the times, prices, rates, adjustments, and other terms and conditions of such conversion or exchange.

(vi) The extent, if any, to which the holders of the shares of such series shall be entitled to vote with respect to the election of directors or otherwise.

(vii) The restrictions, if any, on the issue or reissue of any additional preferred stock.

(viii) The rights of the holders of the shares of such series upon the dissolution of, or upon the distribution of, assets of the corporation.

(b) Except as otherwise required by law and except for such voting powers with respect to the election of directors or other matters as may be stated in paragraph (c) hereof or in the resolutions of the board of directors creating any series of preferred stock, the holders of any such series shall have no voting power whatsoever. Any amendment to the Restated Certificate of Incorporation which shall increase or decrease the authorized stock of any class or classes may be adopted by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of the voting stock of the corporation.

(c) If at any time dividends in respect of any series of preferred stock shall be in default in an amount equal to or exceeding the dividend thereon for six quarterly periods at the rate fixed therefore, the holders of the outstanding preferred stock of all series, voting separately as a class, each share of preferred stock having one vote, in addition to any other voting right of such stock with respect to election of directors, shall become entitled at the next annual meeting of stockholders and at each annual meeting thereafter until all dividends in default on all series of preferred stock shall have been paid or declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof set apart, to elect two directors of the corporation, and the remaining directors of the corporation shall be elected by the holders of stock of the corporation entitled to vote at elections of directors in the absence of such a default in the payment of dividends, including the holders of outstanding preferred stock with voting rights in the election of directors. When all dividends in default on all series of preferred stock shall thereafter be paid or declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof set apart, the holders of the outstanding preferred stock shall then be divested of such right to elect two directors of the corporation and at the next annual meeting of stockholders and at each annual meeting thereafter each holder of preferred stock shall again have the same voting rights at the election of directors as such holder would have had but for such default in the payment of dividends, but always subject to the same provisions for the vesting of such right to elect two directors in case of any similar future default in the payment of dividends on any series of preferred stock.

(d) No holder of shares of preferred stock of the corporation shall be entitled as a matter of right, to any preemptive right to subscribe to any additional issues of stock of the

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corporation of any class, or any securities convertible into any class of stock of the corporation, except as may otherwise be stated in the resolution of the board of directors creating any series of preferred stock.

Section 2. Junior Participating Preferred Stock, Series C

There is hereby established a series of preferred stock which shall be designated as Junior Participating Preferred Stock, Series C (the “Series C Preferred Stock”) and shall consist of two million (2,000,000) shares. The voting powers, preferences and relative, participating, optional and other special rights of the shares of such series, and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions are as follows:

A. Dividends and Distributions.

(1) Subject to the prior and superior rights of the holders of any shares of any series of Preferred Stock ranking prior and superior to the shares of Series C Preferred Stock with respect to dividends, the holders of shares of Series C Preferred Stock, in preference to the holders of Common Stock, $0.10 par value per share, of the corporation (the “common stock”) and of any other junior stock, shall be entitled to receive, when, as and if declared by the board of directors out of funds legally available for the purpose, quarterly dividends payable in cash on the fifteenth day of March, June, September and December in each year (each such date being referred to herein as a “Quarterly Dividend Payment Date”), commencing on the first Quarterly Dividend Payment Date after the first issuance of a share or fraction of a share of Series C Preferred Stock, in an amount per share (rounded to the nearest cent) equal to the greater of (a) $25.00 or (b) subject to the provision for adjustment hereinafter set forth, 100 times the aggregate per share amount of all cash dividends, and 100 times the aggregate per share amount (payable in kind) of all non-cash dividends or other distributions other than a dividend payable in shares of common stock or a subdivision of the outstanding shares of common stock (by reclassification or otherwise), declared on the common stock since the immediately preceding Quarterly Dividend Payment Date or, with respect to the first Quarterly Dividend Payment Date, since the first issuance of any share or fraction of a share of Series C Preferred Stock. In the event the corporation shall at any time on or after May 7, 1993 declare or pay any dividend on common stock payable in shares of common stock, or effect a subdivision or combination or consolidation of the outstanding shares of common stock (by reclassification or otherwise than by payment of a dividend in shares of common stock) into a greater or lesser number of shares of common stock, then in each such case the amount to which holders of shares of Series C Preferred Stock were entitled immediately prior to such event under clause (b) of the preceding sentence shall be adjusted by multiplying such amount by a fraction the numerator of which is the number of shares of common stock outstanding immediately after such event and the denominator of which is the number of shares of common stock that were outstanding immediately prior to such event.

(2) The corporation shall declare a dividend or distribution on the Series C Preferred Stock as provided in paragraph (1) of this Section immediately after it declares a dividend or distribution on the common stock (other than a dividend payable in shares of common stock); provided that, in the event no dividend or distribution shall have been declared on the common stock during the period between any Quarterly Dividend Payment Date and the next subsequent

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Quarterly Dividend Payment Date, a dividend of $25.00 per share on the Series C Preferred Stock shall nevertheless be payable on such subsequent Quarterly Dividend Payment Date.

