The Settlement Facility has released information about the status of claims processing and payments through MAY 31, 2008, The information is summarized below: Through MAY 31, 2008, the SF-DCT has received 75,226 Proof of Manufacturer claim forms in Classes 5, 6.1 and 6.2 (Dow Corning Breast Implant Claims). Of this number, 61,723 or 82.05% have acceptable proof of at least one Dow Corning breast implant. Of the 61,723 Dow Corning breast implant claimants with acceptable proof of manufacturer, almost 34% (one-third) or 20,912 women have been approved for a Rupture claim for their Dow Corning silicone gel breast implant.

CLASS 5, 6.1 AND 6.2 (EXCLUSIVE OF NOI PAYMENTS)
(DOW CORNING BREAST IMPLANT CLAIMS)


Claim Category NUMBER OF CLAIMS PAID THROUGH MAY 31, 2008 PERCENTAGE OF CLAIMS APPROVED CLASS 5 | CLASS 6 TOTAL $$ PAID IN CATEGORY THROUGH MAY 31, 2008
RUPTURE 20,912 71% | 46% $ 407,091,383.42
EXPLANT 27,252 99% | 95% $ 132,291,424.11
EXPLANT ASSISTANCE 525 88% | 50% $ 2,605,141.10
INCREASED EXPLANT (6.2 ONLY) 53 N/A | 92% $ 159,000.00
EXPEDITED RELEASE 16,990 90% | 78% $ 31,836,184.24
DISEASE OPTION 1 21,022 82% | 48% $ 311,472,523.62
DISEASE OPTION 2 643 19% | 7% $ 81,953,362.87
TOTAL 87,397 N/A $ 967,409,019.36


Class 7 – Silicone Gel Material Claims

Approximately 13,571 claimants in Class 7 – Silicone Gel Material Claims – have been approved for either an Expedited Release Payment ($600) or a Disease Cash-Out Offer ($3,000). Total payments to date from the Class 7 Fund are approximately $19 million. The total fund is $57.5 million NPV. The Settlement Facility continues to review Proof of Manufacturer claims in Class 7 and expects to complete all Proof of Manufacturer reviews within the next few months and they will begin to process Class 7 disease claims after that. We are doing everything we can to urge the Settlement Facility to expedite the Class 7 Proof of Manufacturer reviews. As Proof of Manufacturer (POM) claims are approved, the Settlement Facility will send either the Class 7 Expedited Release Payment to eligible claimants who selected this option or a Disease Cash-Out Offer to claimants who selected the disease review. There are approximately 2,556 Proof of Manufacturer files pending review, and 1,093 Disease claims pending review, mostly in Disease Option 1.

There are a number of pending appeals before the Claims Administrator and Appeals Judge regarding the marshaling requirement for certain Class 7 claimants. No decision has been made on these appeals. We will update you on this as soon as the information is available.

CLASS 7
(SILICONE GEL MATERIAL CLAIMANTS)


# Class 7 Forms Filed 54,717
# of claims that are NOT eligible based on POM review 36,730
Foreign Gel Claims Approved & Paid $600 674
Expedited Release Claims Approved & Paid $600 6,299
# of Disease Cash-Out Offers of $3,000 6,598
TOTAL PAYMENTS OR CASH-OUT OFFERS 13,571
TOTAL # of Claims Paid (excluding those who rejected the Cash-Out Offer) 11,793
TOTAL AMT PAID as of 05/31/2008 $19,840,220


Class 9 and 10 – Dow Corning Covered Other Products

Below is a chart showing the total number of Class 9 and 10 claims filed and paid to date:

CLASS 9, 10.1 AND 10.2
DCC "COVERED" OTHER PRODUCTS


CLAIM CATEGORY NUMBER OF FORMS FILED NUMBER OF CLAIMS REVIEWED NUMBER OF CLAIMS APPROVED # CLAIMS PAID 1ST PAYMENT # CLAIMS PAID PREMIUM PAYMENT PERCENTAGE OF CLAIMS APPROVED FOR 1ST PAYMENT $ AMOUNT PAID 1ST PAYMENT $ AMOUNT PAID PREMIUM PAYMENT TOTAL PAID
PROOF OF MANUFACTURER 7230 7220 2581 N/A N/A 36% N/A N/A N/A
EXPEDITED RELEASE 3933 1558 1556 1901 N/A 100% $1,808,445 N/A $1,808,445
RUPTURE 558 124 28 27 27 23% $131,000 $655,000 $786,000
INFLAMMATORY FOREIGN BODY RESP. (TMJ, finger, wrist, toe, knee & hip) 1744 698 405 370 360 58% $1,875,500 $8,183,738 $10,059,238
IMPLANT FAILURE (TMJ, finger wrist, toe knee, hip & testicular) 2326 821 108 99 99 13% $522,000 $2,317,262 $2,839,262
TMJ ENHANCED 1271 363 41 38 39 11% $475,500 $3,039,500 $3,515,000
TOTALS 17062 10784 4719 2435 525 TOTALS $4,812,445 $14,195,500 $19,007,945




NOI CLAIMS
CLASS 5, 6.1 AND 6.2


  TOTAL FORMS FILED FORMS FILED WITH POM ACCEPTABLE POM APPROVED COMPLETE # CLAIMS PAID TOTAL AMT PAID
RUPTURE 1854 1818 1208 779 1,186 6735 $7,382,800
MEDICALLY CONTRAINDICATED 14 14 11 N/A 8 0 N/A
EXPLANT 1378 1362 1138 969 1,120 911 $4,501,868
INCREASED EXPLANT 111 111 1 N/A N/A 0 N/A
EAP 316 309 244 4 11 4 $20,000
TOTALS 3,674 3,614 2,602 1,752 2,325 1,650 $11,904,668




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