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LAWYERS
Donovan Flora
Mark Jonnson
Sims Weymuller
December 22, 2009
Brian Buckley, Esq
Fenwick & West LLP
1191 Second Avenue, Tenth Floor
Seattle, Washington 98101
Re: MOD/Phillips Transition Agreement
Dear Brian:
First ofall, 1 would like to wish happy holidays to you and your family. From
overhearing your conversation with Mr. de Bakker during our meeting last week, apparently you
both have young children so these should be the best of times for you
To the business - I have been practicing law for 31 years and [ have never seen a case in
‘which the parties are so totally convinced that the other side is not just wrong but dishonest, 1
have never seen the word fraud used so often. In your pleading, you did nothing to tw down
the beat (1 am not sure what a “gross” misrepresentation is) so I responded in kind, Given how
contentious things are, I do not think that mediation will be helpful.
I also think Mark will win. I believe that MOD faces incredible hurdles in proving the
allegations that it did not know everything about the IP, insofar as MOD’s Board was required to
perform due diligence, it did, it was advised by counsel and it entered into the transaction. Best
case for MOD - itis a statement to NCR and Toshiba that the MOD Board and its counsel were
incompetent. Worst case - the judge or jury finds that the MOD Board knew that the IP was
already owned by it or was worthless (2s MOD now contends) and it went through with the
transaction to induce NCR and Toshiba to invest. The latter, of course, would essentially
constitute a finding that the MOD board committed a crime.
With regard to your December 21, 2009, letter pertaining to arbitration of a payment plan
for the 1.2 million dollars, based on my advice, Mark does not intend to pay a penny of the
money until such time as independent and un-conflicted individuals assess the propriety of the
expenses, I do not believe that the arbitration provision is valid because MOD breached the
Agreement and Judge Erlick found that Cane and Bay had conflicts. I am, however, considering
that the letter is a demand for arbitration and we are therefore declining that demand. In regard
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to the money claimed to be owed, if single expense is found to have been properly attributed to
Anthony Bay and since he was on the DRC and aware of what was being charged to Mark he
will in fact, have committed fraud. In addition every expense alleged to have been improper
occurred before the Series A and every expense was on the books - that's not embezzlement.
Based! on what I know, he should be very concerned,
am not particularly a fan of arbitrations or private trials but given that time is clearly of
the essence I believe we should discuss that option, If we agree to that, we should, no later than
the end of January, agree to a judge and then fast track the matter through lay down discovery
and limiting the length of depositions and try to get this tried by May or June.
‘Thank you for your kind consideration in this matter:
Mark Johnson
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