(3) Dividends shall begin to accrue and be cumulative on outstanding shares of Series C Preferred Stock from the Quarterly Dividend Payment Dale next preceding the date of issue of such shares of Series C Preferred Stock, unless the date of issue of such shares is prior to the record date for the first Quarterly Dividend Payment date, in which case dividends on such shares shall begin to accrue from the date of issue of such shares, or unless the date of issue is a Quarterly Dividend Payment Date or is a date after the record date for the determination of holders of shares of Series C Preferred Stock entitled to receive a quarterly dividend and before such Quarterly Dividend Payment Date, in either of which events such dividends shall begin to accrue and be cumulative from such Quarterly Dividend Payment Date. Accrued but unpaid dividends shall not bear interest. Dividends paid on the shares of Series C Preferred Stock in an amount less than the total amount of such dividends at the time accrued and payable on such shares shall be allocated pro rats on a share-by-share basis among all such shares at the lime outstanding. The board of directors may fix a record date for the determination of holders of shares of Series C Preferred Stock entitled to receive payment of a dividend or distribution declared thereon, which record date shall be not more than 60 days prior to the date fixed for the payment thereof.

B. Voting Rights. The holders of shares of Series C Preferred Stock shall have the following voting rights:

(1) Subject to the provision for adjustment hereinafter set forth, each share of Series C Preferred Stock shall entitle the holder thereof to 100 votes on all matters submitted to a vote of the stockholders of the corporation. In the event the corporation shall at any time on or after May 7, 1993 declare or pay any dividend on common stock payable in shares of common stock, or effect a subdivision or combination or consolidation of the outstanding shares of common stock (by reclassification or otherwise than by payment of a dividend in shares of common stock) into a greater or lesser number of shares of common stock, then in each such case the number of votes per share to which holders of shares of Series C Preferred Stock were entitled immediately prior to such event shall be adjusted by multiplying such number by a fraction the numerator of which is the number of shares of common stock outstanding immediately after such event and the denominator of which is the number of shares of common stock that were outstanding immediately prior to such event.

(2) Except as otherwise provided herein or by law, the holders of shares of Series C Preferred Stock and the holders of shares of common stock shall vote together as one class on all matters submitted to a vote of stockholders of the corporation.

(3) Except as set forth herein, holders of Series C Preferred Stock shall have no special voting rights and their consent shall not be required (except to the extent they are entitled to vote with holders of common stock as set forth herein) for taking any corporate action.

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C. Certain Restrictions.

(1) Whenever quarterly dividends or other dividends or distributions payable on the Series C Preferred Stock as provided in Section A are in arrears, thereafter and until all accrued and unpaid dividends and distributions, whether or not declared, on shares of Series C Preferred Stock outstanding shall have been paid in full, the corporation shall not:

(i) declare or pay dividends on, or make any other distributions on, any shares of stock ranking junior (either as to dividends or upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up) to the Series C Preferred Stock;

(ii) declare or pay dividends on or make any other distributions on any shares of stock ranking on a parity (either as to dividends or upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up) with the Series C Preferred Stock, except dividends paid ratably on the Series C Preferred Stock and all such parity stock on which dividends are payable or in arrears in proportion to the total amounts to which the holders of all such shares are then entitled;

(iii) redeem ox purchase or otherwise acquire for consideration shares of any stock ranking junior (either as to dividends or upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up) to the Series C Preferred Stock, provided that the corporation may at any time redeem, purchase or otherwise acquire shares of any such junior stock in exchange for shares of any stock of the corporation ranking junior (either as to dividends or upon dissolution, liquidation or winding up) to the Series C Preferred Stock; or

(iv) purchase or otherwise acquire for consideration any shares of Series C Preferred Stock, or any shares of stock ranking on a parity with the Series C Preferred Stock, except in accordance with a purchase offer made in writing or by publication (as determined by the board of directors) to all holders of such shares upon such terms as the board of directors, after consideration of the respective annual dividend rates and other relative rights and preferences of the respective series and classes, shall determine in good faith will result in fair and equitable treatment among the respective series or classes.

(1) The corporation shall not permit any subsidiary of the corporation to purchase or otherwise acquire for consideration any shares of stock of the corporation unless the corporation could, under paragraph (1) of this Section C, purchase or otherwise acquire such shares at such time and in such manner.

D. Reacquired Shares. Any shares of Series C Preferred Stock purchased or otherwise acquired by the corporation in any manner whatsoever shall be retired and cancelled promptly after the acquisition thereof. All such shares shall upon their cancellation become authorized but unissued shares of preferred stock and may be reissued as part of a new series of preferred stock to be created by resolution or resolutions of the board of directors, subject to the conditions and restrictions on issuance set forth therein.

