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SEC Presentation #3 (1/9/07) Barry Goldsmith Anthony Mahaj an Jim Walden Subject to Confidentiality Agreement of 11/14/2006 • GIBSON. DLINN'Sz,CRUTO.-11 ri LIP and ab w& s. EFTA00727161 DBZ 0008548 Airplane Purchase Barry Goldsmith O '40 -0 N O 0 0 0 14 C • o Subject to Confidentiality Agreement of 11/14/2006 c --/ ..S-111EZ13 •el :AA C C O >, V C2 EFTA00727162 900ZmllIJOJUOlI加9』牙v 向【偉pupg【xo3m 鞫a畔s . oAi i9dooo 人II屯S勘\人Ut(11110D ● no!)眼岩DsaAuI Juapucdapu! ui pnpuoj O) Sn PaJIH )s3Ja)uI q)IA生Spit珥pⅣdai'A生jIAaJ 4Iq阜u。pas眼玨翻 At 扒u uii粵.iad o辜 2 壯SPa'!H . 900Z 釦J,tj UtpaJaA。jsIp AUIcIIU03 M 3nssIJ0 S!SaUaD c O n f i t i 1 T r e a " R e e e s t m r i e F I a n a r r i 8 s b r i V e r m J a   O n I 0 0 0 B s 4 EFTA00727163 O I. Executive summary • Date: Summer and Fall 2005 • Summary: $3.77 Million from LP and Hcma temporarily used to fund purchase • Purpose: Pay certain acquisition costs and down payment for letter of credit • Confirmed: SRZ conclusions Gruss knew about and approved use of LP and HCM/Z money • Mixed evidence on Kahn's knowledge Subject to Confidentiality Agreement of 11/14/2006 GIBSON, DUNN SiCRCTCHER-LLP EFTA00727164 II. Detailed chronology A. Pre-closing events Spring 2005: Dan Zwirn's travel became increasingly frequent and global Zwirn began considering purchase of private plane. See Tab 1-2 8/5/05 — 9/14/05: O'Hara paid pre-closing costs from management company account, subject to reimbursement by Dan Zwirn. See Tab 3-8 Subject to Confidentiality Agreement of 11/14/2006 GIBSON. DUNN & CRUTC FR_Ltr EFTA00727165 Pre-closing events Payments from Management Company Date Transfer Source Transferee Amount 8/5/05 D.S. Zwirn & Co. Jackson, Wade & Blanck, LLC $10,000 8/12/05 D.B. Zwirn & Co. Jackson, Wade & Blanck, LLC $315 8/22/05 D.B. Zwirn & Co. PrivatAir, Inc. $25,000 9/1/05 D.B. Zwirn & Co. Insured Aircraft Title Service, Inc. $250,000 9/14/05 D.B. Zwirn & Co. MLBFS Equipment Finance $35,000 Subject to Confidentiality Agreement of 11/14/2006 D4 O EFTA00727166 B. Financing ■ Airplane Cost -- $17.95 million ■ Kahn/Gruss discussed possible need for revolver in the management company for regular expenses and airplane. See Tab 9 ■ Merrill Lynch financed 90% of transaction but required $1.9mm letter of credit • Citibank agreed to provide it as part of management company revolver • Later decoupled from Citi revolver ■ Closing targeted no later than 9/30 for tax reasons Subject to Confidentiality Agreement of 11/14/2006 "qtalgagnEl EFTA00727167 C. Closing ■ 9/26/05: Kahn advised Zwirn - "LC in place . . . now just waiting for the Merrill docs which we should get tonight." Tab 10 ■ Gruss and Kahn expected the Citi revolver, including letter of credit for plane, to be in place by Friday, 9/30/05. See Tabs 11-13 Subject to Confidentiality Agre.ement of 11/14/2006 GlBSON.DUNN &CRUTCHE Nu FY wd EFTA00727168 Closing (cont.) Up until this point, all payments advanced by the management company However, on September 27, 2005, Kahn emailed Li Anne Law: "LL -- can you pls arrange to have the $1.9MM wired to Citi asap for the issuance of the LC. This will only be a short-term deposit in that once the Citi revolver is in place (should be w/in a week) we will credit the amount against the line." Tab 14-15 Subject to Cor4dentiality Agreement of 11/14/2006 GIBSON, DUN N SLCIRUfC EFTA00727169 O Closing (cont.) ■ 9/27/05: Kahn emailed Law to wire an $80,250 facility fee to Merrill. See Tab 16 ■ 9/28/05: Both payments made from HCM/Z. See Tab 30 Subject to ConfidentiaEty Agreement of 11/14/2006 