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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
SCHEDULE 14A
(RULE 14A-101)
SCHEDULE 14A INFORMATION
PROXY STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 14(A) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
FILED BY THE REGISTRANT [ ]
FILED BY A PARTY OTHER THAN THE REGISTRANT [X]
CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX:
[ ] PRELIMINARY PROXY STATEMENT
[ ] DEFINITIVE PROXY STATEMENT [ ] CONFIDENTIAL, FOR USE OF THE
[ ] DEFINITIVE ADDITIONAL MATERIALS COMMISSION ONLY (AS PERMITTED)
[X] SOLICITING MATERIAL PURSUANT TO BY RULE 14A-6(E)(2)
RULE 14A-12
ICO, INC.
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(NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER)
TRAVIS STREET PARTNERS, LLC
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(NAME OF PERSON(S) FILING PROXY STATEMENT, IF OTHER THAN THE REGISTRANT)
PAYMENT OF FILING FEE (CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX):
[X] NO FEE REQUIRED.
[ ] FEE COMPUTED ON TABLE BELOW PER EXCHANGE ACT RULES 14A-6(I)(4) AND 0-11.
(1) TITLE OF EACH CLASS OF SECURITIES TO WHICH TRANSACTION APPLIES:
NOT APPLICABLE
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(2) AGGREGATE NUMBER OF SECURITIES TO WHICH TRANSACTION APPLIES: NOT
APPLICABLE.
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(3) PER UNIT PRICE OR OTHER UNDERLYING VALUE OF TRANSACTION
COMPUTED PURSUANT TO EXCHANGE ACT RULE 0-11 (SET FORTH THE
AMOUNT ON WHICH THE FILING FEE IS CALCULATED AND STATE HOW
IT WAS DETERMINED): NOT APPLICABLE.
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(4) PROPOSED MAXIMUM AGGREGATE VALUE OF TRANSACTION: NOT APPLICABLE.
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(5) TOTAL FEE PAID: NOT APPLICABLE.
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[ ] FEE PAID PREVIOUSLY WITH PRELIMINARY MATERIALS:
[ ] CHECK BOX IF ANY PART OF THE FEE IS OFFSET AS PROVIDED BY EXCHANGE
ACT RULE 0-11(A)(2) AND IDENTIFY THE FILING FOR WHICH THE OFFSETTING
FEE WAS PAID PREVIOUSLY. IDENTIFY THE PREVIOUS FILING BY REGISTRATION
STATEMENT NUMBER, OR THE FORM OR SCHEDULE AND THE DATE OF ITS FILING.
(1) AMOUNT PREVIOUSLY PAID: NOT APPLICABLE.
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(2) FORM, SCHEDULE OR REGISTRATION STATEMENT NO.: NOT APPLICABLE.
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(3) FILING PARTY: NOT APPLICABLE.
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(4) DATE FILED: NOT APPLICABLE.
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TRAVIS STREET PARTNERS, LLC 910 Travis Street
Suite 2150
Houston, Texas 77002
fax 713 759 2040
TEL 713 759 2030
www.travisstreetpartners.com
TO THE ICOC MESSAGE BOARD COMMUNITY:
At Travis Street Partners LLC, we have been reading postings relating to our
offer to purchase ICO Inc. and our related proxy fight with great interest. Many
of the individuals posting on this bulletin board seem to share our basic views
about ICO Inc., its value, and its management.
In coming days, we will post frequently to this forum to keep you apprised of
our plans. We will also try to answer questions you may have about our offer,
about the proxy fight, and about our analysis of ICO.
When we put information in a public location like this bulletin board, we have
to follow SEC rules which are intended to protect investors by making sure that
information is not disclosed to some shareholders without disclosure to all. In
general, that means:
- We can't communicate privately with any investor in writing.
- All of our postings will also be filed with the SEC.
- We'll qualify our postings as appropriate to make sure we are
not asserting anything as fact which isn't.
- We have to stick a disclosure statement at the bottom of every
posting, according to our lawyers. Such is life.
Most of this is common sense. The most important reason for our participation on
the Yahoo forum is to help you understand our point of view.
There is additional information on our web site, www.travisstreetpartners.com,
although most Yahoo readers will already have seen this information. We urge you
to read our public disclosures, which explain our thinking. We also are happy to
answer email to [email protected], but please keep in mind that we
can't provide written replies unless we publish them with the SEC. And also
please keep in mind that our responses won't be instantaneous, because we have
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to have them `vetted' by our lawyers before we post them; as a result, we will
answer questions in groups rather than individually.
We thank you in advance for your interest and support and we expect to provide
some answers to some of the questions already raised on this forum in the near
future. We'd appreciate your reactions on this forum or via email as to the
usefulness of the information we provide.
Respectfully yours,
Timothy Gollin, Manager
TRAVIS STREET PARTNERS, LLC
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CERTAIN ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
The participants in the proposed solicitation of proxies ("TSP Participants")
are TSP and the following persons who are, or have funded capital contributions
of, members of TSP: Chris N. O'Sullivan, Timothy J. Gollin, Christopher P.
Scully, A. John Knapp, James D. Calaway, Charles T. McCord, III, a joint venture
between McCord and Calaway, John V. Whiting, Freeman Capital Management LLC,
Robert Whiting, Randall Grace, R. Allen Schubert and Stephen F. Martin. In
aggregate, the TSP Participants beneficially own 1,138,300 shares of ICO's
common stock or 5.02% of such shares outstanding (based on ICO's Annual Report
on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2000). TSP has filed a
preliminary proxy statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in
connection with a proposed solicitation that the TSP Participants may make with
respect to shareholder proxies for the 2001 Annual Meeting of Shareholders of
ICO. The Preliminary Proxy Statement contains important information, including
additional information about the views and members of TSP as well as the
individuals that TSP intends to nominate for election to the ICO Board of
Directors. You should read the Preliminary Proxy Statement in its entirety. It
can be obtained at no charge on the SEC's web site at http://www.sec.gov or by
requesting a copy from MacKenzie Partners, Inc., (212) 929-5500 (call collect)
or (800) 322-2885 (toll-free).
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