E. Liquidation, Dissolution or Winding Up. Upon any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the corporation, no distribution shall be made (1) to the holders of shares of stock ranking junior (either as to dividends or upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up) to the Series C Preferred Stock unless, prior thereto, the holders of shares of Series C Preferred Stock shall

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have received $100.00 per share, plus an amount equal to accrued and unpaid dividends and distributions thereon, whether or not declared, to the date of such payment, provided that the holders of shares of Series C Preferred Stock shall be entitled to receive an aggregate amount per share, subject to the provision for adjustment hereinafter set forth, equal to 100 times the aggregate amount to be distributed per share to holders of common stock, or (2) to the holders of stock ranking on a parity (either as to dividends or upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up) with the Series C Preferred Stock, except distributions made ratably on the Series C Preferred Stock and all other such parity stock in proportion to the total amounts to which the holders of all such shares are entitled upon such liquidation, dissolution or winding up. In the event the corporation shall at any time on or after May 7, 1993 declare or pay any dividend on common stock payable in shares of common stock, or effect a subdivision or combination or consolidation of the outstanding shares of common stock (by reclassification or otherwise than by payment of a dividend in shares of common stock), then in each such case the aggregate amount to which holders of shares of Series C Preferred Stock were entitled immediately prior to such event under the proviso in clause (1) of the preceding sentence shall be adjusted by multiplying such amount by a fraction the numerator of which is the number of shares of common stock outstanding immediately after such event and the denominator of which is the number of shares of common stock that were outstanding immediately prior to such event.

F. Consolidation, Merger, etc. In case the corporation shall enter into any consolidation, merger, combination or other transaction in which the shares of common stock are exchanged for or changed into other stock or securities, cash and/or any other property, then in any such case the shares of Series C Preferred Stock then outstanding shall at the same time be similarly exchanged or changed in an amount per share (subject to the provision for adjustment hereinafter set forth) equal to 100 times the aggregate amount of stock, securities, cash and/or any other property (payable in kind), as the case may be, into which or for which each share of common stock is changed or exchanged. In the event the corporation shall at any time on or after May 7, 1993 declare or pay any dividend on common stock payable in shares of common stock, or effect a subdivision or combination or consolidation of the outstanding shares of common stock, (by reclassification or otherwise) into a greater or lesser number of shares of common stock, then in each such case the amount set forth in the preceding sentence with respect to the exchange or change of shares of Series C Preferred Stock shall be adjusted by multiplying such amount by a fraction the numerator of which is the number of shares of common stock outstanding immediately after such event and the denominator of which is the number of shares of common stock that were outstanding immediately prior to such event.

G. No Redemption. The shares of Series C Preferred Stock shall not be redeemable.

H. Amendment. The Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, of the corporation shall not be amended in any manner which would materially alter or change the powers, preferences or special rights of the Series C Preferred Stock so as to affect them adversely without the affirmative vote of the holders of two-thirds of the outstanding shares of Series C Preferred Stock, voting together as a single class.

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Section 3. Provisions Applicable to Common Stock

(a) After the requirements in respect of dividends upon the preferred stock to the end of the then current quarterly dividend period or periods for the preferred stock shall have been met, the holders of the common stock shall be entitled to receive out of any remaining net profits or net assets of the corporation applicable to dividends, such dividends as may from time to time be declared by the board of directors, and the holders of the common stock shall be entitled to share ratably in any dividends so declared to the exclusion of the holders of the preferred stock.

(b) In the event of any liquidation or dissolution or winding up of the corporation (whether voluntary or involuntary) after payment in full of the amounts payable in respect of the preferred stock, the holders of the common stock shall be entitled, to the exclusion of the holders of the preferred stock, to share ratably in all the assets of the corporation then remaining.

(c) Except as otherwise made mandatory by law, each holder of common stock shall be entitled to one vote for each full share of such stock then outstanding and of record in his name on the books of the corporation.

(d) The holders of common stock shall have no preemptive right to purchase or subscribe for any additional shares of capital stock (or securities convertible into capital stock) which may hereafter be issued or sold by the corporation.

(e) Upon the filing in the Office of the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware of this Restated Certificate of Incorporation, the shares of common stock, par value $0.10 per share, of the corporation issued and outstanding immediately prior to the time when this Restated Certificate becomes effective are hereby automatically reclassified and changed without any action on the part of the holders thereof so that each fifty (50) shares of common stock becomes one (1) validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable share of common stock of the corporation. When such reclassification of any holder’s shares of common stock would otherwise result in a number of shares that is not a whole number, the actual reclassified number of shares of such stock shall be rounded to the next higher or lower whole number as follows: (i) fractions of 1/2 or greater shall be rounded to the next higher or lower whole number, and (ii) fractions of less than 1/2 shall be rounded to the next lower whole number. Upon consummation of the reclassification of the common stock of the corporation as set forth in this paragraph, the holders of shares of common stock of the corporation shall have all of the rights accorded to them by law.

ARTICLE FIFTH

Any action required or permitted to be taken at any annual or special meeting of stockholders of the corporation may only be taken without a meeting if a consent in writing setting forth the action so taken shall be signed by the holders of 80% of the voting power of all of the stock of the corporation entitled to vote with respect to the subject matter thereof.

ARTICLE SIXTH

(a) Except as set forth in paragraph (d) of this article SIXTH, the affirmative vote or consent of the holders of 80% of the voting power of all of the stock of this corporation entitled

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to vote in elections of directors (computed without regard to the additional voting rights referred to in Section 1(c) of article FOURTH) shall be required:

(i) for a merger or consolidation of this corporation or any subsidiary thereof with or into any other corporation, or

(ii) for any sale or lease of all or any substantial part of the assets of this corporation or any subsidiary thereof to any other corporation, person or other entity, or

(iii) for any sale or lease of this corporation or any subsidiary thereof of any assets (except assets having an aggregate fair market value of less than $10,000,000) in exchange for voting securities (or securities convertible into voting securities or options, warrants, or rights to purchase voting securities or securities convertible into voting securities) of this corporation or any subsidiary by any other corporation, person or other entity, if as of the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to notice thereof and to vote thereon or consent thereto such other entity which is party to such a transaction is the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly of 5% or more in number of shares of the outstanding shares of any class of stock of this corporation entitled to vote in elections of directors.