Sitigi2M=1.12E2MEMOEMSZ 23=g-gatz. --1.0 EFTA00727170 Closing (cont.) 9/29/05: Kahn emailed Law to wire $1,681,350 for plane expenses: "we are trying to do the close late-morning/mid- day." Tab 17 Kahn stated that this was "full remaining payment by n Holdings, LLC relating to the purchase." Tab 18 9/30/05: Kahn emailed Law and O'Hara to wire $112,575 in broker fees to Privatair. See Tab 19 Subject to Confide,:tiality Agreement of 11/14/2006 EFTA00727171 Closing (cont.) ■ Both payments made from LP account. See Tab 20-21 ■ All payments from LP or HCM/Z approved by Gruss. See Tabs 20-21 & 30 Subject to Coadeatiality Agreement of 11/14/2006 EFTA00727172 Transfers Using Fund/Managed Account Money 9/28/05 HCM/Z Special Opportunity LLC (Acct # 102-27052-USD-2) MLBFS Equipment Finance $80,250 9/28/05 HCM/Z Special Opportunity LLC (Acct # 102-27052-USD-2) Citibank, N.A. $1,900,000 9/29/05 Highbridge Zwirn LP (Acct # 721599) Insured Aircraft Title Service, Inc. $1,681,350 9/30/05 Highbridge Zwirn LP (Acct # 721599) PrivatAir, Inc. $112,575 Subject to Confidentiality Agreement of 11/14/2006 DBZ 0008559 EFTA00727173 Closing (cont.) ■ O'Hara prepared expense spreadsheet for Kahn, which he reviewed. Spreadsheet In response to the spreadsheet, Kahn wrote, — "But you didn't format for letter printing... :). Very good..." Tab 22 Subject to Confidentiality Agreement of I I/ 14/2006 reggetwar r...t.mamm,yfeerat— , 7",14'1Wer .101230.011 1 EFTA00727174 Remaining Payments ■ 10/25/05: O'Hara emailed Gruss "Please approve - $163,267.50 for DZ airplane expense. Fyi, I am now out completely of cash. ... I have about 2MM of invoices holding on my desk waiting to be paid." Tab 23 ■ Gruss reply: "okpag. Pls move $ from Ltd" Id. ■ However, no subsequent transfer from LTD to management company; management company money used instead Subject to Confidentiality Agreement of 11/14/2006 BSON. DUNN &CRU TCHE R. LL NY 1 EFTA00727175 W. Reimbursement for Closing Costs 11/1/05: Month after close, revolver still not in place Gruss email to Citigroup: "What's the status? This is beyond ridiculous." Tab 24 II 11/4/05: $8.1 million of Citibank revolver credited to Management Company account. See Tab 25 Subject to Confidentiality Agreement of 11/14/2006 ws "1" Gb W Y1 1'4 EFTA00727176 Reimbursement for Closing Costs (cont.) 11/9/05: Law email to Gruss "Repay LP fund for airplane wires (3.8)." Tab 26 Law was not being precise — money actually owed to LP and Highbridge ■ Law intended to repay the money borrowed despite the fact that she felt "our cash needs thru dec are look pretty tight." Id. k"A Subject to Confidentiality Agreement of 11/14/2006 111111•1111111MNINIMMIOMIIME 61BSON, DUNN &CRUTCH ERLLP 5,2 Wit EFTA00727177 Reimbursement for Closing Costs (cont.) ■ 11/10/05: Law email to Gruss "we need to send $3.77mm from the new account where we recvd the 8.1mm loan back to the LP fund for reimbursement of the airplane wires." Tab 27 IN 11/10/05: LP was reimbursed. See Tab 28 ■ 11/23/05: HCM/Z reimbursed. See Tab 29 DBZ 0000564 va Subject to Confidentiality Agreement of 11/14/2006 E, GIBSON, DUNK&CRUTCHEA_ t ga, EFTA00727178 Reimbursement for Closing Costs (cont.) • 5/06: Issue uncovered by new controller Company engaged SRZ to conduct investigation Based on SRZ review, company compensated • 6/12/06: DBZ paid compensation for lost interest • $29,624.07 to LP. See Tab 30 • $97,395.32 to HCM/Z. See id. — HCM/Z paid through year end despite repayment in November 1.1 41' Subject to Confidentiality Agreement of 11/14/2006 ;e, UN N & CRUI EFTA00727179 III. Witness Perspectives Law: Because she primarily