‘p Duron RSE nw, Su G00 WASHNSTOR 20136 Friday, May 19, 2017 His Excellency Youssef AlOtiba ‘Ambessador Embassy ofthe Urited Arab Emirates 3522 International Court, NW Suite 400 ‘Washington, DC 20008 Dear Ambassador Otaiba, ''m writing to let you know that David Rothkopt is leaving his role as CEO and Ecitorof the FP Group effective immediately. He wll be pursuing other new business and writing projects in the ‘months ahead. On behaff of Graham Holdings Company, the owner othe FP Group, |am stepping as interim CEO. “The Embassy of the United Arab Emirates isa valued dient of the FP Group and we are ‘committed to continuing to delves the high quality events and reports that have defined our ‘work together to date, while exploring new approaches and seeking greater depth and new ‘analytical insights. The full FP Group team that has undertaken all work for you to date isstilin place and looking o this new era ofthe organization with energy and enthusiasm. ‘Asa firststep, we would suggest hosting a meeting around the July Counterterrorism Surnmit in ‘Washington DC, which was proposed by our counterparts at the Ministry of Foreign fait, followed by the planned Brussels PeaceGame in the fll Please do not hesitate to reach cut to ‘me directly if you have any questions or concerns about this transition and !look forward to the ‘opportunity to meet youin person. Alithe best, A Madani ‘Ann mevanel Interim CEO The FP Gow144 Uabitty ‘Where any obligation under this agreement gven by two or mere Parties i shal be given Jointly and several. 145 Whole Agreement ‘This agreement the doeumentsreferred tin itand any agreements relating tot contain the Whole agreement between the Falesrltng to the transactions conterolted by it ard supersede al previous aresments whether written or orl between the Pats eating 10 ‘these tansactons The sehedules frm part! the agrertent 15 Dispute Resolution and hrsection 15.1 this agreement is governed by and shal be corsrued in accordance with the las of the United Arab Emeates at applied and interpreted inthe Ermate ct Abu Oa 162 The Panes agree to submit to the exclusive jursicton ef the courts of Abu Dhabi inthe event of any cisutearbing between hem. ‘THIS AGREEMENT hasbeen signed on behalf of he Parties by thee duly authonsed representatives ‘on the date which appears fit on page 3. SINGED by 3a Seeed Gobi SIGNED by Davie Rotnhoot vA) { Duly authors fr nd cn behalf cf The FP Group SIGNED by Cara Drtkov Duly autorved for nd on boha of The Canales Project )FOMMENTS ON DRAFT CONTRACT BETWEEN ABU DHABI TOURISM AND CULTURE AUTHORITY (TCA), ‘THE FP GROUP (FP) AND THE CANALES PROJECT (TCA) ‘The following are our comments on the initial draft agreement between TCA, FP and ‘TCP. They represent an initial business read on the agreement and do not reflect inputof our counsel. Once we have a revised draft we will seek laviyers' review before finalizing and signing, Taat can and will happen very quickly and we should ‘make it cur goal to have the agreement executed prior tothe first meating of the governing committee that will guide the project which is scheduled for June 16. 2016. ‘The points are in noparticular order. If points are not raised that means we are in agreement with the existing language. 1 ‘As wo have discussed, this should be two separate agreements, ons batweon ‘TCA, FPand The Canales Project. Itcould be one document ityou like. but the language should make dear thatTCA is contracting with FP and itis separately contracting TCP. FP isto receive $1.15 million of the annual fee (for 2 total of $3.45 million over the initial taree year commitment), TCP 1s to receive $350,000 of the annual fee (for a total of $1.05 million over the initial three year commitment). ‘The address of FP is 11 Dupont Circle, NW, Suite 600, Washington, DC 20036. The address of The Canales Project is 211 West 106* Street, New York, NY, 10025. Should note that we will be referred to collectively as“the contractors” (, ratherthan “the contractor” asin current draft. “Event dates" need to be updated. For the purposes of this agreement they should be defined as March or April 2017 or at such time as mutual agreed to by the management committee. Regarding 7.1 (a), aren't we agreed that we are tofellow the instructions of the management committee (rather than TCA). TCA is of course, represented ‘on the management committee by its chairman. In $4, can we specify reimbursement within 30 days of invoicing for ‘expenses? We have collectively developed this project. As a consequence, should we not collectively ovn the intellectual property? We would like to ensure that so long as this project continues and we fulfill within reason our responsibilities that we shall romain the contractors responsible for it. Further. if for some reason after three years. TCA and the government of the UAE decide not toproceed with this project, we would like the right to continue with iton our own. (This would be at TCA's option, of course, based on their dacision notto proceed) As noted earlier, the payment schedule is too complex and inconsistent with the nature of the project and the agreement. We recommend the approach[FP has used in the past with the government of the UAE, Two payments a year. roughly six months apart. In this case, in 2016,one payment due upon ‘Signing and one payment nolater than December 15.2016, Thereafter. one payment on June t of each year and one on December 1 of each year. Weare hhappy to provide the documents requested in the payment schedule as part ‘of the work product assoclatad with this effort. ‘Those are the sum of our suggestions. As you can see, they are relatively minor. (Over all the agreement Is fine and we very much look forward to proceeding.x @ | know is rosh hashanah. Ill make sure its kosher =) ‘Soe More Te dette == © My bad, Monday night. ‘Sort via BlackBerry by AT&T -Original Message~~ From: drothkop#@gmail.com Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2012 22:57:59 ‘o: ‘Subject: Re: Dinner ‘Thanks for the email, And for thinking of me. But there's no attachment or date in the email so I don't ‘know when you are thinking of the cinner..which I would be happy to jon if t works in my schedule. ‘Sont via BlackBorry by AT&T ‘See More rom Youse A Calva = = @ David, hope you'r well ‘Sorty forthe short notice ofthis invitation but | was thinking of pulling a small group of very smart people ‘s0 naturally | thought of you. | invited jake sullivan, martin indy, and erie edelman so far. Let me know if you can make it. ‘Sent via BlackBerty by AT&T‘Yousef AlOtabe rumen ca © Lote gt together ater the holidays. Im afi youte right, appears Im the boy who frying wal sol, ‘We have @ more comprehensive plan that ll bri you on when we meet. | mworied US poloy is operating under aise assumptions and assessments, Arne paterson seams to be in the mile of love afar with tho MB and its colring tho potcy in washington. Sent via BlackBory by ATAT Original Message From: Matin Ine: Date: Wed, 18 Dee 2012 12:28:11 Te: Subject: Re: diner Fst of al, thank you fr hosting. You coin tured out an impressive group for Dr. Anwar. | think his mossago on Egypt ‘was wel-arculated and wel-neard. But | have an uneasy feetng about, which comes irom the ac that you are the oly ‘nes that seem tobe articulating this concer. Thats because you are effective and your felow Arab ambassadors ae no. ‘They ad their governments, need to speak up in Washington to. 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