Subject: global octane meter # : 1528 july 2000 activity lee informed me today { 7 / 12 th } that global octane has experience " operational " problems beginning last night and will be down until further notice . note : this outage is considered " force majeure " thus , whatever flows during this time period should be allocated to the " term " deal . lee was very specific toward this issue not being a buyback . howard , please forward this information to whomever need it in settlement . . . . thanks .