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SCHEDULE 14A
(RULE 14A-101)
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN PROXY STATEMENT
SCHEDULE 14A INFORMATION
PROXY STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 14(a) OF THE SECURITIES
EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 (AMENDMENT NO. )
Filed by the registrant [X]
Filed by a party other than the registrant [ ]
Check the appropriate box:
[ ] Preliminary proxy statement. [ ] Confidential, for use of the
Commission only (as permitted by
Rule 14a-6(e)(2).
[ ] Definitive proxy statement.
[X] Definitive additional materials.
[ ] Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-11(c) or Rule 14a-12.
USG Corporation
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(Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
USG Corporation
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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)(1) and
0-11.
(1) Title of each class of securities to which transaction applies:
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(2) Aggregate number of securities to which transaction applies:
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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):
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(4) Proposed maximum aggregate value of transaction:
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(5) Total fee paid:
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[ ] Fee paid previously with preliminary materials.
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[ ] 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:
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(2) Form, Schedule or Registration Statement No.:
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(3) Filing Party:
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(4) Date Filed:
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USG CORPORATION
Dear Stockholder:
Please accept our thanks for sending in your WHITE Proxy Card.
To avoid any possible dispute as to the validity of your proxy for the reason(s)
indicated below, we are requesting that you sign, date and mail the enclosed
additional WHITE Proxy Card with the correction indicated below. The additional
WHITE Proxy Card, which is enclosed, should be mailed in the self-addressed
envelope provided for your convenience.
YOUR PREVIOUS WHITE PROXY WAS UNSIGNED. (If signing as attorney, executor,
administrator, personal representative of an estate, corporate officer,
partner, trustee, custodian or guardian, please sign and give your full
title as such.)
YOUR PREVIOUS WHITE PROXY WAS UNDATED. (Please date, sign and return the
enclosed WHITE Proxy Card in the enclosed envelope.)
YOUR PREVIOUS WHITE PROXY OMITTED YOUR TITLE OR AUTHORITY. (If signing as
attorney, executor, administrator, personal representative of an estate,
corporate officer, partner, trustee, custodian or guardian, please sign
and give your full title as such.)
YOUR PREVIOUS WHITE PROXY, AS SIGNED, DID NOT CONFORM TO THE NAME SHOWN ON
THE PROXY. (Please date and sign the enclosed WHITE proxy card exactly as
the registration appears on the proxy, including your full title if
signing other than in an individual capacity.) If the registration is in
the name of a custodian for the benefit of a minor, the custodian must
sign and indicate his/her capacity. If you are a beneficiary 18 years or
older, you may sign as long as you indicate your age.
YOUR PREVIOUS WHITE PROXY WAS NOT SIGNED BY ALL JOINT OWNERS. (If shares
are registered in the name of more than one person, each such person
should sign the enclosed WHITE Proxy Card. If a joint tenant is deceased,
please indicate that you are the surviving joint owner.)
YOUR PREVIOUS WHITE PROXY, AS MARKED, DID NOT CLEARLY SPECIFY YOUR
INSTRUCTIONS. Please sign, date and clearly mark your proxy.
OTHER
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Because the Annual Meeting will be held shortly, we would greatly appreciate
your signing, dating and mailing the enclosed WHITE Proxy Card as soon as
possible. Please mail it in the envelope provided for your convenience. Only
your latest dated proxy will count. If you have any questions, please call
Innisfree M&A Incorporated, the firm assisting us, toll-free at 888-750-5834.
Once again, we greatly appreciate your support.
Sincerely,
USG CORPORATION
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USG CORPORATION
PLEASE MARK VOTE IN OVALS IN THE FOLLOWING MANNER USING DARK INK ONLY. [ ]
YOUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS A VOTE FOR ITEMS 1, 2 AND 3.
1. Election of four USG Corporation directors For Withheld For All
to serve for a three year term: All All Except
01-KEITH A. BROWN, 02-JAMES C. COTTING, [ ] [ ] [ ]
03-W. DOUGLAS FORD, 04-JOHN B. SCHWEMM.
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USG DIRECTOR NOMINEE EXCEPTION(S), IF ANY.
2. APPROVAL OF AMENDMENT TO THE CORPORATION'S For Against Abstain
OMNIBUS MANAGEMENT INCENTIVE PLAN. [ ] [ ] [ ]
3. RATIFICATION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF ARTHUR
ANDERSEN LLP AS INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 2000.
YOUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS A VOTE AGAINST ITEM 4.
4. APPROVAL OF STOCKHOLDER PROPOSAL REGARDING For Against Abstain
STOCKHOLDER RIGHTS PLANS, IF SUCH PROPOSAL [ ] [ ] [ ]
IS PROPERLY MADE AT THE ANNUAL MEETING.
5. IN THEIR DISCRETION, ON ANY OTHER MATTER
THAT MAY PROPERLY COME BEFORE THE MEETING.
I plan to attend the Annual Meeting. Yes!
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Dated:
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Signature
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Signature
The signature(s) above should agree with the name(s) shown on this Proxy. Where
stock is owned by more than one person, all owners should sign the Proxy. This
proxy will then be voted as directed or, if no direction is indicated, it will
be voted FOR Items 1, 2 and 3 and AGAINST Item 4.
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PROXY USG CORPORATION PROXY
THIS PROXY IS SOLICITED ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
FOR THE ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS ON MAY 10, 2000
The undersigned hereby appoints William C. Foote and Dean H. Goossen and each or
any of them, attorneys, with power of substitution and with powers the
undersigned would possess if personally present, to vote all stock of the
undersigned in USG CORPORATION at the annual meeting of stockholders of said
Corporation in the Sixth Floor Auditorium, The Northern Trust Building, 50
South LaSalle Street, Chicago, Illinois, on May 10, 2000, and any adjournment
thereof, on the matters shown below and as set forth in the accompanying Notice
of Annual Meeting of Stockholders and Proxy Statement.
PLEASE MARK, SIGN, DATE AND MAIL THIS PROXY CARD PROMPTLY
USING THE ENCLOSED ENVELOPE
Please indicate any change in address.
(Continued and to be signed on reverse side.)
