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EXHIBIT 10.5
July 8, 1998
Via Certified Mail;
Return Receipt Requested
SOUTHWEST SALT COMPANY
c/▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ International, Inc.
▇▇▇▇▇▇ Salt Division
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ATTENTION: Legal Department
Re: Amended and Restated Sublease Agreement dated April 1, 1988,
including all amendments thereto
Dear Sir or Madam:
Pursuant to Article 1, Section 1.2, of the above captioned Sublease
Agreement, AmeriGas Propane, L.P. hereby exercises its option to renew the
Sublease Agreement for an additional five (5) year term beginning June 1, 2000
and ending on May 31, 2005. All other terms and conditions of the Sublease
Agreement, as amended, will remain in full force and effect throughout the
extended term.
Southwest Salt is required, within fifteen (15) days of receipt of this
notice, to exercise its option under the Lease Agreement (as defined in the
Sublease Agreement) and to give AmeriGas Propane a copy of the extension notice.
Please see that a copy of the extension notice is sent to my attention at the
address designated in Article 7, Section 7.1, of the Sublease Agreement.
Should you have any questions regarding this notice, please contact me
or ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, our director of logistics. I can be reached by telephone at (610)
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Very truly yours,
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Senior Paralegal
/lsq
cc: ▇.▇▇▇▇▇, Accounts Pay. - ▇▇
▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, Mgr. - ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Terminal
▇. ▇▇▇▇▇, Director - S & T Houston
▇. ▇▇▇▇▇, VP - Purchasing & Transportation
▇. ▇▇▇▇▇, Counsel
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Southwest Salt
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August 16, 1994
CERTIFIED MAIL, RETURN
RECEIPT REQUESTED
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Dear Messrs. ▇▇▇▇▇ and ▇▇▇▇▇:
On August 9, 1994 Morton Salt received AmeriGas' written notice exercising its
renewal option under the April 1, 1988 Sublease Agreement between our companies
(see attached).
Please consider this letter to be Morton Salt's formal notice, as required by
Paragraph 1.2 of the Sublease, that we are exercising the option under Paragraph
17 of the Amended and Restated Lease of April 1, 1988, to extend the Lease for
an initial ten-year period, until May 31, 2005.
If you have any questions about this extension, please do not hesitate to call
me at the number below.
Very truly yours,
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V.P. Production
& Engineering
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Enclosure
GLD/emb
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▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ - AmeriGas
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