EFTA00727161.pdf
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SEC Presentation #3
(1/9/07)
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I. Executive summary
• Date: Summer and Fall 2005
• Summary: $3.77 Million from LP and Hcma
temporarily used to fund purchase
• Purpose: Pay certain acquisition costs and down
payment for letter of credit
• Confirmed: SRZ conclusions
• Gruss knew about and approved use of LP and HCM/Z
money
• Mixed evidence on Kahn's knowledge
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II. Detailed chronology
A. Pre-closing events
• Spring 2005: Dan Zwirn's travel became
increasingly frequent and global
• Zwirn began considering purchase of private
plane. See Tab 1-2
• 8/5/05 — 9/14/05: O'Hara paid pre-closing costs
from management company account, subject to
reimbursement by Dan Zwirn. See Tab 3-8
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Pre-closing events
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Payments from Management Company
Date Transfer Source Transferee Amount
8/5/05 D.S. Zwirn & Co. Jackson, Wade & Blanck, LLC $10,000
8/12/05 D.B. Zwirn & Co. Jackson, Wade & Blanck, LLC $315
8/22/05 D.B. Zwirn & Co. PrivatAir, Inc. $25,000
9/1/05 D.B. Zwirn & Co. Insured Aircraft Title Service, Inc. $250,000
9/14/05 D.B. Zwirn & Co. MLBFS Equipment Finance $35,000
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B. Financing
■ Airplane Cost -- $17.95 million
■ Kahn/Gruss discussed possible need for revolver in
the management company for regular expenses
and airplane. See Tab 9
■ Merrill Lynch financed 90% of transaction but
required $1.9mm letter of credit
• Citibank agreed to provide it as part of
management company revolver
• Later decoupled from Citi revolver
■ Closing targeted no later than 9/30 for tax reasons
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C. Closing
■ 9/26/05: Kahn advised Zwirn - "LC in
place . . . now just waitingfor the Merrill
docs which we should get tonight." Tab 10
■ Gruss and Kahn expected the Citi
revolver, including letter of credit for
plane, to be in place by Friday, 9/30/05. Nu
See Tabs 11-13
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Closing (cont.)
• Up until this point, all payments advanced
by the management company
• However, on September 27, 2005, Kahn
emailed Li Anne Law:
• "LL -- can you pls arrange to have the $1.9MM
wired to Citi asap for the issuance of the LC.
This will only be a short-term deposit in that once
the Citi revolver is in place (should be w/in a
week) we will credit the amount against the line."
Tab 14-15
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Closing (cont.)
■ 9/27/05: Kahn emailed Law to wire an
$80,250 facility fee to Merrill. See Tab 16
■ 9/28/05: Both payments made from
HCM/Z. See Tab 30
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Closing (cont.)
• 9/29/05: Kahn emailed Law to wire $1,681,350
for plane expenses:
• "we are trying to do the close late-morning/mid-
day." Tab 17
• Kahn stated that this was "full remaining
payment by n Holdings, LLC relating to the
purchase." Tab 18
• 9/30/05: Kahn emailed Law and O'Hara to wire
$112,575 in broker fees to Privatair. See Tab 19
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Closing (cont.)
■ Both payments made from LP account.
See Tab 20-21
■ All payments from LP or HCM/Z
approved by Gruss. See Tabs 20-21 & 30
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Transfers Using Fund/Managed Account
Money
9/28/05 HCM/Z Special Opportunity LLC MLBFS Equipment Finance $80,250
(Acct # 102-27052-USD-2)
9/28/05 HCM/Z Special Opportunity LLC Citibank, N.A. $1,900,000
(Acct # 102-27052-USD-2)
9/29/05 Highbridge Zwirn LP Insured Aircraft Title Service, $1,681,350
Inc.
(Acct # 721599)
9/30/05 Highbridge Zwirn LP PrivatAir, Inc. $112,575
(Acct # 721599)
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Closing (cont.)
■ O'Hara prepared expense spreadsheet for Kahn,
which he reviewed.
Spreadsheet
■ In response to the spreadsheet, Kahn wrote,
— "But you didn'tformatfor letter printing...
