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NOREX AMERICA, INC. NOREX AMERICA, INC.
APPEARS HERE] P.O. Box HM 429, Hamilton, HM BX, Bermuda
Telephone: (809) 293-2058 Telefax: (809) 293-3231
April 10, 1995
Mr. Avram A. Glazer, President and CEO
Zapata Corporation
777 South Post Oak Lane
One Riverway, Suite 2200
Houston, Texas 77056
Dear Avram:
We accept you offer to purchase 2,250,000 shares of Zapata stock at $4.00 per
share from Norex America, Inc. with the $9,000,000 to be wire transferred upon
surrender and delivery of the certificates representing such shares. Our share
certificates are in the process of being couriered to the United States from
Norway and such certificates are expected to arrive by Wednesday. Our wire
transfer instructions are as follows:
Correspondent Bank: The Bank of New York, 51 West 51st Street, New York,
ABA No. 50000047
Credit to: NordlandsBanken AS, Oslo, Norway,
SWIFT Code: NOBANO 22 OSL
Further Credit to: Norex America, Inc.
Account No.: 34766DB0100
Regards,
/s/ SIGNATURE APPEARS HERE
for Kristian Siem
cc: Joe von Rosenberg, III
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