Fwd: Proposal from Nelson Mullins

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From: Vinoda Basnayake
Date: December 14, 2015 at 6:15:00 PM EST
To: Cheikh Tidiane Sy
Cc: Bob Crowe
Subject: RE: Proposal from Nelson Mullins

Mr. Tidiane,

Thank you very much for getting in touch with Mr. Diagne. As I mentioned before we were initially waiting for him in order to start our representation. After hearing from you last week I am glad to hear we have the authority to start the representation. Since we have been unable to reach Mr. Diagne I wanted to ask you about the outstanding payment.

We wanted a fee of $50,000 per month for 3 months of work paid quarterly in advance which would be $150,000. Mr. Diagne agreed to this but asked that $50,000 be deferred until November 30th. I have tried to reach Mr. Diagne a few times to see about this payment but have been unsuccessful. Can you please check with him and let me know when we can expect the payment.

Bob Crowe, the Chair of Government Relations at Nelson Mullins, who I have copied, has already been in contact with the State Department on this matter and had a very detailed discussion with a high ranking official working closely on this. We are engaging Congress and had an initial briefing with Senator Ed Markey, the top Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Africa.

As I mentioned earlier, our agreement was to be paid $150,000 on or before November 30th to start the engagement. We have started the engagement out of good faith but the $50,000 under our agreement remains outstanding. I spoke to Bob as a continued sign of our good faith and interest in working on this matter, we will continue the agreement, and our work, and move the 90 day window forward by 30 days so the $150,000 will cover December- February so long as the remaining balance of $50,000 is paid to us this month.

Do you think you will be able to speak to Mr. Diagne and have this arranged?

Thank you very much,
Vinoda

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Nelson Mullins
Vinoda Basnayake
Of Counsel and Chair of DC Government Relations

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