(b) For purposes of this article SIXTH, any corporation, person or other entity, shall be deemed to be the beneficial owner of arty shares of stock of this corporation,

(i) which it owns directly, whether or not of record, or

(ii) which it has the right to acquire pursuant to any agreement or understanding or upon exercise of conversion rights, warrants or options or otherwise, whether or not presently exercisable, or

(iii) which are beneficially owned, directly or indirectly (including shares deemed to be owned through application of clause (ii) above), by an “affiliate” or “associate” as those terms are defined herein, or

(iv) which are beneficially owned, directly or indirectly by any other corporation, person or entity (including any shares which such other corporation, person or entity has the right to acquire pursuant to any agreement or understanding or upon exercise of conversion rights, warrants or options or otherwise, whether or not presently exercisable) with which it or its “affiliate” or “associate” has any agreement or arrangement or understanding for the purpose of acquiring, holding, voting or disposing of stock of this corporation.

For the purposes of this article SIXTH, the outstanding shares of stock of this corporation shall include shares deemed owned through the application of clauses (b)(ii), (iii) and (iv) above, but shall not include any other shares which may be issuable pursuant to any agreement or upon exercise of conversion rights, warrants, options or otherwise.

For the purposes of this article SIXTH, the term “affiliate” shall mean any person that directly, or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, controls, or is controlled by, or is under common control with, such corporation, person or other entity. The term “control” (including the terms “controlling,” “controlled by” and “under common control with”) means the possession, directly

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or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a corporation, person or other entity, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract, or otherwise.

For purposes of this article SIXTH, the term “associate” shall mean (1) any corporation or organization (other than this corporation or a majority-owned subsidiary of this corporation) of which such corporation, person or other entity is an officer or partner or is, directly or indirectly, the beneficial owner of ten percent (10%) or more of any class of equity securities, (2) any trust or other estate in which such corporation, person or other entity has a substantial beneficial interest or as to which such corporation, person or other entity serves as a trustee or in a similar fiduciary capacity and (3) any relative or spouse of such person or arty relative of such spouse who has the same home as such person or who is a director or officer of this corporation or any of its subsidiaries.

(c) The board of directors shall have the power and duty to determine for the purposes of this article SIXTH on the basis of information known to the board of directors of this corporation, whether

(i) such other corporation, person or other entity beneficially owns more than 5% in number of shares of the outstanding shares of any class of stock of this corporation entitled to vote in elections of directors,

(ii) a corporation, person or other entity is an “affiliate” or “associate” (as defined in paragraph (b) above) of another, and

(iii) the assets being acquired by this corporation, or any subsidiary thereof, have an aggregate fair market value of less than $10,000,000.

Any such determination shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes of this article SIXTH.

(d) The provisions of this article SIXTH shall not apply to any merger or other transaction referred to in this article SIXTH with any corporation, person or other entity if (1) the board of directors of this corporation has approved a memorandum of understanding with such other corporation, person or other entity with respect to such transaction prior to the time that such other corporation, person or other entity shall have become a beneficial owner of more than 5% in number of shares of the outstanding shares of stock of any class of this corporation entitled to vote in elections of directors, or (2) if such transaction is otherwise approved by the board of directors of this corporation, provided that a majority of the members of the board of directors voting for the approval of such transaction were duly elected and acting members of the board of directors prior to the time that such other corporation, person or other entity shall have become a beneficial owner of more than 5% in number of shares of the outstanding shares of stock of any class of this corporation entitled to vote in elections of directors. In addition, the provisions of this article SIXTH shall not apply to any merger or other transaction referred to in this article SIXTH with a subsidiary (which term shall mean a corporation of which a majority of the outstanding shares of stock entitled to vote in elections of directors is owned by this corporation directly, and/or indirectly through one or more other subsidiaries).

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ARTICLE SEVENTH

The number of directors of the corporation shall be fixed from time to time by or in the manner provided in the by-laws and may be increased or decreased as therein provided, but the number thereof may not be less than three.

The directors to be elected by the holders of all classes of stock entitled to vote thereon shall be divided into three classes, as nearly equal in number as may be, the term of office of those of the first class to expire at the first annual meeting of stockholders after their election, the term of office of those of the second class to expire at the second annual meeting of stockholders after their election, and the term of office of those of the third class to expire at the third annual meeting of stockholders after their election, At each annual election, directors elected to succeed those whose terms expire shall be elected for a term of office to expire at the third annual meeting of stockholders after their election.

Newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the authorized number of directors and vacancies in the board of directors from death, resignation, retirement, disqualification, removal from office or other cause shall be filled by a majority vote of the directors then in office, and directors so chosen shall hold office for a term expiring at the annual meeting at which the term of the class to which they shall have been elected expires. No decrease in the number of directors constituting the board of directors shall shorten the term of any incumbent director. The affirmative vote of the holders of two-thirds (2/3) of the voting power of all of the stock of the corporation entitled to vote in the election of directors (computed without regard to the additional voting rights referred to in Section 1(c) of article FOURTH) shall be required to remove a director from office. The stockholders of the corporation are expressly prohibited from cumulating their votes in any election of directors of the corporation. The right provided by Section 1(c) of article FOURTH to elect two directors shall be construed as the right to elect not more than an aggregate of two members of the board of directors (of any class or classes); and, any other provision herein or in the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware to the contrary notwithstanding, any director elected pursuant to such right may be removed from office without cause but in such case only by the holders of a majority of the voting power of the outstanding preferred stock of all series, voting separately as a class.

The board of directors, by resolution passed by a majority of the whole board, may designate one or more committees, each committee to consist of two or more of the directors of the corporation, which, to the extent provided in the resolution or in the by-laws of the corporation, shall have and may exercise the powers of the board of directors in the management of the business and affairs of the corporation, and may authorize the seal of the corporation to be affixed to all papers which may require it. Such committee or committees shall have such name or names as may be stated in the by-laws of the corporation or as may be determined from time to time by resolution adopted by the board of directors.

Notwithstanding the foregoing paragraph, the corporation shall maintain a Finance Committee, which shall have the power to review all of the corporation’s significant financial matters, including, but not limited to, strategies, policies or transactions, contemplated by the corporation. Without limiting the foregoing,the Finance Committee shall provide review and oversight of and make recommendations to the board of directors on the corporation’s financing

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requirements and programs to obtain funds; relations with banks, bondholders and other creditors; forecasting procedures on revenues, expenses, earnings, and cash flow; operating and capital expenditure budgets; dividend policy; the adoption of any compensation plan for key employees which contemplates the issuance of stock of the corporation or which is a significant cash compensation plan (other than an annual cash bonus plan consistent with past practice); and acquisitions, divestitures and significant transactions affecting the corporation’s capital structure or ownership. The Finance Committee shall confer with the Pension Committee established under the corporation’s retirement plan and report periodically to the board of directors on the funding of qualified pension plans of the corporation and its subsidiaries and the investment performance of plan funds and, on behalf of the board of directors, authorize necessary or desirable changes in actuarial assumptions for funding the plans. The Finance Committee shall consider such other matters as may be referred to it from time to time by the board of directors and shall at all times prior to June 22, 1997 be composed of four members of the board of directors who are not officers or employees of the corporation. Any actions by the Finance Committee shall be by a majority vote of at least 3 of its members. Prior to June 22 1997, (i) the scope and power of review of the Finance Committee as set forth herein shall not in any way be limited or reduced and (ii) the composition, existence and function of the Finance Committee as set forth herein shall not be altered or diminished, in either such case without the unanimous consent of all directors then in office.

The by laws of the corporation shall designate the officers of the corporation, which shall include but not necessarily be limited to, a president, a secretary and a treasurer to be elected by the board of directors.

Any officer elected by the board of directors may be removed at any time with or without cause by a majority of the whole board of directors.

The board of directors shall have power to issue bonds, debentures and other obligations, either nonconvertible or convertible into the corporation’s stock, upon such terms, in such manner and under such conditions in conformity with law, as may be fixed by the board of directors prior to the issuance of such bonds, debentures and other obligations.

ARTICLE EIGHTH

Meetings of stockholders may be held outside the State of Delaware, if the by-laws so provide. Elections of directors need not be by ballot unless the by laws of the corporation shall so provide.

ARTICLE NINTH

By-laws of the corporation may be adopted, amended or repealed by the affirmative vote of a majority of the total number of directors (fixed by, or in the manner provided in, such by-laws as in effect immediately prior to such vote) or by the affirmative vote of the holders of 80% of the voting power of the corporation’s stock outstanding and entitled to vote thereon. Such by-laws may contain any provision for the regulation and management of the affairs of the corporation and the rights or powers of its stockholders, directors or employees not inconsistent with statute or this Restated Certificate of Incorporation.

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ARTICLE TENTH

The corporation reserves the right to amend, alter, change or repeal any provision contained in this Restated Certificate of Incorporation, in the manner now or hereafter prescribed by statute, and all rights conferred upon stockholders herein are granted subject to this reservation. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Restated Certificate of Incorporation or the by-laws of this corporation (and in addition to any other vote that may be required by law, this Restated Certificate of Incorporation or the by-laws of this corporation), the affirmative vote of the holders of 80% of the voting power of all stock of this corporation entitled to vote in elections of directors (considered for this purpose as one class and with such voting power computed without regard to the additional voting rights referred to in Section 1(c) of article FOURTH) shall be required to amend, alter, change or repeal article FIFTH, SIXTH, SEVENTH, NINTH, TENTH, ELEVENTH or TWELFTH of this Restated Certificate of Incorporation.

ARTICLE ELEVENTH

No director shall be liable to the corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except (i) for any breach of a director’s duty of loyalty to the corporation or its stockholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii) under Section 174 of the General Corporation Law of Delaware and (iv) for any transaction from which a director derived an improper personal benefit.

