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From: jeffrey E. <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2016 11:32 AM To: William Blum; Erika Kellerhals Subject: Re: Virgin Islands Financial Services Improvement and Corporate Modernization Act can we speak today? On Tue, Sep 13, 2016 at 7:21 PM, William Blum =span dir="ltr">< >> wrote: Not yet. I am wai=ing on input from Peter and Barry on both of those issues, especially the =xit tax. We need to understand, fairly precisely, how Apple/Mi=rosoft, et al. are being taxed in Ireland in order to try to replicate tha=, if we can, in the VI. They have promised some input from contacts =ho may know those types of details. Bill William Blum I Partner SOLOMON=BLUM HEYMANN LLP =AO =C2 <=pan style="font-size:7.5ptfont-family:"Verdana","sans-se=ir;color:#0dOded">40 Wall Street, 35th floor New York, NY 10005</=pan> Tel =ax On Tue, Sep 13, 2016 at 6:55 PM, William Blum «tel:212.267.2030> <mailto: > wrote:<=u> Dear Jeff —</=> Her= is what I am going to call the "First Draft" of the legis=ation. It is a cleaned up version of what I sent you Friday and it h=s both (minor) substantive differences and formatting/renumbering changes,=etc. It also has a four-page explanation section at the end that rev=ews the bill and goes into detail on some of the important elements. </=> Please review and provide comments. I am also going to share =his now with Peter Hiebert and Barry Hart as well as with others in our fi=m who have worked on the bill. =C2 EFTA_R1_01551019 EFTA02451505 In addition to comments and =hanges you may have, I expect that Peter and Barry, as well as other attor=eys in both firms will have some further suggestions which we will need to=incorporate in future drafts before we send it on to the Governor.<=> Also, the bill has not yet been thoroughly proofread or checked for co=sistent formatting. That will happen toward the end after any substa=tive changes are made, but if you discover any errors, please let me know.=C2 Also, let me know when you want to schedule a call to d=scuss. Yours, Bill Blu= =u> William Blum I Par=ner SOLOMON =LUM HEYMANN LLP =AO =C2 <=pan style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-se=ir>40 Wall Street, 35th floor New York, NY 10005 Fax<=> Email =/td> =/td> </=iv> =u> =C2 please note The i=formation contained in this communication is confidential, may be attor=ey-client privileged, may constitute inside information, and is intende= only for the use of the addressee. It is the property of JEE Una=thorized use, 2 EFTA_R1_01551020 EFTA02451506 disclosure or copying of this communication or any part t=ereof is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received =his communication in error, please notify us immediately by return e=mail or by e-mail to [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> , and destroy this communication and all =opies thereof, including all attachments. copyright -all rights reserve= <=r> =AO please note The information contained in this communicati=n is confidential, may be attorney-client privileged, may constitute=inside information, and is intended only for the use of the addressee. =t is the property of JEE Unauthorized use, disclosure or copying of =his communication or any part thereof is strictly prohibited and may=be unlawful. If you have received this communication in error, please n=tify us immediately by return e-mail or by e-mail to [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> , and =estroy this communication and all copies thereof, including all attachm=nts. copyright -all rights reserved 3 EFTA_R1_01551021 EFTA02451507