<table><tr><th>From:</th><th>Richard Kahn</th></tr><tr><td>Sent:</td><td>Thursday, February 2, 2017 3:58 PM</td></tr><tr><td>To:</td><td>Jeffrey E.</td></tr><tr><td>Subject:</td><td>Francis Derby</td></tr></table>

Richard =ahn
HBRK Associates Inc.
575 Lexington =venue 4th Floor
New York, NY 10022
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From: =/b>Francis Derby <██████████████████

Subject: =/b>Re:

Date: =/b>February 2, 2017 at 10:56:05 AM =ST

To: =/b>Richard Kahn <█████████████████████

Richard,

I wanted to reach out =gain. I konw the timing of things has been a little crazy. On my end i =ust needed to make sure i was doing right by the company ive been with =or the last 5 years. I'm sure this is a hard thing to gage when je is =ack and forth with travel. I would still be interested in doing this if = was able to give a proper notice on my end. My position here is large =nd I'm resposible for 4 restarants that I would like to remain =uccesful in my absence. If this is something you think would be worth =ersuing then I'd love to talk more. If you think the timing wont work =ut I understand completely. Again i would be happy to commit at least 5 =onths from my start date if not more. I would also be happy to help to =ind a replacement and train this person if and when i would be moving =n. Hope ails well and i hope to hear from you soon.

Thank you
Francis Derby

On Fri, Dec 30, 2016 at 6:31 PM, =rancis Derby <███████████████ wrote:

Great, sounds good. Happy new year.

Thank you

Francis Derby

On Fri, Dec 30, 2016 at 4:15 PM, =ichard Kahn wrote:

thanks for reaching out

i am meeting with jee early next week and hope to have some =eedback thank you and happy new year

Richard Kahn
HBRK Associates Inc.
575 Lexin ton =venue 4th <u>Floor</u>

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On Dec 26, 2016, at 11:31 AM, =rancis Derby
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## Richard,

Hope all your holidays =ent well. Ive just returned from traveling and im back in NYC. I have =iven a lot of thought to returning. I believe I can commit 5 months to =tart and we can review after month 3 or 4 and see if there will be a =ossiblity of my staying a bit longer given what happens in that time. =E can also discuss finding a replacement towards the end of my time =here that i can train for the position. If we decide to go through I =ill need to give at least 4.6 weeks notice with my present =ob.

I'm =appy to meet with you or je and discuss this further.

Thank you
Francis Derby

On Tue, Dec 13, 2016 at 8:45 AM, =ichard Kahn wrote:

ok
thank =ou

## Richard, (cont.)

Richard =ahn
HBRK =ssociates Inc.
575 Lexington =venue, 4th Floor

<u>New York NY =0022</u>

On Dec 12, 2016, at 3:00 PM, Francis Derby

wrote:

## Richard

Sorry for late response busy season has been =onsuming all my time. I still have a few things to work through in the =ext week to see to it that I can commit a reasonable amount of time to =his. As we discussed I would not want to start something I can't see =hrough to the end. I will have answer for you by early next week. I =ope that is ok for you.

Thank you
Francis Derby

Sent from my =Phone

On Dec 12, 2016, at 12:27 PM, Richard Kahn

wrote:

never heard back from you
please let me know =here you are
thanks

Richard =ahn
HBRK Associates Inc.
575 Lexington =venue 4th Floor
New York, NY 10022
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## Richard (cont.)

Francis J. =erby

Francis J. =erb

Francis J. Derby

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