dealt with transfers from funds and HCM/Z, she believed Kahn was directly asking for payment from those sources No recollection of any discussions about the transfers from LP or HCM/Z for plane-related expenses But any transfer of fund and managed account money required Gruss' approval, which she received Spbject to Confidentiality Agreement of 11/14/2006 GIBSONcDUNN &4CRUICRI::RILP • EFTA00727180 Witness Perspectives (cont.) ■ O'Hara: Kahn directed all transfers for plane-related expenses Tasked with keeping track of plane-related expenses for later reimbursement by Dan Zwirn Does not recall discussing with Kahn, Gruss or Law the use of fund money for plane expense payments prior to the transfers Generally responsible for accounts payable for management company; Law responsible for fund side After transactions, knew fund money used for payments Subject to Confidentiality Agreement of 11/14/2006 EFTA00727181 Witness Perspectives (cont.) ■ Gruss: Was against plane purchase because of liquidity problems Shared his concerns with Kahn and others, but not Zwirn Kahn was largely responsible for the transactions Intense pressure to close because of tax reasons Gruss said he "likely" knew plane expenses were paid with fund money Believes, but does not know as a fact, that Kahn knew Did not discuss source of payments with Zwirn Subject to Confidentiality Agreement of 11/14/2006 EFTA00727182 Witness Perspectives (cont.) Zwirn: Did not know fund/managed account was used for plane expenses Was never informed of any actual details of transaction, other than high-level updates on progress and generally how transaction was to be financed Knew about Citibank revolver but did not know of management company liquidity problems o . 11 G1 d as Subject to Confidentiality Agreement of 11/14/2006 ":4 EFTA00727183 2 Witness Perspectives (cont.) • Kahn: • Said he did not know plane expenses were paid with fund money • Did not discuss source of four managed account/fund payments with Gruss, Law, O'Hara, or Zwirn • Discussed management company liquidity problems and need for revolver with Zwim Subject to Confidentiality; Agreement of 11/14/2006 1 *.G.1:B.-.$O1'.°;,1; DUB` N &..CRUICFEEP: EFTA00727184 Postscript on Kahn ■ That He Knew Knew management company liquidity was low and borrowing maybe required to complete purchase First documented contact with Law was just prior to closing when $$ wired from HCM/Z and LP -- all other dealings with O'Hara On 10/25/05, he reviewed O'Hara's spreadsheet, including references to "FUND" as a source for payments Subject to Confidentiality Agreement of 11/14/2006 aWFilr'+`..7.=520.9.04Mgr' EFTA00727185 900Z/4 JO matandy Aniegu pgtiononDaItins (pal-Eddins sIsugdma) 6j qEl ,,... amp ol alum saauvapv d磷戶/unman atp = maul aip 01377 ‘sffuipioll- rz tgno/ dvdai mat a ‘縱(?jj!wow awoau! aaf *numb ixau gartPdal :(CO/OE/6) A\町01. jpIlla • gams jo posiApe ATIROUTOOdS SEM 8trimacis sumo ou `ssaig oNITun • Posn $ Z/INDH 2S' cfl MOIDI lou pip Qil SUMl.UMW •   h f i d e = g 1 T H e a t 1 廿 t R e . = e s t 羿 M H a r r i s s h r i v e r J a n g g . AtouN JON plia all )眼 u EN tuteI uo plmosisod m EFTA00727186 O O O V. Conclusions LP and HCM/Z used to fund portion of plane transaction Gruss knew of and approved use of money from those sources Mixed evidence on Kahn Law effectuated transfers based on emails from Kahn O'Hara knew after-the-fact No evidence Zwirn knew that LP or HCM/Z were sources for payments LP and HCM/Z repaid with interest Subject to Confidentiality Agreement of 11/14/2006 EFTA00727187

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