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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF DELAWARE

In re: USG CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation, et al., Debtors. ___________________________________ USG CORPORATION, et al., Movant v. OFFICIAL COMMITTEE OF ASBESTOS PERSONAL INJURY CLAIMANTS, et al., Respondents.

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Chapter 11 Jointly Administered Case No. 01-2094 (JKF)

Civil Action No. 04-1559 (JFC) Civil Action No. 04-1560 (JFC)

DEBTORS' DISCLOSURE OF WITNESSES/INDIVIDUALS WITH KNOWLEDGE RE: DEBTORS' AFFIRMATIVE ESTIMATION PRESENTATION COOLEY GODWARD LLP Stephen C. Neal (CA 170085) Scott D. Devereaux (CA 146050) Five Palo Alto Square 3000 El Camino Real Palo Alto, CA 94306 Tel: (650) 843-5000 JONES DAY David G. Heiman (OH 0038271) Brad B. Erens (IL 6206864) North Point 901 Lakeside Avenue Cleveland, Ohio 44114-1190 Tel: (216) 586-3939 Counsel for Debtors RICHARDS, LAYTON, & FINGER, P.A. Daniel J. DeFranceschi (DE No. 2732) Paul N. Heath (DE No. 3704) One Rodney Square P.O. Box 551 Wilmington, Delaware 19899 Tel: (302) 651-7700

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I.

PRELIMINARY STATEMENT Pursuant to the Court's Order, Debtors submit the following list of potential witnesses

and individuals with knowledge that Debtors currently envision as being part of their affirmative case in this matter. Debtors reserve the right to amend, revise, and/or supplement this list after further investigation and discovery. Debtors have not had the opportunity to depose or interview certain classes of witnesses/individuals with knowledge listed below; nevertheless, Debtors have made their best effort to identify individuals they believe at this time will be witnesses and have inserted asterisks next to those names. II. LIST OF WITNESSES/INDIVIDUALS WITH KNOWLEDGE A. Witnesses/Individuals with Knowledge re: Sales and Accounting Information for U.S. Gypsum and L&W Supply *Edith Hickman Craig Boroughf B. Witnesses/Individuals with Knowledge re: Commodity Codes in Accounting Records for U.S. Gypsum's Asbestos-Containing Products *Jim Young Suki Look C. Witnesses/Individuals with Knowledge re: Product Specifications *Edith Hickman D. Witnesses/Individuals with Knowledge re: Facts as to Tort System Lawsuits Against Debtors *John Donahue Chris McElroy Mary Martin Stan Ferguson

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Martha Brown *Al Parnell *Ed Wilbraham Jim Pagliaro Brady Green See List of Other Outside Law Firms Where Individual Attorneys Have Knowledge, attached as Exhibit A Bill Hanlon Larry Fitzpatrick John Gaul Other CCR Personnel E. Witnesses/Individuals with Knowledge re: Labels, Warnings and Products of U.S. Gypsum that Contain Asbestos *Ed Jakacki J.D. Cornell C.M. Howard F. Witnesses/Individuals with Knowledge re: CCR Database as to Tort System Lawsuits Against Debtors CCR Custodian of Claim Database Records G. Witnesses/Individuals with Knowledge re: Asbestos Plaintiff B-Reader Practices *Dr. Raymond A. Harron *Dr. Jay T. Segarra *Dr. James W. Ballard *Dr. Philip H. Lucas *Dr. Richard B. Levine
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*Dr. George Martindale Dr. Dominic G. Gaziano Dr. Ella A. Kazerooni Dr. Richard Keubler (or Kuebler) Dr. Larry M. Mitchell Dr. Barry Levy Dr. Glyn Hilbun Dr. Andrew Harron Dr. Kevin Cooper Dr. Todd Coulter Dr. Alvin Schonfeld Dr. W. Allen Oaks Dr. Greg Nayden H. Witnesses/Individuals with Knowledge re: Mass Screening Companies' Generation of Asbestos Claims *Heath Mason, N&M, Inc. *A representative of RTS *Guy Foster, American Medical Testing Frank Mazza, CPOM Betsy S. Miller, Innervisions A representative of Pulmonary Function Lab A representative of Pulmonary Testing Services A representative of WDDS Healthscreen, Inc. of Jackson, MS

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Occupational Diagnostics, Ocean Springs, MS Pulmonary Advisory Services, Inc. Molly Netherland Charles Foster Glen Pitts Jerry Pitts William McNeese Dated: November 7, 2005

COOLEY GODWARD LLP Stephen C. Neal (CA 170085) Scott D. Devereaux (CA 146050) Five Palo Alto Square 3000 El Camino Real Palo Alto, CA 94306 Tel: (650) 843-5000 JONES DAY David G. Heiman (OH 0038271) Brad B. Erens (IL 6206864) North Point - 901 Lakeside Avenue Cleveland, Ohio 44114-1190 Tel: (216) 586-3939

/s/ Paul N. Heath Daniel J. DeFranceschi (DE No. 2732) Paul N. Heath (DE No. 3704) RICHARDS, LAYTON, & FINGER, P.A. One Rodney Square P.O. Box 551 Wilmington, Delaware 19899 Tel: (302) 651-7700

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EXHIBIT A TO DEBTORS' DISCLOSURE OF WITNESSES/INDIVIDUALS WITH KNOWLEDGE RE: DEBTORS' AFFIRMATIVE ESTIMATION PRESENTATION List of Other Outside Law Firms Where Individual Attorneys Have Knowledge: Anderson, Kill & Olick Baker & Hostetler Cetrulo & Capone Church & Houff (MD) Danaher, Tedford, Lagnese & Neal (CT) Dehay & Elliston L.L.P. Deutsch, Kerrigan & Stiles Foley & Lardner Forman, Perry, Watkins, Krutz & Tardy Germer, Bernsen & Gertz, L.L.P. Gordon, Thomas, Honeywell, Malanca, Peterson & Daheim Haight, Brown & Bonesteel Harvey, Kruse, Westen & Milan Hawkins & Parnell Heyl, Royster, Voelker & Allen Hisaka, Furusho, Ayabe & Goto Hood Law Firm Kalinoski & Chaplinsky Locke, Reynolds, Boyd & Weisell McKenna & Cuneo Morgan Lewis Peabody & Arnold Picillo Bromberg Caruso Pierce, Herns, Sloan & Mcleod, LLC Powers & Frost, L.L.P. Swensen Perer & Kontos Valocchi & Sasso, P.A. Wells, Moore, Simmons and Hubbard, PLLC Wilbraham, Lawler & Buba

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