:). Very good..." Tab 22
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Remaining Payments
■ 10/25/05: O'Hara emailed Gruss
• "Please approve - $163,267.50for DZ airplane
expense. Fyi, I am now out completely of cash.
... I have about 2MM of invoices holding on my
desk waiting to be paid." Tab 23
■ Gruss reply:
• "okpag. Pls move $ from Ltd" Id.
■ However, no subsequent transfer from LTD to
management company; management company
money used instead
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W. Reimbursement for Closing
Costs
• 11/1/05: Month after close, revolver still not in place
• Gruss email to Citigroup:
• "What's the status? This is beyond ridiculous." Tab
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II 11/4/05: $8.1 million of Citibank revolver credited to
Management Company account. See Tab 25
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Reimbursement for Closing Costs (cont.)
11/9/05: Law email to Gruss
• "Repay LPfundfor airplane wires (3.8)." Tab
26
• Law was not being precise — money actually
owed to LP and Highbridge
■ Law intended to repay the money borrowed
despite the fact that she felt "our cash needs thru
dec are look pretty tight." Id.
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Reimbursement for Closing Costs (cont.)
■ 11/10/05: Law email to Gruss
• "we need to send $3.77mm from the new
account where we recvd the 8.1mm loan back to
the LPfundfor reimbursement of the airplane
wires." Tab 27
IN 11/10/05: LP was reimbursed. See Tab 28
■ 11/23/05: HCM/Z reimbursed. See Tab 29 va
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Reimbursement for Closing Costs (cont.)
• 5/06: Issue uncovered by new controller
• Company engaged SRZ to conduct investigation
• Based on SRZ review, company compensated
• 6/12/06: DBZ paid compensation for lost interest
• $29,624.07 to LP. See Tab 30
• $97,395.32 to HCM/Z. See id.
— HCM/Z paid through year end despite repayment in
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III. Witness Perspectives
• Law:
• Because she primarily dealt with transfers from
funds and HCM/Z, she believed Kahn was
directly asking for payment from those sources
• No recollection of any discussions about the
transfers from LP or HCM/Z for plane-related
expenses
• But any transfer of fund and managed account
money required Gruss' approval, which she
received
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Witness Perspectives (cont.)
■ O'Hara:
• Kahn directed all transfers for plane-related expenses
• Tasked with keeping track of plane-related expenses
for later reimbursement by Dan Zwirn
• Does not recall discussing with Kahn, Gruss or Law
the use of fund money for plane expense payments
prior to the transfers
• Generally responsible for accounts payable for
management company; Law responsible for fund side
• After transactions, knew fund money used for
payments
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Witness Perspectives (cont.)
■ Gruss:
• Was against plane purchase because of liquidity problems
• Shared his concerns with Kahn and others, but not Zwirn
• Kahn was largely responsible for the transactions
• Intense pressure to close because of tax reasons
• Gruss said he "likely" knew plane expenses were paid
with fund money
• Believes, but does not know as a fact, that Kahn knew
• Did not discuss source of payments with Zwirn
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Witness Perspectives (cont.)
• Zwirn:
• Did not know fund/managed account was used for plane
expenses
• Was never informed of any actual details of transaction,
other than high-level updates on progress and generally
how transaction was to be financed
• Knew about Citibank revolver but did not know of
management company liquidity problems
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Witness Perspectives (cont.)
• Kahn:
• Said he did not know plane expenses were paid
with fund money
• Did not discuss source of four managed
account/fund payments with Gruss, Law,
O'Hara, or Zwirn
• Discussed management company liquidity 2
problems and need for revolver with Zwim
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Postscript on Kahn
■ That He Knew
• Knew management company liquidity was low
and borrowing maybe required to complete
purchase
• First documented contact with Law was just prior
to closing when $$ wired from HCM/Z and LP --
all other dealings with O'Hara
• On 10/25/05, he reviewed O'Hara's spreadsheet,
including references to "FUND" as a source for
payments
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V. Conclusions
• LP and HCM/Z used to fund portion of plane transaction
• Gruss knew of and approved use of money from those
sources
• Mixed evidence on Kahn
• Law effectuated transfers based on emails from Kahn
• O'Hara knew after-the-fact
• No evidence Zwirn knew that LP or HCM/Z were sources
for payments
• LP and HCM/Z repaid with interest
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