<table><tr><th>From:</th><th>Richard Merkin</th></tr><tr><td>Sent:</td><td>Thursday, March 1, 2012 5:03 PM</td></tr><tr><td>To:</td><td>'Jeffrey Epstein (jeevacation@gmail.com)'</td></tr></table>

Sorry, have to leave by 12:45

From: Richard Merkin
Sent: Thursday= March 01, 2012 8:16 AM
To: 'Jeffrey Epstein (jeevacation@gmail.=om)'
Subject:

I have a 9:00 interview. l&ti=217;II call you after the interview but I'm going to try and get the=e as early as possible. I have to leave about 1:45.

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