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From: Boris Nikolic Sent: Sunday, May 12, 2013 10:56 PM To: Jeffrey Epstein (jeevacation@gmail.com) Subject: fyi Importance: High I need your help in thinking through. Will cal= you when I land 7:30pm PST (10:30EST). If too late for you please d= not worry. In mean time — please cancel Steve Gold'= house. I am so sorry to waste your time re the house — thank =ou so much for helping me but I guess it is not in cards right now.</=:p> It will be something else someday soon.</=> I really can't thank you enough for everything= Boris From: Bill Gates Sent: Sunday, May 12, 2013 3:43 PM To: Boris Nikolic (bgC3) Subject: RE: Compensation I have been thinking hard about your compensation. EFTA_R1_01385110 EFTA02376084 I have not been able to get comfortable with buying =roperty in New York City worth something like $11M and letting you use it.=o:p> Even if I got the appreciation and you covered the e=penses there is no reason to be sure the appreciation would cover the cost=of the money. The place you looked at is super nice and it is the =ind of place you should aspire to have assuming the job/bonus/investment s=uff goes well. When you moved over from the foundation I was willin= to increase your salary quite significantly. Then when we discussed your financial goals at first=push ng for a pure investing thing I was open to the discussion. My main response was being willing to make another b=g increase in your salary which I did. Then we continued the investment discussion and I wa= open to that including spending time on the investments to make sure they=were ok. Normally I would not spend time on smaller investmen=s but I was willing to do so because they were interesting and to help you= I know you have talked about getting a place in New =ork for a long time. I would be glad to help with some kind of place.=/o:p> The thing I can't get comfortable with is help=ng with a top end property that would also be somewhat complicated.</=:p> If there was some borrowing thing now I could loan y=u money in the $2M to $3M range I could see doing that. 2 EFTA_R1_01385111 EFTA02376085 I do want you to feel good about your job both in to=ms of impact and compensation. We should keep talking to make feel good about the c=rrent piece and the 4+ year piece. However I am not comfortable making the current piec= include such a high end property. 3 EFTA_R1_01385112 EFTA02376086