ARTICLE TWELFTH

Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Restated Certificate of Incorporation, those provisions of the by-laws of the corporation which relate to the Finance Committee shall not, prior to June 22, 1997, be amended or deleted without amendment of this article TWELFTH and those provisions of the by-laws of the corporation which relate to indemnification of directors and officers shall not, prior to June 22, 2003, be amended so as to reduce or prejudice the rights of directors or officers thereunder or be deleted without amendment of this article TWELFTH.

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FOURTH: That no trustee has been appointed to act for and on behalf of the corporation, and the undersigned officers of the corporation have been duly designated under the Plan to execute and file this Restated Certificate of Incorporation.

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Exhibit 99.01

USG CORPORATION EMERGES FROM CHAPTER 11

Court-approved Plan Becomes Effective Today

New trust fund will pay asbestos claims, stockholders retain ownership,
creditors reimbursed 100 percent plus interest

CHICAGO, June 20, 2006 - USG Corporation (NYSE:USG) announced that its Plan of Reorganization became effective today, formally concluding its Chapter 11 proceedings. The Plan was confirmed last week by two judges for the United States Bankruptcy Court and the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware, enabling the building materials company to complete the bankruptcy case and emerge from Chapter 11. The company is beginning the process of repaying its creditors and funding an asbestos trust that will be responsible for compensating asbestos personal injury claimants.

“It is a great day for USG,” said William C. Foote, USG Corporation chairman and chief executive officer. “The Courts’ action enables us to bring to a close one of the most challenging and extraordinary events in the company’s 104-year history.”

“The successful resolution of our Chapter 11 case is historic in the context of asbestos bankruptcy cases,” said Foote. “Asbestos claimants will be compensated, our banks, bondholders and suppliers will be repaid in full-100 cents on the dollar, with interest-and shareholders who stood by us through this process will be rewarded by retaining ownership in the company.”

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USG CORPORATION TO EMERGE FROM CHAPTER 11/2

The plan of reorganization, which was approved by more than 99 percent of the asbestos personal injury claimants voting, requires USG to establish and fund a personal injury trust to pay asbestos personal injury claims. A $900 million payment to the new trust was made today. Two subsequent payments totaling $3.05 billion would be made within the next 12 months if Congress fails to enact legislation establishing a national asbestos personal injury trust fund, such as the FAIR Act, which is currently being considered in the United States Senate (S. 3274). The terms of the agreement are contained in the plan of reorganization that was confirmed by the Delaware court.

Financing for the plan is expected to be provided from USG’s cash on hand, a $1.8 billion rights offering to stockholders backstopped by Berkshire Hathaway Inc., tax refunds and new long-term debt.

“Our Plan is fair, fast, final and affordable,” Foote explained. “It’s fair for everyone who has a stake in USG, including those suffering from an asbestos-related illness, who will begin receiving compensation soon. The Plan is fast because it brings to a close a highly complex case less than six months after the initial agreement with the Asbestos Personal Injury Committee and Future Claimants Representative was first announced in January. The Plan provides a final solution to the company’s asbestos personal injury liability; all present and future asbestos personal injury claims will be permanently channeled to an independent 524 (g) personal injury trust. And the Plan is affordable because the company’s strong operational and financial performance over the past five years has given it the financial resources and access to capital that make the Plan possible.

“Emerging from Chapter 11 is enormously satisfying to everyone at USG because we kept our promises,” Foote said. “When we entered Chapter 11, we committed to treating asbestos claimants fairly; sustaining our market leadership and operational excellence; maintaining a strong organization; paying our creditors in full; gaining the best possible outcome for current shareholders; putting asbestos personal injury claims behind us, once and for all; and emerging as quickly as possible, without sacrificing our other goals. The 14,000 men and women of USG can look back over the past five years and be especially proud of what they have accomplished.”

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USG CORPORATION TO EMERGE FROM CHAPTER 11/3

USG Corporation is a Fortune 500 company with subsidiaries that are market leaders in their key product groups: gypsum wallboard, joint compound and related gypsum products; cement board; gypsum fiber panels; ceiling panels and grid; and building products distribution. For additional information, visit the USG Web site at www.usg.com.

A registration statement relating to the rights offering has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission but has not yet become effective. The securities covered by the rights offering may not be sold nor may offers to buy be accepted prior to the time the registration statement becomes effective. This letter shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy nor shall there be any sale of the rights or the underlying shares of USG’s common stock in any State in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such State. In addition, the rights have not been registered or qualified for offer or sale to shareholders of record in any jurisdiction outside the United States. Such shareholders should contact our information agent, Georgeson Shareholder Communications, Inc. at (888) 206-5896, 17 State Street, 10th floor, New York, NY 10004. A copy of the preliminary prospectus relating to the rights offering is available from Georgeson and at the SEC web site, www.sec.gov. A copy of the final prospectus relating to the rights offering will be available after the rights offering commences.

