EFTA02510563

From: Vincenzo lozzo . I Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2015 3:56 PM To: Jeffrey E. Subject: Re: Favor/help Jeffrey, Was wondering if you had time to give a thought to this at all? Thanks Sent from my (phone > On 05/feb/2015, at 09:25, Vincenzo lozzo rote: > > Jeffrey, > So it looks like we are moving forward with the company (meaning we have i=vestors), this is good news for me but also poses an issue. > The issue is that my shareholder agreement with my previous company is pre=ty annoying, both because I cannot freely hire people from there but also b=cause I might have some non-compete issues down the line. So I'm trying to s=ll my equity in that company (Trail Of Bits Inc). > > I went to dinner with the other co-founders of the company the other day t= see if they were willing to buy me out, I should know more early next week=but I don't think it's very likely to happen. > > A competitor of the company is willing to buy me out, but I'm sure that if=l go with him the other co-founders will fight hard to prevent the sale or a= the very least delay it a lot (they don't like each other very much, and t=at's an understatement). > > Anyway, the request for help is the following: > Do you think you or a friend/client of yours might be willing to buy > it? a There are two options, the first is just my equity (roughly around 8%) and=the second is mine + another guy that left which would bring the total to a=out 18%. > > The company is profitable and the revenue should be around 53-5mm, so fair=y small. I'm waiting to receive the financials from them to know exactly th= revenues for 2014. > > The remaining co-founders have a long-term view on it, meaning they will l=kely not be willing to sell it for at least 5 years or so. > > In terms of positioning, the company is a known market leader for certain g=vernment services/agencies. > Given the revenue I'm trying to get around 500k for my stake. As I said an=ther guy is willing to sell his stake too if 500k is too small of an invest=ent. > > Besides the pure investment opportunity, what I was thinking is that > it co=ld be a good deal for somebody who is either trying to get an EFTA_R1_01642341 EFTA02510563 > investor visa=for the US or for some form of tax saving. Hence why I > figured I'd ask you.=20 > Anyhow, as a general indication do you think it's doable? > Sorry for reaching out to you, but I figured you're one of the few people l=know who could help and could move fast enough. > Thank you, >V > Sent from my (phone <?xml version=.0" encoding=TF-8"?> <IDOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd"> <plist version=.0"> <dict> <key>conversation-idgkey> <integer>125799</integer> <key>date-last-viewed</key> <integer>0</integer> <key>date-received</key> <integer>1423756584</integer> <key>flags</key> <integer>8590195713</integer> <key>gmail-label-ids</key> <array> <integer>6</integer> <integer>2</integer> </array> <key>remote-id</key> <string>48079S</string> </dict> </plist> 2 EFTA_R1_01642342 EFTA02510564