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RE: Marathon Yum next steps/update
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rwalker@rosemontseneca.com
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2014-06-17 11:22:51
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John Murphy
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Hunter Biden
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mbradshaw@marathon-llc.com
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I am gone today and maybe tomorrow. Thurs and Friday better for me. Hunter? On Jun 17, 2014 7:21 AM, "John Murphy" <jmurphy@marathon-llc.com> wrote: > Rob and Hunter, > I just got back from Joburg and will be in DC this week. I landed in > Atlanta this morning to a signed term sheet from our anchor investor for > $10 MM (after weeks of negotiation). We are moving swiftly this week to > allocate the remainder of the book among the rest of our investors. Would > love to stop by briefly to give you more of an update, if you guys are > around. > > Thanks, > John > > John P. Murphy > Marathon Restaurant Group > Chief Financial Officer > 40 Wall Street, 28th Floor > New York, NY 10005 > jmurphy@marathon-llc.com > 646.812.6744 > > ________________________________________ > From: Matthew Bradshaw > Sent: Sunday, May 25, 2014 9:26 PM > To: Hunter Biden; Rob Walker > Cc: John Murphy > Subject: Marathon Yum next steps/update > > Rob/Hunter: > Hope you both and well and enjoying the long holiday weekend. Just a quick > note to update you as to our progress and timing. > > As you recall, we had completed 2 months of significant diligence with a > very prominent Nigerian group that had strong political influence. Late in > the process, Yum decided to remove the investor group from our investor > list which was problematic as they served as an anchor (10m+ check). Er > felt comfortable with the group given we had done a pre red flags check > with the commercial services group at the Embassy. > > We regrouped with our lawyers, did more leg work and was able to convince > yum to add this group back pending full DD clearance with is almost > finished. The book remains strong and in that time, Kase Lawal's group > expressed interest in the business. We've spent time with them in Houston > and in SA and think they are potentially a great investor as well. We are > in the DD process with them and Yum is beginning KYC on them this week. We > will close in June. > > While we finalize the investors post final KYC (which required us to write > a healthy check to Yum) we have on boarded two new gentlemen, both > executive Africans to head up Development and our Nigerian opps. Yum is > extremely fired up and new data points point to our numbers being > conservative, which have led with all along. > > Final term sheets are almost concluded with our lawyers and anchor and > then we will work quickly with Akin to turn on all offshore structures for > investors and the business. The team will train here stateside in June with > late Aug/early Sept serving as the grand launch of Pizza Hut Africa! > > It's been a very long road dealing with investors and managing an > imperfect process that is called Africa. We gain further conviction in the > power and scope of the business, especially after we meet folks like Dr. > Lawal who see the opportunity as a local through the eyes of institutional > Wall St guys. > > Your help has been so very critical and are happy to have you on the team. > As we formalize the final documentation and board structure, we should > absolutely sit down and talk process/time commitments etc. We see > tremendous white space and a chance to morph into supply chain and the > vertical food chain that compliments our Marathon Yum business - very much > inline with out past convos. > > Let's sync up calendars as we move into the slower summer months and chat > next steps. Enjoy the holiday weekend.... > All the best, > Matthew Bradshaw and John Murphy
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