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This press release contains forward-looking statements related to management’s expectations about future conditions. The effects of the USG’s Chapter 11 reorganization, including the ultimate outcome and costs associated with USG’s plan of reorganization and its obligations that remain may differ from management’s expectations. Actual business, market or other conditions may also differ from management’s expectations and accordingly affect USG’s financing terms, sales, profitability or other results. Future conditions may differ due to various other factors, including economic conditions such as the conditions of financing markets, levels of construction activity, mortgage interest rates, housing affordability, currency exchange rates and consumer confidence; competitive conditions such as price and product competition; shortages in raw materials; increases in raw material, energy and employee benefit costs; loss of one or more major customers; capacity constraints; the unpredictable effects of acts of terrorism or war upon domestic and international economies and financial markets; and acts of God. USG Corporation assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking information contained in this press release.

USG CORPORATION ANNOUNCES RECORD DATE FOR RIGHTS OFFERING/2

A copy of the preliminary prospectus relating to the rights offering is available from Georgeson Shareholder Communications, Inc. at (888) 206-5896, 17 State Street, 10^th floor, New York, NY, 10004 and is also available at the SEC web site, www.sec.gov. A copy of the final prospectus relating to the rights offering will be available after the rights offering commences.

USG Corporation is a Fortune 500 company with subsidiaries that are market leaders in their key product groups: gypsum wallboard, joint compound and related gypsum products; cement board; gypsum fiber panels; ceiling panels and grid; and building products distribution. For more information about USG Corporation, visit the USG Web Site at www.usg.com.

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o		Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

o		Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

o		Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

o		Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))


	USG CORPORATION Registrant
	By:	/s/ Stanley L. Ferguson,
		Stanley L. Ferguson,
		Executive Vice President and General Counsel


Dated: March 27, 2006	Respectfully submitted, USG CORPORATION (for itself and on behalf of the USG Subsidiary Debtors)
	By:	/s/ Stanley L. Ferguson
		Stanley L. Ferguson
		Executive Vice President and General Counsel



Dated: 6/15/2006		/s/ Judith K. Fitzgerald

16:45:19		UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY JUDGE


Dated: June 15, 2006		/s/ Joy Flowers Conti

		UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE


USG CORPORATION
By:	/s/ Richard H. Fleming
	Name:	Richard H. Fleming
	Title:	Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

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Delaware (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)		1-8864 (Commission File Number)		36-3329400 (IRS Employer Identification No.)


		I.A.18		Asbestos Personal Injury Trust Agreement

		I.A.19		Asbestos Personal Injury Trust Distribution Procedures

		I.A.43		Form of the Contingent Payment Note and Related Pledge Agreement

		I.A.80		Schedule of Industrial Revenue Bonds and Allowed Amounts, Industrial Revenue Bond Indentures and Industrial Revenue Bond Indenture Trustees

		I.A.90		Form of the Long Term Incentive Plan

		I.A.91		Form of the Management Incentive Plan

		I.A.94		Form of the Note and Related Pledge Agreement

		I.A.96		Schedule of Past Affiliates and/or Predecessors in Interest

		III.B		Schedule of Certain Credit Facilities, Senior Notes and Industrial Revenue Bonds Claim Amounts

		IV.C.1.a		Forms of Certificates of Incorporation of Reorganized USG and the Reorganized Subsidiary Debtors

		IV.C.1.b		Forms of By-Laws of Reorganized USG and the Reorganized Subsidiary Debtors

		IV.C.2		Schedule of Compensation of Executives, Officers and Directors as of the Effective Date

		IV.F		Schedule of Initial Trustees of Asbestos Personal Injury Trust

		IV.G.1		Form of Cooperation Agreement Between the Reorganized Debtors and the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust

		IV.H.1		Nonexclusive Schedule of Preserved Rights of Action

		V.C		Schedule of Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases to Be Rejected


Exhibit
Number		Description
2.01		First Amended Joint Plan of Reorganization of USG Corporation and its Debtor Subsidiaries

2.02		Order Confirming First Amended Joint Plan of Reorganization

3.01		Restated Certificate of Incorporation of USG Corporation

99.01		USG Corporation press release dated June 20, 2006 announcing the effectiveness of the Plan

99.02		USG Corporation press release dated June 20, 2006 announcing the record date for the rights offering


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ARTICLE I.			DEFINED TERMS, RULES OF INTERPRETATION AND COMPUTATION OF TIME				1
	A.	Defined Terms					1
	B.	Rules of Interpretation and Computation of Time					15
		1.		Rules of Interpretation			15
		2.		Computation of Time			15
ARTICLE II.			CLASSES OF CLAIMS AND INTERESTS				15
		1.		Class 1: Unsecured Priority Claims			15
		2.		Class 2: Secured Claims			15
		3.		Class 3: Credit Facilities Claims			15
		4.		Class 4: Senior Note Claims			15
		5.		Class 5: Industrial Revenue Bond Claims			15
		6.		Class 6: General Unsecured Claims			15
		7.		Class 7: Asbestos Personal Injury Claims			15
		8.		Class 8: Asbestos Property Damage Claims			16
		9.		Class 9: Environmental Claims			16
		10.		Class 10: Intercompany Claims			16
		11.		Class 11: Subsidiary Debtor Stock Interests			16
		12.		Class 12: USG Stock Interests			16
ARTICLE III.			TREATMENT OF CLAIMS AND INTERESTS				16
	A.	Unclassified Claims					16
		1.		Payment of Administrative Claims			16
				a.	Administrative Claims in General		16
				b.	Statutory Fees		16
				c.	Ordinary Course Liabilities		16
				d.	Claims Under the DIP Letter of Credit Facility		16
				e.	Bar Dates for Administrative Claims		17
		2.		Payment of Priority Tax Claims			18
				a.	Priority Tax Claims		18
				b.	Other Provisions Concerning Treatment of Priority Tax Claims		18
		3.		Disallowance of Reclamation Claims			18
	B.	Classified Claims					18
		1.		Class 1 Claims (Priority Claims)			18
		2.		Class 2 Claims (Secured Claims)			18
		3.		Class 3 Claims (Credit Facilities Claims)			18


