EFTA Document EFTA01949493

To: jeevacation n om[jeevacation@g mai 1.ccm]; From: Steve Hanson Sent Sat 1112/201311:09:23 PM Subject Fw: Dan Title: Fw: Dan I just saw this. In violation of our ingint contract- which the judge ordered to maintain standards. They pick the efo - I get to say yes/ no I have already said - no to dan a few weeks agi- dan is seg/starwoods coo - has been a cfo of a major public co + I said. He will not at all be focused - I'm at the movies - Sent from Steve Hanson's Blackbeny Proud to be the first national multi-concept restaurant group to be certified Green by the Green Restaurant Association Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail transmission and any file or previous e-mail attached to it is intended to be viewed only by the party to which it is addressed and may contain valuable business information that is confidential and/or otherwise protected from disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient you arc hereby notified that any review, disclosure, dissemination or use of any of the information contained in or attached to this transmission is STRICTLY PROHIBITED. Thank you for your cooperation. Original Message — From: Barry Stemlicht To: Steve Hanson Sent: Fri Nov 01 17:32:43 2013 Subject: Dan As is our right, and not being confrontational, we are going to exercise the right and appoint Dan CFO effective Monday. Hope you will cooperate w this. He intends to be in the BRG offices next week. Just way way too big an investment for us. too old in vintage and too large a portion of the fund in which it resides. Thanks. IMPORTANT: The information contained in this e-mail message is confidential and is intended only for the named addressee(s). This message may be protected by the attorney/client privilege. If the reader of this e-mail message is not the intended recipient (or the individual responsible for the delivery of this e-mail message to the intended recipient), please be advised that any re-use, dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail message is prohibited. If you have received this e-mail message in error, please reply to the sender that you have received this e-mail message in error and then delete it. Thank you. EFTA_R1_00414745 EFTA01949493