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	A.	Discharge of Claims					43
	B.	Injunctions					43
		1.		General Injunctions			43
		2.		Asbestos Permanent Channeling Injunction			44
		3.		Asbestos Personal Injury Insurance Asset Entity Injunction			44
				a.	Purpose and Provisions		44
				b.	Terms		45
				c.	Reservations		45
	C.	Subordination Rights					46
ARTICLE X.			RETENTION OF JURISDICTION				46
	A.	Retention of Exclusive Jurisdiction by the Bankruptcy Court					46
	B.	Exclusive Jurisdiction of the District Court					47
	C.	Jurisdiction Relating to Asbestos Personal Injury Claims					47
ARTICLE XI.			MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS				47
	A.	Dissolution of the Committee and Discharge of Asbestos Personal Injury Futures Representative					47
	B.	Limitation of Liability					48
	C.	Modification of the Plan and Exhibits					48
	D.	Revocation of the Plan					49
	E.	Headings					49
	F.	Successors and Assigns					49
	G.	Service of Certain Plan Exhibits and Disclosure Statement Exhibits					49
	H.	Service of Documents					49
		1.		The Debtors and the Reorganized Debtors			49
		2.		The Creditors’ Committee			50
		3.		Asbestos Personal Injury Futures Representative			50
		4.		The Asbestos Personal Injury Committee			50
		5.		The Asbestos Property Damage Committee			51
		6.		The Equity Committee			51
		7.		The U.S. Trustee			51
		8.		The New Investor			52


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	E. RELEASE OF LIENS		16
	F. EXEMPTIONS FROM TAXATION		16
V.	RELEASES AND EXCULPATION PROVISIONS		17
VI.	OBJECTIONS TO CONFIRMATION		17
	A. RESOLUTION OF CERTAIN OBJECTIONS TO CONFIRMATION		17
	B. OVERRULING OF CERTAIN OBJECTIONS TO CONFIRMATION		19
VII.	DISCHARGE AND INJUNCTIONS		19
	A. DISCHARGE OF CLAIMS		19
	B. INJUNCTIONS		19
	1. Issuance of the Asbestos Permanent Channeling Injunction and the Asbestos Personal Injury Insurance Asset Entity Injunction		19
	2. Protected Parties Under the Asbestos Permanent Channeling Injunction		20
	3. Asbestos Permanent Channeling Injunction		21
	4. Asbestos Personal Injury Insurance Asset Entity Injunction		23
	5. General Injunctions Related to Discharge or Releases Granted Pursuant to the Plan		25
VIII.	DISSOLUTION OF THE COMMITTEES AND DISCHARGE OF THE ASBESTOS PERSONAL INJURY		26
	FUTURES REPRESENTATIVE
IX.	RETENTION OF JURISDICTION BY THE BANKRUPTCY COURT AND THE DISTRICT		27
	A. RETENTION OF EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION BY THE BANKRUPTCY COURT		27
	B. EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THE DISTRICT COURT		27
	C. JURISDICTION RELATING TO ASBESTOS PERSONAL INJURY CLAIMS		28
X.	WAIVER OF THE STAY OF BANKRUPTCY RULE 3020(E)		28
XI.	NOTICE OF ENTRY OF CONFIRMATION ORDER		28
XII.	ORDERS OF THE BANKRUPTCY COURT AND THE DISTRICT COURT		30


Exhibit		Exhibit Name

A		Plan

B		Modifications

C		Confirmation Notice

D		Confirmation Notice — Publication Version


Dated: June 8, 2006	Respectfully submitted,

	USG CORPORATION (for itself and on behalf of the USG Subsidiary Debtors)

	By:	/s/ Stanley L. Ferguson

		Stanley L. Ferguson
		Executive Vice President and General Counsel

COUNSEL:

Daniel J. DeFranceschi (DE 2732)
Paul N. Heath (DE 3704)
RICHARDS, LAYTON & FINGER
One Rodney Square
P.O. Box 551
Wilmington, Delaware 19899
Telephone: (302) 651-7700

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David G. Heiman (OH 0038271)
Gus Kallergis (OH 0071557)
JONES DAY
North Point
901 Lakeside Avenue
Cleveland, Ohio 44114
Telephone: (216) 586-3939

Brad B. Erens (IL 6206864)
Mark A. Cody (IL 6236871)
Daniel B. Prieto (IL 6272888)
JONES DAY
77 West Wacker
Chicago, Illinois 60601
Telephone: (312) 782-3939

ATTORNEYS FOR DEBTORS


Attest:
By:	/s/ Suzanne K. Torrey
	Name:	Suzanne K. Torrey
	Title:	